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The Creation Of The Universe
The Religion of the Ignorant
The Psychology of "Femininity" in Ignorantism
One of the most important suggestions that the religion of the ignorant inculcates in society is the various strange personal and mental structures identified by that religion and imposed on to people according to their gender. Among believers, however, character does not change according to gender. There is one common soul among the faithful. But in Ignorantism, one's character changes according to a person's gender, under the effect of an artificial distinction and social propaganda.
As a result of powerful indoctrination by the Religion of the Ignorant, women have assumed a rather weak character and a less than fully competent nature. Qualities like courage, intelligence, determination, agility, reason, competence and resistance to trouble and difficulty have no place in the roles set out for women in Ignorantism. And even where these are present, they are always faint and faulty. Both men and women share the prejudiced view that all these good characteristics need to be present in men. Elements such as jealousy, capriciousness, complaining, helplessness and sentimentality have always been defined as feminine.
The Religion of the Ignorant imposes a burden on women in the form of helplessness, irrationality, ignorance, naiveté and incompetence. In the light of the distorted rules of this religion, women assume that appearance and, willingly or not, accept the obligation to reflect those defects. That state of mind imposed on women causes a very different personality to emerge, with all the attendant attitudes and behavior. The subconscious, delusional idea has been planted that these spiritual and psychological weaknesses are natural, part and parcel of being a woman. Women who adopt the role of irrationality, ignorance and incompetence shaped by society gradually do become genuinely irrational, ignorant and incompetent.
In the eyes of this false religion, the aspects of women that need to be brought to the fore are those that make them female, such as facial and bodily beauty—rather than intellectual and spiritual beauty—, and sentimentality. Even those who believe themselves members of the most cultured and contemporary section of society still abide by this rule.
Distorted views and moral values peculiar to Ignorantism are constructed around this fundamental logic.
Inability to think heads the list of the characteristics prescribed by the Religion of the Ignorant. A woman who has adopted this false belief therefore feels no need to exercise her mind on any subject. By making use of others' thoughts, she is unable to offer a solution on any matter, but merely implements those put before her. If her family falls on economic hard times, she will leave the solution to her husband to find. She herself, however, will offer no alternative as to what will be most advantageous to them or how they should go about making ends meet. She will see herself as being totally outside the issue, beyond accusing her husband of not bringing home enough money.
In Ignorantism, the female character is closed to development and progress. For that reason, a great many women make no effort to enhance their culture, abilities or experience. They tend not to follow scientific developments, technology, the economy or politics. The only fields of interest left to them are their own appearance, clothes, or makeup or matters to do with their domestic happiness.
Even faith is offered ready-made in the Religion of the Ignorant. A woman will shape her own belief in the direction of whatever her husband believes. If her intended spouse is a religious man, she will start taking an interest in religion. If he has no faith or behaves flexibly with regard to Allah's commandments, she will again begin living like him, even if in her heart of hearts she is aware of Allah's existence. She completely adopts the logical framework, perspective, tastes, world view and other judgments of her betrothed, and spends the rest of her life accordingly. For that reason, most women who live by Ignorantism have no understanding of right and wrong of their own. They set out a path for themselves by adopting the value judgments of their husband, of their boyfriend, or of their parents.
In order to survive, women who live by this satanic religion need support and protection. Indeed, they generally do not protect any weak and despairing people around them, nor strive on their behalf. They protect nobody, but are protected themselves, and make an effort for nobody, though others strive for the sake of their comfort.
Fear is another component of this superstitious religion's females. Many women think they need to exhibit fearful reactions in situations where they are not actually fearful at all. They scream theatrically, cover their faces with their hands, and appear to be very excited. For example, a woman who goes to a horror film may act as if she is very frightened, though in reality she is quite unaffected. She may exhibit sudden and exaggerated reactions in the face of incidents that have nothing frightening about them at all, which even a child could face with courage. The society of the ignorant believes that fear becomes a woman, or is a requirement of being one. The fact is, though, no entity or phenomenon is to be feared apart from Allah. All people are responsible for realizing that fact and (with the exception of physical reflexes) sincerely abiding by it.
Another feature set out for women by the society of the ignorant is, as already mentioned, a lack of manual dexterity. Many women are raised from early childhood to believe themselves untalented. For that reason, their physical coordination is poor and they feel no need to improve it. For example, it is regarded as perfectly normal for a woman not to learn how a broken appliance can be repaired or to understand how complex devices work. It is regarded as normal for her to fail at changing a flat tire or many other jobs requiring physical coordination. Yet this totally artificial trait is imposed on women by the Religion of the Ignorant. Many women are actually exceedingly competent and practically minded, and fail only at activities of this sort because this propaganda makes them believe they lack ability. It is of course natural that they should be unable to perform tasks exceeding their physical strength, but everything else is a result of their indoctrination.
The character of women in the society of the ignorant is described as intrigue-loving and cunning in many verses of the Qur'an. One verse concerns the actions of the woman who had the Prophet Joseph (as) thrown into prison because of her intrigues:
He saw the shirt torn at the back and said, "The source of this is women's deviousness. Without a doubt your guile is very great." (Surah Yusuf, 28)
"Feminine wiles," as they are commonly referred to, are based on hypocrisy and deceiving others. Ignorantism, however, has established a model that legitimizes the way that a woman gives the impression that she is naïve and innocent to soften a man's heart, or fills her eyes with tears and starts weeping when she wants him to do something. She spreads gossip about a woman she is jealous of, seeming to praise her while actually running her down. She adopts a cold, uninterested air so the others should take an interest in her and to show how valuable she is, and gives the impression that, despite her own wishes, she is sought after and a subject of interest. Never calling her boyfriend on the phone or asking after his well-being, and not being joyful and chatty—all are all feminine tactics in the Religion of the Ignorant. A young girl will be seen more often with other male friends in order to make her boyfriend jealous, adopting a greater interest in the men around her, pretending to be interested in someone in whom she really isn't—all this is part and parcel of the feminine wiles she has learned since childhood.
The female character of Ignorantism is built on fundamental guile. Therefore, a woman raised in that belief can actually develop a very cruel nature while appearing to be tearful, soft and innocent. She may shed floods of tears in order to obtain more money from her husband who is experiencing financial difficulties. She may resort to caprices and initiate conflict to obtain an expensive new outfit. Adding further to the burdens of someone already in a difficult situation solely for one's own comfort and interests, while appearing on the surface to be so sensitive, is exceptionally cruel behavior.
One can also ffrequently encounter women in the Religion of the Ignorant who join with other women to plan how to rule their husbands. This is a behavioral defect entirely directed by satan. They determine a policy aimed at governing their husbands through specific tactics they learn from one another. They give one another advice such as, "Make him his favorite dinner. Be pleasant and tell him how much the new dress you want costs while he is watching his favorite program. Or first make him a cup of tea, light his cigarette, chat about this and that. And then once he is relaxed, get around to the subject at hand." These are the strategies such women set out in their husbands' absence. Among the intrigues women teach one another is such insincere advice as, "If you want to make him jealous, get dressed up, go out and come home late. Don't pay him too much attention if you want to keep him interested. The more interest you show in him, the quicker he'll cheat on you."
Ignorantism encourages people to have different mindsets and psychologies, according to their physical traits and differences. In contrast, the religion described in the Qur'an directs people to have one perfect state of mind, an ideal personality and a superior moral understanding, with no regard to gender. Different moral and psychological models envisaged for men and women have no place in the religion of Allah. This is frequently related in the Qur'an. In total contrast to the Religion of the Ignorant, it is revealed that both men and women of faith possess the single, common and ideal moral values and character of the believer:
Men and women who are Muslims, men and women who are believers, men and women who are obedient, men and women who are truthful, men and women who are steadfast, men and women who are humble, men and women who give charity, men and women who fast, men and women who guard their chastity, men and women who remember Allah much: Allah has prepared forgiveness for them and an immense reward. (Surat al-Ahzab, 35)
The men and women of the believers are friends of one another. They command what is right and forbid what is wrong, and perform prayer and give the alms, and obey Allah and His messenger. They are the people on whom Allah will have mercy. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat at-Tawba, 71)
As stated above, there may be such social arrangements as division of labor and sharing of responsibilities based on the physical differences between men and women. These do not justify, however, contrary to everyone's conception—and consisting entirely of the indoctrination of Ignorantism—such gender distinctions as women cooking, doing the dishes and washing clothes. There is no special responsibility imposed on women on this subject in Islam. Allah has revealed that there is no distinction between men and women:
Their Lord responds to them: "I will not let the deeds of any doer among you go to waste, male or female—you are both the same in that respect. Those who migrated and were driven from their homes and suffered harm in My way and fought and were killed, I will erase their bad actions from them and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, as a reward from Allah. The best of all rewards is with Allah." (Surah Al 'Imran, 195)
In conclusion, the most rational solution is for men and women to come to an understanding and organize jobs of all kinds between themselves.
It is of course inappropriate, in the absence of a particular necessity, for women to undertake heavy labor and work that exceeds their physical capacities. Yet to interpret that to mean that women are helpless, deficient beings in need of assistance and to indoctrinate them into that mindset is the product of the Religion of the Ignorant, which contains indoctrination, direct or indirect, to the effect that women, created physically weaker, should also have weaker characters. The fact is that there is no difference between men and women, apart from the strength of their muscles. Men and women have the same responsibilities in the Sight of Allah, and will both be called to account.
The model of helplessness proposed by Ignorantism turns a woman capable of acting perfectly normally, healthily, rationally and consistently, into an object of pity. Gradually, that helplessness becomes part of her character.
The woman of the Religion of the Ignorant is therefore far removed from the noble, upright and rational behavior unique to the female believer. The female character shaped by this religion contains just about all the personality defects and abnormalities that male and female believers should avoid, as described in the Qur'an.
The Affected Female Character
The term "affected," employed to describe a particular type of human, is actually one of the varieties of character of the Ignorantist. Although its traits all violate religious moral values, it has received wide public acceptance and even respect in certain circles. The reason may be that all of this character's negative aspects have not been openly and logically compared with the moral values of the Qur'an, and have not been fully laid out for people to see. However, in this section, you will witness how people far removed from the moral values of the Qur'an implement this character with all its defects.
The Affected Character Is Built on a Facade
One of the main features of the affected personality is how the individuals who bear it never uses their true mindset or personality. Their entire lives are built on affectation. They never react to events in a genuine or sincere way. They never reveal genuine love, say what they really think, or speak to reveal their true state of mind.
Affectation is the principal trait of those who possess a false spirit. For example, a person with an affected character may appear to be very distressed in the face of an event which actually touches her not at all. Despite actually feeling nothing inside, she may try to give the impression of how upsetting the event was by such expressions as "Oh dear! Whatever happened next?" and "How terrible!" In reacting in that way, also affected are her tone of voice, looks, facial expression, gestures and even posture. Such a person may never once have revealed her true face, spoken with her true voice or reflected her authentic personality even to close friends with whom she has spent the previous 40 years.
Someone with an affected character never feels or displays true love for anyone else, because selfishness predominates alongside affectation. The person most loved by someone with such a nature is herself. She likes herself much more than she does anyone else. She believes herself to be more intelligent and cultured than anyone else, and attaches no importance to anyone else, including her children, spouse and parents. She is therefore unable to approach anyone with a genuine, sincere love. Any displays of affection are therefore a façade. She never, for example, embraces the person in front of her, compliments others, or mentions their positive traits in a genuine manner. People of this kind usually praise the other person's outfit, and ask where they got it and what it cost. Or they may like a particular hairstyle and ask where the person had it done. A piece of jewelry may attract their attention, and they will compliment that. Yet they never praise another's moral virtues, or the attractive aspects of their appearance. They never refer to humility, compassion, patience, conscience, fear of Allah or generosity. Neither do they wish to give people's physical features any pre-eminence. They are thus unable to show love and win people's hearts.
People with such a character always have two faces, two tones of voice and two personalities. One belongs to themselves, the other is the one they show to the outside world. They never, for example, possess the honesty to tell others what is in their heart at that moment. Even if they do not love someone, they may still put on a false show of affection. They may fraudulently talk about how cultured someone is, when they actually believe him to be ignorant, or rain down praises on an outfit they don't care for. It is generally impossible to have any faith in their words. One cannot seek their advice, because they will inevitably conceal their true thoughts and say what is appropriate to the circumstances. Neither is their joy natural and sincere. They smile not because something gives them genuine pleasure or because they are happy, but because they think they need to. They wear smiles though their hearts are troubled and distressed. They never let their happy appearance drop—if such is in their interests—even with people whose company they don't enjoy, no matter how bored they are. They can utter false laughter in situations where their pride is offended, when they feel belittled, or where they are disparaged.
"The Affected Character" in the Religion of Ignorance
Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview On Tempo Tv (March 31, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: In the End Times you also see such women with affected characters on the streets; irreligious, aggressive, women with sour flesh have appeared. Hatred radiates from their mouths and eyes. They are aggressive and rude; they try to find wickedness in everything. These are people in whose hearts love and compassion have dried up and disappeared. They are women with hair dyed a dirty-yellow color. The verse also suggests this. Their general character is that they are irreligious, atheistic and ignorant. Despite their ignorance, they approach religion, Islam and the Qur'an with hatred. They are also inimical toward one another. They gossip a lot; they are vindictive and dirty. These are the mass of women that are referred to in the Qur'an as dirty and wicked. They are a type of women that are full of hatred, like aggressive old roosters. With their dirty nails and irritable flesh they put one in mind of witches. Day and night they seek disorder. Wherever they see something good they try to ruin it. These people have the energy of the insane. Even if they become very ill, they still attack Islam and Muslims day and night. Wherever they find something good, they try to ruin it. They are witch-like women whose sole concern is to spread disorder. One seeks refuge with Allah from their evil. That is what is meant by "blowing on knots." What is called magic produced by these women is the wicked words they speak. They repeat wicked words a lot. They seek evil and want to see the spread of wickedness. They are the magicians of the End Times.
Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview On Kackar Tv (January 22, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: That is what is generally thought; but such women really do exist. She has four layers of polish on her nails. She has her hair done and then does not wash it for a week or 10 days. For instance, she does not change her undershirt for weeks but imagines herself to be very stylish, to be very very elegant. For instance, her ear rings have rusted and caused an infection in her ear, but she still walks along with them, bolt upright with pride and arrogance.
Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview On Aks (April 14, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: For instance, I also observe this in women. Normally a woman in her 50s or 60s should be very appealing and beautiful. A woman of faith… But lately I have seen the appearance of women with affected characters. They are disgusting and aggressive. They look like iguanas. They look terrifying and are full of hatred. They gossip, stir fitnah and insult people or attack them. Do you have no light of love in your soul? Love a flower, feel love for people. Feel compassion for a cat or a human being. Have friends, intimates. They hate everyone. They have conflicts with their children and husbands and attack their parents. They are aggressive toward their neighbors. Such people have appeared, and this is very wicked, of course.
People with an Affected Character Pay Little Attention to Cleanliness
From the outside, such people may seem to be rather well groomed, because display occupies an important place in the affected personality. As in all matters, however, these people's understanding of cleanliness is directed only towards display. They live quite filthy lives in those areas nobody can see. Cleanliness is merely a troublesome chore performed to gain others' esteem. According to this mindset, therefore, there is no need to be clean if there is nobody around.
In the homes of people with an affected character, close attention is paid only to cleanliness in the guest room. Only the visible parts of that room are actually cleaned. At first glance the armchairs look very clean, but the backs have in all likelihood not been wiped down for months and everywhere is covered in dust. The radiator covers are clean, but when you remove them, the sight that emerges is exceedingly primitive. There may be places in such homes that have not been touched for years. Dirty areas include neglected places containing old furniture, cupboards, underneath the carpets and the bathroom walls, generally harboring germs.
Most important of all, however, is the lack of attention such people pay to personal cleanliness. One distinguishing feature of those people is how they seek to cover up the dirt on their bodies, that have not been washed for days, by spraying scent over them. Though accompanied by the scents of attractive and expensive perfumes, these people have generally not come into contact with water for days. After visiting the hairdresser, they don't wash their hair for some time, in order to avoid having to pay any more money and to keep their hairdo intact. Before going out, they wash only the visible parts of their bodies, and ignore the regions under their clothes. They are therefore frequently subjected to infections, but live with these illnesses for years without ever being concerned about them. They pay no heed to the cleanliness of the food they serve people, and they generally try to keep down costs by serving poorly-washed vegetables, ancient oils, and stale ingredients mixed with fresh ones. They don't hesitate to endanger others' health for the sake of their own interests. Indeed, it never even crosses their minds that this unclean food could damage people's health. Any such person eventually becomes used to filth, and regards this as the natural order of things.
All this stems from the fact that the affected character is built on an unbelieving system. They never employ their consciences, and are never clean, altruistic and considerate as commanded by Allah, unless forced to be.
Their Perverse Views of Religion
In the affected personality, religion is perceived very differently from the manner described in the Qur'an. According to the perverse outlook of many people with such a character, religious belief stems not from devotion to Allah but from a desire for social acceptance. People with such perverse rationale therefore use devotion, in their own tiny minds, as a means of display, but essentially fail to adopt the relevant moral values and lifestyle. Allah has revealed the existence of such people in the Qur'an. In verses, Allah says:
Have you seen him who denies the religion? He is the one who harshly rebuffs the orphan and does not urge the feeding of the poor. So woe to those who perform prayer, and are forgetful of their prayer, those who show off and deny help to others. (Surat al-Ma'un, 1-7)
These characters have a distorted understanding of religion, peculiar to itself and far removed from the Qur'an. Even if they say they are religious, they are actually very flexible on the subject of what is permitted and prohibited in the religion. They don't tremble in fear of Allah as they should. They therefore fulfill the requirements of the moral values of the religion which they believe to be easy, and ignore those that seem difficult or incompatible with their interests. For instance, they pray once during the day but can easily elect not to perform other prayers if they are sleepy, invited to a party or out shopping, saying, "There is no need to perform all prayers; once is enough." This is extremely perverse attitude, incompatible with the Qur'an and the Sunnah. Or they make excuses by erroneous reasons such as, "It's my intention that counts, not my actions." However, Allah states in the Qur'an that this is wrong.
According to this perverse outlook, religion is brought up only on specific days, alongside specific people or during specific events. For example, people with affected personalities consider funerals or the Mawlid as opportunities to display themselves as devout. In such situations, they act in a way to demonstrate the fake importance they attach to religion. Of course acting with sincere intentions is praiseworthy, but the difference is that in performing such acts, people with affected characters forget about Allah, regard death and the Hereafter as being far removed, and behave to put on a show for those around them. (Surely Allah is beyond that!)
In fact, most of those who live by the affected philosophy put on a thin headscarf on occasions of this kind, wear predominantly black colored, elegant and expensive clothes and head off to the funeral. Where they see the relatives of the deceased, people of this character assume a sorrowful expression and express their condolences with sorrowful words. Reference is made to the deceased's "time" having come and to wishing healthy lives for those who remain. As this takes place, however, there is no state of mind that feels helplessness before Allah, that knows that death is close at hand to this person as well, and that fears having to render account. On the contrary, the funeral is perceived almost as a social meeting, albeit with a different form and rules. Competitiveness in looking elegant and gossiping continue here, too. Who has attended? Who is wearing what? Who is wearing what brand of headscarf and what make of glasses?
The mind of the affected character is the exact opposite of the moral values of religion. Affected people mostly never think that Allah pervades and enfolds all places, has dominion over them at all moments, of the responsibilities religion imposes on them, or of Allah's punishment, justice or might. They may never think of acquiring any understanding on these subjects. They generally do not know the moral values commanded in the Qur'an, and if they do know, they certainly do not practice them.
It is actually very easy to spot this perverted aspect of the affected personality. If asked to make a sacrifice for Allah's approval, then these perverted mentalities will probably rise to the surface. Such people are unwilling to undertake even the slightest difficulty for the sake of Allah's approval. They cannot countenance renouncing their lifestyles, luxuries or surroundings. For example, if they think that there will be a reaction from others as they fulfill a requirement of the moral values of religion, they choose other people's approval over Allah's. They never make any concession with regard to their wealth, entertainments, travel, ways of dressing or habits. However, as long as they do not repent and change themselves, this attitude will cause them a great loss both in this world and the Hereafter. Someone who avoids the slightest discomfort for the sake of gaining Allah's approval in this world will suffer great regret in the Hereafter.
True moral values of the Qur'an must influence a person's whole life. Those who believe in Allah live their entire lives according to His religion and compatibly with His approval, and practice the moral values of the Qur'an. They never evaluate the religion of Allah according to whether it is compatible with their own interests. When that evaluation occurs, then that is not true religion. The perverted view of religion in the affected character, therefore, is far distant from the moral values of Islam. In verses, Allah states that religion must be made unique to Him:
We have sent down the Book to you with truth. So worship Allah, making your religion sincerely His. Indeed is the sincere religion not Allah's alone? If people take protectors besides Him—"We only worship them so that they may bring us nearer to Allah"—Allah will judge between them regarding the things about which they differed. Allah does not guide anyone who is an ungrateful liar. (Surat az-Zumar, 2-3)
Say: "It is Allah I worship, making my religion sincerely His, so worship anything you will apart from Him!" Say: "The real losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection." Isn't that clear loss? (Surat az-Zumar, 14-15)
So call upon Allah, making your religion sincerely His, even though the disbelievers detest it. (Surah Ghafir, 14)
They Never Abandon Their Affected Characters, Even Under the Most Difficult Conditions
Another feature of the affected character is how it dominates peoples' entire lives. That dominion is so powerful that such people never abandon their own rules, even under the most difficult conditions. Funerals are, again, an example of this. Even at the deaths of their closest friends, even of their husbands or children, such people are never willing to forego their characters, which are the direct opposites of the moral values of the Qur'an. Since people with such wicked characters never use their ability to reason, they cannot fully comprehend the might and greatness of Allah, which is why they do not fear Him. Just about no event affects them particularly deeply, nor leads them to behave with genuine sincerity. Such events as a close friend contracting a dangerous illness, their children being injured or their spouse coming close to death produce no deep effect in their souls. They never learn from people's experiences. They never think that one day, something similar might happen to them, and never seek to improve their moral values and rectify their mistakes.
The one event that affected characters cannot withstand and at which they totally collapse is their own deaths. To die is the one thing they fear most, and experience terror when they feel that death is really close at hand. Only then do they abandon their ugly personalities and show their true faces. The panic felt when an earthquake strikes, for instance, may lead them to abandon their affected character. At such a moment, their facial expressions, tone of voice, behavior and way of calling on Allah all suddenly may change. Such people may be aware of their helplessness, be humble, full of fear, genuine and sincere. The moment the earthquake ends, however, that effect suddenly vanishes and the affected characters re-appear. That is because the force that caused their character to change, albeit for a moment, is not fear of Allah but fear of death. Once that fear has passed, this character re-emerges in all its ugliness.
The Affected Character Gives Rise to Sloth, Incompetence and Ignorance
Affected people tend to be skilled at nothing, have no competence in any field, and are ignorant. The world offered to people of that character is a very narrow one. They take an interest only in certain areas of life and know nothing about anything beyond.
Affected people are interested in such matters as clothes, make-up, brands of perfume, the private lives of those around them, travel plans and hairdressers' addresses. Little else is of any deep interest. They have not the slightest interest in the torture inflicted on Muslims in East Turkistan, for instance, the cruelty experienced in Palestine, people oppressed and killed everyday in Iraq, people starving to death in Africa, the spread of atheism in the world, the abandonment of Qur'anic moral values or the moral degeneration among young people. They are sensitive only to their own interests. The problems of others, even of their closest friends, interest them not at all. They take an interest in a subject only if it affects their interests in some way.
Unless they or one of their family fall ill, they never feel sympathy for the sick. So long as they are not poor, they never empathize with the plight of poor people. So long as they are not hungry, they do not comprehend the plight of those who are. In order for them to show any sensitivity on a subject, they must first experience it themselves. No subject that fails to touch them personally or cause them any discomfort is at all important. Their seeking to solve a problem, making efforts to save those suffering from that problem and find a solution all depend on the situation being harmful to them. However, as long as they live by the same character, it becomes impossible for them to devise a wise and rational solution. If they live in a country at war or suffering starvation, and they themselves are affected, then they may well look for a remedy, because their own lives are involved. But if they live in luxury far from such countries, then the plight of those people interests them not in the least. In that sense, the affected character is most ruthless and cruel.
Moreover, since the culture presented by the affected personality is solely for display, these people are exceedingly ignorant and badly informed. They devote all their time and mind to show off. Therefore, the affected are unable to come up with ideas on subjects requiring intellect. They cannot be of any use to those around them, and fail to add anything positive to their surroundings. In fact, people of affected character are generally a burden on rational people at times of emergencies and constitute a problem. Since they are irrational and incompetent, and of no use when measures need to be taken, time needs to be set aside to look after them. For example, instead of calling a doctor or dealing with bystanders after a traffic accident, such people actually confuse the situation further by crying and engaging in mindless behavior. They do not use their reason to come up with solutions. For that reason, not only are such people a danger to themselves, but also to those around them.
Because affected personalities have no objective, ideals or beautiful aims, their lives are dominated by a great lethargy. Apart from dashing off to some entertainment, the hairdresser, a sports event, shopping or to visit a friend, there's never any urgency to any of their affairs. Their haste is concerned solely with themselves. They never hurry for the sake of others' welfare, health or security. Time is of little value to them, and they waste it quite happily. They can spend days, months and even years without doing anything useful, interested only in themselves and their own particular circle. They therefore move slowly, talk at length on all subjects, and are unable to come up with a quick solution to the smallest matter. For example, it takes them weeks or even months to decide on a change of décor in their homes. They are also capable of devoting days to such questions as what outfit to wear, what hair style to adopt, what jewelry to wear, or which shoes to buy.
This lethargy imposed by their character is reflected in their mental activities. Their minds work slowly. They cannot easily distinguish right from wrong, speak with any wisdom or use their intellect to make positive contributions to anyone's moral values, personality or lifestyle.
The Vulgarity of the Affected Character
One major claim of people with an affected personality is that of nobility. These people, imagining that nobility consists of appearance, attitude and various rules of etiquette, portray themselves as exceedingly noble to those around them. They imagine that wealth brings with it a natural nobility, which they can achieve by learning a few international conventions regarding eating, standing up, and dressing.
In fact, however, beneath such people's courteous exteriors there tends to lie a character that's cruel, vulgar and a far cry from noble. The attitudes they display in the face of events that clash with their own interests, or toward people to whom they attach little value, make this crystal clear. For example, when affected people regarded as exceptionally courteous in their circle lose their bag in a shop, they begin behaving in a most vulgar manner. They shout at the staff, and immediately accuse people of theft. They demand the bag be found at once, otherwise they will sue. They shout at people who have nothing to do with the matter, quite irrationally and in a very vulgar tone of voice. At that moment, their fine manners and nobility vanish. Their true natures emerge when they imagine their own interests will be damaged.
A great many examples can be given of how such matters as compassion, nobility and courtesy are based solely on imitation in the affected character. For instance, such people will be full of affection towards the child of a friend who comes on a visit. They will place the child on their lap, caress it, lavish attention on it or take care that no harm comes to it. But when the child of a poor person arrives, their attitude is quite different. They are reluctant for that child to sit on the living room furniture, to eat off good plates, or to wander about the house. They are reluctant to touch or caress it. They display no kindness, but behave with great ill temper.
People with such a nature are unable to put up with any changes to their lifestyle, for which reason they are angered easily. Imagine such people all dressed up and trying to make it to a party where they've been invited. They speak and behave most politely to those around, but if they're unable to find a space left in the parking lot, their attitude suddenly changes. When they realize they must park some distance away and walk, they start blaming the parking attendant. They try to get their own way by humiliating him. If their persistence fails to achieve results, they become rude, and their manner of speaking and tone of voice undergo an alteration. No vulgarity is too much for them, since the affected personality's nobility is based solely on appearance.
True nobility stems from faith and is lived in the soul. Only one who has faith in Allah, expects to be recompensed for all things by Him, and lives the beauty of the soul required by Qur'anic moral values, can possess true nobility and greatness. Such a person will behave in an honorable, noble, generous and dignified manner, without chasing after personal interests, in a manner that doesn't change according to the circumstances or persons concerned. In the Qur'an, Allah reveals that true nobility and honor belong to Allah and those who follow Him:
They say, "If we return to Madina, the more honorable will drive out the inferior." But all honor belongs to Allah and to His messenger and the believers. But the hypocrites do not know this. (Surat al-Munafiqun, 8)
Do those who take the disbelievers as protectors, rather than the believers, hope to find honor with them? Honor belongs entirely to Allah. (Surat an-Nisa', 139)


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City Councilman Daniel Henkel defended his seat in Tuesday�s election, defeating challenger Armand Izzo 246 to 96.
NICEVILLE � City Councilman Daniel Henkel defended his seat in Tuesday�s election, defeating challenger Armand Izzo 246 to 96.
The Group 4 council seat was the only contested race in Niceville this year.
Henkel was sworn in Tuesday evening along with Sal Nodjomian, who won the Group 2 seat without opposition.
Voter turnout was not very good, City Clerk Dan Doucet said. Typically, the city sees about 10 percent of its 9,600 registered voters come to the polls.
The city printed about 1,200 ballots.
Doucet blamed the rain, which fell hard all day.
Rain, or rather the mosquitoes that follow, was one of the issues people raised when he telephoned and met with them during the campaign, Henkel said.
�It gave them the opportunity to meet me face-to-face if they hadn�t already and for me to see if there are any issues and concerns,� said Henkel, an Air Force retiree who works as a program manager for a foreign military sales program. �You learn some things that you didn�t know before.�
Henkel, who was first elected to the City Council in 2008, said he heard everything from a desire for facilities for youths to promoting local business.
He said he is taking those ideas to heart and that he wants to balance growth with quality of life.
The council needs to be cognizant of the effects the community will feel from sequestration now underway at local military bases, he said.
�We need to keep taxes low to help the community,� Henkel said.
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This email choked me up – thanks to Chris for letting us post it:
Dear Holiday World and Splashin' Safari,
Like most people who grew up in Southern Indiana, I grew up visiting "Santa Claus Land." My family visited very rarely back then, as I had a very modest upbringing. In my adult years, I have enjoyed coming back to HW/SS year after year with my family. I've never been much of a "rider," but I thoroughly enjoy the atmosphere and some of the calmer, gentler rides – and watching my niceces and nephews enjoy the park. In all those years of visiting, I would ride the Raven several times and the Legend once (I really am a big chicken), but never the Voyage – despite the urging of my family and friends.
In late 2010, I began chemotherapy and radiation therapy treatments – so I missed the 2011 season at Holiday World and Spashin' Safari. I am please to report, however, that I'm nearly my old self again – and a few weeks ago I finally conquered The Voyage. I figured if I could survive cancer treatment, I could certainly survive whatever a top-class wooden roller coaster could dish out. It was the most liberating, exhilerating, fantastic experience of my life! A couple years ago I would not have even considered riding, but this year I knew I had to. It was significant for me to step out of my comfort zone and face what I feared. I felt compelled to write and say thank you for this emotional experience … and for all you do for our region.
I can't wait to see you again in 2013!
Thank you so much!!
Chris C.
Jeffersonville, Indiana
P.S. Here's my photo from the Voyage (that's me in the back holding on with all my might).


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England v Barbarians
Foden ready for Tindall farewell
ESPN Staff
May 24, 2012
Ben Foden will be looking to score on Sunday © PA Photos
Ben Foden is pleased to have the opportunity to say goodbye to Mike Tindall as England prepare to take on the Barbarians on Sunday, but hopes his former skipper is on the wrong side of the ledger at Twickenham.
Tindall will start at inside centre in a Barbarians side captained by John Smit and also features former England internationals Paul Sackey and Iain Balshaw. Foden, though, warned Tindall that England will be fired up for the occasion ahead of their three-Test tour to South Africa.
"I am sure he will be looking to get a few cheap shots on us," Foden said. "Tins will be looking forward to coming here to Twickenham and sticking it to us. It will be good to see him playing and a good way to say goodbye to Tins as well - hopefully we will stuff them."
Tindall, exiled from the national team under Stuart Lancaster, was fined £15,000 by the Rugby Football Union in New Zealand at last year's World Cup. Foden admitted situations such as Tindall's make every player realise how careful they must be while in the public eye.
"You have to be on your guard a little bit," Foden said. "Having guys like Tins being involved in the squad, who is married to royalty, and guys like myself being engaged to a pop star (The Saturdays' Una Healy), the public profile rises and you have to be careful.
"You have to make sure you represent your country 24 hours a day. People can take videos and pictures without you even knowing. A picture speaks a thousand words and some things can be taken massively out of context. You have to be careful what you do, especially going on tours. We saw in NZ that things can get out of control very quickly.
"There will be odd mishaps and mistakes. As long as the people around you - Stuart Lancaster, Jim Mallinder, my fiancee - are happy then you can go on. That is the balance you have to live your life. But what better life to be living than playing for England?"
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The New Yorker pulled one over on me. The recent Summer Fiction Issue contained a piece (not online) by novelist Haruki Murakami which I skimmed right over, thinking it was a piece of short fiction. Turns out it's an excerpt from Murakami's memoir, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, a book detailing how he became a novelist and an avid runner.
In other words, you can't please everybody.
Even when I ran the club, I understood this. A lot of the customers came to the club. If one of out ten enjoyed the place and decided to come again, that was enough. If one out of ten was a repeat customer, then the business would survive. To put it another way, it didn't matter if nine out of ten people didn't like the club. Realizing this lifted a weight off my shoulders. Still, I had to make sure that the one person who did like the place really liked it. In order to do that, I had to make my philosophy absolutely clear, and patiently maintain that philosophy no matter what. This is what I learned from running a business.
After "A Wild Sheep Chase," I continued to write with the same attitude that I'd developed as a business owner. And with each work my readership — the one-in-ten repeaters — increased.
In addition to writing his dozen novels, Murakami has also run 26 marathons. The Economist calls the book both puzzling and intriguing and stops just short of recommending it, while the A.V. Club really liked it. The Observer has another excerpt from the book about the author's ultramarathon attempt.


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Maryanne Wolf is the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service, Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research, and Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. She received her doctorate from Harvard University, where she began her work on the neurological underpinnings of reading, language, and dyslexia. Among her awards for teaching and research are the Distinguished Professor of the Year award from the Massachusetts Psychological Association, the Teaching Excellence Award from the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Researcher Award from Tufts University, a Fulbright Research Fellowship award for research on dyslexia in Germany, the Norman Geschwind Lecture Award and the Samuel Orton Award from the International Dyslexia Association for contributions from neuroscience research to dyslexia, the Alice Ansara Award for work in dyslexia. Along with colleagues Dr. Robin Morris, and Dr. Maureen Lovett, Prof. Wolf was awarded the NICHD Shannon Award for Innovative Research and several multi-year NICHD grants to investigate new approaches to reading intervention. The RAVE-O reading intervention program, created by Prof. Wolf and members of the Center, emerged from these federally funded studies. In addition, neurologist Martha Denckla and Wolf published the RAN and RAS tests of naming speed, one of the major predictors of dyslexia across all known languages.
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When Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993, the Regan era and the full-bore ravages of AIDS in America were not far behind us. The play, at least as it is (faithfully, I've read) adapted in the 2003 HBO mini-series, deals with several emotionally churning themes – love, death, disease, the end of the Cold War, American assimilationism…well, those last two are emotional hot-button issues for some people. The HBO series was highly praised, and when I watched the first part on a DVD, I was taken with it. There was drama, there was suspense, there were spectacular sights and portents of great meaning.
There were also fine actors: Al Pacino was great playing the "pole star of evil," Roy Cohn, the right-wing hatchet man and all around corrupt operator, who hid is homosexual nature, or as he said, the fact that he "likes to fuck around with guys," and that he was dying of AIDS. Meryl Streep does her chameleon thing, playing several roles, but even though I am thoroughly used to that, her portrayal of a ratty orthodox rabbi in the opening knocked me out. Jeffrey Wright was great as Cohn's nurse and the friend to all.
But that was not enough. Part II barely kept my attention, it petered out in a fit of sentimentality; the boy gets boy, boy loses boy plot lines were tedious, and one of the main characters, the guilt-ridden politico-Jew who abandons his AIDS stricken lover, was boring, trite, and basically repellent. In the end, I felt I'd been had: What was that mess about anyway? We should all be nicer to one another? Without Pacino, I don't think I could have made it through the show. Thank you Roy Cohn for a wonderful experience.


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A guide to styling your Indian palazzo suits
The palazzo is that fashion item that has made a fabulous comeback and rehashed the retro vibe among Indian women. The reason the palazzo suit design is so popular is that it's comfortable, versatile, and stylish. The fashion piece is quickly becoming a wardrobe essential and staple couture wear. So, while you are piling your shopping cart during the online shopping spree, don't forget to add some Indian suits with palazzo pants into your haul as well.
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Straight cut palazzos
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An ultimate way to style these palazzos is to choose shorter tops or kurtas that have a trail. Long earrings and wedges are the perfect way to complete this look.
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These light, summery, pieces are the original inspiration behind the cropped palazzos. These palazzos end at the knees and they are cut full leg width to give the illusion of a skirt. When it comes to Indian ethnic wear, culottes work amazingly as casual outfits. It's quite the androgynous style statement because it's the perfect outfit for a casual meet and you can pair with sports pumps for a sporty chic look.
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Alfred Jacob Miller was one of the first artists to document in his work the adventures of mountain men and Native Americans in the American West in the early nineteenth century. Miller was an American artist who attended the fashionable European school Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1834. He returned to Baltimore, Maryland in 1836 and soon after he relocated his art studio to New Orleans. It was in New Orleans where Scottish nobleman, Capt. William Drummond Stewart, recently retired from the British Army, visited with Miller.
Alfred Miller's painting of William Stewart
Steward, who sought his own adventure in the American West, asked Miller to accompany him on an expedition in 1837. Steward wanted the artist to document one of the American frontier's most exciting gatherings of white and native people; the annual Fur Trade Rendezvous, which in 1837 was located on the Green River in present day western Wyoming. Subsequently, Miller became famous for his depictions of western inhabitants in the early nineteenth century. Like Karl Bodmer, and George Catlin before him, Miller captured in his paintings a realistic yet romantic vision of Mountain men and Native Americans interacting at the Rendezvous on the Green River. There are very few journals or diaries of participants who attended the 1837 Rendezvous; Miller's sketches and paintings are a valuable contribution that document one of the last Fur Trade gatherings in the American history.
In the spring of 1837, the Scottish nobleman, and his new artist friend, along with an entourage of assorted people traveled West in a fur trade supply caravan led by Thomas Fitzpatrick, a part owner in the American Fur Company, and a trapper/trader who had been attending the Fur Trade Rendezvous since it's inception in 1825 by William Ashley.
Recent photograph of the First Rendezvous site on the Green River
Ashley initiated the Rendezvous as a once a year gathering place to supply his fur trappers with goods in return for the trapper's furs. It was financially expedient to haul supplies to their traders in the West, thereby making it possible for the trappers to avoid the long trip to St. Louis to dispose of their furs.
At the first Rendezvous on the Green River, Ashley sold supplies to 120 men. Some were independent trappers and others belonged to the Hudson Bay Company, who in 1825 dominated the fur industry in the Pacific Northwest.
The Fitzpatrick supply train arrived on the Green River in July 1837, where the found a large gathering of Fur traders and Native Americans looking to trade their furs for Ashley's supplies.
Recent Photograph of 1837 Rendezvous site on Horse Creek, a branch of the Green River
The gathering was large and the partying by both white and Indian went on for days. Although Fitzpatrick did not include whiskey among these supplies, the drink was in abundance; the gathering on the Green was perhaps one of the wildest of any previous rendezvous. One trapper recorded that when he arrived at the Rendezvous,
Here we found the hunting parties all assembled waiting for the arrival of supplies from the States. Here presented what might be termed a mixed multitude. The whites were chiefly Americans and Canadian French with some Dutch, Scotch, Irish, English, halfbreed, and full blood Indians, of nearly every tribe in the Rocky Mountains. Some were gambling at cards some playing the Indian game of hand and other horse racing while here and there could be seen small groups collected under shady trees relating the events of the past year all in good spirits and health for sickness is a stranger seldom met with in these regions.
The atmosphere provided artist Jacob Miller with wonderful sketches that he later made into paintings, his medium was usually watercolor.
Miller's watercolor of the 1837 Rendezvous
Breaking up camp at Sunrise.
Miller's painting is a reflection of his thought. While traveling with the Fitzpatrick caravan He wrote,
At four o'clock in the morning, it is the duty of the last men on guard to loosen the horses from their pickets, in order to range and feed. At daylight, everybody is up--our provisors are busy with preparations for breakfast;--tents and lodges are collapsed, suddenly thrown down, wrapped up, and bundled into the wagons.
If the sun is 20 minutes above the horizon when our breakfast is finished, we conceive that he has a reproachful look. By this time the horses are driven in, and each man hurries after his own, saddles or harnesses him, and the train puts itself enroute.
At this period, one of the strongest contrasts presents itself, and illustrates in a striking manner the difference between the white and red man.
While all is activity and bustle with the Anglo-Saxon as if he feared that the Rocky Mountains would not wait for him, the Indian lingers to the last moment around the camp fire,--he neither enters into or sympathizes with our diligence, and seems to regret that stern necessity forces him to accept our company for his convoy.
While Miller's experience with Native Americans are depicted in most of his sketches and painting, his impression of the war like nature of the Indian is most stunning.
On this eventful morning our caravan, pursuing as usual the even tenor of its way, we descried one of our hunters returning to the camp at full gallop. His speech was to the purpose, "Injins all about--that will be some raising of h'ar as sure as shootin." On his heels followed other confirming this. At this juncture, it would have been a good study(if the mater had not been so serious) to watch the countenances of the different men. The staid indifference of the old trappers ready for any emergency, the greenhorns(braggarts of the camp fire) pale about the gills and quite chopfallen. No boasting now!. Monsieur Proveau, subleader, with a corpus round as a porpoise, revolving in his mind what was to be done A Problem.
All of us were more or less uncomfortable decidedly, and as sensitive about our scalps as a Chinese concerning his pig-tail que. We were not kept long in suspense. A cloud of dust soon divulging a piratical horde of wretches, painted without regard to harmony of color, coming down on us at top speed,--armed to the teeth, and when they reached us, they commenced riding around in a menacing manner.
One of the most recognized of Miller's painting is "The Trappers Bride."
Miller annotated "The Trapper's Bride"
The prices varying in accordance with the circumstances. He (the trapper) is seated with his frined, to the left of the sketch, his hand extended to his promised wife, supported by her father and accompanied by a chief, who holds the calumet, an article indispensable in all grand ceremonies. The price of acquisition, in this case, was $600.00 paid for in the legal tender of this region: Guns, $100.00, Blankets $40.00 each, Red Flannel $20.00 pr. year, Alcohol $64.00 Gal. Tobacco, Beads, etc. at corresponding rates.
A free Trapper(white or half-breed), being ton or upper circle, is a most desirable match, but it is conceded that he is a ruined man after such an investment, the lady running into unheard of extravagances. She wants a dress, horse, gorgeous saddle, trappings, and the deuce know what beside. For this the poor devil trapper sells himself, body and soul, to the Fur Company for a number of years. He traps beaver, hunts the Buffalo and bear, Elk etc. The furs and robes of which the Company credit to his account.
History of the American West, which includes the fur trade, mining, missionary, ranching, cattle, Indian, transportation and farming frontiers.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Alfred Jacob Miller and the 1837 Fur Trade Rendezvous
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River cruising has been a growing travel market for quite some time, but categorizing this product and pairing it effectively with clients can still be a real challenge. Greg Nacco, vice president at Cruise Specialists in Marin County, Calif., said that, in many ways, river cruising is a more complex product than ocean cruising, making the agent's role that much more important.
Rick Kaplan, founder of Cruise Masters, came out of retirement to launch Premier River Cruises in Los Angeles. Kaplan noted that for the average agent, the biggest issue is differentiating between brands.
"If you don't have the insights or experience to discuss all of the major lines, you end up just talking about preferred suppliers, which is seriously limiting," he said. "The first task we have is proper qualification of the customer, and you need to know the full range of brands to make a match."
Agents characterize the major river cruise lines in Europe as luxury, high premium and premium, but they don't all agree about how the lines fit into these categories. AmaWaterways president and co-owner Rudi Schreiner pointed out that in the 1990s the major lines serving the North American market started upgrading their services to become more and more inclusive, with higher quality dining, wine, beer and spirits, special shore experiences and more. He also noted that today's river vessels are being built with more suites.
"We are developing differently from ocean cruising, from the top down, with more and more suites and luxury features — it is getting more difficult to sell entry-level cabins," Schreiner said. "When people are paying $1,500 to $1,800 per person to fly to Europe, they are not looking for a cheap cruise."
Because more clients are looking to get as much as possible out of their cruise experience, it is essential to know what all the cruise lines have to offer in order to best suit their expectations and preferences.
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AmaWaterways' ships feature modern decor with a colorful, bright style, and each ship is themed with a different color family. Schreiner likens the concept to the Encore in Las Vegas, "a modern look, not cold but pleasing."
Features such as a heated pool with a swim-up bar and the line's signature Twin Balconies (both French and step-out) keep the product on the cutting edge.
In addition to its onboard distinctions, AmaWaterways has developed itineraries in exotic places, including Africa and Asia. Next year, the line will launch the new 56-passenger AmaPura in Myanmar.
"At one time, Myanmar's Irrawaddy River supported up to 9 million passengers on 600 ships," Schreiner said. "There is great potential there."
Viking River Cruises has a different vision. Richard Marnell, senior vice president of marketing for Viking, sees enrichment as Viking's biggest distinction, with privileged access to people, destinations and collections during its cruises. Viking's size — it projects a fleet of 100 river vessels by 2020 — gives the line tremendous reach and enables them to employ guides and access supplies exclusively. Plus, the line's huge advertising campaign has benefitted the entire river cruise sector.
"We have a Scandinavian design ethos, with modern, unobstructed interiors, and the ships' uniformity has great advantages," said Marnell. "This year, we all experienced high water in Europe, and Viking was able to move guests from one part of the river system to another by coach, placing them in the same staterooms on identical sister ships."
Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection takes the opposite stance; not only is each ship completely different from another, but each ship category has its own type of decor.
"When the Travel Corporation acquired Uniworld, it made sure the services, staff, training and design aspects were very individual," said Wesley Bosnic, senior vice president of revenue management and strategic development for Uniworld. "The line's excursions offer guests in-depth choices, from standard city tours to active options and insiders' back streets, small cafes and more."
Uniworld is increasing its inclusions for seagoing luxury cruises. In 2014, European cruises on Uniworld will cover beer, wine, soft drinks and spirits at all times, as well as all gratuities.
"The demographics have changed, and many guests are not just passively enjoying the cruise," Bosnic added. "We see a lot of people still of working age, a good number under 50 and, during summer, we often see multigenerational groups."
Managing director of Avalon Waterways Patrick Clark feels that the company has its own niche with its Panorama-class design on more than 80 percent of its cabins.
"Space on a river vessel is limited, and we chose to have larger staterooms with an open-air feeling rather than step-out balconies," he said.
He noted that Avalon offers three 22-night itineraries and a range of specialty cruises, from wellness to World War II cruises, that agents can sell to customers' particular interests to introduce them to river cruising. The Avalon Choice shore experiences offer a variety of activities for different tastes and comfort levels.
Katharine Bonner, vice president of river and small-ship cruising for Tauck, suggested that clients who stay in upscale properties, such as Four Seasons and The Ritz-Carlton, are a good fit with Tauck. The line also gets crossover from luxury cruise lines such as Silversea Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Seabourn. Tauck's all-inclusive policy covers gratuities, including those for special onshore dining and the exclusive shore experiences.
Tauck concentrates on destination experiences and personalized service, with three onboard cruise directors in addition to great local guides. The ships have an intimate atmosphere, carrying only 118 or 130 passengers on the same size vessels that other lines use for up to 190 people. On the two newbuilds scheduled for 2014 — Inspire on the Rhine and Savor on the Danube — the line is introducing light and airy 225-square-foot loft staterooms on the lowest level, with 1½ decks of windows that open partially to create a light, fresh environment.
Joe Maloney, vice president of U.S. sales and marketing for Scenic Cruises, said that the line is responding to two strong travel trends — all-inclusivity and flexibility — to accommodate two different client demographics simultaneously. Owner Glen Moroney has brought the ships to a uniform configuration, and 80 percent of staterooms feature Sun Lounges, private walkout balconies that can be glassed in during bad weather.
Scenic places itself in the luxury category and is adding a new brand next year as a premium product. The line will launch two 182-passenger Emerald-brand ships to broaden its reach to a younger, more active market, keeping the price point competitive by offering complimentary alcohol only at mealtimes and a smaller palette of choices for shore excursions.
The most recent entry into the North American market is A-Rosa, marketed in the U.S. by David Morris International. Morris, previously a major sales executive for Cunard Line, Crystal Cruises and Silversea Cruises, is no stranger to the luxury market. He said that, when working with A-Rosa to prepare for the 2013 season, they decided to differentiate the brand in a way that would appeal to a broader, more active range of clients, with a Swiss-operated full spa (two or three treatment rooms), a fitness room with Technogym equipment and shore excursions ranging from traditional tours to extensive bike tours and kayaking. In addition, A-Rosa includes Food Network chefs and a top French chocolatier in its onboard enrichment. A-Rosa is all-inclusive for all aspects of the cruise except spa services, at a per diem under $400. Drinks are complimentary; all excursions and gratuities are also included.
Reborn in 2000, American Cruise Lines sails the rivers, canals and sheltered waterways of America on the east and west coasts with a fleet of small vessels and an extremely loyal clientele. The company is known for its spacious staterooms, and it brought balcony accommodations to the U.S. rivers. In 2012, American launched a new sternwheeler on the Mississippi River system: the 150-passenger Queen of the Mississippi, which follows the company policy of offering destination-rich itineraries. In June, American will launch a seagoing ship, Pearl Mist, as the first vessel in its Pearl Seas Cruises brand, offering what president Charles Robertson calls "pampered exploration" in the Canadian Maritimes, Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast, St. Lawrence Seaway and in the Caribbean/Bahamas.
The American Queen Steamboat Company is expanding its capacity next year, adding the Columbia and Snake rivers to its cruising regions with the acquisition of the 223-passenger American Empress. The company launched on the Mississippi River system last year with the 436-passenger renovated American Queen, featuring a variety of dining venues to accommodate the cuisine of celebrity chef Regina Charbonneau. Their partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation enhances the enrichment program onboard and off. A large dedicated theater allows a great variety of entertainment onboard, and the company has a dedicated fleet of luxury coaches providing complimentary shore excursions in every port.
After nearly 40 years in the river cruise business with 37 vessels, CroisiEurope has recently moved into the American market, opening a call center in New York. All ships except for three in Russia are company-owned and operated. The brand is distinguished by a mix of European and American passengers and a tremendous variety of itineraries in Europe.
"We are the only line that sails from Seville and we have been in Bordeaux for two years. We have cruises out of Venice, including two for Carnival in February, and we are on all the major rivers and many tributaries," said Michel Grimm, international sales director. The company recently added two 24-passenger hotel barges, extending the product line further.
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Back in 1946, NCMIC was formed by a group of chiropractors with the express purpose of offering malpractice insurance to Doctors of Chiropractic at a time when no one else would.
What does this mean to you today? Because our defining mission is "We Take Care of Our Own®," you can rest assured that chiropractors are as special to us today as they were more than 60 years ago.
Among other things, our 60 years of defending chiropractors means if you're one of our more than 36,000 policyholders, you'll immediately benefit from six decades of expertise in ...
One example of NCMIC's focus on chiropractic is the legal defense conference hosts to bring together defense attorneys from across the country to focus on chiropractic malpractice issues and the defense of NCMIC policyholders. That way when we assign a case to an attorney to represent a D.C., the attorney will know the latest issues, cases and litigation strategies.
What this means is that NCMIC doesn't have to start from square one when you have a claim. Before you even call us, we're constantly updating our chiropractic information, plans and strategies. So the minute we take your call, we're ready to tackle the specifics of your case and defend you to the fullest.
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So, over the past 13 years, we've provided 10 million dollars to chiropractic research, resulting in greater acceptance from third-party payers and government programs. Some of this research money has been provided for preceptorships, which allow D.C.s to seek dual careers in specific research areas. NCMIC believes building the cadre of future researchers is critical to the survival and advancement of the profession.
Without NCMIC's support, many of the current advancements in research would not have been possible. NCMIC has been a contributor to the National Legal Action Fund to help continue the fight for chiropractors' rights and to end discriminatory practices against D.C.s.
To help state associations and chiropractic colleges, NCMIC provides nationally known risk management speakers at no cost to the association or school. NCMIC pays all speakers' costs, including travel.
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NCMIC has been in the forefront of providing cutting-edge information relative to chiropractic today. Our sixty years in chiropractic has given us the expertise to evaluate malpractice trends and share this information with D.C.s through written materials, such as the Examiner, monographs, our Web site and seminars.
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Eastern Wayne leaves North Lenoir scoreless at home
LA GRANGE � North Lenoir's young roster showed itself Friday night.
From the lack of protection on both lines to the jaded formations indicating a weary Hawks team, you can tell they've got some work to do.
Eastern Wayne shut out North Lenoir, 36-0, in Friday's season opener in La Grange. The Hawks only entered the Warriors' red zone once, an opportunity that came in the last quarter and disappeared with a turnover on downs inside the 5-yard line. At least by then, Eastern Wayne was done scoring for the night.
It was the second year in a row Eastern Wayne, who formerly shared a conference with North Lenoir, beat the Hawks shutout style, but North Lenoir only allowed 13 on the Goldsboro stage last season. North Lenoir will start its season off 0-1 while Eastern Wayne goes 1-0 in Week 1.
On Friday, the Hawks were only down 6-0 after a lightening delay held up the contest for more than an hour. Warriors quarterback Mitch Pike handed off to running back Lavoris Vick after faking up the middle on the 9-yard line to score the game's first touchdown near the end of opening quarter. The extra point was no good, and the Warriors nearly recovered Hawks fumble after kicking back to North Lenoir.
Hawks running back Donyae Hopkins gained a big 20 yards from his own 29, giving the home team a chance to steal the momentum early. But the North Lenoir punting unit appeared time after time Friday night. Late in the game, they gambled with a few third down conversions, which were spoiled by penalties and seemingly feeble offensive and defensive lines.
North Lenoir quarterback Landon Baker felt the pressure Friday, and he had two sacks for a loss of 15 total yards in the third quarter to prove it.
"It was a lot of frustrations there," he said. "I didn't completely pass tonight and every time I turned around, it was someone there. I don�t want to blame anyone, but I just didn't have any blockers tonight."
North Lenoir lost more than 50 yards on downs, not including a pair of fourth-quarter penalties costing them 25 yards.
Eastern Wayne wasn't exactly perfect in executing its playmaking, dropping a slippery pigskin three times to lose yards after the lightening delay, but the Warriors made up for it in scoring at least once in each quarter.
After Pike, who executed beautifuly-crafted handoffs throughout the game, connected with Eastern Wayne wide receiver Malik Richard for an 18-yard touchdown pass � which put the Warriors up 12-0 after a failed two-point conversion play, the quarterback was back at it early in the third quarter. Pike also passed to wide receiver Deshawn Boudy from their own 38, and Boudy crushed nearly 60 yards to the end zone to score the first of two Eastern Wayne third-quarter touchdowns.
Before they scored for a second one, Hopkins (5-9) nearly pounced over the head of Richard (6-2) to stop him at the Hawks 12-yard line, as the Warriors receiver was headed for the end zone again.
Eastern Wayne would score on each of their next two possessions, with kicker Colton Jones acing two extra-point chances. Eastern Wayne faked a kick as they went up for the eventual final score, 32-0.
Although you couldn't tell on the field, the Hawks had surprisingly good post-game attitudes.
"We're going to play from kickoff until the time runs off the clock, that's just how we do here at North Lenoir," said head coach Calvin Sutton.
He said the team won't have to do much different going into Week 2 on the road against Farmville Central. North Lenoirwill play the next three games away.
"They played their hearts out, for what we've got, they played their hearts out," he said. "If we can do that every week, then I'm happy."
But a positive outlook doesn�t change North Lenoir's roster, which only has seven seniors.
"We're playing a lot of younger guys," Sutton said. "That's going to be something we have to overcome. There are young guys everywhere, not just on the line, but everywhere."
Only one of the North Lenoir linemen is a senior, while five are sophomores.
Hopkins, a starting junior, said having a stronger line starts with the player.
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An Authentic Mexican Meal in the Baja Desert
Flying low into the Los Cabos airport at the southern tip of the 1,000-mile long Baja Peninsula, you might start to wonder when the palm trees and lush valleys are going to arrive. Well, it turns out they aren't. Despite their proximity to both the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez, the cities of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas that make up the Los Cabos region are arid and exceedingly dry. Low-lying chaparral dominates the landscape, with only cardon cactus extending into the sky.
Here, the desert is harsh, but livable, as evidenced by the region's rich cultural heritage. And in this part of the desolate Pacific coast, it's a heritage you can still taste today.
Cabo Adventures is the region's premiere outdoor entertainment venture, with packages that include scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, zip lining, swimming with dolphins and ATV rides on the beach. Due to popular demand, they've also added a half-day excursion through the Baja desert, complete with an authentic Mexican lunch prepared on the spot.
Eating out here courtesy of the Los Cabos Visitor Bureau, a few feet from the plancha and mercifully shaded from the sun, there is a real sense of reverence for the culture of Baja. The heat resonates from everywhere, the sun blisters anything it can, and the surf pounds endlessly at the shores. Yet, there is life here, and has been for centuries.
Two woman were making tortillas from fresh masa, and if that wasn't enough, they continued to chop and stir, adding onions, cilantro and spices here and there to the main dishes (stewed eggs and chicken mole). After the tortillas are stacked and allowed to cool briefly, the feast begins.
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I am updating my shogun2 - romance of the three kingdoms mod.
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I have a ton of models that need rigging, this is done in 3ds max, by adding a skin modifier to the mesh , and rigging it to the shogun2 skeleton. Its pretty easy stuff once you get going, but Im swamped with other aspects of the project, and I'd like to get this done by December so im looking to out source some of the help.
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translation [Lat.,=carrying across], the rendering of a text into another language. Applied to literature, the term connotes the art of recomposing a work in another language without losing its original flavor, or of finding an analogous substitute, for example, Scott Moncrieff's Remembrance of Things Past for Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which, translated literally, means
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Translations of the most ancient texts extant into modern languages are called decipherments. Two well-known examples are the decoding of the Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone (see under Rosetta) by Jean François Champollion and the decoding of the Persian cuneiform inscriptions on the rock of Behistun by Henry Rawlinson. Translating sacred texts has always been the chief means by which a culture transmits its values to posterity. Important translations of the Bible began with the Vulgate (Hebrew and Greek into Latin) of St. Jerome in the 4th cent. AD English translations of the Bible include that of John Wyclif in the 14th cent. (from Latin), William Tyndale's in the 16th cent. (from Hebrew and Greek), and the great Authorized Version of 1611, the King James Version, which has been called the most influential work of translation in any language.
The Renaissance was a golden age of translations, especially into English. Renewed interest in the Latin classics created a demand for renderings of Ovid's Metamorphoses (tr. by Arthur Golding, 1565–67), Vergil's Aeneid (tr. by Gawin Douglas, 1513; Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, c.1540; and Richard Stanyhurst, 1582), and Plutarch's Lives (tr. by Sir Thomas North, 1579). The flavor of these renderings is indicated in the opening lines of Stanyhurst's Aeneid: "Now manhood and garbroyles [battles] I chaunt, and martial horror." In addition there were translations of important contemporary works into English: Castiglione's Courtier (tr. by Sir Thomas Hoby, 1561), Montaigne's Essais (tr. by John Florio, 1603), and Cervantes's Don Quixote (tr. by John Shelton, 1612). Notable translations of the 19th and 20th cent. include Baudelaire's translations of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Scott Moncrieff's translation of Proust, and Eustache Morel's translation of James Joyce. American authors whose works have been widely translated include Mark Twain, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Pearl Buck, Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind ), and Upton Sinclair.
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