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Yes, Madam!
(a.k.a. POLICE ASSASSINS on the DVD I watched)
YES, MADAM! is a 1985 Hong Kong action classic starring the one and only Michelle Yeoh as Senior Inspector Ng, hard working cop who should be on vacation and instead ends up searching for some damn microfilm.
She ends up on the case due to a crazy pile-up of coincidences. Her old instructor Richard Nordon (Michael Harry, AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE) is meeting in his hotel room with a thug named Mr. Dick (Dick Wei, EASTERN CONDORS), who ends up killing him. Immediately after that, two thieves disguised as bellboys happen to break into the room. They happen to steal Nordon's passport, which happens to contain the microfilm of a forged contract that Mr. Dick was after in the first place. And then Inspector Ng happens to come to the room to meet with her old mentor, just in time to see the fake bellboy fleeing the scene and try to chase him.
There's a dramatic moment in the lobby when Mr. Dick thinks she's made him and is ready to shoot her.
She's actually talking to the bellboy behind him and doesn't notice.
The thieves, Asprin (Hoi Mang, WAY OF THE BLACK DRAGON) and Strepsil (John Shum, BODYGUARDS AND ASSSASSINS) decide to bring the passport to their friend Panadol, a quirky dude who makes fake IDs (and fake documents, fake guns, fake grenades…) Amazingly, Panadol is played by DOUBLE TEAM director Tsui Hark, already a veteran director at that point. It's billed as a "special appearance," but it's not at all a cameo, he's actually one of the main characters. He lives and works in a cluttered apartment that has a prominently displayed (though poorly maintained) RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II poster.
It becomes a major action location because of a series of gates and contraptions he has built into the place.
Even before Panadol finds the microfilm (and hides it under a rubber boob inside a disconnected toilet) they're all mixed up with this murder because they have the stolen passport. They go to check in with their master, played by none other than Sammo Hung. He's supposed to be old, so his hair is spray-colored grey, and he hides out in a retirement home, which I didn't really understand.
There's a part I don't get where it makes you think he and his roommates are planning to gang rape a nurs,e but actually they just grab the full chicken she's carrying in and start eating it and then she says "You mustn't eat chicken! You're on a special diet" and I don't understand why she was bringing it in in the first place.
An exciting moment in both YES, MADAM! and in cinema history is when Inspector Ng gets a tip that the person who bought the stolen passport (Eddie Maher) is going to fly out of the country. Assuming he's involved in the murder she stops him at the airport, which turns into a big fight and foot chase. And then – oh no! – he grabs a random woman. He has a hostage!
Ha ha! Poor choice of hostage, dumbass.
I knew she was gonna do that kick. She also runs up a wall for a flying kick to the face. Knowing that Cynthia Rothrock was in the movie, we'd already predicted she'd be Carrie Morris, the Scotland Yard inspector we were told was flying in to help with the case. I was concerned "Is Cynthia gonna have to do an accent? But, duh, she's not even speaking English, she's dubbed. And yes, they make that joke where some dudes are saying sexist shit about her thinking she doesn't understand and then she speaks to them in Cantonese and they go "wh-wh-whut?"
She gets to be the bad cop, taking the thug into an interrogation room and then beating up on him. Like everyone in this movie he has a poor attitude toward women: "I think you're too tough. You'll never find a husband."
Other sexism directed toward them: "Miss, you're very polite and pretty." "If you want to show off, do it in the kitchen." There's a great part where their opponent calls them "Typical women. Always talking." Ng says, "Don't forget, among those women are your mothers."
None of this makes Carrie any less Riggs. When she catches somebody dangling Panadol off a roof she threatens to shoot him. He's thinking come on lady, obviously you're not gonna shoot me because I'd drop this guy. And then she shoots him and he drops the guy.
And I don't think she knew that he would get tangled in some ropes. Even this almost kills him – he's hanging by the neck a few feet above the ground until she shoots the rope. Back at headquarters she brags that she's only been there a few days but already has a nickname. Panadol correctly guesses that it's "White Bitch." (Well, she says it's actually "Nasty White Bitch.")
Meanwhile the other thieves are running around getting into unrelated trouble with a pool shark – fortunately a thug coming after them beats up everybody in the pool hall for them. The police won't protect them so they try to get locked up by beating up a cop. He's too embarrassed to admit that they beat him up, so he won't arrest them. Out of desperation they decide they can get arrested by trying to tear Inspector Ng's clothes off – but she just punches them in the face.
By the way, the main villain's henchman is named Mad Dog, played by Fat Chung (CHINESE HERCULES, SHANGHAI EXPRESS), the master of the fake mustache. In my opinion, the Mad Dog in HARD BOILED and the Mad Dog in THE RAID should sue this Mad Dog for defamation. As you can see, his colleague here is most likely a little embarrassed to be seen with him.
One of the top moments in a movie packed with top moments happens after the boss (Melvin Wong, ABOVE THE LAW) takes them off the case and buys Ng a plane ticket for some other assignment. She tears up the ticket and turns in her gun and badge.
What she does not see is that after she leaves the room Carrie, impressed by her integrity, turns hers in too. She catches up as Ng is pulling out in her car. And there is an equivalent to one of my all time favorite tropes, the Badass Nod (see: VIGILANTE, EASTERN CONDORS).
Of course it would be disappointing if a movie like this didn't have a wide variety of crazy action. It is not disappointing. The action choreography is by Corey Yuen (THE TRANSPORTER 2, RED CLIFF, THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS) and Hoi Mang (ZU: WARRIORS FROM THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN). There's falling out windows, hanging onto things on the side of the building, motorcycles drive over cars and things, and there's a huge climactic brawl in a mansion. Both Ng and Carrie have parts where they use umbrellas as weapons. Carrie breaks the bamboo handle off and uses it to stick fight, then pole vault. Ng swings on a chandelier, goes head first through glass. There's a fancy glass fountain that exists solely for a guy to fall on.
And as great as all this fighting is, the preamble is even better. The Oh Shit It's On moment. The bonding moment. The sequel to the Badass Nod. They're surrounded by about ten dudes trying to kill them and they smile and slap each other five. They're into it.
The only thing stopping this from leaving everybody in giant smiles at the end is that it has one of those suddenly, weirdly depressing endings they sometimes do in Hong Kong action. The bad guy is gonna get away with it and Asprin and Seprin are going to jail so Asprin steals a gun to shoot him, sacrificing himself. Freeze frame. The end.
(I guess a picture of two watches means "The End"?)
But, other than the cynical "the world is shit and unfair" ending this is a ridiculously fun and unpretentious movie that's also very important in the history of Hong Kong action cinema. It's the first starring role for both Yeoh and Rothrock, and its popularity kicked off both the IN THE LINE OF DUTY series and an entire subgenre of female cop movies (see also SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT, SATIN STEEL, ROYAL WARRIORS). It's only the second movie directed by Yuen, and the one he did before NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER.
I spent way too much of my life not having seen YES, MADAM!. Don't make the same mistake I did.
If possible, that is. This is only the latest example I've come across of a Hong Kong movie that was widely known in the '80s and '90s that doesn't even have adequate representation in expensive out-of-print DVD form, as those were made for analog TVs and would look much better if made now. Maybe there's a good streaming service for Asian cinema that I don't know about, but even if there is I'd love to see one of the trusted boutique labels, whether or it's Arrow, Criterion, Shout Factory, Vinegar Syndrome or whoever, dig into some of these for Blu-Ray and DVD. I believe Arrow has done the first DRUNKEN MASTER, and I've heard rumors of another seminal Jackie Chan coming from another label, so maybe they're on it. Somebody go buy the Weinstein library, okay?
P.S. You know how sometimes Hong Kong movies steal pieces of soundtracks from other movies? This one uses some of John Carpenter's score for HALLOWEEN! Not the main theme, but come on, man. Did you think we wouldn't notice that shit?
THE STUNTWOMAN a.k.a. AH KAM
Supercop 2
She Shoots Straight
Eastern Condors
Badass Nod Corey Yuen Cynthia Rothrock Dick Wei Hoi Mang Melvin Wong Michael Harry Michelle Yeoh Oh Shit It's On moment Sammo Hung Tsui Hark
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33 Responses to "Yes, Madam!"
The first time I saw this it was called IN THE LINE OF DUTY 2, and it was released a year earlier than IN THE LINE OF DUTY (of course!). Great movie no matter what it's called.
The are som really great stuff coming out on blu in this genre right now. I just bought a box with some of Jackie Chan's best work. Original extended versions I haven't seen in years in really great quality.
I really like this movie but the ending and three thieves bother me a bit. It almost feels kinda sexist, like they didn't trust audiences to be into two female action leads so they shoehorn in the plot line with the thieves so there's some male comedic relief. And the way they don't actually catch the bad guy bothers me, like there are numerous generic movies with two male leads and they'll win every time but the one movie with two badass female leads is also the one where they fail. The thief stealing the cops gun though is totally absurd and hilarious and absolutely would not be found in a modern film though.
Sternshein
Speaking of, Julie Estelle in The Night Comes For Us continues the tradition of great bad ass women. The other two girls in it are also bad ass. Women who kick ass are the best.
Funny you should say that, I'm watching THE NIGHT COMES FOR US this very moment…There are something wrong with Indonesians!
I love this crazy movie. The only modern lady kung fu movie that does it better is ANGEL (aka IRON ANGELS).
The Undefeated Gaul
THE NIGHT COMES FOR US really is something special, although I wish the story made at least a tiny bit of sense, was a little more focused and streamlined and damn, it's minor, but I wish the climactic fight had one guy killing the other. One of my biggest pet peeves in action films is any confrontation between hero and opponent that gets decided by a third party coming in at the last second (or afterwards). Same thing with the bathroom fight in FALLOUT, which was otherwise amazing (at least that wasn't the final fight of the film though). Anyways, I keep coming back to THE NIGHT and rewatching the fight scenes – they are a joy to behold. Harry Knowles would have written a review comparing them to rimjobs I bet
CrustaceanLove
Hey Vern, was the R2 DVD you watched the Hong Kong Legends version? That's the version I had until it went missing when I moved house. They were a fantastic label but the Police Assassins wasn't one of their better releases, if I remember correctly. Picture looked washed out and features were lacking (no commentary track).
Anyway, this is a quality HK movie. Probably the best showcase of Cynthia Rothrock's talents and the climactic brawl in the mansion is an all-timer. There are always comedy bits in HK films that go over my head, but I do know that in Cantonese "chicken" is slang for prostitute, so the chicken-eating gag probably has something to do with that. Part of the dumb sexist comedy you have to suffer through to get to the awesome fight scenes.
Also, one of my favourite things from these 80s HK action movies are all the crazy fashions. Check out those stills from the mansion battle; Cynthia Rothrock and Michelle Yeoh's jacket game is on point.
I like their '80s tough girl hair too. They pull it off.
Michelle Yeoh came to Norway during the PR tour for TOMORROW NEVER DIES, and some newspaper wanted the readers to send in questions for her to answer live online. I of course sent in a bunch about her early career, the motorcycle jump in POLICE STORY 3 in particular. But no way, Bond questions only my friend! And during that whole tour at was as if no journalist in the world knew anything about her earlier movies, and she herself seemed reluctant to talk about stuff she did when her last name was Khan.
Borg9
I kinda hope that this is the first in a series of Michelle Yeoh reviews, leading up to Vern's review of CRAZY RICH ASIANS. I am guessing not, but just in case: HEROIC TRIO.
Dennis Chan, of KICKBOXER fame, is in YES, MADAM! too, but he only has like three lines, as a bartender, and his narrative role is to slow things down before the bathroom fight.
Tsui is the best thing in this after Rothrock and Yeoh, and I'm glad he still acts from time to time. For a big change of pace – I know people here are open minded – I'd recommend Ann Hui's A SIMPLE LIFE. Andy Lau plays a Hong Kong film producer trying to nurse the ageing maid who raised him, but incidentally we get to see a bunch of HK legends, including Hark, Hung, Dennis Chan and Raymond Chow. Anthony Wong shows up as the owner of an old peoples' home.
This is an outstanding film and a special shout out to SBS in Australia (the Special Broadcasting Service) which along with the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) is funded by our taxes. SBS would show foreign films all the time from all over the world including this one which is where I saw it – on free to air TV. They also had their own subtitles department who both did a good job with excellent spelling and grammar as well as having the sense to use yellow text instead of white so you could always easily read it.
Shan: Hell, yeah! I used to have a big collection of HK movies I taped from the SBS Friday/Saturday night cult movies, complete with the Des Mangan intros. They showed SO many great foreign/cult movies, which were usually much better presented than what you could find at the rental store or from shitty import tapes.
Cynthia Rothrock's early Hong Kong films are so much fun. She was also in a crazy Wong Jing joint called MAGIC CRYSTAL which somehow manages to rip off both E.T. and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
The blatant use of stolen music in Hong Kong films is pretty fascinating. If I remember correctly Tsui Hark's first film DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIRST KIND uses the score from DAWN OF THE DEAD.
Franchise Fred
Help me out, which In the Line of Dutys have I seen? IV and V have Donnie Yen, right? And this is different from The Inspector Wears Skirts?
Never stop naming your films this way, Hong Kong!
Come on, the IN THE LINE OF DUTY franchise makes perfect sense: Part I has Michelle Khan, Part II has Cynthia Rothrock (and Michelle Khan, but now she's Michelle Yeoh), therefore Part III, IV and V have Cynthia Khan.
Fred, III, IV and V has Cynthia Khan with various leading men. Donnie Yen's only in IV. THE INSPECTOR WEARS SKIRTS I, II and III stars Sibelle Hu, before Cynthia Khan takes over in IV.
Michelle Yeoh will be in the upcoming IP MAN: LEGACY as well. Along with Dave Bautista and Tony Jaa.
geoffreyjar
Borg9: That is a much better idea, I figured Vern was reviewing this one to celebrate the new SHE-RA coming out on Netflix and volume 2 of SAILOR MOON SUPERS coming out on Blu-ray Tuesday.
Anyways this is a movie that is good.
Anyone know where I can get this for a little less that $75? Not sure if the region 2 dvd I found will play on blu ray? Anyone?
I think the German DVD is region 0, it should work in all regions. It has an English audio track and uses the title ULTRA FORCE 2 and costs 15€ on amazon.de.
Petrosmt
So I wait for the whole review for Vern to get it. Then I go to the comments. Nobody? Nobody got that: asprin = aspirin, strepsil = strepsils , panadol = panadol meaning all of them are names of drugs/medicine?
All very well known in my country. Maybe the US doesn't have strepsils and panadol? That's why?
Thanks, Krautsalat. Just bought it.
The Dean: well seems you already got situated and I don't know what country you are in but it's both shockingly on (US) iTunes and even more shockingly it's in it's original language and the HD transfer is real good.
Petrosmt: I wont speak for anyone else but I'm so used to the 'odd' English names in HK action movies that they all seem pretty normal to me while watching.
Thanks geoffreyjar. I actually found it through an HK company under the German title. If for some reason I never receive it it's good to know it's on iTunes.
@ CrustaceanLove
Des Mangan's cult movies was the only way I was able to see "Dellamorte Dellamore" (also known in the US as the more anodyne title "Cemetery Man") for a long time. After I accidentally taped over the first fifteen minutes with soccer of all things when I trod on the VCR remote, I even tried ringing him up to try and find out how I could get the film. Didn't end up speaking to him but whoever I did reach at SBS actually suggested taping it again when they repeated it. Which I ended up doing as I was lucky to catch the repeat and be able to do so at the time but that was hardly my point when I called them in the first place (!).
There was a hot-minute where I swear this was on Netflix along with a bunch of other Hong Kong flicks from the late 80's to the early 90's and I was like, "You're finally pulling your weight, Netflix", but then they disappeared right after.
But now that we're on it, I'd like to recommend Full Contact (I can't remember right away if you've reviewed that one) and a little flick called Too Many Ways to Be No. 1. If the Cohen Bros. made a HK flick after watching Run Lola Run. Can't recommend it enough.
Holy Creeping Jesus! This is where I rented it from and this is THE guy who recommended it to me when he caught me stalking the HK section. My world is that much smaller now.
Just got this in the mail. Vern, I love the subtitles on your copy of the DVD. The title in the beginning was Yes, Madam on mine, and the subtitle's are the direct translation of Cantonese, so I got the gist of most everything, but a lot of the wording was hard to follow sometimes. Thanks for making me aware of this one. It's a shame I hadn't seen it. So, I'm going to confess as a child of the 80's I never gave Cynthia Rothrock a chance, I'm going to start to remedy that. Any suggestions to put at the top of my list?
Besides No Retreat No Surrender 2 which I own on VHS.
ABOVE THE LAW (aka RIGHTING WRONGS) with Yuen Biao!! As good as it gets for movies where is (a) lead!
I'm also pretty partial to SWORN TO JUSTICE, about the only one of her's where they ask her to do more acting and also the only one to play up her as a woman guys want to f***. Did I mention the JOHN WICK-style awesome supporting cast?: Brad Douriff, Mako, Walter Koenig
GUARDIAN ANGEL is gender-swapped THE BODYGUARD.
The CHINA O'BRIENs are fun in that directed by Robert Clouse way.
Rothrock plays one of the villains in Sammo Hung's SHANGHAI EXPRESS and gets to fight Sammo in the finale. It's only a small part, but it's a great film.
Godfrey Ho's UNDEFEATABLE is also a ton of fun and I remember RAGE AND HONOR being pretty good as well.
Thanks for the recommendations!
I was lucky enough to find this on a whim (I had never heard of it before) from a dvd/vinyl reseller in my hometown just few years ago. It was definitely a great blind purchase.
I also recommend Michelle Yeoh's 'Magnificent Warriors,' which is a mix of HK action, Selleck's 'High Road to China,' and of course 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'


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Pastor John Gray is victim of extortion with new accusation, attorneys in Greenville say
Daniel J. Gross
A Greenville-based law firm representing the Rev. John Gray says the Relentless Church pastor is being blackmailed and extorted based on new allegations of an inappropriate relationship.
The allegations of an extramarital relationship first spread on social media and entertainment news websites Friday when a woman who claimed to have been communicating with Gray was featured on a live video stream on YouTube.
UPDATE:Pastor John Gray apologizes to Relentless Church congre and discusses therapy for his marriage
Attorneys Devon Puriefoy and Kimberly Thomason told The Greenville News on Monday that the allegations are based solely on phone calls, not physical contact.
"There are allegations that there were phone conversations between the two parties, and that's essentially the extent of the allegations," Puriefoy said. "When you take her own words, she says there was no affair, no physical contact, they never met each other, they never saw each other."
Gray declined to comment for this story through his attorneys.
More:Who is John Gray? 13 things to know about the Relentless Church pastor
Email and Facebook messages sent by The Greenville News to the accounts linked to the YouTube user who shared the news about the woman allegedly involved in the relationship with Gray were not immediately returned.
The woman making the allegations is in Houston, Puriefoy said. Gray still serves as an associate pastor for Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, according to the church's website. The woman was identified on the YouTube video as "Mary."
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Puriefoy said evidence of extortion will be handed to the Greenville County Solicitor's Office and the Greenville office of the FBI to request investigations.
The Solicitor's Office did not immediately return a call or email for comment on this story Monday afternoon.
"A formal investigation will be conducted into extortion claims about the individual that's making the allegations. There's clear evidence of extortion from the release of this information," Puriefoy said. "I don't think there's a question under South Carolina law or Texas law or federal law."
Gray came to Greenville in 2018 to form Relentless Church after Redemption Church pastors Ron and Hope Carpenter announced they would move their ministry to California.
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Last year, Gray appeared on national talk show "The Real" to address what he described as "an emotional affair."
Daniel J. Gross is an investigative watchdog reporter focusing on public safety and law enforcement for The Greenville News. Reach him at dgross@greenvillenews.com or on Twitter @danieljgross.

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What concentration. Can you remember what you made please?
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Eva said she made snowflakes. She's shown us at home how to make them, they were fab. Thank you!
Good for reinforcing shapes too.
Even better we had real snowy today, everyone very excited.


B.A. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; M.A. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Ph.D. University of Vienna, Austria.
Anne MacDonald has been working at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia since April 2010. Her primary focus is the development of Madhyamaka thought in India and Tibet. She is engaged in research on Candrakīrti's Prasannapadā and Madhyamakāvatārabhāṣya based on newly available manuscripts of the works.
In Clear Words. The Prasannapadā, Chapter One. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2015.
"Pragmatic Translating: The Case of Pa tshab Nyi ma grags." In Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya. Patrick Mc Allister, Cristina Scherrer-Schaub, Helmut Krasser, eds, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2015. 249–278.
"Who is that Masked Man? Candrakīrti's Opponent in Prasannapadā I 55.11-58.7." Journal of Indian Philosophy 39 (2011): 677-694.
"Knowing Nothing: Candrakīrti and Yogic Perception." In Yogic Perception, Meditation and Altered States of Consciousness. Eli Franco & Dagmar Eigner, eds., Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences 2009, 133–169.
"Recovering the Prasannapadā." Critical Review for Buddhist Studies 3 [Geumgang Centre for Buddhist Studies, Nonsan, Korea] (2008): 9–38.
"Revisiting the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā: Text-critical Proposals and Problems." Studies in Indian Philosophy and Buddhism [University of Tokyo] 14 (2007): 25–55.


Going through Surah Saffat (37), I came across a very beautiful section. Right after Allah (swt) talks about Ibrahim (as) when he, as a young man taught his people about Shirk and Tauheed, it is mentioned that when Ibrahim (as) grew old, Allah (swt) blessed him with a beautiful son named Ismail (as). Ismail (as) learnt to walk but we don't know his exact age. Some scholars state that he had just started to walk, while others say that he could actually walk at the same pace as his father Ibrahim (as), so he might have been thirteen years of age.
Ibrahim (as) beautified his son Ismail (as) on that day, put on him his best clothes, and fed him a great breakfast. Then he took him to the place of slaughtering. Some scholars of Tafseer state it was Mina, which is in Makkah, while others say it was Syria.
When Ibrahim (as) laid Ismail (as) on the ground and sharpened his sword, tears rolled down his cheeks. Verse 103 states "Falamma Aslama" ("when they had both submitted themselves (to the Will of Allah)") and "Wa Tallaho lil Jabeen" ("he had laid him prostrate on his forehead"). This is strange because when you place someone on the ground, you generally have him lie face up, so when you cut the neck, you simply slit the windpipe. If you place him face down, you will have to cut his spinal cord in the bones.
So why did Ibrahim (as) put him face down? And what was the purpose of asking Ibrahim (as) to slaughter his son? The whole objective was to see whether Ibrahim (as) loved Allah (swt) more than his son. It was a test as to whether he will sacrifice his most precious son who was granted to Ibrahim (as) after many years of being childless. Ibrahim (as) had not been granted Ishaq (as) till that time.
Allah said: "Qad Sadaqata." ("You have fulfilled the vision.") You had said you would do what We ordered you to do, and you remained true to your promise.
This is an example of how much we truly love Allah (swt) that we are willing to sacrifice even our family. Many of us do not love Allah (swt) enough. When it comes to financial issues, we love our families more. This is shown in a lack of donations to worthy causes. For instance, once we have donated, we don't offer it a second time because we feel our families need it more for their food, good schooling, and whatever else.
We don't even give Allah (swt) enough time. Whatever we offer Him is always divided. We prefer our families over Allah (swt). We even make fun of those who go out in the cause of Allah (swt), and criticize them that they are not available for their families. But look at our beloved Prophet (sa), who did not spend all the time with his family. He gave his wives only two nights/days in a month on average. And he said: "I am the best of you to my wives." (Tirmidhi) You know why? Because what matters is not the amount of time but the quality of time and care given. It is neither about how you are away from your family, but how you are in touch with them and in contact with them when you are away. How do you carry out your responsibility as a father and as a husband? Even when you are absent, your presence can be felt. That is what our Prophet (sa) taught us – the respect, responsibility, and love you should feel whether you are there or not.
How do the non-Muslims and other disbelievers love their god? They will fight for them, they will die for them, and they will donate 20% of their annual income to the cause of their gods. On an average, Evangelists or Christians pay 10% to their church. 15% of America is Evangelist; that is how they are growing so fast. They love their god so much that they have armies ready to support their religion along with money and time. Today, you find an Evangelist who would leave his job, his beautiful house on the prairie, his blonde wife, and his children, or take them all to the deepest and darkest part of Africa to explain, translate, and read the Bible in some weird language. He would simply give Dawah in some extreme corner of the earth to native people, because he is doing it for Jesus Christ.
Where are the Muslims who would do this? Why is it that we only hear about one or two Sheikhs who are ready to go and do this? Aren't their lives worth anything? Where is our love for Allah (swt)? Where is our sacrifice? Where is our readiness to sacrifice our Dunya for the comfort of the Akhirah? If we claim to be believers, we ought to love Allah (swt) more than the disbelievers love their gods. The Jews are ready to set up their own country, and the Evangelists are eager to travel anywhere their religion demands. This is how much the Hindus, the Christians, and all others love their gods.
How about us? Who amongst us is ready to dedicate his life for Allah (swt)? Who is ready to prioritize Allah's (swt) love over his love for his family? Ask yourself this question. It is very important. This is a real test. Are you a believer, and is your love more for Allah (swt) than the disbelievers' love for their gods?
I ask Allah (swt) to forgive us for this deficiency and have His mercy on us. True love cannot be defined. Al-Ghazali states: "Love is known by its signs." Its feeling and existence is felt in the heart. Can you define air? You can only feel it. This is how you know it is around you. Let us also show our love for Allah (swt) through actions, and prove that we love Him more than the Mushrikeen (polytheists) love their deities – we must show it with our money, our time, and through our deeds.
May Allah (swt) make it easy for us. Ameen.
Transcribed for Hiba by Nazeer Osmany.


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Data transfer between different devices is one of our daily needs. We want to transfer videos, photos, contacts, notes and more from iPhone to Android. There are many ways to sync Android data to iPhone, but most of them could cause data loss during transfer. I have suffered this issue when transferring my iPhone 6 data to Sansung phone, but now I find out a secure data transfer software without data loss, iPhone Care Pro, and all my precious video have successfully transferred from iPhone to Android.
Now, I will share you how to transfer large videos from iPhone to Android phone step by step.
Firstly, you need to download the iPhone to Android transfer app, Tenorshare iPhone Care Pro. It will help you move iPhone videos to Android without losing anything on your devices. This method is applied to all iPhone and Android phones models. There are only 2 steps to transfer iPhone videos to Android. Of course, you can also transfer photos, messages, contacts and more other contents from iPhone to Android.
There are many ways to transfer data from iPhone to computer. But, in my opinion the direct and simplest method is to use a USB.
Connect your iPhone to PC via a USB cable. It appears as a new drive in your computer desktop. Then, copy your iPhone videos to your computer.
Run Tenorshare iPhone Care Pro and connect Android phone to the computer. On the interface of iPhone Care Pro, select a file type and click on the "Add" button to import the iPhone videos that you previously saved to your computer in step 1.
It is very easy to transfer large videos from iPhone to Android phone, isn't it? You can also transfer music, photos, contacts, SMS, apps and more between your iPhone/iPad/iPod, PC and iTunes with Tenorshare iPhone Care Pro software, and it can even help you share data between iOS and Android. By the way, there is a best way to send large video files on WhatsApp, hope can give you a great help when you need.


The Bargain of the season!!!
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW TO AVOID MISSING EARLY WINNERS In February.
Or call 0151 520 0080 with your debit or credit card details.
Also you can order via the website using PayPal.
John Morris is offering to provide you with an outstanding 'Triple Crown' package.
If you have enjoyed and profited from the autumn edition of Jumping Prospects, you must place your order now for this sensational bargain 'Triple Crown Package' that includes….
The new book dovetails perfectly with the sensationally successful autumn publication.
It has now been six months since I completed the Trainer Interviews with plenty happening on the jump racing front, I'm sure you will want to read about the latest news concerning the new horses I discovered whilst talking to trainers and my network of contacts.
I'm sure there will be some decent priced winners to come for the Spring Contenders 2011 Book.
Features updated Trainer Interviews, with Paul Nicholls, Alan King, Donald McCain, Rebecca Curtis plus others.
There will be the Special Selection of Spring Contenders feature that will be making their own headlines from February onwards. I'm hopeful many of them will prove successful at decent odds.
The Dark File of unraced horses and those 'darker ones' that might have slipped under your radar!
The Spring Contenders Book will certainly point you in the direction of further winners.
The Jumping Prospects autumn book produced 150+ winners by early January 2011.
I will be delighted if the Spring Contenders book produces half that total between now and the end of April.
Surely you won't want to miss the first part of the JUMPING PROSPECTS TRIPLE CROWN CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL CONTENDERS DOSSIER.
discussed in-depth in this professionally produced Jumping Prospects Dossier publication.
I will look to present a case for the major contenders in each race. Of course the top races will present those likely to figure more obviously than some of the shoulder races. However, I have in the past pulled many rabbits out of my festival hat…this year will not be any different!
My Nap of the Festival in 2010 was PEDDLERS CROSS… WON 7/1!
The CFC DOSSIER is comprehensive, entertaining and an informative read.
It is my intention is to send out this Festival publication to subscribers on Wednesday 9th March.
However, the third part of this Triple Crown Package is definitely worth considering.
bonus. However, you might shudder at the thought of calling me to discover my selections at Cheltenham.
I guarantee I will provide you with a low cost 0844 telephone number (3pp min). This will give you access to my telephone message placed on line after 8pm each evening during the Cheltenham Festival.
The first message on line 8pm Monday, then same time on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday evenings.
The bookmakers now put up their prices during the early evening. They have moved with the times and as I don't like the grass to grow under my feet, I will be right in their faces with my Festival Selections being made available during the evening, enabling you to obtain the real value on offer.
Think about the advantage of this idea.
If you work during the day, you will now have access to my Cheltenham Festival Selections after 8pm!
Of course you don't have to take up this offer to call the 0844 number, but last year my nap of the entire CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL… PEDDLERS CROSS WON 7/1!


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Fan's Awards 2018 Announced
Date: 17th December 2018
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FAN AWARDS LAUNCHED TO FIND THIS YEAR'S KIERAN TIERNEY
GAMBLEAWARE CONFIRMED AS CHARITY PARTNER FOR NATIONAL FANS AWARDS
17th December 2018: The quest to find Scotland's fans' Player of the Year has been launched by the Scottish Football Supporters Association (SFSA), Scotland's first independent national football supporters' organisation.
The awards, which recognised Celtic and Scotland star Kieran Tierney as the fans' Player of the Year in 2017, will recognise the best and worst in the beautiful game in 2018. For the first time it will also ask the fans to vote on the best female Scottish player and the best manager in 2018.
Other award winners in 2017 included 'Goal of the Year' for Leigh Griffiths' second goal against England at Hampden; Steven McLean as Scotland's 'Best Ref' ; Aberdeen fans as the country's top travelling fans and Hearts' Tynecastle stadium the ground most away fans like to visit.
The SFSA, which has over 71,000 members across Scotland, has also announced a partnership with GambleAware, the leading charity in the UK committed to reducing gambling-related harms, which will see it as the awards' partner.
Simon Barrow, chair of the SFSA, said: "Everyone football fan has an opinion about who the best players is, what the best goal was and even who the best ref is so the SFSA Fans Awards, voted for by Scotland's football fans, will provide the answers. Kieran Tierney was a well-deserved Player of the Year last year so it will be interesting to see if he holds onto his crown.
"We were delighted when GambleAware approached us as we have for some time felt that it is essential to promote safe and responsible gambling behaviour in a game that is very top heavy with gambling sponsorships. We look forward to working in partnership with them in the years ahead to promote the charity's aim to reduce gambling-related harms."
Iain Corby from GambleAware said: "Across Scotland there are over 230,000 people who are classed as either problem gamblers, or at risk of becoming so, and many of these are football fans. GambleAware wanted to find a way to ensure they are aware of the risks of gambling, and know they can come to us for free help and confidential advice if they are worried about gambling. By being the SFSA's charity partner for these prestigious awards, we also hope we can encourage discussion about the relationship between football and betting in Scotland."
Voting starts today (17th December 2018) and ends at midnight on 13th January 2018. Votes can be cast by visiting https://scottishfsa.org/fans-awards.
The full list of awards are:
Women's Player of the year
Best away fans to visit your ground
Best away ground for atmosphere
Best club for the whole match day experience?
Best Radio host /presenter/journalist/pundit
Best Football Blog / Blogger
Fan of the year
Mascot of the year
Best club for kids/family
Best Goal
Best /Worst Referee
Best Match programme
Further information can be found by visiting the SFSA website at www.scottishfsa.org.
The SFSA can be found on Twitter @scottishfsa or through #reclaimthegame and on Facebook.
For further information on the SFSA and the Fans Awards, please contact Paul Goodwin on 07702-252519.
GambleAware is the leading charity in the UK committed to reducing gambling-related harms. As an independent national charity funded by donations from the gambling industry, GambleAware funds education, prevention and treatment services and commissions research to broaden public understanding of gambling-related harm. The aim is to stop people getting into problems with their gambling, and ensure that those that do develop problems receive fast and effective treatment and support.
GambleAware has launched #CanWeHaveOurBallBack, a new social media initiative that seeks to raise awareness and encourage discussion about the relationship between football and betting. The film-led initiative is designed to generate conversation and prompt reflection about the impact of betting on football. The film can be viewed here https://www.begambleaware.org/can-we-have-our-ball-back
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https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/Photos-See-what-the-first-day-back-to-school-15513355.php
Photos: See what the first day back to school looked like in Laredo
By Louis San Miguel, LMTonline.com / Laredo Morning Times
Published 11:40 am CDT, Tuesday, August 25, 2020
M.S. Ryan Elementary School students pass through the nurse check-in station before entering the school, Aug. 24, 2020, during the first day back to school for some students during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemix.
M.S. Ryan Elementary School students pass through the nurse check-in station before entering the school, Aug. 24, 2020, during the first day back to school for some students during the COVID-19 Coronavirus
Photo: Danny Zaragoza/Laredo Morning Times
Laredo's two major public school districts -- Laredo ISD and United ISD -- resumed the semester on Monday, with some parents opting to send their children back to classroom after months away from in-person instruction due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Classes were notably emptier, due to most parents opting to continue virtual instruction, however that wasn't the only change that was apparent due to the pandemic.
The changes were immediately seen at the entrance of schools, with students having to undergo a temperature check before even stepping foot inside the doors of the school. Students were also required to wear masks and continue to adhere to social distancing guidelines requiring at least 6 feet between students at all times.
In addition, water fountains were sealed off , plexiglass barriers were installed, and some classes were even limited to three students at max.
To see more photos from the first day of the semester at Laredo schools, click through the gallery above.


But what is it that makes Supermoms stand-out cause consumers? We see today's moms as multitaskers – they work, shop, act as chief health officer, often balance checkbooks and tuck the kids in at night. With busy lifestyles, moms today are looking for a double impact when they shop. Cause marketing is no doubt an effective strategy for companies to help the socially conscious mom attain her emotional and practical needs.
One program hitting the mark with this demographic is Quaker Oat's Chewy Granola Bars' "Afterschool Rocks" campaign. The brand has enlisted a host of kid-friendly musicians to lend their songs to the brand's online music library, all with goal of raising awareness and support for afterschool programs. In addition, parents can get codes for free downloads by purchasing specially marked boxes of the product. Though just one application of cause marketing to moms, the Quaker Oat's campaign fulfills both practical (purchasing snacks) and emotional (support for afterschool programs) demands of this conscious consumer base.
Moms are clearly passionate about cause consumption – both for themselves and their families. How will your next cause campaign connect with moms, while also satisfying their desire to give back?
The full 2010 Cone Cause Evolution Study is free to download on the Cone website.


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One to watch: Adrien Silva
ftfc
Ahead of the Fleetwood Town's historic clash against Leicester City this week, our player to watch is midfielder Adrien Silva.
The Portuguese international could start his first game for the Foxes since his £22m deadline day move from Sporting Lisbon last summer.
Silva's paperwork was received by FIFA 14 seconds after the deadline and he therefore was unable to register for his new club, despite subsequent appeals to both FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The 28-year-old has been forced wait patiently until the window reopened earlier this month and kept in shape by playing a number of behind-closed-doors friendly matches.
He made his Foxes' debut in Monday's 3-0 victory over Huddersfield and has selected the number 14 jersey, showing he at least has a sense of humour.
Silva's skilful dribbling makes him a nightmare for opposition defenders, and he is as accomplished in attacking situations as he is defensively. His greatest strength is perhaps is range of passing which will be bettered by few in the Premier League.
His undoubted talent has seen him earn 20 caps for his national side, and he was a key part of the Portuguese squad who won the 2016 European Championships. Silva played all four knock-out games in the tournament including the final against France.
The midfielder came through the Sporting Lisbon youth system which has produced a number of talented players including Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Figo.
Silva made over 200 appearances for the club and helped them win the Portuguese Cup in 2008 and 2015.
Leicester boss Claude Puel could use Saturday's game to see how he can adapt to rigours of English football. What a great place to start!
Fleetwood Town vs Leicester City on 06 Jan 18


Mainland Civil have completed 99% of the piling and bulk earthworks for the Charles Perkins Centre Project. At all times they have managed a productive and safe site and have been responsive to the many complications that have evolved during the project.
Project was highly complex in nature and was affected by significant period of inclement weather and prolonged archaeological investigations, Mainland Civil assisted with the process of mitigating the impacts of these delays in a co-operative manner. Overall product quality was of a high standard and the site was always well supervised and maintained in an orderly manner.
Despite the challenges of addressing the co-ordination of the temporary shoring with the existing adjacent services and meeting the specific requirements of Sydney Metro in regard to the proposed tunnels to be constructed directly under the site, Mainland Civil undertook the works with a positive and professional approach.
We have no hesitation in engaging Mainland Civil as they always deliver without dispute.
Mainland worked to a high standard of quality and timely delivery whilst maintaining open communications.
Mainland's combination of project personnel, price and programme provided them with the competitive advantage to secure this contract. Throughout the performance of the works, Mainland Civil showed dedication to the performance and quality of the works and worked cooperatively with both Fielder Engineers and designers and project managers. The constructed product has met or exceeded the specified requirement and at all times through the delivery of the project Mainland Civil have met their responsibilities and commitments without reservation.


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Q: scrollTop does not work after Axios response I am having an issue in building a real-time chat using Laravel (with Vue.js, Pusher, Echo).
Here I have 3 methods:
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    this.group = $('#group').data('group');
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                user: e.user,
                author: e.user.name,
                avatar: e.message.avatar
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After these methods I need to scroll my <div id="chat"> to bottom. I tried a lot of options like:
document.getElementById('chat').scrollTop=9999
The same using jQuery $('#chat')...,
Some plugins like vue-scroll-chat and same for jQuery, but none of them worked. This command doesn't work in methods fetchMessages and addMessage
and...
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doesn't work. How can I fix it?

A: I think you need to add the document.getElementById('chat').scrollTop=9999; to a Vue.$nextTick so that the information has time to appear and effect the element before the scroll effect is actuated.
You may also want to add a ref="chat" to your chat element so you can reference scrollTop via the vue reference; it would look something like this
addMessage(message) {
    axios.post('/chat/add', message).then(response => {
        this.messages.push(response.data)
        this.$nextTick(
            () => {
                this.$refs.chat.scrollTop=9999;
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Mundekulla
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Mundekulla Choir Festival, July 8(9)-12, 2020
"...A feeling of Mundekulla."
Please note that the booking form is currently only in Swedish. For assistance with your booking, please contact us.
info@mundekulla.se
+46 (0)471-50450
The Choir Festival continues...
Songs, music and choir singing have always played a big part of the activities at Mundekulla Retreat center since the start in 1998. Our highly appreciated "Singing and walking weeks", consisting of singing and walking/hiking with conserts along the way, was a success and reached its peak in 2012, when we, during five months, walked from Trondheim to Copenhagen, with the joyful message of Singing. The event was called The Path, see more here.
The Mundekulla Choir Festival springs from these singing walks with some of the choir conductors and participants that have been an important part of Mundekulla throughout the years.
A feeling of Mundekulla
We offer choir workshops with famous as well as newly written songs in a fantastic environment, in a cultural countryside district in Småland in the south of Sweden. We draw inspiration from both South and Western Africa, as well as our Swedish Folk song tradition. Every day starts with Mundekulla Dances (Circle dances) that create connection and togetherness. The festival also consists of Mindfulness, Liberating dance, pilgrimage walking, sauna, swimming, co-created conserts (not for an external audience) and enriching encounters with participants from all over the country. Welcome to attend on your own, with family, friends and/or choir members. (You get a discount when booking 4 or more tickets at the same time.)
Our natural voice?
What is the first thing that happens when a child is born?
It uses its voice and screams out loud without considering if it was beautiful, loud, soft, inappropriate or distorted. The newborn baby teaches us that our voice is the most natural thing we carry with us from the start of life, and at the same time many of us are fearful of fully using this tool...
Welcome to an inspiring festival focusing on singing, for all ages and regardless of background or previous training.
This year's program
You can participate in the Full Festival, July 8-12 or the Small Festival, July 9-12.
- Full Festival, July 8-12
During the first day (July 8-9) we will learn the Choir arrangements for the "Mundekulla Peace concert" under the guidance of Gunnel Mauritzson. The concert consists of 12 Peace Prayer songs created by Mundekulla's founder Peter Elmberg (in cooperation with Jan Eric Ström and Lars Magnus Österberg). There will also be time for rest and reflection and this phase will end with a small concert for those participating in the Small Festival.
- Small Festival, July 9-12
The Small Festival starts with the above mentioned "Peace Concert" at 5-6 pm on Thursday July 9, and in the evening the Choir Festival continues with all the participants for the weekend and the Festival ends on Sunday July 12 at 4 pm.
Workshop leaders 2020 – more to come
Anders Nyberg
Anders Nyberg is a co-procucer of the famous Swedish Movie "As it is in heaven". Eight years after its premiere it was still the most viewed film in Sweden ever. The main character of the movie is a choir leader that moves back to his hometown making big succuess both on an inner and outer level. This story is very much like Anders who after years in South Africa moved home to a small village of Dalarna (eastern Sweden). Anders' songs and music have touched thousands of people and choirs in Sweden and around the world. We are very happy that he recently made choral arrangements to some of the Mundekulla songs which will be offered as workshops during the Festival.
Together with Peter Elmberg (Mundekulla) he did a pilgrimage with song and concerts during 5 months from Trondheim (Norway) to Copenhagen in 2012. Now they have continued through Denmark and are now walking in Germany performing and walking.. for peace. Read more about Anders here.
Gunnel Mauritzson
Gunnel Mauritzson (originally from the island Gotland) is one of Sweden's foremost Folk singers and has during thirty years been an active musician and teacher, and has been teaching for twenty years at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Welcome to get aquainted with parts of our folk song heritage with both traditional folk tale songs and dance friendly melodies. Gunnel has made highly appreciated interpretations of Lars Gullin's music with her own band including highly personal music and moods that shift from quiet melancholy to roaring happiness. (Lars Gullin was one of Sweden's greatest Jazz musicians and during the later part of his life he lived in Emmaboda, close to Mundekulla.) The repertoire is both personal, traditional and lyrical. She is also the producer of the Folk and Jazz Festival that takes place in June here at Mundekulla, and participates in Mundekulla's musical "Hemstannarna". Read more about Gunnel here.
Edo Bumba
Edo Bumba is a Congolese musician who came to Sweden in the eighties and attended further studies at the Music University of Gothenburg. He has a broad cultural repertoir and works as a musician, choir leader, drummer, dancer, composer and producer. Edo wrote the music for a movie about Dr Dennis Mukwege - the Nobel Peace Price laureate of 2018. In 1997 he received the Royal Music Academy Educator award.
He builds intercultural bridges between his African music heritage and the Swedish music scene and creates a sound that allows us to experience West and South African rhytms. Edo invites us to an exciting rhytmical journey to the south and western parts of Africa. He does regular tours within Scandinavia, often together with the groups Edo Bumba Band, Amani, Sauti Sol, Afrotronics and Star for life.
Peter Elmberg
Peter has been involved with music since the mid eighties, he has performed at a large number of concerts and is the founder of Mundekulla Retreat Center. After studying Native American history in the United States in 1996, Peter spent a year in solitude in a tiny ten-square-meter cabin in Mundekulla. Since then, Mundekulla has gradually grown into the retreat centre it is today. Peter has written more than 700 songs and recorded over 20 albums. In 2007, his song 'Now is the time' was described as 'the best song ever' in one the Sweden's biggest magazines. In the spring of 2008, he recorded the album Songs for Tibet with some of Sweden's most prominent musicians to promote the peaceful way of the Tibetans, and he performed 'A Song for Tibet' when Dalai Lama visited Stockholm in 2011. During the Festival he will, among other things, be sharing his Mindfulness songs and his 12 peace prayers from different spiritual traditions, and also lead the morning gatherings with Circle dances. Read more about Peter here.
Ann Sjöling – Liberating dance
Ann is a Liberating Dance teacher trained by Anne Grundel (Frigörande dans-akademin) and will lead dance sessions during the festival. From the soft to the wild – dance how you feel to to energizing music! Welcome to dance your way to your singing.
Ann is a higly valued part of the Mundekulla team and she will also be the one welcoming you at the reception and make sure that you have a good time during the festival. A few years ago she made a big shift in her life as she left her familiar life in Stockholm for a new life in the countryside, where she now lives in the small village of Bredalycke, the village next to Mundekulla. And today we can clearly state that "without Ann Sjöling, there would be no Mundekulla".
Anna Rasmussen – Hatha Yoga
Anna will lead Hatha yoga some mornings during the Festival.
Anna is educated in Viryayoga, Children's yoga and yinyoga.
She holds a love for all the different parts of yoga, the physical positions, the breath, the meditation, the resting and the life philosophy as a whole, which she believes gives support for a richer everyday life. Anna lives in Ronneby and facilitates, on a regular basis, classes in yoga and meditation and arranges larger events with yoga teachers that inspire her. She also works within the Swedish church with people that are facing various challenges, where her knowledge about the different pars of yoga is of great help and influences her work.
Start and end times
Full Festival: July 8 at 6 pm – July 12 at 4 pm.
Small Festival: July 9 at 5 pm – July 12 at 4 pm.
(Check-in opens Wed and Thurs at 4 pm. Dinner is served at 6 pm)
Space for tent, workshops and all meals are included. No single-day tickets. (bring your own tent).
Full Festival, July 8-12 (4 days)
• Adult, above 26 yrs - 3600 SEK, • Youth, under 25 yrs - 3000 SEK
Small Festival, July 9-12 (3 days)
Rooms can be booked in the online booking.
Early Bird prices
Full Festival, July 8-12
Until Dec 31 - Adult: 3600:- Youth: 3000:-
Until Feb 28 - Adult: 3800:- Youth: 3200:-
Until April 30 - Adult: 4000:- Youth: 3400:-
Until June 30 - Adult: 4200:- Youth: 3600:-
Small Festival, July 9-12
Until June 30 -Adult: 3300:- Youth: 2700:-
500 SEK discount when booking 4 or more people at the same time.
We serve organic and vegetarian food, which is included in the price.
3 meals each day. You can buy a snack in the café.
We help out doing the dishes after the meals (2-3 persons/meal).
Space for your own tent is included in the ticket. Dormitory spaces, caravan spaces, and a limited number of rooms can be booked in the booking form.
• Space for your own tent is included in the ticket. (Bring your own tent)
• Caravan: 600 SEK/caravan, including electricity
• Dormitory space: 1200 SEK/person (incl mattress, pillow, duvet)
• Single, double, triple and 4 bed rooms and cottages can be rented. See the booking form for fees.
Daily Program
07.30-08.30 Morning gathering with mindfulness songs, meditation or Yoga
08.00 Breakfast
09.30-10.30 Morning gathering
11.00-12.30 Choir workshop
12.30 Lunch
15.30 Snack time
18.00 Dinner
19.30-21.30 Evening gathering/Singing
Festival rules
- The festival is alcohol and drug free.
- We love animals but unfortunately you can not bring your pets.
Find your way to Mundekulla
For questions
Do you want to volunteer at the Festival?
Send an email to info@mundekulla.se
Join our Facebook group for current information.
Full Festival:
July 8 at 6 pm – July 12 at 4 pm
Small Festival:
Check-in opens Wed and Thurs at 4 pm. Dinner is served at 6 pm.
Festival ticket
• Adult, above 26 yrs - 3600 SEK,
• Youth, under 25 yrs - 3000 SEK
For Early Bird Prices, see above under Price.
Space for your own tent is included in the ticket.
Dormitory spaces, caravan spaces, and a limited number of rooms can be booked in the booking form.
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The Heat Can't Stop the Arctic Monkeys at TD Garden
Discover WERS, Show Reviews :: 07.30.2018
Photography by Jacob Cutler
Written By Regan Harvey
Anticipation hung in the air on Friday night as concertgoers filtered into the TD Garden arena by the thousands. Despite escaping from the sticky July heat, the crowd was restless. Fans had been waiting five years since the Arctic Monkeys' last tour. The opening act, L.A. trio Mini Mansions, held the audience over with catchy rock tracks and guitar riffs played with a cymbal.
Just when it seemed the crowd wouldn't be able to wait another minute,
the lights went out and the stage was illuminated with rhythmic flashes of red. Finally, the Arctic Monkeys made their appearance. Frontman Alex Turner took the stage sporting a new buzz cut. While it was sad to see the Elvis style quiff go, Turner's new look still channeled a rock legend. With his shaved head, three piece suit, and translucent brown shades, the young singer radiated Bono vibes.
As much as he is compared to other musicians, Turner is a powerhouse in his own right. He kicked off the night with the lunar residence themed track, "Four Out Of Five." The song is a single off the Arctic Monkeys' latest narrative sci-fi inspired release, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. We've been playing it on WERS basically nonstop!
Turner swapped between guitar and keyboard
(the centerpiece sound of Tranquility Base) throughout the set. When he wasn't picking up an instrument, the musician showed off his unique dance style which mainly consisted of complicated hand gestures and gyrating. The set featured equal parts Tranquility Base and tracks from the band's break out 2013 album AM, as well as older hits from the 2000's such as, "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor." The aforementioned song nearly incited a mosh pit of enthusiastic, head-banging fans.
Turner owned the stage with his sardonic lyrics and charming swagger. As AM favorite "Arabella" began, the singer whipped off his suit jacket and spun it around his head as the crowd cheered. It was possibly Boston's most attended strip tease.
Before the band came out for their encore, stagehands set up a giant, rotating, mirrored cube.
As the prop threw light beams across the audience, cheers of "We want Monkeys!" and stomping echoed throughout the arena. To the excitement of the crowd, the British group returned for three more songs. They ended the night on an extended version of "R U Mine?" Turner cast an intense gaze over the crowd before diving into the chorus a final time and leaving the stage without another word. The only thing that could have made the night a more iconic Monkeys performance would have been a mic drop.
Regan is a writer for WERS and a Media Arts Production major at Emerson College. She has a passion for music, comedy, and podcasting.
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Type Locality Cachoera Creek at right bank of Rio Amapari, 4 km downstream of Casa do 7, Est. Amapa, Brazil.
Etymology Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. This specific epithet literally means bearing(ferre = bearing) a saddle (ephippium), a reference to its colouring.
Size 65mm or 2.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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November 29, 2018 November 30, 2018 John Quiggin5 Comments
Adani Mining announced today that its scaled-down Carmichael mine project would proceed without any external funding. Before considering reactions, it's important to recall causes for scepticism.
First, Adani has repeatedly announced the imminent start of the project, while doing little or nothing. It is possible that this announcement will be followed by months, or even years, of "pre-construction activity" during which the project is kept alive with minimal expenditure from Adani.
Second, the economics of the project are as bad as they have ever been. Thermal coal prices have declined in recent months, especially following China's decision to freeze imports. If China gets through the winter without significant problems, it is likely that the decline will be permanent. Even if it isn't, the discount on low-quality coal =of the kind found in the Galilee Basin is rising all the time.
Third, the failure to secure any external finance for the project is significant. Most of the big lenders have now sworn off thermal coal altogether, but if there were real money to be made here, some second-tier institution would probably have gone for it.
So, it would make sense to wait for a while to see what develops. Still, we need to be prepared for a decision on whether Australia is going to back a future for coal, and destruction for the global environment or a moratorium on new mines. Labor under Bill Shorten has been surprisingly brave on issues like tax, and our Trumpist government is in a complete mess. A strong stand would be a huge step towards a better future.
No enemies to the right?
November 28, 2018 John Quiggin55 Comments
Anthony Albanese has a piece in the #Ozfail (not linked) restating standard [1] claims that political life is increasingly characterized by echo chambers and that we ought to make more of an effort to engage with those whose views differ from ours.
He mentions, as example of the dire consequences of not doing this, some international examples
this polarisation in global politics has seen the demise of many of the historically successful progressive political parties such as France's Socialist Party, PASOK in Greece, the Partito Democratico in Italy, the Social Democrats in Germany and many other affiliates of the Socialist International.
In many countries, parties of the radical Right have emerged with disillusioned working-class people as their social base.
What's striking about this list is that most of the examples lost votes at least as much to parties on their left, which rejected their complicity in austerity: Syriza in Greece, Melenchon's la France Insoumise, and the Greens in Germany and the Netherlands. Yet there's no hint in Albanese's article that the centre-left needs to be open to the views of such groups and their supporters: apparently, we need to be talking to the supporters of Golden Dawn, Le Pen, AfD and so on.
Albanese's position in Australian politics is exactly the same. He's happy to talk to Andrew Bolt and the Oz in the interests of an open debate, but as far as I know he has never had a good word to say about the Greens, let along sought to open a dialogue with them. Apparently some alternative views are more equal than others.
Fiddling while Queensland burns
The circus that is the Liberal National Party was pushed down the Queensland TV news today by bushfires, caused in turn by an unprecedented heat wave. There's little doubt that the severity of the heat wave is the result of global warming, and that it's part of a broader pattern. The two events are, of course, linked. The chaos in the LNP reflects the determination of the climate deniers in its ranks to reject any action to reduce greenhouse emissions.
None of these people are acting in good faith, or on the basis of a sceptical assessment of evidence. Without exception, their rejection of climate science and the policies it implies is based on a combination of vested interests zndpursuit of a culture war against "greenies", "virtue signallers" and anyone who wants to do anything to save the planet. There is literally no evidence that can move them from their position, and they would rather see the planet destroyed than admit their errors.
There's plenty of blame to go around here, but today I'll call out Ken O'Dowd, the federal member for Flynn, where the worst fires are burning. Flynn is an advocate of withdrawal from the Paris agreement. He'd rather see his electorate burn than admit that climate change is a reality and that we need action now.
With notably rare exceptions[1]
November 26, 2018 John Quiggin6 Comments
One of the arguments being pushed by those on the political right seeking to downplay the Victorian election outcome is that Australian state governments generally get a second term. A look over the period since 1990, however, brings up several exceptions to that rule. Here's my list:
Borbidge (Queensland), Baillieu-Napthine (Victoria), Newman (Queensland),Mills-Giles (NT)
For the "second-term" argument to work in downplaying the result, more is needed. It has to be the case that, having won a second term, governments mostly fail to get a third. Here's a list [1] of instances where two-term governments have been defeated.
Groom-Rundle (Tasmania), Greiner-Fahey (NSW), Kennett (Victoria), Carnell-Humphries (ACT), Court, Gallop-Carpenter, Barnett (WA), Martin-Henderson (NT)
Eagle-eyed readers will notice that all of the exceptions in the first list were conservatives, while only two of the confirming instances in the second list were Labor.
With a limited data set, it's easy to support a wide range of conclusions. Still if conservative commentators want to use historical patterns to argue that, having easily won a second term, Daniel Andrews is on track to lose next time, I think they're dreaming.
fn1. This is a moderately famous Internet meme, coined by Alan Greenspan
fn2. One might arguably add the Goss government in Queensland, which won the 1995 election, but lost office after a by-election required by the Court of Disputed Returns.
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A state election outcome with global implications ?
November 25, 2018 November 25, 2018 John Quiggin20 Comments
After any state election with a decisive outcome, partisan analysis shows a predictable pattern. On the losing side, the state party blames its federal counterpart, while the feds say that the election was decided on state issues. On the winning side, there is generally enough credit to go around, with the state party basking in success, while the federal party (particularly if it is in opposition) points to the outcome as a "message to Canberra".
The recent Victorian election is, I think, rather different. That's because, on the conservative side at least, the usual state-based issues (health, education, roads) were disregarded in favour of a culture war campaign almost identical to that being run by the Morrison government at the national level and by the political right globally. Notable examples were an overtly racist law and order campaign, a revival of the drug war, and proposals for publicly funded coal-fired power stations aimed at appealing to climate science denialists. Guy's slogan "get back in control" could just as well have been used by Donald Trump, or by the rightwing advocates of Brexit.
The stunning rejection of Guy's campaign gives some hope that Australian voters will not fall for this. In part, that's because Labor ran on its traditional strength at the state level. But the outcome was very similar to Morrison's drubbing in the Wentworth by-election, where the state level advantage didn't apply.
It's only one election, but it's one of a number, notably including the recent US midterms, where the supposed irresistible force of rightwing identity politics has proved to be not so irresistible after all. It's too early to start cheering, but it now looks possible that, in a few years time, the whole rightwing upsurge will prove to have been the final spasm of the losing side in the culture wars. The question then will be how to build a better world from the mess we will inherit.
Labor as the natural party of (state) government
I was going to write a post saying that the resounding victory of the Andrews government in Victoria reflected the fact that Labor is the natural party of government at the state level in Australia. A quick check revealed that I'd already written pretty much the same thing in 2002 (over the fold). I'll add some updates and qualifications in comments.
Bitcoin's belated bust
It's been quite a big week in cryptocurrency markets. The price of Bitcoin has fallen close to $4000, down from a peak of nearly $20 000.
As a longstanding sceptic of cryptocurrencies, it might be thought that I would be taking a victory lap. After all, I have previously written that "Bitcoins will attain their true value of zero sooner or later, but it is impossible to say when." With the Bitcoin price having fallen by 75 per cent, it might seem that my prediction is well on the way to being justified.
Unfortunately, the second part of my statement, about the impossibility of predicting timing has been proved definitively correct.. I wrote this in 2013 when Bitcoins were valued at around $100, and the total market capitalization was a mere billion dollars. A single wealthy individual could have driven the price to zero by short-selling.
Five years later, and despite the price collapse of the past few months, Bitcoins are selling at nearly 50 times the price I criticized as excessive. Moreover, as cryptocurrencies have proliferated, Bitcoin now constitutes only a fraction of the total market. The capitalization of the cryptocurrency market as a whole is fluctuating still close to $100 billion.
Yet this massive valuation is built on nothing. The idea that Bitcoin, or any of its competitors will provide a new and superior means for buying and selling goods and services has been tested to destruction. Nearly a decade after the currency was launched, the use of Bitcoin in purchases is modest, and rapidly declining.
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Biographie

Formation et prêtrise
Johannes Kreidler étudie de 1966 à 1970 la théologie catholique à Tübingen et Paris.
Il est parallèlement ordonné prêtre le  à Rottenburg am Neckar. Il travaille en premier lieu comme vicaire à Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt et comme secrétaire de  Carl Leiprecht et de  Georg Moser. De 1977 à 1980, il enseigne au séminaire théologique de Tübingen.
En 1980, il devient assistant de  Walter Kasper, professeur de théologie dogmatique à la Faculté de Théologie de l'Université Catholique de Tübingen. En 1986, il obtient son doctorat. De 1986 à 1991, il est directeur du Séminaire de Rottenburg.

Épiscopat
En 1991, il est nommé évêque titulaire de Edistiana et évêque auxiliaire du diocèse de Rottenburg-Stuttgart par le pape Jean-Paul II.
Le , il est consacré par Walter Kasper, assisté de  Bernhard Rieger et Franz Kuhnle.
Le , il est nommé vicaire épiscopal et est, jusqu'en 2004, chef de la section I de l'ordinariat épiscopal, responsable de l'éducation des prêtres et des théologiens.
Entre 1999 et 2000, il est administrateur diocésain de Rottenburg-Stuttgart. Johannes Kreidler exerce également la charge de doyen et est membre d'office, sans droit de vote, de l'Association artistique du diocèse de Rottenburg-Stuttgart.

Au sein de la Conférence épiscopale allemande, il est membre de la commission pour le mariage et la famille ; il est également membre des groupes de travail sur les services pastoraux et sur le diaconat permanent.

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Ein Baumeister des "Hauses Europa": Verleihung des Aleksandr-Men-Preises 2000 an Michail S. Gorbatschow, Akademie d. Diözese Rottenb.-Stgt. 2001, , zusammen mit Abraham P Kustermann et. al.
Den Himmel offen halten. Priester sein heute, Herder Freiburg 2003, , zusammen mit George Augustin
Der Wiedergeburt und dem Aufbau verschrieben: Verleihung des Aleksandr-Men-Preises 2002 an Anatoli I. Pristawkin, Akademie d. Diözese Rottenb.-Stgt. 2003, , zusammen mit Abraham P Kustermann et. al.
Farben des Lebens. Sieger Köder, Schwabenverlag 2. Aufl. 2005, , zusammen mit Sieger Köder und Erwin Teufel
Zeichen der heilsamen Nähe Gottes. Auf dem Weg zu einer missionarischen Kirche. Bischof Gebhard Fürst zum 60. Geburtstag, Ostfildern 2008, , hg. zusammen mit Thomas Broch und Dirk Steinfort

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Naissance en mai 1946
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'Lord of the Rings' Star Billy Boyd to Sing Final 'Hobbit' Credits Song
by Ethan Anderton
Source: Warner Bros.
For every release of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, there has been an original credits song. The song created for Fellowship of the Ring was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and one of the songs from Return of the King ended up winning the trophy. However, so far Peter Jackson's trilogy adaptation of The Hobbit hasn't seen any of the original songs nominated. But maybe there's still a chance as Awards Circuit has pointed out some info on Warner Bros. Pictures' For Your Consideration site for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies that reveals who is behind the latest song. More below!
Billy Boyd is best known for playing Pippin in Lord of the Rings, and he delivered this stirring song:
The track is "Edge of Night" from Return of the King, and while it's by far my favorite original song from the entire series, it unfortunately it didn't earn an Oscar love. However, the song was recently featured in the teaser trailer for The Battle of the Five Armies, and maybe that's because Boyd is also singing "The Last Goodbye," the credits song that will play at the conclusion of the final installment of The Hobbit trilogy. Boyd also wrote the song with Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, and we're very excited to hear what they came up with when the final film hits theaters in December. Sound good?
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Man can sing.
Xerxexx on Oct 20, 2014
Well gud for Billy then!! (*in best Pippen voice)
avconsumer2 on Oct 20, 2014
The wonderful thing about Tiggers...is that I'm the only one!
DAVIDPD on Oct 20, 2014
SInce it's unlikely we'll see anymore forays into Middle Earth under Jackson (as JRRT's estate won't release Simarillion or other books)... seems fitting to have Boyd sing the "last song" for this second journey to Middle Earth.
VAharleywitch on Oct 21, 2014


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Personal debt in Tauranga more than $30 million
13 Nov, 2017 11:24am
Naomi Maderios is a keen budgeter after selling her paddle board business. Photo/ Andrew Warner
By: Amy Diamond
Amy is a reporter at the Bay of Plenty Times.
amy.diamond@nzme.co.nz
The struggle to pay off mounting personal debt has pushed close to 2000 Tauranga people to seek help paying off debts totalling more than $30 million.
Figures from the Tauranga Budget Advisory Service showed the total amount of personal debt clients had racked up in 2017 was $30.09m.
This was up from $20.8m of debt in 2016, an increase of $9.2m.
In 2015, the debt level was $22.2m.
Tauranga Budget Advisory Service manager Diane Bruin said about 1800 clients had used the service this year. Of those, the highest single debt she had seen was for $760,000, which came from a mortgagee sale of a property and ended in bankruptcy.
"This came about due to ill health, and being over-committed with personal loans and excessive use of credit cards up to their limit."
Bruin said clients were getting themselves into more debt and were using credit cards and personal loans to supplement the increase in the cost of living, with accommodation being the single highest increase in costs.
"The economy has improved, however, people are spending," she said.
"Credit is too easy to get with online services and, whilst it is provided on income now, anything can happen - loss of job, redundancy and health issues."
Bruin said bank debt was always where clients racked up the highest amount of debt, including mortgages, credit cards and finance cards.
Te Tuinga Whanau Support Services Trust director Tommy Wilson said their organisation dealt with people struggling with debt all the time.
"When people get to us, they've already reached the ceiling of their debt. It becomes the straw that breaks the camel's back."
Wilson said clients often had few possessions because they had sold their furnishings or cars to try to pay off debt.
He said there were many unscrupulous organisations and businesses which preyed on vulnerable people with "quick-fix budgeting" and huge interest rates, which only made their debt worse in the long run.
"It just compounds the problem. When they come to us, just about all of our clients have debt, and not just a little debt either."
He would like to see stricter paperwork when people signed up for quick loans.
Mark Lister, head of private wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners, said there was good debt and bad debt. The trick was recognising the difference.
"Debt can really work in your favour. It can be a great builder of wealth but it can also sharply work against you, especially when you are using debt for consumables.
"Good debt is when you invest in a house, or education or a business. That's a smart use of debt but I suspect there are a lot of people using debt for new cars or phones or simply to try to get themselves out of a difficult financial position. It can be a big downward spiral," he said.
Lister said New Zealanders were generally not financially sophisticated and many people were not taught financial literacy.
"A lot of people don't understand the implications of how debt can grow and grow."
Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stan Gregec said there was "no doubt" some people out there were struggling with debt, and the numbers seemed to be increasing.
"The high cost of accommodation and other expenses of living in Tauranga are not making it easy for many people," he said.
Gregec did not think the level of personal debt people carried would have a noticeable impact on Tauranga's economy but said individual cases could have a "devastating impact" on the people and businesses concerned.
Jigsaw Financial Solutions adviser Sharon Giblett said there were steps people could take to try to manage their debt.
"Ideally, don't take on debt in the first place, save first where possible... If you do take on debt, make sure you can afford it and are paying it off within the timeframe."
Budgeting for the future
Budgeting is a necessity for Tauranga newcomer Naomi Maderios, who is planning her future.
Maderios sold her paddle board business in the Coromandel in mid-October and moved to Tauranga to pursue her digital media career.
"Budgeting is important as I'm looking into my options of how to invest my money."
Maderios said she was doing a lot of research into the housing market and where she would want to eventually buy a house as she did not want to get into financial stress.
"You just assume with selling a business and having a bit of money it would be an easy process but you can never have enough savings to buy a property."
The 26-year-old said she had held off buying a lot of things she wanted or needed as she had to be careful to save for her future.
Maderios said she was doing around 30 hours of freelance work for the time being that covered her expenses and would help her savings continue to grow.
"After I've paid all of my bills, I generally put aside an amount of money that I can spend for the week and it's about not going over that."
Total amount of personal debt clients of the Tauranga Budgeting Advice Service
2015 - $22,260,855.00
Tips to manage personal debt
- Draw a line in the sand and stop taking on more debt
- Don't delay or procrastinate, take a positive step and seek professional assistance asap
- Write down what you owe, to whom, what interest rates you are being charged
- Use the www.sorted.org tools and resources to do a budget and see where you can make some changes
- Focus on one at a time and make extra payments, pay off the highest interest rate debt first
- Sell some things you don't need and pay back some debt
- See if a debt consolidation loan is an option
- If you have a mortgage, can you consolidate the debt into your mortgage, or restructure?
- Jigsaw Financial Solutions Limited
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