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by Dr. G.F. Haddad
Ahmad ibn `Abd al-Halim ibn `Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Qasim ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din Abu al-`Abbas ibn Shihab al-Din ibn Majd al-Din al-Harrani al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali (661-728). The most influential scholar of the late Hanbali school, praised by the hadith master Salah al-Din al-`Ala'i as "Our shaykh, master, and imam between us and Allah Almighty, the master of verification, the wayfarer of the best path, the owner of the multifarious merits and overpowering proofs which all hosts agree are impossible to enumerate, the Shaykh, the Imam and faithful servant of his Lord, the doctor in the Religion, the Ocean, the light-giving Pole of spirituality, the leader of imams, the blessing of the Community, the sign-post of the people of knowledge, the inheritor of Prophets, the last of those capable of independent legal reasoning, the most unique of the scholars of the Religion, Shaykh al-Islam..."
A student of Ibn `Abd al-Da'im, al-Qasim al-Irbili, Ibn `Allan, Ibn Abi `Amr al-Fakhr, Ibn Taymiyya mostly read by himself until he achieved great learning. He taught, authored books, gave formal legal opinions, and generally distinguished himself for his quick wit and photographic memory. Among his most brilliant students were Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Kathir, and Yusuf ibn `Abd al-Hadi. His opinions and manner created intense controversy both in his life and after his death, to the point that scholars were divided into those who loved him and those who did not. An illustration of this is the fact that the Shafi`i hadith master al-Mizzi did not call anyone else Shaykh al-Islam in his time besides Ibn Taymiyya; yet the Hanafi scholar `Ala' al-Din al-Bukhari issued a fatwa whereby anyone who called Ibn Taymiyya Shaykh al-Islam commited disbelief.1 In Bayan Zaghl al-`Ilm al-Dhahabi states: "Ibn Taymiyya was considered by his enemies to be a wicked Anti-Christ and disbeliever, while great numbers of the wise and the elite considered him an eminent, brilliant, and scholarly innovator (mubtadi` fadil muhaqqiq bari`)."2
First Incident of Tashbih
His first clash with the scholars occurred in 698 in Damascus when he was temporarily barred from teaching after he issued his Fatwa Hamawiyya. In this epistle he unambiguously attributes literal upward direction to Allah Almighty. He was refuted by his contemporary, the imam and mufti of Aleppo then Damascus Ibn Jahbal al-Kilabi (d. 733), in a lengthy reply which Taj al-Din al-Subki reproduced in full in his Tabaqat al-Shafi`iyya al-Kubra. Ibn Taymiyya then returned to his activities until he was summoned by the authorities again in 705 to answer for his `Aqida Wasitiyya. He spent the few following years in and out of jail or defending himself from various "abhorrent charges" according to Ibn Hajar. Because he officially repented, his life was spared, although at one point it was officially announced in Damascus that "Whoever follows the beliefs of Ibn Taymiyya, his life and property are licit for seizure." These events instigated great dissension among the scholars in Damascus and Cairo as detailed in Imam Taqi al-Din al-Husni's Daf` Shubah Man Shabbaha wa Tamarrad wa Nasaba Dhalika ila al-Sayyid al-Jalil al-Imam Ahmad ("Repelling the Sophistries of the Rebel who Likens Allah to Creation, Then Attributes This Doctrine to Imam Ahmad").3
Ibn Taymiyya at various times declared himself a follower of the Shafi`i school - as did many Hanbalis in Damascus - and an Ash`ari.
Ibn Hajar wrote in al-Durar al-Kamina:
An investigation [of his views] was conducted with several scholars [in Cairo] and a written statement was drawn in which he said: "I am Ash`ari." His handwriting is found with what he wrote verbatim, namely: "I believe that the Qur'an is a meaning which exists in Allah's Entity, and that it is an Attribute from the pre-eternal Attributes of His Entity, and that it is uncreated, and that it does not consist in the letter nor the voice, and that His saying: "The Merciful established Himself over the Throne" (20:4) is not taken according to its literal meaning (laysa `ala zahirihi), and I don't know in what consists its meaning, nay only Allah knows it, and one speaks of His 'descent' in the same way as one speaks of His 'establishment.'"
It was written by Ahmad ibn Taymiyya and they witnessed over him that he had repented of his own free will from all that contravened the above. This took place on the 25th of Rabi` al-Awwal 707 and it was witnessed by a huge array of scholars and others.4
The Hanbali scholar Najm al-Din Sulayman ibn `Abd al-Qawi al-Tufi said:5
He used to bring up in one hour from the Book, the Sunna, the Arabic language, and philosophical speculation, material which no-one could bring up even in many sessions, as if these sciences were before his very eyes and he was picking and choosing from them at will. A time came when his companions took to over-praising him and this drove him to be satisfied with himself until he became conceited before his fellow human beings. He became convinced that he was a scholar capable of independent reasoning (mujtahid). Henceforth he began to answer each and every scholar great and small, past and recent, until he went all the way back to `Umar (r) and faulted him in some matter. This reached the ears of the Shaykh Ibrahim al-Raqi who reprimanded him. Ibn Taymiyya went to see him, apologized, and asked for forgiveness. He also spoke against `Ali (r) and said: "He made mistakes in seventeen different matters."... Because of his fanatic support of the Hanbali school he would attack Ash'aris until he started to insult al-Ghazzali, at which point some people opposed him and would almost kill him.... They ascertained that he had blurted out certain words, concerning doctrine, which came out of his mouth in the context of his sermons and legal pronouncements, and they mentioned that he had cited the tradition of Allah's descent (to the nearest heaven), then climbed down two steps from the minbar and said: "Just like this descent of mine" and so was categorized as an anthropomorphist. They also cited his refutation of whoever uses the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- as a means or seeks help from him (aw istaghatha).... People were divided into parties because of him. Some considered him an anthropomorphist because of what he mentioned in al-`Aqida al-Hamawiyya and al-`Aqida al-Wasitiyya and other books of his, to the effect that the hand, foot, shin, and face are litteral attributes of Allah and that He is established upon the Throne with His Essence. It was said to him that were this the case He would necessarily be subject to spatial confinement (al-tahayyuz) and divisibility (al-inqisam). He replied: "I do not concede that spatial confinement and divisibility are (necessarily) properties of bodies," whereupon it was adduced against him (ulzima) that he held Allah's Essence to be subject to spatial confinement. Others considered him a heretic (zindiq) due to his saying that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- is not to be sought for help and the fact that this amounted to diminishing and impeding the establishing of the greatness of the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- .... Others considered him a dissimulator (munafiq) because of what he said about `Ali:... namely, that he had been forsaken everywhere he went, had repeatedly tried to acquire the caliphate and never attained it, fought out of lust for power rather than religion, and said that "he loved authority while `Uthman loved money." He would say that Abu Bakr had declared Islam in his old age, fully aware of what he said, while `Ali had declared Islam as a boy, and the boy's Islam is not considered sound upon his mere word.... In sum he said ugly things such as these, and it was said against him that he was a hypocrite, in view of the Prophet's -- Allah bless and greet him -- saying (to `Ali): "None but a hypocrite has hatred for you."6
Another reason why Ibn Taymiyya was opposed was his criticism of Sufis, particularly Shaykh Muhyi al-Din Ibn `Arabi, although he described himself, in his letter to Abu al-Fath Nasr al-Munayji, as a former admirer of the Shaykh al-Akbar:
I was one of those who, previously, used to hold the best opinion of Ibn `Arabi and extol his praise, because of the benefits I saw in his books, such as what he said in many of his books, for example: al-Futuhat, al-Kanh, al-Muhkam al-Marbut, al-Durra al-Fakhira, Matali` al-Nujum, and other such works.7
According to Ibn `Abd al-Hadi, Ibn Taymiyya also declared himself a follower of several Sufi orders, among them the Qadiri path of Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani.8 In al-Mas'ala al-Tabriziyya Ibn Taymiyya declares: "Labistu al-khirqa al-mubaraka li al-Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir wa bayni wa baynahu ithnan - I wore the blessed Sufi cloak of `Abd al-Qadir, there being between him and me two shaykhs."9
Further Heresy
Further charges of heresy were brought against Ibn Taymiyya for his assertion that a divorce pronounced in innovative fashion does not take effect, against the consensus of the scholars which stipulated that it does, though innovative. After spending the years 719-721 in jail, he was jailed again in 726 until his death two years leater for declaring that one who travels to visit the Prophet commits innovation. His burial was attended by about 50,000 people.
His student al-Dhahabi praised him lavishly as "the brilliant shaykh, imam, erudite scholar, censor, jurist, mujtahid, and commentator of the Qur'an," but acknowledged that Ibn Taymiyya's disparaging manners alienated even his admirers. For example, the grammarian Abu Hayyan praised Ibn Taymiyya until he found out that he believed himself a greater expert in the Arabic language than Sibawayh, whereupon he disassociated himself from his previous praise. Other former admirers turned critics were the qadi al-Zamalkani and al-Dhahabi himself, in whose al-Nasiha al-Dhahabiyya he addresses Ibn Taymiyya with the words: "When will you stop criticizing the scholars and finding fault with the people?"
Dr. al-Buti pointed out that although Ibn Taymiyya blamed al-Ghazzali and other Ash`ari scholars for involving themselves in philosophical or dialectical disputations, yet he went much further than most into kalam and philosophy. This is shown by his books in kalam and philosophy, most notably by his positions in al-Radd `ala al-Mantiqiyyin ("Against the Logicians") on the "generic beginninglessness" of created matters and Aristotelian causality (al-`illa al-aristiyya).10 Al-Dhahabi alluded to this in his epistle to Ibn Taymiyya: "When will you stop investigating the poisoned minutiae of philosophical disbelief, so that we have to refute them with our minds? You have swallowed the poisons of the philosophers and their treatises, not once, but several times!"11
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami on Ibn Taymiyya
Al-Haytami wrote in his Fatawa Hadithiyya:
Ibn Taymiyya is a servant which Allah forsook, misguided, blinded, deafened, and debased. That is the declaration of the imams who have exposed the corruption of his positions and the mendacity of his sayings. Whoever wishes to pursue this must read the words of the mujtahid imam Abu al-Hasan (Taqi al-Din) al-Subki, of his son Taj al-Din Subki, of the Imam al-`Izz ibn Jama`a and others of the Shafi`i, Maliki, and Hanafi shaykhs... It must be considered that he is a misguided and misguiding innovator (mubtadi` dall mudill) and an ignorant who brought evil (jahilun ghalun) whom Allah treated with His justice. May He protect us from the likes of his path, doctrine, and actions!... Know that he has differed from people on questions about which Taj al-Din Ibn al-Subki and others warned us. Among the things Ibn Taymiyya said which violate the scholarly consensus are:
Some said: "Whoever looks at his books does not attribute to him most of these positions, except that whereby he holds the view that Allah has a direction, and that he authored a book to establish this, and forces the proof upon the people who follow this school of thought that they are believers in Allah's corporeality (jismiyya), dimensionality (muhadhat), and settledness (istiqrar)." That is, it may be that at times he used to assert these proofs and that they were consequently attributed to him in particular. But whoever attributed this to him from among the imams of Islam upon whose greatness, leadership, religion, trustworthiness, fairness, acceptance, insight, and meticulousness there is agreement - then they do not say anything except what has been duly established with added precautions and repeated inquiry. This is especially true when a Muslim is attributed a view which necessitates his disbelief, apostasy, misguidance, and execution. Therefore if it is true of him that he is a disbeliever and an innovator, then Allah will deal with him with His justice, and other than that He will forgive us and him.
Imam al-Kawthari on Ibn Taymiyya
Imam Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari stated in strong terms that Ibn Taymiyya's position on Allah's attributes is tantamount to disbelief and apostasy because it reduces Allah to a corporeal body. He states in his Maqalat:
In al-Ta'sis fi Radd Asas al-Taqdis ("The Laying of the Foundation: A Refutation of al-Razi's "The Foundation of Allah's Sanctification") Ibn Taymiyya says: "Al-`arsh (the throne) in language means al-sarir (elevated seat or couch), so named with respect to what is on top of it, just as the roof is so named with respect to what is under it. Therefore, if the Qur'an attributes a throne to Allah, it is then known that this throne is, with respect to Allah, like the elevated seat is with respect to other than Allah. This makes it necessarily true that He is on top of the throne." So then the throne is, for Ibn Taymiyya, Allah's seat (maq`ad)- Exalted is He from such a notion!
He also says: "It is well-known that the Book, the Sunna, and the Consensus nowhere say that all bodies (ajsam) are created, and nowhere say that Allah Himself is not a body. None of the imams of the Muslims ever said such a thing. Therefore if I also choose not to say it, it does not expel me from religion nor from Shari`a." These words are complete impudence. What did he do with all the verses declaring Allah to be far removed from anything like unto Him? Does he expect that the idiocy that every single idiot can come up with be addressed with a specific text? Is it not enough that Allah the Exalted said: "There is nothing whatsoever like Him" (42:11)? Or does he consider it permissible for someone to say: Allah eats this, chews that, and tastes the other thing, just because no text mentions the opposite? This is disbelief laid bare and pure anthropomorphism.
In another passage of the same book he says: "You [Ash`aris] say that He is neither a body, nor an atom (jawhar), nor spatially bounded (mutahayyiz), and that He has no direction, and that He cannot be pointed to as an object of sensory perception, and that nothing of Him can be considered distinct from Him. You have asserted this on the grounds that Allah is neither divisible nor made of parts and that He has neither limit (hadd) nor end (ghaya), with your view thereby to forbid one to say that He has any limit or measure (qadr), or that He even has a dimension that is unlimited. But how do you allow yourselves to do this without evidence from the Book and the Sunna?"16 The reader's intelligence suffices to comment on these heretical statements. Can you imagine for an apostate to be more brazen than this, right in the midst of a Muslim society?
In another place of the same book he says: "It is obligatorily known that Allah did not mean by the name of "the One" (al-Wahid) the negation of the Attributes." He is here alluding to all that entails His "coming" to a place and the like. He continues: "Nor did He mean by it the negation that He can be perceived with the senses, nor the denial of limit and dimension and all such interpretations which were innovated by the Jahmiyya and their followers. Negation or denial of the above is not found in the Book nor the Sunna." And this is on an equal footing with what came before with regard to pure anthropomorphism and plain apostasy.
In another book of his, Muwafaqa al-Ma`qul, which is in the margin of his Minhaj, Ibn Taymiyya asserts that things occur newly in relation to Allah and that He has a direction according to two kinds of conjecture.17 And you know, O reader, what the Imams say concerning him who deliberately and intently establishes that Allah has a direction, unless his saying such a thing is a slip of the tongue or a slip of the pen. Then there is his establishing that the concept of movement applies to Allah, along with all the others who establish such a thing; his denial that there is an eternal sojourn in hellfire has filled creation; and his doctrine of "generic beginninglessness" (al-qidam al-naw`i).18
Ibn Taymiyya's Two Tawhids
Also among Ibn Taymiyya's controversies in kalam was his division of tawhid into two types: tawhid al-rububiyya and tawhid al-uluhiyya, respectively, Oneness of Lordship and Oneness of Godhead.19 The first, he said, consisted in the acknowledgment of Allah as the Creator of all, a belief shared by believers and non-believers alike. The second was the affirmation of Allah as the one true deity and only object of worship, a belief exclusive to believers. His natural conclusion was that "whoever does not know tawhid al-uluhiyya, his knowledge of tawhid al-rububiyya is not taken into account because the idolaters also had such knowledge." He then compared the scholars of kalam to the Arab idol-worshippers who accepted tawhid al-rububiyya but ignored tawhid al-uluhiyya. This dialectic was adopted by Ibn Abi al-`Izz in his commentary on al-Tahawi's `Aqida.20
Abu Hamid Ibn Marzuq wrote:
Tawhid al-rububiyya and tawhid al-uluhiyya were invented by Ibn Taymiyya who claimed that all Muslims among the mutakallimun worshipped other than Allah due to their ignorance of tawhid al-uluhiyya; he claimed that the only tawhid they knew was tawhid al-rububiyya. The latter consists in affirming that Allah is the Creator of all things, as, he says, the polytheists conceded. He then declared all Muslims to be unbelievers. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab imitated him in this, and others imitated Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. The late erudite scholar al-Sayyid Ahmad ibn Zayni Dahlan (d. 1304) looked into this matter in a small section of his treatise al-Durar al-Saniyya fi al-Radd `ala al-Wahhabiyya ("The Resplendent Pearls in Refuting the Wahhabis"). So did the savant al-Shaykh Ibrahim al-Samnudi al-Mansuri (d. 1314) who spoke excellently in his book Sa`ada al-Darayn fi al-Radd `ala al-Firqatayn al-Wahhabiyya wa al-Zahiriyya ("The Bliss of the Two Abodes in the Refutation of the Two Sects: Wahhabis and Zahiris"). The late erudite scholar al-Shaykh Salama al-`Azzami (d. 1376) also wrote valuable words about it in his book al-Barahin al-Sati`a fi Radd Ba`d al-Bida` al-Sha'i`a ("The Radiant Proofs in Refuting Some Widespread Innovations")...
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal... never said that tawhid consisted in two parts, one being tawhid al-rububiyya and the other tawhid al-uluhiyya. Nor did he ever say that "whoever does not know tawhid al-uluhiyya, his knowledge of tawhid al-rububiyya is not taken into account because the idolaters also had such knowledge."... None of the followers of the Followers ... None of the Successors ... None of the Companions of the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- ever said that tawhid consisted in two parts, one being tawhid al-rububiyya and the other tawhid al-uluhiyya, nor did any of them ever say that "whoever does not know tawhid al-uluhiyya, his knowledge of tawhid al-rububiyya is not taken into account because the idolaters also had such knowledge."... Nowhere in the extensive Sunna of the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- ... is it related that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- ever said or ever taught his Companions that tawhid consists in two parts, one being tawhid al-rububiyya and the other tawhid al-uluhiyya, nor that "whoever does not know tawhid al-uluhiyya, his knowledge of tawhid al-rububiyya is not taken into account because the idolaters also had such knowledge." If mankind and jinn joined together to establish that the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- ever said such a thing, even with an inauthentic chain of transmission, they would not succeed.
The books of the Sunna of the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- overflow with the fact that the call of the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- to the people unto Allah was in order that they witness that there is no God except Allah alone and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and in order that they repudiate idol-worship. One of the most famous illustrations of this is the narration of Mu`adh ibn Jabal when the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- sent him to Yemen and said to him: "Invite them to the testimony that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah...." And it is narrated in five of the six books of authentic traditions, and Ibn Hibban declared it sound, that a beduin Arab reported the sighting of the new moon to the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- and the latter ordered the people to fast without asking this man other than to confirm his testimony of faith. According to this drivel of Ibn Taymiyya, it would have been necessary for the Prophet -- Allah bless and greet him -- to call all people to the tawhid al-uluhiyya of which they were ignorant - since tawhid al-rububiyya they knew already - and he should have said to Mu`adh: "Invite them to tawhid al-uluhiyya"; and he should have asked the beduin who had sighted the new moon of Ramadan: "Do you know tawhid al-uluhiyya?"
Finally, in His precious Book which falsehood cannot approach whether from the front or from the back, Allah never ordered tawhid al-uluhiyya to His servants, nor did He ever say that "whoever does not know this tawhid, his knowledge of tawhid al-rububiyya is not taken into account."21<
Ibn Taymiyya's method in debate was to provide a barrage of quotes and citations in support of his positions. In the process he often mentioned reports or stated positions which, upon closer examination, are dubious either from the viewpoint of transmission or from that of doctrine. For example:
The above statements corroborate Ibn Hajar's reports whereby he once climbed down the minbar in purported illustration of Allah's descent to the nearest heaven.
The writings and notoriety of Ibn Taymiyya were by and large forgotten until the "Salafi" movement revived them through the publishing efforts of the Wahabi Gulf states from the 1930s to our day.
al-Dhahabi, Tadhkira al-Huffaz 4:1496 #1177.
Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya 14:5, 14:42-48.
Ibn Hajar, al-Durar al-Kamina 1:144-160 #409.
al-Haytami, Fatawa Hadithiyya.
al-Kawthari, Maqalat.
1Cf. Hajji Khalifa, Kashf al-Zunun (1:838).
2Cited in al-Sakhawi, al-I`lan (p. 78).
3Published in Cairo at Dar Ihya' al-Kutub al-`Arabiyya, 1931.
4The names of the scholars who counter-signed Ibn Taymiyya's deposition are listed by al-Kawthari in his notes to Ibn al-Subki's al-Sayf al-Saqil (p. 95-96).
5In Ibn Hajar's al-Durar al-Kamina (1:153-155).
6Narrated from `Ali by Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, and Ahmad.
7Ibn Taymiyya, Tawhid al-Rububiyya in Majmu`a al-Fatawa (2:464-465).
8See George Makdisi, "L'isnad initiatique soufi de Muwaffaq ad-Din ibn Qudama," in Cahiers de l'Herne: Louis Massignon (Paris: Editions de l'Herne, 1970) p. 88-96; "Ibn Taimiya: A Sufi of the Qadiriya Order," in American Journal of Arabic Studies I (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974) p. 118-129; "The Hanbali School and Sufism," in Boletin de la Asociacion Espanola de Orientalistas 15 (Madrid, 1979) p. 115-126. Based on Ibn `Abd al-Hadi, Bad' al-`Ilqa bi Labs al-Khirqa, ms. al-Hadi, Princeton Library Arabic Collection, fos 154a, 169b, 171b-172a; and Damascus University, copy of original Arabic manuscript, 985H.; also mentioned in al-Talyani, manuscript Chester Beatty 3296 (8) in Dublin, fo 67a.
9Ms. Damascus, Zahiriyya #1186 H.
10Cf. al-Buti, al-Salafiyya (p. 164-175). See our translation of Ibn Khafif's `Aqida §41 ("Things do not act of their own nature...") and note.
11Al-Dhahabi, al-Nasiha al-Dhahabiyya, in the margin of his Bayan Zaghl al-`Ilm wa al-Talab, ed. al-Kawthari (Damascus: Qudsi, 1928-1929); also in Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya, Siratuhu wa Akhbaruhu `inda al-Mu'arrikhin, ed. Salah al-Din al-Munajjid (Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al-`Arabi, 1976) p. 11-14. See n. 1715.
12This is mentioned about Ibn Taymiyya also by Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari (1959 ed. 13:411). This doctrine was refuted by Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-San`ani in his Risala Sharifa fi ma Yata`allaqu bi Kam al-Baqi Min `Umr al-Dunya? (Precious Treatise Concerning the Remaining Age of the World") ed. al-Wasabi al-Mathani. (San`a': Maktaba Dar al-Quds, 1992).
13This doctrine was refuted by Muhammad ibn Isma`il al-San`ani in his Raf` al-Astar li-Ibtal Adilla al-Qa'ilin bi-Fana al-Nar ("Exposing the Nullity of the Proofs of Those Who Claim That the Fire Shall Pass Away"), ed. Albani (Beirut: al-Maktab al-Islami, 1984).
14This is explicitly contradicted by the vast majority of scholars, including Ibn Taymiyya's own students Ibn al-Qayyim (cf. al-Nuniyya, section on tawassul) and al-Dhahabi, as well as al-Shawkani and countless others. See the volume on tawassul in Shaykh Hisham Kabbani's Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine.
15Ibn Hajar says in Fath al-Bari about Ibn Taymiyya's prohibition to travel in order to visit the Prophet: "This is one of the ugliest matters ever reported from Ibn Taymiyya." In his notes on Fath al-Bari (1989 ed. 3:66) the late "Salafi" scholar Bin Baz comments: "This was not an ugly thing but a correct thing for Ibn Taymiyya to say."
16Ibn Taymiyya, al-Ta'sis (1:101). Compare to Imam Malik's statement: "He is neither ascribed a limit nor likened with anything" (lâ yuhaddad wa lâ yushabbah). Ibn al-`Arabi said after citing it in Ahkam al-Qur'an (4:1740): "This is a pinnacle of tawhîd in which no Muslim preceded Malik."
17Ibn Taymiyya, Muwafaqa al-Ma`qul on the margins of Minhaj al-Sunna (2:75, 1:264, 2:13, 2:26). The Muwafaqa was republished under the title Dar' Ta`arud al-`Aqli wa al-Naql.
18Al-Kawthari, Maqalat (p. 350-353).
19In his Fatawa (1:219, 2:275); Minhaj al-Sunna (2: 62); Risala Ahl al-Suffa (p.34).
20But by no other commentator of the same text. See the commentaries on the Tahawiyya by Hasan al-Busnawi (d. 1024), al-Maydani, al-Bajuri, al-Saqqaf, and others. Al-Busnawi does follow Ibn Abi al-`Izz in other matters.
21Ibn Marzuq, Bara'a al-Ash`ariyyin Min `Aqa'id al-Mukhalifin (1:89, 1:94f.) Chapter reprinted in Ibn Marzuq, al-Tawassul bi al-Nabi (s) wa al-Salihin (Istanbul: Hakikat Kitabevi, 1993) p. 25-101. Cf. Shaykh Hasan `Ali al-Saqqaf's al-Tandid bi man `Addada al-Tawhid ("Punishment of Him Who Counts Several Tawhîds").
22Ibn Taymiyya, Majmu`a al-Fatawa (5:376). Narrated with its chain by al-Dhahabi in the Siyar (8:213, chapter of Bishr ibn al-Siriy).
23Ibn Taymiyya, Majmu`a al-Fatawa (5:376-377). Also narrated by al-Dhahabi with a sound chain according to al-Albani in Mukhtasar al-`Uluw (p. 192 #235). However, al-Bayhaqi in al-Asma' wa al-Sifat (al-Asma' wa al-Sifat, ed. Kawthari p. 451-452; al-Asma' wa al-Sifat, Hashidi ed. 2:375-377 #950-953) narrates the reports of Ishaq's encounter with the Emir `Abd Allah ibn Tahir with five chains (three of them sound according to al-Hashidi), none of which mentioning the words "without the Throne being vacant of Him." This apparent interpolation is nevertheless the foundation of Ibn Taymiyya's position in Sharh Hadith al-Nuzul (p. 42-59) that Allah descends in person yet remains above the Throne in person. That position has been characterized by Imam Abu Zahra as a dual assertion of Allah's aboveness and belowness on the part of Ibn Taymiyya (see n. 456 and 711), although strenuously denied by Ibn Taymiyya himself in Minhaj al-Sunna (2:248) and by al-Albani who defends the latter against Abu Zahra's conclusion in his introduction to Mukhtasar al-`Uluw (p. 40-41, 192-193).
24Ibid. (5:189).
25Al-Dhahabi, Mukhtasar al-`Uluw (p. 264 #321). Al-Dhahabi criticizes these assertions: see our May 1999 post entitled "Allah is now as He ever was," toward the end.
26Ibn Taymiyya, Majmu`a al-Fatawa (5:199)
27Ibid. (5:103).
Allah's Blessings and Peace on the Prophet, his Family, and all his Companions.


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ATLANTA, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Influenza activity -- earlier and more severe than usual -- is widespread and at high levels in the United States, federal health officials say.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said reports of influenza-like-illness are nearing what have been peak levels during moderate flu seasons, but the peak for this year hasn't been reached.
During the week of Dec. 23, U.S. influenza activity increased -- of 9,363 specimens tested, 32 percent were positive for influenza. Region Five, comprised of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, reported the highest rate, with 58 percent of samples taken by doctors testing positive for influenza.
Two influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported for the week and were associated with influenza B viruses. The total flu-related pediatric deaths for this season was 18.
New York City and 29 states experienced high influenza-like-illness activity: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming.
Nine states experienced moderate activity: Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia.
Four states experienced low activity: Kentucky, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Six states experienced minimal activity: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Montana and Nevada.
Data were insufficient to calculate a level for the District of Columbia, Idaho and Maryland.
The circulating strains continue to be well matched to the strains in the seasonal flu vaccine.
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Kansas co-op buys Maine's Oakhurst Dairy, largest dairy processor in Northern New England
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � The largest milk processor in northern New England has been sold to a national dairy farmer-owned cooperative.
Operators of Portland-based Oakhurst Dairy said Friday that the agreement with Kansas-based Dairy Farmers of America will allow it to continue to operate independently while providing opportunities for new growth.
Bill Bennett, Oakhurst chairman, said the management team will remain in place and there will be no change for Oakhurst's 210 employees or the 70 independent dairy farms that supply milk.
Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed.
Bennett said part of the reason for the deal is that no one in the family-owned business is in line to take it over. Bennett's family has owned the Portland dairy operation through three generations.


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Award requirements
- 1. Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test: Jump feetfirst into water over the head in depth, level off, and begin swimming. Swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim 25 yards using an easy, resting backstroke. The 100 yards must be completed in one swim without stops and include at least one sharp turn. After completing the swim, rest by floating.
- 2. Discuss the importance of using the buddy system at all times while snorkeling and list duties of a buddy, beginning with equipment checks.
- 3. Explain the function, fit, and selection of mask, fins, and snorkel. Discuss the use of inflatable flotation vests and PFD's when snorkeling in open water.
- 4. In confined, shallow water (about waist deep), demonstrate use of mask and snorkel:
- a. Show how to prevent the mask from fogging and how to equalize pressure in mask, ears, and sinus cavities. With your head underwater, flood the mask, observe the effect on your vision, surface, and drain the water from the mask.
- b. With your face in the water, breathe through the snorkel. Then submerge, surface, clear water from the snorkel, and resume free breathing without removing the snorkel from your mouth.
- 5. In confined, shallow water, demonstrate the use of swim fins: Do first using only fins, and then repeat with a mask and snorkel.
- a. Fit and adjust fins to feet.
- b. Walk with fins as if entering from a beach.
- c. Swim at the surface (10 yards) and underwater (three yards) using the flutter kick.
- d. Control direction without using hands while swimming with fins at the surface and underwater.
- 6. In confined, deep water (six to 12 feet), demonstrate:
- a. Proper techniques for entering and exiting the water with snorkeling equipment from a dock or boat.
- b. Headfirst and feetfirst surface dives, including proper body position for safe ascent and descent.
- 7. Show knowledge of snorkeling signals:
- a. Demonstrate divers' signs and signals, both audible and visual, for use at the surface and underwater.
- b. Set out a diver down flag and explain its function.
- 8. In clear, confined water eight to 12 feet deep that has a firm bottom, while swimming with a buddy, use mask, fins, and snorkel to locate and recover an object from the bottom.
- 9. Demonstrate basic survival skills:
- a. Float facedown for five minutes while breathing through a snorkel with a minimum of movement.
- b. Demonstrate survival floating for five minutes without use of a snorkel.
- c. Using fins, show how to tow an exhausted or unconscious buddy to safety.
- 10. Review and explain the eight points of Safe Swim Defense and BSA Snorkeling Safety. Explain training, preparations, and precautions required for snorkeling in open water. Explain environmental factors that affect snorkeling and discuss special precautions needed for oceans, streams, and lakes.
- 11. Explain pressure, buoyancy, and submerged optics and acoustics related to snorkel swimming and diving.
- 12. Discuss the effects of submersion on the body and how to handle potentially dangerous situations:
- a. What is hyperventilation and how is it avoided?
- b. What are the symptoms and consequences of hypothermia?
- c. Why is CPR training recommended for those participating in swimming and snorkeling activities?
Source: 2007 Boy Scout Requirements (33215)
BSA Snorkeling Safety
The eight points of BSA Snorkeling Safety are::
- 1. Qualified Supervision
- 2. Physical Fitness
- 3. Safe Area
- 4. Proper Equipment
- 5. Qualified Lifeguards / Lookout
- 6. Ability
- 7. Buddy System
- 8. Discipline
Help with these requirements
External links
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When: Thu., June 10, 12-1 p.m. 2010
In celebration of Chopin's and Schumann's 200th birthdays and Samuel Barber's 100th birthday, the recitals will feature works by these composers. Features songs from around the world. Part of Piccolo Spoleto Festival's Young Artists Series.
A wealth of talent
Every day of Piccolo Spoleto, multiple generations of talent will gather at College of Charleston's Recital Hall in the Simons Center for the Arts. Brought together by a shared passion for music, the Young Artists Series places rising stars next to celebrated veterans and alumni of the College of Charleston. At the strike of noon, the sounds of skillfully played instruments can be heard bellowing out of the hall.
Playing the gamut
The musical genre is rotated daily, and performances include everything from chamber music to violin to opera and Broadway. Don't miss Charleston's youngest up-and-comers on May 31, as the prodigies from the Charleston Academy of Music perform. For those craving more international entertainment, check out the June 10 performance of "Songs Galore!" featuring art songs from around the world.
Heavily decorated performers
The year's roster boasts prizes from the Music Teachers National Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and VSA Young Soloists Award, just to name a few.
Maggie Winterfeldt
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Brady, 74, who, with Myra Hindley, murdered five children in the 1960s, is understood to have suffered a seizure earlier this week and was taken to Fazakerley General Hospital in Aintree, Liverpool.
A spokeswoman for Ashworth, where the serial killer has been detained for the last 27 years, said he had "recovered enough" to be discharged from Fazakerley but remained "physically unwell".
A spokeswoman for Ashworth, in Maghull, Merseyside, said Brady became "acutely physically unwell" on Monday.
"He underwent a series of tests and was kept in for observation but has now recovered enough to return to Ashworth," she added.
"(He) remains physically unwell and will be treated by Ashworth Hospital's own physical healthcare team in conjunction with any expert input required from consultants at the general hospital."
Brady has been tube-fed since refusing food 12 years ago. He is due to attend a mental health tribunal on Monday regarding his application to be transferred to a Scottish prison and be allowed to die, but his appearance at that hearing remains in doubt.
Brady, who was born in Glasgow, wants to be transferred to a Scottish prison and be allowed to die. The mental health hearing on Monday could be a rare chance to see him in public. It is only the second time such a hearing has been held in public.
The tribunal is due to take place at Ashworth and be relayed to the Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, where the public will be able to observe the proceedings, Judge Robert Atherton ruled.
Brady's solicitor, Richard Nicholas, said he "remained hopeful" the tribunal will go ahead as planned.


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Same as above. "Fix" for webcam is to go Cheese, and apply vertical flip effect. Magically, this fixes webcam in Empathy and many other apps. fglrx drivers work fine for me. Microphone issue is HUGE for me, since I cannot chat without it. Can someone fix it? I have noticed that Ubuntu has some awareness of the microphone the first time I connect it in a session.
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Fool's Road • A Traveling Music Video Project
This project started out as an answer to a question: How does one merge all that you're fond of with all that you do well––to the benefit of others?
The answer for me was Fool's Road: A traveling music video collaboration between one artist-filmmaker and seven musicians across the United States.
80 Days. 7 Musicians. 1 Filmmaker. 10,000 Miles. With the last half of this year, I'll pack my very square car with a few essentials, a whole lot of gear and head north. For 80 days, I'll be living on the road, driving 10,000 miles throughout the country to meet these talented musicians wherever they may be. Each will have eight days with me to plan and shoot a music video as reasonably and brilliantly as possible.
A good music video is not the only reason a musician is heard, but these days, it can be a compelling one. Like so many independent artists, each of the those chosen for Fool's Road have not yet been afforded the luxury of a professional music video. With the portability of video productions increasing and the presence of supportive places like Kickstarter to raise funds, this can change.
Fool's Road brings the often-inaccessible-means to their doorstep, but most of all, it allows their efforts to remain where they should be––in creating their music. Furthermore, each Fool's Road video will share the association. Unlike many current viewing patterns, each of these videos will lead to the others––and a different sort of audience can begin to take shape.
Each level is as much about becoming a part of the project as it is about making sure it happens. All levels give you access to the 'behind-the-scenes' section of the blog and screenings of each video before it's official release––this makes you a genuine 'Digital Roadie'. The higher pledges are accompanied by the illustrious title 'Road-Guru'.
Once on the road, I'll also be releasing each track one week prior to it's production. Only Digital Roadies will have the unique opportunity to post the ideas that those tracks inspire––each will be discussed during pre-production and may very well end up in the video! Honest. If your clever idea is used, you'll be credited when the video is released.
The final costs of Fool's Road are far higher than that of this Kickstarter goal. I've calculated, saved, invested and prepared, but can only take the final leap with your support. Any funds raised over our goal will go directly towards the production, gear, locations, transportation and post-production involved with each video. If you're interested in the thorough breakdown, I will be putting it up on the website for the world to see.
The duration of each video's production means that the creative process has to happen quickly, imagination and resourcefulness will mean everything. After a few days of travel to each musician, we'll have our initial meeting, 1-2 days of finite planning and 5-6 days of production. Though some editing will be done on the road, the majority of post-production will be completed once the road runs out.
In those months following the intensive first three, each video will be released in the order they were shot––first to the Digital Roadies and then to the rest of the world. The full duration of Fool's Road will actually be closer to six months.
In between the methodical final planning, I'll be updating the blog where you can check out the route, be the first to see the final schedule, peruse the gear list, read about the musicians and see the XB (car) modifications. When this campaign ends, only the Digital Roadies will be able to access the new 'behind-the-scenes' posts.
You can read more about Fool's Road on the website: www.fools-road.com
Thank you for taking a minute. If you've come this far, you've already helped.
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Mine wold be more of "Shit my MIL says" - she's had some doozys, believe me. Many have been extremely tragic and hurtful to my husband, but some have also been quite funny. When we were planning our non-religious wedding she said she would not attend, because "God was not invited". I told my DH to tell her that she could invite God as her "plus-one". Hey, we wouldn't even need to include him in the food count for the caterer!
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Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We're still around, watching football (and baseball?) and probably writing some more, so hang out if you're watching football (or baseball) or feel like reading posts about sports. Enjoy your Saturday either way, and come on back tomorrow, when Sean will be here and we won't do that GIF thing for every NFL game.
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Media release –
Help us wrap up the 2011 Census26 August 2011 | CO/50
Most of Australia's 29,000 Census Collectors are wrapping up after more than a month of delivering and collecting Census forms from households around the country.
Head of the Census Population program, Paul Lowe says this year's Census Collectors have played a key role in planning for Australia's future.
"Overall, our Collectors have done an outstanding job, often in the face of adverse conditions and difficult circumstances. Collectors are the face of the Census and the backbone of the operation and their hard work has contributed to the success of the 2011 Census," Mr Lowe says.
Mr Lowe says it's not too late for people who were in Australia on Census night, Tuesday, 9 August 2011, to get their form back to us and be accurately counted.
"Taking part in the Census is compulsory. If you still have your form, I urge you to mail it back to us or complete it online using eCensus. Call the Census Inquiry Service on 1300 338 776 to order a pre-paid mail back envelope or to obtain the necessary access codes for the eCensus" Mr Lowe adds.
People can also mail their form themselves to:
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Melbourne VIC 8060
So far around 30 per cent of the population has chosen to complete the Census online using eCensus.
eCensus remains open until 5 September.
The first results of the Census will be released in June 2012.
For more information visit www.abs.gov.au/census.


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Crisher Entertainment Business Directory will help you find the best Agents, Managers, Casting Directors, Talent and businesses like Parapluie Inc.Wedding Entertainment Ideas, Corporate Event Services, Film TV and Stage Performers, and Party Entertainers available to hire. Ultimately the only directory you will need for any event, social gathering, stage or television production with a growing database of suppliers, venues, casting directors, talent agents, managers and performers from the arts, event services and the entertainment industry.
Browse 100's of performer profiles available to suit corporate events to children's parties with many types of entertainment. The Film, TV and Stage list includes video production to actor and model profiles available to hire for every project imaginable. Venues have joined the list with 100's of function rooms or event spaces to hire for all manner of events, from outdoor festivals to conference or party rooms and also listed you'll find event services for your outdoor event, conference or wedding.


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After graduating from the University of Melbourne, Michelle Conder took a variety of jobs before packing her bags and traveling and working overseas. When none of the career opportunities she encountered grabbed her she returned to Australia and after more study decided to follow her lifelong dream of becoming a writer.
Michelle now lives in Melbourne with her husband and three children and when she isn't writing loves to visit faraway places and spend time with her family and friends.


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New to Bullseye? Subscribe to our podcast in iTunes or with your favorite podcatcher to make sure you automatically get the newest episode every week.
And if you're looking for a particular segment to listen to or share, check us out on Soundcloud.
Hari Kondabolu is a stand up comedian. You might have seen him on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. He's also performed stand up on Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Show with David Letterman.
Hari didn't think he would be a comedian. He thought that he was going to law school. Then somewhere between taking an Americorps Job organizing immigrants in Seattle and taking the LSAT, things changed direction. He transitioned into stand-up comedy.
Hari talks to us about the unique profile of his fans, how he fits into the "alternative" comedy scene, and how he actually got into a discussion about the racism of Apu from The Simpsons with Hank Azaria -- the real voice of Apu.
His debut album, Waiting for 2042, is available now through BandCamp and iTunes.
Every week we like to check in with one of our favorite culture critics to get some recommendations of things that are worth your time. This week, Los Angeles Times book critic Carolyn Kellogg stops by to talk about some of her all-time favorite westerns, starting with one that broke the mold.
Her first recommendation is Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses.
Kellogg also recommends Patrick DeWitt's The Sisters Brothers.
Jake Kasdan grew up in the movie business. His father is Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote two Star Wars films, an Indiana Jones movie, and both wrote and directed The Big Chill. And Jake's been no slouch, either. He directed his first film, Zero Effect, when he was only 24. He's gone on to work on a slew of other projects, from critically acclaimed cult shows like Freaks and Geeks, to the beloved sitcom New Girl, to the hugely commercially successful film Bad Teacher.
His new movie is Sex Tape, which sees Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz re-teamed as a married couple who accidentally release an intimate home video to the internet.
Kasdan talks about his years working with Jason Segel, the strategy involved in shooting a movie that has both feelings and (comedic) nudity, and how he unintentionally returned to working in television on New Girl.
Jesse explains why Harvey Pekar makes putting one foot in front of the other feel like something special.


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Pending Bills In Iowa
Legislature Status
2019 Regular Session
Recess Date
April 27, 2019
Special Session Scheduled?
Bills carryover to 2020 Session?
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funnyjunk necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 34 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
I'm trying to modernize this humor site that was started in 2001. It allows users to create profiles uploaded content, have people comment on their content, and encourages them to get the most pages views / comments for their content.
The only thing I can say I like about the current layout is it rarely uses tables and it expands to the width of your browser. The color scheme and everything else about it is pretty ugly (I picked it out myself).
teens to mid 20 somethings
Go VERY light on the graphics. Make the design expand to fit the width of the browser.
Big graphical navigation buttons add nothing and I want to avoid them completely. Please don't add graphics unless it is functional. Keep them in a minimum.
Don't modify the navigation of the site unless REALLY feel you have something that is a bigger improvement. I feel the site is ugly, I want it transformed into something that is easy on the eyes without changing the navigation of the site. It will have to look good with a lot of thumbnails strewn about it.
In other words, feel free to change any CSS, colors, add background images, add a logo, etc. but don't change the layout unless you really have something groundbreaking or you feel something is horribly broken and needs to be changed.
The winning bid will need to show redesigns for:
funnyjunk.com - the home page
funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/ - content listing pages
funnyjunk.com/user/ouch - profile listings
funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/28901/Wikipedia/ - an actual content page
the members page/members bar - please create an account on the site and login to see the members page/options shown, and the bar at the top that lets you manage friends and message other users
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Linux for Users Training in High Point
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Yes, this class can be tailored to meet your specific training needs.
Yes, we provide Linux Unix consulting services.
Yes, group discounts are provided.
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| This 3-day course focuses on the basics of the vendor-neutral Linux
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Linux Unix Uses & Stats
Year Created1991/1971
Linux supports many efficient tools and operates them seamlessly. Because it's architecture is lightweight it runs faster than both Windows 8.1 and 10.
Because Linux is an open-source software, anyone can contribute code to help enhance the users' experience i.e., adding features, fixing bugs, reducing security risks, and more.
Software Development:
The terminal in Linux is a *wild card*. You can do almost anything with it. This includes software installation, application and server configurations, file system management, and etc.
Open-source projects benefit from having an attentive community. As a result, Linux is more secure than Windows. Instead of installing anti viruses to clean malware, you just have to stick to the recommended repositories.
Developers have the convenience of running servers, training machine learning models, accessing remote machines, and compiling and running scripts from the same terminal window.
Linux is free (you can put it on as many systems as you like) and you can change it to suit your needs.
Learning Curve:
Linux is not for everyone, there is a learning curve in switching to Ubuntu. To actually learn Linux efficiently would take a user one to several years.
No Tech Support:
Unlike Windows, there isn't a dedicated tech support, so getting help for things is up to you.
Designer Compatabilty:
Linux is not as user friendly as Windows or as 'straight out of the box design' As an example for design choices, Adobe hasn't released any of its products to Linux users. So it's impossible to run them directly. The Ubuntu alternative is a free software called GIMP.
Gaming Capabilities:
Most games aren't available in Linux. But that's not to say you can't make it happen, it's just not as easy.
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|HOF Class of '11
Donald Cocoazza was a four-year starter and signal caller as middle linebacker on the football team. Team Co-Captain in 1969, he was a member of the 1969 Lambert Bowl team that was the number one ranked defensive team in the country by the NCAA. The squad went 7-2 and surrendered only 9.8 points per game. Highly respected by his peers, Cocozza was personally selected as "All Opponent Deensive Linebacker" by Norwich University's coaching staff. Selected to the weekly ECAC All-East Team four times, he also served double duties as the Mariners' place kicker all four years.
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The BFI London Film Festival (Oct 10-21) enters a new era in 2012, with Clare Stewart at the helm and a focus on engaging audiences.
From striking international debut films to a red-carpet appearance by The Rolling Stones, the 56th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) aims to offer something for everyone. Indeed, audience engagement is at the heart of the LFF's first edition under the leadership of Clare Stewart.
Stewart is an Australia native who drove up audiences in her last job at the Sydney Film Festival before joining the BFI in October 2011. She has big shoes to fill after the departure of Sandra Hebron, the popular former head of the festival who stepped down in late 2011.
Stewart pays tribute to the festival she inherited which was in great standing, as audiences have increased in recent years. "You want to build a programme that's going to satisfy the existing audience and also be really attractive to a new audience," she says.
To that end, Stewart has already made significant changes: the festival has shortened its run from 16 to 12 days, the footprint in London has expanded into venues outside the West End including the Hackney Picturehouse and the Rich Mix in east London, and the Everyman Screen on the Green in north London, in addition to the usual central London cinemas in Leicester Square and at the BFI Southbank. The opening gala, Frankenweenie, will be shown in 30 UK cinemas and American Express gala Crossfire Hurricane will be shown across the UK and also internationally.
Also, Stewart has shaken up the festival sections by adding clearly defined sections for Official Competition, First Feature Competition and Documentary Competition, plus grouping the rest of the programme selections into themes rather than traditional sidebars.
"We have been looking at information about what influences audience choice. People respond more to what the film is about and genre than what stars are in it or reviews," she notes. Stewart introduced similar programming moods in Sydney, resulting in audience attendance growing by 31%.
The thematic clusters, and a representative gala for each, are Love (Amour), Debate (The Pervert's Guide To Ideology), Dare (The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Laugh (Sightseers), Thrill (Chakravyuh), Cult (A Liar's Autobiography), Journey (Beyond The Hills) and Family (Ernest & Celestine). The Sonic theme sees a screening of Spike Island. In all, the festival will present 225 features and 111 shorts.
The competitors
The international competition "reflects the festival's fantastic international profile and also a strong commitment to our audience", Stewart says. UK films are not segregated but spread across the line-up: in the Official Competition, UK film-makers represented are Michael Winterbottom with Everyday and Sally Potter with Ginger & Rosa. In a year when no women made the cut in Cannes, the LFF boasts four female film-makers in the Competition: Potter, Deepa Mehta, Rama Burshtein and Cate Shortland.
The Documentary Competition, in partnership with the Grierson Trust, includes films such as Sarah Gavron's Village At The End Of The World, Shola Lynch's Free Angela And All Political Prisoners, Alex Gibney's Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God, Amy Berg's West Of Memphis and Sébastien Lifshitz's Les Invisibles.
The First Feature Competition, spearheaded by longtime LFF programmer Michael Hayden, and the Best British Newcomer selections showcase a range of work. "That includes films like My Brother The Devil which has been anticipated since Sundance and also real new discoveries like The Comedian and Shell," Stewart adds. "With the Best British Newcomer Award, we've got some really exciting talent coming up. It was exciting for me to see the responses coming out of Toronto," she says, pointing to Rowan Athale's buzzy debut feature Wasteland.
Increased capacity
Last year's festival already had an occupancy rate of 80%, with the 20% difference mostly for daytime weekday screenings. "We knew we had to change our model to create room for growth," Stewart says. "By expanding the footprint, we've increased the capacity of the festival by 18% and more importantly we've increased prime-time capacity by 40%. The new sessions in the new venues are all evening and weekend slots, so those sessions are more accessible for the majority of audiences."
Getting to know London audiences is part of her day-to-day job, as the LFF festival director role is now combined in her post as the BFI's head of exhibition. "In my expanded role across the LFF and the Southbank's year-round programme, that means I'm literally with an audience every day," she says. "That sense of seeing people engaging with the programmes, and how they are engaging, is also very important in thinking about the audience for the festival."
The LFF will offer 12 world premieres this year, compared to 13 in 2011 and 11 in 2010. Some industry watchers dwell on world premieres, and London will face increased competition for starry launches from Marco Müller's revamped Rome Film Festival in November, which plans to have 60 world premieres.
Stewart says of the world premiere crop this year: "It is the right level at the moment while we are creating change at the festival. It maintains our international profile. But it's also really important to remember we're a public festival."
The LFF, of course, will also reflect the wider remit for the BFI, which has been the lead body for film since April 2011 after the shuttering of the UK Film Council. Once again, the focus on audiences is key to wider BFI goals.
Stewart notes: "The BFI is announcing its Future Plan in October but one thing we know already is that it's going to be responding to that very direct headline that came out of the Film Policy Review, which was that, 'It starts with the audience.' I think the changes in the programme and how do we go out more widely to attract new audiences, going out across the UK and expanding our footprint in London, all of those imperatives are very much embedded into what that BFI report is responding to."
Once that BFI Future Plan is revealed, Stewart says the 2013 festival can start to look at more strategy around industry and education.
This year's industry offerings continue the four initiatives of recent years: Power To The Pixel's Cross-Media Forum, the Film London-backed Production Finance Market, industry screenings for buyers and sellers, and the talent lab Think-Shoot-Distribute.
"I thought it was appropriate to continue our really strong industry programmes and then look at how we review that going forward from next year," Stewart adds.
Masterclasses and talks will feature writer Salman Rushdie, music supervisor Ian Neil and production designers David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco.
Clare Stewart's LFF highlights
Opening Gala - Frankenweenie
"For me to do the European premiere of Frankenweenie on opening night is a no-brainer - it's such a delightful film-lover's film in many ways. You can really see Tim Burton working on a pet project, but that also showcases the work of over 200 British craftspeople."
Closing Gala - Great Expectations
"The closing night gala Great Expectations [directed by Mike Newell] is a very London story and one that really puts British talent on show, as well as capping off a year of Dickens bicentennial celebrations."
American Express Gala - Crossfire Hurricane
"I am extremely excited with the Crossfire Hurricane world premiere. It's directed by Brett Morgen who did The Kid Stays In The Picture, whose incredible savvy is all over this film. It's such an enthralling documentary [on The Rolling Stones] and incredibly comprehensive given the wealth of material it works with, the picture it creates of not just the band itself and their longevity as a musical group and the relationships between them, but also the extraordinary impact they have had on popular culture through the decades."
Across the Programme
"I am excited by smaller discoveries as well. One I am particularly fond of, given my Antipodean roots, is Love Story by New Zealand's Florian Habicht, which is a very playful and charming film. He plays a film-maker within the film, and he goes out on the streets of New York talking to people about the direction the story should take, and then he incorporates that into his script. It's very, very funny and has that thrill of film-making reverberating all through it.
"You go from something like that to one of my favourite films out of Berlin, which is the beautiful, understated documentary Winter Nomads, which follows two shepherds throughout the winter. It's an incredibly subtle and beautifully moving film. Also, Rama Burshtein's Fill The Void is an exceptional, special film."
London's Production finance market
Holding its sixth edition in 2012, the UK's Production Finance Market (PFM) aims to match high-quality international projects with a range of financiers. Films that have been through the PFM include Andrew Adamson's Mr Pip, Jim Loach's Oranges And Sunshine and Miranda July's The Future.
Organised by Film London in association with the BFI London Film Festival, the event takes place October 17-18 at the Hilton London Tower Bridge and has 55 productions, including 16 from the UK, 31 from Europe and two from the US. In addition, 56 financiers are confirmed: 39 from the UK, 14 from Europe, two from the US and one from Canada.
"We have got a good spread of projects from around the world," says Film London chief executive Adrian Wootton. "And it looks set to build on what we've been doing over recent years, which is bringing a very good and committed and interested group of financiers together with strong, viable projects which we vet very, very carefully." Projects are rigorously selected: they must be from film-makers with a track record, they must have a detailed finance plan and a certain amount of packaging in place - normally at least 30% of the financing - as well as a director attached.
"My experience of running it for the last five years is that financiers don't want to see films that don't have a director attached or a script and little elseŠ there needs to be at least indications of cast, even if they're not attached formally," says PFM project manager Angus Finney.
Projects have an average budget of $5.2m-$6.5m and the event raises around $5m-$6m of production finance every edition.
The PFM is markedly less UK-centric than when it started, now with only a third of the producers from the UK. The PFM has relationships with Melbourne's 37 Degrees South Market, Rome's New Cinema Network, Film Bazaar in Goa, Nordic Co-Production Market in Haugesund, the Ile De France Film Commission and Toronto's International Financing Forum. It is supported by the MEDIA programme.
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The University has recently been selected to be in the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC), designed to enhance recruitment of college students to become high school physics teachers and to improve their training and early career mentoring.
The UM program is a collaborative effort between faculty in the School of Physics and Astronomy, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning of the College of Education.
A key component of this program is the Teacher-in-Residence (TIR), an experienced high school physics teacher who will work with the program for one to three years. In addition, the program will have a Teacher Advisory Group (TAG), made up of approximately five secondary physics or physical science teachers.
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Frankincense frang-kin-sens (noun) A fragrant gum resin from trees of a genus of Somalia and southern coastal Arabia that is an important incense resin and has been used in religious rites, perfumery and embalming -- www.merriam-webster.com
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If you still haven't gotten your holiday cards in the mail or have forgotten a few people on your list, send an e-card. This site has a wide variety of electronic greetings, including Santa-themed cards, religious cards, Hanukah cards and more.
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$18,920.59: Amount of money that it would cost to buy all the items mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas," according to Funfacts.com.


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Rapid advances have been made in the adoption of single-use technologies over the last decade in many small-scale biopharmaceutical processes.
However, it is still technically challenging to utilize disposable consumables such as bioreactors, bags, filtration systems, and accessories in large-scale (>6,000 liter) production processes.
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Ilyse Hogue, a social change practitioner, media consumer and analyst, and online engagement expert, is the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Previously, she served as Co-Director of Friends of Democracy, a 2012 initiative to build political power around the issue of money in politics and as Senior Adviser to Media Matters for America where she focused on advocacy programs to undercut the power of right-wing media. From 2006- 2011, Ilyse was Director of Political Advocacy and Communications for MoveOn.org. In her over five years at MoveOn, she was responsible for shaping political strategy and developing communications initiatives to give MoveOn's five million members a voice in Washington. An expert in both electoral and advocacy campaigns, she has mobilized MoveOn members and worked closely with leaders in Congress and the White House to advocate for progressive legislation on financial regulatory reform and health care. In these capacities, she has served as a spokesperson to the media, frequently analyzing breaking news on both televisions and in print.
Prior to joining MoveOn, Ilyse was Program Director at the Rainforest Action Network, where she spent six years pioneering and implementing corporate advocacy campaigns in the banking, forest, and other sectors. She was the recipient of the Business Ethics Network award in 2005 for her work in the financial sector, a campaign that was ultimately instrumental in moving over 60 multinational banks to adopt a groundbreaking framework of environmental standards for private investment known as the Equator Principles. These principles led to a host of voluntary initiatives in the US banking sector, including from Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America. Ilyse was the chief negotiator in each of those agreements and worked to market them to a spectrum of constituencies, from institutional investors to environmental NGOs. A Harvard Business School case study was written in 2005 about this work, and she has lectured on it at Yale and Columbia. She has been a frequent speaker and writer about corporate power, corporate accountability and multi-national institutions that govern financial and corporate behavior. Ilyse was very involved in the global justice movement, traveling from Seattle to South Africa and many places in between working with international allies on corporate power.
She is the co-founder of smartMeme Strategy and Training project which works to amplify the impact of grassroots organizing with new strategy and training resources, values based communications, collaborations, and meme campaigning. Ilyse serves on the board of Rebuild the Dream, Oil Change International, Story of Stuff, and National Domestic Worker's Alliance. Ilyse holds an M.S. in Resource Ecology Management from the University of Michigan where she studied the impact of resource constraints in politics and culture. Her BA is from Vassar College.
In the eyes of Texas, one woman is now nothing more than a machine.
Few people know that Mandela was a global leader on reproductive freedom.
Anti-choice Republicans are using the threat of a government shutdown to—surprise, surprise—renew their attacks on women.
The fake clinics posing as "crisis pregnancy centers" lie to women and shame them, and are supported by extreme politicians and sometimes even taxpayer dollars.
Susan B. Anthony fought her whole life for women's rights. Now a group using her name wants to win elections to roll them back.
As we mark the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, how far have we come? And how far do we have to go?
With women's issues so prominent this election cycle, it's a mystery why they were invisible in Wednesday's debate.
A Romney presidency would rob progressive movements of the oxygen required to grow deeper and broader roots.


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As part of the Foundation FOCUS financial literacy campaign, the Cornerstone Credit Union Foundation invites you to attend a FREE FOCUS training session, featuring the NEFE (National Endowment for Financial Education) High School Financial Planning Program (HSFPP) and the award-winning BizKid$ Program. These "Train the Trainer" sessions are open to credit union staff, teachers, and community partners who are interested in teaching or distributing the NEFE HSFPP and BizKid$ program.
Revised in 2012, the NEFE HSFPP is a turnkey financial literacy program specifically focused on basic personal finance skills that are relevant to the lives of pre-teens, teens, and young adults. Organized into six module topics (planning, borrowing, earning capability, investing, financial services, and insurance), the program includes six topical Student Guides, an assortment of 45-minute teacher lesson plans, and a growing collection of online resources and learning activities.
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Return of the Belly Cake
So tell me, how long's it been since you stared at a pregnant woman's naked belly?
Wow, that long? Well, have no fear! As long as belly cakes are made, I promise to never let you forget what a pregnant woman's torso looks like. Or at least a fondant-covered version of one, anyway. Consider it my personal Cake Wrecks guarantee to you.
You're welcome.
Now, you would be forgiven for seeing a bald Ziggy doll in a bib here at first. (I know I sure did.) After all, I don't think I've ever featured a belly cake with the oh-so-authentic "belly line" before.
Speaking of which: When I first saw this cake I had no idea what that line was or why it was there, since I've never been pregnant. So I mentioned it to a then-pregnant friend. My friend was quite helpful and, despite my protests, insisted on whipping up her dress to show me the line on her own belly. Which was...unexpected. Kelly R., I have you to thank for that bit of enlightenment. So thanks. Really.
I used to think that part of the belly cake's creepiness was due to its having no head. Then Melody W. sent this in:
And I totally changed my mind.
By the way, I've never seen a belly button look quite so much like a...well... belly button before. It totally looks like a tufted pillow. Or maybe the end of a giant hot dog. [head tilt] Ok, yeah: let's stick with "pillow."
You know what these belly cakes are missing, though? No, no, besides that. Sex appeal, that's what. Totally. Tune in tomorrow for a few spicy numbers that you are sure to remember far, far into the future. Like, deathbed future, even. (I'm trying to ramp up your sense of anticipation. Is it working?)


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Hey everyone!!
Hope y'all are having a wonderful week! First of all, I want to thank those who took the time to leave encouraging and loving comments on my last post! So grateful to call you guys my friends and it just means so much to me that you all are always there for me ❤
Today's post will be a post to reflect the beauty of Mother Nature during the season of Autumn 🙂 As you all know, I've been working on Nature Photography for the past few years and got the inspiration from my college campus during undergrad. I would like to share with you all some photos of the colorful crispy leaves and the gorgeous Fall landscape that I had captured during the last couple of years.
The first 7 photos are ones that I took when I was strolling along my college campus in New Jersey during my undergrad. Just amazing, isn't it?
The last 3 are ones that I took right behind my backyard as well across from my house 🙂
Wow, God has just given us an astounding beauty all around us that we definitely should admire! Just amazingly beautiful ❤
Also, I'm the owner of my collection of nature photos called artofnature101 and made an IG and FB page for it as well! Here are the links:
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MELBOURNE, FL - As the search for ways to control healthcare spending and rising costs of health care reaches critical importance, one of the areas receiving the greatest focus has been reducing hospital readmission rates. These are patients who return to a hospital needing further care related to a prior procedure.
Today, the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) announced that The Heart Center at Holmes Regional Medical Center, part of Health First's family, surpassed all other hospitals in the state of Florida in reducing readmission rates for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients.
The 2011 FHA Celebration of Quality & Service Award awarded to The Heart Center at Holmes is based on official readmission information provided by the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) as part of FHA's "Collaborative to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions" initiative.
Statewide, general readmission rates have dropped approximately 11 percent over the past two years. The Heart Center at Holmes' CABG readmission rates dropped a dramatic 52 percent, representing a significant reduction in healthcare costs and a major increase in quality outcomes for CABG patients.
"Holmes Regional Medical Center has been an active participant in the FHA readmission collaborative from day one, and committed a great deal of time and effort to improving their heart surgery patients' discharge process and transitional care," says Dr. James Palermo, Vice President/Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer at Health First.
"We're extremely proud that our Holmes team had the greatest improvement in readmission rates for CABG patients of all hospitals in the collaborative, and are honored to receive the FHA 2011 Celebration of Quality and Service Award."
According to the FHA, reducing avoidable hospital readmissions represents an opportunity to improve quality, increase patient satisfaction, and lower healthcare costs.


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Victoria Szabo
Research Professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
Ph.D., University of Rochester 2000
M.A., University of Rochester 1996
M.A., Indiana University at Bloomington 1992
B.A., Williams College 1990
My primary teaching and research interest is in the intersection of digital humanities and media studies, especially in relation to spatial and immersive media forms. I am especially intrigued by the potential of augmented reality to invoke the presence of the past through lived experience in space and time, and have worked on archives-based projects focused on Durham, western NC mountain music, and Venetian architecture, among others. I also co-create video game based art installations with the Psychasthenia Studio, and engage in digital arts curation projects with the ACM SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.) In addition, as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Computational Media, Arts & Cultures, and of the Duke Digital Humanities Initiative, I have become increasingly focused on the future of the university and the ways in which disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge is created, shared, and understood within higher education, libraries, museums, and the public sphere in the digital age. She/her.
ExpertiseSpatial media, mobile applications, media history, digital humanities, visualization, information science and information studies
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As well as being able to compare prices of stuff in the shops with a quick scan of the barcode/QR code, you can create artworks, as artist Scott Blake has shown with his series of famous faces.
A big artwork of Elvis' face comprised of QR codes can be read by a smartphone, linking the user to music by the one and only Mr. Presley. Blake also uses other types of barcodes for his famous faces—for example, Bruce Lee and Marilyn Monroe are made up of barcodes from DVDs of their movies, and Oprah's beaming face is created by ISBN barcodes from the Oprah book club. A message about commoditizing celebrities, or just a really neat art idea? [Scott Blake via Illusion via DudeCraft]
This video below shows what happens when you scan one of the QR codes (thanks, Baldbeaver!):