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Sorry, you are only allowed to ask 50 questions in a 30 day period
Why is there a question limit? 50/month is just not enough :)
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Why is there a question limit? 50/month is just not enough :)
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Actually... 50/month is kinda insane. There are other people trying to use these websites too ya know.
You tend to ask a lot of fairly brief questions. Some of them are pretty good. Some of them are terrible. Some of them have already been asked. And some of them you end up deleting, for reasons I can only guess at.
They all draw time and attention from other users.
That's time that could be spent helping someone else, perhaps even someone who has spent more than a couple minutes thinking about their problem (or searching...) before asking.
SO isn't your personal concierge, and being allowed to ask 50 questions in a month's time is quite generous - but if it is too restrictive for you then I humbly suggest that you are not granting sufficient value to the time and effort put in by others in answering/reviewing these questions. Spend a bit of time searching existing questions (or, y'know, official documentation) first, and ask only when this has proved fruitless.
Who knows? Scarcity just might increase value!
If you are asking over 2 questions per day, there is a good chance you aren't putting enough time into your questions.
This can cause them to be of lower quality and collect downvotes.
If you have lots of questions with low score, your account can become blocked from asking more questions.
Per balpha's comment:
The reason is the same as most limits that have been built into the system:
Recently Stack Exchange, Inc has been focusing a lot of time and effort on the problem of Low Quality questions. It is therefore reasonable to assume that the undesirable behavior that this limit is meant to help with is the problem of low quality posts.
Chances are good they've found a correlation between the quantity of questions a user posts and the quality of those posts.
Intuitively I find this correlation to be reasonable - If you want to ask 50 questions, but you can only ask 30, chances are good you're only going to ask those questions that are the most important, difficult, or that you feel you'd spend the most time solving yourself.
But the limit is so high that it is not liable to affect many users. Further, the limit is over 30 days, so for instance I could go ahead and ask 30 questions about my current project over a day or two if I had a real roadblock to overcome, but I'm not likely to need to do that too often. This limit is very supportive of the bursty behavior that can happen in programming. Much better than saying you can only ask 2.3 questions per day, which would affect many more people.
In my opinion, there should be more limits like this and limits should be even more restrictive. Many people on Stack Overflow (and other sites) have extraordinary skill sets in different areas and they are so kind to share their knowledge base with others. During the last few weeks I became little bit suspicious that many OPs abuse this by asking question about any problem they hit without even trying to solve it alone.
I think that Stack Overflow and other sites are not consultancy or trainings for free! Because of that I believe that 50 questions per month are too many. I would reduce it to 20-25 with an additional rule which will allow asking more questions if the user also answers questions of another community members. Something like: If you want to ask more, give something back to the community.
I'm a person who asks lots of questions - really, sometimes I ask two questions every day for several days in a row because I go through terra incognita of some new technology (currently Windows Azure) and really need to ask those questions. Even with that it happens to be about 30 questions per month. So while my first reaction was "WTF, that's a too harsh limit", after carefully looking at facts I see that it's not a problem even for me.
Asking questions puts a burden on the site. It is a burden that most site members are willing to bear, because answering them provides a service that benefits the site.
The issues with "more than 50 questions in 30 days" are, 1) should one person be allowed to ask a disproportionate number of questions (and impose a disproportionate burden) on the site and 2) could the site handle a large number of such people?
If you were a "Jon Skeets" who also answered a large number of questions, then you'd be operating at a high level on BOTH sides of the equation. Then we could have a very interesting debate about whether or not it benefits the site to have one person operating at such a high level.
But the record (on Stack Overflow anyway) shows that you ask FAR more than you answer. Under the circumstances, a policy limiting the imbalance seems like a reasonable one.
Maybe it's not a case when talking about Mr Blankman, who rarely answers, but I was kinda shocked when I find out that there is 50 questions limit, while it is encouraged to answer Your own questions. (But I understand why now)
There are new things being developed all the time, in many already invented there are people lacking understanding of many things. What if someone would take up the glove, made some "FAQ's" and exhaustingly answered many of major questions in some topic, greatly explaining how things works, then he find out that his desire to help others gave him nothing but blockade and inability of ask when he is the one who needs help?
Shouldn't such a contribution be, if not honoured, at least not penalized? Maybe if someone answers his own questions and it is favoured by community (like many up-votes in short period of time), they shouldn't count into this 50?
I understand that even such a system can be abused and someone's answers on his own questions can have very low quality. But if we would find a fine way to distinguish one from another, what do you think about this? It can have a future. Wouldn't it be more useful and encouraging for people who would contribute a lot in this way, and also for these who only ask a lot to contribute something more instead? ;)

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What does it mean when a game is referred to as a "rail shooter"? When looking at some articles about the upcoming game Rage, I saw that it had been referred to as "not a rail shooter" for console but IS a "rail shooter" for iPad/iPhone.
A rail shooter is a shooter game in which you don't have control over your movement, at least for the most part. The movement of the character is pre-determined, although some rail shooters will give you some movement control. Although this normally amounts to nothing more then choosing which path to take.
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles is a prime example of this:
A "rail shooter" describes a shooting game where the gameplay action runs on rails. So, much like a rollercoaster or train runs over a predefined set of tracks, so does the path of your character/vehicle in the game. How much you stick to the path can vary - for example, in Rez you can move around orthogonal to the direction that you travel on the rail. The rail's purpose is to dictate your movement through the level, while your own controlled movement is down for evasion instead. This is opposed to, say, a standard first person shooter, where you can freely move your character for both traversing the level and evading attacks.
It isn't restricted to a single track at all times, either. Continuing the Rez example, during boss fights there will be multiple segments, which can interchange depending on both time and the damage you deal. Consequently, the track you follow will vary based on which segment you're on, switching each time the phase changes. Other games include branching paths where you could follow a different part of the rails to see the level entirely differently.
When you are on 'rails' it means that you do not have control of where your character can move inside the game other than possibly moving forward and not moving forward (like a cart on rails). For example, the old arcade shooters that involve plastic guns such as Virtua Cop and Time Crisis were rail shooters.
Additionally, many non-rail shooters contain rail shooter sections. Like Half Life's 'On a Rail' level. Or in various parts of the Call of Duty series when you get a ride in the back of a jeep, truck or aircraft.


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I just purchased a new NN3II. One issue I've encountered is that with a 100mm lens my D300 slips (rotates slowly downward due to the weight of the lens) no matter how much I tighten the mounting screw. Not good! I have an RRS plate attached to the D300.
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Playing by Division I rules, the Tigers began the match earning the doubles point when CU's Alejandro Augusto and Fernando Sala clinched the deciding match over Anderson's tandem of Juan Carracedo and Mateo Rivas 6-3 at the No. 1 spot.
In singles action, the Trojans were unable to keep up with Clemson as Sala earned the home side's first singles point of the afternoon with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Rivas at the No. 2 position. CU's Zachary Kennedy continued the winning streak with a 6-2, 6-4 win over sophomore Inaki Iriberry at the No. 5 slot, while Austin Ansari earned a 6-1, 6-3 win against Carracedo at the No. 1 spot.
Rounding out singles action, Brent Lett clinched the final Tiger victory, defeating sophomore Tomas Passalacqua 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3. The singles matches featuring Paul Michael Calhoun (No. 3) and Danilo Faria (No. 6) went unfinished.
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I've been going climbing (indoor bouldering) for about six months, using shoes I rented at the gym, and wearing socks (and everything was fine). I've recently got a pair of climbing shoes, and want to know why some people wear them without socks. What are the benefits of socks vs. without? Is this purely a matter of taste?
I am not sure about the being able to feel more, but the most important reason I don't use socks is to avoid the rock boot sliding on my foot.
If you are on a marginal grip using just the edge of your sole, you don't want the boot to move at all.
This is also one of the reasons that rock boots for more experienced climbers are much more rigid than those for beginners - so you know that when you touch the rock, the rubber will grip and not bend.
I've been bouldering outdoors for a couple years now and let me ask you this question in return:
Why wear socks in your climbing shoes?
What is the possible benefit to wearing socks? Try it. Your shoes will still stink, I guarantee. Your feet run the risk of slipping around in your climbing shoes. And if you buy tight, aggressive shoes, the fit will go all weird if you put on a pair of socks. It's your call, try it. But I don't see any benefits to wearing socks (while climbing).
Edit: Unless you are using rental shoes. Then wearing socks helps protect you from getting athlete's foot.
I believe it is mostly a matter of taste. Many people claim that going barefoot inside the climbing shoes allows you to feel a bit more of the surface than with socks. Granted, you can't feel much through the thick rubber of the shoes to begin with, but I can see how that would be true.
Others counter claim that socks make your shoes less stinky after a good climbing session, but I don't buy into that claim, it seems that stinky climbing shoes is a fact of life with or without socks.
I personally go barefoot in my climbing shoes, simply because that's what everyone else did when I started, and that's just how i've done it since then.
Every layer between your feet and the ground (or hill or whatever you are climbing) adds some distance resulting in: - less balance - less 'feel' with the type of material you are climbing - you feel ditches/gaps/small stones better (depends on how thick your shoes are)
Also you might be able to have smaller (less wide) shoes making it easier to place a foot into a more narrow space.
Because you want to increase your chances of contracting nail fungus or athlete's foot from your rental shoes :) In other words, it's probably better to keep the socks on if you're renting shoes.


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I love porridge but I always seem to end with some stuck on the bottom of the saucepan. I use a non-stick saucepan, keep on a low heat, and stir regularly. I tend to use porridge oats and enough water and milk (about 1/2 and 1/2) to cover the oats. Does anybody have any hints/tips to prevent sticking? The porridge always tastes lovely and isn't burnt etc. Thanks.
I keep it on low heat after I've gotten it up to boiling initially. It will stick sometimes, but after I stir it, the stuck stuff will be reabsorbed into the water. I try to get as much stuff as possible unstuck when stirring, and then a moment later the remainder will have magically become unstuck. I guess it sticks because the water rises and the oats precipitate down to the bottom of the pot; conversely, it magically unsticks because the stuck oats get reabsorbed into the water. I find it's okay as long as I stir it every few minutes.
I turn the heat off after a bit, usually when big, slow bubbles start to balloon up or it just looks like it's thick enough. At this point it won't be totally thickened, but it will have absorbed enough heat to make it the rest of the way, so I just let it sit on the stove for another 10 minutes or so, maybe more.
I also go 2:1 water:oats.. actually a bit more water than that, probably 2.2:1. This is partly to compensate for the small amount of water that will boil off even though the lid is on when I'm not stirring it.
If it's not burning, then why worry about it?
Other than this, the usual culprit for sticking is that the base of the pan is too thin, so the heat isn't distributed as evenly as it could be.
Or, if the food is particularly thick, then it's pretty much bound to stick -- but if you like thick porridge, that's something you have to live with.
Some people like to make porridge in a slow cooker (I seem to be recommending these a lot recently); there'd be no sticking there.
I tend to make porridge in a microwave, which again has no risk of sticking.
@Slim has it covered
I use the microwave and never have a spillage problem. I use a bowl with twice the height of the porridge mixture
Before the invention of microwave ovens and convenient gas or electric cookers people used to use hay boxes for things like porridge. Just bring a heavy pot to the boil and then place it in an insulated box overnight. In the morning you will have warm and perfectly cooked porridge. Modern equivalent can be used of course :-)
Use a non stick porridge and a rubber spatula to get the porridge out and then soak in cold water so when you have eaten you porridge it is very simple to clean. One advantage of a porridger is you wont need to stir it so often and it won't stick.


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When leaving the computer for a long time it seems convenient to hibernate it instead of shutting down - all the programs remain in the same state when resumed. Are there any drawbacks in doing so?
Generally there is no reason not to use it. Just keep in mind, that there are cases, that it won't work as expected.
These apply both for hibernation and suspend (to RAM):
Hibernation vs suspend:
If your computer is capable of S3 Sleep (ultra-low power consumption) there isn't a compelling reason for a desktop to be placed in hibernation. Hibernation has a high user impact, as it generally takes 1+ minute to wake up.
If you're using a laptop, and you need to use full-disk encryption to protect customer or other data, you absolutely must enable hibernation and disable sleep. Why? A sleeping laptop can be woken up to a boot prompt/screen lock screen, at which point an attacker can capture the drive's encryption key via Firewire port or by exploiting a Windows, application or other OS vulnerability.
This may seem far-fetched, but tools are easily downloadable to do these things, and any attacker targeting you is capable of this.
Needs some extra hard disk space to dump the memory
May cause some IP related problems specially with DHCP
If you have any apps or drivers that are leaking memory, you will eventually run very short. This is a non-ideal world problem that may occur. Under ideal circumstances, everything should resume as usual and you can repeatedly hibernate indefinitely.
If you have a dual boot environment and you allow the other OS, say a Linux variant, access to the NTFS partitions, then hibernate is astonishingly dangerous.
If you hibernate your device, and then reboot into Linux, the NTFS file system is invariably corrupted with real data loss.
Otherwise, I use Suspend to RAM on both Windows and SLED Linux without issue. Hibernate is ok, but it takes too long to return, so unless I plan to leave the device without power for longer than a week, I exclusively use suspend to RAM.
Drawbacks I've found is that sometimes the machine is insanely slow for awhile after coming back from hibernation, some machines won't come back at all from hibernation, and some apps will crash after resuming (things that use CUDA, like seti@home seem to be a problem, and sometimes virtual machines under the hibernated OS have issues).
Generally speaking though, hibernation has proven to be the best option for me for most times. I very rarely ever have to close my apps anymore. I hibernate at the end of the day, then resume right where I left off later on!
One reason not to let your computer go into hibernation is if you want to access it remotely (Remote Desktop.)
If you have a VPN connection, you'll have to reconnect after waking up the computer.
One of the drawbacks of suspend is that if the power is lost during suspend, your machine state is gone.
If you insist on using hibernation, keep in mind that hibernating 2-4 GB machine it may take quite a lot of time to save and read hibernation file. In my case,defragmenting disk and then defragmenting hibernation file helped me tremendously when disk was nearly full.


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App not working after Sencha Cmd Build
Takes me days and I still can''t figure this out.
I have built an Sencha Touch 2.1 app with an extension from Sencha Market. I can build the app with Sencha Cmd 3 with the flag v2deps set to true. After I run the build (testing or production), the app acts differently and I got an error:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'title' of undefined
on this line of code
this.container.add(Ext.merge(this.config.defaults, item.raw));
Since it is a straight build, I assume no code is being changed. The non-build one is working 100% fine. Does anyone encounter similar problem?
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I was using some sencha market plugin and thought that I need to make the build compatible with v2. But I configure out that I need to configure sencha.cfg for all the classpath.
Now, I can build the sencha touch app without using the v2dep flag.
Sadly, the problem still exists and the original code works perfectly and the single js testing build is acting differently. Did anyone else run into the same problem?


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6.5 ft. Pre-Lit Verde Pine Christmas Tree w/ Clear Lights for $49.97 + free shipping
From the website:
With 718 tips and 400 Clear lights
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@rookie3001: Same thing happened to me but after I entered my location, it dropped to $49.97.
Aren't all Christmas trees pre-lit until you plug in the lights?
Too bad it's online only. There's no way I'm buying a Christmas Tree without seeing its quality first.
They actually have this in-store at my local Home Depot. I went and checked it out. It's ok for $49 and you get what you pay for. It certainly doesn't look as full in-person. They have one I liked more for $89 and I think it was 7.5 feet tall. Opinions may vary.
If this is like the tree at the same price last year I'd probably recommend passing. It looks obviously fake under the store lighting, though with decorations and Christmas lights on it'd probably look fine.
I've just always bought the expensive trees on clearance after Christmas and saved them for the next year. ;-) Several years ago I got a $250 tree 80% off!
I was just at my local Home Depot a few hours ago and looked at this tree while I was there, and I must say it looks 10x better in the photo than it does in person. It was not nearly as full as greatgazoo mentions.


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New Mexico, they have big balloons there.
Let us play a nice family-oriented game of balloon land.
Candy land is out-dated.
Candy land is out-dated.
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The place where balloons fly off to when they are either lost or popped. This land was invented by great philosipher Rhiannon Lloyd and is even further away than mars. Balloon land is a very peaceful place without war.
"Dont worry sally, its sad that your balloon has gone, i know, but its gone to a better place"
by Rhiannon Lloyd January 19, 2004
getting fucked up off of nitrous
he just went to balloon land
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When, after inhaling too much nitrous oxide (laughing gas), contained in a baloon, you subsequently pass out, as nitrous is used as an anasthetic.
"Shit, Pete's gone to balloon land! Hahahahaha!"
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acting nonsensical or irrational; drunk or stoned; about to lose consciousness: not lucid or aware of his/her immediate surroundings. A derivative of insult for "insane", such as "looney tunes" or " lunatic".
" After all that booze, he's probably in balloon land".
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Despite misconceptions fueled by Hollywood and endurance athletes, hiking doesn't mean getting your arm pinned under a rock or trying to set a land-speed record on the 2,000-plus-mile Appalachian Trail. In truth, hiking remains one of the most-user friendly fitness activities. At its heart, it's really just…walking…outside.
But to the uninitiated it can feel overwhelming. In an effort to demystify the experience, here are a few tips to make hiking part of your routine.
1. Don't Be Intimidated
It bears repeating: Hiking is walking -- just swap sidewalk for narrow dirt paths and avenue canyons of the city or rolling lawns of suburbia for old grown forests, waterfall-fed ravines, and scenic overlooks. But if the outdoors has always felt daunting, outfitters like REI Adventures and LL Bean Outdoor Discovery Schools organize guided hikes.
2. Find the Right Trail
First, be honest with your fitness level and your skill set. Then, turn to the experts. Falcon Guides publish guides on local hikes around most cities, while sites like Trails.com, Backpacker.com, and GORP.com provide trail profiles along with user reviews and photos. Regional sites like Mid-Atlantic-specific HikingUpward.com are also great. Trail descriptions include turn-by-turn directions and mileage and elevation profiles. They also rate trails by difficulty, levels of solitude, and attractions like waterfalls or overviews. If it's your first time out, start with shorter, less-difficult trails. Then slowly increase the distance, elevation, and difficulty level. And please tell someone where you're going -- and when you expect to return.
3. Have the Right Gear
As REI demonstrates, your budget is the only the limit to the gear you could acquire. But realistically you only need a few things. Go with trail runners or light hikers; boots are overkill unless you've got weak ankles. Pair those with merino wool hiking socks; they wick sweat, add a some cushion under foot, and won't retain body odors. For apparel, avoid cotton; it takes forever to dry and won't keep you warm if it gets wet. Instead, go for performance apparel (either synthetic or merino wool). You'll also need a backpack spacious enough to carry two liters of water along with a light rain jacket and an extra layer of clothing. And don't forget to pack sunscreen, sunglasses, a few snacks, and a basic first-aid kit.
4. Follow a Few Simple Rules
Most of national park trails are reserved for hiking, but other parklands open the trail to mountain bikers and horses. If you run into them, offer wide berth by stepping off the path. As for other hikers, the slow-moving typically make way for the faster, and those hiking uphill have right-of-way over those heading down. And be sure you stay on the correct trail. Follow the directions, and keep an eye out for the blaze -- color-coded markers that line the trail, often painted on trees or rocks.
5. Go at Your Own Pace
You might start hiking with a handful of enthusiastic friends, but don't be discouraged if you're not together after the first mile. Part of the allure of hiking is going at your own pace, and spending time outside. If you end up hiking by yourself, enjoy it. They'll be waiting for you at the next overlook.
6. Listen to Your Body
As with any other fitness activity, drink before you get thirsty, add a layer if you start to feel cold, and take breaks when you need them -- nature offers wonderful solace to soothe those aching quads. Also, when you encounter tough terrain, find your lower gear, that slow-n-steady pace that keeps you moving without utterly exhausting your resources.
Follow these few guidelines, and you can tackle a five mile trail your first time out. After that? There are over 50 national parks within the U.S… –Nathan Borchelt
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15 Oct 2012 9:14 AM #11
Is anyone other than mitchell getting it to work with 4.1.1? I'm using 4.1.1a and it's still behaving problematically. But I could just be doing something wrong.
15 Oct 2012 10:41 AM #12
Just to make sure it wasn't my own fault, I used geron's example above. Same result as before. The XMLHttpRequest succeeds while the Ext.Ajax.request fails. Error in Chrome is "XMLHttpRequest cannot load (my url here). Request header field X-Requested-With is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Headers."
15 Oct 2012 11:09 AM #13
Actually, I did manage to convince it to work using something someone posted in another thread. Again, geron's example, with my addition:
Ext.Ajax.useDefaultXhrHeader = false; // without this it fails Ext.Ajax.request({ url: urlx, method: 'GET', cors: true, // this is actually still ignored success: function(response) { console.log('ExtJS.Ajax, cross domain request: success!'); }, failure: function(response) { console.log('ExtJS.Ajax, cross domain request: failure!'); } });
I also find that the cors:true does nothing and it works equally well with cors:false.
20 Nov 2012 6:23 AM #14
I'm using Ext JS Ext JS 4.1.1, and CORS doesn't ever work on IE 8
Also on Firefox and Chrome, the next two lines of code doesn't affect anything.
Ext.Ajax.cors = true;
Ext.data.Connection.cors = true;
CORS only work on Firefox or Chrome using ONLY the line below ( before Ext.Ajax.request() method call):
Ext.Ajax.useDefaultXhrHeader = false;
20 Nov 2012 6:29 AM #15
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20 Nov 2012 7:02 AM #16
I have used your code and It works fine for me to use CORS on IE8
but I have to add both below lines not only the second
Ext.Ajax.cors = true; Ext.Ajax.useDefaultXhrHeader = false;
However when i tested it on Firefox and Chrome it, it didn't work, you just have a little bug in your code, you forgot to add "()" on calling getAllResponseHeaders() method.
12 Dec 2012 9:24 AM #17
still not working ie8
Guys, great effort on the hacks, I have implemented them and got slightly further than I was before.
However, I am still struggling with my system. I need some extra clarification on the CORS option. Looking through the extjs code it says only when CORS is true does it send a XDR otherwise it doesn't.
Essentially, what I'm asking is, does the cor configuration actually help for IE8 in any way or is it just detrimental?
29 Jan 2013 4:18 AM #18
I too am in the process of getting CORS working with a Sencha Touch app.
CORS is not support in IE < 10, so IE8 or 9 will not work
8 Aug 2013 12:31 PM #19
Noticed ExtJS 4.2.1 has CORS for IE covered:
/** * Creates the appropriate XDR transport for this browser. * - IE 7 and below don't support CORS * - IE 8 and 9 support CORS with native XDomainRequest object * - IE 10 (and above?) supports CORS with native XMLHttpRequest object * @private */ getXdrInstance: function() { var xdr; if (Ext.ieVersion >= 8) { xdr = new XDomainRequest(); } else { Ext.Error.raise({ msg: 'Your browser does not support CORS' }); } return xdr; },
4 Sep 2015 11:43 AM #20
Did anyone actually get CORS to work with 4.0.7?A fix is very much appreciated!


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I've been reading about how hamming codes are used to 'solve' the Hat Problem, and I understand how it 'assigns' one person to be the speaker, and how that speaker knows the answer. Everything I read says that it worked (2^n - 1)/(2^n) times, but what I don't understand is why it fails where it does. Apparently there's one case where every person guesses wrong, but I can't figure out which case that is, or (more importantly) why. Anyone care to explain?
So I looked at Loepp and Wootters and it does seem to answer your question. Here's roughly how the argument goes.
Strategy During the strategy session prior to the game the players agree on some binary [$n,n-r$] Hamming code C and a check matrix H for C. The players also number themselves 1 through n. The agree on the convention that 0 represents blue and 1 represents red and the convention that the vector $\bar{v}\in \mathbb{Z}^{n}_{2}$ represents the correct description of the way the hats are distributed. So, for example, suppose $n=3$ and the distribution is that the first two people have red and the third has blue. In this case $\bar{v}=(110)$. After the game begins the $i$th person will knows all of the entries of $\bar{v}$ $except$ for the $i$th entry. This person then forms two possible vectors for $\bar{v}$, e.g. $\bar{v}_{0}$ if that person has on a blue hat and $\bar{v}_{1}$ if that person has on a red hat. The $i$th person then does the following:
If $H\bar{v}^{T}_{0} \ne \bar{0}$ and $H\bar{v}^{T}_{1} \ne \bar{0}$ he/she passes.
If $H\bar{v}^{T}_{0} = \bar{0}$ and $H\bar{v}^{T}_{1} \ne \bar{0}$ he/she guesses red.
If $H\bar{v}^{T}_{0} \ne \bar{0}$ and $H\bar{v}^{T}_{1} = \bar{0}$ he/she guesses blue.
The case where $H\bar{v}^{T}_{0} = \bar{0}$ and $H\bar{v}^{T}_{1} = \bar{0}$ never occurs.
[Note: $\bar{v}^{T}$ is the transpose of $\bar{v}$.]
Winning and losing If they use this strategy the team wins whenever $H\bar{v}^{T}\ne 0$ and they lose whenever $H\bar{v}^{T} = 0$. The probability that the team will win turns out to be $\frac{n}{n+1}$.
Well, I wouldn't say there's just one case where they lose, but it depends on how you count cases. Remember, the idea is that the number of people is of the form $2^n - 1$. Accordingly, if we take a case to be an ordered assignment of colors, then there are $2^{2^n - 1}$ different cases. The fraction of these in which the prisoners is win is $(2^n - 1)/2^n$, but the denominator here isn't the number of cases, on this method of counting them; there's more than one case in which they lose.
Anyway, the way it works is that in a Hamming code, some cases (specifically, $2^{2^n - 1 - n}$ of them) are picked as "well-formed" such that for every case A, there is a unique well-formed case B such that the number of color changes between A and B is at most 1.
So, suppose the prisoners use the strategy "Consider both possible cases compatible with the information available to you. If one of them is well-formed (they won't both be), then guess in accordance with the other one. Otherwise, in the case where neither of them is well-formed, you should refrain from guessing". What will the outcome be?
What happens is that, in those cases which are well-formed, every prisoner guesses wrong, since every prisoner will take the first branch of the above strategy. On the other hand, in those cases which aren't well-formed, there is a unique prisoner who goes down the first branch and guesses correctly, while every other prisoner goes down the second branch and refrains.
Accordingly, the number of cases in which the prisoners lose is the number of well-formed cases; that is, $2^{2^n - 1 - n}$. So the fraction of cases in which the prisoners lose is $2^{2^n - 1 - n}/2^{2^n - 1} = 1/2^n$. Like I said, though, this isn't just one case (if we identify cases with ordered assignments of colors).
(Incidentally, if you'd like to know how to actually construct a Hamming code, you can take the well-formed cases to be those with the property that, for every $i$, there are an even number of black hats at positions whose $i$th bit is 1 (using position numbering starting at 1). It should be straightforward to verify that this has all the properties mentioned above)


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As we declared before, the people of Libya did not revolt against the dictatorship of Gadhafi to enslave themselves to the misogynous dictatorship of Political Islam! The recent statements from the chairperson of the NTC reveals the reactionary nature of this institution more than ever, and emphasises that the people of Libya have to continue the revolution until they get rid of all reactionary forces and establish the direct rule organs of all citizens based on secularism, freedom, and equality. Furthermore, the Western governments must be held accountable and attacked by public opinion for supporting the NTC. It seems as if one must remind them that Political Islam, whether "benign" or anti-Western, is a reactionary, misogynous, and anti-freedom current.
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International Day of Solidarity with Iranian Workers
Join us on this day of action
Currently in prison:
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, sentenced to 6 years in prison
Reza Shahabi in prison since June 2010
Ebrahim Madadi, in prison since December 2008, sentenced to a 3.5 year prison
Rasoul Bodaghi sentenced to 6 years in prison
Ayat Niyaafar was arrested on Monday 17 Oct.
Their "crimes"
Fighting for workers rights including rights to union activities without fear of being persecuted
Demanding to be paid their wage for the work they have done
Demanding the right to strike and freedom of expression
Organising May Day
Establishing labour organisations
The attack on labour activists must be stopped!
We demand:
• the immediate and unconditional release of all jailed workers in Iran
• the expulsion of delegates of the Islamic regime of Iran from International Labour Organisation (ILO)
We call on all trade unions, concerned organisations and individuals to join us in this campaign. We need to show our solidarity with these jailed workers and their families.
To see a list of countries and cities where protests are taking place, click here.
For Immediate Release
27 October 2011
76 secularists and human rights campaigners, including Mina Ahadi, Nawal El Sadaawi, Marieme Helie Lucas, Hameeda Hussein, Ayesha Imam, Maryam Jamil, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasrin, Farida Shaheed, Fatou Sow, and Stasa Zajovic have signed on to a Manifesto for a Free and Secular Middle East and North Africa.
In light of the recent pronouncements of the unelected Libyan Transitional Council for 'Sharia laws', the signatories of the manifesto vehemently oppose the hijacking of the protests by Islamism or US-led militarism and unequivocally support the call for freedom and secularism made by citizens and particularly women in the region.
Secularism is a minimum precondition for a free and secular Middle East and for the recognition of women's rights and equality.
We call on world citizens to support this important campaign by signing on to our petition.
We also ask that supporters click 'like' on our Facebook page to support this important campaign and Tweet: #freesecularMENA in support of a free and secular Middle East and North Africa.
Manifesto for a Secular Middle East and North Africa
The 2009 protests in Iran followed by the Arab Spring have the potential to herald a new dawn for the people of the region and the world. The protests have clearly shown that people in the region, like people everywhere, want to live 21st century lives.
We, the undersigned, emphasise their modern and human dimension and wholeheartedly welcome this immense and historical development. We are vehemently opposed to their hijacking by Islamism or US-led militarism and support the call for a free and secular Middle East and North Africa made by citizens and particularly women in the region.
Secularism is a minimum precondition for the freedom and equality of all citizens and includes:
1. Complete separation of religion from the state.
2. Abolition of religious laws in the family, civil and criminal codes.
3. Separation of religion from the educational system.
4. Freedom of religion and atheism as private beliefs.
5. Prohibition of sex apartheid and compulsory veiling.
1. Mina Ahadi, Spokesperson, International Committees against Stoning and Execution, Iran/Germany
2. Marieme Helie Lucas, Sociologist, Founder and former international coordinator of Women Living Under Muslim Laws and founder of Secularism Is A Women's Issue, Algeria/France
3. Maryam Namazie, Spokesperson, Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women's Discrimination in Iran, Iran/UK
4. Shahla Abghari, University Professor, Iran/USA
5. Siavash Abghari, Esmail Khoi Foundation, Iran/USA
6. Ahlam Akram, Palestinian Peace and Human Rights Writer and Campaigner, Palestine/UK
7. Sargul Ahmad, Women's Liberation in Iraq, Iraq/Canada
8. Mahin Alipour, Coordinator, Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women's Discrimination in Iran, Iran/Sweden
9. Reza Alkrami, Human Rights Activist, Iran/USA
10. Farideh Arman, Coordinator, Committee to Defend Women's Rights, Iran/Sweden
11. Sultana Begum, Human Rights Activist, Bangladesh
12. Djemila Benhabib, Writer, Algeria/Canada
13. Codou Bop, Journalist and Director of GREFELS, Dakar, Senegal
14. Ariane Brunet, co-founder Urgent Action Fund, Québec, Canada
15. Micheline Carrier, Sisyphe, Québec, Canada
16. Patty Debonitas, Iran Solidarity, UK
17. Denise Deliège Femmes En Noir, Belgium
18. Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women's Discrimination in Iran, Sweden
19. Fanny Filosof, Femmes en Noir, Belgium
20. Mersedeh Ghaedi, New Channel TV Programme host, Iran/Norway
21. Groupe de recherche sur les femmes et les lois, Dakar, Senegal
22. Laura Guidetti, Marea Feminist Magazine, Italy
23. Zeinabou Hadari, Centre Reines Daura, Niger
24. Anissa Hélie, Historian, Algeria/France/USA
25. Rohini Henssman, Human Rights Activist, India
26. Hameeda Hossein, Chairperson Ain o Salish Kendra, Dhaka, Bangladesh
27. Khayal Ibrahim, Women's Liberation in Iraq, Iraq/Canada
28. Leo Igwe, Founder, Nigerian Humanist Movement, Nigeria
29. Ayesha Imam, Women's Human Rights and Democracy Activist, Nigeria/Senegal
30. International Campaign in Defence of Women's Rights in Iran, Sweden
31. International Committee against Execution, Germany
32. International Committee against Stoning, Germany
33. Iran Solidarity, Iran/UK
34. Maryam Jamil, Women's Liberation in Iraq, Iraq
35. Sultana Kamal, Executive Director, Ain o Salish Kendra and Chairperson Transparency International, Bangladesh
36. Abbas Kamil, Unity Against Unemployment in Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
37. Harsh Kapoor, South Asia Citizens Web, India
38. Akbar Karimian, Human Rights Activist, Iran/UK
39. Cherifa Kheddar, President of Djazairouna, Algeria
40. Monica Lanfranco, Marea Feminist Magazine, Italy
41. Houzan Mahmoud, Representative of Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Iraq/UK
42. Nahla Elgaali Mahmoud, Biologist, Sudan/UK
43. Anwar Mir Sattari, Human rights Activist, Iran/Belgium
44. Amena Mohsin, Professor, Dept. International Relations Dhaka University, Bangladesh
45. Khawar Mumtaz, Director Shirkat Gah, Lahore, Pakistan
46. Taslima Nasrin, Writer and Activist, Bangladesh
47. U. M. Habibun Nessa, President, Naripokkho, Bangladesh
48. Partow Nooriala, Poet, Writer and Human Rights Activist, Iran/USA
49. Asghar Nosrati, Human Rights Activist, Iran/Sweden
50. One Law for All, UK
51. Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters, UK
52. Fariborz Pooya, Iranian Secular Society, Iran/UK
53. Protagora, Zagreb, Croatia
54. Hassan Radwan, Activist, Egypt/UK
55. Mary Jane Real, Women's Human Rights Coalition, Manila, The Philippines
56. Edith Rubinstein, Femmes en Noir, Belgium
57. Nawal El Sadaawi, Writer, Egypt
58. Fahimeh Sadeghi, Coordinator, International Federation of Iranian Refugees, Iran/Canada
59. Gita Sahgal, Director, Centre for Secular Space, UK
60. Nina Sankari, Secularist and Feminist, Poland
61. Secularism Is A Women's Issue (International Network)
62. Aisha Lee Shaheed, London, UK
63. Farida Shaheed, Shirkat Gah, Lahore, Pakistan
64. Siba Shakib, Filmmaker, Writer and Activist, Iran/USA
65. Sohaila Sharifi, Women's Rights Campaigner, Iran/UK
66. Issam Shukri, Head, Secularism and Civil Rights in Iraq, Iraq/Canada
67. Southall Black Sisters, UK
68. Fatou Sow, Sociologist CNRS, Dakar, Senegal
69. Afsaneh Vahdat, Coordinator, International Campaign for Women's Rights in Iran, Iran/Sweden
70. Lino Veljak, Professor of Philosophy, Zagreb University, Croatia
71. Fauzia Viqar, Director Advocacy and Communications, Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre, Lahore, Pakistan
72. Anne Marie Waters, One Law for All, UK
73. Vivienne Wee, anthropologist, feminist and human rights activist, Singapore and Hong Kong, China
74. Women In Black, Belgrade, Serbia
75. Sara Zaker, Theatre Director, Bangladesh
76. Stasa Zajovic, spokesperson Women in Black, Belgrade, Serbia
Manifeste pour la laicité au Moyen Orient et en Afrique du Nord
Les protestations de 2009 en Iran et le Printemps Arabe qui a suivi pourrait faire se lever une nouvelle aurore pour le peuple de la région et du monde. Les manifestations ont clairement montré que le peuple dans la région, comme partout, veut vivre au XXI° siècle.
Nous sous signés, soulignons leur dimension moderne et humaine et soutenons de tout coeur cet immense tournant historique. Nous nous opposons avec véhemence à ce qu'il soit détourné par l'islamisme ou par la militarisation sous l'égide des Etats Unis et reitérons l'appel pour un Moyen Orient et une Afrique du Nord libres et laiques, lancé par les citoyens et particulièrelent les femmes de la région.
La laicité est le pré-requis minimum pour assurer la liberté et l'égalité de tous les citoyens, et cela inclue:
1. la totale separation de la religion et de l'état.
2. l'abolition des lois religieuses en matière familiale et dans le code penal.
3. la séparation de la religion et du système d'éducation.
4. la liberté de religion et d'athéisme, définis comme croyances personnelles.
5. l'interdiction de l'apartheid sexuel et du voile obligatoire.
بيان من أجل شرق اوسط وشمال افريقيا علمانية
إن احتجاجات إيران عام 2009 والربيع العربي الذي أعقبها تحمل أملاً بفجر جديد لشعوب المنطقة وللعالم. لقد أظهرت الاحتجاجات بشكل واضح أن شعوب المنطقة، كغيرها من شعوب العالم، تسعي لحياه تواكب متطلبات القرن الحادي والعشرين.
نحن، الموقعون أدناه، نؤكد على البعد الحديث والإنساني لهذه الثورات ونرحب ترحيبا حارا بهذا التطور التاريخي الكبير. ونحن نعارض بشدّة سلب مكتسبات هذه الثورات سواء كان ذلك على يد الحركات الإسلامية أو السياسات العسكريتارية بقيادة امريكا، ونؤيد الدعوة لقيام شرق أوسط وشمال إفريقيا علمانية بارادة المواطنين في المنطقة وخاصة النساء.
إن العلمانية تمثّل الحد الأدنى من أجل تحقيق حرية ومساواة كل المواطنين، ويشمل ذلك:
1. فصل الدين عن الدولة فصلاً تاما.
2. إلغاء التشريعات الدينية الخاصة بالأسرة والتشريعات المدنية والجنائية.
3. فصل الدين عن النظام التعليمي.
4. حرية الدين والإلحاد كمعتقدات شخصية.
5. منع سياسة التمييز الجنسي والحجاب الإجباري.
مانیفست برای خاورمیانه- شمال آفریفای سکولار
مبارزات سال 88 (2009 میلادی) در ایران و در پی آن "بهار عربی" این ظرفیت را دارد که طلوعی تازه را به مردم منطقه و جهان نوید دهد. اعتراضات به روشنی میدهد که مردم این منطقه، نظیر مردم هر جای دیگر، خواهان یک زندگی قرن بیست و یکمی هستند.
ما امضاء کنندگان زیر بر ابعاد انسانی و مدرن این مبارزات تاکید میگذاریم و با تمام وجود از این تحول عظیم تاریخی استقبال میکنیم. ما قاطعانه مخالفت خود را با مصادره این انقلابات و مبارزات توسط اسلام گرایی و یا میلیتاریسم (دولتی) تحت رهبری آمریکا اعلام میداریم و از فراخوان "یک خاورمیانه و شمال آفریقای آزاد و سکولار" حمایت میکنیم که توسط شهروندان این منطقه بویژه زنان مطرح شده است.
سکولاریسم پیش شرط حداقل برای آزادی و برابری همه شهروندان و دربرگیرنده این مفاد است:
١- جدائی کامل مذهب از دولت.
٢- الغای قوانین مذهبی در قوانین خانواده، مدنی و جنایی.
٣- جدائی مذهب از سیستم آموزش و پرورش.
٤- آزادی مذهب و بی مذهبی بعنوان اعتقادات شخصی.
٥- ممنوعیت آپارتاید جنسی و حجاب اجباری.
For more information, contact:
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Finally, the British Humanist Association has made available video footage of the panel discussion on Islam in a Secular Europe, which you can see for yourselves below.
If you recall, I blogged about it earlier saying give me an Islamist any day – at least they are more honest!
Now you can see for yourselves whether Humeira Iqtida (author of Secularising Islamists) and Maleiha Malik (professor of law) are really – as I said – textbook cases of apologists for Islamism.
Well at least you can see whether Humeira Iqtida is since – wait for it – Maleiha Malik asked for her interventions to be deleted and of course the BHA kindly obliged! We shouldn't be too judgmental though, it must have been hard for someone who hides behind academia to see themselves so exposed…
Passion for Freedom: Breaking the last taboo
The recent murders of Syrian poet and song writer Ibrahim Qashoush and Iraqi playwright and filmmaker Hadi al-Mahdi, as well as the sentence of one year in jail and 90 lashes to actress Marzieh Vafamehr, and the six-year jail sentence and 20-year filmmaking and travel ban against international award-winning Iranian director Jafar Panahi, amongst others, demands serious attention.
In the west, whilst artists are very often free to express themselves, many nonetheless face huge amounts of pressure for addressing matters deemed 'offensive'. Artists Sooreh Hera in the Netherlands and Lee-Anne Raymond and Demetrios Vakras in Australia come to mind, raising serious questions about tolerance of dissent, particularly when it comes to criticising religion and that which is taboo.
Criticism of religion is not racist. In fact open disagreement and the freedom to criticise tradition, culture and religion are essential for social progress. Turning a blind eye to the wrongs, threats and injustices committed by religion and religious states and laws is unfair to the innumerable people who are wronged, threatened and treated unjustly. No religion should be immune to criticism.
One Law for All unequivocally supports artists' freedom of expression to address taboo issues wherever they may be and invites the public to our 2011 Passion for Freedom Art Festival showcasing a shortlist of international artists discussing the taboo through painting, drawing, sculpture, film and installation.
To attend the private view on Saturday 29 October 2011, 18.00 – 21.00 hours at UNIT24 Gallery, 24 Great Guildford Street, London SE1 0FD (Transport Underground stations: Southwark), RSVP your name and mobile number. For more information on the week-long exhibition, visit here.
Sharia and the Children Act
One Law for All will host a seminar on Sharia Law and the Children Act on 22 November 2011 from 18.30-20.30 hours at Conway Hall to explore the terms of the Children Act and whether these are compatible with the tenets and practice of sharia law. The seminar will look at the protections provided to children by the provisions of the Children Act and ask if children in Britain, by virtue of their parents' religion or culture, are at risk of being denied these protections. In addition, One Law for All will provide information on Catholic Canon Law and how this has been used to facilitate the continued abuse of children in Catholic institutions. Speakers include: Sue Cox, Survivors Voice Europe; Anne Marie Hutchinson, Dawson Cornwell Solicitors; Maryam Namazie, One Law for All; Diana Nammi, Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation; and Yasmin Rehman, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Domestic Violence Intervention Project. The seminar will be chaired by Anne Marie Waters, One Law for All.
For more information or to pre-register for the seminar, visit here.
1. To donate to the crucial work of One Law for All, please either send a cheque made payable to One Law for All to BM Box 2387, London WC1N 3XX, UK or pay via Paypal.
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I've started my TV programmes again – yaay. They will be broadcast weekly on Thursday via New Channel TV.
In this week's programme, I speak to the brilliant Hamid Taqvaee on the 99% movement, on the economic system, parliamentary democracy and socialism.
If you have any comments, post them here or email me so I can address the issues you raise in future programmes.
Next week's programme is on the Arab Spring.
Revolution against Capitalism is Raging!
The revolution that erupted in North Africa and the Middle East have inspired millions in Europe; In Greece, Italy, Spain, England, France, and in North America; New York, Portland, Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, and in Australia in Sydney and in Auckland, New Zealand, and in Tokyo, Japan, and in many others.
The essence of this international uprising is the protest against capitalism. It is the uprising of the deprived humanity against the oppression and greed of capitalism. It is also the uprising against corruption and the complete inability of this system to answer for the needs of the people. This revolutionary uprising will not be delayed by the plots of the owners' class, neither by its soft talk, nor by its military threats and wars.
The International bourgeoisie has been trying, since the fall of the two pole system some 20 years ago, to regain its balance through creating another terrorist pole, another monster that it had dragged from the dirts of the Middle East, in order to put as a competitor in its military slaughter. But the camp of humanity today has come forward and is currently protesting in many countries around the world, and clearly announces that it does exist in the face of these two monsters. It announces that it can no longer accept the attacks and atrocities of capitalists, not by Islamic nationalist capitalists in North Africa and the Middle East, not by the Liberal, conservatives, and neo-conservatives in Europe, the US, Japan, and elsewhere. It has decided that it stops this brutal force from attacking people's livelihood and strongly strike back.
In Iraq, the situation is very tense. The rate of unemployment has reached rocket-high levels. People are hungry and deprived of basic services and of any hope in the future. All infra-structure has been destroyed.The Youth are in dismay and have no clear future. The state in Iraq is a state of robbers, looters, gangs of Islamic terrorist thugs who serve the interests of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and of course, the US. The state in Iraq, with the support of Western governments, is intimidating the egalitarian, women, and workers activists, following a policy of kidnap and assassination. The time for these thugs to go has come.
Our party salutes the revolutionary uprisings that sweep the world from Athens and London, to New York and Los Angeles and Toronto, from San'a in Yemen to Tunisia, through Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo and Ben Ghazi, the revolution is gaining momentum. Our party considers itself one of the forces of social revolution for a better world, a freer and more humane world. Our party also salutes the uprising of the people of Iraq for freedom and equality and human dignity and call them to strengthen their ranks to overthrow the gangs imposed by the US after swamping millions in their own blood.
Victory to the Peoples' Revolution for Freedom, Equality, and Human Dignity!
Down with Capitalism!
Forward for a Better and Socialist World !
The Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq – LWPI
Issam Shukri
Over 400,000 people have signed the petition to save the NHS. This Thursday, 38 Degrees will meet with key Lib Dem members of the House of Lords. They'll be taking their independent legal experts to discuss the alarming impact the government's plans could have on the NHS and want to hand in a copy of the Save our NHS petition. They want to collect half million signatures by tomorrow so please sign up here if you haven't yet.
Below is the text of my speech at the 17 September 2011 rally for a secular Europe in London. You can see video footage of the speech here.
Secularism is an important demand. Secularism is the strict separation of religion from the state. There aren't 20 definitions of secularism. I know religious groups and their supporters are trying to water down the concept in order to push back secularism but we mustn't allow them.
We need secularism more today than ever. We need it.
Of course in a secular society people who are religious or not have a right to believe in what they want.
But don't forget religion in the state, and educational and judicial system has nothing to do with belief; it has to do with political power. And therefore, this fight is first and foremost a battle against religion in political power.
Let's be frank. There is a demand for the separation of religion from the state because it is harmful when it is part of the state. Because as I often say, like cigarettes religion should come with a health warning: Religion Kills. It kills. And Islam is central to this debate on secularism. It is central; please stop tiptoeing around it.
In my opinion we are living under an Islamic inquisition today. This movement is hanging gays in city centres and stoning women to death in the 21st century. This is not a private religious belief; it is an Islamic inquisition.
With regards Christianity today, it is not that its tenets, dogmas or principles have changed since the days of the inquisition. Its social status, its relation to the state, educational and judicial systems has changed as a result of the enlightenment so that today it seems – only seems – cuddlier. We can see from sexual abuse survivor Sue Cox's testimony and that of others how harmful it still is depending on its influence and access to power.
As I said before, Islam today is not just a personal belief; it is a political movement with state power in many places. Opposing Islamism and Sharia law or the burka is not an attack on minorities. Don't forget Islamism is a global movement. Moreover it is not an attack on minorities to defend their rights to equality, to non-discrimination and to living as equal citizens under the law.
The pro-Islamist lobby, including some on the Left, humanists, and feminists keep excusing Sharia courts as people's right to religion. It's not. In a Sharia court, a woman's testimony is worth half that of a man's. A sharia judge has said 'there is no such thing as marital rape; calling it rape is the aggression.' Domestic violence is seen as the prerogative of the husband. Child custody is given to the father at a preset age irrespective of the welfare of the child. This is Sharia's family law. Would you accept canon law for people in this country? No. So we cannot and must not accept sharia law or the Beth Din for people either.
They say the burka is a form of clothing; yes if you accept the chastity belt as a form of clothing. Yes, if you accept foot binding as a form of footwear, then yes the burka is a form of clothing. Rather, it is a symbol of the oppression and suppression of women. How can anyone who defends women's rights support it?
This is not a question of identity: Muslims against everyone else. It's about politics and choice. There are many Muslims who are more secularist than a large majority of people in Britain. The greatest opponents against Islamism are people living under, suffering under, and resisting Sharia law day in and day out. We need to choose to be on their side and support them.
This is not a question of culture. It is in fact racist to say that people because they were born in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia or their grandparents were born there and they are citizens for several generations now don't deserve the same rights as everyone else. That's racist. It's not racist to oppose Sharia law.
There is a far-Right that discriminates against Muslims. We have to stand up to the far-Right. Don't forget Islamism is our far-Right. They are one and the same; two sides of the same coin. We have to push back both of them.
We have to choose. No more tiptoeing around. There is an anti-Islamic inquisition enlightenment taking place in the Middle East and North Africa. Where are the secularists defending them? We need to be vocal. They will bring Islamism over the heads of people who have resisted and opposed Islamism and shown their lives are antithetical to Islamism. Libya for example – as a result of NATO's intervention, the transitional government has said it will bring sharia law. We secularists have to say no. It's not about a secular Europe; it's about a secular world.
It's not about western versus eastern. Secularism is the demand of many people who have never come to the west. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani facing death by stoning in Iran wants to live; she doesn't want to be stoned. We must choose. Do we choose to be on the side of Sakineh or the Islamic Republic of Iran that wants to stone her? Do we side with Sharia courts in this country or women who want equality?
Secularists must choose and they must be at the forefront of defending the rights of people everywhere against Islamism – today's Islamic inquisition.
Iran Solidarity has a stall at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair from 12 – 16 of October!
After Brazil, we are continuing with our Iran Solidarity Tour, this time in Frankfurt, Germany – raising awareness of the situation of people in Iran and protesting the fact that the Islamic regime of Iran will be present at the book fair with a stall of their own.
It is quite unbelievable that a regime that brutally kills off free expression and those who use it, that forbids women to sing in public, a regime that bans and censures books, films and the media in the tradition of the vilest dictatorships will be able to freely spread their views and propaganda at the fair. No doubt this will be done displaying a show of civility that the Islamic regime hardly shows to its own people. In the name of representing 'Iranian culture' we will see some well dressed, smiling henchmen of the very regime that has just honoured Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr with 90 lashes and one year in prison for playing in the film 'My Tehran for sale' which was first given permission (yes, films need to be approved by the regime) but subsequently banned. Inside Iran, the regime imprisons writers, journalists and directors – abroad it takes part in the Frankfurt Book Fair.
The Iranian regime's only claim to culture is that of a culture of censorship and brutality – and its representatives shall not be allowed to run around and speak freely when the Iranian people as a whole are not.
We are very pleased that we will be there as a voice of information and protest and we will do our utmost to let every single visitor know about the brutality, misogyny and criminal character of the Islamic regime of Iran and the frankly quite outrageous fact that the Islamic regime has been allowed to have their own stall at the book fair.
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Press Release
11 October 2011
On Saturday 15 October 2011 a National Conference to Celebrate Diversity and Multiculturalism is being jointly held in London by One Society Many Cultures and Unite Against Fascism. The conference describes its aims as opposing Islamophobia and racism.
One Law for All condemns racism and hatred unequivocally, and rejects the racist and violent politics of groups such as the English Defence League (EDL). We also reject the far-right hatred of Islamist groups such as Hizb ut Tahrir and Muslims Against Crusades and reject attempts to silence criticism of Islamism under the guise of multiculturalism or Islamophobia.
We are concerned that the practice of multiculturalism, as it is being manifested in Britain today, allows a blind eye to be turned to the human rights abuses often perpetrated against people within minority communities; in particular the oppression and mistreatment of women and girls. Sharia law, forced marriages, female genital mutilation and the increased forced veiling of women and girls must be condemned as human rights abuses and not legitimised in the name of culture or pluralism.
One Law for All calls on this conference, and its organisers, to condemn the mistreatment of women and girls irrespective of their cultural, religious or ethnic background. We call on them also to oppose all far-right fascism and hate, including the misogynistic, homophobic, anti-Semitic, theocratic and violent rhetoric of Islamist fascists, and to express a full commitment to the advancement of rights, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech of all people.
The One Law for All Campaign was launched on 10 December 2008, International Human Rights Day, to call on the UK Government to recognise that Sharia and religious courts are arbitrary and discriminatory against women and children in particular and that citizenship and human rights are non-negotiable.
For further information contact:
Maryam Namazie and Anne Marie Waters
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Tel: +44 (0) 7719166731
Listen to Hamid Taqvaee's brief message in Persian to mark the International Day against the Death Penalty.
He says: Capital punishment is the state's act of pre-medidated murder. They call it justice but it has nothing to do with jutice. The aim of capital publishement is to assert control and instill fear in the population at large.
I received this email today from Peter Flack:
As a supporter of One Law for all – a colleague and I attended the first demonstration and Maryam attended our union branch in Leicester – I was concerned at a picture circulating on Facebook showing what are clearly EDL supporters standing with One Law for All Placards.
I have attached the picture. It appeared on the page of the local UAF Secretary, making no distinction between OLFA and EDL. Given the readiness of the SWP to join with Muslims against Crusades on the grounds they are 'victims of Islamophobia' i think it is important to get a clear repudiation of EDL out, while making it clear that opposition to Sharia Law, Female Genital Mutilation etc is neither racist nor Islamophobic but about the rights of women to be treated equally before the law.
The page it appeared on was that of Tom Mycock, from Leicester.
Here is my response:
We can't stop people from downloading our materials and using them; we have posters and resources available for download from our website. But have a very clear position on the EDL and the far-Right – see our recent report entitled Enemies not Allies: the Far Right. We attack the far-Right every chance we get. After all, Islamism is our far-Right and we see no fundamental difference between the EDL, Stop Islamisation of Europe and America or the BNP on the one hand and the Islamists on the other.
Islamists also carry UAF placards. I saw it myself when they joined Al-Muhajiroun's and Muslims against Crusades' counter-demonstration against us at our rally against Sharia and religious laws and for secularism in June 2010 whilst shouting Allah-o-Akbar.
The difference though is that whilst we have a zero tolerance for the EDL and its likes, the UAF actively supports Islamic fascists against ordinary Muslims and others.
The UAF secretary may make no distinction between One Law for All and the EDL but that is due to political dishonesty. The reality is that the UAF is anti-fascist in name only.
We are today's real anti-fascists – against the European far-Right and also its Islamist version.
One Law for All presents its 2011 Passion for Freedom Art Festival showcasing a shortlist of international artists discussing religion, equality and one secular law for all through painting, drawing, sculpture, film and installation.
Exhibited artists are Sandra Ackermann, Karin Roy Andersson, Eskild Beck, Milena Buljan, Victoria Burgher, Edna Cantoral Acosta, Magdalena Czubak Vlasak, Fiona Dent, ARINA, Heather MCDonald, Roland Okon, Despina Papadopoulou, Polina Pakhomova, Mario Raoli, Steve Rosenthal, Flora Robertson, Axelle Russo, Govinda Sah, Karine Schneider, Fianne Stanford, Paula Stevens-Hoare, Zoe Sua Kay, Valeriya Vygodnaya, Ewa Zasada, and Artur Zarczynski.
Competition judges include Polly Toynbee (Writer and Columnist), Francisco Laranjo (Artist and Head of School of Arts at Porto University) and Deeyah (Singer and Composer).
Private View: Saturday 29 October 2011, 18.00 – 21.00 hours
Gallery: UNIT24 Gallery, 24 Great Guildford Street, London SE1 0FD (Transport Underground stations: Southwark)
Exhibition: 29 October – 5 November 2011
Opening Hours: Monday – Wednesday 8.00 – 18.00 hours; Thursday – Friday 8.00 – 18.30 hours
To RSVP for the private viewing, please email your name and mobile number to email@example.com.
For more information, visit Passion for Freedom website.
Passion for Freedom Art Competition, Second Edition, 2010
Passion for Freedom Art Competition, First Edition, 2009
To donate to the crucial work of One Law for All, please either send a cheque made payable to One Law for All to BM Box 2387, London WC1N 3XX, UK or pay via Paypal.
We need regular support that we can rely on and are asking for supporters to commit to giving at least £5-10 a month via direct debit. You can find out more about how to join the 100 Club here.
The One Law for All Campaign was launched on 10 December 2008, International Human Rights Day, to call on the UK Government to recognise that Sharia and religious courts are arbitrary and discriminatory against women and children in particular and that citizenship and human rights are non-negotiable. To join the campaign, sign our petition here.
For further information contact:
Maryam Namazie and Anne Marie Waters
One Law for All
BM Box 2387
London WC1N 3XX, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 7719166731
To see the Persian translation of my speech at the 17 September 2011 rally for Secularism in London, click here.


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I am looking for guidelines or sources of information regarding behavior patterns that prevent the escalation of conflict. It would be nice also to see some differentiation and analysis of conflict stages and recommended priorities in each stage.
Stages of Conflict
Prior to any discussion of conflict, we need to examine what the conflict is and at what stage we're entering into it. The stages below represent levels of escalation (delineated clearly only for illustrative purposes; they are never quite so clear), and your entry into a conflict may occur at any stage (that is, you can be trained to recognize conflict signs when you are not directly involved in the conflict).
NB: There are numerous variations on the stages of conflict, ranging on average from 6 to 9 steps. These are the 8 I use in conflict examination.
Conflict Indicators
Recognizing signs of emerging conflict can be extremely difficult. I've been studying and employing the examination of micro-expressions and body language for over a decade now and I still have difficulties. The keys to recognizing emerging conflict lies in your ability to rapidly and correctly identify the circumstances around you. At any given point, in the absence of any other evidence, consider yourself in the pre-conflict state. Before entering into conflict as an outsider, or when you find yourself entering into a conflict, examine and evaluate these criteria:
Priorities in Conflict Resolution
Despite the stage, your priority is simple: get to stage 6 quickly. The earlier you can push through 4 and 5, the better the resolution will likely be. In other words, @Trevoke is right to an extent: the sooner you give up your willingness to pursue the conflict, the sooner the de-escalation stage is reached, the sooner you can reach a resolution, and you can begin to unwind or repair the damage.
In training, I use conditioning to aid conflict resolution; at the end of each and every technique, run. You're training yourself in this way that when the opponent is no longer a threat, you create distance to force de-escalation. Running away is not the best solution for every conflict (for example, running away from arguing with your wife will lead to emotional leakage of first anger, then disgust, then contempt. If your wife is showing you contempt, hire a lawyer – you're going to be divorced soon).4
Directly Related Answer: When Should I Run Away?
From my experience as a bouncer, I can unequivocally state that you are making two very big assumptions here:
The best way to avoid an escalation is to walk away. However there are many times where you can't or shouldn't avoid the escalation, and there will be times where you need to join the escalation (you could be intervening in someone else's situation). This can be rephrased more succinctly as:
This is what you train for, to know when and how to fix a situation, and by how much. Training teaches you to read an opponent and to know whether walking away or an on-the-spot-counselling-session is an option. Some subtle body language changes may assist with your situation, but this has to be natural (i.e. instinctive) rather than acted. Two people exhibiting the same behaviour pattern can have totally different outcomes.
You cannot learn this stuff from a textbook - knowing some theory is fantastic but it isn't going to get you very far when you face a real situation.
Rory Miller and Marc MacYoung do a "Conflict Communication" course. They are available for seminars, and I beleive will have a book coming out soon on the topic. I've been through the seminar with Rory and it was a great learning experience.
Rory's book "Facing Violence" is also a great resource on this topic.
I'm going to answer this question by pointing my finger at the moon.
Conflict comes from ego. Your ego. Other people's ego. And two or more egos suddenly wanting really hard to "win".
If YOU don't want to win, then where is the conflict? Well, unfortunately, sometimes egos make up big long stories and they don't need another ego.
So now you know: once you've disengaged YOUR ego, you just need to stay aware of the other egos.
Of course, how do you do that? Oh yeah... Meditate.
I don't have personal experience of any books on the broader topic of conflict resolution, but a few different texts I've read touch on different specific sub-topics.
My old karate school uses Joan M. Nelson's Self-Defense: Steps to Success for a reference manual on the topics of assertiveness and de-escalation, which are key concepts in conflict resolution. She gives good advice that is simple, reasonable, and actionable.
Books about the sociology of criminality and the psychology of crime and ape dominance games might be useful in your search. In that vein I've read Fight Time: The Normative Rules and Routines of Interpersonal Violence by Terance D. Miethe and Gini R. Deibert. It's not terribly specific in its recommendations, and is a good but not great overview of some of the high-level studies on the issue.
Much better in my mind were two books by Richard T. Wright and Scott Decker: Armed Robbers in Action: Stickups and Street Culture and Burglars on the Job: Streetlife and Residential Break-ins. These are fascinating and enormously detailed works on the tactics, inner mental states, and social lives of criminals. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with hundreds of currently active armed robbers and burglers, and included gobs of quotes. They took substantial time to gain the trust of these people, in order to really examine how they implemented these crimes, as well as how they thought of those acts. I highly recommend these books if "conflict resolution" in the context of those crimes is part of your study.
You can find all your answers in Rory Miller's books Meditation on Violence and Facing Violence. There is no point for me to quote all what he is saying. Have a good read.
Added. Both of these books giving grate foundation of what is violence in particular: Types of violence How violence occurs Deescalation Recognizing Stress management in particular freeze management Lots of good examples
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A standard drum kit is only the beginning when it comes to percussion, and no instrumentalist should ever limit him or herself to just the basics. An untold number of less familiar instruments with roots in the Caribbean, Africa, Latin-America and across the world are now manufactured and available in North America. Whether you're looking for a unique addition to your drum kit or a stand-alone instrument to learn from scratch, world percussion is the right place to look to expand your horizons. With so many interesting and exotic options, it can be difficult to know where to start.
For an established drummer or someone just learning to keep the beat, a membranophone – which uses a vibrating skin to create sound – from a different musical tradition is a great option. They can be fun and easy for beginners, but they always leave room to develop new heights of technical prowess. Djembes, for instance, come in different sizes and make a variety of sounds depending on how your hands strike them. They can also be played either seated or standing for exceptional versatility. An idiophone creates sound using whole-body vibrations, and can be as simple as a jam block or cowbell, or as complex as a steel pan drum.
The former can be used to add an additional dimension to your drum kit, while the latter is a stand-alone instrument in its own right. The variety of available tunings of steel pans available allows you to create simple or complex pentatonic or chromatic melodies, adding a whole new element to your percussive playing. Whether you're looking to imitate a particular musical tradition or to create a sound all your own, you can experiment your whole life and never exhaust the options of world percussion available to you. From simple egg-shakers to cajons and castanet machines, when you dive in to the world of percussion, the beat is just the beginning.
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Judge refers towns' suit against LGC to lower court
The effort by 18 New Hampshire towns to get a portion of a $53.4 million refund that the Local Government Center has been ordered to return to municipalities hit a roadblock last week, when the N.H. Supreme Court denied a motion from Peterborough and 17 other towns to intervene in the case, which pits the LGC against the N.H. Bureau of Securities Regulation.
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Not anatomically accurate. Velociraptors had feathers. Where are the feathers?
This ridiculous website won't let you get past a window that insists on your name and email address! There is no apparent way to close the popup. No way I'm entering personal info just to view an ad!
@karlsworld: yep, agree completely
for those who want to make an informed decision before entering their info the picture of the raptor is right here
@karlsworld: Put something in every space and you're done. No personal anything = no spam. I agree the site shouldn't be built this way, but it's really not a big deal.
I know exactly which kid's closet this is going into.
@bluekirbypwns: That's super helpful, awesome. Thank you.
Flash sale is here to stay, so get a shopping email address and use it only for that. No personal info, but you are ready to shop right away all the time. If you don't use that email address for any of your personal thing, there is nothing personal about it (I am a paranoid engineer, so I understand and got around it that way).
OK, but where's the inflatable Jesus? I need to purchase them as a set.
I'd need a Chris Bosh jersey to fit this included for free or no deal.


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If you are seeking on-campus residence at the University of Kentucky, you must submit an online application at: University of Kentucky - Undergraduate Housing. In order to be considered for UK Housing, you must apply before May 1, 2013.
The University of Kentucky is in the process of substantially expanding the number of modern residence hall rooms on campus. The 2013-2014 academic year will be a time of transition as new halls are under construction. As a result, on-campus housing for fall 2013 will be very limited and BCTC students will have 65 beds in UK Housing. Priority for UK Housing for BCTC students will be given to those who:
*In order to be eligible to live in undergraduate housing, a minimum of 9 hours per semester must be on the Lexington campus. Independent study or online classes do not count as on campus.
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The April issue of School Reform News reports on the U.S. Supreme Court's February 25 ruling in Locke v. Davey, which concluded Washington State was within its rights in denying scholarship aid to a college student studying for the ministry.
Voucher foes have claimed the decision as a victory for their position that public funds may not flow to religious schooling. The Court majority, however, made clear that point was "not at issue in this case." In Davey, the High Court upheld only a narrow point: a state's prerogative not to subsidize vocational training of ministers.
The April issue's featured interview is with Rebeca Nieves Huffman, president of the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (CREO). Huffman touts school choice as "an immediate solution" for Hispanic families, whose children are being crippled educationally by the culture of low expectations that pervades public schooling.
Also in this issue: Bush touts DC vouchers; the Teaching Commission endorses merit pay; the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation ranks school choice programs across the country; CEOs from the nation's leading high-tech companies warn U.S. students are ill-prepared for twenty-first century jobs; teacher certification, school choice litigation, and more.
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