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16 February 2013| last updated at 04:19PM

As early as 3.15pm, the group, from the Pas Pasir Gudang division, had gathered at the Masjid Jamek Taman Cendana grounds.

They raised banners condeming DAP, its national chairman Karpal Singh and secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, as well as opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

The banners were strongly worded with words such as "Mampus" and "Kurang Ajar" used against the opposition leaders.

Some were also seen stomping on the DAP's rocket party symbol in protest.

The group, led by Pas Pasir Gudang member Abd Razak Mansur, said that they were dissapointed with DAP, Karpal Singh, Lim and Anwar for their insistence in allowing non-Muslims to use the word "Allah".

"They seem insistent on not following the decision by the Pas Syura Council.

"However, all Pas leaders have been told to abide the council's decision, but it seems that only Pas leaders from the east coast states respect the decision. What about the rest?" he said when met after the demonstration.

As Pas members, Abd Razak said they want an explanation from the Pas Syura Council as will it be a sin if they assist the DAP and PKR in the coming General Elections.

"For more than 50 years Pas has stood on its own. It's no lost if Pas exits from the opposition coalition.

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Peoria Countys top employee got a $4,350 pay raise Thursday, with little public notice and even less public discussion.

The bigger paychecks for Lori Curtis Luther, in fact, caused no comments during Thursdays Peoria County Board meeting, but thats also because there wasnt much controversy attached to the raise itself. It cleared committee unanimously, with a panel that includes plenty of fiscally conservative Republicans and pocketbook-minded Democrats voting 10-0 to advance it to the full board.

The problem isnt the raise per se, which at a 3 percent bump was at the middle of her eligibility range. The problem was the notice.

Because of a goof, her raise wasnt put out there for the public (or, for that matter, the other eight board members) to consider until the end of the business day Tuesday three minutes and five seconds before the legal deadline for getting it on the agenda.

Fine. It met the legal definition. The letter of the law was applied. But the spirit of the law is on life support here.

Especially when voting for a raise for a public official, the utmost care needs to be taken to show that the vote is above-board, that ample notice is given, that people can weigh in with their opinions.

I truly have no problem with the raise itself. To call Luther a hard worker is like describing water as wet or diamonds as hard, and arguably, the county has taken on a number of additional pieces of work over the past 20 months that shes handled among day-to-day operations. Plus, the pay hike itself is relatively modest.

But plenty of people felt blindsided seeing the item added to the agenda so late.

It might be tempting to label that addition convenient and wonder if it was intentional, but evidence suggests it really was a mistake. Luthers staff ordinarily wouldve been responsible for adding it to the agenda. But they werent in the meeting, so nobody could cry foul about their involvement in discussions about a raise for their boss. Crossed wires meant that the lawyer from the states attorneys office didnt add it until late.

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Word on the Street: Barely legal and hardly right

In late 1994, Newsweek published an article titled "The Age of Cybercash" that informed readers: "Your virtual wallet may soon be here."

By the end of 2007, the term "virtual wallet" had appeared more than 700 times in the English press, including in American Banker, the Economist, the New York Times and Consumer Reports.

Nevertheless, the following year, PNC Financial Services Group launched a "Virtual Wallet" product. It sought trademark protection, asking to own the commercial rights to two consecutive words that had been pushed together by the press and industry more than a decade earlier.

And it succeeded - at least at convincing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The English language hasn't been nearly so cooperative, as reporters, technologists and bankers alike continue to employ "virtual wallet" as a generic description for a broad class of digital goods.

Not that that has stopped PNC from trying, as The Chronicle learned earlier this month. The company's law firm sent a reporter here a note asking the publication to "refrain from misuse of our client's VIRTUAL WALLET trademark."

To which I say: virtual wallet, virtual wallet, virtual wallet, virtual wallet.

My objections here are twofold. First, law firms have no business telling publications protected by the First Amendment how to use language, so long as we're not writing lies or libeling anyone.

But more broadly, I resent companies taking a Homestead Act approach to the English language, claiming a piece as their own just because they work it a little while.

My take on trademarks is roughly analogous to my perspective on patents: If you've created something genuinely original, you might have some claim of ownership. The least companies can do is squish together some pleasant-sounding syllables - I'm looking at you, Celexa.

But PNC's Virtual Wallet, a hybrid savings and checkings account, takes a withdrawal from the public commons without making a deposit. And we simply shouldn't let companies cherry-pick our lexicon for their own commercial gain.

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