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Market slide continues on emerging economy woes
Global stocks continued to drop on Monday, extending a sell-off from last week that was triggered by concern over an economic slowdown in China and tremors among emerging-market currencies.
Markets first became unsettled on Thursday, when a survey indicated a drop in Chinese manufacturing activity, the latest sign that a painful slowdown in the world's No. 2 economy is likely to continue.
When investors worry about global growth, they first pull back from riskier trades in emerging markets. That combined with concerns about specific countries – economic stability in Argentina and a political scandal in Turkey – to convince investors to sell off even more sharply.
"The growing turmoil in emerging markets is inflicting damage… across the board," said Mitul Kotecha, head of global markets research for Asia at Credit Agricole CIB, in a report.
Asia closed sharply lower on Monday, and for a time it seemed as though sentiment had improved in Europe and the US, where indexes opened higher.
But the increases proved fleeting. London's FTSE 100 closed down 1.7 percent at 6,550.66. Financial stocks were hit after Royal Bank of Scotland warned its earnings would be hit by legal costs and charges.
The British index was also dragged down by a nearly 17-percent plunge in the shares of natural gas provider BG Group, which warned on its outlook due to turmoil hitting its Egyptian operations. Vodafone slipped nearly 4 percent after AT&T announced it was not interested in making an offer for the British mobile-phone service company.
Other markets fared better, but not by much. In Frankfurt, Germany's DAX fell 0.5 percent to 9,349.22 while France's CAC 40 shed 0.4 percent to 4,144.56.
The Dow Jones industrial average – which on Friday plunged two percent, its worst day since June – fell 0.4 percent to 15,816.11 despite upbeat earnings from Caterpillar. The broader S&P 500 was down a sharper 0.8 percent at 1,776.56.
Among the biggest movers in financial markets were the currencies of emerging economies.
The Turkish lira hit a record low of 2.39 per dollar on Monday before recovering to 2.2889 per dollar after the central bank said it would hold an emergency policy meeting on Tuesday. The South African rand fell another 0.7 percent to 11.17 per dollar, and Russia's ruble fell 0.6 percent to 34.73 per dollar.
Stocks and currencies in emerging markets have been propped up for years by investors seeking higher returns using a tide of so-called "easy money" from the Fed and other central banks. But now that the end for those policies looks to be near, some investors are fleeing stocks.
In that light, investors will be looking forward to a two-day meeting of the US Federal Reserve starting Tuesday, where officials are expected to reduce its monthly bond buying by another $10 billion to $65 billion. Recent signs of a sustained recovery in the world's biggest economy will play a big role in the decision by Fed officials.
The withdrawal of money from emerging markets is coinciding with a slowdown in their economies. Investors are sensitive to trouble in countries like China as they are playing an increasingly large role in the world economy. Emerging economies account for nearly 40 percent of the global economy, up from 18 percent two decades ago. China's share zipped to 14 percent from 4 percent, according to Societe generale.
In Asia, investors sought out the perceived safe haven of the Japanese yen, which strengthened to a seven-week high against the dollar, and gold, which was at its highest in more than two months. The higher yen tends to hurt Japan's stocks as it makes its big exporters less competitive. The Nikkei briefly dipped below 15,000 for the first time since mid-November before closing 2.5 percent lower at 15,005.73.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 2.1 percent and Seoul's Kospi dropped 1.6 percent. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1 percent. Benchmarks in Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and New Zealand also slipped. The Australian stock market was closed for a holiday.
The euro was steady at $1.3676.
In energy markets, benchmark crude for March delivery was down $1.05 to $95.59 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 68 cents on Friday.
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Meriden woman faces seven years for stealing from Waterbury nursing home patients
WATERBURY >> A woman who worked as a clerk at a Waterbury nursing home has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing from the home's patients.
Forty-seven-year-old Virginia Soules of Meriden pleaded guilty to larceny in April.
She was managing the patient funds trust account at the Meridian Manor nursing facility when a 2012 audit revealed irregularities. An investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control of the chief state's attorney's office found she had written three dozen checks totaling $140,000 that were cashed or deposited into her bank account.
A Waterbury Superior Court judge on Monday sentenced Soules to serve five years of probation and pay full restitution in addition to her prison term.
She is also prohibited from working in the financial or health sectors.

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Hadhur based his Friday sermon on some accounts of courage and bravery of a few companions of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). These companions tried to understand religion and the Holy Qur'an with profundity and once they attained insight into it they endured all manner of persecution for their belief.
Hudhur said he has had accounts of the companions of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) compiled in a register under different headings and cites them on various occasions.
Hadhrat Mian Abdul Aziz sahib (may Allah be pleased with him): He writes that he and his friend Mirza Ayub Baig sahib asked a Maulwi who was a professor of Arabic why they and their master, the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) was called Kafir (disbeliever). He answered that such and such Maulwis had given Fatwa (religious decree) and he had followed suit. Mirza Ayub sahib asked him if the others were hell-bound, would he follow them. The Maulwi said it was his fault that he had not read the books of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). The two Ahmadis gave him some books to read and went back to see him after three months. The Maulwi told them that they were young and did not understand matters. Mirza Ayub sahib told him that he had passed his BA and he could teach him English if he so wished. The two went to see the Maulwi another time and took an elderly person with them thinking this would stop him from putting down their belief on grounds of their youth. But the Maulwi started talking to the elderly person about other matters. So they told him that on the Day of Judgement they will say to God that they had gone to see him three times but he had not answered them as to why he called them Kafir. The Maulwi said he did not care. They replied that if he did not care about God then they too did not want to know him.
Hudhur said the situation is the same to this day as regards the obstinacy of so-called educated people. It is understood that many say in the Arab countries that since the Pakistani Mullah has declared Ahmadis Kafir, therefore they are Kafir and the Arabs do not need to do any thinking in this matter.
Hadhrat Munshi Qazi Babu Alam sahib (may Allah be pleased with him): He writes that when he went back to school after a break of four days someone called him over and asked him where he had been. He answered that he had gone to Qadian and when asked affirmed that he had taken Bai'at. The person told him not to mention it to anyone and said he too had taken Bai'at but had not mentioned it to anyone. Munshi sahib answered that he will not hide it. He mentioned this Bai'at to his teacher who taught him Qur'an and Hadith and he sternly disapproved and began treating him harshly. He would often ask him to repent and withdraw his Bai'at but Munshi sahib always talked to him about the life and death of Jesus (on whom be peace) based on the Holy Qur'an to which he did not answer. But his disapproval was so extreme that at the start of his class he would say to Munshi sahib 'Oi Mirzai, stand up on the bench'. Upon asking what he had done wrong, he would answer that he was a Mirzai [derogratory word for an Ahmadi] and a Kafir. Eventually Munshi sahib complained to the principal who issued a circular and this made the teacher calm down.
Hudhur said such incidents are recurring in Pakistan to this day. Recently an Ahmadi student gained very good grades and secured a place in college. When he went to deposit his fee it came to be known that he was an Ahmadi. When he acknowledged that yes, he was an Ahmadi, they told him to take his money, cancelled his place in the college and told him not to return or they would break his legs. Similarly, a girl wrote to Hudhur that she is very good at her studies but while filling in the form to sit exams she came across the choice of Muslim or non-Muslim. Hudhur said earlier our children used to write Ahmadi but now that option is not there. As Hudhur has instructed that Ahmadis should write themselves as Muslim in forms the girl filled her form accordingly two or three times but when the declaration to use abuse for the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) is not ticked, the admission is cancelled. Thus harshness of this nature continues today and very able and competent students suffer. In the account mentioned earlier, a fair-minded principal put things right but now all this is carried out under legislation. It is affecting many children but the persecution continues. The children remain strong in their belief.
Hadhrat Mehr Ghulam Hassan sahib (may Allah be pleased with him): He writes that someone came to him and describing his anxiety said Hamad Shah who was an angelic person and was praised by Hindu and Muslim alike had made a grave mistake. Upon asking the man told Mehr sahib that Hamad Shah had asked his uncle what was his opinion about Jesus, son of Mary (on whom be peace). His uncle replied that he was alive in heaven and will one day return to reform Muhammadan Ummah. Hamad Shah replied that this belief was shirk (associating partners with God) and it was insulting towards our master the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) in that he should be buried while Jesus (on whom be peace) is alive in heaven. Having listened to this, Mehr sahib said he acknowledged that Jesus (on whom be peace) had died, if Jesus was to be alive Tawheed (Oneness of God) was effected. He said he was not an Ahmadi yet but felt that 'Mirza sahib' was truthful in this matter. The person told him that if did believe this at least he should stay quiet but Mehr sahib said he would say it openly that it was insulting to the person of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) to believe that Jesus (on whom be peace) was alive in the heaven. Mehr sahib mentioned this to his father who became incandescent with rage. Mehr sahib felt that he would face opposition of Maulwis so he found out what proofs 'Mirza sahib' had given as regards death of Jesus (on whom be peace). He was told that thirty Quranic verses had been quoted. Mehr sahib was astonished that the Qur'an was read day and night yet this matter was not known. He asked to be given only one verse and was given verse 118 of Surah Al Maidah: '…but since Thou didst cause me to die…'. The next day at Fajr Salat some people came with his brother and asked him why was he hostile to Jesus (on whom be peace) and maintained that he had died. Mehr sahib told them that Jesus (on whom be peace) had himself acknowledged his death. When they asked him where was this written, Mehr sahib told them in the Qur'an. They asked: 'which Qur'an? The only that Mirza sahib has made up?' Mehr sahib told them to have some sense for they were attacking God, because God has stated that no one can re-produce His Qur'an. He then read verse 118 of Surah Al Maidah in response to which was said that there was only one way to respond to this and that was not to discuss anything with Ahmadis and not even make eye contact with them. Mehr sahib writes that he took Bai'at and his wife and father also joined him. In fact at a later stage his brother also took Bai'at.
Hudhur said it is still said today that nothing should be discussed with Ahmadis and even eye contact should not made with them. Hudhur said fact of the matter is this is what used to be said 1400 years ago at the time of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). Relating the account of Hadhrat Tufail bin Amr Ad Dausi (may Allah be pleased with him) Hudhur said when he came to Makkah the Quraish informed him that a person had made a claim of Prophethood in their area which had caused dissent among people. They said his words were sorcery and due to this families were breaking up. They told him to steer clear of him and insisted so much that he decided to find out for himself. He went to the Ka'ba where the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was offering Prayer. He stuffed cotton wool in his ears so that he could not hear the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) but somehow he heard some of what the Prophet was saying and liked it. He thought to himself that he was a wise person he should listen to what the Prophet had to say and then make up his mind. So he followed the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) as he left for his house. He told the Prophet that the Quraish had warned him against the Prophet and he had put cotton wool in his ears to protect himself but God so willed that he heard some of his words and wished to hear more. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) told him about Islam and read the Qur'an to him to which he replied that by God he had never heard something so beautiful before and he accepted Islam. Hudhur explained thus has been the way of opponents from the beginning, Prophets of God do not use sorcery, rather their detractors use it. The Qur'an verifies that sorcery is never successful. If in their opinion it is sorcery that is succeeding, it is not sorcery, it is the truth.
Hadhrat Khalifa Nurudin sahib (may Allah be pleased with him): He writes that he had been advising someone for a year about the truthfulness of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). This person told him that he had heard that such and such person also receives revelation so he would ask him what God informs him about the claim of Mirza sahib. The answer Nurudin sahib got was that the person had indeed prayed but the answer from God came that Mirza sahib is a Kafir. On hearing this Nurudin sahib said that God forbid the God who sent that revelation appeared to be a coward for he had called Mirza sahib a Kafir but also a 'sahib' [a term of respect], how was one to rely on the revelation of such a God.
Hadhrat Hakeem Abdul Samad Khan sahib (may Allah be pleased with him): He hailed from Delhi, he wrote that he took his Bai'at in 1905. He wrote that in 1891 he used take religious lessons from a Maulwi. One day the Quranic verse: '…O Jesus, I will cause thee to die a natural death and will exalt thee to Myself…' (3:56) came in lesson and its explanation bewildered him. He wondered if it was an explanation of the original text or a challenge to it. He kept pondering over it late into the night. When his father found him awake he asked him what the matter was. When Hakeem sahib told him his father said what was his teacher for? He should ask his teacher, the Maulwi. When Hakeem sahib asked the Maulwi his answer was that this was the general belief and he should not argue. Hakeem sahib insisted that unless he understood what was being said he would not carry on with the lesson. His Maulwi teacher was displeased at this and contacted his father. The father said he was the teacher and should handle the matter. The Maulwi asked Hakeem sahib to move to the next lesson but he refused saying that until the matter was explained to him he would not move. The Maulwi slapped him and said, 'there is you with this fixation and then there is Mirza.' Hakeem sahib wondered who 'Mirza' was but was encouraged that his idea had some substance. He told the Maulwi that unless he explained the matter to him, he would not carry on. He said there was no compulsion in religion. Today he had slapped him once and wanted to make him follow one thing, another Maulwi could slap him twice and make him follow another thing and yet another Maulwi could slap him three times and make him follow another thing, He refused to read on. He went to another teacher in the evening he too said, 'there is you with this fixation and then there is Mirza'. This strengthened him further that his idea was not weak. Hakeem sahib went to a third Maulwi sahib who told him this was a big issue and a claimant for this existed who said that Jesus (on whom be peace) had indeed died and he was the Jesus that people awaited. Hakeem sahib told him that he understood the first matter but not the second one. The Maulwi sahib told him that he had gone to Punjab and stayed there a few days. He then mentioned Hadhrat Maulana Nur-uddin (may Allah be pleased with him) as a follower of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and spoke very highly of him in religious and spiritual terms. The Maulwi sahib did not mention his Bai'at although he had taken it, he was wary of opposition and told Hakeem sahib not to speak out aloud, but Hakeem sahib said he did not care and could not resist from saying what the truth was.
Hakeem sahib continued with his education till 1905. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) visited Delhi and Hakeem sahib went to see him along with an opposing Maulwi. The Maulwi raised an objection and the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) took a pen from Hadhrat Mufti Sadiq sahib (may Allah be pleased with him) and wrote an article and gave it to the Maulwi and asked him to read it and ask if there was something he did not understand. He also asked him to write a reply saying he should read his article first and then his own reply. The Maulwi read the Promised Messiah's (on whom be peace) article but did not write an answer saying he would give an extempore reply. After reading the article he stood there silent for a long period. The students he had taken with him complained that had they known he could not give an answer they would have taken someone else as their leader. The Maulwi slapped the person who said this and he slapped him back. Hadhrat Mufti Sadiq sahib (may Allah be pleased with him) mediated and stopped the row. Next the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) gave an address and people started making a noise. The people of Jama'at encircled the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) as a precautionary measure. Hakeem sahib saw a small opening in the circle and went and stood there. Someone pushed him thinking he was one of the opponents but Hakeem sahib went back to the position but was pushed again. At this Hadhrat Maulana Nur-uddin (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the person pushing why he was doing so. When the person said that he was pushing him away as he was an opponent, Hadhrat Maulana Nur-uddin (may Allah be pleased with him) replied that had he cut his heart open to know that? Meanwhile someone used abusive language for the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and Hakeem sahib retorted back. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said in his address that if anyone could not decide on his claim they should profusely recite the prayer 'Guide us in the right path, The path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings…' (1:6 -7) for forty days with complete sincerity and the truth will be unravelled to them by God. Hakeem sahib wrote that for him a week's prayer was sufficient for the truth to be unravelled.
Hadhrat Hafiz Ghulam Rasool Wazirabadi sahib (may Allah be pleased with him): He wrote that following his Bai'at many people became his enemy and someone mentioned his unpopularity to an aristocratic person Raja sahib, who asked what was the basis of the enmity. Raja sahib said ask Hafiz sahib to come and say that he accepted the Ra'fe (exaltation) of Jesus (on whom be peace) as it states in the Qur'an and also mention the advent of Jesus as Ahadith state. An announcement was made in the city and thousands of people from all sects gathered. Hafiz sahib knew what he had to say and also knew no one would understand him, apart from perhaps one of his relatives. Raja sahib asked Hafiz sahib did he accept 'exalting' of Jesus and his advent and he replied that indeed he did. He said if people quietened down he would explain. He then said that he accepted the 'exaltation' of Jesus (on whom be peace) as stated in the Qur'an and the advent of Jesus (on whom be peace) as stated in Ahadith. A loud cry of acclaim rose from the crowd and Hakeem sahib left. Hakeem sahib felt that someone had told Raja sahib that Hakeem sahib had managed to pull the wool over their eyes. Next day after Fajr a man came from Raja sahib and said that Raja sahib and the others were not satisfied with his response about the 'exaltation' and advent matter. Hakeem sahib asked what would satisfy them. The man said that he called Mirza sahib a Kafir. Hakeem sahib asked why should he call him a Kafir and the answer was because the Maulwis did. Hakeem sahib replied, 'because the Maulwis call Mirza sahib Kafir, I also say Kafir.' By this his intent was that he called the Maulwis Kafir. When the messenger went back and related what had happened it was opined that Hakeem sahib had once again pulled the wool over their eyes. The man was sent one more time and asked to get it in writing that Hakeem sahib considered Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, God forbid, a Kafir. Two days had passed and Hakeem sahib felt courage of conviction and told the runner that what he had said was correct that he considered them Kafir who called Mirza sahib Kafir. They were disappointed at this. Hakeem sahib quoted the Quranic verse at this point: '…This day have those who disbelieve despaired of harming your religion. So fear them not, but fear Me...' (5:4) Hakeem sahib wrote that following this court cases were brought against him and those from whom he never expected falsehood gave false statements to the court against him. Hakeem sahib wrote that when he mentioned this incident to the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) he laughed and said to conceal one's faith to prevent disorder and chaos has a station as it is stated in the Qur'an, 'And a believing man from among the people of Pharaoh, who concealed his faith…' (40:29). The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said it was good Hakeem sahib had understood the situation and saved his life from the hands of the wicked.
Thus are the tales of persecution of Ahmadis. These are not simply accounts of the past. Today, one hundred and twenty three years later, the same treatment is given to Ahmadis but the Ahmadis are moving onwards and are growing in strength of faith all over the world, keeping the commandment in view: '…so fear them not, but fear Me…' (2:151). May God sustain our strength our faith and also enhance it.
Hudhur said another incident has taken place with those who demonstrate strong faith, especially in Pakistan. An elder Ahmadi has been martyred. Inna lillahe wa inna illaihe raji'oon. Chaudhry Akram sahib was an 80 year old Ahmadi. He hailed from the Faisalabad area. His grandfather had taken the Bai'at on the hands of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). Akram sahib was currently on a visit to Pakistan from Australia where he had migrated some years ago. He was born in Faisalabad district and farmed lands with his father and moved to Nawabshah in 1960. Later he migrated to Australia. He was visiting Pakistan since November 2011. He was returning home with his grandson from his son-in-law's shop when two unknown assailants on a motorbike shot him. He was rushed to hospital but passed away on his way there. His grandson was also injured in the attack and has been operated on. He is currently in ICU. Hudhur asked for prayers for his complete recovery.
When he lived in Nawabshah shaheed Akram sahib served the Jama'at for many years. He was finance secretary for 35 years and also served as deputy Ameer of the district. He was a person of high morals and was regular at Tahajjud. He was very keen in helping others and had an ardent love of Khilafat. On his current visit to Pakistan he asked for a list of the disadvantaged people in the area so that he could help them. He had the Nawabshah centre reopened and said that on his return to Australia he would send funds for the renovation. He aspired to martyrdom and used to say that this honour is granted to the fortunate. He leaves behind a widow, five sons and two daughters. His injured grandson is 18/19 years old, may God grant him perfect healing. Hudhur said he would lead funeral Prayer in absentia of shaheed Chaudhry Akram sahib.
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On Tuesday, violent clashes erupted between the Israeli Border Police and right-wing Jewish settlers in the Israeli settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, north of Ramallah, after the settlers refused to evacuate two apartment buildings that the Israeli High Court ruled illegal and ordered to be demolished.
"It is very unfortunate that the High Court has sanctified a war against these homes and ignored basic logic," a member of the Beit El local council told the Jerusalem Post.
Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett labelled the court's decision "reckless, radical, and redundant," saying, "it does not fit the spirit of the government that we [The Jewish Home Party] are a part of. The answer to terror is to build settlements, and not to be cowards," the Times of Israel reported.
The High Court sealed the demolition order early Wednesday morning and instructed the Israeli authorities to raze the buildings known as "the Draynoff House" by July 30.
Members of the High Court said, "[the] issue was not whether or not the buildings could be approved [retrospectively], but rather that they were constructed illegally," without the necessary authorisation from the Civil Administration Authorities and local council, reported the Jerusalem Post.
In an attempt to prevent the implementation of the court order, around 50 youth from Beit El barricaded themselves in the buildings and had to be evacuated by the Border Police by force.
Following their eviction, protests erupted in the Beit El area with settlers reportedly chanting slogans against the Israeli security forces warning them that "Jews don't expel Jews," the Times of Israel reported.
According to the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli Prime Minister vowed to prevent the demolition, stressing that the government has received all the necessary authorisations by the Civil Administration and the Beit El Council and will urge the court to consider this new evidence.
"Our stance with regard to the Beit El homes is clear. We oppose their demolition and are working through legal means to prevent this," said Netanyahu in a statement this morning, Jerusalem Post reported.
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories are considered illegal under international law for their construction violates the principles set out in the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention and several UN resolutions.
The UN Security Council's resolution 446 (1979) states that "the policy and practice of Israel in establishing settlements in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 have no legal validity and constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East."
The continuous settlement expansion supported by the right-wing Israeli government has earned sharp criticism from the international community stressing the unlawful nature of Israeli actions in the Occupied Territories.
Yet, last week, the Israeli government approved new plans for building another 1,065 housing units across eight settlements in the occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
These plans include retrospective legalisation of 228 already existing housing units, construction of 541 new ones and infrastructure projects connecting 296 housing complexes, informed Ma'an News Agency.
The UK's minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood, said in a statement issued on Tuesday that, "The UK is deeply concerned by reports that planning for 1,065 settlement units is being advanced, including possible retrospective approval of buildings built without permits or on private Palestinian land."
"The UK's position on Israeli settlement is clear: they are illegal under international law and undermine the prospects of a two-state solution.
"We call on the Israeli government to discard these plans and refrain from such steps," Ellwood added.
Equally, Germany sees the settlements as a major impediment to the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and urges the Israeli government to retreat from further expansion.
"The construction of settlements in occupied territories violates international law. This also hinders efforts to revive the peace process and threatens the basis of a two-state solution," said the German Foreign Ministry in a statement yesterday, Iranian government media Press TV reported.
Israeli right wing political factions represented by the Jewish Home Party have called on the Israeli government to confront the international pressure and continue the construction of settlement blocks in the Occupied Territories.
"Someone forgot that this time, ten years after the Disengagement, the national camp is powerful, both politically and publicly. The time has come for the nationalistic government to execute the ideology for which it was elected, rather than go the way of the Left," the Israeli right-wing Education Minister Naftali Bennett, told the Jerusalem Post.
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Zynga Plays TV Everywhere Platform With Synacor Deal
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Zynga signed a deal with TV Everywhere provider Synacor that gives Zynga currency in pay-TV and high-speed Internet consumer bundles. The move puts Zynga games seamlessly on all screens for more stickiness potential.
Synacor works with multichannel video programming distributors (MVPD), including cable and tecom companies, to package multi-platform options such as streaming premium television content like HBO Go to computers and mobile devices.
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"What role have MSOs and MVPDs provided? They are providing entertainment historically in the home," Ron Frankel, CEO of Synacor, told the E-Commerce Times. "Then you expand that to telephony, then extend that to land-based and mobile-based, then extend entertainment to land-based and mobile-based."
Cable and satellite providers are looking for new ways to offer value to consumers and generate revenue.
"They have historically been providing entertainment and television -- why not bundle that elsewhere?" asked Frankel. "Extend entertainment wherever they are."
Bundles are extending to multiple platforms that encompass television, Internet, telephone and mobile. Some providers are adding new services such as Internet and home security.
"Zynga is a very logical one of those providers," Frankel said.
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News of this deal comes just days after Facebook and Zynga changed their exclusive relationship to be less exclusive -- a status change widely viewed as devastating for the struggling Zynga.
"The separation, or the new terms between Facebook and Zynga -- you can look at it as a rebuke of Zynga, but I don't really," Billy Pidgeon, senior analyst at Inside Network, told the E-Commerce Times.
Under the new terms, Facebook and Zynga have more options. Zynga previously operated under the restraints of Facebook, which may not have allowed a deal like the one with Synacor.
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Once Zynga is set up on Synacor's platform, MVPDs will offer it currency to its subscribers, likely on a tiered basis. The tiers will match the bundle structures most providers offer.
"We're really in the middle of enabling [MVPD] customers to extend the context of the triple play to a wide range of online services," said Frankel.
One benefit for Zynga, as well as subscribers, is the presence of Zynga games on multiple platforms, including mobile and possibly the TV screen.
Zynga will also benefit from having a unified offering across multiple platforms. Users will have one login and be able to play the same game across multiple screens. Zynga and Synacor will be able to target the same consumer across multiple screens.
Previously users had to use their Facebook login to play Zynga games.
"To me, that was the weakness -- that Zynga was very dependent on Facebook. Users had to sign on through Facebook," said Pidgeon.
"When you have a customer relationship and there's virtual currency involved and you're tracking data on a customer, you want to track them across platforms. You want a single sign in, and that's something you're seeing across all providers and platforms," he explained.
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The Foundation for Financial Planning has more than $100,000 in grants available to help provide pro bono financial planning to underserved populations, the foundation announced Monday.
Chapters of the Financial Planning Association, regions of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors and other local financial planning organizations will have the opportunity to apply for grants totaling $118,750 to support their delivery of pro bono financial planning to underserved adults.
"This initiative's goal is to help energize pro bono financial planning efforts with one-on-one pro bono financial planning opportunities for underserved populations," said James A. Peniston, executive director of the Foundation for Financial Planning, in a statement.
The Foundation for Financial Planning, an organization solely devoted to supporting the delivery of pro bono financial planning, has provided more than $5.5 million in grants to support pro bono financial planning advice to more than 320,000 underserved individuals.
"While the grant funding is important, we realize the work cannot be done without the tireless dedication of volunteer financial advisors and planners," said FFP Chairwoman Elissa Buie. "Our volunteers are the connectors to the underserved and are essential in helping the foundation meet its mission to help people take control of their financial lives by connecting the financial planning community with people in need."
The Foundation for Financial Planning, based in the Atlanta area, has served as the financial planning profession's foundation since 1981, when it was known as the IAFP Foundation. It was created by the International Association of Financial Planners prior to its merger with the Institute of Certified Financial Planners in 2000 to form the FPA. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization.
In April 2013, the FPA and the Foundation for Financial Planning announced a partnership that would outsource the FPA's pro bono outreach activities entirely to the foundation.
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Turnovers will cost a team in football.
Especially, if the ball is turned over against a good team.
Early turnovers put Dolores in a hole it couldnt climb out of at home last Friday night.
The visiting Cedaredge Bruins played their first 1A opponent since dropping down from 2A this year and took advantage of Dolores miscues.
Cedaredge put up 20 first quarter points and cruised to a 38-0 win.
We had Bayfield last week and we got up for Bayfield, Dolores coach Ray Weir said. We just werent ready for two physical teams in a row.
The Bears (1-2) are no strangers to playing a tough nonconference schedule. But the Bruins (3-1) physically overmatched Dolores and quickly took the Bears out of the game mentally capitalizing on turnovers.
We came out flat and it showed, and they took advantage of it, Weir said.
Cedaredge (1A, Denver Post, No. 8; Coloradopreps.com, No. 9) received the ball to open the first quarter. On the second play of the game, Bruins quarterback Dante Markley found a wide ope Reid Gates down the left sideline and Gates took it to the house 65 yards for a touchdown. Alejandro Alejandres point after attempt made it 7-0 Cedaredge, which quieted a packed Dolores High School stadium.
The Bears opening drive only last two plays as well.
However, it was Dolores tailback Guy Wallace who fumbled at his own 29 to give the Bruins the ball back.
On third-and-11, Markley went back to the air. On the right sideline, Kyle Ward caught Markleys pass and took it in from 30 yards for a touchdown. The PAT was no good, but Cedaredge led 13-0 just three minutes into the game.
Dolores sustained a long drive on its ensuing possession. Cody Carroll and Montezuma-Cortez transfer Chaz Thompson each grinded out long runs to put the Bears in scoring position.
Chaz helps us out a lot, if we can keep him healthy, Weir said.
Dolores quarterback Kolton Shull passed to tight end Ethen Upton in the left corner of the end zone. Upton was shoved out of bounds prior to the ball being touched and Cedaredge was flagged for pass interference. With first-and-goal at the 3, the Bears were stopped twice on the ground. On third-and-goal, Shull again threw to the left side of the field and the ball was caught by a Bruin. Cade Wasser intercepted Shulls pass and had nothing but green in front of him. Wasser took it to pay dirt 99 yards in what was a monumental momentum shift. Instead of Dolores climbing within one score, it now trailed 20-0 after Wassers pick-6.
We shoot ourselves in the foot when we get in the red zone, Shull said.
Carter Wasser would run in a 3-yard touchdown in the second quarter to give the visiting Bruins a 26-0 lead at halftime.
In the third quarter, Markley intercepted Shull to setup Cedaredges next scoring drive at the Bears 11. Carter Wasser scored his second touchdown from two yards out to make the score 32-0.
Carter Wasser scored his third and final touchdown on an 11-yard toss from Markley at the 2:28 mark of the third.
Both defenses held serve in the final stanza.
Im proud of all my brothers and everything, Shull said. We started off and we werent intense enough. We had a good week of preparation. We shouldve got the W tonight. They were too intense tonight. We didnt have our heads in it.
Bronco Odell had a sack on defense for Dolores, while Trever Balfour hauled in an interception for the Bears.
We played our asses off. We did what we could with what we had, Shull said. I think it makes us better. I prefer a loss tonight, because were just going to come back ready to whoop some ass next week.
Dolores will play at Paonia (0-3) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
If we can get through this, league ought to be a little bit easier, I hope, said Weir about the nonconference schedule.
NOTES: Dolores players Deano Valdez, Rusher Ammon and Bronco Odell were carted off the field with undisclosed injuries. A timetable for return is unknown.
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Define irony. Irony is a bunch of idiots singing a song on a plane made famous by a band that died in a plane crash
Why am I soft in the middle
The rest of my life is so hard
I like to remember things my own way ... How I remembered them. Not necessarily the way they happened.
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How to Install Billet Control Arms - Strong Arm Your Stang
How to install Bob's Auto Sports billet control arms
Mustang owners love aftermarket hardware, especially when the word billet is used. Parts machined from ingots of aluminum can be downright sexy, and the pot is sweetened when they serve an actual performance purpose.
With that, one of the most popular exchanges for late-model Stangs owners is to install aftermarket lower control arms (also called trailing arms) in place of the stock stamped-steel units. Truth be told, the stock stamped-steel arms are pretty strong, especially on the current S197 Mustangs. Ford wouldn't employ the design on the 662hp Shelby GT500 if they were weak.
But while the stock arms are suitable for the daily commute or occasional track attack, the soft rubber bushings can deflect under load and hurt feel and performance. The good news is older arms can be upgraded to a set like these from Bob's Auto Sports. In fact, most aftermarket billet-aluminum and some tubular-steel arms feature polyurethane bushings in place of rubber (race-type arms often feature spherical bearings).
No matter the use (street or track), your suspension must provide a safe, controllable, predictable, and comfortable ride. So any time you modify your suspension, it's important to select parts designed to work with each other. This relates to spring rates, shock valving, suspension alignment, suspension link arms, and tires.
The stock arms on all non-IRS '79-present Mustangs are of the stamped-steel type, and the S197 models have weights attached on the inside to dampen vibration and enhance ride. While inherently strong, the rubber bushings can deflect more than performance enthusiasts would like, and they degrade over time, leading to poor ride quality and performance. In contrast, virtually all aftermarket arms come with either polyurethane bushings, delrin bushings, or spherical bearings at the mounting points.
Polyurethane is a great high- performance bushing material—it transfers loads quicker than rubber since there is less deflection. This results in better vehicle feel and performance, yet provides some flexibility, thereby maintaining tolerable NVH.
To kick up performance of this '09 GT, we installed billet arms from Bob's Auto Sports ($219.95 shipped in the U.S.). They feature a sturdy, yet lightweight design, with polyurethane bushings and Zerk fittings fore and aft. Powdercoating is available for $20, and you can select Grabber Blue; Got To Have It Green; gloss black, white, or red; or matte black.
S197 Mustangs use a three-link design (one upper and two lower arms) with a Panhard bar to locate the rear (to prevent side-to-side movement). From a functionality standpoint, the lower arms connect the rear axle housing to the chassis, but allow it to move up and down through its dynamic range of motion.
The housing is designed to "float" up and down in order to absorb imperfections in the road (such as bumps and depressions); this allows the tires to maintain compliance with the road surface. The spring and rear shocks work in unison to control ride height and dampen the ride. If the rear was locked solid under the car, it would skip across bumps much like a skateboard—the tires would lose contact, and controlling the vehicle would be difficult if not impossible.
Control arms also transfer loads (force) generated by engine torque and vehicle motion. In fact, when you see a Mustang yank the front tires, you can thank the rear control arms as it's those arms that transfer the torque to the body to create lift.
Every action has an opposite and equal reaction, so when power is applied to the drive tires, there is an opposite force on the rear housing that causes rotational force in the opposite direction. Under acceleration, this force pulls rearward on the upper link (and also on the body of the car at the attachment point).
Simultaneously, torque is transferred through the lower control arms that are pushing forward and upward (depending on the angle of the bars) on the body of the vehicle. This causes pitch rotation (or more simply, the nose lifts), which is desirable to drag racers. The forces, however, are reversed under braking and cause the nose to dive. As you can imagine, side loading also occurs during cornering, so the control arms are subject to a multitude of forces, from braking and cornering to accelerating and cornering at the same time.
In short, installing aftermarket control arms is an easy and affordable way to drop e.t., improve feel, and/or quicken your lap times. They also look pretty cool, and can be installed by just about anyone. With that, take a look and follow along with the install on Adi Jordan's '09 GT. She loves to bang the gears so hopefully Bob's Auto Sport control arms will help her improve track times in the quarter-mile.
01. Rear lower control arms (also called trailing arms) attach the rear housing to the chassis (unibody) of the car. Installation of aftermaket arms is relatively easy on S197 Mustangs ('05-present). You can accomplish this in your driveway or garage with basic handtools.
02. It's best to swap one arm at a time. We used a lift and then took the load off one side of the rear housing using a pole jack. You can use jackstands and a floor jack to accomplish the same thing. With the car elevated and wheels removed, we disconnected the parking-brake-cable retaining clip and unhooked the cable. This is necessary because they are routed through the stock control arms.
03. Next, Shop Manager Darrell Kunda removed the rear control-arm bolt using an 18mm socket.
04. He then unbolted the front bolt and removed the control arm.
05. One of the shortcomings on the stock arms is the rubber bushings. While they provide a quiet comfortable ride, they can deflect quite a bit under hard acceleration, hard cornering, or hard braking. Additionally, they will deteriorate over time.
06. Before installing the new arms, it's important to lightly grease the external faces of the new bushings. Also, make sure the Zerk fittings (grease nipples) are facing down. The polyurethane bushing material is stiffer than rubber, so it will transfer torque loads quicker than stock. The stiffer material can also transfer more NVH through the vehicle, but it's a worthwhile tradeoff.
07. With grease applied, we slipped the front of the arms into the torque box and installed the bolt (we didn't tighten it at this time).
08. The rear of the arm was lifted into the bracket on the rearend housing. It may be necessary to tap the arm into place. Once engaged in the bracket, we used a pointed prybar to align the bolt hole.
09. Once both bolts and nuts were started, we cranked them down.
10. Kunda then greased the bushings using a hand-operated gun and the Zerk fittings.
11. Here is a comparison of the stock arms and Bob's Auto Sports control arms. The stock steel arm comes in at 7½ pounds, where the aluminum ones were 3 pounds lighter per side.


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LEES FERRY, Ariz. - You had to struggle to make a living out here. You had to have real backbone," says Clela Johnson, whose grandfather worked at the Lonely Dell Ranch on the Paria River just upstream from Lees Ferry.
Warren Johnson built a wooden flume to divert the Paria to irrigate the desert and grew pasture grass, alfalfa, sorghum, vegetables and a sizable orchard. Many Mormon pioneers lived alone in the Southwest, but few farms were as remote as Lonely Dell Ranch.
Under Brigham Young's leadership, scout Jacob Hamblin identified the only crossing of the Colorado River for 500 miles. He dug the first irrigation ditch and named the area Lonely Dell. John D. Lee had been the ranking militiaman at the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre near Cedar City, Utah. After the massacre, he became a fugitive destined to live at the edges of the Mormon world. Along the Colorado River he started Lees Ferry at the behest of the Mormon Church, and moved there on Dec. 25, 1871, with wives Emma and Rachel.
Ten years later, management of the ferry and farm fell to the Johnson family, and Warren Johnson built a small log cabin on the site in 1881. Clela Johnson is a descendant of those Mormon pioneers, and when I met her at Lonely Dell, she wore a light gray full-length dress and both her and her daughter's long hair was swept into a bun. Scanning the canyon, looking at the small houses in which her ancestors raised large families, she sighed.
She felt "awestruck, because you realize the hardships they went through, and you're a part of it."
Her family had made a pilgrimage to the farm, and she wanted her young daughter and son to know their family history.
Several extended families lived at the site, including Lees, Johnsons, Emmetts, Spencers and LeBarons. A large L-shaped two-story wood-frame house replaced Emma Lee's original cabin, and by the 1920s, Jerry Johnson attempted to create a polygamous commune at Lonely Dell, but fire destroyed the house. By 1934, in the depths of the Great Depression, everyone departed.
Then in an interesting twist, the remote farm became a dude ranch renamed Paradise Canyon Ranch by owners Leo and Hazel Weaver. In 1935-36, Hopi stone mason Poli Hungavi built a Southwestern style ranch house on the site complete with tongue-and-groove ponderosa pine floors, wood-beamed ceilings and stuccoed walls. The new lodge had no electricity but did have a Steinway piano, Mission oak furniture, Navajo floor rugs and plenty of remote trails for horseback riding. However, the isolation meant few paying guests, especially during the Depression.
By 1939, the Weavers, like the Mormon families before them, moved on. In 1974, after a series of ranch owners, the National Park Service bought the site as part of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, including original buildings, a dugout, pioneer cemetery and vintage equipment.
"The setting is identical to the 1870s," says Allen Malmquist, an interpreter and preservationist with the park service. "This is what they saw."
He has worked to restore the Weavers' Paradise Canyon Ranch House, which has single-pane windows with redwood sashes covered in four layers of dark green paint. White lead paint also is found on the structure, and Malmquist has donned a hazardous materials, or hazmat, suit and used a special sander that traps dust to remove the leaded paint.
Such attention to detail is a labor of love, as is maintaining the orchard's apricots, peaches, plums and pears. The National Park Service seeks to preserve the site just as it was received, including: the 1881 Johnson cabin; the main irrigation ditch, which had lateral canals to bring water to the orchard; and ranch buildings built between 1881 and 1936. Now the site is protected as the Lonely Dell Ranch and Lees Ferry National Historic District. Just upstream, hikers enter the Paria Canyon Wilderness.
Even though Lees Ferry is the official beginning of the Grand Canyon and the division point for Colorado River water into upper and lower basins, it's still a lonely place. Walking through the farm and up along the Paria River, visitors feel the dedication of the original Mormon settlers who sought to make the desert bloom. That dedication and community commitment is particularly evident in the 1874-1933 pioneer cemetery, where a large Johnson family headstone bears the date 1891.
Ferry service existed at the site for 55 years, and Mormon families operating the ferry helped everyone across who needed assistance. During high water in May 1891, a family who had lost a child to deadly diphtheria came to Lonely Dell, but the parents did not tell Warren and Permelia Johnson of their loss. The Johnsons hosted the travelers in their home until a safe crossing could be made, and the children all played together. Six Johnson siblings became infected with deadly microbes. Folk cures failed, and over a long seven-week period, the Johnsons painfully watched four of their own children die of diphtheria.
Perhaps that story was on Clela Johnson's mind when she said to me, "I know the family history and what's been told."
We walked together quietly at the cemetery, looking out across the muddy Paria River, her children beside her. She shook her head at the numerous gravestones, many in disrepair, and commented, "What a remote location and such hard work crossing the river. So many different people came."
She looked east at the far canyon wall, the wind slightly ruffling her long gray dress. Beyond the cemetery, rusted farm equipment and trucks have sunk into sand. A mile upstream near a corral is a tiny, isolated, wood-frame shack not much larger than a queen-sized bed. This was Jerry Johnson's honeymoon cabin. In his one-ton truck, Clela Johnson's father freighted in the center pin for nearby Navajo Bridge, which made Lees Ferry obsolete.
As we left the cemetery, she turned to me and said, "How did they live on nothing? They had to have that real backwoodsman's spirit."
I mumbled my agreement and looked around. There were very few trees in sight.
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EditorialHow Congress can resolve the debt-limit crisis
In the final news conference of his first term, President Barack Obama called the increasingly real specter of a U.S. default "irresponsible" and "absurd." Yet the absurd has become sadly commonplace in Washington.
Consider Obama's news conference itself: At the same time he was comparing Congress to a bunch of deadbeat diners who refuse to the pay their bill, the president was careful to say this was a crisis Congress would have to solve. It is not exactly a confidence-inspiring message.
It is true that it is up to Congress to raise the nation's $16.4 trillion debt limit so the United States can avoid default. It is also true that there is a precedent for Congress doing so with a minimum of hassle. Then the legislative and executive branches can get on with the more pressing budgetary concerns they both say they want to debate.
Perennial fights over the debt ceiling are more than a distraction -- they are hugely damaging to the U.S. economy, preventing a more robust recovery and driving up the nation's long-term deficit as nervous lenders demand higher interest payments. Yet these battles show no sign of abating, as Republican lawmakers continue to view the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip with which to elicit deep spending cuts.
Obama got it right when he said, "We've got to stop lurching from crisis to crisis to crisis." One way to avoid these tiresome disputes would be for Congress to give the White House power over the debt ceiling, so the U.S. can avoid a sideshow that threatens the "full faith and credit" pledge made to those who buy U.S. debt. Republicans, however, reject this as a power grab by the White House.
So here's another way to end the fight: Tie spending decisions to automatic increases in the debt limit. The premise is simple -- when Congress passes a budget resolution or spending bill, it should also authorize a concurrent increase in the statutory debt limit to pay for what it's authorizing. This would have the added benefit of fostering fiscal restraint by linking spending decisions to the Congress that authorizes the money. If that local airport runway (or, as the case may be, "Bridge to Nowhere") is in the budget, then the Treasury Department can raise the debt limit to pay for it. No additional congressional action would be necessary.
It sounds absurdly unrealistic -- no Congress, especially this one, would ever agree to such a plan. Except that it has: Such a rule has been in place since 1979. The Gephardt rule (named for its chief proponent, former Democratic House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt) was intended to avoid the exact scenario that's occurring today, and it has worked: Of the 20 joint budget resolutions originated by the House under the Gephardt rule, 15 were enacted into law, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Unfortunately, the rule is not mandatory; each Congress can decide whether to follow it. And House Republicans have repeatedly decided not to, including in 2011, forcing a separate vote to raise the debt limit. That vote, once viewed as routine, has now repeatedly paralyzed the U.S. and threatened to derail the economy.
The Treasury reached its statutory borrowing limit on Dec. 31 and is now using extraordinary measures to pay for the government -- essentially shifting money among accounts and suspending some payments. The U.S. could exhaust those measures as early as Feb. 15 and would be unable to meet $175 billion of its obligations in the following month.
Although some think Treasury could prioritize interest payments to forestall default, a 2012 report by its inspector general shows how hard it would be. Treasury makes more than 80 million payments a month, largely through an automated system that pays bills as they come due.
What Treasury would probably do is delay all federal payments until it had enough cash on hand and pay its bills on a day-by-day basis. The U.S. wouldn't send a single Social Security check, Medicare payment or military paycheck until taxes and other receipts freed up enough cash to do so. And this is the course of action deemed least harmful by Treasury, which acknowledged it was likely to cause "great hardships to millions of Americans and harm to the economy."
There are important reasons to reduce how much money the U.S. borrows. The place to do that, however, is through regular budget negotiations -- as spending decisions are being made.
Linking spending bills with an automatic borrowing increase would also put an end to the debt-ceiling theater. As Obama said, the way the U.S. is operating now is akin to ordering a huge meal in a restaurant and then refusing to pay.
The U.S. is not a dine-and-dash nation.
Editorial courtesy of Bloomberg View.


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My cookware can be used on all cooktops including induction and are also oven safe to 450˚F / 230˚C.
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1.6qt / 1.5l Saucepan with lid
2.6qt / 2.5l Saucepan with lid
5qt / 4.7l Stockpot with lid
10" / 26cm Frypan*
11" /28cm Sauté pan with lid*
Universal Steamer Insert
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Tempered glass lids for convenient see through cooking
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At a recent press conference, Foxconn's Executive VP said that the company is actively looking for ways to offset their recently increased wages, including raising prices for clients and increasing the development of automated systems in their factories. Though the details are scant and the price increases wouldn't take effect until October, higher prices could conceivably drive up gadget price tags.
The increased wages came after a spate of suicides brought scrutiny to the conditions of its factories. Foxconn, who manufacturers gadgets for companies like Nokia and Apple, has announced that it's closing some factories in China and moving operations to a huge factory city in Northern China. [WSJ]


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By MIRIAM FINDER ANNENBERG
Get your suitcases ready: the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show is returning to Rosemont Feb. 10 through Feb. 11 to showcase destinations near and far.
The 14th annual show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center will include celebrity speakers, interactive exhibits and opportunities to discover new travel and vacation destinations. Travel hacks, cooking demonstrations, exotic experiences will also be featured.
To best present destinations to visitors, exhibitors are bringing a piece of the locations to Rosemont. Visitors might stumble upon camel rides or a scuba diving pool as they navigate through the exhibits.
"Part of what makes this show so engaging every year is the broad variety of cultural experience and expertise that come together in one room," said Travel & Adventure Show CEO John Golicz in a statement. "Whether it is a travel icon, master chef or unique travel destination, we want to welcome both old and new faces to the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show this year."
The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11.
Exhibitors range from African Elite Safaris, to Ohio Amish Country, to Cancun and Riviera Maya, to Southwest Michigan. Those curious about French canal boats, train travel or a visit to Alaska can all find an exhibit catering to their interests.
Those seeking wellness travel can visit the Wellness Travel Pavillion, which will highlight wellness travel trends, products and supplies.
"Now more than ever, travelers are looking for experiences that focus on promoting mental and physical well-being," said Founder/CEO of Travel to Wellness Anne Dimon in a statement. "From influencer-led yoga retreats to instructional culinary vacations teaching participants how to cook healthy meals and make better food choices, this travel trend has quickly become the fastest-growing travel sector worldwide."
The Taste of Travel Theater will feature chef demonstrations, while The Savvy Traveler Theater will review packing tips, travel safety and traveling on a budget.
Nordic folk dance, Muay Thai boxing and Classical Indian dance demonstrations will also take place throughout the weekend.
This year's speakers will include Pauline Frommer of Frommer's travel guides and prolific travel writer Rick Steves.
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Editor's note: This story has been updated to remove an incorrect Veterans Day event. Rock Valley College is only hosting one event today.
Here's a look at some of the biggest events happening around the Rock River Valley this week. For a listing of more events, visit rrstar.eviesays.com/events.
Celebrate Veterans Day
What: Veterans Day Ceremony
When: Noon today
Where: Student Center Atrium on the Rock Valley College main campus, 3301 North Mulford Road, Rockford
Cost: Free
Information: The 14th Annual Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony will feature a color guard, patriotic reading presentations by staff, faculty and students, and patriotic music. A light lunch will be provided. The college will also be collecting items for a care package drive for the men and women serving our country overseas.
Contact: 815-921-4163; rockvalleycollege.edu
Go shopping
What: Frost & Friends
When: 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Where: Clock Tower Resort & Conference Center, 7801 E. State St., Rockford
Cost: $5, tickets available at the door, children 12 and younger are free
Information: Exhibitors and artists from the region will have unique gifts for the holiday season.
Contact: frostandfriends.com
Attend a concert
What: Country singer Brad Paisley in concert
When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Where: BMO Harris Bank Center, 300 Elm St., Rockford
Cost: $39.50 to $60.75
Information: Brad Paisley's "Beat This Summer Tour 2013," features special guests Chris Young and Danielle Bradbery, Tickets can be purchased online at thebmoharrisbankcenter.com, by calling 815-968-5222, or at the BMO Harris Bank Center box office walk-up at 300 Elm St.
Contact: thebmoharrisbankcenter.com
Have a laugh
What: TruTV's "Impractical Jokers"
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Coronado Performing Arts Center, 314 N. Main St., Rockford
Cost: $35, plus fees
Information: The performance is an improvisational, interactive comedy show.
Contact: 815-968-5222; ticketmaster.com; coronadopac.org


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United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Military. It is the Branch of the US Military that specializes in at sea ground operations and the Marines are responsible with all US Navy ship-board security. US Marine Corps prides itself with its marksmanship requirements and brotherhood. They pride themselves as being the first ones in and the last ones out.
The Marines have existed for as long as the US Navy has existed. They have served from the decks of Navy ships as the main defense and boarding forces on those ships.
The first major action that the Marines can look to as historic would be the raiding and destruction of the captured USS Pennsylvania during the war against the Barbary Pirates (This is what the Shores of Tripoli in the anthem refers to). They then served in every major war by the United States until the Civil War divided the members of this branch as well. US Marines took part in multiple battles waged during the Civil War on the many rivers in the conflict. They were essential for the capture of New Orleans and the ports of Louisiana during that conflict.
The Marines were to gain fame during the Great War when a unit of US Marines held an heavily contested section of the Western Front against multiple heavy German attacks.
The Marines gain their greatest fame for their multiple, heavy and repeated Amphibious Assaults on Japanese strongholds during WWII starting with the capture and defense of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and ending with the invasion of Okinawa. Soon the Marines became a well oiled machine and captured island after island in Allied march towards the invasion of Japan. Their crowning moment and most famous photo taken during the war was the raising of the flag on the summit of Mount Suribachi during the invasion of the island Iwo Jima.
US Marines Anthem
From the Halls of Montezuma, To the Shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title Of UNITED STATES MARINES.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze, From dawn to setting sun; We have fought in every clime and place Where we could take a gun; In the snow of far off northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes; You will find us always on the job -- The UNITED STATES MARINES.
Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve; If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes; They will find the streets are guarded By UNITED STATES MARINES.


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Frets, you are confusing hand sanitizer (which is just an alcohol swab) with antimicrobial soaps containing triclosan.
Yes, triclosan has been shown to contribute to antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria in lab studies, but alcohol-based hand sanitizers have not.
Also, I didn't mean that I used hand santizer right after washing while I'm still at the sink.
I use it when I get back to the table right before I eat... after I've washed my hands, and after I've touched the fecal bacteria-laden door handles on the way out.
If all restaurant bathroom doors opened outward then I probably wouldn't feel the need to use the sanitizer in that situation.


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Goodall Library is located at 952 Main Street and can be reached at 324-4714. Visit the library online at www.lbgoodall.org.
Goodall Library is now offering two preschool story time sessions. Session 1 will be held on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. and Session 2 will be held on Thursdays at 11 a.m. During both sessions, children ages 2 through 6 and their parents will meet for about 45 minutes to listen to stories, make a simple craft, play with new friends and enjoy occasional special activities. No registration is required.
Goodall Library offers a weekly story time for babies called "Mother Goose Time" every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for babies 2 years old and younger and their parents or caregivers. They will be introduced to the library and reading through songs, action rhymes and simple stories. Parents and caregivers are active participants. No registration is required. For more information, please contact Deidre Walsh at 324-4714.
Parsons Memorial Library is located at 27 Saco Road in Alfred. It can be reached at 324-2001 or email@example.com. The library's hours are from 3 to 8 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
Thanks to the generosity of Alfred Selectman John Sylvester, the Friends of the Parsons Memorial Library are raffling off a half a cord of firewood. Tickets are $2 apiece, or three for $5, and are available at the library. The drawing is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 26, during "Tea & Tunes."
Preschool Story Times are held at Parsons Memorial Library with Miss Karen on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Springvale Public Library is located at 443 Main St. For more information, call 324-4624, send an email to email@example.com, or visit online at www.springvalelibrary.org.
The Springvale Public Library's book group will meet on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. to discuss "The Language of Flowers," by Vanessa Diffenbaugh.
Springvale Public Library will hold its annual Holiday Tea on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Springvale Public Library will host two book-signings on Saturday, Dec. 15. Melinda Josiah Geaumont will sign copies of her new book, "You Are Blessed," from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fred Boyle will sign copies of his new book, "Early Families of Waterborough, Maine," from 1 to 2 p.m. Both books will be available for sale.
The Mousam Valley Quilters have donated a reversible quilt for a raffle, the proceeds of which will benefit the Springvale Public Library. The group annually donates a quilt to the library, and this year's theme is "What's black, white and red all over? It's not a book or newspaper." The queen-size quilt boasts a mix between modern design and traditional patterns sure to interest a wide range of collectors. The drawing will occur once all 200 tickets are sold. Tickets are $5 each and are available at Springvale Public Library.
Children's reading groups have started up again at the Springvale Public Library. "Read and Romp" is held on Mondays at 10 a.m. for children ages 3 through 6. "Baby Rhyme Time" is held on Thursdays at 10 a.m. for children ages 2 and younger.


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A Peek Into Hai Peng Kuantan's Life
>> Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Date: 25 July 2009, Saturday
Venue: Hai Peng Kopitiam, Kuantan
Occasion: Brunch & meet up with David, Hai Peng Kuantan's owner
Halal: Yes
I was actually very excited to meet up with David :) Though I felt a 'lil shy (yes, I do feel shy at times) to meet up with the owner of a kopitiam without any formal invitation, I went on with the plan to just drop by for a simple meal & a catch-up.
Aaron & I took our brunch at Hai Peng Kuantan before heading to Pekan. I had to have the laksa cos I just missed it! The noodles aren't the usual yellow noodles used in curry laksa, nor is it the common 'lai fun' used in asam laksa. I really feel that the noodles used is actually spaghetti! Yums! Furthermore, the laksa is the Siamese style laksa - slightly thick, fragrant, & has fish bits :D It's not the best, but it's good for me :) Aaron prefers curry laksa over all types of laksa; me prefer Siamese laksa! *woot!*
David actually contacted me through email, seeking permission to use one of my photos of a soft boiled egg taken at his place. It was a pleasant surprise indeed that someone would actually contact me for such a thing :) *delighted* In a way, I was also wondering how David would be & whether it will be awkward for me to actually chat with the owner of a kopitiam; I've never done so before. To my delight, David is a very nice to chat person! :D
Throughout the entire conversation with David, which lasted at least 1.5 hours, I was told that the one aim of Hai Peng Kuantan was not to provide the best food or drinks to their patrons, but to provide a "homey" place for family & friends to gather over a cup of coffee, a slice of toast, or just a bowl of laksa for that matter. Interesting.
Although this is an income-generating business, David doesn't put that as his priority. All he is interested in are the lives that walk into his kopitiam (he knows almost all his regular customers & have sat down for chit-chat with them)! If you ever get a chance to meet & talk to him personally, you'll find out how friendly he is :)
When I asked him to recommend his best-sellers or just what's the one famous food item that's offered in Hai Peng Kuantan, he couldn't narrow it down to just one item. He explained that people actually drop by at Hai Peng for various reasons - some love the wholemeal home-made toast with home-cooked kaya & butter (he can confidently claim that he's the 1st to introduce wholemeal toast at a kopitiam in Kuantan), others go all the way to his kopitiam just for the nasi lemak/laksa, while others drop by everyday for a glass of iced coffee to cool them down on a hot day. Whatever reasons people have to drop by at Hai Peng, it's certainly for something that paints a smile over their faces :)
It was almost an instant bond among David, Aaron, & myself! :D We talked from life in general to cars, football, school days (Aaron & David were from the same school), to perspective in life & human character. Very interesting to sit down, listen, & talk when I could....hahaha...when it comes to things like cars & football, I'll let the gentlemen do the talking & bonding ;)
Hai Peng Kopitiam
Jln Haji Abdul Aziz
25000 Kuantan
Pahang Darul Makmur.
Ah, what a lovely Saturday :) Thank you SO much for the lovely meal & chat, David!
After that makan & chat, Aaron & I left for Pekan to visit his workplace/site, which is also my new uni ground! :D Wheeee.......we're pretty tired after traveling here there for half the day... there was family gathering/Aaron's birthday dinner at night, so we headed back to rest & enjoy the dinner (chef Eugene cooked up a yummilicious meal!)... me enjoyed the Saturday! :D
Here are some photos to share:
At UMP, Pekan's grounds
So nice lor! Our old lecture halls are classroom style!
Just check out the lovely sky above!!! *day dreams*
The total area of the university is actually REALLY large...as what Aaron have said to me before, "you can't even see the other end of the uni from one end"
At the dinner:
VERY interesting & makes the salad very 'zesty'
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