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Seven Spiritual Questions Of A Seeker Answered Through Metaphysical Vision Of Bhagavad Gita!!!
When God is giver of spiritual glory as well as pleasure, yet why people do not worship him? A metaphysical vision from Bhagavad Gita!!!
"Four kinds of devotees, O the best of Bharat, worship me"…..sings Lord Krishn in Bhagavad Gita!!!
All desires are forbidden, but yearning for the attainment of God is essential as we cannot be inclined to worship in its absence…!!!
What does abiding firmly in God mean? When does that stage appear at which there is not even the least imperfection…??
What is the end of the acquiescent worshiper whose inconstant mind has strayed from selfless action and deprived of perception?
The mind is doubtlessly fickle and hard to restrain, but it is disciplined by perseverance of effort and renunciation….!!!
What a well-restrained mind is and what is the consequence of this restraint through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita…??
The seat of the worshiper, the place of worship, the posture of the worshiper, and the manner of worship as per Bhagavad Gita…!!!
Who Is A Sanyasi And A Yogi Through Metaphysical Vision Of Bhagavad Gita???
The distinctive marks of the sage who has known God and merged into Him through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita…!!!
Function of knowledge through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita….!!!
The characteristic marks of the person who is blessed with selfless action through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita….!!!
The Way of knowledge through Renunciation and then the Way of Selfless Action; which one of the two is decidedly more propitious???
Sacrifice Through Wisdom Is In Every Way Superior To Sacrifices Made With Material Objects, Sings Lord Krishn In Bhagavad Gita….!!!
Even Learned Call That Man A Sage All Of Whose Actions Are Free From Desire And Will, Burnt To Ashes By The Fire Of Knowledge….!!!
"I Am Unsullied By Action Because I Am Not Attached To It"…..Sings Lord Krishn In Bhagavad Gita…!!!
"yo vetti tattvataḥ"….God, So Inscrutable And Mysterious, Is Perceptible Only To Him Who Has Known The Reality….!!!
"yadā-yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata"……Expounded Through Metaphysical Vision From Bhagavad Gita!!!
What, O Varshneya, is that which drives man, forced against his will as it were and with reluctance, to act impiously?
Who the doer of action is and what the motives of action are through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita….??
A selfless man realizes God only through selfless action which is worthy of doing and same as the ordained action…!!!
"Yagya" Fulfils God-Inclined Aspirations And Leads To Attainment Of God Only By Gradual Steps…!
"O Janardan, If you think knowledge superior to action, why do you, O Keshav, ask me to engage in fearsome action?"
If planted, the seed of ordained action takes us to the realization of God and to emancipation alike from pleasure and from pain….!!!
Attainment of the unmanifest, formless God is most difficult as long as a worshiper takes pride in his birth and prowess…..!!!
If A Realized Sage Just Casts A Glance At A Devotee, The Refinement Of Yog Is Transmitted Into Life-Breath Of The Lucky Soul..!!
Interpretation Of "Yog" Through Metaphysical Vision Of The Bhagavad Gita…!
"On This Auspicious Path, The Resolute Mind Is One, But The Minds Of The Ignorant Are Divided And Many"…Sings Lord Krishn…!!!
"Neither Ever Born Nor Dying, Neither At Any Time Coming Into Being Nor Ceasing To Be, The Self Is Birthless"- Sings Sri Krishn!!!
"With My Mind Swamped With Feeble Pity and Confusion, I Entreat You To Guide Me As To What Is Definitely Conducive To My Glory?"
"The attributes of the man who has risen above, his manner of life, and the way by which he transcends the three properties…..?"
What is the profit of knowing all the three properties and it's consequence through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita?
How The Soul Dwells Amidst Nature Through Metaphysical Vision of Bhagavad Gita?
That happiness is which the seeker attains to, by spiritual discipline by concentrating his or her mind on the cherished goal…..!!!
They attain to the eternal peace of God whose sins have been destroyed by direct perception and whose doubts are resolved…!!!
The concept of true "KNOWLEDGE" in human life through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita…!!!
"As blazing fire turns fuel to ashes, the fire of knowledge reduces all action to ashes"..Sings Lord Krishn in Bhagavad Gita!!!
"Since yogi are superior, O Arjun, you should be a yogi, doer of selfless action"….Sings Lord Krishn in Bhagavad Gita……!!!
How can anyone control the mind to attain eternal peace which is all-pervading in the vastness of its range and comprehension….???
"UNIFORM DHARM PRINCIPLES" Through Metaphysical Vision Of Bhagavad Gita By Lord Krishn….!!!
The real concept of dharm of the Self (swadharm) through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita…!!!
The Concept Of Real War In Human Life Through Metaphysical Vision Of Bhagavad Gita…!!!
To Regard The Bhagavad Gita As Just A Sacred Book Is Not Enough….!!!
This direct perception of the Supreme Spirit is named Ved…..!!!
A Man Of True Faith Can Embark Upon The Ordained Action In Every Circumstance Of Worldly Life…..!!!
Is It The Cessation Of The Properties That Is So Important Or Is It The Cessation Of Attachment To The Properties Of Nature That Is Most Important…..???
'Purush Vishesh Ishwar' (Supreme God)……!!!
Meditation at a glance…!!!
How does one reach that state in knowing that they have been here before but just cannot see it…..?
The basis of correct knowledge is correct perception, correct deduction and correct witness or accurate evidence…!!!
Passivity (sleep) is based upon the quiescent state of the vrittis or upon the non-perception of the senses….!!!!
The act of compassion by the seeker in the state before Self-realization must be deeply understood…..!!!
"What, O Krishn, is that which drives man, forced against his will as it were and with reluctance, to act impious….?
How teachings of Bhagavad Gita accommodate the essential feelings of mankind inclined to God's devotion?
Summary of Chapter Five of Bhagavad Geeta…..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Five– Expositions of Verses "Twenty Six To Twenty Nine"……….!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Five– Expositions of Verses "Twenty One To Twenty Five"….!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Five– Expositions of Verses "Sixteen To Twenty"….!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Five– Expositions of Verses "Eleven To Fifteen"….!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Five– Expositions of Verses "Six To Ten"….!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Five– Expositions of Verses "One To Five"….!!!
Summary of Chapter Four of Bhagavad Geeta…..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "Thirty Six To Forty Two"….!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "Thirty One To Thirty Five"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "Twenty Six To Thirty"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "Twenty One To Twenty Five"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "Sixteen To Twenty"……!!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "Eleven To Fifteen"……!!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "Six To Ten"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Four – Expositions of Verses "One To Five"..!!!
Summary of Chapter Three of Bhagavad Geeta…..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Forty One to Forty Three"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Thirty six to Forty"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Thirty one to Thirty Five"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Twenty Six to Thirty"..!!!
Properties of nature are mutable…..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Twenty One to Twenty Five"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Sixteen to Twenty"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Eleven to Fifteen"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "Six to Ten"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Three – Expositions of Verses "One to Five"..!!!
Summary of Chapter Two of Bhagavad Geeta…..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Sixty six to Seventy two"..!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Sixty two to Sixty Five"…Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Fifty six to Sixty One"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Fifty One to Fifty Five"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Forty six to Fifty"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Forty one to Forty five"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Thirty six to Forty"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Thirty one to Thirty five"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Twenty six to Thirty"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Twenty one to Twenty five"….Summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Sixteen to Twenty"…summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Eleven to Fifteen"…summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "Six to Ten" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter Two – Expositions of Verses "One to Five" summed up!!!
Summary of Bhagavad Gita – Chapter One….. at a glance!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Forty two to Forty seven" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Thirty six to forty one" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Thirty one to Thirty five"summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Eleven to fifteen" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Twenty six to thirty" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Twenty to Twenty Five" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Sixteen to nineteen" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "Six to Ten" summed up!!!
"Bhagavad Gita" in it's true metaphysical perspective: Chapter One – Expositions of Verses "one to five" summed up!!!
"Austerity" defined through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita…!!!
Recite OM,symbol of God,and contemplate him….!!!
An accomplished teacher dwells in his disciple's heart and is always by his side until the goal is reached….!!!
"Food" as per Bhagavad Gita…!!!!
God Is Immanent And Transcendent At The Same Time…!!!
The Self is the inner ruler.
Selfless action is only one and its outcome is also one….!!!
Sri Krishn is the invincible "Ram" among wielders of weapons….!!!
Sri Krishn is Shankar among Rudr….!!!
Men without discrimination have irresolute minds….!!!!
Intellect is graded into three kinds….!!!
The worshipper's mind should rather always be concerned with that-word, form, incarnation, or abode…!!!
The really beneficial war is the conflict between matter and spirit…!!!
"O Savyasachin, have to be just the nominal agent of their destruction"…..!!!…
A journey is complete only when the destination is reached….!!!
True nonviolence is cultivating one's own Self ….!!!!
I myself protect the yog of men who abide in me with steady, undeviating faith and who worship me selflessly, remembering me as God…..!!!
Five principles that Sankhya acknowledges as accomplishers of all action defined through metaphysical vision of Bhagavad Gita!!!
Only an endeavour made over a number of lives effects the ultimate accomplishment….!!!!
"I believe that you are Akshar, the imperishable God..!!!
What "action" is and what "actionlessness" as well "meritorious action"….???
There is no escape from action…….!!!!!
"Knowledge" and "Ignorance" as preached in Bhagavad Gita..!!!
Degradation of the Self is hell; and lust, anger and greed are the three chief gateways to it…!!!
"Seek refuge with all your heart, O Bharat, in that God by whose grace you will attain to repose and the everlasting, ultimate bliss"…..!!!
"I myself protect the yog of men who abide in me with steady and undeviating faith"……!!!
God is also the bestower of enjoyment of worldly pleasures….!!!
"A dust-covered mirror cannot give a clear image"……!!!
"That Soul is the real "us"….!!!
Who we are….???
"To engage in action by the Way of Knowledge is better than just the exercise of restraining the mind"…..!!!
"The Bhagavad Gita – Seed Scripture for Mankind"….!!!
If engaged in devotional contemplation, even a wicked man soon grows righteous, becomes one with the almighty God, and realizes the ultimate, imperishable repose….!!!
"O Parth, as men worship me, even so do I accept them…!!!
Death is a mere physical change: the Self does not die….!!!
This is the stage when the Soul is liberated….!!!
"Yatharth Geeta"- Shreemad Bhagavad Gita In It's True Perspective !!!
Salvation….!!!
That Sage Is Liberated For Ever……!!!
"The abode of Supreme Being……..!!!!"
Ultimate State Of Realizing God….!!!
Yogi…….!!!
True and blessed Yogi…..!!!
The Yogi, Engaged In Self-Conquest…..!!!!
balam balavatām cāham kāmarāgavivarjitam……….I Am, O The Best Of Bharat !!!
The Self,Friend As Well Enemy……!!!
The pleasures of sense merge into a man of steady discrimination without producing any deviation…..!!!
The man, all of whose actions are merged into God…….!!!
They Who Know Me As………..!!!
And I Too Am The Sacred, Imperishable "OM" Who Is Worthy Of Being Known!!!
What Actually Does Continence (brahmcharya vrat)-Celibacy-Mean As Preached In Bhagavad Gita?
In The State In Which Even The Yog-Restrained Mind Is Dissolved By A Direct Perception Of God !!!
Manifestation Of God !!!
Pranayam……. !!!
"OM"….. Is The Symbol Of The One God….!!!
The Ark Of Knowledge Will Carry You Safely Across All Evils!!!
Who Is Worthy Of Being Regarded As A Saint !!!
Four Kinds Of Devotees!!!
The Soul Is Transcendental….. !!!
The Soul Is Unmanifest…… !!!
The Embodied Spirit Itself Is For Ever, Indestructible, And Boundless…!!!
The Embodied Self……!!!
The Four Essential Requirements Of The Evolutionary Discipline!!!
The Yog Of Devotion…..!!!
Who Is Dear To God ?
GOD Dictates Are Received In Four Ways !!!
Attributes Of A Steady Minded Sage, A Real Guru !!!
How One Who Is Immaculate Achieves Realization Of The Supreme Being!!!
Who The Author Of Yog Is, As Well As The Stages By Which This Discipline Has Evolved?
"What Are The Circumstances Of God's Manifestation?"
God's Incarnation, His gradual Manifestation Are Not Like The Birth And Deeds Of Mortals!!!
Know Me The Immutable As A Non-Doer!!!
"Varn" Denotes "Form" And Deviation From The Way Of Ordained Action Is Varnsankar….!!!
Western And Eastern Thoughts On Bhagavad Gita!!!
Seeker's Mind – Different Stages Till Accomplishment!!!
That "Intellect" Is……………!!!
Steadfastness….!!!
"Niyatam Kuru Karma……!!!"
"Entitled Only To The Performance Of Action But Never To The Fruits Thereof "……..!!!
Action With Desire For The Fruits Thereof Is Far Inferior To The Path Of Discrimination!!!
Bhagavad Gita Is A Sacred Writ Of The Whole Of Humanity!!!
Composite view Of DHARM….!!!
Series Of Questions, Answering To Which Has Made Bhagavad Gita, A Celestial Song And Everlasting Source Of Eternal Peace….!!!
A Secret Key To Understand Metaphysical Concepts Behind Bhagavad Gita Verses!!!
A Step Leading To Meditation!!!
Let Us Listen To The Flourish Of The Warriors' Conches In Bhagavad Gita!!!
Dharm…..what is Dharm???
Basics of spiritual path…!!!
This Ultimate Bliss Comes Only To That …….!!!
Listen me O Parth………..I soon deliver my affectionate devotees……!!!
"What exactly is meditation… does it mean simply sitting silent and inwardly thinking of your work…….!!!
Action will be brought to an end only by yog….!!!
Like the great Creator, is my eight-propertied primal nature, the womb of which I fertilize with the seed of consciousness…!!!
"Whenever, O Bharat, righteousness (dharm) declines and unrighteousness is rampant, I manifest myself."…….Lord Krishna..!!!
Doubtlessly nothing in the world is more purifying than this spiritual knowledge…!!!
Fully restrained mind of a yogi….!!!
Awakening is a stage when initially a seeker starts getting access in God for self realization…!!!
Walk upon this path…!!!!
Supreme Vision…!!!!
A true and blessed yogi….!!!
The one and only name of God is recited at four levels: baikhari, madhyama, pashyanti, and para……!!!
Is really Bhagavad Gita "an extremist" literature and a literature spreading "social discord"?
Adhyatm is knowledge of God's dominance…!!!
"dharmasansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge-yuge"…….I Manifest Myself From Age To Age To Defend The Pious!!!
The imperishable God-is a non-agent and should be known as such….!!!
Seek refuge with all your heart, O Bharat….!!!
The path….!!!
Soul enshrined in a man is his friend as well as foe….!!!
Action means worship….!!!
Three generations bestowing divine blessings in a row upon "Geetadhara"..!!!
Restraint of desire and will is a victory of the mind….!!!!
Repose and the everlasting, ultimate bliss…….!!!
O my mind,Sing praises of the merciful Sri Ram….!!!!
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāhamamṛtasyāvyayasya ca…!!!!
"ahaṁ tvāṁ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣyayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ"….Grieve Not, For l Shall Free You From All Sins…Sings Krishn In Gita….!!!
VANDANA…!!!
"śraddhā"…..!!!
Devotion,a drop of the ocean…!!!
"Swami,thank you for every thing"……..!!!
Bow down to your lotus feet O' most Revered Gurudev…!!!


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BOP COVID-19 UPDATE -- June 22, 2021
Quick Facts: Currently positive-testing inmates: 74 (down from 76) Currently positive-testing staff: 131 (up from 129) Recovered inmates: 44,528 (down from 44,568) Recovered staff: 6,873 (up from 6,872) Institutions with the largest number of currently positive-testing inmates:
Bennettsville FCI: 12 (unchanged)
Keeton Corrections Inc (RRC): 9
Sheridan FCI: 7
Institutions with the largest number of currently positive-testing staff: Pekin FCI: 9 (unchanged)
Big Sandy USP: 6 (unchanged) Central Office HQ: 6 (unchanged) System-wide testing results: Presently, BOP has 129,326 federal inmates in BOP-managed institutions and 13,814 in community-based facilities. Today's stats: Completed tests: 115,362 (up from 115,338) Positive tests: 43,983 (down from 44,021)
Case Note: A punch in the mouth provides light at the end of the tunnel...
In U.S. v. ANTHONY OSHINSKI, 2021 WL 2518981 (D. Nev. June 17, 2021) (Navarro, J.), the court granted compassionate release, finding that defendant's Inability to receive consistent treatment for a broken jaw sustained during a prison fight is extraordinary and compelling, explaining: "On February 10, 2021, Defendant's term of supervision was revoked and the Court sentenced him to 13 months' imprisonment, with no supervision to follow. … On March 31, 2021, Defendant was assaulted in an unprovoked attack by another inmate, resulting in multiple fractures to his jaw. (Medical Records at 82, 89, 92, 95, Ex. A to MCR, ECF No. 142); (MCR 9:14–10:15). After being treated at the hospital, doctors recommended Defendant for surgery "ASAP" and prescribed him a liquid diet consisting of "nutridrink" because he was unable to fully open his mouth. (Medical Records at 12, 84, Ex. A to MCR). Defendant reported "I have never felt so much pain in my life as how my face feels now." (Id. at 11). On April 6, 2021, Defendant received surgery for his injuries, but his jaw will require additional treatment and possibly another surgical procedure. (Id at 13); (MCR 13:12–15). As of the filing of this Motion, Defendant reports that his jaw remains in considerable pain and he is still unable to eat. (MCR 13:16–14:2). Further, Defendant claims that he receives nutridrink only sporadically and otherwise subsists on a diet of Kool-Aid, coffee, and pudding, which has resulted in significant weight loss. (Id.). Defendant now petitions this Court for compassionate release based on his medical condition. … Defendant argues that his broken jaw is a debilitating injury constituting an extraordinary and compelling reason for compassionate release. (MCR 9:1–3). The Court agrees. As noted above, "extraordinary and compelling reasons" for compassionate release include medical conditions "that substantially diminish[ ] the ability of the defendant to provide self-care within the environment of a correctional facility and from which he or she is not expected to recover." SeeU.S.S.G. § 1B1.13. In the present case, Defendant's medical condition has rendered him unable to eat, which undoubtedly diminishes his ability to care for himself within a correctional setting. This is especially true if Victorville II is incapable of consistently providing him with the prescribed liquid nutrition. Moreover, because Defendant's treatment is progressing so slowly, the Court is persuaded that Defendant is unlikely to recover from his debilitating jaw injury prior to his release on September 22, 2021.1 Accordingly, Defendant has demonstrated extraordinary and compelling reasons for release. See also United States v. Perez, 451 F. Supp. 3d 288, 293 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 1, 2020) (finding that an inmate with a broken jaw and limited time remaining on his sentence established extraordinary and compelling reasons for release). … The need for Defendant to continue serving the sentence imposed is minimal: there is currently no vocational programming available at his correctional institution, he does not present a danger to the community, and the extreme hardship he has experienced while incarcerated is enough of a deterrent from future criminal activity.2 Additionally, Defendant's medical needs are not being met at Victorville II, and being released would give him the opportunity to seek out more effective treatment on his own."
Death Watch: The government has acknowledged an additional, as-yet-unidentified, inmate fatality, bringing the total inmate fatalities to 240. Five of these inmates died while on home confinement. Staff fatalities remain at 4.

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Reality-show star Khloe Kardashian wasn't the only celeb to tie the knot on Sunday, but it's likely her wedding gown was still intact at the close of her nuptials, which his more than country singer Holly Williams can say these days.
The granddaughter of country-music icon Hank Williams Sr., 28, wed drummer Chris Coleman, 29, in Music City in a ceremony that, thanks to two weeks of near-nonstop rain in the area, had no shortage of mud.
As for passing her designer gown on to the future generations, "The grandkids will think I was a wild one," she says, laughing.
Nevertheless, bride Holly and groom Chris accomplished what they set out to do Sunday at Cedarwood, an 1830s farm estate in Nashville, where a nervous Hank Jr. walked his daughter down the aisle, as 10 bridesmaids, also clad in Vera Wang gowns of black, looked on.
On the music front, Holly's latest single is "Mama," a loving "thank you" to her own mom, that's contained on the singer-songwriter's still-new Here With Me album. After being proposed to in July, however, Holly's had to make room for wedding planning, in between promoting her new CD and performing, including at the recent Americana Music Festival in Nashville. In the process, though, her tweets took a back seat, but fans likely understand.
To read the full story or to view Holly's new single, a thank-you of music for her mom, Becky, called "Mama," please click here.


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JTE 7-31 is a selective cannabinoid receptor agonist invented by Japan Tobacco. It is a reasonably highly selective CB2 agonist, but still retains appreciable affinity at CB1, with a Ki of 0.088nM at CB2 vs 11nM at CB1.

Legality
JTE 7-31 is illegal in Alabama.

See also
 A-834,735
 JTE-907
 MDA-19
 N-(S)-Fenchyl-1-(2-morpholinoethyl)-7-methoxyindole-3-carboxamide
 S-444,823
 XLR-12

References

External links

Cannabinoids
Japan Tobacco

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The study examined how organizational leaders are using email to interact within organizations, and how this might vary among leaders with different practices of communicating, as impacted by hierarchy and gender.
Data was collected during an organizational leadership retreat held by Meridan Health Systems (comprised of three hospitals and 75 non-hospital affiliates) located in located in central New Jersey. Of the 350 managers who attended, 233 (66% response rate) participated in the study. Respondents completed the Leadership Practices Inventory and a researcher-designed survey to measure the venues leaders would use in responding to everyday communications. Approximately three quarters of the participants were female.
There were no statistically significant differences between leadership Practices groups with respect to the intervening variables of gender, attitude, experience proficiently, and social influence.


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Counting down the greatest WrestleManias of all-time: WrestleMania 21 (#4)
Essentially, the springboard to elevate two new Superstars to spearhead the next generation, WrestleMania 21, was an installment of the famed extravaganza that had both eyes on the future instead of nodding toward the past.
Staged in Los Angles, WWE unsurprisingly attached a series of well-received movie vignettes to it, but the priority was undoubtedly pushing Dave Batista following the retirement of Steve Austin, the walkout of Brock Lesnar, and The Rock's hiatus to Hollywood of all places. WWE desperately needed new talent to replace old stock and tonight was the night they went all in.
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Starting with Batista, his slow transformation from D-Von Dudley's muscle to Evolution enforcer was never intended to place him in the main event of WrestleMania against faction leader, Triple H. Randy Orton, a complete worker in front of the crowd but a troubled soul behind the scenes, was the preferred choice to overturn "The Game's" dictatorship, but those plans were hastily changed when Orton was rushed to defeat Chris Benoit at SummerSlam 2004 and his first title reign was something of a flop.
WWE, like it often does, switched direction swiftly and started building Batista to be the man to destroy HHH, who had since become world champion again. Winning the 2005 Royal Rumble following a botched finish with Cena, Batista could've easily faced "SmackDown's" JBL for the WWE championship, but a face turn on "Raw" — weeks before Mania was about to commence — planted the seeds for this intriguing title match. At the event, HHH, who had been nothing short of immense in preparing Batista for his push, stared at the ceiling in a decent main event as Batista closed the show fully focused on ushering in new era.
Underneath this was Cena ending the lengthy reign of the aforementioned JBL ,whose role as the face of "SmackDown" received mixed reviews. Three years earlier, Cena had been introduced to WWE television as a floppy-haired rookie in a memorable segment alongside Kurt Angle. Along with Batista, Lesnar, and Randy Orton, Cena was part of an elite class in developmental league, Ohio Valley Wrestling, and his transfer to the main roster was intended to bring immediate success.
That didn't happen as his bland personality and limited skillset consigned him to obscurity away from his fellow students, but all hope was not lost as a major reinvention of his character quickly brought audiences back onside.
A lifelong hip-hop fan, Cena began freestyling en-route to the ring and he also donned relevant sporting apparel depending on the region he was performing in. Comedic lyrics, sometimes homophobic and often offensive, resonated with audiences still hungover from the vulgarity of The Attitude Era, and Vince McMahon knew it as Cena quickly became the center of everything significant on the blue brand. His short feud with JBL culminated quickly with a poor match at WrestleMania 21, but the quality of the contest wasn't the priority, getting Cena in the driving seat was.
Elsewhere on the card, Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle delivered arguably the finest WrestleMania match of them all as their mat classic had the capacity crowd on the edge of their feet. If anyone requires any proof why these two superstars are correctly considered two of the finest wrestlers of all time, then locate this match and enjoy two veterans competing like their lives depended on it. Michaels' selling in the closing sequence before tapping out to Angle's Ankle Lock is some of the most convincing work of his entire career, and it lay the foundations for the red-hot feud to continue throughout the year.
The Undertaker had his finest WrestleMania match up to this point when he was paired with Orton. His infamous streak was focused on heavily for the first time as he went up against the hungry youngster who was a revelation in his "Legend Killer" gimmick. With a WrestleMania body of work that included Giant Gonzalez, King Kong Bundy and Jimmy Snuka, Taker was allowed to work at a fast pace alongside Orton and the chemistry between the pair worked from the opening bell. Despite regular interference from Randy's father, Bob, Taker was able to land the Tombstone to take his record at the PPV to 13-0.
Overall, WrestleMania 21 will be never be looked at as a three-hour classic that delivered quality matches throughout. WWE took a gamble in highlighting two superstars that they believed would carry the company forward, and it was a bet that paid off. Each man would go on to headline several WrestleManias, and in the case of Cena, his popularity soared with everyone viewing WWE's product holding some sort of opinion on him. WWE rolled the dice in the spring of 2005 and the significant impact caused by hitting a six with the monumental success of Cena ensures that WrestleMania 21 takes fourth place on this list.
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What to Watch (and What to Skip) in Theatres This Weekend
April is the cruelest movie month, pure Darwinian box-office carnage as a dozen new films tumbling into the commercial dumping bin between the Oscars and summer blockbusters.
We'll guide you through some of the gems, starting with a couple of documentaries. Far: The Story of a Journey Around the World (Rating: A) is a chronicle of a German couple in their thirties who hitchhike around the planet, have a baby on route and discover that most of the earth is a kind and generous place.
Our other top pick is Amazing Grace (Rating: A), a soul-shaking Aretha Franklin gospel concert (Hallelujah, Cinners!) set in a Los Angeles church in 1972, recovered from unfinished footage by the late Sidney Pollack (Tootsie).
Aretha Franklin in the must-see Amazing Grace
For a more serene spiritual experience, check out the Easter film, Mary Magdalene (B minus) with Rooney Mara as the girl who got religion, with co-stars Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter, in a film reviewer Kim Hughes says is well-acted and beautifully shot. A more contemporary conversion story in The Best of Enemies (C) with Sam Rockwell as a Klu Klux Klan member who, through the friendship of a civil rights worker (Taraji P. Henson) is cured of his racism.
If you must stray from the righteous path, you could hardly go further than Hellboy (C), which reviewer Jim Slotek, says is generous in its use of F-bombs and entrails. Our Bonnie Laufer talks to actor, David Harbour (Stranger Things), about the hell of acting under red make-up and stubby horns.
Or, while you're plumbing the dark side, check out the disturbing, if unrevealing, The Brink (B minus), following former Trump strategist Steve Bannon's attempt to whip up European populism.
For this pre-Easter week, we have three family-friendly movies, Mia and the White Lion (B Plus), which doubles as an inspirational drama and family filmmaking experiment, featuring director Gilles de Maistre's real children and a pet lion, shot over several years.Missing Link (B) is a great-looking stop-action film from Portland's Laika studio, in a story about a 19th-century gentleman adventurer (Hugh Jackman) who takes an articulate Sasquatch (Zach Galifianakis) to meet its Yeti cousins. Little (B minus) is a body-switch comedy, starring Regina Hall, Issa Rae and Blackish kid star Marsai Martin (who pitched the idea at age 10), about a mean tech CEO who is magically sent back to middle-school so she can remember what bullying felt like.
Also in our Cin binm we have Stockholm (B minus), a dramedy, starring Ethan Hawke as the bank robber and Noomi Rapace as his hostage, based on the real-life event that gave us the phrase Stockholm Syndrome.
The kung fu is strong in Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (B), thanks to the direction of master fight choreographer Woo-Ping Yuen (Kill Bill).
Finally, we have the shot off-the-stage film of Stratford's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest (B minus) starring Martha Henry as the magician, Prospero, who, from across the centuries, sends us this useful viewing advice: "No tongue. All eyes. Be silent!"
In Review Tags Film releases this week, Far. The Story of a Journey Around the World, Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin, Sidney Pollack, Mary Magdalene, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Best of Enemies, Sam Rockwell, Taraji P. Henson, Hellboy, Steve Bannon, Mia and the White Lion, Missing Link, Stockholm, Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Yuen Woo-ping
Stockholm: Ethan Hawke Comic Thriller Is a (Ahem) Slog Day Afternoon
By Liam Lacey
In Review Tags Christopher Heyerdahl, Shanti Roney, Thorbjørn Harr, Bea Santos, Mark Elov, Robert Budreau, Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, fact-based drama, Canadian, Born to Be Blue, Dog Day Afternoon, Derivitive
What To See (And What to Skip) In the Theatres This Weekend
If you see just one Spider-man movie this year, why not see a whole lot of them at once?
That's what you get in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Rating: A), the new wildly inventive animated film from the producers of The Lego Movie , features the first black Latino Spider boy, though he's just one of the several web-slingers in different forms, who pop through one of those rips in the space-time continuum. Jim Slotek declares this "crazily imaginative, hilarious and frenetic animated feature" is "practically a palate-cleanser for comic book earnestness."
Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse: As many arachnids as it takes!
Now, back to the earnestness. This week's seasonal frock drama is Mary, Queen of Scots (Rating: B), starring Saoirse Ronan as the unfortunate Catholic Queen, and Margot Robbie as her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, in a film tracing their different lives until Mary's last unfortunate day. Reviewer Kim Hughes did not lose her head over the movie, a film she describes as historically accurate and beautiful to look at but with a dull pall.
In our other bio-pic, Blaze (Rating: C-plus), Ethan Hawke, taking the director's chair, traces the life of the late Texas singer-songwriter, Blaze Foley, starring Ben Dickey and Alia Shawkat as his wife, Sybil Rosen, whose memoir inspired the first half of the film. Jim Slotek found the cameo-stuffed film deficient in grit and somewhat meandering in tracing Blaze's downward spiral.
Also based on a true story is The Mule (Rating: B) directed by and starring 88-year-old Clint Eastwood as an egocentric flower enthusiast who starts transporting cocaine for a Mexican cartel to impress his estranged family. More a well-crafted sentimental comedy than a hard drama, it's an entertaining "old man" road movie, says reviewer Liam Lacey, if not on the level of The Straight Story or Nebraska.
For another perspective on drugs in the family, we have a possible Oscar acting contender, Ben Is Back (Rating: B-plus), starring Julia Roberts as the mom, whose son (Lucas Hedges) shows up on Christmas morning, straight from a rehab facility, an appearance that gets more complicated when someone steals the family dog. Karen Gordon says the drama, written and directed by Lucas Hedges' father, Peter Hedges (What's Eating Gilbert Grape) is somewhat uneven but superbly acted by Roberts and Hedges.
Because it just wouldn't be Christmas without a post-apocalyptic fantasy, we have two of them this week. Long-time Peter Jackson collaborator Christian Rivers brings us Mortal Engines (Rating: C minus), a young-adult story about a future where giant predator cities like London, roll around Europe on big tank treads ingesting smaller towns.
There's lots of expensive eye-candy onscreen says Liam Lacey, but the script is clogged with clichés. On the budget side, Lowell Dean's Super-Grid is a predictable but decently-executed calling card feature, says Jim Slotek, starring Saskatchewan as a future wasteland, where sibling mercenaries Jesse and Deke (Leo Fafard and Marshall Williams) make a run through the lawless territory populated by murderous mutants to pick up a mysterious cargo. Both Mortal Engines and Super-Grid feature an Asian female assassin, apparently de rigueur for post-apocalyptic dramas.
In Review Tags Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie, Mary Queen of Scots, Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Blaze, Blaze Foley, Ethan Hawke, Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, The Mule, Clint Eastwood, The Straight Story, Nebraska, "Old man" road movies, Ben is Back, Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Peter Hedges, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson, Christian Rivers, Super-Grid, Leo Fafard, Marshall Williams, post-apocalypse
Blaze: A soft, touching movie about a not-so-soft forgotten country outlaw
By Jim Slotek
Rating: C-plus
Before watching Blaze, the biopic about the late, almost country-star Blaze Foley, directed and co-written by Ethan Hawke, it's worth watching the Foley episode of Mike Judge's animated series about country outlaws, Tales from the Tour Bus.
(Season 1, episode 8, if you subscribe to Crave TV in Canada, Cinemax in the U.S.).
Ben Dickey and Alia Shawkat in Blaze.
In the words of the people who knew him, Foley was a man who, though inwardly sensitive, was outwardly so menacing, he scared bikers. He would spit at people he disliked, and could nail someone from across a room. When he met his fiance's middle-class Jewish parents, he wore an IUD as an earring. He was a blind-drunk cohort of singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt, and wrote a lot of songs, a fraction of which were recorded, and some that were covered, including, "If I Could Only Fly," by Merle Haggard.
He also was obsessed with duct tape, and though the movie does portray his coffin as being covered in it, it neglects to show he also festooned his clothes with duct tape and even made cowboy boots out of it.
That, in 20 minutes of animated escapades and maybe exaggerated reminiscence, is more colour and insight than all the overthinking in Hawke's film about a big drunk lovable song-writing Teddy bear who happens to be named Blaze Foley.
The real Blaze Foley
Come to think of it, maybe it's not a good idea to know who Blaze Foley was going in.
Skip over that, and Blaze does manage to tell a convincing story about how creative genius tragically often doesn't translate into fortune and fame. The artistic urge obviously means a lot to Hawke (his earlier directorial works include a thoughtful doc on the classical pianist Seymour Bernstein). And, to the handful who know who Blaze Foley was (most of them live in Texas), just the fact that he could finally find some posthumous fame is reason enough to applaud the film.
Even if he is a pretty soft version of the real Foley (and some might argue that's irrelevant, since the real Foley is not well-known), burly newcomer Ben Dickey does credibly perform and bring presence to his story – particularly in the first half of the film that's devoted to both his music and his relationship to his performance-artist wife Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat). That this half seems the most genuine isn't surprising, since Rosen co-wrote the film based on her memoirs.
But Rosen wasn't there for the down-and-dirty Foley, the guy who is said to have sold the same guitar to four different people and who was banned from the stage of nearly every bar in Austin. Does it seem like I was expecting a much grittier film?
The presentation of the film is awkward. The initial framing is that it's a telling of Foley's life in a radio interview with Van Zandt (Charlie Sexton) and another Foley friend Zee (Josh Hamilton). The set-up seems to be a promotional interview for Van Zandt's new album, with the deejay (Hawke) asking about the song "Blaze's Blues." The indication is that the two spend the next hour answering that one question, which would make most interviewers sorry they asked.
At other times, the story is told as a wraparound to a sparsely-attended bar performance by Foley that's being recorded for an album. A mention of a song will bring on a memory, etc.
There are some choice cameos in Blaze, including Kris Kristofferson as Foley's sumbitch of an abusive father, suffering dementia in his final days. And Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn and Richard Linklater make a fun trio of obnoxious Texas oilmen who sign him to a vanity record label, his only record contract.
At more than two hours, Blaze is a meandering tale of genius and futility, tender, but overlong and wallowing, given that we know how it ends.
Blaze. Directed by Ethan Hawke. Co-written by Hawke and Sybil Rosen. Starring Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat and Charlie Sexton. Opens Friday, December 14 in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Halifax.
In Review Tags Blaze Foley, Ethan Hawke, Country outlaws, Mike Judge, Tales from the Tour Bus, Townes Van Zandt, Merle Haggard, Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, Josh Hamilton, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Richard Linklater
Ingmar Bergman… 21st Century Superhero? Arguing for a New Crusader
In Preview Tags Ingmar Bergman, Retrospective, TIFF, TIFF 2018, Liv Ullman, Ethan Hawke, Olivier Assayas, David Cronenberg, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Through a Glass Darkly, Persona, Scenes from a Marriage, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, Palme D'Or, Swedish films
Juliet, Naked: The Brit rom-com vibe is familiar, the performances stellar
By Karen Gordon
In Review Tags Jesse Peretz, Evgenia Peretz, Rose Byrne, British romantic comedies, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd, Hugh Grant, Richard Curtis, Nick Hornby
First Reformed: Ethan Hawke Soars in Masterful Drama about Trampled Faith
By Kim Hughes
In Review Tags Ethan Hawke, Paul Schrader, Amanda Seyfried, TIFF 2017, drama


Elaine Young, a marketing professor at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., recently released her first book, Tuned-In Family, How to Cope, Communicate, and Connect in a Digital World. The book is now available to purchase on lulu.com.
A parent guidebook for families living in a digital world, Young based the publication on experiences with her own daughter, her students, and ongoing research into how college students cope with learning technologies in the classroom.
"My goal was to write something that emphasized the importance of respect, modeling behaviors, and embracing the positive power of the digital communication technologies all around us," writes Young on her website, tunedinfamily.com. "Each of us has a different comfort level with communication technologies and that comes through in how we integrate digital tools within our family."
"Making thoughtful, well-informed decisions and engaging in relationship-strengthening conversations between parent and child are key to successfully negotiating technology-use—whether your child is five or 15," said Laurel Bongiorno, Dean of the Education and Human Sciences Division at Champlain College and an Early Childhood educator. Bongiorno imagines this new wave of technology is comparable to the first generation of parents who had televisions in their living room; now, cell phones, iPads, video games, and constant connectivity are pervasive.
"This book provides parents with practical support," continued Bongiorno, "She also believes in collaboration between home and school," and that Internet and technology safety, responsibility and awareness should be taught in both places.
Readers find Tuned-In Family engaging to read, easy to understand, and easy to apply to real situations when interacting with children or technology. It helps mediate reasonable conversations with family surrounding technology, and dissipates anxiety stemming from adolescent's technology usage.
Young worked very closely with Champlain College Publishing Initiative, where Champlain students helped with the editing, design and layout, and publishing process suggestions. She also worked with students in Champlain Professor Tim Brookes' "Publishing in the 21st Century" class, as she went through the editing process. "It was a great learning experience for us all and I couldn't have done this without the help and guidance of the group of students who had a hand in making this book move from concept to reality," said Young.
Excerpts from Young's book can be found at her blog, www.ejyoung.com, and worksheets from the book are posted in the resources on the book's website, http://www.tunedinfamily.com.


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Indonesia's crackdown on illegal fishing is paying off, study finds
in Environment, Featured, Green Policies, Indonesia, Marine Life
JAKARTA — Tough measures by Indonesia to protect its fisheries from foreign poaching vessels are proving effective in helping replenish fish stocks, a new study says.
Seizing and blowing up illegal foreign fishing boats and banning fish transfers at sea have eased the pressure on Indonesia's intensively fished waters. The country, the second-biggest marine capture fisheries producer in the world, can serve as an example for other nations plagued by illegal fishing, according to the report published last month in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
The report showed that foreign fishing activity in Indonesia declined by more than 90 percent, and total fishing by 25 percent, since 2014, when the government banned foreign fishing boats from its waters, among other restrictions on fishing.
Indonesia lost an estimated $4 billion per year to illegal fishing before 2014, the study noted. Since then, more than 300 ships, foreign and local alike, found violating the fishing bans have been seized and sunk.
"Indonesia's anti-IUU [illegal, unreported and unregulated] fishing policies draw a lot of media attention and speculation about their effect, but no one has demonstrated or evaluated the efficacy of the policies," said lead author Reniel Cabral, a postdoctoral marine scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Indonesia is the world's second-largest fish producer. Image courtesy of Conservation International.
Cabral and his colleagues studied three different empirical datasets: satellite data of nightlights; publicly accessible automatic identification system (AIS); and vessel monitoring system (VMS) data provided by the Indonesian government.
To verify whether Indonesia's anti-IUU fishing efforts were helping fish recovery, the researchers focused on skipjack tuna, the largest fishery in Indonesia by volume, as a model case study.
The findings suggested Indonesian skipjack tuna fishermen would lose 59 percent in catch and 64 percent in profit by 2035 compared to current levels if an open-access regime was maintained and no IUU policies were implemented in the country.
On the other hand, the scientists suggested the fishermen could enjoy an increase of 14 percent in fish catch by 2035 and 12 percent rise in profit compared to current levels if the government continued to curtail IUU fishing and cap harvests at maximum sustainable levels.
Duto Nugroho, a fisheries biologist at Indonesia's fisheries ministry, said the government had drawn up a number of frameworks and guidelines to achieve maximum sustainable levels to accommodate local fishermen. One such policy is the country's 2016 fisher protection and empowerment act, which adopts sustainable criteria.
Nugroho said the ministry had carried out an evaluation of the policies, but noted there were indications that even as poaching by foreign vessels was severely diminished, local fishermen were catching more fish.
"There are still uncertainties on recovery status of fish stocks post anti-IUU [fishing] polices," he said.
Domestic fishing appears to be expanding significantly to replace international fishing pressure and could undo the benefits of fighting illegal fishing if left unchecked, Cabral and his colleagues agreed.
"[F]or them to continually capture benefits from their anti-IUU fishing policies, they need to ensure that domestic fishing efforts are also well-managed," Cabral said.
There are currently more than 3,300 new fishing boats under construction in Indonesia, and the government aims to distribute more than 13,800 sets of fishing gear to local fishermen by 2019. The new vessels are set to be much smaller than the foreign boats being replaced.
Reducing fishing pressure in Indonesia's waters will have to mean imposing restrictions on local small-scale fishermen, for which contingencies must be made, the researchers noted.
"Governments should include pro-poor measures that provide an economic safety net to local fishers and make legal forms of fishing more lucrative and attractive," they wrote.
Some of the measures the researchers suggested include making small-scale fisheries open access, banning trawl-like fishing gear, and improving fishery registration and data management.
The Indonesian government's policy to make its VMS data publicly available is another indication of its commitment to combating domestic IUU fishing, they added.
"Increased transparency, along with effective regulation and enforcement, can lead to better outcomes for fish stocks and local livelihoods," said David Kroodsma, director of research and development at Global Fishing Watch, an online platform by Google in partnership with the NGOs Oceana and SkyTruth.
Indonesia's fisheries minister, Susi Pudjiastuti, on board the Nigeria-flagged Viking, prior to its destruction in the waters off West Java. Image by Gary Stokes/Sea Shepherd Global.
About 20 percent of the global fish catch, amounting to 11 million to 26 million metric tons, is caught illegally, resulting in an annual global fisheries losses of $10 billion to $23.5 billion. In some regions, such as the western and central Pacific Ocean and eastern central Atlantic, illegally caught fish may constitute more than 30 percent of the total catch.
Rampant fishing activities in international waters or other countries' exclusive economic zone has typically been accompanied by high incidences of IUU fishing activities, raising concerns about the sustainability of global fisheries.
The researchers suggest that what Indonesia has successfully achieved can be implemented in other countries struggling with interlopers in their waters.
"When a country is plagued by high levels of IUU fishing by foreign fleets, addressing IUU fishing can drive fisheries recovery without reducing local catch and profit," Cabral wrote.
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My dino media wishlist
JD-man
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Subject: My dino media wishlist Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:22 pm
I originally posted the following at deviantART ( https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-My-dino-media-wishlist-901438371 ).
This journal entry was inspired by Naish's "Fossils We Want to Find" ( https://web.archive.org/web/20180110171830/https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/fossils-we-want-to-find/ ). It's nothing formal, just a list in no particular order of dino media I (as a non-expert dino fan) wish to see someday & why. Even still, I hope that at least some of you will get something out of it.
New Bakker-related dino media:
-1) New adult books by Bakker: More specifically, I wish to see adult versions of "The Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs" (which I reviewed: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2INIHTO7ANTSM/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ), "Dino Babies!" (which I reviewed: https://www.amazon.com/review/RGGG87Q9W2PHE/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ), & "Raptor Pack". Not only are said books the best of their kind (I.e. The best children's natural history of dinos, the best baby dino book for younger kids, & the best day-in-the-life dromaeosaur book, respectively), but also some of my favorite dino books. Furthermore, there aren't enough dino safari, baby dino, or day-in-the-life dino books for adults.
-2) A "Raptor Red" movie or mini-series (hence the cover image, which is by anatotitan: https://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/08/design-exercise-raptor-red-teaser.html ): Of all the day-in-the-life dino books I've read, Bakker's are by far the best ( https://www.amazon.com/review/R16K64LXYBME69/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ). I think a RR movie would be something like "The Last Lions" (Part 1: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnr4b0 ) (Part 2: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnrg9a ), but better b/c dinos. Alternatively, I think a RR mini-series would be something like Genndy Tartakovsky's "Primal" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZUWGoEbbSs ), but more scientifically accurate. Maybe David James Armsby should contact Bakker & Random House If his "Dinosauria" series is any indication ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ5VEKOKH8PCoo-gp50NgGhm3CNPAhgle ), he's probably the best person for the job of adapting RR in a way that's both faithful to the essence of the book & scientifically accurate by modern standards.
-3) A remake of Peter Zallinger's "Dinosaurs and Other Archosaurs" by Bakker/Rey: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2KNMVQKGS4Q9R/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8
-4) A remake of Stout's "The New Dinosaurs"/"The Dinosaurs: A Fantastic New View of a Lost Era" by Steve White or Bakker/Rey: More on that below.
An adult book version of Conway's "The Dinosaur Pet Guide" ( http://johnconway.co/dinosaur_pet_guide ) in the style of Conway et al.'s "All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals": To paraphrase Naish ( https://web.archive.org/web/20130521090221/http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/01/02/how-not-to-keep-dinosaurs/ ), "This could [be] a really interesting experiment in the reconstruction of behaviour, and on whatever imaginary perils and pitfalls might befall any attempt to bring dinosaurs into the human world". The closest thing we have is Bradley's "Care & Feeding Of Dinosaurs", a very good but outdated (E.g. Un-feathered coelurosaurs) children's book. Mash's "How to Keep Dinosaurs" is the right idea, but the wrong execution ( https://www.amazon.com/review/R1BRQGIJNZWTQH/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ).
More faithful adaptations of Crichton's "Jurassic Park" & "Lost World" novels. More specifically: 1) They'd be better as a series like "Westworld" on HBO; 2) They'd be better if the dinos were mostly accurate for today's time ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1pOgaXTf4&t=246s ), similar to how the novels' dinos were mostly accurate for their time ( https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Isla_Sorna_(novel_canon) ); 3) They'd be better if the original Lex character was cut altogether; At best, she adds nothing; At worst, she ruins the experience ( https://babbletrish.blogspot.com/2013/08/so-reading-jurassic-park-in-2013-is.html ); In other words, cutting her would greatly improve the experience without changing anything important (I.e. Major plot points or dino/character interactions).
A feature-length version of "Phil Tippett's Prehistoric Beast" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaXIRTjNfo&t=4s ): This is basically what Disney's "Dinosaur" ( http://www.williamstout.com/news/journal/?p=3549 ) & BBC's "Walking with Dinosaurs 3D" ( https://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2013/12/missing-kenneth-branagh.html ) were originally meant to be.
A PNSO-published Natural History of Dinos in the style of Owen's "Prehistoric Animals: The Extraordinary Story of Life Before Man" ( https://chasmosaurs.com/2019/12/09/vintage-dinosaur-art-prehistoric-animals-octopus-part-1/ ): As you may remember, I love dino dioramas ( https://www.amazon.com/review/R3F47215A3OEHY/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ). As you may also remember, I love PNSO ( https://www.amazon.com/review/R3R6KZA4VWB8E6/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ), especially their dino models ( https://www.paleo-nerd.com/tag/pnso/ ). Gripes aside, said models are so detailed & realistic that they should be in museum dioramas like the Smithsonian's ( http://agathaumas.blogspot.com/2011/05/annual-report-for-year-ended-june-30.html ). I'd especially love it if, like said models, this hypothetical NHD was updated every few years (& thus, always up-to-date, like many bird field guides: https://betterbirdphotography.com/bird-field-guides/ ).
A remake of Stout's "The New Dinosaurs"/"The Dinosaurs: A Fantastic New View of a Lost Era" by Steve White ( https://sharkeytrike.deviantart.com/ ) or Bakker/Rey: As you may remember, Stout 1981/2000 is "1 of the best adult NHDs" ( https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-Top-4-natural-histories-of-dinos-758236511 ). I'd love to see a new edition w/updated stories, but I don't think that's likely given that William Service, the original narrator, is RIP. I do think the next best thing would be a remake that's authored/illustrated by White or Bakker/Rey. I say White for 2 main reasons: 1) AFAIK, White's comic book-style paleoart comes closest to evoking Stout's vision of dinos; For an especially good example of that, compare White's "DINOSAUR WRESTLING: VELOCIRAPTOR V. PROTOCERATOPS" ( https://www.deviantart.com/sharkeytrike/art/DINOSAUR-WRESTLING-VELOCIRAPTOR-V-PROTOCERATOPS-302059940 ) to Stout's "Deinonychus vs.Tenontosaurus" ( https://www.pinterest.com/pin/441704675923271479/ ); 2) As indicated by White's "Dinosaur Hunter: The Ultimate Guide to the Biggest Game" (which I reviewed: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2DH2U4T7MNS0N/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ), he's also experienced in writing short day-in-the-life stories. Alternatively, I say Bakker/Rey for similar reasons discussed elsewhere ( https://www.amazon.com/review/R16K64LXYBME69/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ).
A WWD-style book for "Dinosaurs in the Wild" ( https://twitter.com/TetZoo/status/1424502725245607938 ): As you may remember, "the Dinosaurs in the Wild book" is 1 of the reasons why "I pledged...to Darren Naish's Patreon" ( https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-The-Jurassic-World-2-movie-and-challenge-770593457 ). I get that "writing of any sort is a slow business" ( https://darrennaish.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/naish-2021-becoming-a-science-writer-bsr.pdf ). What I don't get is why said book still hasn't found a publisher, especially given the following:
-1) How awesome DitW is (I.e. It combines the best aspects of "Jurassic Park" & WWD w/Naish's expert consultancy: https://chasmosaurs.com/2019/10/11/walking-with-dinosaurs-20-years-on/ ).
-2) How many companion books have been published for the less good-looking/accurate-for-its-time WWD (2 of which I reviewed).*
-3) How many dino fans still wanna experience DitW but couldn't do so in person.
Yes, there's Parker et al.'s "Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek" (which is set in more-or-less the same time & place: http://tetzoo.com/blog/2020/2/16/dinosaur-books-of-2019 ), but Saurian isn't as good-looking (I.e. It's too video gamey for me to get into) or accurate-for-its-time ( https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-The-Saurian-Dakotaraptor-could-be-better-707516300 ).
*I'm specifically referring to Martill/Naish's "Walking with Dinosaurs: The Evidence" ( https://www.amazon.com/review/R1NXSYJDL0LBHM/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ) & Benton's "Walking With Dinosaurs: Fascinating Facts" ( https://www.amazon.com/review/RA7SEUWSUPTX1/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ).
-A real book version of Darius's "Field Guide" from "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" ( https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Field_Guide_(Camp_Cretaceous) ). It'd be like when "The Journal of the Two Sisters" from "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" became a real book ( https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/The_Journal_of_the_Two_Sisters ), but better b/c dinos.
-A video combining the mosasaur clips from "Jurassic World" & other media w/the "Free Willy" theme. Basically, I wanna see a mosasaur version of the orca scene in "nostalgia citic The Pebble and the Penguin", but w/more of the theme included (See 0:00-0:30): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVGLLRPpN-0
-An homage to "Pitch Meetings" (like Doug Walker's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBaFPl6oG5Y ) that makes fun of terrible dino/paleo books like Feduccia's "Riddle of the Feathered Dragons: Hidden Birds of China" (which I reviewed: https://www.amazon.com/review/R47I7QPHDIHYD/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8 ) & Ford's "Too Big to Walk: The New Science of Dinosaurs" (See "Bad": https://www.deviantart.com/jd-man/journal/SD-Good-Semi-good-and-Bad-Dino-Sources-4-800236863 ).
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The St. Regis Atlanta Unit 1540 - Traditional Model Home — Patricia McLean Interiors, Inc.
Upon the success of the traditional master bedroom for the 2009 Atlanta Symphony Associates' Decorators' Show House, The St. Regis Atlanta Residences hired Patricia McLean Interiors to design a traditional model home residence in 2011. The unit was a true success and after its sale, Patricia was engaged to design and furnish Unit 1540, which is currently on the market.
The existing tile floors have been kept through out the unit and the color palette changed accordingly. The furnishings from the previous unit have been placed in this unit - demonstrating how adept Patricia is at reallocating furnishings.
The compass rose composition in the marble is a custom design for the round entry to the two-bedroom, three-and-one-half-bath unit that measures 3,583 square feet.
The specialty wall finishes are at once subtle with the strie´ finish and bold with the painted stripes in the adjoining halls, adding a touch of Palm Beach whimsy. The spacious master bedroom and sitting room are inviting. The master bath is enhanced with custom woodwork. The window treatment fabrics include printed cotton, silk, crewel on linen and a woven fabric with metallic thread. Silk trims and couture detailing at windows and on furniture are de rigueur. Antiques are a mixture of English, French, and Italian with wisps of chinoiserie, a signature integration to schemes. The English-style breakfront in the living room is a custom design by Patricia, created by a workshop that produces bespoke pieces she designs. Wool rugs and special art and accessories complete the stunning composition.


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Owning and operating a Kiddie Academy educational child care franchise is more than a sound business venture. It's a personally rewarding, life-changing decision for our franchisees all over the country.
the day-to-day flexibility David enjoyed as a small business owner. Kiddie Academy, with its comprehensive support and exceptional curriculum, was the perfect fit.
The Holmes' are now seeing the benefits of work-life harmony, their positive business reputation in the community, and the impact they are having on their students.
Chicago area and plans for more.
Business partners Kathy Naugle and Pamela Maxwell understood the challenges of climbing the corporate ladder while raising a family. The opportunity to own and operate their own child care franchise came at the perfect time. They now enjoy peace of mind as caregivers in the community and the freedom to be the business leaders they've always wanted to be.
An entrepreneurial spirit is part of David Rudnick's family heritage. His parents owned a family business, and he always planned to pursue his own ventures. With an undergraduate business degree and a graduate law degree, he owned a solo law practice for several years. When his wife became pregnant with their first child, they had difficulty finding a high quality educational child care provider. They recognized the opportunity to become a resource in their hometown. After visiting several potential partners, the Rudnicks chose Kiddie Academy.
An entrepreneurial spirit is part of David Rudnick's family heritage. His parents owned a family business, and he always planned to pursue his own ventures. With an undergraduate business degree and a graduate law degree, he owned a solo law practice for several years. When his wife became pregnant with their first child, they had difficulty finding a high quality child care provider. They recognized the situation as an opportunity to open their own education-based child care center in their hometown. After visiting several potential partners, the Rudnicks chose Kiddie Academy.
David's initial goal when opening his Kiddie Academy location was to provide an education-based child care experience that he'd feel comfortable trusting with his own children. After reviewing several options, David chose to open a Kiddie Academy franchise because he felt a strong connection with the curriculum, philosophy and support. "Our family name and reputation is important to us, and we only wanted to be associated with a quality organization. Kiddie Academy was a perfect fit for us," says David.
David and his academy have won several awards over the years including Community Leadership, Best Practices: Community Building and Best Practices: Technology Education.


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We are grateful for the support of Physicians Health Plan. PHP has become the latest corporate sponsor of the Steiner Chorale. Thank you to PHP for their support of the Lansing area community and of our 2016-2017 concert season.
To become a corporate sponsor, go to www.steinerchorale.org/corporate-sponsors/.


TRAVEL IN STYLE: The new Matterhorn glacier ride has Swarovski crystal-encrusted gondolas and glass floors.
CRYSTAL-CLEAR views take on a new meaning for passengers travelling on the world's highest 3S cableway in Switzerland.
The record-breaking cableway, 3821 metres above sea level in the mountain resort of Zermatt, features 250,000 Swarovski crystals and the country's first see-through floor.
The term 3S stands for three-seil in German, or three-rope.
Up to 2000 passengers an hour will be transported up to the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise on Klein Matterhorn in just nine minutes.
Four of the 25 gondolas are encrusted in crystals designed to sparkle in the sunlight. Every gondola has 28 seats.
The floors will turn from opaque to clear three minutes into the journey, revealing the dramatic and rugged scenery 200 metres below.
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The Landmark Group, a leading retail and hospitality corporation operating in the Middle East, North Africa and India, a few moths ago launched of its fashion brand, Max Fashions, in Central Park Mall, West Jakarta. The new store in Central Park is quite spacious and occupies around 1,000 m2 of premium retail space on the upper ground level. The store features two wide entrances, adorned with bright neon signage.
The men's and women's divisions are separated into Young, Casual, Corporate, Denim, and Sleepwear sections. In addition to that, the store also has special sections for infants and children. Racks of accessories, socks, shoes and sandals occupy an expansive special section. All the items in the store carry the Max Fashions brand which are produced in China, India, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
In every country, Max Fashion always has special collections tailored to local preferences. In Indonesia for example, the company has more shirtdresses and long-sleeved tunics for women. In this rainy season, many of them come in retro floral patterns and vintage colors. The stores in Indonesia also offer special batik prints for men and women. These batiks are all developed by local factories with local designing.
The Landmark Group plans to open 40 more Max Fashions stores in Indonesia. Start with Jakarta and the greater Jakarta area, and then other big cities in Java. The company also plans to set up a Max Fashions online store in Indonesia within a year.


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Qawwali (híndi: क़व्वाली (Devanágari); urdu: قوّالی (Nasta'liq); punjabi: ਕ਼ੱਵਾਲੀ (Gurmukhi), قوّالی (Shahmukhi); bengali: কাওয়ালি (bengali-assamês)) é uma forma de canto devocional islâmico sufi, originário do subcontinente indiano, e notavelmente popular nas regiões de Punjab e Sindh no Paquistão; em Hyderabad, Deli e outras partes da Índia, especialmente o norte da Índia; bem como as divisões de Dhaka e Chittagong em Bangladesh.

Apresentado originalmente em santuários sufis ou dargahs em todo o sul da Ásia, ganhou popularidade e público internacional no final do século XX. A música Qawwali recebeu exposição internacional através do trabalho de Aziz Mian, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan e Sabri Brothers em grande parte devido a vários lançamentos na gravadora Real World, seguidos por apresentações nos festivais World of Music, Arts and Dance. Outros cantores famosos de Qawwali incluem Fareed Ayyaz & Abu Muhammad, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Badar Miandad, Rizwan-Muazzam, o falecido Amjad Sabri, Wadali Brothers, Nizami Bandhu, Bahauddin Qutbuddin, Qutbi Brothers, entre outros. A maioria dos cantores modernos de Qawwali, incluindo Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan e Fareed Ayyaz & Abu Muhammad, pertencem à famosa escola 'Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana' de Qawwali, sediada em Deli.

Definição
Qawl (árabe: قَوْل ) é uma "expressão (do profeta)", Qawwāl é alguém que frequentemente repete (canta) um Qaul, Qawwāli é o que um Qawwāl canta.

Origens
O santo sufi de Deli, Amir Khusrow, da ordem dos sufis de Chisti, recebeu o crédito de fundir as tradições musicais persa, árabe, turca e indiana no final do século XIII na Índia para criar o Qawwali como o conhecemos hoje.  A palavra Sama ainda é frequentemente usada na Ásia Central e na Turquia para se referir a formas muito semelhantes a Qawwali, e na Índia, Paquistão e Bangladesh, o nome formal usado para uma sessão de Qawwali é Mehfil-e-Sama.

Originalmente, o uso de instrumentos musicais no Qawwali era proibido. As seguintes condições foram inicialmente colocadas em Qawwali:"Sima' (ouvir Qawwali) é permitido se algumas condições forem atendidas. O cantor deve ser adulto e não criança ou mulher. O ouvinte deve apenas ouvir tudo em memória de Allah. As palavras cantadas devem ser isentas de obscenidade e indecência e não devem ser nulas. Os instrumentos musicais não devem estar presentes no encontro. Se todas essas condições forem atendidas, Sima' é permitido."

"... Alguém queixou-se ao Sultão do Mashaa'ikh que alguns dos dervixes dançaram em uma reunião onde havia instrumentos musicais. Ele disse, eles não fizeram o bem, pois algo inadmissível não pode ser tolerado. "

-  Siyar al-AwliyaAlém disso, esses santos sufis, como Nizamuddin Auliya, o professor do famoso cantor sufi Amir Khusrow, foram bastante contundentes sobre a proibição:Os instrumentos musicais são Haram.

-  Fawa'id al-Fu'aadEventualmente, no entanto, o uso de instrumentos musicais encontrou seu caminho em Qawwali e os intérpretes modernos de Qawwali musical justificaram seu uso de instrumentos dizendo que os santos sufis não os impedem quando os usam perto de seus santuários.  Instrumentos como harmônio, tabla e dholak hoje são comuns em muitas festas Qawwali.

Conteúdo
As canções que constituem o repertório qawwali são principalmente em persa, urdu, híndi, bengali e punjabi. Existem alguns em persa da era mogol, e um punhado em seraiki e dialetos do norte da Índia como Braj Bhasha e Awadhi. Também existe qawwali em algumas línguas regionais, mas a tradição da língua regional é relativamente obscura. Além disso, o som do qawwali no idioma regional pode ser totalmente diferente daquele do qawwali dominante. Isso certamente é verdade para Chhote Babu Qawwal, cujo estilo de canto é muito mais próximo da música bengali Baul do que do qawwali de Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, por exemplo.

A poesia é implicitamente entendida como espiritual em seu significado, embora a letra às vezes possa soar terrivelmente secular ou totalmente hedonista. Os temas centrais do qawwali são amor, devoção e anseio (do homem pelo Divino).

Os qawwalis são classificados por seu conteúdo em várias categorias:

 Um hamd (حمد), louvor em árabe para lovor, é uma canção em louvor a Alá. Tradicionalmente, uma apresentação qawwali começa com um hamd.
 Um na`at (نعت), descrição em árabe, é uma canção em louvor a Maomé. O hamd de abertura é tradicionalmente seguido por um naat.
 Um manqabat (plural manaqib, مناقب, que significa características) é uma canção em louvor ao Imam Ali ou a um dos santos Sufi. Manaqib em louvor a Ali são cantados em reuniões sunitas e xiitas. Se uma for cantada, ela seguirá logo após o naat. Geralmente, há pelo menos um manqabat em um concerto tradicional.
 Um marsiya (مرثية), em árabe para lamentação por uma pessoa morta, é uma lamentação sobre a morte de grande parte da família de Huceine ibne Ali na Batalha de Karbala. Normalmente, isso seria cantado apenas em uma reunião xiita.

 Um ghazal (غزل), árabe para canção de amor, é uma canção que parece secular à primeira vista. Existem duas metáforas estendidas que perpassam os ghazals - as alegrias de beber e a agonia da separação da pessoa amada. Essas canções apresentam poesia requintada e podem certamente ser interpretadas pelo seu valor nominal e apreciadas nesse nível.  Na verdade, no Paquistão e na Índia, ghazal também é um gênero musical distinto e separado no qual muitas das mesmas canções são executadas em um estilo musical diferente e em um contexto secular. No contexto desse gênero, as canções geralmente são interpretadas pelo seu valor nominal, e nenhum significado mais profundo está necessariamente implícito. Mas no contexto de qawwali, essas canções de embriaguez e anseio usam metáforas seculares para expressar de maneira pungente o anseio da alma pela união com o Divino e sua alegria em amar o Divino. Nas canções de embriaguez, "vinho" representa "conhecimento do Divino", o "copeiro" ( saaqi ) é Deus ou um guia espiritual, a "taverna" é o lugar metafórico onde a alma pode (ou não) tenha a sorte de atingir a iluminação espiritual. (A "taverna" enfaticamente não é uma casa de culto convencional. Em vez disso, é considerada o contexto espiritual dentro do qual a alma existe.) Intoxicação é atingir o conhecimento espiritual, ou ser preenchido com a alegria de amar o Divino. Nas canções de saudade, a alma, tendo sido abandonada neste mundo por aquele amante cruel e arrogante, Deus, canta a agonia da separação e a profundidade de seu anseio por reencontro.
 Um kafi é um poema em Punjabi , Seraiki ou Sindi, que segue o estilo único de poetas como Sultan Bahoo, Shah Hussain , Bulleh Shah e Sachal Sarmast. Dois dos Kafis mais conhecidos incluem Ni Main Jana Jogi De Naal e Mera Piya Ghar Aaya.
 Um munajaat (مناجاة), árabe para uma conversa à noite ou uma forma de oração, é uma música em que o cantor mostra seus agradecimentos a Alá por meio de uma variedade de técnicas linguísticas. Muitas vezes é cantado em persa, com Mawlana Jalāl-ad-Dīn Rumi creditado como seu autor.

Composição de um conjunto qawwali

Um grupo de músicos qawwali, chamado em urdu de Humnawa, normalmente consiste em oito ou nove homens, incluindo um cantor principal, um ou dois cantores laterais, um ou dois harmônicos (que podem ser tocados pelo cantor principal, cantor lateral ou outra pessoa) e percussão. Se houver apenas um percussionista, ele toca tabla e dholak, geralmente a tabla com a mão dominante e o dholak com a outra (ou seja, um percussionista canhoto tocaria a tabla com a mão esquerda). Frequentemente, haverá dois percussionistas; nesse caso, um pode tocar a tabla e o outro, o dholak. Há também um coro de quatro ou cinco homens que repetem versos-chave e que ajudam na percussão batendo palmas.

Os artistas sentam-se de pernas cruzadas no chão em duas filas - o vocalista, cantores laterais e tocadores de harmônio na primeira fila, e o coro e percussionistas na última fila.

Antes da introdução bastante recente do harmônio, os qawwalis geralmente eram acompanhados pelos sarangi. O sarangi deveria ser reajustado entre as canções; o harmônio não, e logo foi preferido.

As mulheres costumavam ser excluídas da música tradicional muçulmana, uma vez que tradicionalmente são proibidas de cantar na presença de homens. Essas tradições mudaram, no entanto, como é evidente pela popularidade (e aceitação) de cantoras como Abida Parveen. No entanto, o qawwali continua sendo um negócio exclusivamente masculino. Ainda não há qawwals femininos tradicionais. Embora a cantora de kafi Abida Parveen tenha incorporado cada vez mais as técnicas de qawwali em suas apresentações, ela ainda não é considerada uma cantora de qawwali.

Estrutura musical do qawwali
As músicas geralmente têm entre 15 e 30 minutos de duração. No entanto, o qawwali mais longo lançado comercialmente dura pouco mais de 115 minutos (Hashr Ke Roz Yeh Poochhunga de Aziz Mian Qawwal). O maestro qawwali Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan tem pelo menos duas canções com mais de 60 minutos de duração.

Os Qawwalis tendem a começar suavemente e crescer continuamente até um nível de energia muito alto, a fim de induzir estados hipnóticos tanto entre os músicos quanto na plateia. Quase todos os Qawwalis são baseados em uma Raga da tradição da música clássica hindustani. As músicas são geralmente organizadas da seguinte forma:

 Começam com um prelúdio instrumental onde a melodia principal é tocada no harmônio, acompanhada pela tabla, e que pode incluir variações improvisadas da melodia.
 Em seguida, vem o alap, uma longa melodia tonal improvisada durante a qual os cantores entoam diferentes notas longas, na raga da música a ser tocada.
 O vocalista começa a cantar alguns versos do preâmbulo que normalmente não fazem parte da música principal, embora tematicamente relacionados a ela. Estas são cantadas sem ritmo, improvisadas seguindo a raga e acompanhadas apenas pelo harmônio. Depois que o vocalista canta uma estrofe, um dos cantores paralelos repete a estrofe, talvez com sua própria improvisação. Alguns ou muitos versos serão cantados dessa forma, levando à música principal.
 Quando a música principal começa, a tabla, dholak e palmas começam. Todos os membros cantam os versos que constituem o refrão. As letras dos versos principais nunca são improvisadas; na verdade, essas são frequentemente canções tradicionais cantadas por muitos grupos, especialmente dentro da mesma linhagem. No entanto, as melodias são improvisadas sutilmente dentro da estrutura da melodia principal. Conforme a música prossegue, o vocalista principal ou um dos cantores secundários pode explodir em um sopro. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan também popularizou a interjeição do sargam cantando neste ponto. A música geralmente cresce em ritmo e paixão, com cada cantor tentando superar o outro em termos de acrobacias vocais. Alguns cantores podem fazer longos períodos de improvisação sargam, especialmente improvisações alternadas com um cantor estudante. As músicas geralmente terminam de repente.

O estilo de canto de qawwali é diferente dos estilos de canto ocidentais em muitos aspectos. Por exemplo, em palavras que começam com um "m", os cantores ocidentais tendem a acentuar a vogal após o "m" em vez do próprio "m", enquanto em qawwali, o "m" geralmente é mantido, produzindo um tom abafado. Também no qawwali, não há distinção entre o que é conhecido como voz de peito e voz de cabeça (as diferentes áreas em que o som ressoará dependendo da frequência cantada). Em vez disso, os qawwals cantam muito alto e com força, o que lhes permite estender sua voz de peito para frequências muito mais altas do que as usadas no canto ocidental, embora isso geralmente cause um som mais barulhento ou tenso do que seria aceitável no Ocidente.

Sequência tradicional de uma apresentação qawwali da ordem sufi Chishtiya

 Instrumental: supõe-se que seja o anúncio da chegada de Moinuddin Chishti, já que os sufis acreditam que seus santos estão livres do tempo-espaço. Além disso, as categorias de fiéis Nabi, Siddiq, Shaheed e Saleh nunca morrem, apenas vão para algum outro estado de onde visitam sempre que são mencionados, especialmente se houver uma função em sua homenagem.
 Hamd
 Na`at
 Manqabat Ali
 Manqabats em louvor aos santos sufistas
 Manqabat Shaikh: elogios ao Shaikh/Pir se a apresentação for em uma celebração Urs
 Rang ou Badhawa: Se for uma apresentação de Urs, geralmente é Rang, um poema de Amir Khusro. O público é frequentemente solicitado a se levantar quando o Rang é cantado. Se for o aniversário do Shaikh, geralmente é o Badhawa.

Notáveis qawwals dos últimos 70 anos

 Aziz Mian
 Badar Ali Khan, também conhecido como Badar Miandad
 Bahauddin Qutbuddin
 Fateh Ali Khan
 Pintor Habib
 Iqbal Hussain Khan Bandanawazi
 Munshi Raziuddin
 Nizami Bandhu
 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
 Sabri Brothers
 Wadali Brothers
 Warsi Brothers

Qawwals atuais e recentes

 Ateeq Hussain Khan
 Abdullah Manzoor Niazi
 Faiz Ali Faiz
 Fareed Ayaz
 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
 Sukhawat Ali Khan
 Rizwan Muazzam
 Waheed and Naveed Chishti
 Warsi Brothers
 Irmãos Qutbi
 Tahir Faridi Qawwal
 Aminah Chishti Qawwal, primeira mulher Qawwal
 Sanam Marvi

Ver também

 Música da Índia
 Êxtase

Música do Paquistão
Cultura do Paquistão
Música religiosa
Islão


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Masters of Sex: Season Two DVD
Iain Robertson
Yes, you thought this site consisted solely of recaps of Mad Men and Catfish nowadays. Well, surprise. We also review shows that are a little bit like Mad Men.
Somewhat ironically considering its provocative title, Masters of Sex is pretty much the only show on More 4 that doesn't qualify as porn of some description. Not real porn, obviously; they're far too nice for that. If you want that you have to look on various websites that I know nothing about honest and why the hell didn't I delete my internet history? But with its never-ending repeats of Grand Designs and Come Dine With Me, it's pretty much property and food porn all the way.
Masters of Sex is therefore a bit of an odd fit for the channel, containing neither a massive amount of rich twats converting barns into extravagant homes, or utter fuckwits judging other people's cooking and life choices.
If you're one of the 17 people who caught the first season before Channel 4 shoved it off to its sister channel that no one watches, then you'll need no introduction. However, for the benefit of everyone else, Masters of Sex tells the true story of brilliant but stiff scientist William Masters (Michael Sheen) and his research assistant Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), who in the 1950s conducted the first serious research into human sexuality, helping to kickstart the sexual revolution in the process. This consisted of observing others having sex and, later, indulging in a spot of the old research between themselves.
"So what we're saying is, we'd like $10,000 to spend on dildos, please."
The first season concluded with Masters being unceremoniously fired from his research post after presenting his work to his colleagues, with the relationship burgeoning between the married doctor and Johnson. Season two, which begins in 1958 and continues into the early 1960s, picks up with Masters' unsuccessful attempts to continue his research at other hospitals, becoming increasingly frustrated at not being taken seriously, and his inability to secure a job for his unqualified colleague.
Johnson, on the other hand, is caught between trying to work again with Masters or continue working with a terminally ill female doctor with whom she's developed a close friendship. Oh, and the pair continue their research by frequently shagging each other senseless in a hotel room. In the name of science, obviously.
Elsewhere, some of the supporting characters get a mixed bag of diverse plots. Masters' former boss, played by Beau Bridges, has a brief but tragic reappearance, unable to come to terms with both his homosexuality and being considerably less cool than his brother. Masters' wife Libby (Caitlin Fitzgerald) starts to drift away from her husband, and gets caught up in the burgeoning civil rights movement.
And two former subjects in the study have trouble adjusting to both married life and unusual new careers. Breaking Bad's Betsy Brandt pops up as a sexually dysfunctional patient with a troubled past (no, not being married to Hank), and there's fleeting appearances from Sarah Silverman and Deep Space Nine's René Auberjonois. (Enterprise's John Billingsley also shows up, but come on, Deep Space Nine was obviously way better, so Odo's getting the mention. Incidentally, Sarah Silverman was once in an episode of Voyager, but we won't hold that against her.)
"I assure you, it's equally vital to research the effects of my not fancying it tonight because I want to watch the golf."
It's easy to dismiss Masters of Sex as "Mad Men with boobs" (as, er, I kind of did in my review of season one, but let's gloss over that. Besides, Mad Men's finished, let it go), but it's evolved very much into its own show. It's not as slick as Mad Men, but does have considerably more naughty stuff, which is a distinct bonus. Sheen's excellent as ever as the bottled-up but brilliant Masters (just don't picture him in his Tony Blair mode during the sex scenes or you'll be traumatised for life), but it's Caplan (aka the non-Lohan/Seyfried former Mean Girls star who now gets naked a lot) who's rapidly becoming the breakout star here.
Masters of Sex is developing into one of the most enjoyable, complex shows on TV. Season two is broader in scope than the first season, and all the richer for it. The upcoming third season is due to advance the story to 1966, which will either see the pair spearheading the sexual revolution, or just spend 12 episodes watching the World Cup, which was obviously huge in the States.
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Verging on Pertinence: Merde! Not that Coffee Again.
Merde! Not that Coffee Again.
I'm not what you'd call a joiner. Tending toward the introvert markings on a social ability scale, I tend to view any groups with mistrust. It's not that I hate people, it's just that I hate people's intrusion on my time. Especially those people who mistakingly view themselves as interesting and thus self-delude themselves into thinking that their poorly crafted stories (well....when you've got bad material to start off a story...) are tales I want to spend my limited time listening to.
So, groups and I do not tend to cross paths too often. Yeah, I belong to your usual professional groups, which means you get an annual card and may have to momentarily attend an annual meeting. I view these things as work-related necessities and, at least as far as the meetings go, I try to latch onto the smallest gathering which is usually centered around the most loose bolt in the professional group's structure. The guy or gal with the most outrageous hair tends to be the person I'll gravitate to when the meeting bell rings. A minimal toll it is for me.
But, I'm really going off the path here. What prompted this post was an off the cuff remark a member made as regards the daily brew made by one of our coffee club members at work.
"This coffee tastes like S_ _ T!"
He was right. It even smelled like it. Memory cogs started churning and I recalled a coffee exquisite concoction I'd read about in a paper a while back. Googling, I came up with this. You folks probably recall the $400 per Lb. coffee beans story. I recounted this story to the coffee opinionator and he looked at me with a shifty eye, while backing away from the coffee urn. Luckily, Google provided me with the needed support for what he took as my bulls_ _t story.


"Snowbirds" are seasonal, so I thought why not share a picture of some actual feathered friends who are just that. The white pelicans "winter" in Florida; they arrive in the fall and depart in the spring. They usually stay in a geographically protected area, such as a lagoon, harbor, estuary, or mangrove islands. This picture was taken off the Swordfish Grill in the Cortez Village.
Other places you may find them in Bradenton are on the bayside of Anna Maria Island and Robinson Preserve. In Sarasota, you would have good luck at Myakka State Park, the Celery Fields out Palmer Road, Benderson Park, and Sarasota Bay.
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"Visions of Peace" Juried Art Show features over 40 paintings by members of Rainier League of Arts, which reflect the theme of "Peace." Miniature paintings will also be on display October 24th through December 20th. Premier Gallery is located inside the Puyallup Activity Center. Gallery Hours: Mon – Friday 9am – 4:30pm.