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STEM Majors Start Here
STEM in Your Future, a recent CUNY Month event, reached out to students considering a major in one of the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering or math.
Held in Richard Harris Terrace on the college's main campus, participants shared tables with STEM professors, and met other students who are considering, or are already immersed in STEM studies.
How one STEM major got her start
BMCC alum Clara Nieto-Wire, now a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at the CUNY Graduate Center, and introduced by BMCC Science Department Chair Joel Hernandez, shared highlights of her research developing flight control systems for high-performance, tailless aircrafts.
She also shared with the audience, how she got to that point in her career. "It feels like being back home here," said Nieto-Wire, who graduated with honors from BMCC, and earned two associate's degrees; one in science, and one in engineering.
Today, she is committed to promoting other students' success, and supporting their access to research through the LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) Robotics Project—having benefited, herself, as a recipient of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Scholarship.
Nieto-Wire—who also received the Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate award, the President's Fellowship (MAGNET) award, Science Fellowships and other honors—encouraged students to explore the bridges in place at BMCC that could link them to further academic success.
"I didn't have much command of the language, when I started at BMCC," said Nieto-Wire, who grew up in Colombia, "and I found here, not only a quality education, but professors who were very caring, always available, and activities that allowed me to interact with the sciences in different ways."
She also recommended that students access larger STEM communities, by attending academic gatherings such as the Urban University Conference Series, where they can talk to people about research opportunities. She screened videos that showcased her aeronautics work, as well as her interactive engineering projects, including sensor robots—controlled by touch—and those containing microprocessors.
Supports for student success
Sefton Bennett, LSAMP Coordinator, and Everton Barrett, STEM Education Director, coordinated the event in conjunction with the President's Office and Office of Academic Affairs, and emphasized the considerable supports available to students interested in pursuing math, technology, engineering and science at BMCC.
These include, they explained, LSAMP and S-STEM special projects, Cleo and Zack Scholarships, Engineering Title V, Math Tutoring services, the Learning Resource Center and Science Learning Center. A poster expo outside Richard Harris Terrace gave more information, flyers were circulated, and professors were on hand to answer questions from prospective STEM majors.
BMCC science major Justin Kornegay, who is working on a pharmacology research project with Professor Bramadeo Dewprashad, is aware of the special opportunities BMCC provides. "I'm don't really know of any other schools in the boroughs where I could get that kind of experience," he said.
Setting the tone
In her opening remarks, BMCC Provost/Senior Vice President, Office of Academic Affairs Sadie Bragg asked the student audience what "STEM" stands for, and Kornegay was the volunteer who stood to recite the words behind the acronym: science, technology, engineering, math.
He chose BMCC for his start in science, he said later, because the answer is 'yes' to one key question: "Is it 'doable'?" meaning, "Are the professors going to work with you, if there's something you don't understand?"
Reaching students who, unlike Kornegay, haven't yet discovered the abundant opportunities to be mentored at BMCC—all of which make the STEM majors "doable"—VP Bragg also asked, "How many of you are doing research with a faculty member?" A few hands went up, which led to her next question: "And what are the rest of you waiting for?"
Her comments set the tone for informal conversations over refreshments, after the event, as students who are working toward a STEM degree talked with those who are still deciding which direction they want to go in.
"The whole spacecraft thing was actually kind of cool," said Liberal Arts major Majin Cruz, referring to Nieto-Wire's talk. Cruz, who recently took pre-calculus—and enjoyed it—is now thinking about taking calculus, and moving in the direction of a STEM field.
Prince Vontee, a computer science major from Liberia, is also contemplating a move to a STEM major. "I'm thinking I should consider electrical engineering," he said. "I'm working on hardware, and programming devices. There is always an electrical component."
A chance to network
Romeo Beato, a science major who is also on the staff of the new BMCC student newspaper, The Panther Gazette, was at the event to learn about internships. "I heard there might be a rep from Brookhaven Labs," he said, referring to a second speaker, Noel Blackburn, Educational Programs Administrator at the Brookhaven National Laboratory who, because of a family emergency, was unable to attend.
Even so, Beato made good use of his time networking with fellow students, as did Lisa Bloodgood, who is studying environmental science at BMCC, and focusing on hyper-accumulating plants, those that absorb toxins at higher levels, affecting soil remediation.
Staff attended the STEM event, as well. "I work with all the people here, all the faculty and students," said Joy Dunkaley, Access Services Librarian. "They need materials for their research, and we need to know the necessary data bases and books to order."
STEM is fun
Michael George, math professor and BMCC Math Team co-coach (with math professor Jason Samuels), led an on-the-spot Math Challenge, reading problems aloud and handing out prizes—pen-and-pencil sets and BMCC book bags—to the first student to answer each one correctly.
These included, "Eight people are at a table. Each person shakes hands with the person to his left and right. What is the total number of handshakes?" The answer, it turns out, is a deceptively simple "eight"—something a STEM major 'gets', almost immediately.
Other Math Challenge questions included: If you roll a coin four times, what is the probability of getting exactly three heads? (one out of four), and what is half of two to the 20th power? (two to the 19th power).
As the event closed, participants lingered to read poster displays on topics such as the effects of butyrate and omega fatty cells on cancer cells, the physics behind the construction of a wall, the mathematical cantor set, and others.
Making use of a few minutes of down time before the room was cleared out, science major Kornegay worked to finish his biology homework on the development of marsupial frog eggs. One of his science professors, Manita Pavel, sat at the same table; when she had won a book bag in the raffle at the end of the event, she handed it straight to Kornegay, who was happy to get it.
"Students who are considering a STEM major choose BMCC because they want the research opportunity to develop biotechnical skills, and to have a hands-on lab experience," Pavel said—though a little encouragement goes a long way, too.
Featured speaker and BMCC alum Clara Nieto-Wire, a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering, shared her research into high-performance, tailless aircrafts
Coordinators Sefton Bennet and Everton Barrett encouraged students to access BMCC's scholarship, research, tutoring and other services
A Math Challenge, raffle, refreshments and opportunities to network with current STEM majors and professors made the event fun


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Fleeing offensives, where are the militants going?
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This undated frame grab from video posted online on May 19, 2017 by supporters of the Daesh militant group, shows Daesh fighters who recently joined the group receiving military training in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor. (Militant Photo via AP, File)
BEIRUT: Daesh is under attack across the remaining parts of its self-proclaimed caliphate, but what happens to its thousands of fighters as their group loses grip on territory?
Facing multiple offensives, the militant group has lost the Libyan city of Sirte, Iraq's Mosul and Ramadi, and is now on the verge of being ousted from its former Syrian stronghold Raqqa.
At its peak Daesh counted tens of thousands of fighters among its ranks, with US officials estimating as many as 40,000 foreign fighters traveled to join the militants over the years.
Forces attacking Daesh has regularly reported the deaths and arrests of large numbers of militants, but their figures are often vague and cannot be independently verified.
"We can't give an exact number of those arrested but we can say that there are a good number of them being detained by our forces," said Mustafa Bali, spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces currently battling Daesh in Syria.
In Iraq's Mosul, journalists saw the bodies of militants killed in fighting on the streets, but they numbered no more than a few dozen at any time, far less than the hundreds authorities often said had died in combat.
Other Daesh fighters may have been arrested and then executed.
In July, the Human Rights Watch group accused a unit of Iraq's army of carrying out summary executions of suspected rebel prisoners.
A persistent fear for forces attacking Daesh is that its fighters will try to blend into the civilian population, either fleeing along with the displaced or staying behind in homes.
"The problem of operatives hiding among civilians who flee is certainly a major issue," said Aymenn Al-Tamimi, a research fellow at the Middle East Forum.
"Operatives might stay behind and melt into the wider civilian population to function as sleeper cells or recruit others to become part of sleeper cells as well," he told AFP.
In Syria, Bali said, some Daesh fighters "have been discovered in camps for the displaced via our databases."
Others have been turned in by civilians who recognized and reported them.
But some fighters slip through nonetheless, especially as "some civilians are afraid to report them, fearing revenge will be taken against them," said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.
Iraqi forces, like their counterparts in Syria, use a database to pick out suspected Daesh fighters from among civilians.
But a local Iraqi official said "a large number of Daesh elements are hiding among the population in Mosul, particularly in the Old City." Their presence is evidenced by "the assassinations and bombings that continue daily," said Hisham Al-Hashimi, a researcher who specializes in militant movements.
The many non-Arab foreign fighters among Daesh's ranks may not be able to blend so easily into the fleeing civilian populations, with their features and language betraying them.
"There's a lot of (Daesh) foreign fighters there that don't want to give up and intend to fight very hard," the top coalition commander assisting and advising the SDF told AFP.
Foreign fighters are often those carrying out suicide attacks, added Hashimi, and by the end of any given battle "the number of them left behind is very small."
Their chances of returning home are slim, with intelligence services closely monitoring for returnees, and the Turkish border now tightly surveilled.
Charlie Winter, a senior research fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence, said Daesh's own propaganda suggested a loosening of its once-tight rules against leaving its territory for that of the "unbelievers."
"The group has very indirectly — but also in my opinion unambiguously — essentially said that it is no longer impermissible to flee the IS (Daesh) territories," he told AFP.
With its territory across Syria and Iraq rapidly shrinking, Daesh is now concentrating its resources in the Euphrates River valley that lies along the Syria-Iraq border, experts say.
For a long time now the center of gravity for Daesh has been shifting... toward places like Mayadeen and Albu Kamal, in the east of Syria's Deir Ezzor province, said Winter.
Daesh "has very systematically been bulking up its infrastructure and its population in these places," he added.
He said Daesh had likely ensured that large numbers of fighters moved to these areas well before they were surrounded in places like Raqqa and Mosul.
That means now that the fight for places like Mayadeen and Albu Kamal could be "surprisingly ferocious," he said.
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DUBAI: The US navy and other ships are conducting search and rescue operations for a missing US sailor in the Arabian Sea, the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet said
"The Sailor has been listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) after a reported man overboard incident onboard Abraham Lincoln while operating in the Arabian Sea, July 17," a statement from the US Fifth Fleet said, without giving the sailor's name.
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Great safety, orderly manner ensured at 3rd CIIE
By Zhao Zhanhui, Shen Shaotie, People's Daily on November 9, 2020
A hydrogen-powered vehicle is exhibited at the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, Nov. 5. (Photo by Zhang Mao/People's Daily Online)
Shanghai has once again embraced the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in this golden autumn.
The aroma from the Food and Agricultural Products section, the waving robotic arms in the Intelligent Industry & Information Technology, as well as the people lining up in the Medical Equipment & Healthcare Products section on the first day of the grand event all signaled the lively atmosphere in the National Exhibition and Convention Center. A safe, splendid and promising CIIE is unfolding.
Strict safety measures ensured
"We feel safe to exhibit our products here," said Yamada Genki, manager of the business development division of Japanese enterprise Marubeni (China) Co., Ltd., who had long finished facing the exhibits before the opening of the CIIE.
Yamada was once worried before the exhibition kicked off, as the global trade fair, which might attract a huge number of visitors, was to be held during a special phase of time. However, his concerns soon disappeared after he arrived in Shanghai. "Strict epidemic containment measures were ensured at the airport, hotel and the venue, and I had my temperature measured at least three times before entering the venue," he told People's Daidy.
Great orders are being kept in exhibition areas despite the huge visitor flow. Facial recognition and chip verification are carried out at security gates in the venue, after which body temperatures and nucleic acid test results are shown. Disinfecting tissues and other anti-epidemic materials are offered in places that are easy to reach. Besides, medical aid is also provided in case of emergencies.
The advanced and comprehensive epidemic containment measures are offering a high sense of security for visitors.
Higher desire to shop
On the first day of the CIIE, a large number of new products, technologies and services finished their world debut, including the "greenest" meat, the meat analogue, as well as the tumor-treating fields that are able to cure tumors noninvasively.
At the booth of Carrefour, visitors were lining up to have a taste of its imported wines, vinegars, and truffles.
"Our exhibition area expanded from 100 square meters the last year to 150 square meters, and the number of our exhibits also doubled," said Ma Kang, an executive from Chinese e-commerce platform Suning.
Executive vice president of Volkswagen Group China gave a high evaluation of the green development concept of the CIIE. "Blue sky and white clouds are outside the venue, and low-carbon products are inside of it. This time we have brought 8 pure electric vehicles, which conforms to the vision of green development," he said.
With higher exhibition capacity, the CIIE is becoming more professional and offering greater services. Many visitors said they had stronger willingness to shop at the event.
Stronger strength to facilitate transactions
On the first day of the CIIE, Zhejiang Loong Airlines Co. Ltd. became the first company of the Zhejiang trade mission to sign a deal, buying four backup engines and maintenance services of 38 engines. The contract value hit $636 million.
"The CIIE is driving our transformation and upgrading from a traditional airline to a provider of comprehensive civil aviation services. Our industrial chain is continuously expanding," said Liu Qihong, chairman of board of the Zhejiang-based enterprise.
Apart from satisfying domestic buyers, the CIIE is also an exciting event for overseas exhibitors.
British drugmaker AstraZeneca displayed a mobile disease screening vehicle at its exhibition booth. The vehicle, loaded with a variety of testing machines, is able to finish disease screening wherever it goes.
"The vehicle can go to county-level hospitals, rural health centers and rural clinics, to bring quality medical technologies to more people," said Leon Wang, executive vice president, international and China president with AstraZeneca. "As China continues to expand its investment in primary-level health, we are quite optimistic about the huge Chinese market. It's believed that more concepts in the health industry will be turned into reality by the CIIE," he said. So far, the deals signed by the drugmaker are approaching 9 billion yuan ($1.36 billion).
Daimler AG, an "old friend" of the CIIE, also brought its latest passenger vehicles, off-road vehicles and trucks to the grand event. "This year's CIIE has greatly boosted confidence for industries," said Hubertus Troska, a board member of the carmaker.
Zhao Zhanhui, Shen Shaotie, People's Daily


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Last Updated: Thursday, 10 March, 2005, 16:21 GMT
Chinese audience joins TV debate
BBC Television's Question Time staged a ground-breaking political discussion programme in China.
The audience in Shanghai were able to interact with a panel including a government spokesman as well as critical voices.
The debate covered subjects including human rights in China and the possible development of democracy in Hong Kong.
The programme was recorded just hours after the resignation of Hong Kong's leader Tung Chee-hwa.
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The programme was fed live to London for broadcast without any editing.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Tung Chee Hwa's successor would be appointed in accordance with the wishes of the people of Hong Kong. He said democracy would be in place in due time but that it would be a gradual process.
Former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten told the Question Time audience it was ironic that the man likely to get the job is Donald Tsang, who is also the man who would probably win any election.
He said Britain should have introduced democracy in Hong Kong back in the 40s or 50s as in other parts of the former British Empire.
The panel were asked if they accepted recent criticism of China's human rights records.
Liu Jianchao said there was freedom of expression in China and that he did not believe people were tortured or killed for free expression. "Torture in prison is completely banned by Chinese law. If anyone is detected, they will be punished" he said.
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Hong Kong business man, David Tang said he came across the issue of human rights whenever he travelled abroad.
"A lot of foreigners accuse my country of abusing human rights in this country", he said, "Whenever that is raised, I am ashamed."
"I just hope that the government would do something about it", he added, "not only in China, but everywhere in the world."
I can't imagine this kind of programme happening five or 10 years ago
Audience member, Li Feng Duan
Shanghai residents as well as Western expatriates were able to apply for tickets for the recording from the BBC. The audience also included a number of academics and government officials suggested by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
"I can't imagine this kind of programme happening five or 10 years ago" said Li Feng Duan, an IT Account manager who was in the live studio audience and hoped a similar programme could be made in China.
He felt the programme helped show up cultural differences between China and the West and that the range of views on offer would also be of interest to people watching outside China.
Yu Jing Wei, a project manager with an industrial trading firm said he thought the programme was fantastic and could be a favourite in China. But Vivienne Sheng, who works in recruitment was not so sure. She felt there was too much politics and not enough about issues of concern to ordinary people.
Also on the panel were Long Yongtu who led China's successful negotitations to join the World Trade Organisation and writer and broadcaster Isabel Hilton.
The special edition of Question Time is part of the BBC's China Week, a themed week of news reports and programmes.
Question Time in China was broadcast on Thursday 10 March on BBC One at 2235 GMT and on BBC World on Saturday 12 March.
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Pesta Kesenian Bali or in English terms as Bali Arts Festival 2018 was opened today 23 June 2018 by the president of Republic of Indonesia and attended by a number ministers and authorising officials from Bali governments. The opening ceremony of the festival took place in front of Bajra Sandhi monument, Renon-Denpasar; and the festival which shall go for four weeks will take place at Arts Center, located on Jalan Nusa Indah, Denpasar - Bali.
Bali Art Festival goes for a month between 10 June and 9 July 2017. This is the thirty-ninth Bali Art Festivals that have been annually done by the provincial government of Bali. It was officially opened by Minister of Home Affairs of Republic of Indonesia Tjahjo Kumolo and attended by Bali's authorities such as governor and regents of regencies across the island and also witnessed by thousands of local Balinese people.
In 2016 the festival was officially opened by President of Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo who is well-recognised as Jokowi and also attended by a number of ministers such as Minister of Education and Culture Anies Baswedan and Minister of Tourism Arif Yahya; and of course also attended by goverment officials from Bali Province including Bali's Governor Made Mangku Pastika who host this annual event.
This annual event always takes place at Art Centre, located on Jalan Nusa Indah, Denpasar and goes for a month (between 09.00 and 21.00 hours) to allow more local people and tourists visiting the event on different time slots.
The festival started with parades of Balinese art performances such as dances, drama, etc that directly performed in front of Indonesian President and thousands of local citizents to show how wonderful Indonesian culture is; and certainly this festival was broadcasted lively by local and national TV stations.
Bali Arts Festival was initiated by Bali's former government Professor Ida Bagus Mantra who had very high awareness on Balinese culture particularly art-related works that he considered need very serious attentions as the time goes by and facing the very rapid growth of tourism developments on the island that liable to threathen the local cultures.
The Bali Arts Festival does not only aimed at preserving Balinese arts and cultures, but it also aims to boast Bali's economic engine since this event involves a number of artists and businessmen that allows business transactions accur within the designated site. Thus, Bali Art Festival brings a number of cultural and economic impacts on the island.
Contemporarily, Bali Arts Festival is regulated under Regional Regulation of Bali Province Number 4 of 2006 which is the renewal of the previous Regional Regulation of Bali Number 07 of 1986 (Peraturan Daerah Provinsi Bali Nomor 4 Tahun 2006).
Bali Arts Festival was initially aimed at sustaining Balinese cultures and developing Balinese artistic cultures as well as introducing Balinese cultures especially the ones related to arts world-widely.
During the festival, a number of Balinese arts including dances, carvings, handycrafts are presented by artists coming from across the regions including Denpasar city and regencies of Badung, Tabanan, Jembrana, Gianyar, Klungkung, Karangasem, Bangli and Buleleng. The event was also participated by artists from other islands such as Java and Sumatra (Personal observation 18 June 2015).
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Master of Health Administration program receives national award
Master of Health Administration students visit the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) professional society recently awarded the Master of Health Administration (MHA) program at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health the 2014 Higher Education Network Award. This award recognizes the leading graduate program for its engagement with ACHE, its commitment to its communities, and its dedication to professional development of its students and graduates.
The ACHE is an international professional society of more than 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. The award will be presented on March 26th, 2014 during ACHE's 57th Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago, Illinois.
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"For us as a relatively young graduate health administration program to receive this award is a wonderful recognition of the hard work that our faculty and staff, our executive in residence, and our students and graduates put forward to ensure that we are consistently delivering a high quality and relevant master's degree," said Murray Côté, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the MHA program at the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health.
The school's MHA program has been involved with the ACHE professional society since the program's inception in 2000 and has maintained high attendance records at local ACHE chapter meetings and regional and national ACHE events. The MHA program prides itself on high community involvement through its student organizations and various activities during the year, including the "Think Pink" breast cancer awareness campaign and the "Valentines for Vets" initiative.
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Hardik on his close bonding with 'brother' Dhoni
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'He knows what kind of an individual I am. He knows me quite deep. I am very close to him. He is the only person who can make me calm.'
IMAGE: Hardik Pandya with Mahendra Singh Dhoni during a T20 International against Australia in Guwahati, on October 10, 2017. Photograph: BCCI
Star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya considers the ongoing T20 World Cup the biggest responsibility of his career as a finisher because 'everything is on my shoulders' in the absence of 'life coach and brother' Mahendra Singh Dhoni from the playing line-up.
The 28-year-old superstar, whose fitness is a concern heading into the event as he did not bowl in the IPL, spoke about the many challenges of his life, his acceptance of the not-so-perfect self and the extraordinary bond he shares with Dhoni.
This would be India's first World Cup campaign since Dhoni retired in 2020 and the side will open its campaign against Pakistan on October 24 here. Dhoni has been appointed the team's mentor for the mega-event.
"The biggest so far, I will say, because this time I don't have Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Everything is on my shoulders - I like to think that way because it gives me an added challenge. It is going to be exciting, a cracker of a tournament," he said in an interview with ESPNCricinfo.
Speaking of Dhoni, a fiercely private person whose life outside cricket is as enigmatic as his persona on the field, Pandya said the two-time World Cup-winning captain is someone he turns to in times of adversity, turmoil and even to understand his own mind.
"MS was someone who understood me from the start: how I function, what kind of a person I am, what are the things I don't like, everything," he said.
Pandya recalled how Dhoni reached out to him on his return to the side during the tour of New Zealand in 2019 after a suspension for some sexist remarks on a TV show.
"...initially there were no hotel rooms (for Pandya in New Zealand). But then I get a call, saying, "You just come. MS has told us, 'I don't sleep on the bed. He will sleep on my bed and I will sleep on the floor.'"
"He (Dhoni) was the first person who has been always there. He knows what kind of an individual I am. He knows me quite deep. I am very close to him. He is the only person who can make me calm.
"When all this (the TV remarks controversy) happened, he knew that I needed support. I just needed a shoulder, which he provided multiple times in my cricketing career. I never saw him as MS Dhoni the greatest. For me, Mahi is my brother," he asserted.
Pandya said there are times when he struggles to understand his own thoughts and it is Dhoni who comes to his rescue.
"...I have to call him and say, 'Yeh soch rahan hoon, kya chal raha hai, batao.' (This is on my mind. What do you think?) Then he will explain. So, yes, in a lot of ways he is a life coach.
"Staying with him, obviously, you learn to be mature, you learn to become humble," he elaborated.
On to his own self and Pandya acknowledged that he has not been perfect but his family has made sure that he has never gotten too big for his boots.
"I accept my flaws or I give myself that benefit of doubt that, okay, you were young. The early two years (of my career), maybe I was little here, little there, but we were a close family.
"There is absolutely one thing clear in our family: if I'm wrong means I'm wrong; there's no sugarcoating. That makes us a strong family because everyone can have an opinion. In our family if someone is flying, they make sure to pull them down."
A lower back injury, which required a surgery, has all but ended Pandya's chances of playing Test cricket but he does not worry about it too much.
"There is no fear. It's okay."
And this absence of fear comes from life experiences and the belief that he is a game-changer on the field.
"The confidence part is simply from where I have come in life. I don't have anything to lose when I go on the field. I don't have anything to prove to anybody. When I walk in, I always feel I have an aura, which is for me to feel I belong there. I feel like I am the king there," he explained.
"I don't like easy situations. I love to be that guy who feels his best in a difficult situation. That confidence has come with time, acceptance of who I am, what I am, how I function.
"In the last two years I have started this new thing - if I score a zero, I will celebrate. I will celebrate because of simply one reason: that I have seen good days in my life. How can I value those good days more? I never celebrate on my good days," he quipped.
Pandya is also acutely aware of the fact that he is closely watched and he revels in that spotlight.
"I don't seek attention, but I get attention because of who I am. If I go to the crease, because of the kind of cricketer I am, they have to keep an eye on me because they know that if this guy clicks, he can take the game away," he said.
Pandya said the greatest virtues in his book are honesty and having the good sense to concede when wrong. He cited his approach towards the TV show controversy to drive home the point.
"My plan at the time was always that: Hardik, three years down the line if someone is having this conversation, I don't want to say: 'I was caught in a trap' or 'It was not my mistake.'
"...I accepted it. I said sorry...It gave me a lot of clarity. It gave me a lot of peace."
Pandya also touched upon the subject of cricketers and their earnings and asserted that having financial security is important and nobody's ambition should be judged otherwise.
"Money is good, bro. It changes a lot of things. I'm one of those examples. Otherwise I would be working at a petrol pump. I am not joking. In 2019, I had a conversation with someone who was saying, money should not be there for 'you all young guys'. I disagreed," he said, referring to his humble beginnings.
"Money makes the difference. And it gives motivation as well. There is a misconception that people should not talk about money."


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Excel 2010 :: Cell Summing Through Referencing Neighbor Cell Contents?
Excel 2010 :: Delete Cell Contents If Cell Contains Numerical Value?
Excel 2010 :: Making Chart Title From Cell Contents?
Excel 2010 :: Removing Shadow From Comment Box?
Lock / Unlock Excel Cell Based On Contents Of Another Cell?
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Autoupdate Cell Comment Based On Cell Input / Dynamic Cell Comments?
I have an excel spread sheet and on the last column on the right hand side I have some comment boxes but when I hover over them they pop up to the right of the cell, and then they are off the screen.
Can I alter it to make the comment box pop up to the left side of the cell.
Is it possible to adapt this code to get me the desired results or will it have to be a separate one.
Also i'm not sure if I have the code right because if I run the macro then open a comment box in the (M) column as in the code the comment box is the default size then if I run the macro again once I have the little red tick in the corner of the it changes to what the code says.
we have a Excel 2010 worksheet containing multiple tables.
On a separate worksheet we want to calculate with the first worksheet's values.
How do we do such a calculation/formula?
Recently I have been practising writing my own macros in VBA. I am using Excel 2010.
I have been trying to write a macro to look at two columns in a worksheet (say, columns D and E) and to delete the contents (not the formatting, and I don't want to delete the cell itself) of that cell only if it contains a numerical value (e.g. 1, 2, 256 or any other number). If it finds a cell with letters, then it wouldn't delete the contents of the cell. The cells are currently formatted as "currency" cells.
I have been trying all sorts of things and I just can't get it to work. I can write a macro to clear a range easy enough, but I am stuck on getting it to delete the right stuff. I won't embarrass myself by uploading the code that I have been using..
I am working on a database and trying to remove duplicates. When there are duplicates, I want to take the contents of one cell and copy them as a comment on the cell above (or below).
I tried to work on a small macro to do so, but the contents of the cell cannot be copied (it comes out as a blank).
The long way is to 'double click' in the cell, Ctrl+A, cut, click the cell above, Ctrl+F2, paste. This way is very long as I have thousands of duplicates.
Is this possible? I am (kinda new at) using EXCEL2010.
Some of my worksheets are permission protected. They will allow me only to view the sheets - No editing, copy, cut, sort, add filter, etc. Is there a way to hack this and copy data (including formating) into other / new worksheets?
if its possible to link contents of a cell to a comment.
IE - Whatever the cell contents in sheet 1 A5 would reflect in the comment in sheet 2 A5 Im happy if its coded that would work.
I was wonder if there was a way to automatically turn the contents in cell B2 into a comment for cell A2?
Is there a formula or some kind of automated macro or function?
The contents of Range A1:A50 into a Comment placed at F1. Is there a Macro that will do this?
I wish to be able to change the default appearance of a cell's comment. Currently, the default font size is too small to be useful - is there a way of changing this setting, without reverting to a VBA tidy-up?
how to copy the contents of multiple comment boxes and paste in a single comment box.
The big picture is that I have a number of cells with numerical values in and text in comment boxes. I want to be able to click a button to copy the contents of the comment boxes and paste them, along with the numerical value from the cell, into a single comment box, ordered by highest to lowest value within the comment box, then delete the original cells and comments.
I am quite new to VBA but have been coping quite well so far with information of the web and analysing recorded macros.
Is it possible to write VBA code that will prevent a user from changing a cell's contents, depending on the cell's font color?
More specifically, I have a column of text in range B15:B64. Some of the cells will have a black font, others will be blue. Is it possible to lock the black font cells only, leaving the blue cells unlocked for users to change?
Im trying to find out is there a way to remove the shadow around comment boxes in excel 2010.
I am looking to have a select few cells generate a comment when the user changes their value. I don't want the entire sheet to be affected as it will only apply to the header row of columns J:P.
I'm not sure if it matters but I have the worksheet protected and the cells in question are unlocked.
Below is an example of the code I'm trying to get to work.
How to Lock/Unlock an Excel Cell Based on the Contents of Another Cell?
I have worksheet with 5000 rows data's including the comments in one coloumn.My problem is when I edit the comments,the comment box shows somewhere else is not showing to near the related cell.I am using excel 2007,its happen after the upgradation of 2003 to 2007.
I'm wondering if it is at all possible to have a cell comment automatically update depending on what data is input in the cell (via user input, VLOOKUP, etc.)?
For example, if cell A1 contains the text "CHARLES" with a comment saying "Employee of the Month", and is then subsequently updated with the new text "JOHN" (again, via direct input, a VLOOKUP, data validation, etc.) is there a way to have the comment automatically update to say something else, such as "Team Lead" for example?
Should give me: "q9001 q9002 q9003 q9004 q9005"
I have been trying to work with formulas using IF and CONCAT functions. But so far I haven't figured out how to have excel return me the correct amount of variables for each separate number that can be entered seeing the number of variables entered can vary from 1 up to 50.
Formula that will repeat a cell number as it drags down and as soon as the number changes. I am using helper column that shows the cell number. I need to drag this down about 1000 rows.


It could not be clearer. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 says that public bodies must, when they are preparing strategic plans, assess and identify the human rights and equality issues that are relevant to their functions as policy maker, employer and service provider. Public bodies must also identify the policies and practices that they have in place or that they plan to put in place to address these issues. We can only assume they meant it when they enacted the legislation, two years ago now.
The excitement could, therefore, hardly be contained as the Department of Education and skills was first out of the traps with its new statement of strategy. All other Government Departments are still in the process of finalising their own new statements of strategies. They lag behind education, hot off the press with its 'Action Plan for Education 2016-2019'.
The statement of strategy opens with a picture of a smiling minister Richard Bruton and his commitment that "we can work together with all the people who work in and depend on the education and training service to, collectively, make it into the best in Europe". This 'best in world' stuff is cringe-inducing but, whatever, how did it manage the new public sector duty?
"As part of their public sector duty, public bodies are required to consider human rights and equality issues relevant to them. In preparing this document, such issues were considered and individual actions address matters specific to the education and training sector. Ensuring access to an equitable system is a driving force throughout the Department's work".
That's it. It feels like a crude two fingers to the legislation, to the Oireachtas that enacted it, and to anybody who had naively entertained expectations deriving from the legislation. Human Rights don't even get another mention in the 64- page document. Equality gets a mention as it is part of the name of the Deis (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) initiative and, under Goal 2, where the statement of strategy complacently recites that "we have made considerable progress in advancing equity and equality of opportunity", but does deign to acknowledge that "significant challenges remain if we are to ensure that children and young people from different backgrounds are adequately supported so that they can experience success in the education system".
Anything vaguely equality-related is squashed into Goal 2 of the strategy statement which is to improve the progress of learners at risk of educational disadvantage or learners with special education needs. Goal 2 has 18 actions. This compares with 35 actions under Goal 1 to improve the learning experience and success of learners, 29 actions under Goal 3 to help those delivering educational services to continuously improve, 37 actions under Goal 4 to build stronger bridges between education and the wider community, and 20 actions under Goal 5 to improve national planning and support services.
Undertake an assessment of human rights and equality issues that are relevant to its functions, to the services it provides and to its employees. The Department of Education and Skills Statement of Strategy demonstrates no evidence of such an analysis.
Consult broadly with employees, managers, trade unions, individuals and communities accessing and using the services, and other key stakeholders, which may be affected by inequalities and human rights issues. The Department of Education and Skills received submissions from 600 individuals and groups but there is no evidence that any of these related to equality and human rights or the public-sector duty.
Screen and analyse policies and programmes from a human rights and equality perspective, identifying which existing policies and programmes are particularly relevant. The Department of Education and Skills Statement of Strategy demonstrates no evidence of such screening or analysis.
Develop action plans on human rights and equality with defined actions and responsibilities. The Department of Education and Skills Statement of Strategy demonstrates no evidence of such an action plan.
So, what next? The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, in its guidance, states that where it "considers there are failures to fulfil the Public Sector Duty, it can invite a public body to carry out an equality and human rights review of the work of the organisation and prepare and implement an action plan". Logically then, the only outstanding matter now is when will the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission act?


Ashley Dawson's "DIY Academy?" gives a lot to think about re: online publishing and calls for a structural change in how we think about publishing.
Paraphrasing Dawson's critical equipment/philosophical history, it seems to me that he is warning against the kind of "digital revolution" that seems to have taken over online publishing in the creative writing arts–a field that was very quick to embrace digitisation in a way that "the Academy" has yet to do. In creative writing, there is a proliferation of online blogs, journals, and spaces to write–and as Dawson points out with regard to blogs in general, certain big name online forums are commercially-viable and successful, while most grad student-generated online journals die out as their editors lose steam and interest.
Work published online in these forums essentially becomes "wasted" work, if what you want from your writing is a) that it be read widely and enter a larger cultural consciousness, or b) that you get "credit" for it in some way.
Dawson's comments imply that this kind of failure occurs because there is no systemic difference in that kind of online publication from extant print publication–only the medium is different, based on the lower cost of online publishing. For online publication to really unfold in its myriad potentialities, we need to think about the fact of online publishing itself in an entirely different way (this might remind some of us from Core 1 of the difference between text and hypertext discussed in the class when David Greetham came to visit us, where hypertext is not simply text with links inserted, but a completely different process of creation).
1. Curatorial function. Academic presses now serve a kind of curatorial function that provides some measure of quality through the clunky, tedious, long-drawn out peer-review process.That doesn't mean that we can throw peer review out of the window. Dawson stresses that "quality" is now married to "sellability" and the academic star system, so this process is not utopian, but it certainly is necessary. For instance, one complaint against many online-only creative journals is that the standard of writing they are willing to publish is–err–lamentable, let's say. How can we ensure that academic writing doesn't go this same route?
3. "DIY Academy?" The title of Dawson's article contains that question mark precisely because he believes that we, as a group of humanities scholars (sorry Kiran, your kind have a whole other kettle of fish to deal with!), are woefully underprepared for the kind of sea changes in thought that online publishing can offer us. Instead of thinking of the web as an inexpensive place to "dump" all our work, we have to think about the forms that academic work online, via the commons or otherwise, can and should take. As members of the "cognitariat" (266), it behoves us to consider what we want from our scholarship, and how we can work to achieve this. It is heartening to see Dawson acutely aware of the rungs on the ladder of scholasticism–what junior scholars (us) are able to do is significantly different from what senior, tenured faculty (him) can, which is again different from the kind of clout the Big Names (in my field, perhaps people like Judith Butler, Giorgio Agamben, people like that?) have access to.
1. I've talked a lot about creative journals that are online, and offer two examples. Both journals are run by friends of mine, but one, Construction, is online-only, doesn't have access to regular funding, and is middling along as such small-scale journals do. The other, The Coffin Factory, is based more clearly on a business model, prints a paper version as well as having an online presence, and in general functions much more like "a business"–and was written up in the NY Times. Assuming the quality of work is equal, Dawson might argue against the latter, more successful, model on the basis that it replicates the systems of veto and control that the publishing and commercial industries have already (he draws on Golumbia repeatedly for this argument). It represents no new way of thinking about online work, although it is a smart way of using the internet as an alternative to the print-only medium.
2. Dawson's article appears in Michael's Socia Media Reader, and a recurring question to me is, who is this "reader" for? Is it aimed at other academics, with the hope of converting some and cementing others in the cognitariat? Is it aimed instead at undergrads, who seem to be largely unaware of these life-and-tenure discussions that their adjunct instructors are caught in? In other words, it seems to me that the SMR and other such texts (Dawson mentions several, and I'm very curious to look at the Golumbia book he mentions) are important efforts in a much bigger (and slower?) struggle to de-fossilise the administration on whom we depend to survive. Without the Provost agreeing to "count" online publications, there's little point in newbies like us complaining about the lack of flexibility in how "work produced" is defined. Without a trending acknowledgement from the administration that the high capitalist model of goods produced and "profits" made that our current university is built upon is not ideal, there really isn't much we as junior faculty can do if we want to get a job we don't hate waking up to.
Lastly, an online-only journal that I like, which doesn't really have a lot of work going up on it regularly (in part, perhaps, because it replicates a print-publishing model instead of going for something more OA) is Latchkey. It looks like it started out with a lot of enthusiasm, is housed by Rivendale Press, and has a large "rose garden" of editors who seem primarily newer scholars all motivated by their love for Oscar Wilde and the fin-de-siecle. In my dealings with this magazine (both to use it for reference, and to publish with them), I've had some frustrations and some success. This journal seems to be run by great people who love this material, but it still seems to be "extra" work added on to the "work that counts" for many people running it. So, for instance, I wrote a 7-page biography to be added to the "Who's Who" page which was accepted for publication, but the whole thing took even longer than it took for my regular peer-reviewed paper-only journal to review and agree to publish a 27-page essay (!!). The Who's Who page is down, often for a couple of days at a time, as content editors put up new material, making it hard for me to use it as a reliable teaching tool in any way. I really enjoy how open and informal this tiny little online journal is, and would love to be a bigger supporter of it, but these nagging problems have made me wary of it.
Tagged with collaboration, CUNY Academic Commons, CUNY DHI, JITP, open access, scholarly collaborations online, technology.
I definitely agree with you about the (at the very least) perceived difference in quality between online-only and print journals. When I was looking through the open access journals that I found via Naomi, I did not recognize many of the names of contributing authors or editors. I think the perception that online-only academic writing is for those who cannot publish in print, and are to be avoided.
I've always like Philosophy Compass (the journal I wrote about) because they have a different focus than a traditional journal, but I don't know if that's just my own prejudice against online journals!
Thanks, Ria! I'm looking forward to some QT with Construction.
One quick aside related to the article — Dawson mentions the "dark side" of networks; how the majority of computing power is used for State and commercial purposes. Witness the million-square-foot NSA data-storage center in Utah that was reported on in this month's Wired. Empire, anyone?


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Like with much of our religious traditions and sacred stories (or really anything for that matter) what we learn as kids is revealed to be much more complicated as adults.
Take the Hanukkah story for example. The general narrative is of the Maccabees, a Jewish family which lead a revolt against the oppressive tactics of the ruling Greek empire which suppressed Jewish practice and expression.. The revolt was successful at driving out the Greeks, and led to the rededication of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, which had been defiled by idolatry. Lighting the sacred lamp (menorah), it was discovered that there was only enough consecrated oil to last one day. It lasted for 8, however, a miraculous event that we mark.
As we reflect on this story, it gets complicated. For example, the 8 days of Hanukkah are also associated with a delayed celebration of Sukkot. Additionally, the story of the oil appears to be a later addition of the rabbis of the Talmud, and is absent in the historical records of the Book of Maccabees.
The themes of lighting up the darkness, and the pursuit of the right to individual and communal religious expression, survive any scrutiny of the story–these are universal themes which over Hanukkah are expressed through the Maccabee story, themes which are worthy of celebration.
One other complicating factor draws our attention this year. This complicating factor is one we don't usually talk about, because it is what happens next, after the events we mark on Hanukkah. For after the rededication of the Temple and the establishment of an independent Jewish kingdom, the ruling Hasmoneans (the family of the Maccabees) established a regime of their own, using violence to solidify their rule.
Regimes using violence and oppressive tactics to exercise authority and power, these issues persist to this day. Mindful of the Hanukkah story and its excesses, our job is to be mindful of this tendency towards institutionalized oppression and work to oppose it.
Our nation recently has been confronted, once again, with these issues. Cases of African-Americans being brutalized and killed by the police have transcended their local impact in Ferguson or Staten Island or Cleveland to break open a larger conversation of institutionalized racism and its dangers, especially when that institution is the police.
We carry a legacy of racial discrimination in this country which continues to this day. And even though racial bias increasingly lacks a legal imprimatur, other discrete forms of bias persist in ways both overt and covert. When this is combined with an institution given authority and the public trust (not to mention weapons) it is imperative that we seek it out and identify it, else we stand no chance of overcoming it.
So we Jews need to be part of the conversation. Both because of our own historical experience in this country, but also because of our sacred teachings. We are taught that we are created b'tzelem Elohim–each in the image of God. This means that each person is worthy and deserving of respect. This means that all lives matter. This means that Black lives matter.
And Jewish groups are recognizing this. Jewish groups, along with other faith communities, are at the forefront of the conversation. This is only fitting, as it is not just a policy conversation, it is a moral conversation. And as we turn our attention to the celebration of Hanukkah, it is a fitting time to focus our spiritual energy on this important conversation. See Chanukah Action to End Police Violence or vsGoliath, for example, for information and resources to add this kavannah (intention) to your own observance of Hanukkah as I am adding it to mine.
The story of Hanukkah teaches of the promise and peril of institutional power. The peril comes when a good and helpful and important institution like the police gets tainted with racism and abuse of power. The promise comes, however, in our ability to over come it and shine a light on this particular darkness.


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What's the Range of an Electric Motorcycle?
Trying to figure out the range of an electric motorcycle is like competing in an eating contest: You think you know the limits, but you're never quite sure until you've gone too far. Nonetheless, we at Motorcycle.com are fortunate enough to have ridden many of the electric motorcycle offerings out there, and at the very least, this gives us a starting point when discussing the range you can expect from an electric.
To go over the range of each electric motorcycle available today would be a daunting task. Instead, let this serve as a broad overview of what you can expect. The short answer to the range question, of course, is that it's complicated. Manufacturers will claim one thing, but in reality, the mileage you actually get is vastly different. Companies like Zero Motorcycles try to be relatively helpful by listing mileage figures for certain riding conditions like City, Highway, and combined, but just as it is with internal combustion engines, your mileage may (and most likely will) vary.
If you're going to ride your electric motorcycle like this, then don't expect to get very far on a charge.
We can, however, draw some parallels with internal combustion engines. Ride with the throttle pinned everywhere, and that's a sure-fire way to deplete your available electrons as quickly as possible. Conversely, if you ride like grandma, it's possible you might even surpass the manufacturer-suggested mileage. Find a happy medium, and you'll average out to what the manufacturer claims.
However, the types of roads you ride on will affect your range, too. Sustained, high-speed riding, like on your average freeway, eat battery power quickly while low-speed traffic is ideal for maximizing an EV's range. As a bonus, if you find yourself in plenty of stop-and-go, it's also possible to add back a tiny bit of range, depending on the regenerative braking settings of the vehicle.
Freeway riding is the enemy of range, as the constant call for electricity quickly drains batteries. But hopping on the freeway is simply a way of life for many.
For numbers that aren't from Zero, we turn to the 2018 BMW C Evolution. The urban mobility scooter, as BMW prefers to call it, is an excellent use for an electric as scooter riding encompasses the perfect scenarios for an electric. Here, BMW says the C Evolution can travel up to 99 miles on a charge. We never came close to that number, but could routinely ride 70 miles under normal conditions – as in, riding like we normally would any other motorcycle.
From what we've seen, electric motorcycle manufacturers aren't trying to trick the motorcycling public about how far their motorcycles can travel on a full charge. In fact, being as accurate as possible gives the potential customer as much knowledge as possible for their purchase, and credibility is huge for the electric market, as the industry tries to fight for viability among many critics who have written off the technology. The availability of on-site charging opportunities at your destination can have a big impact on whether electrics are right for you, but for many – but not all – electric motorcycles have more than enough range for their one-way daily commute. Then the question becomes: Where Do You Charge Your Electric Motorcycle?
The BMW C Evolution, like many electric motorcycles, has a variety of ride modes to choose from. For maximum fun, be prepared to sacrifice some mileage.


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Current chorus members, you can pre-order your coffee right now — just talk to Beth at rehearsal (deadline of 11/30).
Coffee is fair trade and organically grown. Each 10 oz bag is $11.00 and can be purchased ground or whole bean.
Regular coffee (medium Guatemalan roast), regular decaf, and our special holiday blend are all available.


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Paul Buchheit built the first version of Gmail in one day. Then he built the first prototype of Google's contextual advertising service Adsense, in one day as well. Now he's working on a much-watched startup called FriendFeed that he believes just brought to market the next big form of communication online: flowing, multi-person, real-time conversations.
"Realtime is often an easier and more efficient way of communicating because an entire conversation can happen in a matter of minutes or seconds. It's similar to the difference between a phone call and a series of voice mails -- the phone call occurs in realtime so the entire conversation can often be concluded very quickly. It's also critical for timely information -- for example, on our internal FriendFeed group I may post a message about running an update on the live system, and it's important that everyone see that message immediately.
One of the advantages of FriendFeed over other realtime systems such as IM is that it also works non-realtime. For example, at the end of the day I'll often browse my "best of day" view to see what the top stories and discussions of the day were."
"The open, realtime discussions that occur on FriendFeed," he says, "are going to become a major new communication medium on the same level as email, IM and blogging." That's a pretty ambitious claim, but Buchheit has the credibility to make it.


The financial institution claims that it has chosen NFC technology in order to enhance transaction security.
ICICI Bank has recently announced that it will be offering the first contactless mobile payments service in India, after having looked into the various options and decided that NFC technology is the best way to keep transaction data safe throughout the process.
This will make it possible for consumers with one of their credit or debit cards to pay using a smartphone.
Of course, this will require that consumers who want to use the contactless mobile payments will need to shop at a store or restaurant with an NFC reader terminal. At the moment, they are in the vast minority in India. Still, the bank has decided that this is the best way to ensure that consumers keep their sensitive data safe throughout the transaction process, which is what drove them to make this choice. Users of the bank's Pockets app and who have the right type of device will be eligible to use this service.
This represents the first time that Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology is used for contactless mobile payments in India.
The HCE tech makes it possible for consumers to be able to use their smartphones as a kind of virtual card so that payments can be made without having to bring the actual plastic credit and banking cards into the shop. The cards compatible with this service are those that have been issued by ICICI Bank, including debit, Visa and MasterCard.
The virtual credit and debit card data is stored in the secure cloud server from the bank. Just as the service requires a merchant's point of sale to include an NFC reader, it also means that shoppers who want to use these mobile payments will also need to have NFC technology enabled phones. Most smartphones in India do not have this tech, at the moment, which means that there will likely be quite a limited user base upon the initial launch of this service.
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Militant Islam Monitor > Articles > Ahmadi Muslims Blatantly Distort Islam's Violent Teachings With Fabrications On 'Muhammad Fact Check' Website
Ahmadi Muslims Blatantly Distort Islam's Violent Teachings With Fabrications On 'Muhammad Fact Check' Website
Ahmadi Muslims Hijack Islam
DEC 30, 2017 4:37 PM BY STEPHEN M. KIRBY
For many years we have heard that the jihadists have "hijacked" Islam by arbitrarily picking and choosing what verses of the Koran and teachings of Muhammad, or portions thereof, to follow, while ignoring those that don't support their actions.
In a similar vein, the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Community USA has hijacked Islam with their websiteMuhammad Fact Check. This website purports to address 35 "myths" about Muhammad by showing what the true facts are. However, as we shall see in looking at a sampling of six of those "myths," the Ahmadis have been selective in the information they have presented and have left out crucial information in order to promote their version of the "facts."
And it is ironic that this Ahmadi website actually states, "Discover what True Islam is directly from Muslims (not the extremists)." The reality is, as I have pointed out in an earlier article, that most of the Muslim world does not even consider Ahmadis to be Muslims!
Myth No. 1: Prophet Muhammad murdered 700 innocent Jews
There are three parts to the Ahmadi response to this "myth." We'll examine each one separately.
Prophet Muhammad graciously agreed to let the Banu Quraizah's own ally, Sa'd bin Mu'adh of Aus, deliver the verdict.
This incident stemmed from the time in 627 when the Muslims of Medina were confronted by a large non-Muslim force intent on destroying the Muslims (known as the Battle of the Trench). Sa'd bin Mu'adh had converted to Islam well before this time, and was now "a former ally" of the Banu Quraizah.[1]
After hearing reports that the Jewish Banu Quraizah had joined with the enemy, Muhammad sent Sa'd with some other prominent Muslims to verify this. When Sa'd confronted the Banu Quraizah about this, the Jews responded by slandering Muhammad and denying any treaty with the Muslims. Sa'd, who was a man of "hasty temper," reviled the Jews and the Jews reviled Sa'd.[2]Sa'd's temper was noted in other sources, e.g.: S'ad "was a man with some fury in him";[3] and Sa'd became "violently angry" during this exchange.[4] Sa'd and the Muslims returned to Muhammad and reported what had happened.
During a subsequent battle, S'ad was wounded by an arrow. Sa'd said a prayer to Allah and ended it by "begging Allah not to let him die until he had had full revenge on Banu Quraizah."[5]There were other reports about Sa'd's vengeful attitude toward the Banu Quraizah.[6] It was also reported that Sa'd had prayed to Allah "to stay alive to see the destruction of Banu Quraydha."[7]
Muhammad had a tent set up close to him in which Sa'd rested from his wound. Since Muhammad visited Sa'd often, Muhammad was likely already aware of Sa'd's feelings toward the Banu Quraizah before he announced that Sa'd would decide on the fate of that tribe.
So when Sa'd announced his decision, he was not an "ally" of the Banu Quraizah, but rather someone who had pleaded with Allah to allow him to live long enough to have "full revenge" on, and to "see the destruction of" that tribe.
After Sa'd had announced his decision regarding the Banu Quaraizah, his wound started bleeding again. He once again prayed to Allah, and ended it by saying:
"And if the war has subsided, open this wound and place my death in it since I have satisfied myself with the Banu Qurayza for their enmity to You and to Your Prophet and Your loved ones!"[8]
Sa'd died soon afterwards.
So in reality Muhammad had "graciously agreed" to let the fate of the Banu Quraizah be decided by an ill-tempered former ally of theirs who had earlier asked Allah to let him live long enough to be able to wreak his revenge on that tribe and see it destroyed.
Prophet Muhammad did not order any execution, nor did he participate in the execution.
This claim by the Ahmadis flies in the face of numerous authoritative works of Muslim scholars which stated that Muhammad had ordered every adult male captive to be killed, and that he also supervised their beheadings.[9]
Muhammad even personally sent captives to specific Muslims who then beheaded those captives.[10]
But since it was a hot summer day, eventually Muhammad did feel some compassion for those waiting to be beheaded:
"The Messenger of God said, 'Be good to your captives. Let them rest; quench their thirst until they are cool. Then, kill those who remain. Do not apply both the heat of the sun and the heat of the weapons.' It was a summer's day. They let them rest. They quenched their thirst and fed them. When they were cool the Messenger of God began to kill those who were left.'"[11]
Adding to the injustice in blaming Prophet Muhammad is the fact that Sa'd bin Mu'adh did not deliver his decision based on the Qur'an. Rather, he delivered the judgment for the Banu Quraizah based on the punishment for treason that their book, the Torah, prescribes.
In reality, before Sa'd delivered his decision he asked the Muslims around him, "Do you covenant by Allah that you accept the judgement I pronounce on them?"[12] After Sa'd had announced his decision, Muhammad stated, "You have passed judgement on them with the judgement of God [Allah] and the judgement of His Messenger."[13] Nothing about the Torah here.
Myth No. 3: Prophet Muhammad married Ayesha when she was underage
The Ahmadis claim that, "Facts indicate that A'isha was no younger than 12-13 at the time of her willing marriage with parental consent." Much of their claim rests on the assertion that "virtually every narration" about this is tied to one Muslim, Hisham ibn 'Urwah, who was "unreliable due to his old age and extensive memory loss."
However, it is incorrect to focus on ibn 'Urwah as the main source for this narration. Aisha herself said that Muhammad married her when she was six years old and consummated their marriage when she was nine:
"Narrated 'Aishah that the Prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)."[14]
The fact that Aisha was six years old when she was married to Muhammad and nine years old when they consummated their marriage was also reported in many works by authoritative Muslim scholars.[15]
Aisha herself had this to say about the day her marriage was consummated in Medina:
"The Messenger of God came to our house and men and women of the Ansar gathered around him. My mother came to me while I was being swung on a swing between two branches and got me down. Jumaymah, my nurse, took over and wiped my face with some water and started leading me. When I was at the door, she stopped so I could catch my breath. I was then brought [in] while the Messenger of God was sitting on a bed in our house. [My mother] made me sit on his lap and said, "These are your relatives. May God bless you with them and bless them with you!" Then the men and women got up and left. The Messenger of God consummated his marriage with me in my house when I was nine years old."[16]
Perhaps the Ahmadis should heed what a modern Muslim scholar said about those who try to deny that Aisha was married at age six and the marriage was consummated at age nine:
"Some individuals, who ostensibly claim to be researchers, deny the aforementioned narrations concerning the age of 'Aishah. These narrations are, however, authentic. It is the statement of 'Aishah herself, which her various pupils have transmitted from her. A great majority of her pupils cannot make the same mistake."[17]
Myths No. 5 and No. 21: Muhammad Taught Death for Apostasy
These two "myths" are similar so they will be dealt with together. In addressing these two "myths" the Ahmadis claim that neither the Koran nor the teachings of Muhammad command death for apostates from Islam.
It is interesting that when looking at these two "myths," the Ahmadis make reference to a number of Koran verses, except there is no mention of 4:89 of the Koran, the actual verse that commands death for apostasy:
"…But if they turn back (from Islam), take (hold of) them and kill them wherever you find them…"
And Muhammad himself said it was legal to kill a Muslim who left Islam:
"Narrated 'Abdullah: Allah's Messenger said, 'The blood of a Muslim who confesses that La ilaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) and that I am the Messenger of Allah, cannot be shed except in three cases:…(3) the one who turns renegade from Islam (apostate) and leaves the group of Muslims (by innovating heresy, new ideas and new things, etc. in the Islamic religion).'"[18]
And Muhammad even specified the nature of that death:
"If someone changes his religion – then strike off his head!"[19]
Can the Ahmadis really be unaware of 4:89 and these teachings of Muhammad?
Myth No. 15: Muhammad Ordered Murder of Eight Men for Apostasy
There are two parts to the Ahmadi response to this "myth." We'll examine each one separately.
1 …the eight men from 'Ukil were not killed for apostatizing, but were held accountable for committing a vicious murder and treason.
The incident involved men from 'Ukil (Ukl or the 'Uraina tribe) who had come to Medina and converted to Islam. But the climate of Medina made them ill, so Muhammad sent them to his camel herd and ordered them to drink camel milk and urine until they recovered. The men became healthy, renounced Islam, killed Muhammad's camel-herder and took off with the camels. Muhammad sent Muslim warriors after them. The men were captured, and Muhammad ordered that their hands and feet were to be cut off and their eyes blinded.
In addressing this story, the Ahmadis stated, "Their apostasy had nothing to do with the punishment they incurred." In support of this claim, they used a hadith reported by Anas bin Malik and found in Sahih Al-Bukhari; this hadith ended with a "sub-narrator," Abu Qilaba, listing the crimes of these men: "They committed murder and theft and fought against Allah and His Apostle and spread evil in the land." So there was no mention of apostasy in the hadith used by the Ahmadis.
But it is important to note that this hadith from Anas bin Malik is reported a number of times inSahih Al-Bukhari. Some of the reports did not even include the above comments by Abu Qilaba.[20] But Bukhari did report a version of this hadith that included what was an abbreviated version of Abu Qilaba's statement;[21] the Ahmadis appear to have used this particular hadith on their website.
However, Bukhari also reported this hadith with Abu Qilaba's complete statement:
"Abu Qilaba added, 'Those people committed theft, murder, became disbelievers after embracing Islam, and fought against Allah and His Messenger.'"[22]
So when looking at Abu Qilaba's complete statement, we find that he actually listed apostasy as one of the crimes committed by these eight men.[23]
And the Ahmadi claim that the punishment had nothing to do with apostasy completely ignores what Anas himself had to say about this incident:
"The Commander of the Believers, 'Abdul-Malik, said to Anas – when he was narrating this hadith to him – '(Were they being punished) for Kufr [disbelief] or for a sin?' He said: 'For Kufr.'"[24]
Indeed, Prophet Muhammad loathed to harm anyone and inclined to forgiveness as often as possible. He even forgave the man who caused his daughter to fall from a camel, have a miscarriage…
This incident occurred around April 624 and involved Muhammad's daughter Zaynab; the man who caused Zaynab to fall was Habbar b. al-Aswad. But contrary to the Ahmadis' claim, Muhammad did not immediately forgive Habbar; instead, for many years Muhammad had a standing order for the live mutilation and then killing of Habbar:
"As for Habbar b. al-Aswad, indeed the Messenger of God, whenever he sent out an expedition, commanded it regarding Habbar that if he were found he should be burned in the fire. Then he changed his mind saying: Surely only, the lord of the hell fire should cause such suffering. Cut off his hands and his legs if you have power over him, then kill him…His crime was that he sought out the daughter of the Messenger of God, Zaynab, and struck her back with a spear until she who was pregnant fell and lost her baby. The Prophet permitted his blood."[25]
However, after the conquest of Mecca in January 630, Habbar suddenly appeared before Muhammad and quickly announced his conversion to Islam; for this reason alone he was spared by Muhammad.
So for almost six years Muhammad did not forgive Habbar and instead wanted Habbar to be mutilated and then killed. Muhammad only forgave Habbar because Habbar converted to Islam before he could be captured.
Myth No. 17: Muhammad Promised Women in Heaven for Martyrs
The Ahmadis claim that,
"Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an reject the concept of heavenly reward via, 'sex with beautiful women for eternity'…suffice it to say that the allegation that the reward of martyrdom is hedonistic pleasure is a belief that finds no support in Islam in any capacity."
Except for the fact that Muhammad, the Ahmadis' prophet, promised that very thing:
"Al-Miqdam bin Ma'diykarib narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: 'There are six things with Allah for the martyr…he is shown his place in Paradise…he is married to seventy-two wives among Al-Huril-'Ayn of Paradise…'"[26]
Another word for Al-Huril-'Ayn is Hur. Here is an authoritative definition of the word Hur:
"Very fair females created by Allah as such not from the offspring of Adam, with intense black irises of their eyes and intense white scleras."[27]
Curiously, on their website the Ahmadis actually make the claim that the word Hur has no gender.
And it is incorrect for the Ahmadis to claim there is no support in Islam for "hedonistic pleasure" as a heavenly reward. Again we look to the Ahmadis' prophet Muhammad:
"It was narrated from Abu Umamah that the Messenger of Allah said: 'There is no one whom Allah will admit to Paradise but Allah will marry him to seventy-two wives, two from houris and seventy from his inheritance from the people of Hell, all of whom will have desirable front passages and he will have a male member that never becomes flaccid.'"[28]
"Anas narrated that the Prophet said: 'The believer shall be given in Paradise such and such strength in intercourse.' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah! And will he be able to do that?' He said: 'He will be given the strength of a hundred.'"[29]
There was a similar report from a different narrator:
"Abu Al-Qasim At-Tabarani recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah was asked, 'O Allah's Messenger! Will we have sexual intercourse with our wives in Paradise?' He said, 'The man will be able to have sexual intercourse with a hundred virgins in one day.'"[30]
Contrary to what the Ahmadis claim, it appears that there is plenty of support in Islam for "hedonistic pleasures" in Paradise.
As I noted at the beginning of this article, most of the Muslim world does not consider Ahmadis to even be Muslims. So the Ahmadis know they can get little, if any support from the Muslim world.
As a result, it seems that the Ahmadis are making a special effort to reach out to non-Muslims. And the Ahmadis seem to know that non-Muslims would have a hard time accepting that Muhammad did leave the fate of a Jewish tribe up to an individual that he likely knew wanted to destroy that tribe; did consummate his marriage with a nine year old girl; did say death was the penalty for apostasy from Islam; did seek mutilation and death, instead of forgiveness, for an individual; and did promise "hedonistic pleasures" in Paradise.
So the Ahmadis have created a website with their own version of Islam, and they have "hijacked" Islam in a quest for relevance in the only world left open to them: the world of non-Muslims.
Dr. Stephen M. Kirby is the author of five books about Islam. His latest book is The Lure of Fantasy Islam: Exposing the Myths and Myth Makers.
[1] Safiur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2008), pp. 376-377.
[2] Muhammad ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), trans. Alfred Guillaume (Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press, 2007), p. 453.
[3] 'Imaduddeen Isma'eel ibn Katheer al-Qurashi, In Defence of the True Faith: Battles, Expeditions, Peace Treaties and their Consequences in the life of Prophet Muhammad, trans. Research Department of Darussalam (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2010), p. 182.
[4] Muhammad b. 'Umar al-Waqidi, The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, trans. Rizwi Faizer, Amal Ismail, and AbdulKader Tayob, ed. Rizwi Faizer (London and New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 224.
[5] The Sealed Nectar, p. 368.
[6] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), p. 457; The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, p. 251; and Sa'd Yusuf Abu 'Aziz, Men and Women Around the Messenger, trans. Suleman Fulani (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2009), p. 253.
[7] Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, When the Moon Split (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2009), p. 244.
[8] The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, p. 258.
[9] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), pp. 465-466; The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, pp. 252-253; In Defence of the True Faith, p. 206; Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn Mani' al-Zuhri al-Basri, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, trans. S. Moinul Haq (New Delhi, India: Kitab Bhavan, 2009), Vol. 2, p. 93; Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari,The History of al-Tabari: The Victory of Islam, Vol. VIII, trans. and annotated Michael Fishbein (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1997), pp. 35-36, and 38; and Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Jabir al-Baladhuri, The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic, Accompanied with Annotations, Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitab Fituh Al-Buldan of Al-Imam Abu-L Abbas Ahmad Ibn-Jabir Al-Baladhuri, trans. Philip Khuri Hitti (1916; rpt. Lexington, Kentucky: Ulan Press, 2014), p. 41.
[10] The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi, p. 253.
[12] The Life of Muhammad (Sirat Rasul Allah), p. 464.
[13] The History of al-Tabari: The Victory of Islam, p. 34.
[14] Muhammad bin Ismail bin Al-Mughirah al-Bukhari, Sahih Al-Bukhari, trans. Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 1997), Vol. 7, Book 67, No. 5133, p. 57.
[15] Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 5, Book 63, No. 3894, pp. 139-140; The Sealed Nectar, pp. 176-177, and 562; When the Moon Split, p. 129; Abu'l Hussain 'Asakir-ud-Din Muslim bin Hajjaj al-Qushayri al-Naisaburi, Sahih Muslim, trans. 'Abdul Hamid Siddiqi (New Delhi, India: Adam Publishers and Distributors, 2008), Vol. 4, Nos. 1422, 1422R1 and 1422R3, pp. 353-355; Muhammad bin Yazeed ibn Majah al-Qazwini, Sunan Ibn Majah, trans. Nasiruddin al-Khattab (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2007), Vol. 3, No. 1876, p. 76; Abu Dawud Sulaiman bin al-Ash'ath bin Ishaq, Sunan Abu Dawud, trans. Yaser Qadhi (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2008), Vol. 2, No. 2121, p. 540; and Vol. 5, No. 4933, p. 327; Abu 'Abdur-Rahman Ahmad bin Shu'aib bin 'Ali bin Sinan bin Bahr An-Nasa'i, Sunan An-Nasa'i, trans. Nasiruddin al-Khattab (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2007), Vol. 4, No. 3257, p. 118, and Nos. 3380-3381, pp. 181-182; Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari: The Foundation of the Community, Vol. VII, trans. and annotated W. Montgomery Watt and M. V. McDonald (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1987), pp. 6-7; andThe Honourable Wives of the Prophet, ed. Abdul Ahad (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2004), p. 42.
[16] Abu Ja'far Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari, The History of al-Tabari: The Last Years of the Prophet, Vol. IX, trans. and annotated Ismail K. Poonawala (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1990), pp. 130-131.
[17] Sunan An-Nasa'i, Vol. 4, Comments to Hadith No. 3260, p. 119.
[18] Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 9, Book 87, No. 6878, p. 20.
[19] Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn Abi 'Amir al-Asbahi, Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas: The First Formulation of Islamic Law, trans. Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley (Inverness, Scotland: Madinah Press, 2004), 36.18.15, in a section titled "Judgement on Abandonment of Islam."
[20] Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 7, No. 5685-86, pp. 328-329; and No. 5727, pp. 344-345.
[21] Ibid., Vol. 4, No. 3018, pp. 160-161.
[22] Ibid., Vol. 1, No. 233, pp. 178-179.
[23] Abu Qilaba's complete statement was also reported in Sunan Abu Dawud, Vol. 5, No. 4364, pp. 22-23.
[24] Sunan An-Nasa'i, Vol. 1, No. 307, p. 189.
[26] Abu 'Eisa Mohammad ibn 'Eisa at-Tirmidhi, Jami' At-Tirmidhi, trans. Abu Khaliyl (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2007), Vol. 3, No. 1663, p. 410.
[27] Interpretation of the Meanings of The Noble Qur'an, trans. Muhammad Muhsin Khan and Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2007), Glossary, p. 860.
[28] Sunan Ibn Majah, Vol. 5, No. 4337, pp. 423-424.
[29] Jami' At-Tirmidhi, Vol. 4, No. 2536, p. 523.
[30] Abu al-Fida' 'Imad Ad-Din Isma'il bin 'Umar bin Kathir al-Qurashi Al-Busrawi, Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged), abr. Shaykh Safiur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, trans. Jalal Abualrub, et al. (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2000), Vol. 9, p. 429.
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