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THE BALKANS – ORGANIZED CRIME, RADICAL ISLAM AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION PART 5

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6Kg-XEfSKdg1P1BWSyGacaMYbR0zF46HR0iIw6ivALigqHVsACq2G936XyFWUA4yHSH81-8IVlU1PcOu6KJ_N7q0XHPS5NZ48_0CNuszRXvO1bEYT5RBtyCnOJYqE8fNTDMkIJXLINao/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6Kg-XEfSKdg1P1BWSyGacaMYbR0zF46HR0iIw6ivALigqHVsACq2G936XyFWUA4yHSH81-8IVlU1PcOu6KJ_N7q0XHPS5NZ48_0CNuszRXvO1bEYT5RBtyCnOJYqE8fNTDMkIJXLINao/s320/images.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">INFILTRATION INTO THE BALKAN STATES EDUCATIONS SYSTEM - THE KEY AIM OF WAHHABISM</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and </span></b></span></span><br /><h1><span style="color: #38761d;">KOSOVO: RADIKALER ISLAM ALS "TICKENDE BOMBE"</span></h1></div> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Adapted by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring from Ioannis Michaletos<b><span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">A new Islamist university has opened in Novi Pazar, ostensibly a normal college, but led by an Islamist mufti of little formal education. This modern institution — whose officials proclaim it a normal educational institution — reveals its character in its symbol: the Wahabbi/Salafi Dawa symbol, an open Q’uran surmounted with a rising sun. The university, in a renovated former textile factory, is a known center of radical Islamist thinking. Book fairs held there on a regular basis, distributed radical Islamist literature, specifically advocating conflict with the West.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The Dawa sign indicates that the university is predominantly SAUDI-funded, although some Western funding is known to have been pumped into the institution, reportedly largely to undermine SERB interests in the region.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Western tolerance of Islamic radicals, however, was one of the gravest mistakes of modern times. In addition, a well organized criminal network has already been established in Sarajevo that in a large extent facilitates illegal immigration from ASIA to EUROPE. That activity is coupled with the narcotics trade that is being supplemented by the infamous “Balkan Drug route”. The route passes mostly through areas which are under the influence of Muslims. </span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE ALBANIAN FACTOR</span></b></span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">ALBANIA was under the Communist rule during the Cold War, the most isolated country in EUROPE. In 1992 ALBANIA become a member of the “Islamic Conference”, an international Islamic organization. The same year the government of Sali Berisha, the current Prime Minister, signed a military agreement with TURKEY, thus enacting a series of discussions in the neighboring states, regarding the possibility of an Islamic arch from Istanbul to Sarajevo.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">One of the main reasons the ALBANIAN officials were eager to form strong ties with the Muslim world was to attract investment from the Gulf, which would help to kick start the stagnating Albanian economy. Therefore the religious sentiment of the majority of ALBANIANS, mostly from the North, was suppressed in order to gain funding from the Islamic world. Unfortunately no serious investment initiatives were undertaken; instead Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, found another state to expand their illegal activities. Many different and respectable sources have indicated two visits by Bin Laden in Tirana, the aim of which was to create an Islamic platform for the country and the construction of terrorist networks within the territory.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVeXJlJAF3d0_ZPBZjoz1BFqHbUCg_KUIkkZqzxyzJnYKocu8OqQ9bQvLkIvJ-NbvV3Ax92fqmJaJR9nDXvLSOSjmfM4pvcXsb_Bi3bdOoXhMF1thQwvEhswAbf-_l1UPHmxV1LqvNvsU/s1600/albkosmac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVeXJlJAF3d0_ZPBZjoz1BFqHbUCg_KUIkkZqzxyzJnYKocu8OqQ9bQvLkIvJ-NbvV3Ax92fqmJaJR9nDXvLSOSjmfM4pvcXsb_Bi3bdOoXhMF1thQwvEhswAbf-_l1UPHmxV1LqvNvsU/s320/albkosmac.jpg" width="312" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">An ALBANIAN called Naseroudin Albani played an instrumental role in spreading extremist Islamic values into ALBANIAN society. He was a fugitive from ALBANIA since 1963 and resided in Amman-JORDAN. Sources from ALBANIA point out that Albani organized radical Sunni sects back in the 70’s in the MIDDLE EAST that became the nucleus of the modern day Mujahedin. Another ALBANIAN, the then head of ALBANIA’S Secret service, SHIK, called Bashkim Gazidente assisted implementing radical Islamic agendas in ALBANIAN domestic policies. During the 1997 ALBANIAN riots Gazidente fled from ALBANIA and he is said to be an instrumental part in global Fundamentalist Islamic networks. Allegedly he fled to a Middle Eastern country and later moved to Rome-ITALY. </span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE AL QAEDA FACTOR IN ALBANIA,</span></b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">was consolidated by the creation of the ARABIC-ALBANIAN bank, in which Bin Laden allegedly invested the sum of 11.4 million USD. This financial institution acted as a front cover for the transfer of capital for Islamic activities within the country. Just before Berisha’s political overturn in 1997, another Islamic institution called “El Farouk”, acted as a recruitment agency for young ALBANIANS, under the pretext of a charity. One of the most dramatic indicators of the degree of Islamic presence in ALBANIA is the militant Islamic training camp just outside Tirana. At this point it is interesting to note that it was a well known fact among the international community of the nexus between organized crime syndicates, terrorist cells and the KLA, operating under and with ALBANIAN assistance. Actually ALBANIA was mainly used as launch pad to neighboring KOSOVO. In April 1999, some 500 Arab Mujahedeen were smuggled into the capital of Tirana. Their mission was to conduct special operations against YUGOSLAV forces in KOSOVO. They entered KOSOVO from Northern ALBANIA. The whole operation was led by Bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;"><br />The Nairobi and TANZANIA bombings of 1998 shocked the US administration into taking some action, for the first time, to dismantle terrorist’s networks. Soon, pressure fell on ALBANIA and in the October of the same month individuals of Middle Eastern origin were rounded up and deported. The head of SHIK, Fatos Clozi, admitted for the first time the existence of Islamic extremists in ALBANIA and promised the eradication of the terrorist nucleus.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ALBANIAN-ISLAMIC CONNECTION NOW FOCUSES ON KOSOVO</span></b></span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The 9/11 attacks proved to be a fatal blow for radicals in ALBANIA due to USA forces having more or less neutralize any remaining cells operating or hiding in ALBANA. The government of ALBANIA, which is more than willing to become inducted in the Euro-Atlantic security framework, has ceased to seek Islamic assistance and the current Berisha’s administration has refaced its Islamic outlook into a modern EUROPEAN one.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Nevertheless, the ALBANIAN-Islamic connection is now concentrated in KOSOVO, the very same location NATO forces are stationed! Allegedly there are an overwhelming variety of sources and reports that indicate a well established fundamentalist presence in that area. It is a common secret in the IC (International Community) that the West kept a blind eye during the 1998-1999 Winter where hundreds of Mujahedin joined the UCK forces and helped it expand. Shaul Shay describes “The KLA (KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY) enjoyed the support of former ALBANIAN President Sali Berisha, who regarded the war in KOSOVO as a Jihad and issued a call to all Muslims to fight for the protection of their homeland.</span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">MONTENEGRO: BY 2050 - 50% MUSLIM</span></b></span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">At that period the means justified the end which was the disbandment of the RUSSIAN influence in the BALKANS, as the Clinton administration viewed the Milosevic one. The result was a resurge of Islamic radical networks in the region, thus eliminating the beneficial results of previous actions against it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">The newly independent MONTENEGRO nowadays faces a long term Islamic population bomb and it is certain that should current trends continue, in 2050 half of the population will be Muslim That is not of course a prelude of terrorism action per se, but the overall turbulent BALKAN history and the existence of terror networks in nearby KOSOVO do not assure a tranquil political future for the newest BALKAN state.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">FYROM is also another terrain where the delicate balance between radicalism and Muslim secularism is taking place. Back in 2001, an ALBANIAN uprising nearly resulted in the disintegration of the state although nowadays there is an uneasy stability. However any negative developments in KOSOVO will affect directly the country which is also the epicenter of the BALKANS, from a geopolitical point of view.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Lastly the SANJAK area in Southern SERBIA is a territory to watch, where the Wahhabi strain of Islam has gained tremendous influence in the local Muslim population. In March 2007 a terrorist cell was disbanded by the SERBIAN authorities and a terrorist plan was dwarfed at the last minute. Again KOSOVO as the centre of radicalism in the BALKANS could play the role of the powder keg for any developments in SANJAK.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">Interesting to note is that a<span style="font-size: large;">n Austrian Daily picked up on the Bal<span style="font-size: large;">kan topic in regards to radical Islam and published this artic<span style="font-size: large;">le:</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="artikelBody" id="artikelHeader"><h1><span style="color: red;">Kosovo: Radikaler Islam als "tickende Bombe"</span></h1><h6><span class="author">Arbana Xharra via Der Standard </span><span class="date"></span></h6></div><div class="artikelLeft" id="artikelLeft"><ul class="mediaList"><li id="m1_1358304930146"><img alt="Beim traditionellen  Freitagsgebet kann die Hauptmoschee von Prishtina   die Masse der Gläubigen nicht mehr fassen." src="http://images.derStandard.at/t/12/2013/01/28/1358349826538.jpg" style="height: 225px; width: 300px;" title="Beim traditionellen  Freitagsgebet kann die Hauptmoschee von Prishtina   die Masse der Gläubigen nicht mehr fassen." /><div class="credits context">foto: ap/kryeziu</div><div class="description">Beim traditionellen  Freitagsgebet kann die Hauptmoschee von Prishtina  die Masse der Gläubigen nicht mehr fassen.</div></li><li id="m2_1358304930716"><img alt="Osman Musliu, Imam in Drenas, wurde tätlich angegriffen." src="http://images.derStandard.at/t/12/2013/01/28/1358349841653.jpg" style="height: 200px; width: 300px;" title="Osman Musliu, Imam in Drenas, wurde tätlich angegriffen." /><div class="credits context">foto: xharra</div><div class="description">Osman Musliu, Imam in Drenas, wurde tätlich angegriffen.</div></li><li id="m3_1358304930688"><img alt="Shefqet Krasniqi, Imam in Prishtina, fordert Religionsfreiheit." src="http://images.derStandard.at/t/12/2013/01/28/1358349841252.jpg" style="height: 200px; width: 300px;" title="Shefqet Krasniqi, Imam in Prishtina, fordert Religionsfreiheit." /><div class="credits context">foto: xharra</div><div class="description">Shefqet Krasniqi, Imam in Prishtina, fordert Religionsfreiheit.</div></li><li id="m4_1358304931094"><img alt="Artikelbild" src="http://images.derStandard.at//2013/01/28/1358349860396.jpg" style="height: 337px; width: 297px;" /><div class="credits context">grafik: standard</div></li></ul></div><h2><span style="color: blue;">Der  Kosovo erlebt, begünstigt durch Armut und Arbeitslosigkeit, ein  Erstarken des radikalen Islam. Dessen Anhänger fordern mehr Rechte und  provozieren damit Gegenreaktionen von säkularen Kosovaren</span></h2>Die Gläubigen, die nicht in die Moschee passen, sitzen vor den Eingängen  auf dem Gehsteig, der mit Gebetsteppichen belegt ist. Die über  Lautsprecher verstärkte Stimme des Geistlichen tönt über sie hinweg auf  die Straße. Beim Freitagsgebet in Prishtina, der Hauptstadt des <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span>,  kann die Hauptmoschee weder die Gläubigen noch den Schall der Predigt,  die zu hören sie gekommen sind, fassen.<br /><br />"Allahs Feinde führen die muslimische Jugend in die Irre", warnt der  Geistliche. Er listet Alkohol, Drogen und den verderblichen Einfluss des  Internet als Teil einer konzertierten Aktion auf, "um die Schwungkraft  des Islam zu stoppen". "Die Unmoral ist auf dem Vormarsch", so seine  Diagnose.<br />Man muss nicht weit gehen, um Hinweise auf die "Unmoral" zu sehen.  Unweit der Moschee sitzen junge Männer und Frauen bei Kaffee und Bier in  den angesagten Bars der Innenstadt von Prishtina herum. In der Nähe  stehen neue Denkmäler, die die jüngste Vergangenheit des <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span>  erzählen. Eine große Bronzestatue von Bill Clinton, seine Hand im  Triumph oder zum Gruß erhoben, schmückt einen Boulevard, der seinen  Namen trägt. Der ehemalige US-Präsident wird hier als Held gefeiert,  weil er 1999 Nato-Flugzeuge gegen serbische Truppen entsandte.<br /><h3><b>Konvertiten und Hardliner </b></h3>Eine andere, indirekte Folge des Konflikts wird heute jedoch mit Argwohn  betrachtet: Eine strenge Form des Islam zieht Konvertiten im gesamten  <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span> an. Der Aufstieg dieser Gruppe stellt die Traditionen und  Ansprüche einer Gesellschaft infrage, die weniger durch ihren  islamischen Glauben als durch ihre Zugehörigkeit zur albanischen  Volksgruppe und ihren Proamerikanismus definiert war. Bis 1999 noch  völlig unbekannt, sind die religiösen Konservativen und Hardliner heute  eine kleine, aber zunehmend sichtbare Gruppe mit Anhängern in allen  großen Städten und einigen der ärmsten Gegenden auf dem Land.<br />Sicherheitsbeamte berichten, dass diese strengeren Formen des Glaubens  nach dem Krieg aufkeimten, als Folge des Zustroms von islamischen  Hilfsorganisationen in den <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span> und der Schulung von lokalen  Geistlichen in arabischen Ländern. Die Sicherheitsexperten sprechen von  50.000 Anhängern dieses konservativen Islam im <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span>. Das ist ein  Bruchteil der gesamten muslimischen Bevölkerung, die auf rund 1,8  Millionen Menschen geschätzt wird.<br /><h3>Diskriminierung der Frommen</h3>Einige Geistliche und Konvertiten haben aber die Aufmerksamkeit  inländischer Geheimdienste auf sich gezogen. Diese neue Generation  religiöser Konservativer sagt, die säkulare Verfassung des <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span>  diskriminiere die Frommen. Sie wollen eine Lockerung der Beschränkungen  für religiöse Symbole in staatlichen Schulen, die muslimischen Frauen  und Mädchen verbieten, ein Kopftuch zu tragen.<br />Die Beziehung zwischen dem Staat und den Konservativen ist von  Unsicherheit und Unbehagen geprägt. Beide Seiten berufen sich auf  internationale Menschenrechte. "Wenn jemand behauptet, wir haben  Religionsfreiheit, ist das nicht wahr", sagt Shefqet Krasniqi, Imam der  Hauptmoschee in Prishtina. "Wir fordern die gleichen Rechte, die Muslime  in London oder den USA haben."<br />Innenminister Bajram Rexhepi sagt hingegen, dass in der Zwischenzeit  menschenrechtliche Bedenken seine Versuche behindert hätten, Aktivitäten  von mutmaßlichen islamistischen Hardlinern einzudämmen. Er berichtet,  dass er während seiner Amtszeit als Ministerpräsident vor neun Jahren  versucht habe, ein Gesetz gegen "radikale Sekten" anzustoßen. Doch er  sei von "Internationals" davon abgebracht worden - nämlich von Beamten  der UN-Mission, die von 1999 bis 2008 halfen, den <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span> zu verwalten.<br /><h3>Gefahren von UNO und EU unterschätzt</h3>Behxhet Shala, Leiter der wichtigsten Menschenrechtsorganisation im  <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span>, sagt, die Gefahr des Extremismus sei von den Vereinten Nationen  und der EU unterschätzt worden. "Heute sind die Internationals hier,  aber sie werden wieder gehen. Und sie verlassen uns mit einer tickenden  Bombe", sagt Shala. Er meint, dass die Armut im <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span> und die  durchlässigen Grenzen das Land zu einem fruchtbaren Boden für  Radikalismus machten.<br />Tatsächlich wurde der Zusammenbruch des sozialistischen Jugoslawien von  einer religiösen Bewegung in der Region begleitet. Die katholischen und  die orthodoxen Kirchen in Kroatien und Serbien sind heute stärker, als  sie es vor den Kriegen der 1990er-Jahre waren. Der <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span> ist dabei  keine Ausnahme. Im ganzen Land wurden neue Moscheen gebaut, oft  finanziert von Spendern aus islamischen Staaten.<br /><h3>Ramiqi auf Mavi Marmara</h3>Die meisten Kosovaren sind Muslime und üben eine relativ entspannte Form  des Islam aus, die von osmanischen und mystischen Sufi-Traditionen  geprägt ist. Die Hardliner scheinen mehr von arabischen Interpretationen  des Glaubens beeinflusst zu sein. Sie selbst beschreiben sich als  Verteidiger des Glaubens, die sich dem Vordringen des "westlichen"  Säkularismus in den <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span> widersetzen.<br />Fuad Ramiqi, ein Vertreter der Bashkohu-Bewegung sagt, seine Gruppierung  befürworte öffentliche Proteste und gewaltfreien Widerstand. Die Gruppe  beschwerte sich über das Verbot von Kopftüchern in Schulen und über die  Bedeutung christlicher Denkmäler in Prishtina. "Das kann kein  demokratischer Staat sein, der mir Säkularismus auferlegt", sagt er.<br />Ramiqi kämpfte in den 1990er-Jahren in Bosnien und war an Bord der Mavi  Marmara, eines Schiffes mit Hilfsgütern für Palästinenser im  Gazastreifen, das von israelischen Militärs im Jahr 2010 abgefangen  wurde.<br /><h3><b>Angriffe auf Kritiker </b></h3>In unregelmäßigen Abständen kommt es zu Angriffen gegen Kritiker des  extremistischen Islam. Musli Verbani, ein ehemaliger Imam in der Stadt  Kacanik, warnte in einer Predigt im Jahr 2007 seine Gemeinde vor  Extremismus. Kurz darauf wurde sein geparktes Auto in Brand gesetzt. Ein  Mann aus der Gegend wurde für den Vorfall im Jänner 2011 zu drei Monaten  Gefängnis verurteilt.<br />Andere Angriffe gegen Menschen, die sich gegen Extremismus  ausgesprochen  hatten, führten zu keinen Verhaftungen. Xhabir Hamidi, Professor für  Islamische Studien an der Universität Prishtina und prominenter Kritiker   der Wahhabiten, wurde im Jahr 2008 von maskierten Männern geschlagen. Er   glaubt, dass er wegen seiner Ansichten angegriffen wurde. Osman Musliu,  ein Imam aus der Stadt Drenas, wurde 2009 in einer Moschee geschlagen.  "Ich verlor das Bewusstsein, und meine Hand wurde gebrochen", berichtet  er. "Ich habe mich immer gegen die Wahhabiten in unserer Mitte  ausgesprochen."<br />Ein hochrangiger Polizeibeamter, der nicht namentlich genannt werden  will, sagt, dass es damals nicht genügend Beweise gegeben habe, um  Anklagen wegen der Angriffe auf Hamidi und Musliu zu verfassen.<br />Musliu und Verbani sagen, dass sie von der Reaktion der Islamischen  Gemeinschaft - der Dachorganisation, die die Moscheen im <span class="textHLMark">Kosovo</span>  verwaltet - auf die Angriffe enttäuscht seien. Beide meinen, dass die  Institution die Angriffe auf ihre Mitglieder stärker verurteilen hätte  sollen. <br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;"> </span><br /><br /></div>

THE BALKANS – ORGANIZED CRIME, RADICAL ISLAM AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION PART 5

INFILTRATION INTO THE BALKAN STATES EDUCATIONS SYSTEM - THE KEY AIM OF WAHHABISM and KOSOVO: RADIKALER ISLAM ALS "TICKENDE BOMBE"...

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TRu6trcr9fmaUAeH9ATOXe1MqiyAfTmJ5Qj6NwEAqKsIb80UbBIMED3DMcVUVaOqXl1cNd1lP0jI8a5a9elz-uoMCd43fmMxI-ertZewNpHNTuZo1o-ZpfChUuCTKuXcFD4R4z6wZUU/s1600/granola+chips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TRu6trcr9fmaUAeH9ATOXe1MqiyAfTmJ5Qj6NwEAqKsIb80UbBIMED3DMcVUVaOqXl1cNd1lP0jI8a5a9elz-uoMCd43fmMxI-ertZewNpHNTuZo1o-ZpfChUuCTKuXcFD4R4z6wZUU/s200/granola+chips.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sent these wonderful Granola chips to review, so first off I will tell you all about them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are a crispy whole grain snack that's made up of oats, barley, amaranth and quiona.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did I mention that they are bite sized?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The perfect snack!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can sprinkle some of them onto ice cream as a topping or on yogurt!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are new and come in only a few flavors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoping they make more flavors soon because they are really good!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The flavors:</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fruity, sweet and nutty!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Butter Pecan:</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7tYWvHUsWkNaUzGddBtQxQHu7MthOedCymow6AmFQuireo-Poa1Z5EH_5_OuFyQJHGdgp3etumXXyJlGTweagNsgnw3Cj2gQhmCP53COQPY_FiQTjWN4d-lhvQfb3gS6HYFr6FOe5pw/s1600/butter+pecan+granola+chips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7tYWvHUsWkNaUzGddBtQxQHu7MthOedCymow6AmFQuireo-Poa1Z5EH_5_OuFyQJHGdgp3etumXXyJlGTweagNsgnw3Cj2gQhmCP53COQPY_FiQTjWN4d-lhvQfb3gS6HYFr6FOe5pw/s200/butter+pecan+granola+chips.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wow what can I say?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried this flavor first when I got these.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mom and I dug right in and were blown away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are crunchy, sweet and taste just like an unhealthy dessert but better!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love that they are bite sized and you can add them to practically anything. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Facts: Good source of fiber</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great for snacking</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">low in fat and calories </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Honey nut:</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vanilla Bean:</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wild berry:</span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Warning! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are addicting!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You need to check them out, you won't be disappointed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check them out now on these webpages!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/willamettevalleygranola">https://www.facebook.com/willamettevalleygranola</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.willamettevalleygranola.com/products/">http://www.willamettevalleygranola.com/products/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sold in Stores:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meijer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fairway Market</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Albertson's</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and more!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Willamette Valley Granola Chips

I was sent these wonderful Granola chips to review, so first off I will tell you all about them! They are a crispy whole grain snack that...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/29/2013

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/01/28/facebook-suicide-prevention/">Facebook Partners With Suicide Prevention Group for Research Project</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">In an interesting, but somewhat uncomfortable feeling research project, Facebook will partner with save.org to look at social data of those who committed suicide to see if there were warning signs. Of course, the question is... when they know, what do they do with it? If you see someone is likely to commit suicide - what do you do with that data? This is a question full of ethics worth debate and discussion. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/suicide">suicide</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/facebook">facebook</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/trends">trends</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/01/28/facebook-privacy-questions/">Facebook Wants to Answer Your Privacy Questions</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">You can ask Facebook's CPO (Chief Privacy Officer) your questions. If you discuss digital citizenship with your students, they might have good questions to ask. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Facebook">Facebook</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/privacy">privacy</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/slashdot/eqWf/~3/vUd8IqYCR5s/story01.htm">Apple Has a New Porn Problem</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Be aware that some apps (like VINE mentioned in this article) have some adult content. This instance points out the importance of checking out apps PERSONALLY that you recommend to kids - just because apple recommends it, doesn't mean that it is safe for kids. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/opinion/sunday/friedman-revolution-hits-the-universities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0">Revolution Hits the Universities - NYTimes.com</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Thomas Friedman pontificates on the meaning of MOOCs and the global impact they can have to lift many out of poverty. I think that one of the questions that will emerge is proving of mastery and also the potential for "microcredits" as Yong Zhao discusses. These are all questions that will need to be answered as we move forward into a very new, changing highered network. All educational organizations are bricks aND clicks and those universities who ignore the clicks may find their bricks being impacted. Whole buildings dedicated to broadcasting video and connecting online will be emerging on campuses that provide excellent learning around the world. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mooc">mooc</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/01/19/169801500/music-multivitamins-and-other-modern-education-myths">Can You Boost Your Child's Intelligence? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">A set of studies of more than 70 research studies has yielded some interesting results. here is just a glimpse of some of the findings  "When it comes to nutrition, there's not much evidence that multivitamins do any good, but having pregnant and lactating moms and young kids take Omega-3 fatty acid supplements (particularly DHA) likely does. Just having books in the home might not help, but interactive reading with children under 4 could boost IQ by around 6 points."  I think if this is your area of research, you'll want to drill down into this meta analysis. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iq">iq</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/children">children</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/parenting">parenting</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://edudemic.com/2013/01/papertab-the-flexible-location-aware-e-ink-screen-of-the-future/">PaperTab: A Flexible Location-Aware E-Ink Screen Of The Future</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This Edudemic article gives an overview of PaperTab technology - epaper that is location aware. It could do fascinating things for our kindles, etc. If you watch new technology, read this article.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/epaper">epaper</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eink">eink</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/innovation">innovation</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=59900">MOOC-Covered Towers? Online Education's Coming Impact on Traditional College</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Fascinating discussion about how MOOC's are being sold and how outsourcing will likely hit education. Personally, I do think that a well educated, fascinating prof is worth it... of course, what happens when that prof is at a school that is underrated or underappreciated - some amazing people live all over the world. Professors may be the next rock stars. ;-)</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mooc">mooc</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/technology-in-schools-who_n_2568413.html?utm_hp_ref=education">Technology In Schools: Who Does It Best, China Or The U.S.?</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">The biggest issue about looking at China to compare with the US is that not everyone in China goes to schools and often when schools are reviewed, they are the premier schools in urban areas. This is a good point, however, that they are using technology in all curriculum areas, not just one or two and one that we should note, particularly for college prep, as I think that it is comparing apples and oranges. Having been to China, often things that filter out aren't what they seem-- they tightly control the stories that emerge from their borders. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/china">china</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/us">us</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x3714509/Orange-County-library-offers-Common-Core-literacy-book-bags">Orange County library offers Common Core literacy book bags | The Herald-Sun</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Interesting approach. These "Common Core" bags have selecting things on a particular topic and only count as one thing when checked out. If well selected, this would be interesting. I'd  love to know more. I also wonder how librarians are creating "packages" of ebooks and materials with the proliferation of BYOD - it seems that free books, etc. could be somehow packaged and distributed.  "Each bag contains 10 books on a subject, “carefully chosen by grade level,” Shaver said. “We selected books that present the topic in a variety of formats, making it accessible to many different learners. For instance, many of the new bags include graphic novels and hands-on science guides, in addition to traditional research resources. For the younger grades, there is an equal mix of fiction and non-fiction; for older grades, the bags contain mainly non-fiction materials.”  The bags can be checked out from the library for three weeks at a time. Although they contain multiple books, they count only as one checked-out item. One check-out renewal can be requested unless someone else has expressed interest in getting the same bag.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literacy">literacy</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/common core">common core</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 01/29/2013

Facebook Partners With Suicide Prevention Group for Research Project In an interesting, but somewhat...

Gunfire triggers rapper Rick Ross crash, police say

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="cnnByline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By <strong style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Alan Duke</strong>, CNN From: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.cnn.com</a></div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">updated 7:52 PM EST, Mon January 28, 2013</div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Rapper Rick Ross performs at the Beats by Dr. Dre CES after-party in Las Vegas on January 10." src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130128194432-rick-ross-ces-story-top.jpg" /></div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Rapper Rick Ross performs at the Beats by Dr. Dre CES after-party in Las Vegas on January 10</span></div><div class="cnn_strytmstmp" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Los Angeles (CNN)</strong> -- "Teflon Don" rapper Rick Ross crashed his silver Rolls Royce into an apartment building after he heard gunfire along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, street Monday morning, police said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The driver of the Rolls Royce attempted to drive away from the direction of the shots being fired and lost control of the vehicle, striking a nearby apartment building," Fort Lauderdale Police Detective DeAnna Garcia said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ross and a female passenger were not hurt by the wreck or the gunshots, Garcia said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The suspects fled from the area prior to police arrival," she said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The incident, however, called attention to threats against the artist's life made in a street gang's videos and posted online in recent months.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We're pulling up on you," a man who identified himself as a member of the Gangster Disciples warned in one of the videos. "Whatever city, whatever state, the pressure on."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Several videos purporting to be from Gangster Disciple members in several states -- including Georgia, North Carolina and Florida -- appeared on YouTube late last year demanding that Ross pay a fee to them for his use of the Star of David, which they claim as a gang symbol, and a reference to one of their founders in his music and marketing.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"You got to cut the check," one video said. "Tell your boss man he got to get that check, or all you in trouble."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"We need that cash right now," another said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ross, 37, whose albums include "Teflon Don" in 2010 and "Deeper Than Rap" a year earlier, told south Florida radio station 99 Jamz last month that he was not intimidated by the threats.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Ain't never no checks getting cut," he said. "I don't play those games. I consider that extortion."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/showbiz/rapper-nas-turns-40/index.html" style="border: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Is Nas hip-hop's finest MC?</a></div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ross did cancel his North Carolina shows last month just days after a video appeared online threatening his life if he performed there.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Never was it due to any threats," he told the radio station. Instead, he canceled because "the promoter wasn't really handling his business."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ross wanted to make certain that listeners understood he was not frightened. "Don't ever get it twisted, Ricky Ross is the boss," he said.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The death threats are not the only challenge to Ross. A former drug lord and gang leader is suing in a Los Angeles court, accusing him of stealing his name and reputation.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"The reality is I want justice done," the original Ross wrote in an e-mail to CNN. "I know that he took his name and image from my life and believe he is unfairly profiting off my story."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ricky "Freeway" Ross was serving a prison sentence a decade ago when rapper William Roberts, who previously worked as a Florida correctional officer, adopted "Rick Ross" as his stage name, according to the lawsuit.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">"This rapper and his labels clearly knew of my name and story, and have tried to suck out the lifeblood without license," the former drug lord said. "I have my own use for my intellectual property and did not need this confusion created."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">More recently, the rapper has been using the name "Ricky Rozay."</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">The rapper and his record label have not responded to CNN's request for comment.</div><div class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px 24px 19px 186px; vertical-align: baseline;">Despite the death threats and legal issues, his music is doing well. Ross is nominated for a best rap album Grammy for his latest release, "God Forgives, I Don't."</div></div></div>

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Frank Ocean Wants Chris Brown Charged Over Parking-Lot Brawl

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h2 class="sub-title article" style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 30px;">Brown, meanwhile, posts a depiction of Jesus on the cross to Instagram with the caption: 'Painting the way I feel today.'</h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">By Kara Warner From:</span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/">http://www.mtv.com</a></div><div><img alt="Chris Brown and Frank Ocean" src="http://images1.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/o/ocean_frank/chris_frank_fight_charges_012813/281x211.jpg?width=281&height=211" /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The beef between</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/frank-ocean/" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;">Frank Ocean</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/chris-brown/" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;">Chris Brown</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">will not be put to rest anytime soon, particularly because in the wake of their</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700864/chris-brown-frank-ocean-fight.jhtml" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;">parking-lot brawl over the weekend</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">, Ocean is looking to press charges against Brown.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/29/entertainment-us-chrisbrown-idUSBRE90R0LJ20130129" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i>Reuters</i></a> on Monday (January 28) that Ocean "is desirous of prosecution in this incident," which could have serious implications for Brown's five-year probation from his 2009 assault of <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1698226/rihanna-chris-brown-instagram-are-they-dating-again.jhtml" style="text-decoration: none;">on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Brown has one more year of probation left to serve from the highly publicized and scrutinized 2009 incident, but this new brawl with Ocean could see him in hot water again. Last June, <a href="http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/06/14/chris-brown-fight-drake-over-rihanna/" style="text-decoration: none;">Brown was injured in a New York nightclub</a> when his and Drake's respective entourages came to blows, and then back in November, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1694361/chris-brown-failed-drug-test.jhtml" style="text-decoration: none;">Brown received a stern warning from the judge</a> overseeing his case for failing a drug test conducted when he was fulfilling his <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693923/chris-brown-court-community-service.jhtml" style="text-decoration: none;">court-ordered community service</a> in Virginia last year.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Neither Brown nor Ocean has issued a formal statement on the matter, aside from taking to <a href="https://twitter.com/frank_ocean/status/295782033865711616" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">social media</a> to inform the masses about the scuffle. Brown <a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/378719498401649792_29394004" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">claimed</a> he was trying to focus on his work, "not negativity," before later posting a drawing of <a href="http://web.stagram.com/p/379131325736457552_29394004" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jesus on the cross</a> to his Instagram account with the caption: "Painting the way I feel today. Focus on what matters!"</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><img src="http://distilleryimage0.s3.amazonaws.com/17f27f1c69a311e2996322000a9f1313_7.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div></div>

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Matt's Favorite Words

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoa4ILUsBqIvh61WCSERuytm12RrAy4sjfr80fGfQNhG4BkDKptxqa3f2fIkKKlQSXfg1TDgPCHsO8hJvOlOG2JOWTF7jdJko5n7Fx8NAQE5SUT_grNV4iR5pAy3vitxlNHP7QXowQes/s1600/Matt+Man+Thoughtful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVoa4ILUsBqIvh61WCSERuytm12RrAy4sjfr80fGfQNhG4BkDKptxqa3f2fIkKKlQSXfg1TDgPCHsO8hJvOlOG2JOWTF7jdJko5n7Fx8NAQE5SUT_grNV4iR5pAy3vitxlNHP7QXowQes/s320/Matt+Man+Thoughtful.jpg" width="228" /></a>Cheers and good day to all of you inglorious, yet lovable, bitches and bastards.<br /><br />Yesterday on this here wildly popular IWS Radio website, the uber-sexy <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/jays-favorite-words.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Jayman listed some of his favorite words.</span></i></a><br /><br />Today I shall do the same, because, well…Jayman and I are beginning to practice something called, <i>continuity</i>, which of course is an ugly word, and will not be appearing on my list of favorite words.<br /><br />Anyhoo (and in no particular order)…Let’s get to it.<br /><br /><b>Cacophony:</b>  Yes, yes, I know…The definition is, a discordant mixture of sounds, which may seem to make it a “bad” word, an “irritating” word, but I love saying it. Ca cahhhhhh phoe neeee.  C’mon say it with me.  Ca cahhhhhh phoe neeee.  See?  Doesn't that feel good to say?  Of course it does.<br /><br /><b>Sojourn:</b>  Oh sure one can stay for a day or two, or even a couple of months in one place, but it is much sexier to sojourn. Would you rather <i>stay</i> in Charleston, WV. for a week or <i>sojourn</i> in Charleston, WV. for a week?  I know that your answer is neither, but sojourning there is far more acceptable.<br /><br /><b>Epiphany:</b>  One of my favorite words EVAH!!  And no, I am not talking Epiphany in the sense of the three Wise Men showing up at Jeebus’ barnyard cradle.  I am speaking of the word as when one has a revelation out of the blue as to something that was not previously understood.  Kinda like me sitting on the toilet, and all of a sudden I realize, <i>“Hey!!  I just had an epiphany.  Maybe I shouldn't have eaten that fourth burrito!!”</i><br /><br /><b>Ubiquitous:</b>  I dig this this word and it reminds me of my days in High School taking Latin for three years. Uuch.  It means omnipresent, easily found, everywhere.  As an example…<i>“Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is ubiquitous; he <b>has stood</b> and <b>will continue</b> to stand before any and every God Damn TV camera that has or ever will exist.”</i><br /><br /><b>Foulard:</b>  It is pronounced foo-<i>lard</i> and it is a piece of clothing sewn of silk, typically a scarf or such, but…To me it is more delicate than that, and I have used the word in a poem before in which I described the snow-covered, winter landscape as being dressed in an ivory foulard.  It is a pretty word when one utters it softly.<br /><br /><b>Obsequious:</b>  I loooooove this word because it sounds like a regal compliment yet it is anything but. Obsequious is a fancy and descriptive word for an ass-kisser.  Oh Lord, I have used this word often in my many and varied places of employment.  Here’s the trick…with a smile, tell the co-workers whom you loathe, that you find them to be so damned obsequious and chances are they’ll smile back and say, <i>“Awwww, thanks!!”</i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmi6hWQO21tlUKiieoCBxa3eFfFXa6dpcfCcmuF9qEHhxxs-tLmKzi3uBOu2_jsiidyJIGjSYYeTXrfK0GF0cAApPHRT73nZNiHvj4Pdl_o3ug1tp7tiHsl00XANaJ_UaeXE86R-Ez6s/s1600/Sen.+Chuck+Schumer+Asshole+Ubiquitous.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmi6hWQO21tlUKiieoCBxa3eFfFXa6dpcfCcmuF9qEHhxxs-tLmKzi3uBOu2_jsiidyJIGjSYYeTXrfK0GF0cAApPHRT73nZNiHvj4Pdl_o3ug1tp7tiHsl00XANaJ_UaeXE86R-Ez6s/s400/Sen.+Chuck+Schumer+Asshole+Ubiquitous.jpg" width="275" /></a><b>Bacon:</b>  My BFF/OSP Schmoop offered this one up, and seriously…When guys hear the word bacon they get a hard-on, and when women hear it, their nipples get hard.  It’s that simple.<br /><br /><b>Retard:</b>  Oh I’m sorry…are your sensibilities offended?  If they are, well…suck it, you retard.  I love this word because I use it a tad bit differently than its mainstream sense.  I use it to describe people who through no known medically diagnosed mental challenges, still go through life dumb as hell. Rude, stupid, and oafish folks without a sense of humor get the “retard” tag from me.<br /><br />And lastly…<br /><br />While it has often been said that people with lesser IQs and lack of a solid vocabulary cuss a lot, I beg to differ, because I have a pretty damn expansive vocabulary, and my uber-favorite word is…<br /><br /><b>Fuck:</b>  While it is primarily a verb, it can also be a noun and an adjective.  Verb:  I would like to <i>fuck</i> you.  Noun:  You are a stupid<i> fuck</i>.  Adjective:  You are a <i>fucking</i> moron.  See?  Fuck is a multi-faceted word, and I fucking love it.  And dig it…<br /><br />If you combine the word fuck with retard, you get another word which I adore…<i>Fucktard!!</i><br /><br />May the lexicon of life smile down upon you, my friends.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a></i>   </div>

Matt's Favorite Words

Cheers and good day to all of you inglorious, yet lovable, bitches and bastards. Yesterday on this here wildly popular IWS Radio website, th...

Monday, Monday

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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/28/bamboo-courtyard-teahouse/">Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse</a> in Yangzhou, China, by HWCD:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/28/bamboo-courtyard-teahouse/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Jan13-28.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Aug08/11/dose.html">Two Projects</a> in China by TM Studio:<br /><a href="http://www.archidose.org/Aug08/11/dose.html"><img alt="this       week's  dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Aug08/11/image01.jpg" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/28/charles-ross-the-substance-of-light/"><i>Charles Ross: The Substance of Light</i></a> by Charles Ross (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/28/charles-ross-the-substance-of-light/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/charles-ross.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2004/07/12/robert-smithson-the-collected-writings/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/smithson.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2004/07/12/robert-smithson-the-collected-writings/"><i>Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings</i></a> edited by Jack Flam.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">World-Architects.com U.S. <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/pages/50x50">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/39705_artist_s_house_and_studio">Artist's House and Studio</a> in Fayetteville, Arkansas, by 3GD Inc.:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/39705_artist_s_house_and_studio"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/39705/images/900:w/Image1.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

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Customer Support engineer (Beaverton,OR) ( Trouble shooting | FAB Experience | Semiconductor ) (#108156)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">  </span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Position</b>: Customer Support engineer</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Location</b>: Beaverton, OR</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Duration</b>: Full time</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Job Description</b>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><b>Primary Purpose:</b></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">  <div>Primarily responsible for customer service activities associated with modifying, troubleshooting, diagnosing and repairing of highly complex capital equipment at customer sites and trade shows.  Represents the company to the customer and assumes accountability  for customer satisfaction with service.  Assures operational quality of system equipment.  Coordinates actions with customers to minimize down time.  Provides assistance to Installation Engineers in resolving problems.</div><div><b><br />Responsibilities:</b></div><div>Evaluates, analyzes, diagnoses and troubleshoots technical equipment problems via telephone or at customer site. Ensures equipment enhances customer production. Repairs and modifies equipment at customer facility.  Evaluates equipment to determine type  and extent of problem. Repairs involve board problems which can be performed using standard  procedures as well as  system level problems which may have multiple causes and no standard procedures exist. Repair of system level problems are based on CSE's technical  knowledge, education and training. Board problems vs. system level problems are split 50/50.  In analyzing and diagnosing equipment problems, CSEs may access and determine problem exists in customer process such as chemical leaks or contamination and as a result  may recommend shutdown of customer fab due to unsafe conditions.</div><div></div><div>1) Provides guidance and technical assistance to Installation Engineer on installations at customer sites or on installing/dismantling demonstration machines.</div><div>2) Travels by car or airplane to customer facility.</div><div>3) May conduct customer orientation and technical training on some aspects of equipment maintenance support for user applications.</div><div>4) Cross-trains and assists other field service engineers as appropriate.</div><div>5) Prepares reports on customer support activity and provides documentation to engineering, marketing and sales on recurring problems.  Makes  recommendations  for improvements.</div><div>6) May independently prepare quotes for customers based on labor, travel expenses incurred and parts needed.  CSEs use discretion in preparing quotes based on reason for equipment failure, time to prepare, etc.<br /><br /><b>Knowledge and Skills:</b></div><div>Certification Level 3 - Proficiency in systems level repair of multiple or extremely complex products within a family is required. Advanced electronics skills. Ability to troubleshoot problems in software and electronic systems. Strong knowledge of optics  and lasers, computer theory and applicable operating system knowledge. Strong mechanical and analytical skills.  Strong interpersonal/communication skills in understanding customer needs.  Ability to work under pressure and stringent timelines since failure  of company equipment may shut down customer manufacturing area.  Must successfully complete ongoing technical training to acquire a thorough knowledge of company equipment, the application of diagnostic techniques and practical application of service aids.<br /><br /><b>Education and Experience:<br />    </b>BSEE or BSET degree or equivalent work experience in supporting complex capital equipment for the semiconductor industry is required. Must obtain KLA-Tencor certification level 3 as well on ongoing certification. Requires re-certification every 18 months.<br /><br /><b>Supervision Required:</b></div><div>The nature of work requires that Customer Support Engineers work independently; only occasionally (approximately 20% of time) requiring guidance from management. Customer Service Engineers are required to contact management on a daily basis to report activities.  Customer Support Engineers spend approximately 50% of time in office resolving equipment problems via phone and 50% of time at customer site.<br /><br /><b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></div><div>Proficient using standard electronic troubleshooting equipment (O-scope, DVM). Skilled at troubleshooting complex electronic, mechanical and pneumatics systems. Good customer and communication skills a must. Basic computer skills required. Fab experience  a plus. Must be able to work with a team both locally and remotely.<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>Prior experience on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and/or Macro defect inspection equipment a plus.<br /><br /><b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div><div>Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 5 years of experience.</div><div>OR</div><div>Master's Level Degree with at least 4 years of experience.<br /><br />Kindly send your resumes to<span style="color: navy;"> </span><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><span style="color: navy;"><u>Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></span></a><span style="color: navy;"> </span></div><div></div></span><span style="font-size: small;">  </span></div>

Customer Support engineer (Beaverton,OR) ( Trouble shooting | FAB Experience | Semiconductor ) (#108156)

Position : Customer Support engineer Location : Beaverton, OR Duration : Full time Job Description : Primary Purpose: Primarily responsi...

Optics Customer Support Engineer ( Trouble Shooting | Optics and light sources | lithography ) (#108149)

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<font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">  <div><b>Position</b>: Optics Customer Support engineer<br>    <b>Location</b>: Beaverton, OR<br>    <b>Duration</b>: Full time<br>    <br>    <b>Job Description</b>:<br>    The Global Service Support Organization (GSS) team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Product Training, and Technical Support.  The GSS organization  partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and  improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.<b> </b></div>  <div> </div>  <div><b>Responsibilities:</b></div>  <div>Evaluates, analyzes, diagnoses and troubleshoots technical equipment problems via telephone or at customer site.  Ensures equipment enhances customer production. Repairs and modifies equipment at customer facility. Evaluates equipment to determine type  and extend of problem. Repairs involve board problems which can be performed using standard  procedures as well as  system level problems which have multiple causes and no standard procedures exist. Repair of system level problems are based on CSE's technical  knowledge, education and training. Board problems vs. system level problems are split 50/50. In analyzing and diagnosing equipment problems, CSE's may access and determine problem exists in customer process or contamination.<br>    <br>    1) Provides guidance and technical assistance to Installation Engineer on installations at customer sites or on installing/dismantling demonstration machines.  Also provides guidance to less senior CSE's.</div>  <div>2) Travels by car or airplane to customer facility.</div>  <div>3) Conducts customer orientation and technical training on all aspects of equipment maintenance support for user applications.</div>  <div>4) Cross trains and assists other field service engineers as appropriate.</div>  <div>5) Prepares reports on customer support activity and provides documentation to engineering, marketing and sales on a re-occurring problems. Makes  recommendations for improvements.</div>  <div>6) Independently prepares quotes for customers based on labor, travel expenses incurred and parts needed. CSE's use discretion in preparing quotes based on reason for equipment failure, time to prepare, etc.<br>    <br>    <b>Preferred Qualifications:</b></div>  <div>Certification Level 4 - Proficiency in systems level repair of multiple and extremely complex products. Advanced electronics skills. Ability to troubleshoot problems in software and electronic systems. Strong knowledge of optics and lasers, overlay/litho,  computer theory and MS/DOS. Strong mechanical and analytical skills. Strong interpersonal/communication skills in understanding customer needs. Ability to work under pressure and stringent timelines since failure of company equipment may shut down customer  manufacturing area. Must successfully complete ongoing technical training to acquire a thorough knowledge of company equipment, the application of diagnostic techniques and practical application of service aids.<br>    <br>    <b>Minimum Qualifications:</b></div>  <div>AS or BS. At least 5 yrs related exp. Must be proficient in using O-Scope, DVM and other basic test equipment. Skilled troubleshooting complex mechanical, electronic, and pneumatics systems. Good customer and communication skills. Ability to work in a  team environment. Prior experience with KLA-Tencor or like equipment/tool. Commitment to task completion with attention to detail. Computer skills, networking knowledge and fab experience a plus.<br>    <br>    Kindly send your resumes to<font color="navy"> </font><a href="mailto:Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com"><font color="navy"><u>Sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</u></font></a><font color="navy"> </font></div>  <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></font></div>  </span></font>

Optics Customer Support Engineer ( Trouble Shooting | Optics and light sources | lithography ) (#108149)

Position : Optics Customer Support engineer Location : Beaverton, OR Duration : Full time Job Description : The Global...

Carrots for Doctors - Opinion - Bill Keller - NYTimes.com

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<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><nyt_text style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div id="articleBody"><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">WITH its <a title="Times article" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/nyregion/new-york-city-hospitals-to-tie-doctors-performance-pay-to-quality-measures.html?ref=hospitals&_r=1&" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">ambitious proposal</a> to pay doctors in public hospitals based on the quality of their work — not the number of tests they order, pills they prescribe or procedures they perform — New York City has hopped aboard the biggest bandwagon in health care. Pay for performance, or P4P in the jargon, is embraced by right and left. It has long been the favorite egghead prescription for our absurdly overpriced, underperforming health care system. The logic seems unassailable: Reward quality, and you will get quality. Stop rewarding waste, and you will get less waste. QED! P4P!</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">If only it worked.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">For if you spend a little time with the P4P skeptics — a data-bearing minority among physicians and health economists — you will come away full of doubts. In practice, pay for performance does little to improve outcomes or to control costs. But if you look hard enough at why this common-sense approach doesn't deliver, you find some clues to what might.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The New York plan would give hospitals bonuses to distribute to their doctors based on such indicators as patient satisfaction, speeding the flow of cases through the system and administering specific therapies. It is an attempt to get ahead of the federal law we all know as Obamacare, which includes rewards for hospitals that peg pay to a list of quality metrics. I've said before that I consider <a title="Earlier column" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/opinion/keller-five-obamacare-myths.html?pagewanted=all" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Obamacare an important leap forward</a>, mainly for extending the basic safety net to millions of Americans. And there are aspects of the law, notably the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, that may help bring down costs, if Congress can resist the temptation to interfere. But the pay-for-performance provisions are a triumph of theory over experience.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The first problem with P4P is that it does not address the biggest problem. <a title="Article at PBS.org" href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries.html" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Americans spend more</a> than twice as much per capita as other developed countries on health care — a crippling 18 percent of the country's economic output, and growing. Before studying the statistics, I assumed the root of the problem was doctors who, paid piecemeal for the services they provide, load up patients with marginal tests and treatments. In fact, America's health care system is not much different from other developed countries in the volume of service. Our doctors prescribe more or less the same number of pills and X-rays, perform similar numbers of blood tests and surgeries, as doctors in the best European countries. While there are undoubtedly savings to be had by cutting unnecessary services (shortening hospital stays, for example), the main problem is that our system charges far more for each service — each office visit, each hip replacement, each day in a hospital bed, each dose of antibiotic. "The facile explanation is that doctors do too much," said Peter Bach, a doctor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering who studies quality of cancer care. "But if you compare us to other countries on volume, we're not leading in any category. The flip side is, we pay double for a lot of stuff." (Actually, we lead in tonsillectomies and knee replacements, but his point is generally right.)</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Doctors cite a number of reasons our medical treatments cost more — the high price of malpractice insurance being a favorite, and genuine, culprit. But the main reason everything costs less in other countries is that other countries tend to have one big payer — usually the government — with the clout to bargain down prices. A single-payer system has, so far, proven politically unpalatable in this country. And even Medicare, which has the power of scale and uses it to drive down prices, wields its power sparingly, because doctors threaten to stop serving Medicare patients if the reimbursements fall too low. As hospitals merge into mightier megachains, they may be able to bargain down the payments to doctors and drug companies and device-makers, and create economies of scale by standardizing treatments. (The physician and New Yorker writer <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/13/120813fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all&src=longreads&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=4ab7b" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Atul Gawande proposed</a> in a provocative August article that hospitals could drastically improve productivity by studying the example of restaurant chains like the Cheesecake Factory.) But that's not what P4P is about.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Instead of leverage, P4P employs incentives. Reduce the length of stay for acute-care patients, cut the rate of readmission for pneumonia cases, make sure heart-attack victims get a talk about diet before they are discharged, and you stand to find a little windfall in your paycheck.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Critics, who have evidence from a host of pilot programs, say that the bonuses are typically too small to change behavior; New York's would be a maximum of 2.5 percent of a doctor's salary, and most P4P programs pay less than that. Often the performance indicators measure things that are not within the doctor's control. Luis Marcos, a former president of the agency that runs New York's public hospitals, plucked several examples from the list of 13 metrics proposed for New York. Reducing waits in the emergency room (No. 4) is a worthy goal, he said, but it depends on a whole cast of people, from the clerk who greets the patient to the orderly who makes the bed ready. Shortening hospital stays (No. 13) requires having someone in the community — family, a social worker — to receive the patient; that's an especially hard requirement for hospitals that treat a lot of low-income or homeless people.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Another problem with P4P is that providers learn how to manipulate the results. "Once you define performance, people manage toward those metrics and neglect other things that don't get counted," said the Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt, who writes for The Times's Economix blog. New York doctors have a favorite, possibly apocryphal, story of medical providers gaming the system: Miami hospitals that use patient feedback as a performance measure wait until spring to do their surveys, because that's when the cranky, hard-to-please New Yorkers go home from their winter refuge.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Ashish Jha, a doctor at the Harvard School of Public Health, argues that P4P might get results if the incentive payments to hospitals were substantially bigger, the formulas were simplified and the performance indicators were kept to a few, clear measures that doctors and patients agree matter: mortality rates, infection rates, recurrence of heart attacks. "If hospitals achieve great outcomes, it matters little how they did so," Jha wrote in the latest Journal of the American Medical Association. And death rates are harder to game than administrative procedures.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Jha also proposes a little experiment in behavioral psychology: give hospitals 100 percent of the bonus at the beginning of the year, but require them to send a refund at the end of the year to pay for any shortcomings. Givebacks really focus the mind.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">PETER PRONOVOST, a physician and professor at Johns Hopkins, says that rather than bribe doctors to adopt better practices, we should play to doctors' professionalism. Pronovost is famous for a scheme that drastically reduced infections associated with catheters by disseminating to doctors and nurses a simple, five-point operating-room checklist of reminders: Wash your hands, wear a sterile mask, etc. No pay incentives were involved, just an appeal to professional pride — and, later, public reporting of the results. "I wouldn't rule out economic incentives," Pronovost told me. "But you can do a lot just working with professional norms."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Pronovost has a more radical piece of common sense to offer. He proposes that the United States create an agency that would do for medicine what the Securities and Exchange Commission does for securities markets: compile and audit information about the performance of hospitals, and make it public. Rankings of hospitals now come either from news organizations or consumer groups working with untested and inconsistent data, or they are propaganda produced by medical providers themselves. "There are stronger regulations about what a company can say about toothpaste than what a hospital can claim about quality," Pronovost said.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">For image-conscious doctors and hospitals, pride and shame might be the most effective kind of carrots and sticks.</p><nyt_correction_bottom><div class="articleCorrection" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em; "></div></nyt_correction_bottom><nyt_update_bottom></nyt_update_bottom></div></nyt_text><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "></span></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/opinion/keller-carrots-for-doctors.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130128&_r=1&&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/opinion/keller-carrots-for-doctors.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130128&_r=1&&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Carrots for Doctors - Opinion - Bill Keller - NYTimes.com

WITH its ambitious proposal to pay doctors in public hospitals based on the quality of their work — not the number of tests they order, pi...