The implications of voluntary failure in a deck search.
Discussion in 'Compendium Notices' started by bulbasnore, Apr 29, 2008.
At a World Championship not too long ago, the judge staff and Team Compendium learned from the Pokémon Card Laboratory (PCL) judges that a specific search inside the deck can fail voluntarily.
and start looking through your deck, you see Infernape and Monferno, but your Delcatty ex is prized. Drat! You don't have a place to play the others and you don't want to add a card to your hand, because next turn you'll play Steven's Advice and you might have too many cards in your hand to play it. What to do, OH, what to do!? Well, with voluntary failure of specific deck search, you just don't take the evolution card you were told to take. Instead, shuffle your deck and move on.
So, I can play a card to no effect?
Er, not exactly. Let's go back to the beginning.
What does The Game know about your deck?
Remember who we're talking about here: The Game. Not you. Not your opponent. Not the tournament judge.
Number of cards in hand, in deck, in discard, in play.
Nature of cards in cards in play, in discard.
While you know there are evolutions in your deck, The Game does not.
:redface: But, I just used night Maintenance and put that Infernape into my deck.
Well, The Game has a 'short memory'. Let's keep going.
No process of deduction, logic or history can reveal the contents of your deck to The Game.
Essentially, the nature of the cards in your deck, except in the moment they are revealed, remains unknown to The Game. Therefore, you are allowed to play a card and search again for the "exact same thing" you just search for, even though you know it isn't there.
Therefore, when you play a card to search for a specific card or type of card in your deck, it is considered that The Game does not know and shall not remember whether that card is in your deck, unless you select it and bring it out (in which case, its not in your deck :tongue .
makes you reveal most of your deck, all that is immediately forgotten by The Game when you shuffle. Your opponent may try to remember, for strategy reasons, but that won't compel any game actions by you.
Another effect made known that a card of a certain type was placed into the deck on the same turn.
A certain card was revealed to be in the deck during the same turn.
Another search for the same card or type of card just took place and failed.
So, I guess you guys have to fix that Quick Search ruling, huh?
That brings up a good point, let's have a look at the ruling.
Q. If you use Pidgeot's "Quick Search" power, do you *have to* take a card from your deck?
Notice the Quick Search powr: says, "choose any 1 card". So, what did we say is public knowledge about your deck? Right, the number of cards in it. If you have cards in your deck, you may Quick Search. If you do Quick Search, you must take a card, because The Game knows you have 1 to choose. The contradiction proves the rule, you might say.
OK, how 'bout a more modern example than PETM and Quick Search?
Q. If I use Castaway, can I voluntarily choose to not take one or all of the cards mentioned even if they are in my deck? Like can I take a Supporter and a Tool, but skip the Basic Energy? Or can I choose to take nothing at all?
This might arise, as follows. You 'know' your opponent is going to Constrain you next turn and you have to get the big hitter facing you out of the way, but your attack is 10 HP short. Fortunately, you have Castaway to get the Strength Charm Pokémon Tool that will give you the extra power needed to clear that big monster. But, you know you don't want to give your opponent the chance to force you to discard two cards next turn. Castaway says to get the Basic Energy and a Supporter, too! In comes the voluntary fail of a specific deck search meta-ruling! You can look through your deck, passing by all the Basic Energies and Supporters and take just the Pokémon Tool -- your Strength Charm! Bwahaha. You could even look through your deck and a actually not find the Strength Charm and take nothing. And cry.
:nonono: Oh great, another zero effect move for someone to stall with.
Well, no and maybe. Let's take a look at what it is, and what you can do about its abuse.
Is it really zero effect if you play Castaway with no intent to take anything from the deck? Well, it's subtle, but absolutely, there are two effects. You are getting a look at your deck contents with the search and you are randomizing the deck with the shuffle. In fact, I doubt you would be allowed to just play the Castaway without those two things. That is, you probably couldn't say: "I play Castaway, but I voluntarily fail. Now, I will evolve, attach and attack." You have to perform the effects required on the card.
Could someone stall in this way? Maybe. But typically there is clock watching, other slow play or lots of other "going through the motions" that is happening ... this is just one more behavior to give it away.
As with any of that, you have to buck up and call a judge and make your specific case, "I am going to win in two turns, and my opponent seems to be doing every last thing to the limit of time to make sure I don't get those turns and now he has just played a Castaway and found nothing." or "My opponent seems to be overthinking every play, and not to be giving me a chance to take my turns." or "My opponent just went from searching hand to discard to deck to hand to deck to discard to hand to deck; this is the second time and I've mentioned it to him before. I need a normal pace to have a chance to play my deck." or "My opponent just played Holon Mentor and found nothing, then Great Ball and found nothing and now has just had his Pachi do a Call for Family and found nothing, I submit this is stalling."
Then, ask for what you want, "May we please have a 5 minute extension? And would you watch the match?"
Specifically on voluntary fails, A judge CAN observe the deck during the search or review it afterward the same turn and use that as PART of the basis of for deciding whether there will be an extension or other penalty.
Judges, you CAN give extensions, if a player will not respond to your request to pick up the pace. Players, I would definitely not wait until the last two minutes to request a judge review your match for slow-play or suspected stalling, and I would politely request the extension after that review. Don't forget your appeal to the Head Judge, too.
Hey, is this about voluntary fail or about stalling?
Stall prevention is part of it, but its also a bigger issue. Not too off-topic, but let's move along and look at why this article was written.
Some players have long been aware of this fundamental concept of the game and naturally apply it to their strategy.
Here's one way I've observed it applied to strategy at Regionals. A player has a useless Celio's Network in hand. He needs a Psychic energy! With Claydol's Cosmic Power he wants to draw the maximum in hopes of getting it. OK, the player plays Celio, gives his deck a quick look, yup there's an energy, voluntarily fails the search, quick shuffle. Cosmic Power, drop two cards from the hand under the deck, draw 5 instead of 4, woohoo, there it is!
We can talk about further illustrations in the comments on this post.
As long as voluntary fail of specific deck search remains a legal play, and I can't imagine that changing, then everyone should be aware of it, its limits and its implications for strategy and game play... plus, I think its kinda neat to know.
Nice artical. Really helpful. Thanks bulbasnore!!!
very helpful to know. Great article, it is an interesting read.
Really opens up some interesting strategies for me!
wait, i thought it's been like this since the game has been out?
Thank you for wrighting that. It'll be helpfull to the people that weren't sure about it.
Amazing article, and extremely useful to the uninitiated.
More people need to be aware that all that's needed to avoid a cheap time win is to request a time extension-especially on deck search spam!
Thanks. I now know a little something more than i wouldn't have known before.
smooth read!!!! Very interesting! Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
This is one of the questions that I got wrong on my first professor test. I based my answer on the meta ruling that said that you could not perform an action that had no game effect (i.e. using a potion to heal a Pokemon with no damage). So I learned the right answer but not the right theory for that answer. The concepts of "what the game knows" and of the "forgetful deck" are extremely helpful for both understanding and more importantly explaining the rulings.
The only thing about looking to the deck, discard pile then hand over and over is that they get 30 seconds for a trainer as you probably well know. So if they take to long, you can call a judge and get a time extension, and a caution for them. Then if they continue to stall, they might even get the penalty escalated into a prize penalty. But great article anyway.
This should be on EVERY judge's clipboard!
I am printing it as we speak!
You don't need my approval, in any regards, but I am thoroughly impressed.
ooh, good to know. I totally ruled the other way on a Celio at Regionals.
Are you saying that I can use a card that lets me search my deck, but take anything?
I'm still confuzed on quick ball lol.
what if you know there is no pokes in your deck then can you play one?
like you used quick ball, no pokes can you use a quick ball again?
Yes Tina, because under this analysis, the game "forgets" the contents of the deck the moment it is turned back over and shuffled.
Can we get a copy of this on the Front Page when it's ready? Only the Judges and those that are A-R about the rulings really look into this section. It'd be more helpful to the community in general where it's more visible.
This is a GREAT resource, and it will be used at my BRs.
Wow....I knew you could call a judge over to watch the pace of play and all that, but I never knew you could play cards to get them out of your hand in certain instances. I had been told before that that was not allowed. Great article, thanks for the knowledge, this will really help peoples games!
Can you use a night maintenance on your second turn (with no cards in your discard pile) even though it would have no effect???


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Is Cardinal Nichols "Queering the Church"?
However, it became very obvious, very quickly, that Cardinal Nichols had no intention of stopping the Masses, he simply moved the venue. What about dealing with the Pastoral issue? Surely he did that? Well, the Masses are followed by a "social" organised by LGBT Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council. Their lack of fidelity to Christ and His Church is written all over their Facebook Page here. These are people who self-identify as LGBT, who think the Church is wrong in what it teaches, and who want to change the Church to suit their own sexual predilection.
The Catholic Herald cover the story of the Mass here. Of course, the Cardinal's spokesman is very careful to articulate that the Mass was not specifically "for gay Catholics", but for all Farm Street parishioners.
Regardless, the most revealing comments are made by the people the Mass was aimed at. Terence Weldon runs the blog Queering the Church, the title of which disturbs me greatly in itself and speaks to its agenda.
via Cardinal Nichols is Queering the Church.


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#include <tinyara/config.h>

#include <assert.h>
#include <debug.h>

#include <arch/irq.h>

#include "up_arch.h"
#include "nvic.h"
#include "up_internal.h"

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#undef DEBUG_MEMFAULTS			/* Define to debug memory management faults */

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int up_memfault(int irq, FAR void *context, FAR void *arg)
{
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	(void)irqsave();
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	mfdbg("  IRQ: %d context: %p\n", irq, regs);
	lldbg("  CFAULTS: %08x MMFAR: %08x\n",
		  getreg32(NVIC_CFAULTS), getreg32(NVIC_MEMMANAGE_ADDR));
	mfdbg("  BASEPRI: %08x PRIMASK: %08x IPSR: %08x CONTROL: %08x\n",
		  getbasepri(), getprimask(), getipsr(), getcontrol());
	mfdbg("  R0: %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
		  regs[REG_R0], regs[REG_R1], regs[REG_R2], regs[REG_R3],
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	mfdbg("  R8: %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
		  regs[REG_R8], regs[REG_R9], regs[REG_R10], regs[REG_R11],
		  regs[REG_R12], regs[REG_R13], regs[REG_R14], regs[REG_R15]);

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#ifdef REG_EXC_RETURN
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#endif
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#ifdef REG_EXC_RETURN
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	mfdbg("  xPSR: %08x PRIMASK: %08x (saved)\n",
		  current_regs[REG_XPSR], current_regs[REG_PRIMASK]);
#endif
#endif

	PANIC();
	return OK;					/* Won't get here */
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A Hortobágy-halastavi Kisvasút egy Hajdú-Bihar vármegyében található 760 milliméteres nyomtávú kisvasút a hortobágyi halastavak területén. Jelenleg csak turisztikai célokat szolgál, nyáron menetrend szerint közlekedik. Érdekessége, hogy közbülső megállóhelyei neves ornitológusok, természetvédők neveit viselik.

Megközelítése

Vasúton
Vonattal a Debrecen–Füzesabony-vasútvonal Hortobágyi Halastó megállóhelyén kell leszállni. A kisvasút állomása néhány méterre található a MÁV-állomástól.

Közúton
A 33-as főút 67. kilométere közelében lévő leágazásnál észak felé kanyarodva, a 33 115-ös számú mellékúton érhető el a kisvasút induló állomása (a lehajtót tábla jelöli), körülbelül 1,3 kilométeres letéréssel, az útnak a vasúti kereszteződése után balra fordulva. Ingyenes parkolási lehetőség van a kisvasút végállomásánál.

Története
A kisvasút létrejötte a környékén található halastavakhoz kötődik. A mesterséges tavakat kifejezetten a haltenyésztésre alakították ki a 19. században. Ezeknek a kiszolgálására létesítettek egy kisvasutat 1915-ben, lóvontatással. Feladata befele irányba a haleledel, míg visszafelé a kifogott halak szállítása volt, utasokat nem szállított. Kiépülése fokozatosan történt, a hálózat legnagyobb hossza körülbelül 35 km volt, behálózva a halastavakat és összekötve a őket a Debrecen–Füzesabony-vasútvonallal.

A vasút később kis teljesítményű dízelmozdonyokat kapott, amelyikből az egyik motoros vontató máig megtalálható a vasúton.A motorizációval a teherszállítás fokozatosan átkerült a közútra, a kisvasút pedig feladat nélkül maradt és megkezdődött a felszámolása.

A Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park (HNP) viszont meglátta benne a turisztika lehetőségét, az utolsó szakaszt megmentették a felszámolástól és megindult a felújítás. Az első utasokat szállító szerelvény 2007-ben indult el, akkor még csak a MÁV Hortobágyi Halastó megállóhelye és a 6-os számú halastó között. A turisztikai felhasználás sikeresnek látszott, így a vonalat visszahosszabbították a legnagyobb, Kondás nevű halastóhoz, ahol magaslest és halastavi tanösvényt is építettek. A tanösvény végállomása a Kondás-tónál van, ahol egy pallóúton a betekintő állomásokon pedig a természetes élőhelyén  közelebbről lehet találkozni a hortobágyi madárvilággal.

Járműpark
A kisvasút nem túl nagy járműparkkal rendelkezik. Összesen 2 db mozdonyuk van egy C-50 (C50-403) típusú és egy motoros vontató. A C-50-es szokott személyvonatokat húzni, a másikat pályafenntartásra használják. A személyszállítás megindulásakor 3 db kis kéttengelyes személykocsi volt, ám a nagyobb igény miatt 2016-ban építettek házilag még egy kicsit nagyobb, négy tengelyes kocsit is. Továbbá vannak még a vasúton a teherszállítás korszakából megmaradt teherkocsik is.

Megállóhelyek

Galéria

Jegyzetek

További információk

 Menetrend
 Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park
 A vonal a Kisvasút.hu-n
 Geoláda és "kincskeresős" játék a Geocaching.hu honlapon
 Térkép

Videók
Utazás a kisvasúton – YouTube-videó
A még ipari kisvasútként 1998-ban – YouTube-videó

Magyarország kisvasútjai
760 mm-es nyomtáv
Lóvasutak
Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park
Hortobágy

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When I watch the news and it disturbs me, when I hear of atrocities or read of the history of killing each other "in the name of GOD," whenever I feel less than peaceful I may be contributing to the ills of the world just by my own negative energy! But how can I NOT winch at someone else's pain? How can I NOT feel the pain of a dying child? How can my heart NOT break when I feel for someone else's suffering?
It is only through suffering that we grow-individually, as a nation, as a planet.
It is only through chaos that we create.
It is only by shining the light that we dissolve the darkness.
It is only by dying that we find our true life.
When I learned that everything that happens to us is actually happening for us the pain I experience makes a little bit more sense.
When I learned that nothing can happen to/for me without my permission I began to see the perfection in everything.
I am 100% responsible for everything in my world-real or imagined.
I am 100% responsible for every thought, every belief, every cause and effect.
I'm sorry, forgive me, I love you, Thank you.
When I feel bad I contribute to the negative energy that I wish to see healed.
"I love you" raises the vibration up and holds me and those I pray for in highest Holy light.
"Thank you" is the highest form of prayer and releases it all to God!
At the very least this prayer makes me feel more peaceful and alive. At the very most it may move me to action! In this prayerful state I may hear what is mine to do! In this prayerful state I may hear what is NOT mine to do!
Through the use of these 4 sentences, life around and within me shifts and changes. Understanding at the cellular level replaces fear and anger. Awareness deepens and expands. Love grows into a tangible force for healing! And so it is!


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Book Review: A Shameful Act (2006) by Taner Akcam, Part 1
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on June 1, 2015
A Question of Genocide
The controversy over the 1915-17 massacres of Armenian Christians by the Ottoman Empire is whether these acts constitute genocide. Those who say they don't are not the equivalent of Holocaust-deniers in that while some minimize the figures of the slain, they do not deny that the massacres happened; what they deny is that the massacres reach the legal definition of genocide. Their case is based on three interlinked arguments:
Unlike the Nazi Holocaust when a defenceless population was murdered only for its identity, the Armenians were engaged in a massive armed revolt, and this is why the Ottoman government decided to deport them.
The intent of the Ottomans was not massacre but the removal of the Armenians, who had sided with one foreign invading power (Russia) and who were showing signs of collaborating with another (Britain), from the militarily sensitive areas as Turkey suffered a two-front invasion in early 1915.
While terrible massacres, plus starvation and the cold, took maybe a million lives during the deportations, when the Armenians reached their destinations in Syria and Iraq, which were also part of the Ottoman Empire, they were well-treated and allowed to rebuild their lives, which would not have been the case had the Ottomans intended their destruction.
Taner Akcam's A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility presents evidence to undermine every one of these arguments.
The Armenian genocide is marked on April 24, the day in 1915 several Armenian notables in Istanbul were arrested. This date fits rather well with the Turkish narrative.
Limited deportations of Armenians began in Cilicia in February 1915, becoming systematic by April. As Akcam demonstrates this was because of a well-founded fear of British spies among the Armenians helping a British landing at Iskenderun (Alexandretta). The British had called in advance for an Armenians revolt, and:
[The British] planned not only on close cooperation with local Armenians but also with Armenians abroad. An Armenian delegation offered the British a volunteer force of twenty thousand people.
Half of those troops were already in place in America, half were in the Balkans, and the British were going to use Cyprus as a training ground and staging-post. While this British plan was ultimately abandoned, an Armenian rebellion erupted in Van on April 19 and held the city for a month, before handing it over to the Russian invaders. Concurrently, the Allied Gallipoli campaign began on April 25: a direct invasion of Turkey intended to knock her out of the war and allow a supply-line from the West to Russia, in order that Imperial Germany could be stretched in the East.
The August 1914 conference of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, a.k.a. Dashnaks), held in Erzurum, will often be pointed to by those who emphasize the deportations as a military exigency. The Ottoman government—held by the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP, a.k.a. "Unionists"), a faction of the Young Turks—sent a delegation to this meeting. The CUP offered the Dashnaks autonomy if they would foment a rebellion in Russia; the Dashnaks refused. In the Turkish version, the Dashnaks then decided on a secret internal revolt (in the Armenian version the Dashnaks wanted no part of covert intrigue and sought instead only to do their duty as Ottoman citizens.) There is no doubt that Armenian volunteer units had already been raised by, and were fighting alongside, Russian forces in eastern Anatolia in late 1914, and they committed terrible crimes against Muslim civilians.
This timeline, however, misses several key events which show that the deportations were not a reactive policy but a key strategic intention of the Ottomans in entering the Great War—and Istanbul did deliberately enter the war, despite much myth-making to this day that Turkey was forced into it. The CUP sought the restoration of Ottoman glory, a key component of which was the removal of the Christians from Anatolia, and thought this could be had by war.
The CUP sought pan-Islamic and pan-Turkic advantages from the war, as well as a reversal of the territorial losses after the Balkan Wars that pushed the Empire's boundaries dangerously close to Istanbul. At a meeting on August 2, 1914, the CUP reformed the Special Organization (Teşkilât-ı Mahsusa, precursor of the MIT) to create units that would contribute to "Islamic unity and Turkish nationalism" by provoking unrest among Muslim populations in the Russian Caucasus, Iran, Egypt, and British India.
In early September 1914, the Special Organization units infiltrated Russia, trying to incite a Muslim revolt, and by October 1914 this had become a full-scale war in the Caucasus and eastern Anatolia. The Ottomans declared a jihad on November 11, 1914, entering the war on the side of the Central Powers. Kaiser Wilhelm might have wanted to ignite a "savage revolt" among Muslims in the British Empire and especially in Russia, and the CUP had inclinations of this kind, but their key aims were more local.
The CUP wanted to reverse the Capitulations and above all to free the Ottoman Empire of the internationally-imposed obligation to reform the six Armenian-dominated eastern provinces, which the CUP saw as a covert way of partitioning Anatolia, the avoidance of which became the CUP's raison d'être.
The cancellation of the Treaty of Yenikoy, signed on February 8, 1914, under Russian pressure, which called for administrative reforms, namely autonomy, for the Ottoman Christians, and called for an international intervention if the reforms were not implemented, was one of the first acts after the Ottoman declaration of war. With the Armenian reform agreement dead, the legal basis for international interference in the Ottoman realm went with it.
Armenian-majority areas (dark pink) and areas with a substantial Armenian population (light pink), 1914
Later Istanbul would also cancel the 1878 Berlin Treaty—the other instrument that dealt with the Armenian Question—and also withdrew from the 1856 Paris Treaty, which ended the Crimean War and inducted the Ottoman Empire into the "family of Europe," the realm where international law applied, and the London Declaration of 1871. The cancellation of these three treaties freed the Ottomans from all international legal restraints on their behaviour and all legal right for other States to intervene in their internal affairs.
The CUP—and many other Muslims—never forgave the Armenians for seeking international protection when the Empire was weak. The Armenians tried to get formal Russian protection at the 1878 Berlin Congress, which sparked Turkish fears that Russia would use this as a pretext to steal the Armenian-majority areas—and this was not helped by the fact that some Armenians did want the Russians change the borders. The Armenian desires were the result of dire treatment by the Ottomans. The legendary "tolerance" of the Ottoman Empire had given way; by the seventeenth century those "voting with their feet" started to come West. In the nineteenth century, alongside efforts to annex European methods to rescue a dying Imperium, came a stern return to theocratic governance, which harmed the minorities. The 1894-96 atrocities against Ottoman Christians (the Hamidian massacres) in response to a small revolt was a harbinger of what was to come, having taken place at a time when the Porte wanted Europe's sympathy.
What quickly became clear was that not only would the First World War not reverse the Ottomans' long decline, but that it would likely finish-off the Empire. The catastrophe at Sarikamish in January 1915, where the Turks suffered up to 90,000 casualties, many from the cold, was the turning point. Now the CUP was thinking about the post-war situation, specifically establishing as a fait accompli an ethnically and territorially coherent Turkish polity.
Since at least 1911, when Italy seized Ottoman Libya, the Ottomans had been preparing for national resistance should they be occupied. This plan was formalized at the most senior levels in early 1913 after the defeat in the Balkans. In late August 1914, the Special Organization undertook a separate program from the expeditionary units sent to Russia to form civilian militias—armed gangs—from Kurdish tribes, jailed convicts, and recent emigrants from the Caucasus and Rumelia. These militias, organized under the Third Army which took direct orders from the Special Organization, were taken to Istanbul for training. By November 1914, the scale of the prisoner-release and the training program was evident to foreign consuls.
The documents showing a cross-over between this "resistance" track and the deportation program are missing, but these militias would be heavily involved in the deportations of the Armenians and the attendant theft and massacres. Part of the militias' preparation for resistance against the Entente was to deal with "the individuals inside the country to be eliminated," and the enemy within was overwhelmingly Armenian, by the CUP's reckoning. Still, it is important to stress that the militias were not formed as an Einsatzgruppen; their initial purpose, and even their actions, are not comparable to the Nazis' specialized anti-Jewish killing units.
What is also notable is that the CUP's ostensible offer to the Dashnaks in August 1914 was a ruse. The CUP attended the Dashnak congress as a pretext to raise irregular militias in the area, and there is clear evidence of an attempt to liquidate the ARF leaders, who managed to escape the gangs waiting for them on the roads.
The militias had some success against Russia in late 1914, but before the year was out they had already perpetrated numerous massacres against Armenians. When the tide turned in the Russians' favour, then the Armenians responded in kind. The psychological effect of this, however, and of the relatively small number of Armenians who joined the Russians—4,000 according to Akcam—was profound.
It should be noted that the CUP acted largely outside official government channels: its leaders—the "Three Pashas," Enver Pasha (de facto war Executive), Talaat Pasha (civilian leader of the CUP), and Djemal Pasha (the on-the-ground administrator/military leader in the east)—came to power by coup d'état in January 1913, and in early February 1915, the Special Organization and its irregular units were taken out of the military chain of command and given to Behaeddin Shakir, a senior Unionist, putting the militias under party, not government, control.
The plan for deportations was never discussed in Cabinet, and the number of senior Ministers who collaborated with the CUP was small. In combination with the mass-destruction of evidence, the conveying of instructions orally, and obfuscatory methods of telegram use, such as sending a telegram and then sending a second one ordering that the first be ignored and the second be destroyed, it has made piecing together what actually happened within the power-wielding circles of the Turkish government during World War One very difficult.
Akcam argues (persuasively) that the main Armenian uprisings—Sebinkarahisar in July 1915, Urfa in October 1915, even Van, the main justification for the CUP's actions—were a response to the Ottomans having begun to massacre the Armenians, rather than a cause of the deportations.
Not only did the militias begin massacres in late 1914, but by March 1915 a Germany missionary, Jakob Kunzler, reported that disarmed Armenian conscripts had been murdered with knives, saving the bullets for the foreign enemies, and the American ambassador Henry Morgenthau reported that Armenian labour battalions—where many Armenian conscripts were sent since they were not trusted in the army—were being murdered in Babi Yar-style massacres, shot in groups into open pits and their clothes stolen. There had been many anti-Armenian massacres around Van in this period, and a particularly terrible one on April 2, 1915.
Stanley E. Kerr, an American missionary, says 55,000 Armenians had been killed before the Van uprising, and the military attaché at Austrian Embassy described the uprising as "a desperate effort by Armenians, who witnessed the beginning of the murders and understood that their turn would come." On the basis of the evidence presented, this is in fact the case.
It might still be said that these are excesses in a campaign whose intent is closer to ethnic cleansing combined with negligent homicide—crimes against humanity, rather than genocide. Even the clear official indifference to massacre—which contradicts a major apologists' argument that the Turkish authorities intervened to protect Armenians being deported—would not prove genocide. But the evidence of a decision to murder, not just expel, the Armenians is, in my judgment, convincing.
Akcam argues that in late March 1915 the CUP took the decision to exterminate the Armenians, and then carried out this policy under the cover of the deportation order passed by Parliament in late May. There is no surviving documentation to provide a "smoking gun," a la the Wannsee Conference, and Akcam explains why:
First, an official deportation order was sent to provincial regions by the Interior Ministry. … There were then separate, unofficial orders for the annihilation of the deportees, issued by the CUP Central Committee and conveyed to the provinces through party channels.
When the local governors received deportation orders from the Interior Ministry they would forward them to the security forces in their area … At the same time, the CUP would send liquidation orders to local governors. The messenger, usually a party secretary but on occasion Bahaettin Şakir himself, would travel from province to province transmitting a written document or conveying the order verbally. In cases where local governors resisted, they were removed from office [and sometimes murdered].
Following receipt of the deportation order, the gendarmerie would summon the Armenians to a central point and then accompany them on their route. When the convoy reached the provincial borders, the gendarmerie was supposed to deliver the deportees to the gendarmerie of the next province, however this was often the point where the Special Organization took over—set in motion by the secret liquidation order—and deportation became elimination. …
In some regions there were strict orders to prohibit military involvement. … However, in some regions massacres were carried out directly by the military.
Often by the time the Armenians were summoned into a town square, all the men had been killed. The military-age Armenian men were in the labour battalions—leaving the towns and villages near-defenceless—and were murdered at will. The remaining elderly men were carried off the night before the deportation and murdered outside the town.
Sometimes Armenians were allowed to carry property with them and would be given some food on the deportation marches; sometimes not. Armenian property was looted and many starved to death on roadsides in either case.
"The very persistence of the pattern indicates central planning," as Akcam notes.
The fate of Armenian property was supposed to be governed by law: ostensibly the Armenians could take their property with them, and what remained belonged to the State. That isn't what happened. Most Armenians were made to leave their belongings, and there was wholesale pillaging: this gave the deportations—and by extension the Unionists—a degree of popularity among the Muslim population. This looting was so public it made it into foreign Embassy reports.
Where Armenian property was not outright stolen, the Armenians were made to register their property at the local registrar's office, after which they were obliged to sell it. The Armenians were then made to sign documents saying this had been done voluntary and that they received compensation. In reality, Armenians were able to grab some money from a sack for their property, almost always well under its actual value, and in all cases irrelevant since a functionary waiting at the exit then took this money and returned it to the sack to "purchase" from the next batch of Armenian property.
This highly-organized, State-directed program of expropriation created a new class of Muslim "notables," and the nouveau riche would in time form the socio-political base of the Nationalist Movement, which rejected reparations for the Armenian massacres. The theft ended the much-resented predominance of the minorities among the merchants, and the looting dovetailed with the CUP's homogenization program, plus it also allowed entry into various markets for their German allies.
During the deportations and massacres, Armenian families were torn apart, with the men and many adult women sent east, but some women remained essentially as slaves to Muslim families, and the children were taken away, converted to Islam (the boys being forcibly circumcised), and either sent to orphanages or to Muslim families. Young girls sent to Muslim families were pressed into marriages with Muslims. This was no spasm of populist mayhem: it was a deliberate policy.
A telegram sent by Talaat Pasha himself, on December 30, 1915, to the governor's office in Niğde, was quite explicit: "on the condition that they be raised as Muslims, the children should be settled in Muslim villages where there are no Armenians or foreigners, or settled into orphanages. The young women and girls must be married off to Muslims." A telegram sent by the Interior Ministry's Directorate of Tribes and Immigrants (AMMU) to various provincial offices on April 30, 1916, urged that "young and widowed women should be married off, children up to the age of twelve should be settled into orphanages, and if an adequate space in the orphanage is not available, then they should be settled with Muslim families and raised with that community's values and customs."
This is especially significant because while the Genocide Convention famously defines genocide as "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group," it specifies that "Forcibly transferring children of the [targeted] group to another group" is a means of committing genocide. In narrow legal terms, the systematic forced-transfer of Armenian children to Muslim families by the Ottoman government on its own qualifies as genocide.
Admiral John de Robeck, the British High Commissioner in Turkey
There were great efforts by the British to restore Armenian property and persons after the war, but without much success: there was a lot of Ottoman resistance, popular and official, and, as the British High Commissioner put it, "a great number of the women have become attached to those persons with whom they have now lived for nearly four years; if they were to leave they do not even know … to whence they would be returning, or who of their relatives are still alive." There were also botched efforts at repatriation, which accidentally removed Turkish children from their families, and these incidents were played up by Unionists both to incur further resistance to the campaign for reparations and to claim this as proof "there weren't even two children being held."
It has often been argued that Ottoman leaders tried to intervene to stop atrocities during the deportations, and that this constitutes evidence that the attempt was forcible transfer, not massacre. This is usually backed up with numerous wartime telegrams. Akcam shows that this argument is deeply flawed. It was often Talaat, usually under German or Austrian pressure, who sent cables to the provinces calling for humane treatment of deportees. It was also Talaat who sent the follow-up cable, or sometimes an envoy, cancelling the first order. Talaat had a telegraph line installed in his home so he could do business away from official records, and the "practice of cancelling orders with a secret, follow-up communication" was, in any case, "widespread among Ottoman administrators." Nobody was in any doubt that "deportation" meant "massacre".
Another argument against the genocide label is that when the Armenians reached the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire they were left alone, which shows that the deportations were to get them out of the militarily sensitive areas. This is untrue in several ways.
First, the deportations moved Armenians from areas in Anatolia were there was no fighting to the frontlines with the British in Mesopotamia. Second, the deportations were designed to serve a demographic project of "Turkifying" Anatolia, so that after the war an ethno-territorially contiguous Turkish State would be a fait accompli. And third, the Armenians were not treated humanely once they reached the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
Between May and August 1915, the Ottomans deported the Armenian population of eastern Anatolia, and cables came to Istanbul in September 1915 with reports to that effect. But the CUP then gave orders to move the Armenians out of Aleppo, where the survivors of the deportation marches were holed up in squalid concentration camps, into the Syrian and Mesopotamian deserts. The CUP's also ordered that Armenian population density should not exceed ten percent in any location, in line with their ethnographic project. Given that the CUP had also ordered that there be no Armenians left in Anatolia, with some limited exceptions, once the Armenians have been packed into the desert areas, there is only way to comply with that order: mass-murder.
This explains why the massacres continued into 1916 and why Deir Ezzor was the centre. Where the Ottomans didn't actively massacre the Armenians in the Arabian deserts, they denied humanitarian aid, especially from the Americans and the Germans, and just left the Armenians to die, without food, water, medicine, or shelter. Some of the strongest indications of genocide come from the lack of any preparation made by the CUP to facilitate the mass-movement and -resettlement of people, and indeed the September 1915 law dealing with Armenian property offers strong evidence that the lack of preparation for resettling the deportees was more than criminal negligence.
The new laws worked from the basis that Armenians would not be returning to their properties, which the State now owned, and Muslim settlers would replace the Armenians. The laws ostensibly provided for compensation to be paid to the Armenians, but there is no evidence anywhere in the records of compensation being paid to a single deportee, nor were Armenians given new land at their final destination. Had the plan been resettlement, there would be some evidence of this, and there isn't.
An Armenian camp in Deir Ezzor. (Picture by Jesse B. Jackson, a U.S. Consul who brought aid to the Syrian camps saving thousands of Armenians.)
A mass-grave of Armenians in Deir Ezzor, unearthed in the 1930s
After August 1915, with the eastern provinces clear of Armenians—the ones where there was a potential military danger—the Ottomans began the deportation of Armenians in western Anatolia and Thrace, applying the new laws, and what is in evidence is the CUP confiscating
Armenian property, first to finance the deportations, second to finance other State operations, with, for example, some homes made into prisons and medical supplies distributed among Muslims—this is why there was zero tolerance for spontaneous looting—and third, using Armenian property to create a Muslim bourgeoisie, distributing homes and valuables to individuals and companies, which bound them to the post-war nationalist government with an interest in denial: this bourgeoisie did not want to admit how it had acquired its wealth, and it certainly didn't want to give it back.
The massacres had stopped by the summer of 1917, though the destruction of Armenian property had not.
There is a significant argument over how many Armenians there were in pre-war Turkey—the Armenian Church says 2.1 million; the Turks say 1.3 million. What is known for sure is that 600,000 Armenians were alive after 1918—thus 600,000 to 1.5 million Armenians were killed, with 150,000-to-200,000 of them having survived the deportations. The number of Armenian women and children taken into servitude or converted within Muslim families is impossible to estimate
Part 2 will deal with the post-war trials
Part 3 will look at the implications of the Armenian genocide for the present day
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Learn how your colleagues are using authentic materials to develop contextualized lessons that integrate academic skills and content with professional skills and career sector content to improve students' academic and language skills while also opening up new career horizon and ideas.
The lessons and curriculum that Massachusetts practitioners will share during this webinar are the results of the series of Career Focused Basic Skills Curriculum Development workshops, presented by Serge Shea from the College and Careers Pathway Institute at La Guardia Community College.
During the workshops, participants explored a process for creating basic skills curriculum using authentic career sector material and have used it to develop their own lessons and units.
Whether or not you have attended any of the Career-Focused Curriculum Development workshops, join us for a closer look at some excellent examples of contextualized curriculum developed by your peers and learn about their process.
Describe the components of a career-focused lesson.
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In accordance with Article 1.4 of the General Regulations of the FIP for the Evaluation of Competitive Exhibits at FIP Exhibitions (GREV), these Special Regulations have been developed to supplement those principles with regard to the Philatelic Literature.Also refer to Guidelines to Philatelic Literature Regulations.
Philatelic literature includes all printed communications available to collectors related to postage stamps, postal history, and their collecting, and to any of the specialised fields connected therewith.
World-wide, regional and single area catalogues whose depth of coverage does not qualify them as specialized catalogues.
Philatelic journals and newspapers, society organs, house organs, yearbooks and similar publications.
Articles of a general nature, in philatelic or non philatelic publications.
4.2 The criterion "treatment of contents" requires an evaluation of the literary style, clarity, and skill in communication shown in the exhibit.
4.3 The criterion "originality, significance and depth of research" requires an evaluation of the overall significance of the subject matter presented in the exhibit, as well as the degree to which the exhibit displays original discoveries, research, analysis or approaches to a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.
4.4 The criterion "technical matters" requires an evaluation of such aspects as title page and imprint, pagination, credits, bibliography, index, and use of illustrations.
4.5 The criterion "presentation" requires an evaluation of the effect of binding, typography, and similar production factor on the usability of the publication. To avoid the impact of purely commercial aspects, this criterion will only be evaluated to the degree that it represents a negative factor.
5.1 The literature exhibits will be judged by approved specialists in their respective field and in accordance with Section V, Art. 31-46 of GREX (refer GREV. Art. 5.1).
6.2 These Special Regulations for the Evaluation of Philatelic Literature Exhibits at FIP Exhibitions have been approved by the 54th FIP Congress of 5th November 1985 in Rome. They came into force on 5th November 1985 and apply to those exhibitions which are granted FIP patronage, auspices or support at the 54th FIP Congress and thereafter.
Rule 1 These supplementary rules for the admission of Literature Exhibits have been developed under Art. 3.3. of the General Regulations of the FIP for Exhibitions (GREX) and will apply to all Literature entries in General and Specialised Exhibitions of FIP (GREX, Art. 2).
Rule 2 In amplification of Art. 17.1 (GREX), entries may be exhibited by the author, compiler, editor, publisher, sponsoring organisation or society or any other individual holding proprietary rights.
Rule 4 A separate form will be used for entries in the literature class. In addition to the other information needed by the Exhibition Management, this form should also include the publication date, publisher, number of pages, frequency of publication (for periodicals) and means of ordering the publication (address, price).
Rule 5 Two copies of each literature exhibit shall be provided by the exhibitor: one copy for judging, and the other for a reading room as per Art. 6.8 of GREX. Following the exihibiton these copies shall be sent by the Exhibition Management to a library designated by the member federation hosting the exhibition, unless the exhibitor specifically asks for the return of these copies.
Rule 6 The entry fee for the literature exhibit shall be equivalent to the price of one frame in the general competition class of the same exhibition.
Rule 7 The Exhibition Management shall furnish the judges a list of literature entries at least three months prior to the exhibition.
Rule 8 Handbooks and special studies must have been published not earlier than 5 years prior to the exhibition year. For all other entries the publication date should be not earlier than 2 years prior to the exhibition year.For multi-volume works, the date of publication of each volume shall govern. Revised editions will be considered as new publications. For periodicals, the most recent complete volume or year shall be exhibited. A selection of at least ten different newspaper articles is required for exhibition.
Rule 9 Medals in the literature class will bear the word "Literature" either abbreviated or in full. Literature entries are also eligible for special awards (Art. 8.6 GREX).
Rule10 Literature Judges must have a reading ability in at least two languages, one of which must be any of the four official FIP languages. (Art. 29.3 of the Statutes).
Rule11 In the event of any discrepancies in the text arising from translation, the English text shall prevail.
Rule12 The Supplementary Rules for the Evaluation of Philatelic Literature Class in FIP Exhibitions have been approved by the 54th FIP Congress on 5 November 1985 in Rome, and replace all previous special regulations for literature. They came into force on 5 November 1985 and apply to those exhibitions which are granted FIP patronage, auspices or support at the 54th FIP Congress and thereafter.Note: The cross references to the Statutes and GREX have been updated to refer to the Statutes and GREX approved by the 69th FIP Congress on October 13th, 2006 at Malaga.
These guidelines are intended as a checklist which is detailed enough to be of service for specialized literature exhibitions as well as for general philatelic exhibitions in which literature is only one of several classes.
While the majority of the principles in exhibiting philatelic literature is identical to those which apply to other philatelic classes, as well, there are certain distinct differences.
In the first place, the significance and importance of a piece of literature cannot be seen from the outside. Literature must be judged by its content, and obviously the judges have to be familiar with that content before the start of the exhibition. While three to five days available for judging will allow time for review and some reading, it in no way suffices for each judge to read each entry thoroughly.
Second, literature exhibits cannot be taken apart and improved from one show to the next. In many cases, the exhibit represents a lifetime of research and effort which will serve philately for years to come. For this reason, the exhibiting of philatelic literature must be looked at primarily as a means of encouraging and promoting such literary efforts, and only secondarily as a competition for various levels of awards.
Third, it follows that the public must be able to examine the literature. A glance at a row of books in a locked case gives little information, and is a disservice to the viewer and the exhibitor. It is the content that is of interest, not the covers.
The FIP has developed a comprehensive set of regulations for evaluating philatelic exhibits, incorporating those FIP principles common to all competitive classes. For philatelic literature, these principles are expressed in the Special Regulations for the Evaluation of Philatelic Literature Exhibits at FIP Exhibitions. They are supplemented by provisions which recognise aspects of philatelic literature which are unique to this class, the Supplementary Rules for the Philatelic Literature class in FIP Exhibitions.
The two documents, taken as a whole, constitute the requirements for exhibiting and judging philatelic literature at FIP exhibitions.
The use of a point system, together with appropriate "Scoring sheets", can be helpful in reaching balanced and rational evaluations. However, it must be emphasised that such a system cannot be applied mechanically: the final points total also must be looked at in terms of the overall quality of the exhibits.
How well is story indentified and told?
How well is work constructed?
To avoid impact of purely commercial aspects, this criteria only to be evaluated to the degree that it represents a negative factor.
First, judges should look first for the positive aspects of the exhibits rather than merely looking to see 'how many points can I take off".
Second, all evaluations have to be made on a comparative basis with respect to what else has been published on that subject, how well similar matters are handled in other publications, even such questions as how significant a given publication may be for one country or language group as compared with others. These comparative factors can all change from one year or one exhibition to another, and it's conceivable that such changes may affect the evaluation of an exhibit.
The marking system is the same as for hard copy literature. However, there are difference.
Technical matters: At 15% would included such things as ease to load, compatibility with your software (even though nominally the same software, some CDs can be difficult or impossible to open depending on the country).
Clarity of images, use of contents pages, index, etc. are all important considerations.
For a CD to gain high marks under this heading, it use the unique features of a CD. For instance, has it got a search capability, one of the key matters for electronic literature.
Treatment of contents or authorship 40%, Research 40% and Presentation 5% are the same standards as are used for hard copy books.


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About Complex Systems
Background to the International Workshop in Evolutionary Economics
In 1999 and 2003, the University of Queensland School of Economics and the ESRC Centre for Research in Innovation and Competition (CRIC) at the University of Manchester jointly organized international workshops, in Brisbane and Manchester respectively, dealing with the interface between evolutionary economics, complex systems science and the large literature on innovation theory and policy.
These gave rise to two very successful edited volumes, published by Edward Elgar: Frontiers of Evolutionary Economics: Competition, Self-organizationand Innovation Policy (2001) and Evolution and Economic Complexity (2004).
It is now eighteen years since Evolutionary Macroeconomics was published but, despite the fact that this book sold very well, no widely accepted evolutionary approach to macroeconomics came into being in the 1990s. What we have in the evolutionary economic literature are only fragments of macro analysis and modeling, mainly in the area of economic growth.
Meanwhile, macroeconomics has become, increasingly, an application of neoclassical microeconomics. Real business cycle theory, thought to be highly unrealistic and impossible to use by most economists a decade ago, has now gained official credence with the award of the Nobel Prize to Edward Prescott. Endogenous growth theory, although sometimes associated with the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter, is a construction built upon Robert Solow's neoclassical theory of economic growth. Even New Keynesian macroeconomists have publicly distanced most of their ideas from those of John Maynard Keynes, preferring work with a theory which has a neoclassical 'long run' that is deviated from in the 'short run' because of the presence of asymmetric information and incompleteness in markets.
It is intended that the 2005 workshop will lead to new perspectives on the micro-foundations of macroeconomics that will help us to understand more clearly how processes such as innovation lead to beneficial macroeconomic outcomes and how economic systems that are recognized as being complex and adaptive can fluctuate endogenously through phases of inflation and recession. It is hoped that the macroeconomics of developing countries can also be better understood using these perspectives, bearing in mind just how inappropriate standard macroeconomics often is in such conditions. Since macroeconomics has always been a 'policy science', discussions of policy would seem to be appropriate. For example, innovation policy and policies to provide better information and communications infrastructure are generally felt to be 'a good thing' but the macroeconomic benefits of different policies of this kind are rarely quantified because there are very few models available to use for this purpose.
World-class basic and applied inter-disciplinary research on questions fundamental to understanding, designing and managing complex systems/font>
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A domestic commerical airliner in India has been recently found to have flouted flight safety norms almost four months back. The captain of the aircraft allowed a supernumerary pilot to undertake landing, when that pilot was neither qualified nor authorised for piloting duties!
Indian DGCA recommended suspension of the concerned airline's flight safety officer. The airline temporarily suspended the captain but cocking a snook at the management, the captain has been hurriedly reinstated at the behest of a 'Bollywood' actor .
Looks like filmstars in India determine the safety norms in the Indian skies rather than DGCA!


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Love and Hate in Islam
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Love for the sake of Allah and hate for the sake of Allah is an Islamic concept is known as Al Wala' Wal Bara' (loyalty and disavowal). A Muslim is required to love what Allah loves, and hate what Allah hates.
1 Qur'an
1.1 Verse 60:4
1.1.1 Tafsir of Verse
1.1.1.1 Harshness
1.1.1.2 Hate
2 Hadith
3 Scholars
3.1 Ibn Taymiyya
3.2 Ibn Abbas
3.3 Sheikh Hamad Ben Ateeq
3.4 Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab
3.5 Ahmad Sirhindi
3.6 Recent Fatwas
Verse 60:4
Indeed, there is for you a good example in Ibrahim and those with him when they said to their people: Surely we are clear of you and of what you serve besides Allah; we declare ourselves to be clear of you, and enmity and hatred have appeared between us and you forever until you believe in Allah alone-- but not in what Ibrahim said to his father: I would certainly ask forgiveness for you, and I do not control for you aught from Allah-- Our Lord! on Thee do we rely, and to Thee do we turn, and to Thee is the eventual coming:
Quran 60:4
Tafsir of Verse
Harshness
Allah declares that without doubt, Muhammad is truly His Messenger,
(Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.) and this quality includes every beautiful description. Allah praises the Companions of the Messenger , may Allah be pleased with them all,
(And those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, merciful among themselves.) just as He, the Exalted and Most Honored, said in another Ayah,
(Allah will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him; humble towards the believers, stern towards the disbelievers.)(5:54) This is the description of the believers; harsh with the disbelievers, merciful and kind to the believers, angry without smiling before the disbelievers, smiling and beaming with pleasure before his believing brother. Allah the Exalted said in another Ayah,
(O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you.) (9:123) The Prophet said,
(The parable of the believers in their kindness and mercy for each other, is that of the body: when one of its organs falls ill, the rest of the body responds with fever and sleeplessness.) The Prophet also said,
(A believer to another believer is like a building whose different parts enforce each other.)
Qualities of the Faithful Believers and Their Refinement
Allah the Exalted says to His faithful servants, whom He commanded to disown the disbelievers, to be enemies with them, and to distant themselves and separate from them:
(Indeed there has been an excellent example for you in Ibrahim and those with him,) meaning, his followers who believed in him,
(when they said to their people: "Verily we are free from you...) meaning, `we disown you,
(and whatever you worship besides Allah: we rejected you,) meaning, `we disbelieve in your religion and way,'
(and there has started between us and you, hostility and hatred forever) meaning, `Animosity and enmity have appeared between us and you from now and as long as you remain on your disbelief; we will always disown you and hate you,'
(until you believe in Allah alone,) meaning, `unless, and until, you worship Allah alone without partners and disbelieve in the idols and rivals that you worship besides Him.' Allah's statement,
The Good Example of Ibrahim and His Followers, when They disowned Their Disbelieving People
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls Gabriel (on whom be peace) and says: I love So-and-so, therefore love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So Gabriel loves him. Then he (Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying: Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love him. And the inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: Then acceptance is established for him on earth. And if Allah has abhorred a servant [of His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor So-and-so, therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel calls out to the inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors So-and-so, therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is established for him on earth.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik, and at-Tirmidhi).
Hadith Qudsi 24
Narrated AbuUmamah:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone loves for Allah's sake, hates for Allah's sake, gives for Allah's sake and withholds for Allah's sake, he will have perfect faith.
Sunan Abu Dawud 40:4664
Narrated AbuDharr:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The best of the actions is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah.
In the following hadith (classed by Al-Albani as "hassan", meaning "good") Ibn Abbas reports that Muhammad said,
"The strongest bond of faith is loyalty for the sake of Allah and opposition for His sake, love for the sake of Allah and enmity for His sake
At-Tabarani, al-Kabir., as-Suyuti, al-Jami' as-Saghir, 1/69
Imam Ahmad reports from Jarir ibn Abdullah that Muhammad made him swear an oath to
'offer counsel to every Muslim and to steer clear of every disbeliever. '[1]
Imam Ahmad Hadith
Ibn Shayba reports that Muhammad said,
"The strongest bond of faith is love for the sake of Allah and enmity for His sake."[1]
Ibn Shayba hadith
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
Suhayl ibn AbuSalih said: I went out with my father to Syria. The people passed by the cloisters in which there were Christians and began to salute them. My father said: Do not give them salutation first, for AbuHurayrah reported the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: Do not salute them (Jews and Christians) first, and when you meet them on the road, force them to go to the narrowest part of it.
Sunan Abu Dawud 41:5186, See also: Sahih Muslim 26:5389 and Sahih Muslim 26:5390
"The declaration of faith, there is no god but Allah, requires you to love only for the sake of Allah, to hate only for the sake of Allah, to ally yourself only for the sake of Allah, to declare enmity only for the sake of Allah; it requires you to love what Allah loves and to hate what Allah hates[1]
Ibn Taimiya, al-Ihtijaj bil-Qadar, p.62
Ibn Abbas
"Whoever loves for the sake of Allah, and hates for the sake of Allah, and whoever seals a friendship for His sake, or declares an enmity for His sake, will receive, because of this, the protection of Allah. No one may taste true faith except by this, even if his prayers and fasts are many. People have come to build their relationships around the concerns of the world, but it will not benefit them in any way.[1]
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, Jami' al-Ulum wal Hikam, p.30
Sheikh Hamad Ben Ateeq
In the Book of Allah (Qur'an) there is no ruling more apparent and significantthan the ruling of al- Wala' Wal Bara', after the requirement of Tawhid and the prohibition of its opposite
An-Najaat wal-Fakak, p.14
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab
Islam of a man can never be accepted, even if he abandons polytheism, unless he shows enmity towards the disbelievers and polytheists, as Allah says in Surat al-Muja'dilah, verse: 22, You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred (people)
Majmuat at-Tawhid, p.19
Ahmad Sirhindi
Ahmad Sirhindi (d. 1624) was an Islamic scholar and a prominent Sufi. He is regarded as having rejuvenated Islam, due to which he is commonly called "Mujadid Alf Thani", meaning "reviver of the second millennium".
Shariat can be fostered through the sword.
Kufr and Islam are opposed to each other. The progress of one is possible only at the expense of the other and co-existences between these two contradictory faiths in unthinkable.
The honor of Islam lies in insulting kufr and kafirs. One who respects kafirs, dishonors the Muslims. To respect them does not merely mean honouring them and assigning them a seat of honor in any assembly, but it also implies keeping company with them or showing considerations to them. They should be kept at an arm's length like dogs. ... If some worldly business cannot be performed without them, in that case only a minimum of contact should be established with them but without taking them into confidence. The highest Islamic sentiment asserts that it is better to forego that worldly business and that no relationship should be established with the kafirs.
The real purpose in levying jizya on them is to humiliate them to such an extent that, on account of fear of jizya, they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain terrified and trembling. It is intended to hold them under contempt and to uphold the honor and might of Islam.
Whenever a Jew is killed, it is for the benefit of Islam.[2]
Recent Fatwas
With regard to non-Muslims, the Muslim should disavow himself of them, and he should not feel any love in his heart towards them. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):...[quotes Quran 60:1 below]
Something else that will help you to stop mixing with non-Muslims is to remember that these kaafirs – even though they may have good manners and some good qualities – also do a number of seriously wrong things, any one of which is sufficient to nullify any good deeds that they may do. Among these evil things is the belief of the Christians – for example – that God is one of three (trinity), as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):...[quotes Quran 5:73 below]
Even if they give you some of your rights by treating you nicely, they do not give Allaah His rights and they do not give the Qur'aan its rights and they do not give our Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) his rights. The rights of Allaah and His Book and His Prophet are more important than our personal rights. Remember this, for this is one of the things that will help you to hate them and regard them as enemies until they believe in Allaah alone, as mentioned in the aayah quoted above (interpretation of the meaning):...[quotes Quran 60:4 below]
Being friends with non-Muslims
Shaykh Saleh Munajid, Islam Q&A, Fatwa No. 11793
The belief in al-wala' wa'l-bara' (loyalty and friendship vs. disavowal and enmity) is one of the most important basic principles of Islam. Just as faith increases and decreases, so too people vary in the extent to which they adhere to this important principle, and their adherence to it increases and decreases. But if this principle is destroyed completely in a person's heart and he does not do what it implies, this means that faith has been destroyed entirely as well, and faith is the basis on which he loves the close friends of Allaah and hates His enemies. This principle is indicated by a number of verses in the Book of Allaah and ahaadeeth from the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). These include the following:...[quotes Quran 58:22, Quran 4:144, Quran 5:51, Quran 3:118, Muslim 1817, Bukhari 415, Muslim 33, below]
There are many such reports, which indicates that it is haraam to take the kaafirs as close friends and to love them. This friendship may take many forms, such as approving of their kufr, mixing with them and being friendly towards them, living with them, taking them as close friends, loving them, preferring them to the believers, referring to their laws for judgement and so on. See question no. 2179.
From the above, you will see that loving a kaafir is a serious matter, because it goes against one of the most important principles of Tawheed, which is loving and being loyal towards the believers, and disavowing and rejecting the disbelievers.
Can he pray for his Christian friend to be healed?
Islam Q&A, Fatwa No. 47322
Non-Muslims - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Non-Muslims
AL-WALA' WAL-BARA', by Shaykh Muhammad Saeed Al-Qahtaani
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dr. Muhammad Saeed Al-Qahtaani - Al-Wala' Wa'l-Bara' in Islam - Translated by: Omar Johnstone
↑ Excerpted from Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi, Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Agra, Lucknow: Agra University, Balkrishna Book Co., 1965), pp.247-50; and Yohanan Friedmann, Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi: An Outline of His Thought and a Study of His Image in the Eyes of Posterity (Montreal, Quebec: McGill University, Institute of Islamic Studies, 1971), pp. 73-74.
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The peal board commemorating the 1914 Army-Navy peal (thanks to Nikki Thomas for the use of the photo)
On 8 January 1914, eight men, four from the Army, and four from the Naval Service (two each from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines) gathered at St Mary's, Gillingham, to ring a peal, the first by an all Armed Services band. One ringer had been held up as he'd been placed on the sick list, so there was unfortunately no time for the photograph they'd planned to have taken. After 2 hours and 57 minutes they succeeded in ringing 5056 changes of Plain Bob Major. The ringers were:
Warrant Shipwright William Austin Cooke, Royal Navy
Lance-Sergeant Frederick Augustus Holden, Royal Marines Light Infantry (Conductor and Composer)
Stoker 1st Class Alfred Arthur Playle, Royal Navy
Private Frederick James Souter, Essex Regiment
Corporal George Gilbert, Royal Engineers
Musician Victor Albert Jarrett, Royal Engineers
Private Archibald Percy Randolph Gibbs, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Lance-Sergeant James Bennett, Royal Marines Light Infantry
The peal was credited to the Kent County Association with Playle and Souter (both Essex men) being elected to the association in a belfry election prior to the start of the peal. It was Souter's first peal, and Playle's first on eight bells. They had over 50 years service between them at the time of the peal, and virtually all would go on to serve at least 21 years.
The ringers were planning a subsequent peal of Kent Treble Bob, but there's no evidence they ever actually made the attempt. Having not managed to have a photo on the occasion of the original peal, the band consoled themselves with the idea that they would have a one taken when the planned board to mark the peal was placed in the church. However, that plan was scuppered by the war, it was not until late October 1914 that the board was unveiled, only Holden was able to attend. Gibbs was already dead, KIA on 26 August 1914 at the Battle of Le Cateau, this would prove to be the worst single day of the war for 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment: 13 officers and 431 other ranks killed, wounded or missing; not even the Somme or Passchendaele saw greater losses on one day for that battalion.
The report of the unveiling was uncovered in the course of research for this site. The details were passed to the three current armed services bellringing guilds, Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (fortuitously, Holden later transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service and then to the RAF). Details of the original composition were found in the Kent County Association report for 1914, and so on 8 January 2014, eight current members of the armed services guilds (not all serving now) gathered at St Mary's, Gillingham to repeat the feat a century on. They succeeded, in the slightly quicker time of 2 hours 54 minutes, details of the ringers can be found in the report on BellBoard
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Ian J Culham 28/10/2014 at 14:23
We rang a peal to commerate this http://www.bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=318571
davidunderdown95 Post author 28/10/2014 at 14:26
Thanks Ian – it is mentioned in the last paragraph. Gibbs got a good write up in The Ringing World a couple of weeks ago too


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Five International Toreros Earn Postseason Accolades!
Names: Uros Petronijevic, Filip Vittek, Jordan Angus, Romain Kalaydjian
Countries: Serbia, Slovakia, United Kingdom, France
Majors: Communication, Business Administration and Management
Languages: Serbian, Slovak, English, French
The No. 22 University of San Diego men's tennis team (20-4, 9-0 WCC) swept this year's postseason awards in all categories. The West Coast Conference recognized head coach Brett Masi, Uros Petronijevic, Filip Vittek, Jordan Angus, and Romain Kalaydjian, which was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
From left to right: Uros Petronijevic, Filip Vittek, Jordan Angus, and Romain Kalaydjian
After leading the Toreros to an undefeated conference record for back-to-back seasons, Masi was named Coach of the Year for the second time in his career (previous, 2011). Junior Uros Petronijevic earned conference Player of the Year for the first time in his collegiate tenure as well, while also capturing a spot on the All-WCC Singles First Team with teammate Filip Vittek. Additionally, Vittek and partner Jordan Angus were named to the All-WCC Doubles First Team. Angus, a junior, picked up two accolades as well — achieving an All-WCC Singles Second Team spot in his first year as a Torero. Junior Romain Kalaydjian also grabbed an award, receiving an Honorable Mention selection for singles.
Masi has clearly left his mark on the Torero program in only his sixth season. Not only has he led the Toreros to four-straight NCAA second round appearances, Masi is the first-ever coach to hold the longest-running undefeated record against conference play at 20-0. Masi also claims the highest winning percentage in program history at .833 (previous, .818 1980). This season, Masi and the squad captured the West Coast Conference regular season title, only allowing five points versus conference play.
Petronijevic, the Toreros' No. 1 singles player, is currentlyranked No. 52 inthe nation. The Serbian currently rides a six-match winning streak in singles, while boasting an overall record of 20-10 and dual season record of 12-5. Petronijevic has filled very big shoes after Clarke Spinosa's departure defeating seven nationally-ranked opponents in the 2014-15 season (No. 18 Denis Nguyen of Harvard, No. 45 Gage Brymer of UCLA, No. 29 Harrison Adams of Texas A&M, No. 6 Yannick Hanfmann of USC, No. 93 Henry Craig of Denver, No. 42 Alen Salibasic of Drake, and No. 105 Freddy Gelbrich of San Diego State). Posting a 3-1 mark against league opponents, Petronijevic is only the second player in USD history to receive the prestigious Player of the Year award (previous, Dean Jackson 2011).
77th-ranked Vittek, who has played primarily at the No. 2 spot, is 5-1 in conference play and has moved up significantly in singles since his freshman year — previously receiving Honorable Mention selection recognition in 2014. With an overall record of 23-7, Vittek holds the team's most singles victories, while most notably defeating 38th-ranked Ben Lott of Drake and No. 37 Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame earlier this season. The Slovakia native received three West Coast Conference Player of the Week honors for singles, the most in conference this season. However, Vittek is no stranger to doubles success. The sophomore claims a spot on the All-WCC Doubles First Team for the second year in a row. Teamed up with Angus, the 45th-ranked pair have helped claim 18 of the Toreros' 24 doubles points this season. The talented duo have only dropped one match against league opponents at 7-1 and have defeated squads such as No. 6 Sasha Gozun and Roberto Cid of South Florida and No. 56 Thomas Colautti and Zack McCourt of Princeton. The pair has been ranked as high as No. 28 by the ITA national rankings (September 8, 2014).
Transferring from one of the top Division I tennis programs in the country, Angus begins to wrap up his first-year as a Torero on a high note. All-WCC Singles Second Teams comes well earned as the Englishman posts the team-best conference record at 8-0. Playing primarily at the No. 3 spot, Angus boasts an overall record of 20-8, whiling winning eight of his last nine matches. Angus also received West Coast Conference Player of the Week previously this season (April 1, 2015).
Wrapping up the singles awards was Kalaydjian. Kalaydjian has undoubtedly been a significant asset to the Torero squad and is known for his down-to-the-wire clutch victories. The junior has won five singles matches in a row and posts a 6-1 record versus league opponents.
The Toreros, who received the top seed at the West Coast Conference Championships for the second year in a row, received a bye for the first round of the tournament beginning this week (April 22-25, 2015) at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, Calif. The squad will prep for their first match in the quarterfinals scheduled for this Thursday, April 23rd, at 12:00 p.m. — PT.
For more information, go to www.usdtoreros.com
This entry was posted in International Student and Scholar Features and tagged Athletics, Business, Communication, France, Serbia, Slovakia, tennis, Torero, United Kingdom on May 5, 2015 by jafshar.
Women's Tennis vs. Portland
Come stop by to support your fellow international student athletes! FREE pizza and prizes available during the break around 2:15 pm,
Location: The Hogan Tennis Center
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Marta: Juggling Sports, School, and Friends the Right Way
Name: Marta Stojanovic
Major(s): Behavioral Neuroscience
Language(s): Serbian, English, German, Italian, and a little Spanish
Marta is photographed here (third from the left) with her teammates
"Hi everyone! My name is Marta and I am from Serbia. I am a junior and I am majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience. I speak five languages which are Serbian, English, German, Italian and a little of Spanish. I am also a student-athlete and I received an athletic scholarship to play tennis for the University of San Diego. Serbia (well, Europe in general) does not have a system in which athletes can both play their sport and study at a university. You have to pick between the two. That is why I decided to come to a university in the United States where I am able to play tennis competitively and study in a great academic institution. I decided to come to University of San Diego because of the great tennis program, strong academics, and a beautiful weather. Not only I enjoy playing tennis and studying at USD, I get to send pictures of me tanning at the pool in February to my jealous friends that are freezing back home. I think I made a pretty good choice!
Being a student-athlete and an international student at USD definitely creates a unique experience. I had to face all the challenges of coming into a different culture and learning a new system, but also the challenges of being a student-athlete and managing sports and school.Even though it was and still difficult at times, I have learned so much and would not change this experience for anything. I have learned to manage my time and be more efficient. I have learned to utilize the resources that are plentiful here at USD. People here were very helpful, from the professors, athletic department to the members of the International Student Organization (ISO).
The International Harbor Cruise 2014
Many international students are not used to asking for help but I think the available resources are one of the greatest advantages of USD. What I value the most from this experience are all the great people I have met. I have never thought that I will be in contact and become friends with so many people from different countries and cultures. At the beginning it took some time to adjust to the diversity of USD but I believe that has made me more aware of the differences and similarities between people. I was lucky to be on the tennis team which consists of mostly international student-athletes. We all go through a similar experience which connects us and enables us to help each other. They are like my family away from home. We plan trips over the summers, in the US and all over the world, and I believe that even in 10 years we will have reunions somewhere in the world and visit each other. I was fortunate enough to be part of athletic community and international community here at USD which made this experience unforgettable.
Living in the United States is very different from home. Not only the culture and people are different, but the system as well. Everyone here is very friendly. Not saying that people in Serbia are not friendly but just different kind of friendly. There were a lot of things that I needed to learn from scratch: from writing essays in English, to getting used to large portions of food (except in the SLP during dinner). It also took me a while to realize that I am supposed to hold the door for the person behind me even though they might not be that close. It took a lot of adjustment but I think this experience as an international student prepared me for many things in the future and I feel I could be thrown anywhere in the world and I would be able to survive. However, I believe that I am not the only one when I say that I miss a lot of things from home too: the food, the people, my favorite coffee place, my own room, but most of all my family and friends. It is harder for international students to travel back home as often because it is usually far away and more expensive. I get to see my family only once a year. It was the hardest at the beginning but as time passed it got easier, even the goodbyes at the airport. It probably makes it easier that I am usually very busy over the day and I do not have a lot of time to think about home. I spend my day going from classes to practice back to classes again. And then the rest of the day I usually try to catch up on homework and readings. I know, it is not that exciting. Over the weekends I try to do something fun for myself like going to the beach, watching a movie or hanging out with my friends.
My plan for the future is to go to graduate school for neuropsychology. I will probably apply to schools in the US and in Europe. I know where I want to end up but the path that will take me there is uncertain. I am excited to see what lies for me in the future."
-Marta Stojanovic
This entry was posted in Undergrad Experience and tagged Academic Success, Athletics, Culture, English, German, Italian, Neuropsyhcology, Serbian, Spanish on March 27, 2015 by jafshar.
Torrey Pines Hike
Join us for a hike and beach picnic at one of the most beautiful state reserves in California.
If you need to carpool, please meet behind Serra Hall at 9:00am! RSVP required.
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SC junks Revilla plea in connection with plunder suit
Christopher Lloyd Caliwan-PNA
MANILA — The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition of detained former Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. and four others, including alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles in connection with the plunder charges filed against them on their alleged involvement in the multi-billion pork barrel scam.
In a press conference SC Spokesperson Theodore Te said the high court justices voted 13-1 in favor of dismissing the petitions for lack of merit.
The justices also affirmed the findings of probable cause against all petitioners, and a directive for the Sandiganbayan to charge and commence/continue all necessary proceedings in these cases with deliberate dispatch.
Aside from Revilla and Napoles, the petitioners charged before the Sandiganbayan were Richard Cambe, Revilla's chief of staff; Ronald John Lim and Raymund De Asis, Staff employees of Napoles.
Te also said that that petitioners had commonly assailed the joint resolution dated March 28, 2014 and the joint order dated June 4, 2014 of the Ombudsman finding probable cause to indict them, among others for plunder and 16 counts of violation of RA 3019, sec 3.
"The Court found no grave abuse of discretion in the indictments stating that, the Ombudsman (and the Sandiganbayan as to petitioners) did not err in finding probable against all the petitioners. Their findings are fully supported by the records of this case and semblance of misapprehension taints the same. Moreover, this Court cannot tag key documentary evidence as forgeries and bar testimonies as hearsay at this stage of the proceedings; otherwise it would defy established jurisprudential norms followed during the preliminary investigation," Te said as he read the decision.
"The standard of proof is accordingly correlative to what must be proved. Clearly, based on the foregoing disquisitions, the standard of probable cause was adequately hurdled by the prosecution in this case. As scuh, no grave abuse of discretion was committed by the Ombudsman and Sandiganbayan in the proceedings a quo," Te added.
Revilla has another pending petition with the high tribunal, which seeks grant of bail pending trial of the non-bailable plunder charges in the Sandiganbayan.
Earlier, the Sandiganbayan twice rejected Revilla's petition for bail in his case, the first in December 1, 2014 and on March 26, 2015 with the anti-graft court saying that it found the prosecution's evidence against the lawmaker to be "strong."
The anti-graft court further stressed then that the evidence against Revilla was "compelling" though it clarified that such findings should not be regarded as prejudgment of the merits of the case which it added are best determined only after a full-blown trial of the case.
The former lawmaker is accused of diverting his pork barrel allocations into fake non-government organizations established by businesswoman and alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles in exchange for hefty kickbacks.
Revilla's co-accused former Senator Jinggoy Estrada is currently detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame while former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile was allowed by the SC to post bail in August last year for humanitarian considerations. Christopher Lloyd Caliwan/PNA-northboundasia.com
Tags: former Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr, pork barrel scam, Supreme Court
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