In the April edition of the Indiana State Medical Society monthly report I was disturbed to read an opinion piece by an IU oncologist entitled, "The Art of Dying Well." In this article he lays out an apparently sympathetic and emotional case in favor of physician-assisted suicide. He also asks physicians to support his resolution at the annual convention to allow this practice in Indiana. This resolution is the first step in legalizing this practice in our state. His assertion is that allowing a patient to choose the time and manner of their death is to allow them to die well. However, as a rational human being, I have several issues with this claim and, as a physician, I have even more.
Any reasonable person can recognize that physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia can never be tolerated under any circumstances because it is an objectively grave moral evil. Allowing this practice leads to a gross marginalization of human life at a societal level and at an individual level. Euthanasia artificially assigns a discrete and arbitrary value to one's life, thereby eliminating the essential truth that every human life is sacred. This ethic is effectively a negative utilitarian worldview in which it is determined that certain lives are no longer worth living. Sadly, for many in our society this seems to be a laudable option for the aged or infirm purely because they are approaching death and do not have much "utility" left. While most advocates of this practice commonly relate anecdotal stories of patients or family members who made a lucid request to end their life due to unbearable and untreatable pain, we should be familiar with the essential moral aspects of this decision and the natural course of where this worldview has led to in countries where it is legal.
Physician-assisted suicide advocates claim their advocacy is in support of an individual's right to choose how and when to die. This includes many situations outside that of "unbearable pain" as presented above. For example, what do you do with patients who are terminally ill? Does it make a difference if the patient's life expectancy is a week or ten years? What if they did not want to become incapacitated? What if they are afraid of loneliness and want to undergo double euthanasia with their spouse? What if they admit to depression that has caused suicidal thoughts? Initially it would appear that there is a great difference between the advocate's poster child for euthanasia and a depressed 13 year-old girl who broke up with her boyfriend. However, the suicidal act of an 80 year-old and a 13 year-old differs only in circumstance and not in essence. It is easy for a rational individual to stand against the 13 year-old's depression as an unacceptable reason for euthanasia; but why? We naturally reject the desire of a 13 year-old to end her life because we see it as a loss of a life worth living. Yet when the scenario involves the 80 year-old, we are quick to label it as the "patient's right to choose." The crux of the euthanasia argument can now be revealed as not an individual's autonomous choice, but rather society's external de-valuation of lives as not worth living, and in particular, a marginalization of the aged and ill.
The act of killing a patient is the same whether they have a great "quality of life" or an allegedly poor one. When confronted with this fact, the advocates of euthanasia are forced to resort to the lowest common denominator and recognize that if euthanasia is to be allowed, it needs to be universally allowed. It is for this reason, pediatric euthanasia is allowed in the Netherlands for patients age 12 and older and in Belgium pediatric euthanasia is legal without any age limit. Even worse, half of Belgium's euthanasia nurses admitted to helping euthanize a patient with no "request or consent." How quickly we have digressed from a choice, to a right, to a duty to die, and now even without consent. To whom can one turn, when emotionally or physically ill, if not to their physician and medical team?
For the last 2500 years (up until recently), physicians have been trusted by their patients to, "First, do no harm." This adage is the cornerstone of medical ethics. In the Hippocratic Oath, graduating medical students traditionally promised to never "administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor to suggest such a course." This is an essential oath, as a doctor must always be trusted to treat and to heal for a patient to feel comfortable surrendering their bodies and well-being to the care of their physician. To rescind this oath, as many medical schools have done, severs the trust of the physician-patient relationship and allows for practices such as physician-assisted suicide. This fundamentally changes the fiduciary role of a physician and endangers patients.
It is our affirmative duty as Americans, and my particular duty as a physician, to resist this practice at any cost. Many may still contend that this issue is not one of much importance, and that it only affects a small percentage of people. However, in the countries where the practice of killing patients has been tolerated for decades, the percentage of euthanized patients has tripled since it was officially decriminalized in 2002 rising approximately 15 percent each year in the last decade. Without proper education, people are at risk to increase this statistic not knowing that there are other universally accepted and extremely effective alternatives, such as hospice and palliative care, that not only excel at greatly reducing pain, but also in comforting the patient and the family in their time of grief.
Physician-assisted suicide not only destroys the physician-patient relationship and further marginalizes the vulnerable of our society, but it robs patients and their families of the solace that comes with a natural death and imposes upon its victims the consequences of an irrevocable and gravely flawed decision. I have witnessed firsthand the consolation and even joy that come from the actions in the final chapter of one's life. There is a significant maturing and coming to grips with one's mortality that is therapeutic for not only the patient, but also for the family, that comes from surrendering to God's will for the end of one's life. In a patient's final days, he would benefit much more from physician aid-in-living rather than physician aid-in-dying. The proponents of euthanasia will continue to try to camouflage their position as the "compassionate choice" or the more "sympathetic" view of the patient's strife. However, this will always be an ironic assertion considering that these words mean to "suffer together" and to "suffer with." The cure for suffering is not to eliminate the sufferer but rather to comfort him and stand with him in solidarity when he is ill. It is only by supporting patients up until the time of a natural death that we can allow them to truly die well.


The Health and Safety Reform Bill introduces the concept of a Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking, known as a PCBU. We all have a duty of care to actively engage in health and safety matters. Not just private businesses, but all government departments (for example Schools come under Primary Duty of Care under the new laws).
It's important that we all help in the provision of resources, advice and a call-to-action, ensuring adequate facilities and access to things like Safety Data Sheets and correctly Labelled bottles. We can assist in supporting safe working environments by ensuring customers are adequately handling and storing cleaning chemicals, even if we aren't experts in this field.
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Psalms: The prayer-book for Jews and Christians
An introduction by Noel S Donnelly
Over the past few years we've become quite accustomed to singing many of the psalms… and I mean singing , not just chanting! It's good to hear in particular so many psalms being sung in the liturgy of the Word: God speaks the Word (in our first reading, for example). But God is a God of dialogue: God wants our response to the Word in the reading, and so we as a community sing our Responsorial Psalm . . .very often in a popular style of music.
NUMBERS: Shortly before 250 BCE the Hebrew scriptures were translated into Greek in a version known as the Septuagint (referring to the number 70: there was a tradition that 70 scribes were involved in the translation). During the course of this translation some minor changes were made: Psalms 9 & 10 were joined together, as were Pss 114 & 115. On the other hand the Hebrew versions of 42, 116 & 147 were divided in two. The result was a difference in the numbering of the Hebrew and Greek collections: As a general rule, from Ps 10 to 148 the numbering of the Hebrew is one higher than the Greek e.g. Ps 57 in Hebrew is 56 in Greek. Hebrew system in RSV, JB , etc and lectionaries but the Grail and some others follow the Greek numbering.
Hebrew Text Septuagint
148-150 148-150.
Most scholars now use the Hebrew numbering. But some R.C.'s stick to the Septuagint numbering (older in terms of MSS). (The Hebrew received text was from 10th C mss. But much of this is now confirmed from Dead Sea Scroll mss, dated around 50 AD).
HEBREW POETRY: This is not a matter of rhyme but of BALANCE:
1. Of ideas: A wise son makes his father glad; but a foolish son is a grief to his mother. (Prov 10:1)
Truthful lips endure forever; the lying tongue only for a moment. (Prov 12:19)
Have mercy on me Lord in your kindness In your compassion blot out my offence. (Ps 50).
2. Of rhythm, not rhyme: DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH DAH Cry out with joy to the Lord – Serve the Lord with gladness.
A special kind of psalm, a Lament leaves a space for a sob DAH DAH DAH – DAH DAH – (called a "qinah") From the depths I cry Lord to You Hear my voice. –
3. Of lines: Ps 100 has three lines per verse; each line adds delight and depth to the other:
The IMAGERY used is quite spectacular: You have kept count of my sorrows; put all my tears in a bottle. (Ps 56:8)
(A lonely fugitive): I have become like a pelican in the wilderness, like an owl in desolate places. I lie awake and I moan like some lonely bird on a rooftop. (Ps 102:7-8)
Note concrete more than abstract: Ps 104:26 Man solid as a cedar, disappears into thin air. Mountains dance; important men, heavyweights who rise when put on the scales; ointment flows over a person's hair and face; enemies are bulls, lions, dogs.
COLLECTIONS: One clue to the way the Psalter was formed can be found in the names that are attached to some Psalms: 83 "of Asaph" 84 "of the Sons of Korah". See also Psalms "of David" 3-41 and 51-70. Almost certainly not all written by David himself at the time indicated at the heading: Ps 3; 51; 57; 63 An anonymous singer reflects on the experience of David and make it available to all of us.
A Temple Hymn Book emerged with five main groups: each block ends with a blessing:
1-41 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel From age to age. Amen Alleluia! (41:1 3)
42-72 Blessed be the Lord, God of Israel, who alone works wonders, Ever blessed his glorious name. Let his glory fill the earth. Amen! Amen! (72:1 9).
73-89 Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen, Amen! (89:52)
90-106 Blessed be the Lord, God of Israel, For ever, from age to age. Let all the people cry out: "Amen! Amen! Alleluia!" (106:48)
107-150 The whole of Ps 150 is great hymn of praise, rounding off the 5 Books.
Some time before 400 BC this was all put together specifically for the Temple liturgy. A final step was when this was included in the third section of the Old Testament: The Writings. (The Law, The Prophets and The Writings (see Lk. 24:44 where Jesus refers to "everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and in the Psalms). The psalms too are the Word of God. With the spread of Judaism over the world, there was normally no access to the Temple. The focus of community prayer was the synagogue. This is where the scriptures and songs were learned by the often-illiterate people. The Books were costly and inaccessible but the responses were learned and sung… and the Psalms became a resource for individual private prayer. The psalms had come back to the people again.
Liturgical Situations: Ps 80 Note v 1 "For the choir master: Tune "The Decrees are Lilies"" Sometimes a well-known tune is to be used: 22; 45; 56. Stage Directions too: Ps 95:6; Ps 11 8:27(References to music-making, dancing singing marching and hand-clapping!) Ps 150:3-4 Ps 68:25-26 (Lively and noisy). Noel Donnelly..
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Winter Sisters
Title: Winter Sisters
Author: Robin Oliveira
Publication Information: Viking. 2018. 416 pages.
ISBN: 039956425X / 978-0399564253
Book Source: I received this book as a publisher's galley through NetGalley free of cost in exchange for an honest review.
Opening Sentence: "Two days before Emma and Claire O'Donnell disappeared, a light snow fell from the dawn sky above Albany, New York, almost as a warning mist."
Favorite Quote: "Every inch toward courage was a decision. Even ten feet on her own would be a triumph. The line between coercion and choice for her was the line between darkness and light."
It takes me a while to think about the central theme of this book; it reveals itself gradually. The story is of a family and a city. It is about the devastation of a storm and about the lumber industry. It is about the pursuit, destruction, and rediscovery of a dream. It is about marriages and about parents and children. It is about a disappearance and its aftermath. It is about abuse and its aftermath. It is about corruption. It is about a quest for justice. It is about love. It takes a while, but then, I have a definite "a-ha" moment. What draws the entire book together is the women - young and old - and their ability or inability to survive and thrive in a male-dominated world.
The central emotionally intense story is the story of two young girls - the winter sisters - who disappear during a snowstorm in Albany, New York in 1879. The author's note at the end of the book includes an appalling fact. "In 1879, the age of consent in New York sate was ten years old. The NY Statute regarding rape read, in part: 'Every person who shall be convicted of rape either, 1. By carnally and unlawfully knowing any female child under the age of ten years; or, 2. By forcibly ravishing any woman of the age of ten years or upwards...'" Ten years old. Ten years old! The fictional story elaborates that in a victim above the age of ten, "survival is considered an indication of acquiescence." In other words, if the girl fights to the death, rape may be proved. If the girl survives, then she did not fight hard enough and is deemed to have given consent. At the age of ten!
Of the sisters who go missing, Emma is above the age of ten, and Claire is not. I leave you to imagine what comes next. Ten years old. What happens to them has repercussions through the town, bringing to light the darker and evil side of some of its most illustrious residents. The identification of those involved is not really difficult with the small cast of characters in this book. So, I would not term it a mystery, which works because the mystery is not the focus of this book. The fact of the girl's age and the law is. Ten years old.
This book is broader than Emma and Claire's story; this book is about women of different ages and professions all made to suffer by a society in which women do not have the same position or rights as a man. Mary Sutter is a qualified physician but is not given the same respect for her skills as her husband and fellow physician William is. Elizabeth is a gifted violin player whose confidence and dream is shattered by a man telling her she is not good enough. Viola is a woman caught in an abusive marriage with the thought of having no other alternatives. Darlene is a prostitute. The men are more than willing to visit the brothels, but the women there are treated as objects who should in no way come into contact with the rest of society.
Mind you, the book is not unbalanced in the male characters. Obviously, there are the monsters who prey on children and hide behind a cloak of respectability. There are the men who take advantage of their position to bully and abuse those below them. Equally though, the book presents strong men able to stand up for what they believe and stand up for what is right. They embody the image of what relationship ought to be. "Theirs was a tenacious kind of love, as solid and true as granite. Neither of them could think of a time in their life together when either had let the other down."
The plot of the book centers around the sisters and their disappearance, but well developed characters create the bigger themes of rights and equality in a story that draws me in and keeps me reading until the very last page.
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His eminence, Shaykh ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, is a former professor of Law and one of the world's leading authorities in Islamic scholarship. Author of over five hundred books, he is currently working on writing his exegesis of the Holy Qur'an and a compendium of hadith consisting of thirty volumes, among many other works. His extensive, scholarly research serves as valuable resource material for enhancing classical and traditional learning while providing a modern contextualisation. Scholars and students alike are highly appreciative of his efforts and greatly value his revivalist and forward-looking approach, including his contemporary presentation of the classical Islamic teachings. Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has a vision of not merely imparting Islamic knowledge, but to revitalise the classical Islamic teachings, so that the needs of the contemporary era can be met with the intended spirit of the Islamic tradition. Putting this vision into practice, he has established the Minhaj University, Lahore, and over 600 schools and colleges.
Shaykh-ul-Islam is a prolific author and researcher. He has authored around 1000 books out of which 500 books are already published, and the rest of them are yet to be published. An unrivaled orator and speaker, he has delivered over 7000 lectures (in Urdu, English and Arabic), on a wide range of subjects, which are available on cassette, CD, DVD formats as well as online.
The following represents a selection of his printed works:
Works on Qur'anic Tafsir (in number totaling 80 works) include:
Irfan al-Qur'an (the Meanings of the Qur'an — Urdu and English versions)
Tafsir Minhaj al-Qur'an (al-Futuhat al-Madaniyya — 14 volumes U.P.)
Tafsir Sura al-Fatiha (partly published, totaling 7 volumes), the largest available publication on this subject.
Kashf al-Ghita ʻan Maʻrifat al-Aqsam li-l-Mustafa (Tafsir in Arabic on the excellence of the Holy Prophet — blessings and peace be upon him).
Tasmiyya al-Qur'an (a voluminous book on the meanings of Bism Allah)
Manahij al-'Irfan fi Lafz al-Qur'an (a voluminous book on the meanings of the word Qur'an)
Meaning of Ayat al-Kursi (a voluminous book)
Development of Human Personality in the Light of Sura al-Fatiha
Islamic Philosophy of Human Life
No Coercion in Religion
al-ʻIrfan fi Fada'il wa Adab al-Qur'an (recitation of the Qur'an; virtues and manners)
Islamic Concept of Human Nature
Qur'anic Philosophy of Da'wa
Works on Hadith compilation and the science of Hadith (in number totaling 100 works):
Jami' as-Sunna fi ma Yahtaj Ilayhi Akhir al-Umma (a comprehensive compilation of 25,000 ahadith, totaling 20 volumes U.P.)
al-Minhaj as-Sawiyy min al-Hadith an-Nabawiyy (4 volumes — collection of 5,000 ahadith compiled on the pattern and style of al-Imam an-Nawawi's Riyad as-Salihin and al-Khatib at-Tabrizi's Mishkat al-Masabih relevant to the modern age). Its abridged version Mukhtasar Al-Minhaj as-Sawiyy was published with compliments and tributes of Shaykh al-Azhar as-Sayyid Dr Muhammad Tantawi, a renowned Muhaddith of Egypt, ash-Shaykh Dr Ahmad 'Umar Hashim, Ex-Vice Chancellor of Jami'a al-Azhar, Cairo, and Grand Mufti of Egypt ash-Shaykh Dr 'Ali Jumu'a and others.
al-'Ata fi Ma'rifat al-Mustafa (4 volumes — collection of 5,000 ahadith on the subjects of the excellence, habits, morals, specialties and miracles of the Holy Prophet — blessings and peace be upon him — on the pattern and style of ash-Shifa of al-Qadi 'Iyad U.P.)
Hidayat al-Umma 'ala Minhaj al-Qur'an wa's-Sunna (2 volumes — another collection of 2,200 ahadith)
Prophetic Virtues & Miracles
Al-Wafa fi Rahmat an-Nabi al-Mustafa
Al-Makana al-'Aliyya fi'l-Khasa'is an-Nabawiyya
Al-Mizat an-Nabawiyya fi'l-Khasa'is ad-Dunwiyya
Al-'Azama an-Nabawiyya fi'l-Khasa'is al-Barzakhiyya
Al-Futuhat an-Nabawiyya fi'l-Khasa'is al-Ukhrawiyya
Al-Jawahir an-Naqiyya fi ash-Shuma'il an-Nabawiyya
Al-Matalib as-Saniyya fi'l-'Adat an-Nabawiyya
Al-Minahat as-Samadiyya fi'l-Ikhtiyarat an-Nabawiyya
Al-Imtiyazat an-Nabawiyya fi'l-'Ulum al-Ghaybiyya
Al-Fawz al-Jali fi at-Tawassul bi'n-Nabi
Ash-Sharaf al-'Ali fi at-Tabarruk bi'n-Nabi
an-Nur al-Mubin fi Hayat an-Nabi al-Amin
Al-Minhal as-Safi fi Ziyarat Qabr an-Nabi
Ghayat as-Sifa fi Husn Jasad al-Mustafa
Al-'Asal an-Naqi fi Asma' an-Nabi
an-Najaba fi Manaqib as-Sahaba wa'l-Qaraba (virtues of the Companions and the Family of the Holy Prophet [blessings and peace be upon him])
Rawdat as-Salikin fi Manaqib al-Awliya' wa's-Salihin (Virtues of the Friends of Allah and the Pious)
Ahsan 's-Sana'a fi Ithbat ash-Shafa'a (Intercession)
Rahat al-Qulub fi Madhi 'n-Nabiyyi al-Mahbub (Hymn of the Holy Prophet [blessings and peace be upon him])
Kashf al-Asrar fi Mahabbat al-Mawjudat li-Sayyid al-Abrar
al-Badra't-Tamam 'ala Sahib'id-Dunuww wa'l-Maqam (virtues of Greetings and Salutations on the Holy Prophet [blessings and peace be upon him])
Ahsana's-Subul fi Manaqib al-Anbiya' wa'r-Rusul (virtues of the Prophets and Messengers)
as-Sayf al-Jali 'ala Munkir Wilayat 'Ali
al-Qawl al-Mu'tabar fi'l-Imam al-Muntazar
al-Qawl al-Qawiyy fi Sama' al-Hasan 'an 'Ali (a book on the science of Hadith in Arabic language. It establishes the fact that al-Hasan of Busra met 'Ali and heard him narrate traditions.)
al-Kanz ath-Thamin fi Fadilat adh-Dhikr wa'dh-Dhakirin (Pearls of Remembrance)
al-Khutba as-Sadida fi Usul al-Hadith wa Furu' al-'Aqida (a brief textbook on the science of Hadith in the Arabic language)
al-'Abdiyya fi'l-Hadrat as-Samadiyya (Rights of Allah on His Slaves)
Al-Marwiyyat as-Sulamiyya min al-Ahadith an-Nabawiyya
Al-Marwiyyat al-Qushayriyya min al-Ahadith an-Nabawiyya
Al-Marwiyyat as-Suhrawardiyya min al-Ahadith an-Nabawiyya
Marwiyyat ash-Shaykh al-Akbar min Ahadith an-Nabi al-Athar
al-Lubab fi'l-Huquq wa'l-Adab (Rights and Manners)
Righteous Character & Excellence of Social Interaction
An-Najah fi A'mal al-Birr wa as-Sadaqa wa as-Salah
Ad-Da'wat wa'l-Adhkar min Sunna an-Nabi al-Mukhtar
al-Futuhat fi'l-Adhkar ba'd as-Salawat
Al-Manahil as-Safiyya fi Sharaf al-Umma al-Muhammadiyya
Imam Abu Hanifa: Imam al-A'imma fi'l-Hadith (4 volumes)
Works on Islamic 'Aqida (in number totaling 100 works) include:
Majmu'at al-'Aqa'id (25 volumes — an unprecedented compendium on Islamic Faith and Theology)
Kitab at-Tawhid (a detailed treatise on the concept of the unity of Allah running into 2 volumes)
Kitab ar-Risala (2 volumes — a detailed treatise on the excellence of Prophethood and highly esteemed station of the Holy Prophet — blessings and peace be upon him)
Kitab as-Sunna (2 volumes — a comprehensive treatise on the authority, science and compilation of hadith and sunna)
Makanat ar-Risala wa's-Sunna
Kitab al-Bid'a (a comprehensive work on the concept of "innovations" in Islam)
Kitab al-Iman (Basic Tenets of Faith)
Kitab al-Islam (Pillars of Islam)
Kitab al-Ihsan (Book on Spiritual Excellence)
Kitab az-Ziyara (Book on Visiting the Graves)
Kitab al-Baraka (Book on Blessings)
Kitab ash-Shafa'a (Book on Intercession)
Kitab at-Tawassul (Book on Intermediation)
at-Ta'zim wa'l-'Ibada (Reverence and Worship)
al-Wasa'it ash-Shar'iyya (Lawful Means and Linkages)
Reverence of Prophethood
Finality of Prophethood
al-Mawlid an-Nabawiyy ([blessings and peace be upon him)] Celebration of Mawlid] The largest ever written work on this subject, consisting of approximately 850 pages)
'Ilm al-Ghayb (Book on the Knowledge of the Unseen)
Ascension of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him)
Love and Reverence of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him)
The Central Point of Iman
Prisoners of the Beauty of Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him)
Works on the Biography (Sira) of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) and his virtuous characteristics:
Sirat ar-Rasul (collection of 14 volumes, the largest collection ever written in the Urdu language)
Muqaddima as-Sira (2 volumes — an unprecedented work in Islamic history on the pattern of Muqaddima Ibn Khaldun)
Khasa'is al-Mustafa (Holy Prophet's Exclusive Virtues)
Shama'il al-Mustafa (Holy Prophet's Personal Characteristics and Habits)
Asma' al-Mustafa (Meanings and Interpretation of the Holy Prophet's Names)
Dala'il al-Barakat (2500 styles of greetings and salutations on the Holy Prophet — blessings and peace be upon him — a masterpiece of Arabic literature, written in the style of the well-read Dala'il al-Khayrat of Imam Jazuli)
Political Aspect of the Prophet's Sira
Economic Aspect of the Prophet's Sira
Administrative Aspect of the Prophet's Sira
Constitutional Aspect of the Prophet's Sira
Scientific Aspect of the Prophet's Sira
Cultural Aspect of the Prophet's Sira
Historical Aspect of the Prophet's Sira
Aspect of Human Rights in the Prophet's Sira
Aspect of Peace and Integration in the Prophet's Sira
Diplomatic Relations in the Prophet's Sira
Relations to Non-Muslims in the Prophet's Sira
Revolutionary Struggle in the Prophet's Sira
Qur'an on the Characteristics of the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him)
Works on Islamic Law and Jurisprudence (Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh) totaling around 60 works:
Islamic Penal System and Philosophy (Shaykh-ul-Islam's doctoral thesis)
Islamic Concept of Law
Salient Characteristics of Islamic Law
Islamic Concept of Crime
A Comparative Study of Islamic and Western Concepts of Law
Islam and Criminality
Legal Character of Islamic Punishments
al-Hukm ash-Shar'i (a book on Usul al-Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence])
Sources of Islamic Law
Philosophy of Ijtihad and the Modern World
Ijtihad — Meaning, Kinds and Scope
Jurisprudential Methodology of Islamic Research
Islamic Concept of State
Qur'anic Basis of Constitutional Theory
Concept of Jail and Imprisonment in Islam
Difference between the Text and its Exegesis
Works on Islamic Political and Economic Systems:
The Constitution of Madina (a detailed exposition of the first ever written constitution in human history)
Khilafa and Democracy (a voluminous work on the subject of Islamic Political System U.P.)
Islamic Economic System, its Origin and Development
Qawa'id al-Iqtisad fi'l-Islam ([Arabic] Principles of Islamic Economics)
Qur'anic Philosophy of Change (2 volumes)
Islamic Economy and Interest-free Banking
Qur'anic Philosophy of Rise and Fall of the Nations
Islam — a Religion of Balance and Moderation
Nizam Mustafa: a Message and Struggle for Change
Objectives of the Raising of Prophets (blessings and peace be upon them)
Works on Tasawwuf and Spirituality; around 50 works on Islamic Science of Mysticism and Spiritualism:
Kitab al-Ihsan
Reality of Tasawwuf
Practical Code of Spirituality
Obedience to Allah
Pearls of Remembrance of Allah
Love of Allah
Wariness of Allah
The Beauty of Pious Deeds
The Beauty of Spiritual States
The Beauty of Good Morals
Purification of Heart and Soul
Corruption of the Heart and its Cure
Our Real Homeland
Sin and Repentance
Qur'anic Categorization of People
Deeds and Spiritual Intoxication
Life — a War between Good and Evil
Morality of Prophets (blessings and peace be upon them)
The Awliya': Companies and Narrations
al-Fuyudat al-Muhammadiyya
Works on Human Rights and Modern Sciences:
Islam on the Rights of Women
Islam on the Rights of Children
Islam on the Rights of Senior Citizens
Islam on the Rights of Non-Muslims
Islam on the Rights of the Disabled
Qur'an on Creation and Evolution of Man
Qur'an on Creation and Expansion of the Universe
Islam on Prevention of Heart Diseases
Spiritualism and Magnetism
Issues of the Modern Age and their Solutions
Miscellaneous Works:
Islam in Various Perspectives
How to end Extremism and Sectarianism?
Our Religious Downfall and its Trifold Defence Strategy
Multidimensional Attack on Iman
The Real Concept of Jihad
Jihad: a Charity
Islamic Concept of Knowledge
True Knowledge: a Creative or an Interpretative Phenomenon
Reformable Aspects of Religious and Secular Sciences
The Real Base of Piety
amongst others
His Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam, Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has received a large number of authorities (asanid) and permissions (ijazat) for the transmission of knowledge of hadith, tafsir, fiqh, tasawwuf and other classical Islamic sciences from numerous great pillars of the Muslim world, widely acknowledged as the fountains of Islamic knowledge in the last century back to the classical scholars and great Imams of hadith of the past up to the Holy Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him). He has more than 300 Chains of Authority contained in two of his own thabats (reference books on his chains of authority):
al-Jawahir al-Bahira fi'l Asanid at-Tahira
as-Subul al-Wahabiyya fi'l-Asanid adh-Dhahabiyya
The following are some examples of his links to the renowned classical scholars via only one teacher:
He is linked to al-Imam Yusuf ibn Isma'il an-Nabhani directly via only one teacher, his student ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-'Usayran (Lebanon).
He is linked to al-Imam Imdad Allah al-Muhajir al-Makki via only one teacher, his vicegerent ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ma'bud al-Jilani al-Madani (who died at the age of 165 years).
Shaykh-ul-Islam is linked to Imam al-Hind ash-Shah Ahmad Rida Khan via only one teacher through three different routes:
ash-Shaykh al-Mu'ammar Diya'ud-Din Ahmad al-Qadiri al-Madani
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Abu'l-Barakat Ahmad al-Qadiri Alwari
ash-Shaykh al-Mu'ammar as-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ma'bud al-Jilani al-Madani
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has gathered together the various fields of classical Islamic knowledge, especially the knowledge, and authorities of hadith, from famous centres of Islamic learning across the globe:
Fatwa on Suicide Bombings and Terrorism:
Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri issued a historic fatwa, or Islamic decree, on the vital matter of suicide bombings and terrorist attacks carried out in the name of Islam. It is regarded as a significant and historic step, the first time that such an explicit and unequivocal decree against the perpetrators of terror has been broadcast so widely. The original fatwa has been written in Urdu, and amounts to 600 pages of research and references from the Qur'an, Hadith, opinions of the Companions (of the Prophet), and the widely accepted classical texts of Islamic scholarship. The comprehensiveness and extent of the original work is meant to leave no doubt, and no stone unturned, in order to remove any possible justification for the suicide attacks that the perpetrators or their supporters may offer. Indeed, Shaykh-ul-Islam went that crucial step forward and announced categorically that suicide bombings and attacks against civilian targets were not only condemned by Islam, but rendered the perpetrators totally out of the fold of Islam, in other words, to be unbelievers. Furthermore, in what is unprecedented in recent Islamic scholarship, this work draws out scriptural, historical, and classical scholarly references highlighting the obligations of Governments of Islamic nations to deal decisively to root out terrorist elements from society. This historic work has been translated into major languages of the world.
Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Makka and Madina
al-Imam 'Umar ibn Hamadan al-Mahrasi
al-Imam Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Zahir al-Watri
al-Imam Ahmad ibn Isma'il al-Barzanji
al-Imam Ahmad Sharif ibn Muhammad as-Sanusi al-Madani
al-Imam Ahmad ibn Zayni Dahlan
ash-Shaykha Amat Allah bint al-Imam 'Abd al-Ghani al-Muhaddith ad-Dihlawi al-Madani
Shaykh-ul-Islam received the authorities of the above mentioned through:
Muhaddith al-Haram ash-Shaykh 'Alawi ibn 'Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki (father of ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki). (He had sama' from him in 1963.)
ash-Shaykh al-Mu'ammar Diya'ud-Din Ahmad al-Qadiri al-Madani (died at the age of over 100 years)
ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-'Usayran (Lebanon — died at the age of 100 years)
ash-Shaykh Dr Farida'd-Din al-Qadri (father of Shaykh-ul-Islam)
Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Baghdad
al-Imam 'Abd ar-Rahman ibn 'Ali an-Naqib al-Baghdadi (Imam al-Awliya' and Hujjat al-Muhaddithin of his era)
al-Imam 'Abd as-Salam al-Muhaddith al-Afandi al-Baghdadi
al-Imam 'Abd ar-Razzaq al-Bazzaz al-Muhaddith al-Baghdadi back to al-Imam as-Sayyid Mahmud ibn 'Abd Allah al-Alusi (author of Tafsir Ruh al-Ma'ani)
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Tahir 'Ala'ud-Din al-Jilani al-Baghdadi al-Afandi
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid 'Alawi ibn 'Abbas al-Maliki al-Makki
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ma'bud al-Jilani al-Madani
ash-Shaykh Dr Farida'd-Din al-Qadri
Authorities of the great Shuyukh of ash-Sham (Syria)
Muhaddith ash-Sham al-Imam Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Kittani
Muhaddith ash-Sham al-Imam Muhammad Badra'd-Din ibn Yusuf al-Hasani
al-Imam 'Abd al-Hayy ibn 'Abd al-Kabir al-Muhaddith al-Kittani
al-Imam Abu'l-Makarim Muhammad Amin as-Suwayd ad-Dimashqi
ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-'Usayran (Lebanon)
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad al-Fatih ibn Muhammad al-Makki al-Kittani (Damascus)
Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Lebanon and Tarabulus
al-Imam Yusuf ibn Isma'il an-Nabhani (Imam al-Muhaddithin of the last century)
al-Imam 'Abd al-Qadir ash-Shalabi at-Tarabulusi
al-Imam Hasan 'Uwaydan al-Fayturi al-Tarabulusi
Authorities of the great Shuyukh of al-Maghrib and ash-Shanqit (Mauritania):
al-Imam Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Mustafa Ma'ul 'Aynayn ash-Shanqiti
al-Imam Muhammad Habib Allah ash-Shanqiti
al-Imam Muhammad al-'Arabi ibn Muhammad al-'Azizi al-Fasi
al-Imam 'Abd Allah ibn Siddiq al-Ghimari al-Maghribi
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad al-Fatih ibn Muhammad al-Makki al-Kittani
Authorities of the great Shuyukh of Yemen:
ash-Shaykh al-Habib Hamza ibn 'Umar al-'Aydarus al-Habashi
ash-Shaykh al-Habib 'Ali ibn 'Abd ar-Rahman al-Habashi
ash-Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Ahmad as-Saqaf
ash-Shaykh 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Haddad
ash-Shaykh Hasan ibn Ahmad al-Ahdal al-Yamani
ash-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ahdal al-Yamani
ash-Shaykh Isma'il al-Yamani (author of Nafas ar-Rahman)
ash-Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki al-Makki
Authorities of the great Shuyukh of al-Hind (India and Pakistan):
Imam al-Hind ash-Shah Ahmad Rida Khan
Abu'l-Hasanat al-Imam 'Abd al-Hayy ibn 'Abd al-Halim al-Muhaddith al-Laknawi (Faqih al-Hind and Shaykh of Arab and non-Arab)
al-Imam 'Abd al-Baqi ibn 'Ali al-Ansari al-Muhaddith al-Laknawi al-Madani (up to al-Imam Shah Waliyy Allah al-Muhaddith ad-Dihlawi)
ash-Shaykh 'Abd al-Hadi ibn 'Ali al-Ansari al-Muhaddith al-Laknawi
al-Imam al-Muhaddith al-Musnid Irshad Husayn Rampuri
al-Imam ash-Shah Imdad Allah al-Muhajir al-Makki (a great saint and shaykh of Mawlana Ashraf 'Ali Thanwi, Mawlana Rashid Ahmad Ganguhi, Mawlana Muhammad Qasim Nanutwi and others)
Muhaqqiq al-Hind al-Imam Fadl al-Haqq al-Khayrabadi
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Didar 'Ali ash-Shah al-Muhaddith Alwari
Muhaddith al-Hind ash-Shaykh Muhammad Anwar ash-Shah al-Kashmiri (author of Fayd al-Bari)
Muhaddith al-Hind ash-Shaykh Ahmad 'Ali Saharanpuri
ash-Shaykh 'Abd ash-Shukur al-Muhaddith al-Muhajir al-Madani
ash-Shaykh Badr al-'Alam Mirathi
ash-Shaykh al-Mu'ammar Diya'a'd-Din Ahmad al-Madani (he died at the age of over 100 years)
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid 'Abd al-Ma'bud al-Jilani al-Madani (he died at the age of 165 years)
al-Muhaddith al-A'zam ash-Shaykh Sardar Ahmad al-Qadiri (Faisalabad)
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Abu'l-Barakat al-Muhaddith Alwari (Lahore)
ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Ahmad Sa'id al-Kazimi Amruhi (Multan)
ash-Shaykh 'Abd ar-Rashid ibn Qutba'd-Din al-Qadiri ar-Ridawi
ash-Shaykh Dr Burhan Ahmad al-Faruqi
An unprecedented chain of authority:
Finally, the most unprecedented, unique, highly blessed and honoured chain of authority that his Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam possesses is through only four Shuyukh between Shaykh-ul-Islam and the great Imams listed below:
Sayyiduna 'Abd ar-Razzaq ibn Sayyiduna al-Ghawth al-A'zam ash-Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani al-Husayni (Baghdad)
al-Imam ash-Shaykh al-Akbar Muhya'd-Din ibn al-'Arabi (author of al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya) (Damascus)
al-Imam Ibn al-Hajar al-'Asqalani, the greatest authority on hadith (Egypt)
His Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam's continuous chain of authority (isnad) up to the above mentioned great Imams is as under:
Shaykh-ul-Islam narrates (with direct permission and authority) from ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-'Usayran (Lebanon).
He narrates from ash-Shaykh 'Abd al-Hayy ibn ash-Shaykh 'Abd al-Kabir al-Kittani.
He narrates from ash-Shaykh al-Mu'ammar 'Abd al-Hadi ibn al-'Arabi al-'Awwad.
He narrates from al-Imam as-Sayyid 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Hafid al-Habashi. He was born in 581 (Hegira) and died in 1276 (Hegira) and lived up to 695 years. He directly studied under, and narrated from, al-Imam 'Abd ar-Razzaq al-Jilani ibn Sayyiduna Ghawth al-'Azam al-Jilani at Baghdad, from al-Imam ash-Shaykh al-Akbar Muhya'd-Din ibn al-'Arabi at Damascus and from al-Imam ibn al-Hajar al-'Asqalani at Egypt. (al-Imam 'Abd al-Hayy al-Kittani, Fahras al-Faharis wa'l-Athbat, vol. 2, p. 928).
His Eminence Shaykh-ul-Islam has received the same authority and ijazat of transmission from another chain:
His Eminence narrates from ash-Shaykh Husayn ibn Ahmad al-'Usayran.
He narrates from ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Ahmad ibn Muhammad as-Sanusi al-Madani.
He narrates from ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Muhammad as-Sanusi.
He narrates from ash-Shaykh as-Sayyid Muhammad ibn 'Ali as-Sanusi.
He narrates from al-Imam 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Hafid al-Habashi, who received from all of the above mentioned three great Imams.
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First of all, I am a huge fan of werewolves like you wouldn't believe! However, I have reached the verdict that when it comes to movies and tv, that the werewolf stories are all the same story! Which is why I have gone to books now. If there are any of you who have suggestions for good werewolf stories, I'd be glad to look it up. And since I'm starting this post, I thought it appropriate to suggest my own.
First and foremost is "Raised by Wolves" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. I have to say that this is the awsomest werewolf story I have ever read. It gets to the root of the hierarchy of the Pack and how a human girl who was adopted by a werewolf pack has to live in this hierarchy. Raised by Wolves novel is followed by the sequel "Trial by Fire."
Sharp Teeth takes the werewolf myth to new heights. It poses the question, "if there were werewolves - not just a single werewolf or even sporadic instances of lycanthropy, but lots and lots of werewolves - what would they do?" According to Barlow, they would form packs like wild dogs, except they wouldn't be dogs - they'd be men. Sometimes, they'd be intelligent, powerful men like, for instance, lawyers. Such an individual would become the alpha dog of a werewolf pack, would grow the pack's strength, bind it together, and give it purpose. What sort of purpose? Well, the same as any pack of wild dogs, or men for that matter - power.
Packs of werewolves, like any urban gangs - like the Sharks and the Jets, like the Crips and the Bloods - roam the streets of L.A. cutting each other down, vying for power. The main difference of course is that these gangs eat their kill. Yes, Sharp Teeth is brutal and will make an equally brutal movie someday to rival the likes of The Wolf Man or any other in the oeuvre. In fact it's not unlikely that Quentin Tarantino is at this very moment closing a deal to turn Toby Barlow's novel into a vicious and blood-soaked film.
Sharp Teeth is a gang story, but it's also a love story and a detective story in which werewolves clean the city of meth labs and enter bridge tournaments. Yes there is humor in Sharp Teeth - the sort of anthropomorphic humor popularized in the cartoons of Gary Larson, except much much darker. And there are tongue-in-cheek references to to children's books like Go Dog Go.
Her teeth hit his neck.
The last thing he sees are her eyes.
The last thing he feels is the heat of her breath on his neck.
Though werewolf fiction doesn't normally fall into my bailiwick, Sharp Teeth has happily risen above the genre and has garnered a good deal of buzz. Does a werewolf novel have to be written in verse to gain attention or be taken seriously? I don't know. What I do know is that Barlow has breathed such life, such intensity into his lycanthropic tale, through verse or otherwise, that I found myself compelled from page one to rip straight through it. Like teeth through flesh.


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CONCORD, N.C. (Aug. 29, 2018) – Ryan Reed's No. 16 Ford will take on an iconic look this weekend at Darlington Raceway, as the team honors back-to-back wins made by Greg Biffle in 2005 and 2006 with a patriotic throwback to those victories. Roush Fenway Racing is the winningest team in NASCAR history and the timely throwback comes on the heels of team owner Jack Roush being inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2019.
Biffle won two NASCAR Championships or Roush, including the organizations first NASCAR Championship in 2000 in the Truck Series. Biffle went on to win the Xfinity Series Championship in 2002 and finished out his career with 55 total wins.


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The Seniors (sometimes The Senior or simply Seniors) is a 1978 American comedy film about four college seniors who open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multimillion-dollar business. Directed by Rod Amateau, the films features Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles and Alan Reed (the original voice of Fred Flintstone) in his final film appearance.

Plot

The film opens with a title card that jokingly claims that Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Al Pacino, Burt Reynolds, Ryan O'Neal, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson are the stars of the film. This is followed by a cartoon professor delivering the line "ooh all these big stars, not one of them is in the picture."

Ben (Gary Imhoff), Larry (Jeffrey Byron), Alan (Dennis Quaid) and Steve (Lou Richards) are college seniors who are terrified at the prospect of working for a living. They create a plan to support themselves as graduate research students by getting a foundation grant to study sexuality in college-age women.

Cast
Gary Imhoff ... Ben
Jeffrey Byron ... Larry
Dennis Quaid ... Alan
Lou Richards ... Steve
Rocky Flintermann ... Arnold
Priscilla Barnes ... Sylvia
Alan Reed ... Professor Heigner

Release
The film was released in 1978 with an MPAA rating of R.

External links

American sex comedy films
American independent films
1970s sex comedy films
Films scored by Patrick Williams
Films directed by Rod Amateau
1978 independent films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films

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Please mark the weekend of the 24. – 26. May 2019 in your calendars and sign up for our retreat! We will have our IBCD Retreat with the theme "Growing as a Gospel-Centrered Community" with Jimmy Martin (General Secretary of the International Baptist Convention). Besides this 5 session seminar for the adults, there will be a fun program offered for the children and youth and also free time to connect with each other within the IBCD family. The retreat will take place again at Haus Friede in Hattingen.
Flyer with more details and sign up cards are available at the info table in the church foyer.
Contact person is Elisabeth Arnold.


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Windy City Chronicle
Reasons To Believe Cubs Second Half start is a turning point
Even after a mediocre first half, there are reasons to believe this 6 game winning streak is just the beginning of a big second half for the Cubs. There were several circumstances conspiring against the Cubs having an elite first half like last season. Still, no one could ever expect the level of regression this team has experienced in the first half
The fact that the first half bottomed out so much could actually be evidence to a resurgent second half. The ole there's nowhere to go but up theory. While that can be a reason in itself for optimism, I'll add some tangible reasons for a case that the Cubs will dominate the second half and run away from the upstart Brewers and the rest of the division.
One reason is the back of the baseball card scenario. While this Cubs team is relatively young at almost every position player spot it is undeniable that the talent level suggests more success than failure is to come. More fact than fluke. After being so dominant one through five in the starting rotation last season, there is no reason to believe that the poor second half this staff has had will continue. Especially now that the club has added Jose Quintana via trade with the Chicago White Sox. So far in the second half the Cubs have had 5 straight good starts and would be five straight quality starts if John Lackey wasn't pulled a hitter short of qualifying innings wise due to a high pitch count. Even the first start by Mike Montgomery was a good one until he hit a wall in the fifth inning. You get this
After being so dominant one through five in the starting rotation last season there is no reason to believe that the poor first half this staff has had will continue. Especially now that the club has added Jose Quintana via trade with the Chicago White Sox. So far in the second half the Cubs have had 5 straight good starts and would be five straight quality starts if John Lackey wasn't pulled a hitter short of qualifying innings wise due to a high pitch count. Even the first start by Mike Montgomery was a good one until he hit a wall in the fifth inning.
If the Cubs get this staff right with the addition of Quintana, the return of Kyle Hendricks and more typical performances from Jake Arietta, Jon Lester, and even John Lackey you have a proven veteran staff that has proved to be up for the challenge of a deep post season run and one no offense looks forward to hitting against.
The bullpen is another reason to believe that this run continues. The Cubs have had a strong showing here minus a few rough spots here and there. The pen also figures to get even deeper and better once the inevitable return of Montgomery happens and you just know the Cubs will add an arm before the deadline and a possible addition from one of their minor leaguers like a Dillon Maples or a Pierce Johnson coming in and giving them a boost to the middle and possible back end of their bullpen.
Going hand in hand with the pitching is the defense of course. Probably the most surprising thing in the first half was the regression of a historically good defense the year prior. The starting pitching could be up there too, but there also is the factor of what good hitting can do to thwart a pitcher's good efforts whereas, defense is completely in the hands of the individual. You know that the quality of athletes the Cubs have and the history throughout their careers as amateurs and at the big league level tells you to not expect bad defense throughout the season.
As the Cubs continue to put together good at bats throughout the lineup in the second half it offers a reminder as to just how potent this lineup actually is. From one through eight and sometimes nine (as this is a good hitting pitching staff and with the addition of a DH when they play in American League parks) there is no easy out and most offer plus power. Even the bench they throw at you can be starters on most clubs in the league. I won't go through the roll call as we all know the names by now, but there is no reason to believe this club will be anywhere near as bad as it was in the first half and the pitching has a lot to do with it. One has to believe the early leads the starters were giving up on a regular basis was wearing on the young club and put way too much pressure on them to overcome their starting pitching's short comings.
In the first half, there was the fact this Cubs team had two straight deep and grueling post season runs that no doubt added to their poor first half. The Cubs do have three of the top five pitchers in innings pitched the past two seasons in the form of John Lester, Jake Arietta, and Kyle Hendricks. With two of the three over the age of 30 that has to have an effect on the arms of these veteran pitchers. Also, factor in this was a young team that did not experience playing in this many games as in the minors and college players play far fewer games than they do in the pro ranks. Than there is the fact that this team was the team that broke the 107-year drought for the Cubs and that brought with it a bunch of off season demands in endorsements, appearances, and interviews. So to say they were dealing with distractions would be an understatement.
There was also the early season schedule conspiring against them. The quality of opponents and travel they experienced including a couple of long road trips both east and West clearly added to the fatigue of the team. Add to that all the rain out games they had to play which took away valuable off days. It was just a strange scenario. In the second half the Cubs travel schedule is much better. After today's game the Cubs won't be required to travel via airplane until the 8th of August. There is also the fact that the quality of opponent is in the Cubs favor. So the Cubs figure to be more rested and face more teams in the second half that don't have anywhere near the talent the Cubs do.
None of this guarantees success especially in the post season as there are several strong teams the Cubs will face and can very easily be first round outs as much as returning to the world series and hoisting another world series trophy. The Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Dodgers look as formidable as any including the Cubs.
The Cubs first round opponents in either the form of the Diamondbacks or Rockies at the moment in the current wild card standings also offer challenges to this teams chances of advancing to face those two monster teams. However, I can guarantee you just as Cubs fans may be nervous of those teams, those teams and their fans are not in any hurry to face the Cubs in the post season either.
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VT MAE's Mobile Location Celebrates a Quarter Century
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Twenty-five years ago Singapore Aerospace bet big on Mobile, announcing the Asian Pacific-based company's first North American investment. The strategy was to establish a foothold to serve the North and South American markets, expand into commercial aircraft maintenance and meet worldwide demands for third-party aircraft modification work.
The former U.S. Air Force Hangars 1 and 2 at Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley (then known as Brookley Field) were restored to operational status and the company, now operating under the name VT MAE, began with 36 employees.
Today, the company is one of the area's largest employers, with more than 1,000 employees, including technical, engineering and administrative personnel, comprised mainly of licensed Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) aircraft mechanics. Operations expanded to include all six of the former Air Force base hangars, and VT MAE built hangars 7 and 8.
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Matthew 'Matt' Lampson (Cleveland, 6 september 1989) is een Amerikaans voetballer die speelt als doelman. Hij debuteerde in 2012 in het betaald voetbal in dienst van Columbus Crew,

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Op 15 december 2011 tekende Lampson als Home Grown Player bij Columbus Crew. Op 29 mei 2012 maakte hij in de U.S. Open Cup tegen Dayton Dutch Lions zijn debuut. Op 26 augustus 2012 maakte hij tegen New England Revolution zijn MLS-debuut.

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The Minister of Economy and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Srpska, Vjekoslav Petričević, assessed that the measures of the Government of Srpska, which were adopted after the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, are among the best in the region, but that the Government will not stop. given that the pandemic is still ongoing.
Petričević pointed out that in that way, the Government showed seriousness and responsibility towards the economy and the citizens of Srpska.
– After the outbreak of the pandemic, the Government decided to preserve every job, which is important for Srpska, but also for businessmen. We know very well that even before the outbreak of the pandemic last year, there was a problem with the workforce – said Petričević in an interview with Srna.
According to him, the goal was to provide, above all, regular salaries to workers, while keeping businessmen in the capacities they had before the pandemic.
He emphasized that regardless of the crisis related to the coronavirus virus epidemic, there were the least laid-off workers in Srpska and that Srpska is among the best in the region.
Petričević stated that the measures of the Government of Srpska primarily referred to tax measures, but also assistance to workers in the form of payment of the lowest salary, with the payment of taxes and contributions.
– The government wanted to exclusively help workers, while the second package of measures refers to assistance to economic entities whose business volume has been reduced due to numerous reasons – the impossibility of access to raw materials or difficult placement of goods on the Western European market – he explained.
Petričević reminded that one of the first measures adopted by the Government of Srpska was the payment of incentives in the name of salary increase, which is implemented by the Ministry of Economy and Entrepreneurship.
– In fifteen days, all companies that have exercised the right to those funds have been paid. On that occasion, 501 business entities applied, and 429 of them exercised the right to do so. This measure covers about 12,000 workers, and it is about the amount of slightly more than three million KM – said Petričević.
He also mentioned as significant measures the postponement of the payment of obligations under the final account from 2019 to economic entities, as well as the reduction of the lump sum for small businessmen and craftsmen from 600 KM to 240 KM.
– One of the measures is a moratorium on loans, which were placed through the Investment and Development Bank of the Republic of Srpska, in the period from three to six months. The Banking Agency of Srpska gave recommendations to commercial banks to approve moratoriums on loans to both individuals and legal entities for a period of six months – Petričević pointed out.
With further activities, he added, the Government acted responsibly and conscientiously regarding the attitude towards the economy, especially towards those businessmen who were immediately banned from working by the decision of the Republic Emergency Situations Headquarters and local self-government headquarters where taxes and contributions were paid in March, amounts to about 10.5 million KM and included about 30,000 workers.
– In April, those measures were expanded and referred to 36,000 workers in the amount of about 26 million KM – stated Petričević.
He added that the data and requests under the second regulation, which refers to assistance to economic entities and entrepreneurs who had a reduced volume of business or partial cessation of work, are currently being processed.
The government, he stated, is determined to help them as well, and the currently competent ministries are processing their requests, and after that, they are sent to the Compensation Fund for payment.
Petricevic said that the number of workers that will be included is around 32,000, and the amount is around 25 million KM, which fits in with the analyzes and estimates from the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic that about 55 million KM for 68,000 workers will be needed for those purposes in April.
– For May, the Government also made a decision that contributions will be paid for those economic entities that started working on May 11, and for those who exercised the right after that date, the amount of the lowest salary with taxes and contributions will be paid for that. It will take between seven and eight million KM – said Petricevic and added that businessmen welcomed these measures.
He said that the Government of Srpska will not stop there, but will in the next period look for solutions with the representatives of businessmen that will make their business easier, considering that the pandemic of the coronavirus is still going on.
Petričević emphasized that during the epidemic, certain economic entities, mostly from the processing industry, above all the textile, leather and footwear industries, had a chance for new products, where a large number of companies switched to the production of protective masks.
Petričević believes that the promotion of the "We buy domestic" campaign is important, adding that it is important to raise awareness among citizens to buy domestic products.
– In that way, we strengthen Srpska and keep jobs – said Petričević.
Speaking about the work program of the Ministry for this year, Petričević said that it will be realized, adding that certain laws that were supposed to be considered in the second, will be considered in the last quarter of this year.
Petričević pointed out the law on social entrepreneurship, as well as the law on free zones, which will be very important for businessmen and which gives a chance to attract both domestic and foreign investments.
– We use the best experiences of Serbia in that because they have a free zone in Pirot, which is considered one of the best in Europe and the third in the world. We will try to use the advantages of Srpska as well – said Petričević.
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Bus Falls In Talubin, Bontoc; 14 Reportedly Dead And 29 Injured
Details are still sketchy but recent reports coming from Bontoc are saying that at least 14 people died when a bus figured in a road accident in the capital town of Mt. Province. A passenger bus identified as a Florida bus coming from Sampaloc in Manila fell off a 500-meter ravine somewhere in barangay Talubin in Bontoc, Mt. Province. The accident happened about 7:20 am (Friday morning) in sitio Pagang.
Among those who perished are comedian Arvin "Tado" Jimenez, a Canadian, a woman from the Netherlands and two children.
Senior Superintendent Oliver Enmodias, director of the Mt. Province Police has stated that 14 people died on the accident site. He added that rescue operations are still ongoing.
The bus which has the plate number TXT-872 was carrying between 40 to 47 passengers. Injured passengers were taken to the Bontoc General Hospital. Some of those injured who can't be treated at the BGH might be taken to other hospitals.
The fatalities as provide by the police only refers to those who perished on the accident site.
Update: Fatalities has climbed to 18. Superintendent Davy Limmong of the Police Regional office Cordillera (PRO-Cor) stated that they are still in the process of confirming the names of the victims.
The cause of the crash is still unknown. Weather was fine so the authorities are looking into mechanical problems or human error on the part of the driver.
The 29 passengers who were injured were as follows (Source: GMA News):
1. Edgar Renon (driver), 30 years old
2. Jerymiah Agnapan, 34
3. Agung Sikam, 7
4. Silvestre Dawey, 22
5. Ammelok, 32
6. Codiamat, 27
7. Teresita Sawad, 51
8. Melchor Suagen, 22
9. Camille Osorio, 28
10. Bernard Bernard, 25
11. Christian Conrado, 34
12. Alexandeer Longlong, 42
13. Kristina De Leon
14. Naty Bang-i, 57
15. Robert Conrado, 45
16. Aby Atin, 24
17. James Posao, 38
18. Carina Hairer, 38
19. Basilan Miluardo, 43
20. Abegail Sikam
21. Edgar Kemon, 30
22. Winsislaw Siano, 30
23. Michael Ligito, 27
24. Dun Chavez, 30
25. Jason Melchor, 38
26. Olivia Aglipay, 27
27. Charlie Santamaria, 32
28. Paeng Cordove, 32
29. A certain brother of Agung Sikam, 4
The names of the fatalities haven't been released yet.
Last updated: February 7, 3.28 P.M.
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News Analysis: The Pickle in the Park District
Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 7:43 am
Alice Dreger
Above: Demolition of the vacant commercial properties, as seen from Peoples Church's Memorial Garden last fall.
The owners/developers of the now-empty corner lot downtown are expected to come back soon with a revised site plan. But even if City officials approve the new site plan, as they did the last, the project could still hit the same vein of problems it did last time around.
Today, ELi explains the challenges of the project area and considers what could be done to address them to finally move redevelopment of these properties forward.
The project area:
The project area we're talking about used to be known as Center City II and is now known as the Park District, for its proximity to Valley Court Park.
Chicago-based DRW bought the privately-owned properties in the Park District following a foreclosure against a previous owner. In the Park District, DRW now owns three property areas (comprised of six legal parcels), all now vacant and surrounded with fencing:
the lot at the northwest corner of Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue, where the "big bank building" stood until last October;
the lot on Grand River Avenue just west of there, just east of Peoples Church;
a lot north of there, at the southwest corner of Evergreen Avenue and Valley Court Drive, where the Evergreen Arms apartments once stood.
(For a larger version of this map, click here.)
The project area is also generally understood to include a series of publicly-owned properties, owned by East Lansing's Downtown Development Authority (DDA). These include 303 Abbot Road (the southwest corner of Abbot Road and Albert Avenue) and a series of properties running along the east side of Evergreen Avenue. The Evergreen Avenue properties are now occupied by older rental houses and a more modern brick rental building, behind Dublin Square.
The "Park District" area is also understood to include the various public streets in the area, along with adjacent public surface parking lots.
Why the project is likely to include a big tax increment financing (TIF) deal:
In theory, DRW and its partner Convexity could propose site plans for their privately-owned properties and avoid the extra layers of review and trouble involved by doing a public-private redevelopment deal. If DRW/Convexity proposed plans for their own sites that were acceptable to City Council, approval of those site plans could in theory be relatively quick and relatively simple.
Below: What DRW/Convexity proposed last time around for the main corner, before demolition and the proposed redevelopment.
That's what happened with The Hub, the project now being built near MSU's campus, by Core Spaces. In fact, Core Spaces is affiliated with DRW – so these developers have an experience of doing a project that way in East Lansing. The Hub proposal included no Brownfield tax increment financing (TIF) deal, so it didn't have to go through approval by the East Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). It also included no public land.
But there are two reasons City Council is very likely to want to do a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) deal with the Park District and to roll in public properties.
For one, the City's vision for redevelopment in the Park District has always included major infrastructure rebuilds – streets, sewers, water, and so on, including realignment of Albert Avenue for better flow. But the City is strapped financially, so it doesn't have the money to do all that work. The City has always planned on having a developer put up the funds and be paid back later through newly-generated taxes from the project (TIF).
That's essentially what happened with the totally separate Center City District project, wherein a $58 million TIF plan is being used to pay for street work, sewers, and a new public parking garage, and to pay the developer 5% interest on the cost plus $700,000 in expenses. To do this kind of work in the Park District, the City and DDA would have to give over parts of public land to do street realignment and would have to do a TIF deal to pay for the major infrastructure rebuild.
The other reason the City will want a TIF and will want to involve public properties is this: The City has a major financial problem on its hands with the Evergreen Avenue properties owned by the DDA. With about $7 million in debt coming due soon on those properties, and with the City in financial distress, City Council is likely going to want to see a plan for the Park District that somehow pays off all or part of that debt.
Below: Some of the DDA's Evergreen Avenue properties.
Where did that Evergreen Avenue debt come from? As we've previously explained, in 2009, in an effort to support the project proposed by the previous owner/developer Scott Chappelle, the DDA bought the properties which were owned then by various landlords. This was an effort to support what Chappelle wanted to do, because the City Council and the DDA believed it would be good for East Lansing.
The City's taxpayers are ultimately responsible for the DDA's debt, and the City has only been paying interest on the Evergreen Avenue properties debt. The DDA paid about three times what the Evergreen Avenue properties are now worth. So, simply selling them off now to the highest bidder won't solve the problem.
Somehow, the City has to come up with about $7 million to pay those properties' debt off, and soon. It seems likely City Council will want either a TIF to solve this problem or will want the developers to purchase the properties in exchange for some kind of major give-back.
So, while technically DRW/Convexity could try to get a project to sail through without a TIF, involving only their own properties, in reality City Council will probably require a complex public-private partnership from this deal to try to deal with its own financial problems.
But that's not the whole story:
After a round in early 2017 in which the City Council ticked off the developers, City Council and DRW/Convexity came to a new agreement about site plans and a TIF plan in June 2017. The deal then went to the MEDC for state-level approval.
At that point, Chappelle, the previous owner/developer who had lost the properties to foreclosure, effectively killed the project by insisting he had rights to the tax incentives DRW/Convexity was seeking from the state. The Michigan Attorney General's office rendered an opinion in the matter, effectively agreeing with Chappelle (avoiding being sued by him).
Below: Owner-occupied condos that DRW/Convexity proposed building at the northern most property in the last round:
These tax incentives included a $10 million Michigan Business Tax (MBT) credit that Chappelle and the Attorney General said DRW/Convexity couldn't get without Chappelle's consent.
Chappelle also claimed at that time that he would be due about $6.1 million out of the taxes set to be captured under the Brownfield TIF, a TIF plan that requires state-level approval.
DRW/Convexity's problems were made even worse by the MEDC's determination at that time that the Brownfield TIF would have to be pegged to the approval date from Chappelle's time, shaving a decade off the reimbursement period, and making the finances unworkable.
The City and DRW/Convexity recently went through a series of formal maneuvers to cancel all the previous agreements with Chappelle, to try to wipe the slate clean and start over. I recently contacted MEDC to ask if that means the project can move forward now.
According to Otie McKinley, Media and Communications Manager at MEDC, the MBT tax credit program is "no longer an available attraction tool" for redevelopment – the program was discontinued. So, if DRW/Convexity still wants to try to get the previously-approved $10 million MBT tax credit, they'd have to get Chappelle to consent.
That would mean paying Chappelle off. If DRW/Convexity is now willing to do that to move ahead, it's worth noting they didn't reach a deal to get that done last time around.
Last time around, DRW/Convexity told ELi the project wasn't doable without the MBT credit and with the backdated TIF plan start. But let's imagine that now DRW/Convexity comes back with a project that doesn't require that $10 million credit. The developers likely would still have to go for a Brownfield TIF for the reasons named above. While the TIF could be started with a new date, making it more financially feasible, it would still require state-level approval by the Michigan Strategic Fund, which is advised by MEDC . . . which was seriously concerned about Chappelle's legal threats last time.
So, in theory, with the various formal cancellations recently carried out, DRW/Convexity and East Lansing would be asking the state to approve a new Brownfield plan to which Chappelle should have no say. McKinley agreed with this framing in theory when I put it to him.
But in practice, Chappelle could again worry the MEDC by suggesting he might sue if he's not paid off out of a new Brownfield TIF plan.
Chappelle has been making noises that suggest this maneuver is likely to happen. Through one of his attorneys, Thomas Eckhardt, Chappelle advised the City on February 22, 2018, that his companies "expended approximately $6,100,000 in expenses related to the subject project and expect to be reimbursed through the approved tax increment financing and/or applicable tax credits." In other words, he's saying no matter what Brownfield TIF is brought forward, he's owed $6.1 million out of new taxes on the project.
ELi has made requests to Chappelle's attorneys to explain how his companies could have spent $6.1 million on the Park District redevelopment when they never so much as demolished the dilapidated buildings on their own properties, but we've received no such explanations.
Below: The four-story building at the main corner during demolition (demolition paid for by DRW).
Nevertheless, Chappelle made clear, as the City moved earlier this year to cancel all previous deals with him, that he believes he is owed $6.1 million in future taxes from whatever DRW/Convexity (or any future owner) might build on the properties he lost to foreclosure.
On the last round, when Chappelle rattled a legal saber, MEDC and the Michigan Attorney General effectively told DRW/Convexity and East Lansing they'd have to make him go away. That could well happen again even with a new Brownfield TIF; the state's agency could refuse to approve a Brownfield TIF if it is worried about getting sued.
So what are the options?
It looks as if the City and DRW/Convexity have four options if they want to move forward:
Convince MEDC to ignore legal threats from Chappelle and go ahead with a Brownfield TIF. Chappelle could still sue under this and cause delays and run up costs, including for the City.
Pay off Chappelle, in which case DRW/Convexity might score the $10 million MBT credit and the Brownfield TIF.
Sue Chappelle in civil court to try to make him go away. That could take years and cost a lot of money.
The City and DRW/Convexity agree to a plan that does not involve a TIF, as happened with The Hub. In that case, the City would have to find other ways to pay for the infrastructure needed and the Evergreen Avenue properties debt. (The City might eventually pay these expenses with new taxes from this project, but the City would need to find millions of dollars to deal with these expenses up front.)
Back when the City was still trying to work with Chappelle on his proposal, various citizen watchdogs warned that in continuing to enter into renewed deals with him, the City could be effectively delaying redevelopment of these properties for many years to come. (Disclosure: ELi Managing Editor Ann Nichols and I were among the people making that warning.)
In essence, that's what has happened; Chappelle is using those last deals he made with East Lansing's government as a legal lever, while the City is also hampered by the debt obligation it entered into on the Evergreen Avenue properties back when it was trying to work with Chappelle. It's worth noting that some City officials moved forward with Chappelle years ago because they were afraid then that, if they didn't, he would sue the City.
And that is the pickle in the Park District.
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With Team Strength Coughlin Looking to Future
Cody Coughlin is already looking forward to his new Super Late Model race. The 20 year-old competed in The Rattler at South Alabama Speedway in Opp, AL this past weekend. Coughlin's no.1 Super Late Model broke a suspension component just before lap 90, which resulted in a 30th-place finish in Sunday's 250-lap race.
"Our team worked so hard this weekend. The result didn't match the effort that was put forth with our team," said Coughlin, who started 29th. "Sometimes things happen and it's unfortunate, but we will build on this experience and be even stronger the next race out."
The next race is in less than a month at the Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville (TN) for the North-South Challenge, a combined CRA Super Series / Southern Super Series event, on April 8-9.
Coughlin will return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports on Friday, May 6 at Kansas Speedway.
For more information on Cody Coughlin and Team JEGS, visit www.teamjegs.com and follow Cody on Twitter, @Cody_Coughlin. Follow Team JEGS on Twitter, @TeamJEGS, and "Like" JEGS Performance on Facebook. Also be sure to check out Cody's new website, www.codycoughlin.com. Any other inquiries for Cody Coughlin can be sent to Bob Dillner via email at bd51sports@gmail.com.
By Bob Dillner| 2016-03-21T21:00:09-05:00 March 21st, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on With Team Strength Coughlin Looking to Future