babus of india: Maha Chief Secretary: Who is Ratnakar Gaikwad?
Maha Chief Secretary: Who is Ratnakar Gaikwad?
IN A surprise move, 1975 batch IAS Ratnakar Gaikwad has been appointed as Maharashtra chief secretary replacing JP Dange who was to retire only on May this year. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's move to bring in Gaikwad as chief secretary is seen as a strategy to reorient the state bureaucracy in the midst of Adarsh-prompted credibility crisis of top administrators. According to reports, incumbent Dange could be appointed as information commissioner in the state.
Hailing from Maharashtra, Ratnakar Gaikwad opted for Maharashtra cadre and rose in the ladder to become Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) commissioner before taking up the chief secretary's job. Unlike many of his peers who prefer to go on Central government deputation, Gaikwad mostly served within the state in his 35 years long career as a bureaucrat.
A post-graduate in geography and a PG diploma holder from the University of Manchester, Gaikwad took up some of the important assignments relating to transport and urban development. He had also served as the municipal commissioner in Pune.
Some of Gaikwad's high profile batch-mates include telecom secretary Rentala Chandrasekhar, urban development secretary Navin Kumar, commerce secretary Rahul Khullar and his wife sports secretary Sindhushree Khullar, animal husbandry secretary Rudhra Gangadharan, food processing secretary Ashok Sinha, school education secretary Anshu Vaish, department of Public Enterprises secretary Bhaskar Chatterjee, textile secretary Rita Menon and revenue secretary Sunil Mitra.
While talking to a section of media after the announcement, chief secretary Gaikwad said he would ensure better coordination between the BMC and MMRDA to minimize overlapping of work. What's more, he said he would form a Think Tank to draw up long term plans for Maharashtra. Think you Gaikwad!
The Income Tax department has slapped a tax liability of whopping Rs 1.5 crore against suspended Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Rajesh Rajora after assessing his total taxable income at Rs 5.21 crore. The I-T department raided the residences of Rajora and some other officials of the MP health department in May 2008.
lets hope for n " adarsh" officer in mr. gaikwad after all the recent muck.
Woh, a Dalit boy born into a teacher's family in a village in Dhulia district. Now, he is head of Maharashtra's bureaucracy. What a story!
I am proud of Sh Ratnakar Gaikwad ji.
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Ivanka Trump on Being Protected by the Scandal of Her Parents' Split
Trump tells PEOPLE her parents "did a remarkable job protecting us from something largely outside of their control"
By Charlotte Triggs
Updated July 21, 2016 10:00 PM
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In an expansive two-part interview with PEOPLE this week, Ivanka Trump is opening up about balancing her many businesses, raising three children with her husband Jared Kushner and dealing with the demands of her Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Ivanka Trump is the first to acknowledge that her childhood was extremely privileged.
As the daughter of billionaire businessman turned presidential candidate father Donald Trump, 70, and his first wife, Ivana, 67, "I grew up in an environment where I had access to many luxuries that are highly unusual," the entrepreneur and mother of three, 34, tells PEOPLE. "My parents didn't have to worry about putting food on our table, they could afford to send us to the best schools we could get into. I'm enormously grateful for that."
But they also dealt with tough times.
Ivanka was just a little girl when her parents split – and a tabloid scandal exploded when it was revealed that Trump had had an affair with Marla Maples, who later became his second wife. But Ivanka says her parents worked hard to shield her and her brothers Donald Jr. and Eric from the explosive fallout.
"They did a remarkable job protecting us from something largely outside of their control," Ivanka says. "We didn't have newspapers in the house for a significant period of time and the TV wasn't on when they weren't there. So they tried to mitigate the attention that that moment received."
Although her parents duked it out publicly in the New York City tabloids as the costly divorce dragged on, at home, they remained composed and never spoke ill of one another, Ivanka says.
"Really the way in which they helped us the most was by being supportive with one another, not disparaging the other in front of us, recognizing that and communicating that there was still tremendous affection between them and that there would always be great love for us," she says.
"And I think in retrospect, I became closer with both of my parents because I was at that stage in life where you do take your parents for granted and something like that happens and maybe you stop taking them for granted as much," she says. "They made a real effort to ensure that we knew that they would always be there for us and accessible to us and it helped us through a difficult time."
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These days, Trump and Ivana "are very close. It's actually, it's amazing," Ivanka reveals. "They were together for many years, they raised three children together and they have a great relationship. I'm very fortunate for that."
For her part, Ivanka has developed a special bond with her little sister, Tiffany, 22, Trump's daughter with Maples.
Though Tiffany was raised in California by Maples after she divorced Trump in 1999, meaning the siblings were not always nearby, "we would see each other on all of the holidays and talk to each other frequently," Ivanka says. "She's my little sister! I've been close to Tiffany her whole life, and I really love her."
When asked if she is close with Maples, Ivanka is very clear: "I'm not," she says. "She was out in California and really my relationship is with Tiffany."
But now that Tiffany lives in N.Y.C., and has become involved in her father's campaign as well, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in May, "it's wonderful because she's right here in New York. She'll come with [me and Jared to our country house] on weekends sometimes, and she's always with my kids," Ivanka says. "She's a really good person."

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6 months, 7 babies, 1 department: OSF Saint Anthony celebrates pandemic era baby boom
Ken DeCoster
ROCKFORD — Several local health care workers shared a baby bond last year as they navigated the onset of a pandemic.
Seven employees of OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center's Family Birthing Center welcomed their own bundles of joy into the world as the COVID-19 pandemic was raging.
"We said there's something in the water here at OSF," quipped Dr. Teona Cozianu-Cotan, MD, OB/GYN.
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Cozianu-Cotan, four registered nurses and two technicians at OSF all gave birth between February and July 2020. The wife of an male OSF nurse had a baby during the same time frame.
"So, every time they announced someone was pregnant, I'd get out my spreadsheet and map out due dates and return dates," said Family Birthing Center Nurse Manager Genevieve Stoner. "Our team is truly a family, so we all just pitched in and did extra shifts to cover."
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The proud parents, with their children in tow, reunited at the medical center on Thursday to share stories about the pandemic-related stress they experienced during their respective pregnancies.
"Not only being pregnant and being scared of getting COVID, you didn't know what kind of world you were bringing your child into," said nurse Alex Hamm, holding her 17-month-old daughter, Brielle. "At a time when you couldn't have visitors in the hospital, I felt like I had my family with me. It was very comforting."
Registered nurse Maggie Humphry's daughter, Adelyn, was born 16 months ago.
"It was my first baby so I didn't get to have the traditional baby shower and things like that because we couldn't do it at the time," Humphry said. "So, we did it afterwards when she was already here. It was stressful."
OSF technician Angela Sinople gave birth to her daughter, Isabella, on Valentine's Day 2020, a month before the start of the pandemic.
"It was traumatizing, I guess, because you never heard of anything like this happening," Sinople said. "I think a lot of people had a lot of anxiety and depression and it's already a thing when you deliver a baby but now you can't go anywhere."
The stress associated with being pregnant during a pandemic did strengthen the bond between the employees at OSF's Family Birthing Center, according to Sinople.
"I hope we do stay close, and hopefully the pandemic will end so we can get together more often and have play dates," she said.
Ken DeCoster: kdecoster@rrstar.com; @DeCosterKen


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Decentralised actions: refugees and migrants unite, wherever you are! Local activities and decentralized actions already started on the 18th of December 2013, for the international day of migrants and refugees against racism : actions have been taken all over Europe in the same time and with the same demands (see our web blog : http://freedomnotfrontex.noblogs.org/) Also, decentralized actions and marches will start already in May in reference to the European paerliament elections. All activities should come together in Strasbourg to start the common march (the exact date still has to be confirmed). Wherever you are, take action in solidarity with European refugees and migrants, feel free to initiate creative and local actions !


Well Rudolph day has really crept up on me this month. Tonight we set back our clocks so we get an extra hour of sleep - always assuming we make it to bed on time! I could do with an extra hour and some, in every day right now. However, I have been trying to get ahead with my Christmas cards and, fortunately I kept a little set of four aside, ready for this challenge. I seem to have deleted the photo of the single one I would normally have put here first, and I haven´t the time to do it again, so straight away I will show you the one of the set of four cards that I made.
I used a new Justrite stamp that I bought in a ´specials´order recently. It was complete as you see it here, but I wanted different colours, so after a bit of ´faffing around`, I stamped the whole image with versfine ink and masked off the centre while I embossed the scrolls around the edge with bright gold powder. Then I inked just the centre with rhubarb stalk Memento ink, and stamped it onto snippets of white card, and embossed them with clear powder.
I cut the scroll border and a mat - red card for three, and green mirri-card for the fourth one- using two sizes of my first ever set of dies, the scalloped circle nesties. I used a plain circle die to cut the centre, and I made a mask frame a little smaller than the die, so I could add green ink around the edge of the centre without spoiling the red outer circle. Then I mounted the centres over the scrolled frames and added them to the cards.
Each one is on a 12cm square, white base card, (I know the top left one doesn´t look white, but it is!), a mirri-card mat, (with it´s centre removed because I am very careful with my mirri-card which I can only buy when I have a trip to UK), and then a backing paper taken from a Dovecraft, Back to Basics, 6 x 6 pad. I´ve had it for several years and not used it, but this year I have turned to it several times.
A small gold organza bow added to the top of each one, and that´s four more cards to add to my stack. I have over a hundred ready now, and for the first time ever, they all have their inserts, an envelope and a label on the back. That was my best idea for this year, and I didn´t put any of them away until they were complete and ready to use. I still need to do a couple of batch bakes to reach the total I need, but I don´t feel under pressure like I did last year. So thanks to Sarn, for keeping us up to the mark all year.
Now I will go and link up with the other Rudolph players, and see what they have been making. Join me over at Sarn´s blog, Stamping for Pleasure, and maybe link up a couple of your own Christmas cards too.
Four really lovely cards and a great image with lovely papers, great design too.
Look at you making four cards for the challenge! Way to go! Those lacy circles look so pretty and festive! Great choice of papers too!
These are so lovely, Kate. The gold mirri card mat and the gold embossed stamped pattern look so elegant.
What sweet cards Kate - elegant and ever so pretty.
These look lovely Kate, I love the stamp you used especially the the gold scrolls.The pretty papers and mirri card make them really festive.
These are lovely and all look so different. Your patience of masking the image has paid dividends. hugs mrs A.
My goodness me . . . over 100 . . . you have done SO well Kate, especially with completing each one with an insert and matching envelope. Extremely organised of you and very impressive.
These 4 are terrific. Making in batches is such a good idea.
Thanks for playing along with Rudolph Day.
This is a really great stamp, and you have created these perfectly.
FOUR??? Well done you - I just managed two!!!
Great designs and great Christmas cards!
These are beautiful Kate. So pretty. Well done.
Kate, these are adorable. You must have quite a stash by now...loved the way your mind worked to create the different colors with this neat stamp. Each one is unique, so what a versatile stamp this is going to be in your hands. Good for you on getting FOUR cards to submit, I've not managed even 2 as yet! TFS & Big hugs. Glad if you enjoyed the fall pictures. My photo skills did not really do justice to the beauty we got to see.


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Anatoliy Kyrylovych Kinakh ( ) (born August 4, 1954) is a Ukrainian politician and honorary professor at the Mykolaiv Government Humanitarian University. Kinakh is a People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 6th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada , the Ukrainian parliament. Kinakh currently serves as the leader of Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine which supports the opposition Party of Regions.
Previously, Kinakh was a Prime Minister from 2001-2002 under President Leonid Kuchma, a first vice-Prime Minister, and a Minister of Economics of Ukraine.
Anatoliy Kinakh was born in the village of Brătuşeni in the Moldavian SSR (now Moldova ) on August 4, 1954. In 1978, he graduated from the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute as a shipbuilding engineer. After finishing his higher education, Kinakh started his engineering career at the Tallinn shipyard. From 1981 he worked at the Mykolaiv plant "Ocean".
In April 1990, he was elected to the Ukrainian parliament the Verkhovna Rada. There he worked on a committee dealing with economic reforms. In 1992, Kinakh was appointed as a representative of the President in the Mykolaiv Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. In 1995, Anatoliy Kinakh was appointed Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine in the Cabinet of Yevhen Marchuk concerned with industrial affairs.
Political career before 2004
In early 1990s, Mr. Kinakh held several posts in the local government of Mykolayiv Oblast. From 1995 to 1996 Kinakh was the Minister of Industrial Policy.
Commonly known as an indecisive, but competent, technocrat, Anatoliy Kinah was appointed as the Prime Minister of Ukraine from May 29, 2001 to November 21, 2002. His reasonably popular cabinet was unexpectedly dismissed by President Leonid Kuchma.
In 2002, he was elected to Verkhovna Rada on the list of the electoral bloc of parties "For United Ukraine."
Political career since 2004
In the 2004 presidential election Anatoliy Kinakh was a candidate for the post of President of Ukraine, nominated by the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine, which he has chaired since 2000. A particular feature of his election program is a pro-Ukrainian choice in foreign policy, saying that entry to the European Union should not be a barrier to the development of relationships with all Commonwealth of Independent States countries as well as with Russia .
During the election campaign, Kinakh publicly broke ties with government-backed candidate and then Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych by declaring that no criminal can hold the post of President of Ukraine. He later took an active part in the Orange Revolution on the side of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko (who was elected President).
Kinakh was number two on the electoral list of the pro-presidential bloc Our Ukraine during the 2006 parliamentary election.
In March 2007, he became the Minister of Economics in the cabinet of Viktor Yanukovych against the wish of the Our Ukraine bloc. The Our Ukraine faction then decided to expel Anatoliy Kinakh from the faction and President Viktor Yushchenko ordered his removal from the National Security and Defense Council.
At the early parliamentary elections parliamentary on September 30, 2007, his party participated in the elections together with the Yanukovych-led Party of Regions.


The Scrap n' Stamp Shop: More Sneak Peeks!
As promised, here's a few more sneak peeks of one of my latest layouts. I am having a blast using all these great Stampin' Up products! More to follow, so stay tuned!
Don't forget to sign up for the crop on March 16 - details in my previous posts.


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Sainthood, by Shaykh Ahmad Hendricks
Sainthood and Nearness by Shaykh Ahmad Hendricks
Sufism has often been criticized for "excessive" veneration of the saints. The focus of this critique are the many practices, or as some would say, abuses associated with visiting the shrines of the saints. The station of sainthood as such is not and cannot be the object of the criticism. As we will show later, the station of sainthood as a rank above that of the ordinary Muslim, is universally recognised in Islam. In all fairness, some noteworthy scholars in our Shafi'i legacy declared some of these practices either munkar or makruh. Others developed a more nuanced opinion. Imam Ramli for example holds the position that should a man throw himself onto the grave of a saint, and he is clearly motivated by a spiritual condition (hal) or the man is overwhelmed by an emotion, this act of his is neither munkar nor makruh and least of all, "shirk". His condition, the Imam says, is like the situation of Sayyidna Bilal who rubbed his face on the grave of the Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, upon his return from Syria. Bilal was in Syria when the Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, passed away. The implication here is that the practice of throwing oneself onto a grave can become an abuse (munkar) if people ritualize it. If by the passage of time or through ignorance, Muslims change it into an empty meaningless custom. But even here the ruling of "shirk" is absent. The strongest verdict ever passed on practises like these is makruh. The new development that has recently appeared in reformist circles in general – not only Wahabism – is to declare these practices "acts of shirk". This view betrays a basic confusion between the concepts of "act" and of " belief". The truth is "acts" can never become "shirk" unless they are accompanied by a polytheistic mindset. Even then the "act" as such is not "shirk" – the "belief" or "mental orientation" is. The "act" is called "shirk" figuratively. It is simply flawed to call any "act" that looks like a bow or a prostration "shirk". If this was true, Bilal is also a mushrik. The angels in bowing or prostrating before Nabi Adam and the brothers of Nabi Yusuf in performing sujud, as the Quran says, before him will have to be similarly judged. The purpose of this article however is not to deal exhaustively with the controversial issues. I want to focus on the core subject of sainthood. What is a saint and do they perform miracles? Can someone know that he or she is a saint? People also often ask, " We hear that the saints are divided into different categories and that they form some sort of heirarchy, is this true?"
Let us first look at some of the traditions and verses on the subject.
Imam 'Abdul Karim al-Qushayri narrates a tradition from 'Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, that the Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Allah says, The one who hurts a waliy has deemed it legal to make war against Me. And there is nothing better for the slave as a means of coming closer to Me than performing the compulsory deeds. And the slave never ceases to grow closer to Me by nawafil until I love him. And I seldom waver in doing something like I waver to draw the soul of My believing slave; because he dislikes death and I dislike to harm and there is no escape from death." In another version of this hadith narrated by Imam Nawawi Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him said, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said " Verily Allah has said, the one who hurts my waliyy I have declared war against him. And there is nothing better for the slave as a means of coming closer to Me than performing the compulsory deeds. And the slave never ceases to grow closer to Me by nawafil until I love him. And when I love him I am his hearing that he hears by and the sight that he sees by, and his hand that grips with, and his legs that he walks on. If he asks Me I will give and if he seeks My refuge I will give him refuge."
Both Ibn Hibban and Nisaai narrates that the Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him said, " There is a group of the slaves of Allah that even the Prophets and martyrs will envy," Then someone said," Who are these people perhaps we can love them." And he said, "They are a people who love each other through the light of Allah not through wealth or family ties. Their faces are filled with nur (light) and they are on pulpits of light, neither do they fear when the people fear nor do they grieve when the people grieve." Then the Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, recited the verse, " Verily the awliya of Allah do not fear nor do they grieve." [Yunus, v. 62]
Awliya in the verse is the plural of waliy. This word is used in two broad senses. In ordinary Arabic waliy means friend, associate, ally. In this sense every Muslim is a waliy of Allah because he believes in Allah and associates himself with His din. For purposes of adopting the correct attitude towards Muslims in general Imam Ahmad Zarruq recommends we understand the traditions quoted above in this sense also. We should keep in mind that Allah declares war against one who harms or hurts a waliy. This should be enough deterrence for us to avoid developing a negative attitude and act negatively towards other Muslims. The term "waliy" however also has a more specific meaning. In this second usage the term waliy refers to;
A Muslim who practises the 'ibadah of Allah in a special way. He regularly performs his 'ibadat without committing a sin because he has succeeded in freeing himself from the chief causes of sin.
A Muslim who Allah takes under His Care as He says in the Quran, "And He embraces (yatawalla) the pious (salihin)." [al-A'raf, v. 166] This verse is usually understood to mean that Allah protects them from falling into sin. As a result scholars say, a Nabi is sinless (ma'sum) and a waliy is protected (mahfudh) from sin.
Imam Qushairi's clear ruling on the subject is instructive, " And both these conditions, by obligation (wajib) form part of the definition of a waliy: firstly, it is obligatory for him to comprehensively observe the rights of Allah, the Most High, both in depth and breadth; and secondly, it necessary that he be under the protection of Allah in all circumstances good or bad." And further on in his essay on Sainthood in his "Risalah" he says, "And anyone against whom the law (shar') has an objection is deluded and deceived"
One of the important points to note in these quotations is the utter and complete respect shown to the shari'ah. Authentic tasawwuf has everything to do with the shari'ah. Insinuations to the contrary one sometimes hear coming from the ignorant or widely held by earlier orientalist opinion, that Sufism teaches one to "transcend" the law are simply mistaken and uninformed. There is no tasawwuf without the shari'ah. One of the great features of Islam is that in addition to it's function as a code of law the shari'ah is also the indispensable means to enter the Divine Presence. The salah, for example, we should see as the Divinely ordained key and instrument through which we "travel" to His Presence. The Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said, "The salah is the mi'raj of the Muslim". We should note the very important comparison the Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, is making here. Lets think through this point for minute. The salah is the great spiritual journey of a Muslim. Compared in this hadith to the great journey of the Nabi as he travelled from the Haram in Makkah to the Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem up to regions of nearness and intimacy to Allah where even angels cannot go. This journey of the Nabi prefigures the eternal quest of the travelers on the road of tasawwuf and in terms of this hadith should be the quest of every Muslim. Naturally ordinary men and women like ourselves cannot travel to Allah both physically and spiritually as the Nabi did. The point is that the salah is a gift from Allah and his Nabi to every Muslim and is the means to achieve a unique and blessed nearness and intimacy with Allah, the Most High, similar to what the Nabi experienced on that night.
Similar remarks can be made of the entire shari'ah. In a hadith quoted in a previous essay the Nabi, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, reported that Allah, the Most High, said, " There is nothing better (as a means) for my slave to come closer to me than continuous observance of all I have made obligatory (ma iftaradtu 'alayhi) on him".
One important point I want to make here is we have to remember that salah, fasting, haj, and zakah are not the only obligations (faraid) in Islam. Some of the other very important obligations in Islam, are for example, correct behaviour towards one's wife, children and neighbours; justice and fairness in one's business dealings; justice and fairness if we hold the reigns of power in a country; bravery on the battlefield against the enemies of Islam; purity of mind and the absence of jealousy, envy, hatred, arrogance and insincerity and so forth. The shari'ah deals with all of these matters in great detail. The basic principle in all of this is, that Allah will admit us into His Presence and allow us to enjoy the great peace of intimacy with Him if, and only if, we fully implement the shari'ah in our lives. In addition to the obligations (fards), all the superogatory wont (sunnah) of the Nabi and all the etiquette (aadaab) of the din shari'ah should be imlemented. Listen to this story of one of the foremost Imams of our din.
Abu Yazid al-Bistami once went to see someone described as a waliy by his acquaintances and students. When he arrived at the "waliy's" masjid he sat down and waited for him to finish-up and leave. As this man left the masjid he spat, not outside the masjid but inside. Ba Yazid got up and left without greeting him. Naturally this caused a stir since Ba Yazid was a particularly prominent visitor, well known in the Muslim world at the time for both his spiritual status and his scholarship. People excitedly enquired why he did this obvious public snubbing of the man. Then Ba Yazid said, "This man cannot be trusted with a single adab of the aadaab of the shari'ah, so how can he be trusted with the secrets of Allah? ".
The saint (waliy) is at once near (qarib) to Allah and drawn near (muqarrab) to Him. He comes closer to Allah through his own efforts in observing the shari'ah, and Allah, the Most High, in turn, assists, protects and draws the saint close to Him. Abu Hurairah, may Allah be satisfied wit him, narrates that the Messenger, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, Allah says, " I am with the thought of my slave, if he remembers Me by himself I remember him by Myself, and if he remembers Me in a group I remember him in a group better (than his), and if he comes close to Me the length of a hand I draw close to him the length of a fore-arm, and if he draws close to me the length of a fore-arm I draw near to him the length an arm, and if he comes to me walking I come to him like a wind", in another narration " I am with him if he remembers Me".
This hadith is full of meaning. It encourages Muslims to enter the path of inner knowledge and closeness to Allah. " I am with the thought of my slave" and in the other narration " I am with him if he remembers Me" implies two basic and important aadaab;
Firstly, when we perform our 'ibadah we ought to do so with the utmost purity of thought (husn dhann) and expectation of acceptance from Allah. Indeed purity of thought itself is an 'ibadah. Pure thought towards Allah (husn dhann) also implies complete acceptance of His Will. The aspirant has to work hard to remove all traces of sublimated anger towards Him. Allah gives to others and He withholds from us. Dissatisfaction with the Will of Allah and indeed anger towards Him is the source of envy.
And secondly, since we are sitting in the Presence of Allah and He is with us, we have to observe the adab of maximum concentration on Him. If this is difficult or we cannot focus and concentrate with our whole being on Allah during our 'ibadah we are required either to train ourselves or seek out someone who can train us to achieve that. Nearness (qurb) and the station of sainthood (wilayah) are inextricably connected. Both of which should be the hope and objective of every Muslim. According to this tradition, Allah comes to us "faster" and with greater 'vigour" than we to Him.
The elevated status of the awliya is alluded to in the tradition known as the hadith al-awliyah. Allah takes them into His care and assists them. The one who loves the awliyah loves Allah. And conversely the one who injures them, "…Allah declares war against him" [Cited by Bukhari from Abu Hurairah] and in another version of this tradition Allah says, "… he (the person who commits the injury) has declared it halal for him to make war against Me" [Cited by Imam Ahmad and Imam Qushairi from 'Aishah]. The versions of this hadith cited by Tabarani differ mainly in the wording. Tabarani's narrations also include some very interesting additions not mentioned by the other narrators. A thorough analysis of these texts will have to be left for another time and place. Here we need to comment on two of the points raised by this tradition;
One important conclusion we can deduce from this tradition is that love and respect for the awliyah is obligatory (wajib). And it is prohibited (haram) to dislike or injure the awliyah. There is no heavier punishment than Divine War. A punishment of this magnitude is clear evidence of obligation and prohibition. Allah declares war against the one who injures the awaliyah either by word or deed. Therefore injury to them is prohibited and the converse, respect and love for them, is an obligation. They represent the best of Islam and they embody the shari'ah in all its fullness. And consequently they are the beloved of Allah and His chosen slaves. Abu Turab Nakhshabi expressed a very important point when he said, " If the heart turns against Allah it is accompanied by criticism and dislike of the awliyah" [Narrated by Imam Qushairi]. Every Muslim who fears Allah and cares for his din should be wary of this. The criticism and sometimes open hostility against the great scholars and spiritual masters and above all the against the Sahabah, may Allah be pleased with all of them, one hears from certain quarters is cause for concern. Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Shafi'i, Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jailani, Imam Ghazali and many others, if they are not awliyah of Allah, who is? Scholarly critique of their opinions is one thing, but begrudging and belittling them is an entirely different thing. The often inexplicable aggression and hatred against some of our own righteous scholars falls into the exact same category. According to Abu Turab these are symptoms of a deeper and more dangerous tendency. The reason for this hate and hostility has to be looked for in the hearts of the critics rather than in the people they are criticizing.
Another basic point in this tradition is that the path to the station of nearness is the shari'ah. " The best way to attain nearness to Me is to practice the obligations (ma iftaradtuhu alayhi)" and further in the tradition "… and My slave does not cease to draw nearer to Me by going beyond the obligations (nawafil) until I love him…". The path to this station of nearness and sainthood are the obligations (fara'id) and the supererogatory deeds (nawafil) both of which are exhaustively dealt with in the shari'ah. So shari'ah is the teachings, tariqah is the practice of those teachings and nearness is the objective. The beginning of the path is struggle (mujahadah) against the self to implement the shari'ah and the end is vision (mushahadah) of the Majesty and Beauty of Allah in the station of nearness. The first step anyone interested in following the path of tasawwuf should take is therefore to make the necessary effort to study the shari'ah. I have also indicated in an earlier discussion that salah, fasting and hadj are not the only fards or obligations in Islam. The other important social and ethical teachings are just as crucial. In this regard one of the best books to study and digest is the riyad as-salihin of Imam Nawawi.
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From the "Divine Sayings: 101 Hadīth Qudsī – the Mishkāt al-Anwār of Ibn 'Arabi", translated by Stephen Hirtenstein and Martin Notcutt, 'Divine Sayings, Part One', Third Hadith (3):
According to Abū Umāma, the Prophet, may God give him blessings and peace, said:
God, ever mighty and majestic is He, Says: "Among My Friends, the one to be envied most, in My Eyes, is the believer who has but little means and whose fortune is prayer, who worships his Lord in the best of modes, obeying Him in secret and in public. He is unnoticed among men; they do not point him out with their fingers. His livelihood is just sufficient, and he accepts that with patience."
Then the Prophet snapped his fingers and said:
His death is hastened, his mourners few, his estate of little worth.
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Bell Elkins, prosecuting attorney for Raythune C1ounty, West Virginia, had always believed what she'd been told: Her mother abandoned the family when Bell and her sister, Shirley, were children. Later, Teresa Dolan died somewhere out West.
And then comes a shattering discovery.
During an excavation in a remote area of the county, a skeleton is found. DNA testing proves it is related to DNA already on file: that of a convicted felon named Shirley Dolan. Along with the age and approximate time of death, the DNA link leads to a chilling conclusion: These are the remains of Bell's mother, Teresa Dolan. She didn't run away. She was here all along. And further examination reveals that she was a homicide victim.
Bell automatically pins the blame on her late father, Donnie Dolan. But evidence emerges that it could not have been him. And so Bell must solve the most agonizingly personal case of her career: Who murdered her mother?
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George Koonce Day Slated for October 15th
Oct 12, 2016 by Staff Reports
MURFREESBORO- Chowan University continues to pay homage to a rich athletic heritage as the athletic department will celebrate George Koonce Day on October 15th. Koonce will be recognized at halftime ofSaturday's football game against Virginia Union University. Kick-off is slated for 1pm in Garrison Stadium.
Koonce, the "Doctor of Defense" attended then-Chowan College from 1987-1989. He was known as one of the most notable football players to ever attend Chowan. Koonce had a break-out season for the then-Braves in 1988. He collecting a staggering 131 tackles at linebacker while guiding Chowan to a 7-4 record that same season. The team earned a spot in the prestigious East Bowl, where the Braves handedly beat Dean Junior College 50-7. Koonce concluded his career at Chowan with Coastal Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-American honors.
Upon graduation from Chowan in 1988, Koonce received a football scholarship at East Carolina University. Koonce then spent one year with the Ohio Glory as part of the World League of American Football, now known as the National Football League Europe. The Green Bay Packers drafted Koonce in 1992, which ultimately led to a professional career as an eight-year starter. He made 102 career starts for the organization and was a starting member of the Super Bowl XXXI Championship team.
Koonce concluded his career with the Seattle Seahawks.
With his professional playing career behind him, Koonce committed himself to giving back to the sport that shaped him. A diverse career in both athletic and college administration, as well as broad educational experience allowed Koonce to make a name for himself off of the playing field.
After a ten-year professional playing career, including competing with the Green Bay Packers for eight seasons, one of the most storied fraternities in the NFL, Koonce continued to etch his name in the history books. Over 7,000 men have donned the Packers uniform, yet Koonce is one of only two men to ever wear the uniform and earn a doctoral degree.
He has served as Senior Associate Athletic Director and Director of Development at Marquette University, Athletic Director at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Director of Player Development for the Packers, and Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at East Carolina University. Most recently, Koonce serves as Vice President of Advancement at Marian University of Fond du Lac.
Koonce earned an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences at Chowan before earning a Bachelor of Arts from New York University at Regents in 1999. In 2006, Koonce earned a Master of Arts degree in Sports Management from East Carolina University and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from Marquette University in 2012. His dissertation focused on the "Role Transition of National Football League Players: Using the Grounded Theory"; which led to national awareness of the struggle NFL players face after retirement. He is the co-author of the book "Is There Life After Football".
Koonce is a member of four different Hall of Fames including: National Junior College Athletic Association, West Craven High School, Chowan University, and East Carolina University. He has served on various college, community, and professional boards and panels and is the spokesperson for the Children's Service Society Family Finding Fatherhood Engagement program.


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Q: Why can't I break an *.Rdata loading process? It seems that R is not responding when trying to break loading an *.Rdata file with load("*.Rdata"). What is the reason and is there a way around?
I tried to break several file loading processes with different files and sizes. The only possibility then seems to be to terminate R. I am working with large file sizes whose loading time exceeds half an hour.

A: I think you're stuck. R doesn't make guarantees about whether low-level processes can be interrupted by the user. Low-level C code needs a call to R_CheckUserInterrupt() in order to "notice" a request from the user to break execution (see Wickham's advanced r book.  You can see the low-level code for loading data if you like (although it may not be too helpful ...)
The only workaround I can think of (besides making sure that you really do want to load a particular data file) is to find ways to decompose your data into smaller chunks (and concatenate the chunks appropriately after reading them into R). If data reading is a really big bottleneck you could look at the high-performance computing task view section on out-of-memory data tools ...

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Flooding: Defences
Asked by
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether flood defences are in place to protect vital infrastructure this winter.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) (Con)
My Lords, we have been working with essential service industries and communities to ensure that energy, telecoms and water are better protected. Industry is making a large investment to secure that protection through a mix of temporary and permanent defences. More key investments have been made to protect transport and medical facilities. The Environment Agency has purchased a further 20 miles of temporary flood defences, in addition to more than 60 new high-volume pumps and other equipment.
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab)
I thank the Minister for that reply, but is it not the case that most of the additional money being provided is for temporary defences which will help only a small number of sites under threat; that the recent National Flood Resilience Review identified 530 key infrastructure sites across England which will still be vulnerable to flooding; that there is an urgent need to fund more geographically specific water-catchment initiatives, a model which we know works; and that according to the Commons EFRA Committee, the Government's plans so far are "fragmented, inefficient and ineffective"? In the light of all of that, what reassurance can the Minister give that there will not be a repeat of the devastation and the heartbreak that affected so many communities last winter?
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
My Lords, I would start where the noble Baroness finished—I thoroughly endorse what she said about the great sadnesses and difficulties of many communities after the floods last year. That is why we are investing £2.5 billion over six years in improving flood defences and spending more than £1 billion on maintaining defences over the course of this Parliament, much more than in the last Parliament. Of course, we all need to work on this. That is why I sent a letter to your Lordships about what is actually happening through the Environment Agency. So far as the EFRA report is concerned, we are in fact implementing many recommendations already, and managing watercourses on an entire-catchment-area basis.
Lord Elton (Con)
My Lords, the limitation of damage depends very much on an early and quick response to risk. Can my noble friend tell us what has been done to make sure that the emergency equipment that he has referred to is available in relatively local terms, rather than having to be shipped across four or five counties?
My Lords, that is why, for instance, more than 100 specialist flood rescue teams and associated equipment are on standby across the country, as part of the National Asset Register. It is absolutely clear that early warning is important so that the preparedness that I spoke about in my letter is adhered to. We are certainly working to ensure that as many communities as possible are well aware of flood risk.
Baroness Parminter (LD)
My Lords, storing water on flood-lands and tree planting are cost-effective means of alleviating flood risk. Given our exit from the common agricultural policy, do the Government agree that in future our farmers should be paid for providing public goods, including managing land to alleviate communities' risks of flooding?
My Lords, I am not in a position today to say what our domestic arrangements will be after we have left the EU. However, as I think we all know, "slowing the flow"—Pickering is a good example, as is the Defra-funded demonstration projects at Holnicote in Somerset and Upper Derwent in the Peak District—clearly demonstrates that natural flood-management measures are very important in reducing flood flow and height downstream. So, I think this is a very interesting proposal.
Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Lab)
My Lords, can the Minister explain why government agencies have not been providing real-time warnings to individual houses and communities about flood levels, as happens in the Philippines' NOAH system, where special hand-held communication devices are widely distributed so that people receive and send flood messages to control centres, leading to more accurate flood warnings for emergency services?
My Lords, that is precisely why—as set out in the letter I wrote and the Environment Agency paper Winter Ready 2016—the Environment Agency is extending flooding-warning service to more communities and improving the range of digital services on GOV.UK, to help people take action to minimise the impact. I very much hope the noble Lord will think of going to the meeting on 29 November, when the Environment Agency and other departments will be in Parliament so that all these matters can be discussed in more detail.
The Earl of Kinnoull (CB)
My Lords, will the Minister provide the House with an update as to whether Flood Re, the insurance solution which can provide affordable insurance for homes, is a success in its first year of operation, and what plans the Government might have to extend Flood Re to small businesses?
My Lords, the first thing to say is that 53,000 home insurance policies are now backed by Flood Re. In fact, 40 insurers representing 90% of the market are now participating in Flood Re. I am very pleased that the insurance industry has responded so enthusiastically. We want to see how that works first. It seems to be extremely successful. It has meant that policyholders have reasonable premiums. We will certainly look at any future issues.
The Lord Bishop of St Albans
The Minister has already referred to the EFRA Select Committee report, Future Flood Prevention. One of its recommendations is the imposition on developers of a statutory liability for the cost of floods where those developments have not complied with planning regulations or the local planning situation, thereby causing additional flooding. Does the Minister agree with this eminently sensible suggestion, and will Her Majesty's Government adopt it?
My Lords, what the right reverend Prelate said is interesting and important. With the need for more housing and development, we must ensure that flood protection is very much considered. I will need to reflect on some of the detail of what the right reverend Prelate said. In terms of planning, although London and Hull are all parts of flood plains, we need to ensure that we do not develop where there is a danger of floods and we must have defences.


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Q: How to use ostream_iterator<> to output result to a newfile? I am a fresh about C++, I have met an issue, I want to use the following codes (from Cplusplus ) but to output my result to a new file or use a vector to keep it(i prefer to use a vector), what should I do?
Thanks!
// ostream_iterator example
#include <iostream>     // std::cout
#include <iterator>     // std::ostream_iterator
#include <vector>       // std::vector
#include <algorithm>    // std::copy

int main () {
  std::vector<int> myvector;
  for (int i=1; i<10; ++i) myvector.push_back(i*10);

  std::ostream_iterator<int> out_it (std::cout,", ");
  std::copy ( myvector.begin(), myvector.end(), out_it );
  return 0;
}

A: You can use a std::ofstream in place of std::cout.
Here's your code modified to write the output to a file.
// ostream_iterator example
#include <iostream>     // std::cout
#include <iterator>     // std::ostream_iterator
#include <vector>       // std::vector
#include <algorithm>    // std::copy
#include <fstream>      // std::ofstream

int main () {
  std::vector<int> myvector;
  for (int i=1; i<10; ++i) myvector.push_back(i*10);

  std::ofstream of("myoutput.txt");

  std::ostream_iterator<int> out_it (of,", ");
  std::copy ( myvector.begin(), myvector.end(), out_it );
  return 0;
}

To copy the output to a vector, use a back_inserter.
std::vector<int> foo;
std::copy (myvector.begin(), myvector.end(), std::back_inserter(foo));

You can also make direct copy:
std::vector<int> foo = myvector;


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Music teaches young brains to think. Science proves that when children play music, their brains learn more rapidly, they have higher self-esteem and are better at coping with anxiety.
Our strategic relationships with music organizations, Children's Hospitals, leading artists and industry leaders (such as API's Larry Droppa) allow us to bring access to music education and it's healing power to youth across the country.
In Mobile, AL we have access to the state of the art music studio – Dauphin Street Sound. We implement this prime location as a teaching facility for youth to record music and understand the industry through mentorship.
Ten Sixty Five Music Festival -TenSixtyFive is a laid back street party celebrating music, local artists and makers, and locally owned establishments in Downtown Mobile the first weekend of October every fall. We showcase local, regional, and national bands all weekend long. The team at DMG Productions, Inc. is proud to bring this FREE party to Downtown Mobile with the support of some of our city's extraordinarily generous companies, who have donated their money, time, and other resources to make this weekend possible.
Seacrest Studios, an organization founded by Ryan Seacrest, builds broadcast media centers, named in pediatric hospitals for patients to explore the creative realms of Radio, Television and New Media that will aid in the healing process for children and their families during their stay. In May of 2016 Jake Peavy and Coy Bowles of the Zac Brown Band visited the Seacrest Studios at Children's Health Care of Atlanta. They spent the day with playing music and chatting with the kids and their families.
In May of 2017 The Jazz Studio Kids recorded their first album with Dauphin Street Sound's Grammy Award winning Producer and Engineer, Trina Shoemaker. This album is in its final process – stay tuned for its release!


I love crochet-alongs, don't you?
I love a good surprise and these mini mystery crochet alongs (MMCALs) are fantastic, because they are so quick and easy!
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A Black border can be used for a Halloween feel, or a Green border can be used for a more harvest feel.
Optional: Use them as mug coasters instead! Simply add the border all the way around all 4 sides of one panel, add the appliques, and voila!
3-14. Repeat row 2; Fasten at the end of row 14.
3. Ch 3, sl st in same space as chain; Fasten.
Bring finished tail over and pull it through the stitch to the right of where the chain began (insert from front to back).
Cut 6 -15" strands of Black or Green. Hold all 6 strands together and tie a knot in one end. Separate into 3 groups of 2 and braid them.
Insert hook in top left corner stitch, from the inside of the bag out, pull the handle through the stitch (by untied end), insert hook in top right corner from outside of bag, pull handle out. Tie a knot in loose end. Trim tails to even them out.
With black yarn, felt, or fabric paint: Add faces to the front of the pumpkins.
Add mini pumpkins staggered to front of treat bag or large pumpkin to the center. I used hot glue.
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Tui Na is a form of acupressure massage which can be used to treat muscular skeletal conditions and also other ailments. Tui Na is usually done through a cloth or light clothing and works by stimulating the points and channels that are used in acupuncture.
Susannah Fone often uses Tui Na as part of the treatment alongside acupuncture. In addition she offers Tui Na as a stand alone treatment.
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Sting is an English musician who, prior to his solo career, had a band called The Police with Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers.
By fusing punk, reggae, and jazz, The Police were one of the first acts in the UK to pioneer a style that was to become known as 'New Wave'.
Including his songs with The Police, Sting has had many hits including 'Every Breath You Take', 'Fragile', 'Englishman In New York', 'Roxanne', 'So Lonely' and 'Message In A Bottle'.
Roxanne was The Police first single!
'Roxanne' is a single from the album 'Outlandos d'Amour' by The Police.
Being The Police's first single, it took two releases before the world caught on, eventually reaching the top 40 in both the U.S and the U.K. 'Roxanne' really was the song that propelled The Police towards superstardom.
Written by Sting, 'Roxanne' was first played in a Bossa Nova style. The inspiration came to Sting when the band was performing in Paris and he saw the prostitutes walking in the red light district.
The actual name 'Roxanne' came from a poster in the hotel that the band stayed at in Paris.
Since the shaky release back in 1978, 'Roxanne' has gone from strength to strength and it has always been a huge part of The Police's live show.
Having been included on all of their Greatest Hits, the song came to represent the band's music like no other.
The audience reach of 'Roxanne' can only be compared to their monster hit 'Every Breath You Take'.
Since The Police's breakup in 1984, Sting has continued to perform 'Roxanne' in many different versions during his live set as a solo artist.
By doing so, he has showcased how a song can be dressed up in many ways without losing its integrity, as long as it's a good song, to begin with.
'Roxanne' was the natural choice to play when the band reunited at the 2007 Grammy awards.
The reunion tour that followed sold out in minutes.
For complete lyrics, go to Roxanne lyrics.


The Integral Yoga Institute at 227 West 13th Street is preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary in October. And while now yoga and vegetarian food are mainstream, at the time of the Institute's founding, this was not the case. In 1966 Swami Satchidananda, who had come from India at the invitation of Peter Max, established the Integral Yoga Institute in an apartment at 500 West End Avenue. In 1970, supporters arranged to purchase the Village building and Integral Yoga moved to its current location. In 1972 the food store opened. Today the neighborhood is one of the most sought-after in the city, but this was not always the case—in the 70's things were much rougher. The site of the LGBT Center was a derelict school building, and Jackson Square Park was not the lovely garden it is today, but rather a magnet for drunks and drugs. But Integral Yoga hung in there through it all.
MAKING MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GREENWICH VILLAGE: The Integral Yoga Institute's mission is to help people maintain health and prevent disease.
I have shopped at the food store for years, but recently I had the opportunity to explore it in depth when I took a tour with the Institute's General Manager, Chandra/Jo Sgammato and the food store Manager, Wendy Roberts. Integral Yoga Natural Foods Store is 100% vegetarian with an emphasis on organic products. There is a vegan section, local and seasonal produce and homemade prepared foods. One of my favorite sections is the bulk area, with an extensive selection of grains, rice, dried fruit, nuts and more, at very reasonable prices. In addition to those, the store has a considerable assortment of herbs and spices, which are also offered in bulk. Given their short shelf-life, it is extremely convenient to be able to buy them in small quantities and not pay a premium. Also available in bulk are honey, peanut butter, coffee and various non-comestibles like laundry detergent, shampoo and hand soap. To avoid additional waste, you can bring your own containers.
Unlike some other stores offering senior discounts, Integral Yoga has no minimum and offers the 10% discount every day for seniors and students (something that was highlighted in a letter from a reader). Integral Yoga also donates food weekly to City Harvest.
A separate vitamin shop operated across the street from the main store for years, but Integral Yoga did not own that building, and with rising rents in the area, they moved those products into the front of the food store. There is no animal testing for any of their body care products. The large array of vitamins and supplements can seem overwhelming, so the store offers free nutritional consults every Wednesday.
Chandra explained that the mission of Integral Yoga is to help people maintain health and prevent disease. The food store works to promote health through nutrition, but the central work of the Institute happens next door. The main building has six yoga studios that are in constant use. The Institute offers over 100 yoga classes a week, including pre-natal, post-natal as well as gentle, yoga for arthritis and chronic pain, and myriad others. The classes are reasonably priced, and there are also many free classes, such as one a week for the unemployed, free drop-in meditation (I attended one of the noon sessions) and Friday deep relaxation, discounts for veterans, seniors, and a special program for 9/11 first responders, to name a few. While visiting the building, we saw a children's yoga class with three kids running around and having a great time.
Chandra enumerated countless programs, partnerships, celebrations and other community events that Integral Yoga sponsors. They have always been strongly involved in community service, before it was fashionable. On August 13th, Integral Yoga will open their long-held street fair to all of the organizations and businesses on the block.
My yoga experience with Integral Yoga dates back to my pregnancy. I had heard of pre-natal yoga, but before I could attend any classes I ended up on bed rest. I called Integral Yoga and they arranged to have an instructor come to my house. I don't remember her name, but I do remember that she preferred to teach in the room with the Tibetan tiger rug. Later in the pregnancy when I had to stay in the hospital for a month, she traveled uptown and did relaxation exercises with me there – something I sorely needed. She even brought me food from the store, judging correctly that hospital food could not be doing me any good.
Most of the people working at the Institute are volunteers except for a small full-time staff. The yoga instructors all teach on a volunteer basis. Integral Yoga is known for its excellent teacher-training program. Those enrolled in this program learn anatomy, meditation and philosophy, as well as yoga.
For 46 years, Integral Yoga has made major contributions to the quality of life in Greenwich Village. And today, with all that is happening in the world, the principle of interfaith harmony that Integral Yoga promotes, "Truth is One, Paths are Many", is more relevant than ever.
TRUTH IS ONE, PATHS ARE MANY: Swami Satchidananda's teaching that all faiths are equal and all are beautiful paths to enlightenment is symbolized by the Integral Yoga Yantra. Images courtesy of Integral Yoga Institute.


Chicken and dumplings is a perfect meal for a cold winter evening, or when you just want some southern comfort food to warm your soul.
One of Justin's favorite meals is chicken & dumplings. His family has them at Thanksgiving which I had never heard of until I met him and went to his grandma's for the first time during the holidays. We also often have them around Christmas (it is his birthday, after all), so he gets to pick the meal.
Before meeting Justin, I had only ever had chicken & dumplings if we were out somewhere, never homemade, so I was intrigued! After watching both his mom and grandma make their homemade recipe, I wrote it all down and have been making it that way since.
Making it homemade takes some time, but it's worth it in the end. This is one of those meals, like homemade Pierogi and Chicken Noodle Soup, that I only make on the weekend. I try to make these a couple of times per year since Justin loves them so much.
Through trial and error, we have found the biggest secret to delicious dumplings is to make sure they have plenty of time to cook in the broth. The dough soaks up a lot of the flavors in the broth, so they need time to sit and simmer.
Also, making the dumpling dough using chicken broth rather than water adds a lot to their flavor, too. One year we tried to cheat and bought frozen dumplings, but it just wasn't the same.
If you are going to take the time to make chicken and dumplings, take the time to do it properly. Your taste buds will thank you for it!
Place the chicken in a large stock pot and cover with two cups of chicken broth. Set the heat to high and bring this to a boil.
Reduce the heat to medium and simmer, covered, for about one hour. Move the chicken now and then just to make sure it isn't sticking to the bottom of the pan. If the liquid starts to evaporate too quickly, add more water or broth as needed.
Meanwhile, in a large mixing bowl, mix together the flour, 1/2 cup of chicken broth, and one egg.
Add more flour as needed so the dough isn't sticky.
Sprinkle a work surface, your hands, and a rolling pin with flour and turn the dough out. Use the rolling pin to spread out the dough as thin as possible. The dumplings thicken as they cook, so you want them to start very thin.
Use a pizza cutter to make squares that are about one-inch from the rolled dough.
When the chicken is finished, remove it from the stock pot (leaving the broth in the pot) and shred the chicken.
Add 2 1/2 cups of chicken broth to the stock pot plus 6 cups of water. Bring all of this to a boil.
Carefully add the dumplings to the stock pot. You will want to make sure they don't stick together as they are placed in the pot. Once they are in there for a few seconds, they don't stick. Just place them around the edges as you go and it should be fine.
After all of the dumplings are in the broth, add the chicken and bring it back to a boil.
Cook for about 15 minutes, until the dumplings are soft.
Serve warm and sprinkle with pepper, to taste.
I'm instantly intimidated by any meal where I have to make homemade dough. Do you think that this would work with a pre-made dough?
I've tried it before. It's not quite the same, but it definitely works. Just make sure they sit in the broth long enough, otherwise they don't get as much flavor.
I am suddenly so hungry. These look beyond amazing. You are such a good cook, always posting the best stuff.
Yummy Chicken & Dumplings! Look so delicious This is perfect recipe for Holiday season!
Ooh, that looks so tasty! I am developing a massive cold (just in time for Thanksgiving, ugh!) and I have to say, I have zero appetite today BUT that looks just like the sort of comfort food I want to (try to) eat anyway!
One of my favorite plates too. We don't make it so often at home, but when I am out for lunch or dinner, there is place in the city offering an amazing plate and I visit it like once every month.
Well, I have made dumplings for years. I agree a good broth is the key because that broth become the gravy for those squares of dough. I boil bone-in, skin- on chicken parts. The little bit of fat and the bones add a depth of richness and flavor. When I boil my chicken, I add an onion, cut in large chunks and a couple of stalks of celery, they are removedwhen I strain the broth. I also add a cup of milk to the broth befor I drop in the dumplings. I break up e task of boiling my chicken and making my broth when chicken is on sale. Then I debone the chicken and return it to the broth and freeze it until I want to make dumplings. I defrost it and do the dumplings on the day I want to serve them. This breaks up this into task into two less time consuming tasks.


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Ре́йчел Сейдж-Пина Трахтенберг (; род. 10 декабря 1993) — американская певица, актриса, модель, телерадиоведущая и диск-жокей.

С 2001 по 2011 год Рейчел была барабанщицей и бэк-вокалисткой  — семейной группы, которая помимо неё самой состояла из её родителей — Джейсона и Тины. С 2009 по 2013 годы была ведущей вокалисткой группы . Кроме того, Трахтенберг также работает моделью; имеет контракт с брендом Elite Model Management; ведёт ток-шоу «Прогрессивная радиосеть Гэри Нулла» (), а также снимается в кино.

Ранняя жизнь
Трахтенберг родилась в Сиэтле, штат Вашингтон и была единственным ребёнком в семье Джейсона и Тины Трахтенбергов; по отцовской линии Рейчел имеет еврейские корни, а по материнской — мексиканские. Джейсон был музыкантом и играл в местной группе The Terriers, а Тина занималась бизнесом по выгулу домашних собак. Когда Рейчел было шесть лет, Джейсон записал её в школу игры на ударных, где она брала уроки у учителя и музыканта Стива Смита.

Музыкальная карьера
В начале карьеры Трахтенберг играла на губной гармошке (а затем на ударных) в семейной группе Family Slideshow Players. В 2000 и 2001 годах группа базировалась в Сиэтле, пока в 2002 году не перебралась в Нью-Йорк, чтобы приобрести более широкую аудиторию слушателей. С 2003 по 2008 годы Рейчел и её родители давали гастроли по всей Америке и Европе. Всё это время Трахтенберг была на домашнем обучении. Группа распалась в 2011 году. Вскоре после распада Slideshow Players, Трахтенберг вместе со своей подругой и соавтором Джулией Камминг создала новую группу — . Музыкальный стиль коллектива сочетал в себе элементы инди и психоделического попа. За недолгое время своего существования группа дважды давала концерты в Европе и Северной Америке, разогревала Кейт Нэш и несколько раз меняла свой состав и музыкальное направление. Группа прекратила своё существование в 2013 году, когда каждая из участниц начала свои сольные проекты.

Ещё в 2003 году Трахтенберг временно подменяла бас-гитаристов в группах  и . Также она вместе с Джулией Каммил образовала дуэт, который перепевал песни Терри Тиншела и Гари Глиттера. Ещё одним проектом Рейчел является группа The Prettiots — инди-поп трио, состоящее из вокалистки Кей Голдберг и басистки Лулу Прат (ранее  и Supercute!) и её самой в качестве барабанщицы. Также она играет на барабанах в гараж-рок-группе Larry and the Babes. На данный момент на счету у коллектива один мини-альбом и два сингла.

Сольная карьера
В 2004 году Трахтенберг участвовала в качестве бэк-вокалистки в записи трека «Secrets» альбома Today анти-фолкового музыканта . В 2009 году для пилотного выпуска своей телепрограммы она записала кавер-версию песни Pink Floyd «Gnome» и свою собственную песню «Pigeon Song». Эти песни часто звучали в качестве музыкальной темы для её различных телешоу. После ухода из Supercute! в 2013 году Рейчел всё больше времени уделяет своей сольной карьере. В 2014 году она записала и выпустила свой первый сольный сингл «I Like to Be Alone», который вошёл в её дебютный мини-альбом DayDream Time Machine.

Прочие проекты
У Рейчел Трахтенберг имеется контракт с агентством Elite Model Management, в 2012 году она снималась в рекламе фотомодельного агентства Lanvin Paris. Вдохновляется модой 60-х-70-х годов и носит одежду, изготовленную своей матерью или купленную в секонд-хенде и магазинах винтажной одежды. Актёрский дебют Трахтенберг состоялся в 2004 году, в возрасте 10 лет, когда она снялась в коротком инди-фильме «С днём рождения» (), где исполнила роль девушки по имени Лиза. Затем в 2009 году она снялась в пилотном выпуске детской телевизионной передачи «Домашний мир Рейчел Трахтенберг» (), который так и не был показан.

Личная жизнь

Трахтенберг, как и её родители, является вегетарианкой.

Политические взгляды
После выселения из дома в Ист-Виллидж, Трахтенберг вместе со своими родителями и несколькими близкими друзьями приняла участие в слушаниях за сохранение сроков ограничения мэрских полномочий. Трахтенберг высказывалась в адрес мэра Нью-Йорка, Майкла Блумберга, критикуя его за трату средств налогоплательщиков на Нью-Йорк Янкиз и перемещение паркового фонтана. Она выступила с речью в мэрии. 30 января 2009 года Рейчел и её родители вновь отправились в мэрию, чтобы высказаться против извозчиков конных экипажей, которые, по её мнению, истязают лошадей. 10 августа 2010 года Трахтенберг, её мать Тина и её подруга и бывшая коллега по  Джулия Камминг вместе с другими митингующими выступали перед домом мэра Блумберга в знак протеста против отравления газами канадских гусей.

С мая 2011 года Рейчел ведёт собственное часовое радиошоу в интернете на Progressive Radio Network под названием «Pure Imagination», ориентированное на подростков и молодёжь. Со-ведущей Рейчел выступает художница Саша Фролова, сменившая на этом посту Джулию Камминг. Рейчел и Саша, непосредственно в студии или же по телефону, обсуждают с гостями шоу искусство, молодёжную культуру и политику.

В популярной культуре
 В 2003 году певец и политик  (также известный под псевдонимом Touching You) сочинил о Трахтенберг песню под названием «May I Have Your Hand, Rachel Trachtenburg?» (). Позднее в 2011 году, он посвятил ей ещё одну песню «I RESCIND MY PROPOSAL, RACHEL TRACHTENBURG!» ().
 В марте 2004 года Рейчел попала на обложку журнала .
 Также Трахтенберг и её родители появились в эпизодической роли в клипе Моби на песню «New York, New York», снятого режиссёром , которая была близким другом семьи.
 В 2006 году семья Рейчел снялась в документальном фильме .

Дискография

EP
 DayDream Time Machine (2014)

Саундтреки
 Rachel Trachtenburg's Homemade World (2009)

Синглы
 «I Like to Be Alone» (2014)

Примечания

Ссылки

 Official Supercute! website
 Official The Prettiots website
 Official Trachtenburg Family website
 Pure Imagination Radio Show

Родившиеся в Сиэтле
Гитаристы США
Ударники США
Музыканты психоделического рока
Актрисы США
Фотомодели США
Телеведущие США
Музыканты альтернативного рока
Музыканты инди-рока
Дети-певцы США
Мультиинструменталисты США
Бас-гитаристы США
Музыканты антифолка

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La métempsycose ou métempsychose (du grec ancien  / , déplacement de l'âme, de  et  / ) est le passage, le transvasement d'une âme dans un autre corps, qu'elle va animer.

Concept

De la palingénésie à la métempsycose
La métempsycose trouve son origine dans l'Égypte antique. Les Grecs l'appellent à l'origine palingénésie ( / , de  / , « de nouveau », et  / , « naissance »), c'est-à-dire « nouvelle naissance », « genèse de nouveau ». Ainsi, pour Pythagore, « ce qui a été, renaît » (palin ginetaï).

De manière plus large, le métempsycosisme est la croyance ou l'hypothèse selon laquelle une même âme peut animer successivement plusieurs corps soit d'humains soit d'animaux, ainsi que de végétaux : la transmigration des âmes peut intervenir non seulement dans l'humain (réincarnation) mais encore dans le non-humain, bêtes ou plantes.

L'idée de métempsycose suppose d'autres idées : la préexistence de l'âme, l'immortalité de l'âme, la dualité entre le corps et l'âme. Mais la métempsycose n'exige pas forcément la croyance en la rétribution des âmes. On peut imaginer des métempsycoses venant du hasard, de circonstances, de sympathies, et non pas d'une récompense ou d'un châtiment moral : c'est le cas pour Pythagore. D'autre part, une idée importante est celle de la parenté des vivants, qu'ils soient humains, animaux, végétaux.

Métempsychose et métensomatose

La métempsycose (et la métensomatose) entraîne certains comportements éthiques, entre autres le respect de toute forme de vie, et particulièrement des animaux (le végétarisme). L'orphisme et le pythagorisme y ont insisté, mais on trouve ces comportements aussi très présents, de nos jours, dans l'hindouisme ou dans le bouddhisme.

Utilisations

Dans l'hindouisme
L'hindouisme défend la métempsychose, la loi du karma. Il croit à la métempsychose : l'âme individuelle (âtman) doit se fondre dans l'Âme cosmique, dans le Brahman immanent et absolu, afin de se dégager du cycle des renaissances (samsâra). La Bhagavad-Gîtâ (, 22) présente ainsi la transmigration des âmes : « À la façon d'un homme qui a rejeté des vêtements usagés et en prend d'autres, neufs, l'âme incarnée, rejetant son corps, usé, voyage dans d'autres qui sont neufs. » Selon swâmi Dayânanda Sarasvatî, « en punition des péchés physiques, un homme renaîtra sous forme végétale ; pour les péchés de la parole, il prendra la forme d'un oiseau ou d'un quadrupède ; et, pour les péchés de la pensée, il vivra dans les conditions humaines les plus basses » (Satyârtha-prakâsha — La Lumière de la Vérité, 1865, trad., Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1940, ).

Chez les pré-socratiques
Les avis sont partagés quant à savoir si l'orphisme croit en la métempsychose. L'orphisme expose plutôt la palingénésie.

La métempsychose était également au centre des enseignements de Pythagore : . Ennius semble donner parmi les incarnations antérieures de Pythagore celle d'un paon, puis d'Euphorbe.

Pindare en parle dans les Olympiques.

Le mot apparaît chez Diodore de Sicile.

Chez Platon
Platon a défendu la notion dans plusieurs de ses dialogues : le Phédon (81 b) ; le Ménexène (81 a) ; La République (614 ss.) ; le Phèdre (248 d) ; le Gorgias (525 c) et le Timée (42 b-d et 91 d-92 c). Les trois espèces de métempsychose envisagées correspondent aux trois parties que Platon distingue dans l'âme : quand l'appétit (epithumia) domine il y a réincarnation dans des animaux licencieux, quand c'est l'agressivité (thumos) dans des bêtes de proie, quand c'est la partie raisonnable (logistikon) dans des animaux grégaires.

Chez Aristote
Aristote refuse la théorie de la métempsycose. Il considère que le corps et l'esprit ne font qu'un, car la forme et la matière ne peuvent exister l'une sans l'autre. Aristote refuse les  selon lesquels .

Chez Virgile
Le poète Virgile fait allusion à la métempsychose, selon laquelle l'âme change souvent de sexe, dans lÉnéide. Au cours de l'épopée, Anchise expose à Énée le principe de réincarnation des âmes dans les enfers.

Chez Plotin
Le néoplatonicien Plotin fait des allusions, relativement rares, à la métempsycose. Il écrit ainsi : . Cette métempsycose répond à un principe de justice. En effet, .

Dans le judaïsme

La kabbale admet la métempsychose, qu'elle appelle gilgoul. « La kabbale, dans le Sefer ha-Bahir (fin du ), son texte le plus ancien, tient déjà la transmigration pour acquise… Au , la transmigration était considérée comme une doctrine ésotérique… La généralisation du concept de transmigration, initialement limitée au châtiment de péchés particuliers, contribua à l'apparition de la croyance en une transmigration dans les animaux, voire dans les plantes et dans les matières inorganiques. ce point de vue, contesté par de nombreux kabbalistes, ne s'est répandu qu'après 1400. La transmigration dans les corps d'animaux est mentionnée pour la première fois dans le Sefer ha-Temurah, qui est issu d'un groupe proche des kabbalistes de Gérone ». « Isaac Luria, grand maître kabbaliste de Safed au , reconnut un jour selon ses deux principaux disciples, Hayyim Vital et son fils) l'âme d'un père incestueux dans le corps d'un grand chien noir… Nahman de Bratslav [mort en 1811] se vante d'être le maillon le plus récent d'une chaîne de réincarnations d'une âme apparue d'abord dans le corps de Simon bar Yohaï, passant ensuite par Isaac Luria et allant, après lui, jusqu'au Messie ».

Dans la littérature moderne

Jean-François Perrin, professeur de littérature, indique que

La nouvelle fantastique de Maupassant le Docteur Héraclius Gloss évoque aussi cette croyance par la découverte d'un manuscrit métempsychosiste. La métempsycose est au cœur de la nouvelle de Jorge Luis Borges, "L'approche d'Almotasim", dans son recueil Le jardin aux sentiers qui bifurquent. "(...) l'âme d'un ancêtre ou d'un maître peut pénétrer dans l'âme d'un malheureux pour le réconforter ou l'instruire. Ibbür est le nom de cette variété de métempsycose".

Dans la littérature contemporaine
Le terme de métempsycose est très souvent cité par Léopold Bloom, un des personnages principaux d'Ulysse (roman) de James Joyce. La définition du mot n'est pas donnée : il est plutôt utilisé par Bloom pour prouver son érudition à sa femme puis, plus tard dans le roman, à Stephen Dedalus.

Ce même terme se trouve à la toute première page du roman À la recherche du temps perdu de Proust.

Notes et références

Articles connexes

 Âme
 Métempsychose (homonymie)
 Transmigration des âmes
 Remontée de l'âme, Oubli éternel
 Éternel retour, Palingénésie
 Réincarnation
 Rétribution des âmes
 Résurrection (d'entre les morts)
 Vie après la mort, Séjour des morts (Au-delà, Outre Monde)
 Saṃsāra, cycle de la naissance, de la mort et de la re-naissance, Karma, Loka
 Punarbhava, re-naissance dans le bouddhisme originel
 Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Gyancain Norbu
 Guilgoul haNeshamot (en judaïsme)
 Dibbouk
 Orphisme
 Mythe d'Er le Pamphylien
 Islam

Liens externes
 Enquête sur la réincarnation, par Marc-Alain Descamps

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Ésotérisme
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