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Goings On: Reinventing Hollywood and More
By David Hudson
The Daily — Oct 23, 2017
David Bordwell's new book, Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling, is out, and we'll be hearing more about it soon. For now, though, New Yorkers will want to know that Bordwell's coming to town, specifically to the Museum of the Moving Image, where he's organized a series bearing the book's title. Otto Preminger's Laura (1944) screens Friday. On Saturday, it's Joseph L. Mankiewicz's A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and Preston Sturges's Unfaithfully Yours (1948), and then on Sunday, Sam Wood's Our Town (1940) and William Dieterle's Portrait of Jennie (1948).
"I'll be giving a talk before Three Wives and will hang around for conversation and book-signing afterward," notes Bordwell. And: "Four of the five screenings command 35 mm prints! If you've only seen Our Town in the horrendous public-domain video versions, you're in for a treat, because it looks (and sounds) superb in 35. Then again, there's that tidal-wave ending to Portrait of Jennie, a force of nature on the big screen."
More Goings On
New York. A new 4K restoration of Andrei Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice (1986), scanned from the original camera negative, is screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center through Thursday and then at the Quad from Friday through October 31. "Tarkovsky's final film, among his closest to perfection, is a traversal of agonies, exploring the savage compromises and bargaining that make up life and death," writes Vanessa McDonnell at Screen Slate.
"Hou Hsiao-hsien has become something of the art house–film gold standard worldwide in the last few decades, building one of the world's most rigorous and beautiful oeuvres, and schooling us all on slow-cinema eloquence, long-shot heartbreak, and stories you have to decipher, teasing them out from the messiness of life," writes Michael Atkinson in the Village Voice. "It seems like we still underappreciate him. . . . Daughter of the Nile (1987) is typically underseen; now perfectly restored, it's a quintessential modern family tragedy we walk into like uninvited and invisible guests." Opens Friday at the Quad.
Ruthless (1948), screening Thursday as part of MoMA's series Strange Illusions: Poverty Row Classics Preserved by UCLA, is "a small picture with great sentiment directed by Edward G. Ulmer," writes Caroline Golum at Screen Slate.
"Jem Cohen is a filmmaker's filmmaker, in the way that, say, James Salter and Grace Paley are writers' writers," notes the Paris Review. At National Sawdust+ on Thursday, "as part of our celebration of Sam Stephenson's new biography, Gene Smith's Sink, we will premiere Cohen's new short film, Chuck-will's-widow, based on a chapter in Stephenson's book. It's September 1961, and W. Eugene Smith has recorded, with the myriad reel-to-reel tape machines set up in the 'jazz loft,' a mysterious mimic of a Southern swamp bird, whistled five stories down on the sidewalk of Sixth Avenue's desolate flower district in the middle of the night."
"In Voir la mer (To See the Sea), the French conceptualist artist Sophie Calle takes over the site of advertising—and even flirts with its vocabulary—by showing films of people having a metamorphic encounter on the digital billboards that line Times Square," writes Aruna D'Souza at 4Columns. "It is lovely, moving, and—like so much of Calle's work—troubling in its over-investment in the lives of others." Every night from 11:57 to midnight through October 31.
With Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting on view at MoMA PS1 through March 11, Joyce Beckenstein talks with the artist for Hyperallergic about her painting, installation, performance, film, and video art.
Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky (1977) "is one of his best films, a charming and cynical fantasy warped by his trademark wide-angle lenses and canted frames," argues Patrick Dahl at Screen Slate. "It's more biting than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and funnier than Brazil (1985). The film's silly, cynical gags form a perfect tonal bridge between his work with Monty Python and the dystopian films for which he's best known." It screens Wednesday at the Quad as part of the series The Ministry of Silly Films: Monty Python and Beyond.
The BAMcinématek series Holy Blood: Mexican Horror Cinema opens Friday and runs through November 2.
Los Angeles. From Friday through Sunday, the UCLA Film & Television Archive presents the series Hirokazu Kore-eda: Cinema from the Outside In, but a couple of events happen in the run-up. Kore-eda will be at the Ray Stark Family Theatre at USC on Wednesday for a screening of Nobody Knows (2004) and at the Downtown Independent on Thursday when Acropolis Cinema presents After Life (1998).
AFI Fest has announced that Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name, James Franco's The Disaster Artist, and Scott Cooper's Hostiles will be this year's Centerpiece Galas. The 2017 edition, running from November through, will also feature a tribute to Errol Morris following a screening of his six-parter, Wormwood.
Austin. "Lou Diamond Phillips. Keenen Ivory Wayans. David Fucking Simon. Okay, that last one wasn't actually three names, but you get the idea. The Austin Film Festival is here, starting Thursday," writes Josh Kupecki in the Chronicle, "and they have curated one of the best lineups in their 24-year run." Through November 2.
Cambridge. From Friday through November 26, the Harvard Film Archive presents The Legends of William Wellman. Haden Guest: "This retrospective gathers together a series of Wellman's lesser-known films, balanced by his recognized classics, to sketch a composite portrait of a studio filmmaker equally adept at bold action-driven narrative and a kind of subtler, understated emotion and meaning."
Toronto. "Now rightfully regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers to ever emerge from Hong Kong," writes Shelly Kraicer for the TIFF Review, "Johnnie To is a complex and seemingly contradictory artist: an action-film director whose most famous and popular works at home are his comedies; a maker of entertainment movies whose films regularly play in the Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals; a savvy commercial entrepreneur whose spare, minimalist, densely structured films are celebrated by scholars around the world." Johnnie To: Expect the Unexpected opens Thursday, with To himself introducing The Mission (1999), and runs through December 28. On Friday, To will also introduce Election (2005) and Election II: Harmony Is a Virtue (2006).
Montréal. The exhibition Bill Viola: Naissance à rebours will be on view at DHC/ART from Wednesday through March 11.
UK. Africa's Lost Classics is a program of twenty-four films traveling to festivals of African cinema through mid-November. "Let's put this bluntly," writes Mark Cousins for Sight & Sound: "you don't know cinema if you don't know African cinema."
London. The Sight & Sound Deep Focus season Tears and Laughter: Women in Japanese Melodrama is on through November at BFI Southbank. Mikio Naruse's Wife (1953) will not be part of the program, but you'll want to read Brad Stevens's piece on one of his all-time favorite films nonetheless, even if only to set the mood.
On Friday at Close-Up, "Sixpackfilm's deputy director Gerald Weber presents two programmes celebrating the Vienna based archive's phenomenal collection of Austrian experimental film and video."
Berlin. The Arsenal's series Female Gazes from Georgia - Contemporary Documentaries runs from Wednesday through October 31 and, from Thursday through October 31, Film:ReStored_02: The Festival of Film Preservation "presents digitized films from seven decades of German film history, accompanied by presentations, and progress reports dedicated to questions surrounding the digitization of film heritage."
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The Gnometown tale of "Alta, Ruth & Shar"
Alta Roesch, Ruth Solem & Sharilyn Bates
It all started when Alta and her younger sister, Ruth, both pretty, imaginative and popular, spent a lot of time down by the river; painting, crafting and dreaming. "Our Gnometown needs an identity, something for people to remember us by and what we stand for," mused Alta one day. "What do you mean?" asked Ruth, "like a combine or a tractor?" "No," answered Alta, "something that represents how the people in this Dawson community care about each other and volunteer endlessly to help others." "Oh," piped Ruth, "something to stand in the park so visitors, who drive by, see it? It could be a gnome like us, helpful and friendly. We settled in Dawson because the people who live here were so nice." Alta's face lit up, Ruth had a great idea. "Yes!" Alta jumped in, "I could write a legend which tells how the gnomes came here, why we have a heart on our sleeve and bent hats. We could tell the world how the people of Gnometown treat us and the others that visit and live here. There's a big council meeting tonight, let's go and present our idea."
Shar, a very shy gnomette, lived far in the country and longed to be close to the two sisters because they seemed to be so popular and kind. She would catch glimpses of them but was afraid to get too close. Tonight was the big council meeting and her family was making the trip to the river to vote on the issues before them. As she got closer to the crowd, she saw Alta and Ruth sitting in the front row and motioned for her dad to sit in the 2nd row, close to her want-to-be friends.
It was just dark and Daws started the fire, which signaled all to be quiet. Governor Ted started the meeting and invited others to talk about the current issues. Gnome Phil, gave a report about the hospital and ambulance, Gnome Dick and Gnome Al talked about how the city was running, Gnome Bob went over the activities of the school. The firegnomes told about the new firefighting equipment they had purchased. Things were good in Gnometown. Then, to Shar's surprise, her mentors, Alta and Ruth stood up, and excitingly told the large crowd of gnomes about their idea. Gnome Gerry stood up, 'Yes, we need something to show the outside world that Gnometown is a Gem on the Prairie." Gnome Morris made a motion to fund it from the Gnomefund. The gnomes voted by turning the tips of their hats toward the river. All hats turned, it was carried. "We are so excited that you like this idea," replied Alta, "but we're going to need help in getting it started, any volunteers?"
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Libya freezes rewards for ex-rebels over mass fraud
Sunday, April 15, 2012 Laaska News
Libya's National Transitional Council has suspended a multi-million-dollar payout program to former anti-Gaddafi rebels after admitting it was steeped in fraud. Officials cited duplicate payouts, and claims from impostors and even the dead.
Since last year's overthrow of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, the National Transition Council, Libya's temporary replacement government, has promised to reward ordinary citizens who joined the rebellion.
The program began three months ago, with former rebels being given a one-time payment of up to $3,200 – a sizable sum for Libya. NTC has already paid out $1.4 billion.
Now, the handouts have stopped.
"Millions of dinars allocated to revolutionaries were lost in illegitimate payments to non-beneficiaries," announced NTC spokesman Mohammed Harizi.
Paying people money based on nothing but unverifiable information that they fought in the civil war always appeared an idea ripe for abuse. Since the war was fought largely by ragtag groups of militiamen, many units did not even write down the names of those who joined them, much less outline their exact role in the conflict.
The NTC delegated the job of making reward lists to the tribal councils who recruited the militias in the first place.
Whether through lack of information or integrity, the lists have been a disaster. The NTC claims that some legitimate claimants were not selected, other names were listed more than once, and some names belong to people who hadn't shot a bullet in the conflict.
"The corruption is too much," said Harizi. "Some of the people on the lists aren't even alive."
This follows the fiasco of a similar program that provided treatment abroad for the war wounded. Instead of those who suffered real injuries, many entirely healthy Libyans with good connections to the tribal leaders who decided the lists got sponsored trips abroad. The program has also now been curtailed.
Following the announcement, some former rebel fighters who missed out on their payouts staged a protest outside the NTC headquarters in Tripoli, reportedly shooting at the building.
The NTC has promised to restructure the reward program in the coming months, but it is unclear how they will obtain more reliable information for future lists.
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Xerox Earnings Hit Mark
It guides in line.
Jan 25, 2006 7:53 AM EST
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said fourth-quarter earnings rose 18% from a year ago as cost controls helped offset slightly lower revenue.
The company earned $282 million, or 27 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $240 million, or 24 cents a share, last year. Adjusted for a restructuring charge, Xerox earned 32 cents a share in the quarter, matching the Thomson First Call consensus.
Sales fell 2% from year ago to $4.25 billion, shy of the $4.42 billion Thomson First Call consensus. Xerox said sales were flat at $2.16 billion, while service, outsourcing and rental income fell 2% to $1.88 billion and finance income slid 9% to $211 million.
"During the quarter, equipment sales were impacted by a more significant shift in product mix with stronger sales of lower-priced systems. At the same time, demand and install activity accelerated for key products like entry-level color production systems and office desktop multifunction devices," the company said. "This increased activity fuels future post-sale revenue -- the engine of growth for Xerox's annuity-based business. We're confident that the short-term impact on equipment sale revenue will deliver long-term gains in top-line growth."
For the first quarter, Xerox expects to earn 20 cents to 23 cents a share. The consensus estimate is 22 cents a share. For 2006, the company sees $1 to $1.07 a share. The consensus estimate is $1.04 a share.
The stock added 4 cents to $14.50 early Wednesday.
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SALAAH: The Believer's Utmost Delight
Friday Khutbahs (Sermons)
By Sheikh Saleh ibn Humaid – 18 Rabi' al-awwal 1436
His Eminence Sheikh Saleh ibn Humaid -May Allah protect him- delivered this Friday's Khutbah titled "SALAAH: The Believer's Utmost Delight"in which he talked about the importance of Salaah and the necessity of answering the call to prayer. He also asserted that the essence of Salaah lies in the submission to Allah,which the Muslim feels while performing it. Sheikh Ibn Humaid quoted numerous sayings of the righteous Salaf about the overwhelming interest they took in it. In conclusion to his Khutbah, Sheikh Ibn Humaid made sincere exhortation to the youths to shun the calls to Takfeer (accusing others of unbelief), blowing up places and shedding sanctified blood, since such acts are evil and deadly both in the Herein and the Hereafter.
Praise be to Allah Almighty Whose command is no doubt operative, Whose standing is exalted, and Whose mention is sublime! I praise Him -May He be glorified- and thank Him. His Graces and Favours are incessant, and I bear witness that there is no deity except Him alone, with no associate. With His reassuring lights of tranquility, He enlightened the hearts of the frightened, and from His Holiness, He allowed the devout to access glorious positions. I also bear witness that our Master and Prophet -Muhammad- is the Servant and Messenger of Allah. With His Supreme Power, Allah Almighty has humiliated the defilement of Satan, and with the light of His Evidence, He has brightened the murkiness of Satan's falsehood. O Allah, please send Your bounteous and abundant Salaah(Graces, Honours, and Mercy) upon him (Muhammad) who founded religion on its basic pillars, and upon his family, his Companions and aides so that the desired aim of his pleasure may be attained.
Now then,
I exhort you -O you people- as well as myself to observe Taqwa (fear) of Allah. Do hold on to Taqwa -May Allah have mercy on you. Time has told us nothing but the truth, and with its vicissitudes, it has given us amazing lessons. How many a pleasure it has spoiled, and how many a time it has caught people unawares!
Therefore, be prepared -May Allah have mercy on you- for a day whose goods are deeds and whose witnesses are the limbs and the senses. It is a day when regret is of no avail, and when no one can fend off Allah's Command except those on whom He chooses to have mercy.
"Nay! You shall come to know! Again, Nay! You shall come to know!
Nay! If you knew with a sure knowledge (the end result of piling up, you would not have occupied yourselves in worldly things) Verily, You shall see the blazing Fire (Hell)! And again, you shall see it with certainty of sight! Then, on that Day, you shall be asked about the delight (you indulged in, in this world)!" [Al-Takathur: 3-8]
O Muslims!
Worshiping Allah is His ultimate purpose for which He created mankind and sent messengers to convey it. He praised those who undertake it, and said: "Is one who is obedient to Allâh, prostrating himself or standing (in prayer) during the hours of the night, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord (like one who disbelieves)?" [Al-Zumar: 9]
Likewise, Allah Almighty threatened those who fail to worship Him out of scorn saying: "Verily! Those who scorn My worship [i.e. do not invoke Me, and do not believe in My Oneness, (Islâmic Monotheism)] they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!" [Ghafir: 60]
Worshipping Almighty Allah is experiencing special intimacy with Him, incessant pleasure and infinite happiness of supplicating Him. He who wishes for happiness must observe the worship of Allah for it is for the heart more important than food and water are for the body.
O Servant of Allah!
Whenever you feel depressed and bored; Whenever you feel like complaining about something, you should resort to the unitarians' delight, the peace of the believers' souls and the spring of the hearts of the righteous and the pious.
Seek refuge in the mother of all worship and the crown of all obedience. Seek refuge in what your beloved Prophet Muhammad -May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him- used to seek refuge in: Salaah. The Prophet -May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him- said: "O Bilal! Make us comfortable with it (Salaah)." He also said: "Salaah was made my utmost delight."
Dear Muslims!
Those who do so are the successful, the people of piety and guidance whose hearts are so attached to mosques. They go early to their Salaah and walk in the dark (to perform the dawn prayer). They answer the call, "Come to prayer, Come to success" and race to stand in the first row for "Takbirat-ul-Ihram" with the imam.
Servants of Allah!
Going to the mosque early and waiting for Salaah to begin, keeping oneself busy with the remembrance of Allah and reading the Qur'an before Salaah result in happiness and blessing as well as in chasing out anxiety and worry.
Quoting Abu Hurairah, Imam Bukhari reported in his Sahih (a collection of Hadiths) that the Prophet -May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him- said: "Had they known what is in Tahjir, they would have raced for it!" Imam Al-Nawawi -May Allah have mercy on his soul- said: "Tahjir means to be early for Salaah whichever it might be."
You should know -May Allah protect you- that if the love of Salaah entered the heart, the latter would not find anything sweeter than it is." Religious scholars say, "Concern is the reason for the presence of the heart; therefore, if you were concerned with something, your heart would be present."
Therefore, if you become preoccupied with Salaah, your heart will be present therein, it will be so much filled with submission to Allah that it reflects on the senses and limbs. Hence, the outcome will be lowering one's gaze, into politeness and peacefulness particularly when one senses the Majestic presence of Allah before Him. Thus the worshipper fully comprehends what he is saying, and performs his Salaah while his heart is serene with his Lord's remembrance.
Among Ibn Al-Jawzi's elegant expressions is the following: "He who beholds the dawn of reward will attach no importance to the darkness of Taklif (religious obligation)."
May Allah protect you, O Servant of Allah!
Going early to the mosque helps one attain presence of the heart and experience the feeling of submission and dedication of the worship of Allah. It also helps in the lawful supplication and remembrance of Allah day and night, in invoking Him in solitude, and in meditating about His signs and graces.
A Hadith says that: "Supplications are not declined between Adhan (the call to prayer) and Iqamah (the call to start prayer)." [Narrated by Abu Dawood and considered good by Al-Tirmidhi]
Lucky is the one who goes early to Salaah and walks to the mosque in tranquility and peace. In another Hadith reported by the collectors of the Sunan (books) we read: "He who performs four Rakaahs before Duhr (noon) prayer and four more after it Allah will protect him from Hellfire." In yet another Hadith reported by Abu Dawood and Al-Tirmidhi, who considered it good, we read: "May Allah have mercy on the one who performs four Rakaahs before Asr (afternoon) prayer."
Have you ever seen a happier man than the one who gets early to the mosque in order to perform the prayers between Adhan and Iqamah? Going early to the mosque evidences reverence, deportment, love and heart-felt veneration. It makes the houses of Allah (i.e. mosques) reverberate with worship activities.
The early worshipper is an initiator, a competitor and racer. He belongs to those whom our Prophet -May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him- meant in his Hadith: "Had the people known what is in the call (to prayer) and the first row, they would have drawn lots to get a place therein if they had to" [An agreed upon Hadith]. In another Hadith, the Prophet -May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him- is reported to have said: "Allah and His angels send their Salaah (Graces, Honours and Mercy) upon the front row," and in other words "the first row" [Narrated by Al-Nasai and Ibn Majah, and it is considered authentic by Al-Albani].
Imam Ahmad reported that "[the Prophet]-May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him-used to ask Allah's forgiveness three times for the first row and once for the second."
The one who is waiting for Salaah to begin is actually in a state of Salaah. In a Hadith, we read: "One is in a state of Salaah as long as it holds him up and prevents him from going to his family" [An agreed upon Hadith].
The angels of the All-Merciful send their Salaah upon the one who is waiting for Salaah. They pray Allah Almighty to forgive him and to have mercy upon him as long as he remains in his praying spot, retains his ablution and inflicts no harm therein. In this respect, a Hadith goes as follows: "The angels send their Salaahupon the one who remains in his praying spot and keeps his ablution. They supplicate Almighty Allah: O Allah please forgive him, O Allah please forgive him, O Allah please forgive him, O Allah please have mercy on him" [An agreed upon Hadith]. In Al-Bukhari's version, "…retains his ablution and inflicts no harm therein."
Waiting for the Salaah to begin is a reason for erasing sins and elevating ones status. Nay, it is al-ribaṭ. The Prophet -May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him- said: "Shall I tell you about something with which Allah wipes out sins and elevates statuses?" "Yes, Allah's Messenger!" they replied. He said, "Perform ablution properly in spite of unpleasant situations, walking to mosques frequently, and waiting for Salaah after Salaah. That is al-ribaṭ; that is al- ribaṭ!" [Narrated by Muslim]
As for going to the mosque early on Fridays, it is all the more favourable as the angels will be at the gate of the mosque taking record of those who come to perform Salaah one by one. However, as soon as the Imam sits (on the mimbar [pulpit]), they fold their registers and go in to listen to the Dhikr (the remembrance of Allah).
Imam Al-Nawawi said: "It contains urging Muslims to be early to the mosque on Friday, and shows that people are assigned ranks for virtue -and for other human qualities- in accordance with their deeds."Blessed are those whom the angels have registered among the early mosque-goers, andwhat a pity for those against whom the angels have folded their registers! They are listed among the stragglers.
Alqamah said: "We went with Abdullah Ibn Masood -May Allah be pleased with him- to perform Friday prayer. When he saw that three men had already arrived before him to the mosque, he said, 'I heard the Prophet -May Allah's Salaah and Peace be upon him- say, "People sit before Allah on the Day of Judgement in accordance with the rows in which their seats are in Friday prayers: the first, the second and the third." Abdullah then said, 'The fourth is not too far'" [Narrated by Ibn Majah and Al-Ṭabarani, while Al-Tirmidhi and Al-BūSiri considered it good].
The righteous salaf had made astonishing statements regarding competition in being early and in hurrying to the mosque:
Saeid Ibn Zayd said, "Not a single time in forty years did the Mu'adh-dhin call to prayer without me being at the mosque already except when I was sick or away."
Quoting Yahya Ibn Sacid, Yahya Ibn Mucin said, "He had never missed Zawaal (afternoon time) for forty years."
Saeid Ibn Al-Musayyab said, "I have never missed takbir or Adhan for fifty years, and I have never looked at the back of a man for fifty years (i.e. he was always sitting in the front row)."
Abu Saeid is reported to have said, "For thirty years, I have never heard Adhan while I am still at home."
Waki Ibn Al-Jarrah said, "Al-A'mash had never missed Takbiratu Al-Ihram for almost seventy years."
Ibn Sama'ah said, "I have never missed the first Takbir except on the day my mother died."
Sufiyan Ibn Uyaynah said, "Coming before Iqamah is a sign of venerating Salaah."
Here is the story of the jeweller, Ibrahim Ibn Maymūn, who was a trusted Muhaddith (narrator of Hadith) and whose profession was jewellery: forging gold and silver. This is what Ibn Mu'in said about him:"Upon hearing the call to prayer, and having raised his hammer up (when forging gold or silver), Ibrahim would immediately stop without finishing the hitting."
One of the distinctive sayings of Sufyan Ibn Uyaynah -May Allah bless his soul-urging Muslims to attend the collective prayer early is the following: "Do not be like a bad slave who will not approach (you) until called; go to the (collective prayer in the mosque) before the call to prayer is made."
Think O you -May Allah have mercy on you- about the advice given by Mu'adh Ibn Jabal -May Allah be pleased with him- to his son: "O son! When you arein prayer perform it as if you were seeing someone off; that is, you will never perform it again!"
Yes indeed -May Allah protect you- a final prayer whose great effect will show itself in his hearing, eyesight, walking, and sitting.Nay, it is paradise and blessing being experience in advance (i.e. before the advent of the Hereafter); this is indeed one of the greatest pursuits that require big endeavours and living hearts (full of faith) from those who have made the obedience of their Lord a priority over their desires and worldly lives! May Allah grant us, by his blessing and generosity, this great bounty!
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan:
"In houses (mosques), which Allâh has ordered to be raised (to be cleaned, and to be honoured), in them His Name is glorified in the mornings and in the afternoons or the evenings,(36) Men whom neither trade nor sale diverts them from the Remembrance of Allâh (with heart and tongue), nor from performing AsSalât (Iqâmat-as- Salât), nor from giving the Zakât. They fear a Day when hearts and eyes will be overturned (from the horror of the torment of the Day of Resurrection) (37). That Allâh may reward them according to the best of their deeds, and add even more for them out of His Grace. And Allâh provides without measure to whom He wills." [Al-Nūr: 36-38]
May Allah benefit you and me from the Great Qur'an and the guidance of His Prophet, Muhammad -May Allah's Salaah and Peace of Allah be upon him. This is said, I ask Allah Almighty to forgive me, you, and all Muslims of every sin and wrongdoing. We ask Him for forgiveness, for He is truly Most-Forgiving, Most-Merciful!
The Concept of "Renewal" in Islaam
By ash-Shaykh 'Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sudays 10 Safar 1440h Indeed, all praise is due to Allaah. We praise Him, seek His assistance, ask His forgiveness, and repent to Him. Allaah is perfect in every way, and I praise Him for His all-encompassing blessings and indisputable...
Comprehensive Admonitions and Words of Wisdom
Shaykh Saalih ibn Humayd - 3 Safar 1440h All praise is due to Allaah. He decreed a specific measure for all things, He has complete knowledge about every one of them, and out of His grace He conceals the flaws of His servants. He is perfect in every way and I praise...
Relief Through Supplication
By Shaykh al-Haram Salih Muhammad Al-Talib Fear Allah and be dutiful to Him. Stay away from sins. For sins destroy. Know that you have a Lord Whom you are going to meet and a house in which you are going to live after your death. Seek the pleasure of your Lord before...
The Family in Islaam
By Abdul Bari Ath Thubayti The God-fearing Muslim family is the heart of a healthy community. The piety of a family is dependent on the piety of individual members of the family, and the piety of a community is likewise dependent on the piety of the families who make...
Attaining Guidance and Success are Contingent on Observing Taqwa
By Shaykh Usaamah Khayyaat - 25 Muharram 1440 All praise is due to Allaah. He is the Guardian of His obedient servants. He is perfect in every way and He deserves the finest and most abundant of praise until the Day of Recompense. I bear witness that none has the...
Understanding the Concept of Saving
By Shaykh Su'ood ash-Shuraym 18 Muharram 1440h (28 September 2018) All praise is due to Allaah. He is the One who restores life to the deceased. His light fills the heavens and the earths. He has complete knowledge of the past, present, and the future. I bear witness...


Bone cancer. Coloured gamma scans of the skeleton of a 67-year-old woman with bone cancer (red). The whole skeleton is seen from the front (left) and from behind (right). The cancer (an osteosarcoma) has spread to the knees, lumbar (lower) spine, and the right shoulder. Cancer that spreads from its original site is referred to as secondary cancer, and the cancer is said to have metastasised. The prognosis is poor. A gamma scan (also called a scintigram) is obtained by injecting a radioactive isotope (here Technetium-99m, or Tc-99m). This tracer material is concentrated in the cancerous tissues and is detected by the gamma radiation it emits.


Butterflies are probably the most loved insect group. Their vibrant colours and habit of visiting well planted gardens have prompted the careers of many passionate Lepidopterists. While Australia's butterfly fauna is not as diverse as on other continents, there are interesting endemic groups.
Tropical North Queensland is renowned for its rich diversity, the Wet Tropics, Tablelands and Cape York Peninsula supports 271 species or 68 per cent of the total fauna. New species are still being described. Many species such as the spectacular Ulysses Swallowtail and Cairns Birdwing are associated with rainforest. Diversity decreases markedly in drier habitats.
Careful garden plantings with both food and host plants will attract many colourful species. Sixty per cent of the photographs in this gallery are from gardens in Kuranda and Mossman.


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The Central District of Ardestan County () is a district (bakhsh) in Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30,838, in 8,958 families.  The District has two cities: Ardestan and Mahabad. The District has five rural districts (dehestan): Barzavand Rural District, Garmsir Rural District, Hombarat Rural District, Kachu Rural District, and Olya Rural District.

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Garibaldi 31 residence rose up with the intention to offer high comforts and facilities in the suggestive atmosphere of Trapani downtown: our apartments are divided in Sea View Suite (with view on the Sea) and Garibaldi Suite (view on one of the most important street of Trapani downtown). The house complex has modern and elegant apartments, recently renovated.
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I have designed, maintained, updated, implemented, and commissioned many kinds of control systems in a variety of locations, architectures, and industries. I did this in the context of both projects and products. The salient features of control systems are sensing, comparison, and corrective output in real-time.
I started out by including specifications for control elements on the process diagrams I prepared for the paper industry. These were almost exclusively in the form of standalone loops that controlled a valve or generated and alarm based on a single, measured value. I learned about the wide variety of instruments that were available, and many of the controls were pneumatic.
The models I wrote for nuclear power plant simulators were not themselves control systems, but they included the actions of control systems, which gave me terrific training in the discipline. I also began to learn about logical controls, interlocks, recorders, accumulators, and the like.
The model-predictive control systems I wrote for the steel industry had to perform a lot of operations, calculations, and data exchanges, but generally didn't involve a lot of control values. Indeed, the point of those systems was to generate values for things that couldn't be measured, namely average and maximum differential temperature within a steel workpiece. The supervisory systems I wrote were referred to as Level II, while the PLC-based Level I systems did the heavy lifting. They managed all of the digital and analog inputs, outputs, control logic, limits, and alarms. The Level 2 system read certain state and instrumentation data from the Level 1 system and used that to perform its calculations. It sent proposed temperature and material handling setpoints back to the Level 1 system, along with some status and alarm information, and the Level 1 system performed the detailed actions necessary to reach the setpoints. The Level 1 systems were (at the time) programmed using a vendor-specific form of ladder logic. Ladder logic may be different than high-level or procedural code but it can still be organized in a clean, modular fashion or a big, jumbled mess. I saw it done both ways and preferred the former, but the latter did work. The Level I systems also incorporated PC-based HMI systems to handle the user interface and data logging functions. A lot of the instrumentation, local controls, and emergency cutoffs were colloquially referred to as "Level 0." I learned about end-to-end and enterprise controls, time calculations, historical logging, mutex permissions, and more.
I took over maintenance of a PC-based product used to control induction melting furnaces. This system was 10-15 years old by the time I started working on it. It was a DOS program written in C++ and communicated directly with the sensing and control hardware via serial ports. It was originally written as a fairly literal translation of the previous PLC control logic but later maintainers added two distinct generations of changes to the software. By the time I started it was something of an unholy mess but it worked and I was able to make it do everything it needed to. I learned a lot more about low-level hardware communications and things like interlocks and one-shots.
In my next position I modified low-level communications software that let PC host software talk to networks of far-flung HVAC controls. I got a better feel for dedicated equipment protocols, low-level TCP/IP packet management, and supporting multiple operating systems.
Two of the evacuation simulation systems I worked on included real-time communications and control elements. I was able to apply, and teach my colleagues about, much that I had learned previously.
I have always enjoyed writing graphics, animation, and user-interface code of all kinds, and those skills have found expression in a lot of my work.


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The 1996–97 New York Islanders season was the 25th season in the franchise's history. It saw the withdrawal of the "Fisherman" logo from 1995 at the start of the season and the return of the original logo. For the third consecutive year, the Islanders failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason
Captain Patrick Flatley leaves Long Island, signing with the rival New York Rangers. The team does not name a new captain until the 1997–98 season.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring

Goaltending

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks
New York's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Mr. Robman focuses on large-scale electronic evidence production, internal corporate investigations, and computer forensics engagements. He frequently assists clients involved in government investigations, HSR merger issues, intellectual property theft, securities investigations, and other types of class action litigation. Mr. Robman is also a CLE lecturer on the subjects of electronic discovery and securities regulation.
Mr. Robman's experience includes several years of conducting internal investigations while employed in Bank of America' Regulatory Investigations Group on a variety of securities related issues. In this role, Mr. Robman supervised large scale investigations involving the global corporate and investment bank activities in equity and debt trading, prime brokerage (hedge funds), mergers and acquisitions, syndicated finance, equity research, public finance, private equity, broker-dealer services, and retail wealth management.
Mr. Robman's experience also includes over five years of civil discovery, commercial litigation, commercial transactional work, real estate litigation and creditors' bankruptcy rights. As a litigation associate, Mr. Robman drafted, reviewed, and negotiated various agreements for corporate clients including licensing agreements, real property leases, financing agreements, and related business transactional documents. He developed and cultivated a personal client book, and he handled cases from initial client interview through trial, settlement, and bankruptcy resolution.
Mr. Robman holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the Golden Gate University School of Law and a B.A. in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.


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UBC – SRC Research Program included series of tests on a full-scale braced frame carried out at the University of British Columbia. The testing program included quasi-static, cyclic and shake-table tests. Work on this research project started 2007 and most of the tests were performed from 2011 to 2013. The test program was performed at the UBC Earthquake Engineering Laboratory by a research team led by Professor Carlos Ventura, in collaboration with Dejan Erdevicki from Erdevicki Structural Engineering. Test frame was donated by L.E. Steel Fabricators Ltd.


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Health Diagnostic nears settlement on doc payments
Lisa Schencker
Health Diagnostic Laboratory is nearing completion of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Justice Department related to an investigation into the lab's payments to doctors for blood tests.
The settlement agreement will include a denial of any wrongdoing by HDL, the laboratory, based in Richmond, Va., said in a statement.
"We wish to make it clear that HDL Inc. has worked cooperatively with the Department of Justice since the inception of its investigation of various diagnostic laboratory industry practices, many of them common within the industry," HDL said in the statement. "We look forward to concluding a settlement with the Department in the very near future that will enable our company to avoid potentially expensive and protracted litigation and allow us to move ahead with our important work of helping improve the health of millions of Americans."
A company spokesman said he was not certain about the dollar amount of the settlement, but the Wall Street Journal reported that HDL will pay the government nearly $50 million, according to unnamed sources familiar with the issue. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department declined to comment on the matter Tuesday.
HDL will continue to be eligible for participation in federal health programs and will further develop and strengthen its compliance program as part of a five-year corporate integrity agreement with HHS' Office of Inspector General, according to HDL.
The "payment of fees to physicians to help cover costs of performing specimen processing and handling services was a long-standing, industry-wide practice," an HDL spokesman said Tuesday.
But HDL stopped making such payments in June 2014 when the HHS Office of Inspector General issued a special fraud alert saying they presented "a substantial risk of fraud and abuse under the anti-kickback statute," according to the company.
HDL blood tests help doctors detect cardiovascular risk by looking at biomarkers.
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Premium Motors; authorised dealers of Renault cars in Ghana has disclosed that the Renault assembly plant is expected to be operational in the country by close of year.
Mr. Jihad M Hijazi made the disclosure at the unveiling of the 2019 Renault Duster where he submitted the cars assembled in the country will be embossed with the Made in Ghana insignia adding the vehicles will target the Ghanaian market before later moving on to the sub region.
The 2019 Renault Duster comes with features including the push button start/stop SMART System, Electric power steering, Rear parking Sonar sensors, 7″ colour Touchscreen Entertainment System as well as a 17″ diamond cut Maldives Alloy wheels among others.
The new Renault Duster sells between US$17,850 and US$22,500. Previous owners of Renault cars have the option to swap their old Renaults for the Duster under certain terms and conditions.
"The Renault is a product that offers the reliability and toughness our roads require at a very affordable price. Most importantly with the new Duster, the aesthetics have drastically improved, the reengineering has improved so you are getting an improved vehicle at a cheaper price," Jihad M. Hijazi submitted.
Premium Motors Limited has operated over six years in the country serving as distributors of Renault cars with established sales, and service center at Atico, a suburb of Accra on the Kaneshie-Odorkor stretch.
Premium Motors Limited's showroom also known as Renault Store cost over US$700,000 to put in shape and can accommodate up to 8 to 9 cars.
Premium Motors also has in stock, models like Renault Kwid, Renault Koleos which has a 2.5 litre engine and Renault Kadjar a 1.2 litre engine capacity.
The Renault Kwid comes in three brands, the AUTHENTIC; the cheapest, EXPRESSION and DYNAMIC, which has abridged features of the Renault Kwid brand.
The Renault Kwid car is an entry level vehicle or budget vehicle with low fuel consumption coupled with highly improved features aimed at the safety and comfort of the consumer. It has four air-bags installed and the DYNAMIC, which is the highest grade of the brand, has an in-built satellite navigation system and fully loaded extra lights.
The Renault Kwid Authentic is going for £8,300; Expression selling for £8,500 whiles the Renault Kwid Dynamic is for £9,970.
Some of Renaults vehicles come with driver, passenger and side airbags; anti-lock braking system; Bluetooth hands-free connectivity; seat belt alert; electric power steering; CD system with MP3 & USB; and central door locking system.


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Something New: Lectures and lessons
TinaMarie Craven
Published 2:03 pm EDT, Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Photography workshop, March 16, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Mark Twain Library, 439 Redding Rd., Redding. National park artist presents free smartphone photography workshop. Registration required: 203-938-2545, marktwainlibrary.org, xiomaro.com.
Lecture: The Real Life of the Parthenon, March 28, 5 p.m., DiMenna-Nyselius Library, 1073 North Benson Rd., Fairfield. Free. Register at eventbrite.com.
Art and Activism talk, March 30, 4-6 p.m., Franklin Street Works, 41 Franklin St., Stamford. FSW Creative Director, Terri C. Smith, in conversation with Shaun Slifer from Justseeds. Info: franklinstreetworks.org.
Working Artists for a Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) workshop, April 6, 4-6 p.m., Franklin Street Works, 41 Franklin St., Stamford. Info: franklinstreetworks.org.
Lecture: Classical Influences in the Corporate Murals of Hildreth Meière, April 17, 5 p.m., Fairfield University Art Museum, Bellarmine Hall (Diffley Board Room), 1073 North Benson Rd., Fairfield. Free. Register at eventbrite.com. Hildreth Meière: The Art of Commerce exhibition runs April 18-Sept. 21.
Silk Road Lecture: Providing for the Afterlife in Han Dynasty China, April 18, 6-8 p.m., Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr., Greenwich. Speaker: David Ake Sensabaugh. Free for members; $15 nonmembers. Registration required: brucemuseum.org.
Fairfield University Art Museum's new monthly series of gallery conversations, Art in Focus, 11 a.m. in museum's Bellarmine Hall Galleries on campus of Fairfield University. During each event in series, one painting, print, or sculpture in museum's collection will take center stage for hour's worth of close looking and informal discussion, led by Curator of Education Michelle DiMarzo, Ph.D.
Arts For Healing Spring Semester offers music, art, dance and acting lessons, 24 Grove St. New Canaan. For more information call 203-972-2982 or email info@artsforhealing.org.
Brookfield Craft Center, 286 Whisconier Rd.; brookfieldcraft.org: classes, open studios in clay, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal. Gallery Shop open Sat., 11-6, and Sun., 11-5. To learn more, visit brookfieldcraft.org or call 203-775-4526. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., 12-5; Sat., 11-5, Sun., 12-4.
The Nutmeg Woodturners League, local chapter of the American Association of Woodturners, promotes woodturning as craft and art form. Meeting at Brookfield Craft Center on second Monday of every other month (January, March, May, September, November). All welcome.
Darien Arts Center, 2 Renshaw Rd., behind Town Hall in Darien. Info: darienarts.org or call 203-655-8683. Educational programs, including many new offerings, in dance and martial arts for children, teens and adults in fall, such as ballet, jazz, hip hop and more. Martial arts for ages 4 and up. Reg. open now at website or call for details.
Square Dance Lessons with the Square Bears of Weston, Norfield Grange, 12 Good Hill Rd., Weston. Weekly lessons will be held on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., starting Sept. 19. Tickets $5. For more information contact Peter or Kathy Engstrom at 203-761-9939.
Norwalk Public Library offers Kanopy, a cinema streaming service, which has 30,000 award-winning films, including The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, PBS and thousands of feature and festival films. Kanopy can stream on your phone (Apple or Android), tablet, computer or Roku device. You can stream up to 6 films per month. For step-by-step instructions, visit Kanopy page on NPL's website, norwalklib.kanopy.com/welcome/frontpage, or stop by library, 1 Belden Ave., Norwalk. Info: Cynde Bloom Lahey, director of library information services, 203-899-2780, x15133, or clahey@norwalkpubliclibrary.org.
Greater Bridgeport Men's Garden Club monthly meetings, Sterling House, 2283 Main St., Stratford. Members normally meet third Wednesday of each month to discuss various gardening issues, share in plant swaps, DVDs or speaker presentations. Beginner gardeners and anyone with interest in gardening, plants and landscaping welcome. Info: Joe, 203-339-2701 or Art, 203-261-9771.
Seed Library at Norwalk Public Library, 1 Belden Ave., Norwalk. Now, everyone — from avid gardeners to newbies — can check out free vegetable, flower and herb seeds along with getting support for growing and saving seeds. Brochures available on how self-service procedure works. Info: Laurie Iffland, reference librarian, 203-899-2780, x15114 or iffland@norwalkpubliclibrary.org
Fairfield Health & Fitness Expo, March 16, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Fairfield University RecPlex, 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield. Free. Info: FairfieldCtChamber.com, 203-255-1011.
St. Vincent's Breast Health Center in Bridgeport offers free and low-cost digital mammography screenings through its mobile mammography coach for women age 40 and older. No prescription needed but appointments are required. Walk-ins welcome. For those who have insurance, bring card and photo ID at time of visit. Appointments: 203-576-5500.
Red Cross courses, (including Parenting, CPR, Back Injury Prevention, First Aid, HIV/AIDS Education, Lifeguard Training) offered periodically, visit ctredcross.org: Danbury area Chapter at 7 Park Lawn Dr., Bethel; 1-877-3327. Darien Chapter, 39 Leroy Ave., Darien, 203-655-2586. Greenwich Chapter, 99 Indian Field Rd., 203-869-0192. New Canaan Chapter, 51 Main St., New Canaan, 203-966-1663.
HISTORY & ANTIQUES
Holocaust Survivor presentation: A Recipe for Life for Adults & Kids, March 16, 3:30 p.m., Norwalk Public Library, 1 Belden Ave., Norwalk. Register: 203-899-2780, Ext. 15133, clahey@norwalkpl.org.
Historical depiction, March 18, 6:30-8 p.m., Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, 733 Monroe Tpke., Monroe. Vic Casaretti reenacts Benjamin Tallmadge: George Washington's Commando & Spymaster. Registration required: ewmlorg.
The Canadian Maritimes, March 19, 6:30-6:45 p.m., Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St., Trumbull. Travel expert, Mariann Millard talks about Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. Info trumbullct-library.org.
History Bites lecture, March 20, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield. Emery "Ted" Roth II speaks about his book, Brass Valley: The Fall of an American Industry. Free for members; $5 suggested donation nonmembers. Info: fairfieldhistory.org.
Courageous Conversations About Race, March 26, 7-8:30 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Rd., Fairfield. Info: fplct.librarymarket.com.
Greenwich Historical Society, Bush-Holley Historic Site, 39 Strickland Rd., Cos Cob; open Wed.-Sun., 12-4 (docent-led tours at 1, 2 and 3); 203-869-6899, ext. 10 or www.hstg.org; adm. to gallery, visitor ctr. & house museum, $10/adults, $8/seniors. and students, under 6 free; group tours at $7/person avail. on public and non-public days; library and archives open Wed.-Thurs., 10-4; adm. offices open Mon.-Fri., 9-5. Telling the Jewish-American Story in Town, seeking materials for late 2017-2018 exhibit (letters, photos, documents, diaries, recipes, household objects, vintage clothing, etc.). Story Barn: Imagine That!, program inspired by the exhibit Jim and Jane Henson: Creative Work, Creative Play; $20; to share a story, email agreco@greenwichhistory.org or call 203-869-6899 x31. Jim Henson exhibit and tours of Bush-Holley House.
Keeler Tavern Museum, 18th century historical building at 132 Main St., Ridgefield, 203-438-5485, keelertavernmuseum.org. Museum has begun docent training sessions.
Weir Farm National Historic Site, 735 Nod Hill Rd., Wilton, 203-834-1896 or www.nps.gov/wefa: grounds open daily dawn to dusk.
New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave.; newhavenmuseum.org or 203-562-4183.
All the lectures are held on Sundays, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Author talk/book signing, March 27, 7 p.m., Easton Public Library, 691 Morehouse Rd., Easton. One Book, One Town, We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter. Registration required. Info: 203-261-0134, lzaffino@eastonlibrary.org.
Author talk, March 30, 2-3:30 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Rd., Fairfield. Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss, who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989, visits to discuss his new book Springfield Confidential. Info: fplct.librarymarket.com.
Author Talk: Marie Bostwick, April 2, 7-8 p.m., Fairfield Woods Branch Library, 1147 Fairfield Woods Rd., Fairfield. Bostwick will discuss Hope On the Inside. Info: fplct.librarymarket.com.
Book discussion groups at Cos Cob Library, 5 Sinawoy Rd.; info: 203-622-6883.
YWCA Darien/Norwalk, 49 Old Kings Highway North, Darien; ywcadariennorwalkk.org or 203-655-2535: Job Search Support Program for Women, incl. computer classes, info., katefywcadariennorwalk.org.
Meditation Sessions, Sat. and Sun., 10-11:30 a.m., open sessions; Mon. and Wed. eves., 7-8:30 p.m., Tues., 12:30-2 p.m., Thurs., 9:30-11 a.m., open sessions; Family Program, ages 4-12 yrs., usually 2nd and 4th Sun. of the month, 10-11:30 a.m.; Redding Center for Mindfulness & Meditation, 9 Picketts Ridge Rd., West Redding; info., 203-244-3130 or visit reddingmeditationsociety.org.
The Compassionate Friends, Stamford Chapter, non-denominational self help group for bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings; meets 2nd Mon. of each month at 7:30 p.m.; Tully Center, 32 Strawberry Hill Ct., Stamford, main floor; info., 203-329-2796 or 203-323-2617.
U.S. Passport services at Norwalk Public Library and South Norwalk Branch Library. Mon., 2-7:30 p.m., Thurs., 12-4:30 p.m. and Sat., 10-2 p.m. at main library, 1 Belden Ave. Mon., Fri. and Sat., 12-4:30 p.m. at SoNo Branch, 10 Washington St. Also, Social Security questions and notary public service. Info: Norwalk Public Library System, norwalklib.org; 203-899-2780, main library; 203-899-2790, branch.
Music for All Ages: Peter and the Wolf, March 17, 3 p.m., Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Ave., Norwalk. Norwalk Symphony joins members of the Norwalk Youth Symphony's Principal Orchestra and the New England Academy of Dance. Bring a new or gently used book for youth ages 7-15 to be donated to the library at the Child Guidance Center in Norwalk. Tickets $10-$50. Info: norwalksymphony.org, 203-956-6771.
The Ridgefield Songwriters' Circle, monthly gatherings to play new songs and discuss them; for info., call Dave Goldenberg, 203-438-4521.
Back Yard Beekeepers Association, last Tuesday of the month, 7:30 p.m., Norfield Church Community Room, 64 Norfield Rd., Weston. Free. Info: backyardbeekeepers.com.
Genealogy workshop, April 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Greenwich Historical Society 47 Strickland Rd., Cos Cob. Info: 203-869-6899, ext. 10, greenwichhistory.org.
Landmarks Recognition Program, April 28, 4-6 p.m., Greenwich Country Club, 19 Doubling Rd., Greenwich. Tickets: $75-$500. Advance reservations required: 203-869-6899, ext. 10, greenwichhistory.org.
Planetarium Show/Telescope Viewing at the Westside Observatory and Planetarium at Western CT State U. Westside Campus, 43 Lake Ave. Ext., Danbury; wcsu.edu/starwatch/ or 203-837-8672.
* Woodcock Nature Center, 56 Deer Run Rd., Wilton; center open 9:30-5, Tues.-Sat., two-plus miles of trails open daily, dawn to dusk; reg. in advance for programs, 203-762-7280.
* New Canaan Nature Center, 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, 203-966-9577; satellite site for NY Botanical Garden programs (800-322-6924 or nybg.org/adulted); buildings open Mon.-Sat., 9-4 (closed major holidays); Programs for Kids & Families: First Saturdays, 1st Sat. of the month, free guided activities for visitors, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Free Live Animal Presentations, Sat. at 3, lasting 15-20 min., different animal each week.
* Stamford Museum and Nature Center, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford; adm. $10/adults, $8/srs. (65+), $6/students (18+ valid ID), $5/children 4-17; 203-322-1646 or www.stamfordmuseum.org: Heckscher Farm, daily, 9-5 (Heckscher WILD! new live exotic animal exhibit); Bendel Mansion (main building), Mon.-Sat., 9-5, Sun., 11-5.
*The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, 10 North Water St., Norwalk; 203-852-0700 or maritimeaquarium.org; open daily, 10-5 (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas); sharks, seals, river otters, sea turtles, jellies and more than 100 other species; Marine Lab, Ocean Playspace for toddlers, seal feedings at 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 and 3:45 p.m. daily. Fish Tales for preschoolers, Fri., 10:15-11 a.m. Special exhibits: Meerkats, Dragons, Journey with Jellies displays of local and exotic species. IMAX Movies: Jean-Michael Cousteau's Secret Ocean at 11 and 2 p.m., Dream Big at noon and 4 p.m., One exhibit and daytime IMAX included with paid aquarium adm: $22.95 for adults; $20.95 for youths (13-17) and seniors (65+); and $15.95 for children (3-12); free for kids under 3 and members. Reservations: maritimeaquarium.org.
* Stepping Stones Museum for Children, 303 West Ave., Norwalk; open daily 10-5, Memorial Day-Labor Day, and Tues.-Sun., Labor Day through Memorial Day; adm. $15/adults and children (under 1, free), $10/seniors.; Early Childhood Classes for ages 6 mon.-6 yrs. and After School Adventures for grades 3-12, reg. online; other ongoing events; Around the World Creative Kids, programs Sat. at 2; steppingstonesmuseum.org or call 203-899-0606. Mega Making exhibit has opened.
*EverWonder Children's Museum, 31 Pecks Lane, Newtown; open Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; adm. $7 for visitors older than 1; info., everwondermuseum.org: Story Lab for Young Explorers Tues. and Thurs., 10:30-11 a.m.
* Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center, 10 Woodside Lane, Westport; open Mon.-Sat., 9-5, Sun., 1-4 (closed major holidays); adm. $7/adults, $5/ages 1-12 & srs.; free adm. to trails and property, daily 7 a.m.-dusk; interactive nature museum, live wildlife; 203-227-7253; earthplace.org.
* Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield, 2325 Burr St.; ctaudubon.org/center-at-fairfield or 203-259-6305 x109. Hiking trails of Larsen Sanctuary, and learning about fall migration. Adv reg required at ctaudubon.org/center-at-fairfield, or call 203-259-6305, ext. 109. Fall programs and events: ctaudubon.org.
* Audubon Greenwich, 528 Riversville Rd., Greenwich; 203-869-5272: program fees: $3/adults, $1.50/children, srs. (incl. adm. to Center & Grounds); trails open dawn to dusk weekends; Kimberlin Nature Center open daily, 10-5; trails and grounds open daily sunrise to sunset, occasionally unavailable till 9 a.m.; 203-869-5272 or email greenwichcenter@audubon.org.
* Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport; adm. $14/adults, $11/children 3-11 and seniors, free for children under 3; open daily 9 to 4; Carousel and Peacock Cafe, winter hours: Gift Shop, daily 9:30-4; New World Tropics Building, daily 10:30-3:30; 203-394-6565, www.beardsleyzoo.org. Zoo's newest installation is a certified Butterfly Garden and Bug Hotel, contributing to helping area's native butterfly population. In front of new animal commissary, garden is a gift from Stacey Marcell, her husband Wilbert Frazier, and their company, Northeast Horticultural Services.
Wolf Conservation Center, 7 Buck Run, South Salem, N.Y.; 914-763-2373, nywolf.org. Live webcam at website shows either Ambassador, Mexican gray or Red wolves.
* The Discovery Museum, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport; discouverymuseum.org or 203-372-3521; Tues.-Sun., 10-5; open Mon. for summer, most school holidays, plus school and homeschool groups with a reservation; museum and planetarium, $10 adults, $8 children, seniors, students, free under 2; Challenger Learning Center, simulated space missions for groups 15-30, res. required (schools, scouts, corporate team building, birthday parties); scout science badge classes; exhibits and daily Planetarium shows; weekend workshops. Summer STEM programs; reg. still open.
Weston Photography Club, sponsored by Friends of the Weston Library, is meeting on the first Wed. of each month, noon-1:30 p.m., through June. Award-winning photographer Alison Wachstein to lead meetings, provide instruction and guidance. Membership fee: $50. Application form at library, 56 Norfield Rd.; westonpubliclibrary.org, 203-222-2665.
Mondays at Seven, March 18, 7 a.m., United Methodist Church of Westport and Weston, 49 Weston Rd., Westport. Rich Spitz to speak to Mondays at Seven on "Target Your Job Search and Dream Job." Info: mondaysat7.org.
Westport Library's free one-on-one career counseling sessions for job seekers; sessions by appointment only, focus is on general career counseling as well as resume assistance and LinkedIn profile preparation assistance; run by business librarian Ellen Janpol; for appointment contact her at ejanpol@westportlibrary.org
Greenwich Library business programs include new series for women entrepreneurs, career change workshop, grant writing, personal credit, plus alternative investment series. Two new series. Open to all at no charge. Info: greenwichlibrary.org or 203-622-7900.
SCORE, Service Corps of Retired Executives, offering free seminars and workshops to entrepreneurs. SCORE offers Free Business Counseling bit.ly/SCOREMentor Questions/Comments: score.fairfieldcounty@gmail.com or call 203-831-0065 or visit https://fairfieldcounty.score.org.
Darien Arts Center, 2 Renshaw Rd., behind Town Hall in Darien. Info: darienarts.org or call 203-655-8683. Educational programs, including many new offerings, in theatre this fall for children, teens and adults, such as Creative Dramatics, Beginning Acting, Improv for various age groups, etc. Reg. at website or call for details.
Spring Poetry Series, March 15, 7 p.m.; April 12, 7 p.m.; May 19, 2 p.m., Byrd's Books, 178 Greenwood Ave., Bethel. Poets laureate and award winners read selections of their works. Free. Reservations: https://conta.cc/2EmTLAq.
Writer's Contest Reception and Reading, March 21, 7-8:30 p.m., Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Rd., Fairfield. Winners of the One Book One Town Writing Contest read their selections. Event registration closes March 21, 7 p.m. Info: fplct.librarymarket.com.
Writer's Group workshop, Saturdays, 1-3 p.m., Stratford Library, 2203 Main St., boardroom. New writer's workshop group open to both new and experienced writers in all genres. Workshop will support the creative process through writing prompts, offer opportunities for participants to share their work and gain feedback and provide some introduction (or for experienced writers, refreshers) on essentials in crafting poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction/memoir. Jennifer A. Hudson, who has MFA in writing with honors from Albertus Magnus College, to work with group. Free and open to public.
Send listings to tinamarie.craven@hearstmediact.com at least two weeks in advance of desired publication date.


I've been kind of torn about whether I even want a third Ghostbusters movie if Bill Murry doesn't want to be in it, but after seeing this picture of William Shatner sporting a proton pack, I think I would love to see him fill Murry's shoes (not as the same character though). I'm not sure if Shatner was just screwing around when he took this picture of if maybe this is his attempt at getting the fans to demand him be in the new Ghostbusters movie, but either way, it is a cool picture and I love the idea of him in the movie! When there is something strange in your neighborhood, who are you going to call? Captain Kirk!
Pass this along to any Ghostbusters and William Shatner fans you know! Like Fanboy Fashion on Facebook too!


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Natural antihistamines are a viable alternative treatment for dermatographism or other skin conditions that result in hives or itch.
The role of antihistamines is to block the release of histamine or reduce the effects caused by histamine that is produced by the body in response to an allergen. Histamine leads to redness, hives, and itching.
Skin problems such as dermatographism are usually treated with over-the-counter or prescription oral antihistamines and sometimes a combination of both. Depending on the extent of the problem, the doses can be quite strong. These antihistamines can be short or long lasting and come in various forms depending on what is being treated. Antihistamines are available as tablets, syrups, inhalers, nasal sprays, and eye drops. In many cases, the use of these antihistamines is required for a long period of time ranging from several weeks to several months. The good news is that over-the-counter or prescription antihistamines tend to be very successful in relieving the symptoms caused by dermatographism and other skin problems that cause hives and itching. The bad news is that many individuals cannot tolerate these products because of the side effects they can produce either immediately or with long-term use. The end result is that people do not take the medication as they should and they continue to suffer from their skin care problem.
In addition, women that are pregnant or breast-feeding should consult with a physician before taking antihistamines.
In order to avoid the possible side effects caused by non-natural antihistamines, many people search for alternatives. For conditions such as dermatographism, where the use of antihistamines is prolonged (possibly for several months), the option of using a natural antihistamine product as opposed to over-the-counter or prescription medication is a valuable option.
One such natural product is noni juice and its benefits for dermatographism and other skin conditions are described at the following link: natural antihistamines - noni juice.
However, there are other natural antihistamines as well. A number of different herbs and some vitamins can possibly act as natural antihistamines and may be worth a try.
Herbs are generally considered quite safe and cause few or no side effects, but consultation with a physician is always a good idea. Some herbs or other natural products may interfere with other medications being taken or may make certain medical conditions worse. Do not eliminate regular medications without also discussing this with a physician.
To deal with your hives or rash problem naturally, we recommend the resources at the following page.
One of several natural antihistamines is vitamin c. In addition to being a powerful anti-oxidant and immune booster, some studies have shown that high doses of vitamin c can help reduce sensitivity to allergens and reduce inflammation, mucus production, and wheezing. Researchers at Arizona State University indicated that taking 2000mg of vitamin c per day reduces histamine levels in the blood by up to 40%. In order to act as a natural antihistamine the dose is usually greater than 1000mg per day.
Acerola cherry which is a small, bright red, berry-sized fruit that is similar to the common cherry is a fruit that contains very high amounts of vitamin c. The vitamin c content is about 65 times that of an orange and a single cherry provides the minimum daily-recommended vitamin c requirement.
Quercitin is a bioflavonoid. Bioflavonoids are potent nutrients that help maintain the health of collagen in the body. The firmness of the skin is due to collagen and so quercitin plays a role in preventing the anti-aging of skin and more specifically preventing the sagging of skin. Because quercitin and other bioflavonoids aid in improving the health of capillaries, connective tissues, and circulation, they also help treat bruising and varicose veins. Bioflavonoids are powerful antioxidants that also boost immunity and can aid in reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, cataracts, cancer, help to regulate blood sugar, help in respiratory problems such as asthma, and prevent inflammation.
In addition to the above stated benefits, quercitin falls into the natural group of antihistamines that will not cause drowsiness. Quercitin can be very effective in preventing the release of histamine from cells and can be used to treat allergy symptoms such as swollen nasal passages, congestion, sneezing, watery and itchy eyes and nose, and skin conditions such as dermatographism, psoriasis, and eczema. On the other hand, non-natural antihistamines work differently. They do not prevent the release of histamine, but rather they block the action of histamine at receptor sites.
Bromelain is an enzyme from pineapples that is an effective natural anti-inflammatory compound. It improves the absorption of quercitin and other bioflavonoids and therefore, natural antihistamine products often contain bromelain as well.
Pycnogenol also falls into the bioflavonoid group of natural product antihistamines. Like quercitin, this bioflavonoid will not make you drowsy and is very effective at preventing the release of histamine from mast cells. Some laboratory studies have shown that this natural antihistamine can block up to 70 per cent of histamine released when an individual is exposed to an allergen.
There are several other bioflavonoids such as rutin and hesperidin that act as natural antihistamines.
Grape seed extract can be used as a natural product antihistamine. The main active component is its high content of proanthocyanidin (OPC or PCO). Proanthocyanidin is found in red, white, and purple grapes, blueberries, cherries, and plums. The PCO is found mainly in the peels, skins, or seeds. Food processing and storage is detrimental to the amount of active proanthocyanidin available.
Butterbur (petasites hybridus) is an herbaceous plant found in Europe and parts of North Africa and Asia. It is a plant with heart shaped leaves that enjoys damp marshy areas and sometimes is referred to as bog rhubarb.
Green tea also falls into the group of natural antihistamines. Green tea contains quercitin and catechins, which possess antihistamine properties. Two to three cups of green tea a day is required in order to obtain the antihistamine benefits. Green tea extract supplements are also available.
Honeycomb can be used as a natural product to combat hives. The active component in honeycomb that possesses mild antihistamine properties is propolis.
Antihistamines that are natural may also include certain minerals. For example, magnesium is one such mineral. Dosage as a supplement is typically in the 400 - 800mg per day range. Certain foods are also good sources of magnesium - plants, grains, meat, and fish. More specifically the top magnesium containing foods are: pumpkin and squash seed kernels, Brazil nuts, bran cereal, halibut, quinoa, spinach, and almonds.
L-Histadine is an essential amino acid in the body that can prevent excessive histamine production. One or two 500mg capsules three times daily are usually required.


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Q: Azure SSL Cert on Web App I've purchased an SSL cert in the Azure Portal that I want to use in a Web App.
When I go to the Web App -> Custom Domains & SSL -> Import Certificate it lists the cert that I have purchased. When I select the cert it says that it has successfully added the certificate to the App.
The problem is that the certificate never appears in the Apps SSL Bindings. I select the host name, yet no certificates appear in the certificate dropdown to choose from.
Hoping someone has some insights!


If I showed you the importance of the essential accessories for a masculine Look in this article, one in particular is more important than all the others and deserves to devote a whole article: the watch.
Why should I choose an elegant watch?
Why choose an elegant watch?
A watch is more than a time indicator, it's a gem! Often the most noticed object in humans. In fact this is the second thing that a woman checks before judging the look a man.
A watch, is also an indicator of your personality and your social environment. It has especially often unsuspected charismatic power. Well chosen, she will come to illuminate a regular and discrete look to give it that thing that will make the difference between the masculine Look of a man a student look and independent success.
In contrast, a poor choice of a watch can ruin even the most perfect looks!
So here are some tips to not do stupid things.
The watch that you wear on a daily basis must succeed in being discreet enough to adapt to your different looks while being visible enough to highlight and get noticed.
So, an analog watch to the metal case silver, pink or Golden with a small nato strap or fine leather seems to be an ideal choice. Nato strap is very important if you are a little adventurous or sports and will hurt less rapidly than the leather on a daily basis. Check for a running smartwatch.
From an aesthetic point of view, NATO bracelets adapt particularly well and the Speedmaster professional Rolex. An example famous in Goldfinger (1964), James Bond embodied by Sean Connery carries his Submariner 6200 on a NATO strap two tone (grey and blue)… And since then, this bracelet has also been dubbed NATO James Bond! (see below).
You will find many models to quartz or same mechanical for less than 400 euros a little. Concerning trademarks, Lip, Seiko or even Hamilton can be excellent choices.
Here, no surprise, the best option is to turn to the great Swiss houses to find the perfect watch.
Encourage a manual or automatic mechanism, both known for their impressive longevity, even if you need to regularly back up, if you don't wear this watch on a regular basis.
Uncle Ayoub is here to help you.
There is a way to find happiness: the market opportunity!
The second-hand market is highly developed and by taking the necessary precautions, it is possible to find the best brands at more affordable prices on sites like this.
Regarding the style of watch to focus on, depends on your tastes, but since it is a watch for special occasions where the gatherings, a nice leather or metal is required with regard to the bracelet.
Regarding the housing, you can show you a little more extravagant than for a watch on a daily basis and choose a larger example.
Level of brands, Rolex and Jaeger-LeCoultre remain essential, but names like Omega, Tag Heuer or Montblanc may also be a good choice because they offer a somewhat less conventional alternative.


Leigh is the CEO of ASX-Listed corporate advisor DigitalX and vice-chairman of Australia's blockchain industry body, the Australian Digital Commerce Association.
He has extensive experience in trading having been a designated trading representative (DTR), and one of the largest Bitcoin traders in Australia.
As CEO of DigitalX, Leigh has advised on many of the world's most successful token sales including Power Ledger, Bankera, SingularityNet and Shivom.
Leigh holds a Fintech Certification from MIT and a Bachelor of Commerce and Communications from UWA.
I have spent the past decade building relationships in financial and technology markets throughout my career in Fintech and Investment Advisory companies. I have been fortunate enough to be able to apply my experience in trading into the new market of cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology. I continue to contribute to education and growth of the Fintech industry as a member Vice-Chairman of Australian Digital Commerce Association (ADCA) and Chair of the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Industry Working Group.
The better question is when do I get to go to bed. Working with clients from the Fintech industry means the market is very volatile and things are changing at such a rapid pace. This means the DigitalX team needs to be incredibly reactive to these changes to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.
Stepping into the role of CEO of DigitalX after the previous co-founders decided to move on was one of the biggest challenges of my career. Two years on, DigitalX has seen an extremely positive recovery and continues to demonstrate strong market growth - a success that can be attributed to the hard work and dedication of our team. We reported a $AUD10.4 million profit for the six months prior to 31 December 2017, revenue driven namely by Blockchain and ICO consulting and advisory fees, along with gains in digital assets held by DigitalX.
What has been your biggest challenge and what did you learn?
When cryptocurrency first began emerging it was a completely foreign concept with unknown potential. Having worked previously with finance and technology companies, I was probably better equipped than most investors to make an educated investment decision. However, given the volatility of the crypto marketplace, losses do inevitably occur. I have learned to always do your due diligence before making a large financial investment. Whether it be reading recent reports, checking previous stock performances or looking at competitor successes, you should always make an informed investment.
Where do you see the future of crypto headed?
DigitalX has a proven track record as one of the leading liquidity providers in the Bitcoin marketplace despite slowing trade desk activity in 2016. With the appreciation of Bitcoin allowing us to continue to provide this service, and the legitimisation of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency industry since the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2017 (Cth) or "Bitcoin bill" passed, the public's attitude towards crypto is changing for the positive. Cryptocurrency is free from traditional bank transaction and processing issues and allows for a global measurement of currency. There are so many opportunities for the adaptation of cryptocurrency and its associated technologies into wider industries outside of currency, some of which we are already seeing applied by our clients.
What's in store for DigitalX?
As seen in our recent profit announcements, DigitalX is continuing to cement itself as an expert in the Blockchain and digital currency ecosystems and continues to be a part of ongoing conversations surrounding the role of ICOs as a compliant capital raising alternative for new and existing technologies. Whilst success is no guarantee as an early stage technology company, DigitalX continues to capitalise on our superior technical talent, industry experience and cryptocurrency network to provide specialist consulting and advisory services to new Blockchain companies.


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The Sultanate of Terengganu is established around 1725 by Sultan Zainal Abidin I. He is the younger son to Bendahara Tun Habib Abd Majid bin Mat Ali, Dato Bendahara Sri Maharaja Padang Saujana of Johor. Terengganu Royal Family is one of the junior branch families of the Johorean House of Bendahara. Officially, the Sultan of Terengganu is styled as :-
Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan dan Yang di-Pertuan Besar Terengganu Darul Iman
HRH Sultan and the Head of State of Terengganu
Below is the list of the Sultan of Terengganu since 1881.
SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN MUAZZAM SHAH III
HRH Sultan Zainal Abidin III is the 11th Sultan of Terengganu. He was born on 12th April 1866. He is the eldest son of Sultan Ahmad Muazzam Shah II by his first wife, Tengku Ampuan Besar Kulsum. He was installed as the Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu (Crown Prince of Terengganu) on 15th January 1877. He succeeded the Terengganuan throne upon the death of his father on 18th December 1881 and officially crowned at Kuala Terengganu on 10th April 1882.
In 1909, Terengganu was transferred to British Protection under the terms of Aglo-Siamese Treaty. Sultan Zainal Abidin rejected the treaty as he considered Terengganu as a sovereign and free nation and not a Siamese Territory. Nevertheless, he entered into an agreement with British at Singapore in 1910. In 1911, he introduced the first state constitution, the Undang-undang Tuboh Negeri Terengganu. He ruled Terengganu for 37 years. He died at Kuala Terengganu on 26th November 1918.
SULTAN MUHAMMAD MUAZZAM SHAH II
HRH Sultan Muhammad II is the 12th Sultan of Terengganu. He was born on 7th September 1888. He is the third son of Sultan Zainal Abidin III by his second wife, Che Kulsum bt Hj Daud. He was installed as the Yang di-Pertuan Muda of Terengganu (Crown Prince) in 1889. He succeeded the throne upon the death of his father on 26th November 1918. He ruled Terengganu for 2 years. He abdicated the throne in favor of his younger brother on 20th May 1920. He settled in Singapore and continues to receive allowances as a ruler. He died at Istana Gong Kapas, Kuala Terengganu on 11th April 1956.
SULTAN SULAIMAN BADRUL ALAM SHAH
HRH Sultan Sulaiman is the 13th Sultan of Terengganu. He was born on 1st December 1895. He is the fourth son of Sultan Zainal Abidin III by his third wife, Che Aisha binti Ismail. He later received the title as Tengku Muda and the first-in line to the throne. He was proclaimed as the Sultan of Terengganu on the abdication of his elder brother at Kuala Terengganu on 20th May 1920. He was officially crowned on 3rd March 1921 at Kuala Terengganu. He ruled Terengganu for 22 years. He died from blood poisoning at Istana Timur, Padang Sri Negara on 25th September 1942.
SULTAN ALI SHAH
HRH Sultan Ali is the 14th Sultan of Terengganu. He was born on 24th January 1914. He is the eldest son of Sultan Sulaiman by his wife, Tengku Ampuan Besar Mariam. He was installed as the Sultan of Terengganu by the Japanese Administration on 25th September 1942. On 18th October 1943, Terengganu was transferred to Siam. He ruled Terengganu for 3 years before been deposed by British Military Administration on 29th September 1945.
On 5th November 1945, the Terengganu State Council consist of 13 members announced the dismissal of Sultan Ali. The succession dispute case has been forwarded to the court where Sultan Ali lost his claimed. He continued to dispute his dismissal until his death on 17th May 1996.
SULTAN ISMAIL NASIRUDDIN SHAH
HRH Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah is the 15th Sultan of Terengganu. He was born on 24th January 1907. He is the fifth son to Sultan Zainal Abidin III by his fourth wife, Che Maimunah. He succeeded the throne after the deposition of his nephew, Sultan Ali on 29th September 1945. He was installed at Istana Maziah on 16th December 1945. He was officially crowned on 6th June 1949. Terengganu became a member of Federation of Malaya in 1957. He was elected as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 21st September 1960. Terengganu later join to form the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. He served as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (The Supreme Ruler) of Malaysia from 1965 until 1970.
He returned to ruled Terengganu on 20th September 1970. He ruled Terengganu for 34 years. He died at Istana Badariah, Kuala Terengganu on 20th September 1979.
SULTAN MAHMUD AL-MUKTAFI BILLAH SHAH
HRH Sultan Mahmud is the 16th Sultan of Terengganu. He was born on 29th April 1930. He is the eldest son of Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah by his first wife, Tengku Zaharah binti Tengku Umar. He was appointed as the heir-apparent of the throne with the title Tengku Sri Paduka Raja. He served as the Regent of Terengganu (Pemangku Raja Terengganu) from 1965 – 1970. He was proclaimed as the Sultan of Terengganu on the death of his father on 21st September 1979. He was officially crowned on 21st March 1980. He ruled Terengganu for 19 years. He died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore on 14th May 1998.
SULTAN MIZAN ZAINAL ABIDIN AL-WATHIQU BILLAH
HRH Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin is the 17th Sultan of Terengganu. He was born on 22nd January 1962. He is the eldest son of Sultan Mahmud by his second wife, Sharifa Nong Fatimah binti Sayyid Abdullah. He was appointed as the Heir apparent with the title Yang di-Pertuan Muda on 6th November 1979. He was proclaimed as the Sultan of Terengganu on the death of his father on 16th May 1998. He was installed on 26th May 1998 and officially crowned on 4th March 1999.
He is elected as the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 26th April 1999. He is installed as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (The Supreme Ruler of Malaysia) on 13th December 2006 and served for full five-year term until 12th December 2011. He returned to rule Terengganu and currently is the sovereign of Terengganu Darul Iman.
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i feel that something is not right with HRH Sultan Mahmud profile. His mother could not be Tengku Zaharah Tengku Umar as she herself was born in 1928. How can she gave birth to HRH Sultan Mahmud in 1930 when she was only 2 years old and is Tengku Zaharah the !st or the 3rd wife of Sultan Ismail?
Okies, please be aware that Sultan Ismail has two wives with almost the same name, plus.. both are siblings.
They are Tengku Zaharah bt Tengku Umar and Tengku Intan Zaharah bt Tengku Umar.
Tengku Zaharah is the first wife of Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin. After their divorce, Sultan Ismail married with Tengku Zaharah younger sister, Tengku Intan Zaharah binti Tengku Umar.
Hehe.. I also confused to when search about this.
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A MAJOR Correction about the wives of Almarhum Sultan Ismail. Tengku Zaharah bt Tengku Umar was his first wife. She was the mother to Almarhum Sultan Mahmud. After his divorce with the mother of Sultan Mahmud, Sultan Ismail married Tengku Intan Zaharah bt Tengku Hitam Umar, a descendant of Sultan Hussin of Singapore. She is Singaporean by birth. She is NOT related at all to Sultan Mahmud's mother, and the first wife of Sultan Ismail.
Almarhumah Tengku Tengah Zaharah , the first wife of Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah was from the Pahang Royal Family.
Her surviving sister Tengku Hajjah Azam Tengku Umar was a consort of Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar of Pahang.
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Di masa pelucutan takhta Sultan Ali dan perlantikan Sultan Ismail Nasaruddin Shah, pihak Jemaah Pangkuan Diraja Terengganu telah mengabaikan kewujudan anakanda Sultan Ali iaitu Tengku Abd Halim yang di masa itu berumur 9 tahun. Di mana ia telah mengabaikan tertib Akta 1911 Perlantikan Sultan Terengganu.
Isu 1: Susur galur dan kedaulatan kesultanan Terengganu.
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