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In 2012 the services of Janet Bishop (details at bottom of page) were employed to research the archives as the National Archives of Scotland for records related to Baile na Cille / Uig church. Janet's notes are provided below (including references to documents with no mention to Uig church), although minor editing as been undertaken around any sensitive matters.
The Seaforth Muniments accessible below (click italic/underlined record references) are preproduced by the kind permission of Mr Andrew Matheson, Brahan.
The Church of Uig
Documents in GD46, Seaforth Muniments
(placed in date order)
GD46/1/212 – 1765-1795 – Volume of Lewis Leases – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/12/1 – 1785-1791 – Discharge of Minister's stipends. Including; GD46/12/01/21; GD46/12/01/22; GD46/12/01/27A
GD46/6/23 – 1791 – Recruiting parties on Uig – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/4/232 – 1793 – Riots on Uig – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/1/274 – 9 September 1795 – Tack by Peter Fairbairn, commissioner for Francis Humberstone Mackenzie of Seaforth, to the Reverend Mr Hugh Munro, Minister of Uig, of the lands of Balnakyle and Timsgary …
GD46/1/283 – 1811 – Removal of Uig tenants – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/1/284 – 1812-1815 – Tack of Lands in the parish of Uig – No relevance to the study, the Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/1/285 – 1812 – Tack of Lands in the parish of Uig – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/1/144 – 1814-1828 – Seaforth Accounts – Factory Accounts Only
GD46/1/571 – Callernish 11 Oct 1828 – Letter by Alexander Stewart, factor in Lewis, to J A Stewart MacKenzie including outlays on the church and schoolhouse at Uig …
GD46/1/530 Bundles 1-3 (documents 1-65) only – 1828-1835 – Letters by Alexander Stewart, factor of Lewis, to J A Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth and Mrs Stewart Mackenzie. Mostly about shipping, leases and family matters. Including; GD46/1/530/23 UFP; GD46/1/530/59 UFP; GD46/1/530/05; GD46/1/530/34
GD46/1/337 – 1 Nov 1830 – Ordinary Receipts and Expenditures of the parishes of Lochs, Uig and Barvas belonging to J A Stewart MacKenzie of Seaforth Esquire for the 3 years preceding 1 November 1830. The document is not broken down into individual parishes but only provides overall figures for all three parishes
GD46/1/315 – 1833 – Repairs to farmhouse at Skaliscrow – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/1/584 0 1 November 1833, 19 September 1835 – Remittances by Thomas Knox to Thomas Mansfield Esq, for the parishes of Stornoway, Lochs, Uig and Barvas. The document is not broken down into individual parishes but only provides overall figures for all three parishes
GD46/12/63 – 1834 – Letter by Alexander McLeod, minister of Uig, to J A Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth MP, requesting him to present two petitions to the House of Commons from the parish of Uig for the abolition of church patronage and for better observance of the Sabbath. Although the covering letter has survived the petitions have not.
GD46/1/323 – 1836 – Rentals, and disposal of present occupiers – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/9/6 – 1837-1841 – Letters from Ceylon – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/12/45 – 1843 – Letter regarding the choice of a site for the new Free Church of "Uii" – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
GD46/12/48 – 1844, 1848 – Letters concerning the Free Church – Church of Uig not specifically mentioned
Presbytery Records, Lewis
CH2/473/2/1 et seq
CH2/473/2/9 – 1820, November 28th – Appointment of Mr Kenneth Chisholm as Schoolmaster at the Parochial School of Uig "which had been vacant for some time"
CH2/473/2/13 – 1821, May 22nd – Presbytery Meeting at Tong "The Revd Hugh Munro, Minister of Uig, was unavoidably absent"
CH2/473/2/23 – 1822, April 24th – Ordination of "Mr Alexander Simson, Preacher of the Gospel, in order to render his ministerial labours more extensively useful as Assistant to Mr Munro, Minister of this parish"
Record: CH2/473/2/23
CH2/473/2/27 – 1823, December 3rd – "A Royal Presentation to the vacant Parish of Uig in favour of the Revd Alexander Macleod minister of the Gaelic Chapel at Cromarty …"
CH2/473/2/29 – 1824, April 21st – The Revd Mr Alexander Macleod preached and was unanimously approved by the congregation
CH2/473/2/37-48 – 1826, January 18th – "… The petition of the Revd Alexander Macleod, Minister of Uig, Humbly Sheweth that the petitioner was inducted and settled as Minister of the Parish of Uig about two years ago and that hitherto he and his parishioners have laboured under the greatest inconvenience for want of church accommodation wherefore it became unavoidable on the part of your petitioner to preach in the open air during the Summer and Winter Sabbaths of said period to the danger of his own health and that of his people …"
1826, March 1st – Consideration of Revd Mr Macleod's petition relative to the glebe of the parish of Uig
Record: CH2/473/2/37-48
CH2/473/2/53 – 1827, March 28th – Mr Alexander MacLeod, and other Ministers, chosen Commissioners to the General Assembly
CH2/473/2/133 – 1833, August 5th – The Minister of Uig, Mr Alexander MacLeod, proposed Donald MacRae and John Finlayson for examination by the Presbytery preparatory to being admitted to the Hall as Students of Divinity
CH2/473/2/178 – 1841, Nov 24th – Mr Alexander McColl examined and appointed as schoolmaster of the Parish of Uig
CH2/473/2/190 – 1843, August 8th – " … The Presbytery resolved to declare all the parishes Vacant of which the Minister had seceded from the Establishment as soon as they can perform that duty …"
Record: CH2/473/2/190
CH2/473/2/199 – 1844, July 11th – John Bethune lodged a Crown Presentation to the Church and Parish of Uig together with his letter of acceptance & a Certificate of his having qualified to Government. The Clerk therefore requested of him to call a mutiny pro re nata to consider the said presentation
John Bethune's presentation was rejected
CH2/473/2/208-210 – 1845, February 4th – Mr David Watson was invited to become Minister of the Parish of Uig
Record: CH2/473/2/208-210
CH2/473/2/212-216 – 1845, March 4th – "… access cannot be got to the Church of Uig …"
CH2/473/2/240 – 1848, August 29th – Mr George Morrison, Interim teacher at the Parochial School of Uig, was "elected to be their schoolmaster of that parish"
CH2/473/2/294 – 1852, March 31st – The health of the Minister of Uig "often interferes with the regular discharge of [his] duties"
CH2/473/2/354 – 1856, [November ?] – A petition in favour of the Revd Roderick Nicholson … "to the Church and Parish of Uig vacant by the death of the Revd David Watson… "
CH2/472/2/356-358;
1857, February 10th – Revd Roderick Nicholson renounced his presentation
1857, March 4th – Presentation to the Church and Parish of Uig from the Crown in favour of Revd James Gunn of Cross
Presbytery Records, Lewis – CH2/473/3/1 et seq
CH2/473/3/14 – 1833, September 27th – Peter MacLean elected schoolmaster of Uig
CH2/473/4/27 – 1859, February 3rd – "… the Parish of Uig having become vacant by the death of the late Rev James Gunn, the Queen, as Patron, had been pleased to grant a presentation in favour of the Revd Rod. Fraser, Minister of Cross, to supply the said vacancy"
Record: CH22/473/4/27
CH2/473/4/39 – 1859, June 29th – Donald Fraser elected as schoolmaster of Uig
CH2/473/4/101 – 1863, March 26th – Report of Collections
CH2/473/4/133 – 1868, March 25th – Mentions of the Minister's problems in finding a suitable teacher for the Parochial School of Uig
CH2/473/4/159, 163, 171-183, 195-197 – 1871, February 14th and for at least the ensuing year. [Circumstances] about the Minister of Uig, Mr Roderick Fraser. He later went on to claim leave of absence
Record: CH2/473/4/159, 163, 171-183, 195-197
Mr Fraser then went on to produce a medical certificate describing his illness as "irritative dyspepsia". Services at Uig were conducted by visiting ministers, but no suitable applications were received from prospective Assistant Ministers
CH2/473/4/207-213
1873, April 16th
Draft Libel against Mr Roderick Fraser, Minister of Uig
There then followed several adjournments of the case against Roderick Fraser.
The rest of the case against him is noted as being entered on a separate record
SC33/17/1874/32, The Presbytery of Lewis vs Reverend Roderick Fraser, 1874
Stornoway Sheriff Court.
CH2/473/4/235
1874, April 23rd
There were several appeals and petitions in the case of the Revd Roderick Fraser, Minister of Uig, copies of which were laid before the Presbytery.
1874, July 10th
Roderick Fraser and his solicitor appeared before the Presbytery, but the witnesses failed to appear and the case was adjourned
There were several appeals during the period in which the case was appearing before the Presbytery.
1875, April 2nd
A judgement was given by the Presbytery in the case of Mr Roderick Fraser, but his agent then made an appeal to the General Assembly
1875, June 9th
Roderick Fraser was deposed as Minister of Uig
Record: CH2/463/4/267 (as above)
The Church of Uig was declared vacant
1875, July 21st
"Mr Campbell reported that when he was at Uig, under orders from the General Assembly, he found the church in a shamefully dilapidated condition, and the manse and offices sadly out of repair …"
The Presbytery communicated with Sir James Mathieson, sole heritor of the parish of Uig, … to express the hope of the Presbytery that Sir James will see it to be his duty to take himself the initiative in deciding to have the necessary repairs to the ecclesiastical buildings effected with the least possible delay …"
The Presbytery also discussed the terms of filling the vacancy in the church of Uig
1875 April 10th
The Presbytery had received no response from the heritor
Record: CH2/473/273
1875, September 28th
Letter from the Factor regarding repairs to the church and manse of Uig
1875, December 17th
Memorial from Uig in favour of Mr Angus McIver as Minister
The call was made to Mr McIver on 29th December 1875
Record: CH2/473/4/283=285
1876, January 11th
Installation of Mr Angus McIver as Minister of Uig
Report on Uig Church
1876, March 29th
Mentions of the glebe of Uig
1876, June 21st
Site chosen for a church on the Island of Bernera in the parish of Uig, the Minister of Uig to visit and report
"The Records of the Kirk Session and the Communion Roll of the parish of Uig were examined and attested
Table of Returns on Presbyterial Superintendence for year 1885
Included Uig
Record: CH2/473/4/409 CH2/473/4/409
1887, November 30th
Mentions of the Mission at Islavaig in the parish of Uig, and The Revd Angus McIver's comments on its usefulness, and the necessity of repairs to the Mission House
The Minister of Uig stated his desire to let out his glebe
1889, August 14th
Tendering of resignation of Revd Angus McIver as Minister of Uig
Feelings of the Uig Congregation re their Minister's resignation
1890, Sept 22nd
Admission of Mr MacPhail as Minister of UIg
1890, May 9th
Brenish and Isalvaig identified as "an outlying district in the parish of Uig at a distance of eight miles from the church". There were 278 parishioners in these townships
The glebe of Uig, "of little of no value to the minister" was let at a rent of £40 a year
Requirement for part of the land of the Uig glebe for a road.
CH2/473/5
CH2/473/5/69
1900, 27th June
Discussions were still going on regarding the construction of the road through the glebe of Uiog
Petition from the Kirk Session of Uig regarding the use of music in church services
The disputes about the use of music, and especially organs, in churches, continued, making references to Acts from as early as 1693
1904, 30th March
A communication from the General Assembly asked for approval of the new Gaelic Hymnal
"The Revd Mr MacPhail, Uig, moved disapproval of the Hymnal. … The proposal for the new Gaelic Hymnal finding no seconder, Mr MacPhails motion became the finding of the meeting"
Decision also taken to build a church and mission house at Braenish in the parish of Uig
1905, 16th August
Proposal to translate Mr John McPhail to Minister of Cross parish
Proposals and Replies for the enlargement of the burial ground at Balnakill
Intimation of the admission of Revd Allan MacKenzie as Minister of Uig
1907, February 20th
The need for a road though the glebe of Uig was still being stressed by the ratepayers of Uig, who were offering to give a portion of the common pasture in exchange for the part of the glebe.
Permission was granted with various provisions
The Local Council, in the form of the Congested District Board, were not willing to allow any portion of their grant for the road to be used for fencing of roads
The road was also to allow the people of Crowlista to get to and from the village with some measure of comfort
The Rev Allan MacKenzie reported that the new church at Aird Uig had been opened free of debt…
The Parish of Uig had 9 Kirk Elders, 75 Communicants, and there were 5 baptisms in the parish during 1919
1919, June 25th
Mr Allan Mackenzie, Minister at Uig, was appointed to the parish of Rogart
A Committee was appointed to look after the interests of the Manse and Glebe of Uig
The Church and Parish of Uig were declared vacant 10th August 1919
The Presbytery Records end at this point
Total Pages examined in each volume
CH2/473/1 118 pages
CH2/473/3 15 pages
Total 1408 pages examined
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"So, the second big show that we were having, it was in Sanford, North Carolina and we had just become friends with The Hurricane Shane Helms and his partner Mike Howell and they were very like-minded like us. They were young guys who were kind of thinking about the greater good and kind of had the same mindset as far as the work style. The style that we worked on those Omega shows were kind of like the current AEW style where we would go all in. It wasn't a building process. The first match didn't have to stay in the ring, they could go crazy. I wanted every match to steal the show and it was full of highspots. That was another thing that Big Money Matt said in the beginning, that I created the whole AEW style. I'm responsible for it. I was doing it in the early 90s. So the second show we're doing, Hurricane Shane Helms had come and said 'Hey man, I saw Manny Fernandez last night and he'd asked where we're working today and I told him Sanford, and he said 'Yeah, Sanford, I'm there too. I'm in Sanford tomorrow.'' Shane said 'I don't think you're there, they only have young guys. They don't really use any names or people of value.' He said, No, no, I'm there. I'll see you there at the show.' He warned me and gave me the heads up."
"Manny Fernandez showed up and I'm an 18-year-old kid. He walks up and says 'Yeah, who's the booker here today? Who's taking care of me today?' I said, okay, well I guess I got to stand up and face him. So I got up to Manny and go 'Hey, Manny, how's it going?' I said 'My name is Matt Hardy. I'm the guy who booked all this. I'm sorry there's been a misunderstanding, but you're not booked on this show today. I'm sorry this happened.' He goes 'Oh, I'm booked on this show today.' Then I'm like 'Sorry, there's been a misunderstanding.' I see some of my guys starting to get beside me. He had one person with him. Also, Shane and Mike Howell were standing by. At first, we told him that there's been some confusion, there's been a mistake. I said 'I'm sorry, you're not booked on this show today. We don't use anybody that really costs anything. We have all local guys here. He said 'Well I'm going to tell you this, I'm going to get paid tonight or somebody's going to get their ass whipped.' He gets in my face and he says 'And it might be you.' All I had heard about was that he would carry a gun with him to shows and he was a violent guy. He had this crazy reputation. I remember he got up in my face and I said 'Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, sir.' I didn't back down. I noticed Shane and Mike Howell had got beside me, I said 'But I got to tell you, I can't pay you because I don't have any money to pay you. So I'm sorry, I can't pay you anything.' He saw that all my guys kind of had my back and were supporting me and he said 'Well, would you at least let me set up my gimmick table?' I said 'Sure, go ahead. Go right ahead and set up your gimmick table. That's good because I don't have any money I can give you because I'm broke as a joke and I'm 18-years-old and I'm terrified right now.' That was a real thing like right from the jump. That was one of his things, he would go kind of bully his way onto shows."
"Tony, I didn't pick the Raging Bull, he picked me. I share this story with Cody all the time where he says 'Oh I'm going to get paid tonight or somebody's going to get their ass whipped.' And he said 'And it might be you.' Every time I see Cody at TV I just go up to him and I go 'It might be you.' It's like our inside joke, especially considering how well his dad knew him. Such good stuff. Yeah, that was 18-year-old Matt Hardy with 16-year-old Jeff Hardy and the other teenage crew there standing up to Manny Fernandez on an indie show."
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This year's Paris to Dacre Dual Sport Challenge will set off on its great Ontario backroads adventure in the wee small hours of July 12.
For those who ran it in previous years, now's the time to get signed up to take advantage of an advance on registration of two weeks, which lasts until Mar. 15, when anyone can sign up. Overall registration closes June. 21.
The 2008 Paris-Dacre starts in Harley (near Paris, which is near Brantford), Ont., at 4 a.m. taking a mixture of gravel roads and trails, finishing 765 km later at Dacre, which is near Renfrew, Ont.
It's the third running of the Paris-Dacre, which honours all Paris-Dakar Rally riders, but especially Bob Bergman, an Ontario Dual Sport Club member who finished the 2005 Paris-Dakar Rally as a privateer.
The event is set up by Rally Connex (in collaboration with the ODSC), and this year, it pays a special tribute to Tod Davidson, who might have participated in the 2008 Dakar, but for unforeseen events that led to its cancellation.
The official starter will be Helmut Clasen, who was inducted into the Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2007.
Entries are limited to teams riding road legal dual sport bikes. See www.rallyconnex.com for more.
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Since its inception the BIS has been a centre for discussions about almost all aspects of central bank policy. During the last few years, meetings at the BIS have come to involve a much wider range of central banks. This development has been part of a conscious policy of making the BIS more global in focus.
At the request of a number of central banks, we invited a small group of senior officials to come to Basle (28th to 29th September 1995) in order to discuss their experience in developing financial markets and in operating monetary and exchange rate policies in a more liberalised environment.
The central banks provided rich inputs for this meeting, both by preparing papers and by gathering the data for crosscountry comparisons. BIS staff produced an overview of the main policy issues. There followed two days of lively and wide ranging discussion which deepened our understanding of shared problems and potential solutions. As the participants felt that these issues are of broad interest, the BIS is pleased to publish both its own paper (which makes extensive use of the statistics provided by the central banks) and the contributions of those central banks who were prepared to publish theirs.


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NCAA and NJCAA Letter of Intent Signing Dates
Here's a summary of current and upcoming NCAA and NJCAA signing dates:
NJCAA Letter of Intent signing opportunity begins November 1 for all sports except football.
High school seniors and junior college recruits in all sports other than Football can sign a National Letter of Intent with an NCAA Division I or II university beginning November 9.
Football recruits can sign a National Letter of Intent to an NCAA Division I university beginning December 21.
The initial signing date for NCAA Division II or NJCAA football programs is Febuary 1, 2023.
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NCAA National Letter of Intent:
November 11 is the initial signing date for an NCAA National Letter of Intent in all sports other than football.
An athlete can only sign one NLI with one NCAA Division I or II university.
An NCAA National Letter of Intent must be accompanied by an official athletic scholarship agreement from the university your athlete is signing with.
When the athlete signs the NLI, they are committing to attend that university for at least one full academic year in exchange for receiving the athletic scholarship.
It is not a requirement that the prospective student-athlete sign the NLI, but not doing so could cause the coaching staff recruiting the athlete to question the athlete's commitment to their team.
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NAIA Letter of Intent:
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There is no NAIA signing date or deadline, and an athlete can sign with more than one NAIA college if they choose to do so. They could sign multiple offers from NAIA schools and then choose to wait until later on to decide which NAIA college they will actually attend.
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Junior college football programs that are members of the NJCAA can also start signing high school seniors to an NJCAA Letter of Intent (LOI) beginning Wednesday, February 5. (Note: All other NJCAA sports have a November 1 start date for signing an LOI.)
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Prince Philip recovering after car crash: What we know about the collision
The Duke of Edinburgh was uninjured but the driver of the car and her female passenger needed hospital treatment
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The Duke of Edinburgh is recovering after his car overturned in a collision near the Queen's Sandringham estate on Thursday.
Prince Philip, 97, was said to be "shocked" after the crash but unharmed. An investigation into the collision is being carried out by police.
This is what know:
The crash
Prince Philip's black Land Rover, which he was driving, was involved in a collision with a Kia at around 3pm on Thursday on the A149 at Sandringham.
The duke's vehicle overturned and he was helped out of the car by a witness.
Norfolk Police were called to the scene of the collision and breathalysed both the duke and the driver of the Kia. Both tests were negative.
The scene near to the Sandringham Estate where the Duke of Edinburgh was involved in a road accident while driving (Photo: PA)
There have been suggestions Prince Philip was travelling with a passenger, most likely his close protection officer. Buckingham Palace refused to comment on this.
The Kia was carrying a female driver and a female passenger.
There was also a nine-month-old baby boy in the Kia but he was uninjured.
Prince Philip did not sustain any injuries but was said to be "shocked" by the incident.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "He saw a doctor as a precaution and the doctor confirmed he was not injured."
The 28-year-old female driver of the Kia sustained cuts to her knee while the female passenger, 45, broke her wrist.
Both women were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn for treatment but were later discharged.
The collision occurred at the Babingley crossroads on a stretch of the A149, which runs between the town of King's Lynn and the north Norfolk coast.
It is a single carriageway and has a 60mph speed limit.
Concerns have been raised in the past about the safety of the A149.
Roy Warne, 75, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme he was driving home when he saw the duke's vehicle overturn. The car came "out from a side road and it rolled and ended up on the other side of the road and there was a huge collision with another car".
"I went to the other car. There was a baby in the back and, with another man, we got the baby out. Then I went to the black car to help and realised it was the Duke of Edinburgh."
Mr Warne helped the Prince out of his car, saying he was trapped: "I asked him to move his left leg and that freed his right leg and then I helped him get out."
He told the Sun he heard the duke say he had been "dazzled by the sun".
Mr Warne told the Today programme the duke didn't say anything "rude". "He was obviously shaken, and then he went and asked if everyone else was all right."
Both vehicles were recovered on Thursday.
A wing mirror surrounded by shattered glass and broken plastic was left on the side of the road.
The Duke of Edinburgh at the wheel during the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May (Photo: PA)
The Norfolk Constabulary has said it is continuing to investigate the collision, adding that "any appropriate action [will be] taken".
"We are aware of the public interest in this case, however, as with any other investigation it would be inappropriate to speculate on the causes of the collision until an investigation is carried out," the force said.
The Duke of Edinburgh is known to enjoy driving himself – he memorably drove Barack and Michelle Obama during their 2016 state visit in the UK – and remains active after retiring from public life in 2017.
But this incident might lead to calls for him to refrain from getting behind the wheel.
"Older drivers often self-restrict their driving by not driving at night and only driving on familiar roads," said Edmund King, AA president. "The decision to hang up your keys is a tough one but should be based on personal advice from your GP and family, rather than being based on some arbitrary age."
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Prince Philip will not face prosecution over car crash
Prince Philip surrenders driving licence after crash
Prince Philip apologises to woman who was injured in car crash


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Subject: Educating terrorists
capitalist72 3/21/2004 3:09:10 PM
Abandoning jihad Najam Sethi's E d i t o r i a l http://TheFridayTimes.com/ Pakistan's First Independent Weekly Paper March 19-25, 04, Lahore Certain Quranic verses have been expunged from a textbook on Biology for Class XI. Apparently, these tended to suggest that jihad was obligatory on all Muslims. One could, if that was the intention, also misconstrue from them that Jews and Christians were permanent enemies of Islam. ... However, the opposition parties led by the MMA walked out of the National Assembly in protest when the federal education minister, Zubeida Jalal, explained why the verses had been expunged. The MMA's response was expected. It has a strong vested political interest in "Islamising" everything under the sun, including biology and science. ... ... It is amazing, though, that in this ruckus no one has asked the relevant question of how mention of 'jihad' is compatible with the biology syllabus? How, and why, did these verses find their way into the biology textbook? Clearly, this question hasn't been asked because the answer is bound to lead to embarrassing disclosures about how the state has systematically indoctrinated its citizens over the past quarter century by means of a particularistic exegesis of Islam since the time of Zia ul Haq. ... But the cumulative impact of this policy of indoctrination has been disastrous for Pakistan. It was meant to put down the liberal-left in Pakistan on the one hand and prepare the youth for jihad to push a certain "national-security" paradigm centring on ambitions regarding Afghanistan and India on the other. But it was a Faustian bargain since it resulted in the loss of internal sovereignty by the state and the rise of anarchic tendencies based on a millenarianism that has no tolerance for the state's about-turn in the new reality of today. This trend runs contrary to the modern notion of the nation-state and hinders its capacity to exercise effective domestic control or even calibrate its external policies. One of the worst fallouts of this indoctrination has been to compromise the integrity of the territorial state itself. Since every state is wedded to the idea of self-defence and advancing its interests, it is interesting that the rightwing should emphasise 'jihad' as the only way of doing it. It is important to remember that there is no juridical consensus on who can declare jihad – is it the state or can any individual or group ask the Muslims to do jihad? But the balance tilts in favour of the state and for good reason, too: if individuals can be given even a slice of the state's monopoly of violence, it would sound the death knell of the state. This is why in practice the Islamic states have always guarded their sovereignty ruthlessly. The present trend is born of special circumstances in which the Pakistani state establishment was a willing player. But now that the circumstances have changed, the state finds it difficult to alter course because in pursuing these policies it unwittingly ended up strengthening those non-state elements whose interests are linked to the continuation of those old national security policies in which they had a degree of autonomy and leverage from the state. One thing is clear. Recent bomb attacks and other terrorist acts show that the idea of jihad is totally misplaced and is doing great harm to Pakistan. But the rightwing is in no mood to voluntarily vacate the political space it has captured in the past 25 years.
OzWobbles RE:Educating terrorists 3/22/2004 2:07:35 AM
"It is amazing, though, that in this ruckus no one has asked the relevant question of how mention of 'jihad' is compatible with the biology syllabus? How, and why, did these verses find their way into the biology textbook?" My thoughts exactly.
Elbandeedo RE:Educating terrorists - the quicker way 3/22/2004 9:24:05 AM
I find that terrorists are very fast learners, when you put a .9mm to their temple and explain the 'truth' to them. Although JDAMs and Hellfires also have the desired effect. However - to address at least in part, the thread as it started: Education is absolutely imperative. Unfortunately at the moment the madrassas are still packed and new ones open every so often. When you have people glorifying meatbombers, calling them "martyrs" (BTW according to the Cambridge Dictionary, a martyr is "a person who suffers greatly or is killed because of their political or religious beliefs, and is often admired because of it" Please note that suicide because of extremist ideology is not mentioned there at all. So, we have all these kids in the middle east, the far east, etc. they are being taught that "martyrdom" is the sure way to get the 72 figs/nuts/dates/virgins and it's the ONLY sure way to get to "paradise". so naturally it's very attractive to them. If we could change their educational system to teach them the truth that would certainly help! I'd like to start by explaining how the pedophile prophet started his false moon-god worshiping, pretend religion by taking some good from Judaism and from Christianity - then adding all his own lies and bile. Yeah, that would be a good start. probably won't get a lot of play in those countries where truth is so desperately needed. E.
jastayme3 RE:Educating terrorists - the quicker way 5/1/2004 12:01:37 PM
I'd like to start by explaining how the pedophile prophet started his false moon-god worshiping, pretend religion by taking some good from Judaism and from Christianity - then adding all his own lies and bile. Yeah, that would be a good start. probably won't get a lot of play in those countries where truth is so desperately needed. E. ........................................ Unfortunatly that wouldn't be right: it would be government encouraged prosyletizing: like Charlemagne's "missionary efforts" in Saxony-"do you repent your sins" "well er..."(chop!). "Now do you repent your sins" Islam does have some bad traits to it. And no I don't think it a "a religion of peace"(though being warlike is not the greatest sin in the world, otherwise everyone here might be in big trouble). It also has good traits to it-almost every religion does(no, I do not hold to the "different paths to truth" concept; but a religion is a system of ideas not a single one). And it is the basis of peoples lifes in that reigion. What should be removed is the obviously odious parts of their education-spreading evil rumors about Jews as fact, etc. The fact that they are taught Islam per se, is a religious question not a political one, and missionaries should be from the church not the state. I for one would rather buy a used car from an honest Moslem than a dishonest Christian.
ilpars RE:Educating terrorists - the quicker way -Elbandeedo 5/2/2004 7:38:22 AM
"I'd like to start by explaining how the pedophile prophet started his false moon-god worshiping, pretend religion by taking some good from Judaism and from Christianity - then adding all his own lies and bile. " I always wonder at the ignorance of the people who talks nonsense when they do not know anything about a subject. And by that I like to ask Mr. Elbandeedo that where did he get his wisdom about moon-god worshipping. I suspect he got it from a Fantasy Role Playing Game book or from an ancient mythology book. I like to remind him these are just fantasy.
Elbandeedo RE:Educating terrorists - the quicker way - Ilpars 5/3/2004 3:41:23 PM
link: http://www.swordoftruth.com/swordoftruth/archives/byauthor/aditichaturvedi/vpopia1.html That's just a start. There are hundreds more where that came from. try "allah moon-god", try "vedic moon-god", as far as the claim of pedophilia, mohammed was purportedly chastised by allah for "taking" a child-bride of 10 years of age. That's extraordinarily young, even given cultural differences and the early "marriages" that were prevalent in those days. (12 was considered matrimony age - but the actual physical relationship was not permitted until some years later.) E.
ilpars RE:Educating terrorists - the quicker way - Elbandeedo 5/4/2004 3:14:32 AM
I prefer if you show respect to my religion as I show respect to yours. You might believe that my religion based on wrong ideals. That is natural as you believe in a different religion. But showing respect to others' belief is one of the most important aspects of modern life. I found the link you have put very interesting. I had no chance before to examine Vedic history and religions. That is something I like to change in the future. I have briefly examine other articles of the writer and I have found him highly anti-Pakistan, so some his own reasonings are in suspect. Therefore I am planning to examine his sources. Fortunately he gave his resources in his article. With luck I can find at least some of them in Amazon.com
Elbandeedo RE:Educating terrorists - the quicker way - Ilpars 5/4/2004 7:40:19 AM
Good deal. Too many islamic "scholars" refuse to include any research on history. Many Christian "scholars" do that same. Someone who is truly interested in learning will do the research. I'm glad to see you are searching. Anything further on this can be taken to the "Eternal Wars" board, if you like. Cheers, E.
There are and were Islamic scholars at least in Turkey who are willing to discuss anything about religion. But I believe in many Arab state it can be a dangereous think to do. Ok. I have read the entire 8 parts of what the writer Aditi Chaturvedi wrote about the subject. Even with my limited knowledge and research I have found too many wrongs in his articles. Let me go over the most obvious ones. It is true that believing in Hindu Gods was common in pre-Islam Arabistan. It is also true that Arabs referred to moon-god as Allah of moon as Allah means the God in Arabic. In fact they referred every God as Allah; like you referred Thor as God of thunder. The word's open form is Al-Illah. Al means the; Illah means God. In first muslim flags there is no Crescent symbol. Some Western historians thinks that, Muslim states took the symbol of crescent from Byzantine flags as Byzantium used the symbol at the time in its flags. It is not known which God was the family God of Hz. Mohammed's family before Islam as noone recorded it. But there is no mystical connection to moon in Islam. At the time of 7th Century Arabistan used the moon calendar (more easy to calculate then a sun calendar), all referrings to moon in Islam is about dates. Medina was an unimportant small town at pre-Islam times and Hicaz area was never referred as Mekke-Medina in ancient times. So the searching the meaning of Makha-Medini is a forced assumption. "It is well known that over 7500 years ago, at the time of the Mahabharat War, Kurus ruled the world." Mahabrahat war is an Hindu epic not a fact. Even if it had happened estimated dates differ from 5561 B.C. to 1478 B.C. and there is no part in the epic that says Arabia was involved. "According to Arab traditions, Muhammad is a title. We do not know what name his parents had given him." The name of Hz. Muhammed is known it is Ahmet Muhammed Mustafa. "Because the Vedic custom was to pray facing the East, in his hatred for all things Hindu, he directed his followers to pray facing only the west." This sentence betrayed that writer knows nothing much about Islam. It is a very common knowledge that Muslims pray facing Kabaa (Mecca). The Muslims of India and Pakistan faces west while praying as this is the way to Mecca. The Muslims in USA faces east and Muslims in Turkey faces south. After examining connections between Hinduism and pre-Islam Arabia, the writer suddenly enters to write a fictional history book. He gives some dialogues about which he has no historical references. He told totaly fantasy stories. In fact all these lines full of hatred about anything that is related to Islam. He continously gave references contradicting what he is writing. Let me give you two examples about his references that is contradicting what he is writing. The information about the books came from Amazon.com "The Life & times of Muhammad" by Sir John Glubb The brilliant thing about this book is that it merges and yet distinguishes among the different sources of information we have about Mohammed's life. Thus, information from the Quran is very accurate, since it was written contemporaneously. The various biographies, histories and oral traditions are questionable because they were written down 100-200 or more years after Mohammed's death. This is very significant today, because the Quran makes it clear that Mohammed got along well with Jews and Christians, and even honored them for their devotion to the Scriptures. By contrast, the Islamic terrorists make their erroneous claims by referring to histories and traditions that were written down centuries after Mohammed's death, and reflect the writer's views rather than Mohammed's views. Glubb's book weaves all of these sources of information into a fascinating narration of Mohammed's life, but at the same time he indicates the source and validity of the various stories, especially the sensitive ones. That's what makes this book valuable today, since readers can read it and understand why the real infidels are the Muslims who call for jihads against Jews and Christians. "Mohammed" by Anne Carter Book Description A definitive and fascinating introduction to the life, ideas, and impact of the founder of Islam. Maxime Robinson's Muhammad has long been regarded as one of the touchstones of scholarship on the founder of Islam. Thirty years after first being published in English, it remains the definitive introduction to the Prophet's life. Drawing on wide-ranging scholarship and imaginative insight into the Prophet's personality, family, background, and wider society, Rodinson's Muhammad offers a vivid account of how he spread the word of Islam, created a sect and state, and defeated his enemies, establishing the first great Muslim military power—a power which was soon to control territory stretching all the way from the Pyrenees to the borders of China. For anyone who wants to understand the historical roots of one of the wor
SGTObvious Jihad and Biology 5/4/2004 7:27:48 PM
"It is amazing, though, that in this ruckus no one has asked the relevant question of how mention of 'jihad' is compatible with the biology syllabus? How, and why, did these verses find their way into the biology textbook?" Perhaps they view the immune response as a bodily Jihad against the infidel micro-organisms? Just being Devil's advocate for a moment. Literally.
Condor Legion Sir John Glubb 5/5/2004 7:29:49 PM
AKA: Glubb Pasha, commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion in 1948. CONNECTED, CL.


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De kikker is slechts enkele malen waargenomen in het Caquetá-departement in Colombia in 1998 en 2000. De vrouwtjes leggen waarschijnlijk hun eieren in de grond, en mannetjes vervoeren vervolgens die eieren naar water, waar de dieren verder ontwikkelen.

Aromobatidae
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The dusky lory (Pseudeos fuscata) is a monotypic species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae, and the only species of the genus Pseudeos. Alternative common names are the white-rumped lory or the dusky-orange lory. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea on New Guinea and Yapen.
The dusky lory is short-tailed parrot about 25cm (10in) long. It is mainly brown and has a whitish back and rump. It has two colour phases; the band across the upper chest together with its abdomen are either yellow or orange. The beak is dark orange and there is an area of bare orange skin at the base of its lower mandible. The irises are red and the legs are grey. The male and females are identical in external appearance. Juveniles are duller with a yellowish back and rump, yellowish-grey irises, and a beak that is yellow at the base and brown/black towards the tip.
The dusky lory's native range includes New Guinea below about 2500m in both the Indonesian (West Papua), and Papua New Guinean zones of the island. It is also native to the nearby Indonesian islands of Salawati and Yapen.
More inforamtion about Dusky Lory Facts and Photos.


St. John Ambulance dispatchers were unable to access mobile data and paging services, and were forced to use manual backup systems.
A malware infection recently disabled the communications network for New Zealand's St. John Ambulance service, forcing dispatchers to use manual backup systems.
"Mobile data and paging services were worst affected by the problem, suggesting that some sort of bandwidth-hogging worm overloaded the system," writes The Register's John Leyden.
"The St John Ambulance network handles 90 per cent of the ambulance cover across New Zealand," Leyden writes. "It is unclear if any emergency call-outs were affected by the problem or what affect this might have had on response times."
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Q: SharedPreferences for serialization? I'm rather new to Android development, and am trying to learn with a bit of a hobby project. My app has a relatively small amount of state that needs to be stored for the main Activity in order for the app to resume properly. Moreover, since my app syncs with a webapp, I already have JSON-based serialization logic included for all the state that I might want to save. Is it a good use of SharedPreferences to store relatively small (~ a few KiB) strings that serialize objects? Would it be better to just use internal storage and write out to a text file? Thanks for the advice!

A: Shared prefs is a good way to save that kind of data. I don't know what would be better about using a file in internal storage. (If it was a lot of data, I'd consider using a file on the sdcard.)

A: Shared prefs are used to store name values pairs for example like preferences. The format that is used to store these data is a simple xml file:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<map>
<string name="id1">text1</string>
<string name="id2">textb</string>
<string name="id3">text</string>
</map>

So when your string is only a few kb large the resulting (xml-)overhead to data relation isn't as well as when storing large strings in the same structure.
In this case storing small sets of data is more efficient using for example a simple JSON structure (You use json libs anyway?!).
Another disadvantage is that you can't access the xml files as a java File object so you can't delete them.

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Q: Can I serve MP3 files with PHP? In the same way that it's possible to serve up images with php, for use in CAPTACHAS and such, is it possible to do the same with audio files?
I've tried this
<?php

$track = "sometrack.mp3";

if(file_exists($track)) {
    header('Content-type: audio/mpeg');
    header('Content-length: ' . filesize($track));
    header('Content-Disposition: filename="sometrack.mp3"');
    header('X-Pad: avoid browser bug');
    header('Cache-Control: no-cache');
    print file_get_contents($track);
} else {
    echo "no file";
}

I'm using Safari, which can play MP3 files. It's kicking Safari into the right mode, I get the Quicktime controls for a few seconds, and then "No Video".
I'm trying to protect files from unauthorized download in case you're wondering why I'd want to do this.

A: Your Content-Disposition should be:
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="sometrack.mp3"');

Not sure if that's the problem though. I would also recommend using readfile to output the file:
readfile($rSong);

Also, it can't hurt to use an exhaustive Content-Type header, and set the Content-Transfer-Encoding:
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Type: audio/mpeg, audio/x-mpeg, audio/x-mpeg-3, audio/mpeg3");

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A: Per the discussion here, plus readfile() from the PHP site for PHP 4, 5, 7 & 8, I came up with this:
if (file_exists($file)) {
  header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
  header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
  header('Content-Type: audio/mpeg');
  header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.basename($file).'"');
  header('Expires: 0');
  header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
  header('Pragma: public');
  header('Content-Length: '.filesize($file));
  readfile($file);
  exit;
}


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Hospital for Special Surgery in New York – ranked the #1 hospital in the United States for orthopedics by U.S. News and World Report
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Saracens docked 35 points and fined £5.3m for breaching salary cap rules
Alan Pearey
The Premiership club's recent successes have been tarnished by news of multiple rule breaches and Saracens are now staring up from the bottom of the table
Tainted success: Saracens celebrate winning the 2018-19 Gallagher Premiership, their fifth English title
TAGS: Salary CapSaracens
Saracens have been docked 35 points and fined £5.36m for repeated breaches of the salary cap regulations.
The sanctions follow a nine-month investigation by Premiership Rugby and relate to breaches in each of the past three seasons by the reigning English and European champions.
The points deduction takes immediate effect and leaves Saracens propping up the Gallagher Premiership table with a points tally of minus 26. They now look set for a relegation battle, although history suggests they will be safe – they would have finished tenth last season had the same penalty been imposed then.
Still won't get relegated….. https://t.co/UapH0oQPfW
— Tom May (@TomMay1) November 5, 2019
However, the fallout could extend far beyond that, with questions now raised over whether some Saracens players will need to be offloaded and even whether the club's recent titles will be allowed to stand. Exeter Chiefs won the Premiership in 2016-17 before losing the past two finals to Saracens, but David Lewis, an employment lawyer at Capital Law, says stripping Saracens of previous honours is not on the table.
"The rules are lengthy, detailed and drafted in a typically lawyerly fashion, but they only allow for an adjudication for the current season," he says. "So even if the club was found to be in breach for the same reasons for the three previous years, it cannot be held to account retrospectively. Bad news for Exeter Chiefs."
"Frankly I have to say I will not be alone in thinking the trophies and medals Saracens won during the proven period should be taken away from them. It happened to Melbourne Storm in rugby league." Ex Quins John Kingston in inews
— chris jones (@chrisjonespress) November 5, 2019
The current regulations run to more than 114 pages – up from 57 last year – and prescribe what a club may, and may not do, when it comes to salary. What might and might not constitute 'salary' is defined over around ten of these pages and the definition goes well beyond merely a set monthly wage.
Lewis adds: "In the Saracens case, the club has allegedly failed to disclose arrangements between its players and the multimillionaire club owner, Nigel Wray, where they have started joint business ventures. Presumably, this could have been a means of providing additional benefits to those players, or at the very least, something which ought to have been declared as part of the overall 'salary' payments."
Saracens are entitled to seek a review of the decision by an arbitration body and have confirmed that they will appeal. The judgment was made by an independent panel, chaired by Lord Dyson, that decided Saracens failed to disclose payments to players and exceeded the ceiling for payments to senior players in the 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons.
In a statement, Wray said: "For over 25 years I have put my heart and soul into the game I love. Together we have created something incredibly special with the Saracens family, both on and off the field.
Before the storm: Saracens win a lineout during their win against London Irish last weekend (Getty Images)
"This is absolutely devastating for everyone associated with this amazing group of players, staff, partners and fans. It has been acknowledged by the panel that we never deliberately sought to mislead anyone or breach the cap and that's why it feels like the rug is being completely pulled out from under our feet. We will appeal all the findings."
There was a very different view from Tony Rowe, Exeter's chief executive. "I don't think the penalty is severe enough," he told BBC Radio Devon. "You take away 35 points this year, they could still be in the semi-finals and still end up at Twickenham (in the Premiership final)."
Aggrieved: Tony Rowe, the Exeter boss (Getty)
Asked what would be a fair punishment, Rowe said: "Relegation. In professional sport in America, if you're in breach of the salary cap you get thrown out completely."
The salary cap regulations were introduced 20 years ago and have helped forge one of the best and most competitive leagues in sport. They not only prevent a club potentially signing all the top players and so totally dominating, but also keep spending to manageable levels.
A Premiership Rugby spokesperson said: "The salary cap is an important mechanism to ensure a level playing field for Premiership clubs and maintain a competitive, growing and financially sustainable league.
"Today's decision by the independent panel upholds both the principle of the salary cap and the charges brought following an extensive investigation by Premiership Rugby. We are pleased that this process has reached a conclusion."
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package iso20022

// Content of the acceptor configuration.
type AcceptorConfigurationContent5 struct {

	// True if the whole configuration related to the terminal manager has to be replaced by the configuration included in the message content.
	ReplaceConfiguration *TrueFalseIndicator `xml:"RplcCfgtn,omitempty"`

	// Configuration parameters of the TMS protocol between a POI and a terminal manager.
	TMSProtocolParameters []*TMSProtocolParameters2 `xml:"TMSPrtcolParams,omitempty"`

	// Acceptor parameters dedicated to an acquirer protocol.
	AcquirerProtocolParameters []*AcquirerProtocolParameters9 `xml:"AcqrrPrtcolParams,omitempty"`

	// Acceptor parameters dedicated to the merchant.
	MerchantParameters []*MerchantConfigurationParameters2 `xml:"MrchntParams,omitempty"`

	// Manufacturer configuration parameters of the point of interaction.
	TerminalParameters []*PaymentTerminalParameters3 `xml:"TermnlParams,omitempty"`

	// Acceptor parameters dedicated to a payment application of the point of interaction.
	ApplicationParameters []*ApplicationParameters5 `xml:"ApplParams,omitempty"`

	// Acceptor parameters dedicated to the communication with an acquirer host or a terminal manager host.
	HostCommunicationParameters []*HostCommunicationParameter4 `xml:"HstComParams,omitempty"`

	// Point of interaction parameters related to the security of software application and application protocol.
	SecurityParameters []*SecurityParameters6 `xml:"SctyParams,omitempty"`
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) SetReplaceConfiguration(value string) {
	a.ReplaceConfiguration = (*TrueFalseIndicator)(&value)
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) AddTMSProtocolParameters() *TMSProtocolParameters2 {
	newValue := new(TMSProtocolParameters2)
	a.TMSProtocolParameters = append(a.TMSProtocolParameters, newValue)
	return newValue
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) AddAcquirerProtocolParameters() *AcquirerProtocolParameters9 {
	newValue := new(AcquirerProtocolParameters9)
	a.AcquirerProtocolParameters = append(a.AcquirerProtocolParameters, newValue)
	return newValue
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) AddMerchantParameters() *MerchantConfigurationParameters2 {
	newValue := new(MerchantConfigurationParameters2)
	a.MerchantParameters = append(a.MerchantParameters, newValue)
	return newValue
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) AddTerminalParameters() *PaymentTerminalParameters3 {
	newValue := new(PaymentTerminalParameters3)
	a.TerminalParameters = append(a.TerminalParameters, newValue)
	return newValue
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) AddApplicationParameters() *ApplicationParameters5 {
	newValue := new(ApplicationParameters5)
	a.ApplicationParameters = append(a.ApplicationParameters, newValue)
	return newValue
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) AddHostCommunicationParameters() *HostCommunicationParameter4 {
	newValue := new(HostCommunicationParameter4)
	a.HostCommunicationParameters = append(a.HostCommunicationParameters, newValue)
	return newValue
}

func (a *AcceptorConfigurationContent5) AddSecurityParameters() *SecurityParameters6 {
	newValue := new(SecurityParameters6)
	a.SecurityParameters = append(a.SecurityParameters, newValue)
	return newValue
}

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Q: Reduce the dimension of InterpolatingFunction So I have been trying to extract 2D interpolating function(x,t) or (y,t) from 3D interpolating function(x,y,t) by replacing y=0 or x=0. My domain is triangular(see below). Ultimately, I want to integrate this extracted function along the line(x=0) over the time. So far I am having trouble doing it. Here is the example code:
region = Polygon[{{0, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 0}}];
fksol  = NDSolveValue[{Derivative[2, 0, 0][u][x, y, t] +
       Derivative[0, 2, 0][u][x, y, t] +
       Derivative[1, 0, 0][u][x, y, t] +
       Derivative[0, 1, 0][u][x, y, t] ==
       Derivative[0, 0, 1][u][x, y, t] + NeumannValue[0, x + y >= 1],
       u[x, y, 0] == (Erf[x/.1] - Erf[(x - 1)/.1] - 1) (Erf[y/.1] -
       Erf[(y - 1)/.1] - 1) (PDF[NormalDistribution[.2, .1], x]*
       PDF[NormalDistribution[.8, .1], y] // Evaluate),
       u[0, y, t] == 0, u[x, 0, t] == 0}, u, {x, y} ∈ region, {t, 0, 1}];

Why doesn't the fksol[0,y,t] give me  interpolating function with only two variables domain?
I tried to workaround similar to here, but kernel crashes for     fksol["ValuesOnGrid"].
Thanks.

A: To avoid the (reported) crash you can swap the order of t and the spatial variables like so:
region = Polygon[{{0, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 0}}];
fksol = NDSolveValue[{Derivative[0, 2, 0][u][t, x, y] +
      Derivative[0, 0, 2][u][t, x, y] +
      Derivative[0, 1, 0][u][t, x, y] +
      Derivative[0, 0, 1][u][t, x, y] ==
     Derivative[1, 0, 0][u][t, x, y],
    u[0, x, y] == (Erf[x/.1] - Erf[(x - 1)/.1] - 1) (Erf[y/.1] -
        Erf[(y - 1)/.1] -
        1) (PDF[NormalDistribution[.2, .1], x]*
         PDF[NormalDistribution[.8, .1], y] // Evaluate),
    u[t, 0, y] == 0, u[t, x, 0] == 0},
   u, {t, 0, 1}, {x, y} \[Element] region];
fksol["ValuesOnGrid"]

A: Too long for a comment, and possibly an answer....
Question/comment, based on the OP and comments:
The following integrates fksol[0.1, y, t] over the slice of the interpolating function's domain where x == 0.1.  Is that what you're after?
Needs["NDSolve`FEM`"]

emesh = fksol["ElementMesh"];

getY[x0_] :=
 With[{emx = ToElementMesh@ DiscretizeRegion@
      RegionIntersection[MeshRegion@emesh, ImplicitRegion[x >= x0, {x, y}]]},
  With[{coords = emx["Coordinates"]},
   With[{bdy = emx["BoundaryElements"] /. LineElement -> List /.
       idcs : {__Integer} :> coords[[idcs]]},
    Union @@
     Cases[bdy, seg : {{x_ /; x == x0, _} ..} :> seg[[All, 2]], Infinity]
    ]]];

tpts = Last@fksol["Coordinates"];

int[x_?NumericQ, y_?NumericQ, t_?NumericQ] := fksol[x, y, t];
With[{x = 0.1},
 NIntegrate[int[x, y, t],
  Evaluate@{y, Sequence @@ getY[x]},
  Evaluate@{t, Sequence @@ tpts}, AccuracyGoal -> 17]
 ]
(*  0.039357  *)


Inter Milan denied their neighbours AC Milan a place at the top of Serie A and threw their own hat into the ring for the Scudetto in the process with a 1-0 win at the San Siro.
A goal from Diego Milito in the 54th minute was enough to earn the visitors all three points and take them to within six points of the Serie A summit and just five of their city rivals.
Inter had a goal disallowed early on while Milan failed to make their territorial supremacy count as their attack proved too blunt.
Inter silenced the San Siro in the fifth minute, but Thiago Motta's celebrations after he nodded in a free-kick from the right were short-lived as he saw the linesman's flag raised.
The decision proved to be an incorrect one as the Italy international was not beyond the last Milan defender, although both Milito and Giampaolo Pazzini were stood in an offside position, perhaps contributing to the linesman's confusion.
It was only a rare venture into the Milan penalty area, though, as the Rossoneri kept hold of the reins to the game with Alexandre Pato wasting their first chance in the 11th minute when he lifted the ball over the crossbar from close to the penalty spot.
For all of their possession, Milan were unable to create any real openings and the next best chance of the game fell to Ricardo Alvarez, who found himself alone in front of Christian Abbiati, but he shot straight at the Milan goalkeeper in the 40th minute.
In the very last minute of the first half, Mark van Bommel rattled the crossbar with a shot from outside the area and Julio Cesar had to stretch to push Urby Emanuelson's shot wide on the rebound.
Inter started the second half like the first and opened the scoring in the 54th minute thanks, in part, to a mistake by Ignacio Abate.
He made a hash of his attempt to cut out a crossfield pass, allowing Milito to take the ball into the penalty area and beat Abbiati with a shot which went in off the base of the far post.
Inter's confidence levels rose and Yuti Nagatomo tested Abbiati shortly afterwards as the Nerazzurri threatened a second.
A reaction from Milan was inevitable, but it lacked any discipline as they rushed the ball into the Inter half, frequently losing possession and rarely threatening Julio Cesar's goal.
Coach Massimiliano Allegri brought on both Robinho and Stephan El Shaarawy but they failed to add any weight to the attack and Inter held on to their win without too much effort.


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Book review & excerpt from MMA novel The Godslayer by Dave Walsh
A review and excerpt from Dave Walsh's new MMA novel "The Godslayer."
By Nathan Wilcox@KidNate Feb 18, 2013, 2:30pm EST
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Dave Walsh of Liver Kick and the founder of SBN's late, lamented Headkick Legend, has written a new novel The Godslayer which draws heavily on his knowledge of MMA. Dave was kind enough to let us excerpt a chapter of the book which is at the bottom of this post.
Zach Arnold reviewed The Godslayer at Fight Opinion:
Dave did a great job here with Godslayer. Truth is often stranger than fiction and in the case of Godslayer, I kept having flashbacks to past moments of modern MMA history and saying, "I remember that happening with those guys."
The writing is sharp. The storytelling is fluid. The transitions are smooth. The most important question I have when it comes to reading a genre of book that isn't my cup of tea is to ask, "Is this an easy read?" Even at 260 pages in length, this book is a very easy read. I read it in full during an afternoon reading session.
Without giving too much of the book away, here's the general storyline of Godslayer. Alek Turner is a 38-year old retired MMA fighter. He was champion of a league called the United Fight League, whose front-man is named Jeordie Johnson. Jeordie is two parts Dana White, one part Vince McMahon. He's absurdly over-the-top and, for an outsider to the MMA industry, completely unrealistic. However, every action and quote coming from Jeordie reflects some crazy moment from the past that you've seen from Dana or Vince when it comes to dealing with fighters.
Now in retirement and paid a monthly salary to show up at events as an 'ambassador' for the UFL, Turner finds out that retirement sucks. He hates dealing with his ex-wife and the drama she puts up by bringing her new man into his life while complaining about Turner not being a good father. There's definitely an element of Mickey Rourke from The Wrestler here. Turner hates being told what to do by everyone else, including the promotion he's working for. He was pushed into retirement by the promoter because the fans said he was washed up as a fighter. If you know the life stories of Randy Couture, Matt Hughes, Don Frye, and many other retired MMA fighters then you will recognize that parts of their life stories seem to mesh together here to come up with the Alek Turner character.
that is the beauty of this book. The lines between MMA history and fiction are completely blurred. The actions of the characters are entirely believable for people who are involved in the fight business. I wouldn't suggest you reading this book if you're looking for a pick-me-up Anthony Robbins-style motivational kind of deal, but it's dramatic writing mixed in with the darker side of the MMA sport and the consequences prize fighters often suffer from because of their past actions.
The Godslayer by Dave Walsh
00. The World Champion
"Ladies and gentlemen, fighting out of the blue corner, weighing in at two hundred and five pounds, fighting out of Los Angeles, California, he is the current, reigning, United Fighting League Light Heavyweight Champion of the World -- the Godslayer -- Alek Turner!" The announcer stands rigid in the center of the six-sided, chain link enclosed ring, microphone in hand while with his other hand clutching onto a set of index cards points to the corner where Alek struts back and forth, ready to uncoil.
The crowd erupts as he walks back and forth in front of the black banner draped over the side of the cage, being held up by a few members of Alek's crew. Pete, his head trainer stands in the center with his glasses gleaming under the bright spotlights, clapping his hands together and shouting encouragement. There is a time as the pre-fight ceremony is taking place where Alek likes to shut his mind off, forget his humanity, his responsibilities and that there is a real world. Instead, there is just three men that matter; himself, the referee and the man staring him down from across the cage.
The referee pulls them both over as the announcer drapes his arm underneath him, holding the microphone up to his mouth while he confirms that he went over the rules backstage and wants a clean fight. It always struck Alek as a worthless gesture -- they all knew the rules by now -- especially him. He was on top of the world; the UFL Light Heavyweight Champion, with no end in sight for his new found reign, this his first title defense. The man standing on the other side of the referee is Renato Santos, a Brazilian who worked his way up to this shot against Alek, but Alek knew that he stood no chance once that bell rang. The look on his opponent's face is that of a man who is already defeated, trying to play the role of a tough guy ready to usurp the newly crowned king.
They slap gloves and step back to their corners as the droning sound of the crowd just turns into white noise and the referee's hand cuts down through the air, cuing the start of the fight. Alek quickly struts to the center of the ring, hands up as Santos slowly saunters out in a squatting stance, keeping his lead hand circling around to try to throw Alek's attention away from him looking to drop down, grab his leg and drag him to the canvas. Alek throws a few soft jabs, waiting for Santos to throw a hook and then quickly duck down.
Like clockwork, Santos throws a left hook that misses and dives for Alek's left leg, just as Alek quickly brings his left knee up as it connects flush onto the temple of Santos who staggers back, catching himself with his right hand and propping himself up as Alek patiently waits for him to move back into striking range. When Santos is back on his feet Alek quickly hits him with a jab with his left hand before following up with a right hand to the body, then a left hook to the body as Santos moves to protect his midsection. Alek quickly swings his right arm around, getting a full extension and coming down from what felt like the top of the world, swinging a crushing overhand right that connects to the top of his opponent's head, sending him crashing to the mat.
Alek doesn't bother hopping on him, he just walks off, pointing for the referee to check on him. The buzz of the crowd and their forms begin to come into focus for him as the cage door spills open, officials and doctors spilling in to check on the fallen Santos. Pete and the boys quickly rush in, shouting and celebrating, running up to Alek and squeezing him before letting him go.
The reason that Alek makes it look so easy is because for him, it is easy. He laughs to himself as more and more people file into the ring. Jeordie Johnson, the President of the UFL walks over to him with the Light Heavyweight Championship belt in his hands, shaking his head with a huge grin on his face.
"The winner, and still the UFL Light Heavyweight Champion of the World, Alek Turner!" The announcer shouts out, dragging out each syllable as the fans erupt even louder than before.
"You fucking did it again, Turner," he embraces Alek before the ref grabs his hand and raises it up high. "You fucking did it," Jeordie laughs as he pulls the belt across Alek's waist and snaps the metal buttons into place.
"Told you that I would," Alek smiles, turning around to look at his grinning boss. "Told you."
"You said you'd make it look easy," he shakes his head, still grinning. "You always do. You're gonna hold onto this belt for a while, I can feel it."
The sound of the crowd swells up as Alek takes a deep breath, soaking in the accolades and for the first time, looks around the jam-packed arena and notices just how many people are there. It isn't his job to know how many people were there, but the smile on Jeordie's face meant that this show was a success, and the ease of Alek's victory in his first title defense meant that a star was being born, you could smell it in the air.
The Godslayer was now a living legend.


Richmond's city council approved the $1 billion project after a six-hour hearing marked by sharp divisions of opinion. The upgrade at Chevron's Richmond refinery will allow the company to refine higher-sulfur crude oil. It's a smaller version of a project the company first proposed in 2005, and which was stopped by a lawsuit in 2009.
The modernization project, as Chevron calls it, centers around the construction of a new hydrogen plant. Hydrogen is used to clean sulfur out of crude oil. Chevron is looking to refine higher-sulfur crude, also known as sour crude or dirty crude, because, the company says, that's what they're getting from declining oil fields.
The project that passed the council late Tuesday night is a revised version of Chevron's proposal. Known as Alternative 11, the project caps greenhouse gas emissions; instead of no net increase, there will be no increase in greenhouse gas emissions, period. With the upgrade, Chevron will be able to process more sulfur, but Alternative 11 permits Chevron to process less than the company originally wanted.
Alternative 11 could actually reduce the amount of crude oil moving through the refinery.
"It's going to have to do more to refine higher-sulfur crude, which means it's going to have to use more energy to refine that higher-sulfur crude, which means it won't have enough energy left over to refine as much crude," explained Jennifer Hernandez, an attorney with Holland & Knight, and the city's lead consultant on the project.
Alternative 11 got the endorsement of Attorney General Kamala Harris. It's what the Richmond planning commission approved, too, and last week Chevron got on board with it.
The planning commission had recommended additional pollution control conditions be placed on the project. The city council didn't approve those, but did pass two other last-minute conditions. One requires Chevron to replace all pipes that are at risk of corroding. (A ruptured pipe was the cause of a refinery fire in August 2012 that sent thousands of people to local hospitals.) The other requires Chevron to install more equipment to improve particulate matter testing.
Hundreds of people attended Tuesday night's city council meeting, and dozens commented on the project. People turned out in blue-and-white baseball tees for Chevron, neon green t-shirts for the Asian Pacific Environmental Network and red t-shirts for the struggling Doctors Medical Center, whose supporters wanted funding from the project. There was applause, foot-stomping and an occasional hoot from the crowd.
The public comments centered on jobs, money, air pollution and Chevron's role in Richmond.
"I don't know any community that wouldn't want a billion-dollar project," said Tom Waller, a resident of Hercules.
Francis Adams said, as a teacher, she found Chevron to be a good partner to the community. "Whenever I asked them for anything at the school," she said, "they always had me come down, and they gave me a check."
"Don't give our kids backpacks and ice cream, and then give them asthma and cancer," thundered Richmond resident Rebecca Auerbach.
As part of the agreement, Chevron is also giving $90 million in money and land for community investments. The money would go to scholarships, job training and greenhouse gas reduction programs in the city. The land is a 60-acre in-kind donation of Chevron's property, to be set aside for a solar farm.
"Instead of glass half-empty or half-full we got about 70 percent of what we wanted," said Andrés Soto of Communities for a Better Environment. He said he thinks the project as it stands now is better than the 2008 version, which CBE sued over, and better than what it was a month ago.
Nonetheless, he said CBE is considering its options. Representatives of the group hinted at a possible lawsuit at Tuesday's hearing.
Either way, this project is headed to court. The Contra Costa Superior Court must lift its order prohibiting Chevron from moving ahead with the project; the order is still in place from the earlier lawsuit. Chevron officials say they hope they'll be cleared to move ahead in early 2015.