Example of the Project Explorer containing a simulation for the BOUSS-2D model.
Starting in version 11.1, SMS has the capacity to run certain models as a simulation. A simulation includes the domain, boundary conditions, model parameters, event definition, and material set used for a single model run. Multiple simulations can exist within the same project in order to compare alternatives.
A geometric domain – this can be a structured or unstructured grid depending on the engine being used.
Unstructured grids can consist of all triangular, all quadrilateral, or a mix. Additionally, this class of grid can also include more complex cell/element shapes (i.e.polygons).
Boundary conditions specified at a point or cell.
Boundary conditions specified at a string or points or cells.
Boundary conditions specified at a cluster or group of points or cells.
Material types for each cell to define a roughness value.
A dataset to define an initial water level.
A set of model parameters.
Traditionally the SMS has employed what is now referred to as grid based or mesh based modeling. This means that a numerical model simulation was inherently tied to a specific geometric domain or grid. This type of grid based modeling meant that all of the components of a simulation (the list above) would be specified explicitly for the domain.
This approach meant that any change in a simulation, no matter how slight, requires a completely independent copy of the entire set of components.
Beginning with SMS version 11.0 the SMS development team began a migration to simulation based modeling. This approach follows the concept that components of a simulation are constructed individually and then grouped together into a simulation. This allows a modeler to define multiple simulation with common building blocks (components). A domain (grid), set of boundary conditions, or set of initial conditions can be reused in multiple simulations. This approach makes the modeling process more inclusive and adaptable.
In Version 12.0 of SMS, the simulation based modeling expanded to include the SRH-2D, CMS-Flow and BOUSS-2D engines.
A simulation can be created by right-clicking on a blank portion of the Project Explorer and choosing the New Simulation sub-menu. The New Simulation menu will have commands to create a new model simulation. Selecting a model will cause a simulation folder for the chosen model to appear in the Project Explorer.
After a simulation has been created, components may be added to the simulation. Components are often created as map coverages, meshes, grids, or scattersets. The individual map coverages, grids, or scattersets can be linked to the simulation by clicking on the item in the Project Explorer and dragging it under the simulation item in the Project Explorer. Each simulation in the Project Explorer will show a list of all linked components . This allows multiple simulations to make use of the same datasets.
Components can also be added or removed from a simulation using the right-click Link To or Unlink From submenus.
Once a simulation exists future simulations are often similar to one already created. Often it is easier to make a copy of the simulation and make changes where appropriate. A simulation can be copied by right-clicking on the simulation and choosing Duplicate. All simulations for a model will be listed under the simulation for that model. Under the simulation data item all simulations for all models will be listed—SMS supports using more than one model for a project.
Note: When naming simulations, apostrophes are not allowed in the simulation name. Using an apostrophe in any simulation name may cause an error.
The right-click menu for a simulation includes menu commands specific to each model.
Right-clicking on any simulation object in the Project Explorer will bring up a menu for that simulation. Most of the commands are specific for the simulation model type. The simulation right-click menu has the following commands that are used by all simulations.
Delete – Removes the selected simulation. This commands does not delete or modify components linked to the simulation.
Duplicate – Creates a copy of the selected simulation. All components linked to selected simulation will be linked to the duplicate simulation. Adding, or removing the components in the duplicate simulation will not change the original simulation.
Rename – Allows changing the simulation name.
New Simulation – This command will create a new simulation of the same model type as the simulation folder.
Simulation Run Queue – Opens the Simulation Run Queue dialog.
Export All – Export files for all simulations under the model simulation folder.
The Simulation Run Queue is used to manage multiple simulations. Once a simulation is started, the Simulation Run Queue appears. The dialog can also be reached by right-clicking on an simulation item in the Project Explorer and selecting the Simulation Run Queue command.
Maximum Number of Concurrent Processes Allowed – Determines how many simulation runs can be active in SMS at the same time.
The run queue will show all simulations that are either currently running or have not yet been removed from the run queue. Each simulation will be listed in the order the simulation runs were started. Each simulation can be expanded to show what happened during the model run. If the model has a pre-processor and/or a post-processor, these will be displayed separately from the main model run. Process bars display how much of the process have been completed.
Load – Loads the solution files into SMS from a completed simulation run.
Abort – Ends a simulation run before it has completed.
Remove – Deletes a completed or aborted simulation from the run queue.
Plot Options – Opens the Plot Options dialog. If the Monitoring Data option is turned on, the display of the plot line color, width, and style can be adjusted in this dialog.
Command Line – Shows the command line entries for the selected process. Will report errors encountered during the simulation run.
Residual Plot – Shows the residual plot for the selected simulation.
Monitor Point Plot – If monitor points are included in the simulation, this will show a plot for the point location once the simulation has included the point in the simulation run.
Monitor Line Plot – If monitor lines are included in the simulation, this will show a plot for the line location once the simulation has included the line in the simulation run.
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Goodreads says, "Grieving the death of her godfather and haunted by her cousin Cassie's betrayal, Barrie returns from a trip to San Francisco to find the Watson plantation under siege. Ghost-hunters hope to glimpse the ancient spirit who sets the river on fire each night, and reporters chase rumors of a stolen shipment of Civil War gold that may be hidden at Colesworth Place. The chaos turns dangerous as Cassie hires a team of archeologists to excavate beneath the mansion ruins. Because more is buried there than treasure. A stranger filled with magic arrives at Watson's Landing claiming that the key to the Watson and Beaufort gifts—and the Colesworth curse—also lies beneath the mansion. With a mix of threats and promises, the man convinces Barrie and Cassie to cast a spell there at midnight. But what he conjures may have deadly consequences. While Barrie struggles to make sense of the escalating peril and her growing and forbidden feelings for Eight Beaufort, it's impossible to know whom to trust and what to fight for—Eight or herself. Millions of dollars and the fate of the founding families is at stake. Now Barrie must choose between what she feels deep in her heart and what will keep Watson's Landing safe in this stunning addition to a series filled with "decadent settings, mysterious magic, and family histories rife with debauchery."
In Compulsion, Barrie gets the horrible news that her godfather has died and she has to return to San Francisco to pick up his remains. Upon her arrival back to the Watson plantation, she discovers that there are ghost hunters, treasure hunters and more curious people surrounding the plantation to the point where they had to close the tea room. To make matters worse, Barrie and Eight aren't exactly getting along. He has hid information from her regarding the current state at Watson plantation and he also has an important decision to make regarding college. Should he go away or stay local for Barrie? During this entire mess, Barrie meets a strange man wandering the plantation named Obadiah. She thinks he is just another crazy person hoping to find treasure, but he explains to Barrie that he has a personal connection to the Colesworth curse; plus, he seems to possess magic. Can he be trusted? Martina Boone's second book in the series, Persuasion, is an entertaining and atmospheric fantasy, but it leaves readers with even more questions than before.
I am starting to like Barrie more and more in Persuasion as she gets stronger and more assertive. I loved the relationship between Barrie and Eight in Compulsion, but here it felt a bit smothering. I felt like Eight was always showing up to get her out of her jams and I sort of wanted Barrie to be her own hero for the most part.
Of course her not-to-be-trusted cousin, Cassie, is back in the picture in Persuasion, but she isn't the Cassie we remember from Compulsion. She is dealing with some major post-traumatic stress from he events of Compulsion and her family might lose her plantation. So, things aren't all rainbows and sunshine for Cassie.
The best part of Persuasion for me is the Southern Gothic vibe. I love it so much along with the atmosphere that Boone creates in this series. Combine that with magic and romance, it makes for a fun read. However, I must admit that I liked Compulsion a bit more. Hopefully that is just because this is the 2nd book in the trilogy; I find that happens quite frequently. Nonetheless, I am excited to read the third book, Illusion, and find how it all ends as Persuasion left me with many questions.
Isn't it interesting how the second book in a trilogy seems to be the one we all enjoy the least, yet it manages to keep us hooked? I kind of love that - ha! This sounds like a perfectly creepy and dark fall read, Christina!
Yes, that consistently happens to me! It just happened again, actually! It is the perfect book for fall though...you are right! Thanks for visiting, Tara!
I'm glad you felt the same way, Leanna. Yeah, I have been struggling with the second book in a series for sometime now. I agree about Barrie...frustrating at times. I will definitely pick up book three though. Thanks for visiting!


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The Board of Control held its second meeting of the 2021-22 academic year on Wednesday at the KHSAA offices, during which it approved a draft wrestling alignment that will go into effect for the 2021-22 season.
After considering multiple options and reviewing past participation information, the Board approved a Final Alignment Map of Teams to be implemented for 2021-22. The KHSAA website will be updated in the coming days to reflect the adopted alignment.
"We have had the good fortune of great communication with the current leadership of our wrestling coaches association and know that not only were they ready for realignment, but they also wanted it implemented for this school year," said KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett. "Their excellent communication and gathering of information helped aid the process of realignment. Clearly important to the coaches and match managers was a balancing of sorts in terms of the number of competitors in each region to help with competition logistics. Their input was invaluable."
The Board also made a final decision on not to conduct a championship in boys' and girls' lacrosse this school year with the Board deferring that consideration to the May Board meeting for a possible 2022-23 implementation.
"We have communicated with our schools repeatedly to accurately gauge their interest, and at this point, there simply are not 50 schools desiring a championship," said Tackett. "We know it is growing, but we also know our school athletic administrators are stretched extremely thin right now scheduling and re-scheduling, and the timing for adding something new probably isn't the best."
The Board had asked staff to remind member schools of the requirements for sports sanctioning at its last meeting in July. Since then, the data had not changed with 40 girls' schools and 39 boys' schools reporting a desire to participate, short of the 50 required per Board of Control policy.
"The 50 requirement represents less than 20 percent of the membership, and it is our obligation to continue to monitor their interest as we do with other sports," said Tackett. "We will still have staff assigned to facilitate both boys' and girls' lacrosse as it continues to grow."
A list of the sports offered (including several that do not have a championship due to their numbers) is listed on the KHSAA website.
A date was set for the Fall Draw Show, which will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 12. The Board accepted a report on the procedures for soccer and volleyball conducting random draws for the semi-state rounds with Regions 1-8 and 9-16 in random pods. The Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) standings will play a role in those sports with the highest-rated team being the home team. The draw for field hockey will also be completed, with region winners being drawn to host region runners-up in the eight-team state event.
Staff gave updates to the Board on the ongoing fall seasons, highlighting that championship play is quickly approaching.
The state golf championships return to Bowling Green Country Club with the girls playing Oct. 5-6 and the boys' Oct. 8-9.
Cross Country returns to the Bourbon County Cross Country Course in Paris on Oct. 29-30.
Field Hockey's Oct. 23 semifinals and Oct. 25 finals are at Christian Academy of Louisville.
Soccer's Oct. 27 boys' and Oct. 28 girls' semifinals and Oct. 30 finals are at Frederick Douglass in Lexington.
Volleyball will play its quarterfinals through finals at George Rogers Clark in Winchester on Nov. 5-6.
In other action Wednesday, the Board:
Accepted a report on COVID-19 related cancelations following reminders that there is no waiver of forfeits for games unable to be played due to the virus for 2021-22. This includes the postseason as any withdrawal after the Friday before the postseason begins will be a bye/forfeit and the team will not be replaced.
Accepted a report about potential revisions to the Kentucky Medical Association's (KMA) Return to Play protocol that is currently under review and expected to be finalized by the end of September.
Heard a report on new member schools with Highlands Latin being in its first year of postseason eligibility this school year. Five others – Trinity Christian, Somerset Christian, North Hardin Classical Christian, Foundation Christian, and CornerStone Prep – will be eligible in 2022-23. The newest member, Heritage Christian, will be eligible for postseason play in 2023-24.
Accepted a report on the status of officials licensing. Numbers are still extremely low compared to the 2019-20 season, and it was emphasized that it will take a team effort between assignors, school administrators, coaches and staff to recruit new officials, retain officials and get those who haven't renewed to come back to officiating.
-KHSAA-

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Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. lead diverse Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class
By Randy LewisTribune News Service
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2020 class of inductees runs a gamut from shimmering R&B-laced pop and classic '90s hip-hop to industrial rock and foursquare glam-rock with the selection of Whitney Houston, the Notorious B.I.G., Nine Inch Nails and T. Rex along with the Doobie Brothers and Depeche Mode, all of whom will join the hall's ranks this spring.
The latest slate of inductees leaves behind the Dave Matthews Band, Kraftwerk, Motörhead, Thin Lizzy, MC5, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Todd Rundgren and Judas Priest, who were among 16 acts on the final nomination ballot that didn't make the cut for induction in 2020.
That ceremony is scheduled to take place May 2 in Cleveland at the Public Auditorium, near the hall's headquarters and museum. It is open to the public and tickets will go on sale Feb. 27.
If there's a surprise in this year's group of inductees it is that just one of the artists chosen — the Doobie Brothers — reached the top five of the hall's fan voting. The other most popular nominees were the Dave Matthews Band, which logged just over 1 million fan votes followed by Pat Benatar (882,000 votes), the Doobies (nearly 785,000), Soundgarden (just under 723,000) and Judas Priest (675,000).
The top five vote-getters on the fan ballot generate just one vote apiece for each of those acts, which is added to the total from the hall's 1,000 or so voting members. But the fan poll demonstrates to voters which acts those fans are most enthusiastic about.
In the quick-turnaround department, four of the new inductees made it after appearing on the ballot for the first time: Houston, Notorious B.I.G., the Doobies and T. Rex.
In addition, the hall's Ahmet Ertegun Award to significant music industry figures will go to superstar manager Irving Azoff and rock critic-turned-talent-manager Jon Landau.
For the first time, the induction ceremony will be carried live on HBO, which previously had aired taped highlights in weeks after the actual event.


One thing you will find in abundance are libraries of interactions, often called widgets. Richie Hazlewood posted this link to the HCI distribution list earlier today, but it's not the only one. The "components" that ship with Flash are another set, and information architect folks (e.g., Garrett) likewise have a standardized collection of interaction diagrams.
To me, these feel more like libraries than languages, and I've been thinking about what I mean by that distinction. Are the elements of the language of film more or less equivalent to search boxes, accordians, table filters, tabs, shopping carts, and store locators? My gut tells me that there is a difference, in that one is oriented toward human expression, and another is oriented toward UI engineering, that is, how we structure code and interfaces for optimal performance. But is this distinction legitimate (i.e., that there really is a difference out there), or is it habit (i.e., that we're just used to thinking about things that way)?
I actually would like to hear what you all think about this; it may or may not come up in class this semester. So I encourage comments, opinionating, and even pontificating here, where appropriate.
I think libraries and/or languages operate on different levels. For film, you have ideas like formalism/realism as part of a "higher" level language of expression but you also have very "low" mechanical stuff like fades, cuts, zooming, panning, etc.
Most interaction design libraries seem to be oriented towards the mechanical, searching, buttons, pick lists, etc. In my experience with the field, there doesn't seem to be much of a language for expression or criticism. A lot of the literature (scholarly, professional, blog wackos) focuses on creating such a language.
So, yes, I agree there's a difference and I do not quite know what it is, but I think criticism and critique have something to do with it. Language breeds critique and criticism but libraries do not .. at least not as directly.
I agree with Tyler about the relationship between "language" and criticism. When we talk about the language of film its not just because there exists names for a set of techniques like cuts, lighting, panning, etc. What's more important is that there exists a body of criticism that tries to explicate how these techniques contribute to the overall experience or meaning of a film. Out of this criticism you get bigger ideas like realism/formalism, and notions of genre.
In this sense, there is sort of a language of interaction. We have a kind of criticism in HCI, but as Jeff says it not oriented to human expression. Its rather focused on the logic of computation, representation of data, and usability. This big ideas we get out of this criticism have to do with affordances, feedback, etc. The current 'language of interaction' then consists of best practices for how to use elements like accordions and shopping carts in order to represent certain kinds of data and facilitate tasks.
To me, the stuffs mentioned in the pattern library are more like camera, costume, make-up, lights, music, etc in film production. But they're not like "Montage", "Flashback", etc in film theory. So I guess the library is part of the HCI language, but not all.
We use language to express our point, to send out message to our audience, which means that it has certain meanings. Maybe some people would argue that those patterns have their meanings too, but I'd like to say their meanings at a more loosely level. They could be background or tools, but not the focus.
My first thought was that a library is a language used to access and store other linguistic constructs. So perhaps a library is more utilitarian than expressive. Of course, a library could talk about, or contain, expressive works (the wells library does). It could also contain things more oriented towards engineering (an english dictionary seems to be more engineering-oriented). Either way, a library does seem to suggest that a language is sufficiently developed that it needs some organization to make it more usable.
I agree with jeff that a film libraries seems to contain more expressive elements, while interaction design libraries contain mostly elements for things like usability (although I don't have any specific examples to justify this). I'm not sure I agree that "library" v. "language" is the important distinction… to me it seems like it just depends what's in the library, i.e. what is the library talking about and organizing?


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No love triangle in 'Dabangg 3', says Sonakshi
by IANS Published on Tuesday 25th June 2019, 01:04 PM
Karnataka crisis: SC takes up row over anti-defection law Tuesday 16th July 2019
Telangana office employees shifted over TikTok videos Tuesday 16th July 2019
Railways mulling another Vande Bharat Express between Delhi-Katra Tuesday 16th July 2019
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who is reprising her role as Rajjo in "Dabangg 3", says there will be no love triangle in the upcoming instalment of the movie.
Sonakshi spoke about it at the launch of salon brand Streax Professional's retro remix collection here on Monday.
There has been buzz that "Dabangg 3", directed by Prabhudheva, will see a love triangle with the introduction of another actress besides Sonakshi.
Dismissing it, Sonakshi said: "No… speculations will be there, but of course, there will be a different story and this film will have new characters as we don't want to offer same stuff to our audience. I feel it is going to be an amazing film."
In first instalment of the "Dabangg" series, Malaika Arora and Kareena Kapoor Khan appeared in special songs which became chartbusters ahead of the movie's release.
Asked what the audience can expect from "Dabangg 3", Sonakshi said: "I think it will be very fun because there is an element in 'Dabangg' series where artistes come and they do a song for the film. This time there will not be Munni in the song and there will be Munna in the song, so it will be a lot more fun."
"Dabangg 3" is produced by Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan.
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Infants can link ethnicity with language: Study
Kim's sister appears to take leadership role: Seoul's spy agency
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The 10th
Hyderabad, July 16 (IANS) A government office is a
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Riding high on the success
Airlines to get relief as Pakistan lifts complete airspace restrictions (Lead)
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Indian airlines are expected
15-day 'Happiness Utsav' begins in Delhi schools
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Beginning Tuesday, the
Wanted criminal Mehraj Sulemani held in Ghaziabad
Haryana Assembly monsoon session from August 2
Railways' 100-day plan: Cut travel time on Delhi-Howrah, Delhi-Mumbai routes
Is it a turning point for Yes Bank?
India must tap foreign capital to trigger investment cycle: CEA


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Garaż (tyt. oryg. ros. Гараж) - radziecki film komediowy z 1979 roku, w reżyserii Eldara Riazanowa.

Fabuła
Akcja filmu rozgrywa się pod koniec lat 70. w Instytucie Naukowo-Badawczym, zajmującym się ochroną zwierząt. Pracownicy instytutu powołali do życia spółdzielnię Fauna, która ma zająć się przydziałem nowych garaży. Budowa drogi szybkiego ruchu ma zmniejszyć teren przeznaczony pod budowę garaży i nie wszyscy chętni mogą je otrzymać. Zebranie pracowników ma wyłonić cztery osoby odpowiedzialne za przydział. Okazuje się jednak, że te osoby zostały już wybrane, a uczestnicy zebrania mają tylko ten wybór potwierdzić.

Plan zatwierdzenia podanych z góry kandydatur komplikuje wystąpienie Eleny Malejewej, która domaga się zmiany procedury głosowania. W trakcie dyskusji okazuje się, że ktoś zamknął z zewnątrz uczestników zebrania w sali i nikt nie ma klucza. Dalsza dyskusja ujawnia kolejne nieprawidłowości, związane z funkcjonowaniem spółdzielni. W jej składzie znalazły się osoby nieznane pracownikom instytutu, które trafiły tam dzięki protekcji.

Scenariusz został oparty na wydarzeniach autentycznych. Riazanow uczestniczył w zebraniu spółdzielni garażowej Mosfilmu, które ujawniło szereg nieprawidłowości w "rekrutacji" nowych członków spółdzielni.

Obsada
 Lija Achiedżakowa jako Elena Pawłowna Malajewa
 Ija Sawwina jako Lidia Władimirowna Anikiejewa
 Swietłana Niemoliajewa jako żona Guskowa
 Walentin Gaft jako Sidorin
 Gieorgij Burkow jako Witalij Kuzmicz Fetisow
 Wiaczesław Niewinny jako Karpuchin
 Andriej Miagkow jako Siemion Aleksandrowicz Chwostow
 Leonid Markow jako Paweł Konstantinowicz Smirnowski
 Igor Kostolewski jako syn towarzysza Miłosierdowa
 Anastasija Wozniesienska jako Ałła Aleksiejewna Kuszakowa
 Olga Ostroumowa jako Marina
 Gleb Striżenow jako Aleksandr Grigoriewicz Jakubow
 Natalia Gurzo jako aspirantka Natasza
 Borisław Bondukow
 Michaił Kokszenow

Wersja polska
 Wersja polska - Studio Opracowań Filmów w Warszawie
 Reżyseria - Maria Piotrowska
Obsada:
 Alicja Wyszyńska
 Aleksandra Koncewicz
 Jolanta Wołłejko
 Marek Bargiełowski
 Eugeniusz Robaczewski
 Mariusz Leszczyński
 Henryk Talar
 Włodzimierz Bednarski
 Marek Lewandowski
 Jolanta Nowak
 Hanna Giza
 Ryszard Barycz
 Andrzej Wykrętowicz
 Ryszard Nawrocki
 Anna Wojton

Linki zewnętrzne

Filmy w reżyserii Eldara Riazanowa
Radzieckie filmy z 1980 roku
Radzieckie filmy komediowe
Filmy kręcone w Moskwie

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The Noblest Husband
Lower Your Wing - Haya Muhammad Eid
Auther : Haya Muhammad Eid
Under category : Lower Your Wing - Haya Muhammad Eid
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Concerning wives, the Prophet (Pbuh) said to husbands:
"Women are the counterparts of men."2
Lady 'Aishah, Sunan At-Tirmidhy, Book of At-Taharah (Purification), Hadith no. 105.
"The most perfect of believers in faith are those who are most nobly mannered, and the best of you are those who are the most mannerly towards their wives."
Abu Hurairah, Sunan At-Tirmidhy, Book of Ar-Rada' (Breastfeeding), Hadith no. 1082.
"The best of you is he who is best to his wife, and I am the best of you to my wife."
Lady 'Aishah, Sunan At-Tirmidhy, Book of Al-Manaqib, Hadith no. 3830.
The Prophet (Pbuh) shared his life with women, honored them, protected them, helped them, consulted them, listened to them, laughed with them… and even played with them and said,
"Everything with which a Muslim man amuses himself is vain, except his shooting with his bow, his training of his horse, and his playing with his wife, for they are among what is right."
'Uqbah bin 'Amir Al-Juhany, Sunan Ibn Majah, Book of Jihad, Hadith no. 2801.
Lady 'Aishah narrated,
"The Prophet (Pbuh)raced me, and I outstripped him."
Sunan Ibn Majah, Book of An-Nikah, Hadith no. 1969
The Prophet (Pbuh) had another race with his wife but this time he (Pbuh) outstripped her. She said,
"When I became fleshy, I raced him (again) and he (Pbuh)outstripped me, saying, 'This (makes up) for that.'"
Sunan Abu Dawud, Book of Jihad, Hadith no. 2214.
On a feast day, the Prophet (Pbuh) stood at the door of Lady 'Aishah's house while some Abyssinians (Ethiopians) were playing with their spears in the Masjid, screening his wife with his garment and lowering his shoulders to enable her to see their display. She kept watching until she was content. Lady 'Aishah narrated:
It was a feast day, when Africans would play with leather shields and spears. Either I requested from the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)or he (Pbuh) himself asked me whether I would like to see the display. I replied in the affirmative. He (Pbuh) made me stand behind him, my cheek touching his cheek. He (Pbuh)was saying, "Carry on, O Banu Arfida!" When I became bored, he (Pbuh)asked me, "Had you enough?" I said, "Yes." So he (Pbuh)asked me to leave.
Sahih Al-Bukhary, Book of Al-Jihad wa Al-Siyar, Hadith no. 2691.
The Prophet (Pbuh)did not belittle the special world of woman, her tales, interests, likes and dislikes, and the way she sometimes gets attached to certain possessions - perhaps a necklace. Lady 'Aishah narrated:
We set out with the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) on one of his journeys. When we were at Al-Baida' or Dhatul-Jaish, a necklace of mine was broken (and lost). The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) stayed there to search for it, and people stayed with him. They were not at a place of water, nor did they have any water with them. The people went to Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (my father) and said, "Do you not see what 'Aishah has done? She made the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) and the people stay where there is no water, nor do they have water with them." Abu Bakr came while the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) was sleeping with his head reclining on my thigh. He said (to me), "You have detained the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)and the people where there is no water, nor do they have water with them." Abu Bakr admonished me and said what Allah wished him to say. He started to jab me in my flank with his hand. The only thing that prevented me from stirring (because of pain) was the position of the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)on my thigh. When the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) woke up at dawn there was no water; consequently, Allah revealed the Ayah of Tayammum.1 Usaid bin Hudair said, "This is not the first of your blessings, O family of Abu Bakr." Then we made the camel on which I was riding get up and found the necklace under it.
At home, the Prophet (Pbuh) was not the kind of husband who would sit and have everything done for him. His helping hand was there supporting the hands of the women, giving fodder to the animals, milking the sheep, sweeping the house, mending his shoes, patching his garment, buying things from the marketplace, and serving his family.
Lady 'Aishah was asked, "What did the Prophet (Pbuh) used to do in his house?" She replied, "He (Pbuh)used to be in the service of his family, and when the time for Salah came, he (Pbuh) would go out to Salah."
Lady 'Aishah was asked about what the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) used to do in his house and she replied, "He (Pbuh)was one of the humans; he (Pbuh)used to clean his garment, milk his sheep, and serve himself."1 She also said, "He (Pbuh)used to stitch his garment, mend his shoes, and do what men usually do at their homes."
At home, the Prophet (Pbuh)was affectionate and spoke the language of affection and mercy that must exist between spouses. Lady 'Aishah narrated, "The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)came to me to kiss me, so I said to him,
'O Messenger of Allah, I am fasting.' The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)said to me, 'And I am fasting.' Then he (Pbuh) kissed me."
At home, the Prophet (Pbuh)was willing to talk and listen to his wives, and in a life burdened with responsibilities, still he (Pbuh)dedicated some time to his wives. Ibn 'Abbas narrated, "
I stayed overnight at the house of my aunt Maymunah. The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)talked with his wife for an hour, and then he (Pbuh)lay down."
"The Prophet (Pbuh)used to offer a two-Rak'ah prayer (at dawn), and then if I was awake, he (Pbuh)would talk to me; otherwise, he (Pbuh)would lie down."
Closeness and familiarity made the Prophet (Pbuh) understand his wives. Through a few words he (Pbuh) could easily decipher their feelings. In a mild reproach he (Pbuh) once said, as Lady 'Aishah narrated, "I know when you are pleased with me and when you are angry with me." 'Aishah asked, "How do you know that?" He (Pbuh) said, "When you are pleased with me, you say, 'No, by the Lord of Muhammad,' and when you are angry with me, you say, 'No, by the Lord of Ibrahim (Abraham r)." 'Aishah said, "Yes, but by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I leave nothing but your name."
He (Pbuh) not only listened to the opinions of his wives, but followed their counsel at times of crisis, as happened in the year of Al-Hudaibiyah. Muslims came a long way, driving their sacrificial animals, hopeful to visit the Ka'bah, but they were inhibited from entering Al-Masjid Al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque) and performing 'Umrah (minor pilgrimage) – an aggression that deeply grieved them. After negotiations, the Hudaibiyah treaty was concluded, in which the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)agreed with the infidels of Quraish that he (Pbuh) and his Companions would perform 'Umrah, but not until the next year. 'Umar narrated:
When the writing down of the treaty was concluded, the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)said to his Companions, "Get up, slaughter (your sacrifices), and then get your head shaved." By Allah, none of them got up. The Prophet (Pbuh)repeated his order three times, and when none of them got up, he (Pbuh)went to Umm Salamah and told her about the attitude of the people he (Pbuh)encountered. Umm Salamah said, "O Prophet of Allah, do you want that (i.e., your order to be carried out)? Go out and do not say a word to any of them until you have slaughtered your sacrifice, called your barber, and shaved your head." The Prophet (Pbuh)went out and did not talk to any of them until he (Pbuh)had done that. He (Pbuh)slaughtered his sacrifice and called his barber, who shaved his head. Seeing that, the Companions got up, slaughtered their sacrifices, and started shaving the heads of one another.
At home, the Prophet (Pbuh)had unwavering trust and confidence in his wives. He (Pbuh)forbade husbands from behaving with distrust towards their wives, spying on them, or looking for their lapses. Jabir bin 'Abdullah said,
"The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)forbade that a man should come to his family unexpectedly at night, doubting their fidelity and looking for their lapses."
Anas bin Malik said, "The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) would not come (back from a journey) to his wives at night. He would return to them in the morning or at evening." The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)said,
"When anyone of you is away (from his house) for a long time, he should not return to his wife at night."
He (Pbuh) taught that mutual trust built between spouses through living together entails support of each other during hard times. When Ubai bin Salul spread a vicious story, slandering the Prophet's wife, Lady 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the Prophet (Pbuh)stood on the pulpit and defended his wife, saying, "By Allah, I know nothing except good about my family. And they have mentioned (blamed) a man of whom I know nothing but good, and he has never visited my family except with me."
At home, the Prophet (Pbuh)was forgiving and patient. He (Pbuh)excused moments of anger in marital life and allowed giving vent to feelings. 'Umar t narrated:
I once shouted at my wife and she retorted upon me. I disliked that she should answer me back. She said, "Why do you take it ill that I retort upon you? By Allah, the wives of the Prophet (Pbuh)retort upon him. Some of them desert him for the whole day until night." What she said scared me. I said to her, "Whoever does so among them has failed." Then I dressed myself and went to (my daughter) Hafsah and asked her, "O Hafsah! Do any of you keep the Prophet (Pbuh)angry all day long until night?" She said, "Yes." I said, "You have failed and you are ruined! Are you secure against Allah getting angry for the anger of His Messenger (Pbuh)and you be ruined? Do not ask much of the Prophet r, do not retort upon him for anything, and do not desert him. Demand from me whatever you like."
An-Nu'man bin Bashir narrated:
Abu Bakr came asking the permission of the Prophet (Pbuh) to enter when he heard 'Aishah speaking to the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) in a loud voice. He was given permission. He entered and said, "O daughter of Umm Ruman!" and he seized her (to slap her), "Are you raising your voice to the Messenger of Allah r." The Prophet (Pbuh) interposed himself between her and Abu Bakr. When Abu Bakr went away, the Prophet (Pbuh) started to soothe her saying, "Can you not see that I came between the man and you?" Abu Bakr then came and asked permission to come in and found the Prophet (Pbuh) trying to make her laugh. He was given permission and he entered. Abu Bakr said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, make me share in your peace as you made me share in your fight."
At home, like any other home there were times of discord, but the husband there was not like any other husband. He (Pbuh)was the man whom Almighty Allah praised, saying: (And indeed, you are of great moral character.)1
He (Pbuh)taught, through his good behavior and blessed guidance, how marital discord should be quietly and nobly solved. Allah U says: (If you fear a breach between the two (the man and his wife), appoint an arbitrator from his family and an arbitrator from her family. If they both wish for peace, Allah will cause their reconciliation.)2
A disagreement happened between the Prophet (Pbuh)and Lady 'Aishah, so he (Pbuh)said to her, "Whom do you accept (as a conciliator) between me and you? Do you accept 'Umar?" She said, "I will never accept 'Umar. 'Umar is tough."
He (Pbuh)said, "Do you accept your father between me and you?"
She said, "Yes."
The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)sent for Abu Bakr. When he arrived, the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)said, "Shall you speak or shall I speak."
She said, "You speak and say nothing but the truth." Upon saying this, Abu Bakr lifted his hand and slapped her nose. 'Aishah ran away from him and sought protection behind the Prophet's back, until the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)said to him, "I adjure you to leave. We did not call you for this."
After he left, 'Aishah rose, so the Messenger (Pbuh)said to her, "Come close to me," but she refused.
He (Pbuh)smiled and said, "A while ago you were adhering close to my back," – alluding to her seeking protection behind his back in fear of her father's beating of her. When Abu Bakr returned, he found them laughing, so he said, "Make me share in your peace as you made me share your path."
At home, jealousy aroused, which is only natural, especially if the husband was the greatest and noblest of men. The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)asked, "What is wrong with you, 'Aishah? Do you feel jealous?" She said, "How can it be that someone like me does not feel jealous over someone like you?"
But jealousy never found a wiser healer. Safiyah (may Allah be pleased with her) once learned that Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) said (about her), "The daughter of a Jew," which made her cry. The Prophet (Pbuh)came to her while she was crying and asked, "What makes you cry?" She said, "Hafsah said to me that I am a daughter of a Jew."
The Prophet (Pbuh)said, "Indeed, you are the daughter of a Prophet (Aron r), and indeed your uncle is a Prophet (Moses r) and indeed you are the wife of a Prophet (Muhammad (pbuh)), so what does she have over you to boast about." Then he (Pbuh)said, "Fear Allah, O Hafsah."
At home, there were nine wives whom the Prophet (Pbuh)should look after, protect, and provide for, and sometimes they asked him for more. Jabir bin 'Abdullah narrated:
Abu Bakr and 'Umar sought permission to visit the Messenger of Allah and found him (Pbuh)sitting sadly and silently with his wives around him. Abu Bakr said, "I shall say something to make the Prophet (Pbuh)laugh," so he said, "O Messenger of Allah, I wish you had seen the daughter of Kharijah. She asked me for (more) financial support, so I got up and hit her on her neck." The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)smiled and said, "They are around me as you see, asking me for (more) financial support." Upon that, Abu Bakr got up to hit 'Aishah on her neck, and 'Umar got up to hit Hafsah on her neck, both of them saying, "You are asking the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)for that which he (Pbuh)does not have!" They said, "By Allah, we will never ask the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)for anything that he (Pbuh)does not have."
Then he (Pbuh)withdrew from them for a month or twenty-nine days, after which the following Ayahs were revealed to him: (O Prophet! Say to your wives, "If you desire the life of this world and its glitter, then come! I will make a provision for you and set you free in a handsome manner. But if you desire Allah and His Messenger, and the Home of the Hereafter, then verily, Allah has prepared for the doers of good among you an enormous reward.")
He (Pbuh)started with 'Aishah and said, "O 'Aishah, I want to propound to you a matter. I would like you not to hasten in it until you consult your parents." She said, "What is it, O Messenger of Allah?" He (Pbuh) recited to her the Ayah, to which she replied, "About you, O Messenger of Allah, shall I consult my parents? Nay, I choose Allah, His Messenger, and the Home of the Hereafter; but I ask you not to tell any of your wives what I have said." He (Pbuh) said, "Any woman of them who asks me I shall tell her. Allah did not send me to make things hard, or look for (people's) lapses, but He has sent me as a teacher who makes things easy."
At home, there was the teacher of all mankind (Pbuh) and the Mothers of all Believers (may Allah be pleased with them), who faithfully transmitted every breath, thought, word, and deed of the universal Prophet r.
Umm Salamah said, "When the Adhan (call) of the Maghrib (Sunset) Prayer is announced, the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)taught me to say, 'O Allah, this is Your night coming, Your day going, and the voices of Your summoners (calling for prayer), so forgive me.'"
Umm Salamah said, "The Prophet (Pbuh) never went out of my house without raising his eyes to the sky and saying, 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I stray or be led astray, or slip or be made to slip, or oppress or be oppressed, or act ignorantly or be treated ignorantly.'"
Lady 'Aishah said, "The Prophet (Pbuh) used to say while bowing and prostrating himself, 'Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and Yours is the praise. O Allah, forgive me.'"
Lady 'Aishah said, "I know how the Prophet (Pbuh) used to say Talbiyah: 'Here I am at Your service O Allah, Here I am. Here I am at Your service, You have no partner, Here I am. Yours Alone is all Praise and all Bounty.'"
Lady 'Aishah said,
"When he (Pbuh) rose at night, he (Pbuh) would open his Salah (by saying), 'O Allah, Lord of Jibril (Gabriel), Mika'il (Michael) and Israfil, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, All-Knower of the Unseen and the Seen. You will judge between your slaves in that wherein they used to differ. Guide me, by Your Leave, to the truth of that wherein they differed. Verily, You guide whom You will to a Straight Path.'"
Lady Juwayriah narrated that one day the Prophet (Pbuh) left her room in the morning for the Subh (Dawn) Prayer while she was in her place of worship. He (Pbuh) came back in the forenoon, and she was still sitting there. The Prophet (Pbuh) asked her, "Have you been in the same state since I left you?" She said, "Yes." The Prophet (Pbuh) said, "After I left you I said four words three times. If they were to be weighed against what you have said since morning, they would outweigh them. Glory be to Allah and His is the Praise as many as His Creations and His Good Pleasure and the weight of His Throne and the ink of His Words."
Umm Habibah said "I heard the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) say, 'Any Muslim servant who voluntarily offers twelve Rak'ahs every day, other than the obligatory ones, for the Sake of Allah, Allah will surely build for them a house in Paradise (or a house will be built for them in Paradise).'" Umm Habibah added, "I have kept on offering them ever since."
Lady Maymunah said, "When the Prophet (Pbuh) prostrated himself, if a lambkin wanted to pass between his arms, it could pass."
Lady Maymunah said, "When the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)prostrated himself, he (Pbuh) spread his arms (i.e. he (Pbuh) separated them), to the extent that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen from behind him. When he (Pbuh) sat (during Salah), he (Pbuh) rested on his left thigh."
Lady Hafsah said, "When the Muezzin (caller for prayer) fell silent after announcing the Adhan of Subh Prayer and morning dawned, the Messenger of Allah (Pbuh) would offer two short Rak'ahs before the call to the commencement of the prayer."
Lady Hafsah said, "The Messenger of Allah (Pbuh)used to place his right hand under his right cheek whenever he (Pbuh) went to sleep. And he (Pbuh)used to observe fasting on Mondays and Thursdays."
Three Blessings
Speaking about the three superb blessings in his worldly life, the Prophet (Pbuh) said, "Made beloved to me from your world are women and perfume, and the apple of my eye is made to be in Salah."
The Prophet (Pbuh) first dedicated his love to women, whom he (Pbuh) regarded as his home in this world and his companions in the Hereafter. Such was the value and loyalty he (Pbuh) attached to women.
Then he (Pbuh) gently mentioned fragrance, something as soft and delicate as women, which he (Pbuh) loved to put on while inviting people to Allah's Path and was the only thing he (Pbuh) allowed himself of worldly goods.
As for the apple of his eye, it was the long hours he (Pbuh) stood praying to the Lord of existence.
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Put a Dragon on It: The Game of Thrones Prequel and Everything Else You Need to Know About HBO Max
HBO Max is throwing dragons, Looney Tunes, and Mindy Kaling into the mix in hopes it can prevail in the streaming wars.
By Joy Press
Courtesy of HBO.
"This is not Netflix, this is not Disney, this is uniquely HBO Max," AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson announced from a stage at the Warner Bros. studio in Burbank, where he was unveiling details of the new streaming platform. It will cost $14.99 when it launches in May 2020 (the same price as the existing HBO streaming service) with about 10,000 hours of original and library content.
The event happened to fall on the week Apple is launching its new streaming platform and Disney+ unleashed a media blitz that included a trailer for The Mandalorian, offering a tiny glimpse of the herculean battles that lie ahead. The streaming wars are going to get vicious, and the corporate behemoths fighting for our eyeballs and dollars know it'll take everything they've got to reel us in. For HBO Max that involved announcing that it was ordering up a straight-to-series Game of Thrones prequel. House of the Dragon, based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood novel and set 300 years before the events of GoT, received a 10-episode, straight-to-series order, with GoT's Emmy-winning director Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal as showrunners.
The streamer's strategy is all about "bringing all the corners of this company together in a way that they've never been brought together before," as HBO Max head of originals Sarah Aubrey told me earlier this year. The divisions of the company (which include HBO, CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, DC and Warner Bros. Studios) previously had been run in "a pretty siloed way." Aubrey had been given an explicit mandate "to bring all of our expertise together and function in this cohesive way." Or, as WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey put it, "We're all in."
That became clear as a stream of executives took the stage to trumpet talent and company-wide synergy. Among the new shows announced was Raised by Wolves, a 10-episode sci-fi epic executive produced and directed by filmmaker Ridley Scott, originally expected to run on TNT. The series—which Aubrey described to me as "a sci-fi Little House on the Prairie"—takes place after Earth has been destroyed in a religious war, and two androids are left with the job of restarting humanity by raising human children on another planet.
Greg Berlanti, who has an overall deal with Warner Bros., is developing two DC superhero series for the new streaming platform. One will be inspired by the Green Lantern character and the other, the anthology series Strange Adventures, will explore the overlap between mortals and superheroes. Another newly announced DC-related show, DC Super Hero High, is a half-hour comedy series. Executive produced by Elizabeth Banks, it will revolve around a group of boarding school students who have no idea they are destined to become DC superheroes.
Launching with 31 original series next year, the streamer hopes to target every audience demographic, though it seems particularly eager to attract millennials and Gen Z. Mindy Kaling, who recently inked a lucrative overall deal with Warner Bros., has a raunchy half-hour comedy in the works called College Girls, about three female freshman roommates in Vermont. Insecure's Issa Rae is developing a half-hour HBO Max comedy about a female rap group with the working title Rap Sh*t.
There are also plenty of shows for the wee ones, too, starting with Sesame Street and a new kid-flavored talk show, The Not Too Late Show With Elmo. The streamer also announced a flood of animated shows like Tooned Out, a hybrid live-action animated comedy from Robert Zemeckis and executive producer-writer Jared Stern, and Jellystone, which will revive favorite Hanna-Barbera characters like Yogi Bear, Top Cat, and Magilla Gorilla. The network has also ordered new episodes of cult favorites like The Boondocks and Adventure Time.
These "Max Originals" will be surrounded by a library of old series and movies from the company's archives, whether it's Looney Toons, DC movies like * Joker,* Warner Bros. series such as The Big Bang Theory, or classic films from TCM and the Criterion Collection. The streamer has also just picked up South Park and Rick and Morty. But HBO Max's executives repeatedly stressed that the platform would not be a giant ball pit of programming: Rather, it's a "curated" streaming service. They touted a feature called "Recommended by humans" that replaces Netflix-style algorithms with suggestions by ordinary people and celebrities.
Further separating HBO Max from Netflix is its decision to roll out original-series episodes on a weekly basis rather than dropping full seasons, all the better to dominate the cultural conversation like HBO's Game of Thrones and Succession have. HBO itself clearly remains the jewel in the crown of this new platform—so desirable they named the whole damn streamer after it. Along with the Game of Thrones prequel, HBO touted a slew of upcoming series: Veep creator Armando Iannucci's space comedy, Avenue 5; Misha Green's Lovecraft Country; and David Simon's Plot Against America are all slated for release in 2020.
HBO is a house of auteurs, and it has thrived by being slow and selective. For all the corporate talk of curation and human touch, no one knows whether the HBO model will scale, or how its idiosyncratic company culture will mesh with AT&T's. And while WarnerMedia's Stankey suggested that it was a no-brainer for HBO's 30 million-plus American subscribers to leap over to the HBO Max platform—"Why wouldn't you want twice the content for the same price?"—the rush of competitors means no streamer is a sure thing, even if it comes with a dragon or two.
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IMF and Ukraine reach tentative $5.5bn deal /node/1596011/business-economy
Kristalina Georgieva Managing director of IMF. (Reuters)
The IMF and other international donors have repeatedly pressed Kiev to attract much-needed investment by addressing pervasive corruption
KIEV: The International Monetary Fund said it had reached a "staff-level" agreement with Ukraine on a new $5.5 billion, three-year aid program for the war-scarred country.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said she was "pleased to note that IMF staff has reached agreement with the authorities" on the deal, adding it was "subject to IMF management approval."
Georgieva said she spoke by telephone on Saturday to President Volodymyr Zelensky and commended him on "impressive progress" on reforms and "sound economic policies."
"The president and I agreed that Ukraine's economic success depends crucially on strengthening the rule of law, enhancing the integrity of the judiciary, and reducing the role of vested interests," she said.
She added that it was "paramount to safeguard the gains made in cleaning up the banking system and recover the large costs to the taxpayers from bank resolutions."
The IMF and other international donors have repeatedly pressed Kiev to attract much-needed investment by addressing pervasive corruption and reducing the power of oligarchs. But bankers and analysts said they fear the current authorities are targeting former bankers who have helped clean up the market instead of the oligarch owners of banks that go bankrupt.
At his inauguration in May, the president urged people with Ukrainian heritage to return home.
The country is in the spotlight due to the impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump.
Trump is accused of abusing his office by pressuring Ukraine to find dirt on former US Vice President Joe Biden, his potential challenger in the 2020 election.
The White House maintains Trump was simply encouraging the new government of Ukraine to rein in corruption.
More than 13,000 people have been killed in Ukraine's conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the industrial east which broke out shortly after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014.
Topics: IMF Ukraine Kristalina Georgieva
Ukraine protesters demand no 'capitulation' to Russia
Indonesia hails 'historic' $22.9bn mega-investment deal with UAE /node/1614291/business-economy
Indonesia hails 'historic' $22.9bn mega-investment deal with UAE
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Leaders agree initial $6.8bn projects plan, including initiative to build a replica of Abu Dhabi grand mosque in Java
JAKARTA: Indonesia's business community on Thursday welcomed the UAE's pledge to pump tens of billions of dollars into a wide range of key sector projects.
President Joko Widodo and his entourage secured an overall $22.9 billion deal during an official two-day visit to Abu Dhabi earlier this week covering the fields of energy, logistics, port construction, mining, and agriculture.
It was also revealed that the delegation brokered a UAE commitment to assist in establishing an Indonesian sovereign wealth fund.
At a bilateral meeting, the Indonesian leader and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan witnessed the signing of 11 business accords between the two countries. Indonesia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said the UAE had committed to investing $6.8 billion out of the total agreed spending package into the initiatives.
Luhut Pandjaitan, Indonesia's chief minister for maritime affairs and investment, described the UAE's pledges as possibly being "the biggest deals in Indonesia's history, secured with the UAE within only six months," referring to the crown prince's visit to Indonesia last July.
While most lauded the deal, some Indonesian business leaders remained cautious over the long-term prospects for the projects.
Fachry Thaib, head of the Middle East Committee and OIC at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce, said the schemes could trigger a wide-ranging domino effect through job creation and other business ventures.
"The government needs to have a strong lobbying team that can follow up these deals and push them into investment realizations. We have had such commitments from other Gulf countries, but there was no further lobbying and the pledges were hardly realized," he told Arab News.
Zaini Alawi, a businessman who exports and imports between Indonesia and the Middle East, said: "It would set a good precedent to attract other Gulf countries to invest here if Indonesia shows it could aptly manage these investment deals."
Director for Middle East affairs at Indonesia's Foreign Ministry, Achmad Rizal Purnama, told Arab News that the $6.8 billion commitment from the UAE was only the first phase of a long-term program.
Widodo and the crown prince also witnessed the signing of five government cooperation agreements in health, agriculture, Islamic affairs, and counterterrorism.
Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Fachrul Razi said one of the main aspects of the cooperation agreement would be the promotion of religious moderation and raising awareness of the dangers of extremism.
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The UAE has pledged to assist in establishing an Indonesian sovereign wealth fund.
Noting that the UAE had pledged to fund the construction of a replica of the Abu Dhabi grand mosque in Solo, the president's hometown in Java, the minister pointed out that the grant was part of a commitment by the two countries to establish a mosque that welcomed all people and served a pivotal role in promoting the middle path of Islam.
Riza Widyarsa, a Middle East expert at the University of Indonesia, told Arab News that the cooperation deal could help more Indonesians to understand that not all countries in the Middle East observed conservative Islam. "They are also very active in countering religious extremism and radicalism," he said.
In addition to the multi-billion-dollar projects, Purnama said Indonesia had also secured the UAE's commitment to assist in establishing an Indonesian sovereign wealth fund into which the UAE, the US International Development Finance Corporation, and Japan's SoftBank would inject funding.
And according to Pandjaitan, the UAE had pledged to be "the biggest contributor" to the fund.
The fund would be used to finance Indonesia's ambitious infrastructure development projects and the construction of its proposed new capital in East Kalimantan, a relocation that has been estimated to cost $33 billion and of which Indonesia could only afford 19 percent.
He said all parties involved would meet in Tokyo soon to set up the structure of the fund and to finalize the plan, which the government expected to launch by mid-2020, a year after the crown prince proposed the idea to Widodo.
"This could be the first time that big capitalists work together in a single project," Pandjaitan added.
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Indonesian president eyes $20bn of investment on UAE trip


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Bergeron Adds To Home Opener History for Bruins!
October 8, 2018 / Evan Michael / 0 Comments
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It's officially 🎩🎩🎩's off to No. 37, Patrice Bergeron, on recording his 4th career Hat Trick for the Boston Bruins during their 6-3 W over the Ottawa Senators at TD Garden on Monday, Oct. 8.
Just an average day at the office for 37.
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— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) October 8, 2018
Now, why does the date & location need mentioning? I mean, it really doesn't matter when or where a player gets a "hattie" because it's always worth celebrating, am I right? Well, it's because the B's Assistant Captain (or Co-Captain as I like to rightfully call him) made the franchise record books with his impressive 3-goal game on "Opening Day" in Boston. That's right … only a handful of Bruins in the history of the team have ever lit the lamp thrice during the Home Opener. And, oh, what a list it is to be on for Bergeron!
CARSON COOPER – 11/16/1926
The 1926 Boston Bruins season began at home versus the soon-to-be arch-rival Montreal Canadiens. And thanks to Carson Cooper (not Claude) consistently connecting in the 4-1 contest, the B's clocked the score sheet more times than a clean copper clapper kept in a closet can clang! For anyone who doesn't get this alliterative reference, look no further than below. (photo credit: Flickr)
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PHIL ESPOSITO – 10/10/1973
It would take the B's almost 50 years before another Home Opener Hattie (H.O.H.) and it probably surprises no one that it came at, and on, the hands of the Hockey Hall of Famer Phil Esposito. Known for his scoring prowess, 'Espo' helped the B's best the Canucks in a 6-4 win where offense was on display practically the whole game. The same can be said for his illustrious Bruins career — one in which he recorded 32 hat tricks between 1967 and 1975. How's that for a dominating stretch of hockey that truly deserves a bit of sports illustration? (photo credit: Sports Memorabilia)
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RICK MIDDLETON – 10/7/1976
There was nothing niftier than Rick "Nifty" Middleton scoring multiple times during a game. And he got the Gahhhden rockin' in early October of 1976 when his hat trick propelled the B's over the then Minnesota North Stars 6-2. Speaking of stars, Nifty was a bona fide B's one his whole career wearing the spoked-B. (photo credit: NHL.com)
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CAM NEELY – 1/22/1995 & 10/07/1995
I don't know how Beckett Hockey Monthly could've put a price on Cam Neely because his talent was truly priceless. And in 1995, the price was right (unlike for the Red Sox) TWICE as Neely notched quite the achievement on his Bruins' belt. He garnered hat tricks in two separate Home Openers during the same calendar year since the start of the '94 season was locked out until January. Then, like clockwork, the '95 season rolled around in October. So, Neely's three goals in a 4-1 W versus Philly on 1/22 and three goals in a 4-4 T versus the Isles on 10/07 prove to be the best out-of-the-gate offensive outbursts to start a season in hometown hockey history. (photo credit: comc.com)
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PATRICE BERGERON – 10/08/2018
After a highlight-filled skate down B's home-opener-history lane, let's "B Inclusive" just like the team's campaign with the MA Special Olympics that debuted this October 8th and welcome Patrice Bergeron as the 5th official member of the H.O.H. club. His perfectly placed and timed three goals against the Sens got the TD Garden crowd ready for action all season long in the best way possible. After all, he was adding to the "Home Opener History for the Bruins!" (photo credit: Boston Globe)
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Vol. 73 Nbr. 1, January 2020
Catholic Church Braces For New Lawsuits As Sex Abuse Laws Change.
Several states in recent years have passed laws extending the statute of limitations in cases of sexual offenses against children, a move legal experts say will likely spark a new round of lawsuits against the Catholic Church.
Lobbyists for the church fought to block the bills and were successful for many years. But heightened public awareness of sexual assault and pressure from voters broke the logjam, and the laws have passed in New York, New Jersey and other states. The Associated Press (AP) reported last month that within the past two years, 15 states have extended the statute of limitations for allegations of sexual abuse of children or done away with them entirely.
"Associated Press reporting found the deluge of suits could surpass anything the nation's clergy sexual abuse crisis has seen before, with potentially more than 5,000 new cases and payouts topping $4 billion," noted the AP.
AP reporters Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian interviewed several attorneys and groups that speak out against clergy abuse. The two reported that there could be thousands of new cases against the church in New York, New Jersey and California alone.
Lawyers say there's been a sea change in attitudes, and that growing numbers of people want to see the church held accountable.
"The general public is more disgusted than ever with the clergy sex abuse and the cover-up...


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Some relationships end up happily ever after; but let's face it, some don't. Everyone should know the basics about how the law applies within a relationship as well as how it applies after a relationship has broken down.
'Separation' usually refers to breaking up when you have been living together as a couple in a marrige-like relationship.
You and your partner do not need to agree for separation to happen. At least one of you needs to make a decision to separate, act on that decision and tell the other person.
You might need to be able to show that you have separated and when you separated. The date of separation may also be relevant in property settlement proceedings. You do not need to sign anything but it is a good idea to keep a clear record of what property you have at the time of separation, what you took with you and what you left behind.
You should always get advice. You can do so before or after you separate so that you can be aware of any time limits or other things that might affect you.
You may need to report your separation to Centrelink.
It is always a good idea to talk to a lawyer before you separate just to make sure your best interests are looked after, particularly if you have been in a long-term relationship.
Differences between states
For legal advice before or after separation, you can contact the Central Australian Women's Legal Service on 1800 684 055.
Depending on where you live, alternatively you could contact the Katherine Women's Information and Legal Service on 08 8972 1712 or 1800 620 108 or the Top End Women's Legal Service on 08 8982 3000 or 1800 234 441.
See the Department of Human Services Support Services for Separated Families.
For legal advice before or after separation, you can contact Women's Legal Centre ACT or Legal Aid ACT.
For more information, please contact the Women's Law Centre of WA (Inc).
For legal advice before or after separation, you can contact Women's Legal Services NSW or the South West Sydney Legal Centre.
For legal advice before or after separation, you can contact Women's Legal Service Victoria.
You may want to contact a service like Relationships Australia or other counselling service that provide information, support and counselling to separating couples and individuals.
For legal advice before or after separation, you can contact Women's Legal Service South Australia on 1800 957 957.
For legal advice before or after separation, you can contact Women's Legal Service Tasmania on 1800 682 468.
For advice, you can contact Women's Legal Service Queensland on 07 3392 0670 or 1800 677 278 (outside Brisbane).
Moving In Together
Telling Centrelink
Controlling Behaviour
Being hurt is not OK
Sexual & Gender Identity
Registering for a Birth Certificate
Family and Domestic Violence
Defining Family and Domestic Violence
Family and Domestic Violence Law
Family or Domestic Violence Protection Orders
Help Leaving a Relationship
After You Break Up
Separation & Children
Some Things to Know
Parenting Orders and Best Interests
Parenting Orders and Shared Time
Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) and Mediation
Children and Family Violence
Separation & Dividing Property
Which law applies?
What is Property?
How Property is Divided
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Mercure Paris XV is a 10 minutes walk from the exhibition center of Paris and close to the Eiffel Tower. The house is located in the most popular area of the city. The warm welcome of the institution is satisfactory.
This four star hotel is part of the Mercure chain. The hotel offers luggage storage. All levels of the institution are accessible via a lift available to customers. Its 54 charming rooms are equipped with :
new model furniture,
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air-conditioning, etc.
At the request of the occupants, breakfast can be served in the rooms. In addition, the Hotel Mercure Paris XV includes five meeting rooms. A special on-site parking at daily rate is available by reservation only. There is also a bistro on site where you have the right to drink with friends or families. The hotel has standard rooms for single bed, double bed or twin beds.
Newspapers are also available in the reception room which is always open day and night. All rooms and all public areas are non-smoking. Various services are offered such as :
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One child under 16 can stay free at the hotel, using a made available by the hotel bedding. Extra beds and baby cots are free of control and needs to be confirmed by the hotel. Pets are allowed on permission. Room reservations can be made online. As for regulation, the institution accepts payment by credit cards such as Visa, American Express, Master Card, Credit Card and Diner's Club.
The airport trnsfer Paris-Orly to stay at the Hotel Mercure Paris X, it would go 16 km, about 35 minutes. If we landed at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, it will take effect 36 km on the road, about 55 minutes from time. For those who land at Beauvais Tille airport, it would go exactly 1 hour 29 minutes to travel 93 km.
Located in the heart of Paris and close to the Parc des Expositions, the Hotel Océania offers all the comfort of a four-star spa hotel. In a green setting of the 15th arrondissement, the hotel has 250 rooms and suites modern and trendy. Being located near metro line 12 and tram, you can easily enjoy a romantic getaway or a shopping day in the capital. The Hotel Océania offers a :
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The Dream Road Trip of a Lifetime in the USA
Article By: FTFstaff
Western Town re-enactment in Park City, Utah
Painted Desert National Park in Utah
Utah Arches National Park
A traveler from the UK shares his dream road trip: Driving the American West, visiting film locations in Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Here's his journal.
Hollywood's location managers find the most beautiful views in America for the screen, so we decided to follow in their footsteps. The fly-drive holiday took me, my brother and our wives from England to see filming locations in the American West. We traveled a total of 4,300 miles over 14 days, with overnight stops at motels such as Super 6, Super 8 and Travelodge, which were a reasonable price for good services and security.
Visitors to the United States will be amazed at the low prices, especially the petrol. I would certainly recommend the journey for families, but with children allow a little more time. In fact, we were like kids ourselves, astonished at some of the places we saw and visited.
Scene 1: Colorado
Denver, the Mile High City, was the starting point. Colorado is breathtaking, a land of tree-clad mountains and deep ravines cut by angry rivers once panned for gold and silver. We encountered October snowstorms — the worst in 80 years — which lent a virgin-white backdrop to the magnificent fall leaves. As winter hadn't officially started, there were no crowds, so driving, hiking, cycling, and white water rafting could still be enjoyed.
Just like the early settlers, we headed westwards, passing through old mining towns and across the Continental Divide. John Wayne filmed The Searchers and True Grit around here. Scary, precipitous mountain roads led to Silverton, the northern end of the steam-powered Durango & Silverton Railroad. We'd have loved the eight-hour trip in 19th-century parlour cars but time wasn't on our side. Ticket To Tomahawk had been filmed here, and the railroad was used for the hilarious safe-dynamiting scene in Butch Cassidy, as well as in the movies Viva Zapata! and Support Your Local Gunfighter. Butch and Sundance did their jump into the raging river at Durango, where both City Slickers and Around The World In 80 Days were filmed. Just west of Durango, Mesa Verde's extraordinary 12th-century Indian cliff dwellings (among the oldest structures in North America) are a worthwhile short detour, even if Hollywood has yet to call.
Scene 2: Arizona
Monument Valley is where you enter the movies' "Wild West." From the desert floor, remarkable, stark, bizarre sandstone mesas stab into the sky. No wonder director John Ford loved the place. An amazing feeling of deja vu swept over us. After Ford made Stagecoach here, it became the Western's favorite location. 2001 and Back to the Future III's drive were filmed here; the Easy Rider bikers rode through and Forrest Gump ran through.
Scene 3: Utah
The multicolored beauty of Utah's Painted Desert all around us, we grabbed a snack among a handful of wooden buildings known as Calico Ghost Town. It's so well preserved by the desert you can still smell sawdust. Sitting on a porch eating, we imagined the Rat Pack — Sinatra, Martin and Davis, Jr. — striding down the street. What a picnic! Arranging a holiday around movie locations was proving an inspired idea.
Arriving at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in early morning was smart. The colors, as the sun was rising over this amazing landmark, are something we will never forget. The 298-mile drive south through Kanab brought us to South Rim and the Bright Angel Lodge as the sun was setting. At sunrise and sunset the view changes rapidly; walk a few yards in either direction and there's no one around. National Lampoon's Vacation, Thelma & Louise, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Rio Grande all rolled here. After passing through Kanab, an area littered with Western movie sets, we came across a place Hollywood has bizarrely ignored.
Bryce Canyon. Extraordinary yellow and red rock formations rise hundreds of feet from the valley floor. After heading through the rugged magnificence of Zion National Park (site of The Eiger Sanction, Jewel of the Nile and Romancing the Stone), we encountered the Interstate, seeing more cars in a minute than we had all day in Monument Valley.
Scene 4: Nevada
The bustle of Las Vegas, where we spent a number of days, was a culture shock after the wilderness. The home to umpteen films, it looks everywhere like a movie set. We stayed in a family room at Circus Circus, the cheapest hotel of them all! (Warning: if you intend to stay over weekends, make sure you book your accommodations ahead.)
Overall, we found southwestern Colorado and southern Utah to be staggeringly beautiful — nature at its grandest. Civilization is remote and, in the clear air, the moon is bigger. We saw more stars there than anywhere else, except in the movies and Las Vegas, of course.
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100 Years Since End of World War I: Rare Jewish Photos
A look at the Jewish heroes of 'the war to end all wars'
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Jewish soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian army, Transylvania, World War I, 1914-1918. Alicia Rutan/ The Oster center for visual documentation, Beit Hatfutsot
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One hundred years ago this week, World War I ended. It took the lives of 18 million people, 10 million in uniform and the rest civilians. In addition to the war's destruction, it "bequeathed" to the world several of the maladies that characterized the twentieth century – Nazism, Fascism and Bolshevism. Many of the Middle East's conflicts and the constant instability of countries such as Syria, Lebanon and Iraq are directly associated with the way the war ended.
World War I was also the first war Jews fought in large numbers, and in a great spirit of volunteerism, on both sides. In some countries, mainly Germany and Austro-Hungary, assimilation and civic equality for Jews were motivating factors to fight. Other Jews – such as many Zionist leaders – pinned great hopes on a British victory in the Middle East, a hope which was ultimately fulfilled.
The war revealed many Jewish heroes. This was also one of the first wars to be intensively documented on camera. The archive of the Museum of the Jewish People (Beit Hatfutsot) has many photographs documenting the Jewish story in what was called The Great War. Here are some of the photos.
Dr. Benno Greenfelder, a doctor in the Austro-Hungarian army, treating the foot of a wounded soldier. After the war he immigrated to Israel and was in charge of the pediatric department at Hadassah.Dr Noah, Ginot/The Oster center for visual documentation, Beit Hatfutsot
Jewish soldiers in the British army in World War I, in a camp near Jerusalem, Palestine, 1917-1918. Rolf Kneller collection/The Oster center for visual documentation, Beit Hatfutsot
Jewish soldiers in the Russian army during World War I, 1914-1917.Ruth Goldzweig, neé Goldschmidt/The Oster center for visual documentation, Beit Hatfutsot
Julie Meguedes (neé Temam), a volunteer at the military hospital in Tunis, 1914-1918.Haim and Irene Hayon/ The Oster center for visual documentation, Beit Hatfutsot
Rosa Karplus, neé Anker (third from left), a nurse in the German army during World War I, around 1916. She was born in Danzig in 1887 and died in London in 1981.Beit Hatfutsot
Chaio Albaz, son of Lea Albaz, born in Constantine, Algeria in 1892. He served in the French army as a translator and was sent in WWI to the Dardanelles, where he fell in one of the battles in 1916.Beit Hatfutsot


*Usher, Jennifer Hudson and Celine Dion are the first major acts announced for the upcoming one-hour TV tribute to late R&B superstar Whitney Houston, reports MTV.
Titled "We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute To Whitney Houston," the special is slated to tape at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Oct. 11 and air Nov. 16 on CBS. Additional performers to be announced in the coming weeks.
The special will feature interviews and songs from a number of artists, in addition to some of the six-time Grammy winner's most memorable performances. Fans will also get a look at some never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews, along with artists sharing their memories of Houston.
Whitney's new greatest hits album, "I Will Always Love You — the Best of Whitney Houston," will hit stores on Nov. 13, just days before the special airs. As previously reported, the 18-track disc includes all 11 of Houston's Billboard Hot 100 #1 hits, as well as two previously unreleased songs, the Jermaine Dupri co-produced "Never Give Up" and a new version of "I Look To You" featuring R. Kelly. The latter was released to digital retailers on Tuesday.


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Is a hybrid solar system worth it?
Hybrid-solar PV refers to combining solar photovoltaics (PV) with renewable energy technologies such as bio energy, wind turbines, geothermal etc or with conventional power technologies like diesel powered generators. Because of the intermittent nature of solar PV, developing a hybrid-solar PV helps to stabilize the grid or to produce power continuously in off-grid rural areas. Also, hybrid-PV systems have been used in micro-grids in rural areas of developing countries to substitute for fossil fuels while helping to mitigate climate change.
In some cases, for example with renewable generation that is affected by temperature, hybridization with PV can be used with renewable resources that are affected by high temperatures. For instance, during the hot summer seasons, the solar generated peak for the solar PV augments the capacity for the geothermal generated base load power increasing the power yield for the geothermal solar PV hybrid system.
So why have a hybrid-solar PV system?
The peak operating times for wind and solar systems for example can occur at different times of the year and hence use of hybrid-PV systems is necessary to produce more power than needed which can be stored in energy storage (batteries) or sold to nearby neighbors in areas with net-metering schemes.
Most hybrid -PV systems operate in off-grid areas, that is, mostly in developing countries in places not connected to the grid. For instance, most hybrid-PV systems will be charging their storage batteries mostly during off-peak hours when a lot of power is not being consumed directly by the available electrical loads which are mostly switched off. For instance, if the hybrid is a solar PV wind power system, the power will be generated and stored in batteries during off-peak to be later used at peak hours, that is at night when there is less solar PV electricity generated by the solar panels.
Solar PV diesel hybrid system mainly used in rural areas can be used to lower fuel costs while helping to reduce the risk of high fuel prices and reducing carbon emission as PV will off-set part of the diesel that could have been otherwise consumed if PV was not included in the power plant.
Solar PV hybrid systems can be programmed through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help maximize power output during peak hours. Energy analytics provided through software can help the system to learn from historical data and help in planning to boost the performance of the hybrid system. From data analytics, the system can be programmed to store a specific amount of power in storage and to use it at a specific period in peak times when it is definitely needed.
When diesel power needs to be replaced for climate mitigation, hybrid PV systems combined with wind or bio fuels powered generators can be used to off-set carbon emissions associated with diesel powered generators.
The above are just a few hybrid solar PV options which could be feasible based on many factors such performance, size, economics and the underlying objectives of a project. Interested about going solar? Learn more about how much you could pay for a solar power system by using this solar calculator.


One day someone told me: "Belt is not an important part of the wardrobe...". I'm sorry for you, if you think the same. Belt is a significant part of any person's wardrobe and is also part of fashion. This is also a must have for your wardrobe essentials! So take my advice and rethink about what you wear and with what you wear. Here is shown a nice Joseph's skinny chocolate-brown leather belt. Joseph belt has a designer stamp at interior and a gold buckle fastening. You know what? This belt is perfect wear-with-anything piece. Buckle it up to add definition to loose-fitting summer staples.


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L'Inconsolable est un roman d'Anne Godard paru le  aux éditions de Minuit et ayant reçu la même année le grand prix RTL-Lire.

Résumé

Réception critique

Le magazine littéraire Le Matricule des anges considère qu'il s'agit d'« un livre noir, obstiné, implacable » mais que si le roman « manque cruellement d'ouverture, du moins porte-t-il en lui la naissance d'un écrivain ». Florence Bouchy, pour Le Monde, souligne la qualité d'écriture d'Anne Godard en des termes élogieux : « Dès son premier roman, L'Inconsolable, Anne Godard s'était imposée comme une voix à la musicalité tout aussi subtile que puissante, capable d'emporter le lecteur dans les tourments d'une âme en peine, sans l'y noyer ».

Éditions et traductions
 Les Éditions de Minuit, 2006 .
 Coll. « Double », Les Éditions de Minuit, 2008, 160 p. .

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Roman français paru en 2006
Roman récompensé par le Grand prix RTL-Lire