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A Report on London 11th Takaful Conference
Ali Teymoori July 16, 2017 Conferences, Fiqh & Socitey, Jobs & Incoming Leave a comment 793 Views
The 11th Takaful Conference concluded successfully this week in London. The high powered summit focused on the development of the Islamic Finance and Insurance industries as a possible solution to the global economies plight. Afkar, headed by Iqbal Asaria, presided over a two day summit attended by over 350 of the leading academics thinkers Ulama and practitioners in the field of Islamic Finance.
In a world in which capitalism is arguably in crisis, Islamic economic principles, morality and mechanisms are gaining increasing traction among even Western economists. Not least because Muslims make up 1.2 billion people on the planet and, according to Ogilvy Noor, are one of the most lucrative and under utilized commercial markets in the world today.
> Chief organiser of the event, Iqbal Asaria, said "the continued evolution of Takaful provision in many countries portends a raft of new emerging challenges for the growth of Islamic banking, finance and insurance. He added that there are " two new developments that can assist in the growth of the takaful and re – takaful industries; potential solution for large real estate and construction projects." He also confirmed they are close to setting up a Takaful Syndicate at Lloyds of London.
There is, it seems, a key set of variations in the way Takaful models are operated across different countries caused by issues around risk sharing and risk transfer and also the use of Qard e Hasana and delegates discussed potential ways of standardising practise.
Mr Asaria concluded that there was also a broader recognition in the capitalist instutions that debt based economies were not the answer to economic stability and the Islamic emphasis on a more equity based system was one that needed to be explored more seriously. He confirmed that even people like Lord Turner, former head of the FSA, had written a book entitled "Between debt and Devil " and was entertaining some Islamic concepts against the debt driven economy.
Islam has of course been against both Marxist and Capitalist economic theories over the years but has fallen behind for centuries but its now recovering with an eye focused on adapting to modern realities too. Mr Asaria says the pivotal difference that Islamic economics brings is its insistence that trust is key, and it's this ethical and moral dimension which Islam can reintroduce to the existing global wealth inequality; which is fundametally breaking the peoples trust in capitalism. He says "it is debt contracts that destroy trust in society and this trust is what needs to be rebuilt". He argues that in fact this is also what Alan Smith,the father of free market economics, argued in his first book on economics but that this was deliberately ignored in practice by greedy hypercaptalists.
Neoliberalism and its deletion of morality from global economics has even been attacked and declared a "structural sin" by the Pope himself according to Iqbal Asaria.
"Muslims need to adjust to the 21st century economic order without compromising our values" says Mr Asaria The compensation for manslaughter in Islam, for example, involved society covering the costs of an individuals actions in the Holy Prophets times so we have clear principles from which to create a more moral world economics" argued the Conference organiser.
His lifetimes work in developing professional iternationally recognized Takaful infratructures seems to be gaining momentum, in part, due to the worlds economic woes and perhaps this offers an exciting opportunity to reintroduce Prophetic economic solutions to create a more equitable society.
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New site hoarding graphics for the Museum of London
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Our latest installation supporting London's first Borough of Culture Embrace have just completed the installation of a new campaign for the Museum of London on Farringdon Road along the outside of the Museum's future home in West Smithfield. The creative campaign celebrates London's first Borough of Culture in Waltham Forest, featuring a series of
Embrace wrap the Nobu Hotel London Portman Square site
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Printed graphics to 3m high ply wooden hoarding in Marylebone Embrace Building Wraps have completed a printed site hoarding graphics project at the development location of the new Nobu Hotel London Portman Square in Marylebone. A full end-to-end project managed service was provided to our client McGee Group as part of a project for Nobu
Curtain call! Self-adhesive vinyl building wrap performs at The Theatre at Here East
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'That's a wrap' at the East London theatre by Embrace Building Wraps Embrace Building Wraps have completed the installation of a giant 405 square metre self-adhesive vinyl building wrap covering the south elevation of The Theatre at Here East, located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. The Theatre occupies a dominant position
The great wall of DIBOND takes ownership in Knightsbridge
Giant DIBOND site hoarding graphics at 197 – 199 Sloane Street Embrace Building Wraps have just completed the installation of a giant ACM DIBOND® wrap for Cadogan Estates at 197 - 199 Sloane Street, where Knightsbridge meets Sloane Street in London. Embrace were contracted by McLaren Construction to deliver the installation. The exterior of the
Cabin wrap and printed site hoarding at Durley House
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Works disguised at Sloane Street in Chelsea by Embrace Embrace Building Wraps have just delivered one of our most operationally challenging and creative projects to date. The installation is now complete at Durley House, located on Sloane Street in Chelsea, London. Embrace were contracted to deliver the project for Cadogan Estates working closely with McLaren
Embrace wrap new The Peninsula London hotel site
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Giant cabin wrap and printed site hoarding installed ahead of schedule in Belgravia The Peninsula London will be a stunning landmark overlooking Hyde Park Corner and the Wellington Arch. The 190 room luxury hotel replaces former office space and is scheduled to open in 2021. Embrace Building Wraps have concluded the full project management for
Sensational new building wrap in Chelsea
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57 Sloane Gardens wrapped by Embrace Embrace have completed another successful building wrap installation on the The Cadogan Estate in London. The property, located at 57 Sloane Gardens in Chelsea, is being redeveloped into five residential apartments whilst retaining and enhancing the original red brick façade. This has required this installation of unsightly scaffolding
Embrace wraps the John Lewis flagship department store
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Oxford Street icon wrapped by Embrace Building Wraps The John Lewis flagship department store on Oxford Street in London is currently undergoing a significant refurbishment in order to transform the store's external façade. These changes will enhance the streetscape in readiness for the planned opening of Crossrail in December 2018. Embrace Building Wraps were appointed
Top 5 biggest building wraps in the UK
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Preserving our heritage at important locations Embrace Building Wraps have recently completed the installation of a 360 degree building wrap covering temporary cabins at the Main Quad at UCL (University College London) in Bloomsbury. Whilst the two tier cabins will provide extra educational space for students for the next five years they are located


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The Filipino farmer's son who won a full scholarship to the US
Amanda Chin
Technology to help Filipino farmers with natural disasters — that's how Edrian Paul Liao plans to use his Duke University degree. Source: Edrian Paul Liao
Edrian Paul Liao plans to take Filipino farming to the 21st century. The 18-year-old from Isabela, the Philippines, is the recipient of the Karsh International Scholarship. It will cover his journey, from accommodation to tuition fees, at one of the top universities in the world: Duke University.
Liao aspires to major in mechanical engineering, minor in computer science and pursue a certificate in aerospace engineering. His ultimate goal? Providing microsatellites that can help minimise the harsh effects of the weather to farmers back home.
Born to a farmer and a midwife, Liao knows the potential impact of such technology. Farmers in the Philippines endure typhoons, monsoons and all sorts of natural disasters that can decimate their months-long, back-breaking work in mere hours. "At least for this issue, I would be able to help and uplift the millions of farmers in the Philippines," he says in an interview with Manila Bulletin.
That's not all. Liao is also the co-founder of π-oneers (pronounced as "pioneers"), a non-profit providing free online tutorials in math and science. This group helps around 350 high school members all over the Philippines.
Below we speak to this future Duke University student via email about his US$328,000 scholarship, his interest in STEM (an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and what advice he has for those who want to follow in his footsteps:
Where does your passion for STEM come from? Is there a personal backstory behind this?
STEM has a lot of applications to our lives but unfortunately in the Philippines I can't see a significant impact. One example would have to be the annual typhoon season.
Liao plans to buld microsatellites that could potentially aid in minimising the harsh effects of extreme weather on crops. Source: Edrian Paul Liao
Every year, this destroys a large portion of the farmers' crops. Satellite technology has the greatest potential in minimising the damages but in my country it still hasn't impacted the agricultural system. Hopefully, when I return, I will be able to facilitate my hopes for a nationwide innovation.
What made you apply for the Karsh International Scholarship to study at Duke University? Walk us through the application process.
Aside from the full-ride scholarship it provides, research or special project funding is also given to the scholars every year to enrich their passion and skills. As someone who loves to initiate passion projects, I was drawn to apply.
Besides this, I knew I'd be able to meet a lot of current scholars and alumni who together will constitute a strong, tight-knit and most especially, diverse community. Applying to Duke University also meant I could apply for the merit-based scholarship programmes.
I applied for Early Decision. So, last December, I was already given generous financial aid that led me to enroll immediately after receiving my acceptance letter.
In March this year, I was notified that I was a finalist for the Karsh International Scholarship. Afterwards, we were invited to the orientation and underwent the finalist process.
We had to submit long and short essays, an updated resume and CV, and attend an interview with the scholarship directors. I was notified in April that I was chosen to be a recipient which I wasn't expecting at all. I'm very thankful for this opportunity because getting admitted to Duke University is already a big accomplishment for me.
What made you choose to study mechanical engineering, computer science and aerospace engineering?
I wanted to choose degrees that would ultimately advance Filipino industries. With these degrees, I hope to contribute to my country's improvement and expansion.
Liao is also the co-founder of π-oneers (pronounced as "pioneers"), a non-profit providing free online tutorials in math and science. Source: Edrian Paul Liao
Why did you choose Duke University and the US?
There are so many reasons to choose the US as a place to earn a college degree. A new and collaborative environment, multiple opportunities, and a diverse group of people are among some.
Primarily, I chose the US because of its holistic method of choosing successful applicants. They don't just consider a person's exams and grades but also their character and potential.
"Scholarship in the service of society," is a quote that ultimately led me into choosing Duke University. With their co-curricular and extracurricular programmes like Bass Connections and DukeEngage, this uni is the perfect place to use what I know in bettering the communities I'm part of.
What difference do you think it would make if you studied at a local institution?
Honestly, there are many insights, knowledge and opportunities that I wouldn't be able to access if I'd stayed in the Philippines. This, however, doesn't mean that the US is the only path to success. The primary factor is yourself as a person.
What are you looking most forward to doing in the US?
Looking forward to being immersed in an entirely new culture, meeting people from different walks of life and most importantly, pursuing opportunities unique to Duke University and the country.
As an international student, what are the things you've prepared ahead of your arrival?
Currently, I'm planning my courses for the fall semester, searching for clubs and activities to get involved in, and studying a little so I can get acclimated to the US education system. I talk to classmates and upperclassmen for advice and possible friendships. I'm also asking for food place recommendations and getting tips on what essentials I should bring to enjoy (or survive?) a new environment.
"STEM has a lot of applications to our lives but unfortunately in the Philippines, I can't see a significant impact," Liao says in regards to pursuing a local education. Source: Edrian Paul Liao
What are your academic goals?
For now, explore my interests and passions. I also want to maximise the resources as much as possible which includes getting my grades up as much as possible, pursuing research and internship opportunities and talking to world-renowned professors. I also want to connect with people who will be helpful in my future career.
What do you plan to do after graduating?
I'm still unsure of what to do after college. Either go to graduate school or work. After several years of experience, I plan to come back to my home country.
Is there anything from home you think you'd miss the most?
Family and friends for sure! I cannot replace them of course. But surely, I'll be meeting many people in the US and hopefully build a second family that will consist of friends, classmates, colleagues, Filipinos around the area and more.
Do you have any advice for students looking to apply for the same scholarship?
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Cotton Culinary operates half a dozen full service OneLodge kitchens across the Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin regions. To meet the demands of the workforces housed at each location, kitchen staff operate around-the-clock providing a 5-week rotating menu complete with three meals per day and a 24-hour snack and beverage service. Local, regional and internationally-inspired cuisine make up the regular menu, and the new recipes are added periodically to reflect trending culinary dishes and customer requests. If a guest prefers an alternative to the meal of the day, they can choose a fresh omelet, cheeseburger or chicken breast among the various items from the daily grill. Other options include a self-serve waffle-maker, nacho station and an immaculate salad bar at dinner.
Our OneLodge dining halls are adjoined by an indoor recreation center featuring billboards, card tables, lounge areas, computer stations and fitness rooms. Because the dining halls are the social mecca of the lodge, culinary staff take extra care to ensure the guests feel at home – whether they're planning their day over coffee or catching the game after work. By getting to know guests on a first name basis, and learning their personal preferences, our friendly staff creates a spirit of community throughout the lodge. Our culinary staff takes great pride in the role that they play in the overall success of our business and are constantly looking for ways to improve the quality and efficiency of the food services within the lodge to keep guests coming back.
Productive workers need quality fuel to power them through each challenging day. Each meal is thoughtfully planned out and prepared by a Cotton Culinary Executive Chef and our experienced, well-qualified catering team. Only the freshest ingredients are used and certified staff follow the strictest guidelines pertaining to safety and food handling.


The former Strictly Come Dancing finalist was rushed to hospital following the accident, which left her with a broken wrist and deep cuts to her face.
Louise Redknapp has been forced to pull out of the new Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5 after a dramatic fall.
The star fell while on her way to rehearsals for 9 to 5, a West End show that Louise is due to star in. "It breaks my heart to say I am having to take some time out and won't be able to continue with my role in 9-5", she said.
Louise's publicist told MailOnline on Thursday night: 'She had a nasty fall on the way to rehearsals on Tuesday. Taking to Instagram to share a photo of her injuries on Friday, Louise said she was heartbroken to be missing the show.
A source told The Sun she had been advised not to return to work for at least two months.
Dolly Parton 9 to 5 is due to run at The Savoy Theatre from the 28th January to the 31st August 2019.
"She went to hospital and had stitches".
However, the tumble means doctors are now warning her she could miss the show altogether.
"She is obviously completely devastated because this is a dream role for her. It doesn't seem fair", they added.
'Everyone at 9 To 5 wishes Louise a speedy recovery and we look forward to welcoming her back'.
9 To 5 producers have also released a statement, highlighting that they hope to see Louise Redknapp back on stage later in the year.
"The recovery time recommended means Louise is no longer able to properly rehearse the show in the remaining time left before opening", the statement read.
Confirming Louise won't be better in time to make all of the shows, a rep for 9 To 5 said: "We hope Louise will start performances towards the end of March or early April".


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What made people capable of risking their lives for social change in the 1960's? High-risk activism is a "strong-tie" phenomenon, Gladwell explains. It is the power and strength generated from close personal ties. The "strong tie" theory suggests it was because the original four protesters in Greensboro had such close ties—friends from high school, and college dorm mates – that they were able to engage in such high-risk activism. And activists throughout the South in the civil rights era engendered these close ties.
The kind of activism associated with social media on the other hand is far different, argues Gladwell. Facebook for example is based on weak ties. It is about following people you might never ever have a chance to meet. And activism generated by social media is more likely to be widespread but low-risk, which works great for raising some amounts of money and spreading a message far and wide. But Gladwell argues, this kind of activism will never fundamentally challenge the deep-seeded status quo—rarely are people moved to risk their lives because of a social media campaign they saw on Youtube while sipping coffee in their office.
This is where I think Gladwell's argument is weakest. He doesn't explain why a connection on Facebook or Twitter is fundamentally different than an old fashioned face-to-face relationship. Of course there are many obvious differences, but he doesn't show how those differences make or break a social movement. Many would say strong ties are indeed fostered online.
The second reason, Gladwell argues, social media activism is different from traditional activism, is that social media is not about hierarchical organization. This is good for some types of activism, but hierarchy, says Gladwell, is exactly what made the civil rights movement of the 1960's so powerful. Institutions and organizations like the N.A.A.C.P and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., were what created a highly disciplined and successful movement.


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As you may be aware that Atlas have been updated to support BfA (WoW 8.x.x) but the map content did not get added. The main reason is due to my heavy work in my real life, and also I didn't play WoW quite much.
If anyone would like to create a BfA map module, feel free to do and than post a message maybe here so that more people will know where to get it.
Or, if anyone would like to join the author team to contribute, PM me. It would be better that you know how to add content to Atlas, or you are good in compiling the maps.
Atlas is an addon for World of Warcraft that includes detailed maps for every instance in the game. Originally, Blizzard neglected to include maps for instances. And that's why Atlas was born.The 1st author - Daniel Gilbert created Atlas with the help from several artists and map creators together with several translators to provide the instance maps for player.
The core of Atlas is basically an image viewer. However, it's the images that come with Atlas that make it worthwhile - a map for every instance in the game. Furthermore, while the built-in maps mark the locations of major bosses, Atlas provides detailed and accurate information about all of the creatures, NPCs, objects, and events you'll encounter in each instance.
General information about each zone is provided as well, including its location, level range, player limit, attenuation requirement, minimum gear level to enter the instance, and associated faction (if any). All entrances, exits, portals, and connections are labelled clearly.
Because there are so many instances in the game, you can categorize them by type, level, number of players, continent, or expansion.
By hovering the mouse over the boss icon, you will be able to see a brief description of specific boss and the strategy to face him/her if you are a damager, tank, or healer.
By hovering the mouse over the boss icon and right-click it, you will be able to see what items will drop from this boss. You can even further filter the items base on your class and specialized talent.
After installing Atlas, you'll notice a new icon on the minimap that looks like part of a little globe (you can right-click the icon to drag it around the minimap's frame). Click this icon to open up the main Atlas window, which displays the maps and legend.
You can also drag the Atlas window around the screen. Lock it in place with the little lock button in the upper-right corner.
Atlas also includes maps of Class Order Halls, Scenarios, Battlegrounds, Dungeon Locations, Transportation, and Outdoor Raid Bosses. Though due to the size of Atlas is dramatically increased after several expansions were released, we have decided to split the modules (instance maps for each of WoW expansion) and plug-ins into separate addon project. You will have to go to each of the project's download point to download and install them.
It is recommended that any previous versions of Atlas including Atlas' built-in plugins and modules to be deleted prior to installation.
Atlas' 3rd-party plugins (AtlasLoot, AtlasQuest, etc.) designed for any version of Atlas prior to this one may need to be deleted as they may not be compatible.
Auto-Select Instance Map: detects the instance that you're in when you open Atlas, and then automatically switches to the appropriate map. This feature doesn't work in instances that have more than one map, like Blackrock Spire, Dire Maul, or many of the Outland instances. In this case, Atlas remembers the last map you had open.
Right-Click for World Map: makes the World Map open when you right-click anywhere on the Atlas window. This is useful when you want to quickly switch from Atlas to the World Map.
Clamp Window to Screen: makes it so that you can't drag the Atlas window off the edge of the screen. The rest of the options are pretty straightforward. The Reset Position button is useful if the Atlas window ever gets dragged completely off-screen and you can't get it back.
Atlas has a built-in plugin system allowing for the easy addition of map packs. In fact, Atlas ships with 6 of these plugins (for class order halls, battlegrounds, dungeon locations, flight points, scenarios, and outdoor raid bosses). If you're interested in making your own Atlas map pack, we suggest you start with one of these four as a guide. You can contact us or post on the Atlas forums if you need help, however we suggest you do as much research as possible beforehand. Furthermore, there are several Atlas plugins developed and maintained by other author teams that do more than simply provide additional maps.
Atlas World Events provide maps and quests information for WoW World Events.
Atlas Arenas provide arenas maps.
If you run into any problem with above 3rd-party plugins, please go to corresponding project site to report it to the development team.
And many of the translators who contribute their private time in translating this addon.
You will be welcome to donate to support the development even it's a small money. Pick one of the following way to make it happen.
I like being able to go to an explored area, opening Atlas, and knowing exactly where that world trader fisherman, or Riding trainer was. Great work on the rest of it though.
Please resurrect Atlas as quite a lot of people depend on the Atlas and Atlasloot series.
Indeed, and some info from the creators' side would be nice, 25 days after the expansion's release.
On a side note, it is known that updating Atlas takes quite some time between expansions.
Addon update will be managed but may take some time.
Greetings. Is there a new Battle for Azeroth module with all the respective instances in the works?
Thanks for checking. I would love to see if anyone would like to take the ownership in creating new map module(s) for BfA (and future release / expansion). I myself now seldom play WoW, and busy at work.
Greetings. As I started this, I must say that I am not a programmer of any kind and wouldn't even know where to begin with that. I am sure though that many would be willing to step in; after all, Atlas and its modules have 12.4m downloads and has had 2 former authors and I still see 1 artist and 3 formal author members.
Perhaps make a more formal announcement above so people would know a new author is required? Until this moment, no-one had any clue of this and probably are still checking for updates.
For issues related to "AtlasLoot", please report to AtlasLoot's project page.
Is there an 8.0 BfA patch in the works?
I will find some spare time to make it works.
So. I wonder, atlas is no longer needed in Legion ?
I have never ever gotten any atlas addons to work. Here is a hint at what might be wrong?
You are reporting the issue related to AtlasLoot, please go there to report it.
You can go to Atlas' option config to toggle it. So if you don't want that message, disable the notification for checking if any missing modules / plugins.


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Why Visual Marketing Is Key For Branding
Human beings' primary sense is their sight. So, if you're looking to market your bbq restaurant or public relations company, don't overlook the potential of visual marketing.
On one level, visual marketing starts with consistency. Everything a consumer sees in relation to your company should be consistent and recognizable. While that may seem most apparent with large, iconic companies—like McDonald's golden arches—it's every bit as important for other companies as well.
To illustrate: Fee Fighters, a Chicago-based credit card processing company, features a ninja logo in a broad range of venues.
"Throughout all of our marketing materials we are consistent with our ninja brand identity. It's on our Twitter account, e-mail newsletter, and all over the website. Even our business cards have ninjas on them," says spokesman Andy Keil. "Within the ninja theme is the more potent message that we are on the business owners' side, their advocate in fighting credit card processing fees."
Visuals can also help convey the function and usefulness of company products, such as an electrician whose logo features a volt meter to show how clients can save on their energy bills. That's the case with Frisco, Texas-based Vignature, whose logo incorporates a dotted line to highlight the company's focus on providing image-based electronic signature technology.
"Since we offer a way for individuals to sign documents electronically with a live photograph, our logos and icons communicate this with a face on a dotted line," says Vignature co-founder Kelly Spradley. "The visuals are vital to communicating what we do."
Although visuals can prove an important component of your overall marketing push, don't get too caught up in ancillary bells and whistles—particularly with logos and other images that consumers see over and over. As a general rule, keep these visuals simple. Not only do they convey information better, they're easier for customers to remember and it enables them to recall the association.
"Simplicity is vital. A complex logo will be difficult to print and reproduce and may not fully engage your audience," says Ross Kimbarovsky of crowdSPRING, a Chicago logo and graphic design clearinghouse.
"Take a moment and think about brands that are successful and famous. They all have logos that are simple and easily recognized when printed by themselves, and when printed in solid black and white."
But it's also important that visuals not be an afterthought to your marketing strategy. Take the visual component into consideration early in the process of developing branding and other essential attributes of your product or service.
"To ensure a successful visual identity, stakeholders need to include design professionals from the start. This means making sure that design has a seat at the table when envisioning the brand and creating its architecture," says Jason Arena, vice president of brand strategy and marketing at KSC Kreate, an Atlanta agency that specializes in visual content.
"The result is more efficient conceptual development and execution by the simple virtue of understanding the brand's essence."
Consumers remember what they see. A well-thought-out, consistent visual marketing strategy will keep your small business on their minds—particularly when it comes time to make a buying decision.
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When the inspired sentence is read, the sensitive mind comprehends that it is no longer merely reading words. It is also receiving the grace of the Presence.
The Overself has no form to be pictured and weighed, measured and numbered; it makes no movement to be timed and no sound to be registered on the ear drum.
Alone and depending on his little, personal ego, a man can do the merest fraction of what he can do when he becomes an instrument of the Infinite Power.
If his evolutionary need should require it, he will be harassed by troubles to make him less attached to the world, or by sickness to make him less attached to the body. It is then not so much a matter of receiving self-earned destiny as of satisfying that need. Both coincide usually but not always and not necessarily. Nor does this happen with the ordinary man so much as it does with the questing man, for the latter has asked or prayed for speedier development.
It is a quest to become conscious of Consciousness, to explore the I and penetrate the mystery of its knowing power.
… We are animals in one part of our nature, human beings in the second part, and sometimes angelic in the third part. All make one creature. We learn what our bodies are through the physical senses. We learn a part of what the mind is through our thoughts. We learn still more about the mind's deeper phases through our non-thoughts--that is, intuitions.
There is nothing else like it; nothing with which the Overself could be compared.
It is more prudent to be habitually suspicious of his own ego, and its motives, than not.
Those who have had this overwhelming experience require no arguments to make them believe in the soul. They know that they are the soul.
If you want a workable and faultless prayer, what is better than the one which Socrates habitually used, "Give me that which is best for me", or the one which some older pagan used, "May I love, seek, and attain only that which is good"?
If discovery of Truth is the discovery of the answer to "Who Am I?" then what better Master can there be than the "I" itself…?
These glimpses come on rare occasions, for the mind's tumult is hard to still--only the Overself's Grace can do so.
What is the hidden metaphysical meaning of the Quest? It is that the infinite self in man finds that it cannot achieve adequate self-expression in the finite and imperfect life of the world. The ego may try as it will, do what it may, but the bliss, wisdom, serenity, and perfection that are the natural attributes of the Overself, in the end elude its every move. There is ultimately no alternative except to let go of searching and grasping the outer world, and retreat within. There, deep inside its own being the journey to enduring satisfaction will thenceforth be. This is the Quest leading to discovery of Overself.
Through art man can create images of those qualities and attributes he finds in the Overself: its beauty, its order, its intelligence. Whether these images come through the medium of music or painting, of sculpture or poetry, they may bring their audience into a mood, a glimpse, or a thought closer to their source.
Stillness is both a sign that sense and thought, body and intellect, have been transcended and a symbol of the consciousness of the presence of the Overself.
By watching our thought life, keeping out negatives, and cultivating positive ideas, full of trust in the higher laws, we actually start processes that eventually bring improvement to the outer life.
There is an orderly structure in the universe and an orderly pattern in the lives of its creatures. If everything else is governed by laws, why not the growth of man's spirituality?
He must use his combined reason and intuition, that is, intelligence, to discern the handiwork of karma in the pattern of some of the external events of his own life.
When the state of egolessness is first reached, it will be in deep meditation. The second stage of its development will be when it is temporarily reached in active life, the third and last when it is established there.


The National Savings of Pakistan is announced Rs. 200 Prize Bond List June 15 2018 (Friday, 15.6.2018) Draw Result No. 74th is held in Muzaffarabad مظفرآبادthe capital of the Azad Kashmir. The audience can visited the latest two hundred rupee bond result at www.savings.gov.pk where the central directorate of government is publishing on the dated of 15/06/2018 public can view and free download check the upcoming prize bond list 200 June 2018 then we are uploading the complete list in this webpage. Now everyday people is searching the newest and recently launched 200 prize bond draw list 15 June 2018.
Such as that the prize bond draw list 200 is coming early soon and the candidates and entire country is impatiently waiting for their bond lucky draw result of this month. A lot of population is reaming in our state and every second is see the various affairs in which are not any justice because people are most selfish and by meaning in your dreams and haven't anyone care about them the dignity or health and behavior similarly the government of Pakistan is organized the perfect money making plan of the shape of bonds. It was issued the 200 Prize Bond Schedule 2018 for a whole year.
The audience can catch him from the officially site of the prize bond rs 200 is declaring on 15/6/2018 in the beautiful city of Muzaffarabad in the morning time of 09:00 am when the National Saving organization is being announcements the upcoming of latest draw result 200 prize bond list 15 June 2018 and the public can viewing online and get him free of cost on the legal website and other individuals sites are also uploaded the complete lists are available in the internet and easily reached him. One news channel is Kohe Noor TV Live telecast the prize bonds draw 200.
Denominations of the prize bond 200 rs the detail is explained you the First prize of Rs. 200 of Rs. 750,000 (Seven Lac Fifty Thousand Rupee) for one man fortunate man and the Second prize of Rs. 250,000 (Two Lac Fifty Thousand Rupee) for 05 luckiest persons and the third last prize of Rs. 1250 (One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Rupee) are giving to the 2394 persons are receiving these cash amount from the National Savings of Pakistan that was responsible to conducting and money distributing to the winners people by different banks and shopkeepers behind the all of us is stand as a backbone of the capital is state bank of Pakistan who is handled entire matters about money.
When the time is changes the people mind is also powerful and they were investment in the Rs. 200 Prize Bond List June 15 2018 that was announced on the date of 15 June 2018 holding in capital of Muzaffarabad in time is printed in the schedule of the year. The National Savings of Pakistan is only association is organizing the draw no. 74th (Seventy Four) prize bond list 200 2018 (پرائزبانڈلسٹ دوسو) is publishing early when the central directorate of government is ordered to the national saving department and it was confirmed the 200 prize bond list 2018 when the computerized lucky draw is come on 6/15/2018 online.


This recording comes from a 2006 download (thanks to whoever, THX!!!), but these are not those original files.
There is a chance that this was previously uploaded by mikeferrigan, as he blessed us with some great HPie previously.
There waas no mention in the text file who shared, but again, whoever did it is very much appreciated!! THX!!!
I'm always looking for upgrades, alternate sources, & uncirculated Humble Pie shows.
If you have any of those, please share or get them to someone that can do so.
Taper, & Taping Gear: ??Unknown??
This is good enough to be a soundboard but could be audience.
Support the artists: Buy the officially released items, etc.


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    using ODataValidator.Rule.Helper;
    using ODataValidator.RuleEngine;
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A classic Block D Tanzanite. This wonderful, bright round cut is cut on the blue axis, displaying a superb sharp blue, deeply saturated color. Very well cut, with plenty of life and flawless clarity. A very rare and extremely fine Tanzanite in all respects.


Built in 1890, the Connemara Public Library is not just one of the oldest libraries in the country, it is also one of the biggest and most beautiful buildings as well.
If you've never seen the large circular red building while driving down Pantheon Road in Egmore, then you've definitely missed this library. Originally part of The Pantheon (where the name for the road comes from), the Connemara Public Library was part of a series of buildings that shared space but different architectural styles from Indo-Saracenic and Gothic to Neo-Byzantine, Rajput, Mughal, and Dravidian architecture. In 1973, a section was added to the library with a whole slew of new collections of books – they now have over 600,000 books in the library!
Named after Lord Connemara, the former Governor of Madras, the library only asked for a small deposit from their members to use the facilities. And currently, the Connemara Library is one of the largest in all of Asia and is also one of four National Depository Libraries (these libraries receive copies of all books, newspapers, and periodicals published in the country). It also serves as a depository library for the United Nations.
Every inch of wood in the library is designed with leaves and flowers and even on the tall pillars, you can find intricate design work. Relaxing in one of these reading rooms, with the light spilling through the glass work is something that you only find in books. While the library was originally only one floor, with the increase in books and demand, an adjoining three-storied building was constructed to accommodate all of the books that the library now has.
They added a Microfilm Unit, air-conditioning (because the Chennai summers are so unforgiving) and by 2016, the library also had eBooks available for members. And the best part is that you can access their entire catalogue online here so you can see what kind of books the library has in stock and just what you might find when you visit. The library is open from 9am to 7.30pm (Mondays to Saturdays) and from 9.30am to 6pm (on Sundays). Become a member by paying an annual subscription of just INR 50. This is for anyone who is over 17 years of age.


Here we are at the beginning of 2012! A New Year always brings with it the hope of better things to come.
Positive change can begin with each individual. Our goal at Absolute Health Chiropractic is to help bring each one of our patients to perfect health.
The first step is knowing that gaining and keeping perfect health is possible! It can be done safely and naturally through Chiropractic. We give you the most current information concerning your health care so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family.
The state of health care in our country is just one of many challenges we face, but it is one that can be corrected one person and one family at a time through knowledge.
How to get healthy and stay healthy is the key. As more people become proactive with their own health, our nations' health care system will morph into one that is truly geared for hinges it was meant to handle, such as injuries from accidents for example. Dis-ease control through invasive procedures and dangerous drugs are at the core of its activity today. An educated, healthy, and proactive population will change that. It's supply and demand. After all, if a population is healthy, there's no need for dis-ease control.
At Absolute Health Chiropractic, we invite you to join our health care revolution. Let us help you, your friends and loved ones take a personal assessment of health habits and develop a healthy life strategy to serve you for years to come!


The best parts of a long recording session exploring the AVE5 once again.
The two sources are bent and a feedback has been added for smudges.
Sound is a combination of a modified casio SK1 and circuit-bent barbie karaoke turned into a echo box.


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Departments H-Z
Restrictive Covenant Modification
Pursuant to Government Code Section 12956.2, a person who holds an ownership interest of record in property that the person believes is the subject of an unlawfully restrictive covenant in violation of subdivision (l) of Government Code Section 12955 may record a document titled Restrictive Covenant Modification. Unlawful restrictions include those restrictions based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, familial status, marital status, disability, veteran or military status, national origin, source of income as defined in subdivision (p) of Government Code Section 12955, or ancestry.
Merced County Restrictive Modification Plan (PDF)
Steps to Recording a Restrictive Covenant Modification
Obtain a complete copy of the original document containing the unlawfully restrictive language from the County Clerk-Recorder's Official Public Records. Locate and strike out any unlawfully restrictive language.
Complete and print the Restrictive Covenant Modification form (PDF). Note that the form must include an acknowledgment executed by a notary public or other qualified officer.
Submit the completed Restrictive Covenant Modification form and the original document to the County Clerk-Recorder's Office. No fee is required for this service.
The County Clerk-Recorder's Office will forward the Restrictive Covenant Modification form and the original document to the Office of the County Counsel who shall determine whether the original document contains any unlawful restrictions.
The Office of the County Counsel will review and return the documents to the County Clerk-Recorder's Office along with its determination. If approved, a Deputy County Counsel will sign the Restrictive Covenant Modification, and the County Clerk-Recorder's Office will record it. However, if the Office of the County Counsel finds that the original document does not contain an unlawful restriction, then the County Clerk-Recorder's Office will not record the Restrictive Covenant Modification.
Once the approved Restrictive Covenant Modification is recorded, imaged, and indexed, it will be returned to the submitter by mail.
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Romuald Hazoumè (b. 1962, Porto-Novo, Benin), one of Africa's foremost contemporary artists, received the prestigious Arnold Bode Award at documenta 12 (2007). In centuries past, Benin played a major role in the bitter history of the international slave trade, and Hazoumè's work reflects on the way legacies of such historically asymmetric power relations survive into the present. This exhibition presents two series of photographic works and installations as metaphors of African place, history and identity. One photographic series documents the incredible realities of the petrol-trafficking network that keeps Benin's vehicles fueled and its struggling economy afloat. A second series portrays an entirely different world of colourfully costumed masqueraders who incarnate Egungun ancestor figures in a voodoo ritual that showers blessings upon individuals, families and communities alike. This is Hazoumè's first solo exhibition in Japan.
* This exhibition is part of the Kyotographie International Photography Festival.
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Singapore's first seed bank launched to protect regional plant from climate change
By Bhaswati Guha Majumder
Updated July 14, 2019 13:27 +08
Singapore Botanic Gardens Seed Bank NParks Twitter
The first seed bank of Singapore that currently has a collection of 10,000 plant species, was officially launched on Saturday, July 13. This unique move was taken to protect the local and regional plants from being affected by climate change by storing and conserving the seeds.
Set up by the National Parks Board (NParks) in House 4, Singapore Botanic Gardens Seed Bank is a result of an effort to use the seeds for habitat restoration and species conservation projects in the Republic as well as in other regions.
This bank has a storage capacity of up to 25,000 plant species, which is about half the total number of species in the region. It will also support the research works into the optimisation of seed storage methods, especially those of tropical plants.
Located at the fringe of Singapore's Orchard Road shopping district, the 160-year-old Singapore Botanic Garden is one of three gardens and the only tropical garden listed by the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for National Development Desmond Lee who attended the launch, said that since the world is facing the increased number of disease, natural disasters and climate change, "the natural dispersal mechanisms of seeds may not be enough."
He also appreciated NParks for taking a step to create a seed bank as a form of insurance against such threats. Desmond Lee further said that it has now enhanced the role of a garden in botanical conservation, research and education.
It should be noted that this seed bank has a seed biology lab, which includes a room for the seed processing and storage freezers. In that lab, the researchers will conduct studies on various methods to keep seeds collected from tropical plants.
This bank will also include guided tours and conduct public talks to enlighten people about the value and conservation of these seeds.
More than 1.17 million was raised to initiate the research and development of this bank and now the focus is to raise another $5 million over the next 10 years for conservation as well as research and educational purpose.
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The Video Album
While I realize it's not something entirely new, 2011 seemed like the year for video albums. Musicians weren't releasing albums in video format only, but there were a few prominent artists releasing videos for every song on their releases. The three that really seemed to herald this trend were TV on the Radio, PJ Harvey and Bon Iver.
TVotR released their video album back in April as a single You-Tube video. The movie starts with some somewhat random musings from people (not the band) on life, love and almost everything in between. These interviews continue in between some of the music videos. The music videos themselves run the gambit from animated to live-action, emotional to humorous and low-budget (in feel, the entire thing was low-budget) to glossy. The video is one of the last appearances of the band's former bassist Gerard Smith, who had passed away earlier that month.
If you watched until the end, he band is still together, the scene in the coffee shop was purely hypothetical.
Polly Jean completed her video project for Let England Shake in May, resulting in 12 videos, one for each song on the album. Most of the videos were simple in concept, showing shots shot around PJ's native England or a group of performers singing the song. A DVD of all the videos (directed by Seamus Murphy) was released about two weeks ago.
Let England Shake
The Last Living Rose
The Glorious Land
The Words That Maketh Murder
All & Everyone
On Battleship Hill
In the Dark Places
Bitter Branches
Hanging in the Wire
Written on the Forehead
The Colour of the Earth
Bon Iver released his video album as a deluxe version of this year's Bon Iver in November. He included videos for each of the ten tracks from the album. Most of the videos centered around nature and our manipulation of it. The videos for "Calgary" and "Holocene" were in addition to official music videos released earlier this year.
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Labels: Music Videos, R.I.P., Trends
My Favorite Covers - 2011
NPR recently posted a list of what they considered to have been the five best covers of the year. While their choices were great, it got me thinking about which were my favorite this year. Presented below are my favorite covers of 2011!
The Black Keys - "Dearest"
This song earned the duo a Grammy nomination, for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, and was the opening track from one of two Buddy Holly tribute albums released this year (and probably the best track from either of the two albums).
Atlas Sound - "Cool"
This cover got me into a band that I would have otherwise never heard of or listened to, Pylon. Dear Bradford Cox, nearly everyday, you give me something else to thank you for!
James Blake - "Limit to Your Love"
A great artist covering another great artist. James does a great job of both bringing it into his own style, but also staying more or less true to Feist's original.
Dum Dum Girls - "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
Lush vocals, heavy guitars, the Dum Dum Girls are pretty much the modern female equivalent of The Smiths. Very true to the original version, it still fits perfectly within the band's sound.
The Horrors - "The Best Thing I Never Had"
I love it mainly because it's so unexpected. It's not often that goth/synth rockers cover music by pop/R&B acts, but it works incredibly well. I think they did Beyonce proud.
Labels: Awesome Covers, Retrospective
My Favorite Albums of 2011
10. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
I loved Lykke Li when she released her first album, Youth Novels, three years ago. At first, I wasn't too sure about this new one, since it went in a very different direction. Over time, however, I came to appreciate the deeper vocals and in-your-face lyrics. She may be a woman, but she really grew a pair on this one and the results are so much better.
Watch: "Get Some"
9. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien
There was major nostalgia for '90s indie rock this year, both with the return to the style for established artists (Stephen Malkmus and the ladies of Wild Flag), as well as newer bands (Yuck) paying homage to the style. All of it was great, but Cymbals Eat Guitars took that sound, then turned it on its head. The band eschewed typical song structure, it took more than a standard number of listens for me to really wrap my head their style. The time spent on them was worth it though, a very memorable album!
Watch: "Keep Me Waiting"
8. Okkervil River - I Am Very Far
This has just about the best opening track that I've ever heard on an album. The song, "The Valley", is driving and aggressive, with drumbeats that sound like gunshots, which I'm sure my neighbors love when I turn it up on my turntable. It sets a great pace for the rest of the album, which doesn't really slow down much at any point. The magic of the release doesn't just lay in the music, the artwork is incredible, too. The album featured work by William Schaff, who has done the artwork for all of their albums. The artwork included a laser-cut piece by the artist on the fourth side (back side of the second vinyl disc).
Listen: "Wake and Be Fine"
7. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
I had only really started listening to her past albums a little before this came out, and had a very strong impression of what I thought I would be getting from this...I was dead wrong. Her past work has featured strong electronic instrumentation, but her guitar work here told me she likely deserves to be considered a guitar goddess. The album has a perfect mix of delicate and gritty, a contradiction pushed even further by her live performances (not many people can rock the evening gown and electric guitar combo).
Watch: "Cruel"
6. Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
The girl's only 21 years old and this is her third album. Already starting off with a mature-beyond-her-age sound, she matures more and more with each release, even her vocals sound beyond her 21 years. Laura's a masterful story-teller, taking the best from strong traditions of female singer-songwriters and British folk. Coming from a music scene that's produced other prominent British folkers such as Noah and the Whale, Johnny Flynn and Mumford & Sons, she stands above and beyond with her sound.
Watch: "Sophia"
5. The Dodos - No Color
With the likes of Neko Case involved on an album, it's hard to go wrong (see: all of her albums, all New Pornographers albums). She's well-hidden here, though, providing backing vocals on a few of the tracks. Despite her limited role, her powerful impact is still felt. They played a packed room during the Midpoint Music Festival, which allowed me to see just how amazing they are, even without the Neko boost. The lead singer and guitarist, Meric Long, can do things with an acoustic guitar that many can barely get away with using an electric guitar and a row of pedals. The drummer, Logan Kroeber, was up front and center, which is always a sign of a good show to come. And that's it, just the two of them, coming together to make music that's sounds complicated, is technically simple and all around amazing!
Watch: "Black Night"
4. My Morning Jacket - Circuital
People always seem to say the same things about MMJ, that they're much better live than they are on record. I got a chance to test this theory when I saw them earlier this year at Bonnaroo. Before seeing them the second night of the festival, I got a good two or three listens on this album. The theory holds, there's a certain presence they have on stage that really doesn't translate to their recorded work. That doesn't mean the recordings are bad, far from it, and this was a quick favorite when it was released back in May. They may not be able to capture the same magic, but it's great all the same.
Listen: "Holdin' on to Black Metal"
3. The Black Keys - El Camino
This and their previous record, Brothers, have left a lot of existing Keys fans polarized. There are many that feel that they've sold out to appeal to a broader fan base. While their sound is much more polished here than on previous releases, I feel that The Black Keys heard on Rubber Factory are here, too. It's not my favorite album of their discography, but they've been one of the few bands that have been able to progress their sound without completely losing who they are. Seven albums in, and they can still rock out!
Watch: "Lonely Boy"
2. Atlas Sound - Parallax
I think Atlas Sound, especially on this release, provides the best example of why independent music is finding more and more mainstream acceptance: much of it, at its heart, is pure pop. That is certainly true here, pop with all of the angst we've come to expect from independent music. Bradford Cox, the man behind Atlas Sound, is another of those unbelievably busy artists; he also performs with the band Deerhunter and, earlier this year, he released four home recordings under his solo moniker. The stand-out track from those 49 songs, was "Mona Lisa," which was reworked, thankfully, for this release. For an artist whose done so much great work under different projects, I think this may be his best!
Listen: "Mona Lisa"
1. The Antlers - Burst Apart
And here we are, at my number one favorite album of 2011. I honestly didn't expect that this one would come out on top until I sat down to rank the albums that were released this year. Nothing could come out above this. As I've said before, despite their hyped-up previous album, Hospice, was what got them into the minds of many in the music industry, this was this release that really moved something in me. Lead singer, Peter Silberman's, falsetto vocals sound both soulful and otherworldly, creating one of the moodiest and, at times, groove-able, albums of the year. The highlight of the album, for me, has been the final track, "Putting the Dog to Sleep." It's there that all of the emotion that's been building up throughout the album really comes to a head.
Watch: "Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out"
Ten more great releases!
11.Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams (Watch: "Bedroom Eyes")
12. Yellow Ostrich - The Mistress (Watch: "Mary")
13. The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps (Watch: "On the Corner")
14. tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l (Watch: "Gangsta")
15. Cults - Cults (Watch: "Go Outside")
16. Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean (Watch: "Godless Brother in Love")
17. James Blake - James Blake (Watch: "The Wilhelm Scream")
18. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo (Watch: "Baby's Arms")
19. Cass McCombs - Humor Risk (Watch: "The Same Thing")
20. Wye Oak - Civilian (Watch: "Fish")
Labels: Best Of, Music Videos
This week's movie was the new Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman (who previously collaborated on Juno) feature Young Adult.
The movie starred Charlize Theron as a recent divorcée who returns to her hometown to try to win back her high school sweetheart, who's now married with a newborn. Needless to say, she's pretty delusional. She spends her time in town drinking, hanging out with someone she mistreated in high school and flirting with her ex, as while being completely obvious. Inevitably, she makes a complete fool of herself at the child's naming ceremony.
Charlize Theron is always a treat to watch on screen, she backs up disarmingly good looks with actual talent. Other performances in the film surprised me, though. Like The Descendants, the movie featured people you don't normally associate with talented dramatic performances. In this case, it was comedian Patton Oswalt, who was incredible as the, literally tortured, high school outcast.
I would definitely recommend this movie! Though, I will warn you, it doesn't have a typical happy-go-lucky Hollywood ending and has many fairly cringe-worthy moments.
Suicidal Tendencies - "Pledge Your Allegiance"
4 Non Blondes - "What's Up"
Teenage Fanclub - "The Concept"
Girls - "Honey Bunny"
I guess all it takes to get the girl these days is an awkward haircut and midriff-baring top.
The car probably helps, too.
Labels: Great Songs, Music Videos
Truer words have never been spoken
songs in the key of life. always sounds new.
— Bruce Warren (@somevelvetblog) December 14, 2011
Bruce is speaking about Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life, released in 1976. The album was his magnum opus and a culmination of an incredibly creative time for the artist, known as his classic period.
"Knocks Me Off My Feet"
Labels: Great Songs
This my jam: WU LYF - "We Bros"
I love music that seems to be in contradiction to itself and WU LYF (World United, Lucifer Youth Foundation) is the perfect example of that style. The guitars here are jangly, they almost sound like Real Estate could be playing them. The vocals and rhythm are harder, though, angry and harsh-sounding. The interplay between the two is incredible.
Labels: Great Songs, So Weird
Anthony Hamilton - Back to Love
Mr. Hamilton was at his best with Comin' from Where I'm From in 2003, but has struggled a bit to recapture the magic of "Cornbread, Fish and Collard Greens" and the album's title track, getting a little too sappy on 2008's The Point of it All. This album promises to be a return to form, pulling in more of the dirty south, gospel and sexy slow jam influence present on his earlier work.
"Back to Love"
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Stage Whisper
She released an EP, Terrible Angels, just a few short months ago, but apparently that wasn't enough for her. Rather than just release a live album or a full-length studio album, she's releasing both. The live half features songs from both her studio albums (well, those released as an adult) and her last EP. The studio half is a collection of new songs, anchored by the title track of the EP. She has been incredibly prolific this year, having given birth, put out multiple releases and starred in a movie, Melancholia (which she was brilliant in)!
"Terrible Angels"
James Blake - Love What Happened Here
Dubstep is apparently so big that we're already in a post-dubstep world, with James Blake at the helm. Post-dubstep takes certain stylistic elements of dubstep, but mixes it with other genres, usually creating a sound that's more slowed down and atmospheric. This is his third release this year (fourth, if you count the "Order"/"Pan" single), so he seems to be trying to compete with Miss Gainsbourg up there! Post-dubstep isn't for everyone, even people who profess a love for dubstep, but James was definitely one of my favorite new artists this year!
"At Birth"
Labels: Live Music, New Music Tuesday, Trends
White Rabbits at Newport Music Hall
White Rabbits performed this past weekend at the Newport Music Hall near OSU in Columbus, Ohio. The band became one of my favorites a couple of years ago around the release of their last album, so I of course headed north to see them.
My friend and I got there early, saw the band walk out for a smoke and said hello to one of their drummers (yes, they had more than one). Upon entering the hall, few people were there, so we cozied up right next to the stage for prime viewing.
The show started with Sonoi, a band out of Chicago. I hadn't heard or heard of them before, but liked what they did. While there were vocals, the main focus was on the instrumentation, which was incredible. I was, at times, almost mesmerized by the precise playing style of the drummer (and, to be honest, by his looks). In a world of (usually) disappointing opening acts, these guys were definitely among the better that I've seen.
Next up were the main act, the White Rabbits! There had been the promise of new songs on this tour (apparently inspired by Beyonce), and they did not disappoint on that. They also played a number of songs from the two incredible albums they already have out, Fort Nightly and It's Frightening. I'm not sure yet how I feel about the newer songs, though I don't doubt that I'll come to love them once I'm able to spend a little more time with them. The unfamiliarity of the new tracks did not detract from the performance, the band was amazing!
Two great bands, another great concert!
Mini setlist:
"The Company I Keep"
"The Plot"
"Percussion Gun"
Labels: Columbus, Live Music
2012 Grammy Nominations
Grammy nominations for the 2012 awards show were announced a few weeks ago. There were a few surprises and a lot of fulfilled expectations.
My first surprise was the extension of the "indie effect" on this years nominees (well, mostly just Bon Iver). The artist was nominated for a total of four awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album.
The second surprise was the (relative) snubbing of Kanye West. Although he led the pack with seven nominations, for both My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch the Throne (with Jay Z), his solo album was conspicuously missing from the Album of the Year category. Given the praise he received for the album on last year's best of lists, one has to wonder if his past award show behavior is the reason for the snub, although he blames the release of two albums in one year.
Unsurprisingly, Adele's 21 racked up a decent number of nomination, six. While I personally preferred her first album, there's no denying this girl had a banner year and should fare well in February.
As usual, I'm more excited for the so-called "specialty" categories and what awards they may offer up this year. Always satisfying is the Best Alternative Music Album, which sees Bon Iver, My Morning Jacket, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead and Foster the People nominated. Fleet Foxes also saw a nomination in the Best Folk Album category and Cut Copy was recognized in the Best Dance/Electronica Album category. It's a shame that these categories won't be televised, but it's nice to see some of my favorite music get the recognition.
Oh, can't forget, The Black Keys, who took home three awards last year, were nominated again! This time for the song "Dearest" off a Buddy Holly tribute album.
The awards are on CBS on February 12 at 8:00 PM.
Labels: Grammys
Congratulations Karen O!
Karen O, frontwoman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack creator and occasional singer of Willie Nelson songs, recently announced that she was married to music video director Barnaby Clay.
Clay directed the video for the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Zero," and has also created videos for Depeche Mode and Gnarls Barkley.
Miss O didn't specify when these nuptials happened, but I would like to wish congratulations to the happy couple!
Labels: Music Videos, Real Celebrity Weddings
This week, I decided to go a little retro in my weekly movie and see the new movie starring Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn.
The movie follows a bit more than a week in the life of Marilyn Monroe, chronicling her time in England filming The Prince and the Showgirl, from the perspective of a young production assistant, Colin Clark, for the film. During the filming, she begins to confide and trust in the assistant, and he begins to fall in love with her. She increasingly demands his presence when she begins to feel emotional (which is fairly frequently). This puts the young man at odds with her husband (Arthur Miller), her handlers and the wardrobe girl he had begun dating. The director, Lawrence Olivier, however, welcomes the involvement, as it makes her easier to work with. But we already know how this ends, there is a reason Clark's is not a name commonly associated with the star.
Michelle Williams is easily becoming one of my favorite young actresses, and this film solidified my view of her as a growing force in Hollywood. At first thought, it's hard to imagine her as Marilyn Monroe, she doesn't really resemble her, but she really embodied the troubled woman in the film. Eddie Redmayne, who played Colin, also did a spectacular job, as did another of my rising favorites, Dominic Cooper (swoon). The movie, while not meant to be a biopic, manages to captures so much of what we know of Marilyn, although it only covers a few weeks of her life.
Marilyn Monroe - "That Old Black Magic"
Marilyn Monroe - "I Found a Dream"
Digital "Paper" Dolls Are the Thing
I don't know where my recent obsession with paper dolls came from exactly, but ever since I saw the paper doll version of one of my personal style icons, Debbie Harry of Blondie, I can't get enough of the digital version. There are two "paper" doll sources that have especially stood out recently.
Hipster Girl Dress Up, too cool for paper, let me unleash my full hipster. The game lets you dress up your girls in the latest duds that look like they could come straight from Urban Outfitters or Modcloth and comes complete with sleeve and chest tattoos, Ray-Ban-esque glasses and Chucks, of course. My girl is below.
Yeah, I could totally rock this.
The other, called Stardoll, seems to be a Polish site, that offers up just about every female indie, pop and rock singer, as well as qute a few men, for dress-up. Just a quick once over shows as varied artists as Kurt Cobain, Bjork, Leona Lewis and Rihanna, among so many more.
I know you were wondering, so, yes, they even have this guy.
Now go knock yourselves out dressing up goth rock stars!
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Labels: Hipster Elsewhere, OMG Cute
Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures
This is the first posthumous album from Miss Winehouse since her untimely death in July. After so many years of recording sessions and promises of a release "soon," it's sad that it took her passing for a follow-up to Back to Black to be released. It is a welcome release, though. Featuring new songs, re-recordings of old songs and covers, it serves as a respectful eulogy for a great artist. Rest in Peace, Amy.
"Our Day Will Come"
The Black Keys - El Camino
Ah, I've been waiting for this one, actually pre-ordered the vinyl as soon as the album and release date were announced. It came today, along with a t-shirt, which I'm wearing right now while watching a live stream of their free show at Webster Hall in NYC. Yeah, I don't like this band at all. It's another great album from a great band, and my prediction was right, this will definitely be on the year-end list of my favorite albums of the year.
"Gold on the Ceiling"
Labels: In Love, New Music Tuesday, R.I.P.
The Descendants
Last week's Tuesday Movie Night movie was The Descendants, the new film starring George Clooney.
The movie follows a man as he deals with a wife left in a coma after an accident. He has to deal, on his own, with two daughters that he's not extremely close to, going around telling family and friends that his wife will be dieing, and deciding what to do with a large tract of land trusted to his family.
Aside from a somewhat clumsy voice-over, the movie was excellent and featured some very surprising performances. Clooney, himself, was no surprise, he's always an outstanding actor. Shailene Woodley played the elder daughter. I've only known the actress from Secret Life (teenage soap opera), which I've never actually wanted to watch, so I had assumed something very different of her acting ability. The movie also featured Judy Greer, as the stricken wife of the man Clooney's character's wife was cheating with. You remember Ms. Greer as the annoying best friend character in just about every romantic comedy released in the last decade. Despite her dubious resume, she turned out one of the best performances in the whole movie (I guess it's time to start to take her seriously).
Mini soundtrack (the movie takes place in Hawai'i, so all of the music used in the film was by Hawaiian artists):
"Ka Makani Ka 'Ili Aloha"
"Kalena Kai"
"Kaua'i Beauty"
Labels: Movies, World Music


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Open the Boundless Horizon:Buddhist Attitude toward Religious Pluralism
Kim Yong-pyo
he present essay is concerned with the problems of conflicting truth claims among the world religions and the Buddhist attitude toward religious pluralism. Most religions have a exclusive attitude toward other religions. The exclusivism insists that final salvation is to be found only in a specific religion. On the other hand, inclusivism says a particular religion presents the ultimate truth while other tradition are seen to reflect aspects of that final truth.
In general, Buddhists may regard other religions as so many paths to the ultimate enlightenment. Buddhists are willing to accommodate other religions. Throughout it's history, Buddhism has demonstrated an attitude of peaceful tolerance and flexibility. Toynbee praised this Buddhist tolerance as a standard model of a religion for peace in today's pluralistic world.
Contemporary Religious thinker John Hick proposes religious pluralism, i.e., the great world religions as different human responses to the one divine reality, embodying different perceptions which have been formed in different historical and cultural circumstances. This view presupposes that there is one ultimate reality behind the world religions. It asserts one ultimate reality, whether it is divine reality or not, that manifests itself in various forms.
However, Hick's view does not cover all religions, especially Buddhism where there is no such notion of the divine reality or the absolute reality. In fact, there is a fundamental difference between such pluralism and Buddhism. Buddhists will not accept such a common unity in the world religions. As we will explore, such a concept of the absolute reality is metaphysical one, and eventually it must be deconstructed in the Buddhist way of thinking. In this respect, the Buddhist view is a sort of relativism. As each religion has a different cultural-historical origin and background, they cannot be compared with a single principle. Instead, Buddhism will accept the situation of religious pluralism as it is.
Buddhism advises people to give up any closed perspective or view of truth. Korean Madhyamika Master Seungrang and his followers emphasize that all absolute views of the truth have to be abandoned, for no truth is ultimately true. Even the Buddha's statements on Dharma are not considered as absolute truth, but they are only functional means in character.
Buddhism, especially the Madhyamika school, rejects any dogmatic stance and truth claim. It teaches the removal of attachment to any religious philosophy or theology. The religious dogma is seen as a disease of ego-attachment. For Buddhists, there is no such concept of the absolute truth at all. All scriptural truth is seen as mere provisional path. The doctrine of emptiness teaches non-attachment to any doctrine including the Buddha-Dharma. Therefore, Buddhism has no position in the truth claim which is called "positionless position." The doctrine of emptiness is understood as "a mind of open-enless-ness." The idea of non-attachment to the Dharma (truth) and scripture as an expedient means leads to the boundless mind which is the middle way.
Then, what is the ultimate in Buddhism? We have said that the Buddhism negates the concept of the ultimate reality perpetually. The ultimate is not a knowable entity, or cognitive referent. It is beyond all conceptual realms. The ultimate is said to be non-acquisition. Mahayana Buddhist interprets that the Buddha teaches nothing, not speaking is the Buddha's speaking for there is no Dharma to speak.
Thus, in the situation of religious pluralism, the Buddhist view on the truth is unique. Notions such as the relativity of truth, scriptures as expedient means, and non-attachment to truth are of enormous significance in today's world where many religions have to co-exist together. Buddhist teaching of emptiness opens the boundless horizon for the dialogical discourse.
Kim Yong-pyo better68@dongguk.edu
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M.A. - Political Science
Local politics and local identity : resistance to "liberal democracy" in Yogyakarta special regions of Indonesia
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Efendi, David
[Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [August 2012]
In a struggle to preserve traditional values and elite interests in Yogyakarta following the 1998 reforms, voluntary indigenous organizations (paguyuban) have used local ethnic identity and cultural resources to build legitimacy for their political positions and to mobilize participation in protests that support the privileged status of Yogyakarta Special Region. Cultural resources are themselves constructed, invented, contested, and politicized by communities to defend the "public interest" as they interpret it. In so doing, the Yogyanese engage in active, public resistance through paguyuban. Such groups reproduce existing cultural resources as part of a broader movement to oppose proposals for "democratization" or "liberal democracy" that have been raised by the central government. At the same time, however, a far larger portion of the population are not members of the any social movement organizations, this silent majority engages in everyday politics in their private lives in response to national, regional and local political dynamics. Based on data gathered through interviews, fieldwork and newspaper reports, this study finds that: (1) collective identity is produced and reproduced on the basis of local traditions, myths and values, leading to an active protest movement in the case of debates over the special political status of Yogyakarta; (2) the existence of indigenous groups contributes to shaping and reshaping such protest events; and (3) open politics and everyday politics, the latter of which has been neglected in previous research on Yogyakarta, are simultaneously active with regard to such political issues. This study shows that people react to local and national political dynamics in different ways, depending on whether their activities are in the public sphere or in their private lives. The reasons for such disconnections are diverse and include the impact of external mobilization, economic interests, social obligations, and reluctance to participate publicly, driven by the view that organized movements are meaningless due to the hegemony of the elite and due to attitudes of disillusionment with regard to democracy.
M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012.
transnational politics, liberal democracy, social movement, everyday politics, Indonesia
Theses for the degree of Master of Arts (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Political Science.


Fuel demand in the GCC is expected to normalise in 2018 following a two year slump in consumption, according to a new forecast from BMI Research.
According to BMI, fuel consumption has been "slower to normalise" than initially anticipated, in part due to the pace and depth of subsidy reforms.
BMI believes that the rate of growth, however, will "remain subdued" because of ongoing energy reforms and continued switching from oil to gas.
Demand outlooks were found to be mixed, with gasoline consumption in Saudi Arabia less impacted because of the availability of public transport alternative. Demand in Oman and Qatar, on the other hand, was found to be more elastic, with steep year-on-year declines. In most cases, according to BMI, gasoline demand has been faster to normalise than diesel and is trending upwards.
BMI notes that the outlook for 2018 "is significantly brighter" as recovering oil prices ease government fiscal constraints and improve consumer and investor confidence, and with an expected rebound in vehicle sales lifting demand for fuel.
Fuel demand, however, is not expected to return to pre-oil collapse levels, in part due to a push in a number of market to reduce the overall energy share in favour of gas.


Networked Music Review — Early Sonic Experiments in the Soviet Union.
Early Sonic Experiments in the Soviet Union.
This book tells the remarkable story behind the pioneering experiments in audio synthesis and graphical sound that were being conducted in the early years of the Soviet Union by composer-theorists Arseny Avraamov, Boris Yankovsky and many others.
This publication offers an introduction to Russia'€™s contribution to the birth of electronic music, sound synthesis and audio technology in the early 20th Century. It is a story of politics and power, of the institution and the avant-garde, of collaboration and personal achievement, of ambition, opportunity and oppression. It is a story of remarkable personalities, curious inventions, astonishing performances, radical ideas, complex mathematics, pioneering electronics, engineering, design and experimentation. It is also a story of patents and funding applications, of success and failure, support and rejection, optimism and disillusionment, hunger and poverty.
It is a story of which only fragments are known, not only in the West but also within Russia itself. Increased interest in this area in the past two decades and€" not least in the life and work of Leon Theremin, €"has seen more scholarly research in the field. Sound in Z makes a valuable contribution to this revival of interest and is intended as a catalyst for further academic research. Consequently, much visual and textual material featured here has rarely€" if ever been seen either in print or in English before.


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