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Nebraska State Patrol Captain Kevin Knorr recently attended the 22nd session of the Anti Defamation League's Advanced Training School course on extremist and terrorist threats. Since its implementation in 2003, more than 815 law enforcement executives have completed the training.
Cpt. Knorr, 49, is a 26-year veteran of the Nebraska State Patrol and is Commander of the Nebraska Information Analysis Center. The analysis center is responsible for collaborating with local and federal agencies to analyze all crimes and all hazards encountered by citizens of Nebraska.
The Anti-Defamation League created the training school to help counter criminal extremism and terrorism. It is regarding as as one of the top counter- terrorism schools in the nation.
The training, which was held December 2-4 in Washington D.C. , included participants from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Secret Service, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Central Intelligence Agency Threat Management Unit, and dozens of the largest state and local agencies from around the country.
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There is a lot of talk about the end times. But where and when in the scripture does it recount the world actually being destroyed? In the end of John's Revelation we have the new heaven and earth, and at the beginning the old. More specifically, at what event and by what means are the old heavens and earth destroyed?
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The precise moment seems to be:
It's probably best to think of this as an image of what will happen rather than a detailed description.1 However, the image is that the throne of God fills the space that the heavens and earth2 currently fill and completely supplants them. Precisely what happens to them seems not to matter in the culmination of history. Only the people, who are judged at this time, remain from the former world.
Immediately on the heals of the arrival of God's throne and the disappearance of the old world, comes:
I've bolded the critical phrase. N. T. Wright says on the topic:
According to the New Testament, the world isn't so much destroyed as renewed or replaced. God will make it His dwelling place with us.
If I am understanding St. Paul correctly, he's telling us that there is no way to know when this will happen -- that indeed the angels don't even know -- and that our preoccupation with it is of no consequence if we are not ready to meet and be judged by God on that day.
The following is based on 1 Thessalonians chapter 5:
The second epistle of St. Peter does suggest fire though:
2 Peter 3:10: But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and the elements shall be melted with heat, and the earth, and the works that are in it, shall be burnt up.
I'm not sure that a cataclysmic event (or series of events) that necessarily leads to annihilation, or some other form of the annihilation of the world is a biblically defensible position.
The "new" could be a reference to a restoration of the created order to its original intended state.
edit: I stand corrected http://www.gotquestions.org/end-of-the-world.html
This guy has an interesting take.


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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Reflections on the Kent State University Program in Financial Engineering: Investing in Your Career
I can't begin to tell you how impressed I was with the students. They blend analytical abilities, strong teamwork skills, and a sound work ethic. Most of all, they are learning tomorrow's skill sets today.
The Kent State program is unique in that it combines a quantitative and analytical focus with practical trading skills. The program operates a trading floor on site and provides students with experience in trading a variety of markets. Guest speakers from the financial industry visit the students and provide real-world insight and members of the board of advisers (which I am one) help the students find promising internships and jobs.
When these students graduate, they will have significant skills in statistics, programming, and financial modeling. They will be able to test trading ideas, develop trading systems, and manage the risk of individual positions and diverse portfolios. They will also have the training in economics to help them identify global risks and opportunities.
Personally, if I were a young person starting out a trading career, I would seek out this kind of training. There is a vast world of trading activity and opportunity that you never read about in the popular magazine articles and books on trading. There are cutting edge skills you can learn to help you identify and profit from these opportunities.
Invest in your education and you will see a significant return on that investment. While education in the world of finance is not cheap, a lack of education can prove particularly expensive.
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- Darren said...
Nice! Got my Ph.D. from Kent State and loved the school. This program was not around when I went there but seems like a great opportunity to learn. I'd rather pay my tuition to the school than the market. Pretty sure the market's tuition is much higher.
- Curtis said...
Very fascinating program... but
I can't help but think this is setting someone up for a 9 to 5 job.
The truth is that for most traders or want to be traders (like myself) the single primary reason they are not able to trade is a lack of capital. Such a program immediately places more debt on the would-be trader. The greater question on my mind is whether this program would truly help one to hone in on their strengths or produce more of a cookie-cutter type of product.
If you follow your 2% rule then this would mean the trader should have a 1.5 million starting balance.
Even with my misgivings, I'd certainly consider it an opportunity if it were afforded to me.
- Esoterictrader said...
Could you provide some feedback or perspective on Kent State's program versus ones offered by UCLA or Columbia?
Thank you
- Curtis said...
Correction you stated 10%
"Personally, I would never spend more than 10% of my trading capital on educational products, services, and software; my actual expenditures are considerably less."
- Gangineni Dhananjhay said...
Dr Brett,
Nice to hear from gret teachers like you. I consider lack of finance education with focus on conceotual integration as you often expound in your articles is really the need in India. I wonder how many traders and investors pay huge tution fees to the market for not considering the basic foundational materials.
I have recently launched BlackSwan FMB-School with an intent to provide concepts of trading and markets.
My reference books are
1. Trading & Exchanges - Larry Harris
2.Three books by Dr Brett
3.Two books by Victor
4. Investments - Bodie, Kane, Marcus
5.Valuation - Damodaran
My blog is at www.hilotrader.blogspot.com
- Keith said...
I find it interesting that there are no psychology courses listed (did I miss something). In my experience, the math, economics, and finance are the easiest to learn, they are taught many places. Seems like the program should also deal with the psychology of trading - when these graduates experience their first series of losses -- how will they react? Does the program cover any of the psychology of trading? Should it?
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Good point, Keith. They do indeed cover psychology, including the very important and practical work in the area of behavioral finance. Those that intern at firms where I work will also get the psych coaching integrated with their daily work.
- Chris said...
Dr. Steenbarger -
Have you been compensated in any way to promote this program? If *not*, I would seriously consider re-wording the post, as that is the impression one gets.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi Chris,
Glad you brought this up. The heads of the program didn't even know I was going to be writing the post; I'm in no way compensated for mentioning them. Although I like the KSU program, my major point is about the value of education in financial markets--not the touting of any single program.
- John said...
First off, I would like to thank Dr. Steenbarger for the press of the MSFE program at KSU.
I am a graduate of that program. I considered attending programs similar to KSU at IIT, Columbia, NYU, Rutgers, etc. In my opinion, what differentiates KSU from some of those others is the focus it puts on understanding the markets, the mental game you play (behavioral) and trading. Much of the other programs focus on the programming and the mathematical side of Financial Engineering. If you want to become a quant, those programs are perfect. However, if you want to trade or be involved in the derivatives market leveraging these tools other than in a purely quant role, the KSU program I felt offered the best mix of understanding the math, market, and business sides of the world.
During the program I interned with GS in the product management side of the business learning the broker/dealer world along with the technological importance to trading. Currently I work with traders on the development and implementation of automated strategies via a server side low latency engine.
I may be biased, but coming from a small town in NE Ohio, getting a degree from a small non-ivy league undergraduate school, then graduating from KSU's MSFE program, I have transitioned into a great role focusing on markets, traders, and the technology side of this market right in NYC.
The access to market participants via networking, guest speakers, the 10 week internship and actual trips to Chicago and NYC allow these students to truly have a great chance in landing a competitive job in the current landscape.
And I most definitely do not work 9 to 5.
In one sentence, the KSU program can be dubbed (my opinion of course): "Developing Quants that can Trade"
- Timer Trader said...
First, Two books in programming Excel (VBA) will do the most aggressive financial modeling, along with some softwares that have embedded programming language such as Metatrader,
Second, One book In Statics will do.
Third, Several books in money management will help diversify portfolio and Position sizing.
Fourth, Economics can't be used in Forecasting , so economics course is useless they only explain why what happened did happen !!


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Sometimes, not always, upon restarting my Macbook (late-2006), the chime is repeated four more times after the initial chime. It then starts up normally.
Does it happen in quick succession to where you could say the the unit chimes 5 times at start up? Or does the system reboot between each chime?
If they happen in quick success I would suspect a RAM Module issue. If it is so that the system reboots each time I would lean more towards an issue with the MLB's boot ROM. Late 2006 MBP parts are getting scarce since a Apple computer can only be serviced for 5 years from DOP. Hopefully that will give you a bit of information.
Another (distant) possibility is that the OS is corrupted after trying to do a software update. That one is a bit tricker to find but best tip is to run a complete backup of the unit, re-install the OS from the DVDs that shipped with the unit and the reapply all available updates (making sure the unit is attached to power the entire time).
You can take a look at the Power On Self-Test codes from Apple ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547 ), copied here for convenience:
If you have 5 beeps, it might be a processor problem. Note that the chimes will be uniform, all of them the same, if there is a problem the "normal" chime is not played, just N beeps as stated above.


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Evolution Hoax
Kocaeli TV; Aba TV, 4 December 2010
Bediuzzaman's expression "they will know him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] through the light of faith" is very important. People will recognize him through their own abilities. Faith in Allah is very powerful in personal terms; for example, a brother and a child may be different in one family. One sees the evidence of Allah's existence, while the other sees it only vaguely, or not at all. Members of a family may not take common decisions in faith, and members of the same community may not hold the same views. Some may be aware of the dajjal (antichrist), and others not. Some may recognize Hazrat Mahdi (as) and others not.
They regard Turkish-Islamic Union as if it were some really difficult ideal. They say a Black Sea Union or a Mediterranean Union is fine. If the seas can join together, why not the Islamic and Turkish world? We come from the same line and the same faith. Our forefathers and traditions and everything are the same. But they regard union as something odd. It is perfectly for Konya and Istanbul to be united. But they have so worked on people's minds that they regard this as really hard. It is essential for the public to demand it, that they demand the groundwork. If they said "Yes" today, every state is ready for it. Nations must love one another if the people are to demand it. There is the idea of Turkishness. According to the Qur'an, that nation must be united. Allah says He creates men as different peoples. So that they should come to know one another. Unity is essential according to the Qur'an. Then we must have Turkish-Islamic Union. The Turkish nation is a courageous and virtuous one. Allah bestows leadership upon it because of that virtue. The Turkish nation is now the leader. It is the leader of the Turkish-Islamic Union. I call it the Turkish-Islamic Union because the Turkish nation is at its head.
There will be union between Azerbaijan and Turkey. We will join with the Armenians, too, if they open up the borders. You can identify those responsible for the killing and punishing them. But with those exceptions, the Armenians are an innocent people, and you cannot punish them all. Who is guilty? The people who killed. We cannot take revenge on innocent Armenians. We will watch over and protect them. We used to call them 'The Loyal Nation'. The loyal nation. We had Armenian generals. And artists. Our people were very happy side by side. But when Darwinism, communism and fascism appeared, so did Armenian fascists. But you cannot put innocent mothers, small children and young girls, who had nothing to do with it and knew nothing about it, in the same prison cell as them. There are people in prison in Turkey, murderers and killers. But would there be any logic in someone saying the whole Turkish nation should be punished for their deeds? We have gone to war against the Greeks, but we will include them in the Turkish-Islamic Union, too. We will include Bulgaria. When our brothers went off they welcomed them with military music. Bulgaria is redolent of Ottoman things. We will also unite with Russia. We will also include them in the Turkish-Islamic Union. They also fought against the Turks. Are we really going to seek revenge for that? We will build friendship and brotherhood. The past is in the past. They used to follow an isolationist policy. Syria was an enemy, and Iraq and Iran, but we have now won them all over. We are friends with Syria. They used to regard us as enemies of Iraq, but we are now friends. We will do away with this baseness. Through the Turkish-Islamic Union we will bring them friendship and abundance.
The way of the Mahdi means love, affection, compassion, friendship and brotherhood. But the way of the antichrist means blood, perfidy and horror. You cannot expect blood and horror from Hazrat Mahdi (as). Those who expect blood from Hazrat Mahdi (as) will drown in it themselves. Allah has ruined and devastated those who espouse that idea. It is out of the question. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword. If Allah wants blood, he will drown them in it. Since Allah will rule without blood, they must realize that fact. Weapons will be eliminated in the time of Hazrat Mahdi (as). Jesus the Messiah will eliminate weapons. So that will be it, and there will be no bloodshed. How can there be bloodshed with no weapons? Bloodshed is only possible through arms. No weapons, no bloodshed. The Prophet Joseph (as) shed no blood, either. Did the Prophet Joseph (as) come to power by shedding blood? He assumed power through his intelligence and faith and love, didn't he? Did the Prophet Solomon (as) arrive through bloodshed? He came through love and reason. Did Dhu'lQarnayn come through bloodshed? He spilled not one drop of blood. He came through faith and intelligence. Almighty Allah does not desire bloodshed in the End Times. There will be floods of bloodshed in the time of the antichrist and Hazrat Mahdi (as), but it is the antichrist who will shed it, not Hazrat Mahdi (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) is one of those who want to halt bloodshed. Hazrat Mahdi (as) is against bloodshed. He destroys weapons.
Kahramanmaraş Aksu TV; Gaziantep Olay TV, 4 December 2010
Surat al-Inshiqaq
(The aspect of the verse referring to the End Times and the way of the Mahdi, insha'Allah)
1- When the sky bursts open,
On the Day of Reckoning the atmosphere is absorbed under the effect of an impact with other stars.
And then the blue sky, then some of the sky opens up and
appears black. Space is black. Darkness rules.
When it opens they will see the blueness has been pierced and appears black.
The sky being pierced and the stars being visible in the day time: this is a most wondrous state of affairs, one that people are unfamiliar with
2- Hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to;
It is all under Allah's command. The time when the sky will open, how much and to what extent has all been determined.
3- When the earth is flattened out,
When the sky opens, there will also be a change in the earth. It normally has mountains, peaks and hills. But under the effect of the earthquakes, the mountains will dissolve like a mass of sand. Think of a conic mound of sugar. When you shake it, the mound flattens out. The whole of the earth will be flat like that.
4- And disgorges what is inside it and empties out,
The magma inside it. Since the crust is split open. Under the gravitational effect of the impacting stars, the Earth will depart from its orbit and pour forth magma as it approaches other stars. But a very violent disgorging. The Qur'an even refers to the seas burning. Magma and flames will pour from the sea.
5- hearkening to its Lord as it is bound to do!
It will happen just as Allah wishes. Some people imagine that matter will be unrestrained at the moment of Reckoning and will explode and fall apart spontaneously. All fragmentation and explosions are under the control of Allah. They happen by Allah's choosing. Every atoms knows where it must go. Each atom submits in line with its own creation.
6- O Man! You are toiling laboriously towards your Lord but meet Him you will.
We are preaching and spreading Islam and praying. We are constantly active for Allah's sake. Then you will come to Him at the end.
7- As for him who is given his Book in his right hand,
Something describing all of his life, like a cassette or something, will be placed in his right hand. An object, something small.
8- He will be given an easy reckoning,
People with knowledge of the Qur'an will understand this. In other words, when something small, like a video tape, summarizing his entire life is placed in his right hand, it means he will be saved if it is put in the right hand. We have Allah's promise. There is no alternative. He may rejoice because it has been placed in his right hand.
9- And return to his family joyfully.
They return to their families with that joy, the joy of that object setting out their lives. To their friends and those who love them.
10- But as for him who is given his Book behind his back,
11- He will cry out for destruction,
But anyone given the object behind his back, may Allah forbid. He is doomed.
12- But will be roasted in a Searing Blaze.
A roaring fire, not a normal fire. Roaring fire is uncontrolled. Flames will rise to the sky, madly, and that is how Allah says it will happen.
13- He used to be joyful in his family (in this world).
He behaves badly and stubbornly with them. He mocks religion, may Allah forbid, and foolishly thinks he is laughing at the End Times. He makes it clear he attaches no importance to the ways of the Mahdi and the antichrist. He imagines nothing will happen, but his blood will run cold when he sees the terrible sight there.
14- He thought that he was never going to return (to his Lord).
He laughs and imagines the hereafter does not exist. He thinks he will not be resurrected.
15- But in fact his Lord was always watching him!
Allah sees his state in the discotheque, or on the internet, or on the street or in the bar. Allah says He sees his state everywhere.
16- No, I swear by the evening glow,
17- And the night and all it shrouds,
18- And the moon when it is full;
I swear by the dawn. By the dark and the things it collects together.
An eclipse of the Sun and Moon in the month of Ramadan is one of the portents of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
19- you will mount up stage by stage!
You will pass from this state into another. In other words, from the way of the antichrist to the way of the Mahdi, and from the way of the Mahdi back to the way of the antichrist. People first entered the way of the antichrist, but they are now at the second level, they are at the level of the way of the Mahdi, then they will enter the level of the way of the Messiah, and there will be global dominion, after that comes the way of the antichrist again and then the Day of Reckoning. Dawn refers to the way of the Mahdi, the rising of the Sun. Night is the way of the antichrist, darkness over Islam. First the Sun rises, and the way of the Mahdi rules, but after that comes night, and the way of the antichrist rules. What it gathers with it is strife, corruption, madness and everything.
20- What is the matter with them that they have no faith,
Why do they not believe, Allah says.
21- and, when the Qur'an is recited to them, do not prostrate?
Why do they not accept the Qur'an, Allah says. Why do they not realize? Why can they not accept it?
22- In fact those who are unbelievers say that it is lies.
They completely deny the Qur'an. The supporters of the antichrist deny the Qur'an, it says. But look, they deny the Qur'an. There is a war against the Qur'an.
23- But Allah knows best what they are storing in their hearts.
Allah says He knows them in their consciousness and subconscious. I create all things, He says.
24- Give them the news of a painful punishment –
Troubles in this world, diseases, the Day of Reckoning and the pains of the way of the antichrist, the wars of the way of the antichrist, how the way of the antichrist suffocates them and the eternal sufferings of hell.
25- except those who have faith and do right actions: they will have a wage which never fails.
They first believe in Allah, sincerely and honestly. There is no ordinary prayer, friendship or love. They honestly believe in Allah. He accepts honest prayer and fasting. He says He will bestow the endless and eternal bliss of paradise. And He says He will bestow suitable rewards in this world.
(The aspect of the verse referring to the End Times and the way of the Mahdi, insha'Allah)
1- By Heaven with its Houses of the Zodiac
We are now in the Age of Aquarius [also called Water Bearer]. Before that was Pisces. What does the Qur'an say? The fish next to the Prophet Moses (as) jumped back into the water. The age of Pisces is coming to an end. The people that came to rescue him dropped a bucket down to the Prophet Yusuf (as). Allah deliberately refers to a bucket rather than ropes or bowls or mugs. He particularly emphasized the bucket and says they pulled the Prophet Yusuf (as) out. Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear in the Age of Aquarius.
2- and the promised day,
The day of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as), the time of the descent of Jesus the Messiah (as), the Day of Reckoning.
3- and the witness and the witnessed,
Who is the witness? Hazrat Mahdi (as). Who is the witnessed? All Muslims. At the same time, the people are the witness, but it is Hazrat Mahdi (as) who is witnessed. Both.
4- Woe to the makers of the pit (of fire),
5- the fire well stocked with fuel –
Petrol. For example, they are currently burning Muslims with napalm bombs, bombing them with napalm. Muslims' hands and faces and children are all burned. They generally destroy Muslims by burning them in the End Times. Or they burn them with bombs.
6- when they were seated right beside it
7- witnessing what they did to the believer.
For example, they have real-time communications systems when they bomb places, to determine the exact area bombed. They can watch from a distance as Muslims are bombed and incinerated. They watch the bombing and burning and incineration. Where do they watch it? On screens. I am describing the aspect that refers to the End Times.
8- only reason they punished them was because they believed in Allah, the Almighty, the All-Praiseworthy –
So, you are Muslims and oppose Darwinism and materialism, and so you espouse the way of the Mahdi and the coming of the Messiah – in that case, we will incinerate you, they say. In the same way they tried to incinerate the Prophet Abraham (as). We will terrorize you, they say. They will try to incinerate Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as). They will seek to burn their followers, that is what the Qur'an suggests.
9- Him to Whom the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs. Allah is Witness of all things.
All things belong to him. They are now watching on screens, but Allah says He is also watching them. They are watching in 3-D. But Allah is watching them in 4 dimensions, or 5 dimensions. He created all the dimensions. They are under His command. He sees them all.
10- Those who persecute men and women of the believers, and then do not repent, will have the punishment of Hell, will have the punishment of the Burning.
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be tortured. It is in the hadiths. It says the antichrist will torture Hazrat Mahdi (as). It says the more he is tortured, the more he will be widened, the more his fame will spread, in other words.
Then for those who do not repent, there is hell for them, and they will suffer a burning punishment.
Allah refers to a fire that rises to the heart.
11- But those who believe and do right actions will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them.That is the Great Victory.
They believe and act honestly. Allah refers to our longing for water. He has created a love of water in us. They always want to go to the seaside or sit by a lake. At the very least they want a water spout or a swimming pool. This is something subconscious, a longing and love for water. There are little arches everywhere in paradise, and large rivers. Paradise is full of green trees and water.
12- Your Lord's Assault is very fierce indeed.
Allah says His assault, when it comes, will be very powerful. He says He inflicts severe punishment, that He first lets things go, but that when He finally attacks He does so very fiercely.
13- He originates and regenerates.
He first creates and then resurrects. He first creates us, then kills us and then resurrects us. He says it is He Who will later create.
14- He is the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Loving,
Allah loves to love. He is very loving. That is why He has imparted the ability to love in our souls. We have a powerful, subconscious force for love and being loved. We are always under its influence. The power that Allah creates in our subconscious He installs in the soul as faith. Allah is He Who teaches us to love and be loved.
Allah says He wants us to forgive, rather than seek revenge. It is sufficient that Muslims should be forgiving.
15- the Possessor of the Throne, the All-Glorious,
He is the Lord of the whole universe. This verse also refers to the time of Sultan Abdulmajit.
16- Doer (without let) of all that He intends.
17- Has the story reached you of the legions
Allah is the Lord of all armies.
18- of Pharaoh and Thamud?
19- Yet those who are unbelievers insist on their denial
They constantly engage in denial. You talk about the invalidity of Darwinism and materialism, but they still lie. You say that Allah does exist, but they deny it. They always take the opposite line. Allah refers to armies. All armies, apart from the army of truth, wreak devastation. It is armies that are not the army of truth that wreak corruption and strife and shed blood. Like the Chinese Army, Hitler's Army or Mussolini's army.
20- while Allah is encircling them from behind.
He says that all identities are under His control.
21- It is indeed a Glorious Qur'an
22- preserved on a Tablet.
Allah says the Qur'an was created infinitely long ago. The Qur'an existed before our Prophet (saas) left his mother's womb. The Qur'an existed long before his forebear, the Prophet Abraham (as).
We will establish the Masjid of Sulayman. I do not understand why that should upset anyone. The Prophet Solomon (as) is a prophet of Allah and his home is a masjid. Muslims' homes are masjids. Our Prophet's (saas) and the place he was in was a masjid. They misunderstand out of ignorance. The Prophet Solomon (as) used to pray there, and remember Allah and talk about Islam. It is where the Prophet Solomon (as) spent his life, where Muslims prayed. We will rebuild that masjid. It will happen, insha'Allah.
65- They found a servant of Ours whom We had granted mercy from Us and whom We had also given knowledge direct from Us.
Mercy is something entirely separate. Allah's name of the ar-Rahman and ar-Rahim. Mercy embraces all things. Allah also treats Jews and Christians and everyone with mercy. Mercy seeks to save them all. It wants them all to be good, insha'Allah. Allah says he has granted mercy and given knowledge, and that means that Allah teaches all knowledge. All. They found a servant of Ours. I have said this before. The abjad (numerological calculation) value is exactly 2010.
66- Moses said to him, 'May I follow you on condition that you teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?'
But what is the true path? It is the Qur'an, It means he knows he is on the true path and will defend the truth. He knows at that moment he will act in line with the True Book. What you have been taught. Who teaches? Allah. And he knows that Allah teaches. May I follow you as my teacher? Can I be your student? Hazrat Khidr (as) says:
67- He said, 'You will not be able to bear with me.
So looking at our own century, you do not have the strength needed to be a follower of Hazrat Mahdi (as). So it will be very hard for you to demonstrate such an ability. Because Hazrat Mahdi's (as) external appearance will have different effects on people, insha'Allah.
68- indeed could you bear with patience something you have not encompassed in your knowledge?'
That means it is the essence of a thing that matters. One must concentrate on the essence. You cannot do what is essential if you concentrate on and bog people down in superficialities. Allah makes His show, He bases His actions on what is essential. Could you bear with patience something you have not encompassed in your knowledge? In other words, you will look superficially. You cannot see the profundity or the essence, so you will reject it, you will deny it, you cannot accept it, you will oppose it, he says. This also applies to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
69- Moses said, 'You will find me patient, if Allah wills, and I will not disobey you in any matter.'
Insha'Allah, this is something all the prophets knew. By Allah's leave, insha'Allah. Muslims were not the first to say it, insha'Allah. The Prophet Moses (as) also said it, and the Prophet Abraham (as). An ignorant bunch of people will oppose Hazrat Mahdi (as) every step of the way, since they do not understand.
70- He said, 'Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I myself make mention of it to you.'
He says that when he describes the position he will do so in essentials, but that he must be patient until then.
71- They continued...
The most effective technique is two-person dialogue. One loses concentration when a third party joins in. This is the most effective means of talking and describing matters. One on one. Insha'Allah.
....... until they boarded a boat and he scuppered it. Then Moses said, 'Did you scupper it so that its owners would be drowned? This is truly a dreadful thing that you have done!'
They came to a place by the sea. Where did they first come to? The coast. Where does Hazrat Mahdi (as) come to? Istanbul. Where two seas meet. Look, see what the verse is referring to? A boat. The sea.
until they boarded a boat and he scuppered it. Then Moses said, 'Did you scupper it so that its owners would be drowned? This is truly a dreadful thing that you have done!'
And he says that he did something really awful. He says he has sinned. He chooses his words very carefully. He would normally say that he has sinned according to the Torah. But he does not say it. He just says he was amazed at what he did. Since he knew he was on the true path. This is a requirement of hidden knowledge. To portray something as weak, or the weak as strong when necessary. Both are requirements of secret knowledge.
72- He said, 'Did I not say that you would not be able to bear with me?'
Because that is his destiny. It was ordained that the Prophet Moses (as) would be unable to bear it even before he was born. The Qur'an existed before Hazrat Khidr (as). It was ordained in the Qur'an what Hazrat Moses (as) would do. It was known that he would not be able to tolerate any of these things. We read that it was ordained he would be unable to bear them. Hazrat Khidr (as) was a man traveling in his time. He also travels to the time of the Prophet Abraham (as), and to the past. He can travel to all times. He knows this feature of the Prophet Moses (as) revealed in the Qur'an. He knows he will be unable to bear any of these. That is why he speaks so certainly. Because Allah has ordained it. Allah says he will be unable to bear them. And since he knows this for certain, he says he cannot bear them. He does not equivocate or say maybe. That can be seen in his words. He says in the verse that you cannot bear it in any way. He speaks with certainty. Because he knows destiny. Because he knows the Prophet Moses' (as) destiny and the response he will give.
He said, 'Did I not say that you would not be able to bear with me?'
He says he warned him before.
73- Moses said, 'Do not take me to task because I forgot. Do not demand of me something which is too difficult.'
Who made him forget? Allah. The Prophet Moses (as) is very determined with regard to knowledge. He is determined to learn hidden knowledge and will not forego it. Other might people might let it go at that. That means that determination and persistence are qualities of a believer. He will not abandon knowledge, no matter what the cost.
74- So they went on until they met a youngster whom he killed. Moses said, 'Have you killed a boy who has done no wrong, without it being in retaliation for someone else? This is truly an appalling thing that you have done!'
Look, they always arrive together.
This time he speaks very openly, saying he has done an appalling thing. He says he has committed murder. You have done an appalling thing. He will be destroyed for that, because he knows the law, under the law of the Torah. The other party was guiltless. He had no guilt. So you killed him for no reason, he says. He swears that he has done an appalling thing. Yet he had earlier promised not to raise any objections.
75- He said, 'Did I not tell you that you would not be able to bear with me?'
Since this has come by revelation there is no alternative path. But the Prophet Moses (as) does not know this. Hazrat Hizir (as) does know, however. He is not surprised because he knows. But the Prophet Moses is stunned. He says he has done an appalling thing. But there is nothing here to say that Hazrat Hizir (as) is taken aback. He knows when and at what stage he will depart. He is totally sure of himself.
76- Moses said, 'If I ask you about anything after this, then you should no longer keep me company. I will have given you excuse enough.'
He says he will no longer ask him anything about this. He says he will now accept the situation. But of course he cannot help continuing to object. He does it every time.
77- So they went on…
Their traveling as a pair is highly significant. The Qur'an lays great stress on pairs. Almighty Allah stresses them in the Qur'an, insha'Allah.
Until they reached the inhabitants of a town
A place like a township. A town, but not a city.
The people of the town were unwilling to put them up.
People will also be unwilling to play host to Hazrat Mahdi (as). Hazrat Mahdi (as) will also appear from a small town. And the people will be unwilling to play host to him. They will not want Hazrat Mahdi (as)…
There they found a wall about to fall down,
As if there were a wall about to fall down where the Masjid of Solomon stands. They even say the al-Aqsa Mosque could fall down at any moment. They say they lower part could collapse because of all the digging and excavation work going on beneath it. The verse says the wall is "about to fall down." They are only saying that about the al-Aqsa Mosque now, that it is about to fall down. Everyone is saying that. And the al-Aqsa Mosque is of vital importance to Muslims. They found a wall. There is a wall there, too, the Wailing Wall. He immediately repaired it. That is what Hazrat Mahdi (as) will do. He will rebuild the Masjid of Solomon.
Moses said, 'If you had wanted, you could have taken a wage for doing that.'
He is again speaking empty words. It is ordained in his destiny that he will do this. If you had wanted, you could have taken a wage for doing that. Yet a Muslim acts for Allah's approval. And since he did that for Allah's approval he demanded no fee. When the Prophet Moses (as) went and watered the sheep, did he ask for money from the women? No. Did anyone ask why he had not asked for a fee? No. Why not? Because he did it for love of Allah. When his mother placed him in that little chest and let the water take him away, did she did do it in order to kill him? Under normal circumstances a mother who abandoned her baby to a river inside a tiny chest would be charged with attempting to murder the child. The child would in all likelihood die. Imagine the child tried to stand up. It would fall into the water. There is no alternative. If he stands up, he will fall out. Did his mother put him there to kill him? No, she did it to save him. So why did Hazrat Khidr (as) put a hole in the boat? To save others. It is the same knowledge from the Mind of Allah. It is Allah Who does it. He killed a man. He struck him and he died. It was in his destiny. He killed him because Allah so commanded. Why did Hazrat Khidr (as) kill him? It was his destiny. They did not ask the Prophet Moses (as) why he killed. And there was no need for Hazrat Khidr (as) to be questioned there. He encountered parallel events, parallel events that Allah created. He was not interrogated about any of them, but he still questioned Hazrat Khidr (as).
78- He said, 'This is where you and I part company. I will let you know the explanation of those things about which you were not able to restrain yourself.
The Day of Reckoning will come after Hazrat Khidr, Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as), and he will then depart. It is the time for parting. The time has come for Hazrat Khidr (as) to leave. That is a feature of the End Times.
I will let you know the explanation of those things about which you were not able to restrain yourself.
Hazrat Khidr (as) says he will not explain the wisdom behind them all.
79- As for the boat, it belonged to some poor people who worked on the sea. I wanted to damage it because a king was coming behind them, commandeering every boat.
Verse 79 refers to 1979. It refers to a ship burning in 1979 and Istanbul being lit up as if it were broad daylight. The time when that ship burned, 1979, was when anarchy and fanaticism, and despotism were at their height – he speaks of a king commandeering every boat. It was when tyranny was at its peak. That is what the Qur'an is referring to.
80- As for the boy, his parents were believers and we feared that he would darken their days with excessive insolence and unbelief.
When Hazrat Khidr (as) saw that he was someone who would harm Hazrat Mahdi (as) he went and killed him. In other words, if he believes that someone will hinder Turkish-Islamic Union and harm Hazrat Mahdi (as), and I am telling this as a secret, Hazrat Khidr (as) will kill that person. And nobody can find him. It is impossible because he is a metaphysical entity. You cannot find him.
81- We wanted their Lord to give them in exchange a purer son than him, one more compassionate.
The killing of the antichrist. The killing of the boy refers to the killing of the antichrist. The way of the antichrist will be killed off while it is still in its infancy. It will be killed off before it has time to infest and ruin the world.
1981 is also the date of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as). He is more auspicious in times of purity and compassion. Purity and compassions are two of the attributes of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
A purer son comes instead. Bediüzzaman says that 1981 will be the end of the way of the antichrist, of denial, and that is the date of the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
82- As for the wall, it belonged to two young orphans Two orphans.
The Prophet Jesus (as) will have no parents. And Hazrat Mahdi (as) has no father, he is an orphan. Two orphans, the Prophet Jesus (as) and Hazrat Mahdi (as). The wall is theirs. In other words, both will pray in the Masjid of Solomon, at the al-Aqsa Mosque. This is explicitly set out in the hadiths. Under it was treasure belonging to them; there may be relics belonging to the Prophet Solomon (as) under the Masjid, the al-Aqsa Mosque. Israel is searching night and day. They have dug tunnels there day and night. They know it is there. They got that from the Qur'an. So they have examined the Qur'an. They know it is there. There are so mnay tunnels beneath it. There is a danger of it collapsing. That is why there is a danger of the al-Aqsa Mosque collapsing. They have left no stone unturned, but they have not found it. Because Allah gives a detail, He says that angels are bearing it up. They never thought of that. How can you find something being carried by angels? You cannot. They will carry it from one place to another. You go where you think you will find it, and they carry it off somewhere else. That is why they cannot find it. They will never find it. It is Hazrat Mahdi (as) who will find it. And I will say where it is, it is there, insha'Allah. By the law of Allah, it is there.
Their father was one of the righteous.
This refers to the Prophet Abraham (as). The Qur'an says that the Prophet Ibrahim (as) is immaculate and pure. Both are descended from the Prophet Ibrahim (as), Hazrat Mahdi (as) and the Prophet Jesus (as).
Your Lord wanted them to come of age.
In other words, for the relevant time to come. That age is the age of adulthood. The End Times, in other words. This is the age mentioned by the Prophet (saas) in the hadiths and by Bediuzzaman when he refers to an age one century after his own time.
And then to unearth their treasure;
These sacred relics. Allah says there is peace and calm there. When they see it, Muslims will all calm down. They will be 100% convinced. This includes all the sacred relics. The Ark of the Covenant of the Prophet Solomon (as) will be found, and the original tablets of the Torah, stoned, carved tablets.
As a mercy from Him.
The beginning of the story refers to "a mercy from Us" in verse 65. What does Almighty Allah say in verse 82" "As a mercy from Him." This is a blessing from Allah because of His love for you and desire to protect you, and it is a great miracle. There is no question of its being sought and not found. Look, the state of Israel is looking for the Ark of the Covenant. It has dredged Lake Tiberias. It has searched it with magnetic imaging. They have used treasure seeking equipment, but not a trace has been found. They should have found it, since it is made of metal. The Ark is made of gold and should give off echoes. But they have not found it. They looked for it in Antioch (Antakya), but could not find it there, either. They will not find it.
to unearth their treasure as a mercy from Him. I did not do it of my own volition.
He says he did it through revelation
That is the explanation of the things about which you were not able to restrain yourself.'
Immediately after this comes a verse that reads "They will ask you about Dhu'l-Qarnayn." Dhu'l-Qarnayn who rules the east and west of the world, both sides. The east and west of the world. At the same time, insha'Allah.
They will ask you about Dhu'l-Qarnayn. Say: 'I will tell you something about him.'
Almighty Allah then speaks of global dominion. Surat al-Kahf describes how a small group of followers left their families and migrated. A small group of followers living all together. Then comes the secret knowledge of Hazrat Khidr (as) and his exclusion by people. We see how they keep away from him. Then comes global dominion. Surat al-Kahf is all about the way of the Mahdi (as). Fethullah Hodja [Fethullah Gulen] spoke of this in his own time, around 1979. You can hear him on tapes and cassettes. He explicitly says that Surat al-Kahf is all about the way of the Mahdi. The great majority of religious scholars say it. Our Prophet (saas) tells us to read Surat al-Kahf when the antichrist appears. What does that mean? The answer is there. What does that mean? It means that Surat al-Kahf speaks of the way of the Mahdi.
• Those who live by hate will be defeated. Those who live by love will be victorious. Those who live by compassion will be victorious. Those who live by affection will be victorious. You will see. Those who live by hate will drown in their blood.
He will capture Konstantiniyye and Mount Deylem. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 24)
He will spiritually capture Istanbul. Istanbul will become a lovely place, redolent of Islam.
After filling the earth will justice he will appoint Kahtani as commander and he will attend to those tasks. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar p. 24)
This means that Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be their commander in chief. There will be other important people he loves and values. He will not occupy himself with affairs of state, but will appoint commanders. He will be occupied with those main issues, the essential knowledge. He will not occupy himself with the details. He will give those to his commanders.
Jesus (as) will appear from the sky and will admit his leadership. He will say to Jesus (as) "Lead us in prayer." But he will reply, "the command is yours." "This is Allah's gift to the Community of Muhammad" he will say. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 24)
That is what Allah wishes. It is Allah's revelation. Allah's gift to you, the Imam, is Muhammad Mahdi from the Qureysh, from the people of Adnan, he will say.
...The Mahdi's father is one of the Qureysh. Had it been so desired I could recount his line right to the end, because Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be the last of Islam. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar p. 25)
He says he knows them all right to his most distant forefather. We are now learning his lineage with scientific methods. He says he knows through the revelation of our Prophet (saas) and can list them all. Islam will come to an end with Hazrat Mahdi (as). Sungur says the same thing. He says we have 70 years. But some so-called intellectuals say we have 300 years.
The prophet Jesus (as) will appear in such a form it will sem as if water is dripping from his hair, and Hzrat Mahdi (as) will say to him, "O Jesus, pass to the front and lead us in prayer." But the Prophet Jesus (as) will say, "The call was made for you" and he will pray behind one of my offspring. (Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi `Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 25)
Our prophet (saas) says that the Prophet (saas) will appear as if water were dripping from his hair. He says when he first appears it will be as if he had just stepped from the shower. This is a very important sign. It is a miracle for someone to seem as if he has just washed when he has not, for him to have washed where there is no water. Where did he wash? He must have washed in the Presence of Allah to have looked like that when he arrived. Because he says "as if." "As if water were dripping" he says. This is a miracle. The Prophet (saas) refers to Hazrat Mahdi (as) as one of his offspring. Who will rule the world? One of my offspring, he says. In other words, he says I will rule. Our prophet (saas) or one of his descendants. A part of the Prophet (saas). He keeps saying that Hazrat Mahdi (as) is one of his children. He says he does not want them to set one against the other, to establish some kind of foolish competition, may Allah forbid. He speaks of his child in order to prevent that. Some people say, "How can Hazrat Mahdi (as) ever rule if never becomes a prophet?" Our Prophet (saas) speaks of his offspring in order to prevent people saying that. He says his rule is the same as mine.


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I'm working on a Esri Silverlight Web API app and wondering the best way to handle the import of local spatial vector data files. Sometimes these will be your standard shape file but often these will be in vendor specific proprietary file formats that will have to use special API's to parse out the data within them. My question is whether it would likely be a better practice to handle the data conversion on the server side vs. attempting to do it on the client side?
Doing that kind of thing server side would be a more scaleable option. Using your app to upload that data into ArcGIS Server DataInterop or Safe/FME which can them publish to a webservice for display on your app is the easiest to maintain.
As then you are removing the dependency of your App speaking all these differnet formats and it just is needed to push up and display the data; let the backend handle the data format or conversion.
You can even if you want a lowest cost option look at some of the OSGeo stuff; host that on a server, then write some webservices that you call from your SL app to push up to them; reshape the data to be overlayed in your front end.
Silverlight is really just a Rich-UI tool; you don't want to make it too burdensome on the client machine; much like a web-app its really geared to display rich information and not be a replacement for dedicated tools.


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When Hurricane Sandy hit Washington, D.C. last October, the usually teeming capitol became a ghost town. Few people braved the whipping winds and stinging sheets of rain on the streets of the nation's capital. Holed up in his hotel, Laurence Hawker, a CU-Boulder exchange student from Lancaster University in England, witnessed the psychological reactions to an extreme storm that he had up until then only read about.
Hawker, who was in Washington participating in a Model United Nations conference, is studying how social vulnerability, such as a lack of communication, can transform a natural hazard into a social disaster.
"It was a surreal feeling," said Hawker. "Throughout the conference people were rushing out early and a general state of panic ensued. It showed me how a natural hazard can cause powerful emotions in people."
The social effect of natural hazards is just one area of interest for Hawker. A junior at CU-Boulder, Hawker is majoring in geography. He chose CU-Boulder because of the geography department's ranking as one of the top programs among the nation's doctoral-granting geography departments. Faculty and students conduct interdisciplinary research and are affiliated with other programs and centers at CU-Boulder, as well as nearby federal labs, which is valuable to students as they build professional contacts and seek the unique experiences that will launch their careers.
"I picked CU because it's got a great geography department with faculty who are well-known in their fields," said Hawker. "Colorado is a good place for a variety of geography. Coming here is a natural fit for me, really."
Through Career Services at CU-Boulder, Hawker learned about the Natural Hazards Center on campus, where he received an internship. The Natural Hazards Center serves as a national and international clearinghouse of knowledge concerning the social science and policy aspects of disasters. Hawker is in contact with a statistician to help with research on psychological effects caused by the Chernobyl nuclear accident that occurred in the Ukraine in 1986.
"The internship gives me more knowledge about the discipline and contact with people who are focused on the topic," he said. "An internship adds another layer to my studies."
What Hawker likes about the study of geography is how it bridges social sciences with natural sciences.
"Geography is earth writing. It explains how the world slots together," he said. "But there is so much more to geography than just knowing where places are on a map. It puts the study of social and physical processes in a context of landscapes and environments that include population, globalization, movement, cities, and buildings."
Hawker views a map as "a key to a locked door," representing opportunities to explore unfamiliar territory. This is his first time in the United States, and he's taking advantage of travel opportunities, which have included visiting the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Chicago, San Diego, the Northwest, Vancouver—even Wichita, Kansas.
His biggest piece of advice for students is to check out the opportunities available through Career Services.
"Pick their brains, because they can open up a lot of avenues," he said. "I would never have found the Natural Hazards Center on my own in a million years. It's brilliant for finding opportunities. This is a time in our lives when opportunities are available right on our doorstep, and I would encourage students to go out there and take them."
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August 30, 2013
WHEELING — Law enforcement on both sides of the Ohio River will be on the lookout for drunken drivers during the Labor Day weekend, when roadway travel is predicted to be on the rise....
SPEEDING?!?!? Ohio's roads average about twenty (20) fatalities per week, but only one is on a rural interstate. Most weekends are fatality-free on (now) 70-mph rural interstates, including most *holiday* weekends! BY FAR rural interstates are Ohio's safest rural roads. The reasons are obvious: interstates eliminate the common causes of crashes, such as crossover conflicts at intersections; head-on collisions with adjacent, opposing traffic; and roadside hazards like trees, telephone poles, curves, and sheer drop-offs. Eliminating common causes of crashes and delays improves travel times, safety and fuel-efficiency. That WIN-WIN-WIN is why we build interstates. Raising the speed limit on rural interstates improves travel times for long-distances travelers and tourists. And allows law enforcement to focus to the far more dangerous roads. Enjoy the 70 mph safely, but be extra careful on those other roads!
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Since torches prevent mobs from spawning, is it possible to place enough torches within a specific radius to ensure safety during the night? I'm thinking of a situation without any shelter built, more along the lines of a flat plain. If it is possible, how many torches/how far out do I need to go to make that area safe?
Torches Provide a light level of 14. Note that this is to the block that they are in. Adjacent blocks have a light level of 13. Mobs require a light level of 7 or less to spawn. This means that mobs can't spawn within 7 of a lit torch. So placing a torch every thirteen tiles will keep a hallway lit.
You can expand this to two dimensions by placing a second line of torches 7 to one side and offset by seven.
See this post
First, some mob spawning science:
Using these measurements, it looks like you would have to make a grid of torches 13 squares apart that covers a 144x144 block area (excepting the no spawn circle around you, if you like).
Mobs will spawn in areas of light 7 or lower. Source
Torches provide a light of 14, with the light value being reduced by 1 for every tile away.
Consider the line of light values above. The 14's are torches. If you put the torches no more than 12 squares away, you will prevent any monster from spawning in a straight line; do note however, that if you go with a strictly grid based system, you will have dark "centers" made from the torch squares. I recommend a staggered grid, each line "shifted" 6 squares from the other, so that the light values prevent the centers from getting to dark.


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Hi everybody,
why does kdenlive render mp4 to burred mp4?
Using xubuntu 12.04, kdenlive 4.8.5. I want to render a mp4 file, a video sequence taken in a room where I am sitting at a table and explaining something. I insert the pin sharp mp4-file 640x360, h264 to a kdenlive project, I render it with kdenlive to same: h264, 640x360. I changed "video" 12000 to 600, 400, 800 , .. I tried a lot. Every rendering results in bad blurred result. Taking 600 the result of a 30 sec video is 2,2MB of size, using recordmydesktop and recording from kdenlive monitor-preview (!!!!) the result is pin sharp again!!! I converted the recordmydesktop-ogv file to mp4 with handbrake. And I can't belive it: the pin sharp recordmydesktop-mp4 is of size of only 1,2 MB!!! Nearly the half of size of the blurred result of rendering with kdelive. My suggestion to all kdenlive users: take kdenlive to cut videos only, rendering doesn't work, take recordmydestop and record the video from kdenlive-monitor. Incredible ... !!
Where could be the fault?
The script:
#! /bin/sh
PARAMETERS="-pid:20908 $MELT atsc_720p_2398 avformat - $SOURCE $TARGET f=mp4 hq=1 acodec=aac ab=128k ar=48000 pix_fmt=yuv420p vcodec=libx264 minrate=0 vb=600k \
g=250 bf=3 b_strategy=1 subcmp=2 cmp=2 coder=1 flags=+loop flags2=dct8x8 qmax=51 subq=7 qmin=10 qcomp=0.6 qdiff=4 trellis=1 aspect=@16/9 pass=1 threads=1 real_\
Mon, 03/18/2013 - 23:06
If your source 'pin sharp' file is 640x360 then why are you using a 720p Project to then render out again to 640x360? You are scaling the video twice, no wonder it's blurred?
What results do you get if you use a 640x360 Project Profile to start with?
"My suggestion to all kdenlive users: take kdenlive to cut videos only, rendering doesn't work", sorry but that is plain incorrect, rendering does work and quality can be controlled very well with custom render profiles if the defaults aren't good enough. Obviously if scaling up and down happens, quality will drop regardless of render settings.
Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:19
Use the settings > Manage Project profiles to create a custom profile to match the source clip.
see http://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Settings_Menu/Manage_Project_Pro...
Tue, 03/26/2013 - 22:39
I'm also struggling with a blurry render-result and i just found this post. But my Problem seems to be a bit different:
I imported some Quicktime clips (png codec) with an alpha channel: 1920x1080, 25fps, progressive, rgba.
My Projectsettings are: HD 1080 25fps and I'm trying to render to H.264.
So the resolution should match, I guess? :)
The render-result is fine, if i just export the clips. But as soon as I add a transition (composite) to blend my clips with a background image the result gets blurry.
I tried playing with the transition-settings, but without success.
Have you got any hint for me?
Wed, 03/27/2013 - 21:39
I could solve my problem: It was my alpha channel which caused the blur. So nothing is wrong with the composite transition or the rendering. :)
Wed, 03/27/2013 - 21:41
is the background blurry on its own? What resolution is it ?


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And for what it is worth I think Bill is wrong (big statement I know) about type on mac. Maybe he someone might show him an OSX box so he can provide a more up to date opinion?
sudo defaults write CoreGraphics CGFontDisableAntialiasing YES
Fascinating video. Two questions come to mind:
(1) Will the ClearType Tuner be integrated into Vista? There are a lot of complaints and unfavorable comparisons on the Internet made by people who haven't experienced ClearType optimized for their vision. Having the wizard there out-of-the-box would be a great boon for these people as well as the average customer who doesn't even know the tuner exists.
(2) To what extent, if any, was this team involved in the design of the Segue UI font that's the new default interface font in Vista? I'd be interested to hear what qualities make a fontface ideal for an interface as opposed to long streams of content and vice versa.
Rossj wrote:I might be missing something (I only watched half the video so far) but cleartype just looks like it is doing anti-aliasing as well? And Windows without anti-aslising is also pretty average.*
Don't get me wrong, I am open to the possibility that reading documents on XP is gentler on the eyes than reading documents on OSX (for some people) - but for me I find reading on my mac a lot easier.
The comment in the video about macs 'blurring' the type was a bit silly when followed 5 minutes later by a presentation of the cleartype aliasing. Don't get me wrong cleartype is pretty good and I rely on it to make Windows usable for me when reading large docs.
Even other maccies think that cleartype is superior (in some aspects). On a related note, is there a fontbook type app for Windows ?
* Yes I realise it is sub-pixel rendering (which is great if you're on an LCD).
Rossj wrote:dawks, you're seeing what us mac users see when we try to stream wmv with wmp-osx. Might be best to download it instead.
And for what it is worth I think Bill is wrong (big statement I know) about type on mac. Maybe he someone might show him an OSX box so he can provide a more up to date opinion?
Khamul wrote:
On top of this, is an hours footage on fonts really necessary. Well I wouldn't know, would I?
ploe wrote:if size is a problem what about splitting the vids up in chunks?
dentaku wrote:You can't go wrong when you have interesting people like that to interview.
Bill Hill is still the best C9 guest ever.
ploe wrote:
speaking of bills...are we going to see a vid from the other bill again some time soon? (i know he's probably busy)
Khamul wrote:Very Late Edit: I just realised I have all those fonts. Where on earth did I get them from I wonder? Anyone know why on Earth I have Calibri, Consolas, Cambria, Candara, Constantia and Corbel.
scobleizer wrote:
ClearType is not "just" antialiasing. Watch the whole video. Do you see how ClearType uses color? That's not anti-aliasing and why it's better than the Mac's anti-aliasing scheme.
scobleizer wrote:
Also, you missed his whole point. Apple tries to make its fonts be faithful to print fonts. Microsoft tries to make its fonts readable on screen.
scobleizer wrote:
We have a lot of Macs at Microsoft and know its OS well
Rossj wrote:
Apple knows about sub-pixel rendering (Woz believes he was using it a long time ago), unfortunately an existing patent at Microsoft means they would have to licence it and I do not believe it is clear to them that they have permission to use it after Microsoft's investment in them.
'EqualLogic Brian wrote:would help to have a little portable mike - nothing too fancy, but it's difficult to hear a lot from everyone else besides the camera man
great videos though!
SlackmasterK wrote:The first time the phone rang, and a nearby lackey picked it up and hung it up, was that a Scoble Snicker I heard?
Scoble Snickers: The official candy of Microsoft Christmas.
scobleizer wrote:
Yeah, I thought it was funny that we were being interrupted and that we just hung up on the poor caller.
Khamul wrote:PS: Why do they all start with C?
You would not think an hour of talk on fonts could be made so interesting, but yes it is.
Some beautiful font designs, especially the Japanese characters. Computer font design was not something I had really considered, but it plays a crucial and unsung part in your whole Human to computer interface experience and so on your productivity and enjoyment.
Bill said something like current monitors do not yet have a high enough resolution for great font rendering. Current monitors (e.g. my laptop 1280*768) are a roughly similar resolution to the new High definition (HD) TV resolutions, so are we eventually going to see mega high resolution TV/monitors s one day ? 6000 pixels width and above ? How high a resolution do you need to go to before an extra DPI becomes redundant for the human eye?
I once saw a green CRT display with terrible fonts, how things change.
Bill Hill should have his own documentary series. More Bill Hill please.
LightRider wrote:Great video, but doesn't this kind of break the "No Powerpoint in C9!" rule?
iStation wrote:美留丘さま!明瞭字体!万歳!
Bill Hill! Clear Type! Hooray! (UTF-8)
When Chinese write characters, they may write quickly so that the strokes run together. This is called
Cursive Chinese XingShu 行書running script Chinese over the years have devised a number of very cursive forms called
Super Cursive CaoShu 草書grass script. The word grass refers to the fact that it resembles flowing grass. The earliest forms date back to 200 BC and is called
ZhangCao 章草 documentary grass script. This is a modification of LiShu. The most prevalent form of super cursive is
JinCao 今草modern grass script. It was pioneered by WangXiZhi
王羲之 321-379 AD. It is still used today. The third style was used in the Tang dynasty 618-905 AD it is called
KuangCao 狂草erratic grass script.
scobleizer wrote:
Splitting vids up makes them much harder to produce -- I'm evaluating doing that, though, cause lots of people want me to do shorter vids. That's why we developed the clip technology so people can tell you what the cool part of the video is.
scobleizer wrote:
ploe wrote: if size is a problem what about splitting the vids up in chunks?
Splitting vids up makes them much harder to produce -- I'm evaluating doing that, though, cause lots of people want me to do shorter vids. That's why we developed the clip technology so people can tell you what the cool part of the video is.
Harlequin wrote:
scobleizer wrote:
ploe wrote: if size is a problem what about splitting the vids up in chunks?
Splitting vids up makes them much harder to produce -- I'm evaluating doing that, though, cause lots of people want me to do shorter vids. That's why we developed the clip technology so people can tell you what the cool part of the video is.
I think people want shorter videos because they're not really interested in the subject in the first place. It seems after watching this fonts video that they had a lot more to say and they seemed quite disappointed that the time was up
Is the "1 hour tape" so you can limit your videos? I'm guessing there are longer tapes out there.
Heck, look at that computer museum video, that was 2 1hr videos and still I'm sure there was more to show.
>Did Microsoft buy the ClearType name from HarperCollins?
If it's a trademark then it applies to maps - and as its not related to font rendering technology Microsoft wouldn't need to "buy" it.
That's why Nike can produce a line of golf-wear under the name Verdana and Microsoft can't do anything to stop them
Cheers, Si
iStation wrote:美留丘さま!明瞭字体!万歳!
Bill Hill! Clear Type! Hooray! (UTF-8)
Khamul wrote:
I set the default font for Visual Studio to Consolas. It looks good. Much easier on the eyes than Courier New.
DevilsRejection wrote:
EDIT: I can't freaking emphasize how much the clear type tuner works.
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Parish Church of St. Mary, Crawley, Hants
St. Mary's font
St. Mary's Nave
|Find St. Mary's Church
Parish Records:
NB: These transcripts are copyright and may be reproduced only for personal useBaptisms 1649-1812
Baptisms 1813-1930
Marriages 1675-1836
Marriages 1837-1930
Burials 1675-1812
Burials 1813-1930
These records are in the form of PDFs. If you have difficulty reading them you can set Adobe Reader to read them outloud. In Adobe Reader choose View - Read out Loud - Activate Read out Loud. Then again select View - Read out Loud - then choose between Read to the end of the Document or Read this page only.
NB the results will be rather bizarre but perhaps better than nothing!
For records after 1930 and for any other information please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com Acrobat Reader Church services and other events:
See Benefice Home page
For contact details of the churchwardens: Please see here
The centre of the village of Crawley is the main street which rises some half mile up hill from the pond at the bottom to the parish church of St Mary at the top. The site of the present church building has been occupied by a church for more than a thousand years. The earliest building was probably a timber Saxon church, followed by a Norman church using some stone of which small fragments survive and then in the 1380s, under the direction of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England, a new church was built in the Early English style. Somewhat unusually the nave is built with four massive oak pillars supporting the roof like a farm barn.
Further substantial building work took place in the late 16 century under a very active Archdeacon, a favourite of Elizabeth Tudor, who held the living and then in the late 19th century the chancel was completely refurbished under a Victorian rector and at his expense. The present building is therefore a 12th century foundation with extensive rebuilding in the 14th, 16th and 19th centuries. Finally at the end of the 20th century a church meeting room with kitchen and toilet facilities was built adjacent to the west end with entry from within and without the church. St Mary's now presents itself as a pretty and historic parish church able to serve its village community for Christian worship and use, traditional and modern, yet incorporating and displaying the inheritance of an English parish Church.
This inheritance includes a list on the wall by the main door of all the Rectors of Crawley from 1324 to the present day; a hagioscope or squint through which in the middle ages the congregation in the nave could see the priest at the altar; an aumbry, a small recess in the wall in which the reserved sacrament may be safely kept; a 19th century organ of considerable quality which has recently been rebuilt and new ranks of pipes added; a very striking sculpture of the madonna and child in wood by the New Forest artist Ron Lane and a small tower with a ring of five bells, some dating from the early 18th century. St Mary's has much to show and the interior furnishings reflect the love for the church of the many generations of Crawley residents who have looked after the parish church.
The churchyard in which the church stands has been closed for burials since the 1890s. Many gravestones still stand, the earliest from the start of the 18th century. Not far from the main door there is a large yew tree - the Hampshire weed - undoubtedly several hundred years old. The church building is placed close to the far boundary of the churchyard so that a visitor, making way up the main village street and looking to the right, can appreciate the simplicity, the elegance and the beauty of a small rural, yet historic, parish church.
David Dunbar and Simon Every
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7 Real Car Chases Way Crazier Than Anything in the Movies
The best part of most action movies, some video games, and a handful of books (once we get around to writing them) is easily the car chase. But too often reality fails to live up to the drama, action, or sheer oddness of fiction, and we as viewers are left kind of disappointed by the real thing. And then other times, reality grabs fiction by the throat and drags it screaming down the highway before hitting a conveniently placed ramp, ramming through a gas tanker, and careening -- airborne and aflame -- into the white house.
Which then explodes.
#7. Real Life Dukes of Hazzard
Here's a quick preview of the voice in your head while watching this video: What is this? Is this even a car chase? It's just a cop driving. Oh, hey - there's the bad guy now. Man, he's really moving is-JESUS CHRIST! DID HE DISINTEGRATE?! What the hell just happened?
This chase took place in and around Dayton, Ohio, just after the driver was been released from court custody. Released, mind you. As in, he wasn't being pursued until he started running...then jumping, then flying, then disassembling. As for the initial arrest that spurred this whole thing: He was apprehended earlier that morning on charges of marijuana and alcohol possession, while sitting in his parked 1985 Pontiac Firebird with a 15 year old girl. The report doesn't state exactly how high on the Matthew McConaughey scale the driver registered at the time, so we're forced to assume it was at least "extremely," if not "dangerously."
Pictured: Severely McConaughey
But these are callous jokes that only serve to mask the real tragedy of the events. The driver of the exploding car was just an 18-year old kid whose only real crime was being a little too awesome.
And possibly some statutory rape.
Still, that's no justification for the horrid loss of life we see on displ- what? He survived? He was hurled from the wreck the moment his Firebird lost its damn mind, decided to channel equal parts Dukes of Hazzard and Back to the Future, and jump-exploded into an overpass? Holy crap! If this kid, with his drug-and-freshman-girl-filled Firebird wasn't already king of his high school before this video -- of him surviving the awesomest, stupidest stunt in the history of video surfaced -- he probably is now. Or at least a close second to the guy who met Robert Pattinson once at a Dairy Queen.
#6. Kid's Car Chases
At first, this chase appears to be a letdown: It's not filled with screeching turns, power jumps and explosions, and it's not weird or terrible enough to be ironically entertaining either. This is, by all accounts, a middling car chase that unfolds by the book: The driver does a modest clip, not too fast, and makes a few ballsy turns, but eventually slips up and gets cornered, then tries to escape on foot.
And that's when you realize he's 7 years old.
Aww, isn't that expression of pure terror when he first opens the door of his stolen vehicle to flee the police officer downright adorable? And then there's that precocious little panicked sprint...into his own garage! That's right: He ran straight to his own home. It's unbearably cute and disturbing, like watching a bunny rabbit kill a man. Police presumably tried to apprehend him when he sought shelter in a couch-cushion-and-sheet fort, but were stopped by the handmade 'No Pigs' sign, drawn in crayon and taped to the carpet before the entrance.
Even more endearing is the child's reason for stealing that car in the first place, then engaging in a high speed chase, and ultimately resisting arrest: He just didn't want to go to church. Plain City, Ohio is probably just counting itself lucky his mom wasn't trying to make him eat green beans; the ensuing slaughter would have been a national tragedy.
Oh, and for the sake of justice and public safety everywhere, let's pray he never hooks up with the 11 year old boy from Marion, South Carolina who also stole a car, and led police on a high speed chase. Eventually, he too was apprehended, his parents were called, and he was released into their custody. Then, when he awoke the next morning, packed his baloney sandwich (crusts cut off,) pocketed his comb switchblade, strapped on his KangaRoos, and stepped out the front door, he immediately stole another car and led police on another high speed chase. Two different cars, two different car chases, and two different arrests. All in under twenty four hours. All before he hit puberty.
When his balls eventually do drop, the Earth itself will wobble on its axis.
#5. The Terminator Car Chase
This is off to a good start: Right off the bat we're dealing with an extremely high speed car chase through the midst of a busy city. The criminal is in a car straight out of the Transporter, and to top it all off, it's in South America. So you know there won't be any of that pansy 'concern for public safety' to slow the pursuing officers down. But oh, dang:
He's stuck already. Oh well.
But just when you're ready to flip away, content with the brief, fleeting moment of excitement, the driver throws his car in reverse and mows down several motorcycle cops at high speed. And that's when you realize it wasn't the criminal's actions that put this chase on the list: Watch that first cop he hits. He's completely smeared off his bike and smashed into a bus by several tons of car... and he doesn't even blink. He doesn't fall, he doesn't call for backup, he doesn't clutch at injuries, he just seamlessly segues from crashing motorcycle to furious revenge sprint - bolting after the car on foot, firing into the windshield like the god damn T-1000.
Poor John Connor doesn't get far after that: His car gets quickly hung up on another SUV that bravely cuts off his escape. The driver of that SUV then hops out to flee, only to be pursued by the other, non-Terminator cops, who've now mistaken him for the criminal! This is only resolved when the fleeing civilian, who's just finished doing their job for them in the first place, has to point the cops aiming their guns at him in the right direction - you know, back toward all those other cops and that car you were just chasing - before they leave him alone. We don't know whose idea it was to partner Robocop from the motorcycle with Chief Wiggum on foot here, but Hollywood needs to give them a call ASAP; we would watch the hell out of that movie.
#4. The Ghost Car Chase
Garden City, NY: The dash cam of this police car is about to show us one of the last great mysteries of the modern age. Something the department still refers to only as "The Ghost Car." Recoil in terror as this video shows police officers pursuing somebody so unconcerned with Earthly consequences that they flaunt the very concept of lanes! Marvel as they spookily begin circling and wavering across the highway... as though it were immaterial! Like the narrator says: He's driving like a man possessed!
Well, either that, or he's drunk.
Regardless of the narrator's overwrought delivery, we're watching a pretty standard car chase. The cops pursue the driver for several minutes, occasionally losing him for minute, but then always catching up eventually. Then suddenly, he weaves wide right, and takes a sharp left...into history.
Because when the cops go to follow his lead, they find only an unbroken fence blocking their way, while far beyond it, the Ghost Car disappears into the distance. Theories vary as to what actually happened here, and each has its problems: Did the car plow through the fence with enough speed to yank the link free from the posts, slipping under it like a doggy door, thus leaving it free to return and only appearing unbroken? If that's the case, the posts would have to have been in front of the link -- on the side nearest the officer's car -- otherwise they couldn't swing free, and the posts themselves would've broken before letting a car through. It also looks like there's a bump and a sharp drop just before the fence. Could the car have gone sailing over the fence, hitting a bump or ad-hoc ramp that the cop just missed? Physics doesn't work that way - there's no way he was going fast enough to clear a fence that height at that distance.
There's no official answer here -- even Snopes isn't getting involved -- and the Garden City PD has stayed coyly silent, presumably feeling like the prettiest belle at the ball from all the attention the internet is giving them. So you're just going to have to wonder: Was it ghosts? Was it a lucky drunk? What actually happened?
As for us, we're going with Option C: Drunk Ghosts.
It's like they say: Alcoholism is forever. Even...beyond the grave!


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STEUBENVILLE - "What A Woman Wants" is something the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times intend to deliver, courtesy of a head-to-toe expo set for Oct. 14 at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville.
The first-time event from noon to 5 p.m. will combine fashion, food, fun and fitness all in a laid-back sample-and-shop environment where women can "come out for an afternoon of fun, relaxation and pampering," said Cindy Kotsch, special projects and events coordinator for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times.
The expo will feature fashion shows by Macy's and Anna-Kay's Unique Fashions of Steubenville with a runway seating arrangement. There will be hors d'oeuvres by Piergallini Catering at St. Florian Hall and music and sound provided by Jay Shepherd of Jay Shepherd Weddings.
Six participating sponsors will take to the stage for live demonstrations, including:
1 p.m.: A Pampered Chef presentation by Lisa Zamperini.
2 p.m.: A Macy's fashion show.
3 p.m.: A Zumba demonstration by Cindy's Fusion Fitness.
4 p.m.: A fashion show by Anna-Kay's Unique Fashions.
LNB Fit and Schrickel Chiropractic also will be doing live, on-stage demonstrations.
In addition to the fashion shows by Macy's and Anna-Kay's Unique Fashions in Steubenville, there will be a variety of vendors on hand, including Trinity Health System/Images; Uniquely Designed Anthony Thomas Chocolates; Steubenville Chiropractic; Premier Designs Jewelry; Purse Lady; Ohio Valley Optimal Health; Dr. Patrick Macedonia; A Nail's Charm; McDonnell Chiropractic; Miche Purses, Andrea Zalesny and Kathy Smogor; Cindy's Fusion Fitness; Tastefully Simple, Tami Wietfield; LNB Fit; Young Living Essential Oils; Tami Scott, independent director, My 31; Mary Kay, Gloria Popp; Valley Wine Cellar; Vontrie's Coutour; Stella and Dot; Silpada Jewelry, Diana Camalittie; Pampered Chef, Lisa Zamperini; Chamber & James Funeral Home; Schrickel Chiropractic; Del-Rene's Wig Shop; and the Jefferson County Humane Society.
"Women can browse, shop, have their nails painted, you can have a massage, enjoy music, sample chocolates and wines. We will have something for everyone," Kotsch said.
"It's a browse, be pampered and shop event,"she added.
And it's a chance to win prizes.
Attendees will be eligible to win the grand prize - a two-night trip for four to Seven Springs. There also will be a chance to win Sewickley Spa gift cards, and door prizes will be awarded.
"Our events are always such fun, from the Taste of Home Cooking School to the Sparkling Moments Bridal Show. It just seemed a natural that we do a Women's Expo to give a day out for all ladies to enjoy," said Denise Delatore, advertising director for the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times.
Tickets are on sale now with the cost being $10 in advance at the Herald-Star or by calling (740) 283-4711. They will be $12 at the door.


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From left to right: Katie Talbot and Kaitlin Wilcoxen.
GENESEO, N.Y. -- Two Geneseo student athletes are among recipients of 2011-12 Scholar Athlete Awards from the State University of New York.
Junior tennis player Katie Talbot, a biology major from Endwell, N.Y., and junior swimming and diving team competitor Kaitlin Wilcoxen, a biology major from Manlius, N.Y., received the recognition from SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. They are among 17 award winners from the eight State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) winning schools represented this year in the competition and among 79 from all SUNY schools.
For SUNYAC schools, a scholar athlete nominee is the member of an All-SUNYAC first or second team with the highest grade point average. Nominees' academic credentials and athletic accomplishments are then reviewed by a panel of athletic directors from across the SUNY system and members of the provost's office.
Talbot earned second-team All-SUNYAC honors in the fall with a 3.47 grade point average in biology. Wilcoxen won first-team All-SUNYAC honors in the winter with a 3.80 grade point average in biology.
"SUNY students who earn this award have excelled in our classrooms as well as our athletic program," said Chancellor Zimpher. "With an average GPA of 3.6 and a number of championship competitions among them, this year's school athlete awardees are a highly commendable group."
Scholar Athlete Awards for spring sports will be announced later.
The Blue Knights have won 58 of the 197 scholar athlete awards (29.4%) conferred upon SUNYAC schools since inception of the award in 2003-04.
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10 Apr 2011 11:33 PM #1
GXT 2.2.0 is now working with GWT 2.2.0
Hello guys,
I developed app using GXT 2.2.0 and GWT 2.1.0. It is working well with this combination.
But when i updated the GWT to 2.2.0, It failed to compile.
Are these GXT and GWT versions are compatible?
Please suggest me what to do?
11 Apr 2011 1:15 AM #2
Download Ext GWT 2.2.3. It will solve this issue.
11 Apr 2011 3:43 AM #3
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