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March 3, 2018 March 3, 2018 by icmcnj.com
The word 'silat ul Arham' in Arabic literally means connection of the womb. All of our relations have rights upon us.
A parent making dua for their child while they are happy with him/her is indeed a true blessing. During wartime, one of the Sahaba was captured by the disbelievers his parents went up to the Prophet (SAW) and asked for help. He (SAW) just told them, "You and your wife go and during the night recite La Hawla wala quwwata, Illa billah." They followed the Prophets advice and probably went on with the recitation for 2-3 nights and then the following night their son returned home along with a herd of sheep. He told his parents that one night he found that the links of the chains with which he was held captive, suddenly loosening and opening up. He escaped in the night and then found a herd of sheep that followed him home. Such is the power of the dua of the parent and of La Hawla wala quwwata, Illa billah.
A Hadith of the Prophet (SAW) states, when Allah SWT created the creation, the representative of the womb went and attached itself to the waist of Allah as if seeking protection. Allah (SWT) said to it "Wait! Is it not enough for you that I will connect myself to the one that connects to you and I will cut off the one who cuts you off". This is one powerful warning for keeping up the ties of Kinship.
In Surah Mohammad ayah 22-23, Allah (SWT) says, "Then is it to be expected of you if ye will do no mischief in the land and break your ties of kith and kin? Such are the men whom Allah has cursed for He has made them deaf and blinded their sight."
Many blessings may come to you just because you may have kept good relations with your relatives (Silat ul arham).
The companions of the Prophet (SAW) asked him if our parents have rights upon us after their death, He (SAW) replied, yes:
-You must pray on them their funeral prayer and pray for their forgiveness.
-You must carry out their covenant or promise.
-You must keep up the ties of their kinship.
The Prophet (SAW) told all mankind: make peace by all means, (speech and deeds) feed food to all (rich and poor), have good connection with your kin and pray at night when people sleep, you will enter Jannah (paradise) in peace. The Prophet (SAW) gave this message while still seated on his camel upon reaching Medina after migration from Mecca.
In another hadith, the Prophet (SAW) says that those who believe in Allah and the Day of Judgment be generous to your guest, speak good or keep silent and Allah will expand your rizq (sustenance) and increase your age. Here increase in age does not necessarily imply that years will be added to it, rather there will be blessing in that life.
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The Grave:
When a righteous person dies, Angel of mercy comes to take his soul. When a hypocrite or a sinner dies, it is the Angel of punishment that comes to take his soul. It is an immensely difficult thing for the soul to leave the body, surely it would be made easier by the angel of mercy and how painful it would be when the angel of punishment is doing so. Each soul will answer three questions in the grave:
Who is your Lord? Who is your Prophet? What is your religion?
When a righteous person answers, Allah is my Lord, Muhammad is my Prophet, and Islam is my religion. A voice from the heavens will tell the angel "my servant answered in truth". He will be left in peace until the resurrection begins.
When a hypocrite or sinners tries to answer, that, I heard that Allah is The Lord and so on, a voice from the heaven will say that, "he is nothing but a liar"! The angel then slams that person with a hammer until he turns to dust, the grave is filled with fire and this punishment continues till the resurrection. May Allah protect us!
When a man dies he leaves behind 3 things: Family, wealth and his deeds. The only thing that remains with him in his grave are his deeds. These deeds take on the shape of some creation. For the believer it is a beautiful and pleasing being, when he asks 'who are you?' The reply is 'I am your good deeds'. When the person is dealt with good in the grave, than what is ahead is even better. So the person prays 'O Allah let the day of judgement begin so I may receive the truth'. While the hypocrite/ disbeleiver sees an ugly creature in the grave as his deeds. Their grave is exposed to the hellfire. They say "O Allah do not let the hour begin " for them what is ahead is far worse.The grave is a very lonely place.
Asma bint Abu Bakr told that she once heard everyone crying and weeping and there was an uproar in the masjid. It was when the Prophet( SAW) was talking about the trials of the grave. He (SAW) said that everyone would be squeezed by the earth. Sa'ad ibn Muadh was a Sahaba who had hosted the Prophet in Madinah. RasulAllah(SAW) said that when he died, the Arsh of Allah Shook, 70,000 Angels accompanied his funeral and that, even he was not spared the squeezing by the earth!
Reasons for the punishment in the grave:
Stealing, Slander and lying – Prophet (SAW) once passing by a 2 graves said, the 2 men in these graves are being punished for something minor one for not cleaning after urinating and the second one because he used to slander other people.
Neglecting the Quran – not reciting or listening.Their head will be crushed with a rock repeatedly until the day of Judgement.
Dealing with Interest, Adultery, Debt not repaid – debt has serious implications in the hereafter, Prophet(SAW) said that a Martyr (Shaheed) would sit by the door of Jannah until his debt is paid off. The longest Ayah in Surah Bakarah (282) is regarding debt it is sometimes known as Ayah Addain. Prophet(SAW) only prayed the janazah prayer of anyone after he made sure that they did not owe any debt.
Having good deeds will save one from the punishment of the grave. These good deeds will come from above, beneath and the sides and will make an argument for the dead
The day of Judgement or Qiyama is known by many names such as:
Qiyama is the Day of standing, referring to the Day of Judgment. The following are some of the names that are used to reference the Day of Judgment:
Yawm al Ba'ath – Day of resurrection
Yawm az Zalzala – Day of Earthquake
Yawm an Nushoor – Day of resurrection
Yawm at Tamma – Day you cannot get out of
Yawm as Sa'akha – Day that hits you
Yawm al Azifa – The Day true news is announced and when it starts there is no stopping
Yawm al Hisab – Day of reckoning
Yawm ul Jamma – Day of gathering
Yawm at Talaaq – Day of meeting
Yawm al Haqq – Day of Truth
Yawm at Tagabun – Day of exchanging deeds(meeting out justice by exchanging deeds)
Yawm ul Wa'eed – Day of warning
Yawm ul Hasrah – Day of regret
Yawm al Ghashiyah – A day that will cover you all over with no escape(overwhelming)
Yawm ud Deen – Day of Judgment
Yawm ul Khuruj – Day of exiting graves
Yawm al Akhirah – The last Day
Yawm as Sa'a – Day of the hour
Yawm al Qaria – Day of the Calamity or striking
Yawm al Fasl – Day of Separation when the final decision is enforced
Yawm al Ma'ab – Day of Return
Yawm al Ard – Day of Exhibition
Yawm al Khafida ar Rafiya – A Day that brings some low and exalts others
Yawm al A'seer – A Day of distress or an immensely difficult day
Yawm al Azeem – A Great Day
Yawm al Mashhood – The Day Witnessed
Yawm al A'qeem – The Day Held
Yawm al Qasaas – Day of revenge
Yawm ul Jiza – Day of compensation
Yawm un Nafkha – Day when the trumpet is blown
Yawm un Naaqoor – Day when the trumpet is sounded
Yawm ul Firaar – Day of fleeing
Yawm at Tublas Sarairah – Day or revealing secrets
After Angel Israfeel blows the first trumpet all of creation will be destroyed and then Allah SWT will ask, "who has the Kingdom today?" Allah SWT will answer, 'It is for Allah alone, the irrisistible'. Keep the Day of Judgment in your heart at all times.
Say your prayers knowing that:
Allah sees you from above
The Sirat (bridge over hellfire) is below you
The heaven is to your right and
The hell to your left
The Angel of death behind you &
The Kaba' in front of you
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Journey of the Hereafter
Importance of the hereafter
Our existence is in many stages.
Our first stage was when the entire humanity was in the form of seeds and Allah took a
covenant from the first of us to the last of us, Surah Araf ayah 172, Allah says, "Am I not
your Lord? They said: yea, verily, we testify. Lest ye should say at the Day of
resurrection: Lo! Of this we were unaware".
Second stage is in the womb of the mothers.
Third stage is our finite life here on earth.
Fourth stage is the time spent in our graves.
Fifth stage is on the Day of Judgement. For some of us it could be as long as 50,000 years and for some it may be as short as the time between Dhuhr and Asr. Sixth stage is living in Heaven or Hell!
Humans believe that they belong to the earth, when in reality we came from Jannah and must work hard to get back to where our father Adam(AS) came from; Jannah. A believer must have a firm belief in the hereafter. The belief in the hereafter will prevent us from all kinds of sins. Once Angel Jibreel came to the Prophet (SAW) in the form of a student of knowledge and asked him 4 questions, the questions and the Prophets' replies were:
Q1. What is Islam?
Ans:It is the belief in the oneness of Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, the 5 obligatory prayers, salat, Zakat, fasting in the month of Ramadan and performing Hajj.
Q2. What is Imaan?
Ans. The belief in Allah and His attributes, the Angels, the Holy books, the Prophets, the Day of Judgement, and predestination.
Q3. What is Ihsan?
Ans. To worship Allah as if you see Him, or if you don't see Him, worship Him as if He sees you.
Q4. When will the hour (Day of Judgement) begin?
Ans. The one asked knows no better than the one asking.
The Prophet (saw) has asked us to remember death and the journey to the hereafter often. A Hadith of his states that "Remember death much, the destroyer of pleasures." The period of time when a person is in and out of the state of consciousness is a very difficult time. Pharoah when seeing his death come upon him was trying to say that "I believe in the God of the children of Israel", Jibreel AS said that he was preventing him from saying that by stuffing mud in his mouth. In the case of believers, however, Allah will keep them strong and firm, in life and in death. Allah says in Surah Ibrahim Ayah 27, "Allah will establish in strength those who believe, with the word that stands firm, in this world and in the hereafter; but Allah will leave, to stray, those who do wrong: Allah does what he wills."
Signs of one with a good end:
One who dies with the Shahada on his tongue. Don't force the dying to say the shahadah, rather keep saying it audibly yourself.
If death comes on Friday or the night of Friday (Thursday night), that person is saved from the trial of the grave.
A believer may sweat a lot on his death bed.
Passing away while carrying out a good deed. They would resurrected on the Day of Judgment on that good deed.
Prophet (SAW) said: 'Your ending is according to the last deed done by you'. Allah deals with us according to what is in our hearts. The intention of a person determines if the action is good or bad. One must be careful of their intention before any action, during the action and after the action. For every action you will be questioned why and how you did it. Actions cannot be against the Sunnah as innovation is prohibited.
Who is a Shaheed?
A believer who dies in Battlefield, in way of Allah.
A believer who has an illness of the stomach and is patient through it and dies from it.
A believer who dies of burns.
A believer who dies of drowning.
A believer who dies in the collapse of a building.
A woman who dies delivering a baby: her infant would drag her to Jannah.
At his death a Shaheed is shown his place in, Jannah, is spared from the trial of the grave and the trial of a most fearful day, the Day of Judgement. 72,000 Hoor ul Ain are for him and he will be given intercession for 70 family members!
Dying:
A person is in need of complete peace during three stages;
when a child enters the world from his mothers womb.
when a person leaves this world.
when the person comes out of the grave for the Day of Judgement.
The righteous people will have angels with them. Allah says in Surah Fussilat ayah 30-31, "In the case of those who say, 'our lord is Allah', and further stand straight and steadfast, the angels descend on them (from time to time) ' fear ye not!, They suggest nor grieve!' But receive the glad tidings of the garden of bliss, the which ye were promised! 'we are your protectors in this life and in the hereafter:' therein shall ye have all that your souls shall desire, therein shall ye have all that ye ask for."
Prophet(saw) said to recite Surah Yaseen over your dead. It's meaning is to recite it while the person is in the throes of death as well. The soul of a person does not leave the body very easily.
We must pray to Allah that we die as believers, we must pray for a good ending and never rely on our deeds alone, it is the mercy of Allah alone that will bring us to a good end. Once a Bedouin came to the Prophet and made dua: He said "O Allah make the best of my life, my end. The best of my deeds as my last one. And make the best of my day, when I meet You, Allah!" To this the Prophet(saw) said Ameen!
Allah (swt) did not ask the Prophet (SAW) to increase in anything other than knowledge. Surah Taha (Ayah 114), "High above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Qur'an before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, 'O my Lord! Increase me in knowledge'."
The best provision for the journey of life is Taqwa, among its many descriptions; it is the fear of Allah, knowledge of religion and the application of knowledge. Having Taqwa is a barrier to Allah's punishment. Seek knowledge to increase in Taqwa and spread goodness for the sake of Allah.
Imam Hanifa was a businessman. A very popular imam of his time was Imam Ash Shabi, who once told him that, and "I have seen in you intelligence and an active mind". Inspired by these words he started his quest for knowledge and went on to become one of the most knowledgeable in matters of the religion of Islam. Allah (swt) says, "Those who have knowledge are not the same as those who do not." When Allah wishes good for someone, He bestows on him the understanding of His religion.
Envy is permitted in two cases, a man whom Allah gives wealth and he disposes of it to please Allah and a man on whom Allah bestows knowledge and he applies it and teaches it to others. If a single person is guided to Allah because of you, it is better for you than a lot of red Camels, it is better for you than the whole world and what it contains or better for you than what the sun rises over.
Abu Hurairah narrated, Prophet (SAW) said, "Allah makes the way to Jannah easy for him who treads the path in search of knowledge". Knowledge is like rain, a land absorbs it and produces food and fruits, stony and rocky land holds the water for people and animals. There's another kind of land that would absorb the water but produce nothing. When you learn something of your religion, teach it to others.
Narrated by Tirmidhi, Prophet (SAW) says, "Verily Allah and His Angels, dwellers of the heaven and earth, even the ants in their holes, the whale in the sea, praises the one who teaches knowledge that is beneficial".
This world and all that it contains is cursed except for three things:
The remembrance of Allah (SWT) and all that you do to please Allah with.
A Scholar.
A Student of knowledge.
The Superiority of a scholar over a worshipper is like that of the Prophet (SAW) over the lowest among the companions. Time spent in learning and teaching beneficial knowledge is better than standing in worship all night (Qiyam ul Lail). The time spent in search of knowledge is like being in Jihad, you're in the care and protection of Allah.
A gathering where people sit and discuss and recite Qur'an, Allah covers them with mercy, sends tranquility upon them and mentions them in the company of Angels.
Prophets do not leave behind any worldly belongings as inheritance. The inheritance of Prophets is only Knowledge.
Excellence of Knowledge, Aalim, means knower of the seen and unseen. Aleem means having deep knowledge. Above every person of knowledge there is one with more knowledge and Allah (SWT) is above all those who have knowledge.
Pets in Islam
March 3, 2018 February 25, 2018 by icmcnj.com
(Class notes from the sisters Halaqa, with Sheikh Adel)
In Surah Isra Allah swt says, "we explained everything in detail."
In Surah Al An'am, Allah says that Islam is for all of humanity. Islam is a universal religion. Allah says to our Prophet(SAW), "say to them that, rituals (nusukh), my prayers, my entire life and the way I die should be according to the religion of Islam." You cannot believe in some part of the religion and disbelieve in another part. It is said in Surah Baqarah that such a person would be dishonored in this life and put to the most severe punishment in the hereafter.
Dogs are Allah's creation and Allah is more merciful to his creation than a mother is to her child. Surah Kahf (ayah 22) mentions the men of the cave as 3 and the dog being the 4th or 5 and the dog being the 6th and so on. Allah mentions them with a clear distinction between the young men and the dog.
There's a story of a prostitute, living a life of sin, she saw a dog panting from thirst. She had mercy in her heart and went to the well and filled her shoe with water and let the dog drink from it. This act of hers' was loved by Allah so much, that she was forgiven all her sins.
On the contrary a woman was sent to the hellfire because she tied up a cat and did not give her any food nor let her go to find food. This clearly means that Allah wants us to be kind to animals. Abu Hurrairah's real name was AbdurRahman Ibn Sakhr. He was given the name Abu Hurrairah, meaning father of Kitten, by the Prophet (SAW). He carried a kitten up his sleeve and put it down to pray.
Living in our society we see that, dogs as pets is a very common and popular practice. It is a Hadith that, when you follow the customs of a group of people, you will be resurrected with the same group of people on the Day of Judgment. In Surah Maeda Ayah 100, "Say, Not equal are things that are bad and things that are good, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle thee."
Dogs have certain uses for guarding, hunting, herding. They may also be used for the blind. Surah Maeda(Ayah 4) mentions the use of trained dogs for hunting.
Dogs are not allowed to be inside the house, living in the same space. The saliva of Dogs is impure, if it touches a part of us then we must wash it, you however do not loose Wudhu. Prophet(SAW) said whoever keeps a dog for no particular reason, looses reward from his scale of Hasanat(good deeds) equal to one Qirat every day(Qirat equal to Mount Uhud). Angels do not enter a home where there are dogs. Once Prophet (SAW) waited a very long time for Jibrael AS to appear even though he had promised the visit, when he came the Prophet(SAW) asked him why he was late and Jibrael AS said that he waited until a dog who had come with some people left the house.
Dog hair is not impure when dry. All Dog waste is impure. It is the Prophet's saying that, if a dog licks a vessel, it should be washed seven times and the last time with dirt or soil.
It is permissible to kill a violent and harmful dog.
Three types of revenue is Haram 1. Income from selling dogs
Dowry of a prostitute, 3. A fortuneteller's income.
Abu Hurrairah(RA) forbid us to act like 3 animals in prayer.
Going in sujood like a rooster bends his neck up and down to eat.
Resting ones arms in sujood like a dog sitting down.
To turn quickly like a fox when saying salam.
Surat Al-Kahaf
why are we asked to read Surah Kahf every Friday? The brief explanation is as follows:
Prophet (SAW) said that surah Kahf brings for the one who recites a special light from one Friday to the next.
The Angels recognize you.
A connection is established between you and Bait Al Haram.
Its recitation is a protection from the trials of Messiah Al Dajjal. No other Prophet before warned about Dajjal. The worst fitna is that of the Dajjal, which would turn a believer into a disbeliever.
Surah Kahf talks about 4 trials in life. Trial of religion, Trial of Money/Wealth, Trial of knowledge and Trial of Authority/Power.
A brief background into its revelation: A group of men from Mecca came to the Jews in Medina, who had knowledge of the old scripture's. They wanted to put Prophet Muhammad(SAW) in a difficult situation. They asked the Jewish rabbis about the Messenger of Allah. They described him to them and told them some of what he had said. They said, `You are the people of the Tawrah and we have come to you so that you can tell us about this companion of ours.' They (the rabbis) said, `Ask him about three things which we will tell you to ask, and if he answers them then he is a Prophet who has been sent (by Allah); if he does not, then he is saying things that are not true. Ask him about some young men in ancient times what was their story? Ask him about a man who traveled a great deal and reached the east and the west of the earth. What was his story and ask him about the Ruh (soul or spirit). If he tells you about these things, then he is a Prophet, so follow him, but if he does not tell you, then he is a man who is making things up, so deal with him as you see fit. The People put these questions to The Prophet (SAW), who asked them to come the next day for the answers, hoping for a revelation from Allah for the answers. The Prophet (SAW) forgot to say InshaAllah. He did not receive any revelation for the next two weeks. However the next revelation that came was Surah Ad Duha, where Allah says in Ayah 3, "Thy guardian Lord hath not forsaken thee, nor is He displeased." The revelation of Surah Kahf then gave the answers to the first two questions and to the third about the soul was given in Surah Isra.
1.The story of the young men was about the trial of religion. The lesson for us is to stick with good companions/believers. In times of trial of religion, they strengthen each other. The story of Dhul Qurnain, answered the second question.
The Story of the man with a fertile garden with a river running in the midst and giving abundant harvest and his pride that this would last forever and no one could take it away. The lesson was that wealth does not last. Protect yourself from the hellfire by giving Sadaqa.
Through the story of Moosa and Khidr, Allah tells us that even if you are very knowledgeable, know that someone else may have more knowledge. Because Moosa said he was the most knowledgeable, Allah showed him he could not say that. Khidr who was not a prophet but was more knowledgeable then Moosa. Moosa said he would not rest until he found him even if it took him centuries and asked Allah for a sign and found him. In this we are given the lesson of patience in gaining knowledge and to humble ourselves.
Regardless of how powerful a person is on this earth, he will be judged by Allah.
Dajjal has all of the 4 trials mentioned in the Suarh. He would turn against the people of religion. He has every wealth; he has every knowledge, and has power/authority. The trial of Dajjal is the last of the trials before the Day of Judgment.
Mairaj
February 25, 2018 February 25, 2018 by icmcnj.com
One of the most amazing events in the life of our beloved Prophet (saw). Here is the summary:
The two journeys, the Isra (night journey to Jerusalem) and the Mairaj (the journey to the seven heavens) took place on the night of 27 Rajab before the migration to Medina. Jibrael (as) found the Prophet (saw) sleeping in the hateem area of the Kaaba. He opened his chest and washed his heart; this was most likely done in order to strengthen his heart and prepare him for his meeting with Allah (swt). He presented him with Buraq the animal, described as smaller than a horse and larger than a donkey. Jibrail (as) asks the Prophet (saw) to mount on Buraq. As the prophet approached Buraq, Jibrail (as) tells Buraq that "He (saw) is the most noble Prophet to take a ride on you".
On reaching Jerusalem the Prophet (saw) tied Buraq to a stone and entered the Masjid Aqsa. Here, Allah (swt) gave the leadership of all Prophets to our Prophet (saw), where he led 124,000 Prophets in prayer. After the prayer the Prophet (saw) was presented with 2 cups to choose from: one of milk and one of wine – he chose milk and drank it. To this Jibrael (as) said "you chose the right drink and because of this you and your nation will be guided." SubhanAllah!
For the Mairaj, the Prophet (saw) says he took Al Mairaj to go up to the seven heavens. What it looks like Allah knows best. At each heaven, Gibrael greeted the keeper with "Assalamalaikum".
On the first heaven, the prophet (saw) greeted Adam (as), who replied to him as "my righteous Prophet and son". The prophet said that every time Adam (as) looked to the left he wept as here he saw his descendants punished in hell, and when he looked to the right he laughed because here he saw them in heaven.
On the second heaven, the prophet (saw) greeted Issa (as) and Yahya (as)
On the Third heaven, the prophet (saw) greeted Yousef (as).
On the Fourth heaven, the prophet (saw) greeted Idris (as). He is one of the earliest prophets after Adam (as) and before Noah (as), and was friends with the angels. One day, he wanted to see the heavens so an angel took him on his wings to the heavens. On the 4th heaven, the Angel of death was commanded to take his soul and he died there. Allah (swt) has said that he is buried in heaven. SubhanAllah!
On the fifth heaven, the Prophet (saw) greeted Haroon (as).
On the sixth heaven, the Prophet (saw) greeted Moosa (as), who started crying as his people had lost the status of the most favored people of Allah.
On the seventh heaven Prophet (saw) found Ibrahim (as) leaning on Bait ul Ma'moor (meaning constructed house). It exists in heaven as Kaaba on earth; here 70,000 angels are in tawaf continuously and never returning. What an honor for Ibrahim (as)! After this Jibrael (as) told the Prophet that he cannot accompany him any more, as he would burn, but told the Prophet (saw) that he could go on. The Prophet reached the Lote tree; the roots of this tree are in the sixth heaven and the branches and leaves extend into the seventh heaven. Four rivers start beneath this tree, 2 are in heaven: the Kauthar and Salsabeel, and two on this earth: the Nile and the twin rivers of Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq.
The Prophet on his return from Mairaj was very perplexed as he was wondering how to relate this incident to the people. Just then Abu Jahl was walking by and saw him worried and asked what happened. The Prophet (saw) told him that he went on a journey to Jerusalem and returned. In those days it would have taken two months. Abu Jahl laughed at him and called the people of Mecca and the Prophet Narrated to them about his Journey to Jerusalem. They began questioning him about what the city looked like , what the mosque was like, etc, etc. Just then to aid our Prophet (saw) Allah (swt) sent Jibrael (as), who lifted the entire city of Jerusalem for our Prophet to see and put their questions to rest. SubhanAllah!
People still asked for more proofs now he looked up at the sky and pointed at the moon and everyone saw it split in half. The disbelievers seeing this went on to call the prophet (saw) a magician. The prophet(saw) then asked them to wait for 3 days for the return of a caravan he had passed by. On his return journey to Mecca, while still riding on Buraq the prophet (saw) had become thirsty and had come to this caravan had water from them, they seemed to be looking for a lost camel and asked the prophet(saw) if he had seen it. The prophet told them its location as he had seen a lone camel some distance away. He also told the Meccans that the first camel of this caravan has a red cover.
Indeed after 3 days, this caravan came and related everything the prophet said about them and also said they saw a very strange thing in the sky, the moon split in half.
We read the translation of verse 1-18 of Surah Najm, which talks about Mairaj.
Sheikh Adel mentioned that Abu Jahl's real name was Amr Ibn Hisham, he was infact earlier known as Abul hakm meaning father of wisdom but the prophet gave him the name Abu Jahl i.e father of ignorance as someone so opposed to Allah cannot be called Hakm. He was even called "Pharaoh of this Land".
Also mentioned that masjid Aqsa was the first qibla and third of the sacred mosques. The command for the five daily prayers was given on this journey. It was initially for 50 prayers daily but upon Moosa's (as) advice the prophet (saw) kept going back to Allah(swt) to have it reduced until 5. It is said that one who says his five daily prayers receives the reward for 50 prayers which was originally prescribed. What a wonderful motivation to keep striving to never miss any Salat!
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Value of speech – Part 2
On the Journey to the Heavens, Mairaj, the Prophet (SAW) saw many rewards and punishments being given out to people for their good deeds and for their sins. One that drew his attention deeply was about the dangers of the tongue or the words uttered by us.
He (SAW) saw a male calf come out of a small hole but could not go back no matter how he tried. Jibrael AS explained to the prophet that this is like the words coming out of the mouth, which can never be sent back.
He (SAW) saw someone eating the dead body of his brother. That was for backbiting.
He (SAW) saw some people have iron nails and scratching their chests, this was for speaking to give a bad image of a brother while in duniya. They were being made to eat of themselves.
The Prophet SAW said that we would be called to account for every single word that is uttered by us.
Muadh Ibn Jabl, Prophets companion, his ambassador to Yemen and most knowledgeable about halal and haram has said:
" Nothing will put your face in the hellfire, more, than the Harvest of your tongue"
The Prophet (SAW) once asked, "Do you know who is a muflis (bankrupt)?" He then answered, "the one who comes on the Day of Judgment with mountains of hasanat or good deeds, but would be sent to hellfire because he may have insulted someone, hurt someone's feelings, talked behind their back things they would not like others to know. To recompense these people, his good deeds will be given to those he wronged until all his good deeds are gone and when that's not enough then their bad deeds would be given to this person. Thus being sent to the hellfire just because he was careless about the use of the tongue. The lesson being keep your good deeds for yourself by being watchful of what you say.
There is no good in any talk except where one asks to give sadaqa or to do good deeds or to bring reconciliation between two people.
The Prophet's (SAW) Advice: Talk less because of one wrong word we may have to stay in the hellfire for 70 years. Talking excessively hardens the heart, where hearing the words of Allah does not affect it and the hardened heart is furthest from Allah. It is a hadith, do not make talk without Zikr Allah.
A man once asked the Prophet(SAW) how to be safe in this duniya and in the Akhirah.
The Prophet said: 1. Hold your tongue back.
Let your house include you- spend time in your house with your people.
Cry in repentance, for your mistakes.
The Prophet (SAW) said that every morning the limbs of our body talk to the tongue and say "fear Allah and do not put us in difficulty. We are behind you and follow you. If you do good, we do good and if you sin, then we sin."
When asked by the Prophet (SAW), what do you fear most for us? he (SAW) held his tongue.
Surah Fussilat: regarding those who stick to the straight path, "The Angels descend on them and say do not be grieved or sad and receive the glad tidings of Jannat. We are your guardians and protectors in this life and the Akhirah."
May Allah guide us all in following the Prophet's advice. Ameen
Importance of Speech
Allah SWT says to speak only good words. There are two Angels, Raqeeb on our right shoulder and Ateed on our left shoulder writing every deed and word of ours. Allah SWT says, anyone who believes should only speak good words or keep silent.
You may receive Allah's pleasure or his wrath until you meet him, only because of your speech. The Prophet (SAW)'s beloved wife Aisha (RA) once mentioned the prophet's wife Saffiyah(RA) as a short woman in a simple gesture. He SAW did not like that and said to her that, what you said and gestured could change the water of the sea. We need to reflect how on how we talk and conduct ourselves. May Allah Guide us all.
It is said that if you trip with your feet you'll probably only hurt yourself a bit and recover but if you trip with your tongue you could loose everything.
Gheebah means taking advantage of absence. Once Prophet SAW asked his companions what is gheebah? They said that Allah and his messenger know best, He (SAW) then replied, "to mention your brother with what he hates". The Sahabah said, "even if it is true", and the Prophet(SAW) said, "this is gheebah". To say what's not true is spreading rumors and that is even worse. You share in the punishment of gheebah even if you don't say anything and are only listening to the other person doing so. Correct the person making gheebah by stopping them, if you protect the dignity of your brother or sister then Allah will protect your face from the fire on the day of judgement.
The Prophet (SAW) said, to leave argument with people even if you are right. He said that there is special place in Jannah for such people, who leave argument for the sake of Allah.
We should try to reduce our talk time and try to engage in Zikr of Allah.
However, it is also not allowed that a person should take an oath of silence for the day. An Islamic saying goes like this, "There is no orphan after puberty and no silence until the night".
On one occasion the Prophet (SAW) was giving a khutbah and he saw one man standing outside in the heat, while everyone else was sitting. He inquired about him and was told that he is Israel, he has taken a wow to stand and never take shade. He had also wowed to fast and keep quiet. The Prophet(SAW) said to tell him to sit under the shade and speak as Allah is not in need for him to torture himself. That is not Islam. Allah SWT says that he does not make any difficulty in religion.
During the Battle of Tabuk, one of the toughest battles, the sahabah had to walk hundreds of miles leaving behind a harvest ready to be picked. Three people said that they are strong and have horses and would go later. They did not go. When the Prophet (SAW) inquired about one of them, someone spoke up and described him as probably being busy with his fine garments. Muadh Ibn Jabal, immediately corrected him and said not to say that about him. Imagine how careful the companions were with their speech and how they corrected the other. The three people were punished by Allah, the Prophet did not speak to them for 50 days. They repented even though a neighboring king offered them a good life as their Prophet stopped speaking to them. They refused and burnt that letter. Allah forgave them as related in Surah Taubah.
There are 100 Levels of Jannah and the distance between each level is like the distance between the earth and the 1st heaven. Only a privileged few will be with the Prophet (SAW) in Jannah. They will have 2 qualities Taqwa (god fearing) and Husnul Khuluq (good Manners &/ good behavior).
The Prophet (SAW) said that, the people furthest from him in the hereafter are:
At Thirtharoon– Those who talk too much and there is no benefit in their talk.
Al Matafayhiqoon– Those people who use words for arrogance. They talk to people with words that people do not understand. Showing that they are more knowledgeable. They speak in a loud and lofty manner.
Al Mutashaddiqoon– Those people who use their words in putting others down or speaking excessively about others in a filthy manner.
A saying in Arabic goes: If a person's mind is complete (he is knowledgeable) his speech is incomplete (he will talk less). The higher your spiritual state, lesser, you need to speak. One who talks less commands more respect. Al kalaam ad dava- Speech is like medicine, taking the right amount would cure and taking too much could harm or even kill. The tongue is like a wild animal, if let loose it would harm but if tied up it will not harm. Nothing needs to be imprisoned more than the tongue.
Abu Bakr Siddiq would try and pull out his tongue and used to say that, "this tongue always puts me in trouble."
Luqman, the wise would say "when people are proud of their words and speech be proud of your silence."
However, a person who keeps quiet when seeing injustice has the influence of the devil.
Exceptions to Gheebah:
There are six exceptions where we are allowed to talk about other people:
To describe someone. For example if someone is blind or has one leg etc.
Raising a complaint against someone to a Judge.
To get a Fatwa. Once Hind (wife of Abu Sufyan) after she had accepted Islam, came to the Prophet (SAW) and said about her husband that, "indeed he is cheap, and a miser and he is not giving me enough to support his children and me." She wanted the Prophets advice and fatwa; He (SAW) said "take whatever is enough for you and your children that which is Ma'roof (just and balanced)." The Prophet let her describe her husband but it was only for that monetary matter. She did not say any other bad things about him.
Giving Advice. If someone asks for Advice about another person, you'll have to talk about that person related to that matter. Once Fatima bint Qais came to the Prophet (SAW) seeking advice about two marriage proposals for her, one from Muawiyah and one from Abu Jahl. He (SAW) said to her that Muawiyah is nothing (as a fact of his monetary situation), and Abu Jahl never puts his cane down (beats women). He (SAW) told her to marry Muawiyah as marrying the righteous would enrich you. The Prophet talked about these people as he was giving sincere advice.
Warning the Muslims against someone who is a criminal, thief etc., for the protection of the community.
Talk about someone who openly sins and does evil, (Al Mujahir). However it is preferred to not gossip about it as you could fall into sin later.
One must be careful, however, not to misuse these exceptions.


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Tom Dooney (born 3 August 1939) is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

References
 Black Gold by Ron Palenski (2008, 2004 New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, Dunedin) p. 35

External links

1939 births
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Living people
New Zealand male canoeists
Olympic canoeists of New Zealand

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Before we move to the empirical evidence it is first necessary to clearly frame the significance of the proof that will follow from that evidence. We will begin by defining Atheism and Agnosticism in order that it may be understood how critical the empirical evidence regarding the intelligence or unintelligence of the First Cause is to these two ideologies.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001, defines Atheism and Agnosticism as follows.
Atheism - denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot be proved.
Agnosticism - form of skepticism that holds that the existence of God cannot be logically proved or disproved...Agnosticism is not to be confused with atheism, which asserts that there is no God.
Atheism is a positive belief. Atheism asserts that no god exists. This is in contrast to Agnosticism, which asserts that there is no empirical evidence that god exists. We cannot confuse the two nor should we let Atheists redefine themselves in such a way that confuses the two. Atheism does not simply assert that we cannot know god exists. Atheism asserts that the conclusion is certain: no god exists.
In contrast, it is Agnosticism, not Atheism, which asserts that the existence of god is unknowable through empirical means. And, in this regard, Agnosticism is equally certain of its conclusion: no empirical evidence exists for the existence of god. Agnosticism concludes, that since there is no empirical evidence for god, therefore, we cannot actually know anything about god.
So, Atheism is certain about the existence of god: god does not exist. And Agnosticism, while uncertain about whether or not god exists, is certain about the existence of empirical evidence for god: no empirical evidence of god exists.
Atheism and Agnosticism are alike in one vital respect. Both Atheism and Agnosticism necessarily hold that life originated by unintelligent causes. So, if we prove that the only empirical evidence available indicates that life originated by intelligent causation, we simultaneously disprove both Atheism and Agnosticism.
Since Atheists and Agnostics uphold that all aspects of the universe are caused by unintelligent causes all that is necessary in order to demonstrate that the First Cause is intelligent, is to demonstrate that some aspect of the universe could not have come about through unintelligent causes. In order to do this, we will demonstrate that ALL the available empirical evidence necessitates only one conclusion, that as a general rule, life comes about from intelligent agency. So, once again, if we prove that the only empirical evidence available indicates that life originated by intelligent causation, we simultaneously disprove both Atheism and Agnosticism.
Put simply, if we can identify one instance that necessitates the existence of an intelligent First Cause then we have disproved Atheism and Agnosticism since we would have found an instance, which undermines their general rule that no god exists. This is how induction works and why it is described as an invalid argument form. If even one white crow is observed then the general rule that all crows are black is disproved.


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Gallows & Anderson Improvised All Their Stuff For Southpaw Regional Wrestling
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For Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, working on "Southpaw Regional Wrestling" was a refreshing change due to its unscripted nature.
The Club discussed Southpaw, among other things, recently during an interview on the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast.
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Southpaw Regional Wrestling was a four-episode mockumentary of a Southern federation from the territorial days that was released on WWE's YouTube channel. It featured a variety of WWE stars, including Gallows as "Tex Ferguson" and Anderson as "Chad 2 Badd."
"I think we knew Southpaw was going to be good because there [were] no scripts, man," Anderson said on the podcast. "I think we're better off the fly, anyway."
Gallows' character was a take-off on "Sex Ferguson", a fictional character he portrayed on Colt Cabana's "Wrestling Road Diaries" series prior to returning to WWE last year.
"I would like to think that they saw my Sex Ferguson stuff on YouTube and that's where it came from, but I don't know," Gallows said regarding the concept for Southpaw. "They came up to us like a month or two into being here and started talking about this and I was like, 'Hold up – this is right up my alley. We have to do this!' And then, it took a long time to actually do it."
The Club also noted that WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin had called them to praise their work on the show.
"He put it over to the moon," said Anderson, who played "Chad 2 Badd" on Southpaw. "Stone Cold called us, by the way, and he text messages us some deer pics, too."
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Peugeot Expert — це мікроавтобуси, які компанія Peugeot випускає в Європі з 1995 року.

Peugeot Expert I (1995—2007)

Перше покоління автомобілів Peugeot Expert серійно випускаються з 1995 року на новому спільному заводі SEVEL на півдні Франції разом з ідентичними моделями Citroën Jumpy і Fiat Scudo. Основою для серії Expert послужив мінівен Peugeot 806.

У 2004 році автомобіль був модернізований. Від своїх двійників він відрізняється оформленням передньої частини. При збереженні світлових приладів овальної форми середня частина решітки радіатора моделі Expert виконана в дусі більших фургонів Boxer, в продовження розвитку єдиного фірмового стилю. Незважаючи на ряд зовнішніх відмінностей і повніший набір додаткового обладнання, загальна конструкція фургона не зазнала істотних змін. Автомобіль пропонувався в 15 базових виконаннях з одним розміром колісної бази (2824 мм) і одним варіантом висоти розташування даху (1290 мм). Суцільнометалевий кузов місткістю 4 м3 має одні бічні і дві задні розсувні двері. Вантажопасажирські варіанти Break з тонованим склом забезпечені додатковими знімними сидіннями на 5-9 чоловік. Вони випускаються в основному на довгобазовому шасі (3224 мм) вантажопідйомністю 795 кг, що дозволяє збільшити об'єм кузова до п'яти кубометрів.

Гамма двигунів трохи скоротилася, зате поповнилася найбільш економічним та екологічно чистим 4-циліндровим 2,0-літровим дизелем 2.0HDi з безпосереднім уприскуванням палива. Для фургонів призначений його 94-сильний варіант, на вантажопасажирських виконаннях встановлюється варіант потужністю 109 к.с. Такий автомобіль здатний розвивати максимальну швидкість 165 км/год і в місті споживати в середньому 7,9 л палива на 100 км. Найпотужнішим залишається автомобіль з бензиновим 2.0-літровим 16-клапанним двигуном в 136 к.с. Він досягає швидкості 175 км/год, однак витрата палива в міському циклі знаходиться в межах 12,0 л на 100 км.

Двигуни

Peugeot Expert II (2007-наш час)

У 2007 році в Європі з'явилося чергове покоління Expert, що включає дві нові модифікації: фургон Peugeot Expert і компакт-вен Peugeot Expert Tepee, що комбінують риси комерційного і пасажирського автомобіля. Друге покоління моделі було створено завдяки співпраці PSA Peugeot Citroen і Fiat. Офіційна презентація відбулася 7 листопада на заводі Севела Норд у Франції в присутності пана Жана-Мартена Фольца, голови Групи PSA і Серджіо Маркьонні, президента Групи FIAT.

Компакт-вен Expert пропонує більшу кількість версій, ніж раніше: два варіанти довжини колісної бази і два варіанти висоти даху. Новий модельний ряд фургонів Peugeot Expert представлений в 9 силуетах, що припускають 400 різних модифікацій. Крім цього, нові моделі відрізняються більшою, порівняно з попередніми версіями, фургонів вантажопідйомністю і місткістю. Найдовша і найвища версія фургона має вантажопідйомність до 1200 кг і дозволяє транспортувати вантаж об'ємом до 7 м3. Висота фургона становить 1,894 м.

У 2012 році модель оновили, змінивши передню частину і оснащення.

Базова комплектація Peugeot Expert включає в себе: антиблокувальну систему гальм, підігрів і електропривод дзеркал, передні електропривідні склопідйомники, подушку безпеки водія, аудіосистему високого класу, навігаційну систему і кондиціонер.

Двигуни
Peugeot Expert II оснащений високоефективними турбодизелями HDi з системою Common Rail і безпосереднім упорскуванням палива: 1.6 HDi 16v 90 к.с. і 2.0 HDi 16v 120 к.с. або 136 к.с. та бензиновим двигуном 2,0 л потужністю 140 к.с. Всі двигуни відповідають стандарту Євро-4. Двигуни автомобіля компонуються відповідно з 5 — або 6-ступінчастою трансмісією.

 Дизельні

Габарити кузова

Peugeot Expert III (2016-наш час)

Peugeot Expert третього покоління розроблений на платформі EMP2 і доступний в трьох варіантах по довжині. Це XS — 4,6 м, M — 4,9 м і найдовший XL — 5,3 м. У останньому випадку корисний об'єм вантажного відсіку досягає 6,6 кубометрів, вантажна довжина — від 2162 до 4024 мм, а вантажна ширина між арками коліс складає 1258 мм. Колісна база — 2,92 або 3,27 м. Повна маса Peugeot Expert становить від 2495 кг до 3100 кг. Вантажопідйомність коливається в діапазоні від 556 до 1218 кг. На машині доступна опція hands-free для відкриття бічної зсувних дверей. Якщо руки зайняті, то досить піднести ногу під задній бампер і зсувні двері самі відкриються за допомогою електроприводу.

Peugeot Expert оснащується передньою підвіскою типу McPherson зі стабілізатором поперечної стійкості. Задня підвіска — незалежна важільна, зі стабілізатором поперечної стійкості. Кермове управління оснащається гідропідсилювачем. Передні гальма дискові вентильовані, а задні — дискові. Гальмо стоянки механічне.

Привід передбачений тільки передній, але в якості доповнення може служити система поліпшення прохідності на складному дорожньому покритті Grip Control.

Автомобілі комплектуються двигунами 1.6 L Ford DLD-416 I4 та 2.0 L PSA DW10 Multijet I4. В 2018 році двигун 1.6 L був замінений на двигун 1.5 L Ford DLD-415 I4.

Тревеллеров, пасажирська версія Експерта, пройшов краш-тести EuroNCAP, отримавши максимальні п'ять зірок за безпеку.

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Посилання
 Peugeot Expert. Опис моделі

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United Airlines is conducting global media and digital agency reviews.
Wavemaker is the incumbent media agency and Wunderman is believed to handle digital work for the airline company.
United spent an estimated $31 million on measured media in the U.S. last year according to Kantar Media. Global spending was not available.
Campaign reported the news first and cited a Wavemaker spokesperson as confirming that the GroupM agency will participate in the review.
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MY REAL NAME IS JERMAINE BENI BUT WHEN I PLUG THE HEADPHONE JACK INTO THE MIXER I AM JERMAINE BEAUX.
I AM BORN, GREW UP AND STILL LIVE IN ZWOLLE WITH FOUR LITTLE MANIACS. HAH JUST KIDDING.. THEY ARE MY BROTHERS. I FELT IN LOVE WITH DJ'ING WHEN I SAW MY UNCLE PERFORMING ON HIS OWN BIRTHDAY. FROM THAT DAY I TRAVELED ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND TO MY UNCLE AND HE TEACHED ME HOW TO DJ. THE THING WAS… HE TAPED OFF THE BPM COUNTER SO I HAD TO TRAIN MY EARS. HE ALWAYS TOLD ME "A REAL DJ CAN ALSO MIX WITHOUT THE BPM COUNTER".


This part describes the five creational patterns, that is, those that help manage the instantiation of objects.
· Singleton: Ensure a class allows only one object to be created, providing a single point of access to it.
The Foobar Motor Company makes cars and vans, which when being built comprises (among lots of other things) a body shell, a chassis and glassware for the windows. Although both cars and vans need all of the same types of components, the specifics of each type differ depending upon whether it is being used for a car or a van.
· A car's glassware is different from a van's glassware.
Therefore, when we need to build a vehicle we can think of the components as coming from different 'families'; that is, when we build a car we use one family of components and when we build a van we use a different family of components.
As you can see, there is an interface for IBody having implementations of CarBody and VanBody. Likewise we have similar separate hierarchies for IChassis and IGlassware.
string whatToMake = "car"; // or "van"
Therefore your client program needs to know if it is making a car or a van, but once it has instantiated the correct factory all the methods to create the parts can be done using an identical set of method calls.
The main disadvantage of the Abstract Factory pattern arises if you need to add additional 'products'. For example, if we now need to include lights in the family of components, we would need to amend AbstractVehicleFactory, CarFactory and VanFactory, in addition to creating a new ILights hierarchy (CarLights and VanLights).
The Foobar Motor Company makes cars and vans, and the construction process of each differs in detail; for example, the body shell of a van comprises a cab area and a large reinforced storage area, whereas a saloon car comprises a passenger area and a luggage area (i.e. boot). And of course there a number of complex steps that have to be undertaken regardless of what type of vehicle is being built.
The Builder pattern facilitates the construction of complex objects by separating the individual steps into separate methods in a Builder hierarchy, and then using a Director object to specify the required steps in the correct order. Finally, the finished product is retrieved from the Builder.
Note how this class defines all possible 'build' methods for both cars and vans, and provides empty implementations for each as a default. The abstract Vehicle property getter is for returning the finished vehicle.
Note that the BuildBoot() and BuildPassengerArea() methods were not overridden since they are not applicable to vans.
When we need to instantiate a particular type of vehicle (such as a Coupe) it is often more flexible to define a separate class whose responsibility it is to manage the instantiation. This separate class is known as a Factory.
// This is the "factory method"
VehicleFactory contains the public method Build() that takes as arguments the driving style (Economical, Midrange or Powerful) and the colour that the vehicle should be painted. The Build() method calls the protected abstract SelectVehicle() method, which is the "factory method" after which the pattern is named. The implementation of SelectVehicle() is therefore delegated to the subclasses such that each subclass determines the specific type of vehicle to instantiate. The method is protected because we only want subclasses to utilise it; it is not intended to be invoked by clients.
As you can see, the SelectVehicle() method is implemented such that it works out from the supplied arguments exactly which type of car should be instantiated and returned.
The clone() method invokes the C# MemberwiseClone() method to perform the cloning of the receiving object.
None of the car or van subclasses needs to change since they inherit from IVehicle at the root of the hierarchy.
The Foobar Motor Company, in common with all vehicle manufacturers, needs to stamp a unique serial number on all vehicles they produce. They want to model this requirement ensuring that there is just one easy place where the next available serial number can be obtained. If we were to have more than one object that generates the next number there is a risk that we could end up with separate numbering sequences, so we need to prevent this.


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Town in South Moravia, Czech Republic
St Nicholas' Church
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°51?20?N 16°2?56?E / 48.85556°N 16.04889°E / 48.85556; 16.04889Coordinates: 48°51?20?N 16°2?56?E / 48.85556°N 16.04889°E / 48.85556; 16.04889
South Moravia
between 1222-1225
o Mayor
Jan Grois
o Total
65.93 km2 (25.46 sq mi)
(2020-01-01[1])
o Density
510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
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Znojmo (Czech pronunciation: ['znoimo]; German: Znaim) is a major town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, the administrative capital of the Znojmo District. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. It is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian Region. The historic centre of Znojmo is well preserved and historically significant and is protected by law as urban monument reservation.
The town is situated on a rock outcropping on the steep left bank of the Thaya River, about 55 km (34 mi) southwest of the regional capital Brno. Located near the border with Austria, it is connected to Vienna by railway and road (about 80 minutes).
Znojmo Castle
A fortress at the site possibly already existed during the time of the Great Moravian Empire in the 9th century. From about 1055, Znojmo Castle served as the residence of a P?emyslid principality within the Bohemian March of Moravia and a strategic important outpost near the border with the Bavarian March of Austria in the south. Few years later (1101), Luitpold of Znojmo, Duke of Moravia, established the Ducal Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St Catherine in this castle, later depicted by unique scene of genealogy Bohemian and Moravian Dukes of the P?emyslid dynasty and the castle was conquered and devastated by Duke Vladislaus II of Bohemia in 1145.
In 1190, Duke Conrad II of Bohemia founded the Premonstratensian Louka Abbey at Znojmo, which became the settlement area of German-speaking immigrants in the course of the medieval Ostsiedlung movement. The royal city of Znojmo was founded shortly before 1226 by King Ottokar I of Bohemia on the plains in front of the reconstructed castle. The town privileges were confirmed by King Rudolf I of Germany in 1278. On 9 December 1437 the Luxembourg emperor Sigismund died at Znojmo and lay in state for three days at the St. Nicholas Church, before his mortal remains were transferred to Oradea in Hungary.
From the 19th Century, Znojmo is best known as the site for the Armistice of Znaim concluded there on 12 July 1809 during the Battle of Znaim, after the decisive 7 days earlier Battle of Wagram, between Emperor Napoleon and the archduke Charles.
From the 20th Century, it is also the (alleged) birthplace of Leopold Loyka, the driver of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car when Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo during 1914, an event which triggered the World War I. After the war, it was part of Czechoslovakia, except during the Nazi German occupation between 1938 and 1945 when it was part of Reichsgau Niederdonau. The German Citizens were expelled in 1945 according to the Bene? decrees.
The birthplace of the sculptor Hugo Lederer and writer Charles Sealsfield, it also has a special co-operation relation with Harderwijk, Netherlands.
Znojmo Town Hall Tower
The Gothic Church of St. Nicholas and the Late Gothic Town Hall tower are the most recognizable landmarks. St Nicolas Church was built in 1348 by Emperor Charles IV, and the town hall, with its 75 m (250 ft) tower, dates from around 1446.[2]
Overlooking the Thaya River valley, on the edge of the medieval city, there is Znojmo Castle, dating back to 11th century, founded by P?emyslid dukes.[3] The only remains of the castle used by the P?emysl dukes is the Romanesque Rotunda of Saint Catherine, the interior of which is covered with 11th-century frescoes depicting biblical scenes and illustrating the life of P?emysl.[4]
Under the town and castle is a vast labyrinth of connected passageways and cellars, Znojmo Catacombs, developed in the 14th and 15th century for defensive purposes and containing wells, drainage, fireplaces, trap doors and escapeways that led beyond the fortifications of the town.[5][6] The catacombs are the largest system of underground corridors and cellars in the Czech Republic - they are almost 27 km long and up to 4 levels deep.[7]
Agriculture, viticulture and nature
Znojmo is famous for local production of cucumbers, pickled in the original sweet-sour and spicy pickle, whose cultivation in the Znojmo region was introduced in 1571 by Louka monastery Abbot George II, coming from North Bohemian village ?epirohy. The special taste is also the result of local type of cucumbers, cultivation method, soil, climatic conditions, processing and also the packaging in which they are kept. These are also an ingredient of local specialties such as Znojmo roast or Znojmo goulash. Nowadays, the cucumber festivals are held in the town every year.
Thanks to favorable climatic conditions, the town is successful also in winery and fruit growing. It is the center of viticulture of the Znojmo wine-growing sub-region and a destination for nature lovers, mainly thanks to the newly established National Park "Podyjí".
Znojmo Catacombs
Column commemorating the plague
Flood in 2006
o 1. SC Znojmo FK is a local football club which plays in the Moravian-Silesian Football League (3rd tier of the Czech football league system).
o Orli Znojmo is a local ice hockey club playing the Austrian Hockey League (also known as the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, or EBEL)
Znojmo is well known for its wine festival that takes place every September. The main attraction of the festival is a historical parade celebrating coming of king John of Bohemia.
Václav Prokop Divi? (1698-1765), priest, theologian and natural scientist, pioneer in the field of electricity and the constructor of the first electric musical instrument Denis d'or
Clement Mary Hofbauer, C.Ss.R. (1751-1820), Redemptorist priest and patron saint of Vienna, who served as an apprentice baker in the town in his youth
Anna Spitzmüller (1903-2001), art historian and curator
Petr Rosol (born 1964), ice hockey player
Jitka Schneiderová (born 1973), actress
Kv?toslav Svoboda (born 1982), swimmer
Michal Ordo? (born 1983), football player
Ji?í Orság (born 1989), weightlifter
Twin towns - sister cities
Znojmo is twinned with:[8]
Chrudim, Czech Republic
Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Pontassieve, Italy
Povo (Trento), Italy
Retz, Austria
Ru?inov (Bratislava), Slovakia
Strzegom, Poland
Torgau, Germany
Villazzano (Trento), Italy
^ "Population of Municipalities - 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
^ Beseda, Znojemská. "Znojemská Beseda". www.znojemskabeseda.cz. Retrieved .
^ http://www.istudio.cz, iStudio s.r.o. -. "Underground in Znojmo - Top Výletní cíle ji?ní Morava". www.vyletnicile.cz. Retrieved .
^ "Tip for a Trip: Znojmo | Foreigners.cz Blog". blog.foreigners.cz. 2020-07-28. Retrieved .
^ "Partnerská m?sta" (in Czech). Znojmo. Retrieved .
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Znojmo travel guide from Wikivoyage
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An inspirational guide to setting up inclusive & participative 'Strategic Partnerships' in the youth field.
Are you working with young people with fewer opportunities (excluded or disadvantaged) and want to give them an opportunity to truly participate in society? Then this publication is for you! In this inspirational guide, we will take you on a practical journey towards change and social justice. We will show you how to set up true participative projects for and with young people who usually fall out of the boat. The course of a person's life often depends on a few crucial experiences. And you can generate such trigger moments.
Best of all is that the European Commission funds strategic longer-term initiatives. For years, inclusion and participation have been a priority within the Youth in Action Programme. This publication gives you the ins and outs of securing funding through Strategic Partnerships (Key Action 2) of the Erasmus+ Programme, with a focus on youth.
Besides the funding information, we also give you tips and tricks to make your inclusion & participation projects as effective as possible. This publication coaches you through the different steps to make sure your project fits the needs of the young people you are working with and the community surrounding them.
But where do you start? We help you to think outside the box by giving some examples of projects that we know of. Each of them shows how you can use the resources within the Strategic Partnerships (Key Action 2) to improve inclusion and participation. But it is, of course, up to you to adapt them to your goals. And don't forget that Erasmus+ is only one funding format amongst many others. 'Strategic Partnerships' are there to support your projects and not to limit them.
The core of the ideas in this guide stem from the Greenhouse Seminar developed in cooperation of the Belgian, German and Hungarian National Agencies and the SALTO-YOUTH Resource Centres Inclusion and Participation. It took place in May 2014 in Berlin.


Hmmm….so I'm re-reading Lastowka and Hunter's "The Laws of the Virtual Worlds" and I can't help noticing that they always refer to the player as 'she'. And come to think of it, EVERYONE does! Wikipedia, journalists, academics…everyone who writes about gamers always refers to the player as she. Is there some universal decision made that I don't know about? Was there a secret meeting at some point where they concluded that gamers should always be referred to as female in order to demolish the stereotypical male pimple faced gamer geek? Or is there some language thing going on here that I just haven't picked up on? Is the word player or gamer feminine?
Huh…just a thought that I'll be sure to investigate further when I'm REALLY bored! But for now I'm just gonna let the thought waver out here on my blog. But I really should know this, shouldn't I?


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Minnie Rayner (1869–1941) foi uma atriz de cinema britânica.

Filmografia selecionada
The Pickwick Papers (1913)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
If Youth But Knew (1926)
The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
The Veteran of Waterloo (1933)
I Lived with You (1933)
Excess Baggage (1933)
This Week of Grace (1933)
Sometimes Good (1934)
Barnacle Bill (1935)
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
The House of the Spaniard (1936)
If I Were Rich (1936)
Dreams Come True (1936)
Gaslight (1940)
Old Mother Riley in Society (1940)

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Q: Expanding group by window to count nunique I have the following df:
df=pd.DataFrame(data={'month':[1]*4+[2]*4+[3]*4,'customer':[1,2,3,4,1,5,6,7,2,3,10,7]})

I want to create an expanding window to count number of unique customers at any point.
the output for the following df should be:
{1:4,2:7,3:8}

because in the first month we had 4 different customers, in the 2nd one, 3 where added (the other one was in the first month, and in the last month only one added (number 10))
Thanks

A: You can first drop the duplicated customers (only keep the first ones that appeared) and then cumulatively sum the number of (now unique) customers per month:
counts = df.drop_duplicates("customer").groupby("month").size().cumsum().to_dict()

to get
>>> counts

{1: 4, 2: 7, 3: 8}

A: Since there are repeated customers, you can drop those repeated customers using
df.drop_duplicates(subset='customer',ignore_index=True,inplace=True)

By default it will keep the first occurence of customer number and will drop next occurences. To count the number of unique customers each month,
df['customer'] = df.groupby('month')['customer'].transform('count')
df = df.drop_duplicates(ignore_index=True)

To roll the window over the customer column, calculate cumulative sum of that column
df['customer'] = df['customer'].cumsum()

It will give the desired output
month   customers
  1        4
  2        7
  3        8

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Fellowship-trained cardiologists join Marshall School of Medicine faculty
Monday, Sept. 18, 2017
Contact: Sheanna M. Spence, Assistant Director, Alumni Affairs & Community Relations, 304-691-1639
Electrophysiology services now available at Marshall Health
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Affan Irfan, M.D., and Paul Okhumale, M.D., recently joined Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health as cardiologists.
"We continue to see more and more patients in our region suffering from heart disease and related illnesses," said Mark A. Studeny, M.D., chair of the department of cardiovascular services at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. "The addition of these two highly skilled physicians to our team of cardiologists further enhances our abilities to provide advanced cardiac care."
Irfan, a fellowship-trained, board-certified cardiologist, has been named an assistant professor in the department of cardiovascular services at the School of Medicine. After earning his medical degree from Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, Irfan completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in Champaign, Illinois, followed by a general cardiology fellowship at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. He is also currently completing a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Louisville. Irfan specializes in non-invasive cardiology and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Okhumale, a fellowship-trained, board-certified electrophysiologist, has been named assistant professor of cardiovascular services at the school of medicine. He earned his medical degree from Windsor University in St. Kitts. He completed his residency in internal medicine at East Carolina University/Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina, followed by fellowships in cardiology at Marshall University and electrophysiology at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Okhumale specializes in cardiac electrophysiology, which means he tests, diagnoses and treats patients with abnormal heart rhythms and conditions such as atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, tachycardia and more.
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Britain's Happy List Honors Those Who Make World A Better Place
By Tim Saunders on May 16, 2011
Britain's Independent on Sunday newspaper has released it's annual Happy 100 List for 2011, which includes some familiar names for readers of LookToTheStars.org.
The IoS Happy List began in 2008, and lets readers of the paper vote for the people they believe make Britain a better and happier place to live.
Included in this year's list are:
Annie Lennox: "As well as three decades of chart hits, she is also an Oxfam ambassador. She initiated the Sing campaign, inspired by Nelson Mandela in 2007, that helps women and children affected by Aids. Has donated tour profits to Amnesty International and Greenpeace, and is a Unesco goodwill ambassador."
Ryan McLaughlin: "After his mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, this teenager campaigned on the importance of vitamin D in preventing the disease. He organised a march and petition to the Scottish Parliament, plus a summit, with experts from 19 countries. Scotland has a public awareness programme now." LookToTheStars.org has featured Ryan – who has had the support of JK Rowling – on a number of occasions.
John Caudwell: "The founder of Phones4U also started the Caudwell Children charity in Stoke-on-Trent, and covers its costs. Rapidly expanding and, with Robbie Williams as an ambassador, it has helped raise and donate more than £13m for equipment and therapy for sick and disabled youngsters in the UK since 2000."
Tom Henderson: "Awarded an OBE for services to humanitarian aid after launching ShelterBox in 2000, now the world's largest Rotary Club project. The Cornish charity delivers emergency shelter, warmth, and dignity to tsunami, typhoon, hurricane, volcano, earthquake and conflict victims in 65 countries."
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow: "After meeting Edward, a 14-year-old in Malawi whose mother was dying of Aids and who had insufficient food to attend school, MacFarlane-Barrow founded Mary's Meals, a Scottish charity feeding half a million children daily in 16 of the poorest countries. Now has 30 staff and 10,000 volunteers."
Miriam Margolyes: "Harry Potter's Professor Sprout, and a proudly Jewish actress speaking out against injustice in Gaza. Dedicated to understanding both sides of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, she visited charity projects in the West Bank last year, and is patron of a Middle East peace and justice organization."
George Martin: "Made honorary Doctor of Music by Oxford University, still active in music business and charitable work. After the capital of Montserrat was devastated by a volcano, he spearheaded the funding for a $2m arts and events venue where islanders can stage festivals, exhibitions and debating contests."
Bryn and Emma Parry: "When former soldier Bryn Parry and his wife Emma organised a bicycle ride to raise £10,000 for wounded servicemen, they could hardly have predicted the enormous charity it would become. Now Help for Heroes raises more than £20m annually, funding rehabilitation projects across the country."
Tony Robinson: "His brilliant Birth of Britain series did for geology what his Time Team has done for archaeology. His questing approach, free of silly voices and larky nonsense, brings intelligence to the popularising of complex subjects. His name on a series guarantees it will be accessible, but not dumbed-down."
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Pseudo-Equity: Further Remarks on the Politics of Mandatory Diversity Training at Evergreen
Peter Dorman | April 10, 2018 6:04 am
This post follows the previous one and explains why I get so exercised about the politics of equity at a place like Evergreen State College. The single issue at the heart of activism at Evergreen for the past two years is mandatory diversity training for faculty. This was first proposed by the Equity Council (which was set up by the college administration and whose name changed a bit from year to year) and brought before the faculty, where it failed on a secret ballot. Equity people were furious and concluded that (a) the faculty had just demonstrated its deep-seated racism, and (b) they would have to go directly to top administrators to impose these trainings anyway. This perspective was picked up by activist students, who felt that only confrontation could rid the campus of its plague of professors who refused to deal with their own racism. This is a bit of a cartoon version, I admit, but it is broadly accurate and provides essential context for understanding why someone like Bret Weinstein got the treatment he received.
So what about mandatory training?
I agree completely that it takes a tremendous amount of skill to negotiate issues involving race, gender and sexual preference in the classroom. I've learned a lot over the years, and I definitely don't think I've arrived at perfect wisdom. I'm always trying to improve. For me this is about both better serving the students in front of me and addressing the larger inequalities we're all enmeshed in because we live when and where we do. I'm absolutely in favor of providing lots of resources for all faculty to work on this front.
Mandatory? Maybe, but go into it with your eyes open. It's not like Evergreen is the first institution to set up a system of mandatory trainings. This is widespread throughout corporate America, the military, government offices, and nonprofit organizations. There is a vast literature that studies the effectiveness of these programs in meeting their goals. Of course, the findings will differ from one situation to the next, but generalizing, here's how it went: the first generation of studies, up to maybe ten years ago, was largely negative. They looked for across-the-board, average effects and found almost nothing. The conclusion at that point is that you can't reach the worst apples by subjecting them to mandatory retraining. That's what I was aware of when the Evergreen debates first flared up. When the shit hit the fan I went back and looked up the latest round of studies, and I'm glad I did, since now there is a new generation of them, more careful and fine-tuned than the first.
The new studies don't look for an overall average effect; they are more interested in how the specifics of each program interact with the context (the other things that are happening in the institution that puts the program in place) to get or not get results. Out of this has come a much more nuanced and realistic sense of what trainings can do, and what else should be done concurrently so the combined effect really gets at racism, sexism, etc.
Now I'm not an expert in all this. Please don't put me on a committee, because I'm just an amateur who reads a few studies and tries to increase my knowledge. There are people out there who really know about this stuff, and we should look to them. The absurdity of the conflict at Evergreen is that no one charged with addressing diversity and inequality in the classroom made a single reference to the accumulated knowledge of what works and what doesn't in mandatory trainings. You won't find any awareness that there even is such knowledge in documents like the Equity Plan, and none of this learning has gone into the drafting of Evergreen's version of the program.
What to make of this? What I conclude is that "equity" at Evergreen for this crowd is purely symbolic. It's about showing you care and want to do something, which means you are on the right side of the issue, while anyone who opposes you is on the wrong side, racist and irredeemable. But that isn't going to solve the problem. If you reallycare about achieving equity you will want to approach the issue the best way you can. You will draw on the accumulated knowledge of people who have studied this stuff to create the most effect program possible, and you will also establish a process to see how effective it is in your own context. (See "adaptive management of complex systems".) Why should I even have to say this in an institution of higher education, where learning from existing knowledge in order to change the world is the core of the mission?
But it gets worse. What a lot of the grumbling about mandatory diversity trainings, which has now been decisively suppressed at Evergreen, was ultimately about was a fear that this would devolve into mandatory ideological boot camp. Is this paranoid? I don't think so, precisely because the people organizing these events at Evergreen, and perhaps elsewhere, are not motivated by the philosophy that you study the research, apply it, and assess outcomes. I've been to many of them, and, while some have been better than others, it's clear that a lot of the content is ideological. The primary form of argumentation is appeal to authority rather than addressing the evidence. Now it happens that I'm open to the content of this ideology, because my values are also about overcoming eons of oppression. Nevertheless, the form of these events, their dogmatism and group-think, offend me. And again, what matters to me and should matter to anyone who shares my values, is not affirming righteousness with ever more elaborate terminology but actually changing the world: achieving real, demonstrable liberation. You can't do that if you don't question yourself and allow the possibility of evidence proving you wrong.
Finally, and here's the crowning touch: the whole brouhaha at Evergreen was about mandatory training and similar stipulations for "reflection" on equity in annual self-evaluations, hiring decisions and so on. Meanwhile, there is no language in the faculty's collective bargaining agreement that makes equitable treatment of students an actionable responsibility of faculty, nor was any attention given to this lacuna by our putative equity warriors. All the struggle has been about changing consciousness, and none of it has been about providing students a workable channel for redressing unacceptable faculty behavior. This says quite a bit about the pseudo-politics of equity at Evergreen, doesn't it?
I hope it's clear that my outrage at the way this issue has been framed at the college, and is upheld by the latest "independent" report, is miles away from the narrative about Evergreen peddled by the Right. I want to make real progress, at every scale, in dissolving the hierarchies and injustices that pervade this society, and I don't like seeing this cause abused by those claiming to represent it.
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I have been following along on your posts here at AB. Not sure what to add to this as it is always tough road to follow in treating people equally or making up for lost opportunity. Not everyone will be happy with what ever was said.
A few thoughts. If you have to live and work with people successfully, you eventually begin to understand their needs. One of the biggest problems we face in Michigan is the inability of many of the white majority in Michigan to understand. The way Detroit goes so does Michigan and without Detroit, Michigan would be a large vegetable farm and salt mine. Metro-Detroit provides 50% of the GDP of Michigan. Detroit is mostly Black Americans.
Looking at Evergreen stats; 10% are Hispanic, 5% of the campus is black, 3% is native American, 3% is Asian, 8% is of mixed race, and a small percentage is Pacific Islander. 70% white.
Perhaps I forgot what the issue is; but, are the majority of students objecting to the "Day of Absence?" As far as Bret, I think you have him pegged properly. He saw an opportunity.
Lose the words boot camp. Boot Camp breaks down people and then rebuilds them into a form which serves the Marine Corps needs. Watch the first half of Full Metal Jacket for an idea of what Boot Camp is. There was a private snowflake, joker, Gomer Pyle, etc. and it was brutal.
I was back at Loyola University Chicago a couple of weeks ago and was asked what course I thought was the most important in pursuing my Masters. I remember my Ethics course as being important to me once I left there. There were times I paid for saying "no."
A policy only works if people believe in it. People will only believe in something if they have experienced it. I sorely(?) believe much of our fear and prejudice comes from not knowing who people are and what they believe. Boot Camp broke the doubts and hesitation down to where it did not matter.
I think you need something besides another paper document. Maybe an ethics course or something similar stressing/understanding diversity and team building. Evergreen is 70% white now and that percentage will decrease as the White population becomes the minority. We need to teach our students how to live and work together.
coberly
Well, I think the kids have already figured it out. And if my experience twenty or thirty years ago was any example, so have the professors. New days now, may be more open white ring professors. Sensitivity training won't help them.
Meanwhile the rest of the professors, and students, don't want their time wasted being bored to tears by mandatory diversity training. Probably the administrators could learn something about handling diversity issues… that is their job… but the professors have another job,. And the kids already know the answer. Or they did in the days before fox news, and, I am afraid to say, the professional diversity activists.
It's hard enough getting people of the same race and same sex to treat each other decently, not to say intelligently. As for diversity training, hell, you can't even teach mathematics in a classroom… it's something, like everything else, you teach yourself.
Dear Runner:
Yes, boot camp is hyperbolic, not a good idea in a topic that can easily spin out into nasty territory. But bot camp isn't so bad!
One of the unfortunate aspects of the current state of discussion, such as it is both nationally and at a place like Evergreen, is that if you doubt the specific proposals or rhetoric of those who see themselves as champions of equity and diversity, the assumption is that you are opposed or indifferent to these goals or want to define them down. What especially irks me about the remarks Bret Weinstein has made over the past year is he reinforces that narrative.
But I can't be the only human on the planet who thinks achieving a much higher level of equality and respect is urgent *and* that we can think critically, based on the evidence, about how to pursue them. My gripe is not at all against the values of equity and diversity but turning them into symbols to be affirmed, not tangible objectives to be achieved — in ways we can and should evaluate and debate *if we care about results*.
This is so fundamental to the mission of education for democracy (Dewey) it blows me away we even have to talk about it.
Thanks for making me laugh at my own mistake.
I do not have a good answer for you. Bret is an asshole and no champion of equality. He (they) are there at the most critical times to blow things up instead of help work things out. There has to be a way to pull them together without breaking them down and rebuilding them.
And Coberly, I'm someone who teaches equity, diversity *and* mathematics in the classroom on a regular basis. I'm not perfect, but I try, and I keep learning from my experience and that of others who do similar things and write about them. I don't have illusions about how much one teacher can do, but we do what we can.
And where did you get the idea that a classroom has to be so sterile? You must have had crappy teachers. In reality people can do almost everything better with others than holed up in isolation.
Diversity training is absolutely necessary and should be mandatory for anyone working with groups of students. I would love to see this training available to anyone at any time, especially as an issue arises. Teachers could benefit from help desk software readily available to answer questions, and diffuse a situation quickly. Rather than looking at this as an issue, we should see it as a form of preparedness, and a tool that could be useful in any situation.
Dennis:
Welcome to AB. First time comments go to moderation to weed out the spammers and the advertisers.
and where did you get the idea i was advocating isolation?
i had a few good teachers and many bad ones. i was surprised to learn, when i had the chance, that i was a bad one. i had the idea i could "teach" mathematics. What a good teacher does is inspire the person to teach themselves, and maybe sometimes help them avoid wasting their time. I can't see where butt time in a classroom ever helped anyone.
you may well be a better teacher than i was, or you might not…. i have no way to know. but if you are, you are way better than most of those i have have, and all of those my employers have hired as consultants to teach me and others to be better people.
and just to try to be more clear… people teach themselves better manners, and respect for diversity, by working together on something that matters. they don't learn it by being preached at…. unless they take the preaching to heart and teach themselves. note, isolation not required.
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sometimes a boss who says "i won't tolerate bad manners" helps his employees learn to tolerate diversity.
i thought i was agreeing with you about "mandatory training."
"have HAD" not "have have"
Karl Kolchak
"I agree completely that it takes a tremendous amount of skill to negotiate issues involving race, gender and sexual preference in the classroom."
Yeah–and my experience from the half dozen or so mandatory diversity training sessions I had to attend in my career is that they are usually taught by complete idiots who, were corporations and government offices not paying for these courses, would be unemployed. These courses are a racket, a drain on productivity and in many ways counterproductive (if you don't believe that, you've ether never sat in one or are a blithering idiot yourself).
No bigot who ever attended these courses was ever cured of their affliction, in fact forcing them to attend likely made them even more resentful and actually showed them how they could get away with discrimination (never, ever tell anyone what you're up to, nor ever document it).
It's too bad that Weinstein's extremely valid points are being dismissed by some simply because he had to go to the conservative media in order to be heard. But that's due to how badly journalism in America has degraded in the age of cable teevee and the Internet. All I can say is I'm glad I'm now retired and don't have to put up with mind numbing, soul destroying corporate lunacy such as mandatory diversity training anymore.
Unfortunately Evergreen is likely dead. Admissions are down 20%, even though they accept nearly 100% of applicants, and they were already below the Washington state mandated enrollment.
Who would want to go, or have their kids go, to a college with such an overwhelming fixation on race/gender/sexual orientation/ who know what's next bias? It has created its own monster.
It was my intent to let what I've already written speak for itself, but I have to respond to Sammy. (1) Evergreen isn't dead. It's in trouble and needs to make some swift changes, but dead? No. And what would "dead" even mean? The state will not simply mothball one of its six baccalaureates. As I see it, the worse case scenario is that Evergreen gets gobbled up by UW or WSU. (2) Evergreen has extraordinary opportunities to offer to students prepared to take advantage of them. Inquiry-centered interdisciplinary team-teaching is amazing when done right, and it's often done wonderfully at this place. Believe it or not, Evergreen isn't one big non-stop demonstration; a lot of other stuff is going on.
Having went to smaller universities and having sent my children to places such as Ohio Wesleyan and Lake Forest; I hardily agree with you on going to smaller institutions. The diversity claimed by Evergreen presents a melting pot of cultural, urban, and country experience which will be valuable to your students once they leave. The setting has to be beautiful also and I can imagine myself wandering the hills around Evergreen.