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Those who Take The Devil as an Ally0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 14:33
Those who Take The Devil as an Ally
Translated by Ahmed Abu Turaab
Allaah, the Most High, said, "And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange." (Surah Kahf 18:50)
Commenting on this aayah, one of the things Ibn al-Qayyim said was:
"It is almost as though beneath this address there is an astonishing, delicate reprimand and it is that: I showed enmity to Iblees because he didn't prostrate to your father Aadam with My Angels, so the enmity [I showed] was on your behalf, and then the final result of this enmity [which I showed on your behalf] is that between yourselves and him–you [went and] sealed a pact of reconciliation."
Ad-Daa wad-Dawaa, p. 83.
Source: http://giftsofknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/the-doctor-of-the-heart-ibn-al-qayyim-on-allaah-the-most-highs-reprimand/
Etiquetas: Awliya', Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziya, Jinns and Shaytaan, Tafsir
The Excellence of the Knowledge of 'Asmaa of Allaah and His Sifaat0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 13:25
The Excellence of the Knowledge
of 'Asmaa of Allaah and His Sifaat
By Shaykh AbdurRazaaq bin AbdulMuhsin al-Badr
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
Shamsuddeen Muhammad bin Abee Bakr Ibn Qayyim aj-Jawzeeyah (d.751) -Rahimullaahsaid:
'Indeed the Da'wah of the Messengers revolves around three principles:
The first principle: Knowing your Lord, the One being called to by His Names, Sifaat and His Actions.
The second principle: Knowing the path which will lead to Him and that is His
remembrance, being thankful to Him and His worship which is made up of complete love for Him and complete humility for Him.
The third principle: Knowing what they will receive after reaching Him from the
blessings of being in the land of His Generosity (Paradise) of which the best and the most magnificent thing will be Allaah being pleased with them and His honouring them and them seeing His Face the most High, and Allaah's Salaam upon them and Him talking to them.'
[Taken from 'Fiqh of al-'Asmaa al-Husna' p.11]
Source: http://abdurrahman.org/knowledge/Abbas-Abu-Yahya/153_-_The_Excel.._www.AbdurRahman.org.pdf
Etiquetas: 'Aquidah, Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziya
Knowledge is followed by Love0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 12:12
Knowledge is followed by Love
Love is followed by pleasure. It is either weak or strong according to the degree of love. Whenever the desire for the cherished one is stronger, there is perfect pleasure. Love and yearning follow knowing Allah and appreciating His Greatness. Whenever our knowledge of Allah is perfect, we will love Him more perfectly. Therefore, the perfection of blessing and pleasure in the Hereafter can be traced back to Knowledge and Love.
Whoever believes in Allah, His Names and Attributes, and knows them well, would love Him a great deal, and his feeling of pleasure, his being close to Him, looking at His Face and hearing His words would be complete when meeting him on the Day of Judgment.
Every pleasure, blessing, joy and delight would be like a drop of water compared to the sea. So how is it that an intelligent person can prefer weak and short-lived pleasure that is mixed with pain, to great complete and eternal pleasure?
The perfection of man is based on these two abilities: knowledge and love and the best knowledge is the knowledge about Allah and the highest love is the love for His Sake. Surely, it is Allah's help that should be sought.
Reference: Al-Fawaid – Ibn Al-Qayyim (Rahimahullah) Pages 82-83
"Who am I? And what am I?!"0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 10:45
"Who am I? And what am I?!"
From a man who said, "I saw signs of grief on Abu Abdullaah's face [i.e., Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal] because someone had praised him. And [another time] it was said to him, 'May Allaah reward you with good on behalf of Islaam.' So he said, 'Rather, may Allaah reward Islaam well on behalf of me. Who am I? And what am I?!'"
Siyar A'laam an-Nubalaa, v. 11, p. 225.
Source: http://giftsofknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/who-am-i-and-what-am-i-said-imaam-ahmad-may-allaah-have-mercy-on-him/
Etiquetas: Character, Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Sayings of the Salaf
"I Can't Stand to Pray at Night."0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 13:47
"I Can't Stand to Pray at Night."
From Qataadah who said that a man came to Salmaan and said, "I can't perform the night prayer." He replied, '"Then don't fail to do it during the day."
Lataa'iful-Ma'aarif, p. 31.
Source: http://giftsofknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/i-cant-stand-to-pray-at-night/
Etiquetas: Salat (Prayer), Sayings of the Salaf
You present evil to Allaah and want good in return? Then do this.0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 10:39
You present evil to Allaah and
want good in return? Then do this.
Ibn al-Qayyim said,
"Whoever would love that Allaah reciprocates his evil with goodness, let him reciprocate the evil people do towards him with goodness."
Miftaah Daaris-Sa'aadah, vol. 1, p. 292.
Source: http://giftsofknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/you-present-evil-to-allaah-and-want-good-in-return-then-do-this/
Etiquetas: Advices, Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziya
If you see this … start curing yourself now0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 19:19
If you see this … start curing yourself now
Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said,
"If you see that you have turned away from something from Allaah's Religion or you see that you have turned away from the Book of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, either from reciting its [actual] words, or reciting it [by pondering over] its meaning, or reciting it by acting on it, then it is obligatory on you to cure yourself–and know that the cause of that turning away is sins."
Tafsir Surah al-Maa'idah, vol. 1, p. 483.
Source: http://giftsofknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/if-you-see-this-start-curing-yourself-now/
Etiquetas: Ibn 'Uthaymin, Qur'an, Sayings of the Scholars, Sins
Patience along with Hope0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 18:58
Patience along with Hope
Don't just be patient, be patient and along with that hope for a reward from Allaah for your patience during your calamity
Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said,
"Indeed when a person faces calamities with patience [but] without hoping for a reward from Allaah, the calamity will become an expiation for his sins. And if he shows patience along with hoping for a reward [from Allaah], then along with being an expiation for his sins it becomes a good recompense and reward. And the meaning of hoping for Allaah's reward [al-Ihtisaab] is that a person believes that he will soon be rewarded for the patience [he is showing], so he makes good his thoughts about Allaah and thus Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, will give him [a reward] according to what he thought of Him."
At-Ta'leeq alaa Saheeh Muslim, p. 342.
Source: http://giftsofknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/dont-just-be-patient-be-patient-and-along-with-that-hope-for-a-reward-from-allaah-for-your-patience-during-your-calamity/
Etiquetas: Ibn 'Uthaymin, Patience, Sayings of the Scholars
A collection of principles of bida'0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 14:01
A collection of principles of bida'
[From: Mishkat 1\107 #329]
Saying 'La illahaa illa Allaah' on the deathbed0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 14:07
Ibn al-Qayyim said, "So it may become impossible for him to pronounce the shahaadah, as many people have witnessed happen to those on the deathbed, such that it was said to some of them:
"Say Laa ilaaha illallaah." So he replied, "Aaah! Aaah! I cannot say it!"
And it was said to another, "Say Laa ilaaha illallaah." So he replied, "King! Rook! Checkmate!" and then he passed away.
And it was said to another, "Say Laa ilaaha illallaah." So he started singing irrationally, saying, 'Taatinaa tinintaa, [no meaning, just irrational singing]' and then passed away.
And the same was said to another, so he replied, "And how will what you are saying help me when I left no sin except that I committed it?" and then he passed away without saying it.
And the same was said to another, so he replied, "And how will that benefit me? And I don't know if I have ever prayed a single time to Allaah?" and then he passed away without saying it.
And the same was said to another, so he replied [talking about himself], "He is a disbeliever in what you say," and then he passed away.
And the same was said to another, so he replied, "Every time I want to say it my tongue withholds."
And someone who was present at the death of someone who would beg told me that [they told him to say the shahaadah] so he started saying, "For Allaah's Sake. A penny for Allaah's Sake," until he passed away.
And a trader told me that he was present when one of his relatives was on his deathbed, so they told him to say Laa ilaaha illallaah and he was saying, "This piece is cheap. This is a good buy. This is such and such," until he passed away.
So if the devil has gained mastery over the servant in the state when his mind is present and his strength [is also present] and he has complete cognizance [i.e., while he is alive and healthy], and has employed him in committing whichever acts of disobedience to Allaah he wants him to do, and has made him unmindful of the remembrance of Allaah the Most High, and has paralysed his tongue from remembering Him and his limbs from obeying Him–then what does one think will be the case when his strength breaks down and his heart and soul become preoccupied with the death pangs that he is in?
And [all the while] Shaitaan will have gathered all of his strength and determination and assembled everything that he is capable of to avail his opportunity concerning him–for that is the last action.
So the strongest his Shaitaan will be against him is at that time, and the weakest he [i.e., the person] will be is at that time.
So who do you think will be safe from that? So it is there that, "Allaah keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word [i.e., 'the firm word' is Laa ilaaha illallaah], in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. And Allaah sends astray the wrongdoers. And Allaah does what He wills." Ibraaheem 14:27
So how can someone whose heart Allaah has made heedless from His remembrance and who has followed his desires and whose affair is ever [in] neglect be granted the success to have a good ending?
Thus far away–the one whose heart is distant from Allaah the Most High, heedless of Him, worshipping his own desires, a slave to his lusts, his tongue dry from ever remembering Allaah [i.e., not moist with His remembrance], his limbs incapacitated from obeying Him actively working to disobey Him–far away [is such a person] from being granted the success to have a good ending."
Ad-Daa wad-Dawaa, pp. 91-92, slightly edited.
Source: http://giftsofknowledge.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/say-laa-ilaaha-illallaah-instead-he-said-king-rook-checkmate/
Etiquetas: Death, Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziya
Love Before Marriage?0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 15:29
Love Before Marriage?
Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim said:
"And the cure for this deadly illness (i.e. love before marriage) is for the person that is afflicted to realize that this love is only due to his/her own delusions and ignorance.
So upon such a person is to first and foremost strengthen their Tawheed and reliance upon Allaah, and secondly to increase in worship and busy themselves with it, so much so that they do not have any spare time letting their minds wander and think about their beloved.
And they should call upon Allaah to protect them and save them from this evil, just as Prophet Yusuf called upon Allaah and he was saved. And they should do as he did, be as he was, in terms of ikhlaas (sincerity) and remembering Allaah in abundance.
This is because if the heart is filled with ikhlaas for the sake of Allaah, there will be no space left for any unlawful love to be present, rather this only happens to a heart that is empty and has no ikhlaas whatsoever.
And let such people remind themselves that whatever Allaah has decreed for them is only in their own best interests, and when Allaah commands something it is never to cause harm or misery to His slaves.
And let them also remind themselves that their unlawful love does not benefit them, neither in this world or the hereafter! As for this world then they will be so preoccupied with their love that it will cripple them and will cause them to live in a fantasy world. And as for the hereafter then it will cause them to be preoccupied with the love of the creation instead of love for the Creator!
These people need to be reminded, that the one who is emerged in something will never see its ill effects, neither will the person who has never experienced such things. The only people who will be able to relate to them are those who have experienced the same thing but have been saved. Such people can look back and realize how evil it is."
[ad-Daa' wa ad-Dawaa p. 300]
Etiquetas: Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziya, Manners, Marriage
"I shall eat death …"0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 15:03
"Not a single morning passes without Satan asking me: "What will you eat [today]?", "What will you wear?", and "Where will you live?" I answer him: "I shall eat death; I shall wear a shroud; and I shall live in a grave."
["Sifah At-Safwah", 4/162].
Etiquetas: Ibn al Jawzee, Jinns and Shaytaan
It is better to advise your friend than to severe relations with him0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 14:39
"It is better to advise your friend than to severe relations with him, for no one can take the place of your friend if you lose him. Be generous and lenient with your friend, and do not allow an envious person to come between you and him, for in this case, your friend might die tomorrow and you grieve for him. However, how could you grieve after he dies, when you have shunned him when he was still alive?"
Sifaat us-Safwah, 1/364
Etiquetas: Advices, Friendship
The More One Obeys the More He is Guided0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 10:32
The More One Obeys the More He is Guided
Shaikh Uthaimeen, may Allaah have mercy on him, said,
"The more a person sticks to Allaah's Legislation the more He, the Most High, will guide him, due to His Saying, 'And He guides them to a Straight Path.' [5:16] So sins are a cause for deviation and obedience and submission are a cause for guidance."
Tafsir Suratul-Maa'idah, v. 1, p. 221.
Etiquetas: 'Aquidah, Ibn 'Uthaymin, Sayings of the Scholars, Tafsir
How Sins can Cause you to Enter Paradise0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 12:34
Etiquetas: Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziya, jannah
The Story of the young Ibn Taymiyyah0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 20:47
"And it so happened that a Shaikh from Aleppo came to Damascus, saying, "I have heard that in this city there is a boy who goes by the name of Ahmad the son of Taymiyyah and that he is extremely quick in memorising. I have come perchance I may see him."
So a tailor said to him, "This is his route to school and he has not yet come, so sit with us. Anytime now he will pass us on his way to the school."
So the Aleppan Shaikh sat down for a short while. Then two young boys walked by, so the tailor said to the Shaikh, "The young boy carrying that large tablet - he is Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah."
So the Shaikh called him and he (Ibn Taymiyyah) came to him. Then the Shaikh took the tablet and looked at what was written therein. Then he said, "O my son! Wipe this out so that I can dictate something to you which you can write."
So Ibn Taymiyyah did so. Then the Shaikh dictated eleven or thirteen sayings of the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihi wa sallaam) to him. Then the Shaikh said to him, "Read this."
So Ibn Taymiyyah looked over it once after he had written it and then gave the tablet back to the Shaikh. So he said, "Read it to me."
So he read it back to him in the best way possible. Then the Shaikh said to him, "O my son! Wipe this out."
So he wiped it out and the Shaikh dictated a number of chains of narrations that he had chosen and said, "Read this."
Ibn Taymiyyah looked at it and he did as he had done the first time. So the Shaikh stood up, saying, "If this young boy lives long he will have a great standing and rank - since the like of this has not been seen before."
Ibn Naasirud-Deen narrated the saying of Abul-Muzaffar As-Sarmari, "And from the amazing matters regarding memorisation in our time is the Shaikh of Islaam Abul-Abbaas Ahmad bin Abdul-Haleem bin Taymiyyah. Since he would come across a book and would look over it once only after which it would be inscribed in his mind. He would be able to discuss it thereafter, narrating from it in his written works with its precise wording and meaning.
And from the most amazing of what I have heard about him is what some of his companions narrated to me. They said that in the start of his affair when he was a young boy his father wanted to take his sons for an outing to a garden. So he said to Ibn Taymiyyah, "O Ahmad! Go out with your brothers and relax."
So he exscused himself from that however his father persisted. But the young Ibn Taymiyyah strongly declined, saying, "I would like you to excuse me from going out."
So his father let him stay and left with his other sons. They spent their day in the garden and returned at the end of the day whereupon his father said to him, "O Ahmad! You deserted your brothers today! And you annoyed them because of your absence from them. So what is this?"
So he replied, O father! Today I memorised this book." Alluding to a book with him. So his father replied, "You memorised it?!" In denial, shocked and amazed at what his son had just said. So he said to him, "Read it to me."
So he did.
He had indeed memorised the entire book. Then his father held him and kissed him between his eyes and said, "O my son! Do not tell anyone about what you have done," fearful lest the the Evil Eye should fall upon him."
Taken from Ibn Abdul-Haadi's Al-'Uqood Al-Durriyah min Manaaqib Shaikhil-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah, p. 7
Etiquetas: Ibn Taymia
Canceled engagement because the woman wants to work in Healthcare0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 17:38
Etiquetas: Abdul-'Aziz Al ash-Shaykh, Marriage
Respecting the Innovators0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 10:26
What hapens if we give respect to the innovators?
Imaam ash-Shaatibee explains this beautifully in his book al-'Itisaam:
And if a person gives respect to an innovator then this creates two major problems that will in reality aid in the destruction of Islaam.
FIRST: If you respect people of innovation then the general masses will be deceived by this and will presume (due to the importance you are giving this innovator) that he is the best of all mankind, and that which he is upon (i.e. his innovation) is good and thus people will follow his innovation and leave off the Sunnah.
SECOND: If you respect the people of innovation then this will serve as a motivation for them and encouragement and this in turn will cause them to increase in more innovations and thus innovations will come to life and the Sunnah will die, since these two things cannot coexist.
[Taken from al-'Itisaam by Imaam ash-Shaatibee p.32-33]
Etiquetas: Bida'ah (Innovation into the religion)
Definition of Bid'ah...0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 20:20
Definition of Bid'ah...
Imaam ash-Shaatibee (rahima-hullaah) mentions:
"Linguistically bid'ah (innovation) means 'a newly invented matter'.
The Sharee'ah definition of bid'ah is: "A newly invented way [beliefs or action] in the religion, in imitation of the Sharee'ah (prescribed Law), by which nearness to Allaah is sought, [but] not being supported by any authentic proof - neither in its foundations, nor in the manner in which it is performed".
al-I'tisaam of ash-Shaatibee (1/37)
"Verily, grasping the forms of knowledge only benefits, those who act upon them whilst being a pious person."0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 13:02
"Verily, grasping the forms of knowledge only benefits,
those who act upon them whilst being a pious person."
Abu Abdillah Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdillah as-Soori recited the following verses:
The Humble Heretic0 comentarios Published by Ybose en 15:17
The Humble Heretic
'Alî b. Abî Khâlid – Allâh have mercy on him – reports:
I once said to Ahmad, "This shaykh – referring to an older man who was with us – is my neighbor. I told him not to keep the company of a certain person, and he would like to hear what you have to say about him: I am referring to Hârith Al-Qasîr (Al-Hârith Al-Muhâsibî). Many years ago, you saw me with him and told me not to sit with him nor speak with him. I have not spoken to him since that time. This shaykh, however, does sit with him. So what do you say?"
I saw Ahmad go red with anger, his eyes bulging; I had never before seen him like this. He started to say, "Him! May Allâh do such-and-such to him! Only those well-informed of him know what he really is, only those who really know him know what he is. Al-Mughâzilî, Ya'qûb and so-and-so sat with him, and he caused them to adopt the views of Jahm (Ibn Safwân, leader of the Jahmites). They were destroyed because of him."
The old man said, "But Abû 'Abdillâh, he reports hadîth, and he is mild and humble; he has done such-and-such [good works]." Abû 'Abdillâh (Imâm Ahmad) became angry and began repeating, "Let not his humility and softness deceive you". He also said, "Do not be fooled by his bowed head, he is an evil man; only those well-informed of him through experience know him. Do not speak to him – with all disrespect to him. Are you going to sit with everyone who narrates from Allâh's Messenger – may the praise and peace of Allâh be upon him – though he be a heretic (mubtadi')? No, with all disrespect."
Tabaqât Al-Hanâbilah, article 325.
Source: http://www.sayingsofthesalaf.net/
The Significance of The Rainbow and The Milky Way0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 20:23
Etiquetas: 'Aquidah, bukhari, Shaikh al'albani
The Shade on the Day of Judgement0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 19:47
The Shade on the Day of Judgement
Etiquetas: 'Aquidah, Day of Judgement, Hadith, Ibn 'Uthaymin, Shaykh Uthaymeen
Sisters be patient with your Husbands0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 18:33
(You should also) advise him when he is calm. Advise him with politeness and tenderness, not with yelling or the like from that which causes harm because you will suffer the consequences of that.
Translated by Abu Fouzaan Qaasim , an American student studying in the Islaamic University of Medinah from Chester,PA.
Manners have limits0 comentarios Published by أم حذيفة حياة لأندلسية en 19:42
Ibn Al-Qayyim - [source: Al Fawa'id]
"...Manners have limits. When these limits are crossed, this is transgression. When they are fallen short of, this is deficiency and disgrace.
Anger has a limit: and it is to be bold while being above having negative and deficient traits, and this is the perfect form of anger. If this limit is exceeded, you become a transgressor. If you fall short of it, you will be a coward and will not be able to raise yourself above negative traits.
Covetousness has a limit: it is to take all you need from this world and what it has to offer you. When you fall short of this limit, it becomes disgrace and wastefulness. When you exceed this limit, you end up wanting what you shouldn't want.
Envy has a limit: and it is to compete in becoming perfect and to excel such that your rival is unable to excel over you. When this limit is exceeded, you transgress and oppress in which you wish that the good things are taken away from the one you envy and are keen to harm him. When you fall short of this limit, you become low, weak in aspiration, and you belittle yourself. The Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) said: "There should be no envy except in regards to two things: a man who was granted wealth by Allah and he was able to spend it for the sake of the truth, and a man who was granted wisdom by Allah and he takes it and teaches it to the people." So, this is an envy of competition, where the envious one pushes himself to be like the one he envies without wishing that he is deprived of the good things that are with him.
Sexual desire has a limit: and it is to relax the heart and mind from the exhaustion of worship, to maintain moral excellence, and to use the fulfillment of these desires to help you in this. When you exceed this limit, you fall into being overly lustful, and you come to resemble animals. When you fall short of this limit and don't use this time to obtain excellence and virtue, this becomes weakness, inability, and disgrace.
Relaxation has a limit: and it is to collect yourself and your strength to prepare for worship and perfection of the self, and to save this so that you don't become weak or tired. When you exceed this limit, this becomes laziness and waste, and you end up missing out on so many things that could benefit you. When you fall short of this limit, you end up hurting and weakening your energy, and it might even be cut off from you like a farmer who is unable to land to plow or crops to pick.
Generosity has a limit between two extremes: and whenever this limit is exceeded, this becomes wastefulness and extravagance. When you fall short of this limit, you become cheap and miserly.
Bravery has a limit: and when you cross this limit, you become reckless. When you fall short of this limit, you become a coward. This limit is that you put yourself forth when the time is right to do so and that you hold yourself back when the time is right to do so, just like Mu'awiyah said to 'Amr bin al-'As: "I don't know whether you're brave or cowardly! You go forth to the point that I say you're the bravest person, and then you stay back to the point that I say you're the most cowardly person!" So, he replied:
I am brave if I am guaranteed the chance * If I don't have the chance, I am a coward...
Protective jealousy has a limit: and if you exceed this limit, you fall into accusation and suspicion of the innocent. If you fall short of this limit, you fall into heedlessness and lack of manhood.
Humility has a limit: and if it is crossed, this becomes humiliation and disgrace. If you fall short of it, you deviate to arrogance and false pride.
Honor has a limit: and if you exceed it, you fall into arrogance and blameworthy traits. If you fall short of it, you deviate to humiliation and disgrace.
The basic principle in all this is to choose the path of moderation between excess and negligence. This is what all of the benefits of this world and the next are built upon. In fact, you can benefit your body in no other way, because when some of your activities are done with lack of moderation and either exceed or fall short of it, your body's health and energy begins to decline accordingly. Likewise, natural activities such as sleeping, staying awake, eating, drinking, having intercourse, playing sports, spending time alone, spending time with others, etc. - if these are all done moderately between the two blameworthy extremes, this is justice. If you deviate to either extreme, this is a sign of deficiency and will lead to even more deficiency.
This knowledge of proper limits is from the best types of knowledge, especially the limits of what is commanded and prohibited. The most knowledgeable people are those who know the most about these limits, such that they don't put in them what doesn't belong and don't remove from them what does belong. Allah Said: {"The bedouins are the worst in disbelief and hypocrisy, and more likely to be ignorant of the limits that Allah has revealed to His Messenger... "} [at-Tawbah; 97]
So, the people who are most just are those who recognize by way of knowledge and action the legislated limits in their manners and deeds, and Allah is the source of success..."
Etiquetas: Ibn al Qayyim al Jawziya, Manners


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GENEVA – The 64th Annual Swedish Days Festival kicks off today, and more than 250,000 people are expected to descend on Geneva for the six days of food, carnival, events, activities, sales, crafts and music.
The event officially opens at 10 a.m. today, and it will offer Creation Station at James and Third streets on the north side of the old Courthouse, with Hansel and Gretel performed by The Puppet Palace, exhibitions at the Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third St., Geneva, and Concerts on the Lawn beginning at 1 p.m. and an ice cream eating contest from 6 to 7 p.m. on the Central Stage.
The event is sponsored by the Geneva Chamber of Commerce with support by Cadence Health and the city of Geneva.
"We had so much new last year. We took what we did last year that was successful and added it this year," chamber spokeswoman Laura Rush said. "We've brought back the zip line and Geneva's Got Talent and expanded Sweden Väst – which means Sweden West. We've taken that and made it bigger and better.
Sweden Väst will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday in a big tent on North Fourth Street between State and Hamilton streets, Geneva. It features Swedish food, games, music and art, Rush said.
"Every hour for both days, we have some sort of entertainment going on, far more than we had last year," Rush said. "Everybody who did it last year is coming back. We had other people who heard about it, and they emailed us. 'Heard you have this event want to be part of it; what do we need to do.' We'll have Swedish artists, food, singers, dancers and a maypole is going to be raised about 11:30 a.m. Saturday."
The maypole was designed by the event's sponsor, Ingrid Rowlett of I.B. Quality Cabinets, Rush said.
"It's about 10 feet tall, on a platform with a hinge, all decorated in green and wrapped with wiring so kids can put flowers and ribbons on it," Rush said. "We'll have the Swedish American Children's Choir who will teach children the traditional maypole dance."
The Swedish food includes meatballs, potatoes sausage, lingonberry sundaes, coffee, cardamom coffee cake and lemonade or blueberry slushies, Rush said.
The Swedish Chef from the Muppets and Pipi Longstocking will be at Sweden Väst. The chef will be played a Geneva High School student, and the Astrid Lindgren character will be played by a Geneva graduate.
"It will be a kind of Swedish immersion explosion," Rush said.
Also returning is Geneva's Got Talent semifinals at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on the main stage, featuring 20 performers. The 10 finalists chosen then will perform at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The winner will get $1,000 and the opportunity to ride in the Swedish Days Parade on Sunday.
The public also can vote on semifinalists on Facebook from 10 a.m. Tuesday to 10 a.m. Friday.
Food booths, featuring local charities and nonprofit agencies, will return. Rush said for many, it's one of the biggest fundraisers of the year. So when people buy a roasted turkey leg from the Knights of Columbus or Hawaiian Shaved Ice from Hearts of Hope or Lemon Shake-Ups from Homes for Endangered and Lost Pets, they are supporting local causes, she said.
Returning events include the carnival every day, Kids' Parade at noon Friday, the Friends of the Geneva Library used book sale from 5 to 9 p.m. starting Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Twilight Golf from 9 p.m. Friday to midnight Saturday at Stone Creek Mini-Golf in Wheeler park, using glow-in-the-dark golf balls as well as nightly concerts on the main stage.
The 43rd Annual Granquist Music Competition will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Geneva High School, 416 McKinley Ave., Geneva. The All-American Soap Box Derby races will be from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, at Second Street between Campbell and Fulton streets, and the Swedish Days Parade starts at 1 p.m. Sunday, on Anderson Boulevard and Center Street, Geneva.
A full schedule of events and map of food offerings is available online at www.genevachamber.com, as well as printed schedules available at the chamber office, 8 S. Third St., Geneva.
In years past, estimates of how many people attended would be about 240,000. But in recent years, Rush said she thinks 250,000 or more would be a more accurate estimate.
"I based it [the increased estimate] on how long it takes me to walk from one end to the other," Rush said. "For people experiencing Geneva for the first time, there are a lot of different reasons for being here. Swedish Days is 64 years old. We've been keeping something going for 64 years – that's pretty darn good."


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D Is for Deacon
Teaching children about the cornucopia of roles in the Church: An interview with author Elizabeth Ficocelli.
I've been doing a lot of traveling lately, which means I have been to a lot of different Catholic churches lately. In Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a deacon at St. Jerome led what was, for me, a surprise Saturday-morning Holy Hour, complete with Morning Prayer and Benediction. Knowing I was not a parish regular, he went out of his way to make himself and his parish known to me, by way of welcome. In Arizona, the deacon at St. John Vianney in the Sedona Mountains, reviewed some of the responses in the new translation of the Mass with early arrivers.
Who are these men, and where do they come from? In a new book for children, Elizabeth Ficocelli answers these questions, in seeking to educate and foster future vocations to the diaconate — to at least plant the seed. She talked with me about the book, Where Do Deacons Come From?
Do kids really want or need to know about deacons? Could it just confuse them? Could deacons seem like "play priests"? I've not known a boy who announces he wants to be a deacon when he grows up.
Deacon Greg Kandra recently blogged that his friend, Deacon William Ditewig, had made the following statement: "The diaconate will only become fully accepted as a vocation when young people say, 'When I grow up, I want to be a deacon.'"
Well, Deacon Ditewig, I hope my book Where Do Deacons Come From? will help make that a reality.
For many kids today, the vocation of deacon is being brought home — literally — as fathers, grandfathers, uncles and other adult males they know are answering the call for this special role of service in the Church. This book sets out to clarify what a deacon is — and isn't — through kid-friendly text and charming illustrations.
Can adults learn as much as children from this book?
As with all my books for children, Where Do Deacons Come From? is written keeping in mind the parents or teachers that may be sharing the book with young people. I, myself, learned new things about the diaconate, as I did with each book in this vocations series.
So, what do you want everyone to know about the diaconate?
My hope is that readers of all ages will come away with a greater appreciation for the important role that deacons play in the Church. Deacons have a long list of responsibilities, including assisting at Mass, proclaiming the Gospel, preaching homilies, performing baptisms, presiding at marriages and funerals, visiting the sick, serving the poor, doing sacramental preparation and much more. And most deacons do this while balancing a family and full-time work.
Do you know a lot of deacons?
I continue to meet more and more deacons through various ministries my family serves. In addition to the four deacons associated with my own parish, I've gotten to know deacons through scouting, Marriage Encounter, Catholic radio and athletics. Truthfully, I don't really tend to ask them about their professional lives, but I do know deacons who are school-bus drivers, uranium-plant employees and chefs.
Did you test the book on any children?
Every book I write for young people must first pass inspection with my four boys. After that, I will try and get a few youngsters to read it. This particular book had several sets of deacon eyes on it to make sure every detail was correct
Is there something about lay leadership in the New Evangelization that is at the heart of your children's series? Are you taking some educational leadership?
Each of us is called to a vocation, whether it be married life, single life or religious life (In the case of married deacons, they have two vocations!). I firmly believe it is our job as Catholic parents to plant the seeds of vocation awareness in our children's hearts and minds at a young age. To do that, we need resources and tools to educate ourselves in the process. I hope my vocation series will be regarded as one of those tools. The way I see it, Catholic families are the spawning ground for new vocations and for the future of our Church — so let's make it fruitful!
To answer your second question, while I haven't been taking formal educational leadership training, I continually educate myself in the faith through books, conferences and Catholic media.
You've written about deacons, sisters and priests now for children. Did you have a favorite of the three?
Each time one of the books was completed, I regarded it as my favorite. But I truly feel most proud of the deacon book. It feels like it has rounded the series out and is the perfect bridge between religious and lay vocations.
What has feedback been like?
Very positive. I've discovered, to my delight, that deacons are bloggers and editors, and many are posting wonderful reviews of the book. In my own diocese, our director of deacons is using the book as part of the formation process. One of our current deacon candidates told me he is so delighted with the book he plans to take it to the office because it answers all the questions he gets from co-workers about being a deacon.
How can – are – parents using the Deacon and other books?
Parents are using the books at home to teach their children about different vocations, but the series is certainly not limited to family use only. These are excellent catechesis tools for parochial schools and religion classes.
What is Bleeding Hands, Weeping Stone?
Bleeding Hands, Weeping Stone is my first book targeted at teenagers and young adults — particularly ones who find Catholicism a bit ho-hum. It gives these young Catholics a peek into some of the rather startling and bizarre phenomena in our faith, such as Eucharistic miracles, stigmata, incorrupt bodies, weeping statues and more. I've recently released an attention-getting You Tube video on it.
Do people really want to know about Eucharistic miracles?
Much of what is in the book is relatively unknown to young people (and their parents.) But I think it brings into sharp focus the fact that God has really gone out of his way to get our attention — and he continues to perform these miracles in our own day. Something like Eucharistic miracles — times when the consecrated bread and wine have turned into visible flesh and blood — are powerful reminders that this is not a symbol, but living food, and God is a living God very much interested in having an intimate relationship with each one of us today.
Do you hear from teens who read it?
Teens are telling me they love the book — when they can get it away from their parents, that is. They've been very receptive to my presentation on miracles when I visit schools and youth groups. They ask lots of great questions and can't wait to tell their families about it when they get home.
What's next in your writing?
My next book is for adults, and it's due out in spring 2012 from The Crossroad Publishing Company. It's called Seven From Heaven: How the Sacraments Can Heal, Nurture and Protect Your Family Today. It's a look at practical ways all seven sacraments can come alive in the family. I'm proud to say this book has received an imprimatur from my own bishop.
What has writing done for your faith?
Writing books for children, teens and adults (and speaking about the subjects of these books to audiences of all sizes) has deepened my faith immensely. Maybe it's because I came into the Church as an adult that I'm experiencing a "child-like spirituality" — I'm like a little kid, full of zeal and wonder, soaking up information like a sponge, and bursting at the seams to share it with others. This ministry has been an amazing blessing in my life!
Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-at-large of National Review Online.


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Tom Foley formally enters governor's race
Prepared with a long wish list of what he'd do as the state's chief executive, Tom Foley announced Wednesday that he's running again running for governor.
Foley, a former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland and the Republican Party's gubernatorial nominee in 2010, formed an exploratory committee for the post in September.
Foley said in months of touring Connecticut, he had met people dissatisfied with the state's prospects. He spoke of rising numbers of people leaving the state, deteriorating infrastructure, and of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration unnecessarily interfering in education and hurting businesses with taxes.
"I agree with those who believe we need a new direction and new leadership in Connecticut, so I am announcing today that I am entering the race for governor," Foley said to a standing-room-only crowd at the VFW Post in Waterbury. "As your governor I promise to solve the problems that are holding so many back and will get us headed for a brighter future."
Foley lost the 2010 race to Malloy by a little more than 6,000 votes, or 0.5 percent. The Republican acknowledged Wednesday that he did much better in the towns than in the cities, but said that wasn't the reason he spoke in Waterbury. He said he chose the location because he was going to make helping the cities a key part of his administration. In September, Foley announced his exploratory committee in Bridgeport.
Foley spoke of his own toddler twins, who are "Connecticut's future."
"What are we leaving them?" he asked. "Are we acting responsibly? Will they have the same opportunities we've had? Most of the people I talk with agree that we are not doing enough. So Connecticut needs a fresh start. A fresh start means a new direction and new leadership."
In an attempt to distance himself from other Republican candidates, Foley, who founded a private equity firm, said he's not a "career politician or an insider in Connecticut politics."
Other declared candidates include Senate Minority Leader John McKinney of Fairfield, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti and West Hartford businessman Joe Visctoni. State Sen. Toni Boucher of Wilton is exploring a run.
Foley came to the podium with a list of plans of what he would do as governor. He said he would keep discretionary spending flat for two years and "once spending is under control," reduce the sales tax, which he called the state's "most regressive tax" by half a percent. Foley said that half a percent makes up for $350 million in revenue the state would lose. Asked by a reporter, Foley said the discretionary spending would help balance those numbers.
He said he would plan to eliminate taxes that cost the state more to collect than they generate and work on business-friendly tax reforms with the legislature. He said he would also work with municipalities to reduce property taxes, especially for seniors. He would eliminate the business entity tax for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
Foley said he would implement an urban policy agenda to focus on the problems of cities.
"Connecticut's future is only the good as the future as our cities," he said.
As is the new practice, state Democrats had someone lined up to rebut the Republican candidate's statements. Waterbury Mayor Neil M. O'Leary spoke to reporters outside of Foley's press conference and said the cities were doing better under Malloy's leadership. He said he feared that Foley's suggestions would lead to less money to the cities and programs.
"How are these cuts going to impact the cities?" O'Leary said. "I just don't want to see us go backwards or stay still."
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I apologize for the click bait headline: no, he was not! I was, however, revisiting some fascinating work done by the syriacist Hidemi Takahashi on proper names in the Christian documents and inscriptions of Tang dynasty China (here, here and here). Three Chinese characters in one document seem to refer to Jesus' disciple Simon Peter as 'Solid-Peak Monk'.
Christianity first came to China during or just before the Tang era. The first Christians in China were most likely traders who came overland along the famous Silk Road to the Tang capital city of Chang'an (today's Xi'an). They were adherents of the Church of the East, who prayed in Syriac but mostly spoke Iranian and Turkic languages.
In the great hoard of manuscripts discovered at the Dunhuang caves complex are those belonging to this first Chinese church. One of these is the eighth-century Zūnjīng (尊經 'The Book of Honour'), which is a rather grand name for what is essentially two lists of names. The first list in Zūnjīng is of biblical characters and saints, while the second is list of Christian books, including some other documents found at Dunhuang. It seems that the purpose of Zūnjīng was to provide a crib sheet for those translating Christian texts into Chinese to show which characters should be used for certain names.
The entry for 'Solid-Peak Monk' appears in Zūnjīng's list of names. The entry simply reads Cénwěn Sēng (岑穩僧 literally 'solid peak monk'). From other uses, it is clear that the name Cénwěn should be understood as 'Simon'. In the Middle Chinese pronunciation of the Tang era, it would likely have been pronounced /d͡ʒiɪm ʔuənX/ or /tʂɦəm ʔun'/ (different sources reconstruct it differently). The Japanese reading of the characters as shimu'on (しむおん) upholds this kind of pronunciation, and Japanese readings often give a good insight into the pronunciation of Middle Chinese. Seeing as the liturgical language of the first Chinese Christians was Syriac, this fits with the Syriac for 'Simon', which is Shem'ōn (ܫܡܥܘܢ, exactly following the Hebrew Shim'ôn שמעון, 'he has heard'). If the Simon in question is the Simon Peter whose nickname means 'rock' (from the Greek Petros Πέτρος, given by Jesus in the punning dialogue of Matthew 16.13–20), then the literal meaning of the characters 岑穩 as 'solid peak' also makes sense. All of this is rather linguistically satisfying.
The name 'Peter' sounds like just that, a name, to most us, and we forget that it is a rocky nickname. The New Testament gives us an alternative version of the name, often written Cephas in English Bibles. This represents Kēphas (Κηφᾶς) in the Greek text. This is the Aramaic word for 'rock': Kêfâ (כיפא ܟܐܦܐ). He gets a final sigma in Greek to make it sound more manly, as an alpha ending is womanly (Jesus' name got its final 's' for the same gendered reason). As Syriac is a variety of Aramaic, Simon Peter is more usually called Shem'ōn Kēfā (ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ). It would be natural for Christians who prayed in Syriac to have carried Peter's name to China not as the Greek Petros, but the Syriac Kēfā, but that is not what the scribe of Zūnjīng gave us.
The Chinese sēng (僧) is used for Buddhist monks. Thus we literally have 'Simon the Buddhist monk'. The Chinese word comes from the Buddhist Pali term saṅgha (सङ्घ), referring to a Buddhist monastery, which is sēngjiā (僧伽) in Chinese. For want of a better term in Chinese, Christian monks are regularly given the title sēng in Tang era texts too, so our Simon does not have to be a Buddhist monk.
The key to the puzzle rests in learning the extinct Sogdian language, which was well represented among traders from the West in Chang'an. Sogdian was an Iranian language spoken in Samarkand and throughout a region covering today's Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It became a Silk Road lingua franca. In Sogdian, the word for 'rock' is sang, and this seems to be the origin of the Chinese sēng being used to translate the Petros/Kēfā part of Simon Peter's name. Thus, Sogdian-speaking merchants and their clergy brought Christianity to China, naming Jesus' disciple Shem'ōn Sang, with that literal rocky translation of Kēfā. The scribe of Zūnjīng decided to choose Chinese characters that represented this Sogdian name phonetically. Yet the phonetic transcription is only half the story. The good scribe chose characters that had a meaning that was in harmony with who Simon Peter was. Oddly, the rockiness of 'Peter' was transferred to the characters that phonetically represent 'Simon', as 'solid peak'. Twice oddly, a Chinese character for a Buddhist monk that is phonetically derived from the Indian languages Pali and Sanskrit was used to represent the Sogdian word for 'rock'. I imagine our good scribe thought the character suitable for a holy man, a saint.
P.S. In modern Mandarin Chinese, Simon Peter is Xīmén Bǐde (西门·彼得). The Catholic Church in China uses either Bǎiduōlù (伯多禄) or Bǎiduó (伯铎) for 'Peter', and the Orthodox Church uses Péitèrè (裴特若). 'Simon' is also often written as Xīméng (西蒙) All are rather phonetic and based on European languages. It is a pity the link with the Syriac/Sogdian of the first to bring Christianity to China has been lost.
P.P.S. Simon Peter was obviously not a monk. Christian monasticism did not really get going until St Anthony in the third century. The fact that Peter was married can be ascertained by the reference to his sick mother-in-law in the gospels (Matthew 8.14, Mark 1.30, Luke 4.38).
P.P.P.S. Speaking of the Sogdian word for 'rock', the Sogdian Rock was a fortress in Sogdiana that was besieged by Alexander the Great in 327 BC. Arrian's Anabasis tells us that the defenders thought the Rock to be impregnable but Alexander employed rock climbers to scale it with flax ropes and tent pegs. Alexander's prize was to marry the princess Roxana. The Greeks thought her to be the second most lovely woman in all of Asia, which must have given her the hump. She was a Bactrian princess.


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Numerous outdoor hot tubs are located throughout the property and the outdoor pool is one of the most scenic and relaxing in all of Breckenridge. Enjoy countless comforting amenities like outdoor grills, two fitness rooms, laundry facilities, private ski storage and more.
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Gee describes "Agency" as a game creating a sense of ownership in the player. The player is now invested enough in the game that they care about and feel a sense of responsibility for what happens in the game. The sense of ownership and responsibility developed through "agency" also drives a player forward. That ownership makes them what to see a game through to the end (which could be 6, 12, 20, or 50+ hours).
What type of ownership would make a student see an assignment through a 20 hour process?
That is an unfair question to start off with. While that may be an ultimate goal, we can develop agency by starting much smaller. The screen shot in the slide is from the Xbox 360 game, Mass Effect. Mass Effect starts with a create-a-character, like many other games, but the sense of agency develops through series of choices that how the character and the game develops. It is this series of choices that creates the sense of ownership. The player and the student will not develop this immediately. The choices need to be continually offered and they need to be significant. The choices need to shape the class in both the direction and the discussion. Ownership can begin to grow with a question as simple as, "Where should we start?" The choices should continue throughout a lesson. "What search terms?" "Which source will you use?" The questions and choices are important for developing ownership in the student.
Asking questions is important, but it is essential for agency that the questions we ask are followed through on. Nothing will kill a sense of student ownership faster than judging something as the "wrong" answer. These are not questions that have a "right" answer. Granted some of the responses may not be the choices we want them to make or even will gain the best results, but those "not ideal" choices create learning opportunities. As I discussed with the "risk taking" concept we can look to these "dead ends" and poor sources as teaching opportunities. Create and facilitate a discussion on the results of these choices. Every choice creates a potential discussions and learning opportunities.
Over the course of the last year, I've worked on trying to incorporate developing ownership into lessons including an open ended research reviews (including reflection and student feedback for fall & spring semesters) and branching lectures where the students make the choice.
The question we, as librarians, need to continue to ask along with all these choices is, "Why?" Agency develops with meaningful choices and learning comes from understanding the ramifications of those choices.


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Marla (born 1995) is a German/Spanish singer-songwriter based in Heidelberg, Germany. Inspired by traveling the world, the 20 year-old Marla is processing her lost love in these songs, softly picked on acoustic guitar. Her mellow dreamy melodies and deep airy voice might remind one of artists like Jessica Pratt and reminiscent Nico. After touring with David Celia in early 2015, she decided to record her debut album in Toronto with him as producer and sideman.
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Born: May 3, 1922, Wegrow, Poland
Lonia had three sisters and one brother. Her parents owned a cotton factory in the town of Wegrow. The Goldmans were a religious family, strictly observing the Sabbath, the Jewish holidays and the dietary laws.
1933-39: After studying all day at public school, I attended a religious school for girls called Beis Yakov where I studied Hebrew, the Bible and Jewish history. Later, when I was in high school, a private tutor came to the house to teach me Hebrew. My favorite hobby was knitting. After finishing high school I learned the quiltmaking trade. We moved to Warsaw in the mid-1930s when my father opened a down feather factory there.
1940-44: We were trapped in the Warsaw ghetto when it was sealed off in November 1940. There in the ghetto, at age 18, I married Sevek, a tailor. In 1942 Sevek and I escaped to Wegrow, and then to a village near the town. A peasant couple, Jan and Maria, agreed to hide us. With bloody fingernails we dug a dank cellar "grave," lined it with straw, and lay motionless in the hole, concealed from danger for 18 months. Jan and Maria risked their lives by bringing us food and emptying our chamberpot every day. Once a week they sponged us down.
Lonia and Sevek were liberated by the Soviets in 1945. They had to relearn how to walk after their many months of confinement. In 1948 the Fishmans emigrated to America.
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The 34-year-old woman who left her 13-month-old boy alone in a bathtub while she played a Facebook video game got 10 years in prison, as prosecutors pursued a stiff sentence to underscore the seriousness of the crime.
Shannon Johnson, of Fort Lupton, Colo., pleaded guilty to negligently causing the death of her child, and faced four to 12 years in prison on that charge - or even potentially no jail time, just probation. But authorities went for hard time, not wanting to trivialize a crime shocking in its carelessness.
The judge who sentenced Johnson told her she was not a bad person, nor did she intend to harm her child, but she still committed a crime. "You left this little boy in a bathtub so you could entertain yourself on the computer by playing games," the judge said as Johnson cried. "And you left that 13-month-old human being, little Joseph, incredibly, for those reasons."
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This article is about a time zone. For the popular book that is rarely abbreviated for conventional speech, see Uncle Tom's Cabin.
"Does anybody really know what time it is?"
"Does anybody really care?"
"I'm on UTC. I get an extra 15 TAI nanoseconds per every second of every day."
"I'm on GMT. My eight-hour workdays are four hundred thirty-two TAI microseconds shorter than yours."
UTC stands for "Unusually popular Time format for Common use on the Internet". It was invented in the 1960s but not used until the 1970s. Shortly before its invention, no one had ever heard of it. Before the invention of this popular format, the world used GMT, which was basically the same with different letters. Since GMT was not invented on UTC time, no one really knows exactly when GMT was invented. Some scientists at Cambridge are working on figuring this out with your tax dollars. When this is learned, all of history will be documented using UTC instead of the Common Era notation which recently replaced the Anno Domini notation that is still in use in most parts of the world.
Some of the flaws with UTC[edit]
UTC is often criticized for not having 24 hours. Instead, it only has 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds. Because of this flaw, the Time Force Defense League released a service pack including the missing second. Rather than calling it 24:00:00, it was erroneously misnamed 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds. Adding 0:00:00 to 23:59:59 simply does not equal 24:00:00 in any way, shape or form. Mathematicians have not been able to file a successful lawsuit yet against the Time Force Defense League, but communists everywhere are begging for the second to be fixed. One proposal from the Ivy League has been to offer the communists a fifth instead as compensation for the faulty second.
Another flaw that usually goes unnoticed is the fact that even though "Internet" is capitalized, the "I" is left out of the abbreviation (critics say it should be called UTCI).
GMT's resistance[edit]
GMT has resisted the change from the get-go. It was only recently that UTC even found its way out of the patent office and into mainstream media. Since GMT is sexier, UTC has a hard time convincing the general public it is any better. Besides, the abbreviation "GMT" is so much more flawless in its correctness of abbreviation.
Zulu Time[edit]
The Time Force Defense League has long been at war with the Zulu tribesmen over what to call UTC. The Zulus wish they could show the world they are better than the Kenyans, but since their runners aren't able to afford the latest energy drink, the only way they have thought of so far is to call UTC Zulu Time instead. Kenya has recently noticed the uprisal and is pondering its next move.
"I'm on UTC" campaign[edit]
Recently, men from Greenwich launched an ad campaign with the slogan "I'm on GMT", in which a GMT user and a UTC user exchanged comments about their timekeeping systems. In these commercials, the UTC comments were specially constructed to sound downright stupid.
Recently, the Time Force Defense League has launched a new campaign to combat this ever-popular slogan, encouraging UTC users to buy clocks, bumper stickers, mugs, and lawn ornaments that say "I'm on UTC." "We want people to show some pride," says campaign manager Oscar Wilde. "There's nothing to be embarrassed about if you're using the latest timekeeping system. That shows your up-to-date."
The Zulu tribesmen, noticing how well these campaign slogans have caught on, began releasing their own ads designed similar to the "I'm on GMT" ads. These ads start out the same, but a hot chick shows up toward the end of the ad and says, "I'm on Zulu," and the GMT and UTC pushers then say, "I'm switching to Zulu!" The ads close with a screen that says "I'm on Zulu. When will you make the switch?"
It has been argued that these ads are in parody of a conflict between Macintosh, Microsoft, and Linux, but no solid evidence has surfaced yet.
Interesting events in the history of UTC[edit]
0 - Time is invented by either God, a collision of particles, the Invisible Pink Unicorn, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or some other intelligent architect, or else a combination of them. Once the folks at Cambridge figure out how to convert 0 to UTC, we might be able to research this further.
1 February 345 B.C. 6th hour - Time stands still. There is no proof this lasted for any amount of time, but lots of things happened before time continued again, and rumor has it the sun went up and down three times.
52 A.D. - Father Time is born and decides to invent the day.
1884 - The day is finally patented by some British dudes in Greenwich. They decided midnight was a good hour to start with. They call it Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT).
1900s - A bunch of wars happen. Time moves slower.
53 - Computer use makes it unimportant to display the full date on anything, especially databases for financial institutions.
1 January 61 0:00 UTC - UTC is invented.
70s - UTC is used.
80s - The Zulus declare war on the UTC pushers.
84 UTC - Big Brother.
1 January 00 0:00:00 UTC - Banks everywhere drop like Y2K bugs.
2001 UTC - Microsoft finishes developing Windows Me.
2001 UTC - A monolith is found on the moon.
2010 UTC - Monoliths gather and ignite Jupiter, creating a second sun in the Solar System.
2061 UTC - A space-time continuum ebb caused by a man with a paper clip, some rubber bands, and an old tuna salad sandwich (you don't want to know the details) reversed this and rewrote history, mostly the part that involved monoliths.
1 January 00 0:00:00 UTC - Better prepared this time, programmers save the world from the Y2K bugs.
2000 UTC - Following the space-time continuum ebb, Microsoft forgot to finish redeveloping Windows Me from where it got ebbed back to and decides to release it early.
1 February 345 A.D. 6th hour - Whatever it was, it must have been important. Unfortunately, since the sundial had not yet been perfected, it is largely debated whether the important event here was stationed in Rome or in Sparta, and furthermore what exactly happened during that hour.
6 June 2006 6:66 UTC - Satan was hugely disappointed when his prophecy of epic win via large-scale malware attack on God's Heaven Hotline got pwned by Jesus's foresight to backup the system.
7 July 2007 7:77 UTC - Christians everywhere realize they should have done something to prepare for so many 7's. The minute went by rather largely unnoticed.
24 June 2010 2:51 UTC - An Asian dude named Rob saves the city of L.A. (or at least a few mice) from the impending doom of a couple tanks of acetylene gas near combustibles. This is critical because had this happened, a hole might have reopened the space-time-continuum again due to radioactive antimatter that might have been present, and dinosaurs might not be able to live in Rob's garage due to the carbon monoxide from his car. Spacemen have gas masks, so they would not be a concern.
24 June 2010 UTC - The article on UTC is introduced to Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia.
12 December 2012 0:00 UTC - UTC outdoes the Mayan calendar, and the followers of the UTC are left wondering where the Christians all disappeared off to.


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In a season that's all about creative personal expression, it's hard to go wrong with back-to-school fashion. Still, there are some key trends and essential pieces. Pick one of these top 10 trends or pick them all; wear them on their own or mash 'em up together. It's all about who you are and what you love.
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1. Brights for girls
The biggest trend for fall is colour, both for boys and girls. There's hardly a hue that isn't in style this season, but for girls, the most popular colours fall in the pink-red-purple family. We've moved on from the princessy looks of the past few years, though. Expect to find these feminine shades in sporty jackets and cosy knits, and worn with tough-girl accoutrements like denim and boots.
2. Brights for boys
Where boys often dwell in a world of dark neutrals, this fall they're busting out in brights, jewel tones and autumnal hues. Look for chinos and skinny jeans in vivid blues and greens, tops in reds, yellows and oranges. Mix them up together or, for a more subtle look, especially for those kids who wear uniforms, you can also add colour in a fun beanie hat or bright shoelaces.
4. Denim for all
If you were only going to choose one wardrobe piece to update this fall, it would have to be a pair of jeans. Yes, traditional blues — in almost every wash — are still de rigueur, but what's really of the moment is bright colours like magenta, blue or yellow and printed jeans in florals or other patterns. "Skinny, classic or colourful — denim dressing is a big trend for fall for boys and girls," says Afiya Francisco, style expert for Target. "A denim shirt or jacket is also a must-have."
4. Sassy statements
After a few years in the back of the wardrobe, the graphic tee is back, for both girls and boys. It's a whimsical way to add humour and personality to fashion. Think catchy slogans, cute images, clever cartoons and other fun ways to make a statement, in T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts and chunky knit sweaters.
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5. Punk princesses
For girls, the big look this fall is the mix of girlie, preppy and punk worn all together at once. That means pairing, say, a heart-patterned skirt with a boyfriend sweater, or a pair of leopard leggings with a denim jacket or the season's must-have "moto" jacket in faux leather. It's a fun look that can include sequins, chiffon and motorcycle boots, but it's also a look that's easy to wear almost anywhere from school to playground to family dinner.
6. Perfect patterns
Dots with stripes? Stripes with flowers? Florals with animal prints? Sure, why not? It's all cool in this season of colourful mash-ups. Animal prints, especially leopard, are the most popular for girls and are worn almost as a neutral. But we're also seeing bold stripes and delicate dots, as well as fun florals.
7. Witty knits
One of the surprising new trends for girls is the popularity of knitwear, not just for teens, but also for girls in the "tween" age group of nine to 12. "Sweaters didn't used to be big for this age group, but they're really coming on," says Linda Maslechko, CEO of the Triple Flip stores. Look for shawl collars, vibrant colours, sleek cardigans and especially for chunky knits with patterns and fun graphics knitted into them.
8. Fab footwear
This really is a season to kick up your heels. "Girls have really cute shoe options available," says Francisco. Best of all, they're the kind of shoes that girls can really run around in: wedge sneakers, ballet flats with metallic or sparkle details, leopard print flats, fun motif slip-ons, chunky motorcycle style boots and even cute cowboy boots.
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9. Camo cool
Just as leopard and other animal prints work almost as neutrals for girls, so it is with camouflage and plaid for boys. Far from its hunting and military traditions, camo is showing up in T-shirts and blazers, on shoes and other accessories. Like plaid, it pairs nicely with brights and evokes a sort of 1980s punk esthetic when used as background for quirky graphics and statements.
10. Varsity looks
If we're seeing an echo of '80s punk in the camo trend, it's balanced by the preppy look of varsity style. T-shirts, jackets, hoodies and sweaters emblazoned with sports motifs and numbers are all the rage for boys this fall. They're easy to wear and go with anything and (almost) anywhere, in brights and neutrals. Go, team!
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I have a server with a Digium TE220 T1 interface card installed. I would like to run Asterix on this server with the sole purpose of receiving and sending faxes over the T1. I already have a T1 circuit in place from my carrier that is set up as a 2 way trunk group, with fax calls being delivered via a toll free number.
On the receiving end, I need to have people dial my toll free number from their fax machine. The call may hit any of the channels on the T1 circuit. Then based upon which toll free number was dialed to reach the T1, the fax, either as a PDF of a TIFF-G4 image, needs to be delivered to a directory on the server along with a way to see call stats, i.e. what number was dialed (DNIS), call length, fax speed, pages delivered, originating phone number, etc..
On the sending side, I would need a command line interface to be able to take a PDF or TIFF-G4 image and queue it up to destination fax machine. No need to select any particular channel. As long as it went out on any available channel on the T1. And like on the receiving side, after the call is complete, I'd like to be able to find stats of the call in a file placed in a directory.
I'm sure there are other details of a configuration such as this that I am glossing over. But this covers the main functionality that I need. I am decently versed in Linux/Unix servers. So once up and operational, I doubt I would need any on-going support. And while I could probably configure this over time on my own, I just have too many things on the plate at the current time as I would like to be functioning within the next 90-120 days (or sooner if possible).
If you or anyone you know are interested, please private message me so that we can begin talking about what kind of costs and timelines I would be looking at for this contractual work.
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The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that many East Enders have been developing an allergic reaction to red meat after being bitten by lone star ticks.
Bites from the lone star, identified by a single white spot in the center of its back, are causing everything from mild abdominal cramps, to severe issues, including anaphylaxis and death after an infected person eats red meat, WSJ reports. The symptoms can take as long as months to surface after the tick passes on a certain carbohydrate called alpha-gel, which is also in meat. After the parasite delivers this alpha gel, the human immune system can recognize it as an allergen and react dangerously when re-exposed to it via a steak or hamburger.
Reactions to the meat tend to occur within three to six hours after ingestion. Here's a slightly irritating video about this new local threat:


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I missed the Sony Expo but I think they may have a new robotic dog. This dog might be their new Cyberpet watchdog. I wasn't going to get close enough to find out or let him lick my face like I normally would do. He might not be programmed for excessive unbridled affection. And to be honest. I kind of like my nose the way it is...
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By Steve Holt, Should the Hippocratic maxim "Let food be thy medicine" apply to mental health care? Absolutely, says Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, a professor at the University of Calgary and a pioneer in a resurgent field of research on the role diet and nutrition plays in the health of the brain. She says the medical and …Read More
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This is the first section of a booklet that I put together for my father-in-law's 96th birthday. Future sections will be about the parents and grandparents of Clifford and Bertha Bryan Blackmore and will include Blincow and Doyle surnames. I have also included information about the siblings of these direct ancestors.
Clifford Franklin Blackmore
and Bertha Jane Bryan
Clifford Franklin Blackmore was born on 16 February 1890 in McCool, Nebraska. His parents were George Marlin Blackmore and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Blincow. In 1910 Clifford and is family were living in Granite, Colorado, but he and his family moved to California sometime between 1910 and 1912 because a clipping in the Hemet News in June of 1912 indicated that Clifford had suffered from a black spider bite and was recovering.
According to another newspaper clipping, in February 1914 Clifford bought a Yale motorcycle. This was when he was about 24 years old and before he married. I wonder what Bertha thought about this and how long he kept it after he married.
Clifford married Bertha Jane Bryan on 10 November 1914 in Winchester, California. She was born in Montezuma, Poweshiek County, Iowa on 26 August 1890 to Oliver Bryan and Mary Emma Oliver. Bertha was one of six children. She and her parents and siblings moved to California sometime before 1914, although they lived in Delta County, Colorado in 1910.
Clifford and Bertha had four children, three boys and one girl. All three sons were born in California, but their daughter was born in Arizona.
According to Clifford's World War I draft registration card he noted that he was of medium height and build, had brown eyes and brown hair. At this time he indicated that he needed to support his wife and a child. He was working as a Stationery Engineer for Indian Irrigation Service on the Rincon Indian Reservation. The Rincon Reservation is in southern California, outside of San Diego. Clifford may also have been a rancher, since that was the occupation listed in the 1917 Riverside City and County Directory where it listed that Clifford and Bertha were living in Winchester.
In 1918 according to another newspaper clipping the family obviously had an automobile since they traveled from Riverside, California, to the Phoenix area of Arizona where Paul Blackmore, the son of Clifford's uncle Charles lived, to Colorado where Clifford's parents lived.
Clifford and his family lived in Arizona, in Pinal County, for a short time around 1920. Clifford and Bertha's daughter was born in Arizona. In the 1920 census Clifford's occupation is listed as working for Indian Services. And on 22 November 1921, Clifford filed for a Land Patent, for three lots in Pinal County. This was a total of a little more than 177 acres. Paul, Clifford's cousin, had a land patent granted on 9 June 1919 in Pinal County for 320 acres in the same area.
By 1926 Clifford and Bertha were again living in California but this time in Orange County. Their address was 106 South Laurel, Brea. Clifford was an oil worker and Bertha was a housewife. These job designations continued until at least 1944.
Bertha died on 18 March 1943 in Los Angeles, California. She was buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton, Orange County, California
Clifford remarried on 30 September 1945 in Brea. He married Anna Beatrice whose last name is unknown. I believe Anna may have been married twice before she married Clifford but her maiden name may have been Scholes. Clifford and Anna continued to live at 106 Laurel in Brea.
Clifford died on 23 May 1970 in Yucaipa, California. Clifford and Bertha are both buried in Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton, California. Anna died on 12 October 1981 in Redlands.
Since at the time of this writing, two sons of Clifford and Bertha are living, I have not included any information about the children of Clifford and Bertha.


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Friday, February 20, 2009
It's All In The Timing
It was standard in the silent era for films, and comedies in particular, to be undercranked. What that means is that if the film was going to be projected at 16 frames per second, it would be shot at 12 frames per second so that when projected, the images would be faster than life. The term "undercranking" comes from the fact that cameras were literally cranked by hand.
There was no fixed projection speed during the silent era. Projection ranged anywhere from 16 to more than 24 frames per second. Initially, projectors were also hand cranked, but even when they were motorized, they were controlled by rheostats which could vary the speed within a single film.
What's interesting in Model's examples, is how the actors adjusted their speeds so that they would get the desired result on screen. Here is the boxing sequence from City Lights (1931). At this point in time, film projection had been standardized at 24 fps and cameras were motorized due to the need to synchronize with sound. Chaplin still preferred to shoot with an older camera so that he could continue to use silent comedy timing.
There are differences that Model points out. Characters seem to weigh less when in fast motion. This lends a sense of unreality to the physical knock-about that allows it to be funny. When Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd made sound films in the 1930s, their falls appeared painful because they were accompanied by sounds of impact but also because being timed realistically, they looked like real people hitting the ground and the audience viscerally felt the impact.
The speed itself adds comedy to this fight. In real time, it's leaden, but sped up it has a lot more energy.
One thing that the extra speed required was increased clarity. With gestures faster than normal, it was important to do only one thing at a time so that the audience could read the actions clearly and not get confused. In this Model version of a clip from The Adventurer (1917), pay attention to Chaplin and the empty glass in his hands. When the drink is finished, he licks his fingers, puts his fingers in the empty glass and them licks them again and drinks from the empty glass, hoping to find a final drop. There's the rule of threes in operation; Chaplin performs three actions to show that he wants more, but hasn't any. That's all an anticipation of the gag where he tips another man's glass and steal the liquid from it.
Model has other examples available here, including one from Sherlock Junior (1924), starring Keaton. In Chaplin's last silent, Modern Times (1936), he sang a nonsense song at the end, which forced him to shoot at 24 fps. However, before, during and after the song, he cut in undercranked footage shot with a silent camera. Note how different the speed of people's motions are in the two types of footage. While Chaplin's song is funny, it's like he's stepped into a different world where everything is sluggish by comparison. I should note that this clip contains the last verse of the song, one which Chaplin edited out for re-issues and is missing from the latest DVD release of the film.
The animators and directors of the 1930s and '40s grew up watching silent comedies and absorbed the feeling for fast action. Bobe Cannon's smears in The Dover Boys are 4 frames long. Tex Avery talked about bringing in an object 4 frames before it beaned a character. Rod Scribner's animation has the broad energy of silent comedy. The furious anticipations that animated characters go through before zipping off screen owe a debt to the sense of speed that silent comedy introduced. Animation caricatured it, pushing it even further. Fast is funny, especially when it's been combined with movements that read clearly.
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- Keith Lango said...
Great post. The fast is so silly, but it works. The boxing scene at real time (projected at 16fps, not 24) is laboriously slow. Certainly that choice was purposeful in order to accomplish the tight choreography, but even if they were to zip it up a bit it would still come off as sleepy compared to the undercranked version. A lot of modern animation (especially in films) comes off as 'leaden' and ponderous compared to the more energetic efforts from the past. To make up for that modern animation uses the cut more intensely to bring pace and energy to the film (no doubt an influence from the MTV generation). Modern animation motion is slower, but conversely the editing is frenetic -- a typical scene in an animated film runs 3.5 seconds, or 5 feet. Quite the inverse of the classic cartoons where often scenes would run for 20 or even 30 feet or more, but the actions were much more kinetic. Of the two I prefer the slower cutting/more kinetic motion. Slower cutting lets a character breathe a bit, even if they are moving with great zip.
- February 20, 2009 10:09 PM
- sunny kharbanda said...
Genius. Thanks for posting this, and thanks to Mr. Model for doing these studies.
I read somewhere that when acting out a scene you want to animate, you should speed it up while animating so it takes two-thirds the time it did in reality. It sounds like an arbitrary rule, but when you watch these clips, it's pretty close to what Chaplin and others were doing.
Of course, a thumb rule like that has to be applied carefully, and will have exceptions. These silent film makers were obviously thorough in their study of timing.
These clips also remind me of the other reason why the golden age animators studied these films. Everything is so clearly staged and set up, they've got you looking exactly where they want you to.
But the undercranking stuff is what really blew my mind. As you said in the title, "It's all in the timing".
- February 20, 2009 11:33 PM
- David said...
I'm sending this link to all my students.
This is must see material.
Thank you for the links to Mr. Model's clips on YouTube.
- February 21, 2009 12:34 AM
- Jenny Lerew said...
Undercranking is indeed fascinating and these are great studies. It's used also in quite a few sound films, in fast action sequences-not just in comedies, but fairly often in scenes that require massive fast action--westerns, for example. Even some into the 1940s...although the director generally does his best to make sure it's not so obvious as to seem odd, you can still spot it--or "feel" it.
I love Chaplin, and have since seeing "The Vagabond" in an old print at the Silent Movie Theater in 1977, so I've earned this remark: I've never been able to stand this song scene in Modern Times. Charlie's pantomime is lovely and I like hearing his natural voice--but for God's sake, I can't stand how he has all the patrons laugh uproariously at the end of every verse! Nothing he's doing or (as it's suggested) singing is outrageous enough to warrant that reaction. And of course he has to have lovely Paulette beaming at his success as well...it's IMHO an egotistic mistake that undercuts the real laughs we in the movie audience might otherwise have, and reminds me of when MGM spoiled the Marxes with having extras laugh at Chico and Harpo in their scenes instead of recoil in disgust, as in the Paramount films. But that's OT.
And you can tell Mr. Mo-del I still prefer Kovacs. That's a joke, son. ; )
- February 21, 2009 2:21 AM
- Paul said...
that's a really illuminating history. thanks for the post!
- February 22, 2009 6:48 PM
- Steve Schnier said...
Hi Mark,
Very interesting post. My understanding is that Chaplin improvised City Lights before the cameras - that they would try and retry story ideas - that there was no actual script for the feature.
That being the case, Chaplin would have had ample opportunity to explore the effects of vari-speeding the camera for comedic effect.
- February 23, 2009 7:35 AM
- Ben Model said...
Hi -- Ben Model here!
Glad to see these studies have proved fascinating to animators. I've often thought that the current use of undercranking -- or at least of increasing the speed and pace to create comedy which wouldn't be present if done in real time -- is in Family Guy. A great deal of the humor is the sheer speed, and if the show's lines were delivered the way non-drawn humans speak, and there were regular pauses, the jokes might fall flat or not have as much punch.
These studies of mine came from something I remember seeing the step-printed version of A Dog's Life years and years ago, as well as the notion that regular film when run too fast looks too fast, but silent film is always run 35%-50% too fast and everything reads properly. Click here to see the study of "A Dog's Life", where you can see the gag that Chaplin created can only exist in this sped-up 'universe'.
Silent film should really be called silent-faster film.
Ben Model
- February 25, 2009 2:54 PM


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neither nor. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
Neither is paired with nor as either is with or, and in those uses as conjunctions they pose usage problems of agreement. Usually they will take a singular verb if both parts of the structure are singular, as in Neither he nor his friend is ready, and if the first element is plural but the second element remains singular, the structure may still take a singular verb, as in Neither my friends nor my father is ready, although a plural is also possible. But if the second element is plural, the verb will almost always be plural: Neither my father nor his friends are ready. Agreement between neither/nor and the verb is frequently a matter of notional agreement: hence Standard English in all but its most Formal and Oratorical situations will usually accept either number of the verb.From In-depth Subject-Verb Agreement Study
Subjects joined by or, nor, either/or, neither/nor require further analysis.
Singular subjects joined by one of the above use the singular verb. (Try the word it with the verb to see if you've made the right choice).
- The lettuce salad or the jello (it) is the least expensive. (it is)
- Neither a cup of tea nor a bottle of pop (it) helps at this point. (it helps)
Singular subjects mixed with plural subjects choose the verb form which corresponds to the closer or closest subject.
- Neither Harry nor his friends see the danger. (they see)
- Neither his friends nor Harry sees the danger. (he sees)
See also this thread here (Post #4).
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Have you doubled your baby's dose of vitamin D this fall?
Infants north of 55 degree latitude up to one year old need 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D between October and April because of the lack of sunlight. They need 400 IU the rest of the year.
"The standard care for years in Canada, and in some other industrialized countries for decades, has always been to supplement infants up to one year of age with 400 IU of vitamin D," says Dr. Raphael Sharon, an Edmonton pediatrician and vice-president-elect of the pediatric section of the Alberta Medical Association.
Fortified milk, cereals and oily fish are the most common food sources for vitamin D, but the best source is sunlight, which prompts the body to make the vitamin when it hits the skin.
Baby formula accounts for 400 IU daily, so formula-fed babies only need an extra 400 IU of vitamin D in the winter.
Breastfed babies require 100 per cent supplementation because, while breast milk is fantastic nutrition, the one thing it doesn't have enough of is vitamin D, Sharon says.
Dark-skinned children of Inuit, First Nations and black Canadians need 800 IU of vitamin D all year long.
Sharon and Dr. Robert Moriartey, president of the pediatric section of the Alberta Medical Association, were in Boston last month at the annual convention of the American Academy of Pediatrics when it decided to double the recommended dose for American infants to 400 IU.
They are concerned that reports published about the American recommendation may have confused Canadian parents.
However, if you had a baby last year and you didn't give him or her 800 IU of vitamin D daily from October to April, don't worry, Sharon says.
"I don't want a scare happening. It's not the end of the world. Ninety-nine per cent of babies who didn't receive the required daily dose will be fine."
For years, doctors thought vitamin D was important only for the prevention of rickets, a bone-softening disease that results in stunted growth and skeletal deformities. Rickets is rare, but 100 cases were recorded in Canada between 2002 and 2004.
Recent studies have found vitamin D also plays a role in the prevention of osteoporosis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases in adult life.
Health Canada recommends 200 IU of vitamin D daily for those aged one to 50; 400 IU for 51 to 70 and 600 IU for over 70. The safe upper limit is 2,000 IU and is recommended for pregnant women.


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The occupied-America shooter Homefront will require THQ's Online Pass - a one use code that comes free in retail copies of the game - to access the game's online multiplayer. But accommodations will be made for renters or used-copy purchasers.
Those without a valid code may still play online multiplayer on all maps, but may only advance to level 5 (out of 75 in the game's ranking structure), reports Shacknews. There is no time limit on how long they may play, only the level cap.
THQ's Online Pass, first implemented with UFC Undisputed 2010, costs $10 for someone who buys a used copy of Homefront with an expired or nonexistent code. It's similar to Electronic Arts' "Project $10" and the EA Sports Online Pass. The program effectively gives publishers a cut of used sales, if a used buyer wants the complete game, anyway.
Homefront To Use THQ's Online Pass [Shacknews]