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Fairey F.127 / N.9
Fairey - Hamble Baby - 1916 - Великобритания <– –> Fairey - F.16 - F.22 Campania - 1917 - Великобритания
В.Обухович, А.Никифоров Самолеты Первой Мировой войны
H.Taylor Fairey Aircraft since 1915
P.Lewis British Bomber since 1914 (Putnam)
H.King Armament of British Aircraft (Putnam)
Jane's All The World Aircraft 1919
В конце 1917 года фирма создала облегченный вариант F.127 меньших размеров для опытов с корабельными катапультами. Опытный гидросамолет F.127 являлся модификацией гидросамолета F.17 с уменьшенным нижним крылом (фактически полутораплан) и одностоечной коробкой крыльев. Поплавки с нижнего крыла были сняты, а кабины экипажа сдвинуты ближе к двигателю. Самолет оснащался двигателем Роллс-Ройс "Фэлкон" (190 л. с).
A long line of Fairey aircraft, starting with the Series IIIA and ending with the IIIF and its derivatives, stemmed from the second of two experimental seaplanes designed and built in 1917. Both enjoyed life-spans which were valuable and long. Neither was given a type name; they were known by their manufacturer's construction numbers and/or by their Admiralty serials - though the second was later designated the Fairey III.
The first of these two seaplanes, N9 (F.127), was a single-bay, folding biplane with a massive overhang, giving it the appearance of what would later have been described as a sesquiplane. More compact than contemporary seaplanes, it was designed to meet Admiralty specification N.2(a) for a two-seat aircraft for operation from seaplane carriers. It was never so used, but was strengthened for experimental work with a prototype catapult.
Powered by a 200 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon I twelve-cylinder vee liquid-cooled engine - virtually a scaled-down Eagle - N9 had a maximum sea-level speed of 90 mph. Camber-changing gear was fitted, with flaps along the whole length of the lower wing and on the upper wing between the centre-section and the ailerons - which do not appear to have been used as a part of the flap system. Armament initially consisted of a Lewis gun on a Scarff ring for the observer/gunner in the rear cockpit. The first flight is recorded as having been made on 5 July, 1917.
Because of renewed confidence in the value of aircraft in acting as 'eyes' for warships, and following the progress made by the US Navy - which, in 1916, had three cruisers fitted with catapults - this method of launching aircraft had been reconsidered by the Admiralty, which had examined but shelved the idea prior to the war. In 1916 tenders were invited for the construction of a catapult in which the specification required an ability to launch an aircraft weighing up to 2 1/2 tons at a speed of 60 mph within a distance of 60 ft without exceeding an acceleration of 2.5 g. Two types of catapult were later ordered. The tests for which N9 was used were those with the type designed and built by a Newcastle-based company in the group which had, 20 years before, become Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth.
The method involved the use of highly compressed air in a cylinder, the piston of which pulled, by means of wire hawsers, a trolley which travelled along a 60-ft main rail and two steadying rails. These rails were installed on a steel structure which was mounted on a steam hopper (a powered mud-carrying vessel used in support of dredging operations) which had been specially commissioned for tests by the Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot. After preliminary trials on the Tyne, the catapult vessel, appropriately named HMS Slinger, went to the MEAD at Grain for real-life tests with N9. These were started in June 1918 under the direction of Lt-Col H. R. Busteed, who did most, if not all, of the flying.
Although the system was, as required, capable of accelerating the trolley and its aircraft to a speed of 60 mph within the length of the rail, the launches were apparently made at a maximum of only about 40 mph. The use of this lower speed was practical for N9, which had a stalling speed of 38 mph when using a few degrees of flap, and reduced the acceleration loads on the pilot, who had no headrest. A modicum of wind would have widened the gap between 'ground' speed and the airspeed. Tests were successfully completed with HMS Slinger both at rest and under way, and were the first to be made in Britain with a seaplane, though earlier trials had been made with landplanes at Hendon aerodrome using the other catapult which had been ordered. However, it was to be seven years before a Service aircraft was actually launched from a warship. This was in October 1925 when a Fairey IIID seaplane was catapulted from the cruiser HMS Vindictive.
As with N10 (F.128), N9 was bought back by Fairey from the Admiralty in 1919 and was re-engined with the more powerful 250 hp Sunbeam Maori II twelve-cylinder vee liquid-cooled engine and modified with equal-span wings. This was possibly the seaplane being considered as the company's entry, announced in March 1919, in the competition to win the Daily Mail prize of ?10,000 for the first nonstop crossing of the Atlantic. The crew for the flight was to have consisted of Sydney Pickles as pilot and Capt A. G. D. West as navigator.
In preparation for the official approval, on 1 May, 1919, of civil flying in the United Kingdom, N9 was one of the earliest aircraft to be civil-registered. The very first, K-100, was an Airco D.H.6; Fairey's N9 was K-103, later to be G-EAAJ when the earlier form of registration was changed. In May 1920, it was sold to the Norwegian Navy. Seven years later it was bought by Bjorne Neilson of Eidsvold, near Oslo, civil-registered N-20 and scrapped in February 1929 following an accident on 12 June, 1928.
N9 Span 50 ft (15-24 m); length 35 ft 6 in (10-82 m); height 13 ft (3-96 m); chord 5 ft 6 in (1-68 m); total wing area 456 sq ft (42-4 sq m). Empty weight 2,699 lb (1,224 kg); military load 216 lb (98 kg); crew 360 lb (163 kg); fuel (70 gal, 318 litres) and oil 537 lb (244 kg); loaded weight 3,812 lb (1,729 kg). Maximum speed at sea level 90 mph (145 km/h); at 10,000 ft (3,048 m) 86 mph (138 km/h). Climb to 2,000 ft (610 m) 4 min 10 sec; to 5,000 ft (1,524 m) 9 min 20 sec; to 6,500 ft (1,981 m) 18 min 30 sec; to 10,000 ft (3,048 m), 38 min; service ceiling 8,600 ft (2,621 m). Endurance 5 1/4 hr.
By 1917 Fairey enthusiasm for seaplane development was well entrenched, and during the year the two-seat 190 h.p. Rolls-Royce I-powered F.127 N9 to Admiralty Specification N.2(a) made its appearance at Hayes. Designed for seaplane-carrier operation, the single-bay wings folded and incorporated the Fairey Patent Camber Gear in full form; both upper and lower trailing edges were arranged as lift-increasing flaps. Radiators flanked the engine on each side, and the short-span lower wings were without tip floats. N9's armament consisted of a Scarff-mounted Lewis gun in the rear cockpit. No production ensued, but the F.127 served a useful purpose as the guinea-pig in experiments with the Armstrong catapult installed in H.M.S. Slinger. To withstand the stresses associated with this type of launching, N9 was strengthened for the purpose and performed with complete success.
N.9. A Lewis gun on a Scarff ring-mounting appears to have been the sole armament of this 'catapultable' floatplane of 1917.
THE FAIREY N9 TYPE F127.
The Fairey seaplane N9 was built in 1917 as a patrol seaplane for the R.N.A.S.
This machine has one set of struts on each side of the fuselage, and a top plane with a large overhang.
Owing to the Rolls-Royce " Falcon " engine being used in other types of machines in production, this type was never proceeded with. It is interesting to note that the original N9 remained in service to the middle of 1918. and was the first float seaplane to begin an actual flight by being thrown off a warship by a catapult gear.
Type of machine Seaplane.
Name or type No. of machine F127.
Purpose for which intended Ship work.
Span 50 ft.
Gap, maximum and minimum 5 ft. 7 in.
Overall length 35 ft. 6 in.
Maximum height 13 ft.
Chord 5 ft. 6 in.
Total surface of wings 420 sq. ft.
Span of tail 13 ft.
Total area of tail 34.2 sq. ft.
Area of elevators 34.2 sq. ft.
Area of rudder 9.8 sq. ft.
Area of fin 8.9 sq. ft.
Area of each aileron and total area 18 ft.
Engine type and h.p. 190 h.p. Rolls-Royce.
Load per sq. ft. 9.08 lbs.
Weight per h.p. 18.15 lbs.
Tank capacity in hours 5 1/4 hours.
Tank capacity in gallons 70 gallons.
Flight, April 10, 1919.
THE TRANSATLANTIC RACE
THE preparations for the great race to be first to cross the Atlantic by air are progressing apace. By way of summary, the Sopwith machine, to be piloted by Mr. H. Hawker, who will have with him as navigator and assistant pilot Capt. Grieve, is already at the starting point in Newfoundland, and is only awaiting favourable weather conditions before making a start. The Martinsyde biplane, with its pilot, Mr. F. P. Raynham, and his navigator, Capt. Morgan, is on its way across, and may, by the time these lines appear in print, have arrived at St. John's. The Fairey machine, up till now the only seaplane entered from this side, is rapidly nearing completion, being, in fact, a standard Fairey 3C type especially adapted for the race. The pilot, as already announced, will be Mr. Sydney Pickles, so well knows to all readers of FLIGHT. The name of the navigator who will accompany him has not yet been disclosed, but will, we understand, be announced shortly. The Short machine entered, and which will be piloted by Major Wood, who will have with him as navigator Capt. Wyllie, has the distinction of being the only entrant which, so far, it is proposed to start from this side, the starting point chosen being Bawnmore, near Limerick, in Ireland. This machine, which has been undergoing severe tests during the last couple of weeks, is to be flown first to Ireland, whence the final start will be made.
As to the probability of one or all of the competitors succeeding in getting across, there is of course, a certain element of luck involved, but arrangements, as announced elsewhere, are being made., by the Air Ministry and Admiralty, to take all possible precautions, and to ensure that, even in cases of engine failure, the occupants should have a very good chance of being picked up by passing vessels.
THE MACHINES
As interest centres more and more in this race, a few words dealing with the British machines entered will, we feel sure be welcomed by readers of FLIGHT.
The Fairey Machine
As already pointed out, the machine entered by the Fairey Aviation Co. has the distinction of being the only seaplane entered. It is of more or less standard type, resembling the well-known type 3C Fairey seaplane. The most remarkable feature of this machine is, of course, the variable camber wings fitted. This forms a Fairey patent, and has been used with good results on machines employed by the Navy. Briefly speaking, the variable camber is obtained by having the entire trailing edge of the planes hinged along the rear spars in such a manner that the pilot can, by turning a wheel, pull down the whole trailing edge to give greater lift, and again raise it to provide less resistance and hence greater speed. In the ordinary way the chief aim of this variable camber is to provide a low speed on alighting and getting off, but for the Atlantic flight it will also be found useful in providing greater lift while the machine is heavily loaded, allowing of gradually flattening out the wing section as the load becomes less owing to the fuel being consumed. In this manner the first part of the flight will probably be made at a slower speed than that obtained towards the finish of the journey. The engine is, as in two of the other machines entered, a Rolls-Royce "Eagle" of 375 h.p., and the speed of the machine is stated to be about 120 m.p.h. This figure probably refers to the speed with the trailing edge in line with the rest of the wing section. With the trailing edge pulled down the speed will be considerably lower.
Three-quarter Front View of the Fairey Seaplane. F 127 (N 9). (190 h.p. Rolls-Royce "Falcon" engine).
Although the Fairey F.127 never carried bombs, it is known that for part of the catapult trials aboard HMS Slinger it was ballasted for two 112 lb weapons.
H.Taylor - Fairey Aircraft since 1915 /Putnam/
Two views of N9 at Hayes in 1917 before its dispatch to the Isle of Grain. The big overhang of the upper wing made it almost a sesquiplane. The powerplant was a Rolls-Royce Falcon I.
P.Lewis - British Bomber since 1914 /Putnam/
N9, the Fairey F.127, with original small fin.
N9 (F.127) on the catapult rails of HMS Slinger, which was used for tests with N9 by the Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot at the Isle of Grain. (Courtesy J. D. Oughton)
Flaps were fitted full-span on the lower wing and between the ailerons on the upper wing of N9.


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1. You need someone to sell it.
Selling your design system to peers, product, development, executives, and just about anyone else that will be expected to use it or has the ability to derail it should be sold on it. You need someone on your team with business acumen, technical skills, good communication, and overall just the ability to unite an organization into such an important effort. Enrolling people into your effort is one of the best ways to get much needed backing into a design system effort.
2. UX can't and shouldn't do it alone.
A design system is a company-wide journey. Engineering will be direct partners in this initiative, but there's other roles you should consider including. Go back to my first point on selling a design system. If you include others, then they will be invested and want to make it a success. There are plenty of ways different departments can make positive contributions such as marketing. Including the right people will make your design system stronger.
3. You need more friends than you do enemies.
I never wanted any enemies in our design system effort. In my perfect world everyone would love saving millions of dollars, get products to market quicker, have a cohesive set of products, and much more, but that's my perfect world. There are many people that will fight that goal every chance they get, and that's why you need friends in high places.
Not everyone is going to agree that they should use your design system. You should advocate why they should use it and all of the benefits that come with it. Point them to other company products that are already using it (if you can), and ideally point out any successes. Your sales person from my first point should be the point person for helping smooth this over. If you absolutely can't sell them on it, then you need to bring in your friends.
Your friends are people you have been networking with internally. These are influencers and leaders. An example might be a staff engineer that everyone trusts and looks to for advice, or it could also be people in high places such as your CTO, head of product, and other power positions. When you have people that absolutely won't use your design system, then it's time to bring in some power to help out.
4. You won't be successful telling everyone yes, and you won't be successful telling everyone no.
If you are saying yes to everyone's ideas and putting them in your design system, then you are surely trashing your design system. Imagine saying yes to every suggestion a customer had for your product. You would wind up with something you're not able to sell anymore. That's why having a good process for how things get into your design system will help you out.
Having a good process will help keep your design system functioning well, but it still won't solve people being upset their ideas didn't make it. You have to be comfortable with saying no, but also give sound reasoning as to why to help others understand. If it's a great idea, it fits with the design system and it tested well, then make sure to include it and give credit to the person who helped out.
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A big theme in a design system is people. People will either help make it a success, or people might do everything then can to make sure it fails. The balance of dealing with people every day can be extremely difficult. You might be battling designers who are upset because their ideas didn't make it into the design system, an engineer who refuses to use any of it, or leaders who flaunt pulling all of your funding each day. This mix of dealing with people can significantly drain your design system team.
A good suggestion is to have someone, or several people, on the team who have no problem dealing with people. This goes back to the first point. It may be your sales person, or it may just be someone else who doesn't mind dealing with these small battles every day. This will shield others who easily get frustrated when they run into difficult situations that involve dealing with people.
Every once in a while, you might get a shout out, but expect the day-to-day routine to be rigorous and challenging. It can still be fun, and your environment may vary, but make sure you have a solid team that can handle the challenges.
6. People using the design system are your users, so make sure to act like they are.
If it is difficult to use your design system, then people won't use it. If I link up to a symbol library and I can't navigate my way to the components I need, then I won't use it. If I read through the guidelines and can't find out how to design a form correctly, then I'll just design my own. If I go to implement the designs and the code is horrible, then I'll just write my own as I see fit.
Anyone using your design system are your users. This means just like users of your products you need to test them. You should run different tests such as having a designer link up to your library and then create a form. If they can't link up to the library or find any of the components they need, then you have a problem. A design system is a product and if you treat it as such, then you will do incremental improvements that quickly add value and keep everyone happy.
7. You won't always have everyone's approval and that's okay.
Have you ever had 100% of your customers agree with your company's decisions? Have you even asked 100% of your customers about that decision before you made it? We all have to be comfortable with the fact that not everyone will get a say into design system decisions. The most you can hope for is that 51% of people agree with a decision that you have made.
This doesn't mean you just cut everyone out, but it does mean you need to treat your design system like an actual product and make good informed decisions that don't involve everyone. If I put out a survey to the design teams and asked whether our button size should be 36px tall or 40px tall there is a small chance 100% would go for either option. I'm pretty positive I would get several emails from those who want both sizes, or sizes that aren't even listed.
It's okay to not have everyone's approval, but just make sure you are going through a good process to make the right decisions. You still want to build confidence in the decisions that are being made so make sure you provide the data and reasoning for why a decision was made.
8. Be careful coming up with a scoring system.
A scoring system is a way to rate how well designs are conforming to the design system. Most of the time this is just trying to fix a symptom of a real problem. If designs are drastically varying from using your design system it means either your design system isn't handling all of the cases it needs to, or it could mean designers don't want to use your design system. Either way a scoring system is not going to help you solve this and that's why I would strongly encourage you to solve the root problem and not just grade your own teams.
9. You have freeform design and you have design systems. Anything in the middle is chaos.
You have can uniquely different products or you can have a suite of products that all look like they're part of the same family. If you have a design system, but you want to keep straying away to do your own thing, then the design system starts to lose value quickly. If you want to design uniquely different products, then trying to apply a design system will pull you away from that. Anytime you start to veer into the middle of these two different types of design you will begin to lose value.
If you intentionally want products to look visually different, and you don't want to build out multiple design systems, then I would create a configuration file. This file could have everything in your design system quickly adapt things such as fonts, colors, corner radius, etc. This is a similar approach to what Material has done where you can leverage the same guidelines, but also create a different look from the same set of components.
10. Your next design system doesn't get much easier.
This takes us back to the fifth point where we talked about dealing with people. The biggest challenge that you will navigate in a design system is people. If you are at the stage where you are creating a new design system at the same company, or if you have moved companies and are starting your next journey, then people will continue to be your biggest challenge. Unfortunately, this means that your next design system most likely won't be any easier than your first.


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Start The Day Global: Bangladesh, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand
Posted by Mark Williams | Nov 29, 2020 | Bangladesh, Brazil, British Virgin islands, Canada, Global publishing news, Malaysia, Thailand | 0 |
Whimsical publishing stories from around the world. Today five post excerpts from Thailand, Canada, Bangladesh, Brazil, Malaysia and the British Virgin islands.
Thailand: Swedish embassy invites to Pippi Longstocking's 75th anniversary at IKEA Thailand
The Swedish Ambassador Jon Åström Gröndahl together with Naanmee Books and IKEA Thailand invites to a "Non-Violence Workshop: How to keep children away from violence" on 29 November and 4 December 2020.
The host is talented model, actress, MC and UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador for Asia Pacific Khun Sirinya Cindy Bishop. She is also author of "My body my temple", a book aimed to teach children about their body, self respect and acceptance of others.
Bangladesh/Canada: Toronto's 'Bangla Book Fair' celebrates Bangabandhu's birth centenary
The fourteenth edition of the Toronto Bangla Book Fair, celebrating Bangabandhu's birth centenary the motto, 'Jibongronthe Notun Prishtha'. The two-day virtual event, 'Toronto Bangla Boi Mela and Mujib Shotoborsho Udzapon', was broadcast live on CanBangla TV.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave speeches at the inaugural session. The two-day long event will featured a virtual book fair, along with several cultural performances from artistes of Bangladesh and Canada, as well as documentary screenings and discussion sessions.
Malaysia: Former shuttler gets into the Asia Book of Records for the longest love poem!
"TAYLOR Swift or Shakespeare? Oooo, I'd rather be Shakespeare!" exclaims the short-haired, bespectacled girl seated in front of me, before breaking into a hearty chuckle that ends up permeating the cosy study we're in.
Mirth lacing her voice, Selinaah Muralitharan, who recently celebrated her entry into the Asia Book of Records for composing the "Longest Love Poem (English)", continues: "I don't want to write and tell the world about my love life! I mean, tell me who doesn't know about Taylor Swift's love life? I'd rather be like Shakespeare — a big mystery!"
British Virgin Islands: Dr Richard Georges Is BVI's First Poet Laureate
Dr Richard Georges was appointed the first Poet Laureate of the British Virgin Islands on November 20, 2020.
The British Virgin Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, to the east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla. The territory appointed its first poet laureate in a ceremony at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College at Paraquita Bay.
Brazil: Readers accuse the Brazilian publisher of homophobia and character whitening
The Brazilian publishing market has been turbulent in recent days due to a Twitter thread involving readers from different parts of Brazil and one of the country's largest publishing groups, the Record Group, which marks this year its 80th birthday. The same week the publisher received statuettes from the country's most important literary prize – the Jabuti Prize – online, some bullshit unfolded that ended up having international repercussions.
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Books and Documents ( 20 Aug 2017, NewAgeIslam.Com)
Of Context and Semantics
By Musab Khalid
Title – Quran and Woman: Rereading the sacred texts from a woman's perspective
Author – Amina Wadud
As a general rule, I shy away from taking book recommendations, mostly owing to the fact that my existing to-read list has an irksome quality of expanding in a ridiculous manner, and books on theology often stop short of even making it to the shortlist. However, there were several distinct reasons that made this book sound like an interesting read.
First and foremost was the personality of the author herself, her bold stance against the status quo embroiling her in several controversies, most notably for challenging the existing patriarchal structures by leading a congregational prayer which comprised a mixed-gender audience, and most notoriously for calling the Prophet Abraham a 'dead-beat-dad'[1]. Second was the subject itself, a subject alien compared to the familiar tropes and regular tirades that we're so accustomed to listening, be it our cliché-ridden Friday sermons, or the oft-repeated droning in our familial gatherings. And it was a refreshing take on it as well, especially considering the recent and doubtfully prominent rise of progressive Muslims, with the millennial generation accepting more of alternate worldviews. The third and last reason was a bit more personal. My reading list was recommending any book banned in the country I reside, and considering I live in a Muslim majority country, it was predictable that the government would feel threatened by a book which was not perfectly aligning with their version of Islam.
The first impression I had was a disappointing one, as it looked no different than those books wherein they keep extrapolating the Quranic verses till they have literally wrenched out the meaning they wanted for their particular argument (Of course, the degree of extrapolation would differ according to the meaning they wanted), and most of the introductory chapters do seem like that. It is when you hit the middle of the book that that you realize the author wanted to leave no stone unturned to establish the prerequisites for her arguments, more so that no refutation would be possible on those grounds later.
The author begins by describing the existing methods that the Quran is critiqued in, and proceeds to define the process she would be using in her analysis. She neither conforms to the more traditionalistic method of exegesis, which stems from certain objectives in mind, and which have been the exclusive domain of men, thereby either neglecting the female experiences or looking at them through a male perspective. Nor does she side with the second category, which uses the handicap of women in Muslim societies to oppose the Quranic text.
Instead, a hermeneutical method is adopted, which considers the local context in which it was written, the grammatical composition, order of revelation, and the language.
The book is structured in the following manner: The duality of creation and the origins of humankind are discussed to establish the fact that no distinction between man and woman in creation is made in the sacred text. Following that, some light is thrown on the mentions of the female sex in the Quran as an individual and the distinction between all living creatures being based on Taqwa. Before addressing the controversial verses which often form the crux of feminist debates, the equality of women is further established in the context of the hereafter and the recompense for their services. The last section regarding the roles and rights of women is perhaps the most interesting one.
The verses brought into the limelight during debates concerning the superiority of the male sex over its counterpart are addressed in detail in this section. The issues regarding the rank (Darajah) is first analyzed within the context of the verses that had the same word, but were chronologically issued before the disputed verses. This analysis establishes the ranking of the individual or a group over the basis of deeds or a specific endowment by God. It also brings to light the point that even though the Quran states the primary characteristics of both the sexes, it never actually appoints roles, rather encouraging different individual contexts to determine the functional distinction between its members. The traditional interpretation of that verse (regarding the Darajah) is often at odds with all the preceding and succeeding values established by the text, which is why it needs to be first restricted to the subject at hand, and with the proper linguistic analysis, that interpretation loses its remaining credibility as well.
Even the cause behind required number of witnesses is attributed to the existing patriarchal structure of that situation, wherein a woman would be easily coerced or forced by a male member and another woman and the inclusion of another woman would be a support towards her, therefore not only signifying the individual worth, but also calling for a united support against the other witnesses.
In a similar manner, the arguments regarding the preferential status, as well as the response to the disruption of marital harmony are subject to a scrutiny, and in turn presented with an alternate, more acceptable interpretation. However, in one specific case, it raises another critical question in its place. Since the stance of religious apologists on the verse regarding the striking is that it was to be taken as a restriction on the existing practices, in this case the excessive violence towards women, the restriction itself serves to condemn the violence as an evil practice. The establishment of that theory begs the question as to why then, wasn't the practice abolished in its entirety? Would it be deemed impractical to do so because of its sheer impossibility? The ruling regarding the prohibition of alcohol nullifies that particular argument. Then again, arguments on religious scriptures often end in such paradoxes.
At least Ms. Wadud accepts the fact that in matters of gender, 7th century Arabia was far from ideal and even the Quranic reforms, the ones revealed during the Madinan period, of which most were introduced for benefitting the females, were never fully implemented.
Perhaps the best thing about this book is that it re-evaluates certain rulings according to the current local context, as it establishes again and again the fact that the Quran had given a generic view of the females' position, in accordance with the context of that region and time period, and in no way had it assigned those characteristics as the sole functions of women for the rest of time, which implies the need to look after the particular reason behind the ruling, and which, notwithstanding, calls for adapting the rulings in the spirit of its original reasoning.
The very fact that it takes a woman to write a hundred-page analysis of the Quran to reiterate her equal worth in the society, a truth that is self-evident in its own regard, reinforces the sheer magnitude of the patriarchal hegemony that is prevalent in the Muslim communities, and it is already conspicuous in the reactions that the book received.
The landscape of Islamic rhetoric is slowly changing, and with the emerging coverage of Queer Muslims to the liberal and feminist populace, the very foundations of traditionalist values are being questioned. It would be highly remiss of me to not recommend this book, which created the benchmark in Islamic feminist literature.
https://feminismandreligion.com/2013/10/17/hajar-of-the-desert-by-amina-wadud/
Source: http://thecompanion.in/book-review-quran-and-woman-amina-wudud/
URL: http://www.newageislam.com/books-and-documents/musab-khalid/of-context-and-semantics/d/112266


Comedy starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb as two hapless British diplomats in the fictional republic of Tazbekistan.
The British Embassy is a corner of a foreign field that is forever England. Keith Davis is the newly appointed ambassador to Tazbekistan – a corrupt, oil-rich ex-Soviet state ruled by a terrifying elected despot known affectionately as the 'Prez'.
Davis is heavily reliant on his small, overworked team: Neil Tilly, the deputy ambassador, who has very different views on what the mission should be; Caitlin, the no-nonsense head of consular who knows there's nothing too stupid that a British tourist won't give a try; Isabel, the trade secretary, who annoys everyone with her naked ambition and POD aka the Prince of Darkness, his boss back in London, who constantly plagues him with contradictory orders delivered via videoconferencing.
Davis lives in the embassy residence with wife Jennifer who is brilliant at rescuing him from tricky diplomatic situations, which is lucky because whether it's flogging attack helicopters, dealing with royalty or rescuing idiotic Brits from death row, there are plenty of chances to make a career-ending blunder.
With this lot in charge there's no way Britain will lose it's influence in the world – is there?
Keith Davis is the recently-arrived British ambassador to Tazbekistan.
This is his third posting as an ambassador and Keith is making steady but not spectacular progress up the career ladder at the Foreign Office.
Keith is highly educated, high-minded and ambitious. He is capable of being both whimsical and forensic, but his innate caution also brings about a tendency towards inaction.
Neil Tilly is the deputy head of mission and the embassy number two. He is fluent in Russian and is an expert on Central Asia.
Neil is in love with Tanya who runs the local bar. She's self-reliant and uncompromising, but also passionate and great fun. To Neil, she represents everything that's good about Tazbekistan.
Neil is more politically idealistic than some of his colleagues and is an excellent manager of the team, inspiring loyalty at the embassy.
Jennifer is Keith's wife. She lives in the embassy residence which she says is a bit like "living above the shop".
She helps organise the embassy's endless list of social events – anything from hosting intimate dinners for visiting UK VIPs to showcasing the best of British at large events for local dignitaries.
When she's not organising social events though, Jennifer has her own career as a doctor. She is lucky she can find work in whichever country they are posted in.
The couple have a 13-year-old daughter who is back in the UK at boarding school, which is tough on Jennifer.
Caitlin is head of consular affairs and oversees visas, passports and tourists in trouble.
She's Scottish, tough and streetwise and has low expectations of everyone.
Natalia oversees embassy communication and IT.
She's a local and is always immaculately dressed compared to the Brits. Her English is really good, if a little 'learned'.
Political attaché Isabel has recently arrived in Tazbekistan, like Keith.
Her naked ambition and relentless energy sometimes ruffles a few feathers, especially Neil's.
Isabel doesn't really care what people think of her and she needs to understand that charm is a big part of successful diplomacy, but she is clever enough to learn from her mistakes.


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Tommy Thompson is a former governor of Wisconsin who served as secretary of Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush administration and ran for the U.S. Senate during the 2012 election, losing to Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), who became the first openly gay senator. Thompson, who also ran unsuccessfully for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, is a former member of the ultra-secretive, right-wing Council for National Policy, an organization formed in 1981 that advocates "limited government, a strong national defense, and support for traditional western values."[1]
Thompson officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate under the slogan "to bring America back" in early December 2011. Although his campaign focused largely on social and economic issues—including claiming during a Tea Party meeting in mid-2012 that he would "do away with the Medicare and Medicaid"—Thompson at times weighed in on foreign affairs. For instance, in the wake of the September 2012 attacks on U.S. embassies spurred by the film Innocence of Muslims, Thompson echoed the criticism of President Obama issued by the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan campaign and argued that the administration must pressure the Egyptian government of President Mohamed Morsi to protect all Americans in Egypt.
In a press release, he said: "In the wake of the deadly attacks on American embassies this week that erupted in Egypt and Libya and the subsequent failure of the Egyptian President to condemn these attacks, it is time for President Obama to take action. … President Morsi must strongly condemn these acts and bring the offenders to justice. As we mourn the death of our American diplomats, we must send a strong and resounding message to nations who harbor violent, anti-American militants that this type of violence will not be tolerated by the United States of America."
Thompson's record on foreign policy is thin. This fact was reflected in his 2012 campaign website, which failed to list any foreign policy issues beyond calling for energy independence because "The U.S. economy is subject to manipulation by OPEC and its member nations, many of which have open hostilities toward the U.S."[2] Among the steps Thompson argued the United States should take to secure its "energy independence" was to build the controversial Keystone pipeline, which would carry carbon-intensive oil from the Alberta tar sands in Canada to refineries in Texas for processing and export. Citing the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute, Thompson claimed that the pipeline project "would create an estimated 20,000 construction jobs and could create as many as 600,000 jobs by 2035."[3]
On the Middle East
During the Republican Senate primary, Thompson expressed support for the U.S. alliance with Israel and warned of a nuclear Iran, primarily with reference to its potential ramifications for world energy markets. "If they get a nuclear bomb," Thompson said in August 2012, "they will close down the Gulf of Hormuz [sic]. Gulf of Hormuz is where all the oil comes from. It will strangle the world." Wisconsin Public Radio reported that "Thompson says sanctions should have been placed on Iran much earlier but he won't say much about what the U.S. should do next."[4]
In 2007, when he was actively considering running for president, Thompson said during an NPR interview that he would allow Iraqis to vote on whether they wanted U.S. troops to remain in the country. When the interviewer responded by asking whether this meant Thompson disagreed with President Bush's claim "that Iraq is the central front in a global war on terror," Thompson responded: "I think that it is a front. … You've got a front in the Middle East, you've got a front within Iran, you've got a front in North Korea, you've got a front in Afghanistan and in the mountain states of Pakistan. I mean, there's no one, central front, and we've got to be strong against all of them. And I don't think that by not allowing the Iraqi government to have a vote—you know, isn't it somewhat surprising to you and your listeners that nobody in the federal government has ever asked the Iraqi government to vote as to whether or not they want America in it? And if you did that, you would immediately, if they voted yes, which I think—I would bet on it that they would—it automatically gives the legitimacy to America for being there, and that's something that we lack right now."
Thompson stoked controversy in 2007 when he made remarks to an audience of Jewish activists in Washington that seemed to incorporate anti-Semitic stereotypes. "I'm in the private sector and for the first time in my life I'm earning money," Thompson said. "You know that's sort of part of the Jewish tradition and I do not find anything wrong with that." When prompted by a rabbi to revisit his remarks, Thompson added, "I didn't [by] any means want to infer or imply anything about Jews and finances and things. What I was referring to, ladies and gentlemen, is the accomplishments of the Jewish religion. You've been outstanding business people and I compliment you for that."[5]
In a 2008 interview posted by the website Big Think, Thompson proposed "medical diplomacy"—sending U.S. hospital ships to developing countries, among other forms of assistance—as an alternative to a more militarized U.S. posture.[6] "You know, we have to tear down this animosity that the jihadist movement has against America," he said. "There are people that hate America! I have found the best way to treat this severe hatred is [to] build up a counter force, and that's through women and children and using medical diplomacy. … Whether you're a Shiite, Sunni, Kurd, Hamas, Hezbollah, [or] Jewish member, everything revolves around how you're going to provide good health … for the family.[7]
In 1966, Thompson, then 24, "began his career in public service … as a representative in Wisconsin's state Assembly," according to his Department of Health and Human Services biography. "He was elected assistant Assembly minority leader in 1973 and Assembly minority leader in 1981." First elected as governor of Wisconsin in 1986, he served for 14 years, making state history as the first governor to be elected for a third and fourth term. He left the fourth term midway to become secretary of Health and Human Services in 2001, a position he held until 2005.[8]
During his tenure as Wisconsin governor, Thompson pushed through efforts to cut unemployment benefits in the state, once saying to a crowd at the Heritage Foundation: "We have an environment in Wisconsin in which any poor family can climb out of the despair of poverty and pursue the American dream."[9]
During his HHS tenure, Thompson was notorious for warning of the dangers of an avian flu pandemic and "the poisoning of the U.S. food supplies by terrorists." He stated: "And we are importing a lot of food from the Middle East, and it would be easy to tamper with that."[10]
Commented writer Laura Flanders: "Thompson called his policy 'compassionate'—and that's the problem. It redefined what was morally acceptable to do to poor people, and with a whole lot of help from strategically funded media, the same reasoning wormed its way into the national mind."[11] She added: "Inside the dark Victorian mansion of the Bradley Foundation in benighted Milwaukee, there must be smiles all around. The same ideologically-driven outfit that paid for the task force that devised Thompson's welfare plan is now [in 2011] backing [Governor Scott] Walker's drive to criminalize collective bargaining."[12]
Thompson's biography on the website of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP, where he is a partner, says: "Secretary Thompson is well-known for his contributions to the U.S. response to the threat of bioterrorism and for his leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the United States and abroad, and he is chairman emeritus of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria."[13]
Thompson has served as chairman of the National Governors' Association, the Education Commission of the States and the Midwestern Governors' Conference, as well as in the Wisconsin National Guard and the Army Reserve.[14]
He has also served as a director on many corporate boards, including as chair of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and president of the Wisconsin based Logistics Health Incorporated.[15] According to its website, "Logistics Health Incorporated (LHI) has served as a partner to the United States Government in military medical readiness, employee fitness, and in defense of bioterriorism, protection against infectious diseases, and asset management and monitoring."[16]
[1] Council for National Policy, "Home," http://www.cfnp.org/.
[2] Tommy Thompson 2012 Senate Campaign Website, "Energy Independence," http://www.tommyforwisconsin.com/issues/energy/.
[4] Shawn Johnson, "U.S. Senate Candidates Discuss Mideast Policy," Wisconsin Public Radio, August 2, 2012, http://www.wpr.org/news/display_headline_story.cfm?storyid=29356
[5] AP, "Thompson apologizes for Jewish comments," MSNBC.com, April 17, 2007, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18151228/ns/politics-decision_08/t/thompson-apologizes-jewish-comments/#.UFsy6KmHr0c.
[6] Big Think, "Tommy Thompson on Medical Diplomacy," October 30, 2008, http://bigthink.com/ideas/5859.
[7] ThePoliticalGuide.com, "Tommy Thompson on Foreign Policy,"http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/Governor/Wisconsin/Tommy_Thompson/Views/Foreign_Policy/.
[8] "Biography of Tommy G Thompson, US Health Secretary 2001-2005," Medical News Today, December 4, 2004, http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/17356.php.
[9] Quoted in Laura Flanders, "The National Costs of Crushing Workers in Wisconsin," Counterpunch, February 25-26, 2011, http://www.counterpunch.org/flanders02252011.html.
[10] "Thompson resigns with grim warning," msnbc.com news service, December 3, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6644980/ns/politics/; William Branigin, Mike Allen and John Mintz, "Tommy Thompson Resigns From HHS," Washington Post, December 3, 2004, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31377-2004Dec3.html.
[13] Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP, "Tommy G. Thompson, Partner," http://www.akingump.com/tthompson/.
[14] The White House President George W. Bush, "Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health & Human Services (2001-2005)," http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/thompson-bio.html.
[15] "Tommy G. Thompson," Forbes.com, http://people.forbes.com/profile/tommy-g-thompson/14289.
[16] Logistics Health Incorporated, "Government Solutions," http://www.logisticshealth.com/government/default.aspx.
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Today marks the first time Hill Now is releasing a roundup of permits handed out during the past few days. We are including permits issued since Sunday. Next week, we plan to publish a full seven days of permits the government approved.
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The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.
He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
A gracious woman attains honor, and ruthless men attain riches.
The merciful man does himself good, but the cruel man does himself harm.
The wicked earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.
Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be delivered.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.


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An Irish broth of a God. Leader of the TUATHA-DE-DANANN, he's the God of Life and Death, War, Banquets and Magic.
He cornered the Irish fast food market with his huge cauldron full of everlasting food and a boar which never stops roasting.
His club so large it has to be transported on wheels, and if he slaughters you with the business end, don't worry as the handle can bring you back to life. He's married to the MORRIGAN Mob and his daughter is the fiery BRIGIT.
Big-bellied, cheerful and raucous, DAGDA is known in Celtic circles as 'Da Good One'.
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Visiting Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will now cost you more.
ANAHEIM, California -- Visiting Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will now cost you more.
Some daily tickets, annual passes and parking increased by as much as 25 percent on Sunday.
A one-day, one-park ticket is now $104 for low-demand days, such as May weekdays. Tickets for regular days are $129, and peak-day tickets are $149. The least expensive one-day ticket to Disney World in Florida is $109.
The price hikes come as more visitors are expected for this summer's opening of "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge."
Disney Parks gave "Star Wars" fans a special Christmas present by releasing some behind-the-scenes footage of the franchise-themed lands at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
It is the second round of price increases in the past year.
"We continue to provide our guests with a variety of ticket offerings to meet their needs, while helping us to spread visitation, better manage demand and deliver a great experience," said Disneyland Resort spokesperson Liz Jaeger.
Good news for locals: Starting Monday, Disneyland is offering special three-day tickets for Southern California residents. Eligible guests can visit either park or both parks at special rates. In addition to the three-day tickets, all three Disneyland hotels are offering special rates on standard and premium rooms for a limited time.
To celebrate 2019, Disneyland is offering special three-day tickets for Southern California residents.


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From: Leatherhead (TQ174568)
To: Surbiton (TQ173674)
Distance: 7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Meets: A24, M25, A244, A3, A309, A3210, A307
Old route now: A245, B2430
Transport for London • Kingston upon Thames • Surrey
A243 Leatherhead - Hook
A243 Hook - Surbiton
The A243 is a main north-south road on the edge of southwest London, providing a route from the M25 to Kingston upon Thames. Unlike most of the other A24x roads, this is primary for most of its length - from the start in Leatherhead to the A3.
Leatherhead - Kingston upon Thames
The road starts at the Knoll roundabout on the A24. This is where the Leatherhead bypass crosses the Leatherhead to Epsom road. The bypass South of here is A24, as is the road to Epsom; from here to the town centre is the B2122, while the A243 is the northern part of the bypass.
Leaving the Knoll roundabout, there are three lanes, two of them southbound. Before the M25 was built, the road used to curve round to the left along what is now the A245, with the bypass ending on the Plough roundabout, leaving A243 traffic to go through North Leatherhead along Kingston Road, a road that's quite badly congested these days just from local traffic. At the end of that, it forked to the right up what's now a dead end past B&Q (the left fork was the beginning of the A244), and came out level with the roundabout we'll get to shortly.
Now there's a large roundabout, which is in fact half of M25 J9. You can turn left here to go towards the Plough roundabout down what used to be the last little bit of bypass, and is now the start of the A245, or you can turn right and join the M25 clockwise.
The A243 goes straight over, along some high quality dual carriageway built at the same time as the M25. After about half a mile this reaches another roundabout, which is the other half of M25 J9. This time you can turn left to join the M25 anti-clockwise. Straight on is the start of the A244, while the A243 goes off to the right. This is where we rejoin the pre-motorway route of the A243.
From here the A243 heads roughly North, and very straight, with Ashtead Common (owned by the City of London Corporation; I don't know why a local authority would own common land in other areas) on our right, and the Star pub on the left. A little further on you reach the Malden Rushett crossroads with the B280. Left is called Fairoak lane, and ends up on the A244 at Oxshott, and gets quite busy as it's a signposted route for Chessington World of Adventures; right is called Rushett lane and joins the A24 in the middle of Epsom. There's not a lot to Malden Rushett itself, though a TVR garage is a notable feature.
The A243 continues, still very straight, and passes the Chessington World of Adventures theme park on the left. I haven't been there for years, but when I did it was nowhere near as good as Alton Towers. Beyond that we get into Chessington itself, which despite having two stations is really nothing special. The road gets slightly bendier here, before coming to a roundabout.
Left here goes nowhere apart from some residential streets. While right, called Bridge Road, is unclassified, it's a dual carriageway and a fairly important local route. There are many less important B roads in the area. It becomes the B2200 to Ewell and also provides access to Epsom via the B284.
Continuing on the A243 there's some dual carriageway through Hook, heading for the Hook junction with the A3. This roundabout interchange, with the A3 in an underpass, provides access to the Northbound A3 (actually running slightly south of east at this point) but not to the Southbound A3. The slip roads that look like they're going onto the Southbound A3 actually force you to take the A309.
Crossing the A3, it's back to single carriageway as we head, now non-primary, towards Surbiton. At first this is in the same direction as the A243 has been going since leaving Leatherhead, but after a while it curves round to the left. The nearby A240 does the opposite curve, so that they don't quite touch, but get very close, and are linked by two very short (300 m) roads, the B3364 and A3210.
Anyway, the A243 is now heading Northwest and interestingly is called Brighton Road. It passes under the South West Mainline railway near Surbiton station (this is about a mile North of the junction where the Guildford "new" line via Cobham leaves the main line); immediately after this is a turning on the right, which is the B3370 Victoria Road, where many of the shops in Surbiton are. The A243 runs down past a parade of shops, and soon comes to an end, where it meets the A307 at a traffic-light-controlled T-junction by the bank of the Thames. On the far side of the river (albeit some distance without getting wet) is Hampton Court Park.
Mileage Listing
Distance (mi)
0 0 Leatherhead Knoll Roundabout (A24)
0.4 0.7 M25 J9 clockwise
1.4 2.2 M25 J9 anti-clockwise
3.1 5.0 Malden Rushett (B280)
5.5 8.9 Hook junction (A3)
6.8 11.0 Surbiton (B3370)
7.4 11.9 Kingston (A307)
Original Author(s): Mark Baker
Hook Junction • Knoll Roundabout • Leatherhead Interchange
Kingston upon Thames • Leatherhead • London
A3 • A238 • A239 (Kingston Bypass) • A240 • A307 • A308 • A309 • A310 • A2043 • A2099 • A3063 (Kingston) • B282 • B283 • B285 (Kingston) • B351 • B357 • B358 • B359 • B364 • B3363 • B3364 • B3365 • B3370 • EuroVelo 2 • NCN4 • T6 (Britain)
A24 • A244 • A245 • A246 • A2012 (Leatherhead) • B2033 • B2122 (Surrey) • B2216 • B2430 • B2450 • M25
A200-A299
A200 • A201 • A202 • A203 • A204 • A205 • A206 • A207 • A208 • A209 • A210 • A211 • A212 • A213 • A214 • A215 • A216 • A217 • A218 • A219
Defunct Itineraries: A239 • A268 • A270 • A273 • A274 • A277 • A278 • A280 • A282 • A285 • A292(W) • A292(E) • A295
Retrieved from 'https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A243&oldid=585721'
Primary Routes
Kingston upon Thames Council
Surrey Council
Roads numbered A243


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Purús é o único distrito peruano localizado na província de Purús, região de Ucaiáli. Sua capital é a cidade de Puerto Esperanza.

O distrito de Purús não é servido pelo sistema de estradas terrestres do Peru.

Distritos de Ucaiáli (região)

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