—A Movie Review about a man whose curses came true!—Are Curses & Disasters Always Wrong?
2. I THINK THE MOST SHOCKING THING ABOUT THAT WHOLE MOVIE WAS THE AUDIENCE REACTION, that they were so flippant & foolish—virtually sneering & making fun of it & thought it was a big joke! One of these days God will have the last laugh! I think that audience tonight almost proved why God has to send disasters. When I looked at that bunch & heard them laugh & snicker & ridicule' I thought, "What these people need is a good disaster!"
3. IF ANY BUNCH NEEDED A DISASTER, THAT BUNCH NEEDED ONE! They made me furious!—And Abrahim was just absolutely disgusted! I didn't get any message or anything, I didn't hardly dare! Well, I'm glad to hear you say that, because I believe it shows you're in the Spirit & your spirit was grieved at their behaviour, that they were taking the whole thing so flippantly & lightly' sneering' ridiculing, laughing & making fun of it!
4. NOW OF COURSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HABIT OF LAUGHING OFF FEAR. They're afraid to face things & they don't dare take it seriously. They're afraid to take it soberly so they laugh it off. So it could be some of those people were laughing instead of crying. I think Americans particularly have a tendency to do that rather than face the facts—to act just silly & flippant & brush it aside because they don't want to think seriously about it.
5. WELL THE MAIN QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK YOU WAS WHAT WAS THE THING THAT IMPRESSED YOU MOST or shocked you most, & I'm pleased to see that you got the same thing—the attitude & behaviour of the audience was the most shocking thing about the whole film! Many of those things moved too fast; they must think that a lot of people wouldn't be interested in the soberness or the dialogue or the documentation. Some of those quotes & things that he wrote in his journal were extremely important & meaningful.
8. WELL, HERE LIES A VERY GREAT QUESTION OF WHAT IS GOOD & WHAT IS EVIL? The World is constantly judging God, & you'll find in most accounts of disasters & catastrophes they say, "Why did God allow this thing? Why did God allow all these innocent lives to be destroyed!"—especially the Jews are great at this. But the question that came to me, & the question I want to ask you: Why did they call it "The Medusa Touch" & who was Medusa?
9. PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON PHRASE YOU HEAR IN NEWS ARTICLES IS "SO MANY INNOCENT LIVES WERE LOST." Let me ask you, as far as adults are concerned, who is innocent? Maria & I have noticed in reading the accounts of various disasters, particularly plane disasters, that often the only survivors are children! Time & time again you see this happening, in disaster after disaster' only some child or some children live through it, sometimes without a scratch. See on the surface, Alfred, that is what a lot of people probably thought, & what in some ways it seemed like, & what she & the inspector were trying to stop.
10. THE BIG QUESTION THAT COMES UP IS, WHAT IS EVIL? What type of things did he attack? What kind of people did he attack? What kind of things or institutions did he want to destroy? What was your impression of his nurse? She was a witch! Was her destruction therefore necessarily evil? What was your impression of his parents? Sickening! No love! No real concern or understanding or anything, totally selfish, right?
12. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE DYING & STARVING & NOBODY CARED! They're all busy watching a 3 billion dollar ridiculous futile, wasteful, scientific toy experiment—useless! Spending 3 billion dollars on a thing like that when people were dying of starvation! I felt like that about the space shot.
13. DIDN'T I HAVE A DREAM ABOUT THE SPACE SHOT, that some were going to die or something? Remember? A long time ago when that was all going on. I have a vague vague memory of that. I said it's all gone too smoothly, too easily, then right after that, three men were incinerated in the nose cone in just a practice test on the ground! The whole thing went up in smoke & never even took off the ground—it wasn't supposed to.
14. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF HIS LEGAL DEFENSE OF THE BOY WHO CRITICISED THE WAR MUSEUM? I think that was one of the most powerful scenes in the whole movie! (Path: He said at the very end that he took the judgments of God into his own hands.) (Sara: He said he was doing God's dirty work for Him.) Well, doesn't God have instruments of judgment? Wasn't Hitler an instrument of God's judgment?—& the Devil?
15. A LOT OF THESE SO-CALLED EVIL MEN HAVE BEEN JUST EXACTLY WHAT THE PEOPLE DESERVED & NEEDED. ... (Maria: He called himself & the others who helped to bring on these things "children of the Devil.") Wasn't that the whole question, really, that he was being plagued by this terrible guilt complex & afraid that he was doing evil? Isn't this the problem that troubled him all the way through? That although he had these strong convictions on these subjects' it seemed like he almost felt that his judgments were too severe, & in a way he was right.
16. BUT ISN'T THAT THE WAY A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT GOD? "God, You may be right, but Your punishment was too severe! That nation had been a wicked nation, but why did You have to kill millions of them, or hundreds of thousands in an earthquake?" The basic question that comes up & is going to come up in a lot of people's minds from a picture like that, or should if they're sober & serious thinkers at all' it's an age-old question that has plagued philosophers & theologians & mankind for ages, those who are not very convinced or firm believers.
17. IT'S THE OLD QUESTION OF WHAT IS RIGHT & WHAT IS WRONG! The whole World is judging God everyday, & he said something about that. The whole World in every disaster that happens are judging God, & most of them are saying God shouldn't have done it, it was too much, too severe' why did God allow such a thing to happen?
18. ONE THING WE CANNOT DENY IS THAT'S AN APPARENT FACT' THERE ARE SUCH DISASTERS & CATASTROPHIES, & those things do happen! Could God prevent them? Do you believe that an almighty all-powerful omniscient omnipresent God could prevent them? Let's not even blame Him for causing them, just for the matter of the question at the moment, let's say, "Well, I couldn't believe, that God could cause things like that!" Well' if you believe in God at all, that there is a God & He is all-powerful, if He didn't cause it' couldn't He have prevented it? Then comes up the age-old question again, why did He allow it?
19. THE WHOLE THING COMES DOWN TO THE BASIC QUESTION OF WHAT IS EVIL? And the old theological question that the World always asks the preachers, why does God allow evil in the World? I think we're probably going to be a little surprised one of these days when we get on the other side, at the difference between our standards & God's standards:—What God considers evil & what the Devil has taught the World to call evil' which is almost always a reflection on God. Almost always it's something that he wants to reflect on God & as a condemnation of the justice of God.—He's pointing an accusing finger at the Love of God to try to prove that God is neither just nor loving nor merciful—that's the Devil's whole idea!
20. THAT PICTURE HAS A LOT DEEPER MEANING THAN JUST MEETS THE EYE OR IS ON THE SURFACE! Another question, what about that Headmaster of the school? Didn't you feel like he got what he deserved? Of course four of the boys died with him, but who knows what they may have deserved? Well, you certainly had the feeling that the Headmaster deserved it, as cruel & unmerciful & horrible as he was! I mean he was an actual torturer, sending that little boy out in the rain & the cold to pick up exactly so many leaves.
21. AND WHAT ABOUT THE CHURCH PEOPLE? I think you'll find someplace in my writings—especially in my older writings a long ways back—that I have said that I thought the whole World would be much better off if there wasn't one single church building on Earth' & I felt like destroying them myself sometimes!
22. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE GO TO CHURCHES LIKE THAT? I think the guy who produced that movie did an amazing job of trying to bring out certain things.—The rich & powerful, the hypocritical, all these big shots were going to this big church service, the Queen & all the rest! What do you think God thinks about that? Are they there to worship God? Many people go to church to show off their nice clothes & see what somebody else is wearing & put on a front or hear the latest gossip!
23. MANY OF THEM ARE SUCH A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES, not all, but I'd say many of them, especially a church like that! Look at the Pastor, he wouldn't even believe it when he was warned! It showed he did not even believe his own faith or his own sermons, the way be acted. He sneered at the simple believing policeman who believed that there was the supernatural.
24. THE POLICEMAN WAS ALMOST PREACHING HIS SERMONS AT HIM, "What's the matter, don't you believe in the Devil? Don't you believe in the supernatural?" and the Pastor practically sneered & laughed in his face! In other words, he was as good as telling him that he didn't believe in what he preached as much as this simple policeman was believing!
25. THE WAY THE WORLD USUALLY IS ABOUT DISASTER: IF YOU PREDICT IT THEY WON'T BELIEVE IT UNTIL IT HAPPENS, & then it's too late! Jesus said, "For in the days that were before the flood, they were eating & drinking, marrying & giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the Ark, & knew not until the flood came & took them all away!" (Mt.24:37-39.) What did He mean they "knew not"? Noah had been telling them for 120 years! What it really means is they wouldn't believe him! He told them there was going to be a judgment of God & rain & a flood; he was building a boat, that was a sermon enough! Did they believe it? They laughed him to scorn! "Knew not until the flood came!"
26. THEY WON'T BELIEVE IT UNTIL IT HAPPENS, & THEN IT'S TOO LATE! Haven't I said something about that? No matter how many times you warn some people, they want to wait & see if it happens before they believe you. Of course, then they will believe when it happens' but that's too late because it will sweep them away!
27. WHAT ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH?—What he said about the planes & the noise of the planes roaring overhead. He said they were nearly driving him crazy & he couldn't think! And of course they cause pollution & all kinds of things. Who is the author of today's speed? I think I've made that very clear' the Devil himself is the author of speed, although sometimes we get the benefit of it, we rode home in a car tonight.—If you live in this era in which everybody's travelling that way, you almost have to. We ride on trains, we ride on airplanes, I mean we couldn't have very well walked to the movie. Nevertheless that ride is very dangerous.
28. WE RISKED OUR LIVES TO RIDE IN THAT CAR TO GO TO THAT MOVIE, it could have killed us! People risk their lives to be in a hurry to ride airplanes, depending on little mechanical contraptions to get them there in a hurry. I don't find anywhere in experience or in God's Word, or very few times where God is ever in a hurry or is ever for speed. You just read it & see! Even in His judgments He waits very patiently & you wonder how He could wait so long before He judges countries like America. When you think of the havoc that America has wrought & the millions she has slaughtered, including innocent children & babies' & the suffering she has caused, you wonder how God could even wait as long as He does! You'd think God would be in a bigger hurry in that case, whereas He's not even in that big a hurry.
29. I'VE SAID THERE'S ONLY ONE TIME WHEN GOD MOVES FAST & THAT'S USUALLY WHEN HE'S ANGRY! He's very patient' He waits a long time, but then He usually moves fast when He decides to lower the boom, He lowers it real fast & drastically! When the star said something about, "Aren't we all children of the Devil?", there was something else he said in there which gave me the impression that he was trying to convey the idea that none of these people who were suffering from these catastrophes were innocent. In other words he was saying we're all guilty, we all deserve it.
31. WHO IS GOD'S EXECUTIONER? (Family: The Devil.) Who is His Death Angel? (The Devil.) In a sense, yes. Who is His Prosecuting Attorney? Who is His Prosecutor? (The Devil.) If you've read the Letters you ought to know these answers. I've talked about how God's the Judge & the Devil's the Prosecutor & Jesus is the Defender & we are the sinner or the criminal. So are you getting the point?
33. JESUS SAID, "ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME IN HEAVEN & EARTH!" (Mt.28:18.) If God is God & He's all-powerful & the Eternal & the Creator & "all things were made by Him' & without Him was not any thing made that was made," what about the Devil? (John 1:3.) You mean God made the Devil? How many times have I told you, the Devil is working for the Lord! He does His dirty work for Him! Didn't the star say something about, "I'm doing God's dirty work"?
34. ARE THE JUDGEMENTS OF GOD RIGHTEOUS OR NOT? Let's say if the disasters in the film tonight actually happened, were they right or wrong? Should they have happened or not? This is the subtle thing that the film is really driving at which I think is going to escape most people. (Sara: I thought that it sort of hinted at that when the school burned & the woman doctor said, "What about the four little boys?" and he said, "That's why I'm here today!") That bothered him, the death of the teacher didn't bother him, but the children dying bothered him.
35. (SARA: HE KNEW THE TEACHER DESERVED IT because he willed it on him' but he didn't understand if it was God's will or the Devil's will that the little boys would die. Then he said, "I don't believe in the Devil anymore than I believe in God," but then he sort of left it open like he didn't know what he believed anymore.) Well, that's not saying you don't believe, I could say that too: I don't believe in the Devil anymore than I believe in God! (Sara: That's exactly what he said!) Well, neither do I! I believe in the Devil just as much as I believe in God, because I believe they both exist!
36. SO HE WASN'T DENYING FAITH, in fact his whole approach was that he was convinced that there was something that was causing all this through him. I began to wonder if the film was trying to even insinuate that he was like the Devil in person—he had scrapbooks full of the disasters—that he was like Satan on Earth, or at least a man certainly possessed by Satan. But honestly now, thinking it all over & thinking about him, do you feel any sympathy for him? Do you feel that he was usually right & the judgments were usually just or justifiable, as horrible as they may seem?
37. WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE? You & I know what most Worldly people are like, I've heard of a lot of planes going down, there are lots of crashes & disasters. I figure that if there were any saints on board, well, they went to be with the Lord, & probably the vast majority of them got just what they deserved!—They were not God's children & they were not believers & they were scorners & unbelievers who have probably rejected Christ many times & finally went to meet their judgment!—Whatever judgment that may be, I believe that it is also going to be just & justifiable.
38. THAT AUDIENCE WAS SO INSIPID & SO SICKENING, THEY MADE ME WANT TO PUKE!—The things they laughed at! They laughed at the people who were getting slaughtered by the collapse of that chapel where the priest got hit by the masonry & were being slaughtered, they clapped & laughed & thought it was great. They really rejoiced—if it was evil they were rejoicing in evil! (Dora: Another thing which also struck me was about his child, he loved his child so much!) (Maria: It showed his good side that he wanted a child.) Well' that's another thing' what about her? Did you gather that she got what was coming to her?
39. HE SPOKE LIKE A PROPHET, with the justice & the reasoning & the justification of a prophet! In a lot of those cases he sounded like a preacher, he was preaching! That's why they didn't like him, because he always told the truth. Alfred & Sara have children, do you ever have to punish them? How does it make you feel when you have to punish them? Do you enjoy it? I had to punish my children, & sometimes I had to run off & cry afterward I felt so bad! But was it necessary?
40. IS IT NECESSARY TO SOMETIMES CHASTISE, to chasten, to child train & maybe even give a little corporal whack occasionally if nothing else works? Isn't this what the Bible exhorts, that you need sometimes even to use the rod to teach a child, to drive the foolishness out of his heart? (Prov.22:15.) There were sure a lot of hearts there tonight that had a lot of foolishness that sure need the rod, & I have an idea they're going to get it before long!
41. IS THE ROD WRONG? Do you enjoy using it? Can't a parent really say that sometimes, that it hurts me as much?—Sometimes it hurts you more! I'd say it usually hurts you more than it does the child, to punish. I wanted to ask you some of these things while they're still on your mind, while you're still in the spirit of the thing, & see if you really got the point of the picture. To me that picture was a preachment! He in that picture, whether he was portraying a devil or a demon or whatever, he was like a prophet of God!
44. "WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE who think they can fight these things with mortal means!" He was furious at the people in the movie who were approaching these things from the material standpoint. Even if he was the Devil in person, he was wreaking the judgments of God! So who are we, in other words, with mortal means, to try to fight the judgments of God?
45. WHO ARE WE, EVEN AS WEAK MORTALS, TO QUESTION THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD? (Path: His scrapbook full of all the disasters made you think that maybe he caused all these things that had been happening.) Of course that was the idea I think they meant to convey. It was almost as though he didn't know for sure, but he was afraid maybe he was responsible. But the fact is, if they happened—& according to the movie they did—then they happened & God allowed them. Therefore they were with the permission of God & therefore, if you don't want to say that God caused them to happen, God let them happen. Was He right or wrong? Hmm?
46. WHO WAS THE MEDUSA AND WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS WHOLE THING AT ALL? It was pretty difficult to grasp that. It came out in the early part when they were commenting on this piece of art. (Path: He said that she was a Greek Goddess & whoever looked into her eyes was turned to stone.) It also mentioned the fact that she was created to fight against certain other gods. I don't know Greek mythology that well & the whole story.
48. THE WOMAN OF WISDOM, THE GODDESS OF WISDOM! Wasn't that what Medusa was? Medusa was the goddess of wisdom, remember? (Maria: I think it said that in the movie.) She, the goddess of wisdom' with all man's wisdom, was trying to fight what really amounted to the will of God!—And trying to destroy the instrument of God, in a sense the prophet of God!
49. AREN'T THERE PEOPLE WHO THINK WE'RE EVIL? Aren't there people who think that if they would kill us they'd be doing God service? Aren't there people who think that if they could destroy us the World would be better off? Are they right or are they wrong? (Family: Wrong!) To the World they may look very right & they may have some very good reason. It looked like she had every right to try to destroy & kill him! But I think the last scene brought out the fact that this power was beyond any human control!—And that's what we got of course from Abrahim that night!
50. ARE THERE PEOPLE WHO LAUGH AT OUR PROPHECIES? Are there people who scorn & sneer & make fun of our predictions & rejoice when they think they don't happen? Were there people there tonight making fun?—Sneering, scorning, ridiculing, laughing? I think that picture is a message' & I think that it was intended to be a message & a warning, & he was intended to be like a prophet!—Whether of God or the Devil, nevertheless a prophet!
52. THE PROPHETS OF GOD NOT ONLY WARNED THE PEOPLE & PREDICTED THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD, sometimes they even brought about the judgments of God! Can you think of any instances in the Bible where the prophets called down fire out of Heaven & themselves pronounced & brought about the judgments of God? There are quite a few times in the Bible where the prophets not only predicted & warned, but then by their faith & at their command, God sent the judgment! Has that ever happened with us?
53. CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OF OUR PRAYERS GOD HAS ANSWERED? I can think of several in which I got inspired to prophesy against people or nations & prayed fervently & God stepped in & judged, & did it! Doesn't God answer our prayers? Does He promise that you can pray & if you have the faith you can even move mountains? Certainly in special instances you can call down the judgments of God. You can not only predict the doom, warn of the doom by the Word of God, but literally by your own faith in God bring about the doom. Is that possible or not, hmm?
54. SO IF HE FELT THOSE CHURCH PEOPLE WERE DESERVING OF IT, were worthy of it, which he certainly did obviously—he predicted the destruction of their temple & he as good as said they were worthy of it—then apparently his power or faith or whatever it was brought it about! After it's happened' does it ever trouble the prophet? Read your Bible. Lots of times in the Bible the prophet grieved over it after it happened. Moses grieved over the judgments of God. Even Elijah & Elisha grieved & Jeremiah grieved over what God was going to do to the people; although he'd said it all the time, he wept over it.
56. HE WAS IDENTIFYING HIMSELF WITH MANKIND IN GENERAL & saying he too was guilty. We're all guilty' aren't we? Aren't we all sinners? If it weren't for the Lord, wouldn't we all be children of the Devil?—If we hadn't found the Lord, or the Lord hadn't found us' right? He did in this case like prophets often do' they often identified themselves with the people. Moses even said, "If You're going to destroy them, destroy me too!" Jeremiah pled with the Lord because he was one of the people & he considered them his people. If God was going to judge his people, & he was going to have to suffer with them, which he did.
57. THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE YOU THINK WHAT AN AMAZING MESSAGE IT IS!—How powerful, & yet in a way so deep that only, I think you might say, the wise will understand! Only those who know the Lord & know God's ways & His judgments & how the Lord works' & who have faith in His righteousness & His Justice & in His love & His mercy are going to understand what that picture's all about! That picture was a blast at the very people who were guffawing & laughing & ridiculing & scorning. It was like they were laughing at the Prophet of God!
58. IS THE PROPHET'S TASK USUALLY A LONELY ONE? Most prophets were pretty lonely men! When it comes to the crunch' you often have to stand alone. Maybe that's why I value your fellowship so much, I love to come down here & be with you & fellowship with you & visit with you, because in many ways we are very much alone. There is a place where even Maria can't go with me, & she knows when I'm in that place. In a way she's there, but in a way she's only hearing what's happening & getting it second hand. But I'm the one who's really in it & experiencing it without her. In most of my dreams & visions she's almost never there' I'm almost always alone.
59. THE JOB OF THE PROPHET OF GOD IS A VERY LONELY JOB, between him & the Lord. He acts like the high priest of God for the people, he bears the message of God, but he gets it alone from God & then he passes it on to the people. Was this man a lonely man?—A pitifully lonely man! (Dora: Who was the man who he talked to in the park?) I had a very strange feeling about that when it happened. It seemed to have nothing to do with the story whatsoever, & it shows only the man's back.
60. I HAD A STRANGE FEELING THAT HE WAS TALKING WITH A GUIDING SPIRIT! I would like to see it over again because there are several things that go by so fast! It was a long picture at that, & they run it through so fast you don't catch it! But I had a definite feeling like that person was his helper!
62. I THINK HE WAS CONVINCED & HE WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE HER, but it seemed he was still not quite able to understand it or reason it out or why, why' why! "Why do I do this & what is wrong with me?" It was sort of like not knowing whether he was right or wrong.—Why does it always have to be destructive? Are not some of the angels of God angels of judgment? God spoke of an angel in the days of Egypt as the Death Angel. Man has his executioners whose job is destruction' so God must have some agents or angels—we certainly know the Devil is—whose job is to bring about judgment, destruction, disaster' catastrophe, like executioners.—Something causes disasters!
63. I DON'T BELIEVE IN THESE THEORIES OF "NATURAL" DISASTERS, that they're just caused by normal means, blah blah! They happen too often in just the right places at the right times to the right people! You take just before the San Francisco earthquake, my mother said that was one of the wickedest places in the World, & the part worst hit was what was called the Barbary Coast which was a cesspool of iniquity! So every time I hear of a disaster or a catastrophe of any kid I think, "Well Lord, You know why You let it happen!" If thousands of people die, they must have been ripe for judgment somehow.
64. THEY ASKED JESUS THIS QUESTION ONCE, they asked Him if those people on whom the Tower of Siloam fell were all wicked. Do you remember what Jesus said? He really didn't even answer them! He said something about that their time had come. (Lk.13:4,5.) He looked at His accusers who were the Scribes & the Pharisees who were trying to trip Him up with this question & said, "Your time is always ready!" In other words' "You're due to go any time!" because of their wickedness. So thank God, our time has not yet come. He let us make a safe trip to the movie & back!
65. I FELT LIKE IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEE IT & UNDERSTAND IT, & I BELIEVE IT IS REALLY A MESSAGE FROM GOD FOR US! I would like to know more about it, if it was a book & who the author was & maybe we can find out more about it! After I saw "Solaris" I got the book & read it, because there was so much in it, & I wanted to see if I got what the author was trying to say. Well, let's keep our eyes open for it! Bless your hearts, I didn't mean to keep you so long, but I wanted to ask you a few of those questions' because in a way it troubled me. (Path: I thought that was really heavy when he went to the palmist!) I had an experience almost like that!
66. MARIA CAN REMEMBER WHEN MADAME M TOOK MY HAND SHE JERKED BACK LIKE SHE HAD AN ELECTRIC SHOCK! She said, "You've got more power than Merlin the Magician!" And then she went on & on & on & on about all those things about the books, "Oh the volumes I see, volumes & volumes!" Oh me! There were a lot of things in that I still don't understand. Well, it hasn't all happened yet, so I don't even understand some of it! But apparently that really scared that guy' who said, "There's been a great tragedy in your life!"
67. I THINK THE MESSAGE OF THE WHOLE PICTURE WAS THAT HE WAS LIKE THE DEATH ANGEL OR A PROPHET OF GOD! He was definitely a prophet against the evils of this World, right? In all of his judgments he was judging & prophesying against the evils of Humanity, wasn't he?—Time & again! And even though he didn't say much in his boyhood, it was obviously evil that he was condemning.
68. HE WAS OFTEN TROUBLED, AS PROPHETS ARE! Sometimes some things I've gotten have actually scared me & worried me & I wondered if I was getting it from the right source, believe it or not, & I've told you about some of these experiences. Well, does that help you understand it a little better? What do you think the superficial shallow unbelieving unthinking unwise World is going to think about it? What judgments do you think they're going to pass on that film?—That he was some kind of a monster, demon-possessed, evil! (Alfred: That he was some cultist!) (Path: An ism!) Yes, an awful Guru!
69. HE HAD AT LEAST TWO OR THREE FOLLOWERS anyhow who believed in him! Ha! Some of them thought he was such a monster they tried to kill him before he did any more damage, but it was obvious they couldn't stop the relentless power behind him. They may kill us' but they'll never stop the Power that's in us & behind us—it's going to get them one of these days! So, praise the Lord!
70. I THINK IT WAS A REAL PREACHMENT TO THE THINKING PERSON & the person who understands at all & has any faith in justice & the righteousness of God!—They're going to sympathise with the fellow. I think that court scene was one place where the audience really got the point & almost cheered. That showed there was a lot of anti-war sentiment there, that's one thing the youth of America are strong on, & the youth of Britain too, anti-war sentiment, so they cheered him for that!—They liked that message! But I doubt if they'll even understand some of those other messages.
71. I THINK HE WAS EVEN BLASTING AIRPLANES AS BEING EVIL, & in a way they are! They do a lot of evil, kill a lot of people, poison the atmosphere & they're bringing the World too close together. If it were not for the airplane & aerodynamics, there could be no missile war, there could be no atomic war' because they'd have no means of delivery! It's the airplane & missiles that are going to make the atomic war possible.
72. IN A SENSE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE JUDGED & DESTROYED REALLY WERE BASICALLY EVIL. It's obvious that airplanes are not of God! And even automobiles are not of God. God in His mercy lets us use them sometimes, & in His permissive will, but in all the things that I've had about the future, there aren't going to be any airplanes or automobiles around! We're going to go back to the same kind of transportation God created to begin with' nothing but animals & foot & cart & buggy & carriage & that sort of thing. Think of that! That's kind of hard to believe, isn't it, but it's true!
73. HE SAID "NOTHING SHALL HURT NOR DESTROY IN ALL MY HOLY KINGDOM!" (Isa.11:9.) Well, that certainly rules out all the automobiles & the airplanes & the missiles & war & everything else man has made that have turned Earth into Hell! Man has turned a paradise into Hell on Earth with his inventions which are polluting, destroying & annihilating mankind himself!
74. SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE PICTURE'S A BLAST AT THE EVILS OF THE WORLD' & he was like a prophet of God, used as God's instrument to try to destroy them! He had this power, but that even troubled him because he didn't understand it.—And that's often true about prophets & the things that happen. Ask Maria—we've had a lot of funny little things happen—sometimes not so funny—that in a sense we willed to happen, & some of them happened real quick! We ought to have kept a record of all those little things that happened.
75. I TOLD GOD TO RAIN FIRE DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN ON THOSE PEOPLE IN SICILY for what they did to Timothy there in Catania & judge that town, & we hadn't been gone two weeks when Mt. Etna exploded in a serious eruption that was really shaking them up! And Mexico City that imprisoned our kids had a huge earthquake!
76. SO THE PROPHETS OF GOD CAN BE INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION, & have been all through history! God doesn't always do it right away, & He does as much as He thinks they need or deserve. It may not always be as much as we'd like to sock it to them' but He does answer prayer! It's amazing the things He's done!
77. AMEN, LORD, HELP THIS TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND OUR OWN MINISTRY BETTER' that it's not always easy. Even for all of us as a Family it's a lonely job. Even as a Family we're alone & greatly separated from the rest of the World; they don't even understand us & even hate us & want to kill us.
78. SOMETIMES, LORD, WE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND OURSELVES & OUR MINISTRY & ITS SERIOUSNESS & ITS GREATNESS!—Not only to receive Thy Word & pass it on to others, to warn & to predict & to give them Thy warnings & predictions, but sometimes, Lord, to even pray to bring about some of these things on those we know deserve them & to beg for Thy righteous judgments, & that sometimes You answer our prayers & You do it! We thank You for it!
79. SOMETIMES IT HAS EVEN TROUBLED US, LORD, afterward, & we have wondered if we prayed too much or too little or whatever. Some of the answers have sometimes even bothered us & troubled our own spirits, as even some of Thy prophets of old. Sometimes it worried them about what happened as a result of their own prayers' the destruction of the peoples & their enemies.
80. THANK YOU LORD FOR HELPING US SEE THE MESSAGE IN THIS FILM FOR US & to sober us & make us realise how important our mission is & our message & our office as Thy Prophets of warning the people & blasting the evils of the System, & even helping to bring about its destruction. Give us a good night's rest, safekeeping & rest these tired bodies' Lord, who've sacrificed this extra time to think on these things, in Jesus' name, amen. TYL. PTL! Let's go to bed, shall we?
81. I TELL YOU' I COULD HAVE REALLY GOTTEN IN THE SPIRIT SEVERAL TIMES on that thing tonight, & I knew the spirit of the prophet had to be subject to the prophet & I had to keep, as they say, at a low profile! I have a bad enough profile as it is! So you see, Alfred' the quick surface judgment is not always the right one, because it wasn't necessarily all evil, & he wasn't necessarily all evil.
82. AND YET THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO MISJUDGE IT & think that it was nothing but evil & he was evil & some evil power that they should have destroyed—just as they think of the prophets of God usually as being evil powers which should be destroyed. They kill them, they always kill them. Why else would they kill them unless they think they're evil & should be destroyed? They plotted to kill Jeremiah lots of times. Plotted to kill Paul. Plotted to kill Jesus!
84. THEY REALLY LAUGHED THAT ONE OFF & REALLY RIDICULED IT & MADE FUN OF IT, just like they do the prophets of God, & just like they do the warnings, predictions, messages & even the judgments of God! So that's a pretty shocking interpretation & I doubt if very many people can get that interpretation!—Do you?


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Baptist church drums goddess fest out of great hall over "pagan" rituals
by Adria Vasil
As a cornerstone of the Queen West arts scene, the Great Hall has played host to an eclectic assortment of gatherings over the last decade. It's easy to forget that the turn-of-the-century fixture is actually a Baptist church. Until recently, that is, when church leaders caught wind that the facility was about to play host to A Fair With The Goddess, an event billed by organizers as "a unique full-day celebration of creativity centred around the increasingly popular notion of "The Goddess' as an embodiment of the feminine life-force in our culture."
Let's just say that the notion of woman diety as ruler of the universe did not sit well with the clerics who run the church. They ordered the plug pulled on the event.
Fair organizers, a trio of women calling themselves the Sirens, say they cleared the details of A Fair With The Goddess with the hall's event coordinator when they first booked the space last August.
"We were told that they waere eclectic and alternative and inclusive, and that they would be excited to have something different and new and family-oriented," says Siren Deirdre Norman.
Sacrilege. The event coordinator herself did not return calls from NOW requesting clarification. Church leaders claim the group would not have been given clearance if they'd known earlier about the pagan particulars the organizers had in store.
Was it the reference to "festival and dance" in the contract signed between the two that freaked church leaders? Was the scheduled belly dancing perhaps too much for the church's conservative views on outward expression?
Apparently not. According to church leaders, it was the oracle readings and astrology workshops, topped by an evening of goddess celebration with a procession and an interview with the earthly deity, that caused worry.
Oracles and astrology, says hall manager David Julien, are all part of the same satanic branch of pre-Christian pagan ritual as tarot, which the Great Hall has banned.
Consulting other realms and asking for guidance from the stars violates everything the devout Jehovah-worshippers believe, Julien explains.
"The two don't mix -- you have to believe in one or the other."
The planned goddess procession and staged interview with the goddess, he added, "are rituals that honour, celebrate and even worship a deity we don't believe in. Those were the three deal-breakers for us. They're the kinds of things that Christians view as occult."
Church minister Bryan Hagerman says all this bowing to the spirit of the female deity is strictly heretical.
"The Bible specifically forbids the rituals, practices or worship of any other deities or gods other than Jehovah in a temple, synagogue or church that has been dedicated to the worship of Jehovah God."
Siren Norman says the Great Hall is violating its own self-proclaimed status as an eclectic, inclusive and alternative church, and giving Christians a bad name in the process. She says the whole event was intended to be a non-religious family affair.
"I've been to church fairs where they had Gypsy fortune tellers and horoscope machines. Churches hold casinos and bingo. None of this has any spiritual connotations except to those who wish to see it."
She says other churches have since offered space for the fair. The Great Hall has returned their deposit and is reimbursing the Sirens for publicity expenses.
Still, not including what vendors are apt to lose, the women say their losses from the last-minute cancellation run into the thousands.
Minister Hagerman is unfazed. "We are a church who must honour God first, no matter what the consequences."

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Nasarawa Geographic Information Service
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What is the Nasarawa Geographic Information Service (NAGIS)?
NAGIS is a service agency that supports the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (MLPP) in the administration of all land matters in Nasarawa state. NAGIS processes all applications for new allocations as well as applications for Statutory Right of Occupancy (R-of-O) and the preparation of Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) for signature by the Governor.
NAGIS working with the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (MLPP)
NAGIS is a Nasarawa government agency created by Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura to give support to the development vision of the administration and to enable Nasarawa government officials through comprehensive training programmes in realizing the development aspirations of the citizens of Nasarawa state. It is one of the three components of the Nasarawa Development Platform (NDP) Project. The other two equally important components are Aerial Photos & Mapping, Urban Planning and Urban Renewal.
Recognizing that secure land tenure is the bedrock of successful socio-economic policies, the Governor has stated that every household, every business and every farm in Nasarawa should hold a new Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O). NAGIS will make this vision a reality.
NAGIS provides the technical platforms that enable the digitization of all land records, and the automation and optimization of the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning (MLPP) land administration processes, procedures, services and products. NAGIS customer service will result in faster processing times, enabling land owners to efficiently secure their land tenure and to register all land transactions. NAGIS aims to process C-of-O for final confirmation and signature by the Governor within 30 days from the submission of a final survey.
NAGIS Aerial Photography and Maps
NAGIS has completed the aerial photography of the state using a purpose built Diamond DA42 aircraft equipped with a Vexcel Ultracam LP photogrammetric camera. All the urban centre's have been captured on high resolution 10cm orthophotos, while all other rural areas are available in 25cm orthophotos. These orthophotos are used to confirm survey coordinates, land use and development control.
The orthophotos are used to develop and produce accurate standard maps that can be used for multiple purposes including cadastral, commercial development planning, transport, agriculture and forestry, and environmental protection. These maps provide a valuable resource that will support urban planning, renewal and rural development.
NAGIS will develop and produce standard maps as a service to government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and also direct to the public.
Where is NAGIS?
The fully equipped and staffed NAGIS Service Centre was commissioned by Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura on May 30, 2013.
NAGIS Service Centre
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961105 Mararaban Gurku
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In the future NAGIS Service Points will be opened in the MLPP Area Offices in Akwanga, Nasarawa & Keffi. The MLPP Karu Area Office is located in the NAGIS Service Centre. A new purpose built NAGIS HQ will be located opposite the MLPP HQ in Lafia, with construction scheduled to commence in the first half of 2014.
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A stranded motorist has to find a phone. Help arrives in the shape of a Rolls Royce, and a young widower who wishes only to have his wife back. Cliched, transformational jollity ensues.
A story of discovery, sensitivity and danger. It was the result of a long term dream I had. Several of the "historical" events described actually happened to me.
This story is based on a dream I've had off and on for a LONG time. To the best of my knowledge, the characters and events depicted in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.


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Survey: MBAs Bullish About Post-Pandemic Job Prospects
June 1, 2021 by Staff Reporter
Confident in their prospects in a rapidly expanding economy, MBA students are optimistic about their employment prospects, according to the 13th annual MBA employment survey conducted by a company that provides training courses for Wall Street banks and financial institutions.
Training The Street's survey of more than 450 MBA students across the United States reveals a very bullish group of first- and second-year MBAs, with almost 80% of respondents saying they are "very" or "somewhat" confident about landing a good job — in stark contrast to last year at this time, when just 43% expressed confidence about their employment prospect and 57% said they were very or somewhat pessimistic. Only 9% of those surveyed said they are dissatisfied with their job offers this year.
But things won't be going back to normal, if these future business leaders have any say (and they do). MBA candidates responding to TTS say while they are ready to go back to cities, but a large majority prefer a hybrid work schedule, splitting time between the office and working from home; only 18% said they prefer to be in the office full time.
A NOTE OF CAUTION ON PLACEMENT & PAY
Scott Rostan. TTS photo
The TTS survey was conducted between April 9 and May 10. To collect the data, the organization — which styles itself as "the world's leading provider of courses in accounting, asset management, capital markets, financial modeling and corporate valuation training to investment banks, financial institutions, consulting firms, federal government agencies, law firms, business schools, and top colleges" — surveyed 451 students currently enrolled in a business school and pursuing an MBA. More than half of respondents with an internship or full-time offer — 52.4% — say they expect to make an annualized salary of over $125,000, and 73.9% of MBA students expect to make at least $100,000 this year.
However, 26% said they have not received a job offer, indicating the job market is very competitive with graduates from 2021 also competing with 2020 grads. Placement rates for Class of 2020 graduates lagged amid the lagging economy.
A closer look at pay data from U.S. business schools sounds a note of concern, if not caution, as well. It is true, according to a new Poets&Quants' analysis, that half of the top 26 business schools in the U.S. reported select graduates striking it rich, with base salaries north of $200K in 2020, while 17 B-schools reported improbably large sign-on bonuses of $100K or greater. The latter group includes a UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School MBA who got a $250K bonus, the highest reported; the former includes a newly graduated MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business who accepted a job in financial services in the West for a base salary of $400,000, as well as two Harvard Business School MBAs who reported starting salaries of $375,000 and an international MBA from Columbia Business School who pulled down a cool $375K.
But those singular successes distract from the bigger story, which is that MBA pay slumped in the coronavirus year of 2020, growing — where it grew at all — more slowly than previously years and not keeping pace with the relentlessly rising cost of the degree. Nine schools saw their total pay decline from 2019 to 2020, including two Southern California schools, USC Marshall School of Business (-3.3% from $155,267 to $150,191) and UCLA Anderson School of Management (-2.1% from $151,837 to $148,704); between 2018 and 2019, only one school (Washington Foster School of Business) suffered that fate.
Overall, using the data gathered by U.S. News & World Report for its 2022 ranking, we see that pay in 2020 increased at a rate of 2.3% for MBA graduates of the top 26 schools, less than half the rate it grew in 2019 (4.9%).
MORE THAN HALF SAY 3 TO 4 DAYS IN OFFICE PER WEEK IS ENOUGH
Yet optimism reigns for the young and upwardly mobile MBA set, notes Scott Rostan, CEO of TTS.
"The surge in optimism among MBA students reflects the improvement in the overall economy as businesses reopen and return to growth mode, as well as the recent strong performance of the M&A and IPO markets," Rostan says. At the same time, he adds, "2021 graduates need to contend with candidates who had a much more difficult employment environment last year and are still searching for positions."
The TTS survey also found that despite what some have called an "exodus" from big cities, an overwhelming majority (83.6%) stating their preference for working in a major city — but just 18.1% say they prefer to work "fully in-person," compared with 54.8% who would like to be in-person three to four days a week. Nearly a quarter (23.5%) said one to two days of in-person work is ideal.
"The very strong starting salaries and preference for a hybrid working model are another sign of the confidence that this year's MBAs are feeling," Mr. Rostan stated.
In response to a question of where they see themselves working in five years, 24.6% of students said "corporate / industry position (corp. dev, finance, strategy, etc)," 18.1% said "private equity/venture capital/hedge fund", and 14.2% of respondents said "tech (established company, e.g. Facebook, Google, Amazon)." The percentage of MBA students interested in pursuing a career in tech has increased each year from 12.5% in 2020 and 8.9% in 2019.
The biggest factors in selecting a position were career growth opportunities and salary. Nearly half (47%) of respondents ranked career growth opportunities among their top two priorities and just over 45% of students ranked salary among their two most important factors in employment considerations.
DON'T MISS MBA SALARIES & BONUSES AT THE LEADING U.S. B-SCHOOLS and STILL RISING: IN 2020, MBA SALARIES JUST KEPT GROWING


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Q: Finding primes by trial division - Program crashes just by adding a NOP This is a bizarre situation I'm in. I've tried writing this code to find prime numbers by trial division, in 8086 Assembly. It doesn't work, but even stranger is that when I was trying to debug it, I noticed that making the code any longer would cause the CPU to crash. Even adding a NOP! I'm at a loss for why that is.
The code:
isPrime:
    ;input: AX = the number you wish to test (u16)
    ;output:
    ;   carry clear = number is prime
    ;   carry set = number is not prime
    push ax
    push bx
    push cx
    push dx
        mov cx,ax
        inc cx
        ;if the "loops" will fallthru carry will be clear already
        loop $+5
            ; clc
            jmp wasPrime    ;if AX == 0 return CARRY CLEAR
        loop $+5
            ; clc
            jmp wasPrime    ;else if AX == 1 return CARRY CLEAR
        loop $+5
            ; clc
            jmp wasPrime    ;else if AX == 2 return CARRY CLEAR

        ;else
        mov bx,3
        mov cx,ax

loop_isPrime:
        mov ax,cx
        cmp ax,bx       ;if we got so far that they're equal, it was prime
        je wasPrime     ;equal implies no carry

        div bx          ;remainder is in dx, quotient in ax. bx unchanged

        test dx,dx
        jz notPrime     ;if divides w/o remainder, it wasn't prime(we won't get to equality this way)
        inc bx          ;next bx
        jmp loop_isPrime

notPrime:
        nop             ;somehow adding anything here (even a nop) makes the program softlock!
        stc             ;not prime - set carry
wasPrime:
    pop dx
    pop cx
    pop bx
    pop ax
    ret

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Dax McCarty – USMNT
Position: Midfielder
College Experience: UNC
Pro Team: Inter Miami
A 2008 Olympian and a member of the 2007 Under-2 World Cup squad, Dax was part of a core group of young college players at FC Dallas. He was on the losing end of the 2010 MLS Cup before being left unprotected in the expansion draft a day later. Picked first overall by Portland, Dax was traded that day to DC United. He joined New York midway through the 2011 season and has turned into a regular with the club. Dax made the move to Chicago and a return to the USMNT in 2017. Nashville selected him in the 2020 expansion draft.
2017: Started against Jamaica on Feb 3 and Ghana on Jul 1. Started against Panama on Jul 8 in the Gold Cup opener. Subbed on against Martinique on Jul 12. Started against Nicaragua on Jul 15. Subbed on against Costa Rica in the semifinals on Jul 22 and against Jamaica in the final on Jul 26. Subbed on against Panama in the Oct 6 World Cup qualifier.
2010: Played against El Salvador on Feb 24th.
2009: Won his first cap against Slovakia on November 14th.
2019: Missed the playoffs with Chicago, finishing 8th. Picked by Nashville in November's expansion draft.
2018: Finished 10th with the Fire.
2017: Traded to Chicago in January, helping them to a 3rd-place finish. Exited the playoffs in the knockout round.
2016: Another Eastern Conference title with New York, exiting the playoffs in the quarterfinals.
2015: Won the Supporters' Shield and advanced to the semifinals of the playoffs with New York.
2014: Finished 4th in the East, advancing to the semifinals.
2013: Played in 30 games for the Red Bulls, starting 29 in an Eastern Conference winning season.
2012: Started in all 33 games with the Red Bulls.
2011: Started the season with D.C. United playing in 13 games. Traded to New York on June 27th, playing in 16 games.
2010: Part of the FC Dallas squad that was MLS Cup runners-up. Picked by Portland in the expansion draft and then traded to DC United.
2009: Played in 28 games, starting 27 and scoring three goals for a Dallas team that just missed the playoffs.
2008: Played in 17 games, starting eight.
2007: Club assist leader with seven as he emerged as a regular with Dallas.
2006: Joined FC Dallas as their sixth overall SuperDraft pick. Regular with the reserve team.
College: Two years with the University of North Carolina, where he was a second-team All American as a sophomore.
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Plastic Debris and Great Garbage Patches: Ca' Foscari University Raises Awareness of Ocean Pollution
Posted by AnnaJosephine on Jul 16, 2013
By Roberta Attanasio When we think of the Great Garbage Patches — of which 5 exist — we usually think of ocean pollution. Now, when thinking of garbage patches and ways to raise awareness of them, we may think of Venice and Ca' Foscari University. Venice, the Italian city that seems to float on water, bears no resemblance to the vast concentrations of floating marine debris that makes up the garbage patches. However, you can find an artistic representation of the garbage patches right in the heart of the city and, more precisely, right in the courtyard of the world's oldest existing building granted LEED certification. Let's go one step at a time. What is LEED certification? LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a program that provides third-party verification of green buildings. The world's oldest existing building to obtain LEED certification is the more than 500-years old Palazzo Foscari, the location of Ca' Foscari University administrative headquarters. The courtyard of the green and sustainable Palazzo Foscari is an appropriate home for the Garbage Patch State art installation, which has been set up by artist Maria Cristina Finucci in collaboration, of course, with Ca' Foscari University. The goal of the installation is to draw attention to the global problem of ocean pollution. Ca' Foscari's focus on sustainability-based initiatives is the result of the environmentally-forward mastermind of Carlo Carraro. Carraro is President of Ca' Foscari University, Professor of Econometrics and Director of the International Center for Climate Governance. Why a Garbage Patch State installation? The world's oceans are heavily polluted by marine debris, mostly consisting of small bits of floating plastics. These bits are called microplastics and derive from the degradation of larger plastic debris. Indeed, most commonly used plastics do not fully degrade in the ocean — rather, they break down in smaller and smaller pieces. Marine debris becomes trapped by the circular ocean currents of the five gyres, where it builds up to form giant garbage patches. The Ca' Foscari installation is called "The Garbage Patch State Venice" in honor of the Garbage Patch State — a State that includes the five garbage patches corresponding to the five gyres. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) granted the "Garbage Patch State" symbolic statehood in April thanks to the effort and commitment of Maria Cristina Finucci....
Global High Tech Hubs, Applied Sciences and Net-Zero Energy Buildings
Posted by AnnaJosephine on Jun 17, 2013
By The Editors At this time, it only offers a beta class (a one-year Masters of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Cornell University), with a handful of students housed in space donated by Google – in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. In the next few years, it will be a major global research and academic program that will confer graduate degrees and engage in research in the Applied Sciences – on Roosevelt Island, a 52-hectare sliver of land in the East River between Manhattan and Queens. We're talking about Cornell NYC Tech and the launch of an innovative curriculum that leaves behind the traditional highly academic approach to learning and moves towards coursework based on an interdisciplinary mix of business and technology with an additional strong component, i.e., real-world experience. According to the Cornell NYC Tech website "Students at Cornell Tech learn and work together with faculty, practitioners, and mentors, at our campus in Google's Chelsea building, immersed in a culture that encourages entrepreneurial effort and a physical design that encourages collaboration and sharing." Entrepreneurs are an integral component of the classroom experience and participate by discussing the risks and failures associated with building a start-up. A partnership between Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, a world leader in technology commercialization, adds to the global, entrepreneurial, interdisciplinary graduate curriculum. The plan is to offer Cornell/Technion dual master's degrees, The campus will be centered on interdisciplinary application domains or "hubs", rather than traditional colleges, schools and departments. The first three hubs will be called Connective Media, Healthier Life and Built Environment Construction on Roosevelt Island will begin in 2014. In 2017, Cornell Tech will move to its permanent address on Roosevelt Island. Its first academic building will be a net-zero energy building – a building with zero-net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually. Net-zero energy will be achieved mostly through a rooftop solar canopy. In the words of Daniel Huttenlocker, Dean of Cornell Tech, "Just as Cornell Tech will be pioneering new approaches to graduate research and education, our campus won't look like any other university campus that exists today. We are determined to innovate in every aspect of the development, from the way that students, faculty, researchers, industry and the community are intermingled, to the sustainability of our buildings and their iconic...
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Clinton Global Initiative University: DREAMZone
By The Editors The Clinton Global Initiative University was launched in 2007 by President Clinton to develop a growing community of students on college campuses around the world – a community working to make the world a better place. Who are the students participating in this community? They are leaders – young leaders set to make a difference. They don't just discuss global challenges – they come up with innovative ideas to solve the global challenges they discuss and then take real, concrete steps to implement those ideas. Students in this community develop their own Commitments to Action: a specific plan of action to address a selected challenge. Central to Commitments to Action is the translation of practical goals into meaningful and measurable results. In addition, college and university students participate to a competition, the Commitments Challenge. This year, the winner of the Commitments Challenge is a graduate student from Arizona State University, Davier Rodriguez. His team's project, DREAMzone, aims to establish a national network of allies to support undocumented students. He says: "It will offer a four hour ally certification course that breaks down preconceived notions of undocumented students and educates participants on federal, state, and local challenges. I hope to enhance undocumented students' higher education experiences by creating a national network of supportive allies." Here Davier talks about what motivated him to start his winning project....
By The Editors In a previous post, I introduced the concept of global education as the education perspective expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The concept of global education is defined in more detail by the Global Education website as a set of five perspectives: 1) Interdependence and globalisation, 2) Identity and cultural diversity, 3) Social justice and human rights, 4) Peace building and conflict resolution, 5) Sustainable futures. The Global Education website, which illustrates all aspects of the Global Education Project, has been developed and is maintained by Education Services Australia, a national, not-for-profit company owned by all Australian education ministers. The five perspectives, detailed below, provide a framework for global education. Interdependence and globalisation – an understanding of the complex social, economic and political links between people and the impact that changes have on each other Identity and cultural diversity – an understanding of self and one's own culture, and being open to the culture of others Social justice and human rights – an understanding of the impact of inequality and discrimination, the importance of standing up for our own rights and our responsibility to respect the rights of others Peace building and conflict resolution – an understanding of the importance of building and maintaining positive and trusting relationships and ways conflict can be prevented or peacefully resolved Sustainable futures – an understanding of the ways in which we can meet our current needs without diminishing the quality of the environment or reducing the capacity of future generations to meet their own needs. I believe that the second perspective, Identity and cultural diversity, should be considered the starting point of a globalized curriculum – exploration of identity and cultural diversity is mostly an introspective endeavor and, therefore, provides the basis for integration of all the other...
Let's Invent a Global Society – Lee Bollinger on Global Challenges
By The Editors In the video below, Lee C. Bollinger, President of Columbia University, and Chrystia Freeland, Thomson Reuters Consumer News Editor, discuss how Columbia University tackles the challenges of rapid global changes – the changes we have described in a previous post on the great acceleration, results of the events that define the space age and the information age. Lee Bollinger's approach is matter-of-fact acceptance of the global changes we are undergoing – he describes well the uncertainty we're facing these days and points out how much we don't know – and especially how much it is that academic institutions don't know. The solution is to be open and invent a new society, a global...
The Schwarzman Scholars Program: Focus on China
Posted on May 1, 2013 | 1 comment
By The Editors The $300 million "Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University" program, jointly founded by Tsinghua University in Beijing and Stephen Schwarzman, was launched on April 21 and will emulate the famous Rhodes Scholarship program, the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship in the world. The launch ceremony was held at Tsinghua University. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama both sent congratulatory letters. Starting in June 2016, every year for the next 50 years, 200 students from all around the world will receive the scholarship for a one-year master's program at Tsinghua University in public policy, international relations, economics, business or engineering. During the scholarship year, Schwarzman scholars will travel around China and will meet Chinese leaders. Forty-five percent of the scholars will come from the United States, 20 percent from China, and 35 percent from Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the rest of Asia. Africa may be added later. Together, the scholars are expected to participate in an international network that can bridge differences between China and the...
Global Education: How Simple Can It Be?
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By The Editors I like to think of global education as the education perspective expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Educating shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace." (Article 26, United Nations, General Conference, San Francisco, December 10,...


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3 Cuba dissidents start hunger strikes — reports (UPDATED X 2)
Welcome to readers linked to here from Penultimos Dias. For more on Guilermo Farinas' hunger strike. Read this.
Orlando Zapata Tamayo's fight for liberty is not over, as reports this evening are that other Cuban freedom fighters are taking his place on the front lines of the struggle.
Three Cuban dissidents — the prisoners of conscience Eduardo Díaz Fleitas and Diosdado González Marrero, and independent journalist Guillermo "Coco" Fariñas — have started hunger strike protests against the Castro dictatorship and to demand freedom for Cuban political prisoners, according to the Twitter feed for the independent Cuban magazine Convivencia. (For more on these brave men, click on their names.)
González, who reportedly is being held in isolation in a punishment cell, and Díaz have been imprisoned since the "black spring" of 2003. They were sentenced to 20 and 21 years in prison, respectively, during the crackdown because of their opposition to the murderous Castro regime.
Fariñas, a former political prisoner and survivor of some 20 hunger strikes, is a long-time opponent of the regime. A psychologist by training and a veteran of the Angola war, Fariñas went on a lengthy hunger strike in 2006 to demand that the Castro dicatorship allow him and other Cubans unfettered access to the Internet.
According to the Twitter feed, Fariñas has vowed to continue us protest until the prisoners arrested during the "black spring" are released or until he is dead.
Like Zapata, these men presumably understand the risks they are taking. Thy know that like Zapata, their protests may end with their deaths.
I understand their desperation; they have no other weapons with which to fight back against their oppressors, but Cuba needs them to live.
But if they die, do not be mistaken about who would be responsible.
The guilty would be, as with the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, Fidel and Raúl Castro and the other murderers in the dictatorship doing their bidding.
UPDATED, 9:45 p.m. EST — Martha Beatriz Roque, via Radio Martí, reports that three other "black spring" prisoners of conscience — Pedro Argüelles Morán, Antonio Díaz Sánchez and Adolfo Fernández Sainz — have started "fasts" to show their solidarity with Zapata. Human rights leader Elizardo Sánchez said theirs is a "temporary fast."
UPDATED, 10 p.m. EST — Fariñas says he hopes he dies quickly. "The government has to pay a high political price for this cruelty. It is time that the Castro know that there is a civil society prepared to respond to the coup, but peacefully," he said.
Posted by Marc R. Masferrer on February 25, 2010 at 08:32 PM in Cuba, Cuba - Political Prisoner of the Week, Cuba — Fariñas | Permalink


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Home/World/Diego Maradona's brother Hugo dies at 52
Diego Maradona's younger brother Hugo died in Naples at the age of 52 on Tuesday, December 28. He died of a heart attack just over a year after the Argentinian genius died.
The president of the club, Aurelio De Laurentiis, and the team "gather around the family of Maradona and unite with her in the pain caused by the disappearance of Hugo", reacted the Napoli in a statement on its website . Hugo Maradona, father of three, living in Miami (Florida, south-eastern United States), was pronounced dead when help arrived at his home in Monte di Procida, in the Neapolitan metropolitan area.
A former player, Hugo Maradona had played in Italy, Austria, Spain, Argentina and Japan before returning to Italy to settle there permanently and pursue a brief coaching career with amateur clubs in Naples. He had recently run on a right-wing list in the municipal elections, ultimately won by the left. He had barely come of age in the great southern port city in 1987, recruited by Napoli, before being loaned to Ascoli. On September 20 of the same year, the two brothers faced each other in a game that Napoli won 2-1.
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Online betting sports have a very wide range of sports like football, basketball, baseball. Online betting has experienced its very own history with ups and downs like anything else and is not a new concept for most people around the world. During the past 20 years, the amount of people engaged in this profession has significantly increased. It is because of the constant development in technology and development of new facilities like online sports betting.
Almost all the famous sports in modern day world have betting opportunities in them which were well extracted by the bettors all around the world. Due to the development like online betting systems, the base of betting has rapidly expanded and now just about everyone wants to go into the profession as a result of lure of big dollars.
Also the reality that it is comparatively easier than most other professions as one has to just invest some money in the game and wait for the result has made the base stronger. Generally in most other money-making professions, a person has to make use of brains to whack out some money and normally toil hard to earn money. But, in betting, investment and lots of luck would be the only capital. This is perhaps one reason why betting is so addictive.
Bettors while in the present day can invest on virtually every sport which they want to. There are so many betting sites and systems around the world that cover almost every single sport. So, one can easily earn money out of the sport that they like. Betting also gives some profits along with entertainment.
Sports? betting was originally done at sport sites with the help of bookies. But, with all the growth of technology; telephones and telegraphs came into place. So, betting used to occur at public venues like casinos and some special places specialized in betting. But, still, there was clearly a monopoly of the bookies and a common bettor couldn't earn just as much as he ought to have.
However with the roll-out of internet, everything changed. People could then sit in their bedrooms wearing pajamas yet still bet on various sports thereby earn easy money. The power of bookies gradually started to decline and in present day betting, nobody knows them. So, the share of the bookies from the profit was deducted and thus people could earn higher.
Nowadays, betting facilities are available for many major sports tournament. In NBA, the major basketball league of US, betting is quite common. Thus, people get to make money along with lots of fun. Betting is legal in some places and illegal in some places. People in places where it is actually illegal can bet online Betting in European football tournaments like EPL etc also occurs widely.
Online betting sports have thus single-handedly changed the path of the profession and therefore have mainly led to advantageous alterations in the sport.


If anyone knows me, they know how much I love to try new foods and check out local restaurants. As a sentimental senior, I have started to think about all the local spots I am going to miss once I graduate in December. Before making my exit, I want to express my opinion regarding some of the best places to eat in Boone, NC.
If you have never been to Comeback Shack, you truly are missing out. From burgers, to chicken tenders, to ahi tuna, to soft pretzels, this place truly has it all. Comeback Shack is a Boone staple and is family owned and operated. In addition to the incredible food, the atmosphere is fun and the staff is genuinely friendly. I personally recommend the fried green tomato styled burger, but possibilities for sandwich creation are endless.
Gloomy days in Boone are easily cured with soup and sandwich from Our Daily Bread. This quaint restaurant is right on King Street, which makes lunch breaks between classes extremely convenient. This places takes comfort food to another level by using local ingredients from surrounding communities. My go-to is always the brie BLT with a side of the soup du jour, and it never disappoints.
Fast food pizza is great and all, but Lost Province pizza is well worth the extra money. Lost Province is also located in downtown Boone. They serve up wood fired pizzas and offer other appetizers and dishes that will have your mouth watering. Lost Province is a small, family owned establishment that prides itself on committing to the community, environment and overall culture of the restaurant. In addition, their food is made with local ingredients and is packed with flavor.
Although these are just a few suggestions, I encourage you to explore the food scene in Boone. Yes, we might be in a smaller town, but the food Boone has to offer is unlike any other!


Earlier this month I was invited to visit Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park for a photo hack and campus photowalk. The Facebook photos team was preparing to pull a late night working on some cool new site improvements, and they wanted input from their photographer feedback group. Joining me was legendary photographer Thomas Hawk with his wife Julia Peterson, award-winning wedding photographer Catherine Hall, and Emmy Award winning visual journalist Richard Koci Hernandez.
As we entered Facebook Headquarters, we were greeted by staff in a bright entry hall covered floor-to-ceiling with hand-painted artwork and edgy typographic posters. A row of iPads guided us to check in and pick up our visitor badges. Signing an NDA with my fingertip was a first!
We met up with our host, Facebook's Journalism Program Manager Vadim Lavrusik, and continued over to the photo department for lunch. Note the tall ceilings, open floor plan, and refreshingly casual creative environment.
After a fun and productive meeting, we gathered our cameras and wandered Facebook's campus for a while. Facebook HQ is a vast space—nearly one million square feet spread across 57 acres. Nine buildings wrap around a broad path in a lush park setting lined with trees and speckled with open courtyards.
The environment is very open, collaborative, and social.
Giant touch-screen directories are located throughout Facebook campus to help people navigate the massive complex.
I found a few cluttered corners at Facebook—a familiar state of being for any hardworking creative.
Here's a snap of us during our photowalk on Facebook's campus, taken by Vadim Lavrusik. From left to right: Catherine Hall, Julia Peterson, Hillary Fox, Thomas Hawk, and Richard Koci Hernandez.
I had a fantastic time meeting some of the great minds behind the world's biggest social network. I'm looking forward to returning one day!


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First applications of computer-assisted technologies (CAT) in the rehabilitation of cognitive deficits, including child and adolescent psychiatric disorders date back to the 80's last century. Recent developments in computer technologies, wide access to the Internet and vast expansion of electronic devices resulted in dynamic increase in therapeutic software as well as supporting devices. The aim of computer assisted technologies is the improvement in the comfort and quality of life as well as the rehabilitation of impaired functions. The goal of the article is the presentation of most common computer-assisted technologies used in the therapy of children and adolescents with cognitive deficits as well as the literature review of their effectiveness including the challenges and limitations in regard to the implementation of such interventions.


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Q: Why does this program freeze after the X11 copy to clipboard function returns? Basically, I was messing with X11 functions and I was trying out this. I was checking if I could use the code when I had found out it froze up and wouldn't continue. Why does it freeze? This is what the code was.
#include <string.h> // strlen
#include <X11/Xlib.h>

Display * display;
Window window;
Atom targets_atom, text_atom, UTF8, XA_ATOM = 4, XA_STRING = 31;

static void XCopy(Atom selection, unsigned char * text, int size) {
    XEvent event;
    Window owner;
    XSetSelectionOwner (display, selection, window, 0);
    if (XGetSelectionOwner (display, selection) != window) return;
    while (1) {
        XNextEvent (display, &event);
        switch (event.type) {
            case SelectionRequest:
              if (event.xselectionrequest.selection != selection) break;
              XSelectionRequestEvent * xsr = &event.xselectionrequest;
              XSelectionEvent ev = {0};
              int R = 0;
              ev.type = SelectionNotify, ev.display = xsr->display, ev.requestor = xsr->requestor,
              ev.selection = xsr->selection, ev.time = xsr->time, ev.target = xsr->target, ev.property = xsr->property;
              if (ev.target == targets_atom) R = XChangeProperty (ev.display, ev.requestor, ev.property, XA_ATOM, 32,
                    PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&UTF8, 1);
              else if (ev.target == XA_STRING || ev.target == text_atom)
                R = XChangeProperty(ev.display, ev.requestor, ev.property, XA_STRING, 8, PropModeReplace, text, size);
              else if (ev.target == UTF8)
                R = XChangeProperty(ev.display, ev.requestor, ev.property, UTF8, 8, PropModeReplace, text, size);
              else ev.property = None;
              if ((R & 2) == 0) XSendEvent (display, ev.requestor, 0, 0, (XEvent *)&ev);
             break;
            case SelectionClear:
             return;
        }
    }
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    display = XOpenDisplay(0);
    int N = DefaultScreen(display);
    window = XCreateSimpleWindow(display, RootWindow(display, N), 0, 0, 1, 1, 0,
        BlackPixel(display, N), WhitePixel(display, N));
    targets_atom = XInternAtom(display, "TARGETS", 0);
    text_atom = XInternAtom(display, "TEXT", 0);
    UTF8 = XInternAtom(display, "UTF8_STRING", 1);
    if (UTF8 == None) UTF8 = XA_STRING;
    Atom selection = XInternAtom(display, "CLIPBOARD", 0);
    XCopy(selection, (unsigned char*) argv[1], strlen(argv[1]));
    printf("TEST");
    return 0;
}

I haven't tested with compilers other than gcc.

A: What exactly does "freeze" mean?
That printf("TEST"); is not called?
If you go to some text editor (e.g. gnome editor), select some text and perform a "copy to clipboard" operation in the text editor, your program should continue and perform the printf("TEST");.
Why does the program have this behaviour?
The clipboard under X11 works differently than the clipboard under MS Windows:
Under Windows, you actually copy data to the clipboard. Then the data is in the clipboard and programs that wants to "paste" data get the data from the clipboard.
Under X11, a window (and therefore a program) is only registering itself as "selection owner". This means that a program that wants to "paste" some data will not get the data from the clipboard but it will get the data from the program that "copied" the data.
Whenever you perform a "paste" in some program (e.g. in the text editor), the code in case SelectionRequest: is executed. Your program will then send the data to the program that wants to "paste" data.
You may try this out by adding a printf("paste\n"); after the case SelectionRequest:. Whenever you "paste" data in another program (e.g. the text editor), you will see that your program prints "paste".
Of course, the function XCopy() must not return as long as any program may "paste" the data that you have copied. For this reason, XCopy() will return as soon as another program "copies" data to the clipboard.


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1His Name and Lineage
2In the Battle of Siffin
3Supporting Imam al-Husayn (a)
4Delivering the Letter of Muslim to Imam (a)
5Participating in the Battle on the Day of 'Ashura
6Ziyara Rajabiyya and Ziyara Nahiya Muqaddasa
Abis b. Abi Shabib al-Shakiri
(Redirected from 'Abis b. Abi Shabib al-Shakiri)
Burial Place of most of the martyrs of the Battle of Karbala, near the holy grave of Imam al-Husayn (a) in his shrine
Imam Ali (a), Imam al-Husayn (a)
Banu Shakir
Kufa
Cause of
Martyred in the Event of Karbala
participating in the battle of Siffin and Event of Ashura
ʿĀbis b. Abī Shabīb al-Shākirī (Arabic: عابس بن ابي شبيب الشاکري) or ʿĀbis b. Shabīb al-Shākirī (عابس بن شبيب الشاکري) was among the companions of Imam al-Husayn (a) and the martyrs of Karbala.[1] He was from Banu Shakir clan of the great Banu Hamdan tribe. He was among the famous people of Kufa. It is reported that he was powerful in speaking and giving sermons and was a man of worship.[2]
His Name and Lineage
His name has been recorded as 'A'ish[3] and 'Abbas b. Habib.[4] His father has been recorded as Shabib, Habib, Shibth or Layth.[5]
'Abis b. Abi Shabib al-Shakiri was from Banu Shakir clan from Banu Hamdan tribe. People of this tribe were brave ones at war and thus Arabs called them Fatayan al-Sabah, meaning "the Youths of the Morning".[6]
Banu Shakir tribe including 'Abis b. Abi Shabib al-Shakiri were among the lovers of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the followers of Imam Ali (a) who loved him exceptionally.[7]
'Abis was among special companions of Imam Ali (a) and companions of Imam al-Husayn (a).[8] He was perfect in the good qualities of his tribe. He was one of the Shia noblemen and their chiefs. He was a brave man, a competent speaker, striving worshiper of the day and night.[9]
In the Battle of Siffin
It is narrated that about loyal and brave men of Banu Shakir in Siffin, Imam Ali (a) said, "If the number of the men from Banu Shakir reached a thousand, the right of God for worshiping would be made."[10] In the battle of Siffin, 'Abis was injured on his forehead, the mark of which remained on his forehead forever.
Supporting Imam al-Husayn (a)
After Muslim b. 'Aqil entered Kufa, he went to the house of Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd. The Shia of Kufa were informed about the entrance of the special representative of Imam al-Husayn (a) and gathered in the house of Mukhtar.
In this gathering, Muslim read the letter of Imam al-Husayn (a) for people. 'Abis was the first person who stood up after reading of the letter of Imam (a) and after praising God the Almighty, addressed Muslim and said, "I do not give news about people and I do not know about their intentions and I do not give false promises on their behalf. By God I swear, I speak about what I have decided that when you call, I will answer and will fight with your enemy and defend you with sword until I go to God and I do not want anything from it other than rewards."[11]
Then, Habib b. Muzahir stood up and announced his readiness for helping Imam al-Husayn (a).[12] The speeches these two persons prepared the ground for allegiance of people and more than 18 thousand people gave allegiance to Muslim.
Delivering the Letter of Muslim to Imam (a)
After many of the people of Kufa gave allegiance to Muslim, he wrote a letter to Imam (a) and invited him to Kufa. In his letter, he asked Imam (a) to move as soon as he (a) received 'Abis's letter, because people do not want the people of Mu'awiya. Msulim sent this letter written by 'Abis b. Abi Shabib[13] and Qays b. Mushir al-Saydawi[14].[15] to Imam (a).
'Abis b. Abi Shabib together with his slave, Shawdhab moved to Mecca to deliver the letter to Imam al-Husayn (a) and delivered it to Imam (a) in Mecca.
After delivering the letter, 'Abis accompanied Imam al-Husayn (a) and his caravan from Mecca to Karbala.
Participating in the Battle on the Day of 'Ashura
'Abis performed the noon prayer and went to the battlefield and was martyred, but some contemporary sources say that when Imam al-Husayn (a) wanted to perform the noon prayer on the Day of 'Ashura, 'Abis stood in front of Imam (a) and made a shield of his body against the arrows shot at Imam (a).[16]
When most of the companions of Imam al-Husayn (a) were martyred and a few were left,[17] 'Abis turned to his servant Shawdhab and said, "what do you want to do?"
Shawdhab said, "Together with you, I will defend the son of the Prophet (s)."
'Abis said, "I did not expect from you other than this…If I had anyone dear than you, I would send him to the battlefield before myself, since today is the last chance to act and tomorrow is the day of reckoning and no act would be beneficial then."[18]
After the martyrdom of his servant Shawdhab, 'Abis went to Imam al-Husayn (a) and said, "O Aba 'Abd Allah! By God I swear that on the earth, whether far or near, I have no one dearer than you. If I had the power to keep off the oppression from you by something even more valuable than my life and blood, I would definitely do so."
He then said, "May peace be upon you O Aba 'Abd Allah (a)! I testify that I am upon your guidance and the guidance of your father! Greetings be upon you O Aba 'Abd Allah! Beware that I am steadfast upon the way of you and your father and I will be guided to the right path." After he received permission from Imam (a), he went to the battlefield.[19]
Rabi' b. Tamim al-Hamdani, who was in the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd, said, "when I saw 'Abis was coming to the battlefield, I recognized him. I had seen his fights in different battles and I knew that he was among the bravest people, so, I told the army of 'Umar b. Sa'd, 'This man is the lion of all lions. This is son of Shabib. Lest anyone should ever go to fight him.'" 'Abis was shouting far cries and asking for someone to go fight him, but no one dared to go to the battlefield.
When 'Abis saw that no one was going to fight him, took off his armor and his helmet and attacked the army of Kufa and disarranged the army. By the order of 'Umar b. Sa'd, they stoned him.
Rabi' b. Tamim said, "By God I swear that I saw him injured and killed more than 200 people, but finally, they besieged him and beheaded him. I witnessed that the head of 'Abis b. Shabib was being handed to each other by them and they argued to attribute his killing to themselves, until 'Umar b. Sa'd said, "Do not argue with each other! By God I swear not one person could have killed this man.'"[20]
The headless body of 'Abis was moved to the tent of martyred by Imam al-Husayn (a) and after the Event of 'Ashura, he was buried by Banu Asad tribe.
Ziyara Rajabiyya and Ziyara Nahiya Muqaddasa
'Abis was among those companions of Imam al-Husayn (a), whose name has been mentioned in Ziyara Rajabiyya of Imam al-Husayn (a) and Ziyara al-Nahiya al-Muqaddasa (non-famous). He has been greeted well in the two Ziyara as following, "Peace be upon 'Abis b. Shabib al-Shakiri."[21]
About him, Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi has said, "Peace be upon 'Abis b. Abi Shabib al-Shakiri. I will testify that you also suffered like those afflictions the fighters of Badr and other fighters of the way of God had."[22]
↑ Khwārizmī, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn, vol. 2, p. 22; Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, p. 103.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 5, p. 355; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 106.
↑ Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 73.
↑ Darbandī, Asrār al-shahāda, vol. 2, p. 54.
↑ Khwārizmī, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn, vol. 2, p. 26; Mufīd, al-Irshād, vol. 2, p. 106; Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, vol. 3, p. 345; Darbandī, Asrār al-shahāda, vol. 2, p. 296; Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Muthīr al-aḥzān, p. 21.
↑ Maḥallī, al-Ḥadāʾiq al-wardīyya, vol. 1, p. 212.
↑ Samāwī, Ibṣār al-ʿayn, p. 127.
↑ Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, p. 78.
↑ Samāwī, Ibṣār al-ʿayn, p. 126; Namāzī Shāhrūdī, Mustadrakāt ʿilm rijāl al-ḥadīth, vol. 4, p. 305; Mūsawī Zanjānī, Wasīlat al-dārayn, p. 158; Ḥāʾirī Shīrāzī, Dhakhīrat al-dārayn, p. 249.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 5, p. 355; Ibn Aʿtham al-Kūfī, Kitāb al-Futūḥ, vol. 5, p. 34; vol. 4, p. 264; Samāwī, Ibṣār al-ʿayn, p. 127.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 5, p. 355; Dīnawarī, al-Akhbār al-ṭiwāl, p. 231; Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 2, p. 334.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 5, p. 375; Mūsawī Zanjānī, Wasīlat al-dārayn, p. 158.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 6, p. 210.
↑ Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Muthīr al-aḥzān, p. 32.
↑ Āshūrā chi rūzīst?, p. 245.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 6, p. 443-444; Khwārizmī, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn, vol. 2, p. 22-23.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 6, p. 444; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 73; Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 8, p. 185.
↑ Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-Ṭabarī, vol. 6, p. 444; Khwārizmī, Maqtal al-Ḥusayn, vol. 2, p. 22-23; Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 8, p. 185; Ibn al-Athīr, al-Kāmil fī l-tārīkh, vol. 4, p. 73; Balādhurī, Ansāb al-ashrāf, vol. 3, p. 197; Ibn Nimā al-Ḥillī, Muthīr al-aḥzān, p. 49.
↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, Iqbāl al-aʿmāl, vol. 3, p. 79, 345; Majlisī, Biḥār al-anwār, vol. 45, p. 73.
↑ Qummī, Nafas al-mahmūm, p. 574.
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Companions of Imam al-Husayn (a)
Died before
Sharik b. al-A'war
Muslim b. Aqil • Maytham al-Tammar • Hani b. Urwa • Abd Allah b. Yaqtar • Qays b. Mushir • Umara b. Salkhab • Sulayman b. Razin • Abd al-A'la b. Yazid al-Kalbi • Hanzala b. Marwa Abd Allah b. al-Harith • al-Abbas b. Ja'da • Ubayd Allah b. Amr
Separated from
Army of
Umar b. Sa'd
Al-Hurr b. Yazid al-Riyahi • Sa'd b. al-Harth al-Ansari • Abu l-Hutuf • Nu'man b. Amr • Hulas b. Amr • Bakr b. al-Tamim • Juwayn b. Malik • Abu l-Sha'tha al-Kindi • Qasim b. Habib
First Attack
Muslim b. Awsaja • Amr b. Khalid • Sa'd b. Harith al-Khuza'i • Mas'ud b. al-Hajjaj • Na'im b. Ajlan • Salim b. 'Amr b. 'Abd Allah • Jundab b. Hujayr • Jabala b. Ali • Kurdus b. Zuhayr • Muqsit b. Zuhayr al-Taghlibi • Qasit b. Zuhayr • Amir b. Muslim • Umran b. Ka'b • Amr b. Dubay'a • Ammar b. Hassan • Muslim b. Kathir • Sulayman b. Kathir • Khalid b. Amr • Qarib b. Abd Allah • Zahir b. Amr • Umm Wahb • Amr b. Qaraza • Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari • Yazid b. Thubayt • Shabib b. Abd Allah • Mujammi' b. Abd Allah • A'idh b. Mujammi' • Junada b. al-Harath • Ammar b. Abi Salama • al-Harith b. Nabhal • Al-Hajjaj b. Zayd al-Sa'di • Salim (Slave of Amir b. Muslim) • Munjih b. Sahm • Sa'd • Habbab b. Amir • al-Harith b. Nabhan • Qarib b. Abd Allah
Hand to Hand
Nafi' b. Hilal • Hanzala b. As'ad • Abd al-Rahman b. Abd Allah al-Arhabi • Burayr b. Khudayr • Habib b. Muzahir • Abd Allah b. Umayr al-Kalbi • Yahya b. Sulaym • Amr b. Muta' • Unays b. Ma'qil • Qurra b. Abi Qurra • Anas b. al-Harith • Sa'd b. Hanzala • Khalaf b. Muslim b. Awsaja • Jawn • Sayf b. al-Harith al-Hamdani • Malik b. Abd Allah al-Hamdani • Yazid b. Husayn al-Hamdani • Umayr b. Abd Allah • Yazid b. Maghfil • Junada b. al-Harth • Amr b. Junada • Abd al-Rahman b. Uzra • Abd al-Rahman b. Abd Allah • Wahb b. Wahb
Defence of
Sa'id b. Abd Allah al-Hanafi
Zuhayr b. al-Qayn • Abu Thumama al-Sa'idi • Shawdhab • Al-Hajjaj b. Masruq al-Ju'fi • Bashir b. Amr • Darghama b. Malik • Abis • Sayf b. Malik
Banu Hashim
Abbas b. Ali • Ali Akbar • Ali al-Asghar • Uthman b. Ali • Abd Allah b. Ali • Ja'far b. Ali • Muhammad b. Ali • Umar b. Ali • Abu Bakr b. Ali • Abu Bakr b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a) • al-Qasim b. al-Hasan • Abd Allah b. al-Hasan • Awn b. Abd Allah • Muhammad b. Abd Allah • Ja'far b. Aqil • Abd al-Rahman b. Aqil • Abd Allah b. Muslim • Abd Allah b. Aqil • Muhammad b. Abi Sa'id
of Imam
(Injured Ones)
Amr b. Abd Allah al-Jundu'i • Sawwar b. Mun'im • Muwaqqa' b. Thumama • Hafhaf b. al-Muhannad • Suwayd b. Amr
'Abd Allah b. 'Afif al-Azdi • Two Sons of Muslim b. Aqil • Durrat al-Sadaf
Survivals
of Karbala
Ali b. al-Husayn (a) • Dahhak b. Abd Allah • al-Hasan al-Muthanna • Umar b. al-Imam al-Hasan (a) • Uqba b. Sam'an
Absents
in Karbala
Among Sahaba
Abd Allah b. Ja'far • Ibn Abbas • Sulayman b. Surad al-Khuza'i • Sulaym b. Qays • al-Bara' b. Azib • Jabir b. Abd Allah al-Ansari • Abu Barza al-Aslami • Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi • al-Musayyib b. Najaba • Zayd b. Arqam
Among Tabi'un
Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya • Al-Mukhtar b. Abi 'Ubayd al-Thaqafi • Rifa'a b. Shaddad • al-Tirimmah b. Adi
Battle of Karbala / Perpetrators of the Battle of Karbala
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