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Stimmen der Zeit (en français ) est une revue mensuelle allemande de culture chrétienne publiée par des pères jésuites. Fondée en 1865 sous le titre de 'Stimmen aus Maria-Laach' elle est une des plus anciennes revues culturelles d'Allemagne. Son siège rédactionnel se trouve à Munich, en Bavière (Allemagne).

Histoire
La revue est fondée en 1865 à l'initiative des jésuites allemands Florian Riess et Gerhard Schneemann. Durant les premières décennies elle porte le titre de Stimmen aus Maria-Laach, (Voix de Maria-Laach), du nom de l'abbaye éponyme de l'Eifel devenue maison d'études et de formation jésuite. L'objectif immédiat et premier de sa création fut la défense du Syllabus errorum qui accompagne l'encyclique Quanta cura de Pie IX, promulgué en décembre 1864. Elle est ensuite publiée irrégulièrement sur des thèmes particuliers touchant la vie de l'Église catholique.

En 1871 l'éditeur décide d'élargir les sujets d'investigation à l'ensemble de l'engagement de l'Église catholique dans le monde, cherchant à réconciliation la foi catholique avec l'esprit des temps modernes. La revue devient régulière et mensuelle.

Lors du Kulturkampf (la 'Campagne culturelle') du chancelier allemand Otto von Bismarck l'ordre des Jésuites est expulsé du pays par la loi anti-jésuite du .  Le scolasticat jésuite de Maria-Laach est fermé (et l'abbaye plus tard rachetée par les bénédictins). Le groupe éditorial de la revue s'installe d'abord à Tervuren près de Bruxelles et déménage ensuite à Byenbeek, aux Pays-Bas (1879) puis Exaten (1895), Luxembourg (1899) et finalement à Valkenburg, près de Maastricht, de nouveau aux Pays-Bas (1911). À l'automne de 1914, l'équipe de rédaction peut revenir en Allemagne et a depuis lors son siège à Munich, en Bavière. Le père Franz Ehrle en est le rédacteur en chef de 1914 à 1919. À la même époque la revue change de nom et devient le 'Stimmen der Zeit'.

La liberté de parole continue à avoir un coût. Sous le régime nazi la revue est harcelée et ses bureaux plusieurs fois perquisitionnés. Elle est bannie pour quatre mois en 1936. En 1941 elle est finalement interdite de publication et son groupe éditorial dispersé. Un des rédacteurs, le père Alfred Delp, membre d'un groupe allemand de résistance pacifique au nazisme appelé cercle de Kreisau, est arrêté et exécuté le . La publication de  'Stimmen der Zeit' reprend en octobre 1946.

À la suite du Concile Vatican II (1962-1965), la revue a adopté les orientations conciliaires de l'Église catholique encourageant une ouverture plus grande et un dialogue sympathique avec le monde moderne accompagnée d'une parole libre et  pensée critique interne à l'Église. Les lignes directrices de la revue sont les orientations de base actuelles de l'ordre des jésuites: la prédication de la foi chrétienne n'est pas pensable aujourd'hui sans un engagement ferme et actif en faveur de la justice sociale, associé au dialogue interreligieux et à l'inculturation du message chrétien. Une grande variété d'auteurs y contribuent sur des sujets qui touchent religion et Église, science et éthique, politique et société, arts et littérature.

Des éditions spéciales sont sorties en 2004 et 2006. La première commémorait le  de la mort du théologien Karl Rahner, qui de 1939 à sa mort contribua pas moins de 68 articles à 'Stimmen der Zeit'. Le second numéro spécial, en 2006, est intitulé : « Les jésuites dans le monde d'aujourd'hui ».

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I'm wondering if this is happening in all areas of Michigan and am hoping that it is: the rising number of dog owners who are taking their faithful companion out for a walk every single day. I have noticed that the number seems to be increasing here in my neck of the woods, and I love it more than you know.
Why? In my opinion, dogs are truly one of the best walking companions that you could ever wish to have. Most dogs are ready to walk any time of the day, for any distance and in any kind of weather. They don't complain, they enjoy every step and often appear as though they don't want their walk to end. If you are a dog owner, you know exactly what I mean!
Owning a dog gives us just one more reason to walk daily since most canines become accustomed to this part of their daytime routine and refuse to allow a day to pass without taking one. Owners soon feel that this walk is more for the dog's pleasure than it is for their own (hey, that's okay with me… they are both reaping the benefits of better health no matter who is enjoying the walk more).
Many of you may already know that my dog, Sierra, walked with me every step during my 162-pound weight loss. She not only enjoyed these daily 1.5-mile daily walks, but she became healthier with each step she took. Sierra lived to be 15½ years old, which was considered by her veterinarian a long life since she was a large breed dog.
Today I walk with my two dogs, Izzy and Skyla, both of whom were adopted from our local Humane Society. They look forward to our daily walks just as much as I do… but I look forward to them even more since I recently learned of a study led by a Michigan State University researcher that shows people who owned and walked their dogs were 34 percent more likely to meet federal benchmarks on physical activity. Yay, I love that!
Dog walking could help many Americans—of whom fewer than half meet recommended levels of leisure-time physical activity—become healthier. This study also showed that people who walked their dogs generally walked about an hour longer per week than people who owned dogs but did not walk them.
The social aspect and human-animal bond of owning a dog have also been shown to have a positive impact on quality of life. I can't agree with that more — I know my two dogs have a very positive impact on my life and with everyone in our family.
I hope that the number of dog owners who strive to walk daily increases in all areas of our great state… it's just one more step to A Healthier Michigan!
Fellas, Are You Too 'Manly' to Walk With Your Wife or Girlfriend?
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As the centerpiece of the Mountain Garden Park, The Boat House is a picture-perfect cabin situated on the shores of the Mountain Garden Pond. From here, it's easy to admire Promontory's pristine natural beauty, whether you're paddling around the pond in a canoe, casting a line into the tranquil waters or taking in the stunning mountain views at sunset. It's also the ideal spot for unwinding by the water after a fun-filled day, sitting on the dock with a few close friends — and your favorite bottle of wine — or hosting a nautical-themed cocktail party. To reserve the Boat House for a special gathering, contact the Promontory Concierge.
Tucked away as a scenic oasis in the heart of the community, The Mountain Garden Park consists of the The Boat House, the Mountain Garden Pond and the surrounding network of trails that converge on the park and weave their way throughout the community. It's a place where you can relax and catch a beautiful sunset — or catch up with your family and friends. It's also home to our annual Picnic in the Park — a 4th of July classic at Promontory.


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Shakespeare's Star Wars: Other Scripts That Should Get The Bard Treatment
Posted by Rose Moore
Check out the book trailer for William Shakespeare's Star Wars here.
In a time so long ago begins our play,
In a star-crossed galaxy, far far away.
So ends the prologue to William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope, the first of three plays re-telling the epic Star Wars story in the style of the Bard. Followed by The Empire Striketh Back and The Jedi Doth Return, these plays by Ian Doescher combine the magic of iambic pentameter with the beloved space opera of George Lucas - and are a perfect read for this May 4th! (Or how about organizing a staged reading, lightsabers at the ready?) Brave (Jedi) Knights and evil (Sith) Lords duke it out in elegant verse, while a love story combines with a comedy of mistaken family identity and tragic revelations for a story right up the Bard's alley.
Of course, Star Wars isn't the only script that Shakespeare would likely love to get his hands on. Many modern movies have the same kind of dramatic elements that Shakespeare was famous for including in his own work: a blend of comedy, tragedy, romance and epic feuds, all told with a wink to the audience. We'd love to see these five other franchises transformed by William's quill.
Oh Brother! What is this that thou hast done?
Our father's love, twas not enough for thee?
But wait - when mighty Hulk has had his fun,
Once more, a puny godling wilt thou be.
A comedy of good and evil, of battling friends brought together to save the day, The Avengers would be just the thing for Shakespeare's next project. Of course, it helps that Thor's lines wouldn't need much altering, as the Asgardian warrior already speaks with Shakespearean-esque language… he's not afraid to throw the odd 'doth' and 'hark' into his speech as it is. But Thor (and occasionally Loki) aside, we'd love to hear Black Widow battle in poetry, or Stark's swagger get translated into pointed rhyming couplets that cut the targets of his jokes straight to the quick.
Hark, what beast doth make my water shake?
In blackest night, this park is not yet done.
My carriage overturn'd, my bones do quake
As draweth close this long-dead nightmare comes.
Shakespeare may not have included dinosaurs in his plays, but he certainly never shied away from supernatural creatures. From the faeries' mischief on a Midsummer's Night to the witches plotting over their cauldron, the Bard loved his big baddies. And what bigger baddie is there than the T-Rex? Or, of course, the new Indominus Rex. From the original Jurassic Park to the rebooted Jurassic World, there are plenty of comedic moments to balance out the high drama - although it might be a little bit of a challenge to fit these Jurassic beasts onto the stage.
One household, much concerned with dignity,
On Drive of Privet, where we lay our scene,
A young boy, and his silent mutiny:
Wizard! That which they think is unclean.
A modern classic of good and evil, the Harry Potter series is a perfect candidate for the Globe Theater treatment. From the family tragedy that struck the Potters in Godric's Hollow to the love triangles between Harry, Cedric and Cho, there's death, battles, family won and lost, mistaken identities, and good triumphing over all. J K Rowling's epic series is already poetry to so many people, and although it would take multiple plays to tell the whole tale, we would sit through them all quite happily! Besides, if the Bard could get away with his interconnected histories (which basically form a series), he could easily do the same with seven Harry Potter tomes.
Quarrel, yet my search is not found wanting,
Hist'ry made, tho' made with such mistakes
Blazing fire, golden goblet, how thee dost sing,
I pray thee, tell me why must it be snakes?
Indiana Jones is the kind of larger-than-life character Shakespeare loved to concoct - and with duels and romance built into the adventure, how could Billy Shakes say no? The Bard may have preferred swords to whips, but Indy could always wield both in a whole new take on the most adventurous archaeologist of all time. While the franchise continues on the big screen in 2020, we'd love to see it take to the pages of a script instead, with a Bard-style retelling of some of the classic films.
Lost in this, a green and strange new land
Give me my husband, oh, but which shall be?
Rings of gold and silver wrap my hands -
Love that traveled time between us three.
The only period piece on our list, the style of Outlander would certainly suit the stage at the globe, but that's not the only reason that this book-turned-TV-series would be a perfect fit for the Bard. From the mistaken identities of identical ancestors Frank and Jonathan Randall to the witch muttering over her herbs and crystals and heading to the standing stones, this time-traveling romance is ripe for a poetic re-telling.
Which other epic scripts would you like to see in Shakespearean style? Comment and let us know!
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The story may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but you'll be convinced it was written by the Bard.

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Pocket Paperbacks: You Can Judge a Book by Its Cover (Rarest of Rare Collectibles)
July 21, 2016 / Steve
Pocket paperbacks have always been a large segment of HPB's product mix, but we're seeing fewer of them now, as much genre fiction has migrated into electronic delivery modes. But we still devote considerable store space to them, and we still find a place for collectible PBs from the mid-twentieth century.
Paperbacks were first popularized in England by Penguin Books, which issued its first ten titles simultaneously in 1935. Mass-market PBs were introduced in America on a large scale by Pocket Books in 1939. Many other publishers followed, and this affordable, handy form of reading material has been bought for convenience and thrift ever since.
There's a reason pocket-sized paperbacks are called "mass-market"—they were created as an alternative to the hardcover editions the "masses" couldn't always afford. They were generally cheaply made and weren't really meant to last a long time. But some have indeed lasted and are still eagerly sought, primarily for their cover art that so thrillingly reflects the pop culture of its time.
We'd like to present some fine examples being offered by three of our stores, the South Lamar location in Austin, Texas, the Countryside, Illinois location, and the Dallas Flagship location in Texas.
Death on Scurvy Street by Ben Ames Williams
Popular Library #194, 1949
Mysteries in the lurid-cover, murder-and-sex pulp fiction PB form are mainstays of fans' collections. This minor 1929 mystery by prolific author Ben Ames Williams was resurrected and hyperbolized in this late-forties paperback edition. If this cover by Rudolph Belarski doesn't lure you in, maybe the cover blurb will: "She waited for love and got murder."
First Paperback Printing. Very Good +, $12
Spiderweb by Robert Bloch, and The Corpse in My Bed by David Alexander
Ace #D-59, 1954
Each paperback in the Ace Doubles series joined two tales in one. This one features the first appearance of Bloch's Spiderweb in any form—and is signed by him!
First Paperback Printing. Good, $35
Earthman, Go Home! by Poul Anderson and To the Tombaugh Station by Wilson Tucker
Ace #D-479, 1960
Science fiction aficionados can also choose from plenty of paperbacks with colorful and fanciful covers, some written by the best in the field. This Ace Double features the great Poul Anderson, paired with Wilson Tucker.
Very Good (some bumping and browning), $10
Tristessa by Jack Kerouac
Avon, 1960
Literary and popular fiction appeared in paperback editions, of course, and quite often got the pulp fiction treatment. This Avon paperback is the first appearance in print of this minor Kerouac novel about a "morphine-racked prostitute." Unlike On the Road, Tristessa doesn't appear on school reading lists.
First Edition. Very Good, $50
The Walt Disney Story of Our Friend the Atom by Heinz Haber
Dell First Edition, 1959
Fiction, especially genre fiction, dominates the mass-market collectibles market, but there are some great nonfiction titles out there in paperback, too, including this one—everything you wanted to know about the atom, entertainingly presented by Disney Science Guy Heinz Haber.
Good condition (general wear), $20
O.J. Simpson: Football's Record Rusher by Larry Felser
Scholasticon: Footballs Record rusher , 1974. Signed and inscribed twice by O.J. Simpson, and signed by Elizabeth Montgomery
South Lamar Store Manager Julie tells us that "this book belonged to someone who as a little kid got O.J. to sign it on two separate occasions." Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha on Bewitched and later co-starred with O.J. in the made-for-TV movie A Killing Affair, also signed the book (although she doesn't appear in its pages).
Second Printing, $20
If you want to take a trip back through pop culture of bygone times, all you have to do is browse the collectible paperback rack at your nearest HPB location. And if you're interested in purchasing any of the PBs featured above, just let me know! Click here to contact me.
Steve is the"Buy Guy" at Half Price Books Corporate.
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Daniel Sweet
Thanks for continuing to sell paperbacks! Always a treat sleuthing the stacks and finding a book I needed to complete a series or revisit an old friend from many moons ago.
God Bless, Dan 😃


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energy|14 January, 2022
Saudi NEOM's CEO expects green hydrogen project to be ready in 2025
Al-Nasr added that the company is also creating universities, which will specialise in technical, research and innovation in new industries, specifically mining
Image used for illustrative purpose.
By Staff Writer, Arab News
RIYADH: NEOM's first phase of its green hydrogen facilities are set to come online in 2025, according to the megacity's CEO Nadhmi Al-Nasr.
He made the claim at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh on Thursday.
Al-Nasr added that the company is also creating universities, which will specialise in technical, research and innovation in new industries, specifically mining.
NEOM is doing this to attract the best students in the world to come and be prepared for the research and innovation for the future of mining, Al-Nasr explained.
"It is time for the mining industry to compete with the oil industry," he said, adding: "Oil has made the big move to move to the next generation we need the same in the mining sector."
In July 2020, NEOM, ACWA Power and US-based Air Products signed an agreement for a $5 billion world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy.
Al-Nasr also told the forum that the $500 billion megacity project is starting with "no legacy" when it comes to mining but has ambitions to bring "technology and innovation" to the sector.
He acknowledged that mining has a bad reputation, saying: "No matter what we do, mining perception is not good enough yet."
Al-Nasr added: "We are digging into technology and innovation and the call for how can we bring aboard a green full chain mining from the mining field all the way to export and in-between industry."
NEOM will be powered entirely by clean energy and will cover 10,000 square miles, an area 33 times the size of New York.
Copyright: Arab News © 2022 All rights reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info).
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Executive officers should not purport to speak for their people
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 20, 2015 | Foreign Policy
An executive officer is appointed to execute the laws; it is therefore illegitimate for him to pretend to speak for the people of his country. Accordingly presidents, chancellors, prime ministers and other executive officers should avoid making foreign policy speeches except those that parrot the resolutions of their national legislatures, their constitution, the American Declaration of Independence, or the foreign policy resolutions of the people made by referendum.
An example of what not to do
U.S. presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama have each made foreign policy speeches 'calling for' Turkey to be admitted to the European Union. There are several reasons why this is inappropriate from the point of a country such as England (which is part of the EU):
The United States has no business telling the English how to order their affairs
If the English were stifling freedom of speech, executing people without trial, or otherwise breaching fundamental human rights, then the United States, on behalf of humanity, would be entitled to admonish them and even intervene militarily. However this is not the case; the English are a free people. The United States is being intrusive and insulting by sounding off about how a free people should arrange their own affairs.
Americans do not wish to tell Europeans how to order their affairs
Americans are a polite and civil people. The average American would not 'call for' an overweight neighbor to go on a diet, or 'call for' their neighbor to allow heroin addicts and drunks to live in his house. If a referendum were held which asked Americans, "Should we call for the English to let the Turks migrate unrestricted into their country," without even examining the merits of the issue, Americans would resoundingly vote "No." They would recognize it is none of their business. Napoleonic France, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia ordered weaker nations about, but the American people have never had that propensity. After World War II, when they had a monopoly on the nuclear bomb—and could easily have subjugated the entire world—they instead poured their hard-earned money into the Marshall Plan to help the countries of Western Europe maintain their independence.
One wedding and forty-five funerals
When large numbers of uncivilized people migrate to a civilized country, they do not assimilate; instead they corrupt the civilized country. The Turks are such an uncivilized people. Although they have made great progress in the last hundred years or so, they still are long behind the English in their ascent from savagery. Consider the following news article taken from London's Sunday Times:
Forty-five people were killed in an attack on a wedding party in southeast Turkey on Monday night, in what is believed to be the bloody outcome of a clan feud. Masked gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades opened fire on wedding guests as they gathered in the town square of Bilge, a small village on the Syrian border, after the ceremony.
They went on to storm several houses continuing to shoot, witnesses said. Most of the victims were women and children and included an entire family, the youngest of whom was three years old. Two teenage girls survived by hiding under the bodies of their friends. The fate of the bride, the daughter of a local muhtar, or village chief, and her groom was unknown. Her father, Cemil Celebi, was among the wounded and an Islamic cleric who was presiding over the marriage died in hospital.
One survivor, a 19-year-old woman, told Turkey's NTV the assailants ordered people to huddle in one room and opened fire … . While the reasons for the massacre remain unclear, villagers told Turkish television there had been a bloody feud in the town in recent years. Local media said the families of both the bride and the groom included members of the Village Guard, a heavily armed, state-backed militia set up in 1985 to protect villages from attacks by Kurdish separatist guerrillas and help fight the PKK.
There are around 70,000 village guards throughout Turkey's southeast. Their right to carry arms, to inform on suspected separatist activities and to kill in the name of the state has made them a force within the region, while critics say they use their status to settle family scores and take land. Turkey has struggled over how to trim the guard force without releasing masses of trained fighters onto the streets of the southeast, where unemployment in some areas reaches 50 percent. (May 5, 2009.)
These are the people that presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama want the English to open their borders to. Is this a reasonable 'call'? Will the English be well-served by having their culture melded with the Turkish? Are these two peoples culturally at the same level? Would we be unsurprised to see the following appear in tomorrow's newspaper?
Forty-five people were killed in an attack on a wedding party in Southeast England on Monday night, in what is believed to be the bloody outcome of a parish feud. Masked gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades opened fire on wedding guests as they gathered in the town square of Hartfield, a small village on the East Sussex border, after the ceremony.
They went on to storm several houses continuing to shoot, witnesses said. Most of the victims were women and children and included an entire family, the youngest of whom was three years old. Two teenage girls survived by hiding under the bodies of their friends. The fate of the bride, the daughter of a local alderman, and her groom was unknown. Her father, Neville Woodville, was among the wounded and a Methodist vicar who was presiding over the marriage died in hospital.
One survivor, a 19-year-old woman, told the BBC the assailants ordered people to huddle in one room and opened fire … . While the reasons for the massacre remain unclear, villagers told British television there had been a bloody feud in the town in recent years. Local media said the families of both the bride and the groom included members of the Village Guard, a heavily armed, state-backed militia set up in 1985 to protect villages from attacks by Cornish separatist guerrillas.
There are around 70,000 village guards throughout England's southeast. Their right to carry arms, to inform on suspected separatist activities and to kill in the name of the Queen has made them a force within the region, while critics say they use their status to settle family scores and take land. England has struggled over how to trim the guard force without releasing masses of trained fighters onto the streets of the southeast, where unemployment in some areas reaches 50 percent.
The English are not telling the Americans to abolish the Mexican border
How would Americans feel if the British prime minister and other European leaders began to 'call for' the abolition of the U.S.-Mexican border? Each night on the news they see the decapitated bodies of policemen, soldiers, and their families, who have been ambushed and murdered by drug lords in Mexico who are able to run riot because their officials accept bribes and bows to intimidation. It would be an insulting affront to the people of the United States to tell them who to let into their country, such effrontery being only aggravated by the nature of the suggestion.


Today we're pleased to release a new feature designed for communication facilitation. We've added an option for supporters to post comments on the Updates posted by the project's owner. This provides another way for project owners to communicate with their backers, and for backers to provide feedback and ask questions about the projects they support.
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New FULLY Electronic KU ESA Antennas
Get SAT is proud to introduce its two newest electronically steerable antennas (ESA), the LESA Aero Ku and the Sling Blade KU Land Maritime (LM). Designed from the ground up for Multi-Orbit/Multi-Constellation operations. These Ku ESA designs use Get SAT's breakthrough 2D fully electronically steered antenna (ESA) system for SATCOM-on-the-move connectivity. Get SAT's ESA systems are fully integrated, all in one terminal that are scalable in size and performance to fit various applications in the air, on land, or at sea.
LESA Aero Ku is a small, compact solution that will support all ranges of airborne platforms sizes to include wide-body aircraft, executive aviation, and rotary-wing operations, basically any in-flight connectivity. Its low-profile design makes it perfect for integration on any aviation platform to include already in place fuselage mount designs. LESA also enables the end-user the ability to switch from LEO to GEO operations on the move in an instant providing true multi-Orbit operations.
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Get SAT's two new ESA designs have a number of key features: both have 2D beam steering, are full-duplex, and conduct handover between satellites in <800ms, in addition to multi-beam operation. Designed with no moving parts, no calibration is required therefore providing long-term reliability and lower maintenance costs. They are optimized for mobile connectivity, have a short acquisition time, and excel in high dynamic tracking in harsh environments.
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The Heroes of Ramadān
Posted by: Abdullah Izzadin in Current Affairs, Featured, Islamic Thought, Latest Islamic, Politics, Propagation, Ramadan, Ramadān in History, Seasonal Reminders 12/06/2018 0
As we approach the final days of this Ramadān we thank and praise Allāh for granting us the days and nights we have had so far, and ask Him to accept our fasts, prayers, saqadah, duʿā's, and any other virtuous deed we have performed seeking His pleasure this month.
We are all aware of the countless blessings of this month – and can be reminded of some of them in a previous article,[1] and yet for the majority who have to go to work or school, or manage the housework during these long summer days, it is a case of ensuring we carefully manage our energy to make the most of these last few special nights of Ramadān.
Undoubtedly, we have eagerly sought Laylatul-Qadr and perhaps still hope to catch it, spending our nights in worship, invoking our Lord. In those nights we collectively make duʿā' for all the good we can think of, including for our brothers and sisters who suffer around the world; the oppressed and poverty-struck.
Let us take a moment to reflect over their realities, be inspired by them, and ensure we always remember them in our prayers, whilst remaining grateful for our own circumstances.
In Palestine we have all recently been witness to the brutal murder and wounding of civilian protestors, including children, at the Gaza border.[2] Their "crime"? Desiring a return to their homes and an end to the inhumane blockade by the Zionists and their friends in Egypt. Gazans struggle to even access clean water, with an astonishing 97% of drinking water contaminated,[3] and many live in poverty. Likewise, the struggle continues in Al-Quds where the Zionists bask in the glory of Trump's decision to move the US embassy, as if his decision will change the reality of this land being the capital of Palestine.
Yet, if one were to travel there and visit them during these struggles, one could only be in awe of their resilience – despite hardly affording food and grieving over loved ones, the month of Ramaḍān remains truly special – and there is the buzz of holy month throughout the streets. A cannon is fired in Jerusalem to mark the time to break the fast each day; a festive tradition that goes back hundreds of years.[4] In Gaza, many families break their fast outdoors by the sea, briefly forgetting the lack of electricity in their homes.
It is only through their strength and perseverance (and of course Allāh's will), that Al-Aqsa remains available for Muslims to visit, even if those living locally in the West Bank are largely denied such an honour. We pray for their continued strength and that Allāh grants them victory, and we should all aspire to visit Al-Quds as soon as possible, regardless of how difficult the occupiers seek to make it.
In Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh, over 700,000 Rohingyan refugees are living in dire conditions in what is described as the world's largest refugee camp, whilst not knowing what the monsoon season will bring; indeed many could soon find themselves homeless again.[5] They have fled genocide at the hands of the Myanmar regime since last August and reports suggest some 25,000 babies will be born in the next month as a consequence of our sisters having been raped by "Nobel Peace Prize laureate" Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar forces.[6] May Allāh hasten the demise of the perpetrators.
Yet, much like our brothers and sisters in Palestine, these are a strong and resilient people.[7] They will not be defeated and their faith remains strong. Whilst it is natural to long be at home with family, some are still finding the positives in that at least they are free to practice Ramadān without fear of retribution for doing so.[8] We pray that Allāh protects them and keeps them steadfast – and eases the affairs of those soon-to-give birth – perhaps those children will grow up to be leaders of the ummah.
In Syria and Yemen it is an all-too-familiar story of endless bombings, bloodshed and starvation. The tyrant leader Assad seemingly continues to get away with unspeakable atrocities, whilst certain nations use Yemen as a proxy to gain influence in the region, at the expense of lives and suffering. The UN recently reported that 10 million more civilians will starve to death in Yemen by the end of 2018.[9]
Yet we regularly come across amazing stories of true bravery and selflessness, such as the work of the While Helmets in Syria,[10] or other aid workers in the region,[11] who strive to serve the people despite the danger posed to their own lives. Many of us, having grown up in Western comfort, might have given up a long time ago – but our brothers and sisters keep going, keep fighting another day – placing their reliance in Allāh alone and invoking Him, knowing that He is All-Able and Most-Just.
One is reminded of a narration from Ibn ʿAbbās:
"The Prophet sent Muʿādh to Yemen and said, "Be afraid from the curse of the oppressed as there is no screen between his invocation and Allāh." [12]
Imagine the power of their du'ā during Ramaḍān – know that their oppressors get away with absolutely nothing and face Allāh's wrath in the Hereafter.
In China over 10 million of our brothers and sisters in the Xinjiang province are effectively denied the right to be outwardly Muslim; banned from fasting and denied access to the Qur'ān and prayer mats, whilst reportedly forcibly fed pork and alcohol to prove their allegiance to China.[13] Hundreds of thousands are said to have been sent to re-education detention centres in an attempt to "cleanse" them of their Islām.[14] Furthermore, some of our sisters are being forcibly married to the predominant Chinese Han race in an attempt to prevent future Muslim generations.[15]
Try as they might, the Uyghur Muslims have been going strong for centuries and will continue to do so as long as Allāh wills. As Allāh says in His Book:
"And remember, when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you. But they plan, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners."[16]
In Sudan we find 500,000 Eritrean refugees who have fled persecution since the 1960s, yet are denied citizenship in Sudan and have minimal access to healthcare or education. And in Somalia, severe drought has left nearly 10 million people in need of food, in what is called a state of "pre-famine".
In Kashmir our brothers and sisters fight for self-determination every day despite every attempt by the Indian government to deny them their rights. Over 700,000 Indian soldiers occupy and control a population of 8 million, making it the largest militarily occupied territory in the world.[17] Indeed the Indian military are allowed to act with impunity, killing and arresting as they wish, amongst the forced disappearances and blinding of Kashmiri youth demonstrators. Just recently, during a supposed ceasefire this Ramaḍān, an Indian military vehicle mowed down and crushed a protestor to death, in the second of such incidents within a month.[18]
In Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Occupied Palestine and around the world many spend their Ramaḍān in a prison cell, without their families and loved ones – held on spurious charges ultimately intended to protect their dictator governments, or racist and Islamophobic leaders. Meanwhile their families struggle on, remaining firm upon this beautiful religion and raising the next generation to be even stronger.
These are just some of the circumstances in which our ummah finds itself in this Ramaḍān across the world; there are many other areas that could be mentioned. We can only be in awe of the strength and patience of our brothers and sisters, who must continue to wonder when the rulers of the ummah will show the leadership and justice that Islām demands of them. Their patience is amongst the most-praiseworthy qualities mentioned in the Qur'ān; a virtue that is highlighted time and again, such as:
"Verily, I have rewarded them this Day for their patience; they are indeed the ones that are successful" [19]
We are also reminded of several aḥadīth that bring hope and certainty in their eventual outcome. The Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said:
"The supplications of three persons are never turned away: a fasting person until he breaks his fast, a just ruler, and the supplication of the oppressed which is raised by Allāh above the clouds, the gates of heaven are opened for it, and the Lord says: By my might, I will help you in due time." [20]
Ponder over this narration; those people mentioned further above are from the most oppressed on Earth, fasting in this month of mercy and holding firm to their faith. The power of their supplications cannot be overstated and will certainly be answered.
We are also reminded of the worthlessness of this worldly life in another narration:
"The most privileged people in the world from the people of the Hellfire will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped in the Hellfire, then it will be said: O son of Ādam, did you see any good? Did you get any blessing? He will say: No, by Allāh, my Lord!
Then the most miserable people in the world from the people of Paradise will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped in the Paradise, then it will be said: O son of Ādam, did you see any hardship? Did you have any distress? He will say: No, by Allāh, my Lord! I did not once see hardship or distress." [21]
We pray that Allāh forgives our brothers and sisters for all of their sins, and makes them from the People of Paradise – those who will not remember a single second of hardship when they reach the Ākhirah. And we pray to be with them.
Although remembering the situation of our ummah can make sobering reading, there are some clear actions we should all take this Ramaḍān:
Remember them in our duʿā's every single day: ask Allāh to ease their affairs and strengthen them – to forgive them and accept their good deeds, and to enter them all in to Jannah. And to defeat the oppressors.
Donate generously to support them in their worldly struggles, remembering the narration of ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar: The Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said: "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allāh will fulfil his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allāh will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and whoever screened a Muslim, Allāh will screen him on the Day of Resurrection." [22]
Draw lessons from their examples and seek to implement in our own lives, such as learning from their character, strength and patience.
Increase in gratitude to Allāh for the blessings He has bestowed upon us and do not make these blessing count against us in the Hereafter. We ought to be careful; we look at some in our ummah with sympathy and pray for them, but we must remember this is only their situation in this temporary dunyā. When it comes to the eternal life that follows, we need to ensure we amass as many good deeds as possible or it is they who may be looking at us with sympathy!
Rectify our own lives; Allāh tell us in the Qur'ān "Indeed, Allāh will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves." [23] How many of us read this verse and think of our corrupt leaders? Rather we should think of ourselves first and foremost and work on improving ourselves every day – if we each improve, our families improve, our communities improve, and slowly we find "we have changed what is within ourselves" and perhaps Allāh will replace our leaders with truly just ones; those who adhere to Islām in its true form.
Support organisations which build leaders; whilst human suffering rightly gets the most attention and calls for donations, let us not be neglectful in supporting those organisations which build Islamic leaders. Instead of always putting out fires, perhaps through such efforts, our ummah will eventually have the right people to prevent such fires from arising – those who can think of the big picture and work in a unified manner across the many sections of Muslim society.
Be careful not to be amongst the oppressors; make every effort to stay clear of anything which may support such oppression, be it by failing to boycott certain goods, or by failing to protest or lobby MPs when we have the opportunity, or even by co-operating with organisations which seek to marginalise normative Islām and Muslim leaders in the name of "countering extremism".
We ask Allāh to grant this ummah unity, strength, justice, honour and success – and to accept all of our worship and duʿā's in this blessed month. Āmīn.
Source: www.islam21c.com
[1] https://www.islam21c.com/latest-islamic/229-fasting-has-no-equivalent
[2] https://www.islam21c.com/news-views/nations-react-as-gaza-bury-martyrs/
[3] https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-expert-warns-97-of-gaza-drinking-water-contaminated-by-sewage-salt-1.5747876
[4] https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/05/24/ramadan-in-palestine/
[5] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/27/rohingya-refugees-cyclone-monsoon-season-bangladesh-myanmar
[6] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/raped-rohingya-women-due-give-birth-refugee-camps-180530175429033.html
[7] https://www.islam21c.com/politics/resilient-rohingya-people-greater-crisis/
[8] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/ramadan-2018-rohingya-muslims-myanmar-refugees-bangladesh-a8354281.html
[9] https://www.mintpressnews.com/un-10-million-more-yemenis-expected-to-starve-to-death-by-end-of-year/242906/
[10] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4784600/White-Helmets-rescuers-shot-dead-Syria.html
[11] https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/21/middleeast/icrc-employee-killed-in-yemen/index.html
[12] Al-Bukhārī
[13] https://www.islam21c.com/politics/is-it-time-to-care-about-the-muslims-in-china/
[14] https://www.islam21c.com/news-views/hundreds-of-thousands-of-muslims-reportedly-in-detention-in-xinjiang-china/
[15] http://www.atimes.com/article/beijing-accused-of-forcing-uyghur-han-intermarriages/
[16] Al-Qur'ān, Sūrah Al-Anfāl (8:30)
[17] https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/nyt-wrong-kashmir-180523085359097.html
[18] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/fury-kashmir-youth-killed-police-vehicle-180602140447555.html
[19] Al-Qur'ān, Sūrah al-Mu'minūn (23:111)
[20] Al-Tirmidhī
[21] Muslim
[23] Al-Qur'ān, Sūrah ar-Rad (13:11)
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Torrence Prekindergarten had their first family night on November 14. Students and their families were treated to pizza and juice in the Torrence Elementary gym.
The parents were given a report on the success of the students from last year. The students that attended Torrence Pre-Kindergarten that entered Kindergarten at Hawthorne this fall had a head start on those that didn't according to the DIBELS Next and MAP Assessments. 64.2% of the students that attended Torrence Pre-K scored at or above benchmark on the DIBELS assessment compared to 35.6% of non Torrence Pre-K students. The fall assessment data also showed that 30.7% of the Torrence Pre-K students scored above the 80th percentile compared to 13.5% of non Torrence students.
Ms. Pihl talked about the importance of literature and reading to your child. Ms. Ralph read the story "There Was an Old Lady Who was not Afraid of Anything." Then the prekindergarten staff performed a skit to the song by the same name. A large number of involved parents attended to support their student's learning. It was a fun filled, exciting evening.
Registration for the 2014-2015 Prekindergarten at Torrence Elementary will begin in March of 2014.


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I fabricated similar clamp for the conduit of the cable of my old VW's cable for the trunk release.
That depends on Mrs. Cusser !!!
Fabricate mount for each side; get creative.
I'm sure a mechanic shop could also do this for you.
I installed new 6.5 inch Sony speakers yesterday into the doors; $40 at Walmart.
Yes, the box head is ground thinner for easier clearance/access. Wear eye protection !!!
I'd always cut up my hands doing that job, and I don't have large hands either.
Nice job making the tool.
I run a Weber 32/36 DGEV on my 1988 Mazda truck (12 years now), runs good.
250 mile road trip showed no oil leakage, so good !!!
And I tried to grind the metal upper smaller to fit, but difficult to hold those and the bench grinder was taking off some of the rubber part too.
Can't the rotor on those go on like 3 different ways? Rotate the engine to TDC #1 (use pulley mark and drinking straw/etc. to ensure that) and see if rotor is under #1 spot on the cap.
Most likely your 1996 has the coil built into the distributor, like my 1998 4-cylinder Frontier has (electronic ignition); so there is no separate external coil.
I'm also on the VW site TheSamba.com as Cusser, have 1970 VW sedan and 1971 VW convertible, over 40 years with each.
I've had to replace both on my 1998 Frontier 4-cylinder which now has 236K miles. And the PS pulley on my 2004 4-cylinder Frontier, all due to worn-out bearings.
Many of us epoxy in a penny or dime to replace a missing or worn out pedal switch stopper/plug.
Does his year have the little plastic "stop" for his clutch pedal switch?
The starter in my 1998 Frontier 4-cylinder went out a dozen years ago (maybe 110K miles); since then it's had a CarQuest remanufactured starter in it, has been fine (236K now).
I marked the crossmember on my 1998 to help me get it right upon reinstall.