The Aquatic Brotherhood (TAB) was founded by +Zeke+, Count Rupert, and Fatt Sorum on April 16, 2007, under the guidance of Zocane of the Confederacy of Independent States (CIS); though, TAB's predecessor alliance, Blue Turtle Alliance (BTA), was founded by Master-Debater and Voronov on October 21, 2006. The alliance was re-formed due to Master Debater's decision to lead BTA into war against the CIS through a PIAT with GATO. After completing the ToS, TAB went through a period of growth and stability. During this time TAB made many friends whom TAB defended in GWIV. TAB became famous in the war for the hell that was unleashed by TAB upon \m/ nations during the war, only 6 targets attacked by TAB were not anarchied. After the war, TAB strengthened their friendships with alliances like MHA and NpO, while gaining new friends like Ragnarok, TCB and the NPO.
During the winter of 2007-2008 TAB underwent significant changes. The first of which was the resignation of several key leaders: Fatt Sorum, Count Rupert, Tieandra, and Commander John. While all had different reasons for leaving, there was a common feeling among them and other long-time members: TAB's membership had grown complacent and had lost sight of the original vision. A movement for reform followed and was spearheaded by Tiberivs, Crushtania, and Jm0406. Other notable contributors were Hendrik The Great, MonE Mike, +Zeke+, Sorum, Count Rupert and Commander John. The result of the reform was a revision of TAB's Charter and reorganized forums. With a renewed dedication to their allies and the values that made them a great alliance from the start, TAB's committed itself to a bright future.
Citing a conflict of interests in the War of the Coalition, TAB declared neutrality due to having MDoAP partners on both sides of the conflict.
Founded by Fatt Sorum, the Aquatic Order of Merit is the official recognition of excellence and distinguished conduct of The Aquatic Brotherhood. This award is bestowed upon those who have furthered the cause of the Brotherhood for the betterment of TAB and their Aqua brothers. Recipients are initially given Membership of the Order, then made Officers of the Order for further outstanding work. The highest honor one may achieve is the Commander of the Aquatic Order of Merit given to recognize the most esteemed and valorous efforts by an individual. Inductees into the Aquatic Order of Merit are such granted by a unanimous Triumvirate vote.
TAB as of June 20, 2008 begun an alliance wide Aquatic Ascendancy Project. Combining hard work, detailed planning and dedication, the AAP is a long-term commitment to strengthening the brotherhood by concentrating funds and recruitment hours into building the membership. The Aqua Ascendancy has set goals for TAB to once again become the premier Aqua alliance on Planet Bob.
The ratification of the Aquatic Ascendancy Treaty one month ahead of schedule was a fundamental cornerstone of the tripartite Aquatic Ascendancy Project. As of 2009, the AAT has dissolved due to the Revolution's merger with Athens and Zenith's departure from Aqua.
It has been hinted that the Aquatic Ascendancy Program shall replace the more experimental 'Project', utilizing the most successful alliance growth methods tested thus far.
These words were written when +Zeke+, Fatt Sorum, and Count Rupert founded The Aquatic Brotherhood. It is with their same spirit and with their same dream in our hearts that we do ordain and establish this reformed Charter for The Aquatic Brotherhood.
I shall defend my brothers against adversaries both foreign and domestic.
I shall work to see this alliance and my brothers prosper and grow. I shall be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
I shall foster a spirit of courteous consideration and cooperation within our alliance.
I shall be fair, courteous and considerate in my dealings with others. I shall conduct any necessary comment on, or criticism of my brothers with careful regard for the good name and dignity of the alliance, and will scrupulously refrain from criticism to gain personal advantage.
I shall take the criticism of my brothers at its merit and will not speak against them publicly.
I shall always apply diplomacy and not make hasty decisions concerning events that shall affect the alliance.
I shall follow the directives of those appointed over me unless they violate the alliance charter.
I shall report all violations of the charter to my superiors immediately.
I shall place honor and the standing of my alliance before my own personal advantage.
I shall be too big for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the pressure of this game to hurt anyone, both within and without this alliance.
We shall also remain true and proud to the TAB motto - "Unity in Aqua, Strength in Brotherhood".
Section 1: In the spirit of our newfound commitment to create a bright new future and a positive honorable identity, separate from the failings of the past, we hereby declare from this day forward that our alliance will be known The Aquatic Brotherhood (TAB).
Subsection 1: Therefore, all member-states are to change their alliance affiliation to read: "The Aquatic Brotherhood".
Section 2: TAB is a democratic alliance that carefully selects its members according to their dedication, commitment and values.
Section 3: TAB is a democracy with power divided between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.
Section 1: Any nation may apply for membership in TAB, but membership will be highly selective. The nation must not be in any current wars or be a current member in another alliance. No nation will be turned away on the basis of team color, ethnicity, and or government.
Subsection 1: It should be noted that TAB is an aqua team alliance. Changing your team color to aqua is required to become a full member. Those on a different sphere may only hold the position of a preliminary member.
Section 2: Nations wishing membership should fill out a membership application on the TAB forums. The following information should be included in the application along with any other information that is requested.
1. I have no reservations about going to war. If TAB goes to war, I will fight.
2. I do not wish to attack another alliance, but will gladly step up to defend my fellow TAB members in a defensive war.
3. I have no intention of fighting in a war, but in times of war I will do what I can to support the members of TAB that do fight. I also understand that because of the nature of wars that I may be attacked whether or not I wish to fight.
Member-states will be held to their commitments by the War Minister according to their answer. Applicants may be rejected on the basis of their answer to this question.
Subsection 1: All TAB members will be required to support TAB's armed forces in accordance with Article II Section 3 of the Charter, as well as attend any and all roll calls and military drills.
Subsection 2: All TAB members will be required to follow the rules set down by this Charter and the government.
Subsection 3: While we do not require that all members take an active role in the government, members are required to obtain a productive position within the alliance.
Subsection 4: TAB members will use tact and err on the side of caution when posting in the CN Forums or when talking with members of other alliances. The actions of one reflect on the alliance as a whole.
Section 6: Responsibility for the approval of all applicants falls to the Triumvir of State or his duly appointed agent.
Section 7: Any member-state wishing to leave TAB must either; a.) Post a topic of resignation on TAB's forums in the appropriate area, or b.) Send a message to any member of the Triumvirate informing them of said resignation.
Section 1: The executive branch of TAB will consist of the Triumvirate, the War Minister and the Chief Ambassador.
Section 2: All members of the executive branch have the right to manage their ministries however they see fit.
Section 3: No member may occupy more than one position at a time in the executive branch.
Section 1: The Triumviri are the heads of state of TAB. All treaties and public announcements must bear the signatures of the Triumvirate. Each Triumvir shall have veto power over all legislation/treaties and cannot be overruled. Legislation that is vetoed can be re-introduced after thirty (30) days.
Section 2: The Triumvirate is collectively responsible for state affairs and the overall direction of the alliance. Each Triumvir will oversee a specific are of the government: State Affairs (internal/external), Growth, and Finance.
Section 3: The Triumvirate shall appoint a War Minister, Chief Ambassador and High Magistrate to serve three month terms. Except for the War Minister, the Triumvirate's appointees are subject to confirmation by the Brotherhood Congress by a simple majority vote.
Section 4: The Triumvirate is responsible for calling all elections as detailed in Article XII.
Section 5: During times of extreme crisis the Triumvirate may unanimously declare a State of Emergency for a period not to exceed 14 days. During the State of Emergency, the Triumvirate may rule by decree. At the end of the 14 day period the Chief Magistrate may renew the State of Emergency for another 14 days. After that any additional 14 day extensions require a 66 percent majority of the Brotherhood Congress.
Subsection 1: In the event the Triumvirate declares a State of Emergency, they must post said State of Emergency and the reasons for issuing said State of Emergency on the TAB website, in the appropriate forum.
Subsection 2: In the event that a State of Emergency is declared, the Triumvirate must post any decrees issued in his name on the TAB website, in the appropriate forum.
Subsection 3: After a State of Emergency, the High Magistrate must review the Triumvirate's actions individually and as a whole in a public report posted within a week of the close of the State of Emergency. The High Magistrate may choose to call for a vote of no confidence for any or all Triumviri if said report shows reason for such a vote to be necessary.
Section 6: The members of the Triumvirate will have six-month terms. The Triumvirate terms are staggered with one term up for election every two months. Anyone may run for Triumvir providing they receive 3 nominations. (See Article XII).
Section 7: The Triumvirate shall have any and all powers not already reserved to them (or other government agents) deemed necessary and proper to ensure the continued welfare and functioning of the alliance, or may delegate such powers to government officials/institutions as they see fit.
Section 8: The Triumvirate shall, at its discretion, appoint a Minister of the Interior to assist the Triumviri of Growth and Finance with their duties. The Minister of the Interior appointment must be confirmed by the Brotherhood Congress by a simple majority.
Section 1: The Triumvir of State is the head of government for TAB. He or she will be responsible for the day-to-day internal affairs of the alliance as well as directing foreign policy.
Subsection 2: At his or her discretion, the Triumvir of State may appoint a Chief Ambassador to help direct the external affairs of the alliance. Said appointment must be confirmed by the Brotherhood Congress.
Section 3: When elections are called for by the Triumvirate, the Triumvir of State is responsible for the conducting of the elections in accordance with Article XII.
Section 4: In the event that the Triumvir of State is absent or otherwise unable to fulfill his duties, the other two Triumviri shall assume said duties until such time as the Triumvir of State is able to resume them.
Section 1: The Triumvir of Growth is responsible for the growth and socialization of TAB member-states and the alliance in general. These will include the recruitment and education programs.
Section 2: Elections for the Triumvir of Growth will follow the rules and regulations as written in Article XII.
Section 3: Due to the nature of growth functions, the Triumvir of Growth will have to work closely with the Triumvir of Finance. All such interaction should be cooperative and professional.
Section 4: In the event that the Triumvir of Growth is unable to perform his or her duties, they shall fall to the other two Triumviri until such time that the Triumvir of Growth is able to resume them.
Section 1: The Triumvir of Finance is responsible for the economy of the alliance and its members, and the organization and operation of programs dealing with alliance finances and tech programs.
Section 2: Elections for Triumvir of Finance will follow the rules and regulations as forth in Article XII.
Section 3: Due to the nature of growth functions, the Triumvir of Finance will have to work closely with the Triumvir of Growth. All such interaction should be cooperative and professional.
Section 4: In the event that the Triumvir of Finance is unable to perform his or her duties, those duties shall fall the other two Triumviri until such time as the Triumvir of Finance is able to resume them.
Article IIIe: The War Minister Section 1: The War Minister will be appointed at the jurisdiction of the Triumvirate based on competency and experience. Said appointment must be unanimous and does not require Congressional approval.
Section 2: The War Minister is responsible for defending the alliance and for the organization and maintenance of the Brotherhood's military including training, war games, roll calls and all other such military functions. He is supreme in all military matters unless overridden by a member of the Triumvirate. He will appoint commanders to deal with military subdivisions.
Section 3: In the event that the War Minister is unable to perform his duties, then the Legatus Legionis (AKA Military Chief of Staff) shall immediately assume the duties of War Minister until such time as the War Minister is able to resume them.
Article IV: Legislature Section 1: The legislature of TAB will be unicameral and will be known as the Brotherhood Congress. All full members of TAB are entitled to membership, a voice, and a vote. The Congress will be presided over by the Triumvir of State.
Section 2: Any member may introduce legislation or bills but said legislation must receive a majority vote and the unanimous signatures of the Triumvirate to become law. Legislation that becomes law will be posted in the forums.
Subsection 1: Any legislation submitted for consideration is to be posted for discussion for a minimum of 72 hours (3 days) before a vote can be called.
Subsection 2: Any member of the Triumvirate or the member originally submitting the legislation can call for a vote at any time after the discussion period.
Subsection 3: Once a vote has been called for, voting for the legislation will be open for a period of 48 hours.
Subsection 4: If a piece of legislation fails to become law, it cannot be reintroduced for a period of thirty (30) days.
Section 3: Treaty Proposals negotiated by the Triumvirate, or Triumvir of State, or his duly appointed agent, must be submitted to the legislature for ratification. To be approved, treaties must receive 66% of the vote and the unanimous signatures of the Triumvirate.
Section 1: The High Magistrate will head the Judiciary branch of TAB and is in charge of investigating allegations of illegal activities in regards to this charter or any document/treaty passed by the TAB Legislature. Therefore, all allegations of illegal activity must be made to the High Magistrate whose decision will be final. Any military matters requiring judiciary proceedings will be handled in a military tribunal by the War Minister and/or his agents.
Subsection 1: Infractions are to be handled as follows: (a.) Those dealing with the forums will be handled by mods/admins. Mods may give warns to a level of 60% (3 warns, a warn being 20%). Admins may give warns to a level of 80% (4 warns) and give suspensions up to 48 hours in length. (b.) Those dealing with military matters will be handled by a military tribunal. (c.) Any infractions requiring military action, expulsions or bans require a vote of Triumvirate. (d.) Any infraction not covered by a, b, or c will be handled directly by the High Magistrate or his agent.
Subsection 2: Any member subject to a ruling on an infraction by those detailed in Subsection 1 may appeal the decision to the High Magistrate. The appeal is to be posted in the proper format and forum within the High Magistrate's Office. All rulings by the High Magistrate are final.
Subsection3: In the case of forum warns, any member may apply to have their warn level reduced after a period of demonstrated good behavior on the forums (min. 30 days) since their last warn. All applications for warn reductions are to be made in the proper format and forum with the High Magistrate's Office.
Section 2: The High Magistrate will handle all appeals. Should no High Magistrate exist then the Triumvirate may choose to either handle the appeal themselves or appoint a former elected official to handle the case.
Section 4: During any period that the High Magistrate's office is vacant or that the High Magistrate is absent, then the Triumvirate shall collectively assume the duties of the high Magistrate during the vacancy.
Section 1: A Bill of Impeachment may be posted in the Brotherhood Congress by any member against any member of government as noted in the charter, specifically those listed in Article III. The Bill must indicate the charge or charges that require the removal of the government official.
Section 3: Once the Bill of Impeachment has been validated by the High Magistrate, there will be a three day discussion period where members can post in support or against the motion.
Section 4: Once the three day discussion periods ends, there will be an immediate 48 hour vote on whether to impeach or not. For the Impeachment to succeed, it must receive 66% of the votes cast.
Subsection 1: The Triumvir of State may exercise his right to veto any impeachment (other than his own, in which case other two Triumviri may exercise a joint-veto on a majority vote). If the Triumvir of State does veto a Bill of Impeachment, the Brotherhood Congress may overturn the veto with a 75% vote in favor of impeachment.
Section 5: If Approved, the Bill of Impeachment requires the unanimous signatures of the Triumvirate. Once approved, the official will be considered as removed from office and a new member will be selected in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
Subsection 1: An exception exists if one of the Triumviri is being impeached. In this case, the Bill of Impeachment must bear the signatures of the two other Triumviri and the High Magistrate.
Section 1: If for any reason an office of the Executive Branch becomes vacant, the Triumvir of State (or another Triumvir if the Triumvir of State is unavailable) shall call for an election.
Subsection 1: An exception exists in the case of the War Minister who, being appointed by the Triumvirate, does not require an election.
Subsection 2: The Triumvirate must call for elections within two weeks (14 days) of the vacancy.
Subsection 3: The Triumvirate may temporarily assign someone to fulfill the vacant role until the election.
Subsection 4: Such elections are to fill the remainder of the term, not a new 3 month term.
Section 3: If the War Minister resigns or is impeached then the Legatus Legionis (AKA Military Chief of Staff) shall immediately assume the position of War Minister. The Triumvirate must then confirm the new War Minister. If thus confirmed, no further action is needed. If the Triumvirate does not confirm the new War Minister, they must appoint a new War Minister in accordance with Article IIIe.
Section 4: If a Triumvir resigns or is impeached then elections will be held within one week after the resignation/impeachment to choose a replacement to serve for the remainder of the term. During this one week period and the subsequent election, a member chosen by the remaining Triumviri will assume the duties of the missing Triumvir.
Section 5: If the High Magistrate resigns or is impeached, the Triumvirate will assume the duties of High Magistrate (as noted in Article V, Section 2) until a new High Magistrate is duly installed.
Section 1: TAB will not allow itself to be used by petty demagogues as a recruiting ground. Leaders of splinter factions will be destroyed and their followers will be given 48 hours to return to the fold. After 48 hours they will be treated as traitors to TAB.
Section 2: This article does not strip member-states of there sovereign right to terminate their membership in the TAB, but secessionist movements will not be tolerated.
Section 3: TAB will not permit any outside entity to interfere with its sovereignty or internal/external affairs and policies. Any such interference will be deemed an act of war.
Section 1: Declarations of War (alliance-wide) should not be taken lightly, as such all Declarations of War must pass a unanimous vote of the Triumvirate and a 60% majority in the Brotherhood Congress.
Section 2: In the event that any member-state is attacked by a foreign nation and or alliance, a Declaration of War is considered by TAB to be de facto. An attack on one is an attack on all.
Subsection 1: If a member-state is attacked by a nation in an alliance: Attempts will be made diplomatically to determine the cause of the attack, whether the enemy nation is in fact a member of said alliance, and whether the war can be resolved peacefully before asserting the de facto Declaration of War.
Subsection 2: Should a member-state come under an unprovoked attack, all member-states are expected to be ready to render assistance as requested by the Triumvirate, the War Minister or his agents per their intentions under Section 6 (below).
Section 3: TAB does not condone aggressive wars. All member-states are hereby ordered to refrain from attacking nations in alliances unless during times of war they are instructed to do so by the War Minister or his agents and there is a proper Declaration of War in place.
Subsection 1: In the event of an unapproved attack being made in error against a nation in an alliance by a member-state, reparations will be paid to the affected nation or alliance by the member-state making the error. Should the member be unable to pay, TAB will pay. Should the member-state refuse to pay reparations, the member-state will be expelled from the alliance and be considered a rogue nation.
Section 4: TAB does not condone the practice of attacking nonaligned or inactive nations (i.e. tech raiding). No member of TAB shall engage in this practice.
Section 5: The general public at large considers acts of espionage to be acts of war. As such all members of government, and all member-states are forbidden to participate in any acts of espionage. Any members believed to have performed acts of espionage will be brought before the High Magistrate. Espionage is considered grounds for removal from the alliance. Each member is however entitled to a hearing where evidence may be heard for and against before the High Magistrate before the member can be expelled from the alliance.
Section 1: TAB reserves the right of its member-states to create, develop and use nuclear weaponry (in compliance with the Charter).
Section 2: Although TAB is not a signatory of the For the Love of God, Think of the Children! Convention, TAB joins them in deploring the aggressive use of nuclear weapons and will not condone their use in such a fashion by any of its member-states.
Subsection 1: Should a member-state find itself under attack by a nuclear aggressor, they may respond in kind to the nuclear attack made by the aggressor without notice from the Triumvirate or War Minister.
Subsection 2: Any member-states fighting in support of a member-state who has suffered at the hands of a nuclear aggressor, must receive authorization from the Triumvirate or War Minister to launch nuclear weapons against the nuclear aggressor.
Section 3: Any TAB member-state who violates TAB nuclear policy will be considered a nuclear aggressor and removed immediately from membership in TAB. No trial will be necessary - expulsion is automatic.
Section 1: In order for TAB to be disbanded, a vote must be put forth to both the Triumvirate and the Brotherhood Congress.
Section 2: A motion for disbandment can only be made by the Triumvirate.
Subsection 1: In the event someone on the Triumvirate puts forth a motion to disband, it must first be open for debate for a minimum of 72 hours.
Subsection 2: After the 72 hour debate period, a vote must be called for. A unanimous vote is required to pass the motion and place the bill before the Brotherhood Congress. The voting period in the Triumvirate is to be open for 48 hours or when all votes have been cast.
Section 3: If a motion to disband should pass the Triumvirate, it is placed before the Brotherhood Congress for consideration.
Subsection 1: Once before the Brotherhood Congress, there will be a debate period of 96 hours.
Subsection 2: After the 96 hour debate period is up, a vote must be called for. A supermajority of 75% is required to pass the motion and disband TAB. The voting period is to be open for 72 hours or when all votes have been cast.
Section 4: All votes to amend Article XI of the charter require supermajority votes of 75% in the Brotherhood Congress and the unanimous support of the Triumvirate.
Section 5: The Triumvirate's power to rule by decree does not extend to disbanding TAB.
Subsection 1: If a Triumvir resigns an election must be called for within a week (7 days). These elections will be conducted as outlined in Article XII Section 2 below.
Subsection 2: The High Magistrate will have a three month term with elections to be held in March, June, September and December.
Subsection 1: The Triumvir of State will post Nomination Threads for all open positions in the Election Forum. Nominations are to start on the 12:00 midnight Game-Time on the 15th of the month and end at 11:45pm Game-Time on the 19th of the month (five days).
Subsection 2: All members in good standing are eligible to be nominated. Members may nominate themselves. For each position open, a member may nominate one and endorse two for each position.
Subsection 3: At the end of nominations, all those who have been nominated and have received two additional endorsements, will be candidates for office.
Section 3: Once the nominations are completed, the Triumvir of State will set up polls to conduct voting for all open positions. The polls are to open at 12:00 midnight Game-Time on the 20th of the month and run through 11:45pm on the 24th on the month.
Subsection1: Any candidate who is up for election may vote. However, candidates are not allowed to vote for themselves. They may vote for an opponent or abstain instead.
Section 4: The new Government-Elect will take office at 12:00 midnight Game-Time on the 1st of the month following the election.
Subsection 1: The Government-Elect are to be masked in their new positions upon certification of their election win. This will give them time to acclimate themselves to their new jobs ahead of taking office.
Subsection 1: The High Magistrate may make minor changes in wording to clarify the meaning of the Charter but shall not make any changes to its substance.
Subsection 2: Changes to the Charter's substance can be proposed in the same manner as other pieces of legislation. However said changes must be allowed a week (7 days) for debate before a vote can be called for by the Triumvir of State or the member making the proposal. If more time for discussion is required, it will be given at the discretion of the Triumvir of State in periods of 72 hours (3 days). For a change of substance to pass, it must receive a supermajority of 75% in the Congress and the unanimous approval of The Triumvirate, the War Minister, and the High Magistrate. Amendments require an identical process to pass.
Subsection 3: Changes or Amendments that fail to pass may not be reintroduced for a period of thirty (30) days.
Section 2: During a State of Emergency, the Triumvirate (by unanimous decree) may make tentative changes or amendments to the Charter which shall be posted with all other decrees; they will not be incorporated into the working Charter.
Subsection 1: After the State of Emergency has been lifted, changes/amendments to the Charter must be examined by the High Magistrate who may challenge and overturn the changes. If not challenged and overturned, the changes/amendments will be referred to the Brotherhood Congress where they will go through the standard change/amendment process.
Section 1: In order to receive aid from the alliance, a member will have to be active in the alliance beyond just fighting in times of war. Nations who are eligible for aid must have gainful employment in the alliance, including but not limited to: helped complete tech deals, served in recruitment, served as diplomats, served as journalists, served as mentors, or have been active in alliance government/politics - will be granted aid. Eligibility will be granted at the discretion of the Triumvir of Finance and/or his/her duly appointed agent. The only exception to this rule will be occasions where a nation requires aid to rebuild after a war or after a rogue attack. Competitions and external deals shall not count toward alliance given aid quotas.
Section 2: Members who have gained employment will be able to claim a place on a TAB Aid Train. Aid trains will be set up at the discretion of the Triumvir of Finance and/or the Office of Financial Management. Every 10 days, TAB members will receive $1M in recognition of work done; Ministry Staff $2M; Cabinet Level officers and above, $3M. Those who have reached bank nation status will have tech deals subsidized to the aforementioned amounts.
The Triumvirate on the advice of the Government may appoint a Shadow Triumvir.
Section 1 - Powers: The Shadow Triumvir shall be granted all the charter-appointed powers of an elected Triumvir in the event that one or more Triumvirs are unable to fulfill their duties due, but not limited to; notified unavailability, involuntary indisposition, or under investigation for breaching the statutes of the Brotherhood Charter. The Shadow Triumvir shall not have the right of veto to any legislation or emergency powers as granted to Triumvirs in Article IIIa, and any votes cast by the Shadow Triumvir during the absence of an elected Triumvir can be rendered void by the return of any elected Triumvir within 48 hours.
Section 2 - Activity: When all Triumvirs are active, the Shadow Triumvir will assist the Triumvirate and Government in a manner befitting a Government Official. The Shadow Triumvir shall have no voting powers during full Triumvirate activity. For the Shadow Triumvir to assume any or all Triumvirate powers, a Triumvir must either: announce his prolonged inactivity; be indisposed and unreachable by all available methods of communication for over 5 days; be under investigation by the Government for crimes against the alliance. The Shadow Triumvir may also act as a state and government representative at all times.
Section 3 - Eligibility: Either a Founder of The Aquatic Brotherhood, a Triumvir Emeritus or a Praeses Emeritus (Former TAB President, Vice-President or Prime Minister) that currently holds full TAB membership may be eligible to hold this office. External alliance members that fulfill the first criterion but not the second are not permitted for selection.
The Aquatic Brotherhood prides itself on providing the best possible environment to cultivate excellence and growth in each brother.
The typical recruit, once granted preliminary membership will be placed in the TAB Mentoring Program, that provides one-on-one coaching in the mechanics of CN gameplay and politics. After full membership is gained through a short test, the mentoring program can be tailored to any area of expertise the member so desires (Military, Finance, Diplomacy, Journalism, etc.) to prepare them for future leadership. TAB members are given aid to improve their nation (dependent on activity) and are expected to participate in TAB tech deals to further enhance their growth. The TAB Growth Ministry in conjunction with the CAFE also places members into trade circles.
Each tier represents the hierarchical relation of TAB's government and function.
TAB retains close ties with its past government leaders. Many advise the alliance in various capacities.
The Aquatic Brotherhood honors treaties with several alliances.


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LOVE Jehovah, so the text goes. God the Father demands your love and He deserves the warmest affection of your hearts. He has chosen you from before the foundation of the world. He has given His Son that He might redeem you with His precious blood. He has taken you into His family by Divine adoption. He has "begotten you again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." It is to Him that you address your prayers. It is He who grants you your requests. It is He who glorified His Son Jesus, receiving Him into the heavens as your representative. And He will glorify Him yet again by gathering you together with all His people into the mansions provided for the blessed.
"Oh love the Lord, all you His saints." Love the Son! It is He whose delights were with the sons of men of old, He who entered into suretyship and covenant engagement on the behalf of His elect. It is He who with His precious blood has ransomed our souls and delivered them "from going down into the pit." He is our Mediator through whom we pray and our intercessor who prays for us. He is our Head, our Husband, our King. He it is, even Jesus, who took our nature and wears a body like our own. It is He who imparts to us His mind now and promises that hereafter we shall bear His likeness in glory.
Which unto endless glory flow."
It is of the Holy Spirit we are born again and made partakers of the new creation. It is by the same Spirit we are ultimately to be changed into the image of our Lord from glory to glory. "Oh love the Lord, all you His saints." If a blind world sees no beauty in its God and therefore does not love Him, yet oh you saints, love your God. If the enemies of the Most High set up other gods and bow down before them, if they turn aside into crooked ways and go a whoring after their false gods, yet, oh you saints of His, stand fast and turn to your Jehovah and love Him ever more. Do not merely serve Him, but love Him.
O house of Israel be not His slaves, serve not your God as the heathen serve their gods, out of terror and fear, but "love the Lord all you saints." Be not as the subjects of Pharaoh, flogged to their work with the whip, but be you the dutiful children of your loving Father. Serve Him, I say and rejoice before Him. Let love sweeten all your services. Give Him all your hearts. Make Him the object supreme of all your heart's desire. Ever live to Him as you live by Him.
I shall have to ask your patience this evening, while I take a liberty with my text. It is this. I mean to confine its exhortation to one Person of the Divine Trinity. I have already accepted it in its comprehensiveness, "Oh love Jehovah, all you His saints." Tonight I propose to use it as consonant with such an occasion as the present, when we shall celebrate the Supper of our Lord, "Oh love the Lord Jesus, all you His saints." And I shall endeavor, as the Holy Spirit shall enable me, first of all to stir you up to love Jesus, by showing how meet and befitting it is that you should do so. And then I shall seek to show the excellencies of loving Jesus, how profitable it will be to your spirit, if your heart is wholly inflamed with love to Him.
I. First, then, my Beloved, let one sentiment animate every mind and one emotion fill every heart. "Oh love the Lord, all you His saints." I feel in beginning to exhort you to love Christ. That love is a stream which must flow spontaneously, a fountain that must bubble up of its own accord. When grace makes a man love Christ, it does not do it by force, for love is a wine that cannot be trod out of the grapes with pressure. It must freely distil. The heart cannot be forced to love. It is true it can be constrained by love, but by no other constraint. Moses, with all the thunders that gave extraordinary sanction to his mission, never could make a heart love God.
There is nothing but love that can create love and love itself comes like droppings from the honeycomb. The only pressure it will deign to endure is the pressure of love. "Draw me," says love, "I will run after you, drive me and I cannot but resist, my desire cannot even stir, much less can I run after you with fervent attachment. My heart melted while my Beloved spoke, because He was my Beloved. Because He loved me and spoke right lovingly, my heart melted. Had He been angry with me, had He spoken with coarse words my soul might have melted with fear, but it never could have been dissolved with love."
Love, I say, is the only pressure which may be used to produce love and yet, methinks, I may "stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance." It may so happen that while I strike some fear sparks, they may touch the inflammable passion of your new-born spirits. The breath of the Spirit may fan them and nurture them, till the love of your heart will seem as if it had received new fire. Oh Love! Let me bring forth some of your delicious sweets. Let me reason with the most tender logic of the heart. "Love the Lord Jesus all you His saints," because His Father loves Him.
It must always be right for us to love whom God loves. Now the Father has much love, but His pre-eminent love is for His only begotten Son. One with the Father from before all worlds, one in essence, as well as in dwelling-place and attribute, our Jesus was ever so dear to His Father's heart, that no tongue can tell, nor ever heart conceive, how deep the well-spring from where love flowed from the Father to the Son. "The Father has loved the Son and given all things into His hands." He has loved Him, not only because of the unity of their nature and because of their being one God, but the Father's love has flowed out to Christ as the Mediator.
He has loved Him for His obedience which He perfected, for the sufferings which He endured, for the ransom which He paid, for the battle which He fought, for the victory which He won. There was one eye that always followed Christ more closely than any other. There was one heart that always understood His pains and one face that was always filled with celestial delight, when Jesus Christ overcame His enemies. "He who spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all." When He had delivered Him up, methinks His heart yearned for Him, His heart followed Him and His soul loved Him, as He saw Him rising superior to every enemy He stooped to meet, victorious in every conflict He deigned to wage, bearing every Cross He condescended to undergo and casting every load away from Him when He had borne it the predestined time.
The Father, I say, has loved the Son because of the great things He has done. And therefore has He delivered all things into His hands. And, oh heavenly Father! Do You love the Lord Jesus and shall my heart refuse to love Him? Am I Your child and shall not the Object of my Father's love be the darling of my heart? What You delight in shall be my delight. Where You see beauty, my eyes shall gaze with rapture. And where Your heart finds solace, there shall my heart find unceasing repose and ineffable joy. Does Christ lie in Your bosom?, He shall lie in mine. Is His name engraved on Your heart?, Oh let it be engraved on mine also. Do you love Him? Do You love Him so that You could not love Him more?, Be it my privilege to love Him thus with all the force and vehemence of my ransomed renovated nature, giving up all my spirit to be devoured by that consecrated fire of love to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Again, may I not stir you up my Brethren, to love Jesus Christ, by reminding you how the angels love Him? They have ever loved Him since they have known Him. It is true they are but the creatures of yesterday compared with Him. He is the Everlasting Father. He is the Eternal One and they, excellent in strength though they are, are but created ones. But, oh how they have loved Him! It was their greatest pleasure to fly at His will before He descended from Heaven to earth. He had but to speak and it was done. His angels were spirits and His ministers were flames of fire to do His will. Whatever had been the sacrifice He demanded of them, they would have thought it their highest deed to have performed His will.
And when He left the shrine of the blessed to come to earth and to suffer, you know, my Brethren, how they followed Him along His starry road. How they would not leave Him till the last parting moment and then their songs pursued Him down to earth, while they chanted, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men." You know how ever afterwards they watched over Him, how they came to Him in the desert, His great battle with the enemy, and ministered to Him. You know how He was seen of angels all along His pilgrimage, how in the garden there appeared unto Him an angel strengthening Him.
Stand back Angels! Give to man the first place in love. You may adore, but you cannot love as we love, for He is our Brother, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh. "He took not on Him the nature of angels, but He took on Him the seed of Abraham." He is ours more then He is yours. He is Man, He was never angel. He is our Brother and kinsman, our next in blood. Jesus, our souls must love You. We cannot permit even angels to be our rivals here. We will be jealous even of them. We press nearer to Your Throne than even they can do.
On each of these themes I am compelled to be short, though there were indeed room enough for expansion, "Oh love the Lord all you His saints," because your brothers that are caught up to the third heavens love Him. And here let us just seek to bring this theme home to each one of us. How many dear friends and kinsfolk according to the flesh we have up yonder, where the clouds float not and winters are not known? Where tears trickle from no eyes and furrows mar no brows! Up yonder we have friends. How often do we speak of them as lost, but how foolish we are. They were never more truly found. Is that mariner lost who has escaped from a shipwrecked vessel and stands upon the Rock? No, no. They need not our pity. They might rather commiserate us, if there could be such a thing.
Sounds loud from every string."
And oh, how they love Him! Methinks I see them. They have no tears, but joy may moisten their eyes as they look at that dear face and as they talk to one another with their hearts burning, burning with fiercer fire and clearer flame than those favored disciples who went to Emmaus with their Lord. They say to one another, "How glorious He is and we are like He." Methinks I hear their sweet conversation as they count the crowns upon His brow. As they bow down and adore. As they stand up and admire and then, transported with delight, fly into His arms again. With Him in Paradise continually, in sweet communion with Him, oh, how they love! We are such cold creatures. Like icebergs are our hearts, but theirs are like flames of fire. Oh, shall it not be enough to stir us up to love the Savior, when we think how they love Him who have crossed the Jordan and have gone before?
O fair world and grand creation of a glorious God, you are but a dim and dusky blot compared with the splendors of His face. When you shall see Christ, my Brethren, you will be compelled to say that you never knew what loveliness was before. When the clouds are swept away, when the curtains that hide Him from your view are drawn aside, you will find that not anything you have seen will stand a moment's comparison with Him. You will be ready to break out, "O, black sun, black moon, dark stars, as compared with my lovely Lord Jesus."
I say, my Brethren, if you want one to love fairer than the children of men, One who shall always be worthy of your love and always show to the eyes of others that there was a sufficient reason for your giving up your heart to Him, love Jesus, for there never was such beauty in the world as there is in him.
Does wisdom still the love of men? Can he who is into martial triumphs, prowess and renown, subdue the hearty Daughters of Jerusalem, would you love a hero? Go forth and meet King Jesus as He returns red from the battlefield, glorious in triumph.
Do men sometimes give their love because they at first are led to reverence the character and then afterwards to esteem the person? Oh, think of the matchless character of Christ Jesus! Were there ever such perfections as meet in Him? He has not the excellency of one man, but of all men without the faults of any. He is not merely the Rose of Sharon, but He is the Lilly of the Valley. He may not only be compared at one time to the citron among the trees of the wood, but later He is as the goodly cedar. All types of beauty fail and "apples of gold in pictures of silver," lose their force when we come to treat of Him.
Sure the whole earth must love Him, too."
It were impossible to know Christ and yet not to have the heart affected by Him. You must be overpowered by His charms. One look of His eyes, one touch of His hand shall ravish your heart. Once see His face and let Him but dart a glance at you, your two hearts must be united. Is your soul to you like a river rippling in its bed alone? And is Christ yonder, like another river gloriously flowing towards the sea? Pray the Lord to bend the stream of your love till it falls into the river of His love and then you shall be as two streams, whose banks were once divisions, but both are now melted into one. You can then say with the Apostle, "For me to live is Christ." Run in the same channel, "and for me to die were gain." You shall be lost in the ocean, swallowed up in boundless and eternal love. "Oh love the Lord, all you His saints."
Yet once more, and this perhaps shall be the best argument I can give. The one which, after all, has the most effect upon us. We love Him, why? Because the Father loved Him? Oh no. We are too gross for that. Do we love Him because the angels love Him? We are not wise enough for that. Do we love Him because the redeemed love Him? I fear, my Brethren, we are still too carnal for that. Do we love Him because of His own excellencies? I know not at first that is an after attainment of grace. We love Him, because He first loved us. Come, then, love Him, Oh you saints.
Here is a theme before me which almost imposes silence on my tongue. There are some themes which make one wish that some teacher more able would accept the responsibility of explaining them, because we are afraid of marring their symmetry while we grapple with their details. The picture stretches out as it were before my mind's eye with dazzling glory, but I cannot sketch it so that others can see all its grandeur. Christ's love to us we sometimes guess at, but, ah, it is so far beyond our thoughts, our reasoning, our praises and our apprehension too, in the sweetest moments of our most spiritual ecstasy, who can tell it? "Oh, how He loved us!"
When Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus the Jews exclaimed with surprise, "Behold how He loved Him." Verily you might say the like with deeper emphasis. There was nothing in you to make Him love you, but He left Heaven's Throne for you. As He came down the celestial hills, methinks the angels said "Oh, how He loved them." When He lay in the manger an infant, they gathered round and said, "Oh how He loves." But when they saw Him sweating in the garden, when He was put into the crucible and began to be melted in the furnace, then indeed, the spirits above began to know how much He loved us.
Oh Jesus! When I see You mocked and spit upon, when I see Your dear cheeks become a reservoir for all the filth and spittle of unholy mouths, when I see Your back rent with knotted whips, when I behold Your honor and Your life both trailing in the dust, when I see You charged with madness, with treason, with blasphemy, when I behold Your hands and Your feet pierced, Your body stripped naked and exposed, when I see You hanging on the Cross between earth and Heaven in torments dire and excruciating, when I hear You cry, "I thirst," and see the vinegar thrust to Your lips, when I hear Your direful cry, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?" my spirit is compelled to say, "Oh how He loves!"
He could die, but He could not cease to love. He could be rent in pieces, but He could not be rent away from His people. He could be buried in the grave, but His love could not be buried. It must live. It must exist. It cannot be taken from His chosen. Think, too, my Brethren, how much He must have loved you when you were going on in sin. You used to call His ministers hypocrites, His people fools. His Sabbaths were idle days with you. His Book, His precious Book, was unread. You never sought His Grace. Sometimes, perhaps, you used to curse Him, perhaps persecute Him in His children and yet He loved you.
And when His Spirit came after you, you tried to quench it. You would not attend the place where the arrow had first stuck in your conscience. You went to the theater, you tried to quench the Spirit, but His love would not be mastered by you. He had resolved to have you and the bridegroom would still your heart. Oh how He loved you when He received you all black and filthy to His bosom, gave you the kiss of His lips and saluted you as His own fair spouse. Since then, remember, how He has watched over you in sickness, how He has carried you in His bosom when the road was rough, how He has covered you with His wings and nurtured you with His feathers.
Think, I beseech you, how He seems to have Heaven and earth to bless you. How He has always had a ready ear to hear your prayer and a swift foot to run to your immediate help. Remember this, above all things, how ill you have requited all His love. You have served Him but little. You have given Him the little ends, you have brought Him no sweet cane, neither have you filled Him with the fat of your sacrifices. You have given Him no bullocks out of your fold, no goats out of your flock. You have offered to Him the blind and the maimed. You have given Him sacrifice, but have you requited Him according to His kindness to you? He bled for you, have you resisted unto blood, striving against sin?
He gave His whole self for you, have you given your whole being up to Him? There was not a single nerve in His body which did not thrill with love to you. There was not a drop of blood which had not in its red fluid your name. Surely His body and soul was all yours, His humanity and His Godhead, too. And are you all His, and can you say, no, I will not ask you, you cannot say, that you have made a dedication to Him, as truly as He made for you?
Oh, love Him then, because of His love to you. I am sure you don't know how much He loved, because if you did it would break your heart to think you love Him so little. Sweet Master, if You were here tonight to tell Your people how You love them, how would it break their hearts! I am a poor spokesman for You, Jesus! Would that You would speak Yourself. Come here, no, You are here. You are wherever two or three are met together. Come here to Your people, then, and wrap them in Your crimson vest and tell them all Your name! Speak unto them and say, "I have loved you with an everlasting love." Shed Your love in their hearts. May they have an infinite consciousness of Your infinite, Your boundless, Your fathomless, Your endless love to them, and then Your work is done. There will be no need for Your poor servant to cry, "Oh love the Lord, all you His saints," for they will love You to the full.
"Oh love the Lord all you His saints." There are many excellencies which come from love. Love is an ointment that gives forth a sweet smell, but better than that, it is an ointment which heals wounds, that gives health unto the marrow of the bones. Love has a wondrous power. It may seem but little in itself, but it makes men giants. He who bathes in the stream of love becomes invulnerable. No, he becomes omnipotent. Wherein he does not love he is weak.
But so far as he loves is he strong beyond all thought of weakness. Brethren, one of the first things which love to Christ will do for you is it will make you bear suffering for Christ with joyousness. Remember the martyr Lambert, one of the earliest of the martyrs burnt for Christ's sake by the papists? He was treated as badly as any could have been, for when tied to the stake, the firewood was green and the fire exceeding slow and he burnt away by slow degrees. His feet and legs were consumed while yet life was in the body. And that poor soul, when the fire was just about to take away life, though he had been hours burning, was seen to lift up such poor hands as be had, black and charred things, and clap them as best he could and say, out of that poor black face that looked like a cinder in the flame, "None but Jesus. None but Jesus."
The hold I have on Christ my Lord."
Love will not only make suffering easy, but further, it will make service joyous. Oh, don't you know in the Church how much shrinking there is from labor for Christ? Why is it in any Church that there are found Brethren who are always for getting others to work and not wishing to do it themselves?
It is lack of love, my Brethren. For as soon as ever we love, we shall be wanting to do something for Christ. When we love each other, what things we think of in order to give pleasure. With what solicitude does the wife think what she could do to bring the smile upon the husband's face. And how will the loving husband think of some means by which he can show his love to his wife! It is so with parents and with children. Have not you seen the mother sitting up night after night without any sleep and yet she was not weary? Oh, she was very, very weary, but she did not know it, her love would not let her feel it.
See how the Moravians served their Master. There was an island in the West Indies upon which some of the Moravians came to land and they wanted to preach the Gospel to the blacks. They asked what would be the condition upon which they would be allowed to land. The cruel terms were these, that they must themselves become slaves. Two of those Moravian Brethren became slaves. They bent their back to the lash that they might toil by day, in order to have the opportunity by night of preaching the Gospel to their poor black companions in captivity.
You will remember, too, that when there was found somewhere in Africa a place where there were lepers confined, persons whose limbs had rotted away with foul disease, two Moravians were found to go in there. And though they knew they could not come out alive and that they must soon be the subjects of leprosy themselves and die by slow degree, they were ready enough and willing enough to do it all. The love of the Moravians, Brethren, seemed to me to be one of the chief examples of what the love of every Christian should be. There should never be any choice nor stopping.
Again, love to Christ will make obedience sweet. "Love makes our willing feet in swift obedience move." What things we will do for those we love that we would not do for anybody else! So for Christ we will do many things, because we love Him, without consulting our feelings, or considering whether any benefit is to accrue, or whether, as some say, it will be of any use. Be it absolutely a command, or more gently, a counsel, "whatever He says unto you, do it."
Sometimes when I think of many good Brothers and Sisters here that know it to be their duty to be baptized in His name, and come to His Table and celebrate His ordinance in remembrance of Him, and they don't do it, though Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep my Commandments", I don't know what to say for them. I must let them speak for themselves. I sometimes think, surely if they loved their Master better, they would count obedience a pleasure. I think they would say, "I made haste and delayed not to keep Your Commandments," and they would be ready at once to run in the Lord's way, without making exceptions to any of His Commandments.
Still more, my Brethren, love for Christ will make communion very sweet. How pleasant it is to talk to those in love. Give us a good friend and you have given us a very great blessing. A rainy day in doors with a good companion is very happy. But the best landscape on a sunny day in the society of those for whom we have no affection is but a poor thing. Let me be with Christ in the meanest place, rather than with the sinner in his high places. Luther used to say "I would rather fall with Christ than stand with Caesar." And might you not say you would rather be with Christ in poverty than with anybody else in all the glory and grandeur of this world?
Once love Christ and you will never be content to be far away from Him. You will say with the spouse, "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my Beloved among the sons. I sat down under His shadow with great delight and His fruit was sweet unto my taste." Friend, how long is it since you had fellowship with Christ? Ask the question round, Brethren. Each man and each woman answer it. You are a Believer. Your faith is in Christ. How long is it since you have seen your Master? How long since you have talked with Him? How long since He has spoken to you? Pass that question round again, I say, and let every man answer it.
I am afraid there are some Christians who have not communion with Christ by the months together. No, I fear by years together. Oh, what Christians must you be! Where is that wife's love who never wishes for a husband's smile all through the year? Were there much affection between two friends who could live in the same house and not speak? Oh, Brothers and Sisters let us examine ourselves and begin to doubt if we can be happy without fellowship with Christ!
Christ is so precious to a Believer, that the Believer and Christ should be like two turtle doves, that cannot fly unless they are in each other's company. Of the turtle dove it is said that when its mate is gone you can nearer make the turtle consort with another, brings all the doves you will. It is a lonely dove and will not be consoled. There it sits and pines and coos itself to death, mourning for its mate The only way to kill a Christian would be to take Christ from him. You might bring him other things and yet never find another name, never another to whom his heart would be knit. No, if you took up all the saints that have been buried, you could never find one that the Believer could consort with as he has consorted with Christ and held fellowship with Him. Let us all be like the dove, then, and cleave to the Lord with full purpose of heart.
I think there is no need to say any more on this point, or add another syllable, except it be just this one, love to Christ will make trust easy. I say love to Christ will make trust easy. You have heard that often-told story of the wife on board ship who saw her husband cool and calm when the wind was blowing hurricanes and the masts were creaking. She asked how it was and the husband, reaching a sword, ran upon her, put it to her very breast and the wife didn't start for a minute. "Wife," said he, "how is it you are not afraid?, this sword is sharp." "Oh," says she, "but it is in my husband's hand." "Well," said he, "and though that wind is terrible, it is in my Father's hands."
Love can trust under any circumstances. It is wonderful how some men have bean betrayed into trust. You could not excuse them at first. They have put their hand and become security for another, because they really loved the person so much that they could not think it possible he could deceive them. And we must not be too severe, because we don't know the circumstances between the two in these cases. We love because we cannot help it. We trust where we love. How the child trusts the mother. The mother has lost her way. She is on a bleak hill. The snow is falling and she cannot find the track. The path is covered and there may be a wolf in the distance and the mother may hear it, but the infant does not start. It sleeps on her breast and if it wakes it toys with the mother's cheek and while she is full of alarm, it knows no fear because it loves.
And see how the child will spring into your arms, though he is on some height, and if he should fall he would hurt himself. "I will catch you child," and it is done. He springs. And so, where there is love there will be trust. Do you find it hard to believe Christ? Love Him better and it will be easy. Do you find it hard to think that all things will work together for your good? Love Him and you will be sure of it. You will be quite sure of it. "It cannot be," says you, "that my sweet Lord Jesus will ever do me an ill turn. I love Him so well and He loves me so well. Let Him smite me and I will kiss His hand. I am sure that He means it in love. It is but a love pat upon a child. Even when He frowns at me I will still believe that He has a smiling face, only He conceals it to make better known the purpose of His Grace. Yes, though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. I will say, He did it, I will trust in Him.
Thus, Brethren, I think I have given you ample reasons for loving Christ. As for those of you who have never trusted Him, I cannot say to you, love Him. Trust Him first and you shall love Him afterwards. Give your soul up into His hands. I charge you by the living God, have done with your self-righteousness and flee to Christ who has bled on the Cross and when you have been washed in His blood and robed in His righteousness, then shall you love Him. O Jesus, O Jesus, come forth and will men's hearts tonight! You heavenly Lover, our sweet Master, come we beseech You! When I tell Your story, men will not love You. No, should I tell it with tears in my eyes they would not believe me.
Jesus! Bring the wanderers home. Reclaim Your lost sheep! May there be joy on earth and joy in Heaven, over sinners whom You have found, sinners whom You did come to seek and to save. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved and your house." The Lord add His blessing for Jesus' sake.


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/*
 * XMLAttributeSerializer.java
 * Created: Jul 29, 2004
 * By: Kevin Sit
 */
package org.openquark.util.xml;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * This serializer serializes a value to an attribute of a XML element.
 */
public interface XMLAttributeSerializer {

    /**
     * Returns true if the given class is serializable by this
     * serializer.
     * @param c
     * @return boolean
     */
    public boolean isSerializable(Class<?> c);

    /**
     * Loads an object from an attribute embedded in the given element.  Returns
     * null if no such attribute can be found.
     * @param element
     * @return Object
     */
    public Object loadFromAttribute(Element element);

    /**
     * Stores the given value as an attribute in the input element.
     * @param element
     * @param value
     */
    public void storeToAttribute(Element element, Object value);

}

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Most recently here, which I was then pleased to find Christopher Hitchens reiterating here, Louise Arbour, former Supreme Court judge, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and currently president of the International Crisis Group, asserts in clear and unforgiving terms here:
"Shortcuts and backroom deals just won't cut it. Instead, Canada and other NATO members must focus their efforts on reforms that can give Afghans stability, security and rule of law. More attention and resources, not less, must be focused on building governmental capacity and combatting corruption. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken an important first step with his announcement in Lisbon that Canadian money will not go toward shoring up Mr. Karzai's government if it fails to curb corruption. But this will require a more determined focus on institutional development. It calls for profound reforms and fundamental change, both in the way Kabul operates and in the way Kabul is supported.
"In the coming months, Canada and other NATO partners are likely to face a critical choice between supporting constitutional review or standing by silently as the Afghan government implodes. The alternative for Afghans is constitutional change – giving power back to the people rather than centring it in Kabul – or a return to full-scale civil war. After so many years of sacrifice on the battlefield and financial generosity at home, Canadians must recognize that their continued engagement in Afghanistan must rest not on wishful thinking but on a policy grounded in reality."
Thank you, Justice Arbour. You've just neatly summarized everything the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee has been saying.
posted by Terry Glavin at 7:55 AM
Galloway Either "Banned" From The U.S. Or Directin...
Rights & Democracy: Just Shut It Down.

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Q: Using only alphanumeric characters(a-z) inside toCharArray Below you will find me using toCharArray in order to send a string to array. I then MOVE the value of the letter using a for statement...
for(i = 0; i < letter.length; i++){
               letter[i] += (shiftCode);
               System.out.print(letter[i]);
            }

However, when I use shiftCode to move the value such as...
a shifted by -1; I get a symbol @. Is there a way to send the string to shiftCode or tell shiftCode to ONLY use letters? I need it to see my text, like "aaron", and when I use the for statement iterate through a-z only and ignore all symbols and numbers. I THINK it is as simple as...
letter=codeWord.toCharArray(a,z);

But trying different forms of that and googling it didn't give me any results. Perhaps it has to do with regex or something? Below you will find a complete copy of my program; it works exactly how I want it to do; but it iterates through letters and symbols. I also tried finding instructions online for toCharArray but if there exists any arguments I can't locate them.
My program...
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

/*
 * Aaron L. Jones
 * CS219
 * AaronJonesProg3
 *
 * This program is designed to -
 * Work as a Ceasar Cipher
 */

/**
 *
 * Aaron Jones
 */
public class AaronJonesProg3 {
    static String codeWord;
    static int shiftCode;
    static int i;
    static char[] letter;

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        // Instantiating that Buffer Class
        // We are going to use this to read data from the user; in buffer
        // For performance related reasons
        BufferedReader reader;

        // Building the reader variable here
        // Just a basic input buffer (Holds things for us)
        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

        // Java speaks to us here / We get it to query our user
        System.out.print("Please enter text to encrypt: ");

        // Try to get their input here
        try {
            // Get their codeword using the reader
            codeWord = reader.readLine();

            // Make that input upper case
            codeWord = codeWord.toUpperCase();
            // Cut the white space out
            codeWord = codeWord.replaceAll("\\s","");
            // Make it all a character array
            letter = codeWord.toCharArray();
        }
        // If they messed up the input we let them know here and end the prog.
        catch(Throwable t) {
            System.out.println(t.toString());
            System.out.println("You broke it. But you impressed me because"
                    + "I don't know how you did it!");
        }

        // Java Speaks / Lets get their desired shift value
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        // Try for their input
        try {
               // We get their number here
               shiftCode = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
        }
        // Again; if the user broke it. We let them know.
        catch(java.lang.NumberFormatException ioe) {
            System.out.println(ioe.toString());
            System.out.println("How did you break this? Use a number next time!");
        }

        for(i = 0; i < letter.length; i++){
           letter[i] += (shiftCode);
           System.out.print(letter[i]);
        }

        System.out.println();

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        // Java speaks to us here / We get it to query our user
        System.out.print("Please enter text to decrypt: ");

        // Try to get their input here
        try {
            // Get their codeword using the reader
            codeWord = reader.readLine();

            // Make that input upper case
            codeWord = codeWord.toUpperCase();
            // Cut the white space out
            codeWord = codeWord.replaceAll("\\s","");
            // Make it all a character array
            letter = codeWord.toCharArray();
        }
        // If they messed up the input we let them know here and end the prog.
        catch(Throwable t) {
            System.out.println(t.toString());
            System.out.println("You broke it. But you impressed me because"
                    + "I don't know how you did it!");
        }

        // Java Speaks / Lets get their desired shift value
        System.out.print("Please enter the shift value: ");

        // Try for their input
        try {
               // We get their number here
               shiftCode = Integer.parseInt(reader.readLine());
        }
        // Again; if the user broke it. We let them know.
        catch(java.lang.NumberFormatException ioe) {
            System.out.println(ioe.toString());
            System.out.println("How did you break this? Use a number next time!");
        }

        for(i = 0; i < letter.length; i++){
           letter[i] += (shiftCode);
           System.out.print(letter[i]);
        }

        System.out.println();
    }
}

A: Use Character.isLetter() to separate out the Letters.......
See this link.....
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html
Eg:
public class Test{
   public static void main(String args[]){
      System.out.println( Character.isLetter('c'));
      System.out.println( Character.isLetter('5'));
   }
}

Output:
true
false

A: First check each character of the array with if(Character.isLetter(letter[i])). Then with your shiftcode, check the difference between the character at letter[i] with corresponding last alphabet character i.e. uppercase or a lowercase 'z'. For a detailed explanation, see my answer for a caesar cipher at this link in this forum.

A:         // iterating
    for(i = 0; i < letter.length; i++){
        letter[i] += (shiftCode); // Start adding shiftcode to letter
        if(!(letter[i] <= 'Z')) {
            // if its bigger than Z subtract 26
            letter[i] -= (26);
        }
        // less than A?
        if(!(letter[i] >= 'A')) {
            // add 26
            letter[i] += (26);
        }
        System.out.print(letter[i]); // print it all out
    }

The above code is the correct answer to my problem. I discovered that UNICODE is numbered and by using the number 26 we could move about PRETTY well if you don't go hog wild with choosing a large number. I think a smart thing to do would be to program in a catch that forces the user to only iterate by up to -26 to 26.

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На будущее, если хочешь ставить какую-либо картинку на задний план - используй то, background: ... + background-size: cover; (заполнить фон полностью), но в твоем случае нужен background-size: contain; (показать картинку полностью)
Ссылка на background-size:
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про флекс особо не могу сказать. Долго.
просто прочитай это - https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/
и для удобства центрирования объектов - http://howtocenterincss.com

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CURT MCKEEVER CorrespondentDaily Press
No team at the College World Series wants to face this road: Having to win four straight elimination games to make the championship series.
But Oregon State did just that en route to winning the 2006 title, and Virginia coach Brian O'Connor says that the Cavaliers have the kind of makeup, and arms, to have a decent shot of advancing.
"Pitching depth's been one of our really big strengths," O'Connor said before his club's practice at Creighton University's field Sunday. "We started Robert Poutier (for only the fifth time in 13 appearances) in the title game of the Super Regional, so we're in great shape. I'm not going to worry about it. We've got guys that bounce back really well. Matt Packer pitched in every game of the Super Regional, so they're built for that and they're ready for it."
The Cavaliers will call on Cape Henry Collegiate product Robert Morey (3-0, 3.11 ERA) of Virginia Beach today against Cal State Fullerton. O'Connor said he'll do as he did in the second super-regional contest at Mississippi and bring No. 3 starter Andrew Carraway out of the bullpen if needed.
Carraway (8-1, 4.13) made just his second relief appearance of the season against the Rebels and threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings to get the win.
"We'll worry about Wednesday when we get to Wednesday," O'Connor said. "That's the great thing about this tournament - you get days off in between and guys can recover, so we've got to go at them with everything we have. If we have a chance to win, Carraway will be in the ballgame."
Virginia (48-14-1) entered the College World Series ranked third nationally in ERA at 3.14. The Cavs allowed 10 runs in their first six NCAA tournament games before giving up nine to LSU on Saturday. Danny Hultzen's three-inning start, during which he allowed seven hits and three runs, was his shortest of the year.
"LSU is very talented and I made some bad pitches," the freshman said. "They took advantage and gave us trouble."
RENKEN WILL START TODAY FOR FULLERTON
Fullerton (47-15) will throw ace Daniel Renken. The right-handed sophomore is 11-2 with a 2.36 ERA and a team-high 98 strikeouts. He opened the Titans' Super Regional sweep of Louisville with a three-hit, 10-strikeout shutout.
U.Va. did have success against LSU's Anthony Ranuado on Saturday, producing five hits and four walks while leaving the sophomore with his shortest outing of the season (3 1/3 innings). But the Cavaliers also stranded 14 runners, so their hitting will need to be a lot more timely against Renken.
"Elimination's in the back of the mind, but really we've just got to come out and play our game. We're playing to win." - freshman second baseman Keith Werman.
The Cavaliers are the ninth straight team to lose their College World Series debut. The last to win its first opener was Georgia Tech in 1994. ... O'Connor admitted that going against his old boss at Notre Dame and close friend Paul Mainieri on Saturday was emotionally taxing - but not as much as you might think.
"I'm glad it's over with - and I hope we have another crack at him," he said.


The world of gaming has always been growing at an incredible rate. The games have become more advanced, offering better graphics, sound, and features. PC games are becoming more advanced as developers design better games. The market also saw a huge jump when consoles such as Xbox and PlayStation become available and required no upgrading.
Dark games are considered evil by some due to the characters and story lines they feature. Some of the game offer a paranormal experience, others are just plain horrific with blood and gore all over. Other games, which are considered the worst, actually feature the devil and various demons expected from the underworld, but are these games really evil or simply a dark creation from the developer to provide a new gaming experience with thrills and scary situations all around? There are "many casino games with such a theme" and visiting casinos.co will showcase many.
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For most people, dark games are just another form of entertainment. These types of games are mostly enjoyed by those of us who enjoy horror movies or want a game with new challenges. Developers have created an incredible range of games, graphics, and new scares, which just makes the game so much more enjoyable.
As mentioned, there are many different types and styles. The games that are the least dark are those that usually are themed around aliens. Some of them feature a dark story, which is needed to explain how the alien apocalypse occurred. Sure these games also include some gore, but that's not the part that makes it dark.
The Dark side of games begins with the paranormal. These games usually include a dark entity, demons or ghosts. The things that make these games scary is the way things occur. The dark unknown world is scary all on its own, so playing a game with these forces and adding scary sounds and visions could awake a fear within you, which is exactly what the developers want to achieve.
Other dark games involve zombies and various killing machines. These games usually feature a lot of gore and blood as the enemies are killed, but not a dark spirit most of the time. However, there are a few games out these using a dark spirit to explain how this horror came to existence, which many would say makes the game a lot more interesting and enjoyable. These dark games don't usually feature people as the developer chooses to use monsters and creature you can't imagine. This makes the player afraid of what might happen and causes a huge fright when something jumps out at you from a dark corner.


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In the continuation of the First Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska vice presidents of the National Assembly were elected: Željka Stojčić,Milan Petković, Sonja Karad
The program for new class of interns has begun in the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska
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At the 22nd Regular Session, the Resolution on the Protection of the Constitutional Order and the Proclamation of Military Neutrality was adopted
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Čubrilović: The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska is the most efficient parliament in BiH
President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska Nedeljko Čubrilović presented at press conference the results of the work of the National Assembly in the first and second quarter of 2
The National Assembly passed the Decision on the election of acting Attorney and elected the Director and Deputy Director of the Banking Agency of Republic of Srpska
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A global agency, International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development (ICEED), has disclosed that 93,000 Nigerians die annually as a result of smoke inhaled while cooking with firewood.
According to statistics released yesterday by the Agency during a one-day media training workshop on Ebonyi State Cooking Energy Programme at the Clean Cook stoves Development and Testing Centre in Afikpo, the most affected persons are women and children.
Speaking during the workshop, the Executive Director of ICEED in Nigeria, Mr. Ewah Otu Eleri, who spoke on the topic "Expanding access to energy for growth and poverty reduction in Ebonyi State" said that 2012 study report of the World Health Organisation (WHO), showed that deaths from firewood smoke is the third highest killer in the country after malaria (225,000) and HIV (192,000), which he attributed to lack of access to cooking gas and kerosene.
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Small startups can end up not only disrupting but also reordering economic segments, especially when capital, technology and entrepreneurship come together. In the last decade, advances in smart phones, animal spirits of young entrepreneurs and surge in venture capital led the rise of two companies – Uber and Airbnb.
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