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LAWRENCEVILLE - The popular BCBG Final Cut is coming to Discover Mills.

Mall officials said the 4,000-square-foot store will be located in Neighborhood 2 of Discover Mills, between Neiman Marcus Last Call and Saks Fifth Avenue OFF Fifth.

"Having such a popular brand known for its style and quality is a great addition to Discover Mills," said Teresa Via, director of mall marketing for Discover Mills. "BCBG Final Cut will provide more offerings for our shoppers looking for more fashion selections, which is perfect before the launch of the holiday season."


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OUT IN THE CROWD: Spring concert for Gwinnett Young Singers today

The intensity of 40-plus voices — a soaring soprano line, a rumble of bass and rich layers of alto and tenor voices — blended together in hauntingly beautiful harmonies.

And so it went as the Chamber Choir, one of several choirs under the umbrella of Gwinnett Young Singers, rehearsed an arrangement of Billy Joel's ballad "And So It Goes," each singer following the curve of Daniel Dalpiaz's hands as he moved them in time, allowing 40 voices to sing as one.

• What: Gwinnett Young Singers' 20th annual Spring Concert

• When: 8 p.m. today

• Where: Lilburn Christian Church, 314 Arcado Road in Lilburn

• Cost: $5

• For more information: Call 770-935-6657 or visit www.gwinnettyoungsingers.com

The piece is one of more than 20 that will be performed by six choirs during Gwinnett Young Singers' 20th annual spring concert today.

The organization was founded by Lynn Urda, who continues to serves as conductor and musical director, and provides an advanced choral experience for singers in second through 12th grade. Gwinnett Young Singers is the resident children's choir at the Hudgens Center for the Arts.

"In 1990, Gwinnett County was the fastest growing county in the nation. It seemed logical to me that it was in need of a children's choir," Urda said. "Since founding GYS, I have seen it grow from one choir of 34 children to an organization of six choirs with well over one hundred singers."

In 2004, Gwinnett Young Singers merged with the Atlanta Youth Choir, a Snellville-based children's choir under the direction of Phillip Shoultz, who will direct the Georgia Young Men's Ensemble on this evening.

"This merger has produced an even stronger force for making great music in Gwinnett County," Urda said.

Dalpiaz himself is a longtime member of Gwinnett Young Singers. The South Gwinnett senior will take Urda's place before the Chamber Choir to direct "And So It Goes."

Three of the staff directors — Amanda Dodd, who conducts the Treble Choir (second through fifth grades), Amanda Sali for the Allegro Choir (sixth through eighth grades) and Adrienne Gustafson for the Concert Choir (seventh through 12th grades) — are former members of Gwinnett Young Singers. In addition to performances by each of their respective choirs, a combined choir of the Concert Choir and Hudgens Choir will perform.

"The audience will enjoy a very wide range of music — secular and sacred music, ranging from classical to spirituals to pop," Urda said. "I imagine that they will be surprised that children and youth are extremely capable of making great music. Our singers are everyday, ‘normal' children who have a passion for singing."

Gwinnett Young Singers will present its spring concert at 8 p.m. today at Lilburn Christian Church. Admission is $5. For more information, call 770-935-6657 or visit www.gwinnettyoungsingers.com.

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LOS ANGELES, Thursday—The transition from the more or less mountainous and arid land of northern New Mexico and the dry desert land, to the land of the flowers, is always rather breath-taking. Southern California, where there is water, is a paradise of gardens. That is what greeted our eyes this morning.

Our train journey is nearly over and we shall soon be in Los Angeles. I have used this trip to go through many things which have been in my briefcase for future mention when there was space in my column, and I am horrified to find how many should have been mentioned long ago.

One, for instance, is a comic magazine, which everyone of us with youngsters who like to read the comics, should hail with joy. It is called "True Comics" and is published by the Parents Institute. Its quality is assured by the fact that Mr. George J. Hecht is the president and publisher, while the editor is Mr. David Marke. But your children will be most interested in the junior advisory editors; Janet Cantor, Gloria Jean, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple and Virginia Weidler ought to be able to help make this a really good comic magazine.

Here we are in the midst of "Be Kind to Animals Week" and I always like to remind my readers of it. This year there is a special reason for mentioning it, because April 22nd marked the 75th anniversary of the first meeting in New York City of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

I was amused to find that among the charter members and the incorporators of the Society; were two of my ancestors, James J. Roosevelt and C.V.S. Roosevelt, who met and elected Henry Bergh as the first president. This society has done valiant work through the years to make us all more conscious of our debt to dumb animals. I hope it will continue to remind every new generation of its responsibility toward creatures, who give them so much and ask so little.

Some time ago I read an editorial about a fund established in 1919 in England called: "The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund." This fund exists for the relief of distress among all ranks of the Royal Air Force, past and present, and their dependents. There is an American Committee which is a branch of the original British Committee, known as the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund of the USA, Inc, with offices in New York City. I hope this committee will receive our support and that something of the same kind will be done for our own airmen.


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DETROIT—I have told you very little about the current trip which I am taking. It is a lecture trip that began last Monday morning in Niles, Michigan.

I travelled early Sunday evening to Chicago, where we slept overnight, and then took a train in the morning into Niles where I was speaking under the auspices of the international relations chairman of the Niles Musical Club. People came from a number of surrounding areas for the lecture, but as I arrived in town for an early lunch I was invited to attend the Rotary Club meeting where some high-school seniors were reporting on their experiences in a mock United Nations General Assembly meeting.

These students certainly had been well prepared by their faculty advisor. They represented Ghana, and I was amazed by the highly perceptive report given by a girl on this new African state. The others who reported different phases of the meeting did very well, too, and I came away with the feeling that in this high school there was a professor who knew how to make the most of this experience for the young people.

It encouraged me in my general feeling that the generation now growing up is going to be far better informed than we of the older generation are. And for this we have to thank having the U.N. in our own country and the encouragement which the American Association for the U.N. can give to many young people in taking part in such discussions.

After listening to their reports I had a press conference and then was free for dinner at 6:00 p.m., after which I spoke for an hour and answered questions for half an hour. At 10:44 p.m. we took a train to Battle Creek and we reached our hotel there at 12:30 a.m., where we found two ladies who had driven over from Flint waiting for us. They broke the news that we must be ready to leave at 7:30 the next morning. We found we could have breakfast at 7:00 in the coffee shop at the hotel and we agreed to meet there.

We began the next day by getting up at 6:15 and then driving to Flint where I spoke at the Junior League Town Hall at 10:30 a.m. This was an hour's lecture and we proceeded from there to a luncheon, after which I answered questions from 1:30 to 2:30.

Mrs. James Burroughs kindly took us to her home afterwards and she and her husband drove us into Detroit that afternoon. It was more than kind of them, for they had to turn around and motor back immediately but it did make it easier for us to get off by air the next morning at 8:30 a.m. for Indianapolis.

I had the pleasure of having my niece, Mrs. Eleanor Elliott, and her friend, Mrs. Richard Thomas, come into Detroit to dine with us. This was fun and a break in being greeted by large crowds and being met by a big brown envelope containing mail and sitting down and reading it and dictating. After this chore we slept for as many hours as were left us.

We left the hotel at 7:30 for the Metropolitan Airport in Detroit and made our plane very easily Wednesday morning. In Indianapolis we were met and driven to Muncie, Indiana, where I spoke at 2:10 p.m. under the auspices of the Ball State Teachers' College. The auditorium was filled and the loudspeakers operated outside and in four other rooms. The warmth of these past days made me rather envious of those who could sit out on the lawn and listen.

I had a chance in Muncie to meet the foreign students and to hold a press conference. Mr. and Mrs. Victor B. Lawhead were most kind in meeting us and entertaining us at lunch and giving us a chance for rest and work. In the evening we had an informal dinner with Dr. and Mrs. Richard Burkhardt, after which we motored to Dayton, Ohio.

I must tell you of a letter from a convict in Marquette, Michigan, which has just come to me. He begs me to ask that among the many days and weeks that are observed we have an observance for orphans. He is keenly aware, evidently, of the hardships that surround a child who has to grow up as an orphan and he would like to have all of them adopted into good families who would love them. I don't know if a day or a week would bring this about, but I do know that this man's concern for the orphan should be recognized by every American, We should see to it that no child in our midst lacks for care and love.


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Ryan earned his law degree from Emory University School of Law and an LL.M. in taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was a graduate comment advisor for The Tax Lawyer.  While in law school, Ryan worked as a law clerk at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, received the Dean’s Award for Contract Drafting and Negotiation, and interned with Judge Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr. at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  Ryan received his B.A. and B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University.

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The Whimsical Jewish Artist Behind New N.Y. Sensation

Maira Kalman, artists and expert doodler has work on view at New York's Jewish museum; Kalman's work has an intellectual heft that reflects a deep and wide-ranging curiosity.

You may think you've never heard of Maira Kalman, but you have. In 1981 her doodles appeared on the cover of a solo record by Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne and she is the author of a dozen children's books, some featuring the poet-dog Max.

For people who number their weeks by the arrival of a new New Yorker, Kalman is most famous for the New Yorkistan map that appeared on its cover in December 2001 and, for the first time in months, made people smile.

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The cartoon map, produced with Rick Meyerowitz, bestows vaguely Central Asian names on the tribes and regions of New York: Taxistan in Queens, Pashmina on the genteel Upper East Side.

Now this map and dozens of other charming paintings and drawings are on view at New York's Jewish Museum. It's the last stop of "Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)," which originated last year at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.

Kalman's work, with its childlike style and bright colors, is often described as whimsical, and it is. But it has an intellectual heft that reflects a deep and wide-ranging curiosity, as well as a subliminal anxiety that in one interview she ascribes to being the child of Holocaust survivors.

Born in Israel, Kalman moved to New York at age 4 and grew up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. In college, she met Tibor Kalman, who would become an acclaimed graphic designer as well as her husband and artistic partner until his untimely death from cancer in 1999.

Kalman's love for her family - her two children and sister, and the memory of her late husband and beloved mother - is front and center in her work. Curator Ingrid Schaffner draws a connection between the dreamy stream-of-consciousness that is a hallmark of Kalman's style and her upbringing by a mother with a "serious love of distractions."

Kalman's mother took young Maira and her sister to museums and concerts, regaled them with stories about village life in Russia, and filled them with little blintzes and other snacks. Later, these "distractions," and countless others, would show up in Maira's work. Numerous paintings pay homage to her favorite artists, especially Matisse. A glass case lovingly encloses an onion ring collection that once belonged to her husband; it's one of several eccentric but affecting personal collections on display.

Kalman's absurdist way of thinking has clearly struck a chord with the public. Besides her books and illustrations, she's designed clothing and fabric with Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade, and written online journals for The New York Times. This exhibition is a must for anyone who has admired her wacky sensibility, even if he/she didn't know at the time that it was Kalman's.

The show opens Friday and closes July 31.


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Could North Korea's Grip Be Slipping?

Voters sabotaged posters promoting Kim Jong Un and Koreans abroad are starting to talk.

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Could the Leader's grip be slipping? Nobody outside North Korea actually knows, given the dearth of news – let alone reliable news – coming from the isolated dictatorship, where even the precise age of Kim Jong Un is a matter of speculation. But reports of unrest are mounting.

Of course, last month brought mounting reports that Kim Jong Un demanded all North Korean men ape his hairstyle, which is apparently not true. But The Guardian reports that despite harsh penalties for behaving outside the box, the younger generation is indeed getting feisty, and may even be thinking treasonous thoughts, not to mention sabotaging state propaganda.

At least, young North Koreans working in China spoke rather frankly to The Guardian's reporter in China, saying things that Pyongyang considers treasonous. Such as, life in North Korea isn't better than elsewhere and claiming that the lies are clear and "everyone is angry".

As for unrest, it's one thing to grouse to the Guardian from refuge in China. It's another thing to mouth off at home – but perhaps a sign of the times is vandalized posters promoting the candidate Kim Jong-un at polling stations ahead of general elections last month. The sabotage forced the government to place the polling stations under guard. Of course, he's the only candidate. And he won hands-down, and was formally named the chairman of the national defense commission, which is the militarized country's highest office. But still.

Meanwhile, Pyongyang isn't making any more friends by rattling its nukes. Escalating activity in recent weeks triggered suspicion that North Korea is gearing up to hold its fourth test of its nuclear weapons technology right when U.S. President Barak Obama is due to visit Asia.

Warnings from an unnerved Seoul prompted the U.S. on Tuesday to suggest that North Korea "refrain from actions that threaten regional peace". Meanwhile, a think tank analyzing the satellite imagery of North Korea's actions concluded that while activity at the Punggye-ri site had accelerated, a test right now isn't that likely after all.

"Recent operations at Punggye-ri have not reached the high level of intensity - in terms of vehicle, personnel and equipment movement - that occurred in the weeks prior to past detonations," said 38North, which is part of Johns Hopkins University. Work at the site is seasonal and often picks up in the Korean spring, the think tank added.

To be sure, Pyongyang isn't thrilled about Obama's trip to South Korea and Japan, on Monday denouncing the "reckless" idea. The visit "is a reactionary and dangerous one as it is aimed at escalating confrontation and bringing dark clouds of a nuclear arms race" to shadow the unstable region, North Korea said - and showed baby pictures of the leader Kim, in various militarized poses, on state television.


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This large and robust foliose lichen is in the same league as Parmotrema perlatum and Hypotrachyna laevigata (both described elsewhere) but, unlike those two species, the lobes entirely lack powdery soredia. The grey thallus can have a green cast which can be a useful character in the field; it also has a tendency to tear and crumple easily so exposing the white medulla to light. It is mostly confined to old woodlands in western Ireland. Reactions: C+ red medulla. Western Ireland.

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  • Thallus large, grey, non-sorediate, the upper surface flaked away in places to reveal the white medulla
  • Medulla C+ red.

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Hamline News

New Era in Hamline Football Begins Saturday

 The coaching staff is new. The offense is new. The defense is new. There are more than two dozen fresh faces on board. Before the first practice was even held, it was obvious the 2011 Hamline University football season will look decidedly different than its predecessors. First-year head coach John Pate wouldn’t have it any other way. Having been involved with five NCAA Division 1-AA championship teams at Georgia Southern, Pate is looking forward to the challenge of running a team in one of the best Division III conferences in the country, the MIAC.

It starts for real this Saturday when the Pipers visit Washington state for a rematch with Pacific Lutheran. Last year, the Lutes held off the Pipers for a 27-20 victory at Klas Field.

What will be different this year?

“We will be more athletic,” Pate said. “I can promise you that. We will be young and inexperienced in some areas. But we will grow together. If you are athletic and mobile, you can accomplish a lot of good things on the field. And that is what we are looking to accomplish in 2011.”

45 players return for Pate and his staff. Among them is a pair of senior quarterbacks – Adam Meyer (Cold Spring, Minn.) and Connor Sathre (Waconia, Minn.) Meyer saw the majority of the action last season, throwing for 1583 yards and nine TDs. Sathre appeared in nine games and finished second on the team in rushing yards.  Sathre is expected to get the starting nod Saturday afternoon.

 “Adam and Connor know the league better than I do. That’s important because they can tell us coaches things that aren’t always apparent on film,” Pate said.

Speed is of the essence in the option offense Pate intends to employ. Tim Queck (Sr-Annandale, Minn.)  has moved from a wide receiver position into the backfield and joins  junior Blake Cook (Fridley, Minn.) as the top returnees. First-year players Zach Deitchman (Phoenix, Ariz.), Corey Touchette (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Hoyfal Adam (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and sophomores Peterson Pierre (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Joey Propati (Borrego Springs, Calif.) are also in the mix. “It’s going to be an interesting, open competition,” Pate said.

With Queck, who caught 41 passes last year, likely to move to the backfield, new faces will likely abound in the receiver positions.  Dessalien Similhomme (So-Rochester, Minn.) and Terry Schwartz (Sr-Saint Paul, Minn.)  may get the first looks but there are plenty of first-year players in the mix. Arthur Moore (Maplewood, Minn.) is one of three first-year players expected to start Saturday. One of the most interesting transitions may occur at tight end where former OL Andrew Viereck (Sr-Prior Lake, Minn.) has battled with junior Ben Del Greco (Jr-Sandstone, Minn.) for playing time. “It’s all about athleticism,” Pate said. “We really won’t know for sure until we see them in training camp for a few days.”

Fortunately, a veteran offensive line, anchored by center Jimmy Stone (Sr-Taylors Falls, Minn.) returns. Guards Morgan Scheper (Sr-Carleton, Ore.) and Joe Morelli (So-Linwood, Wash) and tackles Patrick Chilton (So-Hesperia, Calif.) and Stephen Girard (Jr-Milaca, Minn.) are accustomed to the MIAC grind. In all, there were a dozen offensive linemen in camp. “This could be the strength of the team,” said Charlie Hopkins, the team’s offensive line coach. “We need these guys to be leaders for us.”

As is the case on offense, the Piper defense will feature some familiar faces in new roles. Cory Olsen (Sr-Elk River, Minn.), who was third on the Pipers in tackles in 2010 as a linebacker, has been moved to the end position. “He runs well for a guy who is 6-5, 250,” Pate said.  Eric Klaers (Jr- Elk River, Minn.), a second team All-MIAC pick a year ago,  is being moved to a tackle spot as well. He and senior Nick Wyatt (Jonesboro, GA) offers size and agility up front. “It looks like we may have some depth there,’ too,” Pate said. “That’s a definite plus.”

There is movement as well in the linebacking corps. Alex Ferguson (Jr- Kent, Wash.) had a terrific spring after being moved up from the secondary where he had eight solo tackles last year. He will likely start Saturday along with Josh Bain, a fifth year senior (Grand Meadow, Minn.) and Olajuwan Stiffler (So-Troutdale, Ore.), who was fourth in tackles in 2010, have the early inside advantage for starting jobs.

In the secondary, FS John-Michael Vandenberg (So-Bothel, Wash.), who led the Pipers in tackles, breakups and deflections in 2010, returns. From there, however, new faces have emerged. Marc McDonald (Jr-Portland, Ore.) had a solid spring after moving from cornerback to strong safety, where he will be the starter. This leaves openings for new corners. “That is the biggest unknown we have going in,” Pate said. “”This could be the most competitive battle in training camp.” Damon Woods (Fy-Burnsville, Minn.) and Guelord Mpaghize (Jr-Rochester, Minn.) are listed as Saturday's starters.

John Broback, the first team All-MIAC placekicker and second team punter in 2010, has graduated. Ferguson will handle the punting and placekicking duties Saturday. Queck tied for the team lead in kickoff returns last year.  Deitchman and sophomore Peterson Pierre (Saint Paul, Minn.), who is also a backfield candidate, may also get a chance to return kicks.

The Pipers were one of two teams that did not play last weekend. They spent part of their training camp at Camp Ripley, located a couple of hours off campus. Normally a training facility for military recruits, Pate and his staff used it as a time to get the know the players better ... and vice versa.  "It was a great experience," Pate said. "I think everybody learned a lot." After this matchup with the Lutes, HU returns home September 17 to open MIAC play against Augsburg, who stuck HU with the most heart-rendering loss of the 2010 season, a come-from-behind 42-38 affair.

It is one of just four games the Pipers will play at Klas Field. HU will also face Gustavus Adolphus, Concordia and finished the season with perennial power St. John’s. They visit Northfield twice to face Carleton and St. Olaf and also have conference road dates at NCAA Division III quarterfinalists St. Thomas and Bethel. Their other game is the traditional non-conference meeting at Macalester.

But that is down the road. For now, there is the special excitement that is always in the air with the first game of the season. That excitement is intensified with the arrival of the new head coach and his staff and the challenge of facing a quality opponent (PLU was 8-1 last year) on the road.

“I’ve heard a lot of good things about MIAC football,” Pate said. “And I’m very impressed with what I have seen on film. I like this team. We have some very good athletes here who are hungry to win. There will be a bit of an adjustment period for all of us. But the players are excited to get going and so am I. We’re all ready to begin a new era here.”

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Dr. Karen T. Ward

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Dr. Karen T. Ward

As a producer, director, actress and professor, Dr. Karen Ward has dedicated her life to theater. Having received her Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and African and Afro-American studies, a Master of Fine Arts in acting and a Ph.D. in communication with an emphasis in theatre studies, Ward has many professional accomplishments under her belt.

Today, Ward serves as the chair of the HU Department of Fine and Performing Arts, and a professor, producer and director for The Hampton Players and Company. Ward’s productions include “The Wiz”, “Shakin’ the Mass Outta Misery”, and “The Little Shop of Horrors” her latest production is “A Love to Call My Own” in which she wrote the story, music and lyrics. The play, a sequel to the 2001 nationally toured production “Mama Dee’s Girls,” takes the audience on an emotional journey through the crises of life in the 21st century, with a mixture of R&B and gospel music.

Have you always wanted to produce and direct plays?
I have always had a desire to be involved in the arts. I believe the arts are the perfect vehicle to raise social consciousness, be political, and educate all while entertaining. People love attending plays and I love my involvement in them regardless of the function I serve…producer, director, actor …whatever.

What influenced your decision to do a sequel to the production, “Mama Dee’s Girls”?
The public. Audience members who had seen “Mama Dee’s Girls” would ask me to do the play again, saying, “Please bring it back.” When I responded that I was thinking about writing a sequel, the reaction was so positive that I finally sat down and started weaving the story. It wasn’t long before the pages started pouring out of me and the songs just wouldn’t stop coming. Hence, “A Love to Call My Own.”

How long have you and the cast been working on this production?
It took years to write the story and then years to re-write the story. We cast in January and rehearsed seven days a week from about 8 p.m. till 1:30 or 2 a.m. It’s pretty intense, but nothing good ever comes from taking shortcuts and without total commitment.

HU Players and Company has a lot of talented students. Did you find it easy to find the cast?
Casting is the most difficult part of directing. The cast of “A Love to Call My Own” was terrific and worked extremely well as an ensemble.

What do you find most rewarding about your job as a producer and director?
Working with a terrific staff that is committed and willing to work hard to see that the project is exceptional. The cast and crew make the production. They tell the story and dedicate themselves to the art.

Who is your favorite character in this play?
I love the characters in the play. They each bring something special to the story. I can’t wait to continue their sagas.

Out of all of the plays that your have produced at HU, do you have an all time favorite?
No favorites. I enjoy what I do and I love telling stories. I wait anxiously for the next opportunity to do so.

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The new Service Applications model in SharePoint 2010 presents significants improvements to the scalability of the SharePoint platform and offers tremendously exciting opportunities for developers and ISVs. This arcticle delves into the the Service Applications model and architecture, providing developers and IT Pros essential information on the new foundation of shared services in SharePoint 2010.

One of the least well understood aspects of SharePoint 2007 was that of the Shared Services Provider (SSP). Whilst not particularly complex there was very little accurate information at launch in books and blog posts etc. Even within the excellent Planning and Deployment Guides over on TechNet, SSPs were not covered in significant depth. One of the reasons for this was that most deployments were the simplest possible in terms of SSPs - they would include a single SSP. As customers looked to scale their deployments or implement advanced scenarios with more complex security requirements, getting guidance for how to implement SSPs was troublesome. Commonly held "myths" about SSPs are still apparent in many deployments and in much published material. Often when presenting my Mythbusters session I spend considerable time on the fundamentals of the SSP.

The good news is that with SharePoint 2010, Shared Service Providers are dead. The new Service Application model takes over. Service Applications are a huge improvement to the product, addressing many of the scalability compromises inherent in the SSP model. Service Applications can now be built by third parties and are available in both SharePoint Foundation and SharePoint Server. Service Applications significantly impact Farm Topologies and therefore it is more important than ever to understand the core concepts.

In designed Service Applications there were three main goals:

· Richness - the ability to deliver more features and allow third parties to build their own "shared services".

· Scalability - handle larger loads, scale farms, scale to the cloud

· Flexibility - to be more malleable in terms of granularity

In SharePoint 2007 Farm Topologies were pretty consistent. There were the "classic" models such as the "medium server farm" and the "large farm". Of course these could be expanded for various scenarios such as document conversions and content deployment, but in most cases the traditional model was appropriate. In the cases of some services there were fundamental tipping points where scaling further would not make sense.

With SharePoint 2010 the WFE tier has been optimised as has the SQL tier with heavy optimisation. The Application Server tier however is massively changed, with the Services Application model being the core driver of these changes.

For a start, there are many more services available out of the box. These include Access, BCS, Excel Services, Performance Point, Visio, Word, Office Web Apps, Project Server, Search, People, Web Analytics.

The new Service Application model represents a significant paradigm change. SSPs are gone (and good riddance!). SSPs were hard to understand and once they were presented a model which was often inappropriate. All services were grouped together in an SSP, even though the services offered radically different capabilities. Thus SSPs are hard to deploy, and even harder to manage over the lifetime of a SharePoint deployment. SSPs also didn't scale well, with effectively a single database.

In SharePoint 2010 therefore, services are split out into separate management units (Service Applications). Each of these can have its own database. For example, the Profiles & Audiences services are now the People Service Application and the Search service is now the Search Service Application. As mentioned above there are also many new Service Applications.

In many large deployments the concept of Inter-Farm Shared Services (IFSS) was a key planning consideration. Because at least two farms were required, such scenarios were an expensive proposition even for reasonably simple business requirements. With Service Applications, the Service Application itself can be cross-farm.

The new Service App model also removes the "association" barrier whereby a Web Application could only be associated with a single SSP. Web Applications can now consume services on an individual basis and can use any combination of the available Service Applications.

Also gone is the SSP Admin Web Site. Commonly misconstrued as the SSP itself this was just a Web App for managing the SSP. In SharePoint 2010 Service Applications are managed via Central Administration, not separate Web Application or Content Database is necessary.

The Service Application Model also allows you to deploy more than one instance of the same Service Application.

In part two of this article series, I will dive into the architecture of Service Applications, and map that to the resources on machines in the farm, and provide topology examples. Stay tuned!

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a very good article...

1/25/2010 11:56 AM | Kris

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Where's part 2?

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Nice Article about cons of SSPs... Thanks a Lot.

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nice article

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I'm just kind of amazed by this story. The quote tied in perfectly with the story and the idea of Slytherins either reaching great heights of falling so far from grace. You added additional depth by linking the imagery of Slughorn's wrecked office with the various (evil) students he had.

The line about not spending money, just favors, to gain access to people and events was brilliant. It perfectly describes how he operated for years.

You reveal a lot about him with Slughorn keeping photos of his past students, even after they showed an evil side. I like that he wanted to keep ahold of the good memories the varios photos and that he's a bit sentimental.

Even more chilling was him relating the distant fond memories with the all too recent deaths of the same people. You made that so powerful and made me realize that the death eaters who died in the battle were more than just bad guys.

Slughorn reflecting on Tom Riddle was incredible. I love how he admitted to being interested in Tom right away. This might have been my favorite line "Somewhere along the way, they had lost sight of the true ideals of Slytherin House, trading ambition for a unique sort of slavery, a false sense of security and power."

It does a great job describing Slytherin as more than evil but highlighting ambition and cunning and putting the evil part as people getting it wrong.

Ending it with him continuing to support students and give people a helping hand really brought the story around in a lovely way.

Incredible one-shot!

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I'm glad you liked the quote and the general theme of contrasts and imagery in this piece. It was fun to really get my hands dirty with some of the wartime description. It's also great to hear that you liked the line about favors, because I'm a bit proud of that one :)

Yeah, I think it was tough for Slughorn to ignore the truth about what some of his students had become, seeing them there in person wreaking havoc and then later dead on the battlefield. He can no longer hold on to the few good memories he had with them.

The section about Tom and his followers was my favorite to write. It goes back to the quote--the line is thin, but it is certainly possible to be in Slytherin and not make poor choices. (Questionable ones, maybe.) Sadly, you get someone who is dynamic like Tom and he pulls a lot of people down with him, away from what Slytherin may have intended (or at least what Slughorn wanted).

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           The silence lasted for a few brief moments, before it was quickly broken.

           “What?!” Ron, Harry and Ginny shouted.

            Draco couldn’t believe he let those words slip from his mouth. He remained mute, lips parted, scolding himself inside for cracking in front the lot of them. Even though it was released due to his utter frustration and contempt towards the three, it was information that he hadn’t planned on sharing.

            “You can’t be serious, Malfoy,” Ron spat through tight lips.

            Ginny turned to her brother.

            “Ron, he isn’t serious. It’s Malfoy,” she threw him a murderous look; “He’s just trying to antagonize us like always.”

            Draco, still drowning in disbelief, opened his mouth to retort, but no response followed.

            “Alright, I think it’s past your time to leave,” Harry finally announced, and began to motion to the door.

            Still remaining silent, Draco lowered his arms from his chest and glanced towards the exit.

            Ron seemed to compose himself, and crossed his arms over his chest.

            “Harry’s right. Get out, Malfoy,” He spat with a slight smirk.

            Draco pursed his lips as his eyes narrowed. After thinking he should just leave, and avoid the discussion, Weasley’s thinking that he has triumphed set him off once again.

            “Now wait just a minute,” Draco shot, holding up his hands.

            “What now,” Harry sighed, “I thought we made it clear that you were finished.”

            Draco didn’t like that comment one bit. He crossed his arms over his firm chest, and began to slowly walk around the room.

            “First of all,” he held up a single ringed finger,” None of you have the right to silence me, since I happen to be one of the most powerful men in the wizarding world.”

            Ginny stood fuming beside her brother.

            “Second, you people are in quite a predicament, aren’t you? Your best friend lays stuck in an eternal sleep over there, and she hasn’t woken up yet. You all know the cure, but can’t seem to find out who kissed her fist. Now, here I come, telling you that I have an idea of who kissed your precious little Granger first, and send me out. True, it’s me, yes, but I’m the only person who has said anything the least bit helpful to you.”

            Ron, Ginny and Harry glanced at one another, surprised at Draco’s logical rebuttal.

            “But tell me this, Malfoy,” Ginny stated as she narrowed her gaze,” How the hell would you know who kissed Hermione first?”

            Draco nodded.

            “A reasonable argument, little Weaslette. Very reasonable. I have my sources.”

            Harry scoffed.

            “Oh, like what?”

            Draco shrugged.

            “You’d be surprised,” Draco retorted.

            Ron threw up his hands.

            “This is ridiculous! Malfoy is the last person on this entire planet that would know anything about Hermione.”

            He paused.

            “No, wait a second, if the last person in the world had no idea, and they left, THEN Malfoy would know.”

            Draco smirked.

            “Well, if it isn’t another dim-witted retort from the male ginger.”

            Ginny threw herself between her brother and Draco once again.

            “Will all of you please shut it!”

            Ginny huffed under her breath.

            “Obviously, Malfoy has no idea who kissed Hermione first. Use your bloody brains. There’s no way he would know. Don’t make me remind you for the millionth time: IT’S MALFOY.”

            Harry and Ron seemed to calm for a moment, thinking on Ginny’s statement.

            This time Harry stepped forward.

            “Alright, Malfoy. We get it. What a funny joke. It’s hilarious. Sorry I’m not laughing though, I’m just not in the mood at the present moment.”

            He watched for Draco to interrupt, and continued when no response came.

            “You’ve just had your time to relive the past and tease us about Hermione. Now seriously, get out of here.”

            Draco was taken aback by the sheer firmness in Harry’s tone. Even after participating in these immature fights during his Hogwarts years, Harry had never intimidated him as much as he did at the current moment. He had matured; he saved the world from certain ruin and chaos, secured a head position at the ministry, and in doing so, had earned the respect of the entire wizarding community.

            Even though Draco has attained a greater degree of financial success than Harry, he lacked the reputation, following, and respect that Harry commanded when he entered a room. Harry’s comment had instilled this notion in his mind.

            “So, you would kick me out, even if I knew information to save Granger?” Draco prodded, his tone almost dropping to Harry’s.

            Harry sighed as he shook his head.

            “I would listen to you if you truly wanted to help Hermione, because I would do anything to help her.  But you obviously don’t seeing the spectacle you just threw a few minutes ago.”

            Draco remained silent for a few moments after Harry’s statement.

            “Fair enough, Potter. It’s too bad your arrogance prevents you from listening to someone who may just be better than you.”

            Ron narrowed his eyes.

            “How dare you even accuse Harry of arrogance, when your own cockiness could drown the entire planet!”

            Harry glanced at Ron.

            “Ron, don’t give him the attention he wants.”

            He turned back to a smirking Draco.

            “I’m not going to ask you again. Get out now.”

            Draco sensed that his time had expired, and any further jabs would seem stale and forced. He held up his hands in surrender.

            “Alright, Potter. I can’t even bear to stand in this room a minute longer.”

            Draco bathed in each murderous glance of the three surrounding him before slowly making his way to the door.

            “It’s truly unfortunate that your jealousy makes me an unreliable source.”

            Draco turned, smiling to himself when he heard Harry silence Ron another time. He took one last look at the lifeless Hermione, and began to exit through the door.

            “Wait a minute.”

            Draco, startled by the calmness of the female voice that called him, turned to see Ron and Harry staring incredulously at Ginny.

            “Yes Mrs. Potter?”

            Ginny threw a “just let me talk” glance in the direction of Ron and Harry, and stepped forward.

            “So, you seem surprisingly sure that you know some information about Hermione, don’t you? I apologize for my abrasiveness earlier. If you are so confident that you know something, then go on. Spit it out. I’m listening.”

            Ron interjected.

            “He doesn’t know anything—“

            Ginny cut him off.

            “--- we’re all listening. Right Harry? Right Ron?”

            The two seemed to visibly swallow an entire hippogriff before giving reluctant nods in Ginny’s direction.

            Ginny threw a confident a smile on her face.

            “Go on, Malfoy.”

            Draco froze. He didn’t want to get this far. The only reason he had stayed as to tease them, not to give any information. His inner pride conflicted with his reputation. The thought of not giving them anything after bragging for ten minutes tasted bitter on his tongue, but he also despised the idea of telling them anything he knew.

            “Thanks for the nice intro, but if I did know something, I wouldn’t want to tell you anything now, seeing how you just treated me during our little shouting match, which I won by the way.”

            Ron gave an angry sigh.

            “See, I told you! He doesn't know a bloody thing! He’s only trying to test our limits. And let me tell you, I’m extremely close to mine.”

            Ginny seemed genuinely disappointed before the malice began to show within her eyes again.

            “You bastard. You venomous, contemptuous, arrogant bastard. If you don’t remove your arse from my sight, then I’ll make it so you won’t have one to worry about anymore.”

            Draco knew that he had pushed himself too far. It was time for his exit, before he blurted anything else dangerous in front of them.

            “I’m going. I can’t suffer through this any longer,” he muttered as he turned for a second time to leave the room, before Ron muttered a barely audible comment.

            “He’s even worse than his low life of a father…”

            Even though he wasn’t aware, Ron has crossed Draco’s invisible line, a line that most he encountered never crossed. Harry had gotten awfully close during his Hogwarts years, but never went too far. His father was a subject that we would not tolerate. His father had already been scorned earlier, but being compared to him was comparable to mixing fire with oil.

            Draco turned violently on his heels, his eyes burning with rage.

            “Well, Weasley, wouldn’t you faint like a little girl if I told you that I KISSED GRANGER FIRST?!!!??”

            The color vanished from Ron’s cheeks, leaving him white as a sheet, as Harry and Ginny’s mouths fell to the floor. Draco’s complexion wasn’t too different from Ron’s.

            “….no….whhaaa??....no….no way…that’s…that’s impossible…bloody impossible,” Ron managed to choke out of his pinched lips.

            Harry touched his fingertips to his temple.

            “What did you just say?”

            Dread was pooling in the bottom of Draco’s stomach, as he cursed himself once again for exploding. For the first time today, he didn’t know how to save himself from this.

            “…nothing…errr…nothing at all…” He almost whispered in response.

            “What do you mean NOTHING? You just announced to the universe that you KISSED HERMIONE,” Ginny frantically shouted.

            Draco’s panicked eyes jumped from a shocked Ginny, to a frozen Harry, to an extremely pale Ron.

            “Oh come on…that’s ridiculous…That’s not…not…what I meant…OH DAMMIT!” Draco cried in frustration as he turned his back on the three, placing his hands on his sides, and attempted to fix this situation.

            “Everyone just calm down,” Harry reasoned,” And Malfoy, explain yourself.”

            Draco took a deep breath, before facing them again.

            “It was hypothetical. A completely hypothetical statement.”

            Ginny stared at him.

            “Hypothetical? That you kissed Hermione?”

            Draco brought his hand to his face, slowly figuring out his retort.

            “Yes, hypothetical.”

            This just confused them even more.

            Draco shook his head as he began to pace the room.

            “Let’s just say, hypothetically, that I kissed Granger first,” he began.

            Ron looked sick.

            “Even if you knew it was me, the leader of all evil Slytherins who kissed your precious Granger, would you allow that? Or would you rather her lie there than even consider that.”

            Harry silenced him.

            “How is this relevant?!”

            “Because what if I did kiss her first? Then what would you do about that?”

            Ginny shook her head.

            “Give me one good reason why Hermione would have kissed you first. Or even at all. Because honestly, right now, I really can’t.”

            “Maybe you didn’t know Hermione as well as you thought, did you?”

            “Hermione is my best friend, and I know that she would never have gone near you alone even if she was protected with every charm ever created!”

            “Maybe she did, and decided not to tell you!”

            Draco was digging himself deeper into a hole. But his frustration prevented him from screening his comments first.

            “I thought this was hypothetical?!”

            “Maybe it is, or maybe it isn’t? Wouldn’t that bother you?”

            Ginny cried out in frustration.

            “I’VE HAD IT! Let’s just solve this right now,” Ginny pointed to Hermione, “We’ll figure out if this is hypothetical or not. Go kiss Hermione, Malfoy.”

            Draco’s eyes widened. This was the last thing he had expected.

            Ginny walked over to Hermione, and thrust a finger in her direction.

            “Well if you are so sure of yourself, then do it! Kiss her!”

            “…but…but this is…hypothetical…” Draco murmured to himself.

            “Just do it, Malfoy!” Harry shouted.

            Draco glanced from a smirking Ginny, to an angry Harry, to a still stark white Ron. He took a deep breath, and calmed himself.

            Ginny crossed her arms.

            “No?! Is someone not telling the truth, and just antagonizing us like I thought?”

            Draco threw her a disgusted look.

            “No! Because I won’t kiss Granger on demand like some obedient little poodle! I won’t do it!”

            Harry stepped in.

            “So, did you kiss her at Hogwarts, or not!”

            “Maybe I did, Potter!”

            Harry didn’t respond at first, and shot him a dark glare.

            “I don’t believe you, Malfoy. I never could. I don’t trust you. You are still the same shady git, with the same reputation that you had back at Hogwarts. The war changed most people, but apparently not you. Not one bit. Even if you did in fact kiss Hermione, I still wouldn’t believe you.”

            Draco was thoroughly silenced. For some reason, his comments stung deeper than he thought.

            “I don’t believe you either. You disgust me, Malfoy,” Ginny stammered. She looked almost close to tears.

            For the first time, Ron spoke up.

            “Hermione would never have kissed you. She despised you for treating her like garbage, even though she probably deserved the chance to attend a school like Hogwarts more than you ever did.”

            Draco narrowed his eyes in anger, but gave no response. These comments were secretly tearing up his insides, and damaging him more than they could ever know.

            Through the door behind them, a troubled looking Healer Mismick shuffled through the doors.

            “What on earth is going on in here?”

            Harry, Ron and Ginny exchanged glances before glaring at Draco.

            “You can hear the shouting from the lobby!”

            Harry cleared his throat before facing her.

            “I’m terribly sorry for the noise. We just had a little disagreement.”

            His glare traveled to Draco.

            “Our guest was just on his way out.”

            Draco narrowed his gaze, after tightening his lips.

            “As a matter of fact, I was.”

            He shot a poisonous look at Harry before finally exiting through the door. Draco sped across the hall and flung himself into the elevator, before violently jabbing one of the buttons.

            After feeling the compartment shutter and begin its descent, he threw his head against the wall and sighed.

            Ginny watched Harry pull his pajama top over his head from her position under the crimson duvet cover. She buried her toes into the soft down, and placed her elbows on top of the throw as she lifted her back against the pillow.

            “Harry, you sent the owl to my mother about Saturday dinner, right?”

            Harry nodded as he crawled into bed beside her.

            “Yeah, I sent it when we got home.”

            Harry, exhausted from the day’s events, immediately lay down under the covers, and rested his head on his pillow, closing his eyes.

            “Can you get the lights, Ginny? Or do you need them on?”

            Ginny shook her head softly as she flicked her wand that rested on the table beside her. In an instant, the room fell dark.

            Ginny remained sitting up on her side of the bed and Harry opened his eyes on his pillow. He knew that she was worried, and this prevented him from falling asleep.

            “What’s the matter?”

            Harry watched her chest heave with another sigh before she closed her eyes, tilting her head towards the ceiling.

            “I’ve just been thinking, Harry. That’s all.”

            Harry turned over to face her.

            “About what?”

            He saw her give a signature pout in the darkness.

            Harry groaned as he hit his head against his pillow.

            “That’s not a comforting statement, Ginny.”

            Ginny shook her head.

            “I know it doesn’t make any sense, but it’s just…it’s just…I don’t understand why he would come all the way over to St. Mungo’s and throw a massive fit if he didn’t know anything.”

            Harry sat up straighter on his side.

            “What are you saying?”

            She paused.

            ‘What if he did kiss her first, Harry?”

            Nausea spread through Harry in an instant.

            “That’s ridiculous, Ginny.”

            “It is, isn’t it? But why would he admit to us that he would know anything? Or even that he kissed her? He seemed just as startled as we did when he admitted it.”

            Harry shook his head.

            “But they hated each other. He despised him, and she hated Malfoy for how he treated her. He called her a mudblood, made fun of her teeth, her hair, and her parents! Why would she even go near him?”

            “I can’t explain any of that, Harry. I’m just thinking about what I saw today.”

            Harry rested his chin in his hand.

            “Hermione was always with us, Ginny. Always. When would she have snuck off with Malfoy alone?”

            Ginny shrugged.

            “Maybe he’s right. Maybe she didn’t tell us.”

            “This is…this is insane, Ginny. Hermione would never have kissed Malfoy. Period. That’s a symbol of love, intimacy and affection! She never felt any of that about Malfoy. I know it.”

            Ginny stayed silent for a few moments.

            “He wouldn’t have even given a hypothetical statement like that Harry, if he couldn’t back it up. We know him to well Harry. He knows something we don’t, and he tried to wield it against us today.”

            Harry considered this while she continued.

            “And he didn’t kiss Hermione. Harry, if he was only teasing, he would have planted one on her dramatically to get at Ron.”

            Harry didn’t respond.

            “He may be telling the truth, Harry, whether we like it or not.”

            The two fell silent, contemplating Ginny’s new hypothesis. Harry rubbed his eyes as Ginny ran a hand through her hair.

            “I don’t understand it at all. I don’t know why she would ever kiss him. It kills me to think that she kissed that greasy ferret just as much as you. But we can’t let this go, Harry. It’s the only lead we have at all.”

            “As much as it murders me, you’re right, Ginny.”

            They listened to the clock chime from the kitchen downstairs.

            “But how to we figure out for sure if he actually did kiss her, Harry?”

            Ginny stared at her husband, waiting for a response. She watched him cross and uncross his arms, and sigh under his breath.

            After a few minutes he turned to her, his eyes narrowed in thought.

            “I think I know how.”

Well there's chapter 6! Haha I know I say this a lot, but I LOVED writing this one. Hmm what is on Harry's mind? ;) Just a little sneek peek! In the next chapter, we may finally discover the mystery behind Hermione's first kiss ;D

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The bad news: childhood obesity has become so severe that some children are increasingly contracting illnesses normally seen in middle age.

The good news: the trend seems to be slowing and there are some interesting new strategies that families and schools can use to reverse the trend, such as an easy new way to quickly figure out the nutrition value of groceries at the store.

That was the message that David L. Katz, an expert in chronic disease prevention, delivered to about 160 YMCA, school and community leaders at a childhood obesity conference Wednesday.

Katz, director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in Derby, said that 20 percent of all children nationwide are obese, although he believes that the number is much higher. Obesity-related diseases once mostly limited to adults, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol, are showing up in greater frequency in children, he said.

Katz fears that heart disease lurks in the future, noting that a 17-year-old Missouri boy recently underwent triple coronary bypass surgery.

"There is a clear and present danger. We must do whatever we can to put a stop to it," Katz said.

There are plenty of steps that parents, schools and communities can take to help reverse the trend, he said. Rather than looking for a single solution, such as removing soda from school vending machines, communities should take lots of little steps to improve nutrition and encourage exercise, he said.

Katz noted that many families are confounded when it comes to determining which groceries are the most nutritious. To illustrate his point, he asked the audience which of two products had more sugar in it: pasta sauce or fudge sauce. The answer was pasta sauce, which had 12 grams of sugar, compared with 11 grams for the fudge sauce.

In another example, he said that low-fat peanut butter is actually less nutritious than regular peanut butter because it has less of the "good" oils in it and more sugar and salt to compensate, he said.

To help consumers navigate the nutritional minefield, Katz devised a nutrition scoring system. The system, called NuVal, rates each food on a scale of 1 to 100, and assigns each food a number. The higher the number, the higher the nutritional value. The number is then posted on the supermarket shelf under each food item near the price. NuVal is now being used in Price Chopper supermarkets in Connecticut and is expected to expand to another supermarket chain soon.

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Regarding poverty, backwardness, feeling lowly or as the commonly used expression states “giving up all worldly things” as a symbol of being a Muslim has almost become a custom among certain circles. There is a widespread belief that a diametrically opposed model has nothing to do with religion. That is untrue, however, and as with many other subjects stems from a conception of religion far removed from the Holy Quran.

In that mentality the Quran, the basic source of the faith, is never read or reflected on. The result is a conception of religion based on superstition. As noted in one verse,“... ‘My Lord, my people treat this Quran as something to be ignored’...” (Surat al-Furqan, 30), the false practices that have entered Islam stem from the abandonment of the Quran.

Yet when one looks at the Noble Quran, it is clearly seen that no such model is stipulated. There are verses referring to several prophets having great wealth and possessions. The matchless wealth and splendour of the Prophet Solomon (PBUH) was spoken of for centuries. The Prophet Solomon (PBUH), whom Allah praises in many verses and holds up as an example, had no other aim than the approval of Allah and had no other guide than His religion. Indeed, the Prophet Solomon (PBUH) prayed to Allah as follows before Allah bestowed wealth upon him:

“He said, ‘My Lord, forgive me and give me a kingdom the like of which will never be granted to anyone after me. Truly You are the Ever-Giving’.” (Surah Sad, 35)

If wishing to be wealthy were something to be condemned in Muslims, a prophet praised by Allah in many verses would not have prayed in that way. The Prophet Solomon (PBUH) is not the only example; Allah also bestowed sovereignty on his father, the Prophet David (PBUH), and made him a powerful and sovereign prophet. In the same way, Allah reveals that He bestowed wealth on the Prophet Abraham (PBUH) and his family (Surat an-Nisa’, 54).

It is also revealed in the Quran that Allah enriched the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH): “Did he not find you impoverished and enrich you?” (Surat ad-Duha, 8)

Believers are aware that wealth comes from Allah and in fact belongs to Him. The way of thinking in the society of ignorance, on the other hand, is based on an instinctive desire for possessions, which is a rebellion against Allah Owner of Sovereignty! This huge gulf between the two sides also emerges when it comes to the use of wealth. Believers spend what they possess on good deeds, in line with the approval of Allah important thing is whether or not he uses such wealth he possesses, be it great or small, on the path of Allah.

The reason why a believer asks for wealth is to be able to use the possessions he acquires on the path of Allah. Anything to the contrary, for instance, hoarding possessions, is not acceptable for a believer.

Allah promises to increase wealth for which people are grateful and which is spent on His path. In revealing that true believers will inherit the Earth, Allah sets out the characteristics of those who will attain that blessing in the Quran:

Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. ‘They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.’ Any who disbelieve after that, such people are deviators. (Surat an-Nur, 55)

Adnan Oktar's piece on The Gulf Today:

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