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The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It was a little surprising (and honestly, disconcerting) to find that not only did Holmes' eternal companion Watson provide the voice for this mystery, but also most of the legwork. The conceit of a narrative through a letter can be done well, but it can also be done poorly. In The Hound of the Baskervilles it certainly feels like laziness.
A second and deeper problem with this mystery is the straightforwardness of it all. The method and the killer are made plain halfway through, with the rest of the book merely a sweeping-up exercise: the setting of a trap, and the successful conclusion of all ventured by the intrepid detective. Characters are brought in as literary devices and plot shortcuts rather than as meaningful components of a whole, and once their part in the play is concluded they are swept away, never to be heard from again.
"'The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.'"
-The Hound of the Baskervilles
Doyle's writing is excellent, but readers might well be forgiven for imagining that writing in the persona of a rather self-satisfied and coddled English gentleman making reports and penning florid missives would not come with too great a difficulty to this author. This is a fun story to read, but is neither intellectually nor creatively stimulating. There are better mysteries out there, and there are better mysteries to be investigated by Sherlock Holmes. It is telling that the best part of this book, the most interesting part and by far the cleverest–is confined to banter between Sherlock and Watson as they try to guess the identity of a caller at the very beginning of the story. For all the iconic weight that the spectre of this hound has cast upon the body of English literature, once its tracks have been thoroughly traced by the reader its form cannot but come as a disappointment.
War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy
It seems foolish to complain that this book is so exceptionally long; like complaining the Bible has too much religion, or the Magna Carta has too much politics. The complaint that really ought to be laid at Tolstoy's door is this: for a writer so obtusely uneconomical with his words, he does not do nearly as much with them as he might have. When an author spends thousands of pages describing a place, a person, an idea; there ought to be a strong emotional or impressionable impact on the reader. Tolstoy comes a certain distance towards this. Certainly it would be untrue to claim that he does not adequately describe his creations. It would not be fair to say that his is a problem of detail. Rather, it is a problem of beauty.
Compare him for an instance with Melville. Melville is thicker and sludgier and harder to read for pleasure than Tolstoy, but when he describes a smoke-rimed tavern or the vivifying enormity of a storm, it is impossible to fail to be moved and captured. Or let us look at Hemingway. If the problem is a problem of inadequate floridness, let us pit Tolstoy against an author renowned for his refusal to bow to poetry! But there is an impact and a seething, brusque emotion in Hemingway that is utterly devoid in War and Peace.
"The general on horseback at the entrance to the dam raised his hand and opened his mouth to address Dolokhov. Suddenly a cannon ball hissed so low above the crowd that everyone ducked. It flopped into something moist, and the general fell from his horse in a pool of blood. Nobody gave him a look or thought of raising him."
-War and Peace
This book feels like reading Pride and Prejudice seven times through, only with more death and without Jane Austen's humour. The Peace is bland drawing-room scandal and folly. The War is interesting, but only on an intellectual level. This summary seems damning, and it is distinctly peculiar that the book is honestly not a bad read. In fact, in spite of its unnecessary length it is really worth the time; particularly in an age when the vapid lives of soap opera and sitcom characters fill vastly more hours than it takes to plough through this novel. The point is not that it is uninteresting. The characters are immaculately drawn (those that matter, anyway) and the historical narrative is truly fascinating. In fact, by the end of the (first) epilogue, this could almost be called a page-turner.
The problems then, if they are not the book's monstrous size or quality of writing, are twofold. First is simply a case of expectation. Tolstoy's style (or the styles of at least two of his translators) is vexingly drifty, without a very powerful narrative stamp. He seems to absorb by osmosis some of the aristocratic lassitude of Pierre and the Rostovs, and there is a displeasing lack of decisive direction. For an author to take his readers so deeply into any story, he really must have the humour or the choler or the wryness to truly captivate his reader: not merely to tell an interesting story and trust that the reader is following along. The second problem is the generally unremarkable aspect of so many of his characters. There is nobody to love and nobody to hate.
"Rostov became thoughtful.
'I never go back on my word, he said. 'Besides, Sonya is so charming that only a fool would renounce such happiness.'"
-War and Peace
Books are paintings, and come in as many sharply contrasting styles as works of visual art. There are the Caravaggios, with menacingly daubed streaks of deep contrast and dazzling light. There are impressionistic streams of consciousness or works of muzzy pointillism. But if Tolstoy painted, he would paint an enormous canvas with a Gainsborough landscape, covering the entire wall of a gallery and dotting in each painstaking figure and wisp of cloud. This is the lasting feeling of War and Peace: it leaves nothing out, and there is nothing to complain about; but it never draws itself to a point as if to say this!–is what the story is about!
Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
This is as difficult a book to review as it is to read. It has been mentioned elsewhere on this weblog what a rare pleasure it is to finish reading a book, and only recollect afterwards that one has been forced to overlook no clumsy grammar or contrived plotline, and forgive the author for no grave errors. We can talk about a willing suspension of disbelief: perhaps the time has come to talk about a willing suspension of criticism. Conrad is another of these talented authors for whom this willing suspension of criticism is unnecessary. His novel is brisk and rich in language and in detail. Heart of Darkness reads like a stone plunged into a calm pool: sudden, abrupt, harsh, and without apology. It is delightful to read, simply for the eloquent lavishness of the author's pen. On that account, it is a very good book indeed.
"'And this also,' said Marlow suddenly, 'has been one of the darkest places of the earth.'"
-Heart of Darkness
The structural conceit of the unlikely narrator regaling a boat full of dozy sailors with his tale is an uncertain prospect, and can seem like a vague annoyance when it crops up for a sentence or two at rare intervals; nothing else in the manner in which the book is laid out can possibly cause dismay. It is the story itself that seems a little unsatisfying, after a while. There is a heavy atmosphere of leaden inevitability, borne out stolidly and without much in the way of relief. Almost everything in this short story happens as if it were predestined, and happens very quickly at that.
"The horror! The horror!"
-Heart of Darkness
If the darkness is in a hurry to gobble the narrator and all his accomplices up, then it is in a greater hurry to belch them all up at the end. While there is a certain amount of dramatic tension, it all takes place so rapidly that there is really no time for the reader to either digest what has happened, or adapt to it. This is an important book, and deserving of its place in literary history. It is a pleasure to read, but not necessarily a pleasure to reflect upon.
Candide, by Voltaire
Voltaire's controversial masterpiece is an impressive chunk of book; none the less considering it is still able to provoke strong reactions two and a half centuries after its initial publication. That alone does not make it worthwhile or amazing: strong emotions can be conjured by simple things. But there is no denying its cleverness. Cursed cleverness sometimes, and seldom in the service of anything clearly noble or even clear. Voltaire's mockery of altruism is as plain as the nose on one's face, but his derision for any who might dare to read his tragicomedy so straightforwardly shows through in many places, leading astute readers to suspect that he is equally contemptuous of pessimists, who might nod sagely at his farcical series of mishaps while he laughs behind the backs of both.
"'It is demonstrable,' said he, 'that things cannot be otherwise than as they are; for all being created for an end, all is necessarily for the best end. Observe, that the nose has been formed to bear spectacles—thus we have spectacles. Legs are visibly designed for stockings—and we have stockings. Stones were made to be hewn, and to construct castles—therefore my lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron in the province ought to be the best lodged. Pigs were made to be eaten—therefore we eat pork all the year round. Consequently they who assert that all is well have said a foolish thing, they should have said all is for the best.'"
It is the great trick of snide writers to be able to sneer at any strong belief their readers hold, regardless of what that belief is. An excellent review (for which this review is at least partly an apologetic) makes the very salient point that Candide paints so black a picture of the worldview it seeks to emasculate that it becomes useless, and distorts everything into a caricature. But Voltaire's clumsy straw man is a pastiche not only of altruism, but a cruel sketch of those who would themselves construct such straw men.
It is very unpleasant to be laughed at, and for that reason it is tempting to adopt the same distant aloofness and join Voltaire in his ivory tower. He is a misanthrope, and it is very difficult to see things from a misanthrope's point of view without also joining him in his pathology. This can cause problems for readers unwilling to enter into conspiracy with the author. Several writers both modern and classic exhibit this same disagreeable trait of being unbearably clever (and sometimes even witty) without being at all likeable or honest: Joseph Heller, for instance; or Will Self.
There is a great deal of parable in Candide, and a hallmark of a parable is its licence to dispense with logical storyline ("and then, because it suits my purposes, an Ogre appeared in Grimsby"), dispense with a willing suspension of disbelief ("and just as her pursuers caught up to her, she grew great wings and took to the sky"), and dispense with solid characters ("once upon a time there was a wicked witch"). Because of this, if one is unwilling to enter into conspiracy against the public with Voltaire, there is very little in this book that will be at all interesting. Because of this, the author clearly expects shortcomings in his story to be forgiven at the behest of his message. One's willingness to do this (or at least to feign it) will be directly proportional to one's enjoyment (or at least tolerance) of this book.
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
The chief and noticeable feature in Frankenstein is the peculiarly direct route that Shelley takes from the beginning to the end. With the possible exception of the brief Shetland adventure, both the eponymous doctor and his creation turn neither to the left nor to the right on their individual paths; but pursue each other without hindrance or pause from one fixed point to the next.
The monster, therefore, sets its mind upon one thing, which is sought until it is achieved or until it is forever out of reach. The doctor, likewise. This straight highway of a narrative leads to very few surprises for the reader, and the impending doom of tragedy is lessened by its visibility–and simultaneously heightened by its inevitability. For this reason above others, the book has a tendency to drag its feet. Any attempt by Shelley to create suspense is largely futile–and she seems to recognise this, and aims at pathos rather than tension.
" I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy, and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm."
Stylistically, Frankenstein is not a displeasing work. For all its gothic legacy, it reads generally like any of its contemporary works of literature, with the only distinction being that the tragedies mourned and the victories celebrated have a supernatural patina to them. It is not a very atmospheric book, nor is the monstrous horror of the grinning demoniac particularly prominent. A lengthy monologue by the creature is presented in much the same way it would have been had its narrator been a normal human, and besides a few physical descriptions of his diabolical aspect, the creature is remarkably unremarkable.
This is a book with a very strong concept, whose author under no circumstances allows the story to get in the way of that concept. It is not possible to find any grave flaws with the writing, but it is almost as difficult to find a great deal of beauty in it. The book is unlikely to conjure up any very strong emotions in its readers, and must rely instead on its competency and its novelty. This might well be a classic book, but it perhaps deserves to be called good literature, not great.
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
An infuriating and disjointed recasting of the Arthur legend, yet one that has its own wisdom and its own profundity. The four books that make up The Once and Future King are strikingly different from each other, and narrative threads are picked up and dropped without any regard for the sanity of the reader. T.H. White has a habit of telling a character's story avidly and with deep interest for a hundred pages, and then offhandedly remarking that so-and-so was killed in such-and-such an indistinguished manner. He jarringly veers between whimsical lyricism and darkly savage tragicomedy without warning, and he has a habit of inserting lengthy lists and parades of commas quite purposefully and utterly shamelessly into his prose, obfuscating honest attempts to snuggle into his story.
"It is generally the trusting and optimistic people who can afford to retreat. The loveless and faithless ones are compelled by their pessimism to attack.
-The Once and Future King
This is one of those books whose excellence is found principally in single-line quotations in which White demonstrates his keen intellect and fascinating insight, and also in the grand scope of tragedy as a whole. It is not a book that is enjoyable to read as a story, nor is it easy. Irrelevant tangents abound, crucial characters slip in and out of view, and White seems much more interested in slipping in philosophic observations than in structuring a novel.
Readers of fantasy looking for a comfortable world of sugarspun hamlets and parochial squires had better look elsewhere. Likewise, fantasy readers searching for dragons and wizards and knightly quests will not find satisfaction here. This is a grown-up fantasy book, which is to say it is bleak and merciless, and contains jewels of cleverness (though not always wisdom) sprinkled sparingly throughout. There are passages which show off T.H. White as a master writer, and passages which show him off as needlessly convoluted, or stylistically hamstrung. Appreciate it for its merits, and by all means underline passages; but to devote oneself to this book–to absolutely fall in love with it–seems to be a difficult task indeed.
The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The worst thing that can be said about this book is that it is ridiculously sentimental. It is at least as much of a romance as it is an adventure of incredible proportions, but it is the sort of romance in which every single chapter has the swooning heroine declaring to herself that her bosom yearns for the sweet embrace of death, if only she can catch but one glimpse of her beloved; even a cruel word would be sweet, and even a bitter meeting would be as paradise.
"'And you have let them escape,' shouts the captain furiously. 'You'll go to the guillotine for this, citoyen sergeant! That cart held concealed the ci-devant Duc de Chalis and all his family!'
'What!' thunders Grospierre, aghast.
'Aye! and the driver was none other than that cursed Englishman, the Scarlet Pimpernel.'"
-The Scarlet Pimpernel
It is difficult to have patience with this level of melodrama, and so it is all the more impressive that Baroness Orczy manages to match her incredibly wet romantic plot, not only with a level of adventure to exceed it (for this would not be a masterful achievement), but with some genuine moments of pathos, and a believable relationship between the star-crossed lovers that is deeper than swooning and soliloquising.
It ought to be made clear: this is not a work to be judged on complex multifaceted characters, or even on serious development or growth. The plot that grows up in the midst of the romance is one of desperate and dastardly deeds by cruel flinty-eyed despots; of dashing and debonair heroes festooned with capes and cutlasses; a thing of death-or-glory last chances and low cunning. The personalities are all rather simple, and are some rather perfect examples of what it is to be a stock character.
But the reader will be along for the ride, and forgive every trope and each predictable scenario that comes trotting by. The surprises are scarcely surprising, but then who ever thought that Long John Silver would slay Hawkins and inherit the treasure? Who ever imagined that Edmond Dantès would rot in his chateau, or that Phileas Fogg would be not be vindicated? The success of The Scarlet Pimpernel is not its novelty or its subtlety, but its heart and its bombast, and the constantly excellent recasting of the age old battle between good and evil, where the foul mask of evil is as immutable as the solid foundation of good.
Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
Nobody writes like this any more, and more is the pity. Had Herman Melville handed in this 200,000 word monstrosity today, he would surely have been laughed out of his publisher's office. A more kindly-disposed editor would have brought up a few of the obvious problems with the book, and would surely have slashed the lengthy encyclopaedic descriptions of whales and their relations in the first edit.
Undoubtedly these encyclopaedia sections are one of the most difficult characteristics of the book to trawl through, and it is impossible to help wondering whether they were strictly necessary, even if one is otherwise captivated by Melville's thick and heavy pen. After all, the pesudo-scientific asides spaced with deadening regularity through the story are either unnecessary peripheral fluff, or else ham-fisted exposition.
"The opposite wall of this entry was hung all over with a heathenish array of monstrous clubs and spears. Some were thickly set with glittering teeth resembling ivory saws; others were tufted with knots of human hair; and one was sickle-shaped, with a vast handle sweeping round like the segment made in the new-mown grass by a long-armed mower…Mixed with these were rusty old whaling lances and harpoons all brokem and deformed. Some were storied weapons. With this once long lance did Nathan Swain kill fifteen whales between a sunrise and a sunset."
-Moby Dick
Take but a moment to linger in one of these parenthetical partitions, however, and subtler flavours begin to leach out. Arrogance and starry-eyed wonder, bitter racism and pompous buffoonery, tender joy tempered with excitement; all these are available in spades, within the driest explanation of prehistoric aquatic mammals, and while they do not make these sections exciting, they do smooth the edges marvellously, and ensure that the asides are not gratingly different from the pace of the book. They are written in a different voice and different style, and yet are clearly the thoughts and earnestness of Ishmael.
An apologetic for one of the hardest things about this book, then. But Melville does not shine in the sections that must be explained: he shines in the thick and visceral settings of scene. Writers today are warned against spending an entire chapter describing the inside of a tavern, let alone the countenance of a gloomy man. But Melville proves that this is because writers today seldom possess the skill to do so lyrically and imposingly, capturing the attention and the imagination of a reader and refusing to let go. He proves it can be done, if done well.
Any writer desiring to improve his prose would do well to study Melville: borrow from him if necessary. He strikes a perfect balance between shifting the attention of his gaze, and drawing attention to a particular detail and there holding it implacable.
"Call me Ishmael."
-Moby Dick
Everything about this book is as bold and stubborn and unreasonable as its iconic captain, and even the searing slowness and lack of fulfillment, the cry for meaningful action, places the reader in the shoes of wicked old Ahab, so that reader and character alike will be crying, "just give me one glimpse of that accursed whale!" This is not a modern novel, and is missing so many of those things that have come to be staples and expectations. There is no romance and precious little adventure, for all that it is so clearly a mammoth of an adventure novel. Ishmael serves as an impartial observer for the most, and there is very little change or growth in Ahab himself. The entire thing is a journey towards inevitability, and whenever character or plot waver slightly, it is only to emphasise the inexorable path of the fates, or the demon will shared by Ahab and the whale alike. Again, this is the sort of plot that will lead quickly towards impatience in the reader (and perhaps rightfully so). But it is masterfully told, expertly written, and a finished work of stunning beauty.
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
A story about horses, as told by horses? Nonsense! Surely a simpering, unbearable litany of velvet-nosed, gentle noncharacters, each more awful than the last. Puritanical preaching and a hastily scribbled version of the olden days; and certainly only elbowing its way into the "classics" collection due to a disappointing number of animal lovers prepared to accept tawdry literature and cloyingly sweet stories only because of the content, and without a care for the quality.
"While I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her. When it was hot we used to stand by the pond in the shade of the trees, and when it was cold we had a nice warm shed near the grove."
-Black Beauty
It is remarkably easy to judge this book extremely quickly, and write it off as a depressing relic without real substance. It is about horses, so surely it is about nothing but horses. This expectation will not easily survive past the first few chapters (where admittedly little exciting happens). But in spite of this being a slow starter, the reader is immediately plunged into such a rich landscape with characters at once exciting and powerfully captivating, both equine and human. Perhaps that is the saving grace that opens this book up so readily: it is about horses, but not only horses. It is a thick and vivid cross-section of early Victorian life, from the grim rain-lashed cobbles of Dickensian London to Austen's world of polite genteel society. In every sketch of life is a unique blend of tragedy and triumph; and although the story makes no secret that it is a crusade for the betterment of animals everywhere, Sewell expertly joins the fates of Beauty, Ginger and the other animals to the fates and fortunes of the full and lifelike human characters.
"One day two wild-looking young men came out of a tavern close by the stand, and called Jerry.
'Here, cabby! look sharp, we are rather late; put on the steam, will you, and take us to the Victoria in time for the one o'clock train? You shall have a shilling extra.'"
-Black Beauty
This ultimately sets Black Beauty apart from other animal stories (even high-quality authors like Jack London). She manages a dual focus on both her sympathetic horsey heroes and on the world around them, never once forgetting who it is her heroes are, but refusing to spend her novel frolicking in grassy meadows and mossy barns. There are heroes and villains in the animal world and the human world, and both sets are given the same careful attention. A gentle book, but with clearly defined peaks and troughs, and sharp moments of crisis and climax to offset the pastoral setting. Plainly, this will not appeal to every reader (even the most tolerant). But just as plainly, there is more to this book than meets the eye. If ever there were a book more susceptible to being misjudged by its cover, this is it. Readers ought to go into Black Beauty with their eyes open as to the sort of story it is, but they should not hesitate to go into Black Beauty at all.


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Blog Quiz: Murder of Indian Students
What are the two countries in which Indian students are murdered with impunity?
- Australia predicts drop in Indian students
- Another Indian Student Missing in New Zealand
- New Zealand Kills Another Visiting Indian
- New Zealand has total contempt for Asians, especially the Vietnamese, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese and Indians
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- New Zealand Abuses Indians With Animal Cruelty
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Intro: This is the last post from our sports page before I transferred all future operations over to the Reader
FYI: I'm super sick right now so I'm going to try my damnedest to conjure up a coherent piece of writing for the sake of discussion, even though I'm pretty sure no one reads this damn thing anyways.
Resting players is bullshit. If your player has a legitimate injury, by all means let them rest, BUT if your player has one of these pretend fairy tale injuries like a cramp or they had a bad run in with a butterfly in the parking lot, they better play. I'm not going to name any specifics but we're all going to understand who is being referenced in this piece.
My first NBA game ever was the Timberwolves against the Kings. I got to see Kevin Garnett and Chris Webber live, two of my favorite players, when I when I was eight years old, that was a big moment, and these are the kinds of moments all fans deserve. If you rest your players without legitimate cause, you're a criminal and the players don't deserve these insane contracts that are being offered after this new TV deal that has been signed.
What's your opinion on resting players? Please let me know, even though none of you will.


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I'm talking about the android:versionCode, not the pretty android:versionName that is displayed on the user's side.
Here's what I use when making things with HaxeFlixel:
It returns the current date in the form of YYMMDDhhmm.
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public static function buildVersion():Int
var date:Date = Date.now();
//trace(date.getMonth() + 1); // +1 because the month is 0-11 range
//trace(10000 * date.getFullYear() + 100 * (date.getMonth() + 1) + date.getDate());
return 100000000 * date.getFullYear() + 1000000 * (date.getMonth() + 1) + 10000 * date.getDate() + 100 * date.getHours() + date.getMinutes();
But while writing that, I just realized that the max value of an integer is 2,147,483,647 so this will stop working in 2022...
Maybe we should just get YYMMDD or return a string instead of an int. I don't know what kind of value the AndroidManifest android:versionCode should be.
Anyway, here's a better way to organize that: there could be an option in the settings of ZGameEditor to choose what kind of versioning we want:
- Manual
- Automatic increment (which will add +1 at each compilation, very efficient too)
- Automatic date (YYMMDDhhmm)
What do you think of that? How do you guys manage your version number?


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WOW another year has come and gone. That was fast! Most of us are thinking about how we want 2015 to line up for us. I know I am thinking in those terms. I've started making my list of stuff to do, to experience. A few more books are on the drawing board for the coming year along with a few courses I'm putting together. I've added a garden and a move to my list too, along with new furniture and new friends. I love expansion of celebration energy.
I've got a few new things going on now for you too. See the picture above? It's a special special for you. I don't do autographed books that often but felt the nudge to put all five of these together in one autographed package to aid you in creating your year your way. That's important. Your way. Not the way someone tells you it should be, but the way you want to experience your very own life. It is your life after all and you have the say so about how it lines up for you. Go to Shift My Beliefs for that great deal. It will open in a new page so you can stay here and take part in something else that awesome! I'm going all out to inspire you to create on purpose.
OK, here is the next Awesome thing I have for you. I have 15 audio copies of I Can Fill This Space With Any Thing I Want Consciously Creating Life. Audible gave them to me for me to give to you. Audible asks that you leave a review after listening and I ask that you practice the principles in the book in the coming year. Now, how do you get a copy? Leave me a comment here. Look where it says, leave a comment, at the end of this post. Once you do that I will be able to email you with the code for the audio book. It's that easy.
Now honestly, the book is not going to jump up and transform your life. You get to do that. The book is simply a guideline on how to do it with gusto and fun. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and leave a comment. Say, Hey Donna.. I want a copy!
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Bismillahi Al-Rahman Al-Raheem
Would the Pope dare to attack Islam if the Islamic State – the Khilafah Rashidah – had been established?
The disbelieving colonialist West has not ceased to inject its poisonous hatred of Islam and the Muslims: a while back America desecrated the Noble Qur'an, then some journals in Denmark published cartoons mocking the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and upon his family and companions; this was blessed by other European publications and states, and today the Pope has initiated lies upon Islam and insulted its apex (Jihad).
Just as America had said that the intention behind the tearing and trampling upon of the pages of the Qur'an was not to dishonour the Qur'an, and just as Europe had said thereafter that the publications mocking the Messenger is merely freedom of speech, so today does the Pope say that the lie which he invented has nothing to it, that the matter is merely of the understanding of the Muslims who have not understood what was said by the Pope, the leader of the Catholic Church.
In this exposition, we do not intend to put forth the evidences for the truth of Islam and the falsehood of the Pope, because what he said – that Islam disregards the role of the intellect and that Jihad, the apex of Islam, is violence, blood and terrorism – itself carries the refutation to his claim. That the basis of the Islamic aqeedah (creed) is intellectual conviction is a matter well-known. Similarly Jihad in Islam is the effusion of life in the souls, the rays of justice and light (shining) through the oppression and darkness of the world; all of this is palpable and noticeable in the lands which Islam entered in the days of the Islamic conquests.
Rather, in this exposition, we will only ask two questions and deliver two messages; and we place these four in front of those who reflect, so that the falsehood may be made clear from the truth and the lies from the reality.
As for the first question: what is it that made the people of the far-reaching Islamic world to adopt Islam and to stay upon it, whilst the Qur'an clearly declares, "There is no compulsion in religion"? and the noble hadith announces,"Whosoever is upon Judaism or Christianity is not to be seduced therefrom"? What is it that made the (people of) the conquered lands leave their religion and adopt to the religion of the conquerors, and to hold on it by their molars, to carry and spread it and to defend it more faithfully than even the conquerors? We see and hear the Colonialist West, when it occupies a land, use all its power and might to force the people to carry its values and ideology, yet they curse it day and night until the occupation is removed, without the (people of) the occupied lands changing their religion.
Is not the answer that the cause of the adoption, by the (people of) the conquered lands, of Islam, and their protecting it, is the harmony of Islam with the innate nature of man and its accordance with the intellect? Here we may add a matter which amazes many people: that the governor of Morocco (Muhammad Nasir) in the era of the Abbasid Khilafah rejected the offer of the British King (John Lackland) in 1213 CE to accept Islam together with his kingdom, because the governor of Morocco realised that the King only offered to enter Islam on astonishment of the greatness of the Islamic State and not on his intellectual conviction of (the truth) of Islam!
As for the second question: would the Pope have dared to lie upon Islam and its aqeedah, and to defame Jihad, the apex of Islam, had the Khilafah of the Muslims been established? We remind the Pope of Islam and it greatness in early period of Islam and what followed. We remind him of Mu'tasim and (the city of) Umuriyyah, of Harun al-Rashid and Nicephorus, of Salah al-din and Richard the Lion-Heart, of Sulayman al-Qanuni and Louis of France, of the governor of Algeria and the payment of the jizyah by America to the Islamic State in 1795 CE, and of Abdul al-Hamid and Herzl and his British backers in 1901 CE. We remind him so that he may know that integrity and a sane intellect – if he does possess these – reject the taking advantage of the weakness of the Muslims to the end of spreading lies and causing doubts about Islam, it creed, civilization and its apex.
As for the two messages, the first is to the Muslims and particularly to those who are deceived by the cunning call of interfaith dialogue of which the Pope speaks. The reality of this call has become apparent: it is to weaken the value of Islam in the hearts of the Muslims and to create doubts in their aqeedah; it is not mere inquiry and examination to know the truth and follow it, to reject the falsehood and avoid it. The call for interfaith dialogue is a call against Islam and its people through the use of cunning and shrewd styles. Yet whilst they reinforce this deceptive call, prepare for it and exert effort, they will never achieve what they wish, bi idhn illah
بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِالْحَقِّ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ الْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ
"Nay! We cast the truth against the falsehood, so that it breaks its head, and lo! it vanishes; and woe to you for what you describe" [al-Anbiya': 18].
As for the second message, it is to the Pope and to all those Western rulers who blessed his call, and to all who insult Islam, the seal of the revealed messages: Allah has committed to protecting it,
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption)" [al-Hijr: 9].
Thus neither fabricated lies nor bribed calumnies, collusions, deceptions or deceit can harm any part of it; nay, Islam will remain, by the Will of Allah, lighting the darkness, its flame will never be extinguished; thus has Allah, the Wise, the all-Knowing, informed us:
يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِؤُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ
"They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths but Allah will perfect His light, though the unbelievers may be averse" [al-Saff: 8].
We end this exposition by two words:
1. Hizb ut-Tahrir challenges the Pope to a theological debate upon the rational basis, and the rational basis alone, so that the dawn may be made clear to those with eyes. The addresses of our Media Offices are published and known in all the lands in which we work; and for the Pope is the choice of time and place, as he wishes;
مَوْعِداً لَّا نُخْلِفُهُ نَحْنُ وَلَا أَنتَ مَكَاناً سُوًى
"An appointment not to be backed out, neither by us nor you – at an even place" [Ta Ha: 58].
2. We do not want an apology from the Pope, for he did not say what he said by mistake and without purpose, or out of ignorance; nay, he said it intentionally and knowingly, directly and not indirectly, and thus an apology is of no benefit.
It is obligatory that anyone who insults Islam, its Book and Messenger, or creates doubts in Jihad, its apex, not be allowed on Islamic land or be received in it, until the return to Islam of its State – the Khilafah Rashidah – which knows how to meet with its enemies, to protect the Islamic land and sky, to safeguard its territory and to raise the glory of its aqeedah, civilization and apex.
وَاللّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
"And Allah hath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it not" [Yusuf: 21]
24 Sha'ban 1427 AH
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At this point in the American food dialogue, we don't need to tell you that there's something wrong with our current system. You already know. Enough films have been made, enough articles written, enough organizations started to at least bring awareness to food-conscious people. We've learned about the perils of factory farming, despite the fact that we still rely on them. We're educated about the importance of organic farming practices, though we might still opt for conventional produce to save a couple bucks.
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Instead, we are highlighting the flip side of the sustainable food dialogue: the solutions. A new short film by Collectively called America's Shrinking Farms focuses on the latest ideas in food sustainability. We're talking beautiful and innovative vertical farms, cricket flour that makes protein-rich cookies and more. Check it out, the future is here. It's up to you to support it.


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Highly stable microtubular solid oxide fuel cells based on integrated electrolyte/anode hollow fibers
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The asymmetric YSZ hollow fibers have been prepared by a phase-inversion method, based on which, the integrated electrolyte/anode hollow fibers are fabricated via a vacuum-assisted impregnation of nickel nitrate. The content of NiO in the integrated hollow fibers enhances linearly from 0 to 42 wt.% with the impregnation cycles from 0 to 10. The porosity of the integrated electrolyte/anode hollow fibers decreases from 43% to 31% with the repeated impregnation and calcination of Ni catalyst. Its conductivity reaches up to 728 S cm−1 after 10 cycles of impregnation. And the mechanical strength of the integrated hollow fiber enhances from 128 to 156 MPa due to the increased NiO content. Based on the integrated electrolyte/anode hollow fibers, the prepared microtubular solid oxide fuel cells (MT-SOFCs) deliver a peak power density of 562 mW cm−2 after ten cycles of Ni impregnation. The cell stability has been verified in 40 thermal cycles with a steady OCV of 1.1 V and stable power density around 560 mW cm−2 operated at 800 °C.
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Germany's Leopard 2 Tank Was Considered One of the Best — Until It Went to Syria
Cold War tanks encounter 21st century tactics
Germany's Leopard 2 main battle tank has a reputation as one of the finest in the world, competing for that distinction with proven designs such as the American M-1 Abrams and the British Challenger 2. However, that reputation for nigh-invincibility has faced setbacks on Syrian battlefields, and placed Berlin in a uniquely awkward national-level dispute with Turkey, its fellow NATO member.
Ankara had offered to release a German political prisoner in exchange for Germany upgrading the Turkish army's older-model Leopard 2A4 tank, which had proven embarrassingly vulnerable in combat. On Jan. 24, public outrage over reports that Turkey was using its Leopard 2s to kill Kurdish fighters in the Syrian enclaves of Afrin and Manbij forced Berlin to freeze the hostage-for-tanks deal.
The Leopard 2 is often compared to its near contemporary, the M-1 Abrams. In truth, the two designs share broadly similar characteristics, including a scale-tipping weight of well over 60 tons of advanced composite armor, 1,500 horsepower engines allowing speeds over 40 miles per hour and, for certain models, the same 44-caliber 120-millimeter main gun produced by Rheinmetall.
Both types can easily destroy most Russian-built tanks at medium and long ranges, at which they are unlikely to be penetrated by return fire from standard 125-millimeter guns.
Furthermore, they have better sights with superior thermal imagers and magnification, that make them more likely to detect and hit the enemy first — historically, an even greater determinant of the victor in armored warfare than sheer firepower. A Greek trial found that moving Leopard 2s and Abramses hit a 2.3-meter target 19 and 20 times out of 20, respectively, while a Soviet T-80 scored only 11 hits.
Above — a U.S. M-1 Abrams tank and Leopard 2Avs during an exercise in Germany. U.S. Army photo. At top — a captured Turkish Leopard tank in Syria.
The modest differences between the two Western tanks reveal different national philosophies.
The Abrams has a noisy 1,500-horsepower gas-guzzling turbine, which starts up more rapidly, while the Leopard 2's diesel motor grants it greater range before refueling. The Abrams has achieved some of its extraordinary offensive and defensive capabilities through use of depleted uranium ammunition and armor packages — technologies politically unacceptable to the Germans.
Therefore, later models of the Leopard 2A6 now mount a higher-velocity 55-caliber gun to make up the difference in penetrating power, while the 2A5 Leopard introduced an extra wedge of spaced armor on the turret to better absorb enemy fire.
German scruples also extend to arms exports, with Berlin imposing more extensive restrictions on which countries it is willing to sell weapons to — at least in comparison to France, the United States or Russia. While the Leopard 2 is in service with 18 countries, including many NATO members, a lucrative Saudi bid for between 400 and 800 Leopard 2s was rejected by Berlin because of the Middle Eastern country's human-rights records, and its bloody war in Yemen in particular.
German leopard 2A6. U.S. Army photo
The Saudis instead ordered additional Abramses to their fleet of around 400.
This bring us to Turkey, a NATO country with which Berlin has important historical and economic ties, but which also has had bouts of military government and waged a counter-insurgency campaign against Kurdish separatists for decades. In the early 2000s, under a more favorable political climate, Berlin sold 354 of its retired Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ankara.
These represented a major upgrade over the less well protected M-60 Patton tanks that make up the bulk of Turkey's armored forces.
However, the rumor has long persisted that Berlin agreed to the sale under the condition that the German tanks not be used in Turkey's counter-insurgency operations against the Kurds. Whether such an understanding ever existed is hotly contested, but the fact remains that the Leopard 2 was kept well away from the Kurdish conflict and instead deployed in northern Turkey, opposite Russia.
In the fall of 2016, Turkish Leopard 2s of the Second Armored Brigade finally deployed to the Syrian border to support Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkey's intervention against Islamic State. Prior to the Leopard's arrival, around a dozen Turkish Patton tanks were destroyed by both ISIS and Kurdish missiles. Turkish defense commentators expressed the hope that the tougher Leopard would fare better.
The 2A4 model was the last of the Cold War – era Leopard 2s, which were designed to fight in relatively concentrated units in a fast-paced defensive war against Soviet tank columns, not to survive improvised explosive devices and missiles fired by ambushing insurgents in long-term counter-insurgency campaigns where every single loss was a political issue.
The 2A4 retains an older boxy turret configurations which affords less protection from modern anti-tank missiles, especially to the generally more vulnerable rear and side armor, which is a bigger problem in a counter-insurgency environment, where an attack may come from any direction.
This was shockingly illustrated in December 2016 when evidence emerged that numerous Leopard 2s had been destroyed in intense fighting over Islamic State-held Al Bab — a fight that Turkish military leaders described as a "trauma," according to Der Spiegel. A document published online listed Islamic State as apparently having destroyed 10 of the supposedly invincible Leopard 2s — five reportedly by anti-tank missiles, two by mines or IEDs, one to rocket or mortar fire, and the others to more ambiguous causes.
These photos analyzed by Bellingcat confirm the destruction of at least eight. One shows a Leopard 2 apparently knocked out by a suicide VBIED — an armored kamikaze truck packed with explosives. Another had its turret blown clean off. Three Leopard wrecks can be seen around the same hospital near Al Bab, along with several other Turkish armored vehicles.
It appears the vehicles were mostly struck the more lightly protected belly and side armor by IEDs and AT-7 Metis and AT-5 Konkurs anti-tank missiles. Undoubtedly, the manner in which the Turkish Army employed the German tanks likely contributed to the losses.
Rather than using them in a combined arms force alongside mutually supporting infantry, they were deployed to the rear as long-range fire-support weapons while Turkish-allied Syrian militias stiffened with Turkish special forces led the assaults. Isolated on exposed firing positions without adequate nearby infantry to form a good defensive perimeter, the Turkish Leopards were vulnerable to ambushes.
The same poor tactics have led to the loss of numerous Saudi Abrams tanks in Yemen, as you can see in this video.
A Danish soldier guides a Leopard 2 during an exercise in Germany. U.S. Army photo
By contrast, more modern Leopard 2s have seen quite a bit of action in Afghanistan combating Taliban insurgents in the service of the Canadian 2A6Ms — with enhanced protection against mines and even floating "safety seats" — and Danish 2A5s. Though a few were damaged by mines, all were put back into service, though a Danish Leopard 2 crew member was mortally injured by an IED attack in 2008.
In return, field commanders praised the tanks for their mobility and for providing accurate and timely fire support during major combat operations in southern Afghanistan.
In 2017, Germany began rebuilding its tank fleet, building an even beefier Leopard 2A7V model more likely to survive in a counter-insurgency environment. Now Ankara is pressing Berlin to upgrade the defense on its Leopard 2 tanks, especially as the domestically produced Altay tank has been repeatedly delayed.
The German Leopard 2A7. Photo via Wikimedia
The Turkish military not only wants additional belly armor to protect against IEDs, but the addition of an Active Protection System, or APS, that can detect incoming missiles and their point of origin, and jam or even shoot them down. The U.S. Army recently authorized the installation of Israeli Trophy APS on a brigade of M-1 Abrams tanks, a type that has proven effective in combat.
Meanwhile, Leopard 2 manufacturer Rheinmetall has unveiled its own ADATS APS, which supposedly poses a lesser risk of harming friendly troops with its defensive countermeasure missiles.
However, German-Turkish relations deteriorated sharply, especially after Erdogan initiated a prolonged crackdown on thousands of supposed conspirators after a failed military coup attempt in August 2016. In February 2017, Turkish authorities arrested German-Turkish dual-citizen Deniz Yücel, a correspondent for periodical Die Welt, ostensibly for being a pro-Kurdish spy. His detention caused outrage in Germany.
Ankara pointedly let it be known that if a Leopard 2 upgrade were allowed to proceed, Yücel would be released back to Germany. Though Berlin publicly insisted it would never agree to such a quid pro quo, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel quietly began moving towards authorizing the upgrade in a bid to improve relations in the face of what looks suspiciously like tank-based blackmail. Gabriel presented the deal as a measure to protect Turkish soldiers' lives from Islamic State.
The Turkish government has confirmed deploying German #Leopard tanks against the Kurdish #YPG in Syria (#Afrin). Reports of their use in the offensive on the Kurdish-held Afrin region had provoked heated debate in Germany. https://t.co/rZN1AUsXAy via @dwnews pic.twitter.com/viNsjx4jrH
— Kaveh Ghoreishi (@KavehGhoreishi) January 30, 2018
However, in mid-January 2018, Turkey launched an offensive against the Kurdish enclaves of Afrin and Manbij in northwestern Syria. The attack was precipitated generally by Turkish fears that effective Kurdish control of the Syrian border would lead to a de facto state that would expand into Turkish territory, and proximately by an announcement by the Pentagon that it was recruiting the Kurds to form a "border security force" to continue the fight against Islamic State.
Photos on social media soon emerged showing that Leopard 2 tanks were being employed to blast Kurdish positions in Afrin, where there have several dozen civilian casualties have been reported. Furthermore, on Jan. 21, the Kurdish YPG published a YouTube video showing a Konkurs anti-tank missile striking a Turkish Leopard 2.
It is not possible to tell if the tank was knocked out; the missile may have struck the Leopard 2's front armor, which is rated as equivalent to 590 to 690 millimeters of rolled homogenous armor on the 2A4, while the two types of Konkurs missiles can penetrate 600 or 800 millimeters of RHA.
In any event, parliamentarians both from German left-wing parties and Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union reacted with outrage, with a member of the latter describing the Turkish offensive as a violation of international law. On Jan. 25, the Merkel administration was forced to announce that an upgrade to the Leopard 2 was off the table, at least for now.
Ankara views the deal as merely postponed, and cagey rhetoric from Berlin suggests it may return to the deal at a more politically opportune time.
This article originally appeared at The National Interest.


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With its unique and scrumptious food, the news spread like wildfire, and everyone in Amoy Street started making a beeline for it. Soon, their hard work was brought to light and they were rewarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand. And everyone lived happily ever after. Just kidding.
If you haven't already heard, A Noodle Story sells the one-of-a-kind Singapore-style ramen. Its unique dish makes it stand out from its competitors even though it's located at the renowned Amoy Street Food Centre. If there is anything I have to say about the hawker stall owners, it's dedication. With their humble beginnings, it is clear why customers just keep coming to this food stall — its consistency. Every dish is made wholeheartedly by the hawkers, ensuring that every bit of ingredient is cooked to perfection.
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This bowl looks deceivingly like a ramen, but it's everything you would want from a typical Singaporean bowl of noodles. It is actually Hong Kong wanton noodles, sprinkled with dried shrimp powder, which gave the noodles more flavour. The Japanese ramen part about this would have to be the egg, and I meant the egg. It is the Japanese marinated soft boiled egg usually found inside a ramen. The egg yolk is runny as expected. The potato-crisp-covered prawn was unexpectedly tasty, as its crispiness on the outside gives the dull prawn the magic touch it needed. Of course, there is also the pork meat inside the bowl of noodles, like any other ramen has, which is both juicy and delectable.
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Getting to Discover Some Of The Best Restaurants In Myrtle Beach
People like going to a one-stop shop to buy everything. People don't like moving around looking for items. Everyone should think about going to Myrtle beach. Myrtle the beach has hotels that have delicious seafood that makes one come back for more. A a person cannot quickly decide what to eat due to different food varieties. Sea food is the most common type of food. Various restaurants are found at Myrtle beach some arguably known throughout the globe.
One such hotel is the Calabash which is known worldwide. Murriels Inlet is another such hotel well versed in South Carolina. A wide range of delicacies is found at the Grand Strand, so one doesn't need to look any further. Places one can enjoy the night off are also available with the long range of entertainment joints which are eye-catching, and at any time one is in need of a bite the ever available dinners are at one's disposal. They are outlined below.
Italian food is known throughout the divide. If one visits Myrtle beach then one should make a point of visiting Rossi's. Geographically it is placed next to a strip mall. The good service at Rossies makes one always desire to be back. Once inside their you come across an Italian sense of style. All the varieties of Italian dishes one has ever come across are here such as Lasagne.ossobuco and linguini. They then top it up with beef and meat. Its location makes it the best if one feels the need to spend the night out.
Another restaurant is the Library which people love and cherish. Anyone visiting would always be back for more . It started in 1974 and since then it has been functional. Some of its menus are such as Steak Diane and Strip Au Poivre . There is everything for everyone offered at the Library. Mr.Seafood and Grill is a restaurant offering various seafood gotten out of the sea recently. The restaurant required space, and thus it moved . It has so many sorts of seafood such as Crab cakes, Fish tacos, crab soup and shrimps, and groups.
Collector's caf? is unique in that it is also a museum. Famous delicacies are such as Yellow fish tuna, Crabmeat, and Cuts of beef. An art gallery is there to set a passionate mood for the customers. Another restaurant is the SeaBlue Restaurant and wine bar which is located on the grand strand.There are the presence kinds of seafood to choose from.
The Grain Normans Australian Grille has been found to be a passionate place. They are watery mouth delicacies found in Australia. Other Restaurants to watch out for are such as Sea Captains house, Frank's restaurant and Bistro 90.


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The NM Museum of Art in collaboration with the O'Keeffe Museum invites you to attend Here and There: Modernism Everywhere!
Celebrate the Fall of Modernism with two art museums.
Go on a treasure hunt that paves the path to two museums. Make art, look at art, have fun. There will be hands-on art activities, artist demonstrations, gallery games, and plenty of opportunities to explore the museums at your own pace.
Enjoy music by multi-instrumentalist, Charles Simon. Charles plays drums, guitar and piano Hip Hop and R& B Style with a jazz twist.
Admission to the NM Museum of Art is free.
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Last Updated: April 01, 2006
This article appeared in the April 2006 Rural Policy Matters.
Iowa's small school districts are an "achievement blessing" that should play an important role in the state's strategy to improve education and they should be "intentionally supported" in the state's school funding system, according to a new report by the Rural School and Community Trust.
The study, More Doesn't Mean Better: Larger High Schools and More Courses Do Not Boost Student Achievement in Iowa High Schools, concludes that consolidating these small districts would not likely improve achievement, because they already perform as well as larger districts and reduce the impact of poverty on student achievement.
Several public officials and business leaders in Iowa have proposed closing smaller high schools. Some suggest requiring a minimum enrollment of 200 students while others suggest the minimum should be 400 students. The state's leading newspaper, the Des Moines Register, has endorsed consolidation as well.
The study analyzed test scores, curriculum, and demographic data from high schools below and above each of those enrollment numbers and found a consistent trend. Districts with high schools below 200 produce a slightly higher — but not statistically significant — percentage of students who scored "proficient" on math and reading tests than did larger districts. Yet these smaller districts offered fewer courses (28% fewer credits), and on average served a population that was lower in income. The median family income in these districts is more than $4,000 lower than in larger districts; the rate of eligibility for free and reduced school lunches is 9.5% higher; and, the percentage of adults with college degrees was six percentage points lower. All of these differences were statistically significant.
The analysis comparing districts with fewer than 400 high schoolers with those that were larger produced similar results except that the difference in federally subsidized meal rate was not statistically significant.
Another analysis found that reading and math proficiency levels are not influenced by the number of high school credits offered. To the extent there is any effect, it is mildly negative — the more credits offered, the lower the test scores — but the relationship is not statistically significant. (See graph in RPM 8.3, March 2006, p. 1).
The study also compared the statistical correlation between the level of poverty in a district and the test scores in that district — poverty's "power rating." For districts with high schools under 200, poverty levels were weakly correlated to test scores, statistically explaining only 8% of the variance in achievement in both reading and math. But for larger districts, poverty levels explained 23% of the variance in reading achievement and 31% of the variance in math achievement.
When the 400-high-school-student cutoff was used, poverty's power rating in the smaller districts was 8% and 10% for reading and math, compared to a whopping 42% and 52% in the larger districts.
Depending on the test measure and the size cut off, smaller districts cut poverty's power over achievement by 65% to 81%.
Finally, the study used regression analysis to measure how reading and math proficiency varied with other factors across the entire range of school sizes, not comparing one group to another. The results were consistent with the earlier findings.
There was no statistically significant relationship between district enrollment and achievement, but there was a statistically strong relationship between poverty levels and achievement. The larger the district, the more magnified were the negative effects of poverty over student achievement, and the smaller the district, the more poverty's effects were muted.
These results suggest that increased district size in Iowa will increase poverty's power over student achievement in Iowa's schools and widen the achievement gap between wealthier and poorer students.
The complete study is available here.
Read more from the April 2006 Rural Policy Matters.


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Star of the Sea Reserve
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Dartmouth, MA 02748
Dartmouth, MA 02748
Puddle Jumpers gives preschoolers a safe space to explore the natural world through guided hikes, nature play, and getting outdoors! During this program hosted in collaboration with the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, a Buttonwood Park Zoo educator will meet the group at different DNRT locations each week and lead a 50-minute nature exploration activity.
This week's Puddle Jumpers will meet at Star of the Sea Reserve.
Registration required for each class. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Backpack babies welcome to accompany older siblings.
Cost: $14/class DNRT & BPZoo members, $22/class non-members
For more information:
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Rare 3 bedroom end unit Townhouse in desirable Wrightsville Place. Close to beaches, shopping, restaurants, bike path, UNCW and more! 3 bedroom/2bath with vaulted ceilings, wood burning fireplace, back deck and storage. Spacious Master Bedroom. Wood floors in living room, dining room and first floor bedroom. Updated kitchen and cabinets. Community pool and clubhouse waiting to be enjoyed on summer days! HOA includes maintenance of streets, master insurance, maintenance of common areas, street lights, pest control fees.
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Could this be the casting to reignite the Fantastic Four?
Hot on the heels of conducting press for A Quiet Place, actor/director John Krasinski has spoken of his desire to play Mr. Fantastic - the leading member of Marvel's first family, the Fantastic Four - on the big screen.
Speaking to ScreenRant, the actor (who has also starred in the films Letherheads and 13 Hours) said that while he "didn't read comics as a kid", he is "a huge superhero fan" and would "love" to play a part in any future comic book production, if not the Fantastic Four specifically.
In recent months, both Krasinski and fellow actor Emily Blunt have been optioned by fans for the parts of Reed Richards and Sue Storm respectively. The pair, who are also married in real life, have recently completed their first live action collaboration together in A Quiet Place, Paramount's new horror that is earning praise right across the board.
In any case, while Krasinski may indeed be enthusiastic to star in a future Fantastic Four film, there's the little matter of the Disney/Fox merger to be approved first. That, and while the Four have been a fan-favourite group in the comics for decades, their live action appearances haven't inspired the same kind of reception from mainstream audiences, which may or may not complicate any potential FF reboot going forward.
Still, there's no denying that Krasinski and Blunt would both suit the superhero genre. The pair have come close to making their own Marvel entrances in the past, but while they ultimately weren't meant to be, the Fantastic Four could represent the perfect opportunity to see them team up in the MCU proper.
Do you think John Krasinski is a good pick for Mr. Fantastic? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!
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After a somewhat lukewarm reception at the Toronto Film Festival, Dan Gilroy stepped back into the editing room to reshape his sophomore feature Roman J. Israel Esq., cutting out nearly fifteen minutes and reordering many scenes. The resulting film, though, shows no signs of last minute tinkering. In many ways, Roman J. Israel Esq. feels like a companion piece to Gilroy's first feature Nightcrawler. Where Nightcrawler followed the rise of Louis Bloom, an unscrupulous immoral shark, Roman J. Israel Esq., charts the fall of the titular Roman, a principled moral beacon. Each man represents opposite extremes of the moral code – and both films detail how each strive to achieve success and the effects (or lack thereof) it has on their character.
Roman (Denzel Washington), a brilliant but socially maladroit lawyer, suddenly finds himself out of work when his charismatic partner dies from a heart attack. Left with no job and no money, Roman struggles with whether he can hang onto his ideals especially when offered a position at a commercially driven law firm.
In the following interview with Dan Gilroy, he discusses re-editing Roman J. Israel Esq. after the Toronto screening, the moral message behind the film, and settling on the name Roman J. Israel. For the full interview, watch above.
And here's a full list of what's discussed:
- How did Gilroy come up with the name Roman J Israel Esq.?
- What did he learn after the Toronto premiere and how did Roman J. Israel Esq. change afterwards?
- Was it a conscious choice to make a film with a character on the opposite moral spectrum as Louis Bloom (Nightcrawler)?
- Can a person be both moral and successful?
- Does Gilroy have an optimistic view of society and people at large?
- Is there a difference for Gilroy between writing something he's directing vs. a film he's not?
- How much did the finished Kong: Skull Island change from his initial draft?


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斗 dǒu unit of weight; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; ten sheng
Number of strokes: 4
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Different tone都 dōu (all) 豆 dòu (bean)
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Proverbs凡人不可貌相, 海水不可斗量 fán rén bù kě mào xiàng, hǎi shuǐ bù kě dòu liàng Judging by appearance is dangerous
龙争虎斗 lóng zhēng hǔ dòu Struggle between two equal leaders
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量 rén bù kě mào xiàng, hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng First appearances can be deceptive
车载斗量 chē zài dǒu liáng Huge quantity. A very large number. Overabundant.
不为五斗米折腰 bù wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo Refusing inducements to betray a principles. Incorruptible. The story is of a man who refused to work for a corrupt and arrogant official even though he lost out on a generous salary.
困兽犹斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu Desperate measures to keep going. To fight like a cornered animal.
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Artist Names: Nate Levesque
Business Name: Nate Levesque Photography
Located: Hampden, ME
I am a photographer based in Hampden, Maine. I have lived in Maine all my life and have found inspiration in the beautiful landscapes and seascapes of this great state. I have always been drawn to creative outlets, whether it is music, design, or photography. Not only have I felt a strong connection with photography, but it has also changed the way I see the world around me.


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Bardouille speaks to the effectiveness of Daspa Training- December 4, 2018
Chief Executive Officer of the Dominica Air and Sea Port Authority (DASPA) Benoit Bardouille said the aim of DASPA is to protect passengers and Dominica's borders.
Mr. Bardouille made this statement while addressing participants of the Screener Certification Training on Monday 3rd December, 2018.
Mr. Bardouille said the Screener Certification Training will assist screeners on duty at various points of entry.
"From the board to the last person operating at the airport, we want to ensure the public is safe," Mr. Bardouille stated.
Mr. Bardouille said screening of passengers moving through the ports of entry in Dominica is a critical component in protecting Dominica's borders.
Mr. Bardouille said the aim of the training is to enhance the screener's performance.
"As a result the effectiveness of the screening done at the ports of entry is to detect threat objects and to intercept anything that is not in compliance with the law," Mr. Bardouille said.
The Screener Certification Training is being conducted by Arthnel Jordan, from the Ministry of St. Kitts & Nevis Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Aviation.
The training began on Monday 3rd December and will end on Friday 7th December, 2018 at the training room of DASPA.


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Type transaction Vermietung
Produkttyp Keller
Wohnfläche5 m²
Miete145 €
Gebäude Le Millefiori
DistrictMonte-Carlo (Monaco)
Located in a building right in the center of the principality (security 24 hours), you may rent storage spaces at different sizes!
Mietzahlung jährlich im vorraus - Preis ist grössenbedingt
This document does not form part of any offer or contract. All measurements, areas and distances are approximate. The information and plans contained herein are believed to be correct, however, their accuracy is not guaranteed. The photographs show only certain parts of the property at the time they were taken. This offer is subject to change of price or other conditions, without prior notice.


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Preparing for an Initial Meeting with a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Lawyer in Montgomery AL
With the economic downturn, many individuals are finding themselves dealing with unemployment, underemployment, outsourcing, increasing interest rates, and rising consumer prices. This can result in a person owing more money than he has come into his household. When you find yourself in this situation, it can be overwhelming. To find financial relief and get a fresh start in life, consider visiting with a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy lawyer in Montgomery, AL. Use the following guidelines to prepare for an initial meeting.
Before you see a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy lawyer, ensure that you completely and honestly fill out all client forms. Return these to the law office at least a week before your meeting. This will give the lawyer a chance to review them. Wear the right clothing. You don't have to buy new clothes. However, avoid wearing clothing that is tattered or dirty. Use your best manners when interacting with the lawyer or a member of his staff.
Because the lawyer will probably have limited time for your meeting, ensure that your documents are organized. You can purchase inexpensive folders to sort these items. Label the folders with bold letters. You will be asked to provide your contact information, social security number, marital status, number of people in your household, place of employment, and income. You should bring all correspondence between you and creditors. Also, provide copies of your tax returns for the past three years, recent bank statements, and proof of real estate ownership. Ask the support staff of your bankruptcy lawyer for a full list of details to provide.
When you talk to your bankruptcy lawyer, he will want to know who you are and what your spending habits are. He will also inquire about problems that have kept you from meeting obligations to your creditors. This will enable him to form a better view of your situation. It will also allow him to prepare your case to be presented to a bankruptcy court.
Being eligible for a legal status such as bankruptcy requires you to prove your inability to pay your current debts. By organizing your information, your lawyer can evaluate your situation in an easy manner. For more information on bankruptcy services, please talk to an expert like the ones at David Weston, Attorney At Law. This firm can handle many kinds of debt solutions. You can also visit their Google+ page for more information.


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Creating modern classics since 1901, The Royal Enfield is an Indian motorcycle company best known for their 'Bullet' manufacturing. Having a long lasting legacy of manufacturing rugged mountain motorcycles, Royal Enfield is now coming up with 'The Twins'.
The Twins Family will now feature two lean mean machines the 'Continental GT' and the 'Interceptor'. Royal Enfield confirmed the news by displaying the twins in 2017 Rider Mania. While both bikes had debuted earlier in November at the 2017 EICMA event in Milan, this is the first time they have been showcased in India. The 650 Twin is the rebirth of Royal Enfield's legendary parallel twin cylinder engine. And it's driving two Royal Enfield classic motorcycles – the Interceptor and the Continental GT.
Check out the Royal Enfield 650 Twins Story here:
Let's check out what to look forward to in both the beasts.
The Interceptor:
Easy Like Sunday Mornings – says Royal Enfield
Royal Enfield Interceptor is the return of one of Royal Enfield's Classic motorcycles. The new Interceptor takes us down through our memory lanes with its charm that made it a legend.
Engine Displacement: 648cc
Gears: 6-Speed
Fuel Type: Petrol
No. of Cylinders: 2
Costs: INR 3,50,000 (Cost may vary depending on city/state)
The Royal Enfield Interceptor will be available in 4 colors, check out:
The Continental GT:
Welcome back, Rock 'n Roll – says Royal Enfield
The all new Continental GT 650 Twin is a progression to the Continental GT 535 and Continental GT 250, the original Royal Enfield British cafe racer.
Engine Displacement: 648cc
Gears: 6-Speed
Fuel Type: Petrol
No. of Cylinders: 2
Costs: INR 4,25,000 (Cost may vary depending on city/state)
The Continental GT 650 will be available in 4 color variants, check out:
We certainly look forward to the launch of these Royal Enfield 650 Twins and we wish they bring on some super fun on the road.
In the end, as it is rightly said,
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Travelling is a wonderful adventure. All sorts of people love to travel around their country or the world. Travel attracts people to explore the world and the diversity of other people and culture. The travel and hospitability industries have now become dynamic and enormous industries. These industries offer wonderful things for everyone who loves to travel.
There are several different kinds of hotels and resorts available around the world. These hotels and resorts can satisfy and interest a travel's need. People planning to take a holiday or trip have several things to consider before the actual travel begins. Accommodation is one vital thing all travellers need to consider. Some travellers book their accommodation in advance while some may only find accommodation when they arrive at their destination. Many people nowadays choose to use the service of a travel agent to make their bookings and select a good accommodation package.
If a lodging booking is not made in advance, the traveller's first priority is to find a good accommodation upon his / her arrival. There are many King Island accommodation packages that are available for travellers to choose from. If the traveller has a small budget he or she can find ways to bargain and reduce the accommodation rate.
• Newly opened hotels or resorts – some of the best hotels or resorts are the ones that have opened newly. These hotels are modern, new and clean. Since these new hotels or resorts need to attract clients they tend to offer accommodation at low rates.
• Special offers or last minute deals – during holiday seasons, many hotels offer great last minute deals that are discounted. Staying in accommodations that offer these special deals will help save money and help stay within your budget limit. Sometimes these special offers can be given through the hotel site, a travel agency or even a credit card company can offer these deals.
• Opaque travel inventory – these are unsold rooms in hotels that are found mostly in developed countries. These unsold rooms use an online method for people to bid on these room rates. People using this service will be able to only know where the place and the price of the accommodation is but not the name of the hotel till the end of it. This is usually done through online bidding system which allows hotels to fill in these unsold rooms with new clients.
Choosing the right accommodation place during your travel is very important for your safety reasons. It is important to remember to always check the area round the accommodation place before making any advance booking.


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This Finnish pilot pulled it off.
Key Point: This was the best training experience the Finns could ask for.
On March 17, 2017 in the Atlantic, a fighter jet landed onto the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The only difference this time was that the pilot was Finnish, not American.
Capt. Juha "Stallion" Jarvinen's landing was the first landing on an aircraft carrier by a Finnish air force pilot in history, according to the U.S. Navy. Jarvinen was flying a U.S. Marine F/A-18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 as part of a pilot exchange program — also a first between the U.S. Marines and the Finnish air force.
"It was pretty intense," Jarvinen said according to a U.S. Navy news release. "I was extremely happy because I knew I actually caught the wire when I felt the sensation of rapidly slowing down, but at the same time I was a little disappointed because I caught the second wire and not the third."
Nimitz-class aircraft carriers — with two exceptions, the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush — have four arresting wires, or cables. Catching the third cable is safest, but the snagging the second one isn't bad.
The landing is interesting because Finland, like neighboring Sweden, is an officially neutral country and is not part of NATO, and the country during most of the post-war era navigated a fine line between East and West. That is still true, mostly.
"At the moment, to have Finland and Sweden forming this militarily non-aligned zone, I think that increases the security and stability in the Baltic Sea region … I see no reason to change this," Finland's center-right Prime Minister Juha Sipila told Reuters in December 2017.
However, in recent years Finland's military has participated in more joint military exercises with NATO countries — the first pilot exchange program with the U.S. Marines being a case in point. Finland is making plans for a large-scale joint exercise in Finnish territory with Sweden and the United States as early as 2020.


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My initial review of this book was just two words: "What" and "the", arranged in a sentence with a leetle question mark after it, like so.
What the?
I still feel it's an appropriate response to reading this book. If this wasn't your response, at least subconsciously, I worry for your mental health. I really do.
This book was super weird, and super gross. And funny. But also violent and horrible. It is many things at once, and they all combine to do things to your brain. Is it fantasy? Is it horror? Is it the fever dream of a Franciscan monk from the year 1525 who got all high and then fell asleep while doodling in his illuminated manuscripts? Yes, it is all of those things!
I don't want to explain about any of the plot, other than to say it involves a little orphaned girl, a very mysterious library, and lots of gross murder stuff. Also LIONS AS CHARACTERS WITH ACTUAL CHARACTER ARCS THEY WERE MY FAVORITE. And did I mention the black humor? Scott Hawkins must be a twisted sort of motherfucker. But I liked it?
There you go, "It was gross, and I liked it." Sums up the book.
Honestly, I still kind of can't believe this is his first book. It was super sure of itself in its weirdness, and it went places I've never seen another book go.
So, without spoiling anything, read this if you like dark fantasy edging towards horror, dark humor, don't mind violence (violence that is always serving the plot, and is never gratuitous), and would like some nice new fuel for your nightmares.
Also LIONS.


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An event every day that begins at 2:00 pm, repeating until June 30, 2019
The Sioux Nation Challenge is the 4th race in the Tour of Champions which includes 14 races in Wyoming, Washington, Montana, South Dakota and Oregon. The championship race is in Walla Walla, WA on September 20-22. Up to 18 teams with 7 team members and 120 horses from as far away as Canada participate in this colorful exciting event. The relay races bring with them Native American dancers, drummers, color guard and vendors. A Friday Friday night BBQ is being planned at a Fort Pierre location as a kick off.