When people ask the typical get-to-know-you question - What do you do for a living? - I receive a mix of reactions to my answer: I show people how to communicate with and create from the soul.
If you are here on the New Energy Creator Facebook group and/or website, it's likely you are the latter. It's even more likely that you have been in communication with your soul intimately in this life and/or many other lifetimes here on Earth.
One way I answer the above question is: the human experience - this human life you are in right now and the roles you play - are but one chapter in the book containing the full journey of your soul's experiences. The soul is eternal core of each of us, which exists forever, with or without the physical body, and with no beginning and no end.
Some humans go their whole life without realizing this part of their existence until death when upon leaving the physical body, they realize their consciousness, or awareness, of SELF still exists. This was the case of my father, who upon his passing in May 2012, began to speak with me.
My experience with him through his illness and death changed the course of my life forever. It's not that I learned something new; it was that I remembered something so sacred and stunningly beautiful about myself there was no going back – I remembered I too held the wisdom I was seeking externally right here within me.
For this reason, I do not consider myself a teacher. I am simply here along with many others to remind you of the wisdom that lives within you at the soul level. This wisdom holds no linear beginning or end yet expands infinitely beyond the center of SELF. When I use SELF, I refer to all that you are – your human and soul experiences - the multiplicity of who you are - rolled into ONE big SELF.
It is my personal experience and deep inner knowing we can live a drastically different human experience when we consciously and consistently communicate with our souls throughout our human existence instead of only in between human lives. The kicker is that this human-to-soul communication is already ongoing, yet sometimes it is not at the surface of our awareness.
Most of us as humans have many roles to fulfill, such as bill payer, spouse, family member, parent, and so much more. It's not that these human roles are bad or wrong, in fact I would argue there is no such thing, yet it does create a life experience in which we often lose touch with the wisdom contained in our individually unique soul space.
There is simply too much DOING and not enough BEING to create awareness of the soul connection, as Ascended Master El Morya (Master M) has told me many times.
Have you ever been in a seemingly normal environment and then felt you must leave because of imminent danger?
Have you ever met someone and instantly known that they would play a large role in your life?
Have you ever met someone for the first time and sensed you have known him or her forever?
Have you ever heard someone talking to you and known they were not telling the truth without logical reasoning?
I call this intuition, or the ability to understand something immediately, without the need for intellectual reasoning, and instead from a state of expanded consciousness, or awareness. Intuition is one of the many languages spoken by the soul.
Maybe you've had to make a big decision, such as buying a house or deciding whether to marry your partner? Often times an answer becomes very clear to us beyond thought logic or even emotion but from deep within ourselves. I call this gnost, or inner knowing.
Both intuition and gnost are two ways our soul grabs our attention enough to deliver a message when it really matters.
Yet what if we didn't only hear our soul's messages only in crisis or life-altering situations? What if we maintained a continuously open channel of communication with the wise master that lives inside all of us? How would our lives be different?
At inception, our human souls were born to create and experience those creations. So often I meet people who are sick of life and the human experience. They have lost their passion for life. Sometimes they are physically ill because of it.
I can relate because I was that person – sick, exhausted, and empty. Then I remembered creation from within – from soul – from source – was my natural state of being. When I separated from my true nature, I became extremely sick. When I created in awareness, I found myself thriving.
There are many schools of thought out there on how to create a fulfilling human life. Most of us grew up with the idea that if you work hard, it pays off. I certainly tried that one for more than a decade.
Others, like the law of attraction, say you must control your thoughts and emotions to create the life you want to live. The problem here is that human thoughts and emotions are extremely varied. How many different directions can your thoughts go just in the course of one hour? How about your emotions? Humans are capable of feeling a dozen or more separate emotions in under a minute.
Trying to control every thought and emotion to make sure you are always 'happy and positive' can work for a bit, but damn, that's a lot of work too, especially when you are living a human life that includes grief, loss, and so much more. Why deny yourself the ability to experience the full range of human thoughts and emotions?
Instead, I found I could move beyond thoughts and emotions – allowing thoughts and emotions to flow without resistance – and instead, I could create from the part of me that exists without external validation and that holds wisdom way beyond my years in this human life.
I found, or remembered, rather, when we open to the ineffable love the soul has for the human and begin to integrate our human experience with that of our soul, we begin to create our reality at the MASTER level. In that state of being, the experiences of intuition and gnost previously mentioned - and so much more - become available to us twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year.
One of the ways I created a deeper human-to-soul connection was through deep breathing. I know. Eye roll. But it doesn't cost a thing to give it a go. If anything, you are sure to feel more relaxed and present through deep breathing, so there is nothing to lose.
The human-soul communication channel is opened up through breathing deeply through the nose and into the bottom of the abdomen. This opens the channel between the human facet of SELF to the depths of our soul's wisdom.
Moving from shallow unconscious breathing into deep, conscious breathing is like upgrading from coffee shop Wi-Fi to Google Fiber broadband internet. Through the expanded breath, we can open to remembering and exploring our divinity within, with childlike curiosity rather than adult-driven mission.
When we find this relaxed and curious state of being, the answers that already exist to life's questions – no matter how big or small - surface with grace and ease and sometimes with a little patience, especially when we are begging this process for the first time in a while.
In this state of being, the human can also state its needs to the soul. When we communicate our human needs to soul as they arise, it provides the soul the opportunity to create solutions for us. I have been amazed at the opportunities my soul has created for me in my human experience.
Without being attached to the how, by throwing out the plans and goals, your soul will create with you everything you could possibly need and desire in this life if you are willing to open to its gifts – in state of relaxation and with patience as the creative solutions form and appear to the human self.
Most grandly, the soul holds an indescribable, unlimited amount of unconditional love for the human expression of SELF. With each breath, you can allow that self-love to radiate into the cells and space between the cells of your being.
By allowing yourself to fill up with self-love, you create energy from within you. With each allowing breath, you lessen your reliance on external sources of energy, filling yourself up with the love and support you sought externally from within, instead.
If you choose, you can begin communicating with your soul right now. You can read some tips below or simply find safe space to be alone. I prefer a walk in nature or a long swim to sitting on a meditation cushion indoors, but your experience is up to you.
Begin with deep breaths through the nose, all the way down the abdomen, and into the space behind the belly button.
Keep your mouth closed, if it feels okay to you. No stress. Everything is serving you in the moment.
Feel the rise and fall of the breath until it feels like it is time to proceed. Take your time. There is no rush.
With each conscious breath feel into where the human part of you resides within the body. No thinking or editing. Whatever first pops into your awareness. Observe rather than analyze.
Continuing to breathe, sense where your soul resides within your physical body.
No thinking or editing. Instead open to using a soft sense of focus on internal sensations and energetic stimulations. Observe with curiosity, what is occurring within.
See, sense, and know the connection between the human self and the soul self within your physical and energetic bodies.
You may see images and feel sensations, which are the languages of the soul. Sometimes our soul talks to us in words. Open up to all forms of soul communication. Just knowing is also a form of soul communication.
In feeling the connection of human and soul, allow yourself to feel the unconditional love the soul has for you the human.
Allow the love to radiate from your core and into the edges of YOU. Continuing to breathe and without any rush, allow the experience of self-love to permeate your body.
See, sense, and know how the soul loves every aspect and facet of who you are – all perceived imperfections and idiosyncrasies. Your soul loves each and everything about you – your physical appearance, your human personality, everything you have or have not done in this life. It is a love without bounds - without conditions.
Continuing to breathe, without thinking or editing your experience, allow the human self to trust the soul – to know deeply it has the best interest of the human at highest priority at all times, even if it doesn't seem that way sometimes.
See, sense, and know how the soul is wrapping around you the human in total honor of who you are, in complete support for what you do. Breathe deep.
In this connection between human and soul selves, you can begin your conversation, if you choose.
Perhaps it is an internal conversation or spoken out loud.
Perhaps you might write it down as a letter, soul to human or human to soul.
Perhaps you might write it as a dialogue between soul and human in your journal or voice record the dialogue into your phone or computer.
Often times, we believe a decision is one or the other. The soul will sometimes say it's neither and open up a new option for us, if we are relaxed and patient. Might as well explore every option.
Then, in relaxed patience, creative solutions will appear in your life as you allow new and exciting soul experiences to become part of your human reality.
Continue to breathe deeply. Open to creating a unique practice of your own.
Play with childlike curiosity as you get to know your soul again, or in a deeper way. I am always amazed as I find new layers to explore after years – andlifetimes – of connection.
Enjoy the return to SELF once again.
I once had a client I worked with over two months. She felt she was not connecting with her soul no matter how hard she tried. Then one morning she called me. She was at a concert when her soul spoke to her loud and clear, putting forth a solution and a path that had never occurred to her on the human level. It changed the course of her life completely and in a satisfactory way for both the soul and the human.
For me, I often receive soul information in the dream state, specifically in the early morning hours right before I wake up.
If you choose, be open to various forms of soul communication. It is a practice that grows easier with time. I have found the more relaxed I am, the clearer and more frequent my soul voice comes in.
I am a huge fan of asking your soul questions and seeing what wisdom bubbles to the surface. If you like to journal, take notes, or create voice recordings into your phone, consider asking yourself the following questions and see what comes up.
I find, in writing without agenda, a wealth of information shows up – wisdom that cannot be bought or read from external source – wisdom unique to my own experience.
In my life, when has intuition or a deep soul knowing – described above – played a role in my life? What did it feel like? How did I sense it in my body? Did the wisdom in the experience come from beyond the mind's logic and human emotions?
In my life, when I have I "just known" something? How did the information come up? How did I sense and experience it in the physical body?
In my life, what roles have dreams played? What dreams were so significant that I have never forgotten them to this day? How did the dreams alter my waking life, if at all?
As I sense into soul communication in broad terms, what life events come up for me? Perhaps a childhood memory will surface because as children we are often connected to our souls in a deeper way before our lives became busy and filled with responsibilities.
As you describe the experiences, you can, if you choose, invite your soul to join you in the writing or voice recording process. You might write the experience down in story form, and see what new wisdom pops up. I'm willing to bet you will be amazed at what you learn about yourself through the experience as I have been. My own journals are now in a published book, with great reviews. My human self never imagined that one!
Everyone is going to connect to his or her soul voice in a different way. If the process becomes frustrating or heavily mental (you might feel pressure in your head or find yourself in shallow breath), drop the exercise and simply focus on the deep breathing.
Perhaps take a walk in nature alone or do something that relaxes you without a lot of external stimulation, like listening to music without words.
It is more than enough to set the intention to communicate with your soul and to spend some time alone with yourself, relaxing. The details of the how are not important. Breathing and patience with your human self will open the door.
Be open to all forms of communication – images, sensations, dreams, intuition, gnost, music, etc. Some find instead of writing, painting or playing a musical instrument puts them in touch with their soul voice.
Create your own practice in honor and celebration of the grand uniqueness of you!
Thank you so much for joining us in this ten-week series. Even more so, you might thank yourself creating a weekly space to RETURN TO SELF. It is nothing short of GRAND!


A floating baffle is used in water construction and serves as a light material separator. It holds back any substance, floating on the water surface, and adapts to different water levels. It is useful in all applications where a firmly embedding to the embankment construction is possible. Two embankment walls, which are usually made of sturdy wooden planks or concrete walls, are connected by floating plastic elements. These are running in flexibly rails to fit at the respective water levels. If the water level rises, the passage is extended below the barrier. Water can flow in a uniformly low speed. Oil or floating debris will be retained on the surface by floating booms.
The embankment walls of the floating baffle are usually installed offset to the flow of the water. It will determined where the floating debris accumulates. It can easily be skimmed off to a collection.
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Instagram giveaway! Snap a photo of your #CFMhaul and share for a chance to win $100 in market money. Contest runs June 16-30 and winners will be announced via Instagram on Monday, July 2.
SNAP Benefits accepted at this market. Vendors are vetted to ensure they grow and produce what they sell. Ask the farmers to learn about their growing practices, or visit the Meet Our Vendors page.
It's June and shoppers are seeing peak-season fruits and veggies roll into the Coppell Farmers Market (CFM). Some seasonal gems include: peaches, blueberries and field tomatoes. It's the perfect time of year for our farmers market to plug in, share the harvest with community programs, and offer a little extra fun on market Saturdays.
Class taught by and handout written for food preservation by Trish Percy of Feed Texas First (www.feedtexasfirst.org) in June, 2011.
Feed Texas First is a grass-roots organization that supports ensuring our food security in North Texas.
Photographs feature second generation peach farmer, Greg Efurd and CFM staff during a visit to Efurd Orchard. See the peach grader (which sorts by size), a peek at the homemade peach ice cream machine, and 500 acres of peach trees!
GROWING PRACTICES: OUR FARMERS' PRODUCTS ARE SUSTAINABLY GROWN, CONVENTIONALLY GROWN, OR CERTIFIED NATURALLY GROWN. ASK YOUR FARMERS TO LEARN MORE, OR VISIT THE MEET OUR VENDORS PAGE!


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Prepare to work as an English teacher in private and community colleges, teachers' colleges, and community settings. In this non-certification master of arts program, you'll develop teaching and learning methods in literature, writing, and the language arts, tailoring the curriculum to fit your professional needs and interests. You'll have the opportunity to pursue a concentration in curriculum and instruction, educational linguistics, reading and literature, writing, and related areas.
This is a non-certification program for professionals seeking preparation for teaching positions at two-year colleges, as well as for certified teachers seeking additional coursework in educational theory and research methods in preparation for doctoral study. Initial certification and professional certification options are also available.
As a student in this program, you'll complete content courses linked to English pedagogy, acquiring knowledge to apply in the clasroom. Courses include Negotiating the Curriculum, English Teacher as Reflective Practitioner, and Master's Seminar in English Education.
You'll take six credits in courses related to your professional goals, as well as at least one course from each of the four strands of the English Education curriculum: Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Linguistics, Reading and Literature, and Writing.
In preparation for college teaching, you will have the opportunity to complete a one-semester field placement as a part of your program of study.


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For a long time there is news in the automobile industry that Maruti Suzuki is going to launch a small car, Maruti Cervo to replace Maruti 800. I think that this car is going to be a killer animal in the compact cars segment. The pictures of Cervo are really stunning and looks much alike the other popular hatchbacks, Hyundai Santro Xing and Chevrolet Beat. I have checked the specifications of this car and it is expected that this car would carry 0.6 liter petrol engine. It is sure that as the engine power of this car is quite low, the mileage of this car is going to be extremely well.
It is embarrassing that the company has not yet given any specific date to launch this car. My expectations are that the company would launch this car before Diwali this year. Also, I would expect that the pricing of this car would be kept affordable around 2 lakhs. Cervo is going to be a four seater hatchback and what all features it would incorporate is still unpredictable. But yes, I as a buyer would expect that the company would introduce this fabulous product with necessary features like Power Steering, AC, Power Windows and Music system. Moreover, to make this car appealing from outside, the company can introduce it with alloy wheels.
In many cities, Maruti 800 has been discontinued and Cervo can come up as the best substitute for India's best selling hatchback. I can confidently say that the launch of Maruti Cervo would be a warning for cars like Tata Nano, Reva NXR and Hyundai Eon. We can predict that if launched at a nominal price, the Cervo is going to have a great future in the Indian market.


The first innings of Zimbabwe was folded back on 211 runs in 76.4 overs and the Windies were in some sort of trouble by losing two early wickets for 18 in 11 overs.
The first Test of the two match series kicked off on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
Earlier, Brendan Taylor, the skipper of Zimbabwe, won the toss and opted to bat first. The innings was initiated by Tino Mawoyo and Vusi Sibanda with great caution as the first three overs ended as a maiden. Sibanda was dropped in the next over by Darren Bravo off Tino Best at four runs but succeeded in getting two fours. Mawoyo opened his account after 17 balls with a single as Sibanda was clean bowled by Kemar Roach for 12 on the last ball of the seventh over.
Hamilton Masakadza took guards at the crease next as Mawoyo hit his first four in the 13th over. The batsmen found it difficult to penetrate the bowling and reached 33 after 15 overs but added 24 runs in the next four overs with 4 boundaries. Masakadza became the next victim of Roach for 17 as the score touched 59 and in came Brendan Taylor who tried to stabilise the innings with Mawoyo. The pair changed the mode of the game by dispatching the ball out of the fence regularly as Tino Mawoyo attained his second Test fifty in the 30th over and the first hundred of the innings also appeared on board.
Mawoyo was gone in the next over for 50 off 95 balls with 7 fours and was replaced by Craig Ervine. Taylor added a couple of fours in the 34th over as Shannon Gabriel destroyed his stumps after he had scored 26 runs. The fourth wicket fell at 110 in 36 overs as the middle order batting surrendered against the quality bowling of the Caribbeans. The visitors lost their sixth wicket at 158 when the stumps of Craig Ervine were uprooted by Marlon Samuels for 29 runs.
Regis Chakabava and Graeme Cremer provided some resistance against the rival bowling as the first was dropped by Best at mid-off on the bowling of Shane Shillingford. Cremer got 2 fours in the 60th over and the duo crept to 196 when he was dismissed for 25 runs. Chakabava was sent back to the dressing room at the same total for 15 and the entire Zimbabwe team was bowled out at 211 runs in 76.4 overs.
Marlon Samuels was the most lethal bowler who grabbed four wickets for just 13 runs in 6.4 overs. Shane Shillingford held three, Kemar Roach two whereas Shannon Gabriel claimed one wicket.
Chris Gayle and Kieran Powell opened the innings for West Indies in a timid manner as they scored four mere runs in the first six overs after playing four maidens. Powell hit the first four of the innings on the first ball of the next over as Kyle Jarvis got rid of him and the next batsman Roach in the same over. Gayle hit two consecutive fours in the 8th over and remained unbeaten for 11 and Darren Bravo has yet to open his account as the hosts scored 18 runs while consuming 11 overs.
Zimbabwe has come back to the game by grasping two quick wickets But West Indies has a tall batting line up which can take a sizable lead in the first innings.


To get you pumped up for Saturday, January 9th's FCS Championship Game between North Dakota State and Jacksonville State, one fan turned a Journey classic into a Bison anthem.
YouTuber Kari Mongeon Wahlen took the Journey song 'Don't Stop Believin' and changed the lyrics into a song all about the Bison's fifth straight trip to Frisco, TX.
The song also mentions the Bison's slow start to the season, which included an upset loss at Montana, and the team's wins against Weber State and the University of North Dakota.
NDSU faces Jacksonville State Saturday, January 9th at 11 a.m. for the FCS Championship.


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For Bernard, CASA has changed the course of his life. When he arrived at Raleigh's South Wilmington Street Center (an emergency housing shelter) in 2013, he was homeless and had no job prospects. He worried that he would not be able to get back on his feet. Then, he was referred to CASA as an applicant for their landscape crew. Bernard's life started changing course. He got the job, applied for CASA housing, patiently sat on their waiting list. After working for CASA for several months, there was an apartment available for him and an opportunity for a fresh start.
Community Alternatives for Supportive Abodes (CASA) was established in 1992 to provide stable, affordable housing in North Carolina's Triangle area for a particularly at-risk low-income population, those with disabilities. CASA either models existing buildings or builds new properties, and then manages high-quality apartments as affordable housing. Tenants pay 30% of their income for rent, regardless of amount.
Applicants must apply with a 'Supportive Housing Referral' — an individual or agency who can provide support during the stressful transition of homelessness to housing. CASA believes that tenants improve their odds of staying in housing with the right support, and their data proves it with 88% of their tenants maintaining their housing after one year.
Additionally, CASA offers something that many affordable housing landlords do not – the opportunity to renew leases. Because CASA permits lease recertification with no time limit, tenants don't face a return to homelessness. And for many tenants that stability is a needed blessing, giving them time to work on building up savings, paying debts, improving their health, and maintaining consistent employment.
But thousands in Wake County aren't as lucky. According to the 2014 Point-In-Time Count, there are at least 2,000 people who are homeless in the Triangle. And even those who find affordable housing face other obstacles including limited lease terms and location concerns. CASA prides itself on offering strategically located apartments in Durham, Wake, and Orange counties that afford safe access to local transportation, healthcare, and employment.
CASA's focus on quality and consistency attracts high interest from the community. Currently, CASA manages over 350 affordable units in the Triangle region. Their waitlist proves both demand and interest with over 1,000 waiting.
Their newest addition, Hull's Landing, opened in April 2015. Offered strictly as veteran housing, the 20 units provide nearby bus line services and a VA Outpatient Clinic. In 2015-2016, CASA plans to complete another 22 veteran apartments and is actively searching for additional opportunities to build or remodel more supportive housing in the Triangle.
More than a year after he arrived at CASA, Bernard continues to work as a member of the landscape crew and helps to maintain the grounds of CASA communities across Wake County. Life is much different than it used to be. He enjoys his work and the peacefulness of the quiet, cool apartment that he returns to at the end of each day. The dignity and security that CASA's affordable housing brings to his life enables him to give back and contribute to the vitality of his community.
To find out how you can help CASA, both through financial and volunteer support, please visit their website at www.casanc.org.


SANTA CLARA, CA (December 15, 2016) — Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501), today announced that Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) has been placed by International Data Corporation (IDC) in the Leaders category of the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Object-based Storage 2016 Vendor Assessment (doc #US41918416, December 2016).
IDC analysts evaluated 12 of the most notable object-based storage vendors based on a comprehensive framework and a set of parameters that gauge the success of a supplier in delivering an object-based storage solution in the market.
"Hitachi Content Platform software is a catalyst for digital transformation because it is more than just a simple object store. It's an integrated portfolio of object, cloud file gateways and end user collaboration that enables organizations to gain control of data and extract business value at scale. It also addresses concerns around compliance and governance, creating private, public and hybrid clouds, and supporting IoT, web 2.0 and big data analytics projects," said Peter Sjoberg, chief technology officer, cloud and mobility for Hitachi Data Systems.
To download the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Object-Based Storage 2016 Vendor Assessment," click here.
According to Worldwide File- and Object-Based Storage Forecast, 2016–2020 (IDC #US41685816, September 2016), object-based storage capacity is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30.7% from 2016 to 2020, reaching 293.7EB in 2020.
In April of 2016, IDC produced a report on Hitachi's object-based storage product portfolio titled "Hitachi Content Platform: End-to-End Portfolio for the 3rd Platform." To download this report, click here.
The Hitachi Content Platform portfolio is the only offering that allows organizations to bring together object storage, file sync and share, cloud storage gateways, and sophisticated search and analytics to create a tightly integrated, simple and smart cloud storage solution. The Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) enables organizations to properly manage, govern, protect and share data so that they can improve productivity, gain efficiency and further their transformation of IT. HCP object storage is more than just a compliant archive and cloud storage platform, it is a solution to challenges organizations face every day. HCP allows IT professionals to empower an increasingly mobile workforce, unify diverse data for greater insight to drive the business, ensure compliance with ever-changing regulations, store and protect large amounts of data, securely incorporate hybrid cloud and even deliver differentiated cloud storage services. HCP modernizes file storage with support for traditional (CIFS/SMB/NFS) and cloud (S3, REST) protocols, as well as an integrated cloud file gateways (Hitachi Data Ingestor) for remote and branch offices, and an integrated mobility solution for managing collaboration and end-user data protection. (Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere).
Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., builds information management and Social Innovation solutions that help businesses succeed and societies be safer, healthier and smarter. We focus on big data that offers real value – what we call the Internet of Things that matter. Our IT infrastructure, analytics, content and cloud solutions and services drive strategic management and analysis of the world's data. Only Hitachi Data Systems integrates the best information technology and operational technology from across the Hitachi family of companies to deliver the exceptional insight that business and society need to transform and thrive. Visit us at www.hds.com.


Autumn is officially here so it's time to update our list of key trends. As a designer it is great to see that colour and pattern back in fashion.
Our homes have moved away from the magnolia of the 90's and back into colour. Coppery bronze tones are very popular in wallpapers and fabrics this season. It's the perfect colour for autumn and very sophisticated. Arte have launched a new copper wallpaper in the Caribou range which is made from dried banana leaves.
For interior designers, blue is the most versatile of all colour groups. We saw new paint launches from Zoffany and the Little Greene Paint company this autumn. The palette encompasses a wide spectrum of tones, from confident indigo to calm linen hues, dispelling the myth that blue is always a cold colour.
Boho has been constantly in and out of favour in the fashion industry and this season saw several large launches in interiors. Nina Campbell launched a fabic called Pachinko, inspired by her travels and Sanderson launched a boho range called Sojourn. It is a look that can date so I will be using it sparingly.
Geometrics have been a strong trend for a several years, especially in contemporary fabrics. It is nice to see more geometric patterns in traditional fabrics this year. Hodsell McKenzie, one of our favourite British classic fabric houses has launched some sophisticated geometric weaves.
5.	Fabrics with extra large patterns.
Many fabric houses are working with artists to produce very creative images on fabrics. They have chosen larger pattern repeats to show them off to full effect. The new Winterbourne range from Zoffany incudes 3 fabric with huge patterns. They look really dramatic hung at large windows or upholstered onto furniture.
6 Bathroom hardware in a range of finishes.
Gold, black, copper, stainless, gunmetal, white…. everyone used to buy chrome but we have had quite a lot of enquiries recently from clients wanting different finishes in their bathroom. While there are lots of options available in the US the UK industry is finally catching up with demand. Kallista, an American supplier, has a range available in brass and gunmetal finishes.


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How the best-performing stocks like Amazon, Grubhub, and Zoom have done during the pandemic
What you can learn from the success of stocks like Zoom over the last few months amid the coronavirus pandemic, and how it can inform future investing decisions.
Published Mon, Aug 10 202011:37 AM EDT Updated Tue, Aug 18 20205:49 PM EDT
"We generally say markets will go up and down many times during a person's career, so they should take a long-term approach and not react to short-term market changes," said Jeanne Thompson, senior vice president of Fidelity Workplace Consulting.
Here's a quick thought experiment: If you could borrow a time-travel machine and go back to the time before Covid-19, what stocks would you buy? It might seem counterintuitive to look backwards at great investments you never made, but it's not. A clear-headed examination of missed opportunities can help inform your choices in the future.
Just because you missed out on a 400% return — yes, some stocks have soared that high during coronavirus — doesn't mean you should make a reckless bet today. But it does show that risk-taking sometimes has its rewards, and even during a pandemic, there is opportunity.
A few dates are helpful to keep in mind for this exercise. The first day of trading before the market had reacted significantly to pandemic news was on February 3. March 25 was when the market started to rally after its initial Covid-19 collapse. For simplicity, you can calculate the growth of a $1,000 investment in stocks — not including transactions and dividends — between market close on February 3 or March 25, and market close on August 7.
It's always important to compare individual investments to the larger market as a whole, so here is that marker: $1,000 invested in the S&P 500 at the beginning of February was worth almost exactly the same by August. If you put $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund on March 25, it was worth about $1,335 on August 7.
Looking back, the obvious sectors to examine for opportunity include firms that make it easier to work at home or simply be at home when consumers were stuck there during lockdowns. Some other high fliers weren't so obvious, however.
The most obvious missed opportunity is Zoom, the popular video-conferencing platform. It took off like a rocket when the pandemic hit. If you were lucky or smart and bought $1,000 worth of Zoom on February 3, you would have held a $2,950 investment on August 7. That's a tidy return.
Maybe, as Zoom meetings became commonplace, you considered buying the stock during March, but decided you'd already missed the opportunity. While there's some truth to that notion, it's incorrect. $1,000 invested in Zoom on March 25 was worth $1,870 on August 7.
In other words, it's not always too late to invest in a fast-growing company when it seems like everyone else is talking about it.
It might seem counterintuitive to look backwards at great investments you never made, but it's not. A clear-headed examination of missed opportunities can help inform your choices in the future.
Fastly and CrowdStrike
Zoom isn't even the best stock performer of the last few months. Cloud platform company Fastly, Inc., which helps websites and apps perform more quickly, fell sharply along with most of the market during February and March. But its recovery was dramatic: $1,000 invested in Fastly on March 25 was worth $4,470 on August 7.
Like Fastly, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has seen most of its growth since the market bottomed out in late March. A $1,000 investment in CrowdStrike on March 25 was worth $1,835 on August 7 — almost double your money.
Investors also seem to be following a theory that most tech firms are enjoying increased demand created by telecommuting. A $1,000 investment in Microsoft on March 25 was worth $1,445 on August 7.
Specific technology sectors, such as virtual payments, have also seen impressive growth. A March 25 $1,000 PayPal investment was worth $2,080 on August 7.
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Plenty of companies that made it easier to be stuck at home during Covid-19 have also risen. Netflix might be the first stock that comes to mind in this category — binge watching being an obvious antidote to Covid boredom — but the video streaming firm isn't up as much as one might expect. A $1,000 Netflix investment on February 3 was worth about $1,436 by August; a March 25 $1,000 investment was worth $1,381.
Amazon and Grubhub
Amazon, which has kept delivering its trademark cardboard boxes to American homes throughout the pandemic, has fared better. A $1,000 investment in Amazon on March 25 is now worth $1,680. Even a pre-pandemic investment in the firm has grown to $1,580.
To get returns in the 100% range, food delivery firm Grubhub was the better choice. A $1,000 bet on Grubhub on March 25 was worth $2,100 on August 7. Individual restaurants that already had delivery infrastructure in place performed well too.
Chipotle and Chewy
Though Chipotle took a big hit in February and March, a $1,000 Chipotle investment on March 25 was worth $1,815 on August 7. Many people also fretted about making sure their pets were properly fed, which probably helped push a $1,000 pre-pandemic investment in Chewy up to $1,950 on August 7.
Even better still, as homebound consumers realized they had to work off all that food delivery, exercise equipment makers benefited. A March 25 $1,000 investment in Peloton is now worth $2,800.
Clorox and Procter & Gamble
Consumer staples have performed well during the pandemic. Clorox investors weathered the initial market panic just fine, and those who stuck with the firm were rewarded. A $1,000 Clorox buy on February 3 was worth $1,435 on August 7. Procter & Gamble didn't fare as well initially, but a $1,000 March 25 investment is now worth $1,325.
Finally, some firms just seemed to capture the market's attention and investors' admiration during this time. High-tech car-maker Tesla took a sizable hit early on, but it has performed handsomely since late March. A $1,000 investment in Tesla on March 25 was worth $2,700 on August 7.
It's true that bad news could send some or all of these stocks plummeting in the future. Past performance is no guarantee of anything, and double-your-money stock investments are rare. But this is a good reminder that when the news seems negative, that can be the right time to make an optimistic investment, and that your safest bet is to invest for the long term in an index fund or ETF.
Bob Sullivan is an author and consumer reporter. His columns can be found BobSullivan.net, or you can follow him on Facebook or Twitter @RedTapeChron.
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Family on Screen: Patriarchy, Father-Son Melodramas
January 24, 2022 by EmanuelLevy
Research in progress: Jan 24, 2022
Hollywood Melodramas: Father Son
The patriarch, rigid and stern or benevolent (usually the former), has been one of the most consistent types (and stereotypes) in American cinema.
The character of the aging (or dying) patriarch, who is tormented, and has troubled relationships with his son, has appeared in melodramas about various social classes, aristocracy as well as middle and lower-class.
The central theme (or conflict) revolves around the passing of the roles, with its duties and responsibilities, from one generation to the next.
Often, the patriarch's anxieties lead to his son's tormented insecurities, and neither can be attributed to wealth or status.
Burl Ives and Lee J. Cobb had specialized in playing such parts.
Burl Ives played variations of this type in three films in 1958, winning a Supporting Actor Oscar for The Big Country. The other two were: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Desire Under the Elms.
The filial melodrama–was it a coincidence? a cycle? a fad?
Movies (A to Z)
All Fall Down
Arlington Road
Barbarian Invasions, The
Big Country, The
Blood and Sand (1941)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Brothers Karamazov, The
Cat on Hot Tin Roof
Cobweb, The
Detective, The
Desire Under the Elms
Graduate, The
Great Santini, The
Harry and Son (1982)
He Got Game
Hud (1963)
Hurricane, The
I Am Sam
In the Bedroom
In the Name of the Father
Last Picture Show, The
Life as a House
Nobody's Fool
Return, The (Soviet)
Secondhand Lions
Splendor in the Grass
Tea and Sympathy
A Wedding
Father-Son: Defrosting of Relations:
Edward Scissorhands (the paternal creator)
Seabiscuit


Good Hope Resort on the shores of Burrinjuck Dam. Photos: Supplied.
You don't have to drive all the way to the coast to enjoy an awesome day out on the water.
Okay, Canberra. It's @#$%&*! hot. The kids are really annoying bored, and there are weeks of school holidays left yet. WEEKS.
You're dying to get out and burn off some of that Christmas, ahem, 'energy' – but you've already come back from your annual coast trip and there's no budget (or available accommodation!) for another one. What do you do?
You pack the family into the car, take a short one-hour drive this Sunday, and spend an awesome day out on Burrinjuck Dam with the Canberra Motorcycle Centre and Good Hope Resort. That's what you do.
This weekend, to give you a chance to check out their range of Sea-Doo personal watercraft – and let a few more people in on the well-kept secret that is the Good Hope Resort – the Canberra Motorcycle Centre (CMCC) is hosting a community day.
It's on from 10 am to 3 pm this Sunday (13 January).
CMCC Sales Director Kane Piper said the event will be ideal for current and prospective personal watercraft (PWC) owners as well as anyone who just likes to watch the adrenalin junkies at play.
"You do need a PWC licence to operate a craft, but we'll have licensed riders offering demo rides on the day as well," he said.
"Good Hope is such a fantastic location, that often gets overlooked because people just think of heading for the coast. But the facilities are great!
"We love supporting local business, and the team at Good Hope is always accommodating. We always find it to be a really safe and family-friendly environment," said Kane.
Just an hour's drive from the Canberra city centre, Good Hope Resort is located on the sunny shores of Burrinjuck Dam at Yass.
Lots of great camping spots at Good Hope Resort.
Good Hope Resort is a great day out with family and friends.
Good Hope also ideal for the fishing-lovers in your family.
While watersports are restricted on Lake Burley Griffin, Lake Burrinjuck has about 30 times the capacity of LBG – or about twice the capacity of the Sydney Harbour.
So Good Hope welcomes all kinds – including wakeboarding, water skiing, inflatable biscuits and tubes, jet skis/PWCs and boats.
A few good practice runs on Burrinjuck Dam and this could be you!
If you'd like to stay at the park, you can choose from a range of pretty shmicko cabins, as well as powered and unpowered camping sites if you'd rather pitch a tent.
Befitting the title of 'resort', you'll also find a swimming pool, kiosk, BBQ facilities and tennis courts on site, as well as a marine store selling water sports and fishing products, accessories and equipment.
Once you're all kitted out and ready to hit the water, you'll find a number of boat ramps that are operational all year round, plus you'll be able to get great advice on the best spots for fishing, swimming and more.
Or if you prefer to keep to dry land, you can enquire about some adventurous off-road motorbike and quad bike tracks around the area (these aren't always available and accessible in summer, so call the resort on 02 6227 1234 and check first).
Back to the watersports though, and if you're like me, you probably grew up referring to 'jetskis'. But did you know the term 'jetski' is actually a trademarked brand?
This type of vessel is actually – correctly – called a personal watercraft or PWC, and there's a huge variety available.
One of the most popular is the Sea-Doo range, which is available locally at the Canberra Motorcycle Centre in Fyshwick.
Sea-Doos at the Canberra Motorcycle Centre.
Top of the line Seadoo RXP at the Canberra Motorcycle Centre.
The 2017 Sea-Doo GTI155 at the Canberra Motorcycle Centre.
"And PWCs are certainly part of that. They're not a huge part of our business yet, but like many other aspects of our range, we're really excited about growing this part of our business," he said.
"A lot of people are interested in a Sea-Doo, but wonder where and how they'll be allowed to use it.
"Now with the range of Sea-Doos we have in-store, that question has multiple answers. We have a PWC to suit everyone – starting with the Spark, designed as a fun and light PWC perfect for beginners; the new Fish Pro released this year to cater for the fishing/adventure market, and then the RXP300 for the thrill seekers!
"Making sure our customers know all about the best places to hit the waves in their PWCs is an important part of that as well – which is why we're really excited to be working with Good Hope Resort and really excited about our community day," said Kane.
How about that? An hour's comfortable drive, and you could be on the water or kicking back on the shores with a cool drink in hand. What's not to love about that!
If you're looking for one of those days out, where you can smile smugly as friends and strangers look upon your kids racing around and comment, "they'll sleep well tonight!" – this is for you.
Best to book online if you can (though walk-ins will be allowed on the day, numbers permitting). Click here to reserve your spot (purchase one ticket per car, not per person).


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1Introduction, Text, and Translation
2Occasion of Revelation
3In Sources
4Validity
5Contrast between Believers and Disbelievers
6Adducing the Verse as Evidence
7Implication for Imam ʿAli's Succession
Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj
The Verse of Siqāyat al-Ḥājj or providing water to Hajj pilgrims (Arabic: آية سِقایةُ الْحاج) says that the faith in God and in the day of resurrection (or the Last Day) and jihad on the way of God are superior to providing water to Hajj pilgrims and holding Masjid al-Haram's key.
The occasion of the revelation of this verse is said to be as follows: 'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib boasted about his hosting the Hajj pilgrims, and Shayba b. ʿUthman boasted about holding the Ka'ba's key. Imam ʿAli (a) said that his faith in God and the day of resurrection and his jihad in the way of God were superior to their achievements. The verse was revealed in confirmation of Imam ʿAli's remarks.
Some scholars have cited this verse as evidence for the superiority of Imam ʿAli (a) over other companions of the Prophet (s) and his rightfulness for guardianship and succession after the Prophet (s). In the Six-Member Council, Imam ʿAli (a) himself made recourse to this verse to establish his own superiority.
In his peace treaty with Mu'awiya, Imam al-Hasan (a) also appealed to this verse to show the virtue and primacy of Imam ʿAli (a).
Introduction, Text, and Translation
Verse 19 of Quran 9 is called the Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj or providing water to Hajj pilgrims.[1] "Siqaya" here has an infinitive sense; that is, providing water. The verse contrasts the provision of water to Hajj pilgrims, holding the key of the Kaʿba, and protection of Masjid al-Haram to the faith in God and the day of resurrection as well as jihad in the way of God.[2] It disconfirms the view that provision of water to the pilgrims and holding the key of Masjid al-Haram are superior to the faith in God and the day of resurrection as well as jihad in the way of God.[3]
The position of water provision for Hajj pilgrims and that of holding the key of the Kaʿba were among the highest positions in Mecca before the emergence of Islam.[4] They were held by prominent figures in the city.[5] During the period of the Prophet (s), Banu Hashim[6] were in charge of these positions, under the supervision of ʿAbbas b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib.[7] The two positions are confirmed by Islam.[8]
أَجَعَلْتُمْ سِقَايَةَ الْحَاجِّ وَعِمَارَةَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ كَمَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ۚ لَا يَسْتَوُونَ عِندَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Do you regard the providing of water to Hajj pilgrims and the maintenance of the Holy Mosque as similar [in worth] to someone who has faith in Allah and [believes in] the Last Day and wages jihad in the way of Allah? They are not equal with Allah, and Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.
— Quran 9:19
Occasion of Revelation
The occasion of the revelation of the verse is said to be as follows. There was a conversation between Imam ʿAli (a) and ʿAbbas b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib and Shayb b. ʿUthman. The latter two boasted about the positions they held. ʿAbbas bragged about the significance of his position in receiving the Hajj pilgrims, and Shayba b. ʿUthman or Talha b. Shayba expressed their pride in protecting the House of God and holding its key. Finally, they appealed to Imam ʿAli (a) as their arbiter to say which position was more superior. Imam ʿAli (a) rejected the superiority of both positions, saying that he was proud in the faith in God and the day of resurrection as well as jihad in the way of God, which paved the ground for the conversion of people like them. After a while, the Prophet (s) learned about the exchange, and thus the above verse was revealed in which Imam ʿAli's view was confirmed.[9]
This story about the occasion of the revelation of the verse is cited in different sources, albeit with slight differences.[10] Some people believe that this was a well-known story,[11] believing that the verse was certainly revealed about Imam ʿAli (a),[12] and it counts as an exclusive virtue of his.[13] There are hadiths transmitted from Imam al-Hasan (a),[14] Imam al-Sadiq (a),[15] ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAbbas, and others,[16] in which the verse is said to be revealed about Imam ʿAli (a).
Some people believe that the Verse of Siqayat al-Haj is not a statement of a general law. Instead, it is concerned with a specific event with a particular occasion of revelation.[17] However, others argue that although the verse was revealed about Imam ʿAli (a), it can be generalized to include other cases as well.[18] There are other accounts of the occasion of the verse's revelation,[19] which appear in Shiite and Sunni sources.[20]
In Sources
The account that the verse was revealed about Imam ʿAli (a) is cited by many scholars and senior figures.[21] It is cited by Shiite exegetes of the Qur'an such as Furat b. Ibrahim al-Kufi (d. 352/963-4)[22] and Fadl b. al-Hasan al-Tabrisi (d. 548/1153-4),[23] and Sunni exegetes of the Quran such as Fakhr al-Razi (d. 606/1209-10),[24] al-Hakim al-Haskani (d. 490/1097),[25] Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid al-Tabari (d. 310/922-3),[26] Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Qurtubi (d. 761/1359-60),[27] ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Suyuti (d. 911/1505-6),[28] and Ibn Abi Hatam (d. 327/938-9).[29] The book, Ihqaq al-haqq, refers to over fifteen Sunni exegetical books in which this account of the occasion of the revelation of the verse is cited.[30] Moreover, in his al-Ghadir, Allama Amini mentions many Sunni scholars who cited the occasion of the revelation.[31]
This occasion of revelation is cited in sources of hadith as well.[32] For example, the same story appears in Sahih Muslim without referring to the names of people involved in the story; that is, it recounts the story as being concerned about "a man."[33] However, other Sunni scholars mention the names of people involved.[34] Nevertheless, Ibn Kathir, a Sunni scholar, denies that the verse was revealed about the virtues of Imam ʿAli (a).[35] Ibn Taymiyya also believes that the account does not appear in any valid source of hadiths.[36]
Imami scholars unanimously believe that the Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj was revealed about Imam ʿAli (a).[37] According to Sayyid ʿAli Milani, a contemporary researcher of theology, the chain of the transmission of this occasion of revelation is valid, and its sources are the most reliable sources of hadith and Quranic exegesis. Indeed, it has multiple chains of transmission.[38] Some authors maintain that since the occasion of the revelation appears in many sources of Quranic exegesis, there is no doubt about its accuracy.[39] The author of the book, Ihqaq al-haqq, believes that there is no dispute over the accuracy of this occasion of revelation.[40]
Contrast between Believers and Disbelievers
On one account, the Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj was revealed in Medina after the conversion of 'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib to Islam, and thus, the contrast is indeed between two groups of believers.[41] However, some people argue that the verse was revealed before ʿAbbas's conversion to Islam,[42] and hence, the contrast is between believers and disbelievers,[43] as there is a hadith in which ʿAbbas rejects Imam ʿAli's request for migration, telling him that the position of providing water to Hajj pilgrims is superior.[44] In another hadith, when ʿAbbas was captivated in the Battle of Badr, he said that if you surpassed us in conversion to Islam, we have surpassed you in providing water to Hajj pilgrims and construction of the Kaʿba.[45] On some accounts, the contrast is said to be between a group of Muslims and a group of Jews who believed that water provision for pilgrims and holding the mosque's key were superior to the faith in God and jihad.[46]
According to al-Shaykh al-Tusi, this verse is addressed to a group of disbelievers or polytheists who were engaged in providing water to pilgrims and construction of Masjid al-Haram and believed that these practices equaled or surpassed the faith and jihad. The verse notes that these practices do not equal the faith in God and jihad in His way.[47] For this reason, the Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj is said to imply that no action has worth without faith, even if it is good in itself.[48]
Adducing the Verse as Evidence
In the Six-Member Council, which was formed after the Second Caliph's death to appoint his successor, Imam ʿAli (a) made recourse to this verse to establish his competence for the position of caliphate and his superiority over others.[49] Moreover, there is a hadith in which he was asked about his greatest virtue, and in response, he mentioned this verse.[50]
In the process of his peace treaty with Mu'awiya, Imam al-Hasan (a) delivered a sermon in which he referred to the virtues of his father by appealing to this verse.[51] Moreover, al-Ma'mun al-'Abbasi wrote a letter to Banu Hashim, in which he praised Imam ʿAli (a) and noted his superiority over ʿAbbas b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib, in which he cites this verse.[52] The story of the boasts about water provision for pilgrims and the revelation of the verse is composed as verses by poets such as al-Sayyid al-Himyari, al-Nashi, and a-Bashnawi.[53]
Implication for Imam ʿAli's Succession
Some scholars believe that the Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj was revealed about Imam ʿAli's[54] superiority over other companions of the Prophet (s)[55] and his primacy for the position of guardianship and caliphate.[56] Furthermore, the implication of the verse for Imam ʿAli's guardianship is said to be obvious,[57] since everyone agrees that he surpassed all other companions of the Prophet (s) in his faith, migration, and jihad.[58] w Makarim Shirazi, a Shia exegete of the Qur'an, holds that since Imam ʿAli (a) surpassed others in the faith and jihad, then if God is to choose a successor or caliph for the Prophet (s), He prefers the "superior" (afdal) over the "inferior" (mafdul) and the "less superior" (fadil), since God is wise, and it would be against His wisdom if He preferred the "inferior" and the "less superior" to the "superior." Moreover, if the caliphate is a matter of elections, then rational people would not elect the "inferior" and the "less superior" over the "superior."[59]
↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Āyāt al-wilāya fī l-Qurʾān, p. 229.
↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī, al-Mīzān, vol. 9, p. 203-205.
↑ Ṭabarī, Jāmiʾ al-bayān, vol. 10, p. 67; Qurtubī, al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān, vol. 8, p. 92; Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, vol. 7, p. 323.
↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Tafsīr-i nimūna, vol. 7, p. 323.
↑ ʿAskarī, Maʿālim al-madrasatayn, vol. 1, p. 201.
↑ Faḍl Allāh, Tafsīr min waḥy al-Qur'ān, vol. 11, p. 57.
↑ Ziriklī, al-Aʿlām, vol. 3, p. 262; Ibn ʿAtiyya, al-Muḥarrar al-wajīz, vol. 3, p. 17; Thaʿālibī, Jawāhir al-ḥisan, vol. 3, p. 170.
↑ Yaʿqūbī, Tārīkh-i Yaʿqūbī, vol. 2, p. 60; Ṭabarī, Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk, vol. 3, p. 61.
↑ Furāt al-Kūfī, Tafsīr furāt al-kūfī, p. 165-166; Qurtubī, al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān, vol. 8, p. 91; Ḥusaynī Istarabādī, Taʾwīl al-āyāt al-ẓāhira, p. 206.
↑ Makārim Shīrāzī,Tafsīr-i nimūna, vol. 7, p. 323.
↑ Furāt al-Kūfī, Tafsīr furāt al-kūfī, p. 165-169.
↑ Furāt al-Kūfī, Tafsīr furāt al-kūfī, p. 170.
↑ Qummī, Tafsīr al-Qummī, vol. 1, p. 284; Ḥuwayzī, Tafsīr nūr al-thaqalayn, vol. 2, p. 195.
↑ Suyūṭī, al-Durr al-manthūr , vol. 3, p. 220.
↑ Makārim Shīrāzī, Āyāt al-wilāya fī l-Qurʾān, p. 229-320.
↑ Ibn ʿAtiyya, al-Muḥarrar al-wajīz, vol. 3, p. 17; Thaʿālibī, Jawāhir al-ḥisan, vol. 3, p. 170.
↑ Amīnī, Al-Ghadīr, vol. 2, p. 94-96.
↑ Furāt al-Kūfī,Tafsīr furāt al-kūfī, p. 166.
↑ Ṭabrisī,Majmaʿ al-bayān, vol. 5, p. 24.
↑ Fakhr al-Rāzī, Mafātīḥ al-ghayb, vol. 16, p. 13.
↑ Ḥākim al-Ḥaskānī, Shawāhid al-tanzīl, vol. 1, p. 323.
↑ Ṭabarī, Jāmiʾ al-bayān , vol. 1, p. 67-68.
↑ Qurtubī, -. al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān, vol. 8, p. 91-92.
↑ Suyūṭī,al-Durr al-manthūr, vol. 3, p. 220.
↑ Ibn ʾAbī Ḥātam, Tafsīr al-Qurān al-ʿAẓīm, vol. 4, p. 108.
↑ Shūshtarī, Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq wa izhāq al-bāṭil, vol. 14, p. 194-199.
↑ Kulaynī,al-Kāfī, vol. 8, p. 204; Ibn Ḥayyūn, Daʿāʾim al-islām, vol. 1, p. 19; Ibn Ḥayyūn, Sharḥ al-akhbār, vol. 1, p. 324; Ṭūsī,al-Amālī, p. 545.
↑ Muslim b. Ḥajjāj,Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, vol. 3, p. 1499.
↑ Ṭabarī, Jāmiʾ al-bayān , vol. 10, p. 68.
↑ Ibn Kathīr al-Dimashqī, al-Bidāya wa l-nihāya, vol. 7, p. 358.
↑ Ibn Taymīyya, Minhāj al-sunna, vol. 5, p. 18.
↑ Astarābādī, al-Barāhīn al-qāṭiʿa , vol. 3, p. 260; Muqaddas al-Ardibīlī, Ḥadīqat al-shīʿa, vol. 1, p. 94.
↑ Mīlānī, Sharḥ minhāj al-karāma, vol . 2, p. 276.
↑ Muzaffar, Dalāʾil al-ṣidq, vol. 5, p. 26; Makārim Shīrāzī,Āyāt al-wilāya fī l-Qurʾān, p. 232.
↑ Shūshtarī, Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq, vol. 3, p. 122.
↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī,al-Mīzān, vol. 9, p. 203-205.
↑ Muqaddas al-Ardibīlī, Ḥadīqat al-shīʿa, vol. 1, p. 95.
↑ Qurtubī,al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān, vol. 8, p. 92.
↑ Ḥākim al-Ḥaskānī, Shawāhid al-tanzīl, vol. 1, p. 323; Ibn al-Jawzī, Zād al-masīr, vol. 2, p. 244.
↑ Ṭabarī, Jāmiʾ al-bayān, vol. 10, p. 67; Suyūṭī, al-Durr al-manthūr, vol. 3, p. 219; Ṭūsī, al-Tibyān, vol. 5, p. 191; Ibn ʾAbī Ḥātam, Tafsīr al-Qurān al-ʿAẓīm, vol. 4, p. 108.
↑ Qurtubī,al-Jāmiʿ li-aḥkām al-Qurʾān, vol. 8, p. 92; Ibn ʿAtiyya, al-Muḥarrar al-wajīz, vol. 3, p. 17.
↑ Ṭūsī, al-Tibyān, vol. 5, p. 191.
↑ Jaʿfarī, Tafsīr kawthar, vol. 4, p. 447; Qirāʾatī, Tafsīr-i nūr, vol. 3, p. 394.
↑ Ṭūsī, al-Amālī, p. 550; Daylamī, Irshād al-qulūb, vol. 2, p. 261;Ṭabarī,al-Mustarshid , p. 352. Ṭabrisī, al-Iḥtijāj, vol. 1, p. 140.
↑ Ibn Ḥayyūn, Daʿāʾim al-islām, vol. 1, p. 16; ʿAyyāshī, Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī, vol. 2, p. 83.
↑ Hilālī, Kitāb Sulaym b. Qays, vol. 2, p. 960; Ṭūsī, al-Amālī, p. 561-563.
↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, al-Taraʾif, vol. 1, p. 278.
↑ Amīnī, al-Ghadīr, vol. 2, p. 96.
↑ Ḥillī, Minhāj al-karāma, p. 85; A group of authors, Fī riḥāb ahl al-Bayt, vol. 22, p. 18.
↑ Mīlānī, Sharḥ minhāj al-karāma, vol. 2, p. 276.
↑ Shūshtarī, Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq, vol. 3, p. 128; Muqaddas al-Ardibīlī, . Ḥadīqat al-shīʿa, vol. 1, p. 95; Mīlānī, Sharḥ minhāj al-karāma, vol. 2, p. 276; Makārim Shīrāzī, Āyāt al-wilāya fī l-Qurʾān, p. 229.
↑ Ibn Ṭāwūs, al-Taraʾif, vol. 1, p. 51; Mīlānī, Sharḥ minhāj al-karāma, vol. 2, p. 273.
↑ Muzaffar, Dalāʾil al-ṣidq, vol. 5, p. 27.
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Famous Verses of the Qur'an
Theological
al-Istikhlaf • Aman al-Rasul • Am man yujib • Ulu l-Amr • Ayat al-Kursi • al-Tathir • al-Wilaya • Khayr al-Bariyya • Verses of Mahdism • al-Ikmal • al-Indhar • al-Mubahala • al-Bara'a • al-Istirja' • al-Tasdiq • al-Amana • al-Nur • al-Hifz • al-Mawadda • al-Mashiyya • Wa In Yakad • al-Fitra • al-Mithaq • al-Dharr • al-Sadiqin • al-Ibtila' • al-Shira' • al-Abrar • al-It'am • al-Wasila • al-Wudd • al-Tahaddi Verses • al-Tawba • al-Hadi • al-Tabdil • al-Kanz • al-Salawat • al-Mustad'afin • Ja' al-Haq • al-Nafs al-Mutma'inna • Ahl al-Dhikr • al-Tabligh • La Tahzan • Khilafa of Human • al-Adhab • al-Shifa' • al-Tawakkul • al-Ruh • al-Mulk • al-Sukhra • al-Kitman • al-Izz • al-Rukub • al-Shahada • Ilhaq dhurriyya • al-Fa'izun • al-A'raf • La ikrah fi l-din • Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj
Juristic
al-Wudu' • Tayammum • al-Khums • al-Zakat • Fasting • Hijab • al-Imtihan • al-Qital • al-Tadayun • Usury • al-Wasiyya • Trusts • Qard al-Hasana • al-Qibla • Friday Prayer • al-Tahluka • Nafy al-Sabil • al-Qintar • al-Nushuz • al-Ila' • al-Zihar • Ulu l-Arham • al-Maharim • al-Hajj • al-Qisas • al-Kitman • al-Nafr • al-Anfal • Hadd al-Sirqa • Inheritance • al-I'tida • al-Muharaba • al-Jizya • Islah Dhat al-Bayn • al-Sulh • al-Tijara • al-Hadhr • Iddat al-Talaq • Najasat al-Mushrikin • al-Mut'a • al-Harth • al-Mahid • al-Tarabbus • al-Qasr • Jaza' al-Fahsha' • al-Ikhraj • al-Fay'
al-Ukhuwwa • Islah Dhat al-Bayn • al-Yunusiyya Dhikr • al-Naba' • al-Udhun • al-Da'wa • al-Birr • al-Silm • al-Ta'assi • al-Takhyir • al-Najwa • al-I'tisam • al-Izz • al-Ifk • Am man yujib • al-It'am • al-Mashiyya • al-Sulh • al-Istidhan • al-Kanz • al-Rukub • al-Ithar • al-Infaq
Basmala • al-Isra' • al-Hijra • al-Mujahidun
Kun fa yakun • al-Yunusiyya Dhikr • Mujahidun Verse
Virtues of Imam Ali (a)
Al-Wilaya Verse • Ulu l-Amr Verse • Al-Tathir Verse • Al-Mubahala Verse • Al-Sadiqin Verse • Khayr al-Bariyya Verse • Al-Ikmal Verse • Al-Tabligh Verse • Al-Indhar Verse • Al-Ukhuwwa Verse • Al-It'am Verse• Verse of Wudd • Al-Shira' Verse • Al-Infaq Verse • Al-Najwa Verse • The Verse of Witness • Verse of Siqayat al-Hajj
Hadith Madinat al-'Ilm • Hadith al-Raya • Hadith al-Kisa' • Al-Ghadir Sermon • Hadith al-Wisaya • Hadith al-Manzila • Hadith Yawm al-Dar • Hadith lawlak • Hadith al-Tayr al-Mashwi • Hadith al-Wilaya • La Fata Illa Ali • Hadith al-Shajara • Saluni Qabl an Tafqiduni • Hadith al-Tashbih
Mawlud al-Ka'ba • Laylat al-Mabit • Marriage of Imam Ali (a) and Lady Fatima (a) • Radd al-Shams • Event of Ghadir • Eid al-Ghadir • Mubahala • The Pure Five (a) • Ashab al-Kisa' • Giving Ring as Charity • Sadd al-Abwab • Event of Tahniya
Epithets
Hadith of the Divider of the Hell and the Heaven • Faruq • Truthful One • Ya'sub al-Din • Salih al-Mu'minin
Shi'a
Kashf al-yaqin • Khasa'is al-a'imma • Tafdil Amir al-Mu'minin • Al-Risala al-alawiyya • Al-Rawda fi fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin • Ghurar al-akhbar • Al-'Umda • Turaf min al-anba' wa l-manaqib • Al-Tahsin
Sunni
Khasa'is Amir al-Mu'minin • Kifayat al-talib • Jawahir al-matalib • Fada'il Amir al-Mu'minin • Manaqib al-Imam Ali b. Abi Talib • Manaqib-i Murtadawi • Manaqib Amir al-Mu'minin
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So I'm trying to break in a new pair of shoes a bit today. They were pinching my toes a bit, but I thought I was OK, so I wore them to take a letter to the mailbox. I was fine for about 3/4 of the walk, and then suddenly, about half a mile away from home, my left heel was suddenly being chafed badly. I hadn't noticed any trouble until that moment. It's amazing how long a half mile can be when every step hurts.
Dude, I wish I could get down to half your weight, but I can't believe you weigh 500 lbs.


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Author: Milwaukee NNS
Posted by Milwaukee NNS | Jul 15, 2019 | Syndicated |
By Sergio M. González • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization, held its 90th annual national convention in Milwaukee from July 10 to 13. While this year's LULAC convention will be the largest national Latino meeting organized in Milwaukee's history, it certainly will be the first of its kind. That honor belongs to the 1971 Milwaukee Latin American Convention, an event organized to harness an upsurge in social movement activism among the city's growing Mexican American and Puerto Rican communities. In 1970, more than 20,000 Latinos...
Neighborhoods see community improvements after massive investments in city playgrounds
By Andrea Waxman • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Six years ago, the play and sports areas of Milwaukee Public Schools were called out for being among the worst in the county. Since then, MPS has invested $12 million in rebuilding, renovating and making improvements to its outdoor athletic and play facilities. "These investments are about leveling the playing field. In the suburbs, a state-of-the-art stadium is a given, but in Milwaukee it's not," said Andy Nelson, media manager for MPS. MPS is in the middle of "a massive investment" in playgrounds, Nelson said. MPS is partnering with the Milwaukee...
Wisconsin girls remain at risk for revictimization after trauma of human trafficking ends
Posted by Milwaukee NNS | Jul 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
By Dana World-Patterson • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service For more than a decade, I've worked to eradicate human trafficking in Milwaukee and beyond. As part of my work with Foundations for Freedom Inc., I've gotten to know the young girls and women who are forced into sex work and how it impacts their lives long after they have escaped that environment. However, in Wisconsin, we don't make it easy for these young women to adjust to normal life. The average age of girls who are trafficked domestically is 13. When trafficking begins, the victims are introduced to a life...
Prevention campaign promotes benefits of PrEP pill that reduces risk of contracting HIV
Posted by Milwaukee NNS | Jun 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
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Massive neighborhood infrastructure part of next phase of redevelopment for Westlawn Gardens
By Mark Doremus • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service The 75-acre site where Wisconsin's largest public housing development once stood is roaring back to life. About 1,000 mixed-income housing units are emerging at the new Westlawn Gardens on Milwaukee's northwest side. The first phase, which finished in 2012 with 250 affordable rental units, stretches from North 60th Street to North 64th Street between West Silver Spring Drive and West Custer Avenue. "It's like building a small Wisconsin town from below the ground up," said Paul Williams, Choice Neighborhood Initiative coordinator for the city Housing Authority. "It's not just buildings. The...
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Silverdocs 2010 Day One: Wherein We All Learn Quickly
Cynthia Fuchs
From Wo ai ni mommy
Like many other documentaries at this year's Silverdocs, Wo ai ni mommy (I Love You Mommy) makes clear that all sorts of feelings can be communicated without words.
Presumed Guilty (Presunto culpable)
Director: Roberto Hernández, Geoffrey Smith
Cast: José Antonio Zúñiga Rodriguez, Roberto Hernández, Layda Negrete
Studio: Abogados con cámara
US date: 2010-06-24 (Human Rights Watch Film Festival: New York)
Wo ai ni mommy (I Love You Mommy)
Director: Stephanie Wang-Breal
Cast: Fang Sui Yong, Donna Sadowsky, Stephanie Wang-Breal
Studio: Eye Wang Pictures
US date: 2010-06-22 (Silverdocs Documentary Festival)
"She needs to learn to take care of herself." Fang Sui Yong's foster father nods in her direction, as she wraps herself around her foster mother, who smiles even as she confesses her sadness that the eight-year-old is about to leave her home in Guangzhou for the United States with a new adoptive mother. "Of course, we didn't want her to go," she says. "Even if it's tearing my heart apart, it's better for her." Sui Yong's new mom, Donna Sadowsky, watches quietly, not understanding a word they're saying.
Still, as this early scene in Wo ai ni mommy (I Love You Mommy) makes clear, all sorts of feelings can be communicated without words. Stephanie Wang-Breal's fascinating film is alternately poignant and distressing, following Sui Young's difficult transition from one life to another, one world to another. It is, as her foster father notes, a journey she must make on her own, even as she is surrounded by adults (and other children) trying to help, or at least understand. "I can't help you," Donna will say repeatedly after they've arrived at Sui Yong's new home in Long Island, "If you don't tell me what's wrong." And repeatedly, close-ups of the girl's distraught face indicate that it's hard for her even to begin to say.
Screening on the first full day of this year's AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival, Wo ai ni mommy exemplifies a recurring focus on efforts to understand and connect. The 2010 program is impressive for its range of subjects as well as the many, sometimes unanswerable questions posed. Films include Kaleo La Belle's Beyond This Place, about the filmmaker's own struggles to understand his elusive father, Raymonde Provencher's Grace, Milly, Lucy... Child Soldiers, which looks at the complicated process of forgiveness and recovery for several Ugandan women, former conscripts for the infamous Lord's Resistance Army, and Secrets of the Tribe, Jose Padilha's examination of what's at stake, for whom, in the relationship between anthropology and its subjects.
Rebecca Richman Cohen's superb War Don Don looks at the intersections of memory, media, and moral orders during the war crimes trial of Sierra Leone's Issa Sesay. Still other films investigate the intricacies of familial relations: The Kids Grow Up, directed by Doug Block, looks at his own needs as a father to a daughter leaving home for college, and Chico Colvard's Family Affair examines his traumatic and deeply entangled family history.
From Presumed Guilty
This first day's offerings include Presumed Guilty (also the closing film at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival and airing as part of PBS's POV series on 27 July). Here the difficulties of communications are introduced in an opening epigraph, asserting the film is "Based on an untrue story." That story is a murder case that begins when a breakdancer and street vendor in Mexico City, José Antonio Zúñiga Rodriguez, nicknamed Toño, is arrested in 2005. Though he has nothing to do with the crime -- he's not near the scene and doesn't know the victim -- the police pick him up, insist that he "knows" what he's done, and find a young witness to name him. The "system" clamps down, Toño is convicted, and his life seems over.
That is, until his girlfriend, Eva, hears about a pair of Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) legal researchers, Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete, who have tracked an alarming history of corruption in the Mexican justice system (for instance, 93 percent of inmates never see an arrest warrant, and 93 percent of defendants never see a judge, but only lawyers collecting checks and clerks who file their papers). Though they are on their way to Berkeley, the young lawyers are moved by the extreme unfairness of Toño's case, and agree to take on his appeal. Hernández decides as well to film the process, and his images make up the bulk of the film, which is co-directed by Geoffrey Smith (The English Surgeon).
The documentary lays out the many barriers they face as they bring the case back before a judge, including the daunting news that they will be facing the same judge, Hector Palomares, who sent Toño to prison in the first place. The defense team brings in a respected lawyer, Rafael Heredia, who finds numerous flaws and gaps in the original file, even as he reveals that, according to the law, they are unable to challenge these points. And so they must make use of the structural peculiarities of the Mexican court system, namely, that Toño appears in the courtroom (more like an office space) in a cage, while lawyers and witnesses face him, the judge in between, repeating their exchanges, line for line, for the purposes of recording.
Not only does this arrangement make for a dramatic scene, frequently resembling a split screen, but the question-and-answer format also draws attention to tense pauses, nervous faces, and, set off in a background, Eva and Toño's sisters and mother, hanging on to every detail. After Heredia's questions lead the arresting officers to insist they don't remember anything about the case (and also lead Toño to call one of them a liar), the defendant, not his lawyers, questions the witness, a visibly anxious youth named Victor. As Negrete narrates, the lawyers coach Toño carefully, to lead Victor through a set of queries resulting in a sensational revelation.
As vivid as the courtroom scenes may be, however, the film is more effective in its evocations of Toño's shifting states of mind, rendered in images of his breakdancing in the prison yard, barbed wire and blue sky behind him ("Dancing is like not being in prison," he narrates, "It's like escaping, not being here for a while"), walking long hallways, or sitting among other young men much like himself, their shoulders stooped, their faces despondent. The film makes another, crucial observation as well, framing various performances -- by lawyers, judges, and witnesses -- to underline their guile, theatricality, and self-consciousness. As Toño works to keep his composure, he speaks meticulously, his words rehearsed even as his fate remains uncertain.
The fate of Sui Yong appears to be more secure at the start of Wo ai ni mommy. She is adopted and she is headed to the States. But as in Presumed Guilty, the film's structure complicates an already complicated story. As Sui Yong adapts to her new mommy, her new language and family (and her new "American name," Faith), she is alternately needy, angry, and stubborn. Donna, for her part, is insightful and patient, as well as frustrated and understandably looking for self-confirmation amid the emotional chaos.
Most interestingly, the film slides between its subjects' self-presentations, as Wang-Breal sometimes serves as translator for mother and daughter. While this role in itself means that the person behind the camera is plainly helping to shape the experience of her subjects, it's further snarled by the fact that Wang-Breal speaks Sui Yong's second language, Mandarin; the child uses Cantonese when she's upset, and soon comes to understand that she can say what she wants and not be understood if she doesn't want to be. The resulting conversations include a moment when Wang-Breal asks the tearful. raging Sui Yong if she wants her to translate what she's said ("I want to go back to China") while Donna waits to hear, her face expectant, apprehensive, and knowing too.
In America, Faith is introduced to her dad, Jeff, as well as her new siblings, the couple's natural sons Jared (who is especially doting and good-natured) and Jason, and another adoptee from China, four-year-old Darah (who insisted, Donna recalls that her new sister be "taller" or older, as she wants to remain the youngest in the family). The film stays focused on Donna's efforts to connect and also to frame their nuanced experiences. At one point she turns to the camera to observe, "If she doesn't get what she wants, there's major hissy fits being thrown." The camera pulls out from this scene, the rest of the family chatting around the dining room table and Faith in a lonely foreground, plinking on a toy piano's keys.
Throughout her first year, Faith misses her foster family in China, and asks to speak to her Guangzhou sister, so they can share stories and giggles. Donna waits patiently in the background of these shots and in others, manages Faith's "fresh" behaviors with brief rebukes and typical mommy-ordained choices ("You can apologize or you can go to your room"). When Faith notes that she doesn't have a choice, she's at least partly right: her life has been reorganized for her, and, as often as Donna notes that it's hard for an eight-year-old to adapt so quickly to such a drastically new environment, still, she must insist on Faith's conformity.
That's not to say the Sadowskys are blind to specific issues with a transracial adoption (though they have apparently not discussed them reading Darah, whom they brought home at 14 months, before she spoke Chinese or, to their eyes "felt" Chinese). Though Donna early on seems aware of Faiths possible concerns ("Do you think mommy's ugly?" she asks during their getting-acquainted days in China, her way of asking if her whiteness bothers her daughter), she and Jeff appear surprised when a counselor suggests they attend to race and racial identity as well as "the cultural pieces". Jeff suggests they provide Faith with access to bits of Chinese culture (like Chinese New Year and "Bruce Lee"). And Faith, losing her Cantonese language as she absorbs English, asserts that she now feels more "American" than Chinese. She's learning to take care of herself.