View top rated Monkey bread from scratch recipes with ratings and reviews. Corn Bread From Scratch, Monkey Bread, BBQ Chicken Pizza with Poblano Peppers: #SundaySupper, etc. Corn Bread From Scratch, Monkey Bread, BBQ Chicken Pizza with Poblano Peppers: #SundaySupper, etc.... 19/04/2018 · Monkey bread is a classic recipe sometimes made from canned biscuits. Today I'm going to teach you how to make Monkey Bread from scratch using my basic homemade yeast dough and a simple caramel sauce.
I've made monkey bread from scratch before, but used more of a sweet yeast bread dough instead of a biscuit dough. This recipe uses more of a biscuit dough and I find it to be my favorite version I've made so far. The biscuits bake really evenly, so no crunchy tops and raw bases. They're light and delicate, but not spongy. You can even slice it like a cake if you want to. It's really... There are lots of variations of monkey bread out there, and you can go all out and make your monkey bread with dough from scratch, or you can cheat like I do and make it with cans of biscuit dough. If you're looking for a rich, heavenly, naughty breakfast, you should probably make some homemade biscuits and gravy while you're at it!
I've only seen recipes for savoury monkey bread with store-bought croissant dough but never one with homemade wholemeal bread dough. It is actually pretty easy if you know how to make a simple yeast dough or pizza dough from scratch.
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Today we awake to a new reality: Donald Trump is going to be the next President of the United States.
I am hurting. I know you are too. This entire season has been devastating on so many levels. For black and brown people, for Muslims, for women, for LGBTQ people, for immigrants…the list is endless of those of us who now feel threatened, unsafe in our communities and even in our own families.
We should. What happened last night was not just the election of a president. We now live in a country where all three branches of government are controlled by a party in disarray, one who rarely advocates or legislates for the poor, the outcast or the oppressed. We will have a court system free to shape laws incongruent with our most basic values. This is really happening.
You are stronger and braver than you know. Now we will prove that to each other.
You were made for such a time as this. You know that love wins. Kindness, compassion, civility and equality are the values that Jesus taught us and the ones to which we turn today.
For the sake of the people we are, the people we love and the planet we live within, you must prepare yourself for leadership. You are now ordained a public theologian, a freedom fighter, a prophet, a disciple, a visionary, a love warrior. You are fierce, and you are wise. Most of all, you are undaunted by hate. You will not tolerate injustice.
Our progressive Christian movement is now officially born.
We must move quickly to organize as a force for good in this country. Now, listen carefully: This is something we don't usually do well. Progressives are notoriously terrible at organizing in large scale. But we can't afford that any longer. We must work together in a spirit of collaboration and generosity. We must trust the goodness in one another.
Sign up to be a part of the #WeStandWithLove campaign. This national campaign represents thousands of interfaith progressive leaders, congregations, denominations and 39 organizational partners working together to create a more just and generous world. I hope you find resources there that are helpful, but more than that, we need to know who you are so that we can keep networking together.
Connect with the Convergence movement, a growing trans-denominational network of progressive Christian churches working together to collaborate in the areas of peace, people, poverty and the planet. Our scalability depends upon our ability to work together as congregations across our denominational divides as well as within them.
Connect with progressive partners to stay connected to the current issues and activity in your area. Support as many efforts as you can that promote a just and generous way of being in the world.
As we begin our day today, remember that we are all in this together. We are bound by love, and we stronger than we could ever imagine. So, be the Body of Christ in the world. Embody kindness, do justice, and walk humbly. For that sake of all that is good, keep the faith and keep moving. Feel the pain of this day, but don't let it define our future. Our best days are still ahead.


I'm not exactly an amateur, yet I'm not exactly a photo pro either.
can I make my dream become reality in my situation?
Except for from a handful of schools, e.g., Brooks in California or RIT in Rochester, NY, I don't think a photography degree is worth much and certainly the average professional photographer does not have one.
"photography" and "family to support" should not occur in the same sentence, unfortunately. Except for wedding photographers and on-staff photographers at newspapers, there aren't too many photographers who make enough money to support themselves, much less a family.


For physiologist Carolina Escobar, from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), time is ingrained in humans. It is intrinsic to life.
According to Escobar, observing the passage of time does not explain life, because the body changes constantly during the arrow of time (time's progression toward the future), and is subject to change over the course of its daily cycles – e.g., the phases of the Moon, Earth's translation around the sun, the differences between daytime and nighttime, variations in temperature, humidity and winds, among other variables.
According to her, inhabitants of higher latitudes (temperate zones and polar regions), who are susceptible to significant alterations between seasons, have a higher rate of "winter depression" than those living in the tropics. "Humans do not migrate and they pay a price for it." She stated that experiments exposing these people to more light show that this helps to abate depression.
Escobar also explained that the hormone melatonin (produced by the body only at night) regulates sleep and plays a key role in brain biochemistry, including the availability of serotonin, the neurotransmitter responsible for wakefulness.
As nights in higher latitudes are longer in wintertime, there is an increased production of melatonin, which reduces biochemical activity associated with alertness and eventually leads to anxiety and depression. The same process also triggers metabolic syndrome, inducing people to gain weight.
Escobar said there are indications that even the phases of the moon – and, thus, the variation of night light –, affect some rhythms of the body, such as the menstrual cycle in women, which according to some evidence tends to synchronize with the 28-day moon cycle.
Escobar believes that some of the main causes of the de-synchronization of biological rhythms in human beings are our excessive nocturnal activity and the fact that we are increasingly less exposed to nature. The consequences, she explained, are gastrointestinal diseases, mental disorders, cancer, stress, lack of concentration, obesity, anxiety and depression. A pernicious loop is thus established: "Diseases change the biological rhythms and the altered rhythms lead to disease."How regularly the eyes perceive the alternation of light and dark, of day and night, is important for the proper functioning of the brain and other organs. Escobar said that in many older people, who rarely leave home and are therefore exposed to artificial light during the day and part of the night, there are significant changes in the activation of the cycles of sleep and wakefulness. According to her, when exposed to additional lighting during the day, these seniors begin to sleep better and become more active.
The importance of living in consonance with the light/dark cycle of days and nights for our organism's proper development was demonstrated by an experiment that Escobar's team carried out in the neonatal intensive care unit of a Mexican hospital. Part of the premature babies had their heads partially covered with a dome during the night, so that their eyes received less light, since the ICU is fully lighted 24/7. Babies who slept under the dome gained weight faster and left the ICU earlier that those who did not.


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Platform(s): PlayStation 3
Genre: Hardware
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Date: Nov. 17, 2006 (US), March 23, 2007 (EU)
Sony Releases v1.51 PS3 Firmware Update
by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2007 @ 10:43 a.m. PST
At the heart of PS3 is the Cell Broadband Engine, one of the most advanced computer processors in the world, that enables massive floating point calculation, and Blu-ray Disc (BD) drive, providing a High Definition (1080p) next-generation gaming and movie experience in the home, as well as up to 50 GB of data capacity.
The PS3 has now received a new update, optimizing compatibility for unspecified PlayStation 2 titles. If you read Japanese, here's the full fix list...
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FILE - The U.S. Agency for Global Media logo at Voice of America, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 22, 2019. (VOA)
The extraordinary leadership dysfunction at USAGM, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, continues under former Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett who is now USAGM CEO.
A Commentary by The Federalist
Former Voice of America (VOA) director Amanda Bennett was confirmed by the U.S Senate on September 22nd (the vote was 60 to 36) as the next CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), even though her tenure as VOA director was a travesty marked by myriad problems and scandals that were chronicled by BBG Watch and its successor, USAGM Watch.
The Voice of America has been broadcasting for over 80 years, but during the first 50 or even 60 years of its existence, any VOA director under whose tenure more than a dozen VOA journalists took bribes from a foreign politician, a VOA director who met with a foreign politician who openly tried to interfere in U.S. elections, a VOA director who was there when one-sided partisan U.S. presidential election campaign videos were broadcast by VOA, and a VOA director who was there when former Russian state media employees with a history of anti-U.S. and anti-Ukraine propaganda were hired without proper vetting, would have lost his or her job. Amanda Bennett, whose Voice of America tour saw all of these scandals, was nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the USAGM CEO. It shows how little the agency means to the Washington establishment, and how irrelevant it has become.
None of the missteps came as a surprise. It all started with Bennett's declaration shortly after arriving at VOA in 2016 that the agency bureaucracy was a "fantastic leadership team" [emphasis added] when the record shows it was and is now anything but fantastic, except as a dysfunctional bureaucracy.
Now, Bennett has released a statement in the form of a message to employees, in which she could barely contain her enthusiasm, contributing to the fiction of the agency's impact in global media.
The USAGM mission statement claims that its operations are "in support of freedom and democracy." If so, the agency is an unmitigated failure going back to Bennett's VOA tour.
In part, she remarks,
I have watched how you have brought truthful, trustworthy, factual news to places that would have no other access to it – From the coup in Myanmar to the frantic efforts to get as many of our colleagues in Afghanistan to safety as possible to the street protests in Cuba. From the invasion of Ukraine (where we saw in real time how truthful information could influence the course of history) to this week's protests in Iran (with all the implications for the Middle East and the rest of the world) where we see the increasingly sophisticated ways authoritarian governments are closing their information space….
Now, let's talk about reality:
Read how the Voice of America English downplayed the recent Cuban protests (after Bennett's tenure but under the watch of key members of her "leadership team") and how VOA glorified Fidel Castro in 2016 during Bennett's tenure.
This agency has had no forward momentum when it comes to being "in support of freedom and democracy." In fact, as world events indicate, momentum is in favor of non-democratic events:
In Myanmar.
In Afghanistan.
in China.
In Cuba.
In Russia.
In Iran and the Middle East.
In short, Bennett's agency-wide announcement is an exercise in a self-serving promotion. Facts don't back her up, except for one:
…we see the increasingly sophisticated ways authoritarian governments are closing their information space….
The one, probably unintentional kernel of truth.
Myanmar. The Burmese military which took control after a coup in 2021, remains in power. This has dropped off the global news radar. "Supporting freedom and democracy" in Burma and elsewhere is risky business: the risk of losing your life. This is not to say that the Burmese people are happy with the status quo. But the realization is that the rest of the world is not likely to come to the rescue of Burmese democracy advocates. The name of the game is survival. The Burmese people know what they are dealing with and are likely following the sage advice to choose your battles with the lowest level of risk of imprisonment or death.
During Bennett's VOA tenure, she made a big deal out of a so-called documentary regarding the displaced Rohingya people, and an initiative to make it easier for displaced people in camps to hear VOA programming. She even got a trip at taxpayer expense to view the camps. Has anyone heard any good news regarding the Rohingya since that documentary? Well, no.
Afghanistan. Bennett is so proud of herself that she couldn't help but expound on Afghanistan. In the process, she exposes herself and the agency to some serious scrutiny and questions. The United States and coalition forces were in Afghanistan for over 20 years. This included local broadcast services of USAGM: in Dari, Farsi, and Pashto language services, and Urdu in neighboring Pakistan.
How is it that in the reports filed by these services virtually no one saw or predicted the resilience of the Taliban, its alliances with other Islamic fundamentalist organizations, and, most importantly, its positioning to overrun the country?
A serious examination of broadcasts by USAGM needs to be conducted, complete with translations and interviews with staff to ask exactly what they were doing supposedly "in support of freedom and democracy." Keep in mind too that Bennett was the head of VOA for part of the time of U.S involvement in Afghanistan and broadcast content during her tenure.
And then there is the matter of the precipitous rout of the U.S, including scenes at Kabul International Airport and the discarding of the more secure Bagram Airbase.
In the process, Bennett's proteges, Kelu Chao and Yolanda Lopez, effectively presided over the abandonment of 500+ agency contractors, and dependents to a fate unknown.
Chao and acting VOA director Lopez are still agency officials. They have not been held accountable for their actions or lack thereof. Chao and Lopez have looked away from this disaster, in part for their own self-preservation. It is likely that Bennett will do the same.
China. During Bennett's tenure, the Voice of America lost much of its audience and credibility in China because of the Guo Wengui interview scandal. She and her senior staff refused to take responsibility for it and blamed lower-ranking managers and broadcasters, some of whom were fired. The reaction in China and among the Chinese diaspora was overwhelmingly negative toward the VOA management.
Cuba. Not much has changed in Cuba "in support of freedom and democracy" except that the island has been ferociously pounded by Hurricane Ian. The Cubans have plenty on their hands. That is not to say the Cuban people don't want to see an end to the excesses of the Cuban regime but getting there is not going to be via the officials on the Third Floor of the Cohen Building who are in charge of the U.S. Agency for Global Media and the Voice of America.
Russia. There is no press freedom in Russia, but there is plenty of pro-war propaganda and disinformation from the Kremlin-controlled state media. Putin's supporters rely on state media. Pro-democracy Russians, in Russia and in exile, rely on independent Russian media sources such as MEDUZA, which is based abroad. USAGM broadcasts have little to do with influencing events. In Ukraine, the Russians have encountered stiff resistance from Ukrainian forces. This is due in no small measure to the billions of dollars in military hardware and other assistance provided by the United States and NATO countries. That's where the proverbial rubber meets the road, not USAGM broadcasts. Even so, the Russians have conducted referendums in the Ukrainian territory under their control seeking to break it illegally from being a part of Ukraine. The overall situation remains in doubt with grave and perhaps unknown consequences. But, even with the ongoing hostilities, the Ukrainian government is capable of getting its own news, information, and messaging out to its people and the rest of the world without USAGM.
Iran and the Middle East. Oh, no. Raising the ghost of the alleged "Arab Spring." Yes, certain segments of the Iranian people have visibly protested the actions of the Iranian government, but they remember that under Amanda Bennett the Voice of America, including its Persian Service, became an advocate for the Obama administration's nuclear deal with the Iranian regime and limited reporting on anti-regime protests and human rights violations. During Bennett's tenure, VOA lost much of its former audience in Iran.
The Underlying Flaws
The strategic outlook of the agency, whether Bennett or her "fantastic leadership team", is fundamentally flawed. It is flawed on two levels.
First, there is an undertone of a superiority complex, meaning that the agency still acts like this is the Cold War and they are one of if not the ONLY show around. That hasn't been the case for virtually all of the 21st century. There are countless other media actors competing for the attention of global audiences. Even non-government-originated broadcasters have the capability of reaching foreign audiences in far greater numbers than VOA, not only by direct broadcasts but also by Facebook, YouTube, and other available sources. And some of these operate 24/7 or in real-time applications that do not apply to USAGM broadcasts. One can see the result by viewing USAGM content on these platforms. More often than not, the views or likes of USAGM offerings are anemic. It's an embarrassment.
The even more serious flaw is the notion of "supporting freedom and democracy" as a code phrase for nation-building. It doesn't work very well and likely doesn't gain a self-supporting foothold in countries without much experience in Western-style democracy. Worse is the lack of resolve demonstrated by Western governments, including the United States, to stay the course. "Stay the course" means in part understanding one's adversaries especially those who have a strategic outlook of "war without end" – to outlast foreign powers and foreign cultural influences, as demonstrated clearly in Afghanistan.
Political change is an evolutionary process. It is not an overnight phenomenon. "Freedom and democracy" didn't last long in the broader scheme of things as in Afghanistan and it didn't last long in Russia either. In Afghanistan, the strong cultural underpinning is tribal loyalty. In Russia, it has been an autocratic government coupled with a strong distrust of the West by a segment of the population.
As long as people like Bennett and others inside USAGM continue with their largely false claims of success, the mission of the agency is and will continue to be a failure.
With one exception:
This mantra sounds really good when addressing members of Congress, which to this point shows a blind willingness to continue to provide funding to this agency with every annual budget cycle without demanding effective oversight and accountability.
The truth of the agency's failure is apparent every day in world events. It's Einstein's definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. But that's the problem: the result is the same.
But inside the Cohen Building, one might make the argument that the bureaucrats are thrilled with embracing the failure result. It guarantees that they are one step closer to a nice federal retirement while bilking the American taxpayer who knows little and sees even less relevance in this arcane federal agency.
Don't expect any sea change in the agency with Bennett at the helm.
And who misses the obvious:
In short, the agency isn't in the same league with its ideological adversaries.
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As I looked up from my business plan reading chores yesterday, I saw an email from the business school at Rice University announcing that this year's Rice Business Plan competition is setting a record with more than $1 million in prize money.
Congratulations to Brad Burke and his team for building this competition up in just a few years to the point where it's rivaling the University of Texas' Moot Corp, the previously uncontested Super Bowl of business plan contests. Between Moot Corp in Austin next month and the Rice contest in Houston next week, Texas wins the award as the capital of business plan contests.
I'm delighted to be a judge at both of these contests, as well as the University of Oregon New Venture Competition later this week in Portland, Oregon. I've already read my four plans for the Oregon contest and just finished six plans for the Rice one. I've read about space travel, household fly worms, deep-sea farming, and many other fascinating new businesses. I've seen some very good business plans and some not-so-good plans. I'm looking forward to presentations, questions and answers, and the whole process. It's going to be fun.


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Delhi's man in the RBI, the Governor is now fighting for the central bank's autonomy
Courtesy : Manojit Saha06/11/2018 09:22
Originally seen as Delhi's man in the RBI, the Governor is now fighting for the central bank's autonomy
When Urjit Patel succeeded Raghuram Rajan as Reserve Bank of India Governor in September of 2016, it was speculated he will speak in a language that the Centre wants to hear.
circulation invalid overnight, without asking a question. Several economists, including Former RBI Governors, questioned Dr. Patel's 'silent approval.' Yaga Venugopal Reddy, who was the RBI Governor between 2003 and 2008, went on to say he would have resigned if he had been asked to implement demonetisation.
Sometime next year, the government started demanding higher dividend (the surplus that the RBI generated from its operations) with some government nominees on the board aggressively pushing forit. The then Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, was already voicing his demand for higher dividend from the RBI fore capitalising public sector banks.
The first public spat between Urjit Patel-led RBI and the Finance Ministry, surfaced when Dr. Subramanian criticised the interest policy as he wanted lower rates. In an indication that things were not well between the North Block and Mint Road, Dr.
Patel said publicly that all the monetary policy committee members had declined North Block's invitation for a meeting to discuss interest rates.
PNB scam
Then the scam in the state-run Punjab National Bank broke out early this year.
The magnitude of the scam was quite unprecedented and threatening to dent the government's image as anticorruption crusader. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley went on to say that"politicians are accountable butregulators are not,"indicating the government's displeasure at the alleged failure of the RBI to detect the fraud. Probably, that was the time when Dr. Patel thought enough was enough.
The generally reticent governor, who is not known to be vocal like his predecessors, chose Gujarat National Law University in Gandhi nagar to deliver a speech in which he said banking regulation is not ownership neutral and that the banking regulators do not have much power to regulate public sector banks unlike private sector banks.
In particular, he said RBI did not have the powers to supersede the board of a public sector bank since they are notregistered under the Companies Act, unlike private sector banks. Coincidentally, 2018 was the year when several private sector banks incurred the RBI's displeasure for 'violating norms.'
Actions taken against these banks include from not agreeing to extend the tenure of the CEOs to freezing compensation.
Prompt Corrective Action framework was made stringent. The earlier PCA framework was rarely used to impose restriction. Under the new frame work ,restrictions were imposed on wholesale basis — as many as 11 out of 21 public sector banks are now under PCA — which made the government believe that credit growth would be impacted adversely in an election year.
Finally, the government decided to change its language. The never-used Section 7 of the RBI Act was referred for' consultation.' The next step would have been to issue 'directions' under the Act — a move that would have been interpreted as interfering with the central bank's autonomy
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Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa Salatu was salam, ala sherfield, MBA with mousseline mohammadu Rasulullah, sallallahu alayhi, wa aalihi, wa sahbihi, seldom at the Sleeman, kathira and casilla.
From abudu, mighty brothers sisters,
if I am asked to describe for you
a formula of success
for a Muslim
man, I will say that it consists of three words
identity, integrity, and courage,
identity, integrity, and courage. This is the formula for success,
frankly, for anybody in the world, but definitely for Muslims.
Now, you might say, Well,
why is it that you don't speak in terms of behavior? a code of conduct? For example, why don't you say that a Muslim who
does such and such or does not do such and such
will be successful? Why don't you talk about
behavior? I don't talk about behavior, because behavior is in the middle values, drive behavior, and behavior drives results. This is a slogan from GE, which
when I first heard it,
in 19,
what was it 1994.
In Croton Ville, when I first went to the G covered University, to audit a course and we accredited on it,
it really touched my heart and struck me values drive behavior, and behavior drives results. And I think that's a beautiful quote, and it is absolutely,
I think, very, very correct.
And that is something that I really want to present before you to ask you to consider that. No for yourselves.
Values drive behavior and behavior drives results.
The reason I'm talking about that I'm starting from there is because if you want
certain behaviors, then you must look at the values which drive that behavior.
For example, if you say that in a team setting, if you say that I want to have teams, which are collaborative
teams, where which are self
inspired, and self energized, I want teams where people take responsibility for their work, then we have to go to the values that create that behavior and the values that create that behavior.
For example, the value that people are worthy of respect.
That equality is not just in a name, but equality is in how we treat each other
that the value that operates again, another one is that others have something useful and valuable to offer
to me to succeed in the goal of the team, right? So there are these various values which produce the behavior, where you find team members trust one another.
they collaborate with one another, they help one another in order to succeed, and intra team competition does not have, right, I'm not against competition, I'm just saying competition within a team, which is really very
destructive, which is which is completely useless and very destructive.
So therefore,
it is something that we need to think about and say, What is what are the values that we want. So if you want to address as I said earlier, if you want to address behavior, you must first address the values that drive that behavior. Now without that, without that without addressing the values. Any behavior, you see, can be playacting.
People get pretty good at
this is what hypocrisy is built off or built upon, which is the ability to
act in ways which are politically correct, whether or not you believe with them, and that is the basis the fundamental
basis of lies.
So, any behavior without going if that does not arising out of a root core value is play acting, and pretension. Now, problem with that is that play acting cannot be sustained. And play acting is always seen through by everyone except the actor, and it completely destroys credibility. Totally.
So, let me talk about the values that Muslims must have.
The first value is
that of identity, who are you?
Let me take you back to where it all began,
which is when the sewer lines
stood on the hillock of Safa, and he called out to the people and he said was to Baja. And this was like a emergency call, people came running.
And they came running because they saw who was calling them.
And who was calling them. The one who was calling them was the one about whom
they knew that he never lied. That was the one to whom they had given the title of Assad, the whole I mean,
the truthful and the trustworthy.
He was the one who was calling them.
So they came,
and they came
running and they came rushing.
And when they came,
what did you tell them?
He reminded them of who they really are.
Some accepted that
some woke up to it and accepted it. Some continued to deny it.
What am I talking about? I'm talking about the message of also Salah, which was called Allah Illa Illa Allah autoflow
c'est la ilaha illAllah Muhammad Rasul Allah, c'est la, la la la. See, there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. And it's not an academic statement. It's not a statement that you are just making, pointing to somebody else.
When I say there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. Who am I talking about? I'm talking about myself as the abbot of Allah, as Abdullah.
When I say there is no one worthy of worship except Allah, then who do I worship? I worship Allah. Because there is no one worthy of worship except Allah.
I think this is very important to understand in this in this context, we are not just saying, for example, you're not saying Washington DC is the capital of the United States. No.
It's not a statement of Lyda Hill, Allah is not a Statement of Information. It's not academic data.
It is a statement, which is which reflects and which communicates and which talks about a relationship that we have
with Allah subhanaw taala.
When I say a shadow Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. I'm talking about myself. I'm bearing witness to that.
I'm standing up there and saying that I am saying this and I am the first
a one minute shady.
And the first one
among those who bear witness.
And I'm not saying I'm the first one because I'm the greatest because it begins with me.
My life begins with me, not for somebody else. So I am the first one in my life homes who say, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah.
So what did he do what was
Rasul? Allah says, Allah comes first
and greatest and most fundamental contribution to humanity and followers. It was to give us a sense of our real identity as about the law.
Abdullah Abdullah
that was the contribution. If you think about it, everything else emanates from that.
Why must you pray? Because you are above the law?
Why must you use the God because you are above the law?
Why must you control your anger? Because you are Abdullah? Why must you keep your tongue clean? Because you are above the law?
Why must you guard your eyesight? and not look at her? Because you are Abdullah?
Why should you be respectful to your elders? Because your agenda? Why should you be affectionate with the with your with your children, because you are of the law?
And anyway, why must you eat this? Why must you not eat that? Why must you earn in this way? Why must you not earn in that in the other way? Why must you go to this place? Why must you not go to that place? every single question of life has only one answer.
And that answer is because you are up the law or amatola.
How beautiful is that?
Think about that how utterly simple and immensely powerful
is there one single thing
and this is the
the nature of the message of the MBA was
simple, but immensely powerful.
It is something that does not require a PhD
doesn't require you to have a PhD to understand.
It is some It is not something that you need to have an IQ of 200 to understand.
It's not something that you have to go to university or school or college or whatever to understand. It is something that any living, walking, talking human being, meaning anyone who is artful and valid or anyone will not even bother will just ask
any person who has any intelligence, no matter how small or big, can understand absolutely perfectly without any problem, that I am the ABS of Allah subhanho wa Taala
that I am the AB the slave of the one who created me, the one who feeds me, the one who sustains me the one who protects me
and the one to whom is my ultimate return.
That there is nobody on the face of the earth who can help me or harm me.
If Allah subhanaw taala does not wish for that to happen.
It is from this feeling and his understanding of being being the abbot of Allah subhanho wa Taala that we have the Hadees or a source of Salah where he said Salah Holly he was he was
that the head is a hace where Allah subhanho wa Taala said that if all of mankind
and all the jinn
from the first of them to the last of them.
That means from Adam and Eve Salah to the last human being whoever he or she is from the first of the gym,
to the last of them whoever
he or she is
if they all collect and enjoy did I think about that in this first to the last
is every king and queen
is every Prince and Papa is every Nabhi and Russell
is everyone in between.
No one is exempted. No one is left up every scholar, every man.
Every good person, every bad person. All of them. If they simultaneously get together and gather in one place.
And then they all simultaneously make dua and ask Allah subhana wa Taala in this door for every single thing that they ever wanted.
All their room,
all their house, all their high shirt, everything they need and everything they want
without any boundary.
you if they all simultaneously all of them get together in one place. And simultaneously all of them ask for all that. They want a neat
Remember this is not just material, right? We're not talking here only about cars and planes know
all the knowledge
all the health and wealth, all the strength and power
all the beautiful relationships all the spouses and children and parents and whatnot
all the name and fame, all the beauty and you know you name it every single day, all of them get together and they ask for everything together. And unlike gives it to them instantaneously, at the same time,
it will not decrease
from the treasure of Allah Serrano tala. Even as much as
you're not comparing even here, it will not decrease from the treasure of Allah, even as much as the water that comes off on the tip of a needle. If you dip a needle into the ocean and take it out.
You if you actually dip a needle into the ocean and take it out, believe me.
What is on the tip of the needle is not even a micro drop.
Most of the time, you can't even see it with your with your naked eyes.
You probably need to put it under a lens to see.
And is it equal to that no Allah saying it is not even equal to that. If Allah gives everything
simultaneously to everybody,
it will not decrease from his treasures, even to that extent.
And that is Allah subhanho wa.
Rosa Mati.
zol, Jalla. livery kalaam Hi, you Yo, yo, buddy, osawa.
Harley Kusama.
This is Allah.
This is the one we worship when we say a chavela.
All I've ever witnessed that I worship only you and nobody else.
My brother sisters,
this is what
he just made one single change.
one tiny switch in the programming of the mind.
And that one tiny switch changed everything.
Every single thing.
You know our world today, especially for those who know a little bit of technology. And believe me, I know.
I don't even know the first tier of technology available. But even I know that the example I want to give of this is that you've got this whole pages and pages and pages and pages of code that you original, which runs a very complex process. And then you go and you change one letter of that code.
Right? One critical part of that code.
And you will find that that whole system
becomes enormously different. Completely different, enormously powerful, because of that one change. And similarly, you can have this fantastic system, and you make that one change. And holding collapses.
Hacking is actually based on this, isn't it?
One little change in the coding, and that's it. everything collapses, freezes, everything freezes, what used to work is dead.
All the data is stored is lost. You can't you can you cannot revert you cannot reverse it, you can't get it back.
That code is the halo law.
So the first and foremost thing to understand is that this is what he
did for us.
He gave people a sense of identity and that's why I began with a three things identity, integrity, courage.
So identity.
So my question to you, my brother and sisters, who are you as a Muslim?
And how does that set you apart from everyone else?
In what way? Does that make you special?
To give you an idea, you are a doctor, you are a medical professional. You are You are a physician.
So are 10 million others? What sets you apart? Because you are a Muslim physician?
And again, remember, don't tell me. I'm a Muslim physician because I have a beard. No.
I'm not talking about your personal practice of Islam. I'm talking about the effect of that personal brand of Islam on others. How do others experience you as a Muslim doctor, different from how they experience somebody else who's not a Muslim doctor. Both are doctors. Both are highly competent. You're not talking about competence. You're not talking about personal appearance. We are not I can't say that I am a better Muslim doctor because I pray five times a day No.
Your prayer five times a day is between you and Allah subhanaw taala if you read if you did not do that, you will not even be Muslim in the first place for a doctor or not.
The one who deliberately knowingly consciously rejects and does not pray, reject salah and does not pray has existed has exited from Islam. Not by fatwa Rasul Allah says Sallam said this.
He said something.
I had a lady by Nana verbena whom a Salah foreman arada called Guevara. Oh kumbhakarna alayhi salatu salam, he said the I had the boundary line, the differentiator,
the thing that sets us apart between us and them, meaning between Muslims and non Muslims is the Salah, the one who lives it has committed, Cofer has left Islam.
I'm not talking about that. I am talking about because I'm a Muslim because I pray because blah, blah, blah.
When I interact with my patients,
how's that different from how a non Muslim Doctor Who has the same competence and level of experience on as I do have?
What's the difference? That difference will be on the basis of my Islam? How does my Islam set me apart? What How does it make me special, not superior for you to feel arrogant about, but special in terms of the responsibility it bestows on you and which it is your honor to uphold until your last breath.
The responsibility that Islam gives you that is the meaning of identity.
This is something which must be felt in the deepest core of our being.
And it is something which will be visible in all our actions. The sense of identity.
The sense of identity is not a bunch of words concocted by some wordsmith for you to make speeches on.
It is the core of your being.
It is what you live by.
And what you are willing to die for.
And it is what you live by, and what you're willing to die for.
It may not even you may not even be able to state this eloquently doesn't matter.
What matters is how much you feel it and what it will enable and strengthen you to do
this is what does have a had those who accepted Islam, the reason why they were so completely and totally committed to Islam the reason why this stuck to Islam the reason why they became so enormously strong on Islam instantaneously. How many years of Serbia and how many years of Saskia to knifes and how many years of the hedgerow than how many years and and how many million times of zeker did sumaiya been to yet rhodiola when I have before she went to Allah subhanho wa Taala at the hands of the Malarone I will gel as the first Shaheed in Islam.
How many how many years? Yours
may not even have been days.
What about a husband about the alano
yasawa, the
same story.
How many years of mosquito knifes and how many years of of Zohan it
will have.
Before he became
so strong in Islam,
that about him he just said ba, ba, ba, ba ba.
His level and his standard is after the first among the believers siddik or the Ella Han
is not a question of number of years.
It is a question of having this identity issue solved
firmly in their lives.
Take the sabarimala helmet may take any of them
men and women.
Same situation.
The Cobra delana our mother
what is it that enabled this lady
to literally
completely destitute herself, completely beggars life completely take all her considerable wealth
and give it to her husband to spend in the path of Allah?
What enabled her to spend all our wealth
in the line of the work of our husband? mohammadu Rasul Allah is Allah is Allah.
And this is what enabled her and gave her the position. That one day rustlers are salami sitting
in his house in Makkah.
And Julius ROM comes
and he says, jasola your wife Khadija is about to come through that door with something for you.
When she comes, please give her my Salaam
and then tell her
that her Raj Jalla Jalla wa Allah subhanho wa Taala send his Salam on her are the Allahu Allah
and run a Khadija delana came in rasulillah salam Salam told her this. He said jabril is here Allah is Allah and he's saying salam to you
and he has come to inform you
that your Rabbi Allah subhanho wa Taala
is sending Salah Manu
What was that?
That was that sense of identity of Who am I?
Am what what would she have told you? If you had asked her?
She would have told you I am a Muslim.
inshallah. inshallah This is what you were told I am a Muslim.
What sets you apart from anyone else in the world, that I am a Muslim.
I worship by Rob gelato, alone and not anybody else. And that's why I said it's not a matter of making a eloquent statement. It's not a matter of giving a speech. It's a matter of knowing in the core of your being who you are, and living your life according to that.
And that is why last word that I said in the Latina girl, Robin Allah who must accommo
I said these are the people that I said these are the people who said Allah is our
upon Allah, so muster calm and they had this the Ramadan that and they were stood steadfast on that.
sense of identity.
So what matters is not whether you can make an eloquent statement.
What matters is how much you feel it and what will it enable and strengthen you too do
my brother just to remind myself I knew that your identity is your brand. It is your signature, it is your face.
It is who you are.
And far more importantly, it is the why.
Why are you this? Because I am Abdullah
your identity is what people see when they
See you or experience you in any way.
It is like the color of your skin, like the color of your skin.
You don't have to tell people what it is, they can see it the minute the see you.
That is the meaning of identity.
Identity is the thing that
you are aware of instantly
as long as you want to wear meaning that if somebody wakes you up in the middle of the night and you open your eyes, the first thing you are aware of is your identity. And you search our Laila hi Lola Warszawa Mohammed Rasulullah
This is what will happen when you go into your cover inshallah, when you go into your cover with the identity that you are Muslim, then when
Mancha come and wake you up, you will wake up by saying hi Lola wash
and that's why I advise you and I try to practice it myself that when you go to bed in the night before you go to sleep
finish the Oscar
finish all the
vigor that resources are taught us to make read sort of size the resource of milk
and then do the car.
Either corsi
does Wi Fi to me
that's what he calls
the last Wyatt of sort of Bukhara from from another soul to the end
Finish all this
and then say Shall I Lola, or shadow no harm others
and then go to sleep. And when you wake up, also do that consciously. Remind yourself to do it a few times and inshallah this will become reflex.
So anytime you wake up in the night, tshabalala Allah Allah Allah, Allah
then ask Allah Subhana Allah inshallah,
when we are woken up in our cover, we will settle the lie Lola.
And when the sword is blown, and when we are woken up again from our cover, to go to the gathering place,
we will wake up by saying, I shall lie Lola.
This is the sense of identity
that I want to share with you. This is what our solar system did. This is what Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam did, this is what he helped his hava redonda help him his main to develop in themselves to develop a sense of identity, where when they whatever they did in life, they did it with the understanding, and from the standpoint that they were Muslim.
And that's the reason why they were able to stand so firmly
in the face of all kinds of trials and tribulations.
All kinds of rather demolitions. You know, today hamdulillah. Some of us tend to feel that the tests we face
in our lives,
especially the youth, we tend to feel that these tests are the toughest ever. The most difficult test that anybody has ever felt. We feel also sometimes I'm overstate also. And Angela, sometimes I have also mentioned this, which is that the tests that the youth feel today are even more difficult than the test at the cyber field.
me a lot Forgive me for saying that. Because one of the realities is
that first of all, every generation feels that what they are going through is the most difficult and that no one went through that before them. Now that's almost by definition that is incorrect. Because everything is in context.
What is difficult for our generation is in the context of our generation.
But what was difficult for the Sahaba
was something else.
We think we have difficult tests. Tell me how many of us
because of our Islam, because we said Asha Allah Allah Allah Allah, Masha Allah Muhammad Rasul
How many of us were laid down?
on our backs on a bed of burning charcoal?
Is that happened to me did happen to you? May Allah protect you and me from this? Did someone take off our shirt and put us there?
So I want to know that I asked about him in the law of the land.
Because he was the one
who was among those who were tortured
by the mushrikeen omaka.
Because they said, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, Allah, sense of identity.
So say that I wanted to ask him, he said,
What did they do to you?
So then what are the hubbub now a lot of Delano, he removed his shirt.
He doesn't, he turned, he turned his back to Southern Omar. And he lifted his shirt. So that a lot of Delano said I have never seen a back like that.
He says his back was an absolute nightmare.
I've never seen a back like that.
It was pitted completely and which is impossible to describe. By looking at that back.
He said, you could imagine the kind of torture the kind of difficulty the kind of pain that the man must have suffered.
And above the law of generosity that they used to take on my church.
And they will put me on this bed of burning coals.
And the fire would die
with my melted fat and blood from my body.
So those who feel that their tests are the most difficult. Think about this. When was the last time this happened to you?
And if you think that your test is difficult, what do you say about this test within this was easy.
Using what you are facing is more difficult than that?
What would you say about the one again, they would take off his clothes.
And they would put him on the burning sands of the desert.
Right? We live here in this nice, cold temperate climate of Massachusetts.
Have you ever walked barefoot? in Makkah?
an almost created called myself permanent injury.
I didn't do it deliberately. I just lost my slippers.
They would lay him
on that sand
and rocks and Zen. And that wasn't enough.
The way I've been half
who was his master?
His slave owner
would plays a big rock on his chest.
And sometimes would that they would drag him they would tie ropes to his legs and drag it
And you might have been salvaged to say
recant can't leave Islam. And I will for you.
And what was the the response of Bilal Avalon used to say, I had a I had a I had
many years later.
Somebody asked him
why did you do that? Why did you keep saying I had to? I had to I had?
He said because it used to make that Maya very mad. It used to drive him crazy. He would become insane with anger.
I think about that. Here. Are you in a state of complete helplessness. You can't help yourself. You can't protect yourself. And it's not because they didn't have the courage or didn't have the strength. He had all the garbage in the world.
He did have strength because he was one man and they were you know omiya wasn't doing this alone. He had people around him.
So already you are in that situation. The normal tendency is what how can I relieve this? Okay, I'm not going to recant. Now, I'm not going to leave Islam, but at least let me try to keep this guy you know, keep his anger down.
So it doesn't bother me too much. It doesn't bother him more than what he's doing already.
not say that I will say that I will say I want to make him more more angry.
I want there to be no doubt whatsoever in the mind of anybody to say who am I? I am Muslim.
I am the Abdul Ahad
I am Abdullah.
all who Allah who I had
when I am
hubs of the Annette
so he's to say he said, I used to say it because I knew that made him most angry, because he workers you do he will do even more.
And I kept saying after that
another than they asked him what was the most beautiful time of your life? What is it that you really really what which time of your life? Do you really enjoy yourself? He said when I used to be placed naked without my shirt
on the burning sand. And they would place a rock on my chest. And they would beat me and they would say, leave us now and I would say I have done. I have done that. That was the most beautiful time of my life.
What's he doing?
He's establishing his identity
as a Muslim.
That's why I said yeah below.
When I went to Mirage
I heard your footsteps in Jannah.
And I sort of said that I will enter Jenna Templeton for those who Allah May Allah grant that we entered them so for those who Allah behind Rasul Allah, Allah, but as soon as I said I will enter agenda for those who Allah, I will be mounted on a camel and my camel will be led by Bill Albion Allah one.
So even though sort of SRM is the first person to enter Jana Belbin, Roberto delana, will lead his government agenda.
Why? Because he was a Muslim
sisters more later, but for today, identity, and that's why I want you
when you finish this lecture, go stand in front of a mirror, look at yourself
and ask, Who are you?
answer that question for yourself.
And the answer is, I'm a Muslim, but that's not an answer you are going to give because you heard me saying that that is an answer that is going to come out from inside your heart
to say Who are you and listen for the answer from inside your heart. And may Allah grant that you hear the answer from inside your heart. I am Muslim. I am a Muslim
robinus alumna Fasano Willem de
una casa de robina fulfill another Nobunaga film now so yeah, denodo Phantom alibre yada yada yada
yada shaniqua Lola
Salahuddin Abdul Karim Ali he was always been burrata Gamora Hamid wa salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.


A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Hon. Bola Ilori has said the National leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was the one who instructed them to join the Alliance for Democracy.
According to Ilori, Tinubu's decision was taken following the way he was treated on the party's governorship primary election which was upheld on September 3, by the national executive committee members, led by Chief John Oyegun.
It will be recalled that Tinubu had been reportedly supporting one of the aspirants, Mr. Segun Abraham to become the party's candidate, ahead of the November 26, gubernatorial election in Ondo State.
But, his anointed aspirant came second with 635 votes, while Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, was declared winner with 669 votes.
Ilori, who is a stunched supporter of another aspirant, Chief Olusola Oke was said to have raised alarm over alleged padding of the delegates' list.
But their action failed as the APC NWC threw out the report of the Appeal panel on the ground that the committee did a shady job.
However, Oke has defected to AD and is expected to fly the flag of the party in the coming poll.
Ilori, who spoke on TVC political programme said "I don't know APC before; it was Asiwaju Tinubu that said we should move to APC and we did.
"He has said AD is the option now; even If he said AA we won't look back before we move to the party.
"All they are doing in the National headquarters of the party is Anti-Tinubu policies; not in Ondo alone but also in Kogi, Edo, Ogun and other parts of the country.
"Let Oyegun resign first and the problem of the party will be drastically reduced.
"Some people said it is because I want to be deputy governor at all cost. No! No! that is not true, we are fighting for what is not right.
"The younger generation of the party is bitter with what is happening in the party, we don't have option than to move out.
"Some people are using president Buhari's name to do the evil but I don't know why the President kept silent.


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Antis is a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band.

Name

Literally, "antis" means "duck" in Lithuanian, but is also a colloquial term, a short for "newspaper duck", which in several European languages means a false newspaper report, a canard. Algirdas Kaušpėdas has stated in an interview that the latter was the intended meaning. Additionally, being a play on the name of the official Soviet-era newspaper "Tiesa" ("Truth", a calque of the official Soviet communist newspaper Pravda), the name alluded to the biased reporting and truth-bending in Eastern Bloc media. The cover of the band's 1987 album displays the name "Antis" assembled from cut-out letters of Tiesas logo, with a matching N added. According to Kaušpėdas, contrary to popular belief, "Antis" was not originally intended to read as "Anti-S" in order to stand for "Anti-Soviet" . However, upon first hearing the name being interpreted in this way, he found it appropriate and did not object.

History

Establishment
In 1986, in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternative music explosion in Lithuania. Before then, all "western low-quality music" was officially forbidden, with lists of proscribed bands including Ramones, AC/DC and Alice Cooper.

Algirdas "Pablo" Kaušpėdas founded Antis in 1984 as a joke to entertain attendees at a New Year party that he organised for the architects' union in Kaunas. The band's performance was such a success that word of it spread all over Lithuania. Antis was a politically motivated band that played proscribed music in several styles, including ska. They also wrote their own songs with jaunty horns and witty ironic lyrics. In January 1986, a horn section from Vilnius joined the band and Petras "Sniegius" Ubartas (another architect who was a composer, trumpeter and guitarist) took over the musical leadership of the band so that Pablo could concentrate on lyrics and promotion. Antis was invited to play at the semi-underground festival at Vilnius University and at similar events.

Gaining popularity

At the Lituanica '86 festival Antis's performance overshadowed those of the headline Russian rock stars Aquarium and Bravo. The subsequent publicity turned Antis into a national sensation and they became known as one of the best rock bands in the whole of the former Soviet Union. Antis grew to such popularity that their audiences numbered hundreds of thousands. They toured most of Europe and the United States.

Algirdas Kaušpėdas designed a dramatic live show with painted faces, besuited musicians, motorbikes, and spaceship models on stage. The band made three video clips, which were later used in the 1986 musical film Kažkas Atsitiko (Something Happened). Kaušpėdas' lyrics were sharply critical of the Soviet regime; an appealing stance for many people during Perestroika. Personnel changes improved the band's musicianship and their music became more sophisticated. Early Antis was heavily influenced by Talking Heads. One of their biggest hits was a cover version of a Men at Work song. Later Sniegius added sounds derived from the work of Frank Zappa.

At the end of 1986 Antis recorded their eponymous debut album at Melodya's Vilnius studio. The self-titled LP was released in 1987 and became one of the best-sold records in Lithuania. Their second album was recorded in 1988 in the CCS studio in Warsaw. The band planned to release this independently but Melodya objected and the ensuing litigation delayed release by a year. The last recording session took place in a Vilnius studio in 1988. Those songs with some selected numbers from the Warsaw session appeared as Anties Dovanėlė (Antis's Present) in 1989.

Disbanding
Antis gave their final tours in the second half of 1989 and early 1990 including appearances at festivals in Italy, Austria, Germany, France and USA, where they participated at the NY New Music Seminar and played at the CBGB. In 1990 Algirdas Kaušpėdas quit music for politics and then returned to architecture. The rest of the band continued rehearsing and composing, and auditioned some new vocalists but Pablo proved to have been the heart of the band, so they broke up. Some members left the music business and others joined other projects. Kaušpėdas manages a design company and is still an important figure in Lithuanian music and culture.

Aftermath
In 1994 Zona/BMK released two Antis microcassettes. The EP Bjaurioji Antis (Ugly Antis) included the earliest amateur recordings from Kaunas, before the arrival of the horns. Retas Paukštis (Rare Bird) contained all the songs that had not been released on the Melodya albums. The final album, Geriausios Dainos, was a "best of" compilation, released on CD and MC formats by Zona/BMK in May 1995.

Algirdas Kaušpėdas formed the Antis Orchestra briefly in 1996 using past members and session musicians to recreate the Antis sound for three open-air concerts as part of the Lithuanian Rock March. Most of the original members also reformed briefly in 2003 to promote the release by Zona of most Antis recordings on four CDs (Kažkas atsitiko, Antis, Ša! and Dovanėlė) and a box-set Visa Antis.

The band was a subject of Giedrė Žickytė's 2011 documentary .

Resurrection
After 17 years of silence (the last album having been released in 1990), the band released Ančių dainos (Songs of Ducks) on 16 December 2007. Initial album sales beat the expectations and became best-selling album by Antis. The band played their official farewell concert on July 5, 2016 at Trakai Island Castle, followed by another performance the next day at Raudondvaris Castle, ending the story of Antis where it had begun.

Members
Algirdas Kaušpėdas
Petras Ubartas
Vaclovas Augustinas (keyboards, vocal) (born 1959) played in Saules laikrodis before joining Antis. Since 1992 he has been chief conductor and artistic director of the Vilnius Municipality Choir Jauna muzika.
Linas Buda (Drummer) (born 1962 in Kaunas) played in Roko laboratorija before joining Antis. In 1988 he joined the jazz quartet Sasnauskas.
Gintautas Rakauskas (bass, guitar) (born 1958 in Kaunas) founder of Saules laikrodis played in Roko laboratorija before joining Antis.
 Chupem Antis

DiscographyAntis (1987; LP ''Melodija''; remastered CD 2003 ''Zona''. The first official album which reached a huge success.Re-released in 2003)Anties Dovanėlė (1989; LP ''Melodija''; remastered CD 2003 ''Zona'')Geriausios Dainos (1995; CD,MC ''Zona''; remastered CD 2006 ''Zona''. The compilation of the best and never released before songs. The first Antis album in CD format )Ša! (2003; CD ''Zona''. This was an album which contained the remastered records from 1988–89 years)Kažkas Atsitiko (2003; CD ''Zona''.The earliest band records from the approx. period of 1985-86 released in remastered sound)Visa Antis (2003; 4CD Box-set.''Zona''. The compilation that includes all the previously recorded material re-released in remastered sound)Antis Gyva (2005; DVD ''Zona''. The first Antis DVD; it contains the full show recorded in 2003)Ančių Dainos (2007; CD ''MP3 Shownet''. The first new studio album after Antis disbanded in 1990)Rugpjūčio 33 (2009; DVD ''MP3''. Live concert, recorded in 2008)Zuikis Pleibojus (2009; CD ''MP3''.The second album from the new Antis musical period. It contains the songs from the so-called musical utopia under the same title)Baisiai džiugu (2013; CD ''MP3''. The latest and probably the last studio album. The singles from this album reached a great success)2XDuck!'' (2013; CD+DVD ''MP3''. The live album recorded in 2013. Contains the full show that represented a new album ''Baisiai Džiugu'' released in the same years)Zombiai, Atrieda atidunda! (2015; CD+DVD ''MP3''. The live album dedicated to the band's 30 years anniversary tour. Technically the best Lithuanian music DVD)Geriausios Dainos 2''' (2016; CD+DVD ''MP3''. The compilation of the best songs from the second active band's period which lasted from 2007 to 2016. Also contains the video from the last concert, recorded in July, 2016)

See also
Lithuanian rock
Music of Lithuania

References

External links

Official website

Musical groups established in 1986
Lithuanian rock music groups
1986 establishments in the Soviet Union
Soviet rock music groups
Lithuanian post-punk music groups

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Norazaliza, Mohd Jamil (2015) Mathematical modeling and simulation of biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. PhD thesis, University of South Carolina.
Renewable energy or biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass is an alternative way to replace the depleting fossil fuels. The production cost can be reduced by increasing the concentration of biomass particles. However, lignocellulosic biomass is a suspension of natural fibers, and processing at high solid concentration is a challenging task because it will affect the mixing quality between enzyme and cellulose particles and the generation of sugars. Thus, understanding factors that affect the rheology of biomass suspension is crucial in order to maximize the production at a minimum cost. Our aim is to develop a solution strategy for the modeling and simulation of high solid concentration of biomass suspension during enzymatic hydrolysis. Also, we intend to develop a multi-scale model for enzymatic hydrolysis that captures the reaction kinetics of cellulose chains in PBE form, cellulose rod orientation and interaction, as well as hydrodynamics and plasticity of the biomass mixture. We extended and improved the established kinetic model proposed by Griggs et al. [Griggs et al., 2012a]. We built the reduced order models by ignoring significantly small terms and determined the approximate solutions by employing asymptotic analysis method. Liquid crystal theory was adopted to study the cellulose fibers. The complete model was solved using DAE-QMOM technique in finite-element software package, COMSOL. Essentially, we made a clear connection between microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic properties of biomass slurries undergoing enzymatic hydrolysis. The results show that the quality of mixing within a reactor is crucial in optimizing the hydrolysis product. Also, the biomass suspension shows non-Newtonian behaviors such as shear thinning, yield stress, and normal stress difference, which is in agreement with experimental results. The extended model improved the predictive capabilities, hence increased our understanding on the behavior of biomass suspension.


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Stories of how Philadelphia's Gayborhood came to be, featuring photos, artifacts and documents from the John J. Wilcox Jr. LGBT Archives.
. . . and what about the Venture Inn?
by ilcorago
There are probably more stories about the history of the Venture Inn at 255 S Camac St. than about any other gay bar in Philadelphia. The stories run like this: "It was the stable of the house owned by the Barrymores," "It was part of the Underground Railroad," "It was already a popular eating and drinking spot by the time of the 1876 Centennial."
What's the truth?
HAZEL ALLEY
For some reason, the two block length of Camac Street running from Walnut to Spruce was developed by about 1800, much earlier than the surrounding blocks. About 1813, the street appears in directories as Hazel Alley, then a bit later as Dean's Alley and by the end of that decade as Dean Street. It would remain Dean Street for most of the 19th century, until about 1898, when the hodge podge of street names in Philadelphia were regularized. It was then renamed Camac, because it was in a line with Camac Street which ran above Master Street in North Philadelphia. I cut down Camac St. whenever I'm walking in the area. It's a lovely street; most of the row of houses on the north side of Camac between Locust and Spruce Streets date from the early 1820s. The Venture Inn, at 255 S Camac, was originally the stable to 217 Spruce Street and was built a bit later, in the 1830s. In the picture, left, from 1900, the Renaissance-inspired circular relief of the infant on the northern wall that we still see today is visible. It's copied from decorations on the 1419 Ospedale degli Innocenti orphanage in Florence. I'd love to know why it's there and when it was put on.
Let's start with the Barrymore legend. The story seems date back to an article that appeared in the 1937 WPA Guide to Philadelphia. The Guide stated that John Barrymore's grandparents, Louisa and John Drew, lived at 255 S Camac St. in the 1850s. There are problems with that. Not only was 255 definitely still a stable then, but city directories list the Drews as living further north, on Buttonwood Street, in that period. Perhaps the story had something to do with the nearby Barrymore Apartments at 238 Camac Street, which were built around the time the Guide was written. No Barrymores ever lived there, either.
CAMAC STREET UNDERGROUND
In the 1850s and early 1860s, when the Underground Railroad was most active, 1217 Spruce Street and the stable behind were owned by the Harrison family, who were well-to-do manufacturers of chemicals and the white lead used in paint, above. The grandfather Thomas Harrison, was indeed a Quaker and a member of the abolitionist society in Philadelphia. The photo, left, is of his grandson Thomas, who was living at 1217 Spruce St. in the late 1850s. Was he or the family involved with hiding fugitive slaves? Possibly; but there are several things to consider. First, although all Quakers were abolitionists, only a small minority of Quaker families were ever involved in the Underground Railroad. Second, despite the use of the term "underground," the network usually did not involve actual tunnels like those that exist on Camac Street. There are many tunnels scattered throughout Center City. The fact is that most of them were used to hide illegal Prohibition hooch and not fugitive slaves. Lastly, by the 1850s, the Harrisons were two generations removed from their abolitionist grandfather. All of that being said, if there is a link between the Venture Inn building and the Underground Railroad network, the most likely one would be through the Harrison family.
A RECTORY
From 1889 to 1902, 1217 Spruce Street was the home of Civil War veteran Reverend Leverett Bradley. The Rev. Bradley, right, was the rector of St. Luke's Church a block away on 13th St. In 1898, under his rectorship, the parish of St. Luke combined with the congregation of the Church of the Epiphany on Chestnut and 15th Streets to become the gay-friendly Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany that we know today.
After the ill Rev. Bradley moved out in 1902, the former Spruce St. rectory became home to Dr. Ernest Kelsey and his two daughters who entertained there regularly, giving afternoon teas and luncheons to other families listed in Philadelphia society's "Blue Book." In 1908, Kelsey had work done on the back stable, putting in a new door and windows to make the space more usable. It also gets its own address: 255 S Camac St. From here on the story of the house and the stable diverge.
TEA ROOM, GARDENS & BOOKSTORE
By 1911, Inquirer employment ads appear that read "Laundresses, housemaids waiters and cooks wanted. Miss Platz at the German Scandinavian Office at 255 S Camac, between 12th and 13th." Miss Platz ran her employment service "for white Protestants " there until the fall of 1916.
In 1919, entrepreneur Blanche L. James opened 255 S Camac St. as the Venture Tea Room. This is the first time that the building houses any kind of restaurant. The postcard, below, from the Free Library's collection, shows the interior of the Venture Tea Room and Art Shop in the early 1920s.
It's possible that the post card ended up in the Free Library collection because the Special Libraries Council of Philadelphia regularly dined there before their meetings. Tea rooms in the 1920s were places run by independent, short skirt wearing "new" women who could show off both their self-reliance and their Bohemian flair, selling handcrafted bric-a-brac, antiques and curiosities along with tea and dainty cucumber luncheon sandwiches. From 1925 on, Blanche partnered with Corinne Meyers and Rose Kessler, running the Venture Bookshop, Gardens and Tea Room a block north at 201 S Camac, (the building that later became the Camac Baths.) A 1928 tourist guide book called it "A Droll Little Building in White."
THE VENTURE INN
In 1931, now owned by George and Helen Cappo, the restaurant was first advertised as the Venture Inn. After World War II it is run by Dick Nolan and, like so many other small restaurants and bars in the Washington West area, it was a "musical bar," serving up food, drinks and live entertainment. The featured pianist there through the 1940s was Temple graduate Charles Swier, left, top row, second from the right, who sang with a vocal trio called "The Three Dandies," wrote several musical comedies with Beaumont Breustle and had a show on KYW radio with vocalist Patti Marsh.
During the 1950s and '60s, the Venture Inn became a Center City hangout for college age kids, see photo below, right from 1951. Interviews I've conducted with older gay men from the William Way Center's "Silver Foxes" confirm that fact. In 1962, a Philadelphia Magazine article about Philadelphia's gay subculture called "The Furtive Fraternity," listed the Venture Inn among the bars in the city which were places that homosexuals frequented. This was the first mention I've found of the Venture Inn as having any gay clientele.
THE INN COMES OUT
In 1973 the Venture Inn went from being a "gay friendly" bar to being a gay bar, when it was bought by Hans Lang, who had previously owned The Midway on 12th Street, which is iCandy today. See an early ad for the Venture Inn, above. Since 1973, the Venture Inn has been well known both as a gay bar and a restaurant.
In May of 1977, the business came under the ownership of Ted Wasserman, photo left, Ted's in the center. Ted would operate the Inn for the next 30 years. By 2000 both the building and the clientele were beginning to show their age and the Venture got a reputation as attracting an "older crowd." In 2004, rumors floated around that Ted was looking to sell. The business didn't change hands until 2007, when Bob Berkowitz, the present owner, took over. Bob brought in a new kitchen staff and got the place and the business back on its feet – in 2008, the Venture Inn won the Philadelphia Rainbow Award for best Bar/Pub.
The stucco façade of the Venture Inn has just been totally refurbished and painted a medium gray with a new navy blue awning over the door. It really looks great; it's worth a walk down charming Camac Street just to see.
So, what's the truth?
The Venture Inn does have a long and unique history; not a Barrymore in sight, but, yes, possibly an Underground Railroad connection. In any case, I doubt that any other U.S. city can boast a gay bar that's tucked a way on a 200 year old side street and is housed in a building that had been a stable to Quaker abolitionists and a Prohibition era tea room.
• You can see the fifteenth century Andrea della Robbia terracotta tondi on the loggia of the Ospedale degli Innocenti here.
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10 Comments to ". . . and what about the Venture Inn?"
ilcorago says:
Anita, many tunnels were used to connect buildings with other nearby buildings and some were just for for storage. Some of them were built long before Prohibition. I know there's a tunnel under St James St. that goes from the Walnut Square Apartments on the SE corner of 13th and Walnut to the building at 201 S Camac, which housed the laundry and power facility to the Apartments when they were the St James Hotel. I think a more research on old tunnels in Philadelphia would turn up more information.
Buildings Then and Now: A Venture Inn-to legend | Philadelphia Real Estate Blog says:
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Yet Another Mike says:
Some more re: Barrymore… This story's middle act has some details that may be less embellished than its curtain raiser: http://tinyurl.com/areqpv6
Mike – It's a nice story, but unfortunately, like the alleged Barrymore link to the Venture Inn, I think it's simply not true. I've gone through city directories and as far as I can tell, John Barrymore never lived on Camac Steet. 238 S Camac, (or Dean as it was called then,) was home to a Classical Institute, (a school for boys) through most of the 19th century. For the first few decades of the 20th century, in keeping with the new, artistic atmosphere of Camac St., it was the studio of nationally known photographer William H. Rau who died in 1920. Rau made a name photogrpahing railroads, world's fairs and presidents. It was combined with the building next door and made into apartments only in the 1940s, leaving only the 1920s or 30s as a possible window of time when John Barrymore could have lived there. By the 1920s, Barrymore was an acclaimed stage and film actor, living in Hollywood and travelling extensively. I'd bet the story that Barrymore lived at 238 S. Camac St. simply came from the coincidental name of the building. I'd love to be proven wrong.
Dirty Gertrude (@DirtyGert) says:
I really want to see more about the tunnels under Camac street
I'm hoping to get a look myself one day!
Mickey Hernandez says:
What has become of this place since it closed?
Good Question. Over a year ago an awning saying "X Bar" appeared over the door, but nothing's happened.
seymourblogger says:
Reblogged this on seymourblogger and commented:
I saw ErrolGarner there in 1953 and he told. me togt u[ on the piano and sing with him, I was too shy
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The virus is likely to be a mild H7 variant.
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By Andrew Waite, February 20, 2016	| More in Effects and Processors
Everybody likes gadgets, and guitarists are no different.
What starts as a quest for the perfect lifelong guitar might well end in an impressive collection. You might even buy yourself several different amps over your playing career.
Arguably, the most fun you can have, though, is experimenting with the multitude of those fun, coloured effects pedals.
If you've listened to any modern recording from the 1950s to present day, you have no doubt heard an effect used on a guitar. Guitar effects began with early amplifier manufacturers incorporating built-in enhancements such as reverb, vibrato, and tremolo, into their flagship model designs.
The first vibrato: Rickenbacker's Vibrola Spanish Guitar (1935). Inside was a motor, flywheel, pulleys, and electronics. When overheated, smoke came out the airholes.
Artists increasingly began to use these effects to create some of the most memorable soundscapes of their time, from the reverb soaked sounds of "Apache" by The Shadows, the pulsing tremolo of "Rebel Rouser" by Duane Eddy, to the psychedelically soaked vibrato of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", by … oh, some famous Brits. The early 1960's saw the emergence of portable standalone versions of these effects, and the concept of effects pedals was born.
This article will explore the main types of pedal effects, their musical purpose and give you some basic insight in order to determine where you should start on your tone quest.
Do you have an amp that's just not singing like it should? Do you need more sustain, grit, aggression, or are you simply looking for a full on, face melting sound? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you're likely in the market for a gain pedal. From subtle simulated tube overdrive, to metallic saturation, these pedals are sure to make your amp "go to eleven."
Fuzz: Designed as the first floor effects unit, fuzz is widely considered the grandfather of gain. This effect was originally achieved by overdriving tube amplifiers until they sounded like they were about to explode, or alternatively, players would sometimes even slash their speakers cones to create that signature tone. Thankfully, with the affordability of effects pedals, users wanting to achieve this sound can now do so without risking damage to their amp. Fuzz is often used to add a chunky, thick, harmonically rich layer on top of lead guitar lines, and can be heard on songs such as "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones, "Foxy Lady" by Jimi Hendrix and "Howlin' for You" by The Black Keys. Fuzz is of a simple design and usually consists of only Gain and Volume knobs, which allow the user to dial in the amount of effected tone.
FUZZ PEDAL PICKS:
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff
Dunlop Fuzzface (FFM3)
RAT Distortion Pedal
Overdrive: Overdrive is one of the most common effects a guitarist might add to his or her arsenal. Think about that sweet tone that your tube amp achieves when it's just on the cusp of breakup, when the amp seems to breathe new life and gets that creamy sustain. This is called natural overdrive. Unfortunately, not everyone is in a position to turn an amp up loud enough to get this effect, thus the overdrive pedal. Usually these are used to add richness to rhythm guitar passages and give you that biting lead tone on your solos. Other applications for this pedal are using it as a boost to take your already overdriven amp to the next level. Think Stevie Ray Vaughn's signature barking blues.
OVERDRIVE PEDAL PICKS:
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
Distortion: Simply put, these pedals are meant to take your guitar tone from plain to insane! A staple in modern rock, distortion is an effect that positions itself, gain structure wise, somewhere between overdrive and fuzz. Distortion is the sound of your amp surpassing the natural overdrive stage to a point where it reaches a higher level of saturation, thickness and crunch. There are many distortion pedals available, some marketed as having genre specific sounds, and others which are designed to emulate the specific tones of classic amplifiers of both yesterday and today. Classic examples of distortion can be heard on "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, "Back in Black" by AC/DC and "Bark at the Moon" by Ozzy Osbourne. For those ready to rock, you'll want this sound!
DISTORTION PEDAL PICKS:
Boss DS1
MXR M-75
Mesa Boogie Throttle Box
DYNAMIC EFFECTS
Compressor: Long considered the secret weapon of the Nashville session player, compression is called a dynamic effect because it alters the volume or output of your amplifier/guitar combo in some way. The basic function of a compressor is that it makes louder sounds quieter and quieter sounds louder, all while increasing overall sustain, thus enabling you to have total control over the output of your instrument. Ever wonder how monster players like Mark Knopfler or Brent Mason achieve that bell-like chime and amazing articulation? The answer is lots practice and a great floor compressor!
COMPRESSOR PEDAL PICKS:
MXR M102
Diamond D-Drive
Wah Wah: Introduced shortly after the first fuzz pedal, the wah is a great example of a classic floor effects unit. Funk, R&B, Disco, Metal, Blues and Rock all make great use of this effect, thus rendering it one of the most universally usable effects without genre limitation. This pedal is designed to have the user operate it by rocking his or her foot back and forth across the treadle, which controls an internal pot similar to the tone pot in your electric guitar. The sound that is created by traveling back and forth through a wide frequency spectrum is called "wah wah" and sounds similar to human vocalization. Listen to "Voodoo Child" by Jimi Hendrix or the solo section in "We Will Rock You" by Queen, and the effect will be instantly recognizable.
WAH PEDAL PICKS:
Dunlop Original Crybaby
Vox V845 Wah
Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah
Chorus/Phaser/Flanger:
These modulation effects are all variations of one another, so let's find out what makes them different. A modulated effect is essentially an audio signal that is affected by adding a secondary audio source into the signal path to create an unusual sounding result.
Chorus, often used with a clean guitar tone as its base, combines your original signal with an ever so slightly detuned secondary reproduction of that same signal to widen or plump up the resulting tone. Some people describe this as a lush, dreamy, shimmering, or even watery sound. Widely popular, especially in the 1980's, this effect can be heard on many recordings from The Police and Prince.
CHORUS PEDAL PICKS:
Boss CE-5
T.C. Corona Chorus
MXR M234 Analog Chorus
Phaser, also known as a phase shifter, employs a technology that allows for the altering of the phase of one portion of your guitar signal. Essentially what this means is that the pedal is creating peaks and valleys in your audio path, which result in a swirly, sweeping, psychedelic sound. Check out
Van Halen's, "Eruption" or "The Rover" by Led Zeppelin and you'll hear prime examples.
PHASER PEDAL PICKS:
MXR M101 - Phase 90
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
Electro-Harmonix Nano Smallstone
What the heck is a Flanger, and how do you even say that?! Flangers basically recreation an old studio trick when reel to reel tape was still the common medium. Originally this effect was achieved by pressing on one of the tape reels with the heel of your hand to slow it down slightly while the other continues to turn at its regular rate. The resulting effect gives you a sound similar to a jet taking off, or what we think a UFO would sound like flying overhead. This is a pretty whacky effect and is usually used sparingly, but can sometimes adds that extra something to an otherwise lacklustre track. Check out Van Halen's, "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" or Heart's "Barracuda" for fantastic examples.
FLANGER PEDAL PICKS:
Boss BF3
MXR M152 Micro Flanger
T.C. Vortex Flanger
Tremolo: As one of the first ever effects designed for musical use, the tremolo has an amazing history and is responsible for the signature sounds of many classic riffs over the history of modern music. Tremolo can best be described as the rapid variation in volume of your signal. The rate at which this happens can be controlled by the user using the rate knob on the pedal of his or her choosing. If this is still unclear to you, think about your guitar signal cutting in and out but in a gloriously musical fashion. Check out "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones or "Run Through The Jungle" by Creedence Clearwater Revival for some of the most legendary examples.
TREMOLO PEDAL PICKS:
Boss TR-2
Fulltone SupaTrem
Voodoo Lab Tremolo
TIME BASED EFFECTS
Delay: Delay is a common effect that most guitarists will use at some point in their playing career. Delay is a wonderful tool for adding soaring sweetness to lead lines and lush, dreamy swells to rhythm passages. Like tremolo, it can be controlled by a rate knob which allows you to create short delay times for chicken pickin' country or rockabilly, or longer delay times often used in rock and heavy metal solos. Check out some great examples such as "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2, or the solo section from "Time" by Pink Floyd.
DELAY PEDAL PICKS:
MXR M169 Carbon Copy
Boss DD-7
T.C. Electronic Flashback
Reverb: Reverb is probably the most universally used and appreciated effect in the guitarist's arsenal. A reverb pedal can duplicate the sound of playing in a large room, complete with ambience and reflections, even if you are just jamming at home with headphones on. If you've ever plugged straight into an amp and thought to yourself that it sounded great but was just missing a little something, you've probably forgotten to turn on the reverb. A pedal effect without genre limitations, you'll hear great examples in the intro to "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson, as well as "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak.
REVERB PEDAL PICKS:
T.C. Hall of Fame Reverb
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail
Looper: The newest, hottest thing, loopers have taken the market by storm in the last couple of years. Do you wish you had a band to jam with? Does that thought of recording your ideas to a computer sound terrifying or too complicated? If the answer is yes, then you'll likely benefit from one of the easy to use loop pedals currently on the market. A loop pedal allows you to record your ideas on the fly and play them back while overdubbing subsequent ideas over top of the original, thus giving you the ultimate layering tool. Whether you'd like to just jam on an idea at home, make backing tracks for your one person act, or create the illusion of more than one player in a single guitarist band, a loop pedal will allow you to accomplish all of this.
LOOPER PEDAL PICKS:
T.C. DITTO Looper
Boss RC-3LS Loop Station
Digitech JamMan Solo XT
Here we've only just scratched the surface, there is much more to explore on your personal tone journey. It may sound like a daunting task to narrow down your choices, but rest assured, the world of effects can provide some of greatest fun you'll ever have with your instrument.
Andrew Waite is the assistant manager at the Halifax Long & McQuade location. He has toured across Canada several times performing, and has a diploma in Entertainment/Artist Management.
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Anna May Wong By Dorothy Wilding (1930). Theater Portrait (8" X 10").
Loretta Young in "Taxi" by Elmer Fryer (Warner Brothers, 1932). Portrait (8" X 10").
Bette Davis (Warner Brothers, Early 1930s). Color-Glos Still (8" X 10").
Bette Davis by Irving Lippman (Warner Brothers, 1930s). Portrait (11" X 14").
Ida Lupino by William Walling Jr. (Paramount, 1935). Portrait Still (10" X 13").
Norma Shearer by Laszlo Willinger (MGM, 1938). Portrait (10" X 13").
Norma Shearer in "Marie Antoinette" by Laszlo Willinger (MGM, 1938). Portrait Still (10" X 13").
Ann Sheridan by Scotty Welbourne (Warner Brothers, late 1930s). Portrait (10.5" X 13.5").
Claudette Colbert by William Walling Jr. (Paramount, 1935). Portrait (10" X 13").
Greta Garbo in "The Painted Veil" by Clarence Sinclair Bull (MGM, 1934). Portrait (8" X 10").
Mae West in "Every Day's a Holiday" (Paramount, 1937). Portrait Still (8" X 10").
Clara Bow (Paramount, 1920s). Keybook Still (8" X 10").
Clara Bow in "Hula" (Paramount, 1927). Keybook Still (8" X 10").