First impression is that's a lot to give up for Rams, better hope their QB (assume Wentz or Goff) takes off or it's another few years of sub 8-8 seasons to come.
You are right... that is one hell of a lot to give up. I am not sure either of the top QBs are franchise level talent....time will tell, but I think the titans are about to reap a windfall.
Good for the Titans, they really hit lucky with having drafted their (probable) franchise QB last season, and having the QB graveyard that is Cleveland drafting right behind.
Jets and Fitzpatrick is interesting too. I really enjoyed Fitzpatrick with Marshall and Decker in 2015. I get that he wants paid but I don't think he will get the money he seems to be after. Can't see anyone else paying him that much too. He has not done enough to make me think he's worth the $15 million a year he seems to want.
Curious as to what the Cowboys do. Cowboys have become my second team, mostly because I really liked them in 2014. I really thought that 2014 and 2015 would be their best shots. 2015 ended up being a write-off. I'm a Romo fan, so I'd really like to see him get a ring and maybe shut some folk up that give him dog's abuse.
Interested to see how Osweiler gets on in Houston too. They really grew on me after Hard Knocks last year. Not too sure I fancy the LA Rams on HK this season, but I'll inevitably watch.
After watching Chelsea this season I can't wait for the NFL season to start..
I think Romo is going to be one of those "would-a, could-a" guys. Big talent, but never quite had all of the right pieces around him to make a Super Bowl run.
Probably true. I think 2014 might have been their best shot - Romo was on fire. He was MVP level bad donkey that season. That Dez non-catch against GB in the playoffs... I'm not sure I agree with the NFL's definition of a catch in that instance. I assumed going into 2015 he'd play at a similar level. Maybe not having Murray in the backfield hurt a lot more than I expected. I think this is probably the last year in his Superbowl window. And I'm not entirely convinced that one strong sack and he'll be back on IR. I hope not. The Cowboys without Romo last season were genuinely the worst team in the NFL to watch on offense. That team looked amateur half the time without Romo. Perhaps that's my bias, or perhaps that's how good Romo is.
Glad that Dex non-catch wasn't a catch though. I still think GB vs Seahawks NFC Championship game was one of the most entertaining things I've seen.
Still waiting for the other shoe (the stadium) to drop. If it really gets built solely using private funds then the only problem will be traffic, which is always a problem, anyway.
Snake... Trust Kroenke as far as you can throw him... and absolutely no further.
He dileberately screwed St.Louis and then as a parting jesture threw them under the bus... just to rub salt into the wound.
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He dileberately screwed St.Louis and then as a parting jester through them under the bus... just to rub salt into the wound.
Not to mention how he is holding Arsenal back in the Premier League with his complete lack of ambition. If Arsenal fans think holding signs and protesting is going to do a thing to someone who likely doesn't even watch the games, they are delusional. They need to hurt the man the only way they can, in the wallet, but they won't have it in their hearts to hurt their club financially.
The season is almost upon us. Preseason has thrown us a few interesting things so far.
As a Vikes fan, I'm worried about Teddy Bridgewater still. I really hope he makes "the leap" this year after a rather disappointing - at least stat line-wise - second year. The thing is, I think from some comments Zimmer made earlier this month that if the Vikes make playoffs that Teddy will be staying even if he ends another year with about 15 TDs and 8-10 INTs. Maybe it's stupid to criticise the guy. If the Vikes win the game, does it really matter if the QB threw for 300 yards and 3TDs? I guess not, but (obviously) I wish he would/could. Of course, he's in a bit of an unfortunate position. I criticised the Vikes last season for not feeding AP enough in an early game, and criticised them for not throwing enough in a later game (I think the Seahawks game where they destroyed the Vikes). Hoping AP, now 31, doesn't slow down. Teddy looked solid in preseason last night, but (iirc) he was looking good last year in preseason also then didn't show those numbers in regular season.
As a a relative fan of the Cowboys, I'm hoping Romo stays healthy. The Cowboys were the worst team to watch last year for about 10 weeks total. I have love for Matt Cassel (he QB'd the one Wembley game I went to and threw 2 TDs) but he was awful. Weedon was also awful. I like Romo, I love watching the guy but I think this is possibly the last year of his Superbowl window. 2014 he was, imo, the best QB in the league.
MVP will be between Cam Newton and Aaron Rodgers. Carolina are scary. Newton is now a guy I seriously consider (though I'm not 100% sure but a high %) to be in that elite tier. His star receiver is back. Actually, pretty much those last 3 sentences transfer to Rodgers/Packers except I'm sure he's in that elite tier. Thankfully, as a guy who picked my team almost at random I don't actually dislike the Packers.
AFC is going to be tight. I see Brady going 10-2 at worst. He'll want to stick a finger up to Goodell and I think he'll be an absolute demon. Steelers I can't right off, though they have suspension issues again. I expect Andrew Luck to be much stronger resulting in the Cots going well. Broncos could do well but I can't believe I'm predicting Sanchez to lead a team. Of course, the D will probably be the driving force again. And as absurd as this is to say, Sanchez is probably a better QB than Peyton Manning... was last season. I don't think they are quite there yet but I like the Raiders - Carr is coming along. Mack is coming along. Amari Cooper is back and healthy (I also love the AC/DC name for that tandem).
NFC is likely going to end up Panthers and Packers.
My League is Fantasy Drafting next Saturday night. Looking forward to it. The smack talk in our league is quite fun. I also lost a pool series with a buddy so after he draws his number he can blindly swap for mine if he wants. Draft last year was one of the most fun evenings I've had in a long time.
Anyway, just hoping the season doesn't disappoint. I follow 2 sports - NFL and F1. And I've found F1 lately to be pretty lackluster. I missed more races live in 2015 than the previous 10+ years combined. I've missed more than that already this season. I think that's a symptom of some other stuff I have going on but I really do worry that everything I used to love has become a bit sh*t.
People, a question: do preseason games effect the championship standing?
No is the short answer. However it does matter in regards to players getting injured but also coaches getting answers on their players, new and old and that can have an impact on the regular season.
But as for points no.
The NFL also has a 53-man roster for the regular season. Teams pick up a lot of players to test them out as MR-E has said and these limits are why it's important to get some answers on players. The limit before preseason is about 90. After W3 of preseason it's down to about 75. After the final preseason game, the last round of cuts happen to drop all teams to 53 (active) players. Certain players are pretty safe. Week 3 of the preseason is also the game where we tend to see a higher propertion of starters, at least for the first quarter or first half.
In 2008 the Detroit Lions went 4-0 in preseason. They then went 0-16 in regular season. Preseason doesn't matter in terms of wins and losses. You don't play all your best guys, you don't tip all your plays for the season. As Mr-E said, other aspects have significant impact but the wins and losses don't impact making playoffs directly, the stats of players etc don't "count" toward their career stats etc.
Watching NFL preseason just now. The Vikes @Seahawks game is repeated on NFL network. The bad thing about NFL network in the UK is that it's basically a live channel and so it needs to be really quite late in the day before they have punditry and discussion segments as even the East Coast of the USA is 4 hours behind current UK time. That said, NFL network is a great subscription service. I don't know how NBA/MLB compare but I think many sports should consider a similar service.
Quick answer: no. After the preseason is over, everyone's record is set back to 0-0, and everyone starts the season equal in the standings.
As others stated, preseason is for player evaluation, overall offensive and defensive scheme evaluation, and, unfortunately, the odd season-ending injury.
Let us not forget the rather sizeable paycheck for the league and teams from the game attendance and TV rights.
Thanks mac_d & Mr-E for your explanation.
Another question if I may: how to select who versus who in preseason? Is it simply a random drawing?
I had a great Sunday (apart from falling asleep during the GP and missing all the excitement in the second half and waking up confused to a re-run of Austria 1999).
Most importantly - the Vikings won against the Packers. First time Vikes have beaten the Packers in the first game at a new stadium. AP got hurt, which is awful. Hopefully the MRI today comes back as nothing too serious. Vikes D looks beastly, though of 4 fumbles they caused they only recovered one (well, two but one they got then fumbled right back). Sam Bradford... I like it. I think he'll get better in his role, and tbh if he keeps this up I prefer him over Teddy. I've never been that sold on Teddy. Solid game manager but I thought he needed to step it up. Early doors yet, but promising.
Secondly, I won my fantasy matchup. 1-1 now, so at least I cannot get grannied. Always a fear. Though I'm a little worried about a couple of my guys. I have Gurley (who did better this week), Doug Baldwin (Seahawks were pretty poor against LA Rams) and Sammy Watkins who was pretty ineffectual in both games so far and seems to be having a lot of pain in his foot. Got 1st pick on Wednesday Waivers at least. Put in already for Stefon Diggs. Hoping to trade him this week or else see how the Vikes offense plays out under Bradford.
Thirdly, I had a £2 bet that 4 specific games wouldn't have either team score unanswered 3 times at about 75/1. I made £155.50 profit off of that. So I'm pretty pleased as that's a decent chunk of cash for me.
He earned the right to start, good for him. Dallas look to be real Superbowl contenders again. Good qb game and astounding run game. Zeke could win MVP. Matt Ryan, Tom Brady (astounding that a 12 game season he could have stats good enough) and as an outsider, Derek Carr too, all have shouts.
I'm rooting for the Cowboys for the first time in a long time this year. Prescott and Elliot look to be stars for years to come.
Unfortunately they went up against my Ravens yesterday who needed the win to consolidate their lead in the division and did their usual, for this year, second half fade.
It's a contrast in divisions, as 5-5 is last place in the NFC East this season, while 5-5 is first place in the AFC North.
Yea, but as a fan of the Ravens since their inception I've grown accustomed to them playing from behind in low scoring games. This, seemingly, new trend of scoring early and playing well in the first half and making either poor or no adjustments in the second half is killing me.
Thanksgiving Thursday is always nice as a UK fan. Can get 1.5-2 games watched and still get to bed at a reasonable time. Pity Luck is in concussion protocol, I liked the Steelers vs Colts matchup. Lions and my Vikings playing for first in NFCN. Big game in that division with Bears looking like they won't finish on a good record and the Packers having major defense problems and some offense issues (though they have an actual running back in their team again).
I'm not doing great in my fantasy league but if I win this week I'm likely to not be in our last place playoff which is my primary target. One of our guys has David Johnson, Zeke and Melvin Gordon and is smashing our league.
0 wins for Cleveland Browns so far (11 losing streak).
is this the worst record ever in a season in NFL history?
Lions went 0-16 in 2007, at worst they'll match them. I'm not even sure the Browns are the worst team this season, 49ers seem just as bad only they managed to bink an early win. Browns could easily have won a couple but just Brownsed it up at the end in each.
Dak is looking good - wonder if he can take the Cowboys all the way. I'd love a Dak vs Brady Superbowl.
Nooooooo. I can't take Brady making another Superbowl.
Jeff Fisher fired, couldn't even win at being the best loser!
Of my little group of 6 that like NFL.
I'm a Vikes fan so want to go to that game.
My best mate is a Saints fan so wants to go to that.
One guy is so whipped he isn't allowed to go.
One guy fancies the Cardinals.
And one guy doesn't care so long as he gets a trip to London and gets steaming.
I must say, if the Vikes were against anyone other than the Browns I'd be more interested. Browns are a team without any kinda "legends" that I'd like to see.
I'm getting married on the 23rd September, so I suspect my preferred game (Dolphin/Saints) is out. Not bothered which of the other games I go to, but I'm leaning towards the Rams game.
I was this guy both years I went with my mates to Wembley. London is great for a weekend piss-up!
I've only been to London three times. Once to Wembley to see my Vikes beat the Steelers, once with my dad and my nephew and last year with my pals to see Motley Crue. I like London, but in terms of drinking I find it similar to any other major UK city. But London has the Imperial War Museum which I think is my favourite museum. Be interesting trying to persuade the party guys to spend a few hours looking at WWII stuff (that's my favourite bit).
There is discussion of 5 of us going to the Saints game, and 3 of us going to the Vikes game. Expensive - train tickets are about £100. The NFL we'll probably spend at least £60. I'm expecting we'll stay over at least a night each time and that'll cost another chunk. Add in food and drink (I probably won't be drinking booze at least). That's quite a lot of money. I loved the game I went to in 2013. Really brilliant atmosphere as it wasn't really home team vs away team but just a whole bunch of NFL fans getting to see a game.
Christmas Eve edition of NFL Redzone is a nice highlight this week.
I find it kind of odd they play games on Christmas day though. I'm not sure, perhaps one of our Americans can confirm but Thanksgiving is the real big one in America over Christmas, whereas in the UK I'd say Christmas was the "big" holiday. And Thanksgiving games are a plenty (also a great day for fans in the UK due to the early games being watchable and you still get to go to bed at a reasonable hour). Even if I was earning many millions and was a star NFL player, I'd be a little miffed having to miss Christmas day at home to play a game. Especially if I had kids and a wife who made a nice turkey dinner.
Unfortunate the Sundays are Christmas and New Year's Day. Doubt I'll be able to round up any of my little NFL gang to watch the games.
Is the Christmas Eve Redzone on Sky? It's normally shown on Sky Mix, but last I looked I couldn't see it on the schedule.
I know Sky are showing 2 games on Saturday, so I'd guess Redzone will be on Red Button at that time. I watch through NFL Gamepass so I don't know for sure.
Man, the Raiders finally have a good team and they lose their star QB. The Titans too, but they aren't going to playoffs and aren't fighting for a potential #1 seed. I really like Derek Carr and the Raiders over the last couple of years. With the trade deadline long since gone they aren't likely to get a better QB the McGloin. I have to think anyone in FA would be a better prospect (there is a part of me that wants to see Johnny Football or Tebow though cause that'd be so wild).
I've all but lost my fantasy playoff (our league has a W17 superbowl this year). My opponent is down by under 1 point with Zeke still to go. He also had David Johnson who is just a beast. Oh well. And my two fantasy QBs - Carr and Mariota. I hope I didn't curse them.
What a game the Packers @ Cowboys game was. I had no intention of watching it till the end, but I couldn't turn it off.
For those that have Sky, but not Sports. Sunday's AFC game will be on Sky Sports Mix, which is free!
With about 6 mins left in the first half it was 21-3 or thereabouts and I thought it was going to be a bust. The second half was great and the last few minutes were so dramatic. The Cook catch on 3rd and long to put them into long FG range was spectacular. Crosby make 2 50+ yarders in the last few minutes. Bit odd to say, but one of the most impressive plays by Aaron Rodgers was not losing the ball when he got absolutely smashed on a sack right near the end.
Definitely a great game to watch. I stayed up too. Was a little gutted the Steelers and Kansas game was delayed. Did well in the US ratings but, as a UK fan, I hope they'll not change anything in the timings. 6pm and 9/9:30pm games are so much nicer for me.
Packers vs Falcons could be a brilliant game. Steelers Patriots too. Excited for championship weekend! I've got to think it'll be Patriots and Packers. I think Rodgers is the best QB in the league and he's pretty hot right now. Brady is a solid GOAT contender. But then, Big Ben is a 2 time SB champion and the Steelers have Bell and Brown. And really, I can't write off the Falcons after they've looked great all year. Ryan is playing at MVP level. They have Julio Jones (assuming his toe isn't an issue) along with a number of other great wideouts and have the Freeman/Coleman RB tandem that have impressed week in and week out. Should be good!


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This article was written By Epoy Deyto on 09 Oct 2019, and is filed under Reviews.
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A Step Forward, Atsushi Kasezawa, documentary, Japan, reviews, suicide prevention
About Epoy Deyto
Epoy Deyto has been writing about films and anime since 2009 and has recently moved his writings from Kawts Kamote to Missing Codec. He's currently taking his Master's in Media Studies (Film) at the UP Film Institute.
A Step Forward (Japan, 2019)
Despite the growing discourse surrounding suicide, very few documentary films have approached the topic in the same way as Atsushi Kasezawa's A Step Forward does. The film tries to balance out suicide as a phenomenon and the people involved while looking at it beyond personal motivations. The result is kind of a cartography tracing roads and spaces, almost literally following steps taken by the people involved to get to that moment. Ironically, the title A Step Forward might mean two things, depending on where one is standing.
The step forward might be the step away from death. The film follows Yoichi Fujiyabu, the pastor from the church where the local suicide line in Wakayama prefecture in the western regions of Japan is being routed. Pastor Fujiyabu also brings the task upon himself to gate-keep Sandanbeki cliff, a popular suicide spot in their area from those who are trying to jump off it. According to him, the "rescues" started a long time ago, with an estimated 900 people being helped by Fujiyabu and the church over the years. Some of those he rescued began working at the Machinaka Restaurant – operated as a suicide-survivor support and managed by Fujiyabu.
The documentary does not find Fujiyabu at his best. In one scene, he's seen in this troubled state, worrying for the woman he rescued one night, as seen at the opening of the film, but was not able to convince to stay at the church. There are also scenes where he becomes irritated in one-on-one talks with some Machinaka employees regarding financial management and career plans after their stay at the church. Highlighted in the film are his conversations with Mori, one of the church's rescues who began working at Machinaka after leaving his work in a hospital. Towards the end of the film, Mori is seen working at the restaurant, while Fujiyabu seems to be hopeful about Mori's current disposition.
The step forward might be a step towards death. There's quite a long scene in the middle of the documentary wherein Mori recollects his attempt to jump off the Sandanbeki cliff. Mori reflects on his memory of that moment: what was he thinking and what made him take a step back. Later on, Mori reflects on the dread he felt over his problem in socialization, something which gets him in trouble with his current employer.
There seems quite a similarity on the stories of survivors in the documentary. The first survivor, interviewed early on, reflects almost the same socio-economic reason for suicide attempt. This interviewee's insight is the most insightful: he lost his sense of hope over a failing relationship and the collapse of the Lehman brothers' firm. This interview, being first in the film, is able to frame all the aspects of the documentary in two ways. First, it captures suicide as a social phenomenon unlike the way popular psychology frame it as an incomprehensible hormonal whim. Second, it makes it possible to grasp the function of the Machiyaka restaurant not just as a way for survivors to get their sense of life back, but to reintegrate them to the field of work.
Fujiyabu's church and the Machiyaka's methods of course has its limits. Fujiyabu being the representative of both in the documentary, presents these limits through the limits of him as a personality: his irritability, impatience and also his hopeful attitude towards the survivors. These limits are supported by his wife, Ayumi, who provides a more discerning approach to the predicaments of the church and restaurant. But there's only so much they can do. Towards the end of the film, the general conditions which produced the survivors' drive towards suicide have still not changed. Mori failed to fight this drive. Fujiyabu, again exposed with his weakness, acknowledges the limits of what they can and cannot do. He continues to struggle and continues his work as the gatekeeper of the cliff.
A Step Forward may appear to end on a cynical note. Despite its good intentions and knowing the vulnerability of the film's subjects, a certain distance is maintained. The film never crosses the line to intrude on the personal matters of either Fujiyabu or Mori. Whether or not they should have done something to prevent another incident happen is a different concern. However, the way it traces something as intimate and sensitive as suicide might be a step forward too, as it takes us towards a broader understanding of suicide as a social phenomenon.
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The Jews 'gathered round him.' In the English vernacular, that sounds harmless enough. This is something a group of friends does to hear a good story. However, in the original language, 'closed around him' was the word picture. The Jews surrounded Jesus, attempting to trap Him, hoping to hear Him incriminate Himself when attempting to answer their questions.
I don't know if you've ever been closed in, trapped, in order to have information coerced out of you. If you have, you probably recall the feelings vividly. You probably found it hard to breathe as the realization slowly dawned on you that you were about to be snared. The maneuvers that caused sweaty palms for most of us did not have this effect on Jesus. He did not fear controversy; He was willing to instigate it for the sake of truth. He did not fear rejection; He knew the hearts of men and was secure in His relationship with His Father. He was not afraid of dying; He chose the timing, place, and manner of His own death.
As Jesus was interrogated, He stayed focused on one reality. What was God leading Him to say? No vestige of fear clouded His obedience. While there was the temptation to be afraid, for Jesus was tempted in all things as we are, fear never had a place to land because He did not nurture fearful thoughts. To be afraid is to forget the power of God. To tremble and take a way of escape is to embrace unbelief.
The times that I have refrained from speaking what I should have, I did so out of fear of rejection, anger, or controversy. These reasons seemed to be legitimate deterrents at the time but I was spiritually ignorant. Today, I know better. My eyes are wide open as I realize that Jesus spoke when prompted to speak - no matter the outcome.
You watched men plot and scheme and kept a clear head for the things of heaven. Teach me to live like that. Amen.


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Геро:

 Геро — город в Японии, находящийся в префектуре Гифу.

Персоналии
 Геро (900—976) — святой Римско-Католической Церкви, архиепископ Кёльна.
 Геро I Железный (ок. 900—965) — маркграф Восточной Саксонской марки.
 Геро II (970/975—1015) — граф Серимунта и Нордтюринггау, граф в Гассегау, маркграф Саксонской Восточной марки.
 Геро фон Веттин (ок. 1020—после 1089) — граф Брены с 1034, граф Камбурга.
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 Геро, Джон Абрахам (1799—1887) — английский поэт, журналист и литературный критик.

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Published:Monday | July 28, 2014 | 12:00 AM
Launtia Cuff, Gleaner Writer
As farmers strive to find ways to combat one of the country's harshest droughts in recent years, and with news that there is worse to come, several crops in the breadbasket parish of St Elizabeth are now scarce and the farmers are uncertain of what will happen in the coming months. As a result of the drought crisis, consumers have already started to feel the effects of higher prices at the markets.
Christine, who farms with her husband, sells produce to the vendors in the Santa Cruz market. Farming mainly scallion, melons, tomatoes, cabbage and thyme, she said there is no doubt that local ground produce will run out very soon.
"Everything will be short, and soon most of them won't be around. Maybe we will have some, but depending what and in small amounts," Christine told The Gleaner.
Produce dried up
"The cabbage dry up already and the scallion brown; everything dry up. We have one acre a cabbage and melon right now but them dry up. Most of the [planting] trays me have to throw them away because we were trying to hide them from the sun but the breeze a dry them out too."
Lincoln Facey, who farms in New Building, shares similar concerns.
"Tomato, cucumber, cauliflower and broccoli, peanut as well, are very scarce. It's not that they won't get it but they are very, very scarce. You have to have irrigation. Even thyme, not even half the weight you getting anymore," Facey said.
Sharon, who sells in the Santa Cruz market, said since the intense dry period the prices for agricultural produce have increased, causing vendors to pass on that increase to the consumers.
"Boy, the price gone up; price terrible now. It was alright until the drought come. Tomato is now $120 to $130 a pound; you would normally buy it for like $40 or $50 a pound," Sharon stated.
"The vegetables from some areas come een like dry grass. You can't get the produce to buy and sell as you please."
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Board index ‹ Islam ‹ Islam: Questioned, Defended, & Explained
the seat of thought and intention
Prove Islam is from God, why it is the 'One True Religion'.
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Re: the seat of thought and intention
by Eagle » Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:26 pm
None can start something out of nothingness, except the original Creator. The real person and prophet called Adam who wrote parts of the psalms, is the result of a process, originating from a variety of inorganic material, and water, fashioned and formed, into an entity that reproduced, and then made complete with the spirit of moral consciousness from the Creator.
by manfred » Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:35 pm
Please show me were each of these things are stated in the Qur'an, first of all.
You cannot make something out of nothing and out of SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME. You are merely taking the garbage from the QUr'an and repackage it, adding things as you go along.
by Eagle » Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:58 pm
Where does it say that the creation from nothingness and inorganic matter was simultaneous? The processes of creation were given there viewtopic.php?f=22&t=18238&start=60#p239120
by manfred » Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:12 pm
Where does it say any of this in the Qur'an? WORD for WORD, please....
And you can twist it as much as as you want, not even Allah can create things both out of nothing and out of something else. That is simply nonsense.
Word for word in the link. No such thing as simultaneous creation from nothingness and inorganic materials in the Quran.
by manfred » Fri Jul 06, 2018 6:55 am
You did not give a link. And if you sequence the daft things the Qur'an says, it is no better.
So first man is created from nothing. Hey presto, there he is. No he isn't.... Allah uncreates him, and makes a new one from water, then he uncreates that one, and he uses dust.... then mud, then a blood clot....
Can you really not see that is stupid?
by skynightblaze » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:12 am
When quran says man was created from nothing , its actually denying of any process that led to man's creation. So quran is flatly denying evolution with that statement and also denies any prior state of man in form of ingredients such as clay , mud etc but then the joker (the author of quran) speaks somewhere else of man coming out of clay , dust, water, sperm and what not.
Look around yourself and you'll find people with virtues are never required to demand respect since they automatically earn it. It is only those that are devoid of any virtues need to threaten and bully to gain respect. Needless to say that quran cannot be from God.
skynightblaze
by Garudaman » Fri Jul 06, 2018 2:25 pm
sum wrote: Hello Garudaman
Your quote -
humans feels their sensation of their thought in their head/brain, & feels their sensation of their intention in their chest/breast/heart, & is not their thought that makes humans blind, but their intention,
This is nonsense. Thoughts lead to conclusions and intentions, not the other way round. You can not have an intention without the brain having to think either consciously or subconsciously to decide if there is or is not a correct belief or intention. You are putting the cart before the horse.
that verse talk about the sensation not the source of human intention.
sum wrote: Your quote -
people need the proper heart for the proper brain-function/reasoning,
Please explain why the heart is needed for proper reasoning. The only function the heart has with regard to this topic is to keep the brain alive and well so that it can reason properly. The heart has no other link at all to reasoning.
that verse is not talking about the heart as organ, but the heart as the place where the sensation of intention is felt.
sum wrote: If people can not see that if the sun sets in a muddy pool then that claim can not be from a god then their reasoning is very wrong and so would that indicate a faulty heart or just a faulty brain?
that verse of the Quran said that the sun looks like sets in muddy pool from the Cyrus's point of view.
any Atheist will not be able to explain, how the air coincidentally can be used by bird to evolve fly & fly more easily (QS. 16:79)!
even if the universe has intelligence, & thus which designing evolution, what the purpose of evolution if not to improve the presentation to God?
Garudaman
by manfred » Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:54 pm
In your country that is the liver though....
And the point I was raising is that at the time people really did think mental activity originates in the heart, and the Qur'an merely used that idea without questioning.
Why "understanding heart"? Why not mind/head/brain?
Show me the bit where is says "from Cyrus's point of view" please. Also why would the Qur'an then speak of this place like a real place, with people living there?
by frankie » Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:01 pm
Garudaman wrote:
that verse of the Quran said that the sun looks like sets in muddy pool from the Cyrus's point of view
The verse is quite clear, it says nothing of the sun looking like it sets in a muddy pool, the Quran is wrong on both counts as proved again by Allah and Mohammed by Abu Dawud.
The tafsir clarifies this verse by stating Zul- qarnain found "unbelievers" at the place where the sun sets, who should be killed or pardoned depending on whether they accept Allah as the only god to worship, which is the what the "message" of the Quran Is fundamentally about.
Quran 18.86
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to punish them, or to treat them with kindness
Tafsir 18.86
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn 'Abbâs
Till, when he reached the setting place of the sun) where the sun sets, (he found it setting in a muddy spring) a blackened, muddy and stinking spring; it is also said that this means: a hot spring, (and found a people thereabout) these people were disbelievers: (We said: O Dhu'l-Qarnayn!) We inspired him (Either punish) either kill them until they accept to believe that there is no deity except Allah (or show them kindness) or you pardon them and let them be.
Mohammed is reported to have said the sun sets in a spring of warm water because Allah told him so.
But Allah was wrong, the sun sets nowhere, it is an illusion, which should be stated in the Quran to make this clear; by saying the sun sets in a spring/murky water the Quran proves it does not come from an omncient being, but from the imagination of men who didn't know any better.
Sunan Abu Dawud : Dar-us-Salam reference / Hadith 4002
Narrated Abu Dharr:
I was sitting behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who was riding a donkey while the sun was setting. He asked: Do you know where this sets ? I replied: Allah and his Apostle know best. He said: It sets in a spring of warm water (Hamiyah).
Dar-us-Salam reference Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4002
Ahmad Hasan translation Hadith 3991
by skynightblaze » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:51 pm
Manfred wrote: Show me the bit where is says "from Cyrus's point of view" please.
You are hitting the nail on the head. From the way Eagle , Garudman and other muslims debate, it becomes obvious that they try to put words into quran's mouth to cover up. When there are no words mentioned explicitly , there is no good reason for us to believe quran meant whatever explanation these muslims provide e.g eagle claims basic ingredients are mixed together to form a human but quran no where states that or Garudman states that sun is sets from Cyrus' point of view. Quran does not say that at all. If these muslims are allowed to do such things then we should also get a privilege of putting words into quran's mouth and claim for problems. E.g quran never said you should not rape and hence it means quran approves rape.
2. If there is a tiny bit of doubt, the benefit does not go to muslim. I have seen non muslims falling for this trick and they believe they lost the debate. The benefit goes to the non muslim and not to the muslim. The reason is - muslims are making the tallest claims in the world such as these words coming from an all wise God. There is zero room for lack communication, lack of clarity and errors (no matter how minor) when such is the case. Quran will be scrutinized with the highest possible standards because of the grandiosity of the claim. We don't expect lack of clarity and doubt from all wise God especially when we human beings can write in a language that is very clear E.g if we write comprehend with your brain and not heart then there would be no room for confusion. Why call Allah all wise when he cannot write even as clear as a human?
by Eagle » Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:24 pm
It speaks of an extract of various non-organic, earthly elements, and water. In some of these verses it speaks of dust, dry clay at others of muddy, sticky clay, indicating that a combination of elements (the aforementionned water and dry matter) was involved at the beginning of the process.
The Grand Quran is a book of spiritual guidance and all of its statements are meant at stimulating spiritual growth, not scientific knowledge so the idea that it must provide a detailed description of the origin of life is misplaced. When it does allude to such process, its spiritual aim, as is clear from the context, includes the humbling of mankind by pointing to the earthly elements and water at its origins, as well as providing an argument for the simplicity of the concept of resurrection.
None of its statements however, no matter the subject treated, are at odds with factual information, whether historical, archeological, scientific etc.
And where does the Quran say that the sun sets in the ground or the water?
by sum » Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:26 pm
Hello Eagle
You keep talking about spirituality. What is Islamic spirituality and how does it manifest itself?
Is it different to Christian spirituality?
by manfred » Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:34 pm
The Grand Quran is a book of spiritual guidance and all of its statements are meant at stimulating spiritual growth, not scientific knowledge so the idea that it must provide a detailed description of the origin of life is misplaced.
If this is you saying that the Qur'an is not a book of science, we finally agree on something. Also, it is true that a writer with another, not science related intention, would not be writing about such thing in detail. But then things get somewhat messy....
A human author, sure, would also be making errors here in and there, but what, if there was a divine writer? Would he not at least be accurate, even when lacking detail?
Man does not consist of a combination of dust and mud, with water and blood, semen (whose ???) and some other sticky mess thrown in. Also when you mix "day clay", as you will have it, mix with water, what do you get? So what is the point about adding more mud?
And if you make something out of nothing then you cannot also make is out of something. It is one or the other, even for Allah.
The Qur'an does not say "I started with nothing, then I took some dust, then I added water to make a sort of mud, and then...."
It says, each time, at a different "material" is used AND NO OTHER.
There is a way to harmonise all this, bu saying ALL these are ways of saying man is made from something insignificant, but this would mean you have to concede that Adam was not a real person.
So you are stuck with a pile of contradiction and no way out.
Eagle, now don't be silly. If we ask science or history or archaeology about the origin of man we do not get anything even remotely like the answer the Qur'an gives.
Previously your leaps of logic went like this: Evolution is a process. The Qur'an speaks of a process. So evolution agrees with the Qur'an. How about Falling in love is a process. Root canal treatment is a process. So Falling in Love and Root Canal treatment are the same thing.
As to the setting place of the sun and what the Qur'an and Mohammed said about that, Frankie gave you the references above, maybe you did not read it?
by Eagle » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:29 pm
The verses speaking of the origins of life constantly and consistenly describe a gradual process, fashioning, forming, reproduction (where the alaqa and the sperm are involved) and completition with the spirit from God.
As to giving different aspects of mankind's origins in different places, fundamentally, all languages inherently accept exceptions unless the statement is clearly absolute, or that no other statements from the same source exist to allow the exlusion. The Quran speaks in several places of different non organic compounds at mankind's origins and in none of these verses does it make at absolute assertion. To suggest that such formulation entails an allegory reveals poor reading and reasoning skills.
Obviously the original absence of organic life entails it originated from inorganic compounds, earthly material and water, which were themselves created like every thing else in the universe that originated in nothingness.
No scientist would disagree with the above except for the divine cause and spiritual dimension.
As to evolution, it was said that the Quran certainly, through its repeated allusion to a process preceding the completion of the first morally accountable human being, endorses "a" not "the" theory of evolution. No leap in logic in this.
So where is the Quranic statement that the sun sets in an earthly location.
You posted all that before, almost word for word.. Please do not endlessly repeat the same thing.
Please show me the word "process" in any of the verses given. The passages are all from different places, so it is unreasonable to suggest they represent a sort of sequence.
And where does it say "fashioning, forming reproduction"?
And how on earth does that describe evolution?
And do tell, WHOSE sperm is used in the creation of Adam?
@sum
Spirituality is an entity within eachone that is in constant flux, either towards the state referred to in the Quran as al nafs al mutmainna/the tranquil self or the state called al nafs al ammara bil sou'/the self inciting towards evil, depending on whether it is nurtured or neglected. Islamic spirituality is about providing the right tools to reach and maintain as much as possible the secure, tranquil inner self.
@manfred
Repetition helps an audience unable to process too much information at once.
The sperm of his biological father, as with all incomplete species preceding mankind's completion with the spirit from God. However that specific step is preceded by a process. This was explained there, together with specific verses, each on their own, speaking of the process at life's origins. viewtopic.php?f=22&t=18238&start=60#p239120
Again, the Quran endorses "a" not "the" theory of evolution.
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So where is the Quranic statement that the sun sets in an earthly location
by manfred » Sun Jul 08, 2018 8:18 am
Eagle wrote: So where is the Quranic statement that the sun sets in an earthly location
frankie wrote: The verse is quite clear, it says nothing of the sun looking like it sets in a muddy pool, the Quran is wrong on both counts as proved again by Allah and Mohammed by Abu Dawud.
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David (Greek: Δαυΐδ; fl. 6th century) was a Greek scholar and a commentator on Aristotle and Porphyry.
He may have come from Thessaly, but in later times he was confused with an Armenian of the same name (David Anhaght). He was a pupil of Olympiodorus in Alexandria in the late 6th century. His name suggests that he was a Christian.
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Calling child suicide bombers a "fearful and terrifying truth," President Hamid Karzai freed a 14-year-old Pakistani boy arrested in eastern Afghanistan the night before he planned to kill a provincial governor.
Rafiqullah, who goes by one name, told The Associated Press in an interview over the weekend while attending a madrassa, or religious school, in Pakistan he and two other boys were separated from the rest of the students and trained to drive a car and made to watch videos of suicide bombers carrying out attacks.
The teenager said he walked across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border into Khost province, where a man named Abdul Aziz gave him a vest full of explosives. Rafiqullah said he told Aziz he was afraid of carrying out a suicide bombing, and Aziz pointed a gun at him and threatened to kill him if he didn't.
Rafiqullah's intended target was the governor of Khost province.
"Today we are faced with a fearful and terrifying truth, and that truth is the sending of a Muslim child to carry out a suicide attack," Karzai told reporters at the presidential palace.
"(His parents) sent him to study at a madrassa," he said. "The enemy of Islam deceived him and prepared him to carry out a suicide attack to kill himself and other people around him."
Afghanistan's intelligence service first showed off Rafiqullah to reporters last week at a news conference also attended by the boy's father, Matiullah. The two shed tears and hugged in front of journalists.
The father last week said he asked his son's teachers at the religious school he attends where his boy was, but couldn't get a clear answer.
"I didn't know my son was going to carry out a suicide attack in Afghanistan," Matiullah said.
Karzai, putting his hand on the boy's shoulder on Sunday, blamed those who tried to get him to carry out the attack: "He is not guilty ... I forgive him and I wish him the best of luck."


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The trial of a former Huawei director accused of spying for China began in Poland
Trail Of Huawei director Weijing Wang accused of spying for China began in Poland
The espionage trial against a former agent of the Polish security services and the Chinese national who was Huawei's sales director in Poland began on Tuesday behind closed doors in Warsaw amid great anticipation.
The defendants, the Chinese Weijing Wang and the Polish Piotr Durbajlo , were arrested in January 2019 in Poland, accused of working for the Chinese government and face up to three years in prison on espionage charges.
The men were detained amid the geopolitical battle between the United States and China over technology and business supremacy. The administration of former US President Donald Trump pressured European allies to boycott Huawei's next-generation mobile phone network equipment over concerns that it could be used by Beijing to facilitate cyber espionage or digital sabotage.
At the start of the trial held in the Polish capital on Tuesday, both defendants pleaded not guilty. At the beginning of the session, a prosecutor requested that the trial be held in secret due to the classified nature of some of the evidence.
Defense attorneys, however, objected, claiming that the nature of the charges requires that the process be transparent. Both Wang, who is fluent in Polish, and Durbajlo said they wanted an open trial. However, after a brief recess, the three judges announced that the process would be held behind closed doors, alleging state interests, and the journalists were asked to leave.
Durbajlo's lawyer, Bartlomiej Jankowski , told the press that he will file a complaint against the Polish state with the European Court of Human Rights.
Wang and Durbajlo were detained by Polish authorities in January 2019 and accused of spying for the Chinese regime under the excuse of seeking trade deals for the Chinese tech company Huawei.
The company fired Wang when he was detained, but has provided him with financial support to pay for his legal defense and said in a statement that the defendant's activities were always "in accordance with the highest levels of transparency and respect for the law."
Wang has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest. Durbajlo, a former cybersecurity expert for government agencies, including the Internal Security Agency, was released on bail after six months in detention.
According to the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper , the indictment is partially classified, but its public section alleges that Wang is a Chinese intelligence agent and that between 2011 and 2019 he sought high-ranking contracts for Huawei that would give the Chinese company knowledge and influence over state and local government data systems in Poland.
Both men face criminal charges for participating in a foreign intelligence operation and threatening Polish interests. If convicted, they face a minimum of three years in prison.
Wang studied in Poland and later worked at the Chinese consulate in Gdansk before moving to a senior position at Huawei. He is also known by the Polish Christian name "Stanislaw". Authorities suspect that the Pole helped him establish contacts and provided him with documents. Some observers say the documents were public and unclassified.
The trial is expected to last for months and there is still no date for a final verdict.
Wang's arrest came a few weeks after the arrest in December 2019 of a company executive, Meng Wanzhou – the daughter of one of Huawei's top officials in Canada – . Unlike Wanzhou, for whom Beijing vehemently called for his release, the Chinese company quickly fired the suspected spy.
In response to inquiries from the international press, the company declined to comment because the case is ongoing. He has repeatedly denied the US allegations, but since the men's arrest, Huawei's fortune in Europe has fallen. Countries like Great Britain and Sweden have banned Huawei equipment from their networks. Others, like France, say they favor their national rivals , such as Ericsson and Nokia, for security reasons.
The Balkan countries, for their part, have signed a US-led "Clean Net" agreement aimed at excluding Chinese hardware suppliers.
The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), for its part, published a report last February on threats to Dutch national security interests and was forceful in its criticism of China , stating that Beijing's cyber espionage It represents an "imminent threat" to the economy of the European country, especially in sectors such as banking, energy and infrastructure.
In Finland, the director of the National Intelligence and Security Service, Antti Pelttari, warned that "authoritarian countries are trying to take over Finland's critical infrastructure." The official was referring to China and Russia.
Huawei equipment has been blocked by the United States since 2012 and has also been rejected by Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Meanwhile, an advisory report from the US Congress consulted by the Reuters agency indicated that the US Department of Commerce is not doing its part to protect national security and keep sensitive technology out of the reach of the Chinese military.
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission report, released Tuesday, says the US Commerce Department has been slow to create a list of sensitive technology that must be vetted before export to China. The delay in compiling the list of emerging and core technologies, as required by a 2018 law, may compound national security risks, according to the report.
The Commerce Department, charged with enforcing US export control laws, "has not fulfilled its responsibilities to date," according to the report, titled "Outstanding Business: Export and Investment Control Reforms. foreign ".
In the midst of this panorama, Poland is preparing an amendment to the cybersecurity legislation that, according to experts, could lead to the exclusion of Huawei from its 5G networks and possibly the telecommunications sector as a whole.
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Carla Eleanor Miller, 105-year-old resident of Onamia, MN passed away on February 9, 2021, at the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia. Private interment will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Oakland, Minnesota at a later date. Arrangements are with the Shelley Funeral Chapel of Onamia. Carla Miller was born on October 31, 1915, to Richard J and Mina E (McDonald) Peterson in Belmond, Iowa. Her family moved to Oakland, Minnesota in 1921 where she grew up. She graduated from Austin High School in 1932. After graduating from Mankato State University in 1935, she taught in a Mankato State-affiliated school, until her marriage in 1937 to Oscar Miller. "OsCarla" lived in Heron Lake, Lyle, Zumbrota, Morris, and Onamia. Oscar served as Superintendent of Schools, and Carla was a homemaker for 13 years until their three children were all in school. She attended night classes and summer sessions at the University of Minnesota, earning her BA degree in 1960. She graduated with high distinction, with a major in English and a minor in Speech. She taught English and Speech at Cyrus, Chokio, Isle, and Onamia, Minnesota. She had many students who were winners in speech and essay contests. She dearly loved teaching and her pupils, and over the years she enjoyed the appreciation expressed by many students. Throughout her life, Carla was active in the churches to which she belonged. She taught Sunday School for many years, sang in church choirs, painted the addition at Bethany Lutheran, and served in various women's organizations. Carla and Oscar enjoyed 16 years of retirement together. Their favorite hobby was traveling, and they enjoyed trips to Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Tahiti, Alaska, Fiji, Mexico, and Canada. They made it a special goal to visit all fifty states, and succeeded. They also loved theater, concerts, musicals, reading, square dancing, and playing bridge and other card games. After Oscar's death in 1991, Carla continued to live in her home in Onamia. She spent much of her time with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters, and many good friends. In 2010 she moved to Lake Song Assisted Living, and in 2014 she transferred to MLHS Long Term Care, where she resided until her death. Carla will be remembered for being a loving and supportive wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She was a successful teacher, and we often heard from her students how much they loved her. She had amazing energy all her life. She touched hundreds of lives with her care and support. Carla is survived by her three children, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, one sister, and several nieces and nephews. Carla was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Miller, and three sisters.
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I've used a site in the past with conditional moves. VERY handy!
Especially for forced moves or obvious moves.
It would speed up games for those that want to use it.
I'm a software developer with PHP experience and would be happy to help implement the feature!
Ahh conditional moves again. Seems like once a year this topic comes up. Rinse and repeat.
For the record, yes I am in favour it. So please do not take my position as being against it.
This discussion has been held before a few times, but the site does change.
Thibault, what is this sites current capability to handle conditional moves? They would only just have to be just one line linear conditionals.
@Thibault ... my offer to assist development is real.
Before everything, let's make it clear: Absolute priority (for years actually, but particularly since the launch of the Android apps) right now is to increase the popularity of the server, that slowly went down for more than 5 years. Now it's going better for the first time since, but I'm still working on and have much to do there.
Well, let's say this would be the right thing to do after all (which is another debate, with questions like what if a player does not want his opponent to use this option that by the way he cannot or does not want to use himself because it goes too fast and/or gains time on clock - case that I saw at another server).
Once more, it is feasible, of course. But there are obvious difficulties: it is not possible to add such code without being completely in FICGS codes, that are not object-oriented.
Anyway, if the number of active players grows again, I'm quite sure we'll have a good occasion to discuss it (with some more pressure ^^).
First thanks for making your position clear.
Yes, JS talking Ajax to a PHP handler.
I have implemented this type of thing in the past.
Even if the main FICGS code is totally procedural, it is not uncommon to build a new feature using an OO module, and in time either run old and new code in parallel. Or... migrate all the code to a new OO framework over time.
The play move and add conditionals interface would need to be made JS and redesigned. The back end would I expect have a game/move/conditional validator function.
There are plenty of JS chess interfaces that could be used as design input.
I recognize this is a major project for a one man team. I'd say 4-6 weeks of full time effort, possibly longer if we have to design a OO framework for the back end. Hence my offer to help as I'm semi-retired and have time.
A good isolated dev and test environment is mandatory. This is not just a simple site hack.
Many thanks for this nice proposal Kym! By the way, I have no doubt that you could do much better than me (and with more time).
Let's give us a few weeks to think about it. Not a way to throw it away, but I really need time for now to work on apps popularity.
Thanks for the consideration. I understand your priorities.
Conditional moves would be restricted to the classical chess style. We have to start somewhere and this is the tried and tested format and most well known. So there are already sites out there using conditional moves in classical chess.
As for draw offers. If a player wants to offer a draw, the linear conditional move line stops at that move. They have to input their move and the draw offer by ticking the box.
Then the move passes to player B with the draw offer and they have to accept or decline the draw offer and play their move.
And then play resumes as normal with linear conditional moves.
This is how linear conditional moves worked when I ran the WBCCC events.
I am not sure what you mean by messages?
Yes, of course, way to go... I only mean: to keep coherence may be not easy and it adds some work at the end.
By messages I mean that it can be frustrating to play several moves without seeing any reply.
The whole web transaction, Move + Conditionals + messages are validated client side via the JS.
Then the transaction is re-validated on the server (to stop hacking).
The whole transaction is accepted or not.
Kym: Point 2- regarding whether to allow more than one line of conditional moves.
I think it is important to introduce a concept now called project scope. What this means is setting the outer limits of the project and also what are the main aims, or purpose of the project.
Anything that is outside of these aims, is outside of the project scope and is rejected.
And then Herbert Kruse said- I like that idea.
So that gives a very good idea of what the project scope is, or the reason for allowing conditional moves- to allow players to make forced moves or obvious moves through conditional moves.
An issue that already occurs in correspondence chess is players either resigning by mistake, move slips, or other mistakes.
Introducing conditional moves will increase the possibility of this occurring. This is why the number of conditional moves must be kept to a minimum, hence why I believe the requirement for linear conditional moves.
This also makes it much easier to deal with draw offers.
Now I'm to integrate chess.js & chessboard.js in some parts of the site to remove the flash chess board... one issue with conditional moves would be that FICGS rules are slightly different from FIDE rules: no 50/60 moves rule here. Anyway, to be continued.
One way to do 50 move rule is to have a small engine on the server the checks the position.
The rules of the site already permit players to claim 6 man tablebase positions, when they appear on the board, as either a win or draw, even if the position is above 50 moves.
That rule is standard across all webserver sites.
Also, even though a position might say mate in 75 and the claim is granted, this does not mean it is outside of the 50 move rule as there maybe a capture or pawn move between the initial position and mate.
The exact rule is "The 50 moves rule is not implemented, please call referee if an obvious draw is not accepted by your opponent. Please note that a forced checkmate in more than 50 moves won't be considered as a draw."
Consequently, if tablebases say there is a draw, it is not always a draw here, e.g. if this is a draw because of the 50/60 moves FIDE rule.
But strangely, it seems there are some bugs in the PGN processing, or at least this 24.R2e1 in WCH game 98780 (Kruse-Riccio) should be ok with the "sloppy" option.


Welcome to My World on Thanksgiving!
Canada has Thanksgiving, but almost a month ago, so it's just another workday and the emails keep rolling, especially on their release of a new remittance report.
Pictures in this morning finally from Buenos Aires on a recent human rights workshop in La Matanza, which the organizer had time to send since a general strike yesterday shutdown the city and most of the transportation.
Skype conference call today to prepare for our setting up the field program next week in Ecuador for the national elections in five provinces.
The election may be over in the USA, but ACORN International members are examining slates, programs, and plans for elections this coming year not only in Ecuador, but also in Honduras, Kenya, and Indonesia.
Work slowed in Mumbai as our operations in Dharavi with many Muslim members battened down the hatches as the shock troops of the right parties hit the streets to mourn the death of communalist instigator Bal Thackery. Newspaper reports indicate that police have picked up two young women who questioned the respect being given this man on Facebook.
Social Policy went to printer yesterday for the fall issue, so proofs have to be checked out today, so issue hits mails internationally and domestically next week.
Interesting hour long conversation yesterday with David Moberg, labor reporter at In These Times, about organizing strategy and the work being done by UFCW at Walmart these days in USA.
Interesting reports from ACORN Italy on new legal services support being rolled out for our members there with more details to follow.
Early morning email from Belgrade where a former ACORN organizer in Ottawa is starting the process of seeing if an ACORN Serbia can be built there in coming months.
As I write this, I'm bouncing back and forth on Skype notes, about how to integrate community organizing into an on-line medical training course being offered globally and recently accepted as a pilot for 500 med students in Sudan. They asked that I block dates in November 2013 to speak with them at their conference in Thailand potentially.
Double checking the schedule at Fair Grinds Coffeehouse so we can fit in the meeting after the holiday on how well we are doing on our environmental footprint and sustainability measure, making sure we are staffed fully on Thanksgiving because our community needs us, approving another group to play soon and another yoga and dance time slot, and getting ready to host the Tides Foundation JBL Awards presentation next week.
There's always a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving and this small sample reminds me how lucky I am many decades ago to have found work that teaches me daily and resists boredom no matter the tedium of tasks, and where so many of us have developed small skills that can make contributions to the work being done every day around the world to bring justice, equity, and security to so many people.
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Bright Side of Life
By Constance Jordan | June 24, 2017 - 4:52 pm | June 24, 2017 For the Book
Martin and I were getting off the bus in Derry, N Ireland coming from Belfast after a full day of traveling trying to tie up American loose ends. As we were getting ready to make our way home, a woman sitting outside a pub with her friend, commented how she loved our look, I believe her exact words were, "I freakin' love your look!" THEN started singing, "The Bright Side of Life." Out of the blue!
And for those in the know, know that is the song we ended Andrew's FUNeral service with, so that was a HUGE deal her singing that song.
She said a few more times how she just loved our look as she continued to sing Bright Side of Life. This really caught my attention. So we had to go over to chat with her to tell her that she had NO idea how cool it was that she was singing that song.
She went on to tell us how she noticed us as soon as we walked out of the bus station, I was thinking how I noticed her glass of wine (not her first I'm sure) as soon as we came out of the bus station and I thought, "What a great idea!" It was a great evening to be sitting outside and enjoying a glass of wine.
She asked us where we were from. I told her I was from Florida and Martin said Derry. She tells us that she's from Port Rush, then her friend piped in kidding, "can you get her on the train to Port Rush?" So I was correct in that this was not her first glass of wine, but she was friendly and having a great time in the "big" city of Derry! lol But her saying she was from Port Rush struck me odd, because it reminded me of a story about Port Rush back in the 1980's when I worked at the Hollywood Beach Hilton in Florida.
I met a couple when I worked at The Hilton as a server in the restaurant in the hotel and we had a conversation. I'm sure I started it since I noticed their Irish accent. I remember talking about having a friend Martin that lived in Derry. Well, whatever I said, they said something to the effect that I would be with Martin, and something about having a great love. This took me by surprise because I was married at the time and had NO plans of going to N Ireland to see Martin.
This couple picked up something about my friendship with Martin. I even hid my wedding ring after they said that, I didn't want to disappoint them. That happened over 30 years ago so I don't remember the exact details, but I do remember this couple believing Martin and I were meant to be together.
Our new friend at the pub then said to us, "You two just shine love and light!" Then she said to us, "Love and Light to both of you! Love and Light!" And then she hugged us tight. We had to hug her too because we knew Andrew was working through her. She totally made our day!
As Martin and I started to walk away, I had to walk back and tell her & her friend how profound her singing Bright Side Of
Life was, that it meant the world to us! They both looked at me not quite understanding. I needed them to know that it wasn't just a woman enjoying being in the "big city", but what she did had a lot of meaning to us.
I had to let the m know that "Bright Side of Life" was how we ended our son's "FUNeral." A sadness came over them. I told them NO! You singing it was perfect! It was beautiful! AND so deeply appreciated! It meant the world to us and THANK YOU!!
Then I walked away to catch up with Martin. A part of me wanted to stay and join them.But Andrew reminded me later "that just because someone was used to give a message or a sign, you don't have to be BFFs PrettyMama"
All this happened just after I said to Martin, "I don't think it has sunk in yet that I am actually living here now."
But here's the kicker! It didn't register with me until we got home what the name of the pub was where this song bird was. Wait for it…wait for it….
BLACK BIRD! Mind officially blown! ANNND how the hell did I miss that one!
And for those in the know, know this is the song Andrew was ALWAYS practicing on his guitar.
You can't make this shit up people! I love how Andrew worked so hard to let his PrettyMama know, that even through more hard, major life changes…
IT'S (still) ALL GOOD!