Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com: "Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez has been identified by the FBI as the gunman who fatally shot four Marines and wounded a police officer on Thursday in shootings at two military recruiting and training centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Abdulazeez, 24, is also dead, the FBI says.
At least two others were injured, including one in critical condition. The officer is in stable condition. The shootings happened at separate military reserve centers on Lee Highway and Amnicola Highway."
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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Four Marines Killed in Chattanooga Shootings - The New York Times
Four Marines Killed in Chattanooga Shootings - The New York Times: "The episode unnerved one of Tennessee’s largest cities. The Chattanooga State Community College posted an alert on its website that urged people on its main campus to remain inside and to close doors. Lee University, which is near Chattanooga, temporarily ordered a lockdown, the university said.
Bradley Square Mall, in the nearby suburb of Cleveland, also said it had initiated a lockdown, but the mall’s management said that local media reports of gunfire there were inaccurate. “There have been no shots fired at Bradley Square Mall,” a post on the mall’s Facebook page said. It called the lockdown “a safety precaution.”"
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Bradley Square Mall, in the nearby suburb of Cleveland, also said it had initiated a lockdown, but the mall’s management said that local media reports of gunfire there were inaccurate. “There have been no shots fired at Bradley Square Mall,” a post on the mall’s Facebook page said. It called the lockdown “a safety precaution.”"
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Chattanooga Shooting Suspect Identified As Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez
Chattanooga Shooting Suspect Identified As Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez: "The suspect in the shootings that left five people dead on Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been identified as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, authorities told CBS and NBC.
The shootings took place at two military facilities. Four Marines and the gunman were killed. Three other people were injured, including a police officer who was shot in the ankle, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said during a press conference.
The shooter used several guns in the attack that started at a military recruitment center around 10:45 a.m., authorities said. He then drove to a military reserve center about 7 miles away, where he opened fire.
It's not clear if the 24-year-old suspect, who authorities believe was born in Kuwait, was an American citizen, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. He lived in Hixson, Tennessee, the AP reports.
On Thursday afternoon, authorities swarmed the house where they believe Abdulazeez lived, according to the AP."
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The shootings took place at two military facilities. Four Marines and the gunman were killed. Three other people were injured, including a police officer who was shot in the ankle, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said during a press conference.
The shooter used several guns in the attack that started at a military recruitment center around 10:45 a.m., authorities said. He then drove to a military reserve center about 7 miles away, where he opened fire.
It's not clear if the 24-year-old suspect, who authorities believe was born in Kuwait, was an American citizen, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. He lived in Hixson, Tennessee, the AP reports.
On Thursday afternoon, authorities swarmed the house where they believe Abdulazeez lived, according to the AP."
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Mass Shooting In Tennessee Leaves 4 Marines Dead
Mass Shooting In Tennessee Leaves 4 Marines Dead: "All four killed were Marines, authorities said.
Three people were injured, Marissa Bell, communications coordinator for the city of Chattanooga, told The Huffington Post. At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said an officer who was shot in the ankle is recovering.
"It is incomprehensible to see what happened and the way that individuals who proudly serve our country were treated," Berke said.
Authorities will investigate the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said.
The suspect, who law enforcement agents have identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, opened fire at a military recruitment center around 10:45 a.m., authorities said, before driving to a Naval and Marine reserve center about 7 miles away.
The shooter used "numerous guns" in the incident, and is believed to have lived in the Chattanooga area, authorities said at the news conference.
Witnesses said the shooter drove up to the reserve center in a convertible and opened fire. "
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Three people were injured, Marissa Bell, communications coordinator for the city of Chattanooga, told The Huffington Post. At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke said an officer who was shot in the ankle is recovering.
"It is incomprehensible to see what happened and the way that individuals who proudly serve our country were treated," Berke said.
Authorities will investigate the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism, U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said.
The suspect, who law enforcement agents have identified as 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, opened fire at a military recruitment center around 10:45 a.m., authorities said, before driving to a Naval and Marine reserve center about 7 miles away.
The shooter used "numerous guns" in the incident, and is believed to have lived in the Chattanooga area, authorities said at the news conference.
Witnesses said the shooter drove up to the reserve center in a convertible and opened fire. "
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Saturday, May 9, 2015
Smokers’ Corner: Once upon a Saudi king - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Smokers’ Corner: Once upon a Saudi king - Pakistan - DAWN.COM: "In 1979, dozens of armed Saudi fanatics stormed the Holy Mosque in Makkah. According to author Yaroslav Trofimov (in Siege of Mecca), the uprising was an expression of repressed anger among Saudi conservatives against Faisal’s modernisation policies.
The uprising was crushed by Khalid, but it made future Saudi monarchs give a lot more space to the conservatives, slow down modernisation and channel the radicals by exporting their energy and ideas out of the Kingdom and into Muslim lands that were recipients of large Saudi economic hand-outs.
But by then Nasserism was dead, Ba’ath Socialism was receding and the Soviet Union was on the brink of collapse.
So the exported ideas and energies were now being disseminated into a tumultuous vacuum. That is why they violently transfigured and became almost entirely nihilistic, further tarnishing the legacy of perhaps the most unique Saudi monarch ever.
Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, May 10th, 2015"
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The uprising was crushed by Khalid, but it made future Saudi monarchs give a lot more space to the conservatives, slow down modernisation and channel the radicals by exporting their energy and ideas out of the Kingdom and into Muslim lands that were recipients of large Saudi economic hand-outs.
But by then Nasserism was dead, Ba’ath Socialism was receding and the Soviet Union was on the brink of collapse.
So the exported ideas and energies were now being disseminated into a tumultuous vacuum. That is why they violently transfigured and became almost entirely nihilistic, further tarnishing the legacy of perhaps the most unique Saudi monarch ever.
Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, May 10th, 2015"
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Smokers’ Corner: Eqbal Ahmed: the astute alarmist - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Smokers’ Corner: Eqbal Ahmed: the astute alarmist - Pakistan - DAWN.COM: "Schaar suggests that Eqbal had also predicted tragic events like 9/11. Eqbal had interviewed Osama Bin Laden in Peshawar in 1986 and in the early 1990s suggested that the same ideology that had been drummed into men like Osama by the Americans and the Pakistanis in the 1980s, would spiral out of control and turn the indoctrinated into adversaries.
Eqbal spend the last decade of his life in Pakistan writing a weekly column for Dawn. He continued to advocate social democracy in Muslim countries as an antidote to extremism, poverty and injustice.
His greatest ambition was to establish a large social sciences university in Pakistan that could herald in a progressive and enlightened Muslim Renaissance. Unable to raise the $30 million that was required to build such a project, Eqbal succumbed to cancer in 1999. He was 65.
Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, May 3rd, 2015"
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Eqbal spend the last decade of his life in Pakistan writing a weekly column for Dawn. He continued to advocate social democracy in Muslim countries as an antidote to extremism, poverty and injustice.
His greatest ambition was to establish a large social sciences university in Pakistan that could herald in a progressive and enlightened Muslim Renaissance. Unable to raise the $30 million that was required to build such a project, Eqbal succumbed to cancer in 1999. He was 65.
Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, May 3rd, 2015"
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Truth About Balochistan - By Aisha Baloch: Who is Mama Qadeer?
Truth About Balochistan - By Aisha Baloch: Who is Mama Qadeer?: "Friday, 10 April 2015
Who is Mama Qadeer?
"Mama Qadeer is very old man who is seeking justice for innocent missing people along with Banuk Farzana Majeed and his VBMP team"
This is what you will read in all the leading newspapers of Pakistan whenever they write about Mama Qadeer Reki, but who is he actually? Does anybody know his background? Who made him a "Human Rights Activist"?
I will try to answer these questions in this article.
Mama Qadeer Reki who is seen seeking "justice" for his son and many others on media is not known to many people.
Who is the son of Mama Qadeer Reki?"
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Who is Mama Qadeer?
"Mama Qadeer is very old man who is seeking justice for innocent missing people along with Banuk Farzana Majeed and his VBMP team"
This is what you will read in all the leading newspapers of Pakistan whenever they write about Mama Qadeer Reki, but who is he actually? Does anybody know his background? Who made him a "Human Rights Activist"?
I will try to answer these questions in this article.
Mama Qadeer Reki who is seen seeking "justice" for his son and many others on media is not known to many people.
Who is the son of Mama Qadeer Reki?"
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Thousand Oaks candidates show mutual respect at CLU forum Wendy Leung VC Star May 9th 2015
Thousand Oaks candidates show mutual respect at CLU forum
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Motley Fool: California's drought is Causing a Major Problem Nobody is Talking About
California's drought is Causing a Major Problem Nobody is Talking About
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Gov. Jerry Brown Hit With Massive $1 Billion Common Core Bill
Gov. Jerry Brown Hit With Massive $1 Billion Common Core Bill
by Robert Wilde31 Jan 2015Sacramento CA 156
A rather expensive development has surfaced on the way to installing Common Core in California's hundreds of school districts statewide. Officials have figured out that the big government initiative could collectively cost districts $1 billion every year to set up a new statewide testing system supporting the new curriculum.
The question is, who's going to pay for it? According to the Santa Ana School District, the state, not the district, should foot the bill. Santa Ana along with three other school districts submitted a class action complaint, demanding that California pay for the "next generation" Smarter Balanced Assessments based on national Common Core standards.
The Orange County Register reported that the Santa Ana Unified school district, which consists of 57,000 students, projects $12 million in district costs pertaining to the Common Core tests, which includes $8.1 million for devices, $3.3 million for bandwidth and infrastructure, plus other significant outlays for accessories and training.
Gov. Jerry Brown appointee, H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for California's Department of Finance, so far has not responded to the claim because it is still being reviewed, the Register reported.
Smarter Balanced testing jettisons paper and pencils used in previous testing and requires computers for grades three through eight and also 11. Santa Ana Unified's superintendant, Rick Miller, characterized the new development by saying, "This computer thing is a whole different deal than the No. 2 pencil… You have to reimburse the mandate based on that."
Josh Daniels, a staff attorney for the California School Boards Association, contends that California has a constitutional mandate to satisfy its financial obligations to the districts. "It's going to be quite expensive… We foresee this as being a significant impact on districts going forward."
In 2013, California coughed up a whopping $1.25 billion to districts to facilitate Common Core training, instructional materials, and computers. Moreover, last year they gave an additional $26.7 million for high-speed internet. This year $100 million was allocated to school districts for internet needs.
Daniels asserted that's not going to be enough to satisfy Common Core requirements.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
vc sTAR Passion is strong as Cowboys host Raiders for practice in Oxnard Raiders' appearance at training camp brings Bob Buttitta 8:51 PM, Aug 12, 2014 cowboys Chuck Kirman OXNARD, Calif. - The "Black Hole," the nickname given to the Oakland Raiders' crazed fan base, arrived in Oxnard on Tuesday to support their team during the first of two practice sessions between the Raiders and the Dallas Cowboys. Tuesday's workout marked a homecoming of sorts for the Silver and Black. From 1985 through 2005, Oakland used the River Ridge facility as its training camp home. But unlike back then, when Raiders owner Al Davis used to put black tape on the fences around the field to prevent anyone from watching, fans of both teams engulfed both sides of the practice facility, watching their respective team battle on the field for roughly two hours. The attendance at the River Ridge fields was 8,326. A long line of cars filled with both Cowboys and Raiders fans stretched down Ventura Road more than two
Iqbal Quidwai
Passion is strong as Cowboys host Raiders for practice in Oxnard
Raiders' appearance at training camp brings
Bob Buttitta
8:51 PM, Aug 12, 2014
Chuck Kirman
OXNARD, Calif. - The "Black Hole," the nickname given to the Oakland Raiders' crazed fan base, arrived in Oxnard on Tuesday to support their team during the first of two practice sessions between the Raiders and the Dallas Cowboys.
Tuesday's workout marked a homecoming of sorts for the Silver and Black. From 1985 through 2005, Oakland used the River Ridge facility as its training camp home.
But unlike back then, when Raiders owner Al Davis used to put black tape on the fences around the field to prevent anyone from watching, fans of both teams engulfed both sides of the practice facility, watching their respective team battle on the field for roughly two hours.
The attendance at the River Ridge fields was 8,326.
A long line of cars filled with both Cowboys and Raiders fans stretched down Ventura Road more than two hours before the parking lot was scheduled to open at noon.
The stands on both sides of the field were filled close to two hours before the start of practice. The two fan bases were kept separated as much as possible, with Raiders fans lining up on the field closest to River Ridge Golf Course. Cowboys fans got the "home" stands closest to the parking lot and concession stands.
At about 3:30, the buses carrying the Raiders players pulled into the parking area, drawing wild cheers from the Oakland fans. Looking like a high school football team showing up to an away game, the Raiders players walked off the bus in full gear, carrying their helmets and shoulder pads.
As they hit the field, chants of "Welcome Back," and "Bring Them Back," showered down from the Raiders Nation.
As the teams warmed up, the two fan bases took turns berating the other team. It was perfect foreshadowing for a practice that featured plenty of hitting, most of it before, but some after the whistle.
For the first hour, the two teams worked on separate fields, but finally the fans got what they were looking for. The Raiders offense squared off against the Cowboys defense on the field in front of the Raiders fans.
Cowboys fans were treated to their offense taking on the Raiders defense.
The two teams were relatively behaved for the first half of the team sessions.
For much of their session, the Raiders offense had good success moving the ball against the Cowboys defense.
Oakland quarterbacks Matt Schaub and Derek Carr both looked sharp in both 11-on-11 drills and later in the seven-on-seven competition. Raiders running back Latavius Murray broke off several nice runs.
Cowboys rookie cornerback Terrance Mitchell celebrated after making several nice plays, later bringing taunts from the Raiders fans every time a player caught a ball in front of him. Mitchell, who has drawn praise from Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, played right along, adding to the atmosphere.
During a competition between the Cowboys defense linemen and Raiders offensive linemen, Dallas defensive tackle Davon Coleman and Oakland offensive tackle Austin Howard exchanged a few blows after a heated competition.
Not long after that, during the second 11-on-11 session, Cowboys cornerback Mo Claiborne picked up and slammed down Oakland tight end Mychal Rivera near the sideline next to the Raiders fans.
Rivera took exception to the hit and went after Claiborne. Within seconds, players from both teams were pushing and shoving. The scrum eventually pushed up against the fence where fans were standing, leading one Raiders fan to get involved by swinging a souvenir helmet that slammed into the helmet of Dallas cornerback B.W. Webb.
Webb took a swing at the fan.
"I thought it was another player, but then I realized it was a fan," Webb said after practice. "I said, 'Did you just hit me with a helmet?' Just a crazy Raider fan I guess. You always get in little brawls on the field, but nothing usually breaks out into the fans.
"Thank God I still had my helmet on. We tried to keep things down, but once you get out here, the emotions get going and you start flying around and it happens. It's football."
A few minutes later, a smaller fight broke out between the Cowboys offense and Raiders defense, bringing a quick end to the session.
After the practice ended, Raiders fans ran in unison to the Oakland players, who signed autographs.
Raiders fullback Marcel Reese gave props to the team's fans.
"It was basically training camp for another team's fans and they (the Raiders fans) outshowed them," Reese said. "The Cowboys have been here for years and years and they are going to be here for years more, but we come down here one time and we outshow them.
"The Raider Nation is about loyalty. It was exhilarating. We expected a gamelike atmosphere and it was. Everyone was out here to get after it and compete."
When asked if he was surprised by the large crowd out to support the Raiders, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo said no.
"It's California. If they did not have fans out here, it would be strange," Romo said. "It made the atmosphere unique."
SCANDRICK SUSPENDED, SORRY
Following Monday's announcement that Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick would be suspended for the first four games of the season after testing positive for a banned substance, he expressed his remorse during a meeting with the media.
Scandrick acknowledged that the suspension stems from testing positive for amphetamines, the result of recreational drug use during a vacation in Mexico.
"I made a bad decision," Scandrick said. "I'm responsible for what goes in my body. I know I'm responsible for what goes in my body. It's a very humbling experience.
"I'm very sorry. I apologize to the (Jerry) Jones family. I'm very sorry to my teammates. I'm very sorry to the fans of Cowboys nation and I'm very sorry to my family."
Sunday, July 27, 2014
LA Times Breaking News: Man dies after lightning strikes near Venice Beach
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Man dies after lightning strikes near Venice BeachLos Angeles Times | July 27, 2014 | 6:49 PM An unidentified man in his 20s died Sunday afternoon after he was taken from Venice Beach -- the sight of a severe storm -- to Marina Del Rey Hospital for treatment, officials said. For the latest information go to www.latimes.com. |
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