You've finally made it… The youngsters are grown up, you're near retirement, and now it is lastly time to stay the dream. Moving to Mexico is on your listing, and also you're wanting forward to the life-style only Baja fanatics really perceive. No more visitors, chatter, or monetary stressors… only year-round summers and a few well-deserved R & R.
When individuals hear about Baja, they typically assume Cabo San Lucas or Ensenada. Nevertheless, do you know there's a fertile, beautiful area in between that's absolutely breathtaking? Up till a number of years ago, its accessibility was limited. Now, highways are modernized (the primary stretch being nicer than most US roads), and airports supply frequent flights.
Situated on the chic shores of the Sea of Cortez, you'd never guess that you simply have been solely a day's drive away from San Diego, or a 2-hour flight from Los Angeles. It's a mix of luscious summer time microclimates, with the areas of San Lucas Cove and Loreto being in the "sweet spot" on the central Baja peninsula.
Once we found The Cove Group at San Lucas Cove, we fell in love. With dream-like tranquility, the sunlight dances on heat, pristine waters. It's no thriller why John Steinbeck selected this very spot to acquire marine specimens and was impressed to write the e-book, "The Log from the Sea of Cortez." With a number of the most exotic ocean life and pure waters on the planet, this beautiful retirement or vacation house spot is right for the sun-seeking ocean lover. Uncommon sea turtles are even recognized to construct summer time houses here and have their offspring!
This personal, gated group is situated in a lush area between Santa Rosalia and Mulege, just 2 hours north of Loreto in Baja California Sur. This region is well-known for its paradise-like magnificence, 360° views, year-round warm air and water temperatures (70-85°), sports activities fishing, crusing, kayaking, swimming, recent seafood, and the traits of what many think about the great life. This sun-loving retirement and second residence group is accommodating to those who need a relaxed way of life in a personal, gated seaside improvement with first world infrastructure. Current residents embrace a diverse group of retired corporate executives, entrepreneurs, technologists, manufacturing professionals, marine ecologists, sports fishermen, and most significantly, down-to-earth, pleasant people who love the Baja way of life.
The individuals, the recent food, and the carefree lifestyle make The Cove Group… residence.
Though San Lucas Cove is nestled in a personal, gated location with palm timber and songbirds, the vibrant town of Santa Rosalia is simply a 10-minute drive north. Santa Rosalia is a affluent seaside village the place the locals are glad and have nice jobs working for the Boleo mine. This quaint neighborhood provides every thing you need for all the comforts of residence, together with a hospital, restaurants, and big-box buying. It isn't generally known as a resort city or place for Spring Break however has sufficient happening to catch unimaginable dinners, pastries, margaritas, and the annual Dorado fishing tournaments.
The retirees, expat locals, and vacation householders nearby benefit from the area for its safety, privacy, beautiful weather, lush surroundings, and good, trustworthy individuals. World travelers typically categorical how pleasant the locals are here. With its wonderful popularity, crusing fanatics regularly drop anchor at the superbly maintained Port of Santa Rosalia for prolonged land-stays.
Whereas building your dream residence in San Lucas Cove, there are clean, cheap inns and delicious eating places within a few minutes of The Cove Group. Name for our suggestions.
Seashore houses in The Cove Group at San Lucas Cove begin at $139okay and may vary to over $1M. Although it is required that custom-built houses are tasteful and well-built to ensure longevity and appreciation, The Cove Group provides the pliability to build the house you need, your means. For approvals, merely e-mail us a replica of the plans and we collaborate to provide help to understand your Baja dream residence.
Featured above: "The Dorado" 2 bedroom, 2 tub residence simply steps away from the seashore. Asking worth for this house is $154,900.
Concerned about exploring more houses and seashore tons for sale at The Cove Group in San Lucas Cove? We invite you to visit www.TheCoveCommunity.com, or better still, in individual.
Meander south to Loreto on highways lined with aquamarine coastlines to fulfill your longing for adventure and wonder. If driving shouldn't be your fashion, fly into Loreto International Airport and settle into your golf course residence inside a matter of minutes.
Loreto is right for the golf fanatic who enjoys the posh of 5-star spas and eating places nearby. It is a tranquil resort city, and like The Cove Group at San Lucas Cove, shares an analogous panorama and a peaceable way of life. You'll discover an occasional Spring Breaker here, nevertheless it's not even close to being unpleasantly over-run with vacationers. Loreto stays a spot for those "in-the-know," principally consisting of gringo locals from San Diego, Orange County, Canada, and Minnesota.
Stroll throughout the green to take pleasure in breakfast or dinner at a basic Loreto resort. For extra decisions, take pleasure in a 5-minute drive main to buying, restaurants, historical websites, nightlife, and a number of the greatest fish tacos you'll ever eat. And like The Cove Group, you'll overlook what the phrase "stress" even means once you arrive. The locals are welcoming and the region could be very protected.
When dwelling in Loreto, you will see your neighbors to probably be American, Canadian, and European expatriates wanting to escape cold weather or metropolis life. There's additionally a considerable inhabitants of local restaurateurs, early retirees and middle-aged know-how professionals who have the posh of working remotely.
Whereas Loreto boasts larger real property prices than San Lucas Cove, a lavish way of life can nonetheless be had at a fraction of the price of any US or Canadian resort town. A contemporary, custom-built Three-bedroom, 2-bath, 2,600 s.f. residence on a 10,000 s.f. lot overlooking the 18th fairway begins at $449okay. Contact us to study extra about these special tons and houses for sale in Loreto.
The Sea of Cortez is soulful, lively, and unparalleled to some other. Explorer Jacques Cousteau aptly described The Sea of Cortez as "The World's Aquarium" and "The Galapagos of North America," as a result of it holds ocean life so rare in its majestically pure waters. Upon visiting, you will understand what legendary writers and explorers saw in San Lucas Cove and Loreto … Chic beauty and an air of pure power.
The waters categorical the translucent, turquoise sparkle we frequently see in advertisements selling the Caribbean or Amalfi Coast, with average temps of 75°. This can be a dream come true for swimmers, divers, and snorkelers.
For the nature lover, the sports activities fisherman, and the extra adventurous, this region of Baja California Sur is like no other. Watch whales and manta rays frolic in your wake, deep sea fish for ocean delicacies, snorkel and dive with brightly coloured tropical fish, kayak on calm waters, or hike, bike, and discover the encompassing mountains and deserts. Drop anchor on the sailboat and float off to dreamland for a mid-day nap before capturing a glimpse of your property on the shore. For the artwork and history buff, rediscover most of the first recognized cave paintings declared as a world treasure by UNESCO.
There isn't a place this lovely and unique so shut to the continental US that maintains preferrred circumstances for retirees, expats, and vacation householders. When dwelling in San Lucas Cove or Loreto, you'll all the time "live the good life" at a wise worth.
Residents from across the globe, including these from Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, the Midwest, and Canada have been proudly owning property and dwelling in Baja California Sur for many years.
Is it protected to stay in Baja California Sur?
Is there entry to good medical care?
Will my property be taken away?
Can I personal land near the seashore?
Why can't I buy a seashore house for $50okay?
Our best recommendation is to ask credible sources, comparable to People or Canadians who've skilled years of dwelling in Baja, specifically on this area, as a result of it's in contrast to any of the more well-known trip locations. We all the time welcome you to contact us.
Is it harmful to stay in Baja California Sur, Mexico?
Mexico is safer than most main cities in america and this can be a reality. In fact, there are places in Mexico which are unsafe identical to there are dangerous places in Chicago or Los Angeles. Nevertheless, the expansive, surrounding area of The Cove Group and Loreto is just not considered one of them.
Most of the people in Mexico just isn't allowed to carry weapons. The native culture celebrates being type, thoughtful, and respectful of others. The locations that sometimes experience violence are extremely populated cities where the rival gangs and drug actions reside. The same is true of every main city in the USA.
Unfair media protection even affects the USA… I've recognized Europeans who've feared to go to America because they believed they might be shot once they set foot off the aircraft. For those who speak to anyone who lives near San Lucas Cove, Santa Rosalia, or Loreto, you'll find that feeling "unsafe" has by no means been a priority.
Will the Mexican Authorities take your property?
Another unfair piece of PR that Mexico endures… This has never happened in Mexico. The courts have taken foreigner's property who bought or leased land that was not titled properly. In an effort to get monetary savings, individuals entered into shady real estate offers and lost their cash. The government encourages individuals to move to Mexico and the banking system here is among the most secure on the earth.
Can foreigners personal land close to the ocean?
The federal government modified the rule to encourage foreigners to personal property near the ocean. The property is owned by a 50-year Mexican trust that is perpetually renewable. Foreigners may also personal a Mexican company, and that corporation should buy land anyplace in Mexico. Title insurance coverage can also be out there for Mexican property. (The Cove Group is insured by the reputable USA-based title firm, Stewart Title).
Can I buy a seashore house for $50okay in Baja?
Many people nonetheless consider you should purchase a terrific residence on the seashore in Baja for $50okay. I assume something is possible, but you all the time get what you pay for. Prices are considerably decrease in Baja, however a home with a super location with water, sewer, electrical, internet, and wonderful communications in or near a pleasant city shouldn't be potential for $50okay.
If I stay in Mexico, will I have access to good medical care?
Medical care in Mexico is free, and the docs are recognized to be very compassionate. In case you are sick and go to a clinic, you may be treated. Whereas most foreigners use personal docs and hospitals, the prices for these providers are 80% lower than the USA. This makes Mexico a super touchdown spot for retirees. Healthcare in the larger cities is respected worldwide for their degree of care. I have by no means used my US Medicare in Mexico.
Will I've cell reception, clear water, and USA TV?
Sure. Cellular phone communications are wonderful in The Cove Group, Loreto, and the encompassing areas. Except for a couple of temporary spots in the high desert driving from San Diego to San Lucas Cove, the service is incredibly strong. Our residents have carried out enterprise by way of cell on the drive down here just positive. You possibly can even hold your American or Canadian cellular phone working here for those who tell your supplier to open your strains for Mexico. Just lately, US cellular phone corporations have included protection in Mexico at no further charge.
Seashore and Golf Course houses at The Cove Group and Loreto have first world infrastructure. Being accustomed to the luxuries of Southern California and the East Coast most of our lives, we might have it no different method. We've got direct energy strains to the houses related to the grid, city water we drink day-after-day, and all the cable channels together with ESPN, American information, and movie channels.
I conduct business worldwide with a strong web connection that helps the bandwidth needs of Netflix, inventory trading packages, and Skype. We actually do have all the advantages of dwelling in the coastal USA and Canada, for lower than half the worth.
Will I have a social life? Will I have associates and a robust help system dwelling in Mexico?
You will develop a robust sense of group and friendships with the locals and expats who've determined to stay the great life in San Lucas Cove, Santa Rosalia, Loreto, and the encompassing areas. Normally, for those who're socially lively, neighbors 20 miles away know your identify and can invite you to a number of good cookouts. In the event you grew up in San Diego or Orange County, chances are you'll even run into familiar faces. We invite you to go to and check it out. Shut-knit relationships together with your new Baja household and pals await.
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Q: How Using a return value of one function in another (C) BUT no declaration variables for this? I need to use the return value of function1 as parameter in function2. I've seen other community posts about this, but they didn't help much. When I call function1 inside function2, it's as if I hadn't called function1 as a parameter to function2.
#include<stdio.h>
int n1=0;
int p1=0;
int p2=0;

int dobrar(p1){
    return (2*n1);
}
int triplica(p2){
    return (3*n1);
}
int main(){

    printf("digite um numero \n");
    scanf("%i",&n1);
    printf("o n1 dobrado %i \n ", dobrar(n1));
    printf("o numero triplicado %i",triplica(dobrar(n1)));

    return 0;
}

If I put n1=1 the output is: printf = 2 and printf=3. I thought it would be the output printf=2 and printf=6.

A: As noted in the comments, you want to shy away from using global variables.  And, for sure, you really should not utilize global variable within your function definition.
Reviewing the spirit of your project following are two methods for coding that shy away from global variables and provide a more usual and customary way to utilize functions; whereby, you can call functions within functions.
The first code snippet has the helper functions completely defined prior to them being called within the main function.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int dobrar(int n2)
{
    return (2*n2);
}
int triplica(int n2)
{
    return (3*n2);
}

int main()
{

    int n1=0;

    printf("digite um numero: ");
    scanf("%i",&n1);
    printf("o n1 dobrado %i \n", dobrar(n1));
    printf("o numero triplicado %i\n",triplica(dobrar(n1)));

    return 0;
}

The second way is to provide function prototypes to let the compiler know the signature of the function prior to its actual definition.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* Prototypes of your functions */

int dobrar(int);
int triplica(int);

int main()
{

    int n1=0;

    printf("digite um numero: ");
    scanf("%i",&n1);
    printf("o n1 dobrado %i \n", dobrar(n1));
    printf("o numero triplicado %i\n",triplica(dobrar(n1)));

    return 0;
}

int dobrar(int n2)
{
    return (2*n2);
}
int triplica(int n2)
{
    return (3*n2);
}

Also, note that the global variables are not needed anymore.  Running this program produces the results you apparently are after where the doubling function is called within the tripling function, producing a net value of multiplying the original entry by six.
Give that a try.

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When I call function1 inside function2, it's as if I hadn't called function1 as a parameter to function2

I'm not sure what you mean by that, because I don't see any function calls inside your dobrar and triplica functions, which I assume are the functions you are talking about.
However, I suspect that what you are observing is that your particular triplica() function's return value does not depend on the argument with which it is called.  That's among its general properties, not specific to cases where one of the arguments is the return value of another function call.  Consider the implementation:

int triplica(p2){
    return (3*n1);
}

Within the function body, the argument cam be accessed via name p2, but that doesn't appear outside the parameter list.  You can test that:
    n1 = 1;
    printf("%d\n", triplica(2));
    printf("%d\n", triplica(3));
    printf("%d\n", triplica(4));

(Prints "3" three times.)
If the objective is to return triple the value of the argument, then that would look like this:
int triplica(int x) {
    return 3 * x;
}

Note well the appearance of the parameter name (x in this case) in the expression for the return value.
Similar applies to your dobrar() function (test it, too), but the way you use it in the sample program happens to result in the behavior you expected anyway.
In many cases, the compiler would notice such an error and reject the code, but in your case you have a global variable named n1, which is what the compiler took your function to be referring to.  Reasonable uses for global variables occasionally arise, but you should not create a global variable unless you can explain clearly why it needs to be global.
And be sure to give your variables meaningful names.  This will help you avoid using the wrong variable for a given purpose, and it will reduce the likelihood of confusion arising from using the same or similar variable names for unrelated purposes.

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Lincoln High School Fence
Adding light rail to SW Jefferson Street in downtown Portland, OR, widened the right-of-way. At Lincoln High School, the new sidewalk ran right up to the school's sports track. The engineering team reconciled the difference in elevation with a 15-foot tall by 134-feet long concrete and chain link fence.
Instead of bracing for litigation, we saw an opportunity build community and goodwill by bringing the fence into the light rail's art program. We awarded the art project to an artist inspired by the various window shapes discovered in the legacy architecture of the adjacent Goose Hollow neighborhood homes and ideas from students at the adjacent Lincoln High School.
Transforming a roadside eyesore into a work of art that involved a community.
This "wall as windows" design theme, turned into a row of painted steel window shapes set atop a thick cast-in-place concrete wall with bronze and glazed tile inlay and relief work. The artist, students and teachers then worked together to hand-make etched bronze castings, silicone formwork molds and over 800 ceramic tiles.
Art tended to bring out the most agreeable qualities of both place and people.
Succeeded in getting a local woven wire mesh fabricator to donate material to the project.
As one of over a hundred art elements on the 18-mile light rail line, this project was unique in that it inspired collaboration between school, community, engineers, fabricators and contractors. The project won an Excellence in Concrete Award from the Oregon Concrete Institute in 1995, and upon completion in 1996 it won a Specialty Concrete Award from the Portland Cement Association.
The concrete and steel plate wall told the 125-year history of the school through a ribbon of words, yearbook figures and images that represented common memories and moments across time.
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A group of children from a local primary school visited an egg farm to learn more about where food comes from.
The children from North Scarle Primary School visited the Happy Egg farm in Beckingham as part of Tesco initiative Farm to Fork Trail, which helps children learn more about food on their plate.
The North Scarle children, aged 9 to 11, are the first in Lincolnshire to take part in the initiative.
At the farm, the children got a "behind the scenes" lesson about how hens lay their eggs and how they like to play, perch and dustbathe.
They also saw how eggs are collected, selected and stamped, then got the chance to place eggs in the trays ready to be sent to a packing centre and then on to supermarkets.
North Scarle Primary School Teacher, Nicola Lang, said: "I think this is a brilliant scheme for teaching children about where food comes from.
Noble Foods Happy Egg Farmer, Jean-Paul Michalski, said: "It was a pleasure having North Scarle Primary School attend our first Happy Egg Farm To Fork trail today.
"The aim of these trails is to inspire primary school children all over the country to learn more about the food on their plate and you could see that the kids today were really excited and enthusiastic.
Schools can sign up to the scheme now by visiting the Eat Happy Project website.


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The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the current ban on dual citizenship by South Koreans is constitutional as allowing dual nationality could leave much room for abuse and confusion.
In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the court ruled against a 72-year-old South Korean, identified only by his surname Kim, who filed a petition claiming the ban violates his fundamental human rights. He became a permanent resident in the United States back in 1984.
"Allowing dual citizenship would complicate the process by which the country controls immigration and open the possibility for abuse by those seeking to avoid taxes and compulsory military service," the court said.
Under the Article 15 of the Nationality Act, South Koreans who voluntarily acquire a second citizenship must relinquish their South Korean citizenship.
Dual nationality has often been abused as a means to dodge conscription in South Korea. All able-bodied South Korean men must serve in the military for about two years, as the country remains technically at war with North Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War that ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
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Michele Bachmann To Be Launched Into Outer Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – (CT&P) – Former U.S. House Representative Michele Bachmann will be launched into outer space in early June, according to anonymous sources within John Boehner's office and officials from Space Exploration Technologies Company, the private corporation founded by billionaire Elon Musk. The ex-congresswoman from Minnesota will depart planet earth aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket specifically tasked with placing Bachmann in a stable orbit around earth until sometime after the 2016 presidential election.
"The plan is to jettison Bachmann as soon as the Dragon spacecraft achieves near-earth orbit," said Gwynne Shotwell, president and CEO of SpaceX. "She'll stay there, in a stable orbit, for approximately 18 months, tethered to a supply capsule with enough oxygen and Tang to sustain basic bodily functions and a bare minimum of brain activity. She should be able to function in about the same manner as she does here on earth."
Bachmann will be supplied with enough oxygen and nutrients to barely survive the long and lonely assignment. Her regular prescription of anti-psychotic drugs will be dissolved in her drinking water.
When asked what Bachmann will be doing all that time, Shotwell said, "Not much. She'll just spin around and around in empty space like Sandra Bullock in Gravity. We're going equip her with communications equipment to report any anomalies she might encounter, but the whole idea of putting her up there is to make her shut her fucking mouth, so I doubt if anyone will be listening anyway."
The idea of launching Bachmann into space originated in Speaker of the House John Boehner's office. An aide to the speaker told CNN that Boehner and the Republican leadership had heard enough of her "kooky shit" to last a lifetime, and didn't want "that crazy bitch" to screw up the GOP's chances in the upcoming election.
Things apparently came to a head last week after Bachmann appeared on something called End Times Radio claiming President Obama was bringing about the end of the world by negotiating a nuclear treaty with Iran. She also raved on and on about "God's time clock," whatever the hell that is supposed to be.
As if she had not already appeared absolutely unhinged, Bachmann then claimed that Muslims have lusted after an atomic bomb for hundreds of years, apparently unaware that the damn things were invented during World War II.
Bachmann will return to earth after the election via SpaceX's floating platform that has proved so reliable in the past.
"The woman is clearly bat-shit crazy and there's no telling what kind of black eye she could give our candidate in the upcoming election," said the aide to Boehner. "We're already having a hard enough time with Cruz, Huckabee, and Carson making it look like the whole party belongs on a mental ward. This election is just too damn important to screw up, so we decided to launch the bitch into space. We debated whether we could just drown her and claim she was a witch, but we decided that would be unethical even by our standards, so we settled on the space thing."
Mrs Bachmann has been told that she will be performing a critical task for her country by circling the globe watching out for near-earth asteroids and other threats to the globe. She told Sean Hannity of Fox News that she could not be more delighted with the mission.
"Sean, I'm thrilled to be of service to my country and to Christians everywhere," said Bachmann. "It's a real honor that I will be the first human being to see the giant rock that Jesus is going throw at us to kick off the End Time festivities. I just can't wait until the entire planet is consumed by war, famine and pestilence, and adults and children all over the world are immolated in the raging flames of God's holy love. I think it's great!"
Although SpaceX has no immediate plans for placing anyone else into orbit around the earth, Musk has voiced a desire to colonize LV-426, a planetoid 37 light years away in the binary star system Zeta Reticulli. Idiot politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle are high on his list of potential expedition members.
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How Did Whales Get So Big, So Fast? Paleontologists Say They've Figured It Out.
Blue whales are the most massive animals to exist in the history of animals. Dreadnoughtusand those other thundering, 60-ton dinosaurs? Bantamweights next to one of today's 100-ton Balaenoptera musculus.
"We truly live in an age of giants," said Nicholas D. Pyenson, an expert in the paleobiology of marine mammals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Blue whales, he said, can grow as long as three city buses parked end to end. Living blue whales would be even bigger, too, if it weren't for the sailors who killed most of the 110-foot, quarter-of-a-million-pounders 100 years ago.
Yet evolutionarily speaking, whales are recent leviathans. After the largest dinosaurs died off, land mammals bulked up, leading to elephant-size rhinoceroses, sloths and armadillos about 35 million years ago. The ancestors of today's giant whales, meanwhile, stayed curiously small.
"It is only since around the beginning of the so-called ice ages that whales have not just evolved to be huge, but titanic in size," Erich M.G. Fitzgerald, a vertebrate paleontologist at Museum Victoria in Australia, said in an email. "Most baleen whales that ever lived were little fellows compared to their modern descendants."
To Pyenson and other paleontologists, what exactly jump-started the age of aquatic giants remained a mystery. "It's such an obvious question," he said. "If you're an evolutionary biologist or a paleobiologist, you want to know how it came to be that way."
Relying on the extensive collection of fossil whale skulls at the Smithsonian, Pyenson and his colleagues tracked the evolution of baleen whale size. (Baleen whales lack teeth, instead using the mustache-like bristles that hang in their mouths to scoop up krill, fish and other tiny sea creatures.) From the skull sizes, the scientists could estimate the body lengths of about 60 species of modern and extinct whales.
Fossils of the first baleen whales appeared about 25 to 20 million years ago. For millions of years afterward, most baleen whales remained about 15 feet long. But 3 million years in the past, the scientists reported Tuesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, baleen whales underwent a dramatic size shift. The smallest baleen whales vanished. The others grew to double or triple the size.
Paleobiologist Jorge Velez-Juarbe, a marine mammal curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County who was not involved with the new study, said that experts previously proposed baleen whales grew large as a way to avoid being eaten. Even the biggest ocean predators from several million years ago - sperm whales such as Livyatan melvillei, or the shark Carcharocles megalodon - would struggle to chomp on anything larger than about 30 feet (smaller than the average humpback whale alive today). But baleen whales didn't outgrow such carnivores until millions of years after predatory sperm whales appeared in the fossil record.
In the new study, Pyenson and his co-authors note that shoreline ecosystems changed about 3 million years ago, around the same time that baleen whales got huge. First, seasonal windy upwellings began to kick up nutrients along the coast; later, glacial runoff added to the richness of these pockets. The net results were souped-up marine ecosystems where whales could feast.
It was not that the ocean necessarily had more krill or other whale food. But the food was more densely packed. Pyenson likened the seasonal upwellings to a bag of marbles dumped in a corner of a room, rather than the balls careening across the floor. When the marbles are clustered, it's easier to hoover them up in a single go instead of plucking the marbles one by one. For suspension feeders such as baleen whales, "the bigger you get, the more efficient you are," Pyenson said. "It maximizes the return on density of prey."
"A large size allows them to take a giant bite," Velez-Juarbe said in an email, "as well as makes it easier to migrate between areas where food is concentrated." Because the increased marine productivity changed with the seasons, the giants would have to swim vast distances to find new pockets. Locomotion as a rule gets easier the larger you are (each step of a long leg or flap of a wide fluke propels you farther). Gigantism may have allowed large baleen whales to outcompete their smaller cousins.
Fitzgerald, who was not an author of the study, called the new analysis "quite convincing," given the fossil data and sophisticated computations used to shoot down alternative explanations. The scientists said they were able to rule out that the whales grew large by chance, for instance.
"That being said, there are uncertainties inherent to this type of study," Fitzgerald said, "stemming from the fact that we are reliant on what the fossil record has revealed - so far." A "yawning hole," he said, blanks out the baleen whale fossil record between 2 million to 3 million years ago. Or perhaps there are older titans waiting to be unearthed. "This paper lays down the gauntlet for us paleontologists to get out there and find them!"
If the food-patch hypothesis is correct, it suggests that ocean ecosystems are "much more productive than they've ever been," Pyenson said. The implications are awesome and sobering. This means that humans are able to witness the largest critters ever. But it also means that blue whales live on a ecological knife's edge, at the mercy of oceans - increasingly warm, increasingly polluted - that must continue to stay unusually rich.
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Since Gideon Rose's 1998 review article in the journal World Politics and especially following the release of Lobell, Ripsman, and Taliaferro's 2009 edited volume Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy, neoclassical realism has emerged as major theoretical approach to the study of foreign policy on both sides of the Atlantic. Proponents of neoclassical realism claim that it is the logical extension of the Kenneth Waltz's structural realism into the realm of foreign policy. In Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Relations, Norrin M. Ripsman, Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, and Steven E. Lobell argue that neoclassical realism is far more than an extension of Waltz's structural realism or an effort to update the classical realism of Hans Morgenthau, E.H. Carr, and Henry Kissinger with the language of modern social science. Rejecting the artificial distinction that Waltz draws between theories of international politics and theories of foreign policy, the authors contend neoclassical realism can explain and predict phenomena ranging from short-term crisis-behavior, to foreign policy, to patterns of grand strategic adjustment by individual states up to long-term patterns of international outcomes. It is, therefore, a more powerful theory of international politics than structural realism. Yet it is also a more intuitively satisfying approach than liberal Innenpolitik theories or constructivism. The authors detail the variables and assumptions of neoclassical realist theory, address various aspects of theory construction and methodology, lay out the areas of convergence and sharp disagreement with other leading theoretical approaches - liberalism, constructivism, analytic eclecticism, and foreign policy analysis (FPA) -- and demonstrate how neoclassical realist theory can be used to resolve longstanding puzzles and debates in international relations theory.
Introduction: Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Politics
1. Neoclassical Realist Theory and the Limits of Structural Realism
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4. The Scope and Domain of Neoclassical Realism: The Dependent Variables
5. A Methodology of Neoclassical Realism
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7. The Future of the Research Agenda
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As of June 2018 the list has 511 anonymous aircraft and gliders on. While some of these may have been lost or destroyed the majority of them can be found in collections around the UK and a few in have even moved overseas. As of April 2019 I have photographed at over 200 of these airframes and these are documented below. The BAPC list is growing all the time and I will add to this album on a regular basis.
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Комплекс средств преодоления противоракетной обороны (КСП ПРО) — комплекс (совокупность) технических мер, устройств и тактических приёмов направленных на повышение вероятности преодоления ракетами и боевыми блоками противоракетной обороны противника.

Чтобы затруднить распознавание и перехват баллистических ракет или их боевых блоков системе ПРО противника, используются:

На активном участке траектории:
 маневрирование
 вращение корпуса ракеты в продольной оси
 элементы защиты от ПФЯВ и ОНФП

На пассивном участке траектории:
 ложные цели
 станция активных радиопомех
 дипольные отражатели
 радиопоглощающие покрытия
 покрытия снижающие заметность в инфракрасном диапазоне
 охладительный экран боевого блока (система охлаждения жидким азотом)
 космозоли
 повышение стойкости головной части или её элементов к воздействию поражающих факторов ядерного взрыва
 применение управляемых боевых блоков и разделяющихся головных частей с блоками индивидуального наведения
 запуск боевых блоков по траекториям, затрудняющим их обнаружение
 предварительные ядерные взрывы, затрудняющие работу РЛС ПРО
 применение противорадиолокационных ракет
и другие средства и способы огневого или радиоэлектронного подавления системы ПРО.

Состав

Активные средства противодействия ПРО
Средства, осуществляющие подавление или уничтожение средств ПРО противника, а также создание помех информационным средствам ПРО противника путём излучения сигналов в их рабочем диапазоне. Совокупность активных средств образует комплекс активной защиты, к которому относятся средства для подавления радиолокаторов системы ПРО, устройства для создания активных помех РЛС (станции активных помех).

Пассивные средства противодействия ПРО
Средства, которые предназначены для создания преднамеренных помех информационным средствам ПРО противника путём изменения и имитации баллистических и сигнальных характеристик и маскировки составных частей головной части.

Средства изменения сигнальных характеристик боевого блока
Средства, предназначенные для изменения радиолокационных, оптических и инфракрасных (тепловых) характеристик ББ, используемые для уменьшения вероятности его распознавания. Основными средствами изменения сигнальных характеристик являются:
 маскирующие покрытия,
 плазменные средства изменения радиолокационных характеристик боевых блоков — средства, изменяющие радиолокационные характеристики ББ путём создания искусственных плазменных образований для выравнивания интенсивности плазмообразования боевых блоков и интенсивности плазмообразования плазменной тяжёлой ложной цели при движении в плотных слоях атмосферы.
 радиолокационные отражатели.

Средства имитации характеристик боевого блока
Пассивные средства противодействия, предназначенные для имитации баллистических (параметры движения) и сигнальных характеристик ББ, применяемых для того, чтобы затруднить противнику целераспределение огневых средств ПРО. Основным средством имитации характеристик ББ являются ложные цели.

Средства маскировки боевого порядка боевых блоков

Пассивные средства противодействия, предназначенные для исключения или существенного осложнения возможности раздельного наблюдения объектов боевого порядка, определения их местоположения и количества радиолокационными средствами системы ПРО. Основным средством маскировки боевого порядка является дипольный отражатель электромагнитных волн.

Комплексы средств преодоления

 Программа Chevaline -
 Программа PX-1 -

См. также
 Радиопоглощающие материалы и покрытия
 Средства инфракрасного противодействия

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

Баллистические ракеты
ПРО

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What Are Some Myths About Step 10?
What Is Step 10 of AA?
Step 10 of Alcoholics Anonymous encourages you to examine yourself as a part of your daily routine. Just as you addressed your defects, you must keep your successes in check. It's easy to fall back into a life of pride and self-satisfaction.
You must make self-examination a habit.
Put all of your Alcoholics Anonymous work into daily practice, no matter what life throws at you. Day in and day out you will be tested to see if you can remain emotionally stable, sober and live humbly.
Correction of your wrongs is not a one-time thing; you must make self-examination a tireless habit. Only then will you continue to grow and progress.
Do a spot-check inventory when you have an emotional disturbance. This is a quick, spur-of-the-moment inventory concerned with day-to-day problems. It helps to silence volatile emotions, build character and promote a positive way of life.
You constantly need to apologize to everyone: Some AA members get hung up on this step because it involves admitting when you've done something wrong. But it isn't so much about apologizing to others as it is being aware of actions that harm yourself and others. It is a very personal process of constant inward reflection.
When I first entered recovery and began working the steps, I was surprised at how many character defects and shortcomings I had. I thought I had my life together in so many ways, but it turns out I was wearing a mask much of the time. On the outside, I looked happy, confident, and peaceful. But inside I was sad, scared, and slowly dying.
Thankfully, Steps 1 through 3 helped me become willing to admit that I couldn't manage my addictions alone. Steps 4 through 9 helped me peel back the layers of debris over my gorgeous soul, sifting through the rubble of past mistakes, addiction, and shortcomings.
Steps 10 through 12 help me continue to keep myself in check on a daily basis, in accordance with my Higher Power. I wanted to create a life that I absolutely loved, filled with peace and joy. Step 10 helps me to do so, as I regularly take inventory and quickly make amends.
A big part of the 12 steps is taking life in 24-hour chunks. One day at a time. When I view life one day at a time, it seems much more likely that I can tackle just about anything—including staying sober and drug free. If I make a conscious decision to check my heart each day and see if I've been acting out (being snippy, judging another, insulting, etc.) I can quickly make amends and continue living in peace.
It works. I don't have to be led by self-centeredness any longer. I can be motivated and led by Love.
See, the 12 steps aren't necessarily a program with a destination. They're a platform for a lifestyle that can be lived out daily. It's never about perfection or completion; it's about progress.
But, if I take just a smidge of time every day to take a personal inventory and really be honest with myself, I'm more apt to stay on the recovery path. When I can apologize to others and myself promptly, my relationships with others and myself grow nicely, and that is a beautiful thing!
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When people say Australia is a massive country, they are right in every way. Trying to figure out which highway to go on when the roads are millions of miles long is quite a task, especially if I am the navigator.
I am great person in quite a lot of personal areas however reading maps is not my strongest point and luke can vouch for that.
Anyway after a long argument and quite a few stops we found a sign directing us to the national park, little did we know this was a 42 kilometre dirt road in the middle of what seemed nowhere. This trip was full of house music, arguments and the odd panic attack. Best Trip EVER…..
Im only joking it was super funny because as I was panicking thinking we would run out of fuel and get hacked to death by a funky hitch hiker but luke was the life of the party, god I am happy I had him here with me.
After passing the real sign to Litchfield 4 hours later, we finally came to our first stop which was Wangi Falls. This place was the most magical of all places, it made the long journey and half a body of sunburn worth the while. We first did the tourist thing and took all of these magical photos but then we jumped in. WOW. Jumping into a cold lake filled with huge fish passing through your feet every five minutes was incredible, we swam towards the water fall and just felt the water fall upon our burnt faces.
When the water started getting full of old people we knew it was time to leave this magical kingdom. We got back into MARY (Our campervan) we headed to our next destination which was Tolmer Falls. Tolmer was more picturesque than swimming. You overlooked the majority of the Park whilst glancing down at the majestic falls beneath you. It was beautiful but only worth 5/6 minutes of your time.
Next on the list was Buley Rockholes. This place is exactly what the title says, Rocks. These rocks formed a perfect seating area in some places, pools in others and most of all a great place to have a picnic. As we floated around this crowded area we found some great places to sit and just relax on the rock floors whilst the water trickled around us.
This was the perfect stop before our last stop which was Florence Falls to end the night and camp out. Florence was a huge double waterfall which was clear as crystals, bright green florescent light shining against what was turning out to be a sunset in the distance. Quite secluded we spent around 1 hour here just enjoying the water and just the pureness of nature then we headed for our campsite to unpack and sleep. We had a stove and a microwave with our campervan which was awesome however when your camping you really just want to be one with nature. Just throwing that out there.
The night was coming fast and we had quite a few neighbours so we packed up and set up our bed in the campervan. Rule one of the camping , always bring mosquito repellent. The night was warm and we were exhausted so we slept.
We set off at the crack of dawn with nothing to lose so we headed towards the nearest Crocodile feeding place, why not hey? 3 Hours down the line we got lost twice and then resurfaced to the crocodile place just in time for the ferry. We spent the whole hour feeding them, getting up close and personal with 6 meter crocodiles who's only interest was the meat on our bones. It was the most incredible experience and the best part was that all of these crocs were in there homeland and not in zoos. To end our fabulous journey we left the crocs and headed towards the hostel to wait for our next exploration.
A great 2 days, one of my favourite memories with my favourite person. Forever blessed.
In 8 hours we will be on another bus but heading towards the outback…..


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7 Chancery Crescent, Willetton sold for $852,500 via open negotiation.
WILLETTON properties are selling quickly via the online auction process open negotiation, according to Varga Realty director Nikki Varga.
"Using this method of sale has made our average time on market about 34 days, which is outstanding when the average for Perth is around 70 days," she said.
The agency's recent successes include 60 Burrendah Boulevard, which sold for $802,000 on the night of the auction, well over the $750,000 reserve price.
There were nine bidders and 22 bids.
There were four bidders for 7 Chancery Crescent which achieved a price of $852,500, $52,500 higher than the reserve.
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Ms Varga said the process was still new to the local area and buyers were unsure about how it worked, but would be guided through it.
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Ms Varga said the method also achieved good results even if the property did not sell on the night.
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"We had 11 bids on the night with three bidders taking part and the home was passed in at $745,000.


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 * Jitsi, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
 *
 * Distributable under LGPL license.
 * See terms of license at gnu.org.
 */
package org.jitsi.service.neomedia;

import org.jitsi.service.neomedia.event.*;

/**
 * Control for volume level in (neo)media service.
 *
 * @author Damian Minkov
 */
public interface VolumeControl
{
    /**
     * The name of the configuration property which specifies the volume level
     * of audio input.
     */
    public final static String CAPTURE_VOLUME_LEVEL_PROPERTY_NAME
        = "net.java.sip.communicator.service.media.CAPTURE_VOLUME_LEVEL";

    /**
     * The name of the configuration property which specifies the volume level
     * of audio output.
     */
    public final static String PLAYBACK_VOLUME_LEVEL_PROPERTY_NAME
        = "net.java.sip.communicator.service.media.PLAYBACK_VOLUME_LEVEL";

    /**
     * Adds a <tt>VolumeChangeListener</tt> to be informed about changes in the
     * volume level of this instance.
     *
     * @param listener the <tt>VolumeChangeListener</tt> to be informed about
     * changes in the volume level of this instance
     */
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    /**
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     * Returns the minimum allowed volume value/level.
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    /**
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    /**
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    public float getVolume();

    /**
     * Removes a <tt>VolumeChangeListener</tt> to no longer be notified about
     * changes in the volume level of this instance.
     *
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     * notified about changes in the volume level of this instance
     */
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    /**
     * Mutes current sound playback.
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     */
    public void setMute(boolean mute);

    /**
     * Sets the current volume value/level.
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     */
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Creating links from backend to frontend
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Often it's required to create links from the backend application to the frontend application. Since the frontend application may
contain its own URL manager rules you need to duplicate that for the backend application by naming it differently:

```php
return [
    'components' => [
        'urlManager' => [
            // here is your normal backend url manager config
        ],
        'urlManagerFrontend' => [
            // here is your frontend URL manager config
        ],

    ],
];
```

After it is done, you can get an URL pointing to frontend like the following:

```php
echo Yii::$app->urlManagerFrontend->createAbsoluteUrl(...);
```

In order not to copy-paste frontend rules you may first move these into separate `urls.php` file:

```php
return [
    // ...
    'components' => [
        'urlManager' => [
            'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
            'showScriptName' => false,
            'rules' => require 'urls.php',
        ],
        // ...

    ],
    // ...
];
```

After then you may include it in `urlManagerFrontend` rules as well.


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The Mystery of Lady Fatima, the Message of Lady Fatima
Shaykh Rizwan Arastu Send an email
A tradition that values the qualities that distinguish women from men will not foster power-mongering, masculine women. A tradition that values chastity as a supreme virtue will not give rise to models and actresses, who must by the nature of their work, place themselves on display. A thorough perusal of all the traditions on the life of Lady Fatima (peace be upon her) turns up surprisingly little by way of significant events in which she participated, sermons she delivered, or even words of wisdom or admonition she may have uttered. This dearth of reports raises the question: If Lady Fatima holds true claim to the status Muslims ascribe to her, why do we not see more traditions transmitted from and about her?
I scoured several primary sources like Bihar al-Anwar, al-Manaqib, and Kashf al-Ghummah, secondary sources like Muntaha al-Amaal, and numerous biographical works, searching all the while for the kinds of sermons and admonitions I have come to expect from the Prophet and Imams (peace be upon them). I found there are many traditions about her conception and birth, her marriage and her death. There are numerous traditions extolling her praises. There is mention of a few important incidents such as the division of labor between her and Imam Ali and the ordainment of what has come to be called tasbih al-zahra or "the invocation of Lady Fatima." And there is little else.
This odd silence led me to examine what we know about other women in Islamic history. According to a famous tradition, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his progeny) said, "The best women among humankind are four: Mary, daughter of Imran, Khadija, daughter of Khuwaylid, Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, and Asiya, daughter of Muzahim." (Manaqib al-Abi Talib) The mention of Lady Mary made in the Qur'an is limited to narrations of her miraculous birth (Qur'an 3:35-36), some incidents in the temple, some with the Prophet Zakaria (3:37 and 3:42-43), and the immaculate conception of the Prophet Jesus (19:16-33). Likewise, our knowledge of Lady Khadija is largely limited to her marriage to the Prophet, the birth of Fatima, and her largesse in backing the incipient Islamic movement. Similarly, the Qur'an mentions Lady Asiya only at the time when she finds the baby Moses (28:8-9) and at her execution at the hands of her megalomaniac husband, the Pharaoh of Egypt (66:11).
Other significant personalities such as Sara and Hagar, the wives of the Prophet Abraham, only give a cameo appearance when the angels come to tell them of the miraculous births of their respective sons, Isaac and Ishmael (11:71-73 and 51:29-30). Even the life of a person as important as Lady Zainab (peace be upon her) remains largely unknown to us aside from her role in the aftermath of Karbala.
The question is why? Why are we not told more about these women? Does the Qur'an not call Lady Mary and Lady Asiya "models for the faithful?" Is Lady Fatima not "The Mistress of all Women?" How can we be expected to learn from, and emulate, them if we do not know how they lived and what they taught?
This question is all the more poignant in the current era when we are accustomed to heroines who led their nations' armies to battle and victory like Joan of Arc; who revolutionized the institution of nursing like Florence Nightingale; who rose from rags to riches to influential trendsetter like Oprah Winfrey; who are outspoken, powerful, and even masculine like Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Modern heroines enter the public arena and work side by side with men – even superseding them at times – to make their marks on human history. Why then are Muslim heroines so seemingly reclusive and silent?
We might begin to discover the answer to this conundrum in a tradition narrated in Kashf al-Ghummah: It is reported that Imam Ali said, "We were with the Messenger of God when he asked, 'Tell me what is best for women?' None of us was able to answer him until we dispersed. Then I came home to Fatima and informed her of what the Messenger of God asked us…so she said, 'I know the answer. It is best for women not to see men and for men not to see them.' So I returned to the Messenger of God and said, 'O Messenger of God, you asked us what is best for women. It is best for women not to see men and for men not to see them.' He asked, 'Who told you this, for you did not know it when you were with me [earlier]?' I replied, 'Fatima.' This pleased the Messenger of God, and he said, 'Fatima is of my flesh.'"
This tradition should not be misconstrued as an excuse to enforce a Taliban-style exclusion of women from the public arena. Our jurists (mujtahids), to whom we look for the legal rulings concerning, among other things, male-female interaction, have determined that Islamic law allows women to leave their homes and participate in public life within certain parameters. This tradition does, on the other hand, highlight a virtue to which Muslim women should aspire: to minimize their interactions with unrelated men in the public sphere and to participate in public life only to the extent that necessity dictates. It is in the private sphere of the home, family, and among female friends that a woman can fully realize her social potential while remaining chaste and out of harm's way.
A tradition that encourages its women to favor the private sphere over the public sphere will naturally produce heroines who make their mark in a quiet, private way. A tradition that has relieved women of the burden of warfare will not nurture a Joan of Arc in its ranks. A tradition that values the qualities that distinguish women from men will not foster power-mongering, masculine women. A tradition that values chastity as a supreme virtue will not give rise to models and actresses, who must by the nature of their work, place themselves on display.
That is not to say that the Islamic tradition produces weak women. To be private, quiet, chaste, and feminine – contrary to what feminist-influenced Western culture would have us believe – does not in any way imply weakness of character. In fact, history has shown us repeatedly that these same private women, when circumstances have demanded, have had the courage, the eloquence, and the sagacity to change the course of history.
When Moses' serpent devoured all the other snakes, and even the magicians fell prostrate before the God who had given him such power, Pharaoh refused to concede defeat. At that point, Lady Asiya had the courage to stand up to him, renounce him and his world, and die the death of a martyr (Qur'an 66:11).
When Lady Mary was chosen for her chastity to give birth miraculously to Jesus, she braved the malicious slander of her Jewish townspeople who accused her of fornication. She did not even speak a word in her own defense; rather, she trusted in God and simply pointed to her new-born son who defended her from his cradle (18:27-33).
Lady Khadija did not have to live a public life to realize the integrity of her husband and the truth of the religion he brought. Thus, she willingly placed all of her sizeable assets at the disposal of the Prophet to be used to further the cause.
When a handful of the Prophet's companions decided to flout the Prophet's appointment of Ali as his successor, and then proceeded to press every denizen of Medina into allegiance to their ill-chosen and ill-suited candidate, and when they added insult to injury by usurping the land of Fadak from Lady Fatima after her father had given it to her, she is reported to have made one final stand. She donned her head covering and veil, wrapped herself in a cloak, and, surrounded by her female servants, entered the council of men. She had a curtain hung before herself to shield herself from their gazes. Then, she commenced to extemporaneously berate, with fearlessness and eloquence rivaled only by Imam Ali, those companions who had abandoned her father and his successor. In the course of this oration, she said the following:
"When [my father] was pitted against brutish men: the wolfish Arabs and the refractory People of the Book [about whom God says,] 'Every time they fanned the flames of war, God extinguished them', or when the devil flashed a horn or the venomous pagans bore their fangs, [the Messenger of God] hurled his brother [Ali] into their gaping jaws. Ali never remitted until he had destroyed them and extinguished their embers with his sword, exhausting himself for the sake of God, striving for the cause of God, in the proximity of the Messenger of God, a leader of the friends of God; ever ready, with pure intent, always striving, always struggling. All the while, you were living in comfort, in ease, in pleasure, and security. You lay in wait for some misfortune to befall us. You impatiently awaited the news [of the Prophet's demise]. You turned your backs on the fight and fled from the battlefield." (Balaghat al-Nisa)
Lady Zainab, following the lead of her mother Lady Fatima and grandmother Lady Khadija, led a life focused around the private sphere. However, when she and the other captives of Karbala were summoned to the courts of Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad and Yazid, she confronted them with the ferocity and stunning eloquence of her father and mother. She shook the very foundations of Yazid's empire and neutralized any political advantage he had hoped to gain through the murder of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him).
There is another lesson to be drawn from the dearth of traditions of and about Lady Fatima, a lesson that speaks to both men and women. There is a tendency to judge the virtue of people by their outward acts. We deem those who fight bravely, who deliver heart-rending speeches, who help the poor, and who launch revolutions, to be good without consideration for their intentions and motives. We place more emphasis on the act than on the actor.
In stark contrast, Imam Ali says, "The doer of good is better than his good deed." (Nahjul Balagha, saying #32) God's evaluation of a deed is not based on the superficial criteria upon which we must depend. He sees not only the deed, but the intention behind it as well. To him, the intention is more important than the deed itself. This is the meaning of this quotation from Imam Ali.
We must carry this message over to the subject of Lady Fatima, the other women we have mentioned here, and all people whose outward role seems to be less than we would expect it to be. We are not in a position to judge anyone's station before God by his outward contribution to the Islamic cause. One's relationship to God is something known only to God. All we can do is evaluate outward deeds according to the standards God has placed at our disposal. Thus, we need not be surprised by the apparently small outward contribution Lady Fatima may have made to the Islamic cause. Rather, it is safe to assume that she fulfilled whatever duties God consigned to her in the best possible way, even though she must have done this far from the public gaze. For this reason, we see that the Prophet and Imams extol her as the "Mistress of all Women", as one who was spoken to by Gabriel (al-Muhaddathah), as one whose pleasure and anger are in absolute synch with the pleasure and anger of the Prophet of God, and as one of the infallible members of the household of the Prophet whom God purified thoroughly (33:33).
Shaikh Rizwan Arastu is the director of the Islamic Texts Institute. In addition, he serves as an educator for the Imam Mahdi Association of Marjaeya.
Shaykh Rizwan Arastu
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