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Joined: 29 Mar 2012
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:11 pm
Post subject: 2013 OffSeason
Since our season was cut short, by what we can only call non-adjustments, we now have the dis-luxury of talking about the off-season. This includes free agency and the draft. I'll put down what I think is best and let y'all critique me to death.
Free Agency:
ERFA's - resign all
RFA's - resign both
UFA's: resign Baker, Svitek, Walker, Grimes (2-3yr deal 15-18Mill), and Moore
Gonzalez (I pray he comes back for one last shot, but that is a very very long shot) McClure and Peterson
Turner (Thanks for all you did to turn our franchise around, but this is a business and cutting him is the only thing we can do) Jerry and Franks
Free Agent Signings w/ reason:
Assuming all the free agents who are listed as free agents don't resign with their teams (I know that's not likely)
1. Danny Amendola - put him in the slot and let him thrive with his quickness and sure hands (5yr 22mil)
2. Brandon Myers - A one year wonder so far, sign him for a short deal and see if he pans out, make him fight with our tight ends and a rookie (2yr 7.5mil)
3. Jake Long - sometimes players in the NFL just need a change of scenery, bring him in a plug him in at left tackle, move Baker to right tackle and put Clabo at right guard (5yr 65mil)
4. Michael Johnson - a freak of nature at D-End, we need to generate pressure and who knows how long JA55 has left (4yr 50mil)
1. Barrett Jones (Alabama) - he can play 4 positions on the oline, but the Falcons will plug him in at C and let him man that position for the next 12-15yrs, he also played for Nick Saban at Alabama
2. David Amerson (N.C. State) - he can play Corner or Safety, Nolan's D needs and loves versatility
3. Shawn Williams (Georgia) - He can back up either safety spot and could be another one of those hybrid players that thrives in Nolan's hybrid Defense
4a. Kwame Geathers (Georgia) - huge run stuffer, can play on run downs and 3 lineman sets, we need a real nose on our D
4b. Marcus Lattimore (South Carolina) - take a chance, he would have been a top 5 pick before all his injuries, now we get to take a chance on a guy who only needs someone to give him a shot
5. Dion Sims (Michigan State) - 6'5 250 gives him a nice frame to gain weight and could be a sleeper at tight end for Matty Ice
6. B.W. Webb (William and Mary) - Corner depth, I believe rounds 6 and 7 should be oline, dline and secondary depth
7. Travis Bond (North Carolina) - 6'6 340 OG pick him up and give him a shot, huge human being.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:32 pm
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First of all, thanks for posting this off-season. Nice to see you on this part of the forum.
I like the attention you've paid to the lines in this - our two big FAs and the 1st round pick, and two extra players for depth. It's good to see another fan that recognizes that at times we get out-muscled in the trenches.
I also love a couple of the players you have picked up - Marcus Lattimore is well worth a flyer if he makes it to the 5th, and the single game I saw of Webb was very encouraging.
However, I would suggest that it is slightly unrealistic in terms of FA acquisitions. We are currently at $113m committed against the cap of $121m for next year.
Even with the $5.5m we save from cutting Turner (smart move BTW), that space would be swallowed up by the RFAs and your re-signings.
As a result, bringing in two $10m+/yr FAs might be a tad optimistic.
I'm also a bit skeptical on three of the players in your draft.
- Barrett Jones is a fine centre prospect, but Peter Konz has provided little push in the run game at RG and I believe his playing strength and smarts fit better at centre. As a result, if we target an interior player early I would rather a guard who can help out our run game.
- David Amerson lacks the athleticism to play man to man and thus would limit some of the looks we can send at offenses. His tackling fundamentals are also lacking and with Dunta, Asante and Grimes already somewhat questionable in run support, I would prefer a more physical player.
- Kwame Geathers is little more than a large body at this point. With the lack of development from our DL draft picks, I am wary of such a significant project.
I would be interested to hear your thoughts when you have a chance.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:28 pm
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I did ponder on the fact that the free agent signings was a tad optimistic, but I also assumed since we are so close, Mr. Blank may be willing to make anything and everything happen this offseason. Similar to the style Ted Turner brought to the Brraves during their amazing run of pennants.
Barrett Jones can play every position on the Oline, no reason not to have him as insurance for any injury or to start at any of the open positions we have e.g. if we don't grab a Jake Long type player we can plug him in at LT.
I pictured Amerson coming in a playing both corner and safety, but I do not know much about the guy, so I'll take your word for it. Plug in a great hybrid type DB where I drafted him.
As for Gaethers, 6'6 350+ would generate great push in the run D and be a great NT for our 3 lineman looks. I think he is a project as well, but I feel that he can play and learn at the same time with his size, strength and power.
I would love to hear what you are thinking about for our offseason as well.
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Location: London, UK
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:42 am
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My broad sketch of an off-season.
My priorities:
1. Improve ability to run the ball in short yardage and 4th quarter situations.
2. Add young talent to the DL and increase versatility of unit
3. Reward our own players wherever possible in free agency
4. Make targeted signings to address key weaknesses on defensive side
Sam Baker (3 yrs/$12m)
William Moore (4 yrs/$19m or Franchise Tag)
Vance Walker (2 yrs/$4m)
Chris Owens (minimum)
Robert McClain (RFA 2nd Rd Tender)
Michael Palmer (RFA Right to Match)
All ERFAs
Dunta Robinson / Brent Grimes
- Saving $4m
If we cut Dunta we only carry a $1m dead money charge (compared to his overall cap hit of nearly $9m). Bring back one of Robinson or Grimes (I would prefer Grimes) for a total cap hit of c.$5m
Tony Gonzalez
Mike Peterson
Todd McClure
Michael Turner
Peria Jerry
External Signings
Randy Starks, DT, Miami
- 3 years / $12.5m Total / $6m SB
Worked with Nolan previously, and a good fit at both 3-4 DE and 4-3 DT. Key cog in a solid run defense (8th in DVOA).
Daryl Smith, LB, Jacksonville
- 2 yrs / $7.8m / $3.6m SB
Georgia native, played college at Tech, plays at ATL South and played for Smith there. Solid coverage player who could play SLB or MLB for us. Injured last year but previously a PB caliber player.
If I could get him for under $4m/yr, I would do that. Dependent on the Jags though, as they have the cap space to re-sign him.
Cap Situation
Starting: $113m
Savings: $9.5m (Turner + CB)
Spending: $21.5m
Total: $125m
Now the cap is $121m, so that is obviously over. However, the figure above is simply taking the average per year of all contracts, and includes $8.35m of dead money (mostly Edwards and Turner) that will not count in 2014.
So we merely re-structure a few contracts to move some money into 2014. This isn't going to rob from the future / cripple us with big bills to come - it's just sensible accounting.
Remember, if Daryl Smith is re-signed in Jax, then we remove another $3.9m off the figure and then we are very close even with the dead money.
1. Alex Okafor, DE, Texas
Can be what Edwards was supposed to be (6-8 sacks, good vs run). Played DT, DE, OLB at Texas so has versatility for Nolan. Very productive senior team captain - fits TD's profile.
Alternative: Datone Jones, UCLA
2. Larry Warford, OG, Kentucky
All-SEC guard who can move people off the ball in the run game and still keep Matt Ryan clean. Surprisingly good feet for a big man. Still has upside in strength terms due to slightly sloppy body.
Alternative: Travis Fredrick, Wisconsin
3. Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati
Very athletic, good bloodlines (brother is NFL OL), can block very well in run game (iffy in pass blocking though). Productive in senior year despite so-so QB play. Dependent on Falcons Filter as was suspended from team in 2010 but google does not tell me why.
Alternative: Draft Taylor here, Gavin Escobar in round 4 with original pick
Package 4th and 5th Round Picks for High 4th
4. Stepfan Taylor, RB, Stanford
Good vision for the inside run and he has more elusiveness than he is often credited for. Is well developed and able to contribute both pass blocking and in the screen game. Similar profile to Stevan Ridley, who has done well in the 2 down role on the Patriots. Team captain and senior leader.
Alternative: Mike Gillislee, Florida
Comp (4th/5th) Mid-Round Cornerback
Won't commit to a name until after the combine (40 time + shuttles v. important for corners). Jamar Taylor / Brandon McGee / B.W Webb / Leon McFadden all possibilities.
Alternative: As above
6. Marquise Goodwin, WR, Texas
Can't teach speed. And he's actually looked quite polished at the Senior Bowl. BTW, if Tavarres King is available at a 5th round comp pick (i.e. if we only get a 5th) then take him there and grab a CB here. Competes with HD for #3 WR.
Alternative: Jasper Collins, Mount Union
7. Jake Knott, OLB, Iowa State
Actually prefer his team-mate Klein but suspect he will be gone. Good playing speed and instincts and blue-collar player likely to make impact on ST
Alternatives: Sio Moore, Connecticut
Comp 7th. Targeted UDFA
This low down, we just grab a guy who isn't 100% commited to us as an UDFA but we want to look at in camp. Preferably a lineman who we can stash on the PS for a year.
Depth Chart
- Matt Ryan - Dominique Davis
Stepfan Taylor
- Jacquizz Rodgers - Jason Snelling - Antone Smith
- Bradie Ewing
- Roddy White - Drew Davis
- Julio Jones - Kevin Cone
- Harry Douglas -
Marquise Goodwin
Travis Kelce
- Michael Palmer - Chase Coffman
- Sam Baker - Lamar Holmes
- Justin Blalock - Phillipkeith Manley
- Peter Konz - Joe Hawley
Larry Warford
- Mike Johnson
- Tyson Clabo - (Mike Johnson)
- John Abraham - Cliff Matthews - Jonathan Massaquoi
- Jonathan Babineaux - Vance Walker
Randy Starks
- Corey Peters - Travian Robertson
Alex Okafor
- Kroy Biermann
- Stephen Nicholas -
Jake Knott
Daryl Smith
- Akeem Dent - Pat Schiller
- Sean Weatherspoon - Robert James
Brent Grimes or Dunta Robinson
- Chris Owens
- Asante Samuel - Robert McClain
- Robert McClain -
College CB
- William Moore - Shann Schillinger
- Thomas DeCoud - Charles Mitchell
- Matt Bryant
- Matt Bosher
- Josh Harris
Have I achieved aims?
1. Improve ability to run the ball in short yardage and 4th quarter situations.
Added Taylor as big back with good burst. Warford should be good to run behind, and with Konz at C we have a lot of power for QB sneaks.
2. Add young talent to the DL and increase versatility of unit
Okafor brought in for young, Starks increases versatility. Continue to develop Massaquoi, Matthews and Robertson
3. Reward our own players wherever possible in free agency
Only 1 (or 2) external FAs brought in; 3 substantial re-signings. Only starting player to leave is Reynolds.
4. Make targeted signings to address key weaknesses on defensive side
Starks helps run defense, Smith helps both run D and pass coverage on RBs/TEs in nickel
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RIVERSIDE - Despite the governor's new budget plan and the passage of Proposition 30, California State University's top administrator says more money is still needed.
Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget released Thursday includes $250 million more for the Cal State system, while Proposition 30's passage in November saved them from a $250 million mid-year trigger cut.
But it's not enough revenue for a higher education system that's seen more than $1 billion in cuts in recent years, Cal State Chancellor Timothy P. White said.
"I view it as stopping the hemorrhaging," White said. "We still have a little ooze," in the form of rising healthcare and pension costs.
Brown's 2013-14 state budget proposal includes an addition of $125.1 million in funding for the Cal State system and reinstates $125 million that was cut from last year's budget.
Proposition 30's higher sales taxes took effect Jan. 1, the day after White - who previously was chancellor of the UC Riverside - officially became chancellor of the Cal State system.
The measure raised state sales tax by a quarter-cent for four years and increased income tax rates for people who earn more than $250,000 a year for seven years. The revenues would be earmarked for education.
"We still face many fiscal challenges and will continue efforts to operate efficiently and effectively, and seek out additional innovative ways to control costs," White said.
Sen. Bob Huff, R-Walnut, GOP minority leader in the state Senate, is skeptical voters would approve more revenue for higher education any time soon.
"Every line item on the budget is always screaming for more attention than the others," Huff said.
"I'm not sure how many cutbacks there actually were (in the CSU). We still see high, almost Wall Street salaries there. ... Regardless of which part of the budget you are, I think we still have to acknowledge we're in the era of limits."
Sen. Darrel Steinberg, D-Sacramento, the top Democrat in the state Senate, was a little more sympathetic to White's point of view.
"Certainly, we all want to reinvest in higher education to make up for the severity of the losses of the last couple of years and yet we have to realize the surpluses before we even consider this," Steinberg said.
Besides asking for more money, White said he'll also look to raise revenue in other ways and to "look at business practices and use our own resources more wisely."
He would like to see how the 23 Cal State schools - and possibly the 10 University of California schools - could better pool their resources and buy products and services across their campuses to benefit from larger economies of scale.
White said he believes some of the system's rising costs must inevitably be borne by students, but he wants to slow the rate of those tuition increases.
"I think it's inevitable for (tuition) to grow, but I want families to be able to plan," he said.
Before asking taxpayers for more revenue, White said the state's public colleges need to do a better job of explaining to the public what they're getting for their money.
"Cal State adds value to everyone's life," he said. "(It is) a huge driver of the state's economy and social progress."
The system graduates 100,000 graduates each year, White said, and produces the majority of the state's K-12 teachers. Today, there are more than 2.6 million CSU alumni.
Even as state support for California's public colleges has been cut, demand for classes and related services went up.
For the fourth year in a row, the CSU has received a record number of applications for the 2013-14 school year. A total of 294,926 would-be students applied as of Nov. 30, up 10 percent from the year before.
Every campus received more applications from first-time freshmen and transfer students than in the previous year.
Two-thirds of Cal State Northridge students had trouble getting the courses they needed to graduate, according to a study released by UCLA's Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles in 2011.
"If I'm admitted to campus, but I can't get the classes in a timely way, that's fake access," White said.
According to CSU officials, 16 of the system's 23 campuses had more applicants than room on campus in the 2012-13 school year.
"California can't afford to lose a generation of students," he said.
The increased demand on campus has led to tuition hikes and course offerings being cut.
CSU tuition has gone up every year since the 2007-08 school year when undergraduates and graduate students were hit with a 10 percent tuition hike, to $2,772 and $3,414 annually, respectively.
Tuition fees have roughly doubled since then, going up to $5,472 and $6,738, respectively, in the 2012-2013 school year.
Things could have been even worse: In September, Cal State Board of Trustees approved a 5 percent tuition hike that would have gone into effect had Proposition 30 been voted down. The proposition's approval also meant a rollback of a 9 percent tuition hike that took effect this fall.
White said he doesn't yet know what form the effort to increase revenue will take.
He plans to visit all of the system's campuses to better learn the challenges each is facing and what local solutions could be applied more globally.
"My instinct tells me there's more capacity" on campus, White said.
This includes more morning, evening and weekend classes, along with more students participating in the Cal State Online program - which he'd like to expand.
"The CSU has certainly been challenged over the past several years with the drop in state support due to the state's lingering recession," White said.
"However, with finances more stable in the near term now that Proposition 30 has passed, we are cautiously optimistic that the CSU's budget will begin to turn around."
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Public Function NameIsOnFile($studentname) {
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM studentlist WHERE name = '{$studentname}'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM);
if($row[0] > 0) { // student name is on file
return true;
return false;
} // end function
Is there an easier / less resource intensive way to accomplish this? (studentid is the key to this table, not name).
I've done a search in this forum, but must not be using the right keywords.
depends on whether you want to ensure that only unique names are entered
if not, then it's not clear what you're asking
Slightly better:
Public Function NameIsOnFile($studentname) {
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM studentlist WHERE name = '{$studentname}'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) { // student name is on file
return true;
return false;
} // end function
Ideally you should stop using the function mysql_query, mysql_num_rows etc as they are being phased out, check these instead http://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php
Yes, that's why I am asking -- I am checking to assure that the name is unique (as 'name' is NOT the key to this table).
That's what I first tried. I must have mis-coded as I kept getting a positive number on mysql_num_rows when the name was unique.
I will take a look at the url you suggested. Thanks.
You will ger a positive value if the name does exist in the database.
Depending on what you want to do, you could also create a unique index on 'name', do an insert, and then handle the duplicate key error if the name already exists.
okay, to prevent duplicate names, declare a UNIQUE index on the name column
then, don't bother with this function at all -- just go ahead and do the INSERT without checking yourself
to handle what happens if a name already exists, you have several choices --
you can use the INSERT IGNORE option, which lets the INSERT statement finish normally, but does not insert anything
you can use the INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE option, to capture any additional data values from the insert and use them to update the existing row
you can catch the error and report back a user-friendly message like "Name already exists"
Thanks guys. That sounds like the better approach. I have my validation packaged in a separate function within my class than the database maintenance (Insert/Update). As such, got into a bit of tunnel vision.
Will take your suggestions with gratitude.
Not better at all considering mysql_num_rows() will always return a single row given the query. That function will never return false. Removing the aggregate function would fix it.


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Jason Bateman on His Directorial Debut 'Bad Words'
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Jason Bateman is utilizing his four-letter words!
The actor is making his directorial debut with his latest flick Bad Words and revealed to On Air with Ryan Seacrest that he decided to make his debut with this movie since he connected with the character.
"I'm embarrassed to say I have a similar dark sense of humor, but I also have a very soft chewy center that this nasty guy I play has," he jokes. "It just kind of worked for me, you kind of have to show this guy is sensitive, but show his prickly veneer."
Considering Jason's character cusses around kids while attempting to win a spelling bee, we had to wonder, does he have a potty mouth around his own kids?
"Only around the 2-year-old because she doesn't know what I'm saying," he tells us. However, he jokes, he draws the line once his kids are old enough to watch the Disney show, Jessie.
"As soon as they start watching Jessie … I draw the line … there's a lot of sass on that show."
All jokes aside, Jason opens up about his own spelling bee experience as a child. "I was in one spelling bee when I was a little kid and I lost early to the word 'answer' … that's why I had to go into acting. We're not a bright group."
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Apparently Rita Ora doesn't tolerate anyone throwing shade at Beyonce in her presence.
The British singer was a guest on Wednesday's "The Breakfast Club" New York radio show, where she was asked about last year's rumors about having an affair with her label boss Jay Z. The 23-year-old stopped the line of questioning immediately and said, "Don't you dare disrespect Beyonce like that ever again in your life."
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Check out the full interview below:
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Brian Gran
Associate Professor of Sociology
Project Director
Associate Professor of Sociology
In "Social Policy and Children's Rights" (SOCI 355), students examined laws and social policies surrounding children's rights from an international, comparative perspective. The course attempted to answer four questions:
(1) What are different types of children's rights?
(2) What institutions facilitate or inhibit children's rights?
(3) Are rights effective tools for producing changes in children's welfare?
(4) In turn, what can children's rights show us about how laws, especially rights, work and do not work?
Students spoke with experts from all over the globe: a lawyer who filed a successful claim for refugee status based on female genital mutilation, an activist seeking an international ban on physical punishment of children, and a member of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, among others. Typically, students first re-argued a legal case, applying insights from sociological theory and research. Then, through videoconferencing, they posed questions to the "visiting" experts, often gaining perspectives they would never have considered otherwise.
The course gave students the opportunity to analyze and assess efforts by governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other actors to advocate for children's rights. The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child is one of the most widely ratified human rights instruments (with only two national governments withholding ratification). Efforts are under way to give young people the right to vote, to ensure that they have access to good public education, to protect them from economic exploitation, and to ban adults from physically punishing children. Rights are the tools these international actors use in calling for these changes. Yet little is known about whether rights are effective tools.
Students gained a wide range of skills by analyzing legal and academic documents. Their written comments indicated that they valued discussion with participants beyond the classroom. For example, they expressed appreciation of an international teleconference with a children's ombudsperson. Students also reported that the course stimulated a high level of critical thinking.
The original plan for the grant was to teach the course with collaborators at Queen's University, Belfast, and the University of Cape Town, South Africa. When these plans ran into difficulties, the project was reconfigured to arrange videoconferencing with global experts on children's rights. Another challenge was managing some universities' expectation for payment for providing communication technology services.
Future plans include co-teaching this course with a colleague at another university, helping CWRU students obtain internships with international NGOs working on children's rights, and arranging for students to observe meetings of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Total funding: $5,935
The WLE grant supported two visits to the United Kingdom, where Professor Gran pursued relationships with other universities and met with experts on children's rights to set up videoconferences. The personal relationships developed during the UK visits will be instrumental in pursuing the long-term goals for the course and opportunities for students.
This project recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation's Law and Social Science Program, which supports research on children's rights.
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0358 Thursday, 30 August 2012
Date: August 30, 2012 9:56:38 AM EDT
Subject: Call for Papers
I am delighted to announce that I shall edit a special section in Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation (http://www.borrowers.uga.edu/cocoon/borrowers/about) about what for now we are calling Service Shakespeare. This is a call for papers with apologies for cross postings.
By Service Shakespeare, I mean Shakespeare used in the service of different populations, especially needy or isolated populations. Perhaps the best-known example is the Shakespeare in prisons programs, and the best-known example of this is the documentary Shakespeare Behind Bars. I hope to cast the net rather widely. My own contribution will be about using Shakespeare as a therapy for Alzheimer's patients. Topics may include Shakespeare amongst those with other illnesses, with mental disabilities, the homeless, the poor, Shakespeare produced for those in the armed services, and serving the handicapped in professional theatre companies. Let these serve as examples of the sort of topics sought, not as limitations. I am open to any great idea as long as the emphasis is on using Shakespeare to serve others or as a therapy. Please contact me with your proposals.
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With the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989, Czechoslovakia freed itself of communist control and set out to adapt its command economy to the free market. The government introduced a program based on policies of price liberalization, the opening of markets to foreign trade and investment, internal convertibility of the country's currency, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and tax reform. While the Czech Republic and Slovakia officially shared the status of both were successors to the federal state, long-standing inequities in economic development gave the Czechs a decided advantage at independenceover the Slovaks. Rigid economic compartmentalization under the Czechoslovak planned economy Comecon (Council on Mutual Economic Assistance) made Slovakia, with its mineral resources and hydroelectric potential, a major producer of armaments for the former communist nations countries of eastern Europe. The economy of the Czech Republic, on the other hand, was relatively diversified and stable, reflecting both a more amenable geography and the historic predominance of Czechs in the federal administration. Similarly, the transition to a market economy initiated after the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989 lagged behind in Slovakia. Irrespective of deeper societal factors, these
imbalances predisposed Czechs to favour partition, while the Slovaks were divided in their view of the federal partnership as either an obscuring shadow or a sheltering wing.Once the political breach came to seem appeared inevitable, Czechs and Slovaks faced the unprecedented requirements for challenges of dividing the economy assumed a somewhat tentative order of priority. At partition, the federal monetary system remained essentially intact, each country identifying its currency supply by means of applied stamps. The rapid economic divergence of the two republics, however, ended the arrangement after only one month, and separate currencies were inaugurated.The historic Czechoslovakia's economy and assets. The historical imbalance in government assets between the two territories made fair apportionment after partition a difficult goal. This was particularly true and the problems it posed for fair apportionment were particularly pronounced in the case of military installations and equipment, of which the Czech Republic held the great majority. The bulk of Slovakia's military-industrial component, by contrast, consisted in of its armament manufacture, which had declined precipitously with the collapse of communism. Despite its inherent advantages, the Czech economy faced independence at a time when recent emergence from the Soviet bloc, coupled with the rigours of privatization, had caused a dramatic short-term increase in prices and unemployment. The government instituted a value-added tax in its effort to align the economy with Western markets.ResourcesAlthough reserves are limited, bituminous, anthracite, and brown coals are produced in significant quantities
its communist markets.
Based on its inherent advantages—a well-educated and skilled labour force, proximity to western Europe, and a low level of foreign debt—the Czech Republic experienced fairly low unemployment and respectable economic performance during its first years as a separate entity. The new government, headed by Pres. Václav Havel and Prime Minister Václav Klaus (Czechoslovakia's former finance minister and a principal architect of postcommunist economic policy), pledged to continue along the path of economic reform, with the goal of large-scale privatization as a priority. Privatization was achieved by means of a voucher system through which Czech citizens purchased shares in state-owned enterprises. Restructuring of the country's antiquated and inefficient manufacturing sector, however, lagged behind. Nevertheless, the Czech Republic's success in keeping down unemployment and inflation while maintaining steady growth resulted in its being singled out as one of the greatest economic successes of postcommunist eastern Europe. In addition, large influxes of visitors fostered the rapid development of the tourism industry and service sector, which provided new employment that helped limit some of the usual hardships of economic restructuring.
Within a few years, however, it became obvious that the Czech economy was not as healthy as had been believed. The government's failure to proceed with restructuring of key sectors of the economy and to create transparent financial market regulations began to take a toll. Poor management and corruption in the banking industry (much of which had remained largely state controlled) resulted in the failure of eight banks in 1996. In addition, many Czechs who had turned over their privatization vouchers to unregulated private investment funds—in exchange for promises of substantial returns—lost their investments when these dubious funds began to go bankrupt. In 1997 the government responded to the economic crisis by instituting a package of austerity measures and introducing a floating exchange rate, which resulted in a significant depreciation of the koruna, the state currency.
Despite these economic measures and the establishment of a new securities commission, in the late 1990s the Czech Republic fell into a recession, marked by declines in gross domestic product (GDP) and wages, a growing foreign-trade deficit, and rising unemployment. In the opening years of the 21st century, the economy rebounded, faltered briefly, and then rebounded again; and though the country's public finance deficit grew precipitously, many positive economic indicators surpassed the high levels of the mid-1990s, as the Czech economy became among the fastest-growing in the European Union (EU), which the Czech Republic joined in 2004.
For the most part, Czechs enjoy a standard of living higher than other former communist countries in eastern Europe. However, employment rates and, consequently, standards of living vary by region. For example, Prague, with its thriving international tourist trade, has had a negligible unemployment rate of less than 1 percent at the same time that some rural regions were experiencing rates as much as 20 times higher. Nationally, by the mid-2000s less than one-tenth of the workforce was unemployed.
Czech agriculture is among the most advanced in eastern Europe, with better than average yields. The country does not suffer from a shortage of agricultural land, but its land is used far less efficiently than that in western Europe. With the end of communism, land that had been confiscated after World War II to form large state-controlled farms was gradually restored to its previous owners. Although members of smaller collective farms were entitled to withdraw their land from the collective, small land holders did not necessarily receive their own land back; instead, they often were allotted a plot of comparable worth at another location. The agricultural market is now wholly liberalized, with about one-fourth of farmland cultivated by individuals, one-third by cooperatives, and about two-fifths by corporations.
Wheat, sugar beets, barley, rye, oats, and potatoes are the most important crops. Pigs, cattle, sheep, and poultry are the dominant livestock. High-quality hops used by the country's breweries are cultivated in Bohemia. Moravia, particularly southern Moravia, is a grape-growing region and is the centre of the Czech Republic's wine industry, though vineyards are also found elsewhere.
Reforestation efforts of the early 1980s were offset by the effects of acid rain, which prompted cutting beyond the projected rate. By 1989 nearly three-fifths of the republic's forests had been destroyed or seriously damaged. Since then, renewed reforestation efforts have been more effective with deciduous trees than with conifers, resulting in little overall change in the total forest area, which occupies about one-third of the country.
Although reserves are limited, the Czech Republic produces significant quantities of bituminous, anthracite, and brown coal. Most of the bituminous coal is derived from the Ostrava-Karviná coalfield in the northeast, though although it is also mined near Kladno , in the Plzeň basin, as well as near Trutnov , and near Brno. A high proportion of the bituminous coal is of coking quality. Production of brown coal increased rapidly up to the mid-20th century and has remained fairly static since then, although demand for it was maintained by the delay in conversion to gas heating; open-pit mining methods are used. The main mining areas until the 1990s, when production declined as the industry faced restructuring and privatization. The main areas of brown-coal mining are in the extreme west around Chomutov, Most, Teplice, and Sokolov. The brown Brown coal is used in thermal power stations, as fuel in the home, and as raw material in the chemical industry. Small quantities of petroleum and natural gas are produced near Hodonín on the Slovak border. Pipelines import Russian oil and natural gas, the latter supplementing existing coal gas supplies. Plans for reducing dependence on Russian oil sources include the building of a pipeline to carry oil from Trieste to the Czech Republic. There has been a slight drop in energy use, and brown coal output also has suffered some decline. The completion in the late 1990s of an oil pipeline that transports oil from the port of Trieste, Italy, allowed the Czech Republic to be less reliant on Russian oil sources. Nuclear power plants located in Dukovany and Temelín, as well as nuclear power from Slovakia, have reduced the country's dependence on coal only slightly; about three-fourths of the Czech Republic's electricity is derived from fossil fuels.
The Czech Republic has a limited endowment deposits of metallic ores. The area between Prague and Plzeň has been important for its iron deposits. Lead and zinc ores are mined near Kutná Hora and Příbram in Bohemia and in the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains in the northeast. Uranium is mined near Příbram and around Hamr in northern Bohemia. There is a significant gold deposit of gold at Mokrsko, in central Bohemia, south of Prague. The Ore Mountains of Bohemia yield small quantities of tin. Other mineral resources include graphite near České Budějovice and kaolin near Plzeň and Karlovy Vary.
Czech agriculture is among the most advanced in eastern Europe, with better-than-average yields. The country does not suffer from a shortage of agricultural land, but such land in the Czech Republic is used far less efficiently than that in western Europe. Economists have predicted that removal of agriculture from central government planning would render it more responsive to consumer demand and business productivity. Gradual restoration of land to previous owners from whom it had been confiscated after World War II was expected to result in the reestablishment of private farming in some cases and in the continuation of some cooperative ventures.
Cereals lead in total agricultural production, with wheat, barley, rye, oats, and potatoes as the most important crops. Pigs, cattle, sheep, and poultry are the dominant livestock.
Reforestation efforts of the early 1980s were offset by the effects of acid rain, which prompted cutting beyond the projected rate. By 1989 nearly three-fifths of the republic's forests had been destroyed or seriously damaged.
Although much of the industry in the Czech Republic in the early 1990s could be characterized as obsolete by western European standards, some sectors, notably the automobile and electronics industries, are now modern and efficient. Engineering is the largest branch of industry. Also very important is are food processing , followed by and brewing, as well as the chemical, rubber, cement, textile, footwear, and glass industries, ferrous metallurgy, and fuel mining and processing. The Czech iron and steel industries have traditionally been among the largest in eastern Europe and are based but rely mainly on imported ores (especially from Ukraine). Steel production is centred on the plants of the Ostrava area (in Moravia), with lesser amounts produced at Kladno, Plzeň, and Chomutov (all in Bohemia). The heavy manufacturing sector produces automobiles, trucks, tractors, buses, airplanes, motorcycles, and diesel and electric and diesel railway locomotives.Prior to 1989 the Czech tourism industry catered largely to visitors from other eastern European countries. Following democratization, an increasing proportion of tourists came from western Europe and the United States. Among the principal attractions are historic Prague, numerous spas and mineral springs, winter resorts, and various cultural festivalslocomotives and rail and tram cars.
The major Czech car manufacturer remains Škoda, eastern Europe's oldest car manufacturer, whose main plant is located in Mladá Boleslav. Taken over in the early 1990s by the German company Volkswagen and thoroughly modernized, Škoda became the Czech Republic's biggest export earner in the early 2000s, accounting for about one-tenth of the country's overall exports and becoming a source of national pride.
On the day of partition, Jan. 1, 1993, the Czech National Bank ( and its Slovak counterpart ) replaced the federal monobank, the State Bank of Czechoslovakia. Initially, however, the federal monetary system remained essentially intact, with each country identifying its currency by applying stamps to it. The rapid economic divergence of the two republics, however, ended this arrangement after only one month, and separate currencies were inaugurated.
The National Bank oversees all other financial institutions in the country and was responsible for conducting the conversion to national currency. Numerous commercial and joint-venture banks, providing a full range of financial services, came into being after democratization. The Czech State Savings Bank, founded in 1969, serves individual depositors and issues loans.Trade
The Czech Republic depends on foreign trade to boost economic growth; Czechoslovakia formerly Improper lending practices and embezzlement contributed to the failure of the Kreditni bank, the sixth largest in the nation, in 1996 and sparked a major crisis in the banking industry that put a serious strain on the state's financial resources. Moreover, continued instability in the banking sector at the end of the 20th century spurred the government to hasten preparations for fuller privatization of the largest banks.
Since the demise of the command economy, numerous joint ventures have taken place between foreign and Czech firms, and there has been significant foreign direct investment in the country. German banks, firms, and individuals were the first to become leading investors, but investment also has come from the United States, The Netherlands, Switzerland, France, and Austria. The largest proportion of it was made in the communications, transportation and transportation equipment, and consumer goods industries.
Czechoslovakia was one of the largest foreign traders in eastern Europe , and it was a member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( Comecon ) until the organization disbanded in 1991. Czech trade patterns shifted in during the early 1990s in keeping with response to the changes occurring both within the country and throughout eastern Europe. Exports By 2000, four years before the Czech Republic joined the EU, its exports to former Comecon members had declined , while those to Western countries grew. Thousands of joint-venture companies were established, bringing in foreign capital.Transportation
Owing to its to about one-fourth of total exports. In the early 21st century, Germany ranked as the chief destination for exports as well as the main source of imports. Other important trading partners included Slovakia and Austria. Machinery and transportation equipment made up the largest share of both exports and imports.
Prior to 1989 the Czech tourism industry catered largely to visitors from other eastern European countries. Following the demise of the Soviet bloc, an increasing proportion of tourists came from western Europe and the United States. Among the principal attractions are historic Prague, numerous spas and mineral springs, winter resorts, and various cultural festivals. Earnings from tourism increased dramatically throughout the 1990s, contributing significantly to the country's revenues and playing a major role in the development of the service sector, which by the first years of the 21st century accounted for more than half of the country's GDP and employed more than half of all Czech workers.
The Czech Republic has a wealth of cultural and historic sites that have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage sites. Among them are the historic centres of Česky Krumlov, Prague, and Telč (all inscribed in 1992), the Holašovice Historical Village Reservation (1998), Litomyšl Castle (1999), and the Jewish Quarter and St. Procopius's Basilica in Třebíč (2003).
Under the communist regime, trade union activity was very restricted. Nevertheless, a general labour strike in November 1989 was one of the catalysts of the Velvet Revolution. The leading trade organization to arise in the postcommunist era was the Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (C̆eskomoravská Konfederace Odborových Svazů), which held its first congress meeting in 1994.
Personal income tax in the Czech Republic is progressive. The corporate tax rate during this period was roughly one-fourth less than it had been in 1992, in the final year of federation. The country also employs a value-added tax (VAT), with exemptions for certain types of businesses, including postal services, financial institutions, health and welfare services, broadcasting, and nonprofit organizations.
Owing to terrain, settlement patterns, former federal policies, and geographic orientation toward western Europe, the Czech Republic possesses a more extensive transportation system than that of Slovakia. Rail lines serve all regions of the country and , link the republic with its neighbours, and connect Prague with most major European cities. Urban light-rail serves the major metropolitan areas. Most freight moves along main-line routes, but shorter routes between the larger towns accommodate considerable passenger traffic. While highway development has been gradual, an However, there has been a steady decline in both passenger and freight operations, in spite of the fact that the railways were modernized at the end of the 20th century. An extensive network of paved roads crisscrosses the Bohemian Plateau; , while a superhighway links Prague, Brno, and Bratislava.
The Elbe and the Vltava are the principal navigable rivers in the Czech Republic, with Děčín and Prague as their chief ports, respectively. The Oder provides access to the Baltic Sea via the Polish port of Szczecin. Air service connects Prague with Ostrava, Plzeň, and other regional centres, as well as with Bratislava in Slovakia. The capital city is also a major international air terminusPrague is a major international air terminus; foreign flights also arrive in Brno, Ostrava, and Karlovy Vary.
Per capita personal computer availability is greater in the Czech Republic than it is in the rest of central Europe but still lags far behind western European standards. On the other hand, per capita cell phone availability in the country is equal to or greater than that in most western European countries.


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Gaziantep Olay TV, 31 August 2010
Jesus the Messiah (as) will be highly influential in world politics, though not in person, but through his followers. They will have to conceal him. He will have an elect group of 1400 followers. Bediuzzaman makes it clear that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will leave politics to the Prophet Jesus (as).
(Regarding Gaddafi's statements about Islam spreading in Europe by way of Turkey) Gaddafi is also aware of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). He regards Turkey as the first spark that will ignite a spiritual flame. He has said before that Turkey will play a role in the dominion of Islam, and he is saying the same thing again now. He is referring to the system of the Mahdi.
Whatever part of the Qur'an we open, it speaks to us of science. It tells us to look at the sky. What do we look at it with? A telescope. That is science. Look at the earth, it says. You need geology to do that, equipment able to carry out excavations. Were it not for microbiology, and genetics, how could we know about mitochondria and all the millions details of Allah's artistry? We understand Allah's artistry through science. History is also a science. We are hand in hand with science everywhere. Allah wants us to be healthy, and that comes from medical science. Allah commands art and science.
The Prophet Jesus (as) will not write books himself nor personally occupy himself in opposing Darwinism and materialism. I do not know his tactics, but he will possess the knowledge with which to influence politically important figures and important organizations that run the world. We do not know what that is, but we will find out when we encounter it.
"The Prophet Jesus (as) will open it (the chest) and will find a thousand books with seal upon them and will preach Islam with those books." (Ali ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Khari al-Hanafi "Risalatul Mashrab alvardi fi mazhabil Mahdi, p. 4, from the book Anis al-Julasji)
The subject is alluded to in the Gospels as follows:
THE LAMB [JESUS]… CAME AND TOOK THE SCROLL FROM THE RIGHT HAND OF HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WHO SAT ON THE THRONE. (Revelation 5:7)
Everyone has realized that the Day of Reckoning is close at hand. All this panic is because they know that the Day of Reckoning is imminent. That is why they are rather paralyzed. That is why they are reluctant to build things or invest money. Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as) have to revitalize things. It would be unreasonable to build a factory when the Day of Reckoning is at hand. The Day of Reckoning can come at any time. There is a verse about it.
Bediuzzaman says that none of the figures of the End Times will know who they are when they appear. The dajjal (antichrist), the sufyan, Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as) – none will know who they are. Not when they first appear. But they will gradually realize. The sufyan will realize who he is at the last moment, for example. The dajjal will realize he is the dajjal at the last moment. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will "look at the signs and say, by the law of Allah, I bear a close resemblance." But our Prophet (saas) says, "The Mahdi will fear Allah like the trembling of the wings of a bird." Can anyone who so fears Allah stand up and say, "I am the Mahdi"? Never. But if all the signs suggest that, then he will pray and say, "I hope so, insha'Allah."
One feature of the hadiths of the End Times is that when they come about, that hadith is completely trustworthy and corroborated. Some of the hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi (as) are weak hadiths. For example, the passage of a doubled-tailed comet is a weak hadith. But has one passed by? Yes, just as described. What does the Prophet (saas) say? Rains will cease before the comet, and there will be drought for 2-3 years. Has that happened just as described? Then he says there will be rain following its coming. Our Prophet (saas) says it will be 6 times brighter than other stars. True. The Prophet (saas) knows this through revelation. This is a great miracle. This is now a reliable hadith having come about just like he said.
We used to refer to the Armenians as the Loyal Nation in the Ottoman times. What does that mean? The Ottoman Empire used the expression. All our forebears used to say it. The Armenian people will not massacre anyone, they are very innocent people. No Armenian mother, young person or father will kill anyone or martyr a Muslim. They had these things done by a handful of crazies, communists and fascists. It is therefore a disgrace to blame the whole Armenian people. They are entrusted to us. Allah has entrusted them to us. Of course they are our brothers. They want to set us against one another and to drown the world in blood. That is the dajjal's decision, but we are annihilating him with science and knowledge. I will permit no treachery or bloodshed.
They cannot act without permission from Khidr (as). They cannot do anything. They have been preparing for Armageddon for 100 years, but they cannot press the trigger. American foreign policy is shaped in the light of Armageddon. That hand goes to the trigger and then pulls back, but that hand will be broken. Those buttons are now under protection.
The Pope also knows the Prophet Jesus (as) has come. He is curious as to where he is. But first they must retract those words. A cardinal said that they would not alter their system even if the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) came down from the sky in person. Jesus will come and touch his mouth gently and will make him retract those words, insha'Allah.
It is impossible to be a real Christian without believing in the Qur'an. They are nostalgic for the idol Zeus. They are still caught up in that lie of the demi-god. This is a ruse of the time of idolatry. We will rescue all Christian from this scourge. There is one Allah and Jesus (as) is His Messenger.
When I raise the beauty of human beings , I praise the artistry of Allah. There is only a pitch-black image on the outside. Allah shows me beauty in my brain. Allah manifests in people. I praise these excellent manifestations of Allah.
Allah says He is closer to us than our own jugular veins. In other words, He says that He is inside us. Wherever you look, the face of Allah is there, it says. This is Allah, Who is everywhere, in a manner unfettered by time and space. There is nowehere in which Allah is not present. Do you know what other people say? They say He is in the sky. You ask if He is also on Earth, and they say he is only in the sky. They say His knowledge is on Earth. They then move on to Marxist talk. The fact is, however, we are weak and bound by time and space. But Allah is everywhere, and beyond time and space. They regard it as a sign of faith to say that Allah lives in the sky (Allah is beyond this). The pagans are affected by that heretical belief in Zeus. That would make space relative to Allah, which is impossible. Allah is timeless, with no beginning or end, and He created time in an infinitesimally brief moment. One says, "I am trying to understand." Do you know how much you can understand? Just as much as Allah allows.
We are inside time. They say that Allah is sitting in the sky. Christians say that Allah sits in the sky, like Zeus. They got that from the Christians. Do they not raise their hands when they pray at the South Pole? Or at the North Pole. Do the djinn on Venus or Mars not raise their hands to pray? Allah is infinite. Allah has no before or after. It is Allah Who creates Darwin, Pharaoh and Stalin, and the Prophet Moses (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as) and the Prophet Muhammad (saas) and Hazrat Mahdi (as). So, weren't you going to make Armageddon. You can't. Not in the face of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as) and Khidr (as). Your hands have been tied, your understanding has been clouded. You canot do it.
It is hard for Islam to grow where there is no democracy. It is hard for Islam to grow where there is communism or fascism.
They say there is no Islamic Union. But we do have Islamic Union. We will build Turkish-Islamic Union. We will rescue Muslims from this oppression, this captivity. A bright world will come. Oppression and persecution will be lifted, insha'Allah.
Our Prophet (saas) appointed Hazrat Mahdi (as), one of his descendants, as commander-in-chief. He calls him, "my son.' He issued the command, "You will establish Islamic Union, Turkish-Islamic Union." Hazrat Mahdi (as) will obey these commands. Our Prophet (saas) described him from top to bottom. He listed all the signs. They have all come about. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will obey his forefather's command. In other words, he will obey Allah's commandment. In the same way that Hazrat Umar (ra) was under the Messenger's (saas) command, so will Hazrat Mahdi (as) be. Inspiration will come to Hazrat Mahdi (as) and he will be instrumental in Islam ruling the world. And Almighty Allah says that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), whom the whole world, millions of people obey, will also be under Hazrat Mahdi's (as) command. The Prophet Jesus (as) will propel Hazrat Mahdi (as) by the shoulders to lead the prayer, because that command reaches the Prophet Jesus (as). Inspiration comes to him. But this is of course not a revelation that other people are responsible for. It is unique to him.
Harun Yahya TV
• There can be no idea of "let them kill us" when Muslims are being oppressed all over the world. One cannot expect Muslims to keep suffering such oppression for 570 years.
• First the idol must be smashed. You smash the idol. The Prophet Abraham (as) smashed the idols. What did the Prophet Moses (as) do? He shattered the idol and cast the ashes into the sea. Our Prophet (saas) first smashed the idols. It is essential for the idol to be done away with. In the End Times, in our day, the idol that constitutes the basis of godlessness, irreligion, communism and fascism is Darwinism. What must we do to that idol? People generally remain silent. But what did I do? I ground it to powder and cast the dust into the sea. I will never let it go. For that one needs general culture and intellectual activity.
Allah has promised those of you who have faith and do right actions that He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. 'They worship Me, not associating anything with Me.' Any who are unbellievers after that, such people are deviators. (Surat an-Nur, 55)
Allah promises those who are sincere. He does not promise those who are not sincere.
What do some religious teachers say? "If there had been Islamic Union, it wuld have been in the time of our Prophet (saas)." Did not the Qur'an come to our Prophet (saas)? Did Allah not reveal these verses to our Prophet (saas)? Did He not reveal verse 55 of Surat an-Nur? Did our Prophet (saas) fight his battles alone? Did he not fight together with the Companions? To whom went the battles? To our Prophet (saas). Who will rule when his descendant causes Islam to rule the world? Is it not our Prophet (saas) who will rule?
• There are pictures of foreign troops raping radiant, covered-up women. Do people think they can go to Paradise if they don't wage an intellectual struggle in Iraq or seek Islamic Union? Insha'Allah you will go, but I see no such pronouncement in the Qur'an. Why does Allah inflict troubles on people? Because they abandon the the intellectual struggle. Because they do not want Islamic Union. Allah tells us to strive "until the religion is Allah's and until all fitnah vanishes from the Earth." Not from just a particular region, but from the whole world.
Let them ask our brothers the students of the Nur:
IF THAT PERSON WHO IS TRULY AWAITED and WILL COME IN A CENTURY'S TIME... (Kastamonu Addendum, p. 57)
Let them ask what that means. Let us learn all together. Let them explain that to us. How does that refer to a collective personality?
Now, the difference in the narrations about INDIVIDUALS LIKE HAZRAT MAHDI (AS), and their meaning, is this: those who expounded hadiths applied the text of the hadiths to their own interpretations and commentaries. For example, since the CENTER OF POWER at that time was Damascus or Medina, they imagined the events connected with Hazrat Mahdi (as) and Sufyan in places like Basra, Kufa, and Syria, which were in the region of those centers, and expounded them accordingly." (Words, p. 359)
… since the CENTER OF POWER at that time was Damascus or Medina:
The official center of Islam at this moment is there.
Events connected with Hazrat Mahdi (as): The appearance of Hazrat Mahdi (as)
And Sufyan: The appearance of the Sufyan
… In places like Basra, Kufa, and Syria, which were in the region of: They have said this thinking that the sultanate will remain there.
The system of the dajjal and the Sufyan will appear wherever the final center of the Islamic world is. Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as) will also be there.
…SOME SCHOLARS WHOSE BELIEF IS WEAK AND WHO ARE ARROGANT relying on their reason have WENT AS FAR AS DENYING SOME OF THEM. (Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Words, Twenty-Fourth Word - Third Branch, p. 351)
whose belief is weak and who are arrogant: they regard themselves as the greatest, and it is self-pride that has brought them to this.
Some…went as far as denying: they deny entirely. They say that neither Hazrat Mahdi (as) nor the Prophet Jesus (pubh) exists.
10/83- No one had faith in Musa except for a few of his people out of fear that Pharaoh, and the elders, would persecute them. Pharaoh was high and mighty in the land. He was one of the profligate.
"except for a few of his people: "young people." Hazrat Mahdi's (as) followers will be young people.
"out of fear they would persecute them": They did not believe out of a fear that they would be condemned, beaten, sworn at or martyred.
They held back out of fear. A handful of young people join Hazrat Mahdi (as). Pharaoh also martyred our mother Ashiya. Our mother Asiye is both a believer and a martyr. She said she rejected Pharaoh's court and beliefs and lifestyle, and that she would go into the desert with the Prophet Musa (as).
THOSE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND WERE GLAD TO STAY BEHIND THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH. They did not want to engage in struggle with their wealth and themselves in the Way of Allah. They said, 'Do not go out to fight in the heat.' Say: 'The Fire of Hell is much hotter, if they only understood.' (Surat at-Tawba, 81)
There is something the hypocrites do not want here. The effort necessary for the dominion of the deen. They were very unhappy with that. Their only problem is with spreading Islam.
• The hypocrites in the time of the Prophet Musa (as) were also like that. They did whatever the Prophet Musa (as) wanted, but when it came to the intellectual struggle they said. "You and your Lord go and fight."
• In private, the hypocrite is insane, indescribably mad .
[Prophet Jesus (as):] Woe to you…you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. (Matthew, 23:27-28)
The Prophet Jesus (as) put it very well when he compared the hypocrites to the dead. They are like dead bodies, the corpses of filthy animals, but from the outside they look as if nothing is wrong.
From the 5th century Gospel of Mary Magdalene:
Go then and preach the gospel of the Kingdom. Do not lay down any rules beyond what I appointed you, and do not give a law like the lawgiver lest you be constrained by it. (Chapter 4, 37-38)
They invent their own rules. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) warned them even then.The uncorrupted pages on which are written the knowledge this lady received from the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) are in existence, but some Christians avoid these truths. They fact is they are uncorrupted words.
But the original of the Gospels will be found in the End Times, insha'Allah.
Do you not see those who were told: 'Hold back from fighting but establish salat and pay alms? Then when fighting is prescribed for them, a group of them fear people as Allah should be feared, or even more than that. They say, 'OUR LORD , WHY HAVE YOU PRESCRIBED FIGHTING FOR US? IF ONLY YOU WOULD GIVE US JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME!' Say, 'The enjoyment of the world is very brief. The Hereafter is better for those who have fear of Allah. You will not be wronged by so much as the smallest speck.' (Surat an-Nisa', 77)
Do you not see the main point that distinguishes the hypocrites? They are opposed to Islamic Union and the intellectual struggle. They do not want the deen of Allah to spread and rule the world. They pray and fast and everything. They even ask for more. For instance, if an animal is to be sacrificed they request further detail. But talk of Islamic Union offends them, and that is the problem they have.
• There is currently a panic in the world about the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as). If I said only that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come and pray, that would not worry them. But when I say that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will come and Islam will rule the world, their hair stands right up on end. They are terrified when I say the Prophet Jesus (as) will come and make Islam rule the world.
• This is an act of cunning. It is what some hypocrits do. Some do it out of fraud and others out of ignorance, and others within the scope of a huge engineering project. My apologies to those who act out of ignorance, however.
When a sura is sent down saying: 'Have faith in Allah and engage in struggle together with His Messenger,' those among them with wealth will ask you to excuse them, saying, 'LET US REMAIN WITH THOSE WHO STAY BEHIND.' They are pleased to be with those who stay behind. Their hearts have been stamped so they do not understand. (Surat at-Tawba, 86-87)
If you tell these people we are all going on the hajj, they will be delighted. And say let us go together. If you suggest we pray, they will not like the way you pray and will want further detail. But when you say that the deen of Allah will rule the world, they go crazy and reject that. People with money want to hang onto it and the idea of giving it away gives them second-degree burns.
• Anyone who wants to annoy a hypocrite just has to talk about Islamic Union.
• Bediüzzaman says: Hazrat Mahdi (as) will fight unbelievers and will strive against Darwinism and materialism. But he has one essential task. He is anti-sufyan. Bediüzzaman describes the sufyan as the movement of the hypocrites. It does not deny, but it is hypocritical. That means that in the End Time there will be a rise in the number of bigots who appear as Muslims.
• There are some ignorant who use free will to ascribe partners to Allah. They say, (Allah forbid) you are like Allah. You have the might of Allah. They say Allah is the All-Mighty but you are also like a little deity (Allah forbid). Allah can not interfere with your free will (Allah forbid). Allah has granted you two ways (Allah forbid); Allah can not know from which way you will go (Allah forbid). Both the free will [ascribed to] man and the Will of Allah are only a moment and has ended.
• The gospels have their originals; people have burned them and together with the books the men have also been burned and martyred. They changed [the content of the gospel]They made Zeus an example for the gospel. All of these will change in the End Times; during the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). In the coming days we will explain how they have put the gospel into this state.
• Abu Hurairah (ra), may Allah be pleased with him, reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The Last Hour would not come until you fight with people whose faces are like hammered shields covered in skin and the Last Hour would not come until you would fight against those wearing the shoes of hair.
Hadith number in Sahih Muslim [Arabic only]: 5184
The corruption of Genghiz and Hulagu. It was exactly like that. Their faces were like shields covered in skin. They were sunburned.
11/109- So be in no doubt about what these people worship. They only worship as their forebears worshipped previously. We will pay them their portion in full, with no rebate!
Harbor no doubts on the subject of Darwinism and materialism. Do not believe in them.
In the same way there were Darwinists in ancient Egypt and in Sumerian times, so they are doing it now, says Allah, in a reference to our century.
Allah will ask them how proteins and chromosomes came into being by chance. What will they say? "I knew that proteins and chromosomes could not come into being by chance."
How long a time are you given? Seventy years.
They will say they were aware and mentally alert for 50 of those years.
Asked if they did it deliberately, they will say they deserve it.
• There are ignorant people who use their free will in ascribing equals to Allah. They say you are like Allah (may Allah forbid!). All is mighty, but you are like a miniature god, they say. Allah cannot interfere in your free will, they say. Allah has given you a second path (may Allah forbid!), and He does not know which road you will go down, they say. Free will is over and done with in the blink of an eye in the Sight of Allah.
• There were the originals of the Gospels, but they burned them. They also burned people alongside those books. They altered them. The made Zeus, whom they regarded as divine, a model for the Gospels. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will change all that in the End Timnes, insha'Allah. I will describe how they altered the Gospels like that in the days ahead.
• (On the subject of statements by some scholars that evolution appears in the Qur'an) Allah makes a porcelain statue out of clay. He breathes a soul into it and gives it a soul. It then stands up and says "As-Salam alaikum." This is a miracle. If a person had been a porcelain figure but then suddenly begins walking when Allah breathes a soul into it, that is a miracle. Someone is sitting at home and then puts his coat on. That is a complete miracle.
• Is that because Allah needs the porcelain? So that we will like it and find it interesting. The Prophet Adem (as) was created to delight the angels and djinn there and so we can see him in Paradise. They are unable to see the profundity in that. Allah says they are unable to properly appreciate His might. Does Allah need that porcelain? The bounds of Allah are unknon. Only Allah knows.
Were We then weary with the first Creation, that they should be in confused doubt about a new Creation? (Surah Qaf, 15)
Allah says "Be" and it happens. Try to understand the greatness of Allah. He who understands that will also understand this subject.


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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The key for a group to thrive
is to work together.
That was the message the members of the 2012-13 Lindsey Wilson
Singers received Wednesday night at their annual opening
"We want to be thriving," LWC Associate Professor of Music Gerald Chafin told the students at the
Singers' annual "Signing of Standards of Excellence" ceremony, held
in W.W. Slider Humanities Center Recital Hall. "Thriving is
achieved when two or more of us work to create something better
than we can create alone. It's not my way, it's not your way, it's
a better way -- it's the way that we create together."
For more than a decade, officers of the Lindsey Wilson Singers
have held the "Signing of Standards of Excellence" ceremony.
Wednesday night's hourlong ceremony included scripture readings,
reflections on the year's theme, prayers and singing. Each member
of of the choral ensemble signed their name to the group's
Standards of Excellence, pledging to maintain the group's high
level of performance, academic excellence and live a life of
In addition to performing at the college's major events, the
Lindsey Wilson Singers also give several public concerts during the
school year and take a spring tour to a U.S. region where they
perform at churches and become involved in community service.
For the first time in the event's history, the ceremony was held
with the students standing in a circle.
"We can do so much more together than we can alone," said Chafin,
who is also director of choral ensembles. "And this circle
represents that and all of its potential -- which we know is strong
this year, very strong."
Although he has been directing the Lindsey Wilson Singers since
1997-98, Chafin said he continues to understand the group's
significance and potential.
"I supposed that even after all these years, I'm still learning
and growing in my own understanding of exactly what it being a
Lindsey Wilson College Singer is all about," he said. "It makes me
realize … it takes time for us to realize the full impact of what
we do. Over time, our appreciation deepens."
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Kvasnicka homers twice, plates seven
Astros prospect has 15 RBIs in last six games with Legends
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | July 22, 2012 5:36 PM ET
With his batting average hovering below the Mendoza line for the first two months, the Astros prospect was moved from behind the plate into the outfield -- his position in college -- when Lexington manager Ivan De Jesus had holes to fill on his roster.
On Sunday, Kvasnicka homered from each side of the plate as part of a 3-for-4, seven-RBI performance as the Class A Legends outslugged the Greenville Drive, 13-7.
"You only get seven RBIs once every couple seasons, so to have a game like that was good," Kvasnicka said. "This is only the second time I've ever hit a home run right-handed and left-handed in my career. And I'd never hit a grand slam, not in high school or college or pro ball.
"It's hard to quantify the wear and tear on your body when you're catching. You never feel banged up, but then you go to the outfield and you like to be able to stretch your legs. It's not quite as mentally taxing as it is behind the plate."
Kvasnicka slugged a three-run homer off southpaw starter Henry Owens with two outs in the first inning, then hammered a grand slam off righty Tyler Lockwood before the Drive could record an out in the eighth.
"It was the first time I had seen [Owens]," the 23-year-old said. "He tried to get a curveball in there first pitch but missed, so I saw his arm angle and slot. Then I got a fastball middle-away that I fouled off and an inside fastball on the black. At 1-2, he tried to come back inside, but I got the bat on it.
"With two strikes, you try and get ready early because you can't go the other way or just sit on a fastball. You have to be ready to react."
After flying out in the third, walking in the fifth and singling in the seventh, Kvasnicka homered again.
"[Lockwood] was a right-hander with a low three-quarter arm angle, so the ball runs away," he added. "I fouled off a pitch down and away that was probably a ball, so I wanted to look for something up. I got a fastball middle and up and I got a bit under the ball and got backspin on it and it carried out."
It was the second career multi-homer for the University of Minnesota product -- his first came in a 13-4 loss to Greensboro on June 10 -- while the seven RBIs nearly doubled his previous best of four, achieved most recently in Thursday's 15-inning loss to Greenville.
Kvasnicka got off to a slow start this season, going 0-for-17 and recording five hits in his first 62 at-bats. It took until the 45th game of the season for his batting average to climb above .200, but Sunday's three-hit game boosted that mark to a season-high .226.
"I was in a slump to start the year, 4-for-54 or 5-for-58 or something," Kvasnicka said. "It's hard to start .160 and get to .310 or whatever it may be. You just try to get better month by month. I think I hit .118 [in April], then .225 [in May], then .280 [in June]. It's a process.
"I was slumping with guys in scoring position. That gave me the emphasis to focus on situational hitting. The RBIs start to come, and if you hit a home run with runners on base, you also get the cheap RBIs."
Selected 33rd overall in the 2010 Draft, Kvasnicka is batting .327 (15-for-46) with 17 RBIs over his last 10 games. He hasn't been told whether he'll stay in right field or go back to alternating between catching and serving as a designated hitter.
"Catching might still be mixed in," said Kvasnicka, who started switch-hitting as a college freshman. "But I don't know whether that will be once a week or twice a week; that's still undetermined. There were some roster challenges in the outfield and I mentioned I'd played there before. I felt comfortable and for the ease of the roster it just happened like that, so I had no qualms going out there.
"I haven't mastered the DH role yet. I'm not its biggest fan and I felt out of my element not being out on the field. I played 60 games in the outfield every year in college, so I'm comfortable."
Euris Quezada (1-2) gave up two hits and a walk while striking out four over 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. Legends starter Luis Cruz surrendered seven runs -- six earned -- on seven hits over 4 1/3 frames.
Greenville's Henry Owens (9-4), the Red Sox's No. 18 prospect, was charged with six runs on three hits and four walks over two innings.
Ashley Marshall This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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By Julie Muhlstein Herald Columnist
Shelby Schenck owns Run 26, a Mill Creek shop catering to marathoners.
On Monday, he noticed something that followed people's initial shock of hearing about the Boston Marathon bombings.
"Business was slow in the morning. But then we were really, really busy," Schenck said. "So many people came in and said, 'I'm going to start running again.'"
Maybe that reaction taps into a desire to develop a marathoner's intrepid spirit. A run of 26.2 miles is a grueling test of mind and body. It's also the purest sport, with no team and nothing but shoes needed.
I think there's more to the impulse to get out and run right now. An attack on the Boston Marathon, the world's oldest and most prestigious annual race, is an affront to all that's good.
In the aftermath of Monday's horror, the grit of marathoners will be mirrored all over this country by ordinary Americans — enjoying ball games, traveling, working, and simply going about life. If people take up running as a tribute to all who suffered in Boston, so much the better.
Bob Harrison has no intention of changing plans for running events because of a terrorist attack. The Edmonds man had finished running Monday's Boston Marathon and was back at his hotel for a shower when the blasts occurred.
At 53, he finished in two hours, 58 minutes and 25 seconds, his second-fastest out of six times running the Boston race.
"I'll be at Bloomsday," Harrison said Tuesday from Boston. Spokane's Lilac Bloomsday Run, scheduled for May 5, is one of the country's largest timed races, drawing about 60,000 runners each year.
Harrison said there's no way to keep an entire race course locked down, or to screen every spectator.
"What are you going to do, stay home and put your head under the pillow? We can't do that," Harrison said. He heard many runners in Boston say they would be eager to sign up for next year's marathon.
Bill Iffrig, the 78-year-old who finished Monday's marathon after the blast knocked him down, is a one-man example of runners' grit in the face of adversity. The Lake Stevens man will be pictured on the cover of next week's Sports Illustrated magazine.
Herm Atkins, an Everett police officer, ran the Boston Marathon in 1979. On Monday, he was thinking of the bombing victims.
The Boston Marathon, he said, "draws people from all over the world, and has nothing to do with politics at all. My heart goes out to all those injured, and the families of those killed."
Atkins, 65, was one of the country's top distance runners in the late 1970s and early '80s. In 2012, he was inducted into Snohomish County's Sports Hall of Fame. "I just can't believe someone would do something like this," Atkins said. "For someone to harm really innocent people, it's unfathomable."
Back at Run 26, Lynnwood's Kevin Hannon was trying on shoes and planning to start running again. The 40-year-old said his last marathon was in 2011. Running, he said, is standing up to yourself, testing your own strength and courage.
"If we don't bow down to ourselves, we're not going to bow down to anyone else," Hannon said.
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A Scottsdale school is all set to start teaching students how to grow medical marijuana for treating chronic health conditions.
The Papago Plaza shopping center at Scottsdale and McDowell roads has been opened by the Green Horizons University, next to the Red Kimichi Korean Restaurant, Holy Hill Acupuncture, and the Flower Cart.
Dan Halbert, the school director, remarked that there was a requirement for education in terms of medical marijuana before dispensaries and cultivation centers open across Arizona. "Stoners, the young men who really love the plant, can be trained to work at a dispensary, to learn the effects of the plant, or at a hydroponic growing center," Halbert said.
Halbert operates two medical marijuana dispensaries: the RainForest Collective near Venice Beach in Los Angeles and Sons of Beaches in San Diego.
A large number of marijuana cultivation schools are already operating in other medical marijuana states, including Cannabis Training University, the so-called Harvard of medical marijuana colleges, Oaksterdam University, and Hempgard University.
The courses of Greenway would include the history of hemp, cannabis therapeutics, and budtending 101 and all the offered courses have been approved by the Colorado Board of Occupational Schools. Green Horizons would also be selling growing equipment for medical marijuana cultivation and providing legal, medical, and auditing consultation to dispensary operators.


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Fort Collins Police Services has begun using a statewide sex offender tracking website.
The website, called SOTAR (Sex Offender Tracking and Registration), is a comprehensive database of registered sexual offenders across Colorado and was developed by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
In addition to Fort Collins, there are over 60 other jurisdictions in Colorado using the system. A SOTAR search can return results from any of the participating agencies.
The site allows law enforcement agencies to share information on offenders that move between jurisdictions in an effort to maintain the most up-to-date information.
Members of the community have the option to create an account on SOTAR and be alerted when an offender moves within a chosen radius of user-specified locations such as home, school, or church.
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Do you actually have Apache running on port 80, or another webserver, since SET wants you to shut it down?
If the answer is yes, why not just disable it while running SET?


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Cedar City • Southern Utah will play the first 12-game football schedule in its history in 2013, the school announced Thursday.
SUU opens the season at South Alabama on Aug. 29 one of two Football Bowl Subdivision opponents it will face. The other is Washington State, where the Thunderbirds will play Sept. 14.
Southern Utah opens its home season Sept. 7 against Fort Lewis College and new coach John L. Smith. He was the head coach at Weber State a year ago before abruptly quitting to become the interim coach at Arkansas.
Smith was not retained by Arkansas. In January, he was named the new coach at Fort Lewis, which went 0-10 last season.
Southern Utah also plays eight Big Sky Conference opponents and a game against Sacramento State, which won't count in the league standings.
The Thunderbirds open Big Sky play Sept. 28 at Northern Colorado. Their conference opener is Oct. 12 against UC-Davis.
Southern Utah plays Weber State in Ogden on Nov. 9. The season concludes at home against Northern Arizona on Nov. 23.
SUU finished 5-6 overall and 4-4 in the Big Sky last season its first as a member of the league. Southern Utah's 2013 football schedule:
Aug. 29at South Alabama
Sept. 7vs. Fort Lewis
Sept. 14vs. Washington State
Sept. 21at Sacramento State
Sept. 28at Northern Colorado.
Oct. 5vs. UC-Davis
Oct. 12Portland State
Oct. 19at Eastern Washington
Oct. 26vs. Idaho State.
Nov. 2Bye
Nov. 9at Weber State
Nov. 16at Montana State
Nov. 23Northern Arizona


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