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BBC broadcasts Muslim call to prayer: some religions more equal than others?
On April 20, 2020 By Grace O'Malley - Pirate Queen
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The BBC has started broadcasting the Muslim call to prayer as part of its services to Muslims during the coronavirus epidemic. Apparently, Muslims need this in order to feel a sense of community while they are in isolation:
Chris Burns, head of BBC Local Radio, said:
"Many Muslims will feel a void in their lives where prayers used to be – a feeling the will be magnified as we approach Ramadan. Local radio is all about connecting communities and we hope these weekly reflections will go some way to helping Muslims feel a sense of community while they are isolating."
Well, that makes some sense, although like Christians, I am sure that most Muslims feel able to pray at home or at work. But have the BBC panjandrums considered the nature of the broadcasts they are so happy to provide? Does the BBC think it is acceptable for one religion to put out prayers that could be er, challenging, for others? Apparently so.
So what is debatable about these Muslim prayer broadcasts under BBC policy?
At the beginning of April, fourteen BBC local radio stations started broadcasting Muslim prayers 'and reflections' at 5.50am on Friday mornings. The locations included are: London, Berkshire, Merseyside, Warwickshire, Coventry, Nottingham, Derby, Stoke, Leicester, West Midlands, Manchester, Lancashire, Sheffield and Leeds. These broadcasts involve the Muslim call to prayer. That's the one that starts with "Allahu akbar".
There is a problem with this for Christians and for other religions too, if they care to think about it. Firstly, the fact that the BBC will not apparently put out anything Christian that could 'offend' others, and secondly, the nature of the Muslim call to prayer within that context.
The azan, or Muslim call to prayer, specifically states that God's revelation to Muhammad has supplanted and superseded God's prior revelations to Moses in the Old Testament and to Jesus in the New Testament. The words include:
Allah is the greatest. I bear witness that there is no god except Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Come to prayer. Come to salvation
According to priest Father Jules Gomes:
"It [the azan] conclusively and unambiguously asserts that God's revelation to Muhammad has supplanted and superseded God's prior revelations to Moses in the Old Testament and to Jesus in the New Testament. It is a triumphalist declaration of Islamic supremacy over Jews and Christians".
I did not see any announcement of these broadcasts in the wider BBC – I could ask readers to wonder why that may be, but I assume we already know the answer. Predictably, complaints resulted. I'm not for one minute defending racist comments or complaints about Muslims rather than complaints against the BBC's decision. But this is something of a watershed in the UK. The national broadcaster is allowing one religion to proclaim its supremacy over all the others in the country – in a clear and unambiguous manner. Weekly, during the current crisis. Hands up if you think this will be curtailed once we're back to normal. This call to prayer, which is a prayer in itself, is pretty strong stuff.
Would the BBC find it acceptable for Christians to be treated to the Lord's Prayer, or the Creed, for example, broadcast as stand-alone items? I doubt it. The usual caveats would include 'We don't want to offend non-Christians' and 'We are here to serve the whole country'. On this ground, Thought For The Day is typically so anodyne it is barely worth the name. Yet the Muslim azan is broadcast – a prayer that proclaims in no uncertain terms that Islam is superior to all other religions and Allah superior to all other gods. This is clearly acceptable to the BBC.
In response to the complaints that appeared on social media, Harry Farley, a journalist with BBC Radio 4, responded to criticism by pointing out that the BBC already broadcasts Christian services every Sunday.
"And to those complaining about/questioning this, just a reminder that a Christian service is broadcast each Sunday at 8am on all 39 BBC local radio stations," he tweeted.
Far be it from me to deny this fact, but most BBC spokespeople and staff don't seem to actually be Christians, so they're probably not the best to comment on the quality of the BBC's Christian offerings. Yes, we occasionally get some good Christian content, but I always get the feeling that these odd cases have managed to slip through the net of BBC 'sensitivity'.
Whatever – Farley is answering the wrong question in his comments. The issue is not that Muslim prayers are being broadcast, although some will have problems with that. It lies in the fact that the BBC does not seem to permit the same level of robust statements of belief to Christians on its airwaves.
Of course, in order to respond to that criticism, the BBC and its employees would need to admit to what seems to be its pro-Islam and arguably anti-Christian stances. For examples of this, just look at the recent coverage of Muslim parents protesting about LGBTQ lifestyle teaching outside primary schools in Birmingham. The BBC nearly tied itself in knots in its attempts to be supportive of one of its favourite victim groups while at the same time disapproving of the Muslim anti-LGBTQ perspective. Sensitivity was, however, the order of the day. The protesters were accorded plenty of airtime and interviews through which to proclaim their beliefs.
Had those protesting parents been Christians, dare we hope that the same levels of sensitivity to their religious beliefs would have been shown in news reports? Would they have been enabled to proclaim their beliefs in the same way? Answers on a postcard, please.
And what of the Church's response to the broadcast of the claimed fundamental supremacy of Islam over all other religions? On an individual level, the usual unthinking multicultural champions of anything but their own faith offered their wisdom on Twitter:
"As a Church of England Priest, I am fully supportive of this idea. I am thankful that the BBC is supporting the faith of my Muslim brothers and sisters"
wrote one user, clearly unconcerned with the lack of equality between the BBC's policy on Christian broadcasting and of Islamic broadcasting.
"As a Christian I think this is an excellent idea",
wrote another. Surprise, surprise.
But what about the response of the Church as a body? There has mostly been a deafening silence. Where there has been response, guess which side it is on?
As an example, let's look at the Moderators of the United Reformed Church (URC). They have been so affronted by social media criticism of the BBC's Muslim prayer broadcasts that they have expressed their 'shock and sadness' at the 'Islamophobic and xenophobic' comments made about this. Fair enough, in the case of genuinely unacceptable comments.
But I suspect that they have simply joined the bandwagon of deeming all criticism of Islam to be xeno- and Islamophobic. This is ridiculous. Criticism of a concept or a group is allowed – if it couched in reasonable terms. Yet it seems that even the Church is now joining the club of those who think that certain groups and faiths are exempt from any criticism just because of who they are.
The URC is proudly part of the Inter Faith Network UK, an entity that is also home to the Druid Network, the Pagan Federation and the Spiritualists' National Union. Oh yes, and to the Mormon church. The Inter Faith Network UK says that its aims are
…[T]o advance public knowledge and mutual understanding of the teachings, traditions and practices of the different faith communities in Britain including awareness both of their distinctive features and their common ground and to promote good relations between persons of different faiths.
Very good. But has the leadership of the URC noticed that bit about the 'distinctive features' of the different faith communities in Britain? Apparently not.
URC Moderator Derek Estill, an Elder in the URC, said:
"As we approach Holy Week with our minds focussed on the incredible selfless sacrifice that Jesus made for the whole world, it is with deep sadness that we find Islamophobic and xenophobic comments after the action from the BBC. As we know, the new commandment that Jesus gave the world to 'Love God and each other as I have loved you' applies to everyone without exception. It is clear, now more than perhaps we have realised before, how important this is as we fight the coronavirus pandemic together, irrespective of faith or culture. We all need to show support and sensitivity to our Muslim sisters and brothers as they approach Ramadan, a very special a time of prayer, fasting, sacrifice and charitable giving for Muslims across the world. We remember how important it is that we live out Jesus' new commandment, so simple and powerful, and just what our world needs now more than ever. So, let us all do our best to live the life of Jesus today reaching out in love to everyone."
Where to start. This is yet another example of the business-speak waffle that passes for church communication these days. Everything is love and understanding. Sensitivity and support. Reaching out. Blah blah.
Yes – that's all correct. But it completely misses the point – which is that our national broadcaster is now allowing one religion a freedom to do what it denies to Christianity.
The inability of the URC Moderator to tell the difference between loving our Muslim neighbours – with which we can all agree – and supporting the broadcast of a call to prayer that openly and triumphantly claims superiority over the Christian faith, beggars belief. Doing the commands of Jesus does not involve supporting prayers and other religious expressions that deny the very core of our own faith.
But are we really surprised that the BBC feels free to do this?
Last year, we had a church in Darlington offering to segregate men and women and cover its crosses and a picture of Jesus so as to allow Muslims to pray in the church.
Back in 2015, a church in London hosted Friday Muslim prayers within the church sanctuary. There were accusations that this violated canon law regarding only using authorised worship. The Rev Giles Goddard, vicar of the church in Southwark, was criticised for his closing prayers, which appeared to equate the Christian God with Allah. He had read from Psalm 139, before concluding: "Allah, God, is always with us and around us, and is within us. And this is from the Hebrew scripture, so it is our shared, we all share, these great traditions. So let us celebrate our shared traditions by giving thanks to the God that we love, Allah, amen."
The traditional Muslim invocation to worship was performed in front of 1,000 people at the launch of a multi-cultural Faith Exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral in 2019. The Imam of the local mosque was invited by church leaders to carry it out in the cathedral's 11th century Chapter House. Complaints followed but were taken off the internet. One post on the removed thread said:
"It's wonderful to be multicultural, but faith is set apart. We are never to worship other gods in a house built for our Saviour. My ancestors built this cathedral and to allow a practising Muslim pray to another god [inside its walls] is insanely naive. What did you think it would do? Encourage them to convert?"
The Very Reverend Stephen Lake, Dean of Gloucester, said:
"The exhibition promotes religious tolerance and understanding [groan – here we go again]. Over 1,000 people from different Gloucester communities attended to share and learn about each other's spiritual practices and traditions. It is important to stress that neither the art exhibition nor the gathering on Saturday afternoon took place in a sacred space but were held in the Cathedral Cloisters and Chapter House. Furthermore, the launch was not in the context of worship. Whilst the Cathedral's primary purpose is as a place of Christian witness and worship, it is also a place for all people – everyone is welcome, whatever their faith or background. We are proud to be holding the exhibition and would encourage everyone to visit to learn more about people of different faiths."
So it is fine for this to take place in a cathedral as long as it is not part of 'worship'. Don't you just love the mantra of 'religious tolerance and understanding'? A one-way street, I suspect.
A further episode of the Muslim call to prayer took place in a cathedral during a performance of Karl Jenkins' musical piece, The Armed Man (which is a brilliant Mass for peace, by the way). The call to prayer was part of the presentation. An outcry followed, but this was after the event. As Jules Gomes says quite bluntly on his website:
"Instead of evangelising Muslims, the Church of England is actively encouraging the Islamisation of its sacred spaces".
Words fail. If the examples above are typical of the behaviour of some Anglican clergy, then we can hardly blame the BBC for getting it wrong.
I am all in favour of living in harmony with people from other religions – I live near a largely Muslim-populated city, for heaven's sake, and have Muslim friends and colleagues – but ask me to endorse the proclamation in church that another god is superior to Yahweh and Jesus – and I have a problem. Now we are paying the BBC, through our licence fees, to broadcast prayers that proclaim beliefs that go completely against Christianity. And these are made in a manner that is not allowed to Christian speakers by the same broadcaster. That is the issue here.
On one level, the claims in the call to prayer do not matter to me – I don't believe what is said in the prayer. But on another level, it matters very much. Our national broadcaster is allowing very robust statements of faith to one religion that it denies to Christianity. It is allowing its 'sensitivity' to the feelings of non-Christians to limit the kind of statements Christians can make over the airwaves in the daily prayers slots. But it does not accord the same sensitivity to Christians when they listen to broadcasts that they may not agree with.
Does any of this matter?
Well just what chance is there, do you suppose, of a Christian speaker getting BBC airtime to say "Jesus is the greatest, and we can only reach God through Him. Jesus is His divine messenger. No other faith is the way to eternal life. Christianity is the only way to God." This would be as a stand-alone item such as Thought For The Day, not as parrt of a service being broadcast. No?
We live, in the UK, as part of a multicultural society. There is plenty of evidence that people of many faiths can live alongside each other peacefully. Long may that continue. We are where we are. But – we have to recognise where the red lines are in all of this. Christianity and Christian values are being openly put second to another faith. A level of freedom in broadcasting is being afforded to one faith that is denied to Christianity. Do our Anglican Archmuppets or junior Muppets have anything to say about this? Not so far – and I am not holding my breath.
I suspect that this is yet more of the thin end of a very big wedge that is coming for traditional Christianity and Christians in UK public life. Folks, we need to be aware of this and consider our positions – prayerfully and with a view to the future. What next?
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Well if bBC's Songs of Praise which is skipped through is anything to go by it's not remotely Chrsitian; should have deleted it when the 'diversity' was trumpeted but when Trans-clergy-person came on I gave up; thought there might be some rousing hymn by the Salvation army but don't I feel a fool.
No surprise. I was part of the leadership team taking a party to a Christian retreat centre for a week recently. I was surprised to hear a group of Muslims had been allowed to take the previous week. So far so tolerant. But I was more surprised to find the whole hall covered in bedsheets. They had demanded all the carpets be covered in clean sheets before they would go in and have their meetings and prayers. I don't think our church or broadcasters have any idea how intolerant this religion is or what would happen if they achieved temporal power in the U.K. It's a slow grind, but their object is always a theocracy. A brief history lesson will aquaint you with the lot of Christians living in the middle and Far East.
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Yes, it's a challenging issue. My own Muslim friends and colleagues are all very moderate. It seems to be the people who want power rather than equality who drive so much of the agenda. I have just about given up on the BBC, including their news services, which used to be the best. BBC World has news that is like it used to be here, but of course, we can't get that in the UK (unless I am missing something).


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55 Days to Purdue Basketball: Spike Albrecht
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What better way to celebrate Purdue football's bye week than by kicking off our countdown to Purdue basketball? We're 55 days away from a new season, and hopefully it is one of redemption after That Game. Let's begin with one of the newest players on the roster, who will be wearing jersey No. 55.
Spike Albrecht – Grad Student
Crown Point, IN (Crown Point HS)
6', 180 pounds
2016 Projection: Contributor at guard
It is hard to say how much of a role Albrecht will have this season. The transfer from Michigan played in only 8 games last year before shutting things down due to a double hip surgery. That led to an unexpected fifth season this year, where he decided to join us as a graduate transfer.
Albrecht's career was definitely varied. Since he took a postgraduate year after high school and he is now a 5th year college player he will be the oldest player in the Big Ten at age 24. He played sparingly as a freshman in 2012-13, but went crazy in the national title game against Louisville with 17 points as the Wolverines almost won it all. Since then he has started a handful of games and was the team MVP for Michigan in 2014-15.
Last season he shut it down after 8 games and looked like his career was over, but he chose to give it one more shot since he got an NCAA injury waiver. He had career best averages of 7.5 points and 3.9 assists in 2014-15.
Albrecht is still facing questions of his health, but he is not going to have to play the 32 minutes per game he was playing for Michigan as a junior before surgery. He should serve as a calming veteran presence that has played in big games his whole career. He adds three-point shooting as well by going 79 of 198 in his career from long range. He has 235 career assists, which is more than anyone on Purdue's roster.


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Road safety issues highlights councillors' frustration with TII
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Councillors have again expressed frustration with the TII (Transport Infrastructure Ireland) over what they say is a lack of willingness to engagement with them.
At the recent meeting of the Joint Policing Committee, Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick asked whether flashing speed limit signs could be put on a particularly dangerous section of the Ballyragget Road, where there are a lot of ups and downs.
Engineer Frank Stafford said that there was a traffic signage manual in use by the TII, and they were adamant that it was compliant with this.
"I know that some members were disappointed with the arrows being removed [from some sections of road], but they are adamant that it is compliant with the manual," he said.
"They are moving away from bespoke signage."
Cllr Pat Dunphy raised the issue of the main Waterford to Limerick road.
"We had a series of arrows on the junctions, and suddely they were taken out," he said.
"It was much safer before."
He said that the council had apparently been told that they were a danger.
"It looks like the TII have sole responsibility," he said.
"We can't meet them to make our views known. They need to be at these meetings, but they won't attend council meetings, area meetings."
He was told that the council had contacted the TII and the markings were removed where there wasn't sufficient road width.
"If they were to be replaced, it would require localised widening at junctions," he said.
"They are trying to get a uniform system of markings."
Cllr Dunphy said this was why councillors needed to talk to the TII.
"They should be here and they should be accountable," he said.
Cllr Melissa O' Neill said that there had been some complaints from locals on the recently-rehabilitated Mooncoin road. She asked when the monitoring, which showed the average speed on the road had decreased, had taken place.
"They feel speeding has actually increased because there's a better road now, and they're coming at it even faster," she said.
"Can we continue to monitor it or how often will it be monitored?"
The 'before' period of monitoring was in 2013, while the 'after' was around Christmas of last year. He said he hadn't intended to carry out another survey but it was a possibility.


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A plaque commemorates the centenary of the Overland Expedition led by Hamilton Hume and William Hovell to the Albury area in 1824.
The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an expedition to find new grazing land in the south of the colony, and also to find an answer to the mystery of where New South Wales' western rivers flowed.
The party set out from Appin near Sydney in October 1824, and travelled south to the Murrumbidgee River near the site of Tumut. They crossed "a noble stream" which they named the Hume (now the Murray River) near the site of Albury, and then advanced into what is now Victoria.
This tablet was erected to commemorate the Albury, Hume and Hovell Centenary celebrations held from November 16th to 22nd 1924 in honour of the one hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the Overland Expedition led by Hamilton Hume and William Hilton Hovell, in this locality and the discovery of the River Murray.
Demonstrations covering the whole period were successfully carried out.


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Grease your hands with coconut or gingely oil.Cut the jackfruit into two pieces.Take one piece and peel the skin using a sharp knife.
Cut it into two halves and remove the stem part.Stem is the center thick portion.After removing the stem part,cut the jackfruit into small cubes.Keep them immersed in water.Wash it once and drain the water.Keep them in another bowl of water till use.
Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes.Drain the soaked water.Boil 5 cups of water in a bowl.Add the whole garam masala to it.When the water comes to a boil,add the rice.Let it boil for 5 minutes till the rice is 3/4th cooked. Drain the water and take the rice in another bowl.Let it cool. Soak the saffron thread in 1/4 cup of milk.Set aside.
Heat oil + ghee in a pressure cooker base and saute the big onion slices.Saute till golden brown and remove a small portion of it for garnishing.In the remaining onions add the whole garam masala. Saute the onions,ginger&garlic paste.After the raw smell leaves,add the tomato.Saute till mushy.Now add the turmeric powder,red chilli powder,dhania powder,garam masala powder and salt.Mix it really well.
Lastly add the cubed jackfruit/Kathal pieces and curd. Mix well and add 1/4 cup of water.Pressure cook in high flame for 2-3 whistles.Make sure there is very less water in the gravy.Add crushed kasoori methi and mix well.Biryani gravy is ready. ( Actually I made the gravy in a kadai and then transferred to a cooker for easy cooking of jackfruit pieces.It takes more time to cook.So its better to make the gravy directly in the cooker instead of using a kadai.Just use the kadai only for layering and DUM process.
Transfer the gravy to a kadai.Spread the rice and sprinkle roasted onions,saffron milk,chopped mint+coriander leaves.Close the kadai with a tight lid and simmer the flame completely.Let it be under DUM for 20 minutes.Once its done,open the lid and fluff the rice with a fork.


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Review: Hermès Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm
February 11, 2016 JaseReviews, WatchesBaselWorld, Dress watch, Hermes, Slim d'Hermès
At BaselWorld 2015 Hermès unveiled a brand new collection of watches under the banner of Slim d'Hermès. Both men and women were catered for but the really big news was the in-house, ultra-thin automatic movements packed into the 39.5mm models. Those watches immediately pegged our interest, so we were excited to receive the rose-gold Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm for review.
We've been waiting to see the Slim d'Hermès in person since we first saw it at BaselWorld 2015.
When Hermès unveiled the collection, it was spearheaded by the Slim d'Hermès Perpetual Calendar (read our story here). We're quite eager to strap that model to our wrist but until then, the time-only model is a very welcome alternative. Since it was first introduced, Hermès has continued to update the collection with hand-painted dials (story here), and has just announced that it will show off new models at BaselWorld 2016 (read that story here).
The collection is obviously a focus for the brand, and is being driven by Philippe Delholtal, Creative Director of La Montre Hermès. With this collection, Delholtal and Hermès wanted to create watches that were aesthetically pure and focused only on the essentials, so that they could be worn everyday by their owners. Have they succeeded? We certainly think so but before we get into the watch as a whole, lets start by looking at the in-house H1950 movement, which powers the time-only model, and serves as the base calibre in the perpetual calendar model.
It's a thin watch and that called for a new, ultra-thin movement.
The calibre H1950 is an in-house, ultra-thin movement that was developed specifically for the Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm watches. The movement offers 42-hours of power reserve, and is made for the brand by Swiss-based Vaucher Manufacture, a company that Hermès has a stake in. We know there are purist out there who'll throw up their hands and say that isn't what they consider in-house, but that's perhaps being a bit too pedantic.
Hermès tells us that the movement took four years to develop, which meant that Vaucher began work on this project back in 2011. To fit the dainty proportions of the Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm models, the movement itself had to be ultra-thin, and Vaucher certainly delivered on that mandate.
Vaucher did a fantastic job with the calibre H1950. It's a hacking movement so pulling the crown will stop the second's hand from moving.
The movement has a diametre of 30mm, and measures a scant 2.6mm thick (perhaps height is a better word for something as thin as this?). The incredible thing is that this is an automatic movement, and given that the watch – as a whole – was meant to be a slim model, a full-sized rotor would perhaps add too much height.
To get around this, Vaucher turned to a micro-rotor and, as you can see from the picture, the company has integrated the free-spinning weight neatly into the calibre. On this time-only model, where – as we said earlier – the calibre measures 2.6mm in height, the micro-rotor itself measures a minuscule 1.53mm in height.
The lugs give the watch a bit of a vintage feel.
The movement features hand-chamfered bridges, and speaking of which, did you notice the 'H' decorations on the bridges? Hermès doesn't actually have a name for this, they just say it is 'Special Hermès decoration', and we quite like it. We're used to seeing Geneva stripes and the sort on bridges, so this is a refreshing departure from the norm.
Since the movement is so slim, its individual components are thin, and this obviously includes the bridges that you can see. Because they are thin and therefore delicate, Vaucher had to actually bring a laser engraving technique in-house, to ensure that the bridges were properly finished to a high standard.
The opaline silvered dial is attractive and highly legible.
The case and dial
At present the time-only 39.5mm models in the Slim d'Hermès men's collection are offered in steel or rose-gold. The model we received featured a rose-gold case, a matt havana (chocolate brown) alligator strap, and a silvered opaline dial. The dial is standard on both 39.5mm time-only models.
Visually, the watch comes together as one cohesive and beautifully elegant piece. The dial is ultra-clean with minimal text and there's a few different levels to it. The first is the chapter ring (marked with the hour indexes) closest to the bezel, the next is the second central disc, which has the markings for the minutes on its circumference, and at the six o'clock position, you find the small seconds subdial.
The Arabic numerals and 39.5mm case gave this watch a modern dress watch edge.
For the hour indications, Hermès has used an interesting font that was created by graphics designer Philippe Apeloig. Apeloig says he designed the markers like geometrical shapes, and each number is drawn in a single stroke. He further says that, just as rest accentuates the melody in a musical score, the lines are sometimes interrupted, representing silent areas in the design that depict the cadence of time.
The Arabic numerals are unique, and give the watch a distinctive look. 4N-gilded Baton hands are present (on our rose-gold model), and distinguishing between the hour and minutes hands isn't a challenge, as the minute hand is noticeably longer. Overall, the dial is supremely legible but because Hermès has opted against using lume, you're going to have to rely on your phone for the time, when there's insufficient light.
You won't find lume on this dial, and that suits us just fine.
The watch case has classic proportions and the angled lugs, which we've not seen on other Hermès timepieces, puts us in mind of the wire-style lugs seen on certain vintage wristwatches.
Wearing the Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm
On the wrist, the Slim d'Hermès is handsome. It wears and feels its size, and considering its elegant and classic looks, it's almost a full fledged dress watch. We say almost because classic dress watches would be slightly smaller, in terms of diametre, than the 39.5mm Slim d'Hermès. That said, we consider this a dress watch for younger men because the size is more in line with the tastes of younger people (at least at present).
As you can see, the Slim d'Hermès will slide effortlessly under sweaters and shirt cuffs.
On a day-to-day basis, the Slim d'Hermès was very comfortable to wear throughout the day. The strap, which is also made by Hermès, is thin and flexible, and working with the angled lugs, the watch sits beautifully on the wrist. As a result of its dainty proportions and almost non-existent weight (we're used to 42mm chronographs), we sometimes forgot we even had the watch on our wrist – thankfully we aren't too animated, so our sample wasn't forcefully introduced to anything that could cause it harm.
When we were showing off the watch to friends and colleagues, a lot of them assumed the watch was using a quartz movement. Of course these assumptions were dashed when we showed them the movement, but when we asked why they thought it was a quartz, almost everyone said it was because of how slim it was. A few even pointed out that it did not have the 'automatic' text on the dial. Fair enough in terms of point two but we wonder how many people might be missing out on tasteful, elegant pieces like this, because of a preconceived notion that slim watches aren't mechanical watches?
It's a great looking watch on the whole, and one that will make a fine companion for anyone in the market for an elegant everyday timepiece.
Hermès is keen on these timepieces being everyday watches and we reckon they could be but we'd like to offer some suggestions in that respect. Our sample, with its rose-gold case and brown leather strap, is perhaps a bit too dressy for us for everyday use – we tend to wear polo neck shirts and trousers or jeans, so in our case, the stainless steel Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm model would be a better fit.
If, however, your everyday attire consists of either a long sleeve shirt or a suit, we reckon this rose-gold model is perfect everyday wear. On the other hand, if you have a taste for more complicated watches or you want to make more of a statement, you could opt for the rose-gold only perpetual calendar model.
The pin/buckle requires a little more effort when it comes to putting the watch on your wrist but it suits the character and profile of the watch.
In stainless steel with a matt black alligator strap, the watch carries a retail price of approximately USD $8,700, whereas our rose-gold model with a matt havana alligator strap costs about $19,500. We're off the opinion that Hermès has done a fantastic job with the Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm. It's a watch that we enjoyed wearing, and one that we think is reasonably priced, when considered alongside similar watches – let us explain here because we know a few of you will be thinking 'Hang on, I can get into a Lange or Vacheron dress watch for that money!'.
For about $20,000 you can certainly purchase dress watches from A. Lange & Söhne (Saxonia), Patek Philippe (Calatrava) and Vacheron Constantin (Patrimony). Those brands are well respected in watch circles, so if you want a beautifully crafted dress dress watch from a dedicated watch brand, those watches may be more to your taste. The Slim d'Hermès' trump card however is that for your cash, you're getting a thin, automatic dress-watch with a micro-rotor.
With the watch brands mentioned above, you'll have to make do with a traditional, manual winding movement. Don't get us wrong however – those are great, impeccably finished movements but the ultra-thin H1950 calibre is a far more interesting proposition for someone that knows and cares about what is sitting inside the case. If you also consider the overall aesthetics of the Hermès timepiece, and add in the fact that you can buy this piece in stainless steel, we reckon the Slim d'Hermès 39.5mm is a fantastic proposition for anyone in the market for an everyday watch.
To learn more about Hermès, click here.
Our thanks to Sandra and Sara at Schneider PR for providing HME with the Slim d'Hermès for review.
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The Simmons Amusement Hall was built by George and William Simmons at 241 Island Road. The small frame building was the first private establishment in the settlement of South Morgan. The hall sold refreshments and was used for plays, dances, and other social activities.


We are a small, locally owned and operated farm on the outskirts of Wichita, in between Derby and Rose Hill. We specialize in growing five varieties of delicious lettuce in our hydroponic greenhouse.
Our lettuce is grown by our family on a farm just outside of Derby (see the map on our home page). We sell locally and participate in local farmers' markets.
We own and operate a small farm on the outskirts of Wichita, in between Derby and Rose Hill. We specialize in growing five varieties of delicious lettuce in our hydroponic greenhouse.
If you've tried our lettuce, we'd love to hear your feedback on our contact us page!!
We sell our lettuce every Saturday from 7:00 am - 12:00 at the Kansas Grown Farmer's Market (at 21st and Ridge) and every Tuesday from 3:00 - 7:00 at the Kansas Grown Farmers' Market (at Green Acres at Bradley Fair) at $2.50 per head. If you would like to place an order directly with us, please contact Karen (316-619-5796) and we'll arrange for pick up or delivery.
We're currently producing approximately 300 heads of lettuce per week and will continue growing and harvesting fresh lettuce year around. We grow all of our lettuce hydroponically in a brand new, temperature-controlled greenhouse. We use only high quality, natural mineral nutrients and certified organic seed.
As we develop our customer base, we have the ability to expand to 860 heads of lettuce per week in our current facility. In addition to farmers' markets, we are looking for direct individual customers along with restaurants and grocery stores (so if you know of anyone, please send them our way!).
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deadline for Emile Boutmy scholarship applications.
The Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation was established in 2005 to realize the vision of its founder, Geneviève McMillan (1922-2008), and to commemorate the life and work of her friend, the artist Reba Stewart (1930-1971). The scholarship celebrates McMillan's passion for the African continent.
Since 2010, the McMillan-Stewart Foundation has partnered with the Sciences Po American Foundation to offer merit-based scholarships to give access to France's higher education system to meritorious African students from sub-Saharan African countries. This will be done specifically through the undergraduate Europe Africa program of Sciences Po.
Successful students will receive a scholarship covering the full Sciences Po tuitions fees every year, for the duration of their undergraduate studies programme.
Candidates must first apply to study at Sciences Po undergraduate Europe Africa program. Applications should be completed on Sciences Po's Admissions website and include all supporting documents requested for the Emile Boutmy scholarship application. The deadline for the Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation Scholarship is the same as the deadline for Emile Boutmy scholarship applications.
During the two weeks following the student's application, all candidates must also apply for the Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart FoundationScholarship by sending an application to scholarship@usscpo.org and delphine.ndion@sciencespo.fr.
This application must include a cover letter outlining motivations to study at Sciences Po's undergraduate program and to benefit from the Geneviève McMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation Scholarship.


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Q: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function prepare() These are three files
Database.php
Admin.php

I got an error "Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function prepare() on null".
This piece of code runs on my localhost and there is no problem, but when it is uploaded to the server, I have this problem. I use php 8 and xammp software on local.
i am a junior.Please Help Me.
file Database.php:
class Database{

private $dbhost = 'localhost';
private $dbname = 'pubg';
private $dbuser = 'root';
private $dbpass = '';
protected $connect;

public function __construct()
{
    $options = [
        PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
        PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8',
    ];
    try {
        $this->connect = new PDO('mysql:host='.$this->dbhost.';dbname='.$this->dbname, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpass, $options);

    }catch (Exception $err){
        echo $err->getMessage();
    }

}

// select
public function select($sql, $value = [], $fetch = 'fetch')
{
    $result = $this->connect->prepare($sql);
    foreach ($value as $key => $item){
        $result->bindValue($key + 1, $item);
    }
    $result->execute();
    if($fetch == 'fetch'){
        $row = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
        return $row;
    }else{
        $row = $result->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
        return $row;
    }
}

}
file Admin.php
require_once 'Database.php';
class Admin extends Database{
public function checkHasAdmin($chat_id)
{
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM table_admin WHERE chat_id = ?";
    return $this->select($sql,[$chat_id]);
}
public function Admin()
{
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM table_admin";
    return $this->select($sql,[]);
}}

A: $this->connect is null because you need to instanciate your class.
The __construct() method is never use.
like that :
public function checkHasAdmin($chat_id)
{
    $db = new Database();
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM table_admin WHERE chat_id = ?";
    return $db->select($sql,[$chat_id]);
}

A: It seems like you don't have the pdo_mysql extension enabled on the server. You need to locate the php.ini file, and there remove the ';' semicolon from line where it says ;extension=pdo_mysql. This file should be located in the php installation directory.
It should look something like this:
;extension=pdo_firebird
extension=pdo_mysql
;extension=pdo_oci
;extension=pdo_odbc
;extension=pdo_pgsql
extension=pdo_sqlite
;extension=pgsql
;extension=shmop

Edit: I noticed, you didn't call the parent constructor in the Admin class, like @Jeto said

A: In PHP < 8, giving a method the same name as the class is considered a constructor (even though it has been deprecated for a long time and triggers a Warning).
So when you instantiate your Admin class in PHP < 8, it will call Admin::__construct, which doesn't call the parent constructor (there is no parent::__construct), therefore it will attempt to execute $this->select without ever initializing the object (and its $connect property), hence the error you're getting.
In PHP 8 however, which you're running locally, this style of constructor has been removed completely, therefore it's a normal method and won't be called when you instantiate an Admin object.
Here's a little demo which showcases the difference. Note that in PHP 8, nothing gets printed, while in previous versions, "hello" appears.
Solution: rename your Admin method to something else.

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MONAHAN, JOHN FRANCIS
John Francis Monahan, of West Hartford, husband of Vera S. Monahan, died Friday, (January 24, 2003) at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford, the son of the late Edward and Helen (Cloonan) Monahan, he resided in West Hartford for the past 48 years and was a communicant of St. Peter Claver Church. John entered the Navy in February 1942 and served until February 1946 as a petty officer first class, with 28 months in the European Theater where he took part in the Normandy invasion. In 1946, he was a candidate for state senator from the first district. Before entering the service John was employed by Capitol Motors Inc. and later as a partner of Airport Motor Sales. Besides his wife, Vera he is survived by his nieces, Susan W. Arcata of Wethersfield, Donna W. Lozier of Columbia, Janet Johnson of Franklin Lakes, NJ; and several grand nieces and nephews. Mr. Monahan was predeceased by his sister, Rheta M. Walker of Wethersfield; and brothers, Richard Monahan of Wethersfield and Edward Monahan of Madison, NJ. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, January 29, at 10 a.m. at St. Peter Claver Church, West Hartford. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. A visitation will be held on Wednesday from 8:45-9:30 a.m. at the Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home, 136 South Main St., West Hartford. Memorial donations may be made to the Hartford Hospital Palliative Care Program, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102.


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Photo-a-Day (Monday, 12th November, 2012)
Formerly Gems.
Comment by: David Fairclough on 12th November 2012 at 01:02
Ghostly figure in the phone box
this is 15 Upper Dicconson St and is on the corner with Dicconson Terrace. Refer 1st Photo in `Wigan Streets` - this building is just above the red car parked on the right.
Across the street is No.14 which was the `Charles Dickens Hotel`- previously my doctor`s - Dr.Scannell, a Scotsman, who died in his late fifties thro`smoking cigarettes - both his hands were covered with nicotine stains.
What a funny place to put a phone box????? Am I missing something here??? One thing to whom does the hand belong? Cheers!!
Comment by: Dave (Oy) on 12th November 2012 at 08:02
I like the light on this :)
What a tidy frontage to the pub/bar.
Usually places like this are littered with cigarette stubs outside...wonder why smokers don't think they are making litter ?
It says on the phone box Warmwelcome.
Comment by: Thomas(Tom)Walsh on 12th November 2012 at 10:23
Lizzie, I ought to explain,the telephone box isn't actually in use,it is used as an advertising feature by the public house,in fact there's another immediately behind this one ,on the otherside of the garden gate. The photograph was taken a few days before Halloween,and the figure inside is in fact a dummy,dressed as The Grim Reaper ,on non Halloween time there's a figure in each depicting The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh , some people find this disrespectful .Kind regards Tom.
Comment by: Ron D on 12th November 2012 at 10:32
I like it . almost 3D.
Clever shot Thomas. Made me smile.
The red telepone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960). He was the architect for Liverpool Cathedral and the Wigan War Memorial at All Saints Church.
Refer:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Gilbert_Scott
nice picture -does Ernie Large still work there?
Comment by: Spenian on 12th November 2012 at 17:54
It's owned by Tony Callaghan who owns the Fifteens pubs, he also has a telephone box in his front garden up Roby Mill.
Brian has taken a photo of `15`- see P-a-D 26th February 2010.
Thankyou so much for the explanation Tom, I thought there might be something afoot!!! Great photo!!! Cheers!!!
Comment by: Skeets on 12th November 2012 at 20:13
Looks like 15 rooms are vacant??
Comment by: Jean F (Wales) on 12th November 2012 at 22:04
What a lovely clear tidy picture Love all the connents !I too thought it was a ghostly figure in the box brfore I read on.!!Well done Thonas.
Comment by: Red Stripe on 12th November 2012 at 22:35
Memories there Earnest - Dr Scannell was my Doctor too. Wasnt his wife a Doctor also at the same Practise?
Ernest, you're missing something....Who painted the box, & what's the phone number?
Nice pic Thomas..;o)
Wondered if anyone would mention Dr Scannell, Red Stripe.
Can`t say definite if his wife was a doctor.
Dr Earlam Graham was before him.
Comment by: Jonathan on 13th November 2012 at 05:54
Not been in here since it changed to Fifteens however I have driven past and it looks cosy!
My friends dad used to be the landlord Barry Philbin and the pub was named after his daughter Gemma.


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Fiction March 17, 2020 <March 18, 2020
That Country Lying As Waste As The Sea
"When we first met she'd seemed fascinated by the accident, intrigued by the idea of all the metal in my body, puzzled as I was about how little I remembered." A short story where a pain from the past stymies the hope of a brighter future…
by: Thomas Gartner
"Really?" Robyn said when I pulled the car onto the shoulder. She landed the word about midway on the spectrum between amusement and outrage.
"Five minutes," I said before realizing I wasn't sure exactly where the memorial was. "Maybe ten."
We had spent the night prior at a campground in Glen Nevis in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands and driven south and then east through flurries of rain, along Loch Leven, between the dark hills flanking Glencoe, finally out onto Rannoch Moor. The rain had stopped now, but more was coming, a grey blur under purple clouds.
I got out of the car and walked south along the shoulder. Mist curled off the pavement and lay out on the moor in shredded plates and streamers. The car door slammed. Robyn caught up to me as I stopped, one foot on gravel, one on heather. Half a windshield lay there, speckled with raindrops. It was densely veined with cracks but all in one piece, two corners curved and two ragged. Underneath it, pressed flat, was yellowed heather.
"So this is the place, huh?" Robyn said as she leaned against me.
"Somewhere along here. But this is new," I said motioning to the windshield.
"Right," she said. "Yours was a long time ago."
"It was. Anyway, our windshield didn't look this good."
"That country as waste as the sea," Siovonne had said as we came out onto the moor. A loch, dotted with tiny islands, shimmered below us. The heather, gold and green and purple in the bright sun, stretched off to dark snow capped peaks east and south. The road ahead of us was empty except for a single white SUV half a mile away.
"A wearier-looking desert man never saw," she continued. Throughout the trip, Edinburgh to Inverness to the Hebrides to Glencoe, she'd been re-reading Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped and reciting lines from the book whenever we crossed paths with its characters. David Balfour and his Jacobite friend Alan Breck Stewart had skulked across the rugged expanses of the moor, hunted by British soldiers for a murder they hadn't committed. "I guess Stevenson didn't visit on a day like today."
The wind gusted, and out of nowhere raindrops like little razor blades stung our faces.
"OK, pilgrimage canceled due to rain." Robyn slid her hand inside my elbow and pulled. "See? Bad idea."
"It's not a pilgrimage. It's just…here we are."
"Well, not anymore." She pulled harder.
I didn't say anything. When we first met she'd seemed fascinated by the accident, intrigued by the idea of all the metal in my body, puzzled as I was about how little I remembered. Lately though, she'd been going silent at the mention of Siovonne's name.
She gave me a little shove and headed back toward the car.
I went the other way, fifty yards down the shoulder to where a small cairn was losing its battle with gravity. Ten years of Highland weather, a road in the middle of nowhere, the cross with Siovonne's name on it was faded to pale grey and streaked with dirt. I rebuilt the cairn, picked a few sprigs of heather to lay across the top. The car door slammed, louder this time.
Robyn was a dark profile behind the passenger side window, looking across the road at the grey contours of the moor. She was seeing, I supposed, the same things I saw there — clouds cutting off the tops of the mountains, bogs and lochans throwing hard specks of reflection through the filter of the rain, a future in which we didn't know each other.
Thomas Gartner, a buyer at Books Inc. in San Francisco, has had work published in in various journals including Whetstone, Concho RiverReview, California Quarterly, and most recently The Madison Review. His short story "Monica Being Monica" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
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On location interview. With audio support and video editing happening in house at Broadview Motion.
Shot on 5D at Broadview Motion Studios.
Bob gives us true insight into the what it takes to be a survivor.


In a medium mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients, and mix together using your fingertips. Spread the crumb mixture on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake for 30 minutes or until the crumble reaches a golden brown color. Let cool and set aside. Leave the oven on to bake the cupcakes.
Line a cupcake pan with twelve paper baking cups and a second pan with six baking cups.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt, and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a bowl with a handheld electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, approximately 3 to 5 minutes.
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing slowly after each addition.
Add one third of the flour mixture to the butter mixture, then gradually add one third of the hot water, beating slowly until well incorporated. Add another third of the flour mixture, followed by a third of the hot water. Add the remaining flour mixture, followed by the remaining hot water, and beat just until combined. Stop to scrape down the bowl as needed.
Using a spatula, fold the grated apple and half of the apple crumble mixture into the batter.
Using a standard-size ice cream scoop, fill each baking cup so that it is two-thirds full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes (start checking at 15 minutes) or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. After 5 minutes, transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely for approximately 20 minutes.
Place all ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer or in a bowl with a handheld electric mixer. Beat until the frosting is light and airy, approximately 3 to 5 minutes. Frost each cupcake with a signature swirl (see below), and top with a sprinkling of the remaining apple crumble.
Transfer your frosting into a disposable plastic piping bag fitted with a large round metal tip. Be sure to whip up your frosting so it is light and airy. You don't need to twist the top of your bag—you can just hold it closed with one hand and use your other hand to hold the bag near the bottom and squeeze. Start in the center of the cupcake, applying pressure to the bottom of the bag, and guide the tip around the cupcake in a circular motion, then end in the center with a burst of pressure. Try to move quickly and confidently. If you go too slowly, the frosting may come out uneven.
From Sweet Celebrations: Our Favorite Cupcake Recipes, Memories, and Decorating Secrets That Add Sparkle to Any Occasion © 2012 by Katherine Kallinis Berman and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne. Reprinted with permission by HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.