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this explains what my "close ups" sketch page was all about for Everyday in May 2014
Starkrusher guessed broom handle and Miz Dee guessed jewelry.....so they can go to Mars together ! The whisk broom (nothing brushes well like they do, for certain jobs) says on the handle, Made In Austria...and the necklace is Trafari marked and seems to me to look like 60's or 70's style...
with newspaper mask, hunting trophy, copper spray paint.
As an hommage to Joseph Beuys' performance "How to explain the pictures to the dead hare".
Wie man der Jagdtrophäe die Nachrichten erklärt.
mit Maske aus Zeitungspapier, Jagdtrophäe, Kupferspray.
In Anlehnung an die Performance von Joseph Beuys "Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt"
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I saw pics of the UCS imperial shuttle, and got mega exited over this head, because it doesn't have a twisted mouth, I was going to buy this set just for the head! I looked for the figure on Bricklink, and pictures show him with just a regular twisted mouth head. I look in the heads section, to see this head doesn't appear to exist. Is this a prototype head? I really want it! but it doesn't seem to exist. I looked for reviews of the set on youtube, but due to crap video quality, I can't tell what headpiece is on this fig. On the box, it shows him with the not twisted mouth, can someone explain this to me?
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Think about it first, what is your guess? Likely you already had a gender
in mind....Well if you expected we're having a *BOY*, you're wrong!! We're
having a girl! :) We had the long ultrasound appointment yesterday, and we
visited with my doctor today so she could explain everything to us. At
first the technician could not determine the gender because the baby was
sitting down sort of indian-style, so she had me get up and touch my toes 3
times. After that both she and the doctor were certain that it's a girl.
The ultrasound was the coolest experience ever! I feel so blessed that we
have moving pictures now to actually see the baby moving around. The tech
who performed our ultrasound, Joy, was an expert, she's been doing it for
30+ years. She said when she started they didn't even have moving pictures!
We got to see the baby moving her mouth in the drinking motion, so cute! We
saw all the bones of the arms, legs, fingers & toes. Everything appears to
be perfectly healthy with the spine, kidneys, heart, head & stomach. They
gave us a perfect report! Also, this confirmed that we have the lowest
chance of all that our baby has Down's syndrome.
The only thing that they said they're going to monitor, is a very slight
risk of growth depression due to the odd placement of the umbilical cord on
the placenta. My doctor assured me that it's not statistically proven at
all because she's seen plenty of baby's with this issue that are enormous.
But since our baby's umbilical cord connects to the edge of the placenta
(rather than somewhere toward the middle), theoretically she could have
trouble getting all the nutrients and growing. However, she said so far our
baby's even a little bit ahead so the ultrasound showed us having a due
date of Dec 27th, rather than the 30th, so we'll see! It's actually kind of
cool though because this means we get to do another ultrasound in 9 weeks,
when normally we wouldn't! I'm really excited to see the baby when she's
that big.
I attached a picture that has our 2 favorite pictures from the ultrasound.
You can see her cute profile with nose & lips (whose do they look like?!),
and the other one is looking directly at her face and she's smiling! I also
attached pictures of me in our new apartment! We moved last month to an
apartment in Chinatown and we're really enjoying it. Who wants to come
visit?!
With love,
Giulian, Christy & baby girl
PS: We're still mulling around with names, but we're not telling anyone
till she's born! :D
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Christy Giusti wrote:
> Hi family,
>
> Giulian and I were thinking that it'd be nice to send a quick update to
> our family after our every-four-week doctor's appointments to keep you all
> in the loop. They'll be brief for the most part, but you can just skim
> through it if you want! Is this the preferred email address for everyone?
>
> I'm almost to Week 12, so I'm only about 2 weeks away from the 2nd
> trimester. I had a short doctor's appointment last week and everything went
> well! Nothing new, got to know my doctor better who I really like, and to
> hear the baby's heartbeat with the fetal doppler instrument which was
> awesome. My first experience with the gel on my stomach, very interesting.
> Afterward I scheduled our 18 week super long appointment where we have the
> detailed ultrasound that tells us gender and such. Really excited for that!
>
> Even though these past couple of weeks have been better for me
> health-wise, I'm still struggling a bit with nausea/vomiting which accounts
> for the 2 pounds I lost during the 1st 10 weeks. So I'm really looking
> forward to the 2nd trimester when that is supposed to lay off and my energy
> to return. We went camping last weekend and I felt great, we even went
> white water rafting! Call me crazy. It's good for the baby to get a taste
> of our life you know? :) Also, my stomach is definitely starting to fill
> out, I have to unbutton my pants sometimes when I sit down. Oh joy!
>
> Pretty soon here we're going to announce the news via facebook after we
> finish telling the rest of our key friends & extended family. So once you
> see that you can talk more openly about it. Thanks for letting us tell
> everyone ourselves, it's a joy!
>
> Love you all a ton! Talk to you again in 3 weeks. :)
>
> PS: Let me know if there's any other information you'd like to hear.
>
> --
> *Christy Giusti*
>
>
Can't explain...
Anything...
Not even how im feeling...
My emotions are so messed up lately...
Im not myself, But sometimes im more than myself.
I don't sleep.
Im just not me, Then who am i?
I act stuck up and mean, But thats not me.
Whats gotten into me...
I need to find myself, But i can't.
I push everyone close to me away...
I need them more than ever rightnow.
sometimes i feel like my heart
is beating extremlyy fast like im having
a heart attack, almost like im dying,
i've been told these are panic attacks
bah i get them most frequently grr
Random Fact: that peace sign headband i wear that almost everyday. :)
Well it's mid September 2020. The Age of Wonders has yet to arrive, with a new, later theatrical debut every time I look at the website. But, the merchandise seems to be on schedule, namely the S.H. Figuarts WW84 Wonder Woman figure.
WW84 takes place in 1984, and takes place before Justice League. While I know continuity has been an issue with the DCEU movies, there's a few things I hope this movie will explain... of course it could just be me that cares about these things. Gal Gadot returns as the lead character, with an interesting supporting cast including Chris Pine, who needs to regale audiences with the story as to why he's not dead.
Contents of the WW84 package are... kind of slim for the price point of 6,600 Yen. You get the figure, two face plates (eyes forwards, eyes to the right), an empty Lasso of Truth holster, six additional posing hands, and an uncoiled mid motion Lasso of Truth. This time around, she apparently has no sword or shield (which I believe were smashed to bits in the previous movie). On a related note, she also has no leather bandolier this time around either. The coiled Lasso of Truth is now a single piece along with actual holster. which helps displaying the figure with no Lasso in hand.
Lets get the obvious out of the way. In the event it wasn't obvious, Tamashii Nations effectively recycled the previous body and slapped on a new head. The colours were tweaked (most likely due to movie costume changes) and the side by side photos should give good indication of that. Skin tone was darkened because, well, Gal Gadot has a complexion.. or the guy in charge of that sort thing wasn't blind this time around.
With regards to the head, it should be readily apparent that Tamashii Nations tried much, much, much harder to this time to actually get that Gal Gadot accuracy. It's not perfect, most notable being the eyes front sculpt seems to have issues with regards to paint location for the pupils, but its definitely recognizable as Gadot, and a hell of an improvement over the first one.
How anyone could possibly mistake that one for Gal Gadot is something that probably needs an entire Netflix series to explain.
The aforementioned issues with eyes front sculpt seem to be a widespread QC issue, so overall the eyes right sculpt is definitely the better of the two, and works better with her hair anyway.
In addition to getting the right image for the digital painting, Tamashii Nations updated the actual shape of the face, and her hair/wig, replicating her half front/half back look from many of the promotional photos, and also allows Gadot/Wonder Woman to showcase her strong jawline. Detailing on the hair itself is finer as well.
So now that her face and hair are more accurate, there's one more improvement to discuss before leaving this section. One of my pet peeves about the first release was that there was no thought given as to how the head would turn, as that section of hair that goes over the right should had no give. It also got in the way of the shoulder movement.
Tamashii Nations fixed this by adding in the hair, which allows the hair to move out of the way for turning, and will yield in the event the shoulder is moved. It's a bit clunky, but it does work. Maybe they'll do something to fix the back hair the next time.
Moving on to our usual overview criteria, articulation points are plentiful. You get goes, ankles with tilt and pivot, double jointed knees, hips with thigh swivel and displaced joints to allow for greater range of motion, waist, mid-torso, shoulders with chest collapse, single jointed elbows, wrists, neck and head.
Due to lack of bulk in the arms, the single jointed elbows appear to sufficient for posing purposes. The back of her head unfortunately does get in the way of tilting her head back, so no flying poses or tilting the head up. You can do a nice variety of action poses, including her trademark Bracers pose, but's she's no Revoltech. Furthermore, you really just have the Lasso as a weapon (and it's not even the spinning one like the Hot Toys has) so generally speaking rope tricks is about as exotic as you're going to get on the figure.
Paint work is excellent, with no observable bleeds between colours or overspray. Details on the face itself are great, and honestly just keep me excited for improvements we'll see next time around (in a good way). The only messy paint apps are basically invisible - they're on the edges of armour that expose flesh bits. I also mentioned the issues with the location of pupils on the eyes front sculpt.
All in all, pupil location aside, only the most anal retentive will find something to complain about paint wise on this figure.
Finally, with regards to build quality, everything is in order for a figure of this price point. Limbs are the same length and joints operate as designed. Finishes on the parts themselves are very good, with the usual Figuarts level of seam polishing. The only beef I have is that the front hair section likes to come off on mine a bit to easily. Other than that, everything holds together as expected.
It's amazing what a "simple" head change can do for a figure - it's almost like a brand new thing when in reality, it's effectively the same. This new head. even with its somewhat wonky articulation, this is undoubtedly the best Gal Gadot Wonder Woman figure at this size.
She looks the part, and now, can actually utilize the full posing capabilities of the body. I just wish she had more gear to pose with.
There has been no news about a Golden Armour version of her being released... on the other hand, this wouldn't be the first time a winged figure was released, so there's hope it can and will happen.
I guess we'll have to wait till December to (hopefully) find out.
March 21, 2020- Albany, NY- Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a press briefing on Coronavirus, explains working on increasing hospital capacity, building new beds, and increasing medical supplies (Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)
His Solitude With Us
"But when He was alone…the twelve asked Him about the parable." [Mark 4:10]
When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted desires, a broken friendship, or a new friendship— when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us. Notice Jesus Christ’s training of the Twelve. It was the disciples, not the crowd outside, who were confused. His disciples constantly asked Him questions, and He constantly explained things to them, but they didn’t understand until after they received the Holy Spirit (see John 14:26). As you journey with God, the only thing He intends to be clear is the way He deals with your soul. The sorrows and difficulties in the lives of others will be absolutely confusing to you. We think we understand another person’s struggle until God reveals the same shortcomings in our lives. There are vast areas of stubbornness and ignorance the Holy Spirit has to reveal in each of us, but it can only be done when Jesus gets us alone. Are we alone with Him now? Or are we more concerned with our own ideas, friendships, and cares for our bodies? Jesus cannot teach us anything until we quiet all our intellectual questions and get alone with Him. Hallelujah, God bless
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Members of the American High School Theatre Festival presenting excerpts of their show "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" on and around one of the Virgin Money free stages on The Mile
Title (What is the exact title under which the graphic was published?):
Fashion’s Poster:
The Definitive History of Costume and Style.
Topic (What ist he infographic explaining?):
Tracing the evolution of fashion — from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today.
Infographic team:
· Infographic Director:
Juantxo Cruz
· Art Director:
Isabel González
· Infographic designers:
Beatriz Santacruz
Carlos Martínez
Maite Vaquero
Chema Matía
Rafael Estrada
Bárbara M. Díez
Carlos S. Coelho
Emilio Amade
Modesto J. Carrasco
Mariano Zafra
· Photograhy:
José María Presas.
Kaulak.
· Text authors (Who wrote the texts coming along and in the graphic?):
Enrique Muñoz
Javier Munera
· Researchers (Who did the research and collected facts and information?):
Enrique Muñoz
Javier Munera
Diana Fernández (Centro Superior de Diseño de Moda de Madrid)
Daniel Izeddin
Sources: (What information sources have been used?)
Museums, Institutes, Institutions:
(1): Centro Superior de Diseño de Moda de Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid.
(2): Museo del Traje, Centro de Investigación del Patrimonio Etnológico, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid.
(3): Centro de Información Textil y de la Confección (CITYC), Barcelona, Cataluña.
(4): Museo del Calzado de Elda, Comunidad Valenciana.
(5): Federación de Industrias del Calzado Español (FICE), Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid.
Books:
(1): Historia de la moda. Desde Egipto hasta nuestros días, Bronwyn Cosgrave, Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2005.
(2): Breve Historia Del Traje Y La Moda / Costume and Fashion. A Concise History. James Laver. Ediciones Cátedra, 1988.
(3): Uniformes Militares 1686-1918, René North, Editorial Bruguera, 1970.
Published in / medium (Where was the infographic first published?):
EL MAGAZINE from EL MUNDO DEL SIGLO XXI newspaper
Madrid. Spain, +300,000
Year of publication:
2006
Short description (Here we do need any elaborated text. Our writers need some background info about the infographic or also anecdotes ...):
That megainfographic history was planned to be published in parts. EL MUNDO MAGAZINE Art Director, Rodrigo Sánchez, falled in love with the idea and we did it. During eight weeks, EL MAGAZINE published one part of the poster, one each week, the reader should save the weekly sheet and finally assemble all. It was a big success, a lot of readers call our department to request more copies of the poster.
The central image, a superb collage done by Graphic Art Director Isabel González, was inspired on The Clothed Maja and The Nude Maja by Goya, which are near us, in the Prado Museum.
www.flickr.com/photos/dcml/222754690/
The Fashion Poster won a Gold Award (Infographic Category) at the Society of News Desing 2007 contest.
Set: Scarves Knotting Fun (15) - 292 Pics -
Explaining Your Friend How You Want To Have Your Wrists Tied Behind Your Back. -
There Must Be No Way For You To Get Free. -
A Few Videos Of This Photostream Can Be Find At The End.
No matter where I am or what I'm doing, I have this constant need to photograph it. I am forever looking at everything around me as if there was a permanent viewfinder attached to my eyes. And I don't ever want to go back to walking around blindly not really seeing. Every and any thing...
I guess when it comes to my passion for photography and for a lack of a better phrase (or image, hehe) to explain that, let me just say...
I don't want to get caught with me proverbial pants down without my camera.
I hadn't been able to take out the M4 and 35mm Nikkor in awhile, so brought it with me on several occasions. Was trying to focus on the pictures in my mind rather than what was in front of me, basically to construct things differently. I had seen a number of flickeranians who really impressed me with their work where I could feel what they were doing, from images in Los Angeles to the tri-state area to South East Asia. I keep trying and thank those who keep inspiring!
PGT Challenge - Breaking the rules. I wouldn't typically post a photo of a license plate, but since its break the rules week. (folks with vanity plates have to expect someone will take a photo). There is so much to see on the back of this Rogue. I especially like the Put a Bird On It sticker.
DEAR, POWER OF COMMAND VICTORY IN KARACHI ,OUR CONQUERANCE COMMAND STRATEGY CONQUEROR BEAUTY IS OURS FACTS IN HOLY QURANIC VERSES 20:114 [Know,] then, [that) God is sublimely exalted. the Ultimate Sovereign, the Ultimate Truth [99] and [knowing this,] do not approach the Qur'an in haste, [100] ere it has been revealed unto thee in full, but [always) say: "O my Sustainer, cause me to grow in knowledge! [101]
فَتَعَالَى اللَّهُ الْمَلِكُ الْحَقُّ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَى إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا (20:114)
Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)
21:91 AND [remember] her who guarded her chastity, whereupon We breathed into her of Our spirit [87] and caused her, together with her son, to become a symbol [of Our grace] unto all people. [88]
وَالَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا وَجَعَلْنَاهَا وَابْنَهَا آيَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ (21:91)
Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)
23:6 [not giving way to their desires] with any but their spouses - that is, those whom they rightfully possess [through wedlock]: [3] for then, behold, they are free of all blame,
إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ (23:6)
As-Sajdah (The Prostration)
32:28 But they answer: “When will that final decision take place, if what you [believers] say is true?” [24]
وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَى هَذَا الْفَتْحُ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ (32:28)
As-Sajdah (The Prostration)
32:29 Say: “On the Day of the Final Decision, their [newly-found] faith will be of no use to those who [in their lifetime] were bent on denying the truth, nor will they be granted respite!” –
قُلْ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ لَا يَنفَعُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِيمَانُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ (32:29)
As-Sajdah (The Prostration)
32:30 and then leave them alone, and wait [for the truth to unfold as] they, behold, are waiting.
فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَانتَظِرْ إِنَّهُم مُّنتَظِرُونَ (32:30)
Fussilat (Explained in Detail)
41:29 And they who [in their life on earth] were bent on denying the truth will [thereupon] exclaim: “O our Sustainer! Show us those of the invisible beings and humans that have led us astray: [29] we shall trample them underfoot, so that they shall be the lowest of all!” [30]
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّنَا أَرِنَا الَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانَا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنسِ نَجْعَلْهُمَا تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِنَا لِيَكُونَا مِنَ الْأَسْفَلِينَ (41:29)
Fussilat (Explained in Detail)
41:30 [But,] behold, as for those who say, “Our Sustainer is God,” and then steadfastly pursue the right way - upon them do angels often descend, [saying:] “Fear not and grieve not, but receive the glad tiding of that paradise which has been promised to you!
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا بِالْجَنَّةِ الَّتِي كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ (41:30)
Fussilat (Explained in Detail)
41:31 We are close unto you in the life of this world and [will be so] in the life to come; and in that [life to come] you shall have all that your souls may desire, and in it you shall have all that you ever prayed for,
نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَاؤُكُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِي أَنفُسُكُمْ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَ (41:31)
Fussilat (Explained in Detail)
41:32 as a ready welcome from Him who is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace!”
نُزُلًا مِّنْ غَفُورٍ رَّحِيمٍ (41:32)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:16 Endure it [now]! But [whether you] bear yourselves with patience or without patience, it will be the same to you: you are but being requited for what you were wont to do.” [6]
اصْلَوْهَا فَاصْبِرُوا أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا سَوَاء عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ (52:16)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:17 [But,] verily, the God-conscious will find themselves [on that Day] in gardens and in bliss,
إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ (52:17)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:18 rejoicing in all that their Sustainer will have granted them: for their Sustainer will have warded off from them all suffering through the blazing fire.
فَاكِهِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ (52:18)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:19 [And they will be told:] “Eat and drink with good cheer as an outcome of what you were wont to do,
كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ (52:19)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:20 reclining on couches [of happiness] ranged in rows!” [7] And [in that paradise] We shall mate them with companions pure, most beautiful of eye. [8]
مُتَّكِئِينَ عَلَى سُرُرٍ مَّصْفُوفَةٍ وَزَوَّجْنَاهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ (52:20)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:21 And as for those who have attained to faith and whose offspring will have followed them in faith, We shall unite them with their offspring; and We shall not let aught of their deeds go to waste: [9] [but] every human being will be held in pledge for whatever he has earned. [10]
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَانٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَمَا أَلَتْنَاهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ (52:21)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:22 And We shall bestow on them fruit and meat in abundance - whatever they may desire:
وَأَمْدَدْنَاهُم بِفَاكِهَةٍ وَلَحْمٍ مِّمَّا يَشْتَهُونَ (52:22)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:23 and in that [paradise] they shall pass on to one another a cup which will not give rise to empty talk, and neither incite to sin. [11]
يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ (52:23)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:24 And they will be waited upon by [immortal] youths, [12] [as if they were children] of their own, [13] [as pure] as if they were pearls hidden in their shells.
وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ غِلْمَانٌ لَّهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لُؤْلُؤٌ مَّكْنُونٌ (52:24)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:25 And they [who are thus blest] will turn to one another, asking each other [about their past lives]. [14]
وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَسَاءلُونَ 52:26 They will say: “Behold, aforetime - when we were [still living] in the midst of our kith and kin - we were full of fear [at the thought of God’s displeasure]: [15]
قَالُوا إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبْلُ فِي أَهْلِنَا مُشْفِقِينَ (52:26)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:27 and so God has graced us with His favour, and has warded off from us all suffering through the scorching winds [of frustration].
فَمَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَوَقَانَا عَذَابَ السَّمُومِ (52:27)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:28 Verily, we did invoke Him [alone] ere this: [and now He has shown us] [16] that He alone is truly benign, a true dispenser of grace!”
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ (52:28)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:29 EXHORT, then, [O Prophet, all men:] for, by thy Sustainer’s grace, thou art neither a soothsayer nor a madman.
فَذَكِّرْ فَمَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ (52:29)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:30 Or do they say, “[He is but] a poet - let us wait what time will do unto him”? [17]
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٌ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِ رَيْبَ الْمَنُونِ (52:30)
At-Tur (The Mount)
52:31 Say thou: “Wait, [then,] hopefully; behold, I, too, shall hopefully wait with you!” [18]
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ (52:31)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
57:1 ALL THAT IS in the heavens and on earth extols God’s limitless glory: for He alone is almighty, truly wise!
سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ (57:1)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
57:2 His is the dominion over the heavens and the earth; He grants life and deals death; and He has the power to will anything.
لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (57:2)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
57:3 He is the First and the Last, [1] and the Outward as well as the Inward: [2] and He has full knowledge of everything.
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ (57:3)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
57:4 He it is who has created the heavens and the earth in six aeons, and is established on the throne of His almightiness. [3] He knows all that enters the earth, and all that comes out of it, as well as all that descends from the skies, and all that ascends to them. [4] And He is with you wherever you may be; and God sees all that you do.
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاء وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا وَهُوَ مَعَكُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ وَاللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ (57:4)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
57:5 His is the dominion over the heavens and the earth; and all things go back unto God [as their source].
لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الأمُورُ (57:5)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
57:6 He makes the night grow longer by shortening the day, and makes the day grow longer by shortening the night; and He has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men].
يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَهُوَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ (57:6)
Al-Hadid (Iron)
57:7 BELIEVE in God and His Apostle, and spend on others out of that of which He has made you trustees: [5] for, those of you who have attained to faith and who spend freely [in God’s cause] shall have a great reward.
آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَأَنفِقُوا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ وَأَنفَقُوا لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ (57:7)
Al-Jinn (The Jinn)
72:1 SAY: "It has been revealed to me that some of the unseen beings gave ear [to this divine writ], [1] and thereupon said [unto their fellow-beings]: "'Verily, we have heard a wondrous discourse,
قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا (72:1)
Al-Jinn (The Jinn)
72:2 guiding towards consciousness of what is right; and so We have come to believe in it. And we shall never ascribe divinity to anyone beside our Sustainer,
يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا (72:2)
Al-Jinn (The Jinn)
72:3 for [we know] that sublimely exalted is our Sustainer's majesty: no consort has He ever taken unto Himself, nor a son!
وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا (72:3)
Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
75:12 With thy Sustainer, on that Day, the journey's end will be!
إِلَى رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ (75:12)
Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
75:13 Man will be apprised, on that Day, of what he has done and what he has left undone: [4]
يُنَبَّأُ الْإِنسَانُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِمَا قَدَّمَ وَأَخَّرَ (75:13)
Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection)
75:14 nay, but man shall against himself be an eye-witness,
بَلِ الْإِنسَانُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بَصِيرَةٌ
I already sent my answers to Emily for this, but for your edification:
Which holidays do you celebrate, if any? I celebrate (or at least in some way, acknowledge) them all. I have children (my expectation that this statement should explain everything probably says a great deal about me). I love Christmas, but clearly the most celebrated holiday in my household is my birthday and the 7 days leading up to it, or, as it is known locally, “Novakkah”, but that’s in May so probably irrelevant for this occasion.
What is your favorite holiday tradition? We go and cut down our tree as a family and decorate it together, I love pulling out our ornaments and decorating the tree (we collect ornaments).Also, on Christmas we make “Christmas Curry” everyone chops something, it’s quite festive (and delicious).
For New Year's, are you a party animal or quiet night at home type? My children require their parents to be somewhere in the near vicinity while they are sleeping, so we generally stay home. We still ring in the New Year with something festive though, but usually K falls asleep around 11 and I am usually awake all by myself, that’s how we live, on the edge.
What drives you banana hammocks about the holidays? 1) You know those people that get really carried away with the holiday directions? Particularly the ones that inflate things?…. Sometimes it’s just too much. 2) People drive eleventy bajillion times worse during the holiday season, it’s a proven fact. 3) The thing that bothers me most is how the countdown to Christmas (and I do love is so, the holiday not the countdown) begins the day before Halloween. Target is all decked out for Christmas and it’s showing a total disregard for Thanksgiving, in my humble opinion. I just realized yesterday that Thanksgiving is next week, surely someone could have capitalized on that consumerist opportunity this year.
What's your "comfort" when getting "t
hrough" the holiday season? I am that person that turns on the radio station that plays Christmas songs 24/7 after Thanksgiving. I love finding new Christmas music that doesn’t suck. Also, I drink a lot of cider during the holidays—if it’s hard cider, all the better.
Holiday foods you like. I am an equal opportunity eater, really, so I pretty much like it all. I like nougat, and that seems to be especially popular around the holidays. I actually like fruitcake during the holidays as well, so long as it is done well. And well, you know, cookies, they are a big holiday thing. We make a lot of cookies during the holidays, so therefore we eat a lot of them.
Holiday foods you despise. Fruitcake, when it is done poorly. While I am a meat eater (mmmm bacon) I do not eat organ meat, during the holidays or otherwise, because, well, no (I realize that this may be superfluous, but I have no idea, maybe someone out there is really into dehydrating meat or something).
Foods you can't eat (allergies, etc.). I am lactose intolerant, but thanks to the power of lactase enzymes, this isn’t a huge deal, but I would happily consume non-dairy deliciousness as opposed to something that I’d have to take a pill to eat.
Favorite yarn(s)? Yes, all of them. Like most, I prefer natural fibers. I heart wool, of course. I am involved in passionate affairs with yarns made by Mad Tosh (all of them), Colinette (Jitterbug), and Koigu.
On the other hand: I don’t love variegation, but if it’s done right, I could easily be persuaded to infatuation. I am allergic to possum (I discovered this knitting with a yarn made out of possum, so totally relevant), and angora makes me sneezy, too.
Crafty pursuits - knit, crochet, spin, sew, quilt, any of these or others? Yes. I knit, crochet, spin, sew, quilt, weave, and embroider. I also dye roving, I have a shop but I am not really a self-promoter, to be honest.
Hobbies/pursuits/proclivities/passions. Aside from the fiber-y pursuits, I like to cook, love to bake, I am also interested in photography, I just enrolled in a program for that, because clearly, I need less sleep than I already get.
What do you do in life? A lot. Professionally, I am a college archivist, records manager and assistant special collections librarian. You are probably thinking that I don’t get paid enough, and you’d be right. Personally, I am a mom to two boys—Little Sir and Little Mister— and wife to one—K (in case you were confused, you know, “Sister Wives” and all that).
Random favorites My favorite TV shows of all time were Dead Like Me and Pushing Daisies, when they went off the air, I might have cried a little. I watch a lot of TV while a do other stuff, but less than I used to. I love to drink decaf tea and sit back with a good book. I like seeking out new literature and new authors (that would be the librarian in me). I love finding out about new and intriguing books for kids, particularly for boys, because, well my Littles are quite boyish. I have recently entered into a “fascination with bread” phase. I am obsessed with it and want to bake all kinds of bread for my belleh.
Other stuff- I have just moved to a new house. And while happy and exciting, I did not expect to be doing the whole moving house thing during the holidays, so I am a little stressed out about moving (in phases on our own, because holy Hannah, the pro movers wanted an arm, a leg and our third born child to move us). Also, my mother in law is coming to visit two weeks before Christmas, and that’s not going to be helpful at all, but I digress, I have just moved into a new house.
I love my Keurig and like to try the decaf K-Cup options, Newman’s Own is still my favorite thus far. I just got an espresso maker that takes pods, and it’s the bee’s knees.
Who Must Fast?
Fasting is compulsory for those who are mentally and physically fit,
past the age of puberty, in a settledsituation (not traveling), and
are sure fasting is unlikely to cause real physical or mental injury.
Exemptions from Fasting(some exemptions are optional)
*. Children under the age ofpuberty (Young children are encouraged to
fast asmuch as they are able.)
*. People who are mentallyincapacitated or not responsible for their actions
*. The elderly
*. The sick
*. Travelers who are on journeys of more than about fifty miles
*. Pregnant women and nursing mothers
*. Women who are menstruating
*. Those who are temporarily unable to fast must make up the missed
days at another time or feed the poor.
Special Events
*. Special prayers, called taraweeh, are performedafter the daily
nighttime prayer.
*. Lailat ul-Qadr ("Night of Power" or "Night of Destiny") marks the
anniversary of the night on which the Prophet Muhammad first began
receiving revelations from God, through the angel Gabriel. Muslims
believe Lailat ul-Qadr is one of the last odd-numbered nights of
Ramadhan.
Traditional Practices
*. Breaking the daily fast with a drink of water and dates
*. Reading the entire Quranduring Ramadhan
*. Social visits are encouraged.
Eid ul-Fitr ("Festival of Fast-Breaking") Prayers at the End of Ramadhan
*. Eid begins with special morning prayers on the first day of
Shawwal, the month following Ramadhan on the Islamiclunar calendar.
*. It is forbidden to performan optional fast during Eid because it is
a time for relaxation.
*. During Eid Muslims greet each other with the phrase "taqabbalallah
ta'atakum," or "may God accept your deeds" and"Eid Mubarak"
(eed-moo-bar-ak), meaning"blessed Eid."
Ramadhan Questionsand Answers
Q: How did the fast during Ramadhan become obligatory for Muslims?
The revelations from God to the Prophet Muhammadthat would eventually
be compiled as the Quran began during Ramadhan in the year 610, but
the fast of Ramadhan did not become a religious obligation for Muslims
until the year 624. The obligation to fast is explained in the second
chapter of the Quran: "O yewho believe! Fasting is prescribed to you
as it wasprescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn)
self-restraint...Ramadhan isthe (month) in which was sent down the
Quran, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and
judgment (between right and wrong). So everyone of you who is present
(at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting..."
(Chapter 2, verses183 and 185)
Q: What do Muslims believe they gain from fasting?
One of the main benefits of Ramadhan are an increased compassion for
those in need of the necessities of life, a sense of self-purification
and reflection and a renewed focus on spirituality. Muslims also
appreciate the feeling of togethernessshared by family and friends
throughout the month. Perhaps the greatest practical benefit isthe
yearly lesson in self-restraint and disciplinethat can carry forward
to other aspects of a Muslim'slife such as work and education.
Q: Why does Ramadhan begin on a different day each year?
Because Ramadhan is a lunar month, it begins about eleven days earlier
each year. Throughout a Muslim's lifetime, Ramadhan will fall both
during winter months, when the days are short, and summer months, when
the days are long and the fast is more difficult. In this way, the
difficulty of the fast is evenly distributed between Muslims living in
the northern and southernhemispheres.
Q: What is Lailat ul-Qadr?
Lailat ul-Qadr ("Night of Power") marks the anniversary of the night
on which the Prophet Muhammad first began receiving revelations from
God, through the angel Gabriel. An entire chapter in the Quran deals
with this night: "We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night
of Power: and what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is?
The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down
the angels and the Spirit by God's permission, on everyerrand.
Peace!...This until the rise of morn." (Chapter 97) Muslims believe
Lailat ul-Qadr is one of the last odd-numbered nights of Ramadhan.
Q: Is it difficult to perform the fast in America?
In many ways, fasting in American society is easier than fasting in
areas where the climate is extremely hot. This year atleast, the
number of daylight hours will be less than when Ramadhan occurs during
the spring orsummer. In Muslim countries, most people are observing
the fast, so there are fewer temptations such as luncheon meetings,
daytime celebrations and offers of food from friends.....
Mia explains why it is so much fun to be in Ms. Cephus' class. "She is always funny, but you learn a lot!"
cologne - 25.01.2013
I cannot really explain what had driven me to play around with masking, filters and blurring. Maybe I saw an example somewhere. Maybe I remembered a dialog with a friend a few days ago, about my only Tilt-Shift picture I ever made of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Whatever, today I went to the LVR Tower after work, bought a ticket for the lift, closed my jacket and went up the platform. I can tell you, it was fucking cold up there! Everybody in Cologne knows about the political issue regarding the LVR Tower and the cathedral. You must know that Cologne is very Catholic, and when they planed the tower, they had a conflict with the church, but also with UNESCO about the status of the cathedral as a world cultural heritage. I think that’s the reason why Cologne looks like a giant village, even after 2000 years. Thanks my dear cathedral!
A talk on Barcode Wales - Beyond the Visible for Chongqing Two River Volunteer Service Development Centre - a local NGO, dedicated to environmental action through education, community projects and citizen science.
I start with some background on DNA barcoding and the Barcode Wales project and Andrea continues with an explanation about her artwork and the Barcode Wales - Beyond the Visible exhibition. We then discuss the links between the art and the science.
Andrea's photographs illustrate some of the plant species DNA barcoded as part of the Barcode Wales project. She takes a different approach to her subjects. Instead of photographs that look 'at' the world around us, she wants us to be part of that landscape and involved with it. Instead of 'pictures of plants' she asks us to imagine being part of their world, like a bee foraging through their habitat. Her photographs give equal value to all plants not just the rare or conventionally beautiful.
Below the photographs is a visual representation of the plants DNA barcode. The Barcode Wales project is also about giving value to every plant species and its DNA barcode allows us to understand their habitats in new ways. The name of the species is not given on the photographs, instead the DNA barcode represents the signature of the species, as it is the DNA code locked up in every cell of the plant's body. The DNA barcode visualisations use the actual rbcL DNA barcode of the species with the A,G,C,Ts of the DNA bases each having a different colour and shape. The shapes are the Morse code for that letter. The visualisations were designed by Col Ford who wrote a software script to generate the visualisations from the Barcode Wales database. The Barcode Wales - Beyond the Visible exhibition is a collaboration between art, science and software engineering.
The Barcode Wales Paper: dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037945
For the first time, a community Christmas tree has gone up in Ballyholme Village with the help of a group brought together by the Revd Jan Stevenson.
Jan explains: “In my role as Community Pastor for Ballyholme Parish, I’ve been visiting the businesses in the village offering support during these really difficult times. In the course of my conversations, I discovered a longstanding community hope that a Christmas tree could be put up in ‘The Village’.
“I began to pull a group together but putting up a community tree turned out to be a complicated matter, that is until we spoke to the local hairdressing salon owner! Michael Conroy also wanted a tree to go up and because he owns the land outside his shop we were able to make it happen.”
On a very blowy 4 December, the tree lights were switched on by two families – the Brittains and the Skellys – who were chosen by the local primary school. The ceremony was unannounced so as not to attract a crowd, however an invited group of local church, school and business–people all came along despite the poor weather. The RNLI, for whom the village is raising funds, was represented by Kevin Byers and Mark Johnston.
Ballyholme Primary and the local pre–schools have decorated the tree with laminated drawings of baubles and teddy bears, some of which are also hanging in the windows of businesses in the village.
Not only has Ballyholme Village finally got its tree but the small community group has also launched a Christmas at Holme Facebook page to keep everyone up to date with festive events, news and fundraising in the village.
Congratulations to the organising committee, Mel Martin, Caroline Gillan, the Revd Jan Stevenson, Louise Scott Heatley and Michael and Tracey Conroy
this was a fun assignment. the baton rouge protest seemed to have a rather
impressive turnout, i'd estimate low 4 figures. anyway here are the photo
descriptions:
1817 - entering capitol park
1864 - a wide shot of the protesters from the park
1900 - a sign that seems to be mocking how often obama says "uh"
1903 - a shot of several signholders on the steps of the state capitol, with
one above all saying "vote liberals out"
1913 - this sign helpfully explains that TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already
1939 - a bunch of signs from the back still
1957 - sign reads: "bankers: go to jail. do not pass go. do not collect
$200,000,000"
1965 - sign reads "socialism is not an american value"
1969 - a moderately cryptic-looking sign that simply reads "who is john
galt". not the first or last atlas shrugged reference
1975 - liberty does not equal socialism
1979 - a four-panelled sign with various slogans
1986 - one of my favorite signs reads, "warning i'm a bitter christian
clinging to my gun"
1999 - sign reads: "if i quit my job, will i make more money?"
2004 - sign reads: "i voted for palin. i'm a right-wing extremist"
2009 - wider shot of the sign in 2004, with sign-holder
2022 - young man holds sign reading "just another right-wing extremist"
2034 - some hold-outs from mardi gras hold signs, one which says "throw me
something pelosi!"
2057 - sign reads "4 trillion debt, 9000 socialist earmarks stop!"
2058 - a Baton Rouge Tea Party sign with teabags hanging on it
2068 - sign reads "i love big oil, quit taxing it!"
2073 - dapper gentlemen holds sign reading "god save our nation!"
2089 - young man with sign: "proud member of homeland security's right wing
radicals"
2104 - sign reads "calculis [sic] is easy. Tax forms impossible"
2107 - "say no to obama's politics"
2130 - i love big oil again, and "stop pork barrel spending"
2133 - the first sign that finally indicates that maybe there are SOME
non-republicans here
2147 - sign reads: "common sense, not common cents"
2148 - sign reads "stop out of control spending" with a dollar being flushed
down a toilet
2177 - a wide shot of some signholders, this time from closer to the front
of the action
2181 - a little girl's sign reads "dont steal my future!"
2184 - a trio of signs, including one that has obama in a green felt cap and
the slogan "robbin' hood"
2204 - a single hand waving a small american flag reaching up above the
chaos
2224 - sign reads "the constitution is not an instrument of blah blah blah,"
you read it.
2225 - a lady holds a sign reading "i'm with stupid [right arrow] he paid
his mortgage" it should be noted that there is no one stage right. photo
2333 shows this irony a bit better.
2231 - an anti-acorn sign
2264 - a little girl holds a sign reading "you are not entitled to what my
daddy has earned"
2303 - a wide shot of the crowd at its peak, and from near the front
2313 - a little girl, sister of the one from 2264, holds a sign saying "my
daddy wanted to be here but he's at work!"
2324 - yet another sign from these girls reads "my daddy works hard for his
money, let him keep it!"
2333 - wide shot of the lady holding the "i'm with stupid" sign from 2225
2398 - another sign from these girls. i'm guessing daddy made them, but i
didn't ask.
2415 - the little girl holds up the flip side of the previous sign, which
has just an american flag on it.
2438 - a sign that seems to suggest that obama, like Mr. T, just wanted to
take our pocket change.
2457 - a sign asking whether you'd prefer to drink tea or kool-aid
2497 - another wide shot of the cheering crowd, just before the end of the
last speaker
2516 - a little girl with a sign reading "10 years old and already $30,000
in debt!"
2538 - the same little girl and her mother booing something the speaker said
2555 - sign reads "obamanomics: chains we can believe in"
2575 - young woman holds sign reading "Oh Crap!" with the O in the obama
style.
2583 - same woman appears to be bowing under the burden of her sign's
weighty message
2625 - sign reads "higher taxes so other can sit on their [insert democrat
donkey]"
2635 - another trio of signs, including one that reads "we the people are
now owned by the chinese"
2693 - wide shot of the crowd slowly starting to disperse
2711 - a better shot of the little girl with the "my daddy wanted to be
here" sign
2739 - a little boy holds up a sign reading "socialism is coming!"
2774 - a little girl holding two signs
2783 - the same girl, dressed as an indian, with two signs
2793 - an empty baby stroller with signs piled all over it
2811 - the same baby stroller, with the family carrying signs and loading a
little girl into the stroller
2816 - a lady holding a sign reading "barney frank is a heterophobe"
2822 - woman with sign "tax protest is patriotic"
2854 - a pair of children with signs, "keep your hands out of my piggy bank"
and "a bully took my lunch money"
2871 - a dog wearing a shirt reading "i didn't read the bill either"
2958 - same dog, face shot
3024 - a little girl in a stroller with a canopy reading "libery until
death"
3036 - a loyal huffpo reader holding a sign tossing some of the religious
right's rhetoric back at them
3067 - a little boy standing alone holding a sign reading "stop spending my
future!"
3129 - a young family poses with signs
3144 - the empty lectern after everyone left
--
education:
n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their
lack of understanding.
~ambrose bierce
I did this diagram in 2002 to get my head around all the players and politics in the interactive television business.
A patrolman explains his motorcycle to a curious onlooker during an educational fair at the Brentwood Mall in the 1960s. Formed in 1958, the Department of Highways Traffic Patrol was responsible for traffic control on five major lower mainland bridges – First Narrows (Lions Gate), Second Narrows (Ironworkers Memorial), Oak Street Bridge, George Massey Tunnel, Port Mann Bridge and all their approaches.
During the 1950s, British Columbia was undergoing an incredible post war boom. New highways infrastructure projects (bridges and freeways) were being built at a rapid pace, automobiles were everywhere, and cell phones and the internet were light years away. Motorists often needed help at the roadside and the Department of Highways Traffic Patrol was there to help.
Learn more about the patrol: www.tranbc.ca/2019/05/16/a-brief-history-of-the-bc-highwa...
Ioannina, Epirus, Greece. Shot with a Canon F1 with Canon FD 50mm 1.2L lens, on Kodak Trix 400 at f1.2 1/60. Developed with D76 and scanned using a Minolta Dimage Multi II.
“No reason explains war”
From the 10th to the 13th November, our socio-cultural partners and friends in the AfroReggae Band from Rio de Janeiro, will be in and around the state of São Paulo to launch their latest show, “No reason explains war”. Formed by youth from the infamous shanties of Rio de Janeiro, the AfroReggae Band has been an important inspiration and motivation for the actions of our own youth group and especially the Beija-Flor Band.
São Paulo was chosen by the group for the launching and tour of their latest show, which will be passing through the cultural centres of SESC Pompéia (10/11), SESC Bauru (11/11), SESC Ribeirão Preto (12/11) and SESC Itaquera (13/11). The images in this series are from the show at SESC Pompéia. The relationship between AfroReggae and the SESC of São Paulo began in 2001 and extends further than just their circuit of shows and cultural presentations. This year, the choice by AfroReggae to realize the premier viewing of their prize-winning film Favela Rising, in São Paulo at the SESC Pinheiros, was no mere coincidence, not to mention all the other social, cultural and artistic activities already realized in partnership with the group.
The show coincides with the launching of their latest CD at the end of November. The CD, “No reason explains war”, unites 10 songs – most of which are unpublished – composed by diverse members of AfroReggae in partnership with some of the grand names in Popular Brazilian Music, such as Arnaldo Antunes, Nando Reis, Jorge Mautner, Nelson Jacobina and Liminha, besides a new version of Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil’s music “Haiti”. With their unique sonority in the track titled “No reason explains war”, AfroReggae also counts on the special participation of the English Rappers, TY and Estelle.
The performances in São Paulo – directed by José Junior e Johayne Hidelfonso – brings us songs from the new álbum like "Negro Affairs", "I only want you" and “Another Chance”, besides great successes from their first album, like "I’m annoyed" and "Front Cover". Also acclaimed songs such as “Let’s Escape”, by Gilberto Gil and Liminha, “Fly In My Soup” by Raul Seixas, and “What country is This” by Renato Russo, are in the selection.
The AfroReggae Band surfaced in 1995, as a result of the dance and percussion workshops that were held by the NGO in the Vigário Geral Shanty. During the São Paulo tour, the band is made up of Ando (vocals); LG (vocals); Dinho (vocals); Altair Martins (percussion); Dada (percussion); Wallace (percussion); Juninho (percussion); Jairo Cliff (bass guitar); Joel Dias (guitar); Magic Julio (DJ); Cosme (drums); Maílson (keyboards) and Mariana Rangel (backing vocals).
With the passing of time, AfroReggae has also changed and gained new dimensions, increasing the sounds of the drums, bass and guitar. The presence of a DJ put final touches on the songs being composed by the band. In 1998, the first International invitiation delivered AfroReggae to Europe and in 2001 the banda launched their first album called “New Face”.
Portuguese Text:
“Nenhum motivo explica a guerra”
Entre os dias 10 e 13 de novembro, a banda AfroReggae estará em São Paulo para lançar o seu novo show, “Nenhum motivo explica a guerra”. O estado foi escolhido pela banda para começar a turnê de shows que passará pelas unidades do Sesc Pompéia (em 10/11), Sesc Bauru (11/11), Sesc Ribeirão Preto (12/11) e Sesc Itaquera (13/11). A relação entre o AfroReggae e o SESC-SP começou em 2001 e vai além do circuito de shows e apresentações. Neste ano o AfroReggae fez questão de fazer a primeira exibição do premiado filme Favela Rising, em São Paulo, para a direção do SESC-SP, na unidade de Pinheiros. Além de inúmeras ações sociais, culturais e artísticas.
Com lançamento marcado para o fim de novembro, o cd “Nenhum motivo explica a guerra” reúne 10 canções - a maioria inédita - compostas pela turma do AfroReggae em parceria com alguns dos grandes nomes da música popular brasileira como Arnaldo Antunes, Nando Reis, Jorge Mautner, Nelson Jacobina e Liminha, além de uma versão para a música “Haiti”, de Caetano Veloso e Gilberto Gil. Com sonoridade única, a banda AfroReggae conta com participação especial dos rappers ingleses TY e Estelle, na faixa título “Nenhum motivo explica a guerra”.
A apresentação em São Paulo – com direção de José Junior e Johayne Hidelfonso - traz músicas do novo cd como "Coisa de negão", "Quero só você" e “Mais uma chance”, além de sucessos do primeiro disco como "Tô bolado" e "Capa de revista". Canções consagradas como “Vamos fugir”, de Gilberto Gil e Liminha, “Mosca na sopa” de Raul Seixas e “Que Pais é este”, de Renato Russo também estão na seleção.
Formada pelos integrantes Ando (voz); LG (voz); Dinho (voz); Altair Martins (percussão); Dada (percussão); Wallace (percussão); Juninho (percussão); Jairo Cliff (baixo); Joel Dias (guitarra); Magic Julio (Dj); Cosme (bateria); Maílson (teclado) e Mariana Rangel (backing vocal), a banda AfroReggae surgiu em 1995, a partir de oficinas de dança e percussão que eram realizadas em Vigário Geral.
Com o passar do tempo, o AfroReggae mudou e ganhou novas formas, acrescentando em suas melodias naipes de bateria, baixo e guitarra. A presença de um DJ deu um toque final às músicas que a banda começava a compor. Em 1998 surge o primeiro convite internacional, que levou o AfroReggae para Europa. Em 2001 a banda lança o primeiro Cd chamado “Nova Cara”.