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The city of joy
Almost like a colonial matriarch nurturing her heritage roots, the city of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, holds culture and tradition close to its heart. While it would give any Indian metropolis a run for its money with its grand structures, bustling markets, vibrant culinary scene, exquisite crafts and cultural sites, its historical legacy reigns supreme. Once the capital of British-India, Kolkata's colonial charm blends with its modern culture.
From slow-moving trams (the oldest in Asia) meandering around the city, racing iconic black and yellow cabs, women dressed in handwoven cotton sarees, antique tea and coffee houses hosting lengthy sessions of adda (discussions on various subjects like politics and society), legendary football clubs and old markets spilling over with products, the bustling metropolis has the laid-back soul of a quaint town. The city of joy, as Kolkata is fondly called, throbs with liveliness and festivities, which can be enjoyed throughout the year. Be it the opulent Durga Puja pandals strewn across the city or the humbly sweet Christmas celebrations at Bow Barracks or the colourful Chinese New Year festivities at Chinatown, festivals make the city a joy to visit.
To get a taste of the times gone by, visitors can sign on to heritage walks that take you through history, spirituality and colonial treks of the city. Gaze in awe at the sprawling Victoria Memorial, a pristine white beauty, as it sits proudly amidst neatly manicured lawns or take a tour of the ancestral home of poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, there are many interesting tidbits to mine from the heritage gold of Kolkata.
Don't forget to take the culinary trails that will introduce you to some of the most unique dishes you will ever sample. From sweet and spongy rosogolla (a cottage cheese dessert), spicy and sweet water-filled puchka (a savouy) and the delicious daab chingri (prawns cooked in green coconut) to ilish paturi (a type of steamed fish) and kosha mangsho (dry mutton curry), there's a lot to savour from the Bengali cuisine in the city. Also sample delicious cakes, a legacy of the British era, traditional Chinese dishes at Chinatown and several iconic Anglo-Indian spreads here.
Known as the cultural capital of India, Kolkata continues to spawn award-winning poets, writers, film producers and Nobel Prize winners.
Explore the colonial city of Kolkata
Writers Building
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Vidyasagar Setu
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Victoria Memorial
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Star Theatre
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Sovabazar Rajbari
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Shaheed Minar
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Science and Educational sites
Kolkata International Airport, also called Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, is located at Dum Dum. It is connected with all the major cities across the globe.
There are state buses plying at regular intervals from most of the other cities of West Bengal.
There are three major railheads in Kolkata – Howrah, Sealdah and Kolkata railway stations. Each of them has a good connectivity with the rest of the cities of India. Within Kolkata, the metro rail service is convenient and reasonable.


On our 2014 mission trip to Tanzania, we worshiped on Sunday in a church in the Shinyanga district.
About five people came forward for baptisms including an pretty baby girl. I noticed that the person that brought her forward looked older than the typical mother. When she returned to her seat, I admired the baby so she handed me the infant to hold for the remainder of the service. The baby was just precious and sat staring at my hair and mazungo skin color and kept touching my straight hair. She was so sweet. And the best part is that she did not wet on me as babies do not wear diaper here and I am often christened. I held her through the service and while we processed out behind the pastor.
We stood out in the yard after the church and participated in the auction of items placed in the offering that was not money. One of the church ladies came up to me and asked if I wanted to take the baby, whose name I was told, was Gloria back to America and raise her. If I could, I would I answered but I am too old and the government would never allow it.
While we sat around visiting under a tree waiting for the truck to come back for us, I continued to hold Gloria wondering where her mother was. A young girl came and sat next to me. She was a teenager. Are you the momma I asked ?. No she was the aunt. The mother had died and the father was not in the picture. She was being cared for by the grandmother who was now gravely ill herself. Knowing that the babies are nursed, I asked who was nursing her. No one answered the aunt who I found out was 17. Gloria does not get milk as purchased milk was very expensive. They are feeding her porridge and water.
When Gloria finally got fussy, I handed her back to her aunt who pulled out a cup with a watery porridge in it. She slowly and with great care fed the baby from the cup until Gloria consumed all of it. I was quite impressed with how she did this. Gloria was clean and looked well cared for.
Bob Allen heard the conversation and decided to take up an offering among the missionaries to purchase milk for Gloria. We were blessed to do it. Gloria will be cared for as best they can in the extended family which is the case when the parent (s) dies.
Someone had the presence of mind to bring her to church for baptism. The pastor told us that the aunt, as young as she is, is an assistant evangelist. Later in the week, we showed the picture of Gloria to Lillian Makala, the wife of the bishop. She recognized her and said the grandmother had been her mid wife for delivering one of her children. Small world.
God bless Gloria and her caregivers.


So here we are again with AHS!
I assume everyone is familiar with the African website on this at http://www.africanhorsesickness.co.za/default.asp.
When I was at Plum Island I started a research program on AHS that was developed by Will Laegreid. This was very productive and he showed that a pox virus-based vaccine would work and also worked out the molecular diagnostics and the reasons that some strains are highly lethal and others not. This research was never very popular in USDA amongst my bosses because "the horse is not an agricultural commodity". I am sure you hear the same story in UK. Yet horses are responsible for an enormous amount of economic activity in the US and everywhere else in the developed world. It seemed to me that there would be a national hue and cry if AHS led to people's horses being seized and killed and to widespread aerial spraying of insecticides in urban areas.
I am not sure what I could do to help the discussions in UK but if there is something I am willing to help.
1. There is an old saying that it is better to have a vaccine and no epidemic than an epidemic and no vaccine.
2. We can't solve the problem of exotic animal disease threats to the US and Europe by building defenses and walls in the US and Europe - we have to intervene to help other countries remove the threat at the source.
3. The countries that are the sources do not have the scientific capability to invent and produce the solutions, but they can apply these solutions if others make them available.
4. The real story is not about the threat to horses in Europe - which may or may not become real at this time (probably will eventually) - it is about the tens of thousands of horses and donkeys that die and will die of this disease in Africa over the next 10 years alone. In Gambia, a rich farmer uses N'Dama cattle to pull his cart because these animals are genetically resistant to trypanosmiasis (sleeping sickness), a modest farmer uses a horse or donkey (which will die of AHS eventually), and a poor farmer carries his own burden. Actually, I should not use the word "his" because it is really "her" that is doing all the farm work. AHS is one of the livestock diseases that keeps people in poverty in Africa.
Will Laegreid looked up the history of AHS. There is a famous woodcut of Henry Morton Stanley greeting David Livingstone on the edge of Lake Tanganyika.
The first animal or human virus discovered was FMD. Most do not know that the second was AHS, discovered by John McFadyean at the Royal Vet College London in blood samples brought back from Africa. He injected horses and gave them AHS in central London! There is a very interesting but densely written book called "Science and Empire: East Coast Fever in Rhodesia and the Transvaal (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine) (Paperback) by Paul F. Cranefield. that describes how UK Imperial policy in the late 1800s was to establish a science base in the UK to exploit the Empire (that is where Kew Gardens came from) and dealing with these dangerous livestock diseases was one element..
1. Can an AHS vaccine that protects against the various different strains be developed in a format that allows vaccinated horses and donkeys to be distinguished reliably from previously infected horses and donkeys that might be carriers of infection? The answer is clearly yes. The solution might be different for Europe which seeks to protect against a periodic incursion from one strain and Africa which is faced with multiple strains and reservoir hosts in zebras.
2. Can that vaccine or vaccines be manufactured to a quality standard and at a price to permit its use in 1. Europe, and 2. Africa (I am implying that the quality standards and prices will be different). The answer is yes.
3. Will regulatory authorities in UK and the EU approve the use of an AHS vaccine?
a. Will they define the characteristics of an approvable vaccine - such as allows vaccinated animals to be distinguished from infected or previously infected animals? What efficacy criteria will there be and will there be restrictions based on the potential for carrier animals?
b. When will vaccination be allowed? Before confirmation of AHS presence in a country or only afterwards?
c. How does vaccination fit into the National Emergency Response Plan for AHS?
d. What criteria will be used to be sure vaccinated horses can move freely across international boundaries?
I don't know enough about the levels of concern and of AHS threat in Europe to answer any of these but it seems to me that a potential market in Europe (vaccine only used once in a blue moon when AHS is found) is very much less attractive than a small but regular market where owners can choose to vaccinate as they wish.
4. Who is going to pay to make sure this happens?
One can agitate to have DEFRA fund this but I would not waste my time trying. The solution must lie elsewhere. The critical role DEFRA and the EU play is to answer question #3 above about how a usable vaccine is defined so one knows whether there will or will not be a regular European market.
a. Proving that a candidate vaccine works and meets the DEFRA/EU criteria for use in Europe (and probably concurrently answering African issues).
b. Taking this candidate vaccine and making it into a commercial product.
c. Sustaining the availability of this commercial product to an agreed minimum return on investment.
Many people are writing about the challenge of getting vaccines to the developing world (for human health) but there is much less talk about the livestock vaccines, but see http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_archive/vaccinedevelopment/chapters and http://www.gavialliance.org/.
I have not read up on all the latest results but I think some candidate vaccines are available that immunize and yet allow infected animals to be identified. These are based on pox viruses that cause no disease in horses but promote immunity to AHS. The first of these pox viruses was vaccinia and now canarypox is at the forefront because there has been reluctance to use vaccinia in circumstances where people who are immunosuppressed for some reason might get infected and catch severe disease. Merial has put a lot of effort into proving its canarypox vector is safe.
I expect that Merial's financial requirements for a viable AHS vaccine would be very much greater than a small company located outside the US or Europe. I don't know the patent basis for canarypox vectors or even if there is one. But I would not limit the possible manufacturing sources of a canarypox or acceptable pox vectored AHS vaccine to the US and Europe - maybe the Chinese could do this. The Harbin Veterinary Reseach Institute is well respected - http://www.hvri.ac.cn/home_e.asp?hid=637.
I would be looking for a non-governmental solution (except for the DEFRA/EU decisions above). If one could determine the rough costs and set out an end-to-end solution (from new discovery through manufacture through regulatory approvale to field markets) I think the funds might be pieced together from various sources. I find the real situation in Africa and the impact on poverty to be persuasive and an entree into other funding streams. All this would take leadership of course. But The Donkey Trust has done splendid work on animal welfare in developing countries and might contribute.
Anyway, hope some of this helps!


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Going to be almost 50 degrees today so if I were I'd get out and enjoy it. Plenty of snow to ride on 🙂 Because of so much snow I would try to stay on on the trail so you don't get stuck. On trail 8 behind Alberta there is some logging activity so please use caution in this area. Its fluffy snow but it'll still help out with our winter activities. Watch out for the corners to be icy. Still use caution cause wet areas are still soft and watch out for snow drifts, water, rocks and icy areas on the trails.
Please use caution, there is a lot of snow so it will take a few grooms to get it all packed . Corners are icy so please use caution. Make sure you stop by Mt. Arvon which is Michigan's Highest Point.
Groomer will be on this trail today. Trail is in good shape with all this snow we've been getting.


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Amazing Sharks
Posted by :Sharon at Quest Teaching On : January 28, 2018
Category: Reading
Tags:animals, children literature, kidlit, middle grade readers, non-fiction, research, sea creatures, sea life, sharks
Sharks: Amazing Facts & Pictures for Children, Issue No. 2
Written by Hathai Ross
The author has written a simple reference book that will provide young readers with the essential facts on these fascinating sea creatures. Hathai begins with a history of sharks, pointing out to young readers that they existed before the dinosaurs. She includes a few simple photos to illustrate fossil remains. In the next chapter, Ross discusses anatomy and function. Ross provides a quick glimpse of different types of sharks and their special qualities like electrical sensors, and an exceptional sense of vision, smell, and hearing. Before concluding, Ross tries to convince her readers that despite movie depictions, there are reasons not to be afraid of sharks. She delves into their unique characteristics, and the organizations working to protect them.
Much of the book is written in the form of question and answer. That enables young readers to follow easily, but it does break up the flow of the narrative. This book is laid out more in the form of a reference book or research tool. I don't think that will deter readers who are fascinated by these creatures and would like a quick, comprehensive overview. The illustrations and diagrams vary in effectiveness because some are difficult to see. Recommended for animal enthusiasts and children seeking information for a research project.
Sibling Sisters
Tags:family and sibling relationships, family relationships, middle child, middle grade adventure, middle grade readers, planning a move
Miss Perfect and Tiny Tail
Written by Rachel Schlessinger
Illustrated by Sigalet Carmely
This book is a fairly well-written chapter book that features a ten-year-old named Lily who faces numerous challenges one summer. Lily is the middle child. Her older sister, Miss Perfect, and a younger sister, Tiny Tail are both dearly loved and constant annoyances. A large part of the book focuses on sibling and peer relationships as well as Lily's conflicts with her mother.
Lily's mother informs the three sisters that they will be moving from their small village to the big city because their father has found work there. This is the second conflict that Lily, as well as her sisters, must face and resolve. Lily has developed a crush on Tommy. At first, he seems to ignore and make fun of her.
The summer setting provides the backdrop for these three challenges. As time advances, each member of the family must face the issues revealed in the first person narrative told by Lily. Many middle-grade readers will see themselves mirrored in the characters and their conflicts. Because this book consists of short chapters consisting of less than seventy pages, reluctant readers will not be deterred. A few illustrations enhance its appeal. Recommended for middle-grade readers, teachers and parents who wish to explore the challenges faced by the middle child, parent and sibling relationships, and families who are planning a move.
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Middle Grade Ebooks for FREE!
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Hey there teachers, homeschoolers and parents who are looking for ways to get their kids interested in reading,
Oh yeah, and did I mention for very little cost? I don't know about you, but I like getting quality for cheap! So…read on to find out how!
First let me say how exciting it is to have my own novel, The Jewel of Peru, offered for free, alongside so many other talented authors who are also offering their books for just .99 or FREE! But of course you have to act fast, because this is only for a limited time. Yep, it's time to fill the Kindles and ipads of our middle-grade readers (or those like me who like MG lit) with great reads at very little cost. What have you got to lose? Scroll all the way down and check out the titles, then download away!
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I'm excited about this promotion because it's geared to one of my favorite audiences: middle-grade readers! I've always been passionate about books written for kids ages 9 through 12. Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Fablehaven, Diary of a Wimpy Kid… all excellent. 🙂 I wrote The Key of Kilenya when my younger brother, Josh, who was 12 at the time, told me there weren't enough books for him to read. He'd ripped through everything our local library had and was hungry for more.
I dedicate this promotion to him and to all other readers who love and are searching for books written for middle graders!
The Multi-Author Middle-Grade Book Promotion starts January 4, 2016 and ends January 7, 2016.
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Best Friends … Forever?
Posted by :Sharon at Quest Teaching On : June 14, 2015
Tags:girls, middle grade readers, novel, peer relationships, teen, teenage relationships, tween
Today we welcome award winning author, Krysten Lindsay Hager, to our site to talk about her latest book, Best Friends… Forever. This is a novel with which many tweens and teens will be able to identify as they deal with the many issues surrounding true friendship.
Best Friends…Forever? (Landry's True Colors Series) by Krysten Lindsay Hager
I have always loved reading books that use humor and have realistic (and relatable) characters. I decided to write the book I wanted to read when I was in middle school and I'm overjoyed it's now a series where people can follow along on Landry's journey through dealing with friendships, the ups and downs of school, crushes, and insecurities. Sure, going back to that time in my own life was a little crazy, but lucky for me there weren't camera phones to capture me dancing in the grade school talent show…while wearing jean shorts. If you're not cringing yet, let's just say I also had a moment of "genius" where I thought my super dark brown hair would look amazing with "Sun-In" highlights that actually turned my hair a lovely shade of copper. Sigh.
The Landry's True Colors Series is a clean reads young adult/middle grade series about friendship, self-esteem, fitting in, middle school and high school, frenemies, modeling, crushes, values, and self-image. Best Friends…Forever? was ranked at #1 on Amazon's Hot New Releases in Children's Books on Values and #1 on Amazon's Hot New Releases in Teen & Young Adult Values & Virtues Fiction. True Colors is an international bestselling book. Her new book, Next Door to a Star, will be released on September 1st.
Tag line: Good friends have your back, but some go behind it.
Blurb: Landry Albright hopes the new year will start off in an amazing way—instead she has to deal with more frenemy issues, boy drama, and having most of her best friends make the cheerleading squad without her. Suddenly, it seems like all anyone can talk about is starting high school next year—something she finds terrifying.
Landry gets her first boyfriend, but then gets dumped just as things come to a head with her friends. She feels lost and left out, but finds good advice about dealing with frenemies from what she considers an unlikely source. Landry faces having to speak up for what's right, tell the truth (even when it hurts), and how to get past the fear of failure as she gets another shot at competing in the American Ingénue modeling competition.
I got ready for bed and then stopped to check my social media page one more time and that's when I saw it — another picture of Peyton, India, and Devon hanging out. They were sitting on the couch with their heads scrunched close together and laughing. It was a cute picture, but then I saw the caption: So glad we could all be together for the holidays. Love these guys soooo much! Best friends forever. #Alltogether #Threemusketeers #BestFriendsForever #ThreeBestFriends #ThreesCompany.
My heart sank. It was India's caption and anyone who read it would think what a close‑knit group of friends and not realize anyone was missing from that photo. Sure, I was in another state, so naturally I couldn't be there for it, but the way India wrote that made me feel so left out. I mean, what did she mean by the "ʺThree's Company"ʺ hashtag? And sometimes people tagged friends who weren't there in pictures and added, "ʺWish you were here,"ʺ but there was no mention of a fourth member of the group.
"Ready for bed, hon?" Mom asked coming into my room.
"Yeah, just signing off."
"Okay, sleep well."
I got into bed and hoped I was reading into things, but the knot in my stomach wouldn't go away.
Author bio: Krysten Lindsay Hager is a book addict who has never met a bookstore she didn't like. She's worked as a journalist and writes middle grade, YA, humor essays, and adult fiction. She is originally from Michigan and has lived in Portugal, South Dakota, and currently resides in Southern Ohio where you can find her reading and writing when she's not catching up on her favorite shows. She received her master's degree from the University of Michigan-Flint.
What people are saying about True Colors (Landry's True Colors Series Book One):
From Teenage Book Recommendations in the UK: "This is a fantastically relatable and real book which I feel captures all of the insecurities and troubles which haunt the modern teenage girl. It is about a young model who has to go through tough times when she is torn between a life as a model and managing her friendships. You learn which friends she can most trust and which will create the drama typical of teenage life. Follow the life of Landry and try to see if you can find out which are her true friends before their true colours are revealed. This book is all about relationships, hopes and truth. I loved this book!"
From Books & Authors Spot: "This book is such an inspiration for those who just care about their looks and are tensed about them. This thing is looks aren't everything. This book is related to every teen's problem. Hager has written a very inspiring novel."
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Friends-Forever-Landrys-Colors-ebook/dp/B00UIP1N5S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426663576&sr=8-1&keywords=krysten
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The Collar and the Cavvarach – New Release!
Posted by :Sharon at Quest Teaching On : May 16, 2015
Tags:children literature, fantasy, martial arts, middle grade readers, new release
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About the Story:
Bensin, a teenage slave and martial artist, is desperate to see his little sister freed. But only victory in the Krillonian Empire's most prestigious tournament will allow him to secretly arrange for Ellie's escape. Dangerous people are closing in on her, however, and Bensin is running out of time. With his one hope fading quickly away, how can Bensin save Ellie from a life of slavery and abuse?
What is the Collar for, and What is a Cavvarach?
The story is set in a world very much like our own, with just a few major differences. One is that slavery is legal there. Slaves must wear metal collars that lock around their neck, making their enslaved status obvious to everyone. Any slave attempting to escape faces the dilemma of how and where to illegally get their collar removed (a crime punishable by enslavement for the remover).
Another difference is the popularity of a martial art called cavvara shil. It is fought with a cavvarach (rhymes with "have a rack"), an unsharpened weapon similar to a sword but with a steel hook protruding from partway down its top edge. Competitors can strike at each other with their feet as well as with the blades. You win in one of two ways: disarming your opponent (hooking or knocking their cavvarach out of their hands) or pinning their shoulders to the mat for five seconds.
Want to Find out a Little More?
Click here to read a description of the setting and what life is like for slaves and others in that world.
Click here to read chapter 1 for free!
Click here to download The Collar and the Cavvarach from Amazon.
Click here to download The Collar and the Cavvarach from Smashwords (for Nook or in other digital formats).
Annie Douglass Lima spent most of her childhood in Kenya and later graduated from Biola University in Southern California. She and her husband Floyd currently live in Taiwan, where she teaches fifth grade at Morrison Academy. She has been writing poetry, short stories, and novels since her childhood, and to date has published ten books (one YA action and adventure novel, four fantasies, a puppet script, and four anthologies of her students' poetry). Besides writing, her hobbies include reading (especially fantasy and science fiction), scrapbooking, and international travel.
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Email: AnnieDouglassLima@gmail.com
Blog: http://anniedouglasslima.blogspot.com
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Posted by :Sharon at Quest Teaching On : April 30, 2015
Tags:Amish life, animals, baseball, book review, book reviews, children literature, children's books, community involvement, famiy values, farm life, fiction, humor, middle grade readers, teamwork, twins
What A Pair! Mattie and Mark Miller:Double Trouble Series
Written by Wanda E. Brunstetter
This is the first in a series focused on the Amish way of life and nine year old twins, Mattie and Mark. Targeted for middle grade readers ages eight through twelve, the book is a fun and educational introduction to a way of life misunderstood by most observers.
Brunstetter begins by explaining that the Amish are group of people who live a plain life without using many modern things; a simple plausible way to explain to children why they are different but not strange. The author goes on to give examples as to how they live and work both in the past and present.
She provides a glossary of the Amish language words which are used liberally throughout the story. Readers will love these feisty twins with diametrically opposed personalities. What they do have in common is a love of life, family, and kind hearts. For example, Mattie is a dreamer, Mark a scholar, Mattie is cautious, Mark an adventurer, Mattie loves dogs, and Mark loves cats. Mattie is a great baseball player, while Mark cringes when he sees a bat and ball. As the reader follows one humorous adventure after another, what comes through is deep commitment to family, society and community, and a story about two children experiencing the same problems any tween faces. The book will appeal to both genders.
On their birthday, the twins receive an unexpected gift from their grandparents. This gift will require them to learn how to work together. When an unexpected emergency arises, the twins learn the real value of teamwork. The plot has lots of twists and turns and many different scenarios to appeal to a wide variety of reader interests. Text is interesting and challenging, yet not too overwhelming. Lots of humor, adventure, family fun, good values and the benefit of learning about a culture few have experienced first hand. Highly recommended for tweens and young adult readers or anyone interested in understanding Amish society.
Barbara Mojica
Author of the Little Miss HISTORY series:
Little Miss HISTORY Travels to MOUNT RUSHMORE
Little Miss HISTORY Travels to The STATUE of LIBERTY
Little Miss HISTORY Travels to SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST
Little Miss HISTORY Travels to FORD'S THEATER
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Literature Link: A Difficult Choice
Tags:book review, bullying, conflict resolution, fantasy, middle grade adventure, middle grade readers, reading
Lightmasters – Number 13
Written by M.G. Wells
Jessica Wyrd is facing her thirteenth birthday. The last year has been extremely difficult for her. Her parents were both killed in an automobile accident down in Georgia. Jessica is now living with her eccentric maternal grandparents in upstate New York. She misses her best friends, Emma and Hank. In school she is the considered the nerdy newbie, the victim of bullying by students and teachers alike.
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, Jessica encounters a spiral light and a green haze. A voice urges her to follow the others who are waiting. She meets Dragateen, Torc and Bo, along with other spirits who tell her to shift into another dimension and make the journey to Kiron. Jessica hesitantly walks through an oak tree and enters, but the dark forces of Sartan are waiting to do battle with this new recruit.
Jessica's journey will lead her to Emerald Pond, Poseidon Pit and mysterious caverns below. She will meet snakes, a slimy octopus, and strange demonic creatures with orange eyes. Jessica has difficulty determining what is reality and what she is experiencing in the "other world." She receives a special jewel and learns that she bears the mark of the mystic. Still, the decision to use her special powers and whether to become one of the Lightmasters must be her own.
Back here on earth, Jessica is homesick for her friends in Georgia. Wells shifts the story to Jessica's coming of age conflicts and injects lots of humor in describing the trials and tribulations of a feisty thirteen year old who is intelligent far beyond her chronological age and who must deal with the realities of family, school and death. How does she resolve her conflicts and reconcile two very different lives?
This book of less than two hundred pages is a well written middle grade fantasy adventure that will appeal to readers age nine and up. Lots of twists and turns in plot, humor, and nicely developed characters combined with the kinds of problems kids this age face daily. As an adult, I enjoyed looking back on my early teens through Jessica's eyes.
Literature Link: Don's Destiny
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The Adventures of Don and the White Animals:
Children Adventure & Education( Intermediate readers, Animal friends, Secret power)
Written by Meir Eshel
First in a series of middle grade readers featuring Don White, a child born with the gift of communicating with animals, especially white ones. From the time Don comes home from the hospital, his family senses something special about him. As the car sped toward home, they were accompanied by several dogs and a flock of birds chirping around the house. A plague of insects and animals infest the house and drive several babysitters away. Finally an elderly man named Bruce has the courage to take on the job. As Dan grows, it becomes clear that he has the ability to communicate with animals like his mouse named Tiny and dog named Pup.
One day Don's dad notices that his pets have the same reddish birthmarks as his son. Don is an exceptionally bright boy whose attachment to animals leads him into trouble. When he pleads to attend the Pendor Circus, the family reluctantly acquiesces. This first adventure leads to a kidnapping by monkey named Mog who is able to communicate animal cruelty toward the circus animals. Don will use the experience to draw attention to animal abuse. Then an insensitive teacher will bring down the wrath of Don when she ridicules him in front of the class. She will suffer an embarrassing experience from some of Don's slimy animal friends. Don is led to the Delphiton racetrack to set the score straight, and a family vacation turns tragic when Don is kidnapped by a group of his enemies.
Don's adventures are narrated by his father. Noteworthy are his family's unwavering support and the way Don shows respect, loyalty and good humor despite his fanatic devotion to animal rights causes. At just over one hundred pages, the story has enough elements of fantasy, humor and adventure to delight the middle grade reader, especially boys and reluctant readers. Looking forward to Don's next adventure.
Author of the Little Miss HISTORY Travels to series of children's books
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Pyronia arminii är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av Hermann Stauder 1916. Pyronia arminii ingår i släktet Pyronia och familjen praktfjärilar. Inga underarter finns listade.

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Black Muslim Politics: Hip Hop for Consciousness – The Imam Jamil Al-Amin Benefit Concert
Black Muslim Politics
From the "Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop" exhibition curated by Sohail Daulatzai (courtesy of Wessam Nassar).
In May 2001, a collaboration of Los Angeles and Bay Area Black and non-Black Muslims put on a benefit concert for Imam Jamil Al Amin called "Hip Hop for Consciousness." The concert took place a little over a year after Imam Jamil was arrested for the murder of a police officer, charges which many believe are fraudulent. Critically, the concert also preceded September 11th by five months. According to Sohail Daulatzai, who helped organize the concert and is now a professor, the Muslim event organizers were working outside the mainstream Muslim political sensibilities of the time. Instead, they were following the footsteps of their predecessors in the Black Radical Tradition who used the arts to promote awareness. This tradition embodied by Imam Jamil, from his days at SNCC and the Black Panther Party to his work as a Muslim leader, was the target of intense state surveillance and repression, through programs such as COINTELPRO. These actions prefigure, as Daulatzai has argued, the targeting of Muslims by the state today.
The video below is footage of a performance that day by Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Talib Kweli. Around minute 52 Bey reminds the audience why they had gathered, stating "we not just here singing songs, this is serious stuff, it's a man's life and his freedom." The set concludes with a solo performance by Bey of his song, Umi Says, which is included in our Black Muslim Political "anthems" here. Toward the end of the song, the crowd joins Bey in the chant "I want my people to be free," echoing a rally cry of the Black Radical Tradition: Free 'em All!
Free Imam Jamil Al-Amin!
Free All Political Prisoners!
Free 'em All!
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Black Muslim Politics: Anthems
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Black Muslim Women: A Lament for Politics


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Rudolf Ferdinand Theodor Aderhold (* 12. Februar 1865 in Frankenhausen; † 17. März 1907 in Berlin-Dahlem) war ein deutscher Mykologe. Sein Spezialgebiet waren vor allem Pilzerkrankungen von Obstbäumen. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet "Aderh."

Leben und Wirken
Aderhold entstammte einer thüringischen Handwerkerfamilie, sein Vater war Fleischer. 1895 heiratete er Anna Elise Clementine Haccius, das Paar hatte einen Sohn.

Aderhold studierte in Berlin und Jena Botanik, in Jena war er Schüler und später Assistent von Ernst Stahl. 1888 erschien seine Dissertation zum Thema "Beitrag zur Kenntnis richtender Kräfte bei der Bewegung niederer Organismen". Anschließend wechselte er an die Lehranstalt für Obst- und Weinbau in Geisenheim und 1893 dann als selbständiger Leiter der botanischen Abteilung der Versuchsstation am Institut für Obstbau in Proskau (Schlesien).

1901 wechselte Aderhold nach Berlin als Leiter des botanischen Laboratoriums der Biologischen Abteilung für Land- und Forstwirtschaft am Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamt. Aus dieser gestaltete er bis 1905 die Biologische Anstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, die noch bis 2008, zuletzt als Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, bestand. Aderhold war ihr erster Direktor bis zu seinem Tod 1907.

Aderhold erstbeschrieb während seiner Forschungen an phythopathogenen Pilzen über 20 neue Pilzarten, 1905 arbeitete er gemeinsam mit Wilhelm Ruhland über einige Sclerotinia in der Arbeit "Zur Kenntnis der Obstbaum-Sklerotinien". Viele der von ihm beschriebenen Taxa sind inzwischen synonymisiert worden oder wurden als Teleomorphe inzwischen zu den Anamorphen gestellt, einige haben aber immer noch Bestand. Zu den bis heute akzeptierten Arten zählen beispielsweise Mycosphaerella cerasella oder Venturia pyrina.

Rudolf Aderhold starb 1907 im Alter von 42 Jahren in Berlin-Dahlem und wurde auf dem Friedhof Dahlem beigesetzt. Das Grab ist nicht erhalten.

Werke (Auswahl)
 Beitrag zur Kenntnis richtender Kräfte bei der Bewegung niederer Organismen, 1888, Dissertation
 Einige neue Pilze, 1905
 Zur Kenntnis der Obstbaum-Sklerotinien: Kleinere Mittheilungen, 1905 (mit Wilhelm Ruhland)

Literatur

 Theophil Gerber: Biograph. Lexikon: http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2021/1981/, 4. erg. Aufl. 2021.

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Fußnoten direkt hinter einer Aussage belegen die einzelne Aussage, Fußnoten direkt hinter einem Satzzeichen den gesamten vorangehenden Satz. Fußnoten hinter einer Leerstelle beziehen sich auf den kompletten vorangegangenen Absatz.

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Botaniker (19. Jahrhundert)
Botaniker (20. Jahrhundert)
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Gestorben 1907
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One of the frequently discussed issues in the Nahj al-balaghah is that of government and justice. To anyone who goes through the book, it is evident to what extent 'Ali ('a) is sensitive to the issues related to government and justice.
He considers them to be of paramount importance. For those who lack an understanding of Islam but have knowledge of the teachings of other religions, it is astonishing why a religious personage should devote himself to this sort of problems. Don't such problems relate to the world and worldly life'! Shouldn't a sage keep aloof from the matters of the world and society? They wonder.
On the other hand, such a thing is not at all surprising for one acquainted with the teachings of Islam and the details of 'Ali's life; that 'Ali was brought up from childhood by the Holy Prophet of Islam, that the Prophet ('s), having taken him from his father as a child, had reared him in his home under his own care, that the Prophet ('s) had trained 'Ali ('a) and instructed him in his own characteristic way, teaching him the secrets of Islam.
In this verse, establishment of justice has been declared as being the objective of the mission of all the prophets. The sanctity of justice is so stressed that it is considered the aim of all prophetic missions. Hence, how were it possible that someone like 'Ali ('a), whose duty was to expound the teachings of the Qur'an and explain the doctrines and laws of Islam, might have ignored this issue or, at least, accorded it a secondary importance?
The first thing which must be examined is the significance and value attached to the issue of government and justice by the Nahj al-balaghah. Indeed, what is essentially the importance of these problems in Islam?
There is a hadith, according to which the Prophet ('s) said: "If (as few as) three persons go on a journey, they must appoint one out of themselves as their leader." From this one may infer to what extent the Prophet regarded as harmful the disorder and absence of an authority that could resolve social conflicts and serve as a unifying bond among individuals.
The first problem to be discussed here is that of the necessity and value of a State. 'Ali ('a) has repeatedly stressed the need for a powerful government, and, in his own time, battled against the views propagated by the Khawarij, who, in the beginning, denied the need for a State, considering the Qur'an as sufficient.
The slogan of the Khawarij as is known was "The right of judgement (or authority to rule) is exclusively God's" (la hukm illa li-Allah), a phrase adopted from the holy Qur'an. Its Qur'anic meaning is that the prerogative of legislation belongs to God or those whom God has permitted to legislate. But the Khawarij interpreted it differently.
Yes, I also say la hukm illa li-Allah, in the sense that the right of legislation belongs solely to God. But their claim that the prerogative to govern and lead also belongs to God is not reasonable. After all, the laws of God need to be implemented by human beings.
Men cannot do without a ruler, good or evil.1 It is under the protection of a State that the believers strive for God's sake, and the unbelievers derive material benefit from their worldly endeavours, and men attain the fruits of their labours. It is through the authority of State that taxes are collected, aggressors are repelled, the security of highways is maintained, and the weak reclaim their rights (through courts of law) from the strong.
'Ali ('a), like other godly men and spiritual leaders, despises temporal power and political office for being lowly and degrading when an instrument of gratification of lust for power and political ambition. He looks down upon it with extreme contempt when it is desired as an end-in-itself and aspired as an ideal of life.
But the same power and leadership if used as a means for the establishment and execution of social justice and service to society is regarded by him as a thing of paramount sanctity, for which he is willing to fight any opportunist and political adventurer seeking to grab power and illegitimate wealth. In its defence, he does not hesitate to draw his sword against plunderers and usurpers.
In the sermon 216, we come across a general discussion about human rights and duties. Here, 'Ali states that every right always involves two parties.
But the most important of the reciprocal rights that God has made obligatory is the right of the ruler over the subjects and the rights of the subjects over the ruler. It is a mutual and reciprocal obligation decreed by God for them. He has made it the basis of the strength of their society and their religion. Consequently, the subjects cannot prosper unless the rulers are righteous. The rulers cannot be righteous unless the subjects are firm and steadfast.
Man by virtue of being a rational creature thinks rationally on scientific and social issues. His arguments, intentionally or unintentionally, are based on certain principles and axioms. All his conclusions are drawn and judgements are based on them. The difference in ways of thinking originates precisely in these first principles or axioms, used as the ground of inferences and conclusions.
Here it is crucial what premises and axioms form the foundation for inference, and here lies the cause of all disparity in inferences and conclusions. In every age there is a close similarity between the ways of thinking of those familiar with the intellectual spirit of the age on scientific issues.
However, the difference is conspicuous between the intellectual spirits of different ages. But in regard to social problems, such a similarity and consensus is not found even among persons who are contemporaries.
There is a secret behind this, to expound which would take us outside the scope of the present discussion.
Man, in his confrontation with social and moral problems, is inevitably led to adopt some sort of value-orientation. In his estimations he arrives at a certain hierarchy of values in which he arranges all the issues. This order or hierarchy of values plays a significant role in the adoption of the kind of basic premises and axioms he utilizes. It makes him think differently from others who have differently evaluated the issues and have arrived at a different hierarchy of values. This is what leads to disparity among ways of thinking.
Take for example the question of feminine chastity, which is a matter of social significance. Do all people prescribe a similar system of evaluation with regard to this issue? Certainly not. There is a great amount of disparity between views.
For some its significance is near zero and it plays no part in their thinking. For some the matter is of utmost value. Such persons regard life as worthless in an environment where feminine chastity is regarded as unimportant.
When we say that Islam revolutionized the ways of thinking, what is meant is that it drastically altered their system and hierarchy of values. It elevated values like taqwa (God-fearing), which had no value at all in the past, to a very high status and attached an unprecedented importance to it. On the other hand, it deflated the value of such factors as blood, race and the like, which in the pre-Islamic days were of predominant significance, bringing their worth to zero.
Here the question is about two human qualities. Man has always detested oppression and injustice and has also held in high regard acts of kindliness and benevolence performed without the hope of reward or return.
Apparently the answer to the above question seems both obvious and easy: generosity is superior to justice, for what is justice except observance of the rights of others and avoiding violating them; but a generous man willingly foregoes his own right in favour of another person.
The just man does not transgress the rights of others or he safeguards their rights from being violated. But the generous man sacrifices his own right for another's sake. Therefore, generosity must be superior to justice.
It is true that generosity is a quality of great worth from the point of view that the generous man donates to another what legitimately belongs to himself, but we must note that it is an unnatural occurrence. It may be compared to a body one of whose organs is malfunctioning, and its other healthy organs and members temporarily redirect their activity to the recovery of the suffering organ.
From the point of view of society, it would be far more preferable if the society did not possess such sick members at all, so that the healthy organs and members may completely devote their activities and energies to the general growth and perfection of society, instead of being absorbed with helping and assisting of some particular member.
From 'Ali's viewpoint, it is the principle of justice that is of crucial significance in preserving the balance of society, and winning goodwill of the public. Its practice can ensure the health of society and bring peace to its soul.
Oppression, injustice and discrimination cannot bring peace and happiness-even to the tyrant or the one in whose interest the injustice is perpetrated. Justice is like a public highway which has room for all and through which everyone may pass without impediment. But injustice and oppression constitute a blind alley which does not lead even the oppressor to his desired destination.
In the sermon called 'al-Shiqshiqiyyah', after relating the pathetic political episodes of the past, 'Ali ('a) proceeds to advance his reasons for accepting the caliphate. He mentions how, after the assassination of 'Uthman, the people thronged around him urging him to accept the leadership of Muslims.
But 'Ali ('a), after the unfortunate events of the past and being aware of the extent of deterioration in the prevailing situation, was not disposed to accept that grave responsibility. Neverthe less, he saw that should he reject the caliphate, the face of truth would become still more clouded, and it might be alleged that he was not interested in this matter from the very beginning, and that he gave no importance to such affairs.
(By Him who split the grain and created living things,) had it not been for the presence of the pressing crowd, were it not for the establishment of (God's) testimony upon me through the existence of supporters, and had it not been for the pledge of God with the learned, to the effect that they should not connive with the gluttony of the oppressor and the hunger of the oppressed, I would have cast the reins of [the camel of] the caliphate on its own shoulders and would have made the last one drink from the same cup that I made the first one to drink (i.e. I would have taken the same stance towards the caliphate as at the time of the first caliph).
Favouritism, nepotism, partiality and shutting up of mouths by big morsels, have always been the essential tools of politicians. Now a man had assumed power and captained the ship of the caliphate who profoundly detested these things.
In fact his main objective was to struggle and fight against this kind of politics. Naturally, with the very inception of 'Ali's reign, the politicians with their hopes and expectations were disappointed.
Their disappointment soon grew into subversive conspiracies against 'Ali's government, creating for him many a headache. Well-meaning friends, with sincere goodwill, advised 'Ali ('a) to adopt greater flexibility in his policies for the sake of higher interests. Their advice was: "Extricate yourself from the ruses of these demagogues, as is said, 'sewing the dog's mouth with a big morsel'.
One of the pivotal factors which contribute to the securing of the goodwill of the masses is the way a government views them, if it regards them as its slaves or as its masters and guardians, if it considers the people as possessing legitimate rights and itself only as their trustee, agent, and representative.
In the first case, whatever service a government may perform for the people is not more than a kind of the master's care of his beast. In the second case, every service performed is equivalent to discharging of duty by a right trustee. A State's acknowledgement of the authentic rights of the people and avoidance of any kind of action that implies negation of their right of sovereignty, are the primary conditions for securing their confidence and goodwill.
At the dawn of the modern age there was a movement against religion in Europe, which also affected more or less other regions outside the Christendom. This movement was inclined towards materialism.
When we examine the causes and roots of this movement, we discover that one of them was the inadequacy of the teachings of the Church from the viewpoint of political rights.The Church authorities, and some European philosophers, developed an artificial relationship and association between belief in God on the one hand and stripping the people of their political rights by despotic regimes on the other.
Naturally, this led to the assumption of some necessary relation between democracy on the one hand and atheism on the other. It came to be believed that either we should choose the belief in God and accept the right of sovereignty bestowed by Him upon certain individuals who have otherwise no superiority over others, or deny the existence of God so as to establish our right as masters of our own political destinies.
From the point of view of religious psychology, one of the causes of the decline of the influence of religion was the contradiction between religion and a natural social need, contrived by religious authorities, especially at a time when that need expressed itself strongly at the level of public consciousness.
Right at a time when despotism and repression had reached their peak in European political life and the people were thirstily cherishing the ideas of liberty and people's sovereignty, the Church and its supporters made an assertion that the people had only duties and responsibilities towards the State and had no rights.
This was sufficient to turn the lovers of liberty and democracy against religion and God in general and the Church in particular.
Grotius denies that all human government is established for the benefit of the governed, and he cites the example of slavery. His characteristic method of reasoning is always to offer fact as a proof of right.
'Obey those in power.' If this means 'yield to force' the precept is sound, but superfluous; it has never, I suggest, been violated. All power comes from God, I agree; but so does every disease, and no one forbids us to summon a physician.
Hobbes, whose views have been referred to above, although he does not incline to God in his totalitarian logic, the basis of his philosophic position regarding political rights is that the sovereign represents and personifies the will of the people and he actually translates the will of the people itself into his actions.
Nevertheless we are not to understand that by such liberty the sovereign power of life and death is either abolished or limited. For it has been already shown that nothing the sovereign representative can do to a subject, on what pretence soever, can properly be called injustice or injury, because every subject is the author of every act the sovereign does, so that he never wants right to anything otherwise than as he himself is the subject of God and bound thereby to obscene the laws of nature.
And therefore it may and does often happen in commonwealths that a subject may be put to death by the command of the sovereign power and yet neither do the other wrong-as when Jephtha caused his daughter to be sacrificed; in which, and the like cases, he that so dies, had the liberty to do the action for which he is nevertheless without injury put to death.
As can be noticed, in this philosophy the responsibility to God is assumed to negate the responsibility toward the people. Acknowledgement of duty to God is considered sufficient in order that the people may have no rights.
Justice, here, is what the sovereign does and oppression and injustice have no meaning. In other words, duty to (God is assumed to annul the duty to man, and the right of God to override the rights of men. Indubitably, Hobbes, though apparently a free thinker independent of the ideology of the Church, had ecclesiastical ideas not penetrated into his mind, would not have developed such a theory.
Precisely that which is totally absent from such philosophies is the idea that faith and belief in God should be considered conducive to establishment of justice and realization of human rights. The truth is that, firstly, the belief in God is the foundation of the idea of justice and inalienable human rights; it is only through acceptance of the existence of God that it is possible to affirm innate human rights and uphold true justice as two realities independent of any premise and convention; secondly, it is the best guarantee for their execution in practice.
As can be noticed from the above passage, God is central to 'Ali's statement about justice, rights, and duties. But 'Ali's stand is opposed to the aforementioned view according to which God has bestowed rights on only a handful of individuals solely responsible to Him, and has deprived the rest of people of these rights, making them responsible not only to Him but also to those who have been granted by Him the unlimited privilege to rule others.
As a result, the ideas of justice and injustice in regard to the relationship between the ruler and the ruled become meaningless.
Do not address me in the manner despots are addressed [i.e. Do not address me by titles that are used to flatter despots and tyrants]. In your attitude towards me do not entertain the kind of considerations that are adopted in the presence of unpredictable tyrants. Do not treat me with affected and obsequious manners.
Do not imagine that your candour would displease me or that I expect you to treat me with veneration. One who finds it disagreeable to face truth and just criticism, would find it more detestable to act upon them. Therefore, do not deny me a word of truth or a just advice.
In the last chapter, we said that a dangerous and misleading view became current in the thought of some modern European thinkers interlinking in an unnatural fashion the belief in God on the one hand and negation of peoples rights on the other.
This correlation played a significant role in inducing a group to incline towards materialism. Duty and responsibility to God was assumed to necessarily negate the duty and responsibility to the people. Divine obligations completely displaced human obligations.
The belief and faith in God (Who, according to the Islamic teachings, created the universe on the principles of truth and justice) was considered to conflict with and contradict the belief in innate and natural human rights, instead of being regarded as their basis. Naturally, belief in the right of people's sovereignty was equated with atheism.
From Islamic point of view the case is actually the reverse. In the Nahj al-balaghah, which is the subject of our discussion, the main topics are tawhid and 'irfan; throughout the talk is about God, whose Name occurs repeatedly everywhere in its pages.
Nevertheless, it not only does not neglect to discuss the rights of the people and their privileges vis-a-vis the ruler, in fact regarding the ruler as the trustee and protector of their rights, but also lays great emphasis on this point.
According to this verse the people are bound to obey the commands of God, His Messenger and those in authority (wulat al-'amr). While the preceding verse mentions the rights of the people, this one reiterates the complementary rights of those in authority.
It has been related from the Imams ('a) that 'one of these two verses is ours (i.e. it establishes our rights in relation to you), and the other is yours (i.e. it outlines your rights in relation to us)' ... Al-Imam al-Baqir ('a) said that the performanee of salat, zakat, sawm, and Hajj are some of the trusts (mentioned in 4:58).
One of the trusts (amanat) is that the wulat al-'amr have been commanded to justly distribute the ghana'im, sadaqat, and whatever is a part of the rights of the people, among them.
As noticed earlier, the Holy Qur'an considers the ruler and the head of the State as a trustee and a guardian; it regards just government as a fulfillment of a trust entrusted to the ruler. The approach of the Imams('a), in particular that of Amir al-Mu'minin 'Ali ('a), corresponds with the view which can be inferred from the Holy Qur'an.
Now that we know the Qur'an's view of this matter, we may go on to examine the statements of the Nahj al-balaghah on this issue. More than anything else, we must study 'Ali's letters to his governors, especially those which were meant to be official circulars.
There is another letter in the Nahj al-balaghah consisting of instructions to the collectors of zakat, and is entitled: 'To the officials assigned to the job of collecting zakat'. The title indicates that it was not addressed to any particular official but sent either as a general instruction in writing or delivered as a routine oral instruction.
Set out with the fear of God, Who is One and has no partner. Do not intimidate any Muslim. Do not trespass upon his land so as to displease him. Do not take from him more than Allah's share in his property.
When you approach a tribe, at first come down at their watering place, stay there instead of entering their houses. Approach them with calm dignity and salute them when you stand amongst them, grudge not a proper greeting to them. Then say to them "O servants of God, the Wali and Khalifah of God has sent me to you to collect from you Allah's share in your property. Is there anything of His share in your property?
If there is, return it to His Wali. " If someone says 'No', then do not repeat the demand. If someone answers in the affirmative, then go with him without frightening, threatening, or compelling him. Take whatever gold and silver he gives you. If he has cattle or camels, do not approach them save with his permission, because the major part belongs to him.
1. That is, in the absence of a righteous government, an unjust government, at least preserves law and order in society, which is, of course, better than chaos and rule of jungle.


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The "Dioni" of Almensilla declares that a high position "disposed" of money for "personal matters"
Julio Mateos Palacios, extesorero of the compensation board of Sector F of Almensilla (Seville) and currently in prison for the alleged embezzlement of 3.7 million euros from the accounts of that entity, has lent this Friday a judicial declaration for the first time and has assured that a former president of the board of compensation and current high-level of the Board "disposed" of money from said meeting for "personal matters" and "settle debts".
Sources of the case have informed to Europa Press that, after the turn of appearances of the past month of July, when Julio Mateos appeared by videoconference from the jail but it took refuge his right not to declare, the judge of First Instance and Instruction number 1 Coria del Río has set for this Friday a new appearance of the treasurer, key figure in the investigation of the matter.
In this sense, a police car with two agents has transferred Julio Mateos from the prison where he is interned to the Court in question, where he has only answered the questions that his lawyer has asked him and has avoided answering both the judge and to the prosecutor and to the other parties involved in this proceeding, as indicated by the same sources consulted by Europa Press.
In this way, the 'Dioni' of Almensilla has ensured that "can claim" that the former president of the compensation board and general director of the consortium for the development of policies on information society and knowledge in Andalusia 'Fernando de los Ríos', Ismael Perea, "had money" from the compensation board "for personal matters and settle debts".
In this sense, Julio Mateos has pointed out in particular a debt that Ismael Perea himself had with the BBVA and that amounted to 35,000 euros.
Similarly, and according to the same sources, Julio Mateos has acknowledged that, "in spite of the fact that two signatures are required to dispose of money from the account of the compensation board", during one year, specifically from 2013 to 2014, " he had checks only with his signature. "
In a nutshell, he has revealed to his lawyer's questions that La Caixa "never stopped him despite knowing the bank that two signatures were necessary."
To finish, Julio Mateos has informed that, while he is in prison, he will not declare again, since when he is in prison he does not have access to the whole cause, so, in any case, he will give a statement in the trial that is held by these acts.
THE MOON OF JULIO MATEOS
Julio Mateos, let's remember, remains in prison since he was arrested in August 2016, after fleeing in 2015 when he confessed that he had appropriated money from the account of the compensation board, provided with contributions from the parcelistas to undertake the urbanization of the sector F and the provision of basic services in the area, some works are still far from complete.
At the time of availing himself of his right not to testify in the batch of appearances of July 13, the former treasurer of the compensation board alleged that although he intends to give a statement, he does not have the transcripts of the statements that have been made. made to date and such extreme causes a situation of "helplessness."
On July 13, the former president of the compensation board and general director of the regional consortium 'Fernando de los Ríos', Ismael Perea, testified before the examining magistrate, also as investigators; the president and secretary of the compensation board, in turn members of the board of delegates, and the former mayor of Almensilla José Carlos López (IU-CA), who as the first mayor was representative of the City Council on the board of delegates.
According to the National Police, Julio Mateos, "preempting his position (as treasurer of the compensation board of Sector F), he appropriated large sums of money" since 2006. The researchers, in that sense, calculate that the total embezzlement could amount to more than 3,706,718 euros, "with a number of affected that would be around 600 families." And is that the alleged embezzlement, we insist, would have been perpetrated on the money provided by the parcelistas to urbanize the area and provide it with basic equipment.
As for Ismael Perea, current director general of the Fernando de los Ríos consortium, socialist exedil of Almensilla City Council and former president of the compensation board, the Unit against Economic and Fiscal Crime (UDEF) of the National Police included him among the " people who are considered of great relevance in the investigation, "along with Julio Mateos, who was auditor of the entity, Juan Carlos N., and Marianela Sánchez, responsible for the advice Asema.
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Necessary tests during pregnancy
All the information you should know about the revisions of the pregnant
Congratulations: the test has been positive. You are waiting for a baby! Now, you have to take care of yourself and avoid anything that could harm the baby that is forming inside you.
To control the development of the fetus and the well-being of the pregnant woman , a different medical tests are carried out during the pregnancy . Therefore, you must request an appointment as soon as possible with the doctor, to confirm the pregnancy and send the first tests.
1. A visit to the gynecologist per month
At the first appointment, the gynecologist will send you a complete blood and urine test to confirm the pregnancy, know your health status, rule out infectious diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B or syphilis, and check if you have rubella and toxoplasmosis (a mild illness for adults, but very serious for the developing fetus) and a cytology to rule out vaginal infections.
In Social Security, usually, you have to go through the family doctor to meet with the gynecologist who will carry the pregnancy. To save time, the doctor usually sends these first blood tests and also the cytology (done by the midwife of the health center).
Whether you go for public health or for private, once the pregnancy is confirmed, the gynecologist will make an exhaustive medical history to know your antecedents and if there is any special condition that must be taken into account (diabetes, heart problems, serious diseases, etc).
Then, he will recommend taking the supplements he considers necessary: folic acid (if you were not already taking it), and iron or iodine if you had deficiencies. After this first visit, you will often go to the gynecologist to follow up on the pregnancy. In all the visits, the specialist will control the tension and the weight of the mother and will solve the doubts that arise on the pregnancy and the necessary cares . In private health, the reviews are monthly.
In the Social Security can be spaced a little more depending on the autonomous community, and even the hospital to which it belongs, but it is usually complemented by the follow-up with the midwife of the health center.
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2. At least three ultrasound scans
Ultrasounds are very useful to control the development of the baby and its well-being inside the uterus. They are non-invasive tests that have no negative effect on the fetus, so you can perform all that the doctor considers necessary.
In the Social Security protocols establish a minimum of three scans, one per trimester , although more are performed if necessary. In private medical insurance, ultrasound control is usually more frequent. Some doctors do ultrasound every month. In addition, an ultrasound is usually done to confirm the pregnancy.
In all ultrasounds, the size of the baby is measured, its movements and beats are evaluated, the amount of amniotic fluid, the position of the placenta and the probable date of delivery is calculated.
Ultrasound of the first trimester: Towards week 12
In this ultrasound, which is usually vaginal, it is checked if there is more than one baby and the nuchal fold of the fetus is measured to assess the risk of chromosomal abnormalities.
Ultrasound of the second trimester: In week 20 of gestation
The internal organs of the fetus are observed to verify that the baby is developing well. Normally you can discover the baby sex, if you are in a posture that lets you see it.
Ultrasound of the third trimester: Around week 34
The growth of the fetus is re-evaluated and its position is watched for the delivery. If it is breech or crossed, another ultrasound is usually done later to see if it has been placed upside down.
3. Special ultrasounds
There is another type of ultrasound reserved for special situations:
3D or 4D ultrasound
They are used as a complement to traditional ones. Both allow to see the fetus with volume, and the 4D, in addition, in movement . With them, skin problems or deformities of the cleft lip can be detected, but they do not provide information on other abnormalities detected by normal ultrasound scans. They are very exciting for future parents, because they can see their baby much more accurately.
In Social Security they are used in some hospitals, and whenever it is considered necessary. Some private insurances include 3D scans, but 4D must be paid separately.
Ultrasound with Doppler technology
It is done when it is necessary to observe the circulation in the fetus, the umbilical cord and the uterus, since it allows to detect heart problems or blood circulation.
During pregnancy, at least one blood and urine test is performed per trimester.
In addition, there are some special analytics to detect possible problems:
Test of Coombs:
If the mother is Rh negative and the father is Rh positive, the first blood test checks if the fetus has antibodies in the blood against Rh positive. The test is repeated again in case it has created antibodies and, in addition, as a precaution, in week 28 of pregnancy the mother is given an anti D gammaglobulin, which is repeated after delivery if the baby is Rh + protect future pregnancies.
O'Sullivan test:
In the 24th week of pregnancy a special blood test is done to assess the concentration of blood sugar and detect early gestational diabetes that could cause problems in the fetus. If the test is positive, a glycemia curve is made (oral glucose overload) to confirm the diagnosis.
All these tests are included in public health and private health insurance.
In Public Health protocols establish a minimum of three scans, one per quarter. In private medical insurance, ultrasound control is usually more frequent.
5. Prenatal diagnosis
One of the things that most worries to the future parents is the possibility that their baby undergoes some genetic alteration. Between the 10th and the 14th week, prenatal diagnostic tests are carried out to calculate if there is a risk and if it is convenient to do other invasive tests (such as amniocentesis ).
In the first trimester blood test the amount of certain hormones and proteins related to some chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome is measured.
The results are assessed together with the ultrasonography of the nuchal fold and the personal circumstances of the mother, such as age. If the risk is high, the doctor may advise amniocentesis (between weeks 14 and 18).
Before making that decision, private insurers can perform another non-invasive test, with an additional cost: the non-invasive prenatal test that, through a blood test, detects Down syndrome and other abnormalities such as Patau or Edwards syndrome. This fetal DNA blood test is now offered in some public hospitals.
6. Tests before delivery
About four weeks before the expected date of delivery, around week 36 of pregnancy, the mother is given a vaginal and rectal culture to rule out the presence of a bacterium called streptococcus agalactiae. If it exists, the mother is given antibiotics during delivery to prevent the baby from catching an infection.
Towards week 40 (in the Social Security) or from the 37 (in the private insurance), begin to control the contractions in the mother and the heartbeat of the baby on a weekly basis with a technique called monitoring .
Pregnancy usually lasts 40 weeks, but it is normal for the baby to be born between week 37 and 42. Ideally, it should come to the world naturally, but if week 42 has not shown signs of wanting to leave, it will be program the induction to childbirth.
European Stock Exchange, FI
It is an International Variable Investment Fund.
It invests most of the capital in equity or similar assets (shares, derivative instruments …), issued in different currencies.
Aimed at investors who are willing to invest in a product with a very high risk profile , that is, to achieve a higher potential return, they are willing to assume greater risk.
This fund is oriented for investments over 3 years.
BBVA Bolsa Europa, FI offers the possibility of investing in the European market, in a diversified way , for those customers who want to take equity positions in that region, taking advantage of the extensive experience of BBVA Asset Management in the management of this type of investments .
Profitability and associated risks
What is the risk profile of this fund?
The risk level of this fund is 7, that is, it has a very high risk profile.
Commissions:
About patrimony:
Management fee (i) : 2.25% per annum.
Deposit commission (i) : 0.20% per annum.
About the amount subscribed or reimbursed :
No subscription fees.
Refund Commission:
2% for participations less than 3 months old.
0% for participations with an age greater than or equal to 3 months.
What is your minimum investment?
The minimum investment amount is € 600.
In what does this fund invest?
Mainly, in the most important companies of the European stock exchange, taking as an example the FT-Eurotop-100 index (composed of the 100 companies with the largest capital of the European stock exchange).
The investment will be distributed as follows:
The investment in currencies other than the euro will be less than 30% of the total.
The strategy is to invest in companies that have good prospects on profits and attractive valuations.
The criteria of the fund to select your investments in countries and economic sectors are:
the economic perspectives.
the valuations of the price of the shares in the market.
the economic moment in which we are.
See the fund's profile in the BBVA Fund Manager.
(i) Glossary
OECD : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is made up of 34 countries and its objective is to coordinate its economic and social policies.
Credit quality (rating) : valuation of a company or issuance of an asset that allows knowing the capacity of the company to pay its obligations in the future. It is based on a scale that ranges from maximum credit quality (AAA) to BBB- (intermediate) to minimum credit quality (CCC). The lower the credit quality, a higher interest rate is required to compensate the risk assumed by the investor
Duration: average expiration time of all the payments of a bonus, both the principal and the periodic coupons. This calculation is weighted, that is, proportional to its weight in the fund.
Deposit Commission : percentage that is charged on the patrimony of the plan by the administration and custody of the assets.
Management fee : percentage that is charged on the assets of the plan for the management of the assets.
Subscription / redemption fee: percentage charged by the investment fund management company when the client wants to buy or sell assets outside the established dates.
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What profitability does the fund offer?
The fund offers a variable return to investors. The profitability will depend on the evolution of the assets in which the fund has invested the capital.
Associated risks (i)
As with any other investment product, investing in funds implies assuming a certain level of risk. Each fund, depending on its specific characteristics and the assets in which it invests, will imply a greater or lesser level of risk. The risks of the BBVA Bolsa Europa, FI fund, which invests in different types of fixed income and variable income assets, are the following:
Market: mainly due to the variation in the prices of the variable income assets in which it invests and the interest rates.
Currency: investment in currencies other than the euro will be, at most, equal to 30% of the total.
Credit: limited, given the credit quality of the assets in which it invests.
Investment in derivatives.
Associated risks:
Market: the variation in the prices of the assets in which the plan invests (variable income, interest rates, currencies, etc.) can negatively affect its profitability.
Investment in equities: investment in equities carries the risk of variation in the prices (prices) of the shares.
Interest rate: variation that the price of an asset may suffer due to changes in the interest rate. There is an inverse relationship between interest rates and the price of fixed-income securities, such as bonds (when interest rates rise, the price of assets decreases and vice versa).
Of currency: risk before the variations of the exchange rate of our currency on that in which the plan is invested. Investment in assets issued in currencies other than the euro carries a risk derived from fluctuations in exchange rates.
Credit: risk that the issuer of an asset does not meet its payment obligations on the established date.
Investment in derivatives: financial derivatives are instruments that are based on the price of another asset (called underlying). They can be used to cover the risk of the price of an asset or to capitalize on its variation. The investment carries the risk that the coverage is not perfect, since it allows to have an exposure to the underlying greater than the amount invested (called leverage). There is also risk of default in the payment of one of the parties involved in the transaction.
Funds are a diversified investment alternative , since they invest in numerous assets, which reduces the risk of investing in a single asset.
There is a wide variety of investment funds with very different risk profiles.
The funds allow you to invest in different types of assets, geographic areas, currencies … You can choose the one / those funds that best suit your objectives and needs.
Investment funds allow access to the benefits of professional management from very small amounts (in this case, from only € 600).
One of the main characteristics of this investment fund is its liquidity. You can buy and / or sell units at any time, since you do not have subscription or reimbursement commissions.
In accordance with current legislation, you should only pay taxes when you sell all or part of your investment fund. For individuals with tax residence in Spain, the transfers from one investment fund to another does not have a tax impact on personal income tax (capital gains are not taxed or handicaps are deducted until the definitive reimbursement occurs).
It is very important that you report well and understand the operation of the fund before investing.
What are the amortization tables and what are they for?
The amortization tables are the basic tool to know how much we will pay for the mortgage month to month until the debt is paid off. In HelpMyCash we advise you to ask the banks before signing a loan of this caliber since it is the way to know exactly how much we are going to pay each month and how much of that fee will be interest.
The amortization table
In an amortization table it is broken down:
The fee agreed with the bank
The interest paid each month, since at the beginning of the mortgage the percentage is higher than the amortized capital . In this way the bank makes sure that in case we cancel the loan before the majority of interest will have been charged. The interest payable each month is calculated based on the outstanding debt that remains each month, hence decreasing
The amortized capital of the debt. Each month the percentage is higher
The outstanding debt of the loan
The amortization tables arise as a result of the French system, which is the one in which personal loans are usually governed in Spain. These consist in calculating the quota in such a way that it is kept constant month by month. Of course, in the case of mortgages, the fee depends on the current value of the Euribor or another index, so it is reviewed every 6 or 12 months depending on the entity.
In HelpMyCash we want to provide the accounts to our clients and we make available to you free of charge the amortization chart calculator . The only thing that must be done is to fill in the form data and in a few minutes we will send the amortization tables to the user.
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The SES awards Liberbank a financing mechanism with 180 million at zero interest for payment to suppliers
This financing instrument, which went public, will allow a "short-term debt" so that the SES can "face" its treasury needs and the "objective of the average payment period to suppliers", which "has to be located in about the month, "explained the Minister of Health and Social Policy, José María Vergeles.
In this sense, the holder of Extremadura Health, has said that the SES has "very good evolution", to be paying its suppliers to around 40 – 50 days. "The 'confirming' was necessary to be able to adjust to the month," said Vergeles, who has highlighted the usefulness of this mechanism "above all" to pay large suppliers such as pharmaceutical companies.
The agreement between the SES and Liberbank was presented on Wednesday at a press conference by the Minister of Health and the deputy general director of banking of companies of Liberbank, Bernardino Fernández. This financial entity has been awarded this 'confirming' for a period of one year, extendable for another year.
Vergeles has highlighted in this sense the offer "so advantageous" made by Liberbank, with this financing mechanism that, in addition, establishes a "zero interest", while the contract with the previous successful bidder was 240 million euros and contained an interest of approximately 0.52 percent, he pointed out.
"EFFICIENT" AND "PLANNING" MANAGEMENT
The Minister of Health has stated that this funding channel contributes to an "efficient" management of the SES and
the "planning of the treasury" of this body, while "helping" the supplying companies because they are "allowed to survive" the "complicated" economic situation of the country.
In addition, has valued this formula of payment to suppliers against the "delay" in these payments that causes the accumulation of late interest that "are being 8 percent", which "medium and long term" is "unsustainable" for Extremadura accounts.
After noting that "until now" the Ministry of Finance has been "looking with magnifying glass" the indicator of the average period of payment to suppliers, Vergeles has highlighted that the Ministry has launched "budget measures", highlighting the fact that " the health budget in the region "has been growing" this term.
Regarding the functioning of the 'confirming' awarded to Liberbank, the counselor explained that, once the invoices reach the Health Service Extremadura, are verified and posted electronically, those that may be susceptible to send to 'confirming '
Thus, the payments are processed through an application that joins the winning entity with the SES "to be able to pay the remittance of invoices sent to it periodically", indicating "also the day of payment", José explained. María Vergeles
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND SANITARY MATERIAL
This mechanism will be applied to the budgets that correspond to the Primary Health Care, Hospital Care and Public Health in those pharmacy concepts, mainly hospital pharmacy, and sanitary material. "It will allow us to pay and be up-to-date with hospital pharmaceutical products and medical supplies," the counselor indicated.
On the other hand, the deputy general director of banking of companies of Liberbank, has shown the "pride" of this financial institution to subscribe this operation, that has considered "an example of the commitment" with Extremadura, region with which the entity wants to follow " strengthening historical
Bernardino Fernández stressed that suppliers can "benefit" from this mechanism when the "advance" of their charges occurs. In turn, has indicated to press questions that the "risk" of this mechanism is "fully acceptable" by Liberbank since the Board "meets all budget parameters" and has added that this 'confirming' "gives access" to the entity to "interact with suppliers".
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Small-business health insurance bill voted down
By Kristen Gerencher
Published: May 11, 2006 8:43 p.m. ET
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - A divisive bill that would have allowed health insurers to preempt state-mandated benefits in order to extend coverage to small businesses was defeated by the U.S. Senate late Thursday.
The Senate voted 55-43 to stop considering the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006, or S. 1955, which was introduced last year by Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and co-sponsored by Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Conrad Burns, R-Mont.
The bill needed 60 votes to go on to a debate that would have led to a vote on final passage, said Zach Goldberg of the American Diabetes Association.
The bill, which critics considered a major reform effort, would have allow private insurers to bypass state regulations requiring coverage of things such as preventive cancer screenings, mental health care, diabetes supplies and routine women's health care.
It pit advocacy groups such as the American Diabetes Association and AARP against powerful small-business lobbies such as the National Association of Realtors and the National Federation of Independent Business. See full story.
"The Senate's failure to allow an up-or-down vote on this important health care legislation is an insult to America's small businesses," U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive Tom Donohue said in a prepared statement. "The Senate has decided that small businesses do not deserve the same access to health care, advantages of economies of scale, and administrative efficiencies as larger businesses and unions."
"Senators who have blocked this legislation have done so at their own peril," he added.
Advocacy groups struck a different chord.
"Today, millions of Americans with diabetes dodged a bullet. Because of the vote in the U.S. Senate, state health coverage for diabetes has been protected," said Hunter Limbaugh, chair of the American Diabetes Association's advocacy committee.
"This bill was fundamentally flawed, as it would have jeopardized the health care coverage that millions of Americans with diabetes rely upon daily to manage their disease and prevent its serious and costly complications."
AARP was concerned the bill would have provided a disincentive for employers to hire and retain older, sicker workers.
"AARP commends Senators Mike Enzi and Ben Nelson for searching for ways to help small businesses afford important health care coverage for their employees," Chief Executive Bill Novelli said in a prepared statement. "But while we look for ways to address the problem of affordable health care, we should not help one group of people at the expense of others. "
"AARP opposed [the bill] because it put older workers at risk, pre-empted important state regulations and would have eliminated state-mandated coverage for important benefits like cancer screenings," Novelli said.
Kristen Gerencher
Kristen Gerencher writes about health care for MarketWatch.