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A programming guide for streaming video files may be automatically compiled in response to a user request. The user may provide keywords for categories of streaming video files that are of interest. A graphical user interface is automatically developed which splits responsive streaming video files into categories requested by the user. Each streaming video file may be represented in a user selected fashion. For example, the streaming videos may be represented by a representative frame, title or other information. The user can then click on any of the streaming video files, broken down into the appropriate categories, to begin viewing a streaming video file of interest.
1. A method comprising:
automatically searching, on a plurality of web sites, for streaming video files;
selecting particular streaming video files from said plurality of web sites based on a text search using keywords;
in response to said search, automatically generating a graphical user interface including selectable thumbnail frames to represent said selected streaming video files and selectable icons of said keywords, said selectable thumbnail frames organized by said keywords; and
in response to user selection of one of said selectable thumbnail frames, playing the video file corresponding to the selected thumbnail frame in said thumbnail frame.
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automatically search, on a plurality of web sites, for streaming video files;
select particular streaming video files from said plurality of web sites based on a text search using user-provided keywords;
generate selectable representations of said selected streaming video files and said user-provided keywords to organize a first grouping of video file representations by keyword and to display said selectable representations in a graphical user interface in the form of a streaming video content guide; and
in response to user selection of one of the selectable keyword representations and for the selected category, display a second grouping of video file representations other than the first grouping of video file representations in said graphical user interface in place of said first grouping of video file representations.
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a storage coupled to said processor, said storage storing instructions that enable the processor to automatically search a plurality of web sites for streaming video files, select particular video files from said web sites based on a text search for keywords, generate a graphical user interface including thumbnail representations corresponding to selected streaming video files, uniform resource locators associated with corresponding thumbnail representations, the uniform resource locators for the home pages of the web sites hosting the selected streaming video files, and said keywords, said thumbnail representations and associated uniform resource locators organized according to corresponding keywords, and in response to user selection of either a given thumbnail representation or the associated uniform resource locator, play the corresponding video file.
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receiving a first user-provided keyword to indicate a general category of interest and a second user-provided keyword to indicate a sub-category of interest;
automatically searching for streaming video files on a plurality of web sites to select particular streaming video files based on a text search using said first and second keywords; and
generating a graphical user interface in the form of a streaming video programming guide, said guide including a selectable keyword icon corresponding to one of the user-provided keywords and selectable representations of said selected streaming video files, the representations of the selected streaming video files associated with a corresponding keyword icon.
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This invention relates generally to streaming video available for download over the Internet.
A variety of streaming video formats are available for Internet download. Streaming video is video that may begin playback before being completely downloaded. Streaming video reduces the amount of time the user must wait before beginning to enjoy the media. Common streaming video formats include Real Networks, real video format, file extension .ram and Microsoft's Media Player format, file extension .ast. Generally the streaming media is played through a browser plug-in which may also be downloaded.
Because of the ease in preparing streaming videos and making them available over the Internet, an increasing number of streaming videos are available from a wide variety of sources. As a result there are a large number of streaming videos and a correspondingly large number of video sources, many of whom may be unrecognized. This proliferation makes it difficult for users to identify available streaming videos that are of interest. For example, while one may enjoy streaming videos on a particular topic, there is no way for the user to know when a particular streaming video on that topic is available.
Thus, there is a need for better ways to facilitate the viewing of streaming video.
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When appropriate streaming video files that satisfy the criteria set by the user are located, those video files may be identified in the graphical user interface 22 using video thumbnail frames 18, titles 23, and other information 20, 24, 26, 28 and 29 culled from the web site offering the streaming video file for downloading. All of this information may be displayed in a chart format as shown in
More specifically, the user may select video files for viewing in a variety of different categories. The user may also input keywords that are utilized by a search engine to assemble the graphical user interface 22. For example, in the illustration in
Sufficient information is provided about each of the identified streaming video files to allow the user to determine whether or not the user wishes to view the material. Based on the thumbnail frame 18, the title 23, the length and the file extension 26, the user may decide whether or not to view the material. In one embodiment of the present invention, the user can simply click on any of the identified items including the thumbnail frame 18 and the title 23 to automatically play the video file in place of the graphical user interface 22. In addition, in some embodiments of the present invention, a video file may be played initially within the thumbnail frame 18.
If the user finds that none of the depicted set of video files in a given category is of interest, the user can click on the category icon 16 to display the next series of video files in place of the currently displayed video files. Moreover, in some embodiments of the present invention, if the user clicks on the category icon 16, the entire interface 22 may be converted to a display of video files pertinent to that category. Thus, if the user mouse clicks on the sports icon 16, the current news and Celine Dion video files may be removed from the graphical user interface 22 and replaced with additional video files in the sports category.
Generally, the streaming video files are provided by web sites that also provide descriptions of those video files. The descriptions may include textual material about the particular streaming video files. In addition, descriptive metatags may be provided. Finally, the search engine may search for the particular file extensions associated with streaming video files such as .ram and .ast.
The user can also limit the search done by the search engine to video files in a particular language as indicated by the icon 12. The user can input the desired language using a selection box associated with the icon 12. In addition, the user can limit the search for video files to a given location. In such case, the search engine may search for information in textual form associated with the streaming video files that provide information sufficient to determine the location involved. For example, the textual material accompanying the video may identify key words representative of a given location, such as zip codes, state names or other geographical information.
The search engine may search for a combination of file extensions and key words that correspond to streaming video files having the content requested by the user. The information may then be parsed into the categories as requested by the user, such as the current news, sports and Celine Dion category icons 16 in the illustrative graphical user interface 22.
In a compile mode, the search engine may search for video files, as described above, using the software 32 in one embodiment of the invention shown in
The search engine searches for video files and related keywords, metatags, connection speeds and file extensions as indicated in block 34. Any responsive video files are then categorized based on key words as indicated in block 36. The video files are then organized according to categories as indicated in block 38. Finally, the graphical user interface 22 is displayed with representations of each of the video files that were located, organized in a grid format as depicted for example in
The user may select the video for viewing by mouse clicking on its title 20 or thumbnail frame 18. In addition, the user can link to the web site offering the video by clicking on the web site uniform resource locator 28.
In a set-up mode implemented by software 82 in one embodiment, the user can specify the search criteria for the compiled software 32 as indicated in
Next, the user is asked to specify topical keywords as indicated in block 86. The topical keywords then become the category icons 16 in the resulting graphical user interface 22. In one embodiment of the present invention, the user may provide an overall keyword that becomes the category icon 16 and may also provide additional keywords to further refine the search to obtain the material that the user in fact is actually interested in.
The user may also specify a minimum connection speed as indicated in block 89. Some users may prefer not to view files from sites with slow connection speeds. Also, the user may input the user's connection speed so that the file with the corresponding connection speed may be automatically selected if available.
Next, the user is called upon to set tags as indicated in block 88. The tags may be information about particular items of interest to the user. For example, the user may only be interested in getting information on particular web sites, information of a specific duration, or information provided by specific types of sources that may be provided for example by metatags.
Next, the user is called upon to specify the language of the streaming video as indicated in block 90. Finally, the user may be asked to specify a location that may be utilized in narrowing the search still further. The user may provide states, cities, countries or zip codes which may be searched for by the engine to locate geographically relevant material as indicated in block 92.
Once all the appropriate entries in the graphical user interface have been filled out, the information is automatically stored (block 94) for automatic development of the graphical user interface 22 and to automatically implement the desired search. That is, the search terms are plugged in as the category icon 16 titles.
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Both the set-top box 42 and the television receiver 136 include infrared interfaces 134 and 140 respectively. A remote control unit 44 may include its own infrared interface 45 for interacting and controlling the television receiver 136 and the set-top box 42. Thus, inputs provided through the remote control unit 44 may be provided over a wireless interface, such as a radio frequency interface, to the interfaces 134 and 140. The wireless signals appropriately control the set-top box 42 and the television receiver 136. The user can implement mouse-like cursor commands through the cursor controls 46 which include a plurality of directional buttons and a select button. In addition, channel entries may be entered through channel keys 48.
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The bridge 58 may be coupled to a hard disk drive (HDD) 60 that stores the software 82 and 32. In addition, the hard disk drive 60 may include a database that stores information about the selected categories for search, search terms, and the information located in an appropriate search.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the search may be actually implemented by the software 82 and 32 stored on the hard disk drive 60. In other embodiments, the search is actually implemented by a web server that is automatically called up over the Internet when the search is requested.
The bridge 58 couples a bus 68. The bus 68 is coupled to a basic input/output system (BIOS) 70 and the interface 134. The interface 134 implements a wireless interface with an interface 45 associated with the remote control unit 44. The remote control unit 44 includes the interface 45 and a controller 72 that receives keypad inputs and translates them into appropriate signals for transmission to the interface 134.
While the present invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate numerous modifications and variations therefrom. It is intended that the appended claims cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of this present invention.
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"Tomato: Fruit or Vegetable?! Discuss amongst yourselves. Meanwhile, prepare these chops with a tomato based sauce and serve them with hot cooked pasta and fresh sliced mushrooms."
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1 pinch
garlic salt
1 tablespoon
vegetable oil
onion, chopped
2 stalks
chopped celery, with leaves
12 ounces
tomato paste
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tomato sauce
3 cups
This was a delicious and simple recipe. The pork chops were very tender. There is quite a bit of the sauce, but it is basic enough that you could use it for other things. The next time I make it I will try making only half the sauce, because that would probably be enough for just the pork chops.
This was tasty and fairly easy to make. My chops were done in about an hour. So dinner ended up being earlier than expected. Thanks
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I thought this recipe sounded pretty good so I tried it and it was good. My husband said it smelled really good and then he ate some with the dinner rolls I made (grannyrob's old plantation rolls), and said it was great! I loved the sauce on the rolls, they went wonderfully together! This was also very easy to make...I will be making this again.
My son really loved it. Used the extra sauce the next evening for meatball sandwiches.
I absolutely love this recipe and make it quite regularly for my family. To spice it up some, I always add some Cajun seasoning and let the chops simmer until falling apart. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes (with a mountain of the sauce) and simple veggies and the dinner is always a big hit! Will make again and again!
This was very similar to a recipe favored when I was a kid...basically only difference was using minced garlic and slicing onions (thin rings). The sauce was preferred a bit thinner and served with mashed potatoes. Talk about finger-lickin' good -- bones were picked clean as a whistle!!
Very simple and good. I added bit more spice than garlic, using oregano and rosemary. Served it with brown rice and veggies. Delicious. I also found that I had a ton of sauce left over. I just put the leftovers in my crock pot and heated it up the next night and served over whole grain pasta. Simple and flavorful sauce to use as a quick meal!
I wanted some pork as an extra meat option for my spaghetti last weekend and found this to be perfect.
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Weaving into front and back loops is an integral part of crocheting. In this how-to video from About.com, get a demonstration on how to weave into the front and back loops.See Transcript
Transcript:How to Crochet: Front and Back Loops
Hi my name is Yvonne, and I'm here with About.com to demonstrate crocheting into the front and back loops.
How to Crochet Front and Back Loops
To crochet into the front and back loops, our materials will be a size i9 crochet hook and worsted weight yarn. To crochet into the front and back loops I will start off with a slipknot and make a chain of a few stitches to work into. This is twelve chains, so I will be working eleven stitches of single crochet. Looking at the top of your stitches, what you'll see is the back loop which is here and the front loop which is here. Again looking at both loops from the top, this is your front loop, under my finger, and this is the back loop under my thumb. And work a single into the front loop, picking up only one of the two loops.
The back loop is sitting behind it unused. I'll repeat that, next stitch, in the front loop only. Picking up one loop as opposed to two. And do that for a couple more. And then, work into the back loop. Ok, now I'm going to work into the back loop, you see that the front loop is left un-worked, again in the back loop. And you can see better where by working in the back loop, the un-worked front loop makes a ridge.
How to Complete Front and Back Loops
And for the last stitch I'm going to work under both. Working into the front loop, you cannot see the un-worked back loop from the front. Working into the back loop, the un-worked front loop makes a ridge, that you can see from the front. And again, this is a larger sample, with color change to distinguish that this is worked into the back loop, the orange row of stitches, with the front loop un-worked. And then with this still facing, the green is worked into the front loop and you cannot see the back loop from the front.
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Schools cancel classes due to W.Va. spill
CHARLESTON -- All public schools in four West Virginia counties will be closed Monday because of a chemical spill that has tainted the water supply.
State Schools Superintendent James Phares says Boone, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam counties have cancelled classes at all schools.
Culloden Elementary School in Cabell County and H. E. White Elementary School in Clay County also will be closed.
Phares says schools in Jackson, Logan and Lincoln counties will be open.
West Virginia American Water has told customers in the nine counties to not use their tap water for drinking, bathing, cooking or washing clothes.
The University of Charleston has cancelled all activities at its main campus in Charleston until further notice.
MU's South Charleston campus closed Monday
SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Due to the continued water supply emergency in the greater Charleston area, Marshall University's South Charleston campus will be closed on Monday, Jan. 13.
This emergency does not affect Marshall's main campus in Huntington or other locations around the state, including Point Pleasant, Hurricane and Beckley. Only the South Charleston campus will be closed.
Marshall officials will update the university's website, www.marshall.edu, and social media channels as more information is available about the reopening of the South Charleston campus.
Marshall's campus hosts water station
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University's Huntington campus continues to reach out to folks affected by the recent water emergency in West Virginia.
The university will have a water station available at the fenced-in area on the north side of the maintenance building on 20th Street from noon to 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13.
Anyone who needs water may pull off 20th Street, into the fenced area. MU physical plant employees will assist those who need water.
Marshall opened its residence halls a day earlier on Saturday for any students living in areas affected by the recent water emergency.
A resident advisor for each hall was on duty to assist students. Students in Twin Towers East, Twin Towers West and Gibson Hall had immediate card access, and the First-Year residence halls were also open.
The halls officially opened Sunday morning for the spring semester.
West Virginia State University closed Monday
INSTITUTE -- Because of the state of emergency affecting a multiple-county region, West Virginia State University will be closed Monday, Jan. 13.
Spring semester classes begin Jan. 21 and therefore will not be affected.
Updates will be posted on the WVSU home page at www.wvstateu.edu. Follow West Virginia State University on Facebook and Twitter @WVStateU.
Kroger locations offering clean water
CHARLESTON -- Kroger announced Sunday afternoon that it was providing clean and safe water free to the public at two locations in the Charleston region.
Two tankers containing spring water have been set up at these Kroger stores:
Kanawha City Kroger at 5717 MacCorkle Ave., SE in Charleston
Dunbar Kroger at 981 Dunbar Village in Dunbar.
"We are pleased to provide this water on a first-come, first-served basis to individuals impacted by the ban on water use," said Carl York, spokesperson for Kroger's Mid-Atlantic region.
Individuals must bring their own containers. "There is no limit to the amount an individual may have," added York. "We will continue to give away the water as long as it lasts."
The West Virginia Health Department has approved the water for public use. The water was obtained from Camp Holly Springs Water Co. in Holly Springs, Va. For more information, visit www.kroger.com.
Arts Day at the Capitol canceled
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts have cancelled Arts Day at the Capitol, which was set for Monday, Jan. 13.
For more information, contact Caryn Gresham, deputy commissioner of the division, at 304-558-0220.
For more information about the division's programs, events and sites, visit www.wvculture.org.
Clay Center Museum closed; box office open
CHARLESTON -- The Clay Center box office will be open Monday and operating on a normal schedule from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum remains closed until further notice due to the State of Emergency.
Clay Center normal museum hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Call 304-0561-3570 or go online at www.theclaycenter.org.
Water pressure may fluctuate during system flushing process
CHARLESTON -- According to a news alert about noon Sunday, West Virginia American Water Company, as the system continues to be tested, the National Guard is assisting the Water Company with flushing the water lines.
Customers may experience low water or no water for a short period of time during this flushing process.
Some Prestera locations, programs closed to clients
CHARLESTON -- The following Prestera Center locations will be closed to clients on Monday, Jan. 13, due to the on-going water emergency:
911 Michael Avenue in Charleston
Public Inebriate Shelter in Charleston
Crisis Residential Unit in Charleston (will divert to the Huntington Crisis Unit)
The following Prestera Center programs will be closed to clients on Monday, Jan. 13 (other programs at these locations will be operating on a normal schedule):
Boone County Day Program in Danville, W.Va.
Innerchange Program at 511 Morris Street in Charleston
All other Prestera Center locations and programs will be open and operating on a regular schedule. All staff are to report for work as scheduled.
Volunteers to hold a bottle recycling drive
CHARLESTON -- The Boy Scouts of America Venture Crew from Cross Lanes will collect empty plastic bottles for recycling at Cross Lanes United Methodist Church and at the BSA Buckskin Council Headquarters in Charleston beginning 10 a.m. Monday.
They anticipate the collection will continue until the water ban is lifted.
People can drop off bagged water bottles and volunteers will take them to the Slack Street Recycling Center in Charleston. The Scouts ask that only water bottles be collected at this time.
Cross Lanes United Methodist Church is at 5320 Frontier Drive in Cross Lanes. The BSA Buckskin Council Headquarters is at 2829 Kanawha Blvd. E. in Charleston.
Venture Crew 68 representatives said they were in talks with other troops in the region to help grow the bottle collection effort.
Resort offers special cabin rates for people affected by water ban
LANSING, W.Va. -- Adventures On The Gorge (www.adventurewestvirginia.com) at Ames Heights in Fayette County is offering special "Shower and Shave" family lodging rates for people affected by the water problems in West Virginia. All cabins are available for the family rate of $149 per night for four people; additional guests in a cabin are $20 each. Rental houses at nearby Wild Rock also are available at discounts through Adventures On The Gorge.
"We've dropped our prices by two-thirds to help people who may need to have a temporary home while the water supplies are being tested and the system is prepared to serve water customers,'' said Dave Arnold of Adventures On The Gorge. "Staying at the gorge gives guests great access to the eclectic dining options in nearby Fayetteville as well."
Arnold said he realizes the temporary commute from Fayette County to the affected areas will be about an hour or so, but notes that there are many residents of Fayette County who make the drive on a regular basis. Arnold noted that the water issues which faced Fayette County earlier this month were not related to the Elk River incident but to frozen pipes in West Virginia American Water's system and that problem has been resolved.
"Our guest services staff is available at 304-574-0704 or firstname.lastname@example.com to share the information about the rates and help people make reservations," Arnold said.
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I love teaching and teaching at Seattle University. I also enjoy doing research in economics and the teaching of economics. I have publications in the following journals--Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Economic Education, and Advances in Financial Education. When not at SU, you will likely find me on the waters of the Northwest--in a kayak.


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Emmy-winner Kyra Sedgwick's Set No Family Affair This Year
EMMY AFTERMATH: Kyra Sedgwick, savoring her Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for "The Closer," had husband Kevin Bacon close by her side throughout the evening, even standing off-stage, sipping champagne as he watched her field questions in the press room. The couple isn't getting togetherness time on her series set this year, however. Kevin isn't directing any episodes of "The Closer's" Season 6 because he's busy with his own projects, according to Kyra. And their daughter Sosie, 18, isn't coming back to the show in her role as Kyra's niece – she's too busy with her freshman year of college getting underway. Son Travis, 21, also flew the nest awhile ago. So this year, unlike the past five years of her "The Closer" duty, Sedgwick isn't facing mixed emotions about leaving the family in New York to shoot her series in L.A.
Now that she finally has her Emmy, what honor could come next? The actress has heard there's "talk of a wax museum figure. That's a little strong, I think."
Seriously, she's happy focusing on the show and her now-iconic character, deputy police chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. "I'm always pushing for the personal stories. As an actor, that's why I'm doing the job," she observes. "I was offered procedurals in the past. The personal aspect is what got me on board our show. I think that's the key to success."
That and its truly Outstanding star.
AND: It's nice to see Aaron Paul acknowledged with an Emmy for his first rate supporting work on "Breaking Bad" – particularly knowing what a grinder the role of drug-selling Jesse has been for the actor. Playing Bryan Cranston's hapless partner in crime, Paul's been roughed up, knocked down, thrown through a screen door that didn't quite go the way the stunt was planned and generally left bruised and scraped more times than he could probably count by now.
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Building Community
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Colorado Fire Relief Fund
The Allocation Board of the Colorado Fire Relief Fund 2012 has completed its funding. Click below for the full report on the Fund's expenditures (Part I) and lessons learned for the philanthropic community (Part II).
Interim reports on the Fire Relief Fund are below:
Click here for the January 2013 interim report on the Colorado Fire Relief Fund.
Click here for the September 2012 interim report on the Colorado Fire Relief Fund.
For 87 years, The Denver Foundation has worked to strengthen the seven-county Denver Metro region by mobilizing resources to address community issues and needs. From time to time urgent needs arise that require immediate resources and attention.
The fires that have burned sections of the Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Boulder regions of Colorado, among others, are examples of this type of urgent need – claiming lives, destroying homes, and forcing thousands to be evacuated.
Immediate needs
We are encouraging the community to help support the victims of these fires and those working to contain them by making donations to organizations that deal directly with disaster response.
A list of these organizations can be found at http://helpcoloradonow.org. While financial contributions are especially helpful at this time, because resources can then be directed to the area of most urgent need, there are also volunteer opportunities listed as well as material donation requests.
Intermediate needs
The Governor's Office partnered with The Denver Foundation and several other community foundations across Colorado to develop the Colorado Fire Relief Fund 2012. This fund was held at The Denver Foundation and collected major gifts to address the intermediate-term needs that resulted from the wildfires.
The Allocation Board of the Colorado Fire Relief Fund 2012 convened in Summer 2012, electing David Miller, President & CEO of The Denver Foundation, to chair the fund. The board members represent the heads of the community foundations in the regions that have been most impacted by the wildfires in Colorado in 2012.
The members of the board worked with a project manager to develop and issue guidelines, and to help in the process of making grants from the fund.
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Getting started can be the most difficult step for WoW newbies and WoW "WarCrafters" alike. Showing your artwork to other people – or even having the gumption to create any in the first place – can be intimidating stuff. Discovering someone who's willing to show you how it's done or even share his creative process represents a major inspirational coup. Swedish WoW player Jonas at wowatar.com is one of those creative wellsprings. He's created a small drawing site filled with WoW-related nuggets that inspire, instruct and delight.
"I'm a struggling artist and illustrator and a dedicated World of Warcraft player," he writes to World of WarCrafts. "I've tried to combine those two into making drawings of creatures from the game. I've been playing WoW for about two and a half to three years, I think. At the moment I'm mostly focused on WoW, but I also do some Star Wars drawings."
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Jonas doesn't keep all that creativity to himself. He's generous with his ideas and experience, using his site to help newbies get a leg up and start sketching. A drawing tutorial covers materials, preparation, sketching, shading, highlights, details and cleaning the edges. Time lapse videos take you behind the scenes and see exactly what those techniques look like in action.
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Even in our so-called 21st-century civilized world, women's equality remains a mountinous challenge...
There is no challenge or priority greater for our generation larger than the continuing global oppression of women, who represent half of humanity. This challenge for women's equality and women's freedom must be a concerted effort by men and women together for the futures of our daughters, our sisters, our nieces, and the billions of women who are counting on our courage to defend their universal human rights. We see the oppression of women on a daily basis around the world, including the pandemic rape and sexual violence in the Congo, so-called "honor killings," and the religious supremacist and misogynist oppression of women. We must stand united on all fronts challenging the human trafficking, oppression, sexual violence, and femicide against women around the world.
The key in this struggle for women's equality remains consistency.
We cannot decide that women's equality matters in some parts of the world, but not in others. Human equality is a universal human right – it applies everywhere and to everyone. We also cannot decide that we oppose women's equality because we may not like some of the decisions some women may make if they have equality. Human equality is a universal human right – whether we like the decisions some people make as equal human beings is never an argument against equality itself.
Our hope for women's equality lies in building communities that are willing to share our love for our fellow human beings, as well as share a consistent commitment to equality and liberty for women – in America and around the world.
Equality for Women Must Be Constitutionally Guaranteed in America
Yesterday was Women's Equality Day, which commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, the Women's Suffrage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave U.S. women full voting rights in 1920. Nearly 90 years later, it remains a disgrace that women have not yet been given full Constitutional equality, and that must change. In the United States, we must declare unequivocally and without reservation in our Constitution that all men AND women are equal under our national law.
Such fundamental issues of women's equality must be not the choice of "interpretations" by state governments and changing legislatures, but must be an unequivocal, Constitutional right for all American women. Such human equality is fundamental to America's very identity as a nation, and it is a universal human right.
Therefore, it is past time for the United States government to pass and endorse the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.) to guarantee such Constitutional equality for women. Every day, women in our armed forces (over 200,000) and other branches of our government work to defend a Constitution of the United States, where their inherent equality is not guaranteed. The women of America deserve better and it is our responsibility to ensure their full Constitutional equality.
To those of you unfamiliar with the Equal Rights Amendment, I urge you to read what it actually states. It states that: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification."
The Equal Rights Amendment's wording reflects the Constitutional language of the 19th Amendment which states: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Some will continue to make arguments that such U.S. Constitutional equality for women should not be supported through the Equal Rights Amendment because they are concerned about the impacts of such an amendment on American society. We have heard this before. Arguments against a Constitutional amendment on women's rights as a threat to American "civilization" have been made many times – as they were against the 19th Amendment to the Constitution – giving American women the right to vote.
Those who sought to deny women the right to vote claimed that the 19th Amendment would lead to war, would undermine America's national security, would create "mental disorder" in women, would lead to voter fraud by women, and would undoubtedly threaten women's health as they were too "fragile" to vote. Those who sought to deny women the right to vote claimed that the 19th Amendment "would produce a nation of transvestites," and would result in the "resignation of manhood." Despite the claims of those who opposed the 19th Amendment, America commemorates Women's Equality Day on August 26th, remembering those American legislators and states that had the courage of their convictions to act and ensure women the right to vote through the 19th Amendment, which was finally ratified on August 18, 1920.
It is past time to complete the unfinished business on women's Constitutional equality in America. The 19th Amendment was first ratified by Illinois, yet the Equal Rights Amendment has still not been ratified by Illinois and 14 other states today, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia. Women's equality is a universal human right, under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which the United States joined in adopting as part of the United Nations. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights specifically recognizes "equal rights of men and women." In recognition of these universal human rights, we urge our fellow Americans to support the Equal Rights Amendment. We ask President Obama to ask his fellow citizens in Illinois and around the country, when will they ratify the Equal Rights Amendment? In the interim, we urge President Obama to show historic initiative by declaring an Executive Order recognizing the equality of women in America.
In our generational defiance of the misogynist hate against women around the world, America cannot afford to allow any exceptions, starting at home. We cannot allow the continuing failure to have Constitutional equality of women in America as a rationalization to justify oppression of women in America or anywhere in the world.
A Global Defiance Against Misogyny: No Exceptions, No Excuses, No Rationalizations
Of all the forms of institutionalized hate that our society faces today, none is more self-destructive to the continuing survival of the fabric of humanity than the hatred of women, or misogyny.
Yet we see increasing misogynist murders, violence, hate, oppression, and intolerance growing around the world. It is our responsibility to consistently and unceasingly defy such hate and violence against women. We cannot leave such a world of misogyny as the legacy of our generation to our daughters, sisters, and women of the world.
If we continue to expect the least from others regarding hate and violence against women, that is precisely what we will get. It is time to stop expecting the least from others in America and around the world regarding misogyny, and start demanding the most in terms of consistent equality, freedom, and respect for women.
How do we change public attitudes on misogyny? We start with ourselves, our families, our neighbors, our cities, our nation, and then reach out towards the rest of the world. We start by expecting equality for women in the workplace, in our Constitution, in our government, and in society. We start by rejecting the idea that women are second-class citizens or second-class human beings in America or anywhere in the world. We consciously choose a global defiance against misogynist hate – no exceptions, no excuses, and no rationalizations. We recognize misogynist activities as precisely what they are - hate crimes.
We need to set a new standard of public rejection of misogyny as something that is always unacceptable, just as racism and any other form of institutionalized hate is always unacceptable. In the United States, our national priorities, funding, and programs must be geared to promote equality for women and to consistently defy misogyny.
In our foreign relations, we must show a zero tolerance for misogyny, especially institutionalized misogyny. Those nations whose leaders and governments tolerate or support hate and violence against women are rogue nations that are not, will not, and must not ever be viewed as "allies" of the United States of America. Terrorism against women is nothing less than a declaration of war against half of humanity itself.
The New York Times recently reported that the "global statistics on the abuse of girls are numbing. It appears that more girls and women are now missing from the planet, precisely because they are female, than men were killed on the battlefield in all the wars of the 20th century. The number of victims of this routine 'gendercide' far exceeds the number of people who were slaughtered in all the genocides of the 20th century."
U.S. taxpayer dollars and U.S. corporate investment must not reward nations with institutionalized hate against women. But it does today and that must change. While some may view such a change as "radical," our generation must develop a culture that holds equality, freedom, and respect towards women as a basic standard of civilized human behavior. We cannot continue to look the other way as women are murdered, mutilated, raped, and oppressed around the world. We must develop a culture where such equality and liberty is a priority in who and what we are, not just as individuals, not just as a nation, but also in the way we relate politically and economically with the rest of the world.
Our tolerance of the oppression of girls and women in Communist China, in Saudi Arabia, and in too many nations around the world is a legacy that we must change. In our international relations, too often we have allowed continued support of those nations that practice institutionalized hate against women, with the rationalization that we have had to make the best of bad choices. But those bad choices set an example of how much misogyny we will tolerate, we will accept, and we will appease. It sends a very clear message that human rights are not our top priority, and may even be our last priority. Human rights are never our last priority; they are always are the first priority for humanity. The dark chapter in our history that has consciously ignored such oppression of the world's women, while doing business and funding some of the world's worst oppressors of women's rights must come to an end, so that we can forward together to bring equality and liberty to women around the world.
Men and women together must recognize that our "standard of living" is only as great as our "standard of human rights." It is our standard of human rights that defines whether we are or are not a civilized people.
We can't buy back the human rights violations of women around the world. No material creature comforts, momentary pleasure, or economic prosperity will ever justify one moment of inequality, degradation, oppression, or violence against women. We need to come to the societal realization that we can't put a price on hate and violence against women. We need to come to the realization that no productive foreign policy, no productive national security tactic, and no political objectives of free people are ever advanced by ignoring hate and violence against women.
Our Responsibility for Women's Equality and Liberty
Let us not deny who and what we are collectively. Collectively, we are the ones that create the governments of the world. Collectively, we are ones that form the corporations of the world. Collectively, we are the races, religions, conscience, and nations of the world. This is not someone else's responsibility. This is our responsibility for women's equality and liberty. It is our personal responsibility to challenge those who would justify or rationalize hate, violence, and oppression against women.
But if we are not consistent in our defiance against misogyny, then we will simply tell those who hate women that we just don't tolerate hate against women in SOME instances. That is the societal change we must affect in our generation. A zero tolerance policy against misogyny must challenge hate against women consistently and globally.
Without a culture of zero tolerance against misogyny where will our society end up? Reports from around the world give us a preview of the inhumanity that continues to grow on a daily basis against women. Misogynist hate seeks to dehumanize women either through acts of war or acts of oppression.
According to V-Day reports on the Congo war, "[a]n estimated 5 million people have died here since 1996, with over 250,000 victims of rape." U.S. Department of State Secretary Hillary Clinton recently reported from a trip to the Congo: "Women and girls in particular have been victimized on an unimaginable scale, as sexual and gender-based violence has become a tactic of war and has reached epidemic proportions. Some 1,100 rapes are reported each month, with an average of 36 women and girls raped every day."
This misogyny against women in Africa includes the use of rape as acts of war by military and terrorist organizations. Regarding the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations reports that "the Congolese army, security sector personnel, and several armed groups still use sexual violence as a weapon of war in the DRC. Further, international actors, including UN personnel, have been implicated in perpetrating sexual violence in the DRC." While the United States is providing funding for medical care and support for rape victims in the Congo, it must also set expectations for President Kabila to prosecute Congo military involved in such sexual violence, and UN Secretary Ban to ensure action against any UN personnel involved in such sexual violence.
The violence in the Congo is linked to violence in Sudan (where a human genocide continues to rage) and Uganda on its borders. In addition, these rapes are also performed by the Uganda rebel terrorist organization, the "Lords Resistance Army" (LRA). The LRA terrorist organization claims to seek to create theocratic state based on the Ten Commandments, while murdering and raping other Christians and destroying their churches. In addition to setting expectations for the Congo and UN leaders, we must have a continued commitment against the LRA Ugandan terrorist organization, and Christian organizations must publicly and aggressively reject the actions of the LRA. The continuing conflicts in the Congo, Uganda, and Sudan must be a priority for Africans, Christians, Muslims and human beings around the world.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been described by one Muslim woman as the "world's largest prison for women," but the endless reports of misogynist abuses by government officials and Saudi clerics has not impacted our continuing trade or support for the misogynist government of Saudi Arabia. Some human rights organizations even continue to seek funding from within Saudi Arabia, while Saudi Arabia continues to refuse to end its segregation and oppression of women and it refuses to end child marriages. Women who have managed to escape outside of Saudi Arabia file for asylum from Saudi Arabia's misogynist laws, including their fear of being stoned to death.
The Saudi prison state is hardly unique in the Middle East and Asia in terms of oppression of women. Iran continues to hold women in prison for their religious beliefs, allows raping of women prisoners, and has a long history of oppression and violence against women, including stoning, with women such as Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani awaiting death by stoning. Across the Middle East, so-called "honor killings" of women are rampant with limited punishment of those who commit such violence, with Syria recently deciding to increase the penalty for murdering of "honor killing" of a woman from one year to merely two years in prison. In Iraq, women are not protected as rape victims, and the "honor killing" of an Iraqi woman is punishable by three to six months in prison, resulting in the creation of an "underground railroad" for Iraqi women to try to escape. In Afghanistan, the government recently adopted a law permitting starvation of a Shiite Muslim woman if she doesn't provide sex to her husband, while one cleric in Afghanistan defends marital rape as a "democratic right." We are told by the news media that women have been prevented from voting due to the absence of segregated voting booths, rationalized by one newspaper as merely "strict cultural norms." Women continue to live in terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where women are routinely murdered, mutilated, sprayed with acid, and raped based on the rationalization that they deserved to die for committing some "offense" against Islam.
Generations of women have gotten so used to being beaten, abused and killed that some don't even know there is anything wrong with it. The cancer of this misogynist hate has spread from Africa's Somalia (where a 13-year-old girl was stoned to death for the "crime" of being raped, while 1,000 watched) to Europe's Turkey (where 25 percent of the population approves of "honor killings"). Furthermore, such "honor killings" and violence against women has spread throughout all of Europe, the United Kingdom, and into the United States of America (Indianapolis, Atlanta, Dallas, Cleveland, Buffalo). Nor is this violence restricted only to Muslim women, as Christian women in the Middle East and Asia are frequent targets of such hate. Egyptian Christian women are kidnapped, raped, and forced to convert to Islam. Pakistani Christian women are tortured, stripped, raped, and burned alive by Muslims in Pakistan. This global violence against women must be a priority for Muslims, Christians, and human beings around the world.
The consistent denial by world governments on such misogynist threats against women can be seen this week in Russia, where on Monday, August 24, 2009, Reuters reported on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to support Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. Kadyrov has been denounced by human rights organizations for Chechnya's history of killings and kidnapping of human rights activists. Responsible for Equality And Liberty has criticized Kadyrov since our March 2009 protest at the U.S. Capitol on International Women's Day for his support for "honor killings" of women in Chechnya. On February 28, 2009, AP reported that "the bullnecked president of Chechnya emerged from afternoon prayers at the mosque and with chilling composure explained why seven young women who had been shot in the head deserved to die. Ramzan Kadyrov said the women, whose bodies were found dumped by the roadside, had 'loose morals' and were rightfully shot by male relatives in honor killings." On April 7, 2009, Interfax reported that Kadyrov justified murdering women who were "promiscuous." Yet Russian Prime Minister Putin openly and publicly supports Ramzan Kadyrov, with no visible outcry from international women's groups, no denunciations by the U.S. government, and no protests (yet) at the Russian Embassy. Some view supporting Kadyrov as the best of bad choices. But if we believe in women's equality and liberty as a priority, we must always and consistently object to institutionalized and government support of misogyny. Turning a blind eye to hate and violence against women will never ensure security for Russia or any nation.
The magnitude of this problem cannot be effectively communicated in this brief article. At Responsible for Equality And Liberty's website on such violence, I was recently asked for the web link on the initial report on Buffalo's Aasiya Zubair Hassan in mid-February and I discovered that we have 12 pages of headlines on such attacks in the past six months alone. These are more than merely tragic statistics of a continuing horror story of institutionalized misogynist violence against women. Each attack was against a unique and individual girl or woman who was someone's mother, daughter, sister, and they were loved, special human beings. But this consistent, global war against women has yet to be prioritized by the national news media. Such hate crimes against women are not yet a consistent priority of much of the mainstream news media. This is precisely what we must change in being responsible for women's equality and liberty.
Empowering Each Other to Stand United for Women's Equality and Liberty
The problem we face in challenging misogynist hate demands accountability from the governments we elect, and the nations, races, and religious organizations we belong to. We can bring change to our culture in support of women's equality and liberty, but we must expect a "standard of human rights" that respects women's equality, liberty, and dignity from all of the organizations that we are part of as individuals.
Women deserve better than this. We must resolve to make such hate and violence against women a consistent priority for human rights groups, for women's groups, and for each other as individuals.
We must remember that our struggle against misogynist hate and violence is based on our love for one another as fellow human beings, and not become desensitized and demoralized to believe that misogynist terrorism is nothing but statistics that we feel hopeless to change. We must remember who and what we are working for – equality and liberty of women and each other as individual human beings. But most of all we must work to build communities of love, building relationships with others to share our commitment for equality and liberty for women and each other. People empower us – people inspire us – and people move us to action. This is why we must work first in building communities of those who share our love for humanity to organize our efforts and keep working towards defending the human rights of women and all people.
Together, we can be Responsible for Equality And Liberty.
This article appeared in Family Security Matters. Jeffrey Imm, formerly of the FBI, has his own counterterrorism research web site at UnitedStatesAction.com and is a part of the Anti-Jihad League of America. He also heads Responsible for Equality And Liberty.
written by Truth Detector , August 27, 2009
Lately I have been challenging Islam. I have studied Satan's Bible, the Muslims call it the Qur'an, and I have never any lessons in ethics in this Muslim Bible. Nowhere have I found a lesson on Morality, Justice, or Love of Neighbor. Precisely for that reason, I call the Qur'an Satan's Bible.
I'm asking any Muslim to help me out. If any Muslim can cite any lesson on Morality, Justice, or Love of Neighbor in their "holy" book, I will come to their defense.
Speaking of religion, if a religion is a true religion, how can it create strife of any kind? Prove to me how the Ten Commandments is bad for society. Prove for example how "Thou shalt not kill" is harmful. Prove how "Thou shalt not commit adultery," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor," "Thou shalt honor your father and mother," "Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's wife or goods," can lead to war. NOW, I DARE YOU TO PROVE HOW A TRUE RELIGION CAN LEAD TO WAR. I DARE YOU TO PROVE IT!!!
If atheism is so good, why did atheistic Communism and atheistic Nazism lead to the destruction of 120,000,000 human lives? What are you going to say: "all those atheists were Catholic." Har, har, har.
written by Saladin , August 27, 2009
By your logic that would make USA an Islamic state,and you a devout muslim.
Walk down any us/euro street,you will be over whelmed by hopelessness,homelessness,drug addiction,alcoholism,prostitution,criminality etc etc.
To dare call yourselves christians,is like describing wolves as vegertarians.
written by Irandhost , August 27, 2009
Mullahs generally to hide the failures of islam will point to some failures in america and western societies.
But the muslims cant understand that islam is a failed barbaric and the most in-human system. Yes its true western society is not 100 % perfect, but they are good and people have freedom for improvement. If a person does a theft , he is fined and is convinced that it is bad and that person is given chance to lead a decent and fruitful life. What muslims do is cut the hand, that guy is made permanent handicap.
Women have no right, many a case the husbands are so abusive that women have to do suicide. In some cases the husbands has skin diseases and they also transfer the same to wives.
My friend work in NGO for women welfare in africa and there are many cases where muslim men aged around 40 beats wives 13 years or so for not doing good sex or not cooking food to taste. Women have no law to protect as girls are sex slaves to men.
written by Truth Detection , August 27, 2009
If you continue to ramble with silly statements that don't make sense at all, let me inform you that I will not waste my time with you. But I'll pray for you. May God bless you.
Incredible, how can I be a Muslim? I don't practice any parts of Satan's Bible, i.e., the Qur'an. Let me quote a few suras from Satan's Bible:
"Make war on the infidels around you,"(Sura 9 Verse 123 and Sura 66 Verse 9).
"Be ruthless to the infidels,"(Sura 48 Verse 29).
"Fight those who believe not Allah nor the Last Day,"(Sura 9 Verse 29).
"If someone stops believing in Allah, kill him," (al-Bukhari 9:84:57). Saladin, believe me; I will not kill anyone if he stops believing in Allah, who is Satan.
"Never be a helper to the disbeliever," (Sura 28 Verse 26). I know you wouldn't help me because I'm an "infidel," but I would help you because I'm a Christian. That's one more thing that makes Christians different than Muslims.
"Kill the disbelievers wherever you find them," (Sura 2 Verse 191). Saladin, do you see why I refer to the Qur'an as Satan's Bible?
"The unbelievers are the worst of beasts in the eyes of Allah," (Sura 8 Verse 55). Isn't that nice, Saladin?
"Jews are apes and swine," (Sura 2 Verse 65).
Saladin, I can now see why you don't want to prove anything. There are 109 suras in Satan's Bible that are impure and violent, very cruel.
written by Saladin , August 27, 2009
Like the rest of the hotpotch of appostates,endtime freaks and zionist,who ferquent this unholy place,the devilish thread that binds these evil spores together is a fear,angst,consternation about the power of Islam and it`s message.
don`t pray for me,pray for your own repentence and redemption from sin and idolatry,for the end of your unholy reign upon this earth is nigh...repent unto your lord Allah (awt).
written by Steve , August 27, 2009
Why you guys cant understand , that you are a burden on this planet. You did negative contribution to society.
Its our pity that we gave you immigration in our free lands , where you started producing babies like pigs and dream to outbreeding us.
Muhammed was a thug , he copied from bible, torah and other common sense things from arabia , persia and started preaching and belittling the secular arabs. He got hardly 50 converts after working for 10 years. Mostly all were low IQ people and intelligent poets etc were mocking him and instead of debating he send assasins to kill them. Even he killed women who were nursing there children.
Saladin shame on you and your fellow muslims. You believe in such a thug who did oral sex with 6 year aisha and did penetration at age 9. Did slavery. Cheated on wives.
written by Truth Detector , August 27, 2009
In backward Muslim Third World Countries, old depraved Muslim male sex perverts are allowed to legally kidnap little girls as young as seven years old.
These old depraved Muslim male sex perverts are allowed to force the little girls to "marry" them with impunity.
The same old depraved Muslim male sex perverts are allowed by "the religion of peace" to rape these little girls with impunity. All these criminal acts are committed because Muslim males are convinced that their violent, cruel religion is "the true religion."
On another site, "The Religion of Peace," there is a story that a little girls, only ten years old, had to go back to her depraved Muslim "husband" who is 80 years old. This depraved 80 year old husband can get away with this depressing criminal act because "it is the custom of Islam and a right." Also because paedophile, Diaper Chaser, child molester, murderer, cruel wife beater, violent criminal, slave owner, liar, Muhammad told his followers that Allah, actually Satan, revealed to him that Muslim males had this right. Did anyone ever ask the helpless little girls if they agreed with this "Islamic custom"?
P.S. What are you deluded Muslims going to do when your stupid Mahdi doesn't appear in 2012? "Infidels," brace yourselves because there will be many conversions from Islam after 2012. Even some of the hardheaded Muslims will convert.
written by to truth detection , August 27, 2009
written by JohanM , August 27, 2009
But after looking at the conduct of the Muslims right from the first muslim in line Pophet Muhammed one can understand that what will be the overall condition of the Jannah. How "peacefully" they will be enjoying their Houris. Who in his right senses would like to go to the Jannah. I can bet Jahannam (hell) will be a much better place then the Jannah if all the muslim go to the Jannah.
written by Bonnie , August 27, 2009
Muslims do not marry. Not like in the west, where vows of love and commitment are exchanged.
How muslims do this is as follows:
Father and possible male prospect get together for arrangement of transaction. Father can choose someone he owes gambling debt to or someone who he would want 'favor' from.
If father and prospect come to a deal, they draw up a contract for this union.
The female has no say in anything. She is to do as she is told.
The female is then given a Gift. Usually money. The Quran states; the woman MUST accept this gift.
The reason for this insistance on taking the money, is because a 'marriage' contract is for the purchase of her genitalia, to be used at HIS sole discretion, when and where HE chooses.
As this is the sole purpose of the contract, her value is pretty much between her legs.
And that needs to be changed!
written by Mary , August 27, 2009
I don't call myself a Christian because I'm not.
I have no idea what it's like in Europe. I haven't been there since 1984.
I think you've been fed a lot of propaganda.
written by Sultan , August 27, 2009
Europe needs Winstun churchill like leader who will tell about Islam for what it is and remove muslims from europe. With Oil level decreasing and surging muslim populations the middle kingdom of earth is ripe for muslim fanaticism. Saudi etc have harvested muslims in mosques and they should get the taste of koranic radicalism. Even the initial caliphs were killed in the game.
Muslims should not be allowed to spill over to kaffir places. Just see the fun they will be killing each other, in the game of 'Truer Islam' or 'Puranitical Islam' calling each other heretic.
written by Innocent Kaffir , August 27, 2009
Koran and hadith really exposes what a criminal madness full ideology is Islam. Athough west is a multicultural place we should be cautious what kind of people we allowed in.
Is there any other secret books which muslim follow. I mean higher order mullahs or ayatollahs which has description of how to destroy innocent kaffirs. May be these secrets cant be known to normal, but ayatollahs know this and transfer it to only a select group of clergy. We know that uthman revised quran, so is there any other more dangerous koran or book still exist and they work on plan. The mullahs have huge power on muslims and with call to jihad they can raise a army of min 300 -400 million mad muslims ready to kill or die for the allah.
I hope our intelligence agency should go to the depth of Islam and penetrate using all possible technology to the higest level of clergy of Islam and make us known.
Time is running out, we cant let civilization survival on only these few websites or just killing some terrorists like osama.
written by Persia , August 28, 2009
written by MUSLIM WOMEN REJOICE U HAVE NO , August 28, 2009
muslims women r the world best treated,stones,bullets etc...what 5 star treatment.
as against this western women r abused in prisons called homes beauty parlours and they r involed in pronography where they show off their naked beautiful bodies and acually earn money for it.
western women have a horrible disease known as freedom,while muslim women have a wonderful
aid called honor killing.
both cant be compared as being killed for imaginary allah is betetr than freedom to choose yr sex partner or husband.
shame on west for giving such horrible disease like democracy,freedom,equality etc to western women.
so stone and bullet is better than anything in west !!!!
hail islam.
down with truth equality democracy and such disease.
written by Globe Trotter , August 28, 2009
,equal justice,pleuralism. But Moslem s in ISLAMIC countries are wallowing in demonism,fascism, totalitarian, inequality, slavery, darkness, cruelty,jealousy,hatred, rape and killings. I challenge you to show any ISLAMIC country worth living.
written by John , August 28, 2009
They don't seem to like it.
written by Kaffir , August 28, 2009
Muslims are although cruel, mad and intolerant but are less intelligent as they waste there time and enrgy and believing shit of quran and hadith. They can never win a war against infidels. The main problem is muslims breeding within our cities. Quickly they should all be deported back to muslim majority lands and if they threaten then bomb them as done in iraq and afghanistan. No need to send soldiers , just remove muslims peacefully from our western lands and bulldoze all mosques.
written by JD , August 29, 2009
Since then Americans, particularly very competitively minded Americans, have recognized that if a woman can do a given job best of all the job applicants the woman should be hired. Otherwise a cannier competitor will hire her and come out ahead in the marketplace.
None of this came about at the hands of atheists or people of any other faith. So to be intellectually honest I must recognize both the fact that the American "feminist" movement is a Marxist/Communist sham and that it was Christians who opened the doors for my long successful career in electronics.
And I fully recognize that Muslims would have had me worse than barefoot and pregnant slaving in a mud hut home to serve my male masters. May they roast in the pits of Hell, each and every one of them.
written by David , August 29, 2009
don't answer saladin. he is only here to incite people to anger. ignore him, my friend. pray for his salvation, and whatever issues he has in life.
written by David , August 29, 2009
There is actually a female General here in Afghanistan- General Khatool Mohammadzai. She works in the Ministry of Defence in Kabul. She also has to have 3 bodyguards with her at all times because she has been threatened with death so many times.
I have worked with her for the past 2 years, teaching her about military doctrine, taking her to the pistol range at KMTC, and sitting in her office drinking chai. She is a wonderful woman that speaks very little english, but is a wonderful host.
she also is a huge proponent to changing the status of women in Afghanistan.
she told me once that she would love to live in America (she has relatives that moved there) but refuses to leave her country until it changes. I told her it would be a long, long time until this country alters its attitude towards women, and she was very sad.
please pray for her- that she is safe, and that her work will not be in vain. in Afghanistan women are garbage.
written by Ashraf , August 31, 2009
wow! feels lik a nightmare, detector?
written by Ashraf , August 31, 2009
Ha Ha Ha, yo still wastin yo time?
written by Ashraf , August 31, 2009
scrol yo eyeball down... what i wrote Islam's view on women,,, u don ask us to beliv the outcome shit of researches done by christians idiots...who hide their own nagatives..are u one of them? read my comment on womens equality n be relaxed...
In this belated age, when Islam is being attacked from all angles and fronts, one particularly common attack and criticism against Islam is the status of women. The enemies of Islam have a few old worn-out propaganda tactics against Islam over the centuries; which they revamp and facelift every now and again. Amongst them the issue of the status of women in Islam. They claim that Islam has given no rights to women; that women are oppressed, that women are considered inferior to men.
Islam has given the highest position to womankind on earth, while Europe and the West were wallowing in the dregs of degradation and savagery. Islam had accorded women a position of honour, respect, safety and love, that has not yet been matched to this day, let alone being superceded and excelled.
Prostitution, Escort Agencies, Massage Parlours, Lesbianism, Illegal Mistresses, Nudity and Shamelessness. These are only some of the 'rights' that the Western World has given to women. It has made women the cheapest commodity on earth - from a car to a packet of sweets, everything sell with the picture of a nude or semi-nude woman. The body of this cheap woman is the property of one and all. Every lusty and lecherous man is at full liberty to cast his filthy and dirty gazes upon her anatomy and commit everything evil and profanity in his mind and heart. How cheap and despised is this woman on show. How cheap is this woman the West has created.
On the contrary, the woman in Islam is a "precious jewel" not to be viewed by all and sundry. She is far too precious then to be viewed and exhibited to any lecherous man. Her beauty and charms are reserved for the only person that truly appreciates and loves her - her husband. Thus, she is highly protected and covered at all times, unlike the cheap, shameless woman of the West, who is the playmate of thousands but loved by none for what she really is.
Unfortunately, the West did not give Islam a fair chance. Every opportunity is utilised to derogate and blaspheme the true Islamic point of view. Due to blindly and gullibly swallowing this filth that is fed to them day and night by the Western media, even Muslims have become adversely affected by this falsehood and have begun to doubt the true Islam standpoint.
It is a known fact that whenever and wherever woman was lured to neglect her domestic life by the glitter and glamour of the outside world and indulged in economic and other pursuits, her home was ruined. Her own as well as the lives of her children were wrecked and they lost their peace of mind. In most cases, the peace at home was torn to shreds and the children became backward and dilinquents.
In countries that have given women the so-called rights of freedom and equality and left them free to do as they wish are now shedding tears of remorse over the pathetic plight of their degeneration and disintergrating societies. Their women being economically and socially independent, are no longer faithful and dedicated daughters, wives, sisters and mothers. Marriage has become outdated and old-fashioned. Instead they prefer companionship, which is not binding upon the man or woman. Children of such parents become dilinquents and drug addicts. The whole society is decaying and disintegrating so fast that they have reached a point of no return.
Western scholars have said, 'In human history the periods which have been plagued with decay and degeneration are those in which women have stepped outside their homes.' And another scholar states, 'I have firm belief that this world will transform into Heaven if women should be content in cherishing their children and fulfilling their domestic responsibilities.'
Our Holy Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) had warned His Ummah much earlier that, 'The worst period for the Muslims will be when they will be dominated by their women, who would be sole managers of their collective affairs.'
written by Ashraf , August 31, 2009
[O my Father, employ him, verily the best of those who you can employ is the strong man and the trusted one. Noble Qur'an, 28:26]
O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.9:123 (what does this sura tells here? fight them who gird you... gird means FIX, TIGHTEN etc. Allah tells us if infidels fix u or harm u, u be calm stil they do the same u fight back, thats the meaning,, u infidels, non-mulsim, unclean people do not change the meaning of what revealed in the Noble Qur'an, to defend yourselves.. cowards..
Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Noble Messenger of Allah; and his companions are stern with the disbelievers and merciful among themselves 48:29
O Prophet (Muhammad SAW)! Strive hard against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be severe against them, their abode will be Hell, and worst indeed is that destination.66:9
written by kmgy , August 31, 2009
1) Jesus was accused by the Sanhedrin, a Jewish judicial body, of blasphemy because Jesus declared Himself the Son of God. The execution of the death sentence, the crucifixion, was carried out according to Roman law (Judea was a province of the Roman Empire at the time).
2) Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. His ressurecction and later ascension to heaven was witnessed by all His disciples.
3) Jesus said, no one can come to the Heavenly Father except through Him. He said He is the Way, the Truth, and the Light. Jesus said He and the Heavenly Father is One, meaning united as One.
God's law says the wages or payment of sin is death. The death of Jesus is the payment for ALL the sins of mankind. Without Jesus' death, mankind is LOST forever. That is why Jesus is also called the Redeemer, or the Savior. Because of the death of Jesus, mankind is made right or reconciled with God and eternal life is possible for those who remain faithful to Jesus in His Second Coming.
4) The Old Testament was a part of the Holy Bible written before Jesus' time. The New Testament was written describing the teachings and life of Jesus.
5) Joseph was Mary's husband because it was not proper for a woman to give birth without a husband.
6) Jesus died by crucifixion.
written by JohanM , September 01, 2009
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Women are like flowers. Do not put on them responsibilities they can not bear! - Imam Ali (as)
According to Islam, being a human, woman is even superior to angels and all other living organisms. If she performs any good task or deed, she will be equally blessed as much as a man will for his good deeds.
She is the benefactor and patron of Islam, as lady Khadija (Wife of Holy Prophet [saw]).
She is a partner of prophethood, as lady Fatima (Daughter of Holy Prophet [saw]).
She is one of the greatest leaders, as lady Zainab (Daughter of Imam Ali [as])
She superior to man, as a mother.
She's respectable like a saint.
She is precious like an expensive pearl.
She is honorable like a delicate rose.
Islam emphasizes the equality of all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or social status. Islam has prescribed different roles and responsibilities for men and women, with each gender complementing the other. Centuries before the modern world recognized women's rights, Islam acknowledged the equality of the two genders, and abolished the barbaric ritual of burying infant daughters alive, an outrageous crime practiced by the Arabs before the time of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).
Islam made women aware of their rights and gave them an identity, a personality, freedom, and independence. These rights, among others, include the right to inherit, to own property, to obtain a divorce, to collect a dowry, and to gain child custody. Regarding the equality of the genders, the Holy Qur'an states:
"Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember-Allah has prepared, for them forgiveness and a mighty reward." (33:35)
Muslims consider four ladies to be the most noble and pious:
1. Aasiya - Wife of Fir'awn / Pharoah (peace be upon her)
2. Maryam / Mary - Mother of Isa / Jesus (peace be upon her)
3. Khadija - Wife of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon her)
4. Fatima - Daughter of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon her)
And the paradise is under the feet of your mothers. - Prophet Muhammad (saw)
Islam has greatly emphasized the issue of loving and respecting the parents, the father and the mother. In our infancy and childhood, we needed the protection, love and nurturing of the parents; but when they become old, they need us to protect them and take care of them.
"Your Lord has commanded that you shall not worship (anyone) but Him and to be good to the parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not to them (so much as) 'Ugh' nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word. And lower for them 'the wings of humility' out of mercy; and pray; 'O my Lord! Have mercy on them as they brought me up (when I was) little.'" (17:23-24)
However, out of the two, the mother has been given greater priority as far as kindness is concerned. Once Hakim bin Hizam came to the Prophet of Islam and asked: "To whom should I be kind?" The Prophet replied, "Your mother." Hakim asked, "Then to whom?" The Prophet said, "Your mother." Hakim asked, "Then to whom?" The Prophet replied, "Your mother." Only when Hakim asked the fourth time that, "Then to whom?" the Prophet replied, "Your father." This shows that the right of mother upon the children is three times more than the rights of father as far as kindness is concerned.
Imam Ali bin Hussain, the great-grandson of the Prophet, said: "Coming to the rights of relatives, it is the right of your mother that you should appreciate that she carried you [in her womb] as nobody carries anybody, and fed you the fruits of her heart which nobody feeds anybody, and protected you [during pregnancy] with her ears, hands, legs, hair, limbs, [in short] with her whole being, gladly, cheerfully and carefully; suffering patiently all the worries, pains, difficulties and sorrows [of pregnancy], till the hand of God removed you from her and brought you into this world."
"Then she was most happy feeding you, even if she herself had no clothes; giving you milk and water; not caring for her own thirst; keeping you in the shade, even if she had to suffer from the heat of the sun; giving you every comfort with her own hardship; lulling you to sleep while keeping herself awake."
"And [remember that] her womb was your abode, and her lap your refuge, and her breast your feeder, and her whole existence your protection; it was she, not you, who was braving the heat and cold of this world for your safety."
"Therefore, you must remain thankful to her accordingly, and you cannot do so except by the help and assistance from Allah."
What a status and position has Islam gave woman, and you say that Islam ignore them?
dont talk blindly?
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Then the Messenger of God proceeded to perform his pilgrimage, showing the people its rites and teaching them its customs. Then he addressed them in a speech and elucidated [certain things]. After he had praised and glorified God, he said, "O people, listen to my words. I do not know whether I shall ever meet you again in this place after this year. O people, your blood and your property are sacrosanct until you meet your Lord, just as this day and this month of yours are sacred. Surely you will meet your Lord and he will question you about your deeds. I have [already] made this known. 'Let he who has a pledge return it to the one who entrusted him with it;' all usury is abolished, but your capital belongs to you. Wrong not and you shall not be wronged.' God has decreed that there will be no usury, and the usury of 'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib is abolished, all of it. All blood shed in pre-Islamic days is to be left unavanged. The first such claim I revoke is that of Ibn Rabi'ah b. al-Harith b. 'Abd al-Muttalib, who was nursed among the Banu Layth and was slain by the Banu Hudhayl. His is the first blood shed in the pre-Islamic days with which I shall set an example. O people, indeed Satan despairs of ever being worshipped in this land of yours. He will be pleased, however, if he is obeyed in a thing other than that, in matters you minimize. So beware of him in your religion. O the unbelievers, O people, 'Intercalating a month is an increase of unbelief whereby the unbelievers go astray; one year they make it profane, and hallow it another, [in order] to agree with the number that God has hallowed, and so profane what God has hallowed, and hallow what God has made profane.' Time has completed its cycle [and is] as it was when the day that God created the heaven and the earth. 'The number of the months with God is twelve: [they were] in the Book of God on the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred, the three consecutive [months] and the Rajab, [which is called the month of] Mudar, which is between Jumada (II) and Sha'ban."
written by Zarbo , November 08, 2010
Reference: Al-Tabari, Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir. The History of al-Tabari. Vol.IX: The Last Years of the Prophet. Translated and annotated by Ismail K. Poonawala. State University of NewYork Press, Albany, 1990. (Pages 112-114. Bold emphasis is mine)


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Conservationists can ensure the world's rarest wild cat escapes extinction by doing one simple thing, say researchers — but they need to do it soon.
What's the secret? Start factoring in the effects of climate change when deciding how to save endangered species, says a new study. For the Iberian lynx, the most endangered wild feline of all, conservationists had better hurry. There are only 300 or so left in the wild.
The Iberian lynx lives now only in two small areas of Spain's Andalusian region. At one time it was plentiful throughout Spain, Portugal and southern France. Years of habitat loss, poaching and a diminished food supply have decimated its numbers. Should it become extinct, the Iberian lynx will be the first wild cat to do so in 2,000 years.
Despite aggressive conservation efforts, including a captive breeding program, today the Iberian lynx is just barely holding on. The good news is that lynx population numbers are up from 94 two decades ago to 312 today, thanks to years of dedicated effort.
The bad news is that if conservationists don't adjust their current management plans – which this study says fail to account for the effects of climate change – this wild cat may be lost forever.
Anticipated climate change impacts "will rapidly and severely decrease lynx abundance and probably lead to its extinction in the wild within 50 years, even with strong global efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions," the study, published in July in the journal Nature Climate Change, concluded.
How Exactly Do We Factor in the Effects of Climate Change?
Here's the key: Don't focus on the lynxes, focus on the rabbits. According to researchers, the Iberian lynx depends on the European rabbit as a primary food source. In fact, 90 percent of the lynx's diet is rabbit. Adults need to eat a rabbit a day. A female feeding cubs needs three rabbits a day.
Unfortunately, the effects of climate change are destroying the rabbits' habitat in southern Spain, pushing them to move farther north in search of food and more favorable conditions. This study concludes that there won't be enough rabbits to support any substantial growth in the lynx population in the Andalusian region.
Over $123 million have been spent to date trying to repopulate the Iberian lynx and reintroduce it into this area, which is its original range. That's the problem, according to the study. Researchers say the lynxes need to be introduced to locations targeted by their food source to give the species any real chance of survival.
"If you do what you're currently doing, you'd end up with an extinct animal in the wild by the end of the century," Miguel Bustos Araujo, co-author of the study, told LiveScience. "If you take climate change into account, the population increases from 300 to 800 by the end of the century."
If conservationists must pay attention to where the rabbits are likely to relocate, how do they determine where that's going to be? The researchers behind this study think they know how to do it.
Eco Modeling Suggests the Best Location
The research team figured out where the rabbits will be going by using ecological models. Employing a technique called "coupled niche-population models," they integrated Iberian lynx range dynamics with that of the European rabbit.
Incorporating variables like rainfall, mean temperature, behavior data and habitat mapping, the researchers determined that the northern half of the Iberian Peninsula presents the likeliest location for successful reintroduction of the lynx.
Rabbits will be more abundant in this area because the habitat will be better. The area is likewise highly suitable for the lynx in other ways. It's a perfect fit for both species.
The challenge now is to incorporate these findings into the existing management plan for the Iberian lynx so its numbers can truly rebound. The lynx conservation work done to date has been nothing short of exemplary. It has brought the species back from the very edge of extinction and tripled the population in 20 years.
The effort can't stop there, according to this study. The researchers say they have demonstrated for the first time "why considering prey availability, climate change and their interaction in models is important when designing policies to prevent future biodiversity loss."
Including climate change considerations as another factor in this effort could make the difference between saving the Iberian Lynx or watching the species disappear into history.
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Thank you
thanks, save these Beautiful cats
Thank you Susan.
thanks for sharing
So very sad :( We must do all we can to protect & help these beautiful creatures. The world is losing so many. How many more must we lose..
What gorgeous animals, thank you for the information.
This isn't the world's rarest cat; the Amur Leopard is with approximately 50 in the wild. Get the facts right
Thanks. Good info. Hopefully we'll catch on before its too late
I hate to say this but, if people won't make changes in order to save the human race, which so many people feel is made up of the most valuable and most intelligent creatures on earth ... (and they haven't show any real interest so far in doing that)... then they sure as heck are not going make any changes that might inconvenience them to save any of earth's other "less valuable" creatures. Isolated groups of people work very hard towards these goals of saving endangered animals and, for that, I am very grateful.
What we do to save animals includes ourselves... we're all headed down the same path.
interesting, thank you
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