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Posted on February 3, 2013. Filed under: goofy crap, Mental Hurling, Miscellaneous, Musings, why the hell not | Tags: applebee's, assholes, butter, Chelsea Welch, eccentric, fat chicks, government agent, gratiuity, humor, idiots, judgement, klout, lies, perverted cooks, pinocchio, server, smartass, social media, stacy clark, talkmonster, tips, truth, waitstaff |
I've waited more than my share of tables in my life, it's just a "sit down" restaurant's way of getting out of paying a real wage to servers. Tipping is SO misunderstood by many people who've never worked in the service industry. Too many people justify either not tipping or punitive tips over some silly bit of minutia that did or didn't occur while they smashed pancakes or baby back ribs in their pie holes. Waited more than one minute for a top off of their beverage, screw the waiter… I want CRACKERS, f that witch, (I got stiffed at Denny's because a whale in a mu-mu lost her shit when I returned with her drink order and NO crackers and butter! What in the hell was I thinking miss me? Didn't I know how to do my job. Like they were supposed to just sit there at a table (couldn't fit in a booth had to wait 5 on a busboy for a table) with drinks and menus and NO POTS OF BUTTER to slather on CRACKERS? Wholly shit. I have not read from the Book of Fat, I never got to that point in my education? I plead ignorance? wtf.
Shortly after rectifying the situation I was "set straight" by gnashing, greasy, cracker crumbed whale lips. "You know, if you'd have just been civilized and had the crackers, none of this bad blood would be happening." Wow, I agreed and promptly went to scream obscenities in the walk in because it was all I could do not to reach down her throat and save pinocchio.)
uh, ahem I mean, Customers expect perfection and infalable service as if they were the center of the universe when generally they are the center of your section of 5 to 6 tables of 4 – or worse, a big top of 20 and they are the sattelite (only table not "borg'ed by the team) and the black hole effect of the 20 people talking at once leaves your table of two agonizingly out of your grasp.
Managers don't give a flip, all they care about is that you show up when their schedule says for you to and you don't look or smell bad. Oh, and kiss butt…. hot food, butt kissing, smile, if they're upset, kiss more butt and give them free pie. I can do that hell. Free pie generally fixes most stuff in the low/mid end sit downs.
Ahem, no pie, no. Shhh, ok, no pie.
SOoooo people assume that since you have other tables you're making BANK and they blow off the tip, they assume you make at least minimum wage because it's THE minimum wage (wait staff are an exception america, they get boned. Server minimum wage was like $2.15 last time I saw it, It's probably a whopping $2.50 by now. That's it. Servers only get that so taxes and ss can come out of what WAIT STAFF MUST CLAIM AS THEIR TIP AMMOUNT WHETHER THEY MAKE THAT AMMOUNT OR NOT. Servers are responsible for at least the difference between the 2.50/hour and $??? that is minimum wage, further your total sales (including call in take out orders) are added up and a percentage is assumed to have been tipped to you. IF YOU DO NOT CLAIM YOU MADE THAT PERCENTAGE THEY FIRE YOU. If you didn't make that ammount they assume you suck as a server and let you go. I think it's like 12% (but really I pulled that number out of my ass.)
It's been over 14 years since I flung food for strangers. ONE big top can ruin the crap out of you. If you are boned by a large party, the sattelite tables generally don't tip well because the black hole sucks you in and there's few opportunities to escape the suction of the massive party to tend to anyone else. If you flinch, acknowledge you heard any one of them, they ALL have something they need EVERY TIME THEY SEE YOU. You can't evade it. They only way to get to the little guy is to emulate Hellen Keller until you are nearer the small table, clear of the group.
I always felt terrible when I had a borg event, UNLESS they ganged up and ate my whole section, then it was bliss. They were my chillun and Momma Stacy fell right in with feeding the brood. I could, often did, bring out cold food and they LOVED it, because I made them love it, they had 100% of my attention and I don't half ass much. hahaha. There are a few things I can do so well I redefine the concept. Being attentive/giving attention when free of distraction, getting to make a person/people "royalty" for a day so to speak. THAT, I have fun doing. It's free and nobody dislikes it haha. I have a lot of that in me. It only fails if someone is inappropriate or demanding, if it's a predetermined expectation – I won't/can't do it. I won't let me on a subliminal level. You get an adverse effect, obvious forced compliance with the absolute basics required to be socially acceptable. Fake grin auto-pilot (: . I can't help it! I tell me not to do it but I always bully me into doing it anyway. We argue about that a lot, or did. Now I look back at us and laugh, that used to matter hahaha
um, hang on… that wasn't me that was… a friend, yeah. so I was talking about….. waiters get stiffed for goofy reasons, fat chicks want butter…. big tops have mass, …. crap… um
OH! yeah So, the assumption is that with several tables an hour there's surely a lot of money being tipped. That's rarely the case unless you're a server at an upscale restaurant. The more affordable the eatery, the more apt the calculator is to come out when it's time to tip.
HOWEVER, there are the beautiful people. former servers generally overtip, that's a given. There are those like my wonderful last commenter on "Jesus would tip" who tips well because he gets the drift, that is beautiful. He's now one of my co-heroes this week. Then there are people like my older sister, the NEVER been in ANY service industry and wouldn't work as waitstaff at gunpoint. My big sis tips like a Rockafeller haha. When I'm in a restaurant with her she is FOREVER commenting on waiting tables, "OH GOD I could NEVER do that," and "I can't EVEN comprehend how that waitress didn't slap that guy square in the face just then, they'd have to pull me off him I wouldn't be able to stop slapping him" haha She is awestruck at how waiters and waitresses can smile and be nice to EVERYONE while doing things she finds vile. "She did NOT just pick up that dinner roll the baby gummed and drooled all over … omg no ew ew ew that is so NASTY, I want to shower just because I saw it" HAHAHAHA She tips so SO well, it's crazy.
When she and I eat out together whomever our server is, they are (I have no other word so don't read into this) BLESSED ha haha Lisa tips at least 20 or 30 percent or round up then adds 10/20 bucks, that usually goes onto the receipt which she hands to the server so they'll know they got a nice tip. She always thanks them and tells them they're amazing because there's no WAY she could do what they do. (My sister was the head of IT for a successful high end chain of electronically uberprogressive banks, they catered to the gazillionare types – you know the kind of bank that snickers at "free checking" ~surely you jest~ everything bears interest and you pay for the account if your balance drops under however many grand. That kind of Type A successful in the past.
NOW she's off doing mom and dad love her more cause she was here first (she drilled that one in my head… older siblings, eeeyeah, gotta love 'em?) righteous whoknows but always Like A Boss, type of stuff, but being "not Stacy" I assure you it's without losing her proverbial poop ala Samburg (no promtion of synergy or fish boffing, no oral self gratification, crapping on desks, she has yet to turn into a rocket and far as I know hasn't flown into the sun yet) Damaged? Me? What is that supposed to…. come back here… Wait… I'm not, I mean.. friends? Not bad girl.. ..I'm ok really…. hugme? (Mmm mm mm mmm hmm hmm) (insert rocking motion here)
Haha, moving on:
Wow, can you tell I'm avoiding stuff by rambling?
Anyway, Lisa hi. k, bye.
I have to INSIST on one thing, if your server blows you off, gives you attitude, gets snippy or pissy with you, does anything but smile and bust butt to try to make you happy…. DON'T GIVE THEM A DIME. Just because waitstaff survive on tips does not mean they can shit on you and you have to pay for it. The inverse is if they're doing their best but they make a mistake and are sincere/genuine in doing all they can to make things right, that is no justification for refusing to leave a gratuity.
Thinking you know anything about their tips in any way by adding tables/people/averages ect whatever you see or don't see, is based on absolutely nothing but supposition. Management often divides sections up in strange ways for even stranger reasons. I've seen sections look like checkerboards to accomodate multiple new hires (interspersing them with veteran staff their first days solo) ALSO, every restaurant has their own policies… some make you tip other positions out of you take for the night (busboys get 10% Host/ess gets 5% or some variation of ancillary employee and percentage of your total for the night) OR there are nightmare places where everyone has to POOL their tips and it's all split equally amongst the servers (I'd walk. The moment they held the bucket out for my money I'd give them the finger before I'd give them a dime hahaha) There's no telling what wacky policies there might or might not be, never just assume it's black and white.
I guess to oversimplify things, pretend it's your mom serving you, and you're helping her out a bit on the side. If the overall experience was positive, the tip should reflect it – refusing to tip becuase you had to wait for a minute or things weren't exactly as you wanted them the instant you wanted it but the server damn sure tried to make it right for you is nothing more than a show of childishness, egotism or plain personality defect. If your waitperson gave a true effort and you walk on the tip, it is nothing more than a reflection on your lack of character and overblown ego.
If you aren't loaded with cash and the bill is higher than you expected, fess up! I had a couple come in and they barely made the bill… they told me they LOVED the service but they just didn't have anything left over for a tip, they felt bad. I made SURE that they knew the praise made it well worth it and it would even out over the course of the night, that their company while I waited on them was wonderful and made things easier as I worked. I made sure they felt good about the situation (I sure did because I knew why there wasn't a tip, an honest reason – I've promised myself long ago that I value truth more than material posessions so it was just a beautiful act of generosity on their part.) After they left the bus boy cleaned their table went to the manager giving her something from the table. They had filled out a GLOWING comment card, (in red crayon no less) it made me sound like I was exactly what would happen if Mother Theresa and Robin Williams had a child raised by the peace corps. ( : ( :
I felt like a rock star, She xeroxed it and put it up on the wall in the break room, it went to corporate! I got a letter from the corp office commending me for being a prime example of a Denny's wait person, thanking me for being part of the Denny's family, that they appreciated that I was exemplary in providing the best dining experience for those patrons and how the company exsisted because of employees like me. Any no raise, bonus, fanfare, balloon, live buttsmooch, just that, a You Rock form letter. but THAT rocked because no one at the restaurant had ever seen one before (remember working with me? all this? y'all can still eatit I rocked that table! hahaha)
ok, I have crap to do and I wrote this like I write my mental vomit. Seat of the pants, I'm not even going to read it (just like the mental vom…. Prose, Published dark allegoric prose, Yeah, that. not barf. Not to you, that's just a um. a joke, yeah an inside joke here at home
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Jesus would tip
Posted on February 1, 2013. Filed under: goofy crap, justice, Miscellaneous, Musings, why the hell not | Tags: advocate, alois bell, applebee's, author, busted, Chelsea Welch, evil, fake, fired, hypocrite, idiots, klout, logic, pastor bell, religion, sarcasm, server, social media, stacy clark, tipping, twisted, waitress, writer |
I couldn't help but slap this onto my blog. It is actually started as a comment on the page but then I realized I was standing on a soap box when I finished typing so I said wtf, I'll blog this puppy.
It's this kind of idiocy that makes me comfy being more hermit than not. There are so many people walking around just oozing ignorance and stupidity… but don't point it out because they'll misquote the bible and knock the hell out of you for insulting them… ( ok, that's not really factual, that only applies to faux christians, the ones who believe in Jesus but go Jewish when mad… eye for an eye??? Jesus never kicked anyone's ass, he turned the other cheek. You know the ones, they tell you how they're better christians than _______ because they _______. …Wow, really? Clueless to the sinfest they're reveling in generally I silently back away and make for the door, kinda like when you walk up on a snake in the woods. (quietly, slowly, easy… little further…. almost there…. now RUN!) hahaha!!! They can get pretty pissed, radical christians are Neo don't you know? The One. Clearly ready to fly solo up in heaven too because they, and they alone know the path to divinity, and if you don't agree – well you're going to hell (after they kick your ass)


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List of Muhammad's Wives and Concubines
According to Anas ibn Malik, the Prophet Muhammad used to visit all eleven of his wives in one night; but he could manage this, as he had the sexual prowess of thirty men.[1] The historian Al-Tabari calculated that Muhammad married a total of fifteen women, though only ever eleven at one time; and two of these marriages were never consummated.[2] This tally of fifteen does not include at least four concubines. According to Merriam-Webster, a concubine is "a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married", and has a "social status in a household below that of a wife."[3] All of Muhammad's concubines were his slaves. Al-Tabari also excludes from the fifteen several other women with whom Muhammad had some kind of marriage contract but who, due to legal technicalities, never became full wives. It is fairly certain, however, that none of these unions was ever consummated. They were the cultural equivalent of a broken engagement. Finally, there were several other women whom Muhammad wished to marry, or whom he was invited to marry, but for various reasons he did not.
The following lists of women in Muhammad's life are based on the Islamic sources. Because there were so many women, some of whom had only a very brief association with him, it is possible that this number still falls short of the real total.
Wives and Concubines
|Notable Early Sources
|Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
|July 595.
|She was a wealthy merchant from Mecca who employed the 24-year-old Muhammad and then proposed marriage. She was the mother of six of his children and a key character in the earliest development of Islam. She was Muhammad's only wife as long as she lived. She died in April 620.
|Sawda bint Zam'a
|Married, though with limited rights.
|May 620.
|She was a tanner who had been an early convert to Islam. Muhammad married her at a time when he was unpopular and bankrupt. He considered divorcing her when, as the oldest and plainest of his wives (described as "fat and very slow"), she no longer attracted him, but she persuaded him to keep her in the house in exchange for never sleeping with her again (she gave up her turn to Aisha).
|Aisha bint Abi Bakr
|Contracted May 620 but first consummated in April or May 623.
|She was the daughter of Muhammad's best friend and head evangelist Abu Bakr. Muhammad selected the six-year-old Aisha in preference to her teenaged sister, and she remained his favourite wife. She contributed a major body of information to Islamic law and history.
|Hafsa bint Umar
|January or February 625.
|She was the daughter of Muhammad's wealthy friend Umar. Hafsa was the custodian of the autograph-text of the Qur'an, which was actually somewhat different from the standard Qur'an of today.
|Zaynab bint Khuzayma
|February or March 625.
|She was a middle-class widow known as "Mother of the Poor" because of her commitment to charity work. She died in October 625.
|Hind (Umm Salama) bint Abi Umayya
|April 626.
|An attractive widow with four young children, Hind had been rejected by her aristocratic family in Mecca because they were so hostile to Islam. She was a notable teacher of Islamic law and a partisan of Ali.
|Zaynab bint Jahsh
|March 627.
|An early convert to Islam, Zaynab was the wife of Muhammad's adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah. She was also the Prophet's biological cousin. When Muhammad became infatuated with Zaynab, Zayd was pressured into a divorce. To justify marrying her, Muhammad announced new revelations that (1) an adopted son did not count as a real son, so Zaynab was not his daughter-in-law, and (2) as a prophet, he was allowed more than the standard four wives. Zaynab excelled at leather-crafts.
|Rayhana bint Zayd ibn Amr
|Sexual slavery
|May 627.
|Her first husband was one of the 600-900 Qurayza men whom Muhammad beheaded in April 627. He enslaved all the women and selected Rayhana for himself because she was the most beautiful. When she refused to marry him, he kept her as a concubine instead. She died shortly before Muhammad in 632.
|Juwayriyah bint Al-Harith
|January 628.
|The daughter of an Arab chief, she was taken prisoner when Muhammad attacked her tribe. Muhammad did not make a habit of marrying his war-captives, but Aisha claimed that Juwayriyah was so beautiful that men always fell in love with her at first sight.
|Ramlah (Umm Habiba) bint Abi Sufyan
|July 628 (following a proxy wedding earlier in the year)
|She was a daughter of Abu Sufyan, the Meccan chief who led the resistance against Muhammad, but she had been a teenaged convert to Islam. This marriage offset some of Muhammad's political humiliation in the Treaty of Hudaybiya by demonstrating that he could command the loyalty of his adversary's own daughter. Ramlah was devoted to Muhammad and quick to pick quarrels with people who were not.
|Safiyah bint Huyayy
|July 628.
|She was the beautiful daughter of a Jewish chief, Huyayy ibn Akhtab. Muhammad married her on the day he defeated the last Jewish tribe in Arabia, only hours after he had supervised the slaying of Kinana her second husband. His earlier victims had included her father, brother, first husband, three uncles and several cousins. This marriage was of no benefit to Safiyah's defeated tribe, who were banished from Arabia a few years later; its real political significance was that Safiyah's presence in Muhammad's household was an open demonstration that he had defeated the Jews.
|Maymunah bint Al-Harith
|February 629.
|She was a middle-class widow from Mecca who proposed marriage to Muhammad. A placid woman who kept a very tidy house, Maymunah was completely obsessed with rules and rituals.
|Mariyah bint Shamoon al-Quptiya
|Sexual slavery
|c. June 629.
|She was one of several slaves whom the Governor of Egypt sent as a present to Muhammad. He kept her as a concubine despite the objections of his official wives, who feared her beauty. Mariyah bore Muhammad a son, Ibrahim.
|Mulayka bint Kaab
|January 630.
|Her family resisted the Muslim invasion of Mecca. Needing to appease the conqueror, they gave him the beautiful Mulayka as a bride. When she realised that Muhammad's army had killed her father, she demanded a divorce, which he granted her. She died a few weeks later.
|Fatima al-Aliya bint Zabyan al-Dahhak
|February or March 630.
|She was the daughter of a minor chief who had converted to Islam. Muhammad divorced her after only a few weeks "because she peeked at men in the mosque courtyard." Fatima had to work for the rest of her life as a dung-collector, and she outlived all Muhammad's widows.
|Asma bint Al-Numan
|June or July 630.
|She was a princess from Yemen whose family hoped the marriage alliance would ward off a military invasion from Medina. But Muhammad divorced her before consummation after Aisha tricked her into reciting the divorce formula. Asma later married a brother of Umm Salama.
|Sexual slavery
|After 627.
|She was a domestic slave belonging to Zaynab bint Jahsh, who made Muhammad a present of her. She seems to have been an "unofficial" concubine who did not have a regular turn on his roster.
|Amra bint Yazid
|c. 631.
|She was a Bedouin of no political importance. Muhammad divorced her before consummation when he saw she had symptoms of leprosy.
|Tukana al-Quraziya
|Sexual slavery
|Unknown, but probably in the last months of Muhammad's life.
|She was a member of the defeated Qurayza tribe whom Muhammad selected as one of his personal slaves. She appears to have been another "unofficial" concubine without a regular turn on the roster. After Muhammad's death, she married Abbas.
Engagements and Broken Contracts
|Notable early sources
|Ghaziya (Umm Sharik) bint Jabir
|Early 627.
|She was a poor widow with dependent children. She sent Muhammad a proposal of marriage, and he agreed to the contract. However, when he met her in person, he saw that, although attractive, she was "old", and he divorced her immediately. She never remarried.
|Khawla bint Hudhayl
|Probably mid- or late-627.
|She was a princess from the powerful Christian Taghlib tribe in northern Arabia. Her uncle arranged the marriage, which was expected to be politically advantageous on both sides. Muhammad signed the contract, but Khawla died on her journey to Medina, before they met in person.
|Sharaf bint Khalifa
|Probably mid- or late-627.
|She was an aunt of Khawla bint Hudhayl (above). After Khawla's death, the family tried to substitute Sharaf. In one tradition, Sharaf also died before consummation. In another tradition, Muhammad changed his mind and broke off the contract.
|Layla bint al-Khutaym
|After 627.
|One of the first converts in Medina, Layla asked Muhammad to marry her so that her clan, the Zafar, would be the most closely allied to the Prophet. He agreed. However, Layla's family warned her that she was too "jealous and whip-tongued" to adapt well to polygamy, which would cause political problems for the whole community. Under this pressure, Layla broke off the engagement.
|Umm Habib bint Al-Abbas
|After March 630.
|She was Muhammad's cousin. He saw her as a baby crawling around and remarked, "If I am alive when she grows up, I will marry her." He changed his mind when he found out that her father had been his foster-brother and died soon afterwards.
|Sana al-Nashat bint Rifaa (Asma) ibn As-Salt
|c. April 630.
|She was the daughter of a Muslim warrior who hoped to advance his career by becoming Muhammad's father-in-law. Muhammad signed the contract, but Sana died before the marriage could be consummated.
|Umra bint Rifaa
|c. May 630.
|She was the sister of Sana (above). After Sana died, their father tried to interest Muhammad in Umra. At first he agreed, but he later changed his mind, ostensibly because Rifaa boasted that Umra "has never known a day's illness in her life."
|Bint Jundub ibn Damra of Janda'a
|Nothing is known about this woman except that Muhammad contracted marriage with her but divorced her before consummation.
|Jamra bint Al-Harith
|c. 631
|She proposed marriage to Muhammad, and he accepted. Her father informed him that she suffered from a serious disease, whereupon Muhammad broke off the engagement. According to the Muslim chroniclers, her father arrived home only to find that she really had been afflicted with leprosy.
|Al-Shanba' bint Amr
|January 632.
|She was from a Bedouin tribe who appeared friendly to Muhammad but who had also been friends of the Qurayza tribe. Al-Shanba' insulted Muhammad on the first day by implying that he was not a true prophet, and he divorced her immediately.
|Qutayla (Habla) bint Qays
|May 632.
|She was a cousin of Asma bint Al-Numan, and the Yemenites sent her to Muhammad as a substitute bride. He signed the marriage contract but he died before Qutayla arrived in Medina. As soon as she heard that he was dead, she apostated from Islam. Soon afterwards she married an Arab chief who was a leader in the Apostasy Wars.
|Mary, mother of Jesus
|The Afterlife.
|Muhammad said that Allah had wedded him in Heaven to the Virgin Mary, who was one of the four perfect women. The Qur'an refers several times to Mary, praising her chastity and affirming the virgin birth of Jesus. Muhammad said she lived in a beautiful jewelled palace in Paradise next to Khadijah's.
|Queen Asiya of Egypt
|The Afterlife.
|Muhammad said that Allah had wedded him in Heaven to Queen Asiya, who was one of the four perfect women. The Qur'an tells how Asiya rescued the infant Moses from the evil Pharaoh, and how Pharaoh later tortured his wife to death for her monotheism. Muhammad said that Asiya's palace in Heaven was on the other side of Khadijah's.
|Kulthum bint Amram
|The Afterlife.
|Muhammad originally believed that Maryam the sister of Moses and Maryam the mother of Jesus were one and the same. When he realised his mistake, he apparently over-corrected by deciding that Moses' sister was not even named Maryam. He renamed her Kulthum ("Chubby Cheeks") and said that Allah had wedded her to him in Heaven. He did not say that she was a perfect woman or that she lived next to Khadijah.
Refused Proposals
|Notable early sources
|Fakhita (Umm Hani) bint Abi Talib
|before 595;
January 630;
c. 631
|Muhammad proposed to his cousin Fakhita, but her father married her off to a wealthy Makhzumite poet.
Nearly forty years later, after Muhammad conquered Mecca, Fakhita's husband fled rather than convert to Islam, causing an automatic divorce. Muhammad proposed to Fakhita again, but she refused, saying she could not be equally fair to a new husband and her young children.
Later still, Fakhita came to Muhammad, saying her children had grown up and she was finally ready to marry him; but he said she was too late.
|"As Many Wives as You Want"
|The chiefs of Mecca offered Muhammad "as many wives as you want in marriage," together with wealth, political power and the services of a competent exorcist, if only he would stop insulting their gods. Muhammad refused this offer, which was made while Khadijah was still alive.
|Habiba bint Sahl
|c. 623.
|Habiba was a prominent member of the Najjar clan in Medina. When the chief died with no obvious heir, Muhammad proposed to Habiba. His companions warned him that the women of Medina were not used to polygamy and that the men were very jealous for the happiness of their daughters; if this marriage turned out badly, key citizens might withdraw their support from Islam. Muhammad retracted his proposal, but the Najjar clan made him their chief anyway.
|After 625.
|This unnamed woman proposed to Muhammad in Hafsa's presence. Hafsa decried the shame of a woman who would throw herself at a man, but Muhammad retorted, "She is better than you because she wanted me while you only find fault." He refused the proposal, but promised the woman a reward in Paradise for asking.
In fact several ansar women are said to have proposed to Muhammad; while this example is anonymous, it clearly refers to a woman who is distinct from Layla bint Khutaym.
|Khawla bint Hakim
|After 627.
|This is the same Khawla bint Hakim who arranged Muhammad's marriages to Aisha and Sawda. Her first husband was Hafsa's uncle, and their elder son fought at Badr. After being widowed, Khawla asked Muhammad to marry her, but he refused without giving a reason. However, he found her a new husband the same day.
|Dubaa bint Amir
|After 627.
|Dubaa was a wealthy noblewoman to whom Muhammad sent a marriage proposal when he heard about her beautiful long hair that filled a whole room when she sat down. But by the time she accepted him, he had been advised that she was "elderly" (her grown-up son had been born from her third marriage) so he retracted his proposal before he had even met her.
|Izza bint Abi Sufyan
|After July 628.
|She was the sister of Muhammad's wife Ramlah. Ramlah proposed Izza as a bride, "since, as I cannot be your only wife, I would like to share my good fortune with my sister." But Muhammad said he could not marry two sisters concurrently.
|Durrah bint Abi Salama
|After July 628.
|She was the daughter of Muhammad's wife Hind. Another wife, Ramlah, noticed that Muhammad admired Durrah and asked if he intended to marry her. He replied that he could not marry his stepdaughter; and besides, her father had been his foster-brother. On the day Muhammad died, Durrah was only six years old.
|Umama bint Hamza
|After March 630.
|She was Muhammad's cousin and said to be the prettiest girl in the family. Ali proposed her as a bride while she was still a child, but Muhammad said that he could not marry her because her father had been his foster-brother. She later married his stepson, Salama ibn Abi Salama.
|Safiyah bint Bashshama
|September 630.
|She was a war-captive from Mesopotamia. Muhammad asked her to marry him, but when she said she wanted to return to her husband, he allowed her family to ransom her. It is said that her family cursed her for placing her personal happiness above the political needs of the tribe.
See Also
- Lists - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Lists
- Muhammad's Wives - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Muhammad's wives and concubines
- A version of this page is also available in the following languages: Bulgarian, Italian. For additional languages, see the sidebar on the left.
- ↑ Sahih Bukhari 1:5:268. See also Sahih Bukhari 7:62:142.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 126-127.
- ↑ Concubine – Merriam-Webster, accessed September 28, 2011
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 82-83, 106-107, 111, 113-114, 160-161, 191, 313-314.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 127-128; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 3-4
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:9-12, 39, 151-152.
- ↑ Sahih Bukhari 2:26:740.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 148, 309, 530.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 128-130; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 169-170.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:39-42, 152.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 116, 223, 279-280, 311, 457, 464-465, 468, 493-499, 522, 535-536, 544, 649-650, 667, 678-688.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 128-131; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 171-174.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:43-56, 152.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 218, 301, 679.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 131-132; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 174-175.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:56-60, 152.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 138; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 63-64.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:82, 152.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 146, 147, 150-153, 167-169, 213-214, 462, 529, 536, 546, 589, 680.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 132; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 175-177.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:61-67, 152.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 215, 495.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 134; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 180-182.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:72-81, 152.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 466.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 137, 141; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 164-165.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:92-94, 153.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 490-493.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 133; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 182-184.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:83-85, 152.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 146, 527-528, 529, 543.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 133-134; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 177-180.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:68-71, 153.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 241-242, 511, 514-515, 516-517, 520.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 134-135; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 184-185.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:85-92, 153.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 531, 679-680.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 135; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 185-186.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:94-99, 153.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 653.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 137, 141; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 193-195.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:148-151.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, p. 165.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:106, 154.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 138; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 186-188. Despite the confusion over the name, she is probably also the woman referred to in Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 136-137 and the "Fatima bint Shurayh" of Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:100-101, 153.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918 (here he has apparently confused her with Amra bint Yazid).
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 188-191. She is mentioned in Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 128-130 but has apparently been partly confused with Amra bint Yazid.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:101-105, 153.
- ↑ Ibn al-Qayyim, Za'd al-Ma'ad 1:114.
- ↑ Ibn Ishaq, cited in Guillaume, A. (1960). New Light on the Life of Muhammad, p. 55. Manchester: Manchester University Press
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918 (here he has apparently confused her with Asma bint Al-Numan).
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 187-188.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:100-101.
- ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:52.
- ↑ Ibn al-Qayyim, Zaad al-Ma'ad 1:114.
- ↑ Ibn Hisham note 918.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:111-114.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 139; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, p. 166
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:116.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 138.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:116-117.
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- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:7, 108-109, 231.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 311.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:36.
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- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:106-107.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:107.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:106.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 140-141
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- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, pp. 138-139.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:105.
- ↑ Quran 3:33-51; Quran 19:16-40; Quran 21:91; Quran 66:12.
- ↑ Sahih Bukhari 4:55:642. Sahih Bukhari 5:58:163.
- ↑ Sahih Muslim 31:5965.
- ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:26.
- ↑ Quran 28:4-13; Quran 66:11.
- ↑ Sahih Muslim 31:5966.
- ↑ Ibn Kathir, Tafsir on Quran 66:11.
- ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:26.
- ↑ Quran 19:27-28.
- ↑ Sahih Muslim 5:326.
- ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:26.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 181, 184, 404-405, 551-552, 557, 689.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140; Al-Tabari, Vol. 39, pp. 170-171
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:109-110.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 6, pp. 106-107.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 235.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:288-289.
- ↑ Sunan Abu Dawud 12:2219; Sunan Abu Dawud 12:2220; Sunan Abu Dawud 12:2221.
- ↑ Al-Muwatta 20:31.
- ↑ Majlisi, Hayat al-Qulub 2:52.
- ↑ Guillaume/Ishaq 590
- ↑ Sahih Bukhari 7:62:24; Sahih Bukhari 7:62:58; Sahih Bukhari 7:62:63; Sahih Bukhari 7:62:66.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:114.
- ↑ Ibn Kathir, Tafsir on Quran 33:50.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:111.
- ↑ Sahih Muslim 8:3412; Sahih Muslim 8:3413.
- ↑ Sahih Muslim 8:3412; Sahih Muslim 8:3413.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:115-116.
- ↑ Al-Tabari, Vol. 9, p. 140
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:109-111.

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Next in the gauntlet is a Moby-looking scenester with a paunch who descends upon her in Ono, the Gansevoort's bustling, dimly lit Japanese restaurant, introducing himself as if he's an old friend. The fact that he's wielding a Treo device like a video camera goes unnoticed by Biel, who later refers to said implication as "creepy." She dispatches him into the darkness with a tight smile and walks through the large restaurant to a back booth, causing a ripple of chopsticks to go still as heads turn.
If the rhythms and rotations of the mass entertainment media complex are to be trusted, we are currently living in Jessica Biel's Big Moment. After getting her foot in the door in 1996 on the show 7th Heaven, the now-25-year-old actress won the hearts and minds of the boys with her badass ability to wield a meat cleaver in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and a bow and arrow in 2004's Blade: Trinity. Her turn in 2005's Stealth, which bombed (literally), may have gone largely unnoticed, but the trailer highlighting Biel under a waterfall certainly didn't. Then in the fall of 2005, Esquire bestowed on her the magazine's "Sexiest Woman" honorific. Last summer, she deftly skipped over the threshold from hottie to respectable actor with her supple performance as an early-twentieth-century duchess opposite Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti in The Illusionist and since then has become a red-carpet flashbulb magnet, wearing Valentino to the Golden Globes and, to present at the Oscars, a fuchsia halter-top Oscar de la Renta dress that strikingly revealed her toned shoulders.
"Parts that I really want aren't going to me," Biel says. "Like The Other Boleyn Girl with Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman." But she stops herself. "I don't want to say that there's nothing I love that I can have. But there's still the occasional script that the director doesn't want to see you for. They want that top tier of girls."
So, how does she go from Big Moment to top tier? Gauging from her acting heroes: Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, and Annette Bening (with whom she will costar, along with Sean Bean, in a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play A Woman of No Importance), it seems she has good taste. And in addition to working with Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore in the recent thriller Next, Biel is finally getting a turn at comedy—something she's been longing for—opposite Adam Sandler and Kevin James in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, due out next month.
"Jessica is a great actress who also happens to be smart, sweet, and funny," Sandler says. "But the best part of working with her was watching her beat Kevin James at arm wrestling." Not that the movie, about two firefighters who pretend to be gay in order to claim domestic-partner benefits (Biel plays their lawyer), refrains from reveling in her sexiness—she sheds her clothes for a gawking Sandler, and when his character first sees her, his world goes into super slow-mo.
"She's capable of attaining the Julia Roberts crown," says Chuck and Larry director Dennis Dugan, referring to Biel's healthy-American-girl vibe and comic timing. The actress herself is wary of such pronouncements.
"The scary thing about having this opportunity is that if it's 'your moment,' that eventually disappears," she says. "I think about reaching for 'the moment' but never really achieving it. That way, I'm always striving."
When Biel walked onto the set of The Illusionist, director Neil Burger was impressed with her athlete's readiness and resolve. She carries herself with the confidence of a dancer or an accomplished jock—both of which she has been. "She completely gave as good as she got with her Oscar-nominated costars Norton and Giamatti," Burger says. "That's a testament to her poise and her talent."
Early in the production, Biel had a scene with Norton that put the two of them in a stream in the Czech Republic in March. "It was essentially liquid ice. It was like an electric shock, and it knocked the breath out of both of us and Jess turned blue," Norton says. "When we watched it back on the monitor, you could see it hadn't played out exactly right. Neil and I both wanted to do it again, but sometimes you have to give up perfect for safety, and we were hesitant to ask her to get back in that water. But she said, 'It wasn't right, was it? Let's do it again.' And I thought, All right, she's a pro."
"She doesn't take herself too seriously," says her friend and producing partner Michelle Purple.
Stephen Collins, who played Biel's minister father on 7th Heaven, agrees: "She has an incredible goof-off, tomboy streak," he says.
So what was a tomboy doing in the front rows at fashion week in Paris early last March? ("An intimidating and overwhelming environment," Biel says.) Scoring some clothing, including the Preen number she's wearing now, and also celebrating her twenty-fifth birthday. "Someone said, 'You have five years till 30.' I started to think, Wow, over the next five years, my life could really change personally," Biel says smiling, with a slight squint of her catlike eyes.
When the tabloids started spotting Biel with Justin Timberlake in January shortly after his breakup with Cameron Diaz—the two were seen snowboarding together in Park City, Utah, during the Sundance Film Festival; sharing a glass of champagne at Prince's Golden Globes party; and backstage at Timberlake's concert in San Diego—her personal life suddenly became of great interest to the public. She dodges a probe about her relationship with Timberlake while knocking back shrimp tempura with aplomb, saying that she was in Park City with girlfriends and holding meetings for her production company, Iron Ocean Films. Nor does she want to discuss her past relationships with actors Ryan Reynolds and Chris Evans, or Yankee star Derek Jeter, quot;for no other reason than I can't even go to the dry cleaner by myself anymore," she says. "You're seen in public with anybody that you might not even know, and you're speculated about."
Asked if the constant attention makes dating hard, she says, "It makes everything hard because you can't even go to pick up a prescription without somebody trying to snap a photo of what you have in your Longs Drugs bag. Thank goodness I'm a nice person," she says. "Thank you, Mom, for teaching me that."
The day after Biel was born, in Ely, Minnesota, her parents took her to a dogsled race; it was 30 degrees below zero. By age one she was in a canoe. Her mother, who is "New Age," grew up in Colorado, hunting for arrowheads as a child; her father was a "mountain man" who ran an Outward Bound school and worked as an international business consultant. His career took the family (her brother, Justin, is three years younger) from Texas to Connecticut and, finally, to Boulder. "We didn't lock our doors," she says. "We snowboarded, hiked, climbed, rafted. We grew up without a fear of the world."
Although Biel thrived at athletics, she doesn't remember a time when she wasn't dancing or singing. At age 11, she signed up with a talent agency in Denver, which got her to the International Modeling and Talent Association convention in Los Angeles, which in turn got her into meetings with managers and agencies.
"I wanted to be Whitney Houston for a long time. I would be onstage and I would just come alive," Biel recalls. "I begged my parents to let me go out for pilot season."
When she was 14, she landed her central role in 7th Heaven, playing the oldest daughter of seven kids in a wholesome Christian family. But after a few years, she wanted to mix things up personally and professionally. At 17, Biel posed seductively for a Gear magazine photo shoot, topless with scant bottoms. It was a clear sign that she wanted to be off the show. "I was all over the place," she says now. "I was being a rebellious teenager." She feels that she was exploited by the magazine, but 7th Heaven's producers cut her out of the series. (She eventually returned in a more limited role.)
"The Gear thing, while embarrassing, wasn't shy exactly bad for her career," Collins says. True enough, in that between Gear and Esquire Biel worked on seven major films. But none of those movies had anywhere near the impact that taking off her clothes did.
Julianne Moore says that Biel's "extraordinary" beauty appears as if "she were carved from marble," but she also has a body that you'd think only a comic book artist could draw—curvy in just the right places—and yet still healthy. Biel works out three times a week, primarily heart-rate training, doing fast-speed soccer exercises, squats, and running. She also does yoga regularly. Still, she feigns dismay at the suggestion that she looks buff.
"What do you mean? This is the thinnest and the least muscular I've been in a long time," she protests. "I'm so lean and feminine!"
As we order tea after dinner, the large party of 20 at the banquet table perpendicular to ours has mostly disbanded, allowing four of the men left at the table to reshuffle themselves so that eventually they sit on one side, facing her. It's as if they're at dinner theater. Biel may feel she has yet to land the role that breaks her out, but until that time, she has no shortage of fans who will be happy to watch her along the way.
When asked to go bowling two days later, after her ELLE photo shoot, Biel scarcely raises an eyebrow. She throws on a black ensemble and arrives ready to roll at Chelsea Piers between two lanes of shy, bouncy seven-year-old girls. Despite doing pretty poorly, losing for eight frames, she pulls a spare, a strike, and two nines at the very end to win the contest. "I was really sucking, but I'm a closer," she says gamely. "You should see me at beer pong."


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One of the reasons i love being at LSE is its a social science institution. You know, the science of studying human beings. Not putting people in cages and prodding them and giving electric shocks, no. For that i'd study at the CIA.
Social science. How human beings behave, how they interact, why they prefer their own race and why some consider others as monkeys, why nations rise and fall. Even in the field i study, Accounting, its more than just number-crunching. When lots of money is involved, politics flare up as well. We start to blame others for losses. Some backstab.
Which gives it a lot of drama and emotion, even more drama than the 'Nur Kasih' shows you all like, believe me. And studying all this has flourished my interest into becoming an amateur historian. Not a book nerd, a historian. History is one of the engines by which God drives the world.
History, says Niall Ferguson, allows us to make analogies between what happened then and what could happen now. It doesn't give major theories, like 'the whole purpose of existence is to outsmart each other just like animals in the jungle' (anyway i think that line of thinking is a bit ridiculous). What it has are exactly that, stories. His stories. And the Qur'an uses stories a lot, to make you realise the reality of things and relate to it so you can act accordingly.
Strong and powerful and technologically advanced?
The tribe of 'Ad were all those. They were physically huge (saw some pictures on the internet of their remains, but not sure of their credibility) and they could build palaces on mountains. But that wasn't enough to prevent their punishment. And the Thamud. And the pharaoh. And a whole host of once great nations that we hear of their name in the history books, but no longer see.
Which brings me to the point of reading history. Its a living, breathing thing, not like the government-engineered pseudo-history that we memorise for SPM. Once we learn history, we'll recognise that the Age of Empires hasn't ended. We're still living in it, and we'll continue to live under empires. Only unlike empires of old, who project visible power and physical governance, the American Empire prefers to project its influence economically and culturally. Which movies do we see? Hollywood. Which model of consumption do we use? American-style consumerism. And the list goes on and on.
And we thought we're independent. The creation of an illusion of independence is one of the great successes of the post-world war. The actual colonialism is in here
The Mental Empire. different color, different culture, similar beliefs. Because most of the world is under that sphere of influence.
So you see, history is more than just dates and names. That this thinking is prevalent in society is an unfortunate offshoot of trying to paint a rosy picture of the ruling party.
Imam Abu Al-Qasim Al-Junaid said, "History is one of the soldiers of Allah to strengthen the heart.."
It enables you to see the world for what it actually is.
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Worst mistakes: Avoid errors of new managers
First-time managers are generally nightmares to work for. They are people who got promoted by doing a non-management job well, and they probably have little experience in management. Here are four of the mistakes that will undermine a new manager the fastest.
1. Focusing on tasks instead of people.
Before you were a manger, your number-one job was to accomplish tasks. You were someone with skills to get something done. Maybe media buying, or programming, or selling. Now your number-one job is to help other people to accomplish the tasks in an outstanding way.
Sure, you'll have tasks. You'll have weekly reports, budgets, planning. But your tasks are secondary to helping other people to do their tasks.
Ideally, you should be able to show each person you manage how to see themselves differently so that they are able to produce at a higher level than they ever imagined. For one person this will mean you need to teach organization skills. You will help another discover what she loves to do and then set her up doing it for you. Each person wants something, and you need to find out what that is. Then help them get it.
2. Being slow to transition.
You can't do your new job well if you're still doing your old job. Delegating your old job should take three days. You find people who are taking a step up when they accept pieces of your old job so that they're excited. You give them an explanation of how to do it and tell them where to go when they have questions.
You're going to tell me that one day is not enough, that you have a very complicated job. But think of it this way: If you died today, your job would be delegated in a couple of days.
Delegating is not enough, though. You have to stop caring. If you are no longer on a project because you got a promotion, then you have to stop obsessing about how the project is doing. Remember how quickly the girl who dumped you hooked up with her next-door neighbor? You, too, need to move that fast.
3. Forgetting to manage up
Managing up means steering your team to hit goals that the people above you care about. Figure out what matters to your boss, and your boss's boss, and make that stuff matter to you, too, because you can only impress your boss with your management skill if you are accomplishing things she cares about.
And be loud about your accomplishments. Set measurable goals for yourself, and let people above you know that you're meeting them.
Do this it right off the bat. The saying, "People judge you in the first two minutes they meet you," is true for management, too. So give people reason right away to think you're doing a good job.
4. Talking more than listening
My sister-in-law, Rachel, has been a manager for a while. But she just accepted a position where she's managing three times the number of people she had been managing. Her first step was to go on a sort of listening tour of the organization. She had lunch with people to find out what matters to them, she sat in on groups and even visited some people at home, all in the name of figuring out what matters to whom, and how she should set up goals for herself.
Consider your own listening tour. After all, there's no way to figure out what people want without getting them talking. And the most annoying thing about any manager new or seasoned is when they just won't shut up.


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Can Work Stress Lead To Another Heart Attack?
Dr. Williams answers the question: 'Another Heart Attack Due To Work Stress?'
-- Question: Can work stress lead to another heart attack?
Answer: Work stress can lead to another heart attack. A recently published paper in the medical literature found that those patients who'd had a heart attack and who were followed up over a two to four year period, that those who had continuing work stress, continuing high levels of demands at their job and a low level of their ability to control how they meet those demands -- these patients were much more likely to suffer a second heart attack or to die. So, if you've already had a heart attack, and you have a high-stress job, continuing to work in that high-stress job without doing something about it, one way or the other, has been shown to put you at higher risk both for dying, and for having another heart attack.
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Producer Profile for October: Champlain Orchards
Orchard grows over 50 varieties of apples
Champlain Orchards is a family-owned Vermont orchard that takes pride in growing over 50 ecologically-grown varieties of apples, plus berries, peaches, plums, pears, and more. Their fresh fruit, pies, apple butter, applesauce, cider syrup, dried apples, and sweet, hard, and ice ciders attest to their commitment to local food in Vermont. Located in Shoreham, Vermont, their apple orchard and organic farm overlooks Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. .Visit them in Shoreham or learn more at www.champlainorchards.com.
At Champlain Orchards, they are devoted to providing a safe, supportive and friendly atmosphere for their employees. Their farm welcomes new employees as members of a family. They hire and house seasonal help from Jamaica through a federal guest worker program and are committed to employing and housing local year-round help as well. During the last five years they have renovated their old machine shop-- using the space to create a bakery, administrative offices, and a gathering place where employees can cook, eat lunch and converse. Their recently constructed labor house affords employees a full kitchen, full bathroom and showers, high-speed internet and energy-efficient washer/dryers.
Their fresh produce and unique value-added products attest to their commitment to Vermont's local food economy. All of their vegetables are NOFA Certified Organic and we grow three blocks of organic apples as well as organic cherries, plums and peaches. They utilize IPM (Integrated Pest Management) growing techniques for all of their non-organic apples, and strive to go above and beyond the base IPM guidelines.
They are also committed to investing in new forms of energy. They hope to convert the winds coming off Lake Champlain into energy for the farm, which would allow them to become less dependent on the grid for energy. They are looking at options for solar energy as well, and plan on shifting our fleet of trucks to biodiesel fuel in the near future. They are working with Spring Hill Consulting to develop a broad strategy regarding our carbon management, clean energy, and sustainability efforts and goals.


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Au, the company that brought us the rather sexy Infobar 2 has released a high-res widescreen phone in Japan that they claim has a 2000:1 contrast ratio. Manufactured by Sharp, the hot-pink number has a 2.8-inch Acquos screen, 240 x 400 resolution and this rather crazy 2000:1 contrast claim. You can find a mini-gallery after the jump.
Available in black and white as well as hot pink, the M61SH has support for a microSD card, and will be available in Japan from next month. [Impress]


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California wildfire grows to 5 square miles in Napa County
POPE VALLEY, Calif. >> A wildfire in rural Northern California that has forced the evacuation of 200 homes has grown to 5 square miles, though officials say crews aided by better weather made progress as they worked to control the flames overnight.
State fire Deputy Chief Gabrielle Avina said the blaze in the Pope Valley area of Napa County had burned 3,200 acres as of Wednesday morning, an additional 500 acres from the previous night.
It remained 30 percent contained. Avina said crews, however, were aided by higher humidity and lighter winds. They were expecting those conditions to hold through the day.
The fire has damaged one home and four outbuildings. In addition to the 200 mandatory evacuations, Avina says another 180 homes are threatened.
No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is unknown.


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Through our partnerships we aim to empower five million women, improve the livelihoods of 800,000 smallholder farmers, and enhance the livelihoods of millions of people throughout our value chain.
We are committed to helping more than a billion people improve their health, hygiene and nutrition - and partnerships play a vital role.
We aim to reduce the impact of disasters and emergencies - on communities and on our business - through partnerships focused on preparedness, relief, and rehabilitation.
Partnerships help us work towards our goal of growing our business while reducing our impact on the environment.


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The first-time venture of sisters Carmen Rodriguez and Gina Madera aims to combine the rough edges of Brooklyn with the smooth taste of cupcakes in a variety of flavors, all baked by Carmen.
"Just this past summer we decided it's time. We've been doing this for a while with friends and family and it just got to a point where it was just too much," Rodriguez said.
The business started at home out of Carmen's love for baking cakes, which were often enjoyed by family and friends. But it didn't take off until she lost her job two years ago.
"My heart didn't want to go back out there," Rodriguez said. She was debating whether to look for another job in retail, the industry where she spent 25 years of her life, or start her own business. "I've learned so much out there in the retail world and I was tired of working for other people and making sure that their businesses take off the ground."
It was time to do it for herself. With the vision, the product and the response, Carmen set off and Gina, came on board to back her up.
"She had the vision, she had everything but I just kept seeing the response to everything that she was putting out and last summer we sat down and said, how much do we need? What do we need to get started?" Madera said. They looked at spots before anything got off the ground and quickly found one at 335 Union Avenue.
"You have to live as though it is, so that it will be," Madera said. "We quickly started assessing and said it was going to be ours even though we didn't have the money. We loved the spot."
More importantly, the location was close to home. Growing up a few feet away, the sisters still know people from their building and the roots were too strong to let go of.
With financial help from their mother, an aunt and an old friend of Gina's, the marketing and plans for Brooklyn Cupcake began.
Brooklyn Cupcake is setting themselves apart from the rest. With flavors like tres leches, dulce de leche, flan de queso, mango, rainbow cookie, tiramisu and the signature Brooklyn red velvet, the sisters are infusing their Puerto Rican and Italian roots into the baked goods.
"These were just the flavors we grew up with in our household and it's nothing extraordinary to us. Little did we know that on the Latin side it would be a huge hit," Madera said. The sisters have already received calls from Latin radio stations and caterers, demanding the goods.
And it's not just about baking it their way. They plan to give customers the opportunity to create their own cupcake. And in addition to providing the sweet treats for birthday parties for all ages, weddings, baptisms and communions, the sisters are thinking of giving back.
"We made a pledge that we will continue to help children once a month at least by donating to a child's charity… we hope to be in a position where we can ask the community to rally together to do something good," Rodriguez said.
Brooklyn Cupcake also delivers. The sisters make it their duty to make every single delivery. "For every customer that I've got, I know who they are. When I see them now, we kiss we hug, I know their families, I know their stories," Rodriguez said.
They are also thinking of hosting children's parties at the store and if all goes well, they'd like to open up a satellite store or even take their cupcakes to the truck.
"Some people say cupcakes are a phase or a fad or whatever but I think that the traditional cake is these days," Rodriguez said. "Only because if you could order 100 cupcakes and I could allow you to choose 10 different varieties why would you choose to have one cake when you have 150 guests. You're guaranteed to have something that they're going to like."
The grand opening of Brooklyn Cupcake will be held on June 4. The sisters are hoping to employ a flash mob to celebrate their tasty venture, which though full of sweetness remains grounded in the urban feel of Brooklyn.
"We're just not so pink and fluffy. We're totally urban. We grew up on the streets of Brooklyn; we're into stainless steel," Rodriguez said. "Call it whatever you want but we're all about Brooklyn."


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Indian economy may post over 5.5% growth in Q2: Moody's
The reforms proposed by the government may help reduce the key risks facing the economy but cannot lift the near-term outlook, Moody's said, while adding that the economy is growing well below its long-term potential.
It, however, said that the growth rate could be near the bottom of its current downward cycle.
The country's GDP numbers for July-September quarter is scheduled to be announced next week on November 30.
Moody's said that the growth rate for that quarter could be "a little more than 5.5 per cent year-on-year, roughly the same as in the first two quarters (of calendar year 2012) but substantially below where GDP was 12 months ago."
"This underscores the economy's challenges, and it will be a while before GDP growth is back at its trend rate. Our outlook is for a steady upturn in growth across the coming quarters before growth finally hits potential by the second half of 2014," Moody's said.
India had been growing at around 8-9 per cent before the global financial meltdown of 2008. The growth rate in 2011-12 slipped to a nine-year low of 6.5 per cent.
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said India's economy should expand by 5.5-6 per cent this fiscal.
"Recent economic data have been broadly in line with expectations," Moody's said and added that the corporate sector remains the weakest pocket of the economy.
"The corporate sector remains the weakest pocket of the economy, with sentiment weighed down by external weakness and, more important, the Congress-led government's cack-handed management and policy making in its second term," it added.


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Welcome to our annual "first look" at the broadcast networks' potential offerings for the 2009-2010 season. Over the next couple weeks we'll walk you through some of the scripts being shot as pilots with an eye towards a series commitment next season. With that in mind, it's important to remember that a lot can change from the drafts we've seen - rewriting, recasting, reshooting, etc. - but we still want to give you a heads up on what you should (and shouldn't) keep on your radar. So enough of our rambling, on with the show!
(written by Jon E. Steinberg; 60 pages)
The network's description: No official description has been released.
What did they leave out: Rick Springfield toplined a short-lived take on the very same property for ABC in 1992. FOX's effort - as you'll see shortly - is significantly different from that version as well as its various DC Comics incarnations. Also: Chance's Rottweiler is named Carmine, presumably in honor of co-creator Carmine Infantino.
The plot in a nutshell: When Hollis, a disgruntled man wearing a vest full of explosives takes his former employer hostage, the cops manage to get him to release everyone but a bound-and-hooded Ken Lydecker - the very person who fired him. Unfortunately for Hollis, he doesn't have Lydecker at all, but rather superstar bodyguard/private investigator Christopher Chance (Mark Valley). It seems during the commotion, Chance - having been hired to watch over him - cut the real Lydecker loose and put himself in the hood and restraints. And payback's a..., well, you get the picture. Just another day in the life of Christopher Chance.
You see Chance, along with his worrisome partner Winston (Chi McBride, written here with a British accent), runs a protection/investigation firm for high-end clients. And despite Winston's insistence that Chance take some much needed time off to heal up (let's just say the aforementioned bomb doesn't exactly get diffused in the traditional sense), they quickly find themselves with a new client - Stephanie Dobbs, an engineer working on a multi-billion dollar bullet train project for McNamara Engineering. You see, after taking her car to the shop for a dead battery, Stephanie's mechanic found eight ounces of Primasheet 2000 strapped to the bottom. Someone wants her dead and she has no idea who or why, leaving Chance and Winston as her only hope. Making matters worse - the maiden voyage of her train is around the corner, giving whomever is behind this the perfect close-quarters opportunity to follow through. And so while Winston - along with their regular cohort Guerrero (Jackie Earle Haley), a slightly reformed criminal with a knack for gathering intel - look into possible suspects, Chance will have to go undercover to stay close to her - making him a target as well.
What works: Mark Valley seems like a great fit for Christopher Chance - the character is written with the same kind of rough-and-tumble charisma he brought to "Keen Eddie." (Chance: "What's the tab for all this?" Stephanie: "In all? About 80 billion." Chance: "Do I event want to know how much of that came from my taxes?" Stephanie: "About 80 billion." Chance: "Even I want to kill you a little bit right now.") It also helps that he's imbibed with a cavalier swagger ("I see the rifle, but I don't see a guy who's gonna use it," he tells Hollis before making a move) that's slowly becoming more and more dangerous. Situations are getting more out of control because he lets them, making each mission one step closer to suicide. After all, now that his wife is dead, there's really not much to fight for is there? Luckily for Stephanie, she reminds Chance a little of her.
What doesn't: Setting aside the obvious gripes (which we'll get to in a second), Chance is superhumanly overmatched for his opponents. Not only does he speak fluent Japanese, know how to use a thermostat to sweat out a killer and can use his hugs to lower people's blood pressure, he can also spot poison ice cubes in a client's drink, build a makeshift parachute out of a tarp and shoot flames from eyes (okay, maybe that one's made up). The bad guys simply don't stand a - for lack of a better word - chance, no matter how reckless he is. It's one thing to slyly acknowledge that the title character can't die, it's another to make him seem (cuts and scrapes aside) invincible in the face of paper tigers.
Even worse is its inherently predictable plot (I wonder if there's going to be a big fight on the train where the loser falls off and/or a scene involving trying to stop the train because the brakes are out?), not to mention more than a few leaps in logic, my favorite being that these are the leading suspects out to kill Stephanie: David McNamara, Stephanie's boss, who it seems cut corners with the train's breaking mechanism and now wants to cover up Stephanie's objection to it... by having someone kill her on a train he's on that could potentially not stop; and James Dobbs, Stephanie's husband, who for reasons too convoluted to repeat here, wants revenge... by having someone kill her on a train that he's on and also knows could potentially not stop. And that's of course setting aside the fact Stephanie herself gets on the train in the first place. The cardinal sin however is that this isn't really "Human Target" at all - in the comics (and the ABC version), Chance literally becomes the people he's trying to protect via surgery (and/or other technologies) and battles the psychological effects of being somebody else. Here it's just a rather straightforward bodyguard story - so why both license the DC Comics property at all?
The bottom line: I like Valley and I can see the fun in what the script is trying to do but boy if the script doesn't trip over itself trying to get there.


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Yesterday the four of us went to Elitch Gardens Theme Park. Rich's company rented the whole place for their employees and families, so while the lines were still long enough, it was not nearly as bad as it could have been had the park been open to the public.
The girls went their own way in the morning and so Rich and I decided to wander. Rich had said he wasn't much into thrill rides, which was fine by me.
But something changed and I am still not sure what... the first ride Rich suggested we go on was MindEraser. What a ride! Then we went on the Twister II, this huge wooden roller coaster. It was great. We had quite a while yet before the time we were to meet the girls for lunch, so the next stop was Shipwreck Falls- I hesitated, noting that we would get wet (it wasn't all that hot out), and Rich said we would only get "a little wet". Famous last words. Of course, he led me to the front seat- and the boat wasn't even full, surprise, surprise... lol We got absolutely drenched!
The next stop was the Boomerang- what had gotten into this man, anyway??? And he wanted the FRONT seat. So, off we went. It is a totally different experience being at the front. When that ride starts, it backs you up first and you are kind of suspended for a few seconds- pretty weird and scary feeling to be at the front of that one!
After that, we were both a little dizzy and decided to opt for the Ferris Wheel, partly to calm ourselves (LOL) and partly to get a view of the park from high up, which was pretty cool.
We met the girls for lunch and they wanted to hang out with us for a bit. We went on the Turn of the Century (swings) first and then we took them to the Mind Eraser. And Rich wanted to go in front again! I was wondering what on earth was going through his mind. And when I was strapped into that front position, I wondered again what I had been thinking to agree! lol I forced myself to keep my eyes open, and it was scary but exhilarating.
We had pretty much had it by then, but Chloe wanted to go to the water park. She did a big slide with a tube and loved it. But she didn't want to go alone again (Heidi wasn't feeling so well by then) and it wasn't that warm, so she got dressed and she and I did the swings again. On the way out, Chloe, Rich, and I took a ride on the carousel. Chloe was hilarious. I took a photo of her on my phone, I just haven't figured out how to get it onto my computer yet.
We took the light rail into Denver and back and that was an adventure in itself. It is pretty cheap overall and nicer than driving in and out of the city.
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Susan Boyle's Asperger's Diagnosis Brings Out the Best in Fans
Alas, Kim Kardashian's channeling of Elizabeth Taylor in a towel gets a wet response
A gifted singer's lifelong struggle with a mystery setback is at long last properly diagnosed, and readers respond with love and support.
Conversely, a new-generation star doesn't quite measure up to the late screen legend she so loves to emulate.
Here are the five stories that sparked the strongest reactions from PEOPLE.com readers this week, from happy, sad, laugh out loud, and angry – to wow.
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Susan Boyle's diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome now allows her to understand why she's long struggled in life – and readers cheered her all the more for it.
Six-pack abs? Or are those 8? Whichever, Kelly Ripa's sizable set of stomach muscles, revealed in a Twitpic, generated a simply awesome response.
Keeping up with Elizabeth Taylor is something Kim Kardashian loves to do. Apparently, readers don't love her for it, as this latest example proves.
After a decade of marriage, attractive couple Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs have decided to call it quits, prompting sadness from readers.
Emmy Rossum's mocking Gisele Bündchen's multitasking mommy picture – complete with breastfeeding kid – sent waves of giggles across the Internet.
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He did it! With his victory at the first attempt in the Vendée Globe on Macif, François Gabart has gone down in ocean-racing legend in a big way.
Look at the facts: at 29, the youngest ever winner of the race, during which, incidentally, he smashed the 24-hour distance record at 534.49 miles with an average speed of 22.27 knots (official WSSRC time), and passed two of the race capes (Leeuwin and Horn) in the lead, establishing new reference times in both cases. Lastly, 78 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 40 seconds later, he came in under Jules Verne' mythical time of 80 days, unabashedly beating the record set by his mentor Michel Desjoyeaux at 84 days, 3 hours, 9 minutes and 8 seconds!
An impressive performance for this sailor from Charentes, crowning a frantic race noted for his extraordinary duel with Armel Le Cleac'h (Banque Populaire), a real race within a race watched with bated breath by the whole sailing world. Barring one or two moments, the two sailors battled for head position, leaving the rest of the fleet a considerable distance behind. Shortly before Cape Horn, François Gabart finally snatched the lead, but the fight continued right to the end, with Armel confirming his reputation for not giving up the fight before the finishing line. François was able to make the right tactical choices, closely analyzing the weather reports to take advantage of the least depression to build his victory. His natural zeal, along with the disciplined method inherited from his INSA engineering background, allowed him to emerge victorious from this planetary duel.
A duel that was fratricidal right down to the boat construction, since the two 60-foot monohulls MACIF and Banque Populaire were very similar, having been designed by naval architects VPLP – Verdier with the assistance of specialized consultants Mer Forte, under the delegated project management of Mer Agitée. Mer Forte uses Dassault Systèmes 3D solutions. Indeed, Banque Populaire is none other than the former Foncia, designed in record time (less than six months!), which François knows well, since he sailed it with Michel Desjoyeaux in the last Barcelona World Race. Launched barely a year later, MACIF had evolved from it, taking advantage of the lesson learned with its forebear. The basis is the same, namely the 3D digital mock-up whose power and agility helped improve and optimise the 60-footer that François has just sailed to victory at Les Sables d'Olonne. The virtually unchallenged domination of the lead by the two monohulls underlines the validity of the technical choices made possible by Dassault Systèmes' 3D design and simulation software. That is probably what allowed the two skippers to fight it out closely during this round-the-world tour.
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