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• Feb. 17: A Duke service station employee reported that a motorist left without paying for $47.86 of gasoline..
• Feb. 20: A driver was cited for 51 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Walnut Road.
• Feb. 20: A driver was cited for 53 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Walnut Road.
• Feb. 20: An East Street woman said her neighbor built a snowman that was giving her an obscene hand gesture.
• Feb. 20: The aunt and uncle of a Union Street man reported him as a possible overdose victim. Police found him extremely intoxicated, but there was no clinical overdose.
• Feb. 21: A driver was cited for 54 in a 35 miles per hour zone on Walnut Road.
• Feb. 22: A West 1st Street man said someone stole his medications.
• Feb. 22: A Highland Ave. woman was cited for allowing her dog to run at large.
• Feb. 22: A Park Street man said someone stole several video games from his home.
• Feb. 23: A Walnut Road man said someone scratched his vehicle with a key.
• Feb. 2: A South 8th Street resident wanted police to get his computer back from his cousin. He had loaned it to er, but she was now refusing to return it. Police spoke with his cousin who said she was keeping it until the complainant paid her money he owed her. Police told him it was a civil matter.
• Feb. 3: Police on patrol at 2:30 a.m. near Krogers saw two people in the parking lot. A man and his girlfriend were walking home from a Mill Dam Road bar when the girlfriend said she got too cold to continue. They went over to the Best Western and were sitting in the lobby. The girlfriend said she got into a verbal argument with their ride and he left them at the bar. Police gave the couple a ride to a Lakewood Drive apartment.
• Feb. 3: Police were called about juveniles acting like they were throwing objects in front of vehicles on West North Street. Police spoke with a 10-year-old who admitted to taking part. Police also spoke with his father.
• Feb. 3: A Kelly Court woman called police at 7:28 p.m. to report that her 15-year-old daughter didn't come home from school. She told police that she might be at a Lakewood Drive apartment. Police found her there and took her home.
• Feb. 3: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation on an off ramp from Ohio 79 to East Main Street.
• Feb. 4: A motorist was cited for travelling 67 mph in a 50 mph zone on Ohio 79 at US 40.
• Feb. 5: Police took a report on a crash at Ohio 79 and Enterprise Drive after a vehicle slid into the back of an ODOT bucket truck.
• Feb. 5: Police removed a road sign from the roadway at Ohio 79 and South High Street.
• Feb. 6: An officer was doing a cruiser check at the police station when he heard a horn honk. The officer looked up and saw a vehicle snow plow strike a vehicle on West Main Street in front of the municipal complex. No one was injured.
• Feb. 6: An Elm Street woman was arrested for domestic violence. Due to the severe weather she was released on an own recognizance bond and was told not to return to the residence until the next day. If she returned before then, she would e rearrested and taken to jail. She was picked up by her father and acknowledged that she understood the conditions of her release.
• Feb. 7: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation on an off ramp from Ohio 79 to East Main Street.
• Feb. 7: A driver was cited for a stop sign violation on Cumberland Street at South High Street.
• Feb. 8: Police were contacted about a known dog running loose on West Main Street. Police saw the dog's owner outside and he said he had just put the dog inside. Police told him that he must control his dog due to previous complaints and said the next incident would result in a citation.


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*Loyola Press is launching a new online series called Arts and Faith. As the name suggests, it celebrates the many ways people express their faith and find God through the visual and performing arts—including catechetical ideas.
A religion teacher who prays while singing opera. A lieutenant in Afghanistan who brings spiritual healing to soldiers through artwork. A young dancer who uses movement to interpret Scripture. A Jesuit who studies Mexican drug ballads to find God's presence. These are a few of the fascinating stories we'll be bringing you in Loyola Press's new series, Arts and Faith.
Arts and Faith is a collection of stories from Catholics around the globe who demonstrate the inspiring—and surprising—ways art expresses and deepens their relationship with God.
The special series kicks off on LoyolaPress.com with daily articles, videos, slide shows, and more from four categories of interpretive art: Music, Dance, Drama, and Visual Arts.
Arts and Faith covers a wide scope of the personal and public ways faith is shared. A catechist explains why and how arts and crafts should be used in the classroom. A 20-something describes his ministry of playing the organ at multiple parishes every weekend. A faith formation leader reflects on how she prays a form of the Examen through photography. Whether you're a catechist, an artist, or a creative soul, you're sure to find inspiration and meaning in the stories you'll read.
The stories in Arts and Faith capture snapshots of how spirituality is explored, revealed, and ultimately, celebrated in our faith communities. We hope these 40+ stories inspire you to tap your own talents to express your faith through sewing, sculpting, design, fashion, cooking, collage, spoken word, photography, poetry, modern dance, and so on.
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There's a joke I read earlier today, about a lady who told her maid: "Nora, I saw a policeman in the park today kiss a baby. I hope you will remember my objection to such things."
Nora answered, "Sure, ma'am, no policeman would ever think of kissing your baby when I'm around."
So this joke reminds me of an Indonesian TV series from the 90's called Inem The Sexy Housemaid, or its original Indonesian title, Inem Pelayan Seksi.
The story revolved around Inem, a widow who worked as a maid at the house of a middle-aged couple. Once when Inem was going out, she met his boss' boss (at the office). This man was smitten by her beauty. And in a way that resembled Cinderella, Inem dropped a handkerchief which was later taken by this superboss.
Except that the handkerchief was not Inem's. It was his daughter's handkerchief that Inem took before she went to the city working (Inem's hometown is in another town), to remind her of her. And the handkerchief has Inem's daughter's name, Sarah, sewn on it.
Normally Inem's boss' boss thought that the handkerchief was Inem's. He thought that Inem's name was Sarah. Later after a series of events, superboss visit Inem's boss house and the two met. They got married and took Sarah to stay with them.
Now it's happy and all, if we're not being shown the superboss, after getting the handkerchief, numerously took it out and put it on his chest while saying "Sarah... Sarah..."
He did it while thinking that Inem's name was Sarah, and in the privacy of his own house, but still... I can't imagine the toungue slip that would ensue and the awkwardness that follow: "Sarah my dear, you were so sexy in that apparel last night..."
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Allow me to do the anti-Happy Dance, genealogically speaking....tonight I logged onto Ancestry.com and on a whim, did a search for Bert LAMBERTSON, a brother of my maternal 2nd-great grandfather, Charles W. LAMBERTSON.
Besides the usual census records and the Social Security Death Index records, I found highlighted a private member story, that looked interesting, as it mentioned other members of the LAMBERTSON family. I eagerly clicked on the link, only to receive the message that "This member has chosen not to be contacted".
How frustrating! Why would you add content to a pay site such as Ancestry, knowing that others may be searching the same lines, and then choose to be anonymous? It makes no sense to me....
Thanks for allowing me to vent...
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Travis, I have no idea why some people do that, but I have heard of others. It doesn't make sense to me. Boy, I feel your frustration though.
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Barbara -
Yes, it's frustrating, but a reminder to myself to be sure to share as many of the photos, etc. that I have so that the information doesn't get lost.
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Oh GOD... don't say it.We're actually getting the POTJ Biker Scout repainted.
Yeah I blew the pic up and got the same impression you did Dr. P. the head is a new sculpt I believe. The visor's definitely new and accurate to the Kashyyyk guys.
Why would they not at the very least pop the Barc trooper head on this thing. And the boots are the same worn by the Galactic Marine, which they've sculpted already as we've seen in the preview pics. way to drop the ball Hasbro, way to drop the ball.
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Scanning Tunnelling Hydrogen Microscopy
Hydrogen sharpens microscopic images of single molecules, making them resemble structural formulae as shown in chemistry textbooks. We first reported this effect in 2008 [1] and termed it "Scanning Tunnelling Hydrogen Microscopy", or STHM in short. Since then, we have studied the mechanism of STHM in detail. The results of these experiments were reported in 2010 in Refs. [2] and [3]. Easy-to-understand accounts of STHM have appeared in Physik in unserer Zeit [4] (in German) and in Imaging& Microscopy [5] (in English).
Reports about STHM have been published, among others, in Chemistry World [6], Nature Nanotechnology [7], Nature Physics [8] and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. If you are interested in applying STHM in your own research, please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.
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[1] Temirov, R.; Soubatch, S.; Neucheva, O.; Lassise, A. C.*; Tautz, F. S.
A novel method achieving ultra-high geometrical resolution in scanning tunnelling microscopy
New Journal of Physics, 10 (2008), 053012
[2] Weiss, C.; Wagner, C.; Kleimann, C.; Rohlfing, M.*; Tautz, F. S.; Temirov, R.
Imaging Pauli Repulsion in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Physical Review Letters, 105 (2010) 8, 086103
[3] Weiss, C.; Wagner, C.; Temirov, R.; Tautz, F. S.
Direct Imaging of Intermolecular Bonds in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132 (2010) 34, 11864 – 11865
[4] Temirov, R.; Tautz, F. S.
Blick ins Molekül
Physik in unserer Zeit, 41 (2010) 6, 266 – 267
[5] Weiss, C.; Temirov, R.; Wagner, C., Tautz, F.S.
Looking Inside Molecules- Imaging with Scanning Tunneling Hydrogen Microscopy,
Imaging & Microscopy- Research, Development, Production
[6] Picture Perfect Pentacene, Chemistry World, January 2011, pages 46-49
[7] Research Highlight, "Picture of the weak", Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 5, September 2010, page 628
[8] News and Views, "Exclusive images", Nature Physics, Vol. 6, August 2010, page 564


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Tigers Travel to South Alabama to Open 2013 Season
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee State volleyball team opens their 2013 campaign at the Jaguar Invitational in Mobile, Ala. on Friday. The Tigers open play against host South Alabama at 7:00pm and can be seen at usajaguars.com. TSU will face Georgia Southern at 10:00am on Saturday morning and conclude the two-day event against Southern Utah at 4:30pm.
The Tigers return five players from the 18-14 2012 squad, including senior Erika Moss and juniors Naomi Wells and Sherryce Butler. A two-time Ohio Valley Conference selection, Moss will lead the Tigers from her setter position. The senior is the all-time assists leader with 3,356, including 1,203 as a junior.
Wells led the Tigers with 433 kills last season and was selected to the all-OVC First Team. The junior averaged 3.67 kills per set and also finished second on the team with 345 digs. Butler led the team with a .231 hitting percentage on 156 kills and was second with 32 blocks.
The Tigers sport eight newcomers including outside hitter Taylor Swayzer. The junior comes to TSU from Missouri State-West Plains where she earned Second Team All-American honors from both the NJCAA and AVCA last season after recording 340 kills and 456 digs.
Saturday will mark the first time Tennessee State will face both Georgia Southern and Southern Utah. The Tigers are 0-1 lifetime against South Alabama who return eight players from last season's 13-17 squad. Sophomore outside hitter Savannah Stewart returns after registering 300 kills in her first season. Stewart also notched 31 aces, 36 blocks and 305 digs.
Georgia Southern returns three starters from last year's 25-7 team. Kym Coley led the team with 98 blocks and recorded 255 kills for a .293 hitting percentage. Libero Alexandra Beecher set a single-season record with 604 digs as a freshman.
Southern Utah staked a 12-20 record in 2012 and will be paced by Kylie Schofield who is the top returner with 254 kills (2.17 per set) and 99 blocks. Annie Stranding was third on the team with 77 blocks last season and averaged 1.00 kills per set.


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Sure, control of six radio stations here is crazy. [News, March 13: "MIXed message: Will FCC 'clear' WUMX sale?"] (http://www.readthehook.com/93179/news-mixed-message-will-fcc-quotclearqu...).
Who else is going to do much with them? If some big company wants a Super Wal-Mart of stations with its departments of formats, so what?
It Clear Channel is America's answer to radio, we don't have to listen to them. Let them have their low Arbitron ratings and their national morning personalities. The public will choose the better stations– the stations with real local talent, proven news coverage, and a real interest in our community. The same way we read papers such as yours. Keep up the reporting.
Clear Channel tends to bring the same interest in me as Michael Jackson's face and Neverland. It's fun to relax and get some kicks hearing about it, but it really isn't that important.
I don't think the creative media need to worry about Clear Channel's goals of power, as every station they gain a foothold on just dilutes their signal to me and many of us.


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2NUR FM will be airing a program featuring music from the Newcastle region from 10PM on Monday, December 6, 2010. The program will be hosted by Giles Carney and Andrew Goodwin.
The following tracks will be played, follow the links to find out more information about these amazing local artists.
- Chris Byrne - Glide
Chris Byrne is Central Coast based singer/songwriter. He won the Adult Contemporary category in the 2007 Newcastle Music Awards with this song. Chris is playing next Sunday night (12/12/2010) at The Dockyard at Honeysuckle.
- Limerick - Dangerous Love
This track was a finalist in the Alternative category in the 2008 Newcastle Music Awards.
- Amy Vee - All In Me
Amy was the singer in "On", Winners of the 2003 Best Artist Award at the 1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards. Amy also performed with her band "Amy Vee and the Virtues". Over the past few years she has begin performing solo. Amy Vee will be playing at the QWB next Thursday, December 9.
- Dukes of Erlington - Underestimated
Erling Gronhaug, aka The Duke, is a Norwegian who moved to Newcastle in 2000. He has been very active in the local music scene over the past 10 years, performing in Mousemoon and many other successful bands. Listen to the track here.
- The Evening Son - All aboard the Boat Wherever
This track won the Rock category in the 2009 Newcastle Music Awards.
The Evening Son are playing at the Cambridge Hotel on Friday, December 17
- Heart Attack and Vine - Cheshire Cat
Newcastle based rock/blues band influenced by Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes, Guns n' Roses, The Cult, Aerosmith, Audioslave, Rolling Stones. This track and several others are available from the band's MySpace profile. Heart Attack and Vine will be playing New Years Eve at the Wickham Park Hotel
- Hansel - Murder 101
Newcastle's own gods of glam rock! This track was taken from their "Mission to Rock" EP that was released in 2008.
- Grandvue - Hopes of a Better Futures
Formerly known as 'Cadence', Grandvue are named after the street they grew up on, Grandview Road in New Lambton Heights. Great guitar work from lead guitarist Tom Shepherd. Vocalist Jerome O'Conner now performs in State of Grace.
- Highlander - The Craiced Fiddle
This highly acclaimed Celtic rock band perform in kilts and often have Scottish dancers at their gigs.
Highlander released their latest album titled "North of the Wall" at Wangi RSL on April 10th, 2010. Find out more about the band on their comprehensive website at highlandercelticrockbandaustralia.com
- Benjalu - So High
Benjalu won the Blues and Roots category in the 2009 Newcastle Music Awards with this song. Benjalu were the winners of Youthrock '06 and also took out the "Silverchair Songwriting Award" in the same competition. They are one of the region's hardest working bands, touring extensively and playing over 150 shows a year! Catch them in Newcastle at Queens Wharf Brewery on Sunday, December 19, 2010 from 2:00pm.
- Bob Corbett - The Prettiest Face
Bob is an amazing performer. He has played in many local bands over the past 15 years including popular duo Loonatic Fringe. This track is taken from his album Storyboard. He launched this album at the Gallipoli Legion Club in September 2008. When Bob plays this track live he records a few bars of the song at a time into a "loop pedal", building the song layer by layer, it is really something to see live.
- Adam Miller - Traffic
Adam is an accomplished guitarist that has performed in numerous local bands. This track is taken from Adam's latest album "Out of My Hands". The recording features prominent local musicians Peter Gray on bass and Nic Cecire on drums. Adam won the Instrumental category at the 2009 Newcastle Music Awards with this track.


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Wayne then made more than a dozen even cheaper "Lone Star" programmers for Monogram. Usually directed by Robert N. Bradbury and because of their public domain status now widely available - if not exactly viewable as their video transfers are beyond atrocious - most of these pictures co-starred stuntman-actor (and later second unit director) Yakima Canutt and character actors George Hayes and Paul Fix. These $12,500 features (of which Wayne received $1,250) are mostly terrible, but they were quite popular in the sticks and helped establish Wayne as a marquee name, plus they served as a great training ground for Wayne as an actor.*
Westward Ho (1935) was John Wayne's very first movie for the newly formed Republic Pictures, and it was the company's first, too. Republic was the studio with which Wayne was most associated until the mid-1950s, when they parted ways over Wayne's desire to make an epic about the Alamo and Republic's refusal to spend a lot of money on such a risky venture.
Westward Ho is a straight Western melodrama and a pretty good vehicle for Wayne, and compared to Wayne's Lone Star films it's positively lavish, having cost nearly double ($24,198) the average Lone Star picture. Like several of the Lone Star pictures, it does err in trying to fashion Wayne into a singing cowboy - the results are ludicrous - but otherwise it's a good film worth seeing.
And it's especially worth seeing because, despite its age, Olive Films has managed a flawless, dazzlingly pristine high-definition transfer.
By 1866, John Wyatt (here played by Wayne), now an adult, forms a vigilante group when underfunded government officials reluctantly decline his offer to wipe the territory clean of outlaws. (The first of the men he approaches, a blacksmith whose wife was murdered by outlaws never brought to justice, is played by Glenn Strange. Strange's hopeful-wistful expression upon receiving John's offer is rather touching, the kind of close-up Strange himself was rarely given.)
The vigilantes, known as "The Singing Riders" and who all ride white horses and wear black shirts with white kerchiefs, soon capture - but never lynch - a slew of outlaws, including Black Bart's gang. (This may be the only straight Western to have a Black Bart.)
John goes undercover, joining the Gordon herd as a trail boss, and where he becomes infatuated with Gordon's daughter, Mary (Shelia Bromley). Coincidentally, Ballard has dispatched John's brother, Jim (now played by Frank McGlynn, Jr.), to scope the cattle driven ahead of a planned ambush, with Jim now part of Ballard's gang yet completely unaware that John is his brother, or that Ballard murdered their parents.
Except for an outrageously silly sequence in which John serenades Mary, with Wayne's singing voice dubbed by a baritone who sounds like Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show**, Westward Ho is fairly impressive. Instead of relying heavily on backlot Western streets, most of the film takes place on the plains of Lone Pine, California, a favorite location of William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy films of the period, though much less frequently used by Republic.
Often these cheap films beefed up the number of cattle, stagecoaches, etc. through clever cutting and usually by incorporating older stock footage, but here the large number of horses, wagons, and men riding and driving them is impressively high. The stunt work is also terrific, though at the climax there's a disturbing crash where several horses appear to have been badly hurt. (This footage turns up in at least one other Republic film.)
The son of Frank McGlynn, Sr., who specialized in playing Abraham Lincoln (in at least a dozen films), Junior resembled the later character actor J.D. Cannon and is fine if a bit theatrical as Wayne's brother. He died just a few years after making this, at age 35, for reasons unknown to this writer.
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Olive Film's presentation of Westward Ho is effectively flawless. I found nothing at all wrong with this terrific high-def transfer, another great release with an absolutely pristine black-and-white, 1.37:1 image. The Region A disc has decent audio, English only with no subtitle options, and No Extra Features.
Parting Thoughts
A solid B-Western even non-fans of the genre might possibly like, and definitely worth seeing for its historical value and exquisite video transfer, Westward Ho is Highly Recommended.
* Sergei Hasenecz argues, "With due credit to Hayes and Fix, it is Canutt who makes this series more than ordinary. The stunts in these movies often surprise. You rightly point out that they are a training ground for Wayne. Of particular interest is what Wayne learns from Canutt in fighting, stunts, and especially demeanor. I think it is with the Lone Stars that Wayne begins to codify being John Wayne, and he himself credited Canutt for this. Watch them in series order and you will see the growth in Wayne. TCM runs very good prints of these, and it makes quite a difference in one's appreciation of them. Plus, as I noted for your review of The Lawless Nineties, Gabby got a lot of variety in the Duke's Lone Star westerns for Monogram, including playing villains in The Star Packer and Randy Rides Alone, both 1934, and both with Gabby in a double role. This latter is a favorite, with Gabby playing bad guy Marvin Black and his alter ego Matt the Mute."
** After he's done Mary exclaims, "Oh, please sing it again!" You can almost hear the audience shout "No!" at the screen en masse.
Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian whose work includes film history books, DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and special features. Visit Stuart's Cine Blogarama here.


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WASHINGTON – It requires a pile of cash, but there's just something special about chowing down at a sporting game.
But, how do you know if you're getting the best a ballpark has to offer?
While some of us are happy with a bag of peanuts and a brat, others might be looking for slightly more intriguing food choices.
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The aim of Ballet Ireland is to develop a full-time classical ballet company of the highest quality, with a wide-ranging repertoire of international standard, which promotes an appreciation of ballet amongst people of all ages and backgrounds and generates a significant audience for performances on both national and international stages.
Ballet Ireland is intended to have a broad role in promoting, developing and performing ballet. The objective is to create a company with a broad repertoire of classical and new work with high standards of artistic productions to offer audiences a complete artistic experience.
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Selena Gomez Dreams Out Loud With New Kmart Clothing Collection
Selena Gomez isn't just a gifted singer and actress. She isn't just the gorgeous girlfriend of Justin Bieber or a new homeowner with a mortgage. Gomez, 20, is also partners with discount retailer Kmart for a teen clothing line. She showcases the new Dream Out Loud collection of back-to-school apparel and attire in a fun and fabulous new promotional video.
The line is full of cozy, wearable and affordable knits, which Sel herself confessed to loving in her recent Teen Vogue cover story. Sel is dressed in the cute pieces from the collection in the video, dancing to her single 'Hit the Lights' and driving a cool, convertible muscle car. Sel has the life, doesn't she?
Other key pieces include denim vests, dresses, loungewear, booties and more. There's even jewelry and hats, so the line does offer everything a fashion-conscious girl needs when heading back to school next week. Best of all, it doesn't break the bank. So if you like Sel's style and want to emulate her, this line is a good jumping off point. Granted, it's not anything close to the styling or price point of her red carpet looks, but it does pay homage to Gomez's easy, breezy street style.
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Kill the tribbles and save the whales.
Star Trek always seems to be at it's kooky best when the characters and co-starring
hardware jump back through some sort of 'Temporal Disruption' and play around
in the past, free of 12 Monkeys-esque consequences. Star
Trek IV did it well (Captain, there be whales here! Where's me harpoons?
– Ed.). First Contact handled it decently. Now, Activision's
new real time strategy game Star Trek: Armada takes a nose dive into
the pool of ridicule and delivers one of the most hilariously overblown Star
Trek plot-lines since the tribbles took over the Enterprise.
The Borg are invading, led by a clone of Locutus (Captain Picard, assimilated
edition). Rebel Klingon factions are vying for the position of ultimate cheeseball.
Romulans are scheming. And the Federation is stoically fighting to the last
man, only to go back in time for the ultimate do-over and get it right. From
story to play mechanics, Star Trek: The Next Generation has been warped
and manipulated into a very entertaining, pretty, and slightly shallow strategy
title. The end result is one of the better uses of the Star Trek license in
recent memory.
Single-player Armada plays out through 5 campaigns: (in order) Federation,
Klingon, Romulan, Borg, and then everyone together against the Borg. The setup
is essentially warring starfleets in space.
Unlike Homeworld, Armada's 3D space is really
just a graphical effect. Although ships can occupy different positions on the
Z-axis, control, camera, and combat dynamics are all based on a 2D grid in space.
Asteroid belts provide impassable barriers. Nebulae provide a variety of negative
and positive effects, and combined with Wormholes, Black Holes, and a few scattered
planets, make the big empty into a vibrant RTS battlefield.
Most missions involve building up a base, amassing a fleet and going to war.
At times, Armada plays out like Dark Reign
(the development team's most recent game) in space, although missing much of
the depth.
Each side's ships and structures roughly correspond in terms of weaponry and
strength. That means, unrealistically, that a single Sovereign (Enterprise-E)
class ship is an even match for a Borg cube (both of which can be built en
masse in a matter of minutes, sacrificing plausibility for gameplay). Technology
research introduces special abilities to the ships, which is where the species
primarily differ. A cube equipped with an assimilation beam is more than a match
for a plain vanilla Sovereign.
Crew is the great innovation in Armada. Each ship and station has crew on board. Damaged ships lose crew and ship performance decreases as crew is lost. When all are gone, the ship becomes a derelict. Other ships or stations can beam crew onto a derelict ship or any ship whose shields are down, and if crew is beamed onto a hostile, populated ship, the crew battle it out until control is taken. The Borg, with their assimilation technology, have an easier time taking enemy ships and stations. Dilithium (the stuff that powers warp drives and apparently can be mined from conveniently placed, blueish moons) makes up the other resource.
Although Armada's units are not as customizable in terms of AI as Dark
Reign, there are no large deficiencies here. In most missions, unfortunately,
enemy forces don't put up too much of a fight. Their tenacity increases, as
is usual for an RTS, in the skirmish mode (single-player with computer controlled
similarity of the sides, despite the special abilities, does make the gameplay
fairly repetitive. Most missions in Armada are decided by strength of
numbers, which makes for a fun, flashy game that won't hold your attention for
too long with complex strategies. But it does manage to keep you coming back
for more after you tire of deeper fare.
A good portion of Armada's appeal lays in the excellent graphics. The
3D engine flawlessly portrays the ships from the STTNG universe and fills the
battlefield with fireworks displays of phasers, disrupters and photon torpedoes.
A small window in the on-screen interface shows battles from cinematic angles.
You can also switch the main camera into a more 3D 'Director' mode, which makes
it nearly impossible to command your forces, but looks terrific. Texturing,
special effects, lighting, and other bells and whistles practically make Armada
look like the opening battle from First Contact.
One especially nice, subtle effect is that during construction of stations and ships, you see the construction pods building them polygon by polygon. Armada's mix of 2D mechanics and 3D graphics is one of the best compromises of dimensions in RTS games today.
The sound is all true to the Star Trek movies and series and several of the actors are on board for voice acting duties. Music tends to be slightly tinny and repetitive, but overall Armada is a good audio/visual experience.
The main failings of Armada, aside from the lack of depth, are stability and compatibility. The game is prone to crash to the desktop roughly every 30 minutes, which makes the player somewhat paranoid about saving. Armada also has compatibility problems with a variety of graphics card chipsets such as the Nvidia TNT which, at press time, still have not been resolved.
There is no denying that Armada is the rare Star Trek game which gets most of it right. Star Trek realism is sacrificed successfully for well-balanced RTS gameplay and the result is a straightforward, enjoyable game that should appeal to everyone except strategy grognards and rabid Trekkies. But hell, who needs those people anyway? All energy to weapons, red alert.


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CARY – Cary Country Club will continue its series of golf clinics designed just for women with a session at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the club, 2400 Grove Lane.
The clinics are designed to improve golf skills, appreciation and enjoyment of the game. Don Rourke, a professional golf instructor, will teach the classes, which will focus on putting and chipping.
The cost for each participant is $18 and includes lunch in the clubhouse restaurant. Three lunch options will be offered.
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"The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked." – Nahum 1:3
The verse before us today is a truth that is rarely taught today. God is Holy and He must punish sin. God is righteous; therefore, He cannot allow sin to go unpunished. The average person today has no fear of God (Romans 3:18). Many have the idea that the God of love could never be angry with an individual. Yet, Psalms 7:11 says, "God is angry with the wicked every day." Sure, the believer is a recipient of the love of God. No doubt, "We love Him because He first loved us" (I John 4:19). As true as that is, the unbeliever falls under the condemnation of God (John 3:18).
What really is man's problem? The problem is that God's standard is like the plumb line He told Amos about (Amos 7:7-8). When God gives a standard, it is sure to be a holy standard. Unfortunately, man is far from that. We are not plumb!! We are a "crooked and perverse generation" at best (Philippians 2:15). We are all sinners that "fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
Many today have never been told they are a sinner. Oddly enough, many preachers shy away from speaking on the subject of sin. I fear many are more worried about nickels and noses than they are about the souls of those they minister to. Preachers have "dumbed down" the message so that even the lost are comfortable in church. Let it never be so!! The lost ought to be extremely uncomfortable when they sit under the preaching of God's Word. The sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17) will jab at the pride of the lost as they are told they that the absolute best they have to offer God is filthy rags in His sight (Isaiah 64:6). Pastors need to stop worrying about being "successful" and worry more about being faithful.
If God will not at all acquit the wicked and we are all sinners, what is the hope of man? If God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29) and we are sinners even on our best day, what can we do? Thankfully, God was not caught off guard when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit. Jesus surely is the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." (Revelation 13:8). God made a way of escape from our sins. He supplied a Substitute. Christ was made to be sin on behalf of the believer (II Corinthians 5:21). Just as our sin was imputed to Him, so His righteousness has been imputed to us. Praise the Lord, we are justified (declared righteous) by the work of Jesus Christ!
Child of God, thank the Lord today for the difference He has made in your life. Though the wicked will surely meet a miserable fate, we have been saved from wrath by the work of Christ. He was not a failure – He is the greatest success in mankind's terrible history. Take our text verse to heart as you consider your friends and family. Warn them of the terror of the Lord (II Corinthians 5:11).
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Microsoft (MSFT) responds to Yahoo's earnings by raising the ante again in one last-ditch, trans-Atlantic attempt to get Yahoo (YHOO) to cave. Speaking at a conference in Milan, Steve Ballmer said he has already made a big offer and suggested that Microsoft is getting ready to walk:
``We are offering a lot of money,'' Ballmer said today at a Microsoft conference in Milan. ``If Yahoo's shareholders like it, that's great. We are prepared to go forward without a merger with Yahoo.''
Note that, once again, Steve is not saying "We won't raise the bid." This is the second day in a row he has implied that without actually saying it.
We expect this latest public threat will be accompanied by a soft outreach to Yahoo's bankers saying "If you come to the table, we'll raise the bid," but maybe not. Note that Ballmer is not threatening to go forward with a proxy fight. He's threatening to chop Yahoo's stock to $20 overnight.
Here's a link to what is supposedly a video of the interview (thanks to the SAI reader who posted). The sound doesn't work for us, but hopefully it will for you.
*Several readers think Ballmer's remarks here are taken out of context. We don't know whether it's our crappy non-Windows software or what, but we can't get audio on the video. Unless Bloomberg actually misquoted Ballmer, we're going to stick with the story, but many readers apparently interpret Ballmer's remarks differently.


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And is a debate between Khalil Fariel and I.
I'll argue that the earliest Muslims were persecuted in Meccah, because they preached monotheism and thereby told the pagans to abandon the religion of their ancestors. Im sorry this got a little long, but there was alot of persecution...
The first signs of persecution started when Muhammad was 43, three year after his first revelation. He made a bold call to the people and started preaching in public for the first time, as was recorded in Bukhari, Muslim and the Qur'an. Already from the very beginning, he was faced with hostility:
Sahih Muslim; Book 001, Number 0406:
It is reported on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that when this verse was revealed:" And warn thy nearest kindred" (and thy group of selected people among them) the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) set off till he climbed Safa' and called loudly: Be on your guard! They said: Who is it calling aloud? They said: Muhammad. They gathered round him, and he said: O sons of so and so, O sons of so and so, O sons of 'Abd Manaf, O sons of 'Abd al-Muttalib, and they gathered around him. He (the Apostle) said: If I were to inform you that there were horsemen emerging out of the foot of this mountain, would you believe me? They said: We have not experienced any lie from you. He said: Well, I am a warner to you before a severe torment. He (the narrator) said that Abu Lahab then said: Destruction to you! Is it for this you have gathered us? He (the Holy Prophet) then stood up, and this verse was revealed:" Perish the hands of Abu Lahab, and he indeed perished" (111:1). A'mash recited this to the end of the Sura.
The enmity showed by Abu Lahab towards Muhammad at the very beginning of his public call is also confirmed in Sahih Bukhari:
Sahih Bukhari; Volume 2, Book 23, Number 477:
Narrated Ibn Abbas.:
Abu Lahab, may Allah curse him, once said to the Prophet (p.b.u.h), "Perish you all the day."
Then the Divine Inspiration came: "Perish the hands of Abi Lahab! And perish he!" (111.1).
According to later, but reliable, source (Ibn-athir), Abu Lahab also took further steps against Muhammad after his public call, which included throwing rocks at him, and forcing his sons to divorce two of Muhammad's step daughters. (Usdul-Ghabah, volume 6, the biographies of ruqaiyah and umm khultum)
Abu Lahab also rejoiced and mocked Muhammad when his son died. This was explained by Ibn Kathir, with a sahih hadith:
(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)'' This is how Al-Bazzar recorded this incident and its chain of narration is authentic. It has been reported that `Ata' said, "This Surah was revealed about Abu Lahab when a son of the Messenger of Allah died. Abu Lahab went to the idolators and said, `Muhammad has been cut off (i.e., from progeny) tonight.' So concerning this Allah revealed,
(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)'' As-Suddi said, "When the male sons of a man died the people used to say, `He has been cut off.' So, when the sons of the Messenger of Allah
died they said, `Muhammad has been cut off.' Thus, Allah revealed,
(For he who hates you, he will be cut off.)'' So they thought in their ignorance that if his sons died, his remembrance would be cut off. Allah forbid!
In a hadith from kanzalummal, a shia hadith collection, Abu Lahab also threw stones at Muhammad's ancles until they started bleeding. (hadith 12.449)
This persecution by Abu Lahab shows just how much distain they had for his message, because Abu Lahab was not only Muhammads neighbor, but also his uncle!
What really pissed these people off was that Muhammad warned against polytheism, as we can see in the Qur'an:
"Therefore proclaim openly (Allâh's Message — Islamic Monotheism), that which you are commanded, and turn away from Al-Mushrikûn (polytheists)." (15:94)
"Nay! (Man denies Resurrection and Reckoning. So) he desires to continue committing sins." (75:5)
Much of the Meccans economy was based on religion and pilgrims, so this public call to monotheism could also end up hurting their economy. They knew Muhammad was under protection from his powerful uncle, who they approached in an attempt to silence Muhammad in public. Ibn Ishaq (p. 265) narrates:
Several nobles of the Quraysh, including Utba and Abu Sufyan, went to Abu Talib and said, 'Your nephew has insulted our gods and condemned our religion. He considers our young men to be fools, and our fathers to have erred. You must either restrain him or allow us free action against him, since your religion is the same as ours, opposed to his.'
So while Muhammad was opposed to their religion, he never hurt them, nor he was he in a position to do so. Notice the bolded part: "You must either restrain him or allow us free action against him" As we know, Muhammad did not stop preaching, therefore, according to the pagans, they were allowed free action against him.
Muhammad preached on, and the pagans approached Abu Talib again (Ishaq p. 265):
'You are aged, noble, and highly respected among us, and we have already asked you to prohibit your nephew from offending us. But you have not prohibited him, and, by Allah, we shall not overlook his insults unless you guarantee his future good behaviour. Otherwise, we shall fight both him and you.' After this they departed, and Abu Talib was much grieved by the enmity of his tribe; but he could not surrender or desert the apostle of Allah.
Again, Muhammad did not abandon his call, and thus, the pagans promised and they will fight him. Ibn Ishaq (p. 267) also relates the propaganda the pagans started spreading against Muhammad:
When the season of pilgrimage was at hand, the Quraysh as¬sembled to agree on the attitude they should display about the apostle. They asked, 'Shall we call him a soothsayer?' but al Walid, the chief, replied, 'He is not a soothsayer. We have seen soothsayers; he does not murmur and rhyme as they do.' They continued, 'Then we shall say that he is possessed by djinns.' He replied, 'He is not possessed. We have seen lunatics and know them. He does not gasp, nor roll his eyes, nor mutter.' They said, 'Then we shall say that he is a poet. 'Al Walid replied, 'He is not a poet. We know all the poets and their styles. He is not a poet.' They asked, 'Then what shall we say?' Al Walid replied, 'You cannot say any of these things, for it will be known that they are false. The best will be to say that he is a sorcerer, because he has come with words which are sorcery and which separate a man from his father or from his brother, or from his wife, or from his family.'
The propaganda tactics of the Quraysh is also reported in the Qur'an:
Woe to every slanderer and backbiter. (104:1)
It was a this time the real persecution began, as increasingly large number of people were accepting islam. It was also at this time the first attempt was made on Muhammad's life.
From Ibn Ishaq (P. 268):
When the apostle had left them, Abu Jahl said, 'I now make a vow to Allah, that I shall wait for him tomorrow with a stone as large as I can carry and when he prostrates himself in prayer, I shall smash his head with it! After that you may either surrender me or defend me.' They replied, 'We shall never surrender you!' Next morning, Abu Jahl took a stone as he had said, and waited for the apostle of Allah, who arrived and prayed as usual at Mecca with his face towards the Kaba and Syria beyond. Abu Jahl approached him; but suddenly he turned back and fled, his countenance altered, so frightened that his hands could not hold the stone. 'When I approached,' he said, 'a stallion camel appeared before me with a skull, a collar bone, and teeth the like of which I have never seen. It rushed to devour me.'
This murder attempt was planned with the blessing with several people, and many asksed disappointed; why didn't you kill him? This really show that there was in fact systematic persecution of Muhammad at one time.
By the pagans' own admission actually, they were persecuting Muhammad:
We shall not cease to persecute you until we destroy you or you destroy us. (Ishaq)
Some lighter abuse toward Muhammad is also reported. 'Uqbah bin abi Mu'ait Spat Muhammad in the face during one of his sermons, and blew the powder of decomposed bones on him (Ibn Hisham, p. 356-357)
Abu Jahl wasn't done with Muhammad though. Bukhari narrates that he threatened him on another occasion:
Bukhari; Volume 6, Book 60, Number 482:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Abu Jahl said, "If I see Muhammad praying at the Ka'ba, I will tread on his neck." When the Prophet heard of that, he said, "If he does so, the Angels will snatch him away."
And as Abu Jahl previously demonstrated, this wasn't just empty words, and his actions were approved of by many. In another incident, he, in a quite vicious way mocked him as Muhammad was praying at the Kabah:
Sahih Bukhari; Volume 1, Book 4, Number 241:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:
Once the Prophet was offering prayers at the Ka'ba. Abu Jahl was sitting with some of his companions. One of them said to the others, "Who amongst you will bring the abdominal contents (intestines, etc.) of a camel of Bani so and so and put it on the back of Muhammad, when he prostrates?" The most unfortunate of them got up and brought it. He waited till the Prophet prostrated and then placed it on his back between his shoulders. I was watching but could not do any thing. I wish I had some people with me to hold out against them. They started laughing and falling on one another. Allah's Apostle was in prostration and he did not lift his head up till Fatima (Prophet's daughter) came and threw that (camel's abdominal contents) away from his back. He raised his head and said thrice, "O Allah! Punish Quraish." So it was hard for Abu Jahl and his companions when the Prophet invoked Allah against them as they had a conviction that the prayers and invocations were accepted in this city (Mecca). The Prophet said, "O Allah! Punish Abu Jahl, 'Utba bin Rabi'a, Shaiba bin Rabi'a, Al-Walid bin 'Utba, Umaiya bin Khalaf, and 'Uqba bin Al Mu'it (and he mentioned the seventh whose name I cannot recall). By Allah in Whose Hands my life is, I saw the dead bodies of those persons who were counted by Allah's Apostle in the Qalib (one of the wells) of Badr.
This incident is also narrated by others. See Sahih Bukhari 1.9.499; 4.52.185 and 5.58.193
Abu Jahl however, was not alone in his persecution. The worst attack on Muhammad was done by 'Uqba, the man who previously said that he would fight Muhammad and who also participated in the above incident
Bukhari Volume 6, Book 60, Number 339:
I asked 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As to inform me of the worst thing the pagans had done to Allah's Apostle. He said: "While Allah's Apostle was praying in the courtyard of the ka'ba, 'Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and seized Allah's Apostle by the shoulder and twisted his garment round his neck and throttled him severely. Abu Bakr came and seized 'Uqba's shoulder and threw him away from Allah's Apostle and said, "Would you kill a man because he says: 'My Lord is Allah,' and has come to you with clear Signs from your Lord?"
Khalil claimed this wasn't a real murder attempt, because of how easy Abu Bakr could thwart it, and because he didn't use a sword. However, this really just shows that it was compulsive – done out of anger. When you strangle someone, it's because you want to kill them, otherwise you simply beat them. Abu Bakr, who was present at the incident, also knew exactly why 'Uqba's intention were, and why: "Would you kill a man because he says: 'My Lord is Allah?"
Abu Jahl had more to offer though. He forbade Muhammad from praying at the Kabah and threatened him once more, as was explained by al-Jalalayn in his tafsir of 96:17:
Let him, then, call upon [the henchmen of] his council, the members of his council (nādin) — a place of assembly where people gather to talk. He [Abū Jahl] had said to the Prophet (s) in reproof, having forbidden him from prayer, 'You are well aware that there is none in this [town] who has [recourse to] as large a council [of men] as I do. Verily, I shall fill this [entire] valley with mature steeds and young men [in battle] against you if you so wish!'
Considering all this, it's no wonder Muhammad proclaimed: "I was subjected to physical hardship when none other than me was subjected to it; and I was placed in fear when no one was in fear; and I passed thirty days and nights when Bilal and I had nothing that could be eaten by any creature other than what Bilal carried under his arm." (Reported in Musnad Ahmad, Al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.)
At another time when the pagans approached Abu talib, ishaq relates
And the nobles went once more to Abu Talib and offered him the brilliant youth Umara in exchange for Muhammad, but he replied, 'It is a wicked thing you propose, that you give me your son to feed, and I give you mine to kill! This shall never be.'
Their intention with Muhammad was quite clear.
Considering all this, it's no wonder Muhammad proclaimed: "I was subjected to physical hardship when none other than me was subjected to it; and I was placed in fear when no one was in fear; and I passed thirty days and nights when Bilal and I had nothing that could be eaten by any creature other than what Bilal carried under his arm." (Reported in Musnad Ahmad, Al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.)
The persecution however, was not limited to Muhammad. Many of his companions were also persecuted.
Ibn Ishaq (p. 267) relies:
When Islam began to spread in Mecca, the Quraysh imprisoned its believers or sought to turn them away from Islam.
The apostle had not been given permission to fight, or allowed to shed blood…He had simply been ordered to call men to God and endure insult and forgive the ignorant. The Quraysh had persecuted his followers, seducing some from their religion, and exiling others from their country. They had to choose whether to give up their religion, be maltreated at home, or to flee the country, some to Abyssinia [Ethiopia], others to Medina. (p. 212)
Also, we find that several slaves were tortured. From Ishaq:
Bilal, a black Ethiopian slave who converted to islam was severely tortured:
The followers of Muhammad were often subjected to torture and some gave up their belief through weakness, some because of their great sufferings; but others were protected and strength¬ened by Allah so that they remained steadfast.
Bilal, a slave to one of the Banu Jumah, was of a pure heart and sincere in his profession of Islam. He was dragged out by Ummaya when the midday sun was hot and thrown on his back out in the valley of Mecca. A great stone was placed on his breast, and he was told, 'Remain thus until you expire, or until you re¬nounce Muhammad and worship al Lat and al Uzza.' But during all this pain he merely repeated, 'One God! One!' Abu Bakr chancing to pass by on a day when Bilal was suffering thus, said to his torturer, Ummaya, 'Do you not fear Allah?' but he replied, 'You have corrupted the slave! You can pull him out from under his burden!' Abu Bakr said, 'I shall do so; I have a black boy, smarter and stronger in your faith than this; I shall give him to you in exchange.' Accordingly Abu Bakr gave Ummaya his slave and took Bilal, whom he presented with his freedom, as he did six other slaves who professed Islam.
These six slaves were
Abu Fakih
Ammar ibn Yasir
Abu Fuhayra
Umm Ubays
These were all tortured to some extent!
Khalil claimed that it was common to torture slaves who rebelled against their masters. But all they really did was to adopt a new religion. This didn't make them any less useful to their master. There really is no excuse for this kind of punishment, it's inhumane, cruel and unnecessary.
Another slave family was tortured, a family of three, namely Sumayyah, Yasid and their son Ammar. Ibn Ishaq relates:
The B. Makhzum used to take out Ammar bin Yasir with his father and mother, who were Muslims, in the heat of the day and expose them to the heat of Mecca, and the Apostle passed by them and said, so I have heard, 'Patience, O family of Yasir! Your meeting place will be paradise." They killed his mother, for she refused to abandon Islam ( p. 206)
So according to Ishaq, Summayah, the first martyr of islam, was killed here. The reason for this has been disputed, it seems as if she died under torture (being forced to walk in the sun) where later reports suggests she was stabbed with a spear in the vagina. Whatever it was, it's a fact that Summayah died because she was a muslim. There are also reports that her husband, Yasir was killed, however there doesn't seem to be anything concrete so I'll leave it for now. Their son, Ammar, managed to survive, unlike his parents, by concealing his muslim faith. It was for him the following ayah was revealed:
Those who disbelieve in GOD, after having acquired faith, and become fully content with disbelief, have incurred wrath from GOD. The only ones to be excused are those who are forced to profess disbelief, while their hearts are full of faith (16:106)
As was explained by Ibn 'Abbas in his tafsir:
(Whoso disbelieveth in Allah after his belief) in Him, deserves Allah's wrath (save him who is forced thereto) except the person who is coerced into disbelief (and whose heart is still content with Faith). This verse was revealed about 'Ammar Ibn Yasir (but whoso findeth ease in disbelief) whosoever utters words of disbelief willingly: (On them is wrath from Allah. Theirs will be an awful doom) the most awful torment in this worldly life. This verse was revealed about 'Abdullah Ibn Sa'd Ibn Abi Sarh.
Ibn Kathir, in his tafisr of this verse, also reports another horrible story of torture:
Similarly, when the Liar Musaylimah asked Habib bin Zayd Al-Ansari, "Do you bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah'' He said, "Yes.'' Then Musaylimah asked, "Do you bear witness that I am the messenger of Allah'' Habib said, "I do not hear you.'' Musaylimah kept cutting him, piece by piece, but he remained steadfast insisting on his words.
Prior to his conversion, Umar bin khattab was also quite the persecutor. It is reported in Ibn Ishaq that he was an enemy of Muhammad:
Another valuable convert at this time was Umar, hitherto a vociferous enemy of the apostle.
We read from his biography, Tareekh 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, that he actually intented to kill Muhammad at one point:
His sharp temper and excessive enmity towards the Prophet [pbuh] led him one day to leave his house, sword in hand, with the intention of killing the Prophet [pbuh] . He was in a fit of anger and was fretting and fuming. Nu'aim bin 'Abdullah, a friend of 'Umar's, met him accidentally half way. What had caused so much excitement in him and on whom was the fury to burst, he inquired casually. 'Umar said furiously: "To destroy the man Muhammad ([pbuh]) this apostate, who has shattered the unity of Quraish, picked holes in their religion, found folly with their wise men and blasphemed their gods." "'Umar, I am sure, your soul has deceived you, do you think that Banu 'Abd Munaf would let you walk on earth if you slain Muhammad [pbuh]?
(Tareekh 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, p. 7)
He also beat his family because they became muslims:
'Umar read the verses with great interest and was much entranced with them. "How excellent it is, and how graceful! Please guide me to Muhammad [pbuh] ." said he. And when he heard that, Khabbab came out of concealment and said, "O 'Umar, I hope that Allâh has answered the prayer of the Prophet [pbuh] , for I heard him say: 'O Allâh! Strengthen Islam through either 'Umar bin Al-Khattab or Abu Jahl bin Hisham.'" 'Umar then left for a house in Safa where Muhammad [pbuh] had been holding secret meetings along with his Companions. 'Umar reached that place with the sword swinging by his arm. He knocked at the door. The Companions of the Prophet [pbuh] turned to see who the intruder was. One of them peeped through a chink in the door and reeled back exclaiming: "It is 'Umar with his sword." Hamzah, dispelling the fears of his friends, said: "Let him in. As a friend he is welcome. As a foe, he will have his head cut off with his own sword." The Prophet [pbuh] asked his Companions to open the door. In came the son of Khattab. The Prophet [pbuh] advanced to receive the dreadful visitor, caught him by his garment and scabbard, and asked him the reason of his visit. At that 'Umar replied: "O Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] , I come to you in order to believe in Allâh and his Messenger and that which he has brought from his Lord." Filled with delight, Muhammad [pbuh] together with his Companions, cried aloud: 'Allâhu Akbar' (Allâh is Great) (Tareekh 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, p. 8-9)
While this isn't from an authentic source, it's considered reliable, and it is very unlikely that muslims would have invented these things against Umar, as he became one of the muslims highest in rank after his conversion.
Muslims were also discriminated against, as is reported in Bukhari:
Bukhari; Volume 3, Book 34, Number 304:
Narrated Khabbab:
I was a blacksmith in the Pre-lslamic period, and 'Asi bin Wail owed me some money, so I went to him to demand it. He said (to me), "I will not pay you unless you disbelieve Muhammad." I said, "I will not disbelieve till Allah kills you and then you get resurrected." He said, "Leave me till I die and get resurrected, then I will be given wealth and children and I will pay you your debt." On that occasion it was revealed to the Prophet:
'Have you seen him who disbelieved in Our signs and says: Surely I will be given wealth and children? Has he known the unseen, or has he taken a covenant from the Beneficent (Allah)? (19.77-78)
This blacksmith eventually had enough of this persecution, and complained to Muhammad:
Bukhari; Volume 4, Book 56, Number 809:
Narrated Khabbab bin Al-Arat:
We complained to Allah's Apostle (of the persecution inflicted on us by the pagans) while he was sitting in the shade of the Ka'ba, leaning over his Burd (i.e. covering sheet). We said to hi-m, "Would you seek help for us? Would you pray to Allah for us?" He said, "Among the nations before you a (believing) man would be put in a ditch that was dug for him, and a saw would be put over his head and he would be cut into two pieces; yet that (torture) would not make him give up his religion. His body would be combed with iron combs that would remove his flesh from the bones and nerves, yet that would not make him abandon his religion. By Allah, this religion (i.e. Islam) will prevail till a traveler from Sana (in Yemen) to Hadrarmaut will fear none but Allah, or a wolf as regards his sheep, but you (people) are hasty.
The persecution became so severe, that many Muslims in Meccah migrated to Abyssinia to escape it.
Muhammad said: "If you travel to Ethiopia it will be very profitable for you, because, on account of the presence of a mighty and just ruler, nobody is oppressed there and the land of that country is good and pure and you can live there till Almighty Allah provides you relief." (Ibn Hisham, p. 321 and Tarikh-i Tabari, volume 2, p. 70.)
This also clearly testifies to the fact that Muslims were indeed oppressed and persecuted and had to escape to Ethopia.
According to Ibn Ishaq, the number of persons who left for Ethiopia to escape the persecution in Meccah numbered 83 This migration, and the reasons for it, is also attested by Abu Bakr as reported in Bukhari:
Sahih Bukhari, Book 37, number 494: (It's pretty long, so I removed parts of it. )
Narrated Aisha: (wife of the Prophet)
When the Muslims were persecuted, Abu Bakr set out for Ethiopia as an emigrant. When he reached a place called Bark-al-Ghimad, he met Ibn Ad-Daghna, the chief of the Qara tribe, who asked Abu Bakr, "Where are you going?" Abu Bakr said, "My people have turned me out of the country and I would like to tour the world and worship my Lord." Ibn Ad-Daghna said, "A man like you will not go out, nor will he be turned out as you help the poor earn their living, keep good relation with your Kith and kin, help the disabled (or the dependents), provide guests with food and shelter, and help people during their troubles. I am your protector. So, go back and worship your Lord at your home." Ibn Ad-Daghna went along with Abu Bakr and took him to the chiefs of Quraish saying to them, "A man like Abu Bakr will not go out, nor will he be turned out. Do you turn out a man who helps the poor earn their living, keeps good relations with Kith and kin, helps the disabled, provides guests with food and shelter, and helps the people during their troubles?" The women and the offspring of the pagans started gathering around him and looking at him astonishingly. Abu Bakr was a softhearted person and could not help weeping while reciting Qur'an. This horrified the pagan chiefs of Quraish. They sent for Ibn Ad-Daghna and when he came, they said, "We have given Abu Bakr protection on condition that he will worship his Lord in his house, but he has transgressed that condition and has built a mosque in the court yard of his house and offered his prayer and recited Qur'an in public. We are afraid lest he mislead our women and offspring. So, go to him and tell him that if he wishes he can worship his Lord in his house only, and if not, then tell him to return your pledge of protection as we do not like to betray you by revoking your pledge, nor can we tolerate Abu Bakr's public declaration of Islam (his worshipping)."
The meccans were however extremely upset at this, and went to Ethiopia to retrieve the Muslims. This didn't work out, and they were rejected by the king. This caused them great embarrassment, and made them even more angry at the Muslims, who they persecuted even more after they came home to Meccah. (Ibn Hisham, p. 338)
Among other things, this caused the Quraysh to place four extremely discriminating commandments on all Quraysh, commanding that:
1. Every sort of trade and business with the supporters of Muhammad shall be banned.
2. Association with them is strictly prohibited.
3. Nobody is entitled to establish matrimonial alliances with the Muslims.
4. Opponents of Muhammad should be supported in all circumstances.
These lasted for three years.
(Ibn Hisham p. 350 and Tarikh-i Tabari, volume 2, p. 78.)
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Help for shopaholics: New test determines who's at risk for compulsive buying
Shopaholics are the butt of many jokes, but obsessive or compulsive shopping can ruin lives. Compulsive shopping can lead to financial problems, family conflicts, stress, depression, and loss of self-esteem. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, there may be more people engaged in compulsive buying than previously thought.
Authors Nancy M. Ridgway, Monika Kukar-Kinney (both University of Richmond), and Kent B. Monroe (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Richmond) developed a new scale for measuring compulsive buying. The scale consists of just nine questions, and the authors believe it does a better job than previous measures of identifying the number of people who engage in compulsive shopping.
"The scale is designed to identify consumers who have a strong urge to buy, regularly spend a lot of money, and have difficulty resisting the impulse to buy," they explain. Previous measures depend in large part on the consequences of shopping, such as financial difficulties and family strain over money matters. But the authors explain that compulsive shoppers with higher incomes may experience fewer financial consequences yet still have compulsive tendencies.
In the course of three separate studies, the researchers found that compulsive buying was linked to materialism, reduced self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and stress. Compulsive shoppers had positive feelings associated with buying, and they also tended to hide purchases, return items, have more family arguments, and possessed more maxed-out credit cards. The researchers found that approximately 8.9 percent of the population they studied were compulsive shoppers, compared with 5 percent who were identified with the current clinical screener.
"Given the results of these studies, it is important for public policy officials to recognize that there may be a larger group of consumers suffering from problems resulting from compulsive buying than previously thought. Consumers need to be educated to recognize if compulsive buying is a problem in their lives so that they may seek help," the authors conclude.
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Real Salt Lake selected Arturo Alvarez and Luis Gil in the MLS SuperDraft on Thrusday, and landed some allocation money on the side.
At least, that's how general manager Garth Lagerwey looks at the situation after RSL spent a relatively quiet day on the draft floor, perhaps already more comfortable with their roster than any other team in the mix.
Alvarez and Gil were both previously acquired for picks in this draft, leaving the team with just two picks to work with when the chips were down. And they traded the first one away at No. 14, shipping the pick to former RSL assistant Robin Fraser and his new club Chivas USA for some allocation money.
"We had a list of six guys that we would have taken," Lagerwey said. "We decided that we were going to wait and see who was there. I think they were all gone in the top ten."
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"This was the first year that our rankings of the players were pretty spot on (with how the draft unfolded),"head coach Jason Kreis said.
When it came down to the No. 14 spot there was a flurry of activity and phone calls, which caused the RSL team to do something they rarely get to do in soccer - call a timeout.
"The reason for the timeout is that we had four or five teams that had asked (about a trade), and we followed up with them," Lagerwey said, "and then it got down to two, and we eventually went with Chivas."
With pick number 52 in the 3rd round, Real Salt Lake selected Jarad vanSchaik from the University of Portland. VanSchaik is from the same school as last year's first round selection Collen Warner, and they relied somewhat on Warner's input as they hadn't scouted the player much.
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A San Francisco-based chief executive of a tech startup decided to post about the city being overrun by its underclass: its poor, its homeless, its dropouts and "trash."
Greg Gopman, the founder and CEO of AngelHack which calls itself a "premier developer marketing agency," wrote a tirade on Facebook about how he's tired of the poor, homeless and other unattractive members of the city showing up in his part of town. Fresh from traveling and back in San Francisco, he wrote:
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Why the heart of our city has to be overrun by crazy, homeless, drug dealers, dropouts, and trash I have no clue. . . . The difference is in other cosmopolitan cities, the lower part of society keep to themselves. They sell small trinkets, beg coyly, stay quiet, and generally stay out of your way. They realize it's a privilege to be in the civilized part of town and view themselves as guests. And that's okay.
Gopman continued in this vein for a while, eventually saying, "There is an area of town for degenerates and an area of town for the working class. There is nothing positive gained from having them so close to us. It's a burden and a liability having them so close to us."
That's pretty harsh stuff, and apparently he thought so, too, because Gopman took down the posts and apologized. However, his followers or friends seemed to support him. "It isn't like you said anything many others in the startup community aren't saying," one said.
Another posted, "I agreed with you Greg. The city has created an unfortunate situation where they rely on it for handouts vs rising above and creating their own value and contributing to society. It's one of the reasons why I don't base my company there and do not live there full time."
While one can look at this as a strange anomaly, the reality is that it's illustrating a very real and distinct class divide in San Francisco between the techies and --- well, the rest of us. Unless you're pulling down a healthy six figures and have nice clothes, you may be considered a blight on SOMA.


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Part I READING BEYOND BORDERS
Ellis Cose 13
Faith Adiele 33
Edward P. Jones 47
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John Hope Franklin 137
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Chimamanda N. Adichie 169
Wil Haygood 183
Nikki Giovanni 201
Acknowledgments 211