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The Issue Of The Jordanian Mashaayikh – Shaykh Waseeullaah al-Abbaas
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The Issue Of The Jordanian Mashaayikh
Shaykh Waseeullaah al-'Abbaas
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Shaykh, we have received a few questions about the Jordanian Mashaayikh and we know that our senior scholars love them due to their high status in knowledge and due to their tremendous efforts in da'wah. However, as our next lesson will be with Shaykh 'Alee (bin Hasan) al-Halabee we are presenting to you this question in order for it to serve as a medicine to the sick heart and as a cure for those who envy him, and hopefully it will be fruitful and beneficial to those who are unaware of the issue. So we say about the Mashaayikh from Jordan (hafidhahumullaah) that it is enough as an honour for them that they are students of al-'Allaamah, Imaam Muhammad Nasir-ud-Deen al-Albaanee (raheemahullaah) and they have spent their strength and resources in defending the manhaj of the people of Sunnah and Jamaa'ah and they are highly praised by the leading muhaddith of our time al-'Allaamah 'Abdul-Muhsin al-'Abbaad and even before him they were highly praised by Imaam 'Abdul-Aziz bin Baaz, Imaam Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen and Imaam Muqbil ibn Haadee' al-Waadi'ee (raheemahumullaah), and they established a centre in order to disseminate Islamic knowledge and have authored many beneficial books, may Allaah reward them for their efforts.
However, we believe that only the Prophets and Messengers are free from mistakes, and the statement of Imaam Maalik is well-known in regards to this when he said: "Everyone makes mistakes except this one (pointing to the grave of the Prophet sall-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)." So our scholars refute each other and correct the mistakes of one another and what is obligatory upon us is to follow the proofs, stick to the truth and benefit from the scholars. However, it is very sad to see some youth go beyond the limits, bypass the words of the scholars and avoid stopping where our scholars stop. As a result, some youth warn against the Jordanian Mashaayikh and warn from their lectures, ordering their blind followers to boycott them due to their extreme ta'assub (bigoted fanatical enthusiasm).
They also call for the removal of the books and audio tapes of these (Jordanian) Mashaayikh from the shelves of bookstores and within masaajid. They work very hard to confuse others about the Jordanian Mashaayikh and when the Jordanian Mashaayikh come to visit us the people of bigoted fanatical enthusiasm do not come to benefit from them and they have the audacity to halt others from benefiting from them and warn against their conferences and lectures. The saddest aspect to all of this is that such youth are very quick in turning against Mashaayikh and are hasty in passing judgements upon others. So we see them raise only those who they want when it serves their agenda and yet they turn against them and drop them like the person is nobody when the person does not agree with them. So we ask you O noble Shaykh for some insight on the Jordanian Mashaayikh, may Allaah preserve you!
First of all, may Allaah reward you for your question which was a fair and just question and all of what you said about them and about the scholars of the people of Sunnah and Jamaa'ah was fair and just. I note the statement of Imaam Maalik who said that: "Everyone makes mistakes except this one (pointing to the grave of the Prophet sall-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)." We have found in the history of Islam that some of the main scholars of Islam had some of their statements rejected and refuted but that did not mean that all of what they said had been rejected and refuted in its entirety. They are people of knowledge from the people of Sunnah so we benefit from them as long as they do not go against the Sunnah and the Salaf and as long as we do not follow them in that where there is error.
There is a principle here that people should not be boycotted except if he is deviant or if his evil outweighs that which is good. As for the well-known mistakes which scholars have indicated then this does not mean leaving off totally from a scholar and boycotting him, rather we benefit from that which is correct in their statements. As for that which you mentioned about the disputes which have become prevalent during this era from talking about the scholars and trying to refute them then what I will tell you is that this is not something that is strange. Rather, it has taken place in every generation as this is the way of the people of desires who speak against the scholars of the people of Sunnah.
Even if a scholar makes a mistake, that mistake should be mentioned and pointed out, but with good manners and respect. But as for these people then they show no respect to the scholars of the people of Sunnah and merely slander them in the way that you mentioned in the question and this is because they blindly follow the statements of certain people who speak against the people of knowledge and this is not from the Deen to just go ahead and do this whenever a scholar or student of knowledge makes a mistake as they are subject to make mistakes as Imaam Maalik stated. The scholars in the early times used to refute one another and address the mistakes of each other but that does not mean tha they boycotted one another.
So as for the scholars of Jordan such as the well known ones amongst them, like Shaykh 'Alee bin Hasan bin 'Abdul-Hameed al-Halabee, Shaykh Mashhoor Hasan and Shaykh Saleem al-Hilaalee, then what we know about them is that they were raised and educated under the tutelage of Imaam al-Albaanee (raheemahullaah), and we do not anyone in this era who served the Sunnah of the Prophet (sall-Allaahu 'alayhi was sallam) more than Imaam al-Albaanee did (raheemahullaah).
It is almost as if Allaah created Imaam al-Albaanee to be in this era in order for him to take care of the Sunnah of the Prophet (sall-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) by authenticating narrations, classifying others to be weak, conducting much in the way of tahqeeq (verification) of many issues and we do not know of anyone in this era other than Imaam al-Albaanee who spread the Sunnah in these times as he did (raheemahullaah). Therefore, I do not think that it will be an exaggeration to say that he is the Mujaddid of the era, who revived the Deen for the people. He is an Imaam, who conducted many works and made much effort in distinguishing the narrations of the Prophet (sall-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam); separating the weak from the authentic and left us with some magnificent works and may Allaah reward him with Paradise, Aameen.
Now as for the scholars of Jordan at present, especially the three that we have mentioned, Shaykh 'Alee bin Hasan al-Halabee, Shaykh Mashhoor Hasan and Shaykh Saleem al-Hilaalee, then we know them very well, we have sat with them on many occasions, we have heard their statements, read their books, we know about their beliefs and creed and we know that they always call to good and to the Sunnah of the Prophet (sall-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) in relation to matters of 'aqeedah and actions, and this is something that is well known and nobody can deny this, as this is the reality!
As for the rumours that have been spread against them, then we say to those people: "What are the issues in which the scholars of Jordan went against the manhaj of the people of Sunnah?" If they make a mistake then this does not mean that no benefit can be taken from him at all, so this is not permissible, to not benefit from them and their classes. That's if they have any mistakes, which are to be dealt with in a respectful manner, and we do not know of them going against anything that the Salaf were upon. So then why is there this bigoted fanatical enthusiasm and extremism and why these statements?
If anyone has any animosity or hatred in his heart for them then we say fear Allaah and be mindful that you are going to stand in front of Allaah and be asked with regards to that which you say! As Allaah says in Soorah Qaaf:
"He (i.e. man) does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared (to record)." (Qaaf 50:18)
They are accusing the scholars of the people of Sunnah with innovation and the people of innovation gather their falsehoods together to fight against the Sunnah. So it is not befitting for us to talk about the people of Sunnah, and the Salaf used to say that even when they found mistakes in each other, they would try to correct the mistake in a respectful manner but they did not boycott each other or call others to boycott them.
So this is what I have to say about the scholars of Jordan, especially Shaykh 'Alee al-Halabee, Shaykh Mashhoor Hasan and Shaykh Saleem al-Hilaalee. Their 'aqeedah is sound, their belief is correct, they are upon the correct 'aqeedah, they have knowledge and they greatly benefited from the tremendous treasure that Imaam al-Albaanee left for them and taught them about the hadeeth and narrations of the Prophet (sall-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). And they have abundant knowledge, especially in the affairs of hadeeth, and warning against them is not permissible and fear Allaah.
What we say to you brothers in the West is that you safeguard your tongues and may Allaah preserve the Muslims in those lands where there is much tribulation, so may Allaah preserve you. And we advise you to benefit from the scholars of Jordan as they have made great efforts in trying to help establish the Deen of Allaah in those lands where the da'wah is in dire need to be established. And many of the people of knowledge have mentioned the Jordanian scholars with good such as Shaykh 'Abdul-Muhsin al-'Abbaad (hafidhahullaah) who is more than qualified to talk on this issue and he has mentioned them with good, BarakAllaahu feek!
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A month ago, Turkey was planning to launch a major operation to clear its border of terror groups. Turkey did it twice in the last two years in Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Olive Branch. The U.S. administration's statements of "concerns" did not resonate well in Turkey, especially after the announcement of border protection forces by the Pentagon. The lack of trust between Turkey and the U.S. in regards to the U.S. failure to fulfill its promises in Manbij deteriorated after these statements.
While the Turkish government was expressing its intention to launch another operation in Manbij against terrorist forces, the U.S. administration decided to agree on a road map in Manbij that would respond to Turkey's national security concerns.
However, the implementation of the plan was delayed. When the road map started to be implemented, another statement from the U.S. military came in regards to building observation posts along the border. This demonstrated not only the continuation of relations between the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the U.S. after the end of the operations against Daesh but also it would generate a condition that the YPG could control areas immediately south of the Turkish border.
Strong Turkish-U.S. cooperation in Syria may bring more stabilization and security to the region, which could have direct positive impacts for the future of Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced in December that the operation would take place in a few days under these circumstances. Shortly after in a phone conversation, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would withdraw from Syria. A week after that conversation, President Erdoğan stated that Turkey would delay the operation at that point. During this time Turkey wanted to talk with the U.S. in regards to the details of the operation and revise the operation plan in regards to this development.
However, since that first announcement of the decision, mixed messages started to come from Washington concerning the Syria withdrawal. The lack of clarity is not something that Turkey can tolerate when its national security is at stake. The recent reports about the beginning of the withdrawal of U.S. forces was perceived not as a real withdrawal but an attempt to win time by those who are against full withdrawal from Syria in the U.S.
In this vague situation, both the YPG and Daesh may aim to take advantage of this condition and entrench themselves in these regions. We have seen in recent years that terror groups that operate in Syria developed the capacity of flexibility in regards to changing tactics. They can sometimes act like a regular army but when they lose their territory they can return to their default settings and become a conventional terror group.
In the case of Syria, on its borders, Turkey faces the danger of an evolved Daesh after the loss of most of their territories that can organize terrorist attacks in Syria, Turkey and beyond and a YPG that is empowered, trained and equipped in the last four years by the U.S. that can launch attacks by using these updated skills. The flexibility of these groups when it comes to tactics can generate serious security problems for Turkey and can destabilize the region as a whole.
Especially, the YPG can also start searching for another state to sponsor it in eastern Syria as an armed group. Another sponsor of the YPG can generate major state-to-state conflict as Turkey demonstrates all of its determination to clear these terror groups in the region. Since the announcement of the withdrawal decision Turkey also saw that there was not any exit strategy to end the U.S.'s relations with the YPG.
In this situation, Turkey will definitely take steps to take this matter into its own hands. The power vacuum and the ambiguity of the situation should not be utilized by other countries to exploit the situation for their own geopolitical expense. Turkey is now trying to end this ambiguity on its own terms. In the last few days the visits of the Turkish defense minister to the border region and the statements of President Erdoğan show that instead of waiting for clarity, Turkey will launch its military operation.
At this critical juncture, the U.S. should provide more clarity on how to withdraw forces from Syria and how to coordinate these moves with Turkey. Recent attempts to persuade the U.S. administration to work with Turkey east of the Euphrates forgets that Turkey and the U.S. have been working together in the war against terror for more than 15 years now.
Even when Turkey was disappointed and frustrated with the U.S. insensitivity for Turkey's national security concerns, Ankara never backtracked from these principles of working together against terror. It was Turkey that Daesh targeted in the midst of counter-Daesh operations in Syria to discourage Turkey to help the international coalition. Instead, Turkey launched massive offensives in Daesh-held territories. Turkey also was the first country to use its ground forces against Daesh in Syria.
Thus, Turkey has the most seasoned counterterrorism forces in its military and can handle security crises in the region with the help of local elements and with the coordination of the U.S. President Erdoğan, in his op-ed for The New York Times, reiterated establishing a stabilization force in Syria to fight against different terrorist groups. It is important for the U.S. to launch a process of coordination for the withdrawal process. As stated by both leaders, coordination is key for the success of these operations and the stabilization and later reconstruction of Syria.
This article was first published by Daily Sabah on January 14, 2019.
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FEATURING: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
PLOT: A shy up-and-coming ballet dancer lands the lead in a production of "Swan Lake."
Obsessed with perfection and paranoid that the dual role will be taken away from her, she struggles to become both the virginal White Swan and the seductive Black Swan characters.
WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: This is a psychological horror-thriller, no doubt about it, and in many ways it sticks to the conventions of that kind of film . But at the same time, Black Swan is so eerie, so unsettling, and so strange in its hallucinatory freak-outs and loosening grip on reality—and so good overall—that it probably warrants inclusion on the List.
COMMENTS: It is very difficult to write any kind of in-depth review of this movie without some spoilers, so if you don't want to know anything, just take my word for it that Black Swan is a truly exceptional film and you should go see it. Otherwise, I'll try to avoid any big revelations, but will mention various plot points.
It seems the controversial Darren Aronofsky has found a way to combine the considerable and versatile talents he exhibited in his preceding films into one near-perfect thriller that's both unsettling and emotionally gripping. He infuses his new feature with all the depravity of Requiem for a Dream, the visceral surrealism of Pi, the visual splendor of The Fountain, and the grounded character of The Wrestler, while of course adding some beautiful dance sequences and a sapphic fantasy. His camera moves with the dancers as they bound across the stage, offering a volatile but accessible glimpse at a live art form and throwing in enough technical tricks to keep any camera geek guessing.
Nina is a quiet, innocent young woman—an obvious product of her coddling, controlling mother—and her quest for perfection in dance leads her to attempt a complete personality overhaul. To play the Black Swan role in Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" she must release the dark, confident, seductive force within her that's been fighting to break out. This duality within her character is frequently hinted at throughout the film through use of mirrors, sex, and hallucination woven so seamlessly with reality that the viewer is frequently unsure what is real—as is Nina herself. The constant mind games Aronofsky plays with his audience—along with Natalie Portman's dedicated performance—make for a captivating, tense experience. I was so engaged and so anxious during this movie I felt myself physically relax about twenty minutes after it ended, though mentally I still felt shaken.
A testament to the great struggles inherent to any artistic expression, Black Swan is an intense and passionate film. Every sound is acutely felt, every strange vision strikes a cord. At times things get as visceral as Cronenberg's body horrors. The horror is derived from how little we really know about anything outside of Nina's own experience, and how unsure we are about how much worse it's going to get. Everyone around her presumably leads a fairly normal, expected life (well, everyone except Winona Ryder's tragic, boozy ex-dancer Beth), but we are rarely able to see outside of Nina's self-constructed dual prison of home and studio, which is inflated in her own head. Indeed, the few times we are reminded of the outside world offer welcome comedic breaks to somewhat ease the ever-building tension.
All of Aronofsky's stylistic flourishes and subtly terrifying images are tempered by several truly impressive performances. Portman perfectly embodies the conflicted Nina, capturing her fear, desperation, and exhilaration. Mila Kunis is an excellent foil, physically mirroring the shy protagonist while exuding the sexuality and abandon Nina strives for. Vincent Cassell is a superb jackass, channeling George Balanchine in his romantic, tyrannical choreographer Thomas Leroy, and Barbara Hershey is appropriately sympathetic and creepy as Nina's obsessive mother Erica.
From the very beginning Black Swan reaches out and grabs its audience, never letting its grip slip until well after the credits roll. At times it may be hard to watch, but you'll never want to look away, and what you see will certainly stick with you. And the combination of backstage ballet drama, pulp-thriller gore, and hallucinatory allegory actually is pretty weird.
"Darren Aronofsky's 'Black Swan' is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity, gloriously and darkly absurd." –Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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Cheri Passell says:
my friends the professional ballet dancers say this movie is a little too real!
The first part of this film, when its aping the style and aesthetic of THE WRESTLER is the best; once it goes over into THE RED SHOES/REPULSION territory… well, I just named two better examples just then… if you're not a stranger to that territory, BS (note the initials) is just… well, B.S.! It's a Skinemax film with artistic pretentions and pretty much the only takeaway from it is that Dancers Are Even More F*#ked Up Than Actresses…
I had more respect for Cassel when I found out his character and performance were based on a real person. And yes, ballet dancers are another level. Tripping each other during performances, the prima ballerina telling the other dancers to get her coffee.
And apparently ballet parties are weird. I wanna go to one before I die.
366weirdmovies says:
This is a tough one. It's definitely a candidate. It's also very well made, but for me, didn't quite live up to the hype, possibly because I was the main one hyping it.
The weirdness is very much backloaded. The early scenes of backstage melodrama drag the tiniest bit, and I didn't find the hints of the ominous events to come especially effective. But when the dam inside Natalie Portman's mind breaks (just before opening night, of course)—wow, it really breaks! There's one image during the ballet itself that may go down as my favorite special effects scene of the year. This is as weird as Hollywood is ever going to get, and I'll have to give it consideration to make the List.
Portman gives a meticulously controlled performance that culminates in the most haunting and grandiose cinematic coup de grace of the year.
That's exactly what Jen Yamato said about the performance in her movies.com review.
Kat Doherty says:
I've only just seen this film and I loved it. The missus and I and another couple sat in the cinema for minutes after it was over, it just took us that long to try and get our collective heads around what we'd just seen. I mentioned Repulsion when we were discussing the film on the way out, and my initial reaction is that they're both equally powerful in their depictions of a woman's descent into madness. There were moments in Black Swan when I was genuinely unnerved because I was totally unsure what I was going to see next. As the film builds to a climax and the floodgates of mad horror burst there were so many weird images coming at me that I'm still not entirely sure what I saw and what I just "think" I saw. Hats off to the visual effects though, sure there was some wild and crazy stuff but there was also some wonderfully subtle work that really added to the whole "what did I just see?" feel.
And 366 I have to agree about the image I think you're referring to, I thought it was majestic, moving and beautiful.
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I've been featuring The Healthy Shopper picks for the past several years and am pleased to introduce you today to their picks for Spring 2014! It has a few products that I've tried before as well as some brand new ones.
Spring 2014 is the fifth season for The Healthy Shopper. Each Spring and Fall, they come up with a list of recommended products for Canadians looking to cut out harmful chemicals from their diet as well as natural household cleaning products. If you are conscious of the types of foods you eat and feed your family, pay attention because I think you'll really enjoy their picks this season.
The Healthy Shopper was founded by Andrea Donsky and Randy Boyer in 1999. They know that eating organic and healthy can be more expensive and came up with a way for shoppers to save money. The Healthy Shopper coupon book is the #1 coupon book for natural and organic products in Canada. With this coupon book, you can try these products and see if you like them and who knows maybe your family will love them. I'm still purchasing some of The Healthy Shopper picks I tried from a few years ago. It's a great way to be introduced to something you may not have purchased on your own without a recommendation.
First up is Maison Orphée unrefined organic virgin sunflower oil, extra virgin olive oil and virgin coconut oil. The oils are cold pressed, organic with a more intense aroma compared to traditional oils. None of this brand's products are genetically modified or treated with chemical fertilizers. I don't often cook with sunflower oil, but I use olive oil all the time in my cooking. I made a spinach quiche earlier this week and used the oil to sauté the veggies on the stove. Another interesting thing about olive oil is that it's good for dry skin. I had a dry irritated patch of skin and my doctor suggested putting olive oil on it. It works wonders for me.
My mom is really into the benefits of cooking with coconut oil so I've talked to her more about what I can do with my jar. I know it can be used as a replacement for butter in recipes. I'm looking forward to do a little baking and see how it turns out.
Simply Natural has been featured on The Healthy Shopper Picks before and I regularly buy their pasta sauces and salsa. This Spring, they are showcasing their line up of organic barbecue sauces. They are organic, fat-free with zero trans fats and no high fructose corn syrup. Simply Natural is also committed to producing its products in small batches so it can ensure they make a high quality product. They always deliver on that promise in my opinion and these barbecue sauces are no different. I enjoy adding them to steak and chicken. They'll be getting lots of use once we fire up the grill! They come in three flavours: Tangy, Smoky and Honey.
I've also tried Earth Balance Butter Spreads, but I didn't realize they also had a line of nut butters too. Their products are 100% plant-based, vegan, non-GMO, lactose-free, gluten-free, casein-free and have 0g of trans fat. Now try saying that 10x fast! They have peanut butter made with coconut oil and peanut butter made with flax seed oil in both crunchy and smooth. With the coconut oil one, I can taste the hint of coconut and wasn't crazy about it at first. The flavour grew on me though and now I don't mind it on toast. On the other hand, I can't get enough of the peanut butter with flax seed oil! I love that it isn't full of sugar and has loads of flavour.
Olympic Dairy yogurt is delicious! It's so creamy and perfect in smoothies. Try the Organic French Vanilla Yogurt with fresh berries for breakfast….yum! They also have organic milk, cream cheese and sour cream and their products contain no preservatives, gluten or gelatins. Also, Olympic Dairy is 100% Canadian owned and operated! I didn't realize that either.
Visit The Healthy Shopper to learn more about these fabulous selection of natural and organic products. Also, make sure you check out where you can pick up one of the coupon books.
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I learned that the food we eat can affect our mood.
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I would like to learn more about cooking with coconut oil.
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I liked the recipes and the different nut butters. I tried their butter made from coconut oil and it was great! I LOVE my coconut oils, can't live without them.


Twitter: 4Sale: back 2Old failed ideas?
Amazing just after the Wall Street crash and people are still thinking with their BUBBLE HAT.
Why is all of this hubris in my opinion?
Google is still defending its own antitrust case in US Courts since the Obama administration took office in Washington.
Microsoft's legal battles with Yahoo must still be sore, why tempt so many dragons? Icahn's left an unexpected and real reminder of what it is to play with the big boys. In reality Mr. Icahn did not lobby in favor of Microsoft he lobbied for Mr. Icahn at a hefty price.
My knowledge has grown like an understanding and satisfaction of knowing amazing people as they live their lives, faster with Twitter than with any other method available 2 the public, Price tag: $$ Invaluable.
Twitter and the Twitterverse (Twitter universe) is an awesome resource because it has a fundamental sound engine and truly is a system made up of many independent tools: reTweetRadar, nearby tweets and many more. Many hundred of thousands feel this way and millions do similarly. In these there is a sense of unity and brotherhood/fellowship.
Twitter by itself is great but by itself lacks the sum power of what it is today. The Twitter universe is a system of independent companies what gives it its explosive power.
MSFT would not allow integration of all the integrated/synergyzed tools available for Twitter such as Tweetwasters, Twubble, Twitscoop, Twitter Analyzer, Qwitter an other & those to come. The MSFT mindset is allergic to those principles.
Why do I think the $1billion sale to Microsoft or Google is hubris at this point? Because the Gods of Corporate Destiny resemble the bickering self centered Gods of Mount Olympus more so than any other mythological set.
When one is to consider the fact that a fair share of today's Twitter rise is a bubble created by the "break the record followers" effect so the novelty will subside leaving a faithful core that has been capable and willing to exploit Twitter's premise of micro-blogging and I think most of it is intuitive knowing and perhaps that is why is so viral.
Learn 2 Live and Let Live.


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In a short period of time, Cliff Dweller (L.A.'s Ari Balouzian) has already developed a unique sound: a mélange of scratchy sample, dialogue, viola and drone that is unlike anything else on the market. While his influences are apparent (78s, vintage soundtracks, the early work of The Caretaker), there's an excitement present in his work, a sense that he is venturing into territories unknown.
Travel back a couple years, and we find the artist dabbling in beat-heavy excursions on Hallucinations and Perch Verdad, the latter which shares an aesthetic similarity to the new work, thanks to the contributions of cover artist Oliver Bernsen. Bernsen's work can also be found in an art book that is available with the vinyl purchase (we recommend the clear vinyl!). But even then – and it wasn't that long ago – hints of Balouzian's eventual sound could be found in tracks such as "the white" and orange (outro)" ~ a focus on texture, a melancholic timbre edging shyly toward the shadows. Dialogue and song samples were also present back in 2011 ("beirut", "help"), but things really started to coalesce with Ghosts of the Dust Bowl, an album that sounded like a film but didn't need cinema to succeed. To no one's surprise, Balouzian did begin to make indie soundtracks – the short film When We Get to Heaven is one of the most disturbing pieces around, beginning as a dust bowl documentary before delving into religion, then toppling into terror. The equally unsettling but more modern The Giant (2013) even made short but effective use of Johnny Cash ("peaches").
All of these elements – mystery and terror, religion and awe, film and field recording, sharp edges of string and soft edges of cloud – come to bear on the new recording, four tracks that are as heavy on composition as they are in sound design. These sonic paintings are their own stories, each worth a thousand words. Around every corner lies a new influence, from comfort to contagion, mutilation to embrace. The traffic at the end of "Floodlights Burn the Night Sky" is accompanied by an abrasive double tone and an increase in volume; it's certainly not benign. But just as one is beginning to think of a body lying off the highway, the instrumentation shifts to the pensive piano of "Valhalla National Park" – at least for a few minutes. Cliff Dweller means to surprise through contrast, and he succeeds. If anything, this is his hallmark. Run, run, he's going to catch you, he has a knife … oh, would you look at that pretty moon.
Whenever the viola enters, the music takes on additional weight. When added to static and vinyl loop, the layering warps space and time. Past and present overlap like a seance gone wrong. Despite such seeming oppression, an elegiac sense is also present, never more apparent than in the mottled choral loops of "The Sound Was Always Beautiful Under the Electric Wires". Cliff Dweller shies neither from darkness nor light; he wants to capture everything. As his choirs are beaten into submission by punk drums, the listener realizes that this music is at war with itself, a sonic reflection of the battle over, or within, a soul. The viola has the final word, swooning against a backdrop of falling stars and sirens. The heavens may be crumbling, but their debris is too lovely for words. (Richard Allen)
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If We Build It, Will They Come?
By Ingrid Krueger
Okay. Let's admit it. Most of us fear change on some level. But it's inevitable, right? At Federal Way High School, we're counting on it.
The Federal Way Public School District embraces change throughout their schools they are experimenting with new educational models and pedagogies, fostering innovation, and pushing the limits of their comfort zones. They're taking inspiration from colleges, design studios, and tech start-ups, seeking not only the best learning environment for today, but looking toward the learning environment of the future. As the flagship of the district, Federal Way High School must be a place where new ideas thrive.
A goal defined early in design was to let the building allow for change, both day-to-day and over time. To get out of the way of change, and to support stewardship of the District's limited resources, the building has to be flexible and adaptable. Flexibility, or versatility, means that the spaces can function in many ways, and are only purpose-built when absolutely necessary. Adaptability means that modifications can be made to the architecture of a space or spaces with little or no impediment from the building infrastructure. These two key concepts are the primary design drivers for everything from structural modules to paint colors.
In an effort to avoid the trap of doing things "the way they're usually done" and to encourage inherent flexibility for the project, our client refused to give us a program. Instead, SRG spent an entire summer on a detailed study of precedent projects, with the goal of dissecting what makes those spaces work, what pedagogical model each was based on, what were the defining characteristics of each model, and what architectural scenarios could support those models now and into the future.
The result of that study was something unique. Rather than a program listing how many of each type of specific room, space types are thought of in categories with defining characteristics. Rooms are not described as classrooms, labs, and shops, but as Presentation Spaces, and Tinkering or Working spaces. Some are messy, some are neat, some require substantial infrastructure and some are more minimally supported. Highly specialized spaces are kept to a minimum and kept out of the way of rooms with fewer limitations.
Building elements are categorized by their permanence. Fixed elements are minimized, and are carefully located and grouped when possible to leave the largest amount of unencumbered space. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems are designed to be modular, to allow "plug and play" of new programs and spaces. We developed a series of diagrams to show examples of how the more fluid spaces can be rearranged around the permanent elements, accommodating various teaching and learning models.
The program also includes a wide variety of third places. For a student first place is home, and second place is School. Third places are spaces that are minimally programmed places, in which students can create communities of their own. The most basic of these are small enclosed study or project rooms, but third places can be any space outside of a classroom that students can adopt. The library is a third place; widened areas in hallways are third places. The commons can be thought of as the largest and most malleable third place. In addition to wide open space, the commons includes seating steps to serve as a meeting place, overflow library seating, a casual performance venue, and even a lecture space.
Spaces are finished with a loft-like aesthetic, so nothing seems too precious or unapproachable; finishes are minimal and durable, such as plywood wainscoting and exposed concrete floors; ceilings are limited, exposing much of the structural, mechanical, and electrical systems. In other words, it's not your grandmother's living room; it's the garage where your best friend's band rehearses.
Even with all this effort to build in "flexibility and adaptability," the building itself can't execute the change. On day one, Federal Way High School will be a building with classrooms that look much like any other high school of the past or present, but with possibilities. The people who use the school have only to embrace the opportunity to do something new, and to understand and take advantage its versatility.
The administrators who make decisions about the educational policies, and the teachers who carry them out, must know that the building can be a tool to support them, and have the courage to use it. The students who rely on the building to help them learn and grow must have permission to take ownership of the spaces (and the teachers have to let go of the reins a bit and trust them to do that).
The design attempts to leave "breadcrumbs" to let the users know "It's yours-do with it what you want." But it's out of our hands now. Luckily for us-and for the success of this building-this is a group of innovative people, who've readily embraced the notion that necessity is the mother of invention. If anyone can mold the building to fit their needs, they can, and I'm excited to see what they make it do.
Federal Way High School
Ingrid Krueger
AIA, LEED AP


and haven't a clue how far and deep we're living in Hell.
It doesn't matter what stripes, stars, bars, badges or shields we have wore.
When you're a servant to humanity you've often seen trauma and horror.
How many non profit groups have a few bucks they can share.
And support PTSD victims by showing them care..


I watched the news last night that talked about the scary explosion on a train in St. Petersburg.
It reminded me of the tragic events in London on 7th July 2005.
They show us such destructiveness is not a new thing. We've become a mixture of being appalled and not surprised by them.
The car bombing I detailed in my novel, 'Deprivations', didn't derive from religious fanaticism but it was still based upon the bomber's irrational hatred and destructiveness. I showed how the bomber misused his intelligence by being inventive in the way he murdered and injured people.
My novel reflects the current tragedies in this world.
Their religious fanaticism is just an excuse for being humanly destructive.
Thank God my destructive imagination is just imagination.
As for the weird mishandling of the recent Ken Livingstone case. I don't think he's anti-Semitic. I just think he was very thoughtless. His suspension should have included stipulating he give a public apology to people for his careless and insensitive comments.
But politicians being politicians they don't like saying 'sorry'.
Anyway I was really talking about how my 'Deprivations' novel includes details about a car bomber.
'Deprivations' is available worldwide on Amazon.


Affinity is a new concept: a way of thinking. This book examines cultural consumer anthropology. It is about observing and understanding consumer behaviour and influencing that behaviour. Affinity is all about culture and the way we live, about the objects around us and how we feel about them; it is the reconnection between business and the street, between the story-teller and the listener. Story-telling is fundamental to creating affinity and leadership in our society. Brands come and go and try often to re-create themselves. Good brands attach themselves and propagate values that are enduring. They can outlast the many economic cycles that are part of social transformation. How does a product tap into the enduring features of a culture so that people want to hear the story again and again, go back to the product year after year, and are even eager to re-tell that story to others?


Middle Ridge contemporary, A-frame home is a great example of both style and substance. 2 story 3 BED/2.5BATH residence. High ceilings,an abundance of windows and skylights, allow for natural light, as well as unobstructed views of the surrounding trees and ridge tops at all times.
Situated among the great redwoods in the heart of Middle Ridge, this contemporary, A-frame home is a great example of both style and substance. The thoughtful custom design details throughout in conjunction with the flowing floor plan make for an impressive 2 story 3 BED/2.5BATH residence. High ceilings, an abundance of windows and skylights, allow for natural light, as well as unobstructed views of the surrounding trees and ridgetops at all times.
The large two car parking platform at street level, is situated next to a graceful winding redwood staircase leading down to a well-designed deck built around several large redwood trees leading to the property entrance. The double entry doors open into the heart of the home, the living room, revealing the impressive A-line architectural design and sun filled views of light streaming thru the trees.
The living room features vaulted ceilings, ample skylights, and an entire wall of windows overlooking the valley and nearby ridges. There are ample built in bookshelves and a custom brushed-nickel fireplace with a solid cherry mantel. The connecting dining room featuring a stylish pendant lamp by Itre, opens onto an adjoining entertaining deck with serene views of the surrounding landscape. The floor plan allows for ease of movement from the dining room right into the kitchen which features custom maple cabinetry incorporating a wine rack, custom storage, large easy-access spice rack and open shelving throughout. Appliances include a refrigerator, dishwasher, and a 5-burner Miele cooktop with a built-in wok-capable grate and low-level center unit. The connecting breakfast room opens to the entry deck . There is a powder room and laundry on the main level.
Downstairs bedroom. The spacious master bedroom has a large walk-in closet and en-suite master bathroom with a large wall length window looking out onto the surrounding redwoods.
In 2002 the front hallway, living-room stairwell, kitchen, two full bathrooms, entry-way powder room, and one bedroom were remodeled with new cabinetry, countertops, toilets, and plumbing.
Overall this property has so much to offer, both in regards to the amenities as well as thoughtful custom design elements. The surrounding redwood forest and stunning views at almost every turn within the home, make for an incredibly tranquil and aesthetically pleasing living experience.


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James John Calado, född den 13 juni 1989 i Cropthorne, är en brittisk racerförare. Calado startade sin formelbilskarriär 2008 och lyckades redan under debutåret vinna två lägre Formel Renault-mästerskap. 2009 blev han tvåa i Formula Renault 2.0 UK, och 2010 blev han tvåa i det brittiska F3-mästerskapet.  tog han ännu en andraplats i ett mästerskap, denna gången i GP3 Series, och  blev han femma i GP2 Series. Under  körde han till sig en tredjeplats i GP2, men körde även flera fredagsträningar med Formel 1-stallet Force India. 2014 tävlade han i LMGTE Pro-klassen i FIA World Endurance Championship, vilket han fortsätter med 2015.

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Hi! Or should it be 'Bonjour' for this post?
Chateau Rouge have recently sent me this lovely looking tea trio, which i'm very excited about! You may remember one of my more popular blog posts a few years ago where I reviewed some of Chateau Rouge's lovely rooibos tisanes?
You can click here for a recap!
This time i'll do a three-part review, starting with the WildHarvest Honeybush so please keep your eyes peeled for this next post..!


We're back in the garden from yesterday's post.
As I mentioned, this garden encompasses several acres, but despite its size, there were many great features that would fit into an ordinary lot. Well, maybe not this bridge.
I do like the combination of the stone and wood (looks like the bottom piece in the foreground will have to be replaced soon). I'm not sure if this is a dry creek bed or not, but the "river" of golden creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea') - a plant that appreciates damp conditions - tells me that water is probably present part of the time.
If I do win the lottery, I wouldn't mind having a bridge like this. Given the topography of my property, I would have lots of places to build either a raised walkway or a bridge. What fun it would be to have a woodland trail with yesterday's tunnel and today's bridge. Children would love it.
That's the fun about gardening. Whether you ever get to realize all your dreams or not, there's always another hardscape to wish for, another plant to lust after . . . I feel like gardening constantly renews your sense of hope.
Thinking of the above stonework, I am saddened that one of Atlanta's great gardeners died yesterday after a valiant battle with a particularly virulent form of breast cancer. I wrote about Brencie Werner for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Although she had a great collection of plants on her steep, wooded property, it was Brencie's stonework that was the main subject of my column. Unbelievably, she had paved a mile of walkways around her garden, perched on a high ridge overlooking the city of Atlanta. She had made steps and built walls and large terraces. Her car looked like a drug runner's vehicle, constantly weighted down in back with a load of heavy stone. She must have worn out lots of sets of shock absorbers.
I went over to watch her one day, and there she was with her level, stakes and string, a cement trowel and bags of cement and stacks of stone. She would have been in her early fifties then, and she was in the process of building a woodland walk with steps down the steepest hill imaginable. She was so accomplished and so fearless that I don't think she would have had a problem building this bridge. She was truly amazing - a great stone mason, a great gardener and a lovely, brave person. She will be sorely missed.
Thank you, for your kind tribute to my beloved sister Brencie, who is now Gardening 'Round Heaven (and paving garden paths with gold).
Charles, What a wonderful person your sister was - so beautiful, so many talents, so lovely and nice to all. When I first went to her garden, I can't tell you how shocked I was at all she'd done. Who'd think of Brencie, so pretty and lithe, hauling stones and mixing mortar - a real stone mason. I can't tell you how many admirers she had, just in the gardening world. I love the thought of Gardening 'Round Heaven ' and paving paths with gold. We all feel her loss so deeply. Thank you for writing, and I send heartfelt wishes to you and your family for comfort in this time of great loss.
Her car looked like a drug runner's vehicle, constantly weighted down in back with a load of heavy stone. She must have worn out lots of sets of shock absorbers.


Last night my boy Chaz Rini and I had a little art jam. We used different types of ink and acrylics on thick poster paper. Chaz started it with some of the abstract fluid shapes, and i came with the cylinders and orbs. We traded off doing are respective shapes, and then both contributed to the coloring and shading. Was wicked fun. Definitely going to happen again.
Here is a shot of our newly arranged art space in my loft. Interior design courtesy of neighborhood vandals, and my roommates. One of my roomates took this shot, and if you will notice he rigged quite a technically advanced cat box, only the best for Iggy The iPad Cat, yeah in case you didn't know. I'm roommates with a celebrity.
L'outsider is a street artist from france. I don't know a whole lot about him beyond his work. But what he does resonates with me deeply. He has taken the effected piecing style graffiti, and meshed it with a very Herb Lubalin typography. Looking through his sketchbooks you'll fine he's an extremely creative individual with his type, using negative space really well. His abstract art is also well crafted and fun to look at.
Them frenchies keep killin' it!!
One thing about graffiti i find interesting, is it's basically a career created out of a calligraphic / typographic study of one word, spanning over years and years. Funny to think about, considering all the different words designers set and manipulate through their career.
An amazing short documentary on NYC sign painters called Up There, produced by the forward thinking ad agency, Mother. Between jumbo screens and vinyl; a dying trade within advertising. Personally i love and pay more attention to hand painted advertising, an aged craft that has human sweat and blood behind it, and i feel less like the ad is cheaply being jammed down my throat by the now mechanical / digital world that advertising has become.
It's also wonderful when you see an old, faded, hand painted ad on a building, it's the only advertising that i feel adds to the city's character.
Some late night scribbling with my roommate. More on Flickr.


Carrara, a city of Tuscany with 65,000 inhabitants is well known for its white marble. The old « Place for herbs » was renewed. Its traditional function has been restored through a market exclusively devoted to products which are organic and typical of the local agriculture.
Initially simple, the initiative promoted by the Deputy to Productive Activities of the Municipality, Andrea Zanetti, has become complex - but also richer - as new actors have joined in.
Each of 14 new counters provided by the administration to 40 vendors chosen to come to offer their products, each illustrate on a panel, the small business of the vendor and its history. So visitors may receive information and advice on responsible consumption, a counter is assigned to the co-leader association of the project ACU, Associazione Consumatori Utenti, and any other association of consumers wishing to participate.
Next to the open market, a hall in the rehabilitated former Moulin Forti hosts conferences on the subject of healthy nutrition, lifestyles, labelling of products, but also all issues that must be associated with consumption: climate change, water, energy, agriculture, waste, world hunger and global justice, rights and responsibilities, solidarity… The annual programme has been set.
To complete the cultural programme around the new market, the Assistant to Public Instruction, Giovanna Bernardini, includes educational initiatives for children, aimed at sustainable consumption in the School Plan. The ACU will lead the activities in schools and elsewhere, which will involve young people. A contest with prizes will be launched.
For now, events are held monthly, every first Saturday, but the market will soon become a biweekly rendezvous and its magnitude will expand further next year. This intention has been repeatedly expressed by the directors. They notably included the market in the Local Plan for Trade in public spaces, which guarantees it a spot through a permanent decision.
The market is indeed an integral part of the strategy of the municipality, which aims to renovate and revitalize the old downtown of Carrara, its old buildings and public places. In doing so, the municipality adds value to its historical heritage and encourages its maintenance.
Special attention for products which are local, organic and typical is characteristic to all directors of Tuscany, following the recommendations of Law No 18/2002 which implements organic/typical/traditional food supply via public tender and supports programs for food education. In a few days, the agglomeration of Carrara will award a contract to public canteens, schools and hospitals, with a call to tender which provides that all food is typical or organic.
The small traditional producers have little or no structured relationships, even in the same territory. The new market has given them the opportunity to begin to network, establish more rigorous contacts with agricultural associations such as Coldiretti, C.I.A.,and CTPB. The latter, for their part, have supported the program by using regional funds under Law 34/2001 for rural agricultural development. The cooperation around the market may well become an additional and important opportunity for improving technology (other than commercial) in agriculture.
The sale of products of small producers / niche market is a challenge in general. It is difficult to get consumers to know products of limited production, and conventional markets barely recognize a price differential sufficient for producers. However, the nature of the work and the expenses are proportionally higher and the bureaucracy is a barrier for them. The role of direct sales and particularly the commitment of GAS (Gruppi di Acquisto Solidale) are essential in their case.
The GAS are an original innovation that builds on the passion of Italians for food. They traditionally lead many individuals/families to visit the peninsula in search of authentic products. The GAS adds the objective of promoting purchases based on solidarity and responsible consumption. These local groups are very independent. People organize themselves, select and purchase collectively and then share products of all kinds, but especially food.
Saving money is one reason to act, perhaps the first one, but not the most important. The key is to discover the best products and often excellent niche products, to help small producers and maintain direct relationships with them, create new friendly relations, support short circuit deliveries, and employ in a useful way one's free time. In short, the quality of life and satisfaction translate one's feelings of solidarity; these are the main motivations of these groups, which are extremely varied, which number 500 - 1000 units. The current financial law takes them into consideration for the first time and gives them tax advantages.
When the market opened on May 24th, sales proved to be such a great success that many vendors liquidated all their goods before the market closed. « They were all very satisfied and willing to extend the initiative » said Clara Gonnelli, President of ACU-TOSCANA who worked hard over six months to unite and achieve consensus among many various actors who had never worked together in beforehand.


HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The executive director of the State Elections Enforcement Commission says a record 334 Connecticut candidates received public grants to fund their 2018 primary and general election campaigns.
That's more than the 294 who received grants in 2014, the last gubernatorial election year.
But Executive Director Michael Brandi says all the races this year added up to approximately $26.5 million in grants, compared with the $33.5 million allotted four years ago. The difference is mainly due to the fact the 2014 gubernatorial candidates who made it to the general election participated in the program.
This year, Democratic Gov.-elect Ned Lamont, Republican Bob Stefanowski and independent Oz Griebel did not seek funding from the Citizens Election Program, which provides grants to candidates who raise small increments of matching funds and agree to spending limits.


The 2018 Farm-to-Fork Festival is kicking off with a free Friday night concert Sept. 28 on Capitol Mall before the festival gets fully under way the following day, where Dawes will headline a full schedule of live music and fresh food celebration in downtown Sacramento.
The Wood Brothers will headline the Bank of America music stage at the new Friday evening piece of the Farm-to-Fork Festival on Sept. 28, where they'll be joined by Logan Brill (named by Cosmopolitan as one of the "eight female country artists you should be listening to") and local sensations The IdeaTeam. Much like the Saturday festivities, the new Friday event will feature farm-to-fork food from Raley's, SaveMart, local food trucks, and more food and live musical acts that will be announced later this summer. Wine selections from Clarksburg Wine Growers & Vintners Association, local breweries and more beverages will also be on-hand. Friday's Farm-to-Fork Festival will run from 4 – 9 p.m. on Sept. 28 and span Third to Fifth Streets on Capitol Mall.
On Sat., Sept. 29, the full Farm-to-Fork Festival will return to Capitol Mall, running from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Third to Eighth streets. In addition to Dawes, attendees can enjoy a day-long music lineup that will include Sunny War, California Repercussions and more bands to be announced in the coming weeks. Beyond live music, the event will again feature cooking demonstrations, family activities, interactive exhibits and food, wine and beer selections that highlight the flavors of Northern California. Both Friday and Saturday's Farm-to-Fork Festival events are admission-free.


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Plans for mosque and meditation centre in Gwynedd village given go-ahead
The applicants described Llanbedr as the 'ideal location to find peace'
Gareth Wyn-WilliamsLocal Democracy Reporter
Plans to turn a former chapel into a mosque and meditation centre have been given the green light by national park planning chiefs.
Earlier this year an application was lodged to convert the former Capel Moriah in Llanbedr, near Harlech, by removing the pews and railings from inside the Grade II listed building.
The plans, which have now been decided upon by the Snowdonia National Park Authority, would see the venue re-opened as the 'Jamia Almaarif Mosque and Meditation Centre.'
It hit the headlines after right wing commentator and former Daily Mail columnist, Katie Hopkins, described the proposals in a tweet as "treachery."
But the applicants described the village as the "ideal location to find peace".
Moriah Chapel, at Llanbedr, near Harlech is set to be transformed into a mosque and meditation centre (Image: Arwyn Roberts)
Fatima Bodhee, a director of Jamia Almaarif, added that the site would be mainly used in the holiday season but would provide "Islamic and non Islamic activities."
"We expect for the building to be in use as a mosque mainly during the holiday season and school breaks but it will be available all year round for anyone from the Muslim faith who are travelling or living within travelling distance to pray in it and we do not expect more than 150 people visiting at any one time," she said.
It is expected that the mosque will most likely only be full during the school holidays and in the summer period as "Llanbedr does not have a Muslim community".
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The applicants also reassured locals that anyone using the mosque will be practising silent meditation and will therefore not cause any noise disruption.
Griffith Morris of Porthmadog was one of the architects working on the chapel, which opened its doors in 1913.
Built in the "arts and crafts style of the gable-entry type", it was awarded Grade-II listed status in 1997 as it represents "a fine early 20th Century chapel with a richly detailed Art Nouveau entrance and original interior."
His son, Dan Morris, went on to say he would be "very pleased that the building is once again used for worship."
He added: "Its a striking building and is very beautiful, yet also fits into its surroundings. The inside is also very nice.
"But its been empty for quite time and is obviously deteriorating, but the fact it has always been a place of worship means its no major change of use in planning terms."
Cllr Gruffydd Price, who sits on Llanbedr Community Council, went on to say: "It's been on the market for some time and the application doesn't involve a real change of use, it will continue to be used as its intended purpose.
"The community council is consulted with for such planning applications but weren't in a position to refuse really as it's not a change of use. Its an open market at the end of the day."
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The decision notice, compiled by park authority planning officers, states that the application has been approved on the proviso that work starts within five years and that certain conditions are met.
These include that the planned extension looks as similar to the main building as possible and that the pulpit and sedd fawr (deacon's pew) are retained as well as five of the original pews.
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Stockwell was the location one of the earliest hospitals erected by the Metropolitan Asylums Board which had been set up in 1867 to administer care for certain categories of the sick poor in metropolitan London.
The Stockwell Hospital occupied a 7.5 acre site at the south of Landor Road, which had cost over £15,000 for the land alone. It opened on 31st January 1871, at the height of a smallpox epidemic in the capital. It would have been the MAB's first hospital but an outbreak of relapsing fever the previous year had forced the Board to erect temporary wards on a site at Hampstead.
Stockwell was actually two hospitals in one, with a 100-bed smallpox hospital designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt at the north of the site, and a 200-bed fever hospital designed by F Marrable at the south.
The site location and layout are shown on the 1888 map below.
South Western Hospital site, 1888.
...will be this week ready for the reception of patients. The site comprises 7½ acres, and the dwelling-house, which was included in the property, is now the headquarters of the medical officers and committee, situate in the centre of the ground. The two hospitals are, in fact, completely divided by it. The small-pox hospital will accommodate 102 inmates, in eight wards, each containing a dozen inmates, and there are two special wards for the reception of three each. The fever hospital will accommodate 72 typhus cases, in four wards of 18 each; 48 typhoid or enteric cases, in two wards of 24 each; and 36 scarlet fever cases, in two wards of 18 each. In addition there are 16 special-case wards, each to contain 1 patient. The cost of the two buildings, which is upon the block system, and arranged to afford 2,000 cubic feet of air for each patient is as follows: Site, 15,500l. ; building 50,000l. ; engineering and heating apparatus, 6,000l. ; and furnishing, 5,000l. Special attention has been paid to the corridors, which are wide and lofty, and ins some instances 400 ft. long ; while the wards average 100 ft. long, 28 ft. wide, and 10 ft. high.
South West Fever Hospital — Landor Road entrance from the north, c.1907.
Smallpox ward block at South West Fever Hospital, early 1900s.
From 1882, following pressure from local residents, and increasing evidence that smallpox was spread by direct contact with those already infected, hospitals such as Homerton and Stockwell restricted their smallpox admissions to cases living within a radius of one mile. The majority of smallpox patients were then treated on the MAB's hospital ships Atlas, Endymion and Castalia, moored on the Thames near Dartford. From around this time, the Stockewell Hospital was renamed the South Western Hospital.
Pash claimed that decisions about the administration of medical treatment had effectively been delegated to the head nurse who ruled the wards with a rod of iron. He also accused the Guardians of putting the saving of money before the interests of the patients.
In 1930, administration of the hospital passed to the London County Council. It then had 323 beds plus a nursery unit.
The old buildings were demolished when the hospital was rebuilt in the early 1990s. It reopened as the Lambeth and Maudsley NHS Trust and now bears the name Lambeth Hospital.


India's first 3G Mobile service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today withdrawn its most popular Unlimited 3G Data Plan – 4500 in Mumbai circle to implement the TRAI's new regulation.
MTNL Mumbai introduced this "Advance Rental Unlimited 3G Data Plan-4500 valid for 6 month, as a promotional offer on May 18th, 2011. With this plan the effective cost of Unlimited 3G Data Downloads was approx Rs. 750/month.
As per TRAI's regulation all STVs should be used for Plan/Tariff and tariff validity period must be maximum 90 Days only. MTNL will also revise some other regular prepaid plans to implement the regulation in next few days.
MTNL is only operators in the country, providing cheapest 3G Mobile and Data services. Hopefully MTNL Mumbai will launch new longer validity Unlimited 3G data plan at affordable price soon.
E-RECHARGE, I CANT FIND ANY PAPER RECHARGE OF Rs. 98 AND Rs. 54 OF BSNL IN MY LOCATION..
and what about sms based recharge??


Google search is the behemoth of search engine that attracts billions of users a month from all around the world. There is no denying about the phenomenal popularity of the search engine among online visitors. People use the search engine to search for information, find places, browse images, and for various other purposes.
One of the most popular uses of the search engine is in researching about products or services before making a purchase decision. This gives online business owners great opportunity to connect with qualified customers that are more likely to purchase a product or service. Here we will provide you with 3 best search marketing tips for online businesses.
Before you use search marketing to promote your products or services, you must determine the target market for the ad. The good thing about search marketing is that you can effectively target the ads based on country, city, town, and other location metrics. This ensures that you target the right people who are more likely to purchase what you are offering.
Targeting ads in this way also increases the conversion rate of the digital search ad. Conversion rate simply refers to the percentage of people that made the purchase after clicking on the ad. Targeting search marketing ads can certainly boost conversion rates of the ads.
The second most important advice in search marketing is to choose the right keywords for the online ad. Know that apart from location, customers are also targeted using relevant keywords. Simply put, it means that the ad displayed on the screen of users that typed your keywords in the search bar. In order to increase the effectiveness of the online search ad, you must select the right keywords that are related to the website.
Google Keywords tool is the best when it comes to searching for high impression keywords that relate to your website. You just have to enter your site in the keyword search box and you will be presented with a list of highly relevant keywords relevant to your website. The ideal keyword is one with low competition and high impression.
Note that impression of the keyword means average number of times people entered the term in the search box in a month. On the other hand, keyword competition means the demand for the keyword among competitors.
The third most important tip for search marketing is to make smart bidding for the keywords. Bidding in digital marketing context means the costs per click or impression of the keyword. The higher you bid for the keywords, higher it will appear on the search result pages. But you must bid smartly when it comes to bidding for the keywords. You should manually place bids for keywords that have medium competition with around 10,000 to 15,000 average monthly searches. Instead of bidding for one or more high impression keywords, you must bid for a large number of these keywords to gain the most benefit from search marketing.
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Kairos Inside is the part of Kairos which is concerned with the inmates, and enters the prison to provide spiritual support.
Kairos Prison Ministry's purpose is to establish a Christian community inside prisons by the transforming love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. Kairos Prison Ministry is a front‐row seat to God's miracles inside prisons. Kairos will show God's love and forgiveness and start the development of a Christian community... The Christian servants/volunteers of Kairos Prison Ministry have been called by God to share the love and forgiveness of Christ to those incarcerated.
During a 3½‐day Weekend program of talks, mediations, music, listening and loving, a Christian community will start to form. The servants/volunteers are blessed to be a blessing to the participants.


Welcome to Information Technology Institute (ITI)! We are committed to providing the knowledge and training required to excel in the various fields of Information Technology, and meet the employment needs of area businesses, industries, and the community at large. Our instructors and staff are committed to creating a learning environment that promotes an exciting and stimulating learning experience. Our various ITI Programs are physically located at all WCCCD campuses and centers. We invite you to discover the many programs and course offerings available. Please explore the programs and resources available, and we hope that you will find the information needed to help you get started in the dynamic IT/CIS fields. For additional information please feel free to contact us!
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First snow in Hamburg today. I had fun doing an ice sculpture quickly. It did exist at least 30 minutes until some boys had fun too with deconstruction.
The first day of war.
Playing cards with Schrödinger's cat.


A successful thesis paper is the ticket to ending a course or graduate program on a high note. Before you begin writing, it is important to know which type of thesis you need to write. Elements such as a thesis statement, textual support and references will vary, depending on whether the paper is a persuasive, expository or analytical piece.
According to Purdue University's Online Writing Lab, a persuasive thesis makes a claim about a topic and justifies it with specific evidence. Thesis statements should reflect the main point of your argument.
Calgary Bible College provides this example of a persuasive thesis statement: "High school graduates should be required to take a year off to pursue community service projects before entering college in order to increase their maturity and global awareness." The part of the statement about increasing their maturity and global awareness makes the sentence ideal for a persuasive paper, since it expands upon and explains the initial argument.
When writing a persuasive paper, resist the tendency to simply state an opinion. Provide solid textual support for this opinion, and draw out its implications and advantages.
An expository is the most basic type of thesis paper and often the easiest to write. It simply explains a topic to an audience.
According to Calgary Bible College, an expositiory thesis might start with a sentence such as, "The life of the typical college student is characterized by time spent studying, attending class and socializing with peers." So, the thesis will expound on a college student's life in the three areas mentioned.
In an expository paper, it is important to make sure that your evidence is relevant to the theme of the paper.
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Analytical theses also explain a given theme, but in more detail. These types of papers are common in mathematics and science courses, where data is analyzed. Analytical papers often are tied to a specific text or study, and unlike a persuasive paper, they are entirely factual.
"An analysis of the college admission process reveals two principal problems facing counselors: accepting students with high test scores or students with strong extracurricular backgrounds." From this statement, given as an example by Calgary Bible College, the paper will focus on studies that involve the college admission process and explore the two problems.


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Science Channel Premieres One-Minute Nightly Updates on All You Need to Know in Science News Beginning Dec. 28
The one minute updates will provide viewers with the latest news and information on technology, space, engineering and so much more in one minute updates each week night.
[via press release from Science Channel]
- SCIENCE PRESENTS DNEWS at 9PM Premieres Monday, Dec. 28 Hosted by Discovery Digital Networks' Trace Dominguez and Amy Shira Teitel -
From water flowing on Mars to the discovery of the Earth-like planet Kepler-452b to why it is so (scientifically) tough to keep New Year's resolutions, news about science is coming fast and furious. Science Channel is here to make sure television viewers are not left behind with the premiere of SCIENCE PRESENTS DNEWS at 9PM every night beginning Monday, December 28. The one minute updates will provide viewers with the latest news and information on technology, space, engineering and so much more in one minute updates each week night.
"Science Channel has become the destination on cable for all things science as they happen," said Marc Etkind, General Manager, Science Channel. "DNews at nine will keep our viewers current on the latest science and technology headlines in easy to follow one minute updates."
Feeling overwhelmed as you try to stay on top of the latest science news? Want to impress your friends and family with mind blowing news nuggets at the next big gathering? SCIENCE PRESENTS DNEWS hosts Trace Dominguez and Amy Shira Teitel from Discovery Digital Networks' wildly popular online series DNews will cover everything you need to know in the latest science headlines in half the time it takes you to brush your teeth. Produced exclusively for Science Channel by Discovery Digital Networks, Science Channel's one-minute nightly segments will cover top news stories on science - from space happenings to the science behind other trending stories of the day. DNews, the Discovery Digital Networks web-native series that has racked up hundreds of millions of views since its launch three years ago, is dedicated to satisfying curiosity and bringing online - and now television - audiences a fun dose of science.
Amy Shira Teitel's academic background and expertise is in the history of Science. With a lifelong passion for spaceflight, Teitel's first book, "Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA" (Bloomsbury Sigma), will be released in Jan. 2016 and looks at the evolving roots of America's space program - the scientific advances, the personalities, and the rivalries between the various arms of the United States military. Trace Dominguez has an academic background in psychology and is known for dissecting topics in science, world news, technology, history, politics, space and psychology in the attempt to explore our world. His insatiable curiosity, passion for all things science and keen research abilities will help Science Channel viewers stay up to date on all things science and technology as they happen.
Topics during premiere week for SCIENCE PRESENTS DNEWS at 9PM on Science Channel, barring any breaking science news, will include:
· Monday, December 28
· New Hybrid Rocket Engine Could Revolutionize Space Flight: Both jet engines and rocket engines have their own strengths and weaknesses, but a British company is now trying to combine the best of both. Their goal? The ultimate engine for space travel.
· Tuesday, December 29
· Will delivery drones ever become commonplace?: Amazon just announced details about their drone delivery project. But as tech companies like Amazon race to make drone delivery possible, will policy and practicality be able to keep pace with innovation?
· Wednesday, December 30
· A Look Ahead to NASA's Biggest Missions in 2016: When it comes to space exploration, there's a lot to get excited about next year. Here's what's on the horizon for the space program.
· Thursday, December 31
· New Year's Resolutions: How to stick to your New Year's resolutions. We'll look at how many people fail in their resolutions, why, and what science can tell us about how to do better.
· Friday, January 1
· World's First Sonic Tractor Beam Announced: Science fiction is getting a little more plausible: engineers in England have announced the world's first "tractor beam," a device that can levitate and move small objects using 3D acoustic fields. The prototype is preliminary, but the potential uses are enormous.
SCIENCE PRESENTS DNEWS is produced for Science Channel by Discovery Digital Networks, where Tom Lofthouse is senior vice president of programming and Mario de la Vega is director of programming development. For Science Channel, Wyatt Channell serves as executive producer and Jeff Stepp is coordinating producer. Bernadette McDaid is vice president of production for Science Channel.


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