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1. I just discovered stuffchristianslike.blogspot.com, and…seriously. Funniest thing I've read in a long time. There's like 500 of them, so naturally I haven't read them all yet, but I can say that since I grew up in the church, I relate to 99% of those things. Ah, I love satire for a good cause.
2. LIST OF STUFF TO DO THIS SUMMER (which I will extend as we think of things):
- Lord of the Rings marathon
- Hike at Mt. Rainier
- Plan and buy stuff for dorm room (!!!)
- How I Met Your Mother marathon with Colleen
- Senior trip!
- Have that day we've been planning where Brittany and I re-try all the food we think we don't like
- Hang out in cooler places than we usually do (i.e., the outdoors)
- Go to a Mariners' game
3. I have to go work on my psych project now, or else it will come to life and eat me in my sleep. Gahh I don't want to write this stupid thing. Oh well…the good news (?) is that I'm done with school in 45 days…compared to everyone else's 4 or 25 or whatever. Ah well, that's what I get for taking advantage of free college. Next year will end sooner.
4. I like good news 🙂
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7 must know Sensors for Robotic Project…
Hello friends, sensors are the most important parts in development of any robotic project. Here in this article I will cover some basic concept of sensors and its working principle.
What is a sensor?
Before proceeding, do you know what a sensor is?
Related Article: How to build a simple robot? Do you Know…
In simple worlds Sensor is a device that can detect the change in physical quantity and convert it in electrical signal. Here Transducer plays an important role because it is the main element of a sensor device. Sensors can detect many physical quantities like Pressure, Temperature, Sound, Light and magnetic / electric field etc.
Type of Sensors
There are many sensors available in the market. These are used in different application. Here I am describing some basic sensors by which are essential for robotic project. These sensors are
- Proximity Sensors
- Optical / light Sensors
- Position & Limit Sensors
- Electric current, electric potential, magnetic Sensors
- Acoustic / Sound Sensors
- Thermal, heat, temperature Sensors
- Pressure Sensors
Related Article: Stepper, Servo or DC Motor! Which is good for a robotic project?
Proximity Sensors
A Proximity sensor is a sensor which can detect object but object should be inside its detection range. For detection of object no physical contact or touch is required. Proximity sensor`s detection range vary from Sensor to sensor. Generally it is from 10mm to several meters. For small range generally RF (radio frequency) type transducer used and for higher range IR (infrared) type transducer used.
Related Article: What is Battery & how it works?
In robotic application if our requirement is to sense object within 10-15mm we have to use RF proximity sensor and if it is higher than go for IR Proximity sensor.
Optical / Light Sensors
Optical or light sensor is a sensor which can detect light intensity and can convert it in to electrical signal. In market best, cheap and effective light sensor is LDR (Light Dependent Register). When LDR light sensitive surface expose to light, it shows very less resistance between its terminals. It is approximate few ohms but when there is no light, its terminal shows and open contact means very high resistance. It value is approximate more than 2 M-ohm.
Related Article: 6 Must Know Robotics Programming Languages for coding a bot
Other segments of Light sensors are Infrared Sensors, as you know that Infrared lights are not a visible light. Basically IR sensors consist at least one set of IR light emitter and receiver. Its emitter circuitry is called transmitter Part of sensor and IR detector circuitry is called receiver Part of sensor. An IR sensor consists of an emitter, detector and associated circuitry. The circuit required to make an IR sensor consists of two parts; the emitter circuit and the receiver circuit. The emitter is simply an IR LED (Light Emitting Diode) and the detector is simply an IR photodiode which is sensitive to IR light of the same wavelength as that emitted by the IR LED.
Position & Limit Sensors
Basically these are mechanical lever type switches generally a position sensor is a devices or switch that provide a signal (generally digital signal) at a specific position. The main component of position sensor is a micro switch. It is attached with a lever. As shown in figure its lever moment is detected by micro-switch and a signal generate. This assembly can also be used as displacement measurement device but we have to install in a relative manner.
Related Article: What are the Charge, Voltage and Current?
These position sensors can also be installed in angular and multi axial direction.
Electrical & Magnetic Sensors
It a glass encapsulated reed switch. It changes it`s contact when any magnetic force applied. It was invented in 1936. In industry it is called REED Switch. It is constructed with a ferrous material. Basically it is a magnetic switch and it can provide a digital signal. In robotic it can be used to detect any magnet or magnetic field.
Other one is Hall Effect Sensor. It is a magnetic transducer. It generates voltage in response to a magnetic field.
Acoustic / Sound or vibration Sensors
Microphones (Mic) are very popular sound sensors. They detect sound wave vibration on their diaphragm and provide electrical signal. Piezoelectric sensors can also detect sound wave pressure or vibration even at high frequency. Piezo-electric devices are used in Ultra sonic sensors.
In robotic it can be used to find obstacle in path. These sensors can be used in collision free robot.
Thermal, heat, temperature Sensors
Temperature or Heat is a very basic parameter to measure. In general there is number of sensors available in market but here we are going to cover very popular and easy to use sensors. One of them is IC LM35. Its output voltage is directly proportional to heat (temperature) in degree C. So for student application it is best component as a Temperature Sensors.
Second one is RTD. This is popular in process industry up to 300 degree C measurement. It works on the basis of temperature coefficient. PT100 is a good and popular example of RTD.
Pressure Sensors
In a robotic pressure sensors play an important role. You might have seen a picture in which a robotic hand is picking an EGG. It is not possible without pressure sensors. Strain Gauge is a very popular pressure sensor, which works on the basis of deformation of conductive wire & change in its resistance. If any pressure or force is applied on Strain Gauge it`s resistance goes change. Change in resistance is directly proportional to applied force and can be easily detect by wheat stone bridge circuit.
Well list and application of sensors are very long and can't be cover in a single page. So subscribe and be updated from YANTRA.
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Virtual armchair travels!
I just had to point out, in case anyone's missed it, the great project underway by Sonya from People Reading. She is taking her show on the road in her new blog called, what else, Dogeared. She is travelling around the USA on a Greyhound pass for six weeks, taking pictures of people reading and drawing them out about their literary choices with great tact and talent. For those of us holiday-less this summer, this is a great surrogate trip. I'm looking forward to the slice of American life I'm sure she'll present with flair. Good luck, Sonya!
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I will keep an eye on her progress. We're all a little funny about seeing what others are reading, whether next to us in the train or next to someone else on a Greyhound bus....ReplyDelete
It sounds so cool and bohemian, taking off for a whole summer on a bus. :) She's already posted a bunch of great entries after only a few days on the road. I think it will be great fun to follow her progress!ReplyDelete
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Bigastro Town Council have launched an investigation to try and establish how 1.2 million euros, paid by the owners of houses in Sector D6, were actually spent. The money was paid in to the consistorio but was not then used to pay the companies who were carrying out works.
Charo Bañuls (PP) says that the previous socialist council did not keep clear accounts of how much each owner paid and how much went to the Consistory in concept for urbanisation.
The Mayor and Councillor for Town Planning, Aurelio Murcia, have requested information from those that have houses or land in the area so that they can reconcile the accounts. The suspicion is that 1.2 million euros were siphoned off by the socialists to pay for other things.


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Changes in the Values of Retention Forces in CEKA Attachments
Changes in the Values of Retention Forces in CEKA Attachments - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
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Retention o f a partial denture is the resistance of retaining elements
to forces which endeavour to dislodge it from its base. Basic retention is obtained by means o f clasps, attachments, diaphragms, telescopic crowns, magnets etc. The aim of the present study was to determine the dynamics o f reduced retention forces in CEKA attachments OL 694. An instrument, especially constructed for the purpose, was used to measure retention forces, and the test was carried out with and without the addition o f saliva. The results of the study, which are presented graphically and in tables, and described by exponential law, show that at the commencement o f the test the value of retention force in the attachment, without the addition o f saliva, amounted to approximately 10.2 N, and after 1200 cycles o f insertion and removal, 3.4 N. With the addition o f saliva the retention force o f the attachment amounted to 9.92 N at the commencement o f the test and after 1200 cycles o f insertion and removal, 5.12 N. A fundamental factor which has a cardinal effect on the extent of the retention force is wear and fatigue o f the material. Although in this study no significant differences in the reduction o f retention fo rces
were found than had been anticipated, it is recommended that special attention should be paid to the choice of retention technique in partial dentures.
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Smaller institutions within a consortium will get better pricing than buying alone
Omnilert™, LLC, maker of the leading emergency notification system for higher education called e2Campus™, today announced the new e2Campus Consortium Program. The new program allows higher education institutions that are members of a consortium to collectively purchase e2Campus services at a group rate. The e2Campus Consortium Program will help smaller institutions purchase e2Campus at a lower price.
"This program makes a lot of sense," said Dr. Lawrence Dotolo, President of the Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education. "Institutions can come together and leverage their resources to get a better price. Every school is going to need an alert system like e2Campus, and this program provides a great opportunity to get onboard."
How it Works
Rather than purchase e2Campus services independently, consortium members can initiate service as a group and take advantage of a lower per-user pricing level. The more schools from the consortium that sign up, the more each school will all save. For example, if five schools each with 5,000 users participate in the e2Campus Consortium Program, each school will receive the pricing at the 25,000 user level.
To learn more and get started, visit: www.e2Campus.com/consortium
About e2Campus
Endorsed by Security On Campus Inc. and used by more than 400 schools around the country, e2Campus is the Web-based emergency notification system that enables school officials to self-administer and send time-sensitive messages for a fraction of the cost and complexity of existing notification solutions. There is no traditional software to install, no hardware to buy and no additional phone lines needed. A school can set up a secure notification system in minutes to send routine, urgent or emergency notifications to their entire campus community or smaller groups, such as multiple campuses, residence halls, staff-only or sports news. e2Campus instantly and simultaneously sends multi-modal emergency alerts to a subscriber's mobile phone (via SMS text message), e-mail accounts, RSS reader, and handset phone (via voice message), plus all campus loudspeakers, digital signage, alert beacons, and relevant Web pages. To learn more, visit http://www.e2Campus.com.
About Omnilert
Omnilert, LLC is leading the way in multi-modal mass communications for sending time-sensitive information to large groups of people. The self-service, Web-based system enables a single person to communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on any device. It is ideal for announcing school closings, game cancellations, weather warnings, terrorist alerts, and marketing promotions. The system is built around a reliable SMS text messaging system that sends content directly to a mobile phone, traditional phone, e-mail address, Web page, RSS reader, digital sign, alert beacon, or loudspeaker. Omnilert solutions are sold under the names e2Campus, Amerilert, RainedOut and through resellers. The privately held company is headquartered in Leesburg, Va., and at http://www.omnilert.com online.


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How did the continent of 53 countries (Africa) fare at this year's G20 summit?
Reuters Africa Blog asked the question and provided the concrete facts representing the promised economic plan for the world's poorest countries.
Reuters quoted the G20 communique as saying, "Our global plan for recovery must have at its heart the needs and jobs of hard-working families, not just in developed countries but in emerging markets and the poorest countries of the world too," located in paragraph 3.
The facts on what they promised are the following,
• Resources available to the IMF will be trebled to $750 billion.
• There will be support for a new allocation of Special Drawing Rights of $250 billion – something that could help poor countries
• There will be support for $100 billion more lending by Multilateral Development Banks (those include the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank)
• There will be $250 billion support for trade finance.
• Use will be made of resources from IMF gold sales "for concessional finance for the poorest countries".
• Global financial institutions will be strengthened and reformed, ensuring that emerging and developing economies, including the poorest, must have greater voice and representation.
My favorite section of this is the last promise, "ensuring that emerging and developing economies, including the poorest, must have greater voice and representation."
The way to change the world is for you to change your world… meaning each of us need to be the change we want to see in the world. The reason America works is because people created this precious nation, took ownership and worked to continue the prosperity. The African 53 is no different. Africa's economy will only be brought to it's full potential when it's own people bring it there.
So what's our role? We need to come in to assist in giving our friends in Africa the opportunity to take charge of their own economy. We do not need to walk in strut our stuff and tell them what to do. We must align authority and responsibility by trusting leaders at the local level. Former President Bush remarks, in regards to PEPFAR, "If you disassociate authority and responsibility, you can't have accountability."
Those that are given much, much is expected. G20 are the richest 20 countries in the world, in other words, much is expected. We must come to Africa's aid. We must come with innovative approaches that work. We must help but not control, Africa's leaders are the only ones that can bring Africa to her full potential.
If the G20 money stays out of the hands of corruption and falls into those of responsible local African leaders, this could have a Prustice filled impact.


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The drafters of the final Hyannis Access Study report didn't stray too far from the direction of the final public hearings and draft, keeping the priorities in line with the task force's recommendations.
The drafters of the final Hyannis Access Study report didn't stray too far from the direction of the final public hearings and draft, keeping the priorities in line with the task force's recommendations. The study was a state-funded and coordinated effort to look at all projects affecting Hyannis's major corridors. "The desired end product was a well-supported comprehensive plan of short- and long-term improvements – including roadway and non-roadway components – that would be cost effective and complement existing and future plans," according to the executive summary. The study weighs in at 394 pages and found that the Airport Rotary and the intersection of Yarmouth Road and Route 28 will continue to be key bottlenecks, that traffic north of Route 6 is expected to increase (especially on Mary Dunn Road, Phinneys Lane and Route 6A) and that the overcrowded park-and-ride lot is a key issue for many in the area. Improvements to the intersection of Yarmouth Road and Route 28 topped the list of priorities. The signalized intersection is recognized as a source of bottlenecking on both Yarmouth Road and Route 28, often backing up to and through the airport rotary. The suggested redesigns require what could be substantial property takings, as there are active commercial properties at all four corners. In all plans, the brick building that now houses Kitchen Appliance Mart is entirely removed. Next are improvements to the airport rotary itself, with recommendations for either a new four-way signalized intersection or two new signalized intersections. Both require land takings, but such problems are eased with the town's acquisition of the former Chili's property and the unpaved parking area next to Wendy's. Exit 6 /2 remains a mixed bag for usefulness and in the recommendations. The report indicates that the project doesn't show much improvement for area roadways and in some instances makes things worse. Still, the task force's mixed feelings of the project kept it included with the preferred location and design. It is proposed as a long-range option that should be looked at only after other prioritized projects are completed. The study also recommends the expansion of the Exit 6 Park & Ride by some 250 spaces. Land now owned by the Cape Cod Conservatory is eyed for such an expansion. Funding for all of the projects suggested as priorities becomes the next question. Hyannis is important in the regional transportation picture, but funds allocated for the Transportation Improvement Plan are spread Cape-wide. The plan does not represent a commitment for funding the prioritized projects. The complete study can be found on-line at www.hyannis-access.com, click on "Reference Materials."


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Energy and protein utilisation by Malaysian cattle and buffalo
Energy and protein utilisation by Malaysian cattle and buffalo - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
Liang, Juan Boo.
Supervisor and department:
Examining committee member and department:
Department: Department of Animal Science
Date accepted: 1992
Graduation date:
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Degree level: Doctoral
Language: English
DOI: doi:10.7939-R34X54N6C
Rights: Permission is hereby granted to the University of Alberta Libraries to reproduce single copies of this thesis and to lend or sell such copies for private, scholarly or scientific research purposes only. The author reserves all other publication and other rights in association with the copyright in the thesis and, except as herein before provided, neither the thesis nor any substantial portion thereof may be printed or otherwise reproduced in any material form whatsoever without the author's prior written permission.
Autor: Liang, Juan Boo.
Fuente: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/


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You can assure her that the gaff,pliers,bump board, and minnows are right next to the door. As soon as a flag goes up I grab the bucket with the above all in it.
Yep I did tell her that is part of the game to have a gaff very handy. Thought it was pretty cool that she pointed that out. Slow but pretty fun yesterday. I was 1 for 2 on flags for a total as a group of 5 flags. I still cant believe I missed the 2nd. The action didnt really start til 11 A.M.. I had to leave at 11:30 to pick up my kids from the in-laws. Yep, that's right, they bailed on me for grandmas' last minute. So I met the small clan downtown.


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How We Increase Your Revenue
Hotels often overlook the importance of accurate record-keeping and call reporting for voice reservations when it could easily help them to increase revenue. Tracking what happened with each inbound and outbound call is extremely important in helping to achieve the most from your marketing budget.
Since voice reservations is the second-most profitable revenue channel for hotels, it makes sense to keep this channel constantly open with updated rates and to have calls answered by well-trained agents using an integrated voice sales system. With all of this in place, another vital step is to track what happened with each call.
Probably the most important metric is conversion. At Travel Outlook, we track it three ways: by qualified reservations calls (calls with clients ready to book, but also looking at competitors), by all reservations calls (including changes and cancellations), and by all calls received. We record this by agent, as well, so we can see which agents are our highest-performing.
Other important call parameters that can be extremely helpful to you as manager:
• How quickly were your calls answered, and how long was the average hold time?
• How many calls were abandoned?
• What was the average call length, and which agents took the longest on calls?
• Where did the business originate, by market code and source of business? Which marketing initiatives are working?
• Track future booking reservations, room nights and revenue booked over specified time period for pace reporting.
• A booking pace analysis tracks current reservations confirmed for specified future time periods.
• Hold/transfer activity: How often were callers put on hold and/or transferred?
• What was your agents' outbound call performance?
• Chat and email queue performance: same metrics as above but for live chat and/or email fulfillment.
• Channel performance comparison: how did voice production compare with other reservation channels?
• Rate code performance analysis: a detailed performance and profitability analysis for specified promotions and/or multi-rate code can be very helpful for the revenue manager.
If your reservations system is not tracking this information and creating a simple, informative summary report for management each month, you are missing a golden opportunity to earn more revenue from your existing marketing and reservations budgets.
Let's talk about this and other issues you may be facing. Contact us at 844-TRAVELOUTLOOK or write to John Smallwood at [email protected].


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One thing I find challenging is living an
Hour away from my son's father. He is very involved in our son's sporting events, but he can't be held responsible for practices, which by the way, are held too many damn times a week!!
Yesterday, I was invited to an awesome happy hour, to spend time with a few girlfriends. I had to turn it down in exchange for a bench at the school gym. 😏.
Don't get me wrong..I Love watching my son play sports, and I'm usually very involved..but It would be nice to share in the scheduling issues during the week. I'm grateful for having spread out my kids by 9 years. My daughter is a great help!!
Spring is almost here, and that means cute outfits, pedicures, and sun shining to some. To me..It means Spring Basketball and Soccer (new to the sport schedule this year)! Yay!!!!


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From October 30-November 10th, Mary Lin Elementary participated in the APS 2017 Plastic Bag and Plastic Film Recycling Challenge. Students and families dropped off their plastic bags and plastic film recyclables in designated containers in front of school.
Plastic film is essentially plastic bags and packaging that are clean, dry and empty. Such items include newspaper sleeves, bread bags, cereal liners, product wrap, food storage bags, produce bags, grocery bags, ice bags, dry cleaning bags, pellet bags, case overwrap, packaging air pillows, salt bags, and LDPE/HDPE films.
Live Thrive Atlanta's Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM), in collaboration with Atlanta Public Schools, and the City of Atlanta – Mayor's Office of Resilience, partnered to bring the 2017 Plastic Film Challenge to APS schools in honor of America Recycles Day!
Mary Lin families collected enough to fill 60 large trash bags – that's over 900 lbs!! We also collected over 50 political campaign signs that were either in yards or found tossed on the sidewalk outside polling stations.
Last year, we won first place and received a check for $350 that was used for the Outdoor Classroom and Learning Garden. This year, the winning school that collects the most bags will receive an earth friendly composite material bench donated by Trex. It was recently announced that Mary Lin Elementary won again!!
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In December 2010, I dusted off my camera. It had been awhile since I had taken any pictures and wanted to learn how to take better photos. I am inspired to practice and play and to try and capture what I see. One photo a day when I can.
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Macintosh Theme for Symbian
Bring an Apple flavor to your S60 phone
- Gorgeous wallpaper
- Neat clock skin
- Menu icons aren't 'Maccy' enough
If you're a big fan of Apple but haven't got round to getting an iPhone yet then check out this fetching Macintosh Theme.
The installation changes the background wallpaper on your S60 device, placing that famous logo in the center of your screen, in front of a striped black and gray backdrop. The Macintosh Theme also places a shiny new analog clock on the front page, and adds some gorgeous 3D program shortcut icons too.
The Macintosh Theme does change a few of the system icons as well, but in my opinion it doesn't go far enough to port the OS X icon style to the Series 60 interface. It's a shame because this really would make it seem like you were using an Apple product every time you picked up your Series 60 phone.
But if you're bored of your mobile's current look then the Macintosh Theme is still a great-looking replacement, especially if you're an Apple fan.


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LETTER - 'Help us get a Dinsdale at Diss Carnival'
This year's Diss Carnival will be held on Sunday, June 14 when it is hoped that the community of Diss will again turn out in their thousands to participate and enjoy this annual event.
The expenses for such a large event are enormous and we rely very much on the profits from the previous year to kick-start the next Carnival but as is always the case costs seem to rise from year to year.
This year we would like to see our logo 'Dinsdale' come to life in the form of a mascot.
Enquiries have been made and the quotes range from £700-£1,000 which is a considerable amount of money.
It is with this idea in mind that we are seeking sponsors from the businesses and or residents of Diss who would also like to see this happen.
He could be used to help promote other events within the town as he is a well known character appearing each week in the Diss Express.
The carnival committee would appreciate you considering supporting our efforts and if you feel able to help in this matter please contact me on 01379 642018 or my email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Doreen Collins
Diss Carnival co-ordinator


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Enhancement Of The Seas
4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)
Sail Date: January 19, 2015
Ship: Enchantment of the Seas
Cabin Type: Inside
Cabin Number: 4511
Traveled As: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 3 years ago
Review Summary
As this was my first cruise it was a totally awesome experience!! I was so impressed with the way the staff is so attentive and the food was excellent. I can't say enough about how great this experience was for me. I especially enjoyed the shore excursion on Coco Cay where I went on jet skis for the first time. All the shows and entertainment were wonderful a well!!
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I think that both hot tubs should be open instead of closing one down at night. I called for room service once in early morning and the coffee was luke warm and very very strong
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Port Canaveral, Florida Did not visit port
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April 11, 2005
Are you familiar with the uncontrollable urge to get even? These guests say they can't get past their feelings of anger, resentment and pain.
Partially Paralyzed
Fifteen years ago Gretchen accidentally caused a car crash that nearly killed her sister, leaving her partially paralyzed and in constant pain.
Torn apart by anger, resentment and guilt.
Final Thoughts:
"It's bad when things happen in life that cause change that we don't want," says Dr. Phil. "We lose loved ones, we lose parts and pieces of our lives that we don't want to lose. But if we let thoughts of anger and revenge eat away at us inside, the cost is absolutely too high."


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Roe Green, Brent
A 'garden village' and its neighbourhood in north Kingsbury, south-west of Colindale
Earlier called Row Green, its name derives from the Middle English wro, meaning 'a nook or corner; a retired or sheltered spot'. Derived from the Old Norse wrá, this represents a rare appearance in the London area of a word brought by the Vikings. Despite the closeness, there's no connection with the Old Norse rá, which is the ultimate origin of the English 'roe' – as in the deer (Capreolus capreolus) – so the cervine illustration on the village sign, as shown in the photo below, is purely artistic licence.
A large house stood here from as early as the 14th century and was joined by another around 1730. A hamlet of moderate size grew up around the green over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1835 the four Sidebottom brothers of Roe Green were drowned while bathing in the Welsh Harp reservoir when its dam burst.
Kingsbury Manor, now in Roe Green Park, was built in 1899 for the Duchess of Sutherland. Since converted to offices, this Arts and Crafts house is grade II listed.
During the First World War a housing estate was begun at Roe Green for aircraft workers at the Hyde. Built on garden suburb principles, the estate contained 250 homes, an inn, six shops and a doctor's house. It was designed by Sir Francis Baines, who had earlier created the Well Hall estate for the workers of Woolwich Arsenal. Prisoners of war assisted in the construction work.
The surrounding area was built up during the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Roe Green school opened on Princes Avenue in February 1932. In September 1933 the school divided to become Roe Green infant school and Roe Green junior school.
Later in the 30s the council bought land for the creation of the 42-acre Roe Green Park, which has a well-maintained walled garden that is managed by the Barnhill conservation group.
The village was made a conservation area in 1968 and, unlike Kingsbury Green, retains a genuinely villagey aspect.
In 1928 John Logie Baird received the first television pictures from the continent in a laboratory he had set up in the coach house of Kingsbury Manor.


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خطأ فادح في تاريخ الأندلس. والصحيح: عثمان بن عفان هو أول من جيّش لفتح الأندلس
منظمة شعب الأندلس العالميةORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DelPUEBLO De AL-ANDALUS :: تاريخ الأندلس - HISTORY OF ANDALUSIA - HISTORIA DE AL-ANDALUS - HISTOIRE DE L'ANDALOUSIE :: تاريخ الأندلس السياسي والعسكري - La historia política y m. de Al-Andalus -Political and military history of Al-Andalus - L'histoire p & m d'Al-Andalus
خطأ فادح في تاريخ الأندلس. والصحيح: عثمان بن عفان هو أول من جيّش لفتح الأندلس
جاء في كتاب "مجموعة الوثائق السياسية للعهد النبوي والخلافة الراشدة" لمحمد حميد الله الأفغاني عليه رحمة الله، بيروت، دار النفائس، ط5، 1405هـ=1985م، ص 533-534
فتح الأندلس [رقم: 371]
وذكر فيه بحثا علميا كان قد نشره المؤلف نفسه بعنوان "فتح الأندلس" في خلافة سيدنا عثمان سنة 27 هـ" نشره بمجلة معهد البحوث الإسلامية من جامعة أسطنبول، ج 7، عدد 1-2، سنة 1978م، ص 221-226، مع صورة الوثيقة المخطوطة، والمقال بالعربية، واسم المجلة بالتركية Islam Tetkikleri EEnstitûsû Dergisi
استشهد فيه بـ:
الطبري 2817 (سنة 27)،
التاريخ الكبير للذهبي، 2/80- بك 7/170
الكامل لابن الأثير ج 3، س 72
أبو الفداء ج 1، ص 262
الفتوحات الإسلامية، لمفتي الحرمين، الصوفي؛ زيني دحلان، ج 1، ص 100
راجع: كبن، تاريخ رومة، ج 5، ص 555 (بالانكليزية) [Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]
"لما ولي عثمان ....
"أمَّر العبدين (عبد الله بن نافع بن عبد القيس، وعبد الله بن نافع بن الحصين الفهريين) على الجند، ورماهما بالرجال وسرحهما إلى الأندلس،
"ورماهما بالرجال وسرحهما إلى الأندلس،
"وأمرهما وعبد الله بن سعد بالاجتماع على الأَجَل، ...
"وأرسل عثمانُ (وعبدَ الله بن نافع بن الحصين)، و(عبدَ الله بن نافع بن عبد القيس)، من فورِهِما ذلك من أفريقية [بتونس اليوم] إلى الأندلس فأتِيَاه من قِبَل البحر،
"وكتب عثمان إلى أهل الأندلس:
"أما بعد: فإن القسطنطينية إنما تفتح من قبل الأندلس، وإنكم إن افتتحتموها [أي: الأندلس]، كنتم شركاء من يفتحها في الأجر. والسلام".
"فخرجوا ومعهم البربرُ من برها وبحرها.
"ففتحها الله على المسلمين وافرنجة، وازدادوا في سلطان المسلمين مثل إفريقية.
"فلما عَزل عثمانُ (عبدَ الله بن سعد بن أبي سرح)، صرفَ إلى عملِه (عبدَ الله بن نافع بن عبد القيس)؛ وكان عليها، ورجع (عبدُ الله بن سعد) إلى مصر.
"ولم يزل أمرُ الأندلس كأمرِ أفريقية، حتى كان زمان (هشام) فمنع البربرَ أرضَهم [أي: أرض الأندلسيين]، وبقي من في الأندلس على حاله".
قال ابن الأحمر: وراجعت ما قاله (جيبون) الانكليزي، فإذا هو مصداق ذلك، كالآتي:
[ltr]As early as the time of Othman, their piratical squadrons had ravaged the coast of Andalusia; nor had they forgotten the relief of Carthage by the Gothic succors. In that age, as well as in the present, the kings of Spain were possessed of the fortress of Ceuta; one of the columns of Hercules, which is divided by a narrow strait from the opposite pillar or point of Europe. A small portion of Mauritania was still wanting to the African conquest; but Musa, in the pride of victory, was repulsed from the walls of Ceuta, by the vigilance and courage of Count Julian, the general of the Goths. From his disappointment and perplexity, Musa was relieved by an unexpected message of the Christian chief, who offered his place, his person, and his sword, to the successors of Mahomet, and solicited the disgraceful honor of introducing their arms into the heart of Spain. If we inquire into the cause of his treachery, the Spaniards will repeat the popular story of his daughter Cava; of a virgin who was seduced, or ravished, by her sovereign; of a father who sacrificed his religion and country to the thirst of revenge. The passions of princes have often been licentious and destructive; but this well-known tale, romantic in itself, is indifferently supported by external evidence; and the history of Spain will suggest some motive of interest and policy more congenial to the breast of a veteran statesman. After the decease or deposition of Witiza, his two sons were supplanted by the ambition of Roderic, a noble Goth, whose father, the duke or governor of a province, had fallen a victim to the preceding tyranny. The monarchy was still elective; but the sons of Witiza, educated on the steps of the throne, were impatient of a private station. Their resentment was the more dangerous, as it was varnished with the dissimulation of courts: their followers were excited by the remembrance of favors and the promise of a revolution; and their uncle Oppas, archbishop of Toledo and Seville, was the first person in the church, and the second in the state. It is probable that Julian was involved in the disgrace of the unsuccessful faction; that he had little to hope and much to fear from the new reign; and that the imprudent king could not forget or forgive the injuries which Roderic and his family had sustained. The merit and influence of the count rendered him a useful or formidable subject: his estates were ample, his followers bold and numerous; and it was too fatally shown, that, by his Andalusian and Mauritanian commands, he held in his hand the keys of the Spanish monarchy. Too feeble, however, to meet his sovereign in arms, he sought the aid of a foreign power; and his rash invitation of the Moors and Arabs produced the calamities of eight hundred years. In his epistles, or in a personal interview, he revealed the wealth and nakedness of his country; the weakness of an unpopular prince; the degeneracy of an effeminate people. The Goths were no longer the victorious Barbarians, who had humbled the pride of Rome, despoiled the queen of nations, and penetrated from the Danube to the Atlantic Ocean. Secluded from the world by the Pyrenæan mountains, the successors of Alaric had slumbered in a long peace: the walls of the cities were mouldered into dust: the youth had abandoned the exercise of arms; and the presumption of their ancient renown would expose them in a field of battle to the first assault of the invaders. The ambitious Saracen was fired by the ease and importance of the attempt; but the execution was delayed till he had consulted the commander of the faithful; and his messenger returned with the permission of Walid to annex the unknown kingdoms of the West to the religion and throne of the caliphs. In his residence of Tangier, Musa, with secrecy and caution, continued his correspondence and hastened his preparations. But the remorse of the conspirators was soothed by the fallacious assurance that he should content himself with the glory and spoil, without aspiring to establish the Moslems beyond the sea that separates Africa from Europe.[/ltr]
[ltr]Before Musa would trust an army of the faithful to the traitors and infidels of a foreign land, he made a less dangerous trial of their strength and veracity. One hundred Arabs, and four hundred Africans, passed over, in four vessels, from Tangier or Ceuta: the place of their descent on the opposite shore of the strait is marked by the name of Tarif their chief; and the date of this memorable event is fixed to the month of Ramadan, of the ninety-first year of the Hegira, to the month of July, seven hundred and forty-eight years from the Spanish æra of Cæsar, seven hundred and ten after the birth of Christ. From their first station, they marched eighteen miles through a hilly country to the castle and town of Julian: on which (it is still called Algezire) they bestowed the name of the Green Island, from a verdant cape that advances into the sea. Their hospitable entertainment, the Christians who joined their standard, their inroad into a fertile and unguarded province, the richness of their spoil, and the safety of their return, announced to their brethren and the most favorable omens of victory. In the ensuing spring, five thousand veterans and volunteers were embarked under the command of Tarik, a dauntless and skilful soldier, who surpassed the expectation of his chief; and the necessary transports were provided by the industry of their too faithful ally. The Saracens landed at the pillar or point of Europe; the corrupt and familiar appellation of Gibraltar (Gebel al Tarik) describes the mountain of Tarik; and the intrenchments of his camp were the first outline of those fortifications, which, in the hands of our countrymen, have resisted the art and power of the house of Bourbon. The adjacent governors informed the court of Toledo of the descent and progress of the Arabs; and the defeat of his lieutenant Edeco, who had been commanded to seize and bind the presumptuous strangers, admonished Roderic of the magnitude of the danger. At the royal summons, the dukes and counts, the bishops and nobles of the Gothic monarchy, assembled at the head of their followers; and the title of King of the Romans, which is employed by an Arabic historian, may be excused by the close affinity of language, religion, and manners, between the nations of Spain. His army consisted of ninety or a hundred thousand men; a formidable power, if their fidelity and discipline had been adequate to their numbers. The troops of Tarik had been augmented to twelve thousand Saracens; but the Christian malecontents were attracted by the influence of Julian, and a crowd of Africans most greedily tasted the temporal blessings of the Koran. In the neighborhood of Cadiz, the town of Xeres has been illustrated by the encounter which determined the fate of the kingdom; the stream of the Guadalete, which falls into the bay, divided the two camps, and marked the advancing and retreating skirmishes of three successive and bloody days. On the fourth day, the two armies joined a more serious and decisive issue; but Alaric would have blushed at the sight of his unworthy successor, sustaining on his head a diadem of pearls, encumbered with a flowing robe of gold and silken embroidery, and reclining on a litter or car of ivory drawn by two white mules. Notwithstanding the valor of the Saracens, they fainted under the weight of multitudes, and the plain of Xeres was overspread with sixteen thousand of their dead bodies. "My brethren," said Tarik to his surviving companions, "the enemy is before you, the sea is behind; whither would ye fly? Follow your genera: I am resolved either to lose my life, or to trample on the prostrate king of the Romans." Besides the resource of despair, he confided in the secret correspondence and nocturnal interviews of Count Julian with the sons and the brother of Witiza. The two princes and the archbishop of Toledo occupied the most important post: their well-timed defection broke the ranks of the Christians; each warrior was prompted by fear or suspicion to consult his personal safety; and the remains of the Gothic army were scattered or destroyed in the flight and pursuit of the three following days. Amidst the general disorder, Roderic started from his car, and mounted Orelia, the fleetest of his horses; but he escaped from a soldier's death to perish more ignobly in the waters of the Btis or Guadalquivir. His diadem, his robes, and his courser, were found on the bank; but as the body of the Gothic prince was lost in the waves, the pride and ignorance of the caliph must have been gratified with some meaner head, which was exposed in triumph before the palace of Damascus. "And such," continues a valiant historian of the Arabs, "is the fate of those kings who withdraw themselves from a field of battle."[/ltr]
[ltr]Count Julian had plunged so deep into guilt and infamy, that his only hope was in the ruin of his country. After the battle of Xeres, he recommended the most effectual measures to the victorious Saracen. "The king of the Goths is slain; their princes have fled before you, the army is routed, the nation is astonished. Secure with sufficient detachments the cities of Btica; but in person, and without delay, march to the royal city of Toledo, and allow not the distracted Christians either time or tranquillity for the election of a new monarch." Tarik listened to his advice. A Roman captive and proselyte, who had been enfranchised by the caliph himself, assaulted Cordova with seven hundred horse: he swam the river, surprised the town, and drove the Christians into the great church, where they defended themselves above three months. Another detachment reduced the sea-coast of Btica, which in the last period of the Moorish power has comprised in a narrow space the populous kingdom of Grenada. The march of Tarik from the Btis to the Tagus was directed through the Sierra Morena, that separates Andalusia and Castille, till he appeared in arms under the walls of Toledo. The most zealous of the Catholics had escaped with the relics of their saints; and if the gates were shut, it was only till the victor had subscribed a fair and reasonable capitulation. The voluntary exiles were allowed to depart with their effects; seven churches were appropriated to the Christian worship; the archbishop and his clergy were at liberty to exercise their functions, the monks to practise or neglect their penance; and the Goths and Romans were left in all civil and criminal cases to the subordinate jurisdiction of their own laws and magistrates. But if the justice of Tarik protected the Christians, his gratitude and policy rewarded the Jews, to whose secret or open aid he was indebted for his most important acquisitions. Persecuted by the kings and synods of Spain, who had often pressed the alternative of banishment or baptism, that outcast nation embraced the moment of revenge: the comparison of their past and present state was the pledge of their fidelity; and the alliance between the disciples of Moses and of Mahomet was maintained till the final æra of their common expulsion. From the royal seat of Toledo, the Arabian leader spread his conquests to the north, over the modern realms of Castille and Leon; but it is needless to enumerate the cities that yielded on his approach, or again to describe the table of emerald, transported from the East by the Romans, acquired by the Goths among the spoils of Rome, and presented by the Arabs to the throne of Damascus. Beyond the Asturian mountains, the maritime town of Gijon was the term of the lieutenant of Musa, who had performed, with the speed of a traveller, his victorious march, of seven hundred miles, from the rock of Gibraltar to the Bay of Biscay. The failure of land compelled him to retreat; and he was recalled to Toledo, to excuse his presumption of subduing a kingdom in the absence of his general. Spain, which, in a more savage and disorderly state, had resisted, two hundred years, the arms of the Romans, was overrun in a few months by those of the Saracens; and such was the eagerness of submission and treaty, that the governor of Cordova is recorded as the only chief who fell, without conditions, a prisoner into their hands. The cause of the Goths had been irrevocably judged in the field of Xeres; and, in the national dismay, each part of the monarchy declined a contest with the antagonist who had vanquished the united strength of the whole. That strength had been wasted by two successive seasons of famine and pestilence; and the governors, who were impatient to surrender, might exaggerate the difficulty of collecting the provisions of a siege. To disarm the Christians, superstition likewise contributed her terrors: and the subtle Arab encouraged the report of dreams, omens, and prophecies, and of the portraits of the destined conquerors of Spain, that were discovered on breaking open an apartment of the royal palace. Yet a spark of the vital flame was still alive: some invincible fugitives preferred a life of poverty and freedom in the Asturian valleys; the hardy mountaineers repulsed the slaves of the caliph; and the sword of Pelagius has been transformed into the sceptre of the Catholic kings.[/ltr]
[ltr]Chapter LI: Conquests By The Arabs.—Part IX.[/ltr]
[ltr]On the intelligence of this rapid success, the applause of Musa degenerated into envy; and he began, not to complain, but to fear, that Tarik would leave him nothing to subdue. At the head of ten thousand Arabs and eight thousand Africans, he passed over in person from Mauritania to Spain: the first of his companions were the noblest of the Koreish; his eldest son was left in the command of Africa; the three younger brethren were of an age and spirit to second the boldest enterprises of their father. At his landing in Algezire, he was respectfully entertained by Count Julian, who stifled his inward remorse, and testified, both in words and actions, that the victory of the Arabs had not impaired his attachment to their cause. Some enemies yet remained for the sword of Musa. The tardy repentance of the Goths had compared their own numbers and those of the invaders; the cities from which the march of Tarik had declined considered themselves as impregnable; and the bravest patriots defended the fortifications of Seville and Merida. They were successively besieged and reduced by the labor of Musa, who transported his camp from the Btis to the Anas, from the Guadalquivir to the Guadiana. When he beheld the works of Roman magnificence, the bridge, the aqueducts, the triumphal arches, and the theatre, of the ancient metropolis of Lusitania, "I should imagine," said he to his four companions, "that the human race must have united their art and power in the foundation of this city: happy is the man who shall become its master!" He aspired to that happiness, but the Emeritans sustained on this occasion the honor of their descent from the veteran legionaries of Augustus Disdaining the confinement of their walls, they gave battle to the Arabs on the plain; but an ambuscade rising from the shelter of a quarry, or a ruin, chastised their indiscretion, and intercepted their return. The wooden turrets of assault were rolled forwards to the foot of the rampart; but the defence of Merida was obstinate and long; and the castle of the martyrs was a perpetual testimony of the losses of the Moslems. The constancy of the besieged was at length subdued by famine and despair; and the prudent victor disguised his impatience under the names of clemency and esteem. The alternative of exile or tribute was allowed; the churches were divided between the two religions; and the wealth of those who had fallen in the siege, or retired to Gallicia, was confiscated as the reward of the faithful. In the midway between Merida and Toledo, the lieutenant of Musa saluted the vicegerent of the caliph, and conducted him to the palace of the Gothic kings. Their first interview was cold and formal: a rigid account was exacted of the treasures of Spain: the character of Tarik was exposed to suspicion and obloquy; and the hero was imprisoned, reviled, and ignominiously scourged by the hand, or the command, of Musa. Yet so strict was the discipline, so pure the zeal, or so tame the spirit, of the primitive Moslems, that, after this public indignity, Tarik could serve and be trusted in the reduction of the Tarragonest province. A mosch was erected at Saragossa, by the liberality of the Koreish: the port of Barcelona was opened to the vessels of Syria; and the Goths were pursued beyond the Pyrenæan mountains into their Gallic province of Septimania or Languedoc. In the church of St. Mary at Carcassone, Musa found, but it is improbable that he left, seven equestrian statues of massy silver; and from his ter or column of Narbonne, he returned on his footsteps to the Gallician and Lusitanian shores of the ocean. During the absence of the father, his son Abdelaziz chastised the insurgents of Seville, and reduced, from Malaga to Valentia, the sea-coast of the Mediterranean: his original treaty with the discreet and valiant Theodemir will represent the manners and policy of the times. "The conditions of peace agreed and sworn between Abdelaziz, the son of Musa, the son of Nassir, and Theodemir prince of the Goths. In the name of the most merciful God, Abdelaziz makes peace on these conditions: that Theodemir shall not be disturbed in his principality; nor any injury be offered to the life or property, the wives and children, the religion and temples, of the Christians: that Theodemir shall freely deliver his seven cities, Orihuela, Valentola, Alicanti Mola, Vacasora, Bigerra, (now Bejar,) Ora, (or Opta,) and Lorca: that he shall not assist or entertain the enemies of the caliph, but shall faithfully communicate his knowledge of their hostile designs: that himself, and each of the Gothic nobles, shall annually pay one piece of gold, four measures of wheat, as many of barley, with a certain proportion of honey, oil, and vinegar; and that each of their vassals shall be taxed at one moiety of the said imposition. Given the fourth of Regeb, in the year of the Hegira ninety-four, and subscribed with the names of four Mussulman witnesses." Theodemir and his subjects were treated with uncommon lenity; but the rate of tribute appears to have fluctuated from a tenth to a fifth, according to the submission or obstinacy of the Christians. In this revolution, many partial calamities were inflicted by the carnal or religious passions of the enthusiasts: some churches were profaned by the new worship: some relics or images were confounded with idols: the rebels were put to the sword; and one town (an obscure place between Cordova and Seville) was razed to its foundations. Yet if we compare the invasion of Spain by the Goths, or its recovery by the kings of Castile and Arragon, we must applaud the moderation and discipline of the Arabian conquerors.[/ltr]
[ltr]The exploits of Musa were performed in the evening of life, though he affected to disguise his age by coloring with a red powder the whiteness of his beard. But in the love of action and glory, his breast was still fired with the ardor of youth; and the possession of Spain was considered only as the first step to the monarchy of Europe. With a powerful armament by sea and land, he was preparing to repass the Pyrenees, to extinguish in Gaul and Italy the declining kingdoms of the Franks and Lombards, and to preach the unity of God on the altar of the Vatican. From thence, subduing the Barbarians of Germany, he proposed to follow the course of the Danube from its source to the Euxine Sea, to overthrow the Greek or Roman empire of Constantinople, and returning from Europe to Asia, to unite his new acquisitions with Antioch and the provinces of Syria. But his vast enterprise, perhaps of easy execution, must have seemed extravagant to vulgar minds; and the visionary conqueror was soon reminded of his dependence and servitude. The friends of Tarik had effectually stated his services and wrongs: at the court of Damascus, the proceedings of Musa were blamed, his intentions were suspected, and his delay in complying with the first invitation was chastised by a harsher and more peremptory summons. An intrepid messenger of the caliph entered his camp at Lugo in Gallicia, and in the presence of the Saracens and Christians arrested the bridle of his horse. His own loyalty, or that of his troops, inculcated the duty of obedience: and his disgrace was alleviated by the recall of his rival, and the permission of investing with his two governments his two sons, Abdallah and Abdelaziz. His long triumph from Ceuta to Damascus displayed the spoils of Africa and the treasures of Spain: four hundred Gothic nobles, with gold coronets and girdles, were distinguished in his train; and the number of male and female captives, selected for their birth or beauty, was computed at eighteen, or even at thirty, thousand persons. As soon as he reached Tiberias in Palestine, he was apprised of the sickness and danger of the caliph, by a private message from Soliman, his brother and presumptive heir; who wished to reserve for his own reign the spectacle of victory. Had Walid recovered, the delay of Musa would have been criminal: he pursued his march, and found an enemy on the throne. In his trial before a partial judge against a popular antagonist, he was convicted of vanity and falsehood; and a fine of two hundred thousand pieces of gold either exhausted his poverty or proved his rapaciousness. The unworthy treatment of Tarik was revenged by a similar indignity; and the veteran commander, after a public whipping, stood a whole day in the sun before the palace gate, till he obtained a decent exile, under the pious name of a pilgrimage to Mecca. The resentment of the caliph might have been satiated with the ruin of Musa; but his fears demanded the extirpation of a potent and injured family. A sentence of death was intimated with secrecy and speed to the trusty servants of the throne both in Africa and Spain; and the forms, if not the substance, of justice were superseded in this bloody execution. In the mosch or palace of Cordova, Abdelaziz was slain by the swords of the conspirators; they accused their governor of claiming the honors of royalty; and his scandalous marriage with Egilona, the widow of Roderic, offended the prejudices both of the Christians and Moslems. By a refinement of cruelty, the head of the son was presented to the father, with an insulting question, whether he acknowledged the features of the rebel? "I know his features," he exclaimed with indignation: "I assert his innocence; and I imprecate the same, a juster fate, against the authors of his death." The age and despair of Musa raised him above the power of kings; and he expired at Mecca of the anguish of a broken heart. His rival was more favorably treated: his services were forgiven; and Tarik was permitted to mingle with the crowd of slaves. I am ignorant whether Count Julian was rewarded with the death which he deserved indeed, though not from the hands of the Saracens; but the tale of their ingratitude to the sons of Witiza is disproved by the most unquestionable evidence. The two royal youths were reinstated in the private patrimony of their father; but on the decease of Eba, the elder, his daughter was unjustly despoiled of her portion by the violence of her uncle Sigebut. The Gothic maid pleaded her cause before the caliph Hashem, and obtained the restitution of her inheritance; but she was given in marriage to a noble Arabian, and their two sons, Isaac and Ibrahim, were received in Spain with the consideration that was due to their origin and riches.[/ltr]
[ltr]A province is assimilated to the victorious state by the introduction of strangers and the imitative spirit of the natives; and Spain, which had been successively tinctured with Punic, and Roman, and Gothic blood, imbibed, in a few generations, the name and manners of the Arabs. The first conquerors, and the twenty successive lieutenants of the caliphs, were attended by a numerous train of civil and military followers, who preferred a distant fortune to a narrow home: the private and public interest was promoted by the establishment of faithful colonies; and the cities of Spain were proud to commemorate the tribe or country of their Eastern progenitors. The victorious though motley bands of Tarik and Musa asserted, by the name of Spaniards, their original claim of conquest; yet they allowed their brethren of Egypt to share their establishments of Murcia and Lisbon. The royal legion of Damascus was planted at Cordova; that of Emesa at Seville; that of Kinnisrin or Chalcis at Jaen; that of Palestine at Algezire and Medina Sidonia. The natives of Yemen and Persia were scattered round Toledo and the inland country, and the fertile seats of Grenada were bestowed on ten thousand horsemen of Syria and Irak, the children of the purest and most noble of the Arabian tribes. A spirit of emulation, sometimes beneficial, more frequently dangerous, was nourished by these hereditary factions. Ten years after the conquest, a map of the province was presented to the caliph: the seas, the rivers, and the harbors, the inhabitants and cities, the climate, the soil, and the mineral productions of the earth. In the space of two centuries, the gifts of nature were improved by the agriculture, the manufactures, and the commerce, of an industrious people; and the effects of their diligence have been magnified by the idleness of their fancy. The first of the Ommiades who reigned in Spain solicited the support of the Christians; and in his edict of peace and protection, he contents himself with a modest imposition of ten thousand ounces of gold, ten thousand pounds of silver, ten thousand horses, as many mules, one thousand cuirasses, with an equal number of helmets and lances. The most powerful of his successors derived from the same kingdom the annual tribute of twelve millions and forty-five thousand dinars or pieces of gold, about six millions of sterling money; a sum which, in the tenth century, most probably surpassed the united revenues of the Christians monarchs. His royal seat of Cordova contained six hundred moschs, nine hundred baths, and two hundred thousand houses; he gave laws to eighty cities of the first, to three hundred of the second and third order; and the fertile banks of the Guadalquivir were adorned with twelve thousand villages and hamlets. The Arabs might exaggerate the truth, but they created and they describe the most prosperous æra of the riches, the cultivation, and the populousness of Spain.[/ltr]
د. جمال بن عمار الأحمر
- رئيس منظمة الشعب الأندلسي العالمية
- الجنس :
العمر : 58
تاريخ الميلاد : 22/02/1960
تاريخ التسجيل : 02/05/2009
عدد المساهمات : 2922
نقاط الشكر على الجدية الأندلسية : 3
نشاطه في منظمة ش الأندلسي ع : 4861
العمل/الترفيه : أستاذ جامعي. مؤسس في حركة إسلامية قوية في نهاية السبعينيات. وسياسي قديم. ومرشح برلماني سابق
منظمة شعب الأندلس العالميةORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DelPUEBLO De AL-ANDALUS :: تاريخ الأندلس - HISTORY OF ANDALUSIA - HISTORIA DE AL-ANDALUS - HISTOIRE DE L'ANDALOUSIE :: تاريخ الأندلس السياسي والعسكري - La historia política y m. de Al-Andalus -Political and military history of Al-Andalus - L'histoire p & m d'Al-Andalus


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Norfolk's tourism businesses have an outstanding 22 nominations in the 2010 East of England Tourism Enjoy England Awards for Excellence. The awards dinner is at the National Trust's Ickworth House on Thursday, November 4.
Kelling Heath leads the way with three nominations (Best Caravan/Holiday Village, Sustainable Tourism Award and Best Tourism Experience of the Year). Denver Mill and Wroxham Barns are both nominated in the Taste of England category and Cranmer Holiday Cottages and Fairhaven Woodland Garden join Kelling Heath in the Sustainable Tourism category. BeWILDerwood and Pensthorpe are battling it out for the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year accolade and Philip Search of Broad House Hotel, Wroxham is a finalist in the Outstanding Customer Care category.
The awards celebrate the best of English tourism - and are known throughout the industry as the 'Oscars' of tourism. Regional winners go forward to the national awards next spring.
Lydia Smith, Director Norfolk Tourism said: "To have 22 finalists in the East of England Tourism, England for Excellence Awards is simply outstanding. The nominees are all top quality businesses and great ambassadors for the county's tourism industry. Congratulations to all the finalists and good luck on the night."
Norfolk's finalists
B&B / Guest Accommodation of the Year
Bays Guest House, Hunstanton and Dairy Barns, Hickling
Self-catering Holiday of the Year
East View Farm Holiday Cottages, Ashmanhaugh
Caravan Park / Holiday Village of the Year
Deer's Glade Caravan and Camping Park, Hanworth and Kelling Heath Holiday Park
Small Hotel of the Year
Heacham Manor Hotel and Titchwell Manor Hotel
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
True's Yard, King's Lynn
Taste of England
Denver Mill and Wroxham Barns
Large Hotel of the Year
Marriott Sprowston Manor, Norwich
Sustainable Tourism
Cranmer Cottages near Fakenham, Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden and Kelling Heath Holiday Park
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Norfolk Cottages, Gissing
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Tourism Experience of the Year
Go Ape!, Thetford, Kelling Heath Star Party and Treasure Trails, Norfolk
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Philip Search, Broad House Hotel, Wroxham
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
BeWILDerwood and Pensthorpe Nature Reserve
For a full list of finalists see www.eet.org.uk.
Norfolk Tourism is the county's established public and private industry partnership. Funded by its 55 partner organisations, the partnership is designed to act as a forum for all Norfolk's tourism businesses and local authorities, www.visitnorfolk.co.uk, tel. 01603 222846.


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White Tennis Shoe
The theory goes that there's a white tennis shoe hanging from a tree in the jungle, as we saw in the first few minutes of Lost in the Pilot episode.
Later, days later, Christian Shephard appears to Jack on the Island. Bizarrely, in the episode White Rabbit, he appears to be wearing white tennis shoes!
Therefore comes the theory that Christian Shephard is alive and is physically on the Island and physically wearing the shoes we saw one of hanging in the tree. Never mind the fact that he appeared here. . .
. . . out of nowhere, and disappeared just as quickly into thin air. (Notice how we can't see his feet.) Never mind we only saw one tennis shoe and yet Christian appears to be sporting a pair on the Island. Just so we're clear, he doesn't always wear tennis shoes.
White tennis shoes would appear to be an odd thing for him to have on his feet to be buried in, right? So, for whatever reason, the real, living Christian took the tennis shoes he found in the jungle and that's what he wears, right? So the theory gathers dust for a couple of years, and then along comes the episode The Beginning Of The End. We see Christian in Jacob's cabin. Most notably, we see his feet.
Look! What is clearly (well, not that clearly) a white tennis shoe there on Christian's foot! Suddenly the fans of the Christian-is-really-alive have EVIDENCE that their theory is right!
May I point you towards the mobisode So It Begins. This was a scene that took place moments before the first ever episode of Lost began. It shows Vincent running through the jungle and encountering Christian Shephard. Brilliantly, we get to see Christian's feet.
He's wearing a pair! So therefore the white tennis shoe we see hanging in the tree just minutes from this moment cannot possibly be the same as what Christian has on his feet. The physical evidence is killed. The theory void. I can't explain exactly what is going on with Christian Shephard's appearances on the Island, but at least we can lay the matter of whether he's wearing the tennis shoe to rest.
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- Michelle-Anè "Molly" Muro said...
I never noticed Christian Shephard's feet before. Does that make me weird?
- 13 May 2008 at 16:45
- Acharaisthekey said...
Agree this is not Christians shoe, but, the signifance of the shoe is baffling to me, it is. For ever I thought it was just to point out things could PROPEL that far into the jungle, so everyone don't over analyze why Jack is so far out in the jungle....however, we get this mobisode, and it looks as if there is a little order to the placement of Jack...and that Vincent understands the language Christian speaks...either way, the shoe, though solved is not Christians, still I think will prove to more of the ORDER of why Jack was in the jungle...and in the end, they can say...well, we gave you the hint (no not the hint everyone wants to theorize about...) in the pilot with the white shoe...the next solution here, will be...what is the significance of the "SHOE" hanging from the tree
- 17 September 2008 at 22:28
So I was just reading this article in tv guide about lost and there was an interview with the exec producers and it lists 10 Episodes that have major importance over this season (and season 6) and one was "White Rabbit" (the one where Jack sees Christian). Each episode has a sentence or two describing why its important and this one says "Christian returns. And 'the fact that Christian's wearing white tennis shoes is a mystery that will be answered this season".
- 10 February 2009 at 03:53
- AngeloComet said...
Whitey, I have heard about the same article. All I can say is they better not try to suggest that Christian is wearing the shoes we saw hung up in the tree, because WE happen to know that can't be the case.
Personally I think the importance of him wearing white shoes will be because he was put in the coffin in those shoes, and perhaps there's some circumstance about his death, and the time just before it, that for some strange reason required him to be wearing white shoes.
- 10 February 2009 at 08:18
Am I the only person who lives in primarily Latino town/neighborhood? Throwing a white tennis shoe or shoes over a telephone line is so commonplace here I don't pay much attention to it anymore. Think it has to do with marking 'gang' territory, sort of like graffiti...That's the only sociological symbolism in dangling white tennis shoes that I can think of. And graffiti does abound on the ISLAND (neighborhood) where gangs fight for territory. One more, off the subject, comment as far as the theories that the Island itself is alive .. Couldn't "The Island" be the name of the game itself? Maybe "Island' has it's own rules like "myst" One of the first and most brilliant digital games of the early '90's (1993). Lost intertwines with Myst (named after The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne) constantly on multi tiered levels.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst_franchise
- 27 April 2009 at 01:30
Just because Christian talks to Vincent before Vincent finds Jack doesn't mean that the shoe can't be Christian's. If anything, it's almost a clue that the shoe IS Christian's. The instructions were to go find Jack in the forest - the shoe seems to be like a sign or reminder that Christian is present at this place and moment in time, but unknown to Jack.
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In yet another entertaining trip of the intellect, Malcolm Gladwell's latest volume David and Goliath tackles perennial paradoxes with much aplomb. Written in his usual captivating prose, Gladwell's book – subtitled Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants – provides one with much food for thought while challenging conventional wisdom.
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i am looking for someone who can do data entry work putting up users into my auction site, i am paying $10 per 500 entry. Each entry doesn't require much. It is a simple form it only requires 13 fields to be filled out. Please view the attached file to see exactly how the form looks. I am looking for someone who can create create at least 3000 members and create an excel spreadsheet 4 me with user ID and password so I can later remove them once my database is filled up. Please bid accordingly and I expect the work to be timely with daily reports.
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11 Genius Ways to Make Wood Paneling WorkBy Lauren Smith of House Beautiful |
The look of all-wood paneling is bold, to say the least. But that doesn't mean it can't also be stylish and stunning. Try one of these DIY updates to turn your walls into something you're proud of.