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The Skills Of Soul Rapture
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Kitab al-Ma'ârifthe Skills of Soul Rapturea Disclosure of Wisdomfor our TimeSultan Valad1226-1312Son of Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Table of ContentsIntroduction – 5Introduction Sultan Valad - 9Action - 12Friends of God - 15Essence and Form - 26The Man of God - 46Soul - 50Creation - 60Spring, Paradise, Hell - 69Victory - 72Master and Disciple - 75Die Before You Die - 83The Caliph of God - 94Heart - 101Inner Meaning - 107Know Yourself - 112Justice - 124Like Attracts Like - 130Veils of the Worldly Means - 133Humility - 139Judgment - 149You Are What You Seek - 157Touchstone - 173The Alchemy of Mercy – 180Scholars - 185Inner being – 189Thoughts - 194Microcosm and Macrocosm - 1983
On Recognizing the Master - 201The Container and the Contained - 207Service - 209Knowledge - 211Visions - 213Impiety and Faith - 218Poems of Sultan Valad – 227The Eternal Spring - 2374
- IntroductionSultan Valad (1226-1312) was the son of Jalal ad-Din Rumi.Jalal ad-Din Rumi was born in Balkh in Khorasan in 1207. Rumi washimself the son of an eminent teacher, Baha-ud-Din Valad, whowas also called "the Sultan of the scholars". It is in his memorythat his grandson, Sultan Valad, was also called Baha-ud-Din.In 1219, Rumi's father had to flee from Khorasan because ofthe Mongol invasion. The family ended up settling down inAnatolia, at Konya, capital of the Seljuk Empire. This is where Jalalad-Din Rumi succeeded to his father as the head of a theologycollege. He taught there until his death in 1273.Jalāl ad-Dīn Rumi composed a considerable work, whichincludes the Mathnawi, the Diwan of Shams of Tabriz, Ruba'iyat,and Fihi-ma-fihi. Fihi-ma-fihi is a series of conversations of Rumiwith his disciples and friends that was collected by Sultan Valad.This book was originally called Maarif, which literallytranslates as Gnosis of better The Skill of Soul's Rapture. It is aPersian prose work in a style approaching the spoken languageand containing accounts of Sulṭān Walad's thoughts and words. Itis composed of lectures given to his students explaining andreflecting his father's material. The tone and material is very muchlike his father's material collected in Fihi-ma-fihi, but Maarif is lessspontaneous, more elaborate, more explicit and less dense. Itsform is less diversified as it includes only a few interlocutors,discussions and questions. It is obvious that, in Kitab al-Maarif,Sultan Valad reflected on his father's teaching and expanded onwhat he thought to be especially important. It is also interesting tonote that Maarif was also the title of the book by Sultan Valad'sgrandfather - who was his namesake. This book was recently5
translated into English under the title The Drowned Book: Ecstaticand Earthy Reflections of Bahauddin, the Father of Rumi byColeman Barks and John Moyne.Nobody was able to transmit the essence of Rumi's teachingbetter than Sultan Valad. He was not only Rumi's elder son; hewas also his dearest confidant. From six years old he would attendRumi's meetings with disciples. When people desired a favor fromRumi, they would ask Sultan Valad to be their intercessor. In hisvarious writings and lectures, Valad ciphered many of crypticsymbols of his father's behavior, actions, hints and indications. Healso explained many of his father's mysteries. This was carried outthroughout his life in the forms of prose, poetry and discourses forhis disciples. Valad was also familiar with Shams Tabrizi (Rumi'sbeloved mentor) and used to associate with him regularly.It is said that one day Rumi was speaking to his visitors aboutMoses' stick. According to the Koran, the stick swallowed up thecreations of the Pharaoh's magicians, while the length of the stickneither augmented nor decreased by a single atom. Rumi asked,"How could I explain this incomparable parable so people canunderstand it?" And, turning toward Sultan Valad, he asked him tocomment on the verse. Sultan Valad bowed and said, "Thisparable is like a man who has an extremely big palace that is incomplete darkness. Suddenly, someone brings a torch and itspresence lights up the palace. The torch neither diminishes noraugments, but the darkness disappears." Rumi congratulated himand said he was delighted with the answer.Once Rumi told his son, "O Bahâ-ud-Dîn, my coming into thisworld happened to prepare yours; for all the words I say arediscourses, but you, you are my action."6
The text of the original Maarif is taken from the Persiancollection by Najib Mayel Heravi, who compared, collected, andcompiled five different editions of the book. The version that weused is the smallest in size of the 5 editions, and has the most incommon with all of the other versions. The French and Spanishtranslations have also been used in the preparation of the presentedition. Every effort has been made to preserve, in itsunattainable form, the teaching that it contains.In Sufism, ma'rifa describes the mystical intuitive knowledgeof spiritual truth, or better the skill of soul "rapture"achievedthrough ecstatic experiences, rather than revealed or rationallyacquired.A seeker of ma'rifa is called 'arif', the one who "knows".In one of the earliest accounts of the Maqamat-l arba'in("forty stations") in Sufism, sufi master Abu Said ibn Abi'l-Khayrma'rifa lists as the 25th station: "By all creatures of the twoworlds, and through all people, they see Allah, and there is noaccusation of their perception. "Marifat is one of the 'four doors' of Sufism:Sharia: legal path.Tariqa: methodical-esoteric path.Ma'rifa: soul rapture, mystical knowledge, consciousness.Haqiqa: mystical truth / truth.A metaphor for explaining the meaning of ma'rifa is to collectthe pearl. Shari'a is the boat; tariqa is represented by the rowingof the pearlman; haqiqa is the pearl; and ma'rifa is the ability tosee the difference between real and false pearls.7
- Introduction of Sultan ValadBismillah ir Rahman ir RahimIn the name of God,the Most Gracious,the Most Merciful.All the Prophets and Saints are known and distinguished byvirtue of the miracles and prodigies that they perform. The Sagesand the Seekers of Truth say that God has bestowed a specificgrace upon each one of them. What He has granted to one, He hasnot granted to another. He has given to each a different dominion,a separate world. My grandfather used to say that each Prophetwas capable of performing any miracle, and that they possessedall powers. But God conceded to each one an Attribute accordingto the needs of the moment to satisfy a specific need or desire.For instance, a sage may know medicine, astronomy and othersciences: but when he treats a patient, we cannot affirm that heonly knows the art of medicine. According to the circumstances hewill show one aspect of his knowledge that he has mastered. Or, ifa person who is concurrently an expert goldsmith, cobbler andtailor is sewing garments, we cannot say that he only knows thatspecific craft. Or still, if a river powers a water-mill, a sensibleperson would not say that it is the only function of the river; it iscapable of many other things such as washing clothes, refreshing,9
turning gardens green again, and contributing to the growth ofplants and flowers. But in that specific instance, it is necessary tomove the wheel of the mill; and in a garden or field it could beseen to provide other services.Therefore, each Prophet is capable of accomplishing anymiracle, but he performs miracles and prodigies according to theneeds of his people.The prophets are manifestations and instruments of God.They are extinguished and annihilated in Him. Through them Godshows everything. Therefore, how is it possible to assert that Godis not capable of doing everything? God is the active principle; theProphets are like a pen in the hand of the writer. Each mark thatthe pen draws is, in fact, written by the writer. They are like thebow and the arrow. It is not the bow that shoots the arrow, butthe archer. That is why God, the Most High, has said: "When youslew, it was not you who slew, but God."God is literally saying: "Mohammad, that arrow that you shot,it is Us who shot it not you. Everything you do is by thecommandment and mandate of God. What then is your role?Since it is Us who Act and everything is done through Our Desireand Will, he who fights and struggles against you, fights andstruggles against Us; he who follows you and acts upon yourcommands and manifests friendship and love for you, has donethose things toward Us."10
- ActionSomeone said, "The most important is action; words are notimportant." I said, "I too would like to find someone who knowswhat action is and can see, so that I can show him action." Now,you like words. One can converse with you since you are not aman of action. How could you comprehend what action is? Asaction you only understand prayers, fasting, reading spiritual texts,pilgrimage, alms, meditation, and devotion. But all these are notaction. These are the means to reach true Action. It is possible thatwhen you perform these activities they exert some influence overyou and transform you in relation to what you were before. Forexample, prayer allows one to distance oneself from sin and error.Action, on the other hand, purifies your faults. When you are in astate of impurity you have not accomplished the prayer.So all these different forms and modes do not constituteAction. Action is the transmutation of the heart, passing from onestate to another. Like the seminal liquid and the embryo passingfrom one state to another in the mother's womb; first a clot ofblood, then a fetus, then the face of a man who is endowed withlife, enters the world and grows up. This transformation andgrowth is action and ascension.The meaning of Miraj (Mohammad's journey to heaven) isthe same as we have just mentioned. The seeker passes from oneinternal state to another. The second state is higher than the first;the third is higher than the second, ad infinitum.Anyone who, in the bazaar of this world - because "This worldis the field which is reaped in the other world" - remains two daysin the same state suffers a loss. Day by day, second by second, it isnecessary to rise and advance. This is the reality of action. Whoperceives such action? With the exception of God, no one knows it12
or can see it. "My saints are under my dome; except I, no oneknows them."In a word, knowledge is closer to real action than personaleffort and corporal practices such as prayer, fasting, and the rest.Since it is possible for knowledge to be separated from action andbe rendered useless, it is even more possible that personal effortand corporal practices, since they are further away from realaction, are rendered even more useless. Hypocrites performexternal practices such as prayer and fasting, but cannot traversethe path of faith and declare the existence of God. If theypossessed the knowledge and ability they would not bemiscreants. Therefore, everything that was said and indicatedconcerning the different modes and ways, gestures and devotionsthat are practiced and recognized are the means of real action, butnot action itself.Iblis (The primary name of Satan in Islam) performed practicesof devotion in heaven for thousands of years. If his externalpractices had been real, he would have behaved differently whenGod ordered him to prostrate himself before Adam.Jesus did not perform external acts, but practiced true actionin such a way that he was able to evolve from a state of spiritualinfancy to spiritual maturity. What Jesus declared in the cradle("Truly I am the servant of God; He has given me the Book and hasmade me a prophet." (Sura 19, verse 30, Mohammad achieved itwhen he was forty years oldThus, the reality of action resides in your transformation andprogress at each instant. When the philosopher's stone grazescopper, it is the transmutation of copper into gold that constitutesreal action. A piece of copper may be hammered, boiled orextended, but it will still remain copper. Those who are not13
capable of recognizing gold and perceive the external form ofpractices say, "If gold exists in the world, it is that which has beenhammered and has become wide and long." But he who knowsgold examines the metal with the touchstone and will not buy it,even for half a cent, if it is not pure gold.I, who am God, do not look at your faces, or your behavior oryour words, but I set my eyes upon your hearts in order to knowthe degree of love you have for me.For a wise man, one indication is sufficient. Or put in otherwords, "if there is someone home, only one word will suffice."14
- Friends of GodThe Friends of God are the Attributes of God and His chosenones (These Attributes are such things as All-Seeing, All-Hearing,All-Powerful. All together there are 99 of them, commonlyreferred to as the 99 Names of God) ; not God himself, but theyare the Secrets of God. Knowledge and awareness of God is easierthan the knowledge of his Secrets. Likewise, if you wish to knowsomeone, you get acquainted and spend some time with him. Thisdesire to know him can be accomplished with little effort. But ifyou desire to gain the inner secrets of his heart, greater effortswould be needed. We may conclude that it is easier to learnappearances than to obtain inner secrets.If someone wishes to visit a Master and be received by him,after a few attempts and with some effort, he may succeed. But ifhe wishes to have access to the knowledge of the Master, then hemust dedicate many years and much effort to gain a piece of thistreasure.In a city, there are one hundred thousand God-believingpeople. All of them crave that God grant them their desires. Theyconsider God to be the Unique, the Almighty, the Generous, theTeacher, the Guide, He who forgives and He who punishes. Theysubmit to Him with sincere heart and soul and worship Him. Ingeneral, they are like this: some are strong in action, some areweak; some have little knowledge of God and some have much.But among these hundred thousand people, only a smallcommunity incline toward a true Saint. Among that smallcommunity, only one or two truly know that Saint.15
After this discussion, it is clear that worship and knowledge ofGod is common. In general, everyone, without exception, canfollow the Path of Knowledge. Even the heedless worship God.Impiety and faith, both travel His Way saying, "He is Unique,the One without associates."Men worship God in various forms, practices and languages.But worship is not exclusive to man. Even the heavens, the sun,the stars, the moon, the earth, minerals, mountains, stones, dust,air and fire - everything worships and praises Him in a languagethat you do not know or understand.To ensure that not everyone will pray to God or return to Him,all created beings are the screens and courtiers of God. Theexquisite delicacies, silk garments, beautiful women, and otherriches of this world prevent the elect from serving and seeing God.These things are like highwaymen to the seekers and those whoare on the path - until by means of lamentation, prayers andremembrance - some of them escape from the brigands, andsuccessfully bring the loads and garments of the seeker toacceptance and submission to God. But it is God who guards theSaints of God, and makes it impossible for everyone to find orrecognize them, because it has been said that "my Saints areunder my dome; Except I, no one knows them." That is, my Saintsand my friends are concealed under the dome of My Jealousy, inorder that no one, other than I, can see them or know them. As inthis world, when the great kings sit on the throne of justice,receiving both noblemen and commoners in their courts; hearingeach desire and granting requests according to rank. Still, thesepeople never see the sons and daughters of the king. And the manwho asks to become the confidant and companion of the king risks16
his head - unless the king, by his own volition and knowing theloyalty and faith of the person, makes him his confidant.Ungodly obstacles or brigand-like demons and devils can bechased away by means of recitation and remembrance. But withwhich recitation or which remembrance could we chase Godaway? Therefore it is obvious that finding Friends of God andknowing them is much harder than knowing God. Whoever knowsa Friend of God knows God, but the reverse is not true. Knowledgeof God does not necessarily lead to knowledge of the Friends ofGod, since there are many people who recognize and submit toGod but cannot know and understand the Truth. Even when theysee a Friend of God, they make enemies of him and reject him.Some sages, like Junaid(Junaid of Bagdad -d. 9107) and Shibli(Junaid's disciple -d. 945), rejected Mansur el-Hallaj because of hisseemingly blasphemous outcry "I am the Truth" - and decided tospill his blood . They unanimously released an edict allowing thehanging of this unique and precious man. After his body was takendown from the gallows, it was burnt and his ashes dispersed onthe river so that no trace of him would remain in this world. It istold that, regardless of what was tried, the ashes would arrangethemselves on the surface of the river to form the words "I am theTruth". They were all filled with rue after witnessing this wonder.Likewise for Moses, who was one of the Prophets andMessengers of God. Despite his knowledge and greatness, Mosessought to know Khidr (a mysterious character in the Islamictradition who was the guide of Moses, and often called "TheGreen One" Also thought to be the Prophet Elijah) and imploredGod to be able to meet him. After many prayers and lamentations,his supplication was granted. God said, "Start a journey and seek17
Our pure servant so that you may find him." He found Khidr at theseashore. His eyes and his heart were enlightened by thisencounter, and he achieved many goals from this single meeting.For, "God, the Most High, has servants. When they gaze upon theother servants, they cover them with the mantle of prosperity."One glance of Khidr invested Moses with such robes of honor andso much blessing that, "the eye has not seen, the ear has notheard, and nothing has passed through the heart." (Hadith of theProphet).Desire for the friendship and company of Khidr sprung inMoses, without ever seeing him or experiencing his presence:You have not been visible to us, So we are in this state.Woe to us, if You became visible.Khidr said, "O Moses, be satisfied with everything you haveseen in us and leave, for sharing the road with us is dangerous. Itwould be better that you did not take the risk, because there aremany dangers." But Moses complained with sincerity and love.After they were together for some time on their route, they founda ship on the seashore. The ship had no equal in its beauty andcraftsmanship. However, Khidr made a hole in it so that it becameunusable. Moses said, "What you have done is not right, since it iscontrary to wisdom and to the law. If the touchstone of justicewas applied, this act would not be found of good value, and on thescale of fairness and the law it would reveal itself as wrongful."Khidr answered, "Did I not warn you that you should notdisagree with me?"18
Moses apologized, "I have forgotten our pact. It is my firstfault, but forgiveness is better." And he wept much until Khidrforgave him.After some time had passed, they arrived on an island. Amongthe children of that island there was a beautiful, graceful andsweet child. Khidr gently took the child's hand and walked awaywith him. Moses was puzzled and followed Khidr and the child.When they arrived at a solitary place and out of the sight ofpeople, Khidr put the child under his foot and slit his throat. Mosesprotested vehemently and cried out, "Where is the fairness inending the life of a pure and innocent child?"Khidr answered, "Did I not tell you to turn away and not comewith me because you would not have endurance to witness orunderstand my actions?"Moses came back to his senses and said, "I committed a fault;forgetfulness overcame me."Khidr said, "You are so impertinent! Each time you questionmy acts, then you say that you have made a mistake, and thatforgetfulness has overcome you."Moses said, "For Love of God, forgive me once again, for it iscustomary to forgive three times. If I argue again, do not acceptmy excuses."If a fault again you see in me, Do not aid in my adversity.Khidr excused Moses a second time under the condition that,if he should commit a third fault, they would part regardless of anypretext or excuse. They traveled together for some time. Bychance it happened that they did not find any food for severaldays and were close to dying of starvation. In this state ofdeprivation, they came upon a vast island where they saw a large19
city and a large crowd of people. They noticed a wall on the vergeof collapse due to a hole in it. Khidr repaired and rebuilt the wall.When Moses saw what had happened, he was sure thatfinally, after so much misery and hunger, food, gifts and moneywould soon come to them in great quantities. But Khidr tookMoses by the hand and walked away. Moses lost his patience andcried out, "O, Khidr! We are hunger-stricken. You raised a wall thatnobody could repair, and the owner of this house is extremelyrich. At least you could have asked for a wage which would haveallowed us to eat for a few days. Even if you had renouncedeverything you could have asked for a piece of bread so that wecould eat. Your action is contrary to law and justice and nonecould agree with it."Khidr said, "O Moses! You have committed three faults.However, I will explain to you the three cases that provoked yourprotests so you may know that these actions were worthy ofapproval rather than condemnation. Otherwise, I would not havedone them.""The reason I made a hole in the ship, even though itbelonged to poor and decent people, was that I saw with my innereye that tyrants had the intention of taking the ship and using it toattack good men. Therefore, I destroyed the ship and rendered itunusable.""The reason for the murder of the child was that in later life,the boy, who was ill natured, would have behaved in such a waythat his parents would have failed in the way of God. I wanted hisparents to be able to attain the perfect end and not go astraybecause of their son. It is like a gardener who prunes the diseasedbranches so that the other branches may acquire strength."20
"I restored and straightened the wall that was ruined to thepoint of collapse. The wall belonged to rich orphans. I did not askfor money or recompense because their father was a Servant ofGod." The commentators of this story note that in the seventhgeneration of those orphans there was a righteous man. Othersassert that there was a good man in the seventieth generation.Thus, a man like Khidr - to whom belongs not only the treasure ofthe other World, but who is himself a source of generosity - acts tobenefit the ancestor of the seventh or the seventieth generation.Out of respect for the descendants, he performed anextraordinary service that no one else could have done. Althoughhe himself was in great need and difficulty, he did not accept anycompensation.Khidr explained the essence of the wisdom of these threesecrets to Moses - and they parted.A descendant of Ali (Ali was the cousin and son-in-law of theProphet) fell drunk in the bazaar in the city of Tabriz. His head,face and beard were soiled with vomit and dust. A devout dervish,who saw him in this state, insulted him and spat on him. Thatsame night, the Prophet appeared to the dervish in a dream, "Youallege to be at my service, following and submitting to mytradition, hoping to be among those who will enter paradise. Butwhen you saw me covered with vomit in the middle of the bazaar,why did you not wash my filth and lay me down as expected fromthe servants who attend their master? Not only did you not serveme, but your heart allowed you to spit upon me."At this moment, the dervish said to himself, "When did I dothese things to the Prophet?" The Prophet immediately answered,"Do you not know that our children are our most precious21
possessions? If it was not so, how could they inherit thepossessions of their father?" The dervish awoke with a start andset out to search for the man. He brought him to his home andgave him his house and half of his possessions. While he lived, heremained at his service and attended him with great respect.In emphasis of the preceding, it is told that one sufi said toanother, "Each day, God the Most High, manifests Himself to meseventy times." The other answered him, "If you feel so muchbravery, go and see Bayazid." After some time passed, the sufi saidagain, "I see God seventy times a day." And the other repeated, "Ifyou have so much bravery, go and see Bayazid."Since this affair lasted for a long time, the sufi at last decidedto visit Bayazid, who was living in a forest. Bayazid intuitively knewthat the dervish was coming to visit him, and came out of theforest to meet him, and next to the forest their meeting tookplace. At the moment the dervish perceived Bayazid and saw hisblessed face, he could not bear it; at once, he gave up his soul andleft this world.Let us consider the profound meaning of the forest. The forestrepresents the interior of Bayazid, and the trees in the forest arethe thoughts, knowledge and spiritual rank that he held in hisheart. When the Sufi arrived at the place of Bayazid, how could hehave entered the forest and then walked back out? Bayazid had tocome out of the forest so the Sufi could see him.Likewise, when an intelligent man speaks to a child, he mustcome out from the "forest" of his own intelligence and knowledge,and speak to the child accordingly. In this way the child mayunderstand. "Speak to people according to the degree of theirunderstanding."( Hadith of the Prophet)22
The sufi perceived God according to his own capacity. Butwhen the Light and Splendor of God shone upon him through thedimension of Bayazid, he could not bear it and was annihilated.Gabriel received the Light of Divine Radiance and obtained hissustenance from it. He was, like a fish, eternally immersed in theocean of Divine Union. When he escorted Mohammad toward Godduring the Mi'raj, he went together with him as high as his ownrank would allow. When they arrived at this superior place, hestopped and remained immobile. The Prophet said, "Come, whydo you remain there?" Gabriel answered, "I cannot go further for Iam not permitted. If I advance a single step more I will be burnt."The Prophet continued alone and contemplated Divine Beautywith the inner eye.Anyone who sees God, from an ant to Solomon, sees Himaccording to his own capacity. All things are nurtured by God, andall life and existence derive from the Manifestations of God. Butwhere are the manifestations of Solomon or the ant?A master has ten slaves. One of the slaves is five years old,another is ten, another is thirty, another is fifty, and yet another issixty years old. All of them are at the service of the master andshow him submission. However, the service of some is superior tothe service of others. The master talks to each of them, but inaccordance with their capacity he maintains a differentrelationship with each of them. If he would behave in the sameway with the youngest as with the oldest, the youngest could notendure it.The garment is tailored to fit the man.Equally, God manifests himself to the believers and the Saintsin accordance with their spiritual rank. The Light of God descendsupon them in a manner that they are able to endure. When a man23
wants to unite with fire, he heats up water in a bath. He uniteshimself with the fire through the intermediary of the water. If hewere to walk directly into the fire, he would be burned. However,the Perfect Man finds himself in the fire like a fish in the water.The other seekers and believers lack the necessary strength tobenefit from the fire without the intermediary.What we are saying here is that it is easier to recognize andknow the Friends of God than to know God without theirintermediation. It does not mean that the Friends of God aredifferent from God; such an allegation would be erroneous. Butyou cannot see God with the same power as that with which theFriend of God contemplates Him. Therefore, go and seek theFriend of God, so that through his intermediary, you may see whathe sees - and God knows best.24
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- Essence and FormSomeone remarked, "We have seen some dervishes devotingthemselves to the whirling dances, and playing musicalinstruments such as the reed. How is it possible that such activitiesare permitted by the rules of the dervishes? Is it advisable for adervish to act in this way?"I said, "Our answer will be detailed. If there is a sinceredervish who engages in different striving, seeking, ritual prayer,fasting, retirement and remembrance, and has been seeking Godin this manner for years, and as a result has gained a spiritual state(hal) and vision (zawq); furthermore, he has evaluated thesepractices according to the internal balance, and found that hisparticipation in the dance or listening to music has intensified hisspritual state and vision; in such a situation, the spiritual guidemakes it permissible for this dervish to practice the dance andlisten to music. This is because his goal is to bring himself closer toGod and not to seek pleasure.Note:- Hal: a spiritual state that is temporary and comesgratuitously without any effort or inducement, and when itdoes come, the characteristics of the Self go intosuspension. If this state endures and become a permanentcharacteristic, then it is called Maqam (rank)- Zawq: Literally, tasting. This word refers to the first step ofthe vision of Truth which are minor traces of illuminationsometimes referred to as Lightning.But if during the prayer, the same spiritual state befalls him,then he has reached the goal by better means. In such a
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Interview With Daniel Pettitt
Last month's feature on 'The Songs of Daniel Pettitt' was well received. Here is the second part of the interview, in which we discuss Daniel's life, musical influences and a lot more.
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How did it all start? How did you first become interested in music?
At school I wasn't very good and I wasn't interested in music at all. In music lessons, playing the xylophone and that sort of thing…I had no interest in it. I think it's a common thing, that when kids become teenagers…it's like in the 60s and 70s - as soon as you become a teenager you kind of become interested in music. The whole things with growing up - growing pains - that's when I discovered music. I didn't just want to listen to it; I wanted to make my own music. Because I'd been interested in drawing and writing before then, it was a natural process for me to listen to something and try and recreate it, rather than just listening to it and becoming a big fan of someone. So it must come from the fact that at school I was quite into drawing, pairing and writing, so that's where it comes from. I think.
What about your family, were they interested in music? Any musicians?
No, not really. I was the only one really - an anomaly!
Do you have brothers and sisters?
Yes, I have two sisters - Natasha and Cara - and my dad remarried in the mid-90s and he had a son, so I've got a brother as well.
Your surname is quite unusual. What's the history behind it?
My step-Mum's actually looking into that. She's researching the name and it's interesting you should ask that. Apparently we come from France originally in the 1500s or something. Petite - as in small - because people always ask me and I say, no - it's 'Pettitt' - I'm not small, I'm quite tall. they Anglicised it to make it Pettitt so people could understand it more and it stayed.
Exactly how old were you were when you first picked up a guitar?
The first one I got was a Spanish classical guitar, with the big strings that buzzed along the fretboard. I didn't like it that much; I thought it must be easier to play guitar than this! I wanted the larger American ones. That was back in…I think I was 17 when I first picked up a guitar. I was in sixth form, so that's going back to 1992 and then in 1993 I started writing and singing. I think in 1994 I went to Scarborough and did an art course there. Then I bought a larger guitar and thought, this sounds so beautiful.
I went to the Friends School in Ayton. It closed down and now it's a block of flats.
When did you write your first song? How soon was it after you picked up your first guitar?
I think my best friend, Simon Harding - that sounds a bit sad, 'My best friend'…! But I knew him from Ayton and I'm still in touch with him to this day….he maintains that my first song was called 'The Leaves are Green', taken from a Simon and Garfunkel song. I think my first real song - which I did come back to and record eventually - was called 'Where Is Our Future Now?' I had it as quite a fast song. That's about as far back as I can remember; that's going back to about '92.
Does it survive as a recording?
The original doesn't. My Dad might have it somewhere in his house - in the loft, or the garage or somewhere, I don't know - but I think a lot of those early recordings disappeared, unfortunately. I've got some of them left but they're pretty like….you can hear the guitar going and then you can hear me stopping, just to change chord!
Where and when was your first performance?
That was in an Art Centre down in Luton. I was at Uni at the time and a few friends came along for support. It was a folk band and they coincided it with the Art Centre. There was a guy playing and he was obviously the main attraction and I was one of the support acts. I played 'Tornado', 'Trouble in Mind' - a Bob Dylan song - and a song called 'Parson's Trail'.
Good memory!
Yes, I still remember it. After the gig I thought, that's just amazing! All these people expressing themselves. I'll have to do that again.
Were you nervous?
I think I was surprisingly not nervous. I was a bit nervous, but just eager to perform.
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Do you get nervous at all when performing now?
Yes, sometimes I do. It's not too bad I suppose everyone gets nerves, don't they? And they do say that if you don't get nervous then there's something wrong. I do get a bit nervous, but not so much that I can't get up and play.
What makes you more nervous - a larger or smaller audience?
That's an interesting point, Probably when it's a smaller audience, when you can see who you are playing to, you can see their faces rather than just looking out into the darkness.
You have a very large repertoire of songs. At what rate does this continue to expand? Are you writing and recording most of the time?
Yes, I am. At the moment I'm going through a bit of a dry period and not writing much, but that usually comes and goes. I've got ideas for songs; I get ideas all the time. Sometimes I write them down, sometimes I don't. I hear a catch-line and I work on it. I've got some things sort of on the go.
A lot of people who talk about writing - and not just music - say they take their ideas come from absolutely everywhere. It could be the tiniest news item which sparks off an idea in the mind, which then grows, magnifies and changes; or a newspaper headline, or even just an advert…is that the same for you?
The last year or so I've been out at quite a few folk clubs and I've just been soaking up all the information really, all the different music and I do that. There are some times when I release everything I've built up in my head and there are other times when I'm absorbing everything, taking everything in, and then I might go back to it later. It's like doing a painting, where you've got a reference, a guide to what you want to do.
What percentage of songs do you start work on but never finish?
That's interesting…yes, there are…When I was doing my back catalogue I found a tape, a 2X90 cassette from '98 or '99, which is just me going through half-idea songs that were never brought to light. It was weird listening t it, because I'm not really singing words. I never progressed with those songs, they were just a rough recording. So I'd say that happens - percentage-wise - maybe five or ten percent.
Do you eventually revisit them and make something of them?
Not necessarily, no. Maybe I should really.
How about your heroes and influences?
The big one, that everyone who knows me, knows I'm a big Bob Dylan fan. I liked my Dad's influences; they were obviously what I was brought up on. So my parents' influence is quite big, like The Beatles and Paul McCartney, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Neil Diamond and people like that. But then I started listening to Dylan. I had a Greatest Hits and I thought, this is interesting. Then I remember, when I was a teenager, getting some bootleg tapes of Bob Dylan; a mono recording of Blonde on Blonde or something. And I listened to that and it just blew me away. I think the danger is always that you can become like a clone of your hero. Dylan had that problem when he first started writing because he was a big Woody Guthrie fan. It's just my style; it's the natural style that I have and I try and just be open with that. I saw Jakob Dylan at The Sage and he was fantastic. And he has his own style, his own thing going on.
I know you saw Bob Dylan early this year, at Hop Farm. Had you seen him before that?
I first saw him in Edinburgh in '95 and he was just amazing.
Which of your other influences have you seen?
Fortunately I got to see John Denver before he passed away. I saw him in Newcastle. I think that was about four years before he died. He was amazing - just him and his guitar. It was quite a small venue. I think he was promoting 'Earth Songs'.
He's very much a forgotten man now, isn't he?
I know. People say he was a bit sort of mainstream, but I never saw him that way really. I thought he just wrote very intelligent songs.
Which instruments can you play?
I can just about play the harmonica - to my own style, let's say! I can play acoustic guitar and electric guitar. I play a bit of piano and keyboard. I've had an interesting relationship with percussion. I can't really play the drums. I've tried, and I can play them on a certain level, just keeping the beat, but I can't do anything more than that. I've had a varied history with drum machines. Sometimes they've beguiled and bemused me. Other times I've been able to get an ok string of drumbeats down for a track.
There's big differences between working in a band and working solo - which do you prefer?
Ideally I prefer playing in a band because I imagine it's more interesting for the audience, with a variety of instruments and the interaction between the players. So as a solo performer I feel a bit limited in a sense. But there's obviously pros and cons to both.
What projects are you currently working on and what ambitions remain?
Since the Middlesbrough Festival it's been non-stop, really. I've been organising a lot of stuff for download links. I had a big box of CDs and I put them all on the computer, which was quite daunting, I've also been working on my lyrics book and getting that in the right format. All the typos I had with the first two proof copies were a nightmare.
Tell us more about the book.
Well, there'll be a launch at the Middlesbrough Central Library at 7.00 p.m. on 18 November. Sara Dennis, Andy Broderick and Ray Legg are doing some work in conjunction with it, so it won't just me boring everyone to death! The book goes hand in hand with the download link. It's all of my lyrics put together, plus some unreleased ones.
Is the launch open to all or is it invitation only?
It's open to all.
Presumably you'll be singing a few songs as well as signing your book?
Singing a few songs, yes.
What are your ambitions for the future?
I think I'm a bit too past it to be in the rock and pop world…but I think my ambition is to do more festivals and to be more organised and proactive. The festival circuit is a good outlet for someone like me. I might produce some stuff for Sara Dennis. I've just been in the studio with her and backed her on some tracks for an album of hers; just playing guitar and stuff.
Are they original songs or cover?
Sara's written a couple of them. She's covered a couple of mine which she liked and she does them better than me! Some of them are traditional folk songs, like House Carpenter and stuff like that. I've been working mostly on my recordings this year but next year I hope to gig a bit more.
It seems to me you are clearing the decks and preparing for something. You have uploaded and catalogued your music, you've got your book of lyrics coming out very soon…everything is coming together ready for the next big step forward. Now we are looking forward to see what happens next!
Daniel Pettitt, thank you very much!
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From the article titled "Climate-Related Death of Coral Around World Alarms Scientists" that appeared in the April 9th Edition of the New York Times:
This is a huge, looming planetary crisis, and we are sticking our heads in the sand about it," said Justin Marshall, the director of CoralWatch at Australia's University of Queensland.
Bleaching occurs when high heat and bright sunshine cause the metabolism of the algae — which give coral reefs their brilliant colors and energy — to speed out of control, and they start creating toxins. The polyps recoil. If temperatures drop, the corals can recover, but denuded ones remain vulnerable to disease. When heat stress continues, they starve to death.
It seems unimaginable that future generations may not be able to experience the beauty of these incubators for the majority of sea-life. The graphic provided is, to say the least, eye-opening:
Source: NOAA, GEBCO as published in The New York Times
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March 21, 2016 Walter Borden
Fund Balance has covered the damage done to the world's ocean's by discarded plastic at great length. Based on World Economic Forum projections more pieces of plastic will contaminate the world's ocean than there are fish within it by 2050. Only about 5% of plastic is recycled. There is no system in place takes these plastic materials back. So after their use they pollute the ocean. Freshwater systems suffer as well. Plastic pollution interferes with every aspect of the world's water ecosystem.
Photo Credit. The US Environmental Protection Agency.
All countries to one extent or another experience effects from the way plastic damages fish by filling up their stomachs causing them to starve or killing them by ensnaring them and causing serious injuries and even early death. Nations like the US and China, whose livelihood and or protein sources are highly dependent on the ocean worry.
The World Economic Forum argues that innovation will be essential for the world's oceans. Yet we all have reason to wonder if such innovation will be choked off before its can be launched. The shadow governance group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) promotes model legislation to prevent local governments from banning plastic bags. Such moves run counter to innovation and seek to create and coddle ALECs corporate backers and their monopolies, particularly the Petroleum Marketers who provide substantial funding for ALEC. Petroleum is used to make plastic. The authors the World Economic Forum study argue that plastic manufacturing should be decoupled from fossil fuels. This will require doable and currently in process innovation. Such efforts will create many new economies and industries, as opposed to protecting one from the competition such innovation would bring. Apparently ALEC is not interested in the health and well being of future generations. If it did, it could use its abundant resources to help innovation of healthy ways to manufacture plastic materials.
Source: World Economic Forum
How can such groups claim to be focused on the future when they seek to continue to sell products that make the leave behind a badly damaged ocean for future generations? And what is the impact of such efforts to stifle common sense legislation to ban plastic bags on the drivers for innovation our way out of the plastic trap?
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The Gulf Oil Spill, Financial Engineering and The Law of Unintended Consequences
May 28, 2010 Walter Borden
Burning Oil in the Gulf
The financial crisis that was precipitated in 2007 by structured finance (credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations et al.) parallels the Deepwater Horizon spill in important ways. And indeed, the very first credit default swap was engineered to offset Exxon's exposure to remediation, fines and legal costs resulting from the Valdez spill.
Experts and regulators from both industries acknowledge the lack of proven methodologies both for assessing the risks of derivatives and the risks of deepwater and ultra-deep water drilling platforms.
Both are examples of advanced engineering methods applied in advance of thorough testing and risk assessment. The practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders involved with deploying these systems either ignored or failed to understand the risk and potential economic impacts of these technologies on the world in which we live. As a consequence, their customers, constituents and the natural world have suffered greatly.
Both disasters are examples of the lax enforcement of existing regulations and the failure or unwillingness of regulators to keep up with the astonishing systemic complexity that emerges from 21st century technology, whether software or hardware. For example, Warren Buffet famously called CDO and CDS's, or derivatives, "financial weapons of mass destruction" and sought recently to protect Berkshire Hathaway's holdings of certain tranches of derivatives, from new regulations on how to value them, since they are indeed so hard to value. As we can see, like deep-water drilling, the practitioners and owners of these sophisticated technical financial instruments find them incomprehensible as well.
Interestingly, the SEC's indictment of Goldman Sachs over its derivatives strategy and the havoc it caused dominated headlines in the weeks preceding the tragedy at Deepwater Horizon.
Economy Cube - Can This Puzzle Be Solved?
Until the government enacts legislation without multiple loopholes, euphemistically referred to as compromises, the public will continue to suffer and subsidize the failures of untested and unproven technologies when they fail. One hears frequently about how top tier investment banks and petrochemical conglomerates attract the best and brightest. At Fund Balance, we want to see this amazing pool of human capital utilized to developing a sustainable economic future.
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Capital Preservation: Protecting the Ocean's Collapsing Fisheries
Mainstream media coverage of the critical depletion of key fish populations – and the serious economic threat it represents – echoes a key refrain at Fund Balance. Time Magazine covers how climate change is warming oceans and thus reducing their ability to support life, and CNN.com has a post by Fedele Bauccio addressing ways to halt overfishing.
In addition the U.N. recently released new findings and recommendations for how humanity can decelerate the rapid depletion of the ocean's biological capital. Some key points:
Blue Fin Tuna populations have dropped by 83% in the past 30 years.
The annual 27 billion dollars in government subsidies to fishing, mostly in rich countries, is misguided since the entire value of fish caught is only 85 billion dollars.
As a result, fishing fleet capacity is 50 to 60 percent higher than it should be.
About 20 million workers will be displaced by ending these subsidies and thus retraining will be required.
Fish populations can rebound quickly if no-fishing zones are expanded and their limits enforced; for example, by allowing tuna to live twice as long as they currently do, they are able on average to produce twice as many eggs.
We hope that the ongoing Gulf Coast disaster heralds a new time – one where:
The false dichotomy between ecology and economy in the public mind is finally eliminated.
Government and industry realize that an environment where pollution and unchecked exploitation are controlled and tightly regulated is an environment that supports healthy economic growth.
People and governments vigorously address the fact that Climate Change is not the only impact of fossil fuel extraction and combustion, and that "market-based" strategies like cap and trade must be combined with other, precautionary and complementary policies.
The public consciousness is imprinted permanently with the understanding that drawing down capital at a rate that exceeds one's ability to replace it is economic and biological folly at best and suicide at worst, whether of banks or fisheries.
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Reversing the Expansion of Dead Zones in the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay
Fund Balance has been examining the Dead Zones occurring in coastal and estuarial zones over the last year. Their magnitude is striking. Their damage to ocean ecosystems, seafood supplies and business is severe. And they are connected to vital food supply economies in the Midwest. Nitrogenous run-off from fertilizer used in large scale agriculture binds up and removes oxygen in the Gulf.
Does it have to be one set of regional American economic interests over another? The answer is no. For example, research performed at Dauphin Island Sea Lab off the coast of Alabama develops "resource management strategies which will foster the wise stewardship of diminishing natural resources". There are ways that such principles are being applied in the Midwest along the Mississippi river. The book, "From the Corn Belt to the Gulf" (Nassauer, Santelmann, and Scavia, eds., Resources for the Future Press), details how farmers and industrial agricultural operations could reduce the amount of nitrogen flowing into the Gulf of Mexico by 40 percent. And it is increasingly clear that by planting specific types of grasses and engineering buffers, grain production in the great American Midwest does not have to contract in order for coastal economies to thrive.
Scientists and policy-makers in the Midwest have been at the forefront on this work. The Science Museum of Minnesota has produced an excellent presentation on the Deadzone in the Gulf of Mexico. Fund Balance is working with policy-makers and bankers on our capital markets strategy for dealing with this issue in Washington, DC.
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The Blue Economy: Inaction at Doha and the Rise of Dead Zones
This past week, countries meeting in Doha at the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted down a proposal by Monaco and the United States to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna. The species, Thunnus Thynnus, is spiraling toward extinction, and is listed as endangered by the U.N. and every major international conservancy group.
This outcome underscores the need for policy makers and those charged with execution of policy to factor in the serious crisis that the world's oceans and riverine systems face: our Blue Economy in peril.
Dead Zone Remote Sensing Imagery: Sannich Inlet off coast of Vancouver, British Columbia
A major issue for the world' s coastal regions are the rise of Dead Zones. These vast expanses of ocean contain oxygen levels that are too low to support life outside of algal blooms. The Gulf of Mexico Dead
Zone is the size of New Jersey, or approximately 22, 608 square kilometers. The hypoxic state of these dead zones is caused by run-off from fertilizers used in industrial agriculture. Some recent informal polling at i-say.com conducted by Fund Balance gives some hope that the issue registers with the public. In addition, Fund Balance learned from several Iowan farm ope
rators about their efforts to reduce their run off: from relocating feed lots farther away from rivers, to applying buffers made of specific nitrogen loving indigenous plants and compounds of gravel and sand. Many have realized economic gains from reducing nitrogen application to crops and benefited from increased production. Informative coverage on these Dead Zones can be found at Link TV.
Demarcation from living to dead zone off the coast of North Carolina
Such activity makes important steps forward. These actions require increased attention from agronomists, urban planners, policy makers and consumers. Just last week major media expanded its coverage of Dead Zones off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. Such man-made disasters unfold daily in the Chesapeake Bay as well as in within coastal regions across the globe.
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Economic, Ecological Concerns Converge
One hears frequently these days that eco-nomic needs trump eco-logical ones in the public mind – especially here in early 2010. But it is increasingly hard to see a difference between the two at all.
Tanya Ott's recent coverage on WBHM reporting on the challenges the city of Anniston, Alabama has faced is instructive. A large military base, Fort McLellan, closed there in 1995. The city was largely dependent on the revenue this installation created. Then came wide-spread land devaluation as a result of PCB contamination in the surrounding waterways. Next there was national publicity over local resistance to the incineration of deadly nerve gases left over from the military installation.
That was not the last chapter in the story. Ms. Ott notes how arts and humanities-based activities are leading the way toward the revitalization of downtown Anniston. This process also includes uncovering a formerly paved-over creek that runs through downtown.
On the policy front, various campaign officials for local and federal offices insist that jobs matter more than the environment in the vox populi and voting booth. A recent article in the Demopolis Times on concerns over coal ash disposal indicates that wastewater from coal fired plants might not just be a NIMBY (not in my backyard) issue. Rather it may well indicate that yet another zone in the Black Belt is starting to question the long-term cost/benefit analysis of energy consumption that produces toxic water:
"While the Tennessee Valley Authority's cleanup has removed much of the ash from the river, the arsenic- and mercury-laced muck or its watery discharge has been moving by rail and truck through three states to at least six different sites. Some of it may end up as far away as Louisiana.
At every stop along the route, new environmental concerns pop up. The coal-ash muck is laden with heavy metals linked to cancer, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering declaring coal ash hazardous.
"I'm really concerned about my health," said retiree James Gibbs, 53, who lives near a west-central Alabama landfill that is taking the ash. "I want to plant a garden. I'm concerned about it getting in the soil." Gibbs said that since last summer there has been a "bad odor, like a natural gas odor."
After the spill, the TVA started sending as many as 17,000 rail carloads of ash almost 350 miles south to the landfill in Uniontown, Ala. At least 160 rail shipments have gone out from the cleanup site, said TVA spokeswoman Barbara Martocci.
Since the EPA approved that plan, unusually heavy rain – including about 25 inches from November through February – has forced the landfill to deal with up to 100,000 gallons a day of tainted water.
The landfill operators first sent it to wastewater treatment plants – a common way that landfills deal with excess liquid – in two nearby Alabama cities, Marion and Demopolis…"
Birmingham's Green Building Focus, mentioned in last week's blog for their Green Industrial Real Estate Project, has just announced their second Green Building Focus Conference and Expo to be held in Birmingham, Alabama this August 24-26. Such activity exemplifies economic opportunity emerging from ecologic planning.
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Climate Issues, Sustainability Cross Party Lines
March 5, 2010 Walter Borden
There are more signs recently of the climate crisis, sustainable industry, and ecosystem repair issues crossing party lines and effecting change in Red States and rural areas. Tanya Ott reports from WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama about "tree-hugging conservatives" in Magnolia Springs, the reclamation of a wetlands and a burgeoning eco-tourism industry. Read the story or listen to podcast here.
Writing in The New York Times, Thomas Friedman quotes Senator Lindsay Graham: "I have been to enough college campuses to know if you are 30 or younger this climate issue is not a debate. It's a value. These young people grew up with recycling and a sensitivity to the environment — and the world will be better off for it. They are not brainwashed. … From a Republican point of view, we should buy into it and embrace it and not belittle them."
In addition, the Times reports on a natural gas power plant in Indiantown Florida integrating an array of solar panels within its infrastructure. To quote the Times "It is an experiment in whether conventional power generation can be married with renewable power in a way that lowers costs and spares the environment." It's an interesting report addressing the challenges involved in scaling clean renewable supply along with issues of storage and transmission.
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch — In the central North Pacific Gyre, pieces of plastic outweigh surface zooplankton by a factor of six to one
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch — as covered by firstaffirmative.com
By Sara Laks and Steve Schueth
Why is it so important to be a conscious consumer and a responsible investor?
Here's a reason for today: The Island of Garbage swirling in the Pacific Ocean, also known as The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Gyre, Trash Vortex, and Plastic Graveyard.
This mass of plastic waste and debris is estimated by scientists to be anywhere from twice the size of Texas to twice the size of the continental U.S. And the impacts for the environment and society are potentially just as colossal.
Captain Charles Moore, who discovered the patch in 1997, warns of the mounting implications of our floating pollution explaining: "In the central North Pacific Gyre, pieces of plastic outweigh surface zooplankton by a factor of six to one," according to a report based on Moore's research.
"Ninety percent of Laysan albatross chick carcasses and regurgitated stomach contents contain plastics. Fish and seabirds mistake plastic for food. Plastic debris releases chemical additives and plasticizers into the ocean. Plastic also adsorbs hydrophobic pollutants like PCBs and pesticides like DDT. These pollutants bioaccumulate in the tissues of marine organisms, biomagnify up the food chain, and find their way into the foods we eat."
So what does this mean for us investors and consumers? It means that everything comes full circle. Where we buy our goods from, where we invest our money, where we throw out our trash—it all matters. The negative ramifications of not paying attention to the impacts our consumer and investor behavior produce are all too visible in places like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Even if you live thousands of miles away as waste works its way up through our food chain, the problem looms closer and closer to home. No one can afford to ignore it.
One of the most powerful strategies for change as an individual is supporting companies that have the most environmentally conscious products and services. The more the public becomes aware and shows support for green companies the more incentives there are to make a difference on a larger scale.
Why is it important to be a conscious consumer and investor? For the simple reason that if we don't pay attention now we will pay for it later.
Steve Schueth, President
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Sara Laks, Assistant to the President
saralaks@firstaffirmative.com
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Just look at the fixtures in the eligible leagues?
@CleanShirtTrader Yeah, I know. I just thought they updated it every day along with the weekly schedule.
@Noirx4 Ok, thanks. I saw it a couple of days under "blog" and thought it was supposed to be there daily.
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Symbols, Meanings, and a Name
Untangle and Grow Counseling draws its name from the concepts and principles from the Adinkra Symbols. The Adinkra symbols hail from the the Ashanti and Akan kingdoms of West Africa, which today span from Senegal to Nigeria. Each symbol of the Adinkra, represents a collection of relate concepts around an ideal. To wear, use, or be given an Adinkra is to call on and/or embody the those ideals in life and practice.
The symbol Mpatapo, is also known as the Knot of Reconciliation. This symbol forms a square that continually feeds in on itself, which often describes the nature of the problems/difficulties that tangles up and stops people from living to their fullest. The Knot of Reconciliation's concepts are reconciliation, peacemaking, pacification, and hope. Once these concepts have been explored and engaged, the knot/difficulty/problem is no longer feeding in on itself. This symbol inspires the "Untangle" in Untangle and Grow, because we are working to untangle from whatever is causing difficulties in life.
The other symbol is Aya, which is also know as the Fern. This symbol has a variety of representations, all of which are some form of a fern's stem and leaves. The concepts around the symbol of the Fern are endurance, resourcefulness, and hope. If you look in nature, ferns grow in shadow, on the side of a rock wall, and in the difficult places. It is also one of the hardiest of plants in nature, and where the fern grows , there is hope for more life . This symbol inspires the "Grow" in Untangle and Grow, because after untangling from a difficulty that may feel like a battle zone/wasteland. The possibility of life or growth there after is something to encourage, guide, and celebrate.
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The Super Bowl and The Second Screen
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With the Superbowl approaching, marketers have been clamoring to make an impact on the largest captive audience they're going to get all year. In addition to television and Internet campaigns, advertisers are integrating several mobile-centric strategies to reach consumers, and for good reason. Soasta's Super Bowl Second Screen study revealed that 41 percent of mobile owners will use mobile applications during Sunday's big game, and savvy brands have taken note.
Some companies, like H&M, are experimenting with new technology to reach consumers. In H&M's case, the technology will allow customers to purchase H&M products straight from the ad itself. Those with a Samsung Smart TV will be able to shop from the brand's ad via an app that syncs with their television. While certainly an innovative strategy to engage consumers, testing new technology on such a large scale is a risky proposition. H&M's campaign specifically, contains significant barriers for its customers and (perhaps more importantly) potential customers to engage with the brand's content. For starters, it's necessary that Super Bowl viewers have a Samsung Smart TV manufactured in 2012 or 2013- a requisite that already significantly reduces the ad's reach. It's already difficult to convince a customer to pay attention to your ad, download an app, and use said app to engage desirably with the brand: adding an extra barrier doesn't bode well for H&M's success. Novelty can be a useful tool, but in H&M's case, it's likely to cause their campaign to falter.
What's more likely to have success is tailoring a second-screen ad campaign so that customers get value that they can't find elsewhere. McDonald's, in partnership with SessionM, has launched a rewards-based ad campaign that encourages users into their store. It works like this: When consumers obtain points for an in-app achievement, an ad pops up promoting McDonald's Mighty Wings. The ad encourages users to answer a Super Bowl related question for an additional 40 points, and if a McDonald's store locator is clicked through, the user receives another 10 points. For a brand like McDonald's, for which it's imperative to generate in-store traffic, the campaign incentivizes customers to keep chain locations in mind.
Of course, there's no harm in running a safe social media campaign. According to Soasta, the majority of app users will be engaged in social media usage, and while it may be cliché, a clever, topical tweet can make your brand a social media darling. Be careful not to get too wrapped up in vanity metrics, like favorites, and re-tweets: it doesn't necessarily convert into increased brand success, but blowing up on Twitter probably won't hurt.
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Northumberland care home staff are helping residents with dementia to feel calmer and more sociable through the use of the 1990s fashion accessory the bum bag.
Staff at The Oaks Care Home, in Blyth, have taken to wearing the bags filled with items to help the residents reminisce.
Each bag has a set of vintage playing cards with different pictures, including animals, flowers and Christmas icons. They also carry two small pots of fragranced oils, such as coconut, chocolate, candy floss and toasted marshmallows.
As care staff conduct their daily duties, the idea is that they can stop and show residents a card or offer a fragrance, which has been particularly beneficial for those living with dementia.
The images and smells evoke memories which helps to reduce anxiety and improve sociability and mood, according to those behind the initiative.
Ann Mielnik, home manager at the care home, which is run by the Hill Care Group, came up with the idea and nicknamed the staff the "Butterfly Bum Bag Brigade".
She said: "Butterflies are colourful, can flit around a room or be still, can change the moment and can brighten a second in someone's life.
"That's the idea behind the bum bags – to provide a spontaneous opportunity to improve a resident's day with a simple gesture," she said. "All of us can change someone's day through small things.
"All of us will have had moments in life when we felt bored, lethargic, aimless and lacking in energy and these very simple bags help to change this," noted Ms Mielnik.
"As well as the Bum Bag Brigade during the day, we're looking at night shift staff carrying lavender sprays to promote a restful sleep or possibly packs of biscuits for a midnight snack," she added.
Care home staff have forgone a festive tradition in order to help Northumberland's lonely older people.
A new "fidget" toolkit is improving the wellbeing of people living with dementia by helping them to tap into the psychological need to feel occupied and engaged, according to a leading research charity.
The "red bag" initiative is being rolled out across North East Lincolnshire to help care home residents receive quick and effective transfer and treatment when they go into hospital.


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R. Kelly Arrested in Chicago
R. Kelly was arrested on federal sex charges Thursday night nearly five months after he was released on bail for additional sexual abuse charges brought by Illinois prosecutors, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office said.
The 52-year-old was arrested in Chicago by Homeland Security Investigations agents and NYPD Public Safety Task Force, officials told News 4. R. Kelly had stepped out for a smoke and to walk his dog when he was taken into custody around 7 p.m. local time, a law enforcement source familiar with the case said.
He was being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, according to the Federal Prisons Bureau website.
Steve Greenberg, an attorney for Kelly confirmed Thursday's arrest, adding "the agents were courteous and professional, as was Mr. Kelly."
"The conduct alleged appears to largely be the same as the conduct previously alleges against Mr. Kelly in his current State indictment and his former State charges that he was acquitted of," Greenberg said. "Most, if not all of the conduct alleged, is decades old."
There are separate federal indictments filed in both Chicago and Brooklyn — and no victim overlap in the cases, authorities said. Kelly made his initial court appearance Thursday night and faces another hearing Friday related to his extradition to New York City to face the additional charges. An indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of New York Friday charges him with racketeering, kidnapping, forced labor and sexual exploitation of a child. Read the full NYC indictment here.
A 13-count indictment was handed down Thursday in federal court for the Northern District of Illinois and includes charges of child pornography, enticement of a minor and obstruction of justice.
Greenberg said Kelly already has a team of "outstanding" federal litigators and was not surprised by the new charges.
"He and his lawyers look forward to his day in court, to the truth coming out and to his vindication from what has been an unprecedented assault by others for their own personal gain. Most importantly he looks forward to being able to continue to making wonderful music and perform for his legions of fans that believe him."
A bail hearing will be held early next week, at which time Greenberg says Kelly hopes to be released from custody. Federal prosecutors said in a detention memo filed in Illinois Friday that Kelly should be granted no bail pending trial.
The singer's crisis manager, Darrell Johnson, says his legal team was expecting the indictment to happen but he doesn't know what the charges are yet. Kelly, whose legal name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was in high spirit as he awaits his trial, according to Johnson.
"Mr. Kelly has declared his innocence from day one," said Johnson, who says he has been working with the R&B star for six months. "I've seen nothing, and I do mean nothing, that would lead to any type of guilt."
Andrea Kelly, the singer's ex-wife, had no comment following the arrest, her rep said. Source: NBC NY


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Big Agra has been plagued by whistleblowers exposing industrial agriculture's excesses such as animal cruelty, food safety or environmental degradation. Now Big Agra in the U.S. is fighting back with what are called Ag-Gag laws. These target those who investigate and expose Big Agra's excesses and brand their work "acts of terrorism."
That's right, terrorism. And you thought that was about some guy named bin Laden. Sheesh.
And who better to write the Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act, designed to protect Big Ag and Big Energy, than the lawyers on the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force at the corporate-funded and infamous American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
New Hampshire, Wyoming and Nebraska are the latest states to introduce Ag-Gag laws aimed at preventing employees, journalists or activists from exposing illegal or unethical practices on factory farms. Lawmakers in 10 other states introduced similar bills in 2011-2012. The laws passed in three of those states: Missouri, Iowa and Utah. But consumer and animal-welfare activists prevented the laws from passing in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York and Tennessee.
In all, six states now have Ag-Gag laws, including North Dakota, Montana and Kansas, all of which passed the laws in 1990-1991, before the term "Ag-Gag" was coined.
Today's ALEC-inspired bills take direct aim at anyone who tries to expose horrific acts of animal cruelty, dangerous animal-handling practices that might lead to food safety issues, or blatant disregard for environmental laws designed to protect waterways from animal waste runoff. In the past, most of those exposes have resulted from undercover investigations of exactly the type Big Ag wants to make illegal.
Ag-Gag is best seen for what it means in our post-democratic world, as the merger of corporatism and political authoritarianism. This is fascism writ large. Do you think Canada couldn't wind up with something quite similar to safeguard the secrecy of the pipelines that Harper and Alberta want to run across British Columbia? They've already branded pipeline critics as "extremists" which connotes danger and the spectre of violence. How huge a leap would it be to label anyone getting too close to that pipeline and its infrastructure a "terrorist"?


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I recently had the pleasure of joining an old-fashioned parlor chat in a lovely Connecticut home. That it included a fascinating cast—from the descendants of pre-colonial settlers to a former member of the U.S. State Department—had less to do with the circles I move in than it did the town where I happened to be.
From its founding more than 350 years ago, the commingling of people and perspectives has made Stonington, Connecticut, a curious crucible, ever changing and inimitable.
Like other shoreline locales, somewhat cliché words such as "picturesque" and "charming" certainly apply. It's always on display, from the glorious tree-lined allée one navigates to enter the Borough of Stonington to a splendid mix of architectural styles, from early gambrel roofed cottages to immigrant-era tenements to the Federal, Greek Revival, Beaux Arts, and Queen Anne style homes that came later.
Places like this seem to come about only where the sea, sky, and land converge.
Tucked away in the southeastern corner of the state between Mystic and Westerly, Rhode Island, Stonington was a fishing entrepôt almost from the start, and still serves as homeport to Connecticut's last fishing fleet. Sea captains were always integral, like the great mariner Nathaniel B. Palmer—discoverer of the Antarctic Continent—whose stately home now hosts tours.
The echo of Portuguese seafarers is here, too, where so many came and settled. Of the town's social organizations, The Portuguese Holy Ghost Society, is among the most active from its grand hall on Main Street. Locals and visitors alike eagerly anticipate their fish & chips nights and joyful Feast of the Holy Ghost event.
Away from water-adjacent areas, beautiful streams, marshlands, and woodlands edge the town. These are kept pristine chiefly by the activities of the Stonington Land Trust and Avalonia Land Preserves, the area's two conservation groups. For years these organizations have purchased surrounding lands and waters, keeping them safe from rampant development that might lessen the native enchantment.
Protection of the town's human legacy falls to entities from the Stonington Historical Society to the Stonington Village Improvement Association, among others. That legacy is as rich and varied as the place itself.
In the modern era, Stonington's distinctive citadel lighthouse seemed to attract the best and brightest. This subsumed people such as Truman Capote, and baroness-by-marriage Eleanor Perenyi, whose book Green Thoughts may be the most beloved gardening tome of the 20th century. Perenyi House, with its superb garden, is a must-see. Stonington's light also shone on James Ingram Merrill, the darkly inspired poet whose works The Black Swan, Divine Comedies and The Changing Light at Sandover kept the form alive and relevant in a vulgar age. So much so that, today, writers of every stripe still journey to the late-Victorian era James Merrill House on Water Street as writers-in-residence, keeping a light on in his name.
Local businesses also pay homage to the storied past of this place, often with a knowing wink. The Inn at Stonington is suffused with the understated elegance that whispers through the town. The Orchard Street Inn has the same air, on a more intimate scale. One can walk along the most pleasant streets visiting historical homes (Stonington is on the National Register of Historic Places), browse the most attractive shops, stop by the loveliest public library, visit the offices of seagoing non-profit New England Science & Sailing, or just go sit at Stonington Point and cogitate.
If food is your empirical barometer, Stonington does not disappoint, nor do the environs. When in town, I never fail to stop into Noah's, a local institution whose "scratch cooking" and relaxed atmosphere makes you happy (and hungry). For gourmet coffees and teas, pastries and yummy breakfast sandwiches, The Yellow House Coffee and Tea Room is a favorite (here or anywhere). In my parlor chat, there were several fans of the savory fresh seafood, mixology, and sunset views at Breakwater. It's a wonderful spot to dine. I also enjoy the nautical sense of The Dog Watch Café.
The best Mexican food around is served, with love, at Milagro Café.
A very short car ride from downtown Stonington are other dimensions. If it's action you crave, Foxwoods Resort Casino is only 20 minutes away. For additional seaside hospitality, Mystic is practically around the corner. It's packed with beautiful people, wonderful restaurants, and spectacular harbor views.
For more of a hyper-local Stonington vibe, pop over to The Velvet Mill, which is barely three minutes from the borough's center. This former textile factory is home to artists and craftsmen, from glassblowers to beer brewers. It's a unique collective, unlike any I've seen. Back in town, La Grua Center is another venue converted from industrial use for the pursuit of arts and cultural activities. Its exhibits are delightful.
In winter, the tourists depart and the town gets a little quieter, which locals love, as do a smaller wave of visitors who bask in the glow of this captivating place when draped in snow. When summer comes, Stonington swells like all coastal towns. The marina and yacht clubs rev up again, and the shoreline energy is renewed.
Stonington is in a constant state of renewal, but it's subtle. Unless you're really paying attention, you won't notice. Like the famous "Wolf Stones" at nearby Wequetequock, it's as if Stonington exists to preserve an idyllic coastal realness that each year gets a little harder to find…unless you know exactly where to look.


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The Wright Choices – Inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright
July 7, 2017 December 20, 2017 • admin
The 150th celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday seemed the perfect time to reflect on some of his special architectural gems. Arguably the 20th century's most famed and followed American architect, Wright's legacy is being celebrated in a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (June 12- October 1, 2017; moma.org). Reflecting on the man, his projects and vision, we like to think that if Wright were specifying decorative plumbing fixtures today, he might have an affection for a number of the ROHL Collections.
The Italian made Lombardia® and Wave® Series' might have found their way into Wright's infamous Fallingwater, with its organic lines and jutting cantilevers or his Dana-Thomas house with its classic Prairie Period details.
Robie House
The ROHL Michael Berman Graceline® Series would be perfectly suited for the elegantly outfitted Robie House on the campus of the University of Chicago.
It was here where Wright named the third floor the "belvedere" –"the place in command of beautiful views".
Image courtesy: Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
Arizona Biltmore Hotel
To get a taste of Wright "living" visit the newly renovated Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix. It was built in Wright's style by a protégé in 1929.
Image Courtesy: Arizona Biltmore Resort
Mid-Western Gems
Or stay at one of eleven properties recently opened for limited rentals including the Seth Peterson Cottage set on quiet Mirror Lake in Wisconsin,
the Elam House (one of Wright's largest Usonian homes) in southern Minnesota,
Image courtesy: Emil Bach House
or the lovely Emil Bach House in Chicago.
However you do it, enjoy celebrating the spirit of the man who said "Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without necessities".
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