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What are jinn's?
How they look like?
Are they like us?
How fast they can move?
What kind of nature they posses?
Are they all alike?
Interaction of Jinn's with Physical bodies like human, animals etc.
Can Jinn's can do Physical work?
Jinn are one of the creation of Almighty Allah. Almighty Allah stated in Sura Rehman ; in verse [55:15] "And the jinns We created from a smokeless flame of fire".
According to my research, Jinns are made from some kind of Photons or some thing more beyond then what science have on their spectrum because As Allah Almighty said that We have made the jinns from the smoke less fire, and we all know that fire is made from photons or rays of different frequencies emitted when charged electrons jump from higher orbit to lower one. So the Jinns are made up of some kind of rays which our science is still handicap to discover it. And there are infinitive proofs and incidents that Jinns do exists in this world and they do live with us from which we are unaware.
They have exquisite and elegant bodies like thick smoke. They also have the nature to mold them selves according to the place e.g. like water acquires the shape of the container.
They are not like human beings in appearance because as Almighty Allah has mentioned in the Holy Quran that, " the jinns We created from a smokeless flame of fire", so there is a question does fire has any posture.
They have tall heights ( e.g. 15 feet but it varies as which species they belong to), their eyes are like unripe mango shape with iris like cat eyes and etc.
When the Jinns are made out of fire and fire is invisible as according to my first point, so that is a very logical reason that we can't see them. They have different sect, races, casts and tribes as well like Human however human beings are all alike in their structure on the contrary Jinns have different species which are different in their structure e.g. some jinns live in seas and rivers
The female Jinni, after their age of puberty, can bear children after every three month. They can give birth 40 jinns at a time. So guess how rapidly they reproduce every year. More interestingly the Jinn's child can walk after one hour of his/her birth.
They can move very fast let me give an example; they can travel around the world in a flip of an eye. If you read Sura Al-Naml you will find lots of things their about jinns too.
They have different natures with different level of understanding, every jinns does not have common sense. They will do what they are told to do, nothing more or less. They also don't have patience's like Humans. They are always in hastiness and hurry.
Their are two main groups of Jinns, of different belief and ethics, one of them are Holy Jinns (Sunni Muslim Jinns) and others are Evil Jinns. The Holy Jinns does not harm any one at all unless someone does not molest them and they keep them selves busy in the worship of Almighty Allah and pray Durood on His Holy Prophet Mohammad sallal laahu alaihi wasallam On the opposite side the Evil Jinns vex and do harm to people. Let's not go in so much detail at the moment.
Yes there is interaction between Jinns and the human bodies. There is a huge logic behind this. Yes Jinns can perform physical work and the most bright example of this is Jinns are the Ummat (nation/followers) of Prophet Sulaiman a.s. And Jinns used to carry Sulaiman's r.a. throne, we think this is a very logical proof of Jinns doing physical work. And this interaction is still there in 21st century. To find out more about Jinns contact us and discover more.
In the name of Almighty Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful
All the praise and thanks be to Almighty Allah, the (only) Originator (or the (only) creator) of the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels messengers with wing, two or three or four. He increases in creation what he wills, verily, Allah is Able to do all things.
[35:01] Al Qur'an
There is no doughty and a universal truth in this phenomenon, that every mater on this face & seven layers of the earth and in the seven layers of skies are created with logic and planning of Almighty Allah. In the Holy Quran Almighty Allah mentioned. So this explains that Allah Almighty is a Sovereign power which is a superior in command over humans, Jinns, Angels and all other 18,000 creatures formed as referenced in Holy book of Quran.
He is the one who created this earth and seven skies in six days and all in between them. [Al Qur'an
Scientist of this world explains and agreed upon this phenomenon that every thing is made up of atom which is a smallest practical of an element discovered until now. These positively charged protons, neutral neutrons and negatively charged revolving electrons are the main source for the existence of a matter. Which has infinite life. But according to Holy Quran each and every thing in this universe and beyond a human's imagination will definitely die and all bow in front of their Lord only Allah Almighty. So, this means the scientist as proclaimed that (Neutrons and Protons, which have infinite life) will also be finish on a specific time. So this gives that conclusion that all living things will have a definite end.
In a famous book "Bahqi Shuaib Al Eyman" Hazrat Jaber (Rdai-Allah) (Companion of Holy Prophet Mohammed) narrated that Holy Prophet Mohammed (May peace be upon him) says;
When Almighty Allah created Prophet Adam
(Mercy of Allah be upon him)
Angels' asked Almighty Allah, the secret and the logic behind this marvelous creation and said
O lord! You created those who eat and drink, do copulation,
And ride; reward them with your bounties in world and for us bounties in futurity,
The Lord All Respectable says,
No! I'll not do to those, whom I created by my hands and blow with my soul. Its example is similar to that I say KUN (Be) and FAYA'KUN (at once its being) created.
From this Hadith, it is confirmed that the birth of angels is not in similar phases as human's development. Where as the birth of human is divided into various phases. First, the sand ferment. Then the picture formed. And in last phase the sole pored. Or in other words initially it was semen, and then it converted into a drop of blood, and then a piece of flash. This converts into vital parts of the body, which relates to the formation of face and finally in last the sole pored. Where as, on the other hand angels were formed by the pronouncing of word "KUN" (Be).
Are They Like Us?
Holy Prophet Mohammed (May peace be upon him) says,
The angels were created by divine light and Jinns are made up of from fire, in which the smoke is added up. And Adam (May Allah be bless him) is made up of which is already explained (i.e., black sand, white sand and red sand).
It is very difficult to understand for a common person to visualized how the angels really look like.As Muslims, we have a blind faith in oneness of Almighty Allah, In Prophet Mohammed ( SallAllah Hoalihawasalum) and the Holy Quran and the creation in between it is very difficult to answer specifically, or to identify (any object) as angels. Yes! it's true that these angels and all other creations are visible to Prophets and Saint's of Almighty Allah and existing and alive example of Baba Tajuddin Aulia r.a., and Amma Bibi Marium Taji Waliya r.a.
But still to convince you, and to give you 'an angle of vision' how the angel's appeared in this visible world supported herewith an Hadith which highlights this prospect.
Hazrat Jaber Bin Abdullah (Companion of Holy Prophet Mohammed) narrated that Holy Prophet Mohammed (May peace be upon him) says,
O Jaber! There is no doubt about this, that before creating any thing else Allah Almighty created your Prophet ( Prophet Mohammed's s.a.w.s) divine light. When He decide to create all the universes, He divided this divine light into four portions. From the first portion He created PEN (Al-Qa'lam), from the second portion He created the table (Lau'h-o) on which the destinies of the world, since its creation are written. And from third portion He created the throne of God.
Then from the fourth portion again four portions sub divided. From this first portion created the labors angels of "Arsh" (empyrean), from second created the chair, and from third portion of divine created the rest of the angels.
Allama Qassi mentioned in his book "Mutaliah Al Musrat" mentioned that Imam Asharay (Companion of Holy Prophet Mohammed) narrated that,
No doubt! Almighty Allah is a Divine light (Nur), without any competition and splendor. And Prophet Mohammed (May Peace be upon Him) soul is innocent and shine of His (Allah's) divine light and the angels are made from the sparks of Divine light, of Holy Prophet Mohammed (May Peace be upon Him).
Holy Prophet Mohammed (May Peace be upon Him) says, that at first Almighty Allah created my divine light (Nur) then from my divine light Allah created every thing.
Abu Al Sheikh narrates from Hazrat Akrama that he receives this information
No doubt! Angels are created from
Almighty Allah's Divine light (Nur).
Most probably, apprehension of this explanation which is related to Ammer Al Momamaneen (The fourth Caliph) Sayeedna Ali (Companion of Holy Prophet Mohammed).
"Ruhh" is a name of an Angel,
Who has seventy thousand heads,
And each head have seventy thousand faces,
And each head have seventy thousand mouths,
And each mouth has seventy thousand tongs,
And each tong has seventy thousand languages,
That angel from all these languages recite and praise of Almighty Allah simultaneously at a time. To understand the whole concept correctly and easily this can be written mathematically as
16870 x 10*20
doing rosary to Almighty Allah. From each performance of these rosary prayers (of Ruhh) birth of an angel take place. And these new born angels will remain and fly with rest of the angels until the Day of Judgment.
Saulbani narrates from Sayeed Abdullah Bin Masood (Companion of Holy Prophet Mohammed) says,
"Ruhh" is a name of an Angel,
He is bigger then skies, earth, mountains and from the rest of the angels. He lives on the fourth sky. Each day He performs seventy thousand rosary prayers.
From each rosary prayer one new angel is formed.
This " Ruhh" named angel stand on one side of the row alone, and rest of angels stands on the other side.
Imam Qastani explains in his book "Muhib Al Dunniyah "
In sky and earth (which is made up of water and smoke) lives angels (which are made up of water and air) their commander is known as "Rayed" who is responsible for clouds and rains.
Above mentioned all explanations from Holy Quran and Hadiths explains Allah Almighty is one who is the creator of this earth and heavens and He who do not need Human prayers or bowing in front of him but He has plenty of other creatures who can do for Him and those creatures are only assigned for this task.
Addressed by:
Syed Mohammed Rafique Taji
2nd Caliph of Tajuddin Aulia
In the name of Almighty Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful.
Islam is the first and last religion, and Quran is the last testimony of Allah on the face of earth, which is in its original condition even after 1424 years. Those who holds tightly the rope of Allah and the guidance of Beloved Prophet Mohammed (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and the guidance of Ahlee Bayt (and his beloved friend Aulia Allah) will be rewarded here and after.
Those who are seeking the truth should read Quran -e-Karim with open mind and heart. Research on it and they will distinguish in between the truth and false.
Quran-e-Karim Furqan e Hakeem covers every aspect of human life on earth. As Allah says in Holy Book Qur'an:
"And he who Allah's guides, is rightly guided; but he whom He senates astray, for him you will find no wali (guiding friend – Aulia Allah) to lead him ( to the right path )" [18:17 ] Qur'an Al Karim
I beggar of Allah, slave of his beloved Prophet Mohammed (SAllahhal Ho Alihay Wasalum), Dr. M. Ahmed Taji Second Caliph of Baba Tajuddin Aulia prays to Allah those visit this web tajbaba.com should be rewarded with the new strength power, and courage to conqueror both the worlds. And achieve divine health of love, blessing, believe and confidence, peace of mind and soul. Ammen Summa Ammen Bay Haq'a Syed al Mursaleen (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).
Khalifa-e-Doyam means the second Caliph, M. R. Ahmed alTaji, born in Karachi- Pakistan, is the present Khalifa (Caliph) of Taji Order and the spiritual representative of His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin (r.a) (roohani peshua) .The aim of this wonderful Sufi Order is to translate the reality of Allah (Noor-e-illahi), to cultivate love for Hazrat Mohammed (saws), so that people walk the righteous path of Islam, are secure in this materialistic world with peace and are not mislead. The centre for the Spiritual education of M. R. Ahmed alTaji is His Spiritual Master, King of seven climes, His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin Auliah (r.a). Khalifa-e-Doyam M. R. Ahmed alTaji actively implements the teachings of His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin (r.a).
Khalifa-e-Doyam was initially Bayat in Qadri Sufi Order and was later given the prestigious status of being the Khalifa of His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin Auliah (r.a) by His Royal Majesty Himself, after Hazrat Yususf Shah Taji (r.a) was given the position, the first Caliph of Tajuddin Auliah. Khalifa-e-Doyam is hence given a prestigious position that is an example in its own and hence is different and is one that is not given to anyone in Taji Order.
It is indeed an example of the auspicious love of His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin (r.a) for M. R. Ahmed alTaji that after His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin (r.a) gave him His Khilafat , His Royal Majesty (r.a) also gifted Dr. M. R. Ahmed alTaji Khilafat of 26 other Sufi Orders. This big honor was granted by His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin (r.a) to His beloved Spiritual Son M. R. Ahmed alTaji only and the fact is confirmed by Prophet Mohammed (saws).
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Khalifa-e-Doyam prefers to indulge in his prayers (Ibadat) hence preferring solitude, but if a seeker, follower or a disciple comes, he whole heartedly spends his precious time guiding and preaching them. The principle of his life is to guide and help all mankind whether he/ she is a part of Taji Order or not. He preaches them and guides them to pray 5 times a day, read countless Durood Sharif and spend his/ her time in Zikar of Allah. Hazrat Baba Rafique is an amazing personality who is whole heartedly in the service of His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin (r.a) and spreading the teachings of His Royal Majesty Baba Tajuddin (r.a) one of His aim is to spread the essence of Islam and Tariqat of Taji Sufi Order. A Welfare Organization was established under the supervision of Dr. M. R. Ahmed alTaji which is also the first pure Welfare organizing of Taji Sufi Order.
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The Ummah Tajia is a non-profit Islamic organization belonging to Taji Silsila (Order) of August Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.). Ummah Tajia was founded by a group of young Muslim intellectuals at November, 2001. To promote all constructive efforts and ideas in solving social problems inside and outside the community.
Ummah Tajia works on the bases of NGO (Non–Governmental Organization) and NPO (Non–Profitable Organization). Which act as a international, non-political, purely independent organization. when we say religious it does not mean fanatic or conservative fake Muslims those who practice wrong believes. The founders, workers, co - workers, organizers infact each and every members of Ummah Tajia are belongs to highly educated, professional and specialized individuals in their fields, beside this, they perform there Islamic and religious duties/obligations simultaneously. These members are Surgeons, Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Businessmen, spiritual healer (s), and more...., this confirms that Ummah Tajia is a group educated individuals comes under one umbrella and with one vast vision. The vision of promoting the propagation of the true beliefs of Islam, Sunnah and with great treasure of Islamic way of spiritual healing under the under the guidance of Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.). The guiding light of the Organization is the saying of Baba Taj ul Aulia (ra), "Tajuddin is a sea of benevolence".
Ummah Tajia which is a registered organization who is bridging the gaps in between the materialistic world and the spiritual world, knowledge to those who are true seekers. Ummah Tajia will help to motivate all those individually or a group of people who are interested and eager to get escape from the web of financial instabilities, physical and mental diseases, socio-economical problems, envy & hatred for others, of brazen shamelessness, obscenity & indecency, disregard & disrespect for elders and general alienation and anomie.
Ummah Tajia is using high tech infrastructure and data base system for its organization, publication, and promotional companies, Its is proud to utilizing the services of highly educated professionals for developing and building of website, publications projects of August Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.). At present Ummah Tajia is working with the following hierarchy of management.
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Though the devotees of Taji Order is spread around the world and in the present era this is the most spreading Islamic Sufi Order. As Ummah Tajia is a a Taji Order Welfare Organization, Which is proudly registered trust by the Government of Pakistan. But, our services are globalize and Taji Order are serving since 1930. As per accordance of present requisition of Islamic spiritual healing gaps, Ummah Taji reform and re-engineered its exist resources with the grace of Almighty Allah and with the blessings of August Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.) in the form of IH (Islamic Spiritual Healing & Therapies).
Ummah Tajia main aim is to give consultation while respecting its limitation. For any spiritual treatment all applications either submitted online ( Link to IH) or contacted directly on IH centers, will be refer to a Spiritual Healer / practitioner or to say more appropriately as Spiritual Doctors who are experts by treating with Qur'anic methodologies and Tib-e-Nabawi, and so far success rate is almost 98.27%.
As Ummah Tajia is operating various mega budgeted projects and your donations are always welcome for the contribution. Ummah Tajia's fund will always be utilized for the help these humanitarian welfare projects.
Ummah Tajia involves in various humanitarian based development projects in Pakistan and abroad. The main concept behind these mega budgeted projects & activates are as follows,"Khanqah-e-TajulAreeffin" - An ambitious project of Second Caliph Hazrat Syed Baba Rafique Ahmed Taji (r.a) and Ahalay Durbar. This project is to provide high class ultra modern facility Auditoriums for Mehfils (Islamic Sufi estic Concerts), to arrange, manage, organize, of set up langer khanas (free kitchens), for the distribution of food among visitors and poor at Astanas (Authorized Great Royal Courts of Saints). read more»»
To help an individual in a Islamic way to practice the Zikr of Allah (Remembering recital of the praise and names of Almighty Allah) and His Prophet Mohammed Mustafa Sardar-e-Kainat, (peace be upon him).
To improve comprehension on Islamic way of life in developing of harmonic and solid society.
Awareness and remember the Aulia-Allah, (Saints in Islam) and assimilate their practices (Amal = Acts) in reaching the spiritual heights and goals.
To promote all constructive efforts and ideas in solving every social problems by the means of IH (Islamic Spiritual Healing & Therapies) inside and outside the Islamic community.
To provide the means and facilities for work for widows and orphans.
To develop an Islamic education system in improving social insight by setting up institutions of learning in form of Library read more»»
Through encouraging the blessed Sunnah of the Beloved Messenger (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) it aims to light the Beacon of love, admiration and affection of the Beloved Messenger Mohammed (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in the hearts of each believer, and through this it endeavors to perfect the body, soul and mind by molding each Muslim's life according to the Qur'an and Sunnah.
The sole purpose of Ummah Tajia is to motivate each believer to become a true believer; inspiring them to remain steadfast in fulfilling the commands of Allah Almighty and to shine as a true respectful and humble devotee to the Beloved Messenger (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and these are the main teachings by Ammal – 'Acts' and Afaal – 'Sayings' what Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.) & Amma Marium Walia (r.a.) and thus helping them to graciously adhere to the blessed life and Sunnah of the Beloved Messenger (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) which is the best example to emulate. Glory to Allah, this Islamic propagation movement is growing significantly.
The glorious shrine of Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.) is situated in Nagpur, India, and now through the grace of Allah and Baba Tajuddin Aulia Nagpuri (r.a.) & Amma Marium Walia (r.a.) beloveds this movement is continuously expanding in various parts of the world, under the guidance of the scholars, Intellectuals from all aspects of life is already prominent in countries like: India; United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Europe, Holland, and insha'Allah aims to spread and help Humanity in other countries too.
Weekly congregations of Baba Tajuddin Aulia Nagpuri (r.a.) & Amma Marium Walia (r.a.) are held in Karachi, Hyderabad, Merpurkhass, (Pakistan), and other parts of the world usually on Tuesday and Thursday. Where as special events of Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.) & Amma Marium Walia (r.a.) (click for detail events) are also celebrating on huge scales in all different Astanas ( Royal Courts).
Please see contact list of regional offices in various countries for details about Mehfils organized in your area. These Mehfils are held for Islamic perching from which numerous gained valuable amount of knowledge, spiritual healings, guidance according to Qur'an and Sunnah–e–Rasool ( SallAllah Wa aliwasullum) to improved their lives in all respective, immensely to the teachings of Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.) and will insha'Allah continue to do so.
In the end, we the organizers and management of Ummah Tajia would wish and pray that may Almighty Allah guide us to Siratel Mustakeem ( On the straight path of Allah) and may Baba Tajuddin Aulia (r.a.) & Amma Marium Walia (r.a.) accept and bless us our humble and negligible contribution to the cause of mysticism of His Order and guide us as His Majesty's humble devotees in this world and here after.
Sufi is a follower of the mystic path; of those who seek experience of the Tawhid…..the term applies only to the most advance practitioners which are known as Saints, Wali, and Aulia.
Who is an Aspirant?
Aspirant is a person who wants to be a candidate, but have to wait for short period to be gets accepted by spiritual teacher.
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One of the first things you notice about Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, 47, is the multicoloured fish tattoo on his neck. In his early twenties, getting inked was his way of side-stepping a boring, conventional life. "The idea was that no one would hire me to work in an office," explains the cheerful HIV researcher over a plate of nachos at Hair of the Dog pub in downtown Toronto's gay village. "Now, of course, I work in an office."
But that's not all Ibáñez-Carrasco does; these days he spends just as much time teaching in a virtual classroom as he does working in an office. Inspiring the next generation of HIV researchers at the national training program Universities Without Walls, he tells up-and-coming scientists that they probably won't get rich studying HIV, but they'll never be bored.
Few can claim to know the history of AIDS more intimately than Ibáñez-Carrasco. Not only is he a longtime survivor -- he's been living with HIV for 25 years -- but he has also devoted his life to researching ways to improve the lives of people with HIV. And his efforts have not gone unnoticed. In June, he received the 2010 Award of Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation, awarded by the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) in recognition of his contributions and leadership in the field.
When Ibáñez-Carrasco was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, months after migrating to Canada from Chile, having the virus didn't mean much to him. He was 22 years old and still felt invincible. Most of the friends he arrived with in Vancouver moved on to New York City, which was "kind of a gay Mecca in our imaginations," he says. "We were all young gay men who didn't know anything about AIDS. We all got infected and they all died. Some of them died of HIV-related complications; some of them died undocumented. So, yeah, there's a trail of dead people behind me, whom I honour, of course, all the time."
Beautiful Challenges
As people around him died, Ibáñez-Carrasco developed a consciousness around HIV/AIDS, eventually applying to do his Masters in AIDS education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in 1989. Back then, there were very few openly gay students and even fewer HIV-positive ones. The university sent him a rejection letter, explaining that AIDS education was not something that existed within the school's Faculty of Education. His mentor, professor Suzanne De Castell, took up his fight and the university eventually reversed its decision. Ibáñez-Carrasco earned his Masters degree in 1993 and then decided to pursue a doctorate.
Then, 10 years after his own diagnosis and around the same time as the AIDS-related death of his second partner -- his first partner also died of AIDS -- Ibáñez-Carrasco was hospitalized at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. He was battling multiple opportunistic infections and covered in Kaposi's sarcoma lesions. Believing the end was near, Ibáñez-Carrasco wrote his autobiographic first novel, Flesh Wounds and Purple Flowers, which was nominated for a Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Not expecting him to live, Simon Fraser University decided to drop Ibáñez-Carrasco from its doctoral program. Again, his mentor successfully battled that decision. Then, in 1996, Ibáñez-Carrasco came back from disfigurement and the brink of death, thanks to the arrival of the first protease inhibitors and the advent of effective combination therapy. Following his recovery, he went on to resume his studies at Simon Fraser, obtaining a Ph.D. in Education with a focus on health and sexuality in 1999, making him one of the first Canadians with HIV to earn a doctoral degree. "I was an oddity," he says. "A Ph.D. is something you earn in order to have a career. But what kind of career could you have when you were [still] expecting to die?"
Looking back, Ibáñez-Carrasco views the obstacles created by Simon Fraser University as beautiful challenges. "It only demonstrated to many people, and to myself, that you can fight back."
Rehabilitating Research
After earning his Ph.D., Ibáñez-Carrasco went on to hold a variety of research, teaching and volunteer positions, continually impressing colleagues with his creativity, enthusiasm and ability to create a bridge between academia and grassroots organizations.
Perhaps motivated by his own experiences of regaining his health and picking up the pieces of his life, Ibáñez-Carrasco chose to focus his research on HIV and rehabilitation. The choice put him in a field that continues to be one of practical importance for people with HIV, especially now that effective treatments mean that HIV is viewed more and more as a chronic manageable condition.
The practical benefits of his work are many. One of the large-scale research studies he worked on looked at the positive impact of alternative medicine and therapies on the lives of people with HIV; a smaller-scale project engaged marginalized people with HIV in innovative nutritious cooking workshops held in Vancouver's impoverished Downtown Eastside.
All along, it's been clear from his work that Ibáñez-Carrasco connects with people from different walks of life without being condescending or judgmental. This ability comes from respecting people who struggle and work hard, including drug users and sex workers. "You and I can sit here and discuss what's legal or illegal, but that's not terrain where I like to go," he explains. "Morality is for people who can afford it."
Ibáñez-Carrasco's perspective is partly rooted in his life experience. He was raised by a poor, single mother who earned her living cleaning rich people's houses. As a child he was molested by Catholic priests, and as a teenager he traded sex for cash. "I get along with people with an edge, with difficult lives," he says, "because I see myself reflected in them."
Unwavering optimism is another of his strengths, a trait that Ibáñez-Carrasco cheerfully refers to as his survival strategy. "He's optimistic in the sense that he refuses to let the world get the better of him," says Elisse Zack, CWGHR's executive director. "When things seem overwhelming, he says, 'There's got to be a way through this.'"
Studying Stigma
Ibáñez-Carrasco still studies HIV and rehabilitation, and he has started looking at the impact of aging as well. These days, he is also particularly interested in the health and sexuality of HIV-positive queer men. He is currently collaborating on several research studies about the physical and mental health impacts of living with HIV for many years. One project involves studying factors, such as stigma, that prevent gay and bisexual men with HIV from accessing mental health services in Ontario.
Ibáñez-Carrasco believes that the stigma associated with homosexuality carries over to people with HIV regardless of their sexual orientation and that this stigma permeates all aspects of people's lives. For instance, he points out that it's still harder for people to ask their employers to accommodate HIV-related health problems, compared with people suffering from, say, diabetes. Many people are made to feel so ashamed of having HIV, he says, that they hide themselves from other people. As a result, many become chronically depressed but don't seek help.
Studying this stigma is what makes his chosen field so intriguing to Ibáñez-Carrasco, and he shares his enthusiasm with young HIV researchers through University Without Walls. "Because of its history, HIV has been 'queered' compared to very straight-laced health areas," he says. "That makes the field scary, intensely quirky and interesting. We need to reinvigorate a new generation of HIV researchers to understand that."
Ibáñez-Carrasco is working on his third book, Giving It Raw: 25 Years with AIDS_, a memoir that incorporates some of his past published writing._
Jennifer McPhee is a Toronto-based freelance writer who contributes regularly to The Positive Side_. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including_ Chatelaine_,_ The Globe and Mail and Childview_._

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An exception to the workflow spelled out in Most Content is the Rohlig audio. We digitize the master, create derivatives for Mary Alice Fields, who then listens to them and determines which sections should be omitted and creates metadata. When her contribution returns, we create an MP3 for each track specified. These MP3s need to be uploaded with the MODS and distributed in Acumen. OCR of transcripts is handled by the makeJpegs script. See below for more details.
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1. Digitize reels into master WAV files on local computer.
2. Use Sound Forge to optimize master WAV files; upload copy of optimized WAV files to share drive.
• Remove non-native silence between tracks • Leave (or create if needed) 2 seconds of leading silence before each track • Level Volume
3. Make MP3 versions of WAV files using lamedropXPd3 by dragging and dropping WAV files into the Lame Drop Box. Lame Drop will then put MP3 versions of each file into the same folder as the original WAVs. Place the MP3 files on shared public folder for MAF, who then uses the files to create metadata (including track timecodes) on a shared Excel sheet.
4. Copy metadata from MAF's shared Excel sheet and paste to appropriate cells (changing format as needed) in main metadata Excel sheet.
5. Provide Metadata to Metadata Librarian for remediation.
6. Use MAF's metadata to create a TXT file of filenames and track timecodes (only the begin times are used, as each track's begin time is the previous track's end time. The first track's begin time is always 00:00). Place the TXT file into the Cue INPUT folder.
• TXT file should follow this pattern (using a single-space between filename and begin time): Filename1 Begin Time Filename2 Begin Time
7. Use Cue_GUI to run the CueMaker and CueSplitter scripts for each item. (The scripts will use the track timecodes to create a CUE file, use the CUE file to split the master WAV file into sub-item tracks, convert the tracks from WAV to MP3 format, and save the resulting files to the Cue OUTPUT folder while naming them appropriately.)
8. Create MODS using Archivist Utility (use m02 template).
9. Run makeAudioJpegs script which will create JPEGs (if we have transcripts) and QC's the MP3 files.
10. Run relocate_audio script to upload MP3s, JPEGs, and MODS into Acumen.
11. Run moveAudioContent script to archive master WAV files and MODS.
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Austin is working on further improving the audio workflow. Future projects include tweaking the CueMaker script to enhance efficiency, automating the creation of the input txt file, and automating the volume leveling.
The volume leveling is important because if you were listening to two separate tracks from our database, one after the other, and there was a drastic change in volume between the two, it would prove to be distracting. But leveling the volume programmatically is challenging. There is not a standardized approach for accomplishing this. One method involves cutting off the highs and lows so all audio fits into a certain narrow range. However, this is a destructive process and results in a loss of information, and thus a deteriorated sound. There are other methods we are researching, some involve averaging the highs and lows, others add gain until all tracks are at the same level. They each have their pros and cons, and we are still in the process of determining which system is best suited to our needs. Other issues involve the definition of "volume". Volume is usually attributed to sound pressure, which is measured in decibels, but this is not a precise unit of measurement. Also, perceived volume and decibel value are not the same, so two audio files at the same technical volume might sound radically different to the human ear based on factors such as audio frequency. All of these considerations must be taken into account before a solution can be decided on and scripted out.


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Program Terminations Invariably Have Unintended Consequences
One of the most controversial decisions was to end the F-22 fighter program at 187 aircraft — only four more aircraft than the Bush administration had recommended. Some pundits, defense intellectuals and even government officials have contended that the F-22 is a Cold War weapon that is not needed for today's world.
They also point out that the F-22 hasn't been used in Iraq or Afghanistan. Presumably that proves their point, although it ignores the fact that many of the weapons in the nation's arsenal — submarines, nuclear weapons, ICBMs, to name a few — also haven't been used in these conflicts. Nevertheless, few people are rushing to declare these are obsolete weapons and advocate their elimination. Similar arguments can be made for other budget decisions as well.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he supports the need for a full spectrum capability for U.S. forces. He also notes that the United States is fighting two wars and needs to concentrate for now on winning those two. And that's fair.
So the recent budget shakeup can be seen as resource decisions based on available funding and the priority demands of the current conflicts. Whether it's the F-22, CSAR-X, Future Combat Systems, future bomber or even the presidential helicopter, these program cancellations can be viewed as decisions where the risk of termination or delay is deemed acceptable, given all the other demands for U.S. forces.
All the criticism about Cold War weapons is way off the mark however. The next conflict the United States will face is unlikely to be like the one we now face, if history is any guide. And if the threat encountered includes a highly integrated air defense system — with next-generation surface-to-air missiles and advanced fighters — the F-22 will be a weapon of choice.
Another important question in all of this is the impact of these decisions on the industrial base. To state an obvious truth, the U.S. industrial base has to be able to meet the needs of the nation's forces for world-class weapons systems. The U.S. advantage on the battlefield is based on three factors: The quality of its recruits, the quality of its systems and the quality of its training. We don't depend upon numbers to dominate. To underwrite this capability, the industrial base has to be able to deliver leading edge technology. Currently, no other nation approaches the United States in the high-end integration of components into advanced weapons systems.
To say U.S. weapons systems are complex is an understatement. One only has to look at the lines of software code in ground and air vehicles to get a small appreciation of the level of sophistication. Systems integration on naval vessels is a highly intricate task.
The science and engineering expertise needed to do all this takes time to build. The F-22 began as a concept in the late 70s, and has just now achieved stable, efficient manufacturing processes. Advanced systems take time to design, develop, test and refine. It is not like the rapid World War II ramp up in production for fairly basic systems that were used in that conflict.
Once a program is shuttered, the design team — both for systems and manufacturing — goes on to other tasks, and over time simply fades away. To restart or duplicate programs such as the F-22, advanced ground vehicles or ships is not possible in the short run. That is the reason for always having in production some version of a specific class of weapon.
As mentioned, once the design teams go away, the industry tends over time to "forget" how to build a certain system. The capability has to be recreated. We have seen this happen with key allies who went out of the business of certain kinds of systems, and now must depend upon the United States to supply this expertise. It may okay for them, but not for the United States. So it's important to preserve and nurture design and manufacturing capability.
The question is how to do this. Most simply, we should not go totally out of production on major classes of weapons systems. Lacking that, the Defense Department would have to find a way to keep the capability current and active. One option might be to support prototype competitions for important capabilities. The prototypes might never enter production, but they would serve to continue technology development and maintain design team expertise. It is a subject well worth pursuing.
A discussion of why some programs are canceled should acknowledge that the issue is not that they are not needed, but rather that a decision has been made to accept the risk in certain areas in order to marshal resources for higher priority tasks. And the real impact on the industrial base is how to maintain capabilities in the production, manufacture and support of the best weapons systems for our fighting men and women.
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Founded in the mid-nineteenth century, the society is an extremely active center for New England family research, with an extensive collection of local and family histories, educational programs, and superior publications, including The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, a quarterly periodical, and New England Ancestors (formerly Nexus), now a quarterly magazine, both distributed to the membership. Library facilities of open stacks (except for manuscripts and rare books) and massive microfilm collections of New England town and vital records are available on a per-day basis (free for members). The book loan department makes materials available by mail to members for a small fee, with an online catalog listing circulating books. A research service is available to the general public for a fee.


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Today is Friday, May 17, the 137th day of 2013. There are 228 days left in the year.
Today's highlight:
On May 17, 1973, a special committee convened by the U.S. Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal.
On this date:
In 1510, Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli died in Florence, Italy; he was probably in his mid 60s.
In 1792, the New York Stock Exchange had its origins as a group of brokers met under a tree on Wall Street.
In 1849, fire erupted in St. Louis, Mo., resulting in the loss of three lives, more than 400 buildings and some two dozen steamships.
In 1912, the Socialist Party of America nominated Eugene V. Debs for president at its convention in Indianapolis.
In 1933, U.S. News &World Report had its beginnings as David Lawrence began publishing a weekly newspaper called United States News.
In 1938, Congress passed the Second Vinson Act, providing for a strengthened U.S. Navy. The radio quiz show "Information, Please!" made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.
In 1946, President Harry Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying — but not preventing — a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, unanimously struck down racially segregated public schools.
In 1961, Cuban leader Fidel Castro offered to release prisoners captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion in exchange for 500 bulldozers. (The prisoners were eventually freed in exchange for medical supplies.)
In 1971, "Godspell," a contemporary musical inspired by the Gospel According to St. Matthew, opened off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
In 1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
In 1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq apologized for the attack, calling it a mistake, and paid more than $27 million in compensation.)
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When your mechanical skimmer filter's debris baskets and nets fill up with leaves and other material, clean them out. If they're full, the water is forced around the debris dam and potentially carrying larger pieces that could create more plugs elsewhere in your filtration system.
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Watch the Best Bollywood Action Movie Stunt Ever [VIDEO]
Here's a clip from 'Singham,' a Bollywood action film released earlier this year. It's a fairly by-the-numbers cop movie… with the most awesome stunt you've ever seen.
Granted, plenty of Hollywood action flicks have gone way bigger with their stunts, but rarely have they been this absurd. Watch the clip that makes 'Die Hard' look like a boring, Oscar-winning documentary below.
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Are you a member of a development team?
If you are, like me, a member of a development team (of any size), you might want to keep reading this post. Recently, my company decided to look for collaborative development software.
Many of us had used GForge open source in the past, either at our universities or other companies. So we looked at GForge AS from GForge Group ( http://gforgegroup.com ). We created a free account on gforge.com and opened a test project, to see what it had to offer. We spent time playing around with the numerous features, until we decided to download the VM they offer (it's a free limited license for 15 users, they also offer the full version, GForge AS). So what's under the hood? A php5 based - software backed with a Postgre database with enough horsepower to serve teams as big as Joomla's development team (with over 80,000 programmers).
But what is this software exactly?
GForge AS (stands for "GForge Advanced Server"), is a collaborative development environment, designed by the guys that created SourceForge. So, there are years of experience put together along with true programming expertise to bring a completely user and productivity oriented piece of software. These are some of its features that we liked the most:
* Full-blown Tracker/Code Integration
* Advanced workflow
* Eclipse and VS plugin
* Permission Management
One very cool feature is its powerful tracker with Subversion/CVS integration. With that you can define rules that apply to commits, and define re-assignments or changes when commits are made. With the workflow, you can have tracker re-assignments cascade to other worflows and so on. It provides a very intuitive interface where you define these workflows. And if you don't want to leave your development environment at any time, it offers an Eclipse and VS plugin that lets you do most of the usual stuff (uses soap to communicate with the server).
Certainly, there are many options out there, but this one is worth considering if you are serious about team collaboration.
You can see for yourself at gforgegroup.com
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Renew and Protect, Heart/Crown Chakra – Aventurine and Crystal Quartz
Feel your truth.
Love is directed both inward and outward with no strings attached.
"I am love. I am compassionate. I am calm."
The Heart Chakra, is represented by the color green and is located in the center of the chest. A balanced Heart Chakra brings in love, compassion and gratitude.
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BBC Worldwide has appealed to Doctor Who fans for help after scripts from the new series were leaked online.
The new series of the long-running science fiction show returns to BBC1 on August 23, with Peter Capaldi starring as the time lord .
A spokeswoman for BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, said: "BBC Worldwide is currently investigating a security issue around Doctor Who Series 8 where unfinished material has inadvertently been made public.
"We deeply regret this and apologise to all the show's fans, the BBC and the cast and crew who have worked tirelessly making the series.
"We would like to make a plea to anyone who might have any of this material and spoilers associated with it not to share it with a wider audience so that everyone can enjoy the show as it should be seen when it launches.
"We know only too well that Doctor Who fans are the best in the world and we thank them for their help with this and their continued loyalty."
It was reported the scripts for five episodes were leaked after being sent to BBC Worldwide's office in Miami for translation.
It was announced last week that novelist and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce has scripted an episode of the new series – which features the voice of Peppa Pig.
It features a cast of young actors including Harley Bird, who landed a Bafta for voicing animated character Peppa, as well as Abigail Eames who featured in The Crimson Field, Ashley Foster from the The Woman In Black and Jaydon Harris-Wallace.
Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the opening ceremony for London 2012, has worked on films including 24 Hour Party People, about the Manchester music scene, and the Danny Boyle-directed Millions.


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As Carpenter trains at third, Kissell's legacy remains
Lessons of longtime coach still reverberate throughout Cardinals' camp
JUPITER, Fla. -- Imagine Vince Coleman dressed in the hand-me-downs worn by Tim McCarver, Ted Simmons or some other Cardinals catcher and doing squats behind the plate. It must have been a scene. Picture Lou Brock working a few feet further back from the plate, like some Jocko Conlan or a miniature John McSherry. Or visualize Joe Torre on his knees during his first hours in a Cardinals' uniform, forbidden to stand.
And now, picture Matt Carpenter as the Cardinals' third baseman, like a Kenny Boyer, Whitey Kurowski or Ken Oberkfell. Or a David Freese. No need to imagine; Carpenter is quite familiar with the position which is now his responsibility in St. Louis, the position that regularly challenges reflexes and bruises chests, palms and egos. And he's about to become far more familiar with third base now that his Busch Stadium address has been changed to the No. 5 position (if you're scoring at home).
The baseball universe knows Carpenter can handle it. He was a capable third baseman for 509 big league innings before he was transferred to second base last season. Just the same, after a season of more than adequate performance on the right side, he is spending hours, here in the sun, re-polishing his skills at the sizzling corner.
Carpenter's refresher course is with professor Jose Oquendo, a disciple of the late and wonderful George Kissell who was the game's foremost tutor from the time of Branch Rickey until his death in October, 2008.
Oquendo, himself an alumnus of Kissell U and student of another Cardinals coach -- Dave Ricketts, already has worked with Carpenter and determined that Freese's successor will handle this relocation as well as he handled last year's.
"He's early to camp [5:30 a.m. each day] and he got down here early [10 days ago]," Oquendo said Sunday morning. "He does everything he can to prepare himself to be a good player."
If rough edges developed on Carpenter when he was moonlighting at second, the long-time coach will use some of the intellectual sandpaper Kissell and Ricketts left behind to smooth them. But Oquendo has his own methods as well.
"I don't do what some of those things [Kissell] did with Torre," he said. "But you can tell Matt's skills are there already. Catching and throwing ... no problem. We work on his concentration. You need nine innings of concentration."
Moreover, playing second has afforded Carpenter great insight into the game. Knowing how his pitching colleagues were attacking hitters and being aware of pitch signs were essential at second base. That same sort of knowledge will enhance his preparedness at third. Anticipation is vital when a ground ball covers 95 feet in the time needed to say Ron Cey.
Kissell's methods often were outside the box, even bizarre and, as a result, more conspicuous.
A catcher and occasionally a first baseman during his eight seasons with the Braves, Torre was acquired by the Cardinals after the 1968 season. The plan was to have him play third after attending Kissell's classes.
"A man named George Kissell," Sparky Anderson once said. "The greatest single instructor I ever seen on fundamentals in my life. He could teach a snake to box."
Kissell had Torre kneel 20 feet from a wooden wall. He would stand behind the would-be third baseman and throw balls with either hand against the wall. Torre had to handle the rebounds without using his feet.
"It was an ingenious way to go about it," Torre said years later. "I wish the results were as good as his teaching methods."
Oquendo keeps Carpenter on his feet and uses a bat, not a ricochet off a wall, to sharpen the reflexes of his dedicated student. But the concept is similar. The ground balls hit to Carpenter's left and right are hot and delivered from a short distance. Footwork isn't an issue. There's no time for foot movement. It's glove work and quickness, left and right.
Carpenter was playing table tennis in the clubhouse Sunday afternoon after the Cardinals' workout -- quickness and movements to his left and right were neccesary. Wouldn't be surprised if Kissell had long ago ordered the ping pong table as a teaching tool. Turns out Matt Holliday had it brought in.
The work with Oquendo -- the ping-pong might have helped a bit too -- have Carpenter thinking he's headed back to when third was the position he knew best.
"I won't be able to tell until there are game situations and I have to react," Carpenter said. "But I think playing second has helped me ... I think I'm a better infielder now."
Kissell would be pleased to hear such words. In a perfect world, he would have had all his players familiar with all positions. "Knowledge of the game," he would say, "shouldn't be restricted to one position."
He took misdeeds -- not merely errors -- by Cardinals infielders as personal affronts. After the Cardinals had defended poorly in a playoff victory in San Francisco in 2002, he said, "I'm a bit ashamed in our performance today. We fouled the air defensively."
For decades, every Cardinals player was taught by Kissell -- Musial and Marion, through Maxvill and McCarver, through McKenzie (Spud) and McGee to McGwire and Morris. From Dizzy to Ozzie to Izzy. Kissell was gospel. The Cardinals still use the phrase 'The Cardinals Way' and upper case it. But it is more the Kissell way.
Years after his death, mention of his name here or in St. Louis still prompts reactions of reverence from others dressed in Cardinals red. Young players who became Cardinals since Kissell passed know more of him than they do of Ducky Medwick, Ernie Broglio or Ray Lankford.
"I know when I came here [in 2003], I heard people talking about him like he was a god," former Cardinals reliever Jason Isringhausen says. "And I said, 'Isn't this guy just a coach?' Then after two weeks, I thought he was my grandfather. He knew so much about everything, and he'd help all of us learn."
"George Kissell's influence has lasted," Carpenter said. "I know some of the lessons I've learned came from him. His ability to teach the game must have been amazing. People still talk about him." Carpenter never met the man.
Here's another example of Kissell's unusual teaching methods. Brock's sense of the strike zone was distorted when he joined the Cardinals in 1964. It was the size of Frank Howard, and it routinely changed shape. The teacher had the student call balls and strikes in a meaningless intraquad game the following spring to put his definition of a hittable pitch more in line with what others thought.
Years later, Kissell recognized that Coleman, despite his speed, was unwilling to advance a base after a catcher had mishandled a pitch. So Kissell had Vincent Van Go catch a game in the Instructional League. Naturally, Coleman mishandled most of the pitches. If a runner was on base when he retrieved the ball, Kissell urged him to throw. Coleman resisted: "I have no shot at throwing him out," he'd say. And Kissell would respond: "And you think some catcher's going to throw you out? ... You've got to run, son. No one's throwing you out even if they handle it cleanly."
This was Kissell's time of year, the time to tutor. February and March belonged to him as April to October belonged to Red, Whitey and Tony. These winter days when we celebrate two presidents and a little creature who aims his arrows at hearts always were the days that made the Cardinals special because Kissell was on the job, explaining the finer points and the nuances of the game to men in red. He was 60 minutes behind Carpenter, routinely arriving at 6:30 following church.
"I've heard he was in camp all day," Carpenter said. "I would have liked that. I would have liked to talk to him. I've always heard he was so special. He must have been."


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