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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon sends children off to religious education classes with a tradition the growing congregation insists on keeping no matter how big it gets. This commitment to community amidst rapid change is part of why the Unitarian Universalist Association named the fellowship a Breakthrough Congregation.
See “Community Spirit" by Elaine McArdle, UU World (Summer 2016), pages 22–27. Photograph © 2016 Karen Cammack.
Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Yusuf al-Buni (Arabic: أحمد البوني) (died 1225) was a well known Sufi and writer on the esoteric value of letters and topics relating to mathematics, sihr (sorcery) and spirituality, but very little is known about him. Al-Buni lived in Egypt and learned from many eminent Sufi masters of his time.
He wrote one of the most famous books of his era, the Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra (Sun of the Great Knowledge, Arabic شمس المعارف الكبرى) which is one of the most widely read medieval treatises on talismans, magic squares and occult practices. This work rivals the Picatrix in importance. This book was later banned by orthodox Muslims as heretical, but continues to be read and studied.
Instead of sihr (Sorcery), this kind of magic was called Ilm al-Hikmah (Knowledge of the Wisedom), Ilm al-simiyah (Study of the Divine Names) and Ruhaniyat (Spirituality). Most of the so-called mujarrabât ("time-tested methods") books on sorcery in the Muslim world are simplified excerpts from the Shams al-ma`ârif. The book remains the seminal work on Theurgy and esoteric arts to this day.
In c. 1200, Ahmad al-Buni showed how to construct magic squares using a simple bordering technique, but he may not have discovered the method himself. Al-Buni wrote about Latin squares and constructed, for example, 4 x 4 Latin squares using letters from one of the 99 names of Allah. His works on traditional healing remains a point of reference among Yoruba Muslim healers in Nigeria and other areas of the Muslim world.
Ahmad al-Buni also left a list of other titles that he wrote. Unfortunately, very few of them have survived.
Al-Buni states in his work Manba’ Usul al-Hikmah (Source of the Essentials of Wisdom) that he acquired his knowledge of the esoteric properities of the letters from his personal teacher Abu Abdillah Shams al-Din al-Asfahâni. He in turn received it from Jalal al-Din Abdullah al-Bistami, who in turn received it from Shaykh al-Sarajani, who received it from Qasim al-Sarajani, who received it from Abdullah al-Babani, who received it from Asîl al-Din al-Shirazi, who received it from Abu al-Najîb al-Sahruwardi, who received it from, Mohammad ibn Mohammad Al-Ghazali al-Tusi, who received it from Ahmad al-Aswad, who received it from Hamad al-Dînuri, who received it from the master al-Junayd al-Baghdadi, who received it from Sari al-Din al-Saqati, who received it from Ma’ruf al-Karkhi, who received it from Dawûd al-Jili, who received it from Habîb al-A’ajami, who received it from Imam Hasan al-Basri.
Al-Buni states in the same work that he acquired his knowledge of magical squares from Sirâj al-Dîn al-Hanafi, who acquired it from Shihab al-Dîn al-Muqaddasi, who acquired it from Shams al-Dîn al-Farisi, who acquired it from Shihab al-Dîn al-Hamadani, who acquired it from Qutb al-Dîn al-Diyâ’i, who acquired it from Muhyiddîn Ibn Arabi, who acquired it from Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Turîzi, who acquired it from Abu Abdillah al-Qurashi, who acquired it from Abu Madîn al-Andalusi.
He also states that he acquired additional knowledge about the esoteric art of letters and the magical squares from Mohammad 'Izz al-Dîn ibn Jam’a, who acquired it from Mohammad al-Sirani, who acquired it from Shihab al-Dîn al-Hamadani, who acquired it from Qutb al-Dîn al-Dhiya’i, who acquired it from Muhyiddîn Ibn Arabi.
Al-Buni also states that he acquired his occult knowledge from Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Maymûn al-Qastalâni, who acquired it from Abu Abdillah Mohammed al-Qurashi, who acquired it from Abu Madîn Shu'ayb ibn Hasan al-Ansari al-Andalusi, who received it from Abu Ayyub ibn Abi Sa'id al-Sanhaji al-Armuzi, who received it from Abi Muhammad ibn Nur, who received it from Abu al-Fadhl Abdullah ibn Bashr, who received it from Abu Bashr al-Hasan al-Jujari, who received it from al-Saqati, who received it from Dawûd al-Tâ’i, who received it from Habîb al-A'jami, who received it from Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Sîrîn, who received it from Malik ibn Anas.
Al-Buni also made regular mention in his work of Plato, Aristotle, Hermes, Alexander the Great, and obscure Chaldean magicians. In one of his works, he recounted a story of his discovery of a cache of manuscripts buried under the pyramids, that included a work of Hermetic thinkers.
His work is said to have influenced the Hurufis and the New Lettrist International.
The Play-by-Play Classic at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio on January 12, 2008.
This is boys high school basketball.
Chillicothe (in blue) vs. Newark. Chillicothe won this game, 59-43.
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It will be the first time that the summit - which brings together the leaders of the US, UK, Canada, Russia, Germany, Italy, France and Japan - has been held in the UK since leaders met at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2005.
This year's summit took place at Camp David in the US state of Maryland.
The five-star Lough Erne golf resort opened in 2007.
lough erne resort aerial view
The Lough Erne hotel and golf resort is to host the summit
The hotel comprises 120 rooms and suites as well as a dedicated conference and banqueting space for 400 people.
However it went into administration in May 2011 and was put up for sale in September of this year for £10m.
At one stage, it was valued at about £30m.
# Trees increase property values from 5-9%!
# Shoppers will spend more time in areas that are shaded and business rents in tree-lined districts are up to 15% more than those areas without shade.
# Trees clean the air. An acre can remove about 13 tons of dusts, gases, and pollutants from the atmosphere every year.
# Trees produce oxygen. Trees produce the oxygen that we breathe. The pine tree is the oxygen factory of the south, producing more oxygen than any other tree.
# Communities that have an abundance of trees and show a commitment to respecting their environment enjoy significantly higher property values.
# Trees produce the oxygen that we breathe. The pine tree is the oxygen factory of the south, producing more oxygen than any other tree! One mature tree can produce enough oxygen for a family of four for one year.
# Trees conserve energy. A home shaded by trees can reduce its air conditioning costs by almost 50%!
# Cities with few trees become heat islands. Trees lower surrounding air temperatures by as much as 15 degrees!
# Trees provide homes for wildlife. The pine tree is home to over 11 different species of birds, more than any other tree in Florida!
# Trees reduce noise pollution by acting as sound barriers. Each 100-foot width of trees can absorb about 6-8 decibels of sound intensity.
# Trees help with flood control. A moderate size tree's roots absorb 400 gallons of water per day.
# Trees are the homes of wildlife and vital for all ecosystems. The pine tree is home to 11 species of birds, more than any other tree in Florida.
# Street trees provide an effective traffic calming mechanism. Drivers will slow down on roads that are canopied by trees!
# Trees absorb carbon dioxide (car emissions: air pollution) through the scientific process of carbon sequestration.
More tests today. I'm learning how to control very light values. But first I did a little ink test in the upper left to see if you get green when you mix yellow and black ink. Yes, you do if you are very fast and mix them while they are still wet. I used a yellow Micron pen and a black Zig pen.
My main test was to slowly build up dilute colors. I had burnt sienna in one Kuretake Mini waterbrush and cobalt in another. I applied a wash, waited for it to dry completely, and added another. I did this four times to create four increasingly darker values. You have to be very patient, but it works. I learned this method from a book called "The Wash Method of Handling Water Colour" by Frank Forrest Frederick published in 1908. I found it for free on Archive.org
archive.org/details/washmethodofhand00freduoft
Where you can download it as a PDF, ePub, or Kindle file.
Finally I tried to get the lightest value possible with a number of colors. I used a wet round brush to pick up a little dried tube paint. I then quickly dipped the brush in water, tapped the brush against the inside of my water container (to dislodge a little water) and then made a brush mark down the dry page. This deposits very little pigment and is a good way to make beautiful, light colors. I also tried lifting some color out with a thirsty brush (in the cadmium red/lemon yellow mix), and I tried adding a little more color on top of the wet first stroke (ultramarine and cobalt - bottom left).
Hasbro - 6 Inch "Value" Star Wars Figures
Picked up at Big Lots, Walgreens, and a Canadian trade
Darth Maul, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Kanan Jarrus, Death Trooper, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, Rey, Finn, First Order Stormtrooper, Captain Phasma, and Kylo Wren
Former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 197 Mallard Rd. in Smithfield,NC. The motor lodge is currently branded under the America's Best Value Inn name while the HJ restaurant was demolished in the early 1990s. The motor lodge which retained the HJ name until the early 2000s and per Cendant regulations the gate lodge was plastered in stucco and "squared off". The 50 room property opened in 1962 and featured a unique dilemma as a Henry Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant was opened the same year across the street. While Henry Johnson's didn't copy the gate lodge, they did use a similar "ranch-style" lobby and a nearly identical restaurant building. In 1963 a lawsuit filed by Howard Johnson's accusing Henry Johnson's of participating in "unfair competition" was settled and the "Henry" was removed from the property. However the lawsuit determined that the neighboring facility could continue using the "Johnson's" name although the logo had to be altered to a different font. Nevertheless the two properties continued to operate next to each other until the early 1990s when the "Johnson's" motor loge was renamed "Village Motor Lodge".
Note the upkeep of the former Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge has suffered greatly in recent years.
I should also note that Cendant Worldwide (which owned the Howard Johnson brand throughout much of the 1990s) required franchisees to make substantial modifications to their properties or risk losing the Howard Johnson name.
The last Super Dollar Tree store in existence. This was originally part of the Lamson's Value City store.
Great Eastern Shopping Center - 2584 Woodville Road in Northwood, Ohio
Value City (closed) [90,000 square feet]
837 J Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport Square, Newport News, VA
This location opened on August 5th, 1993 and closed in November 2008; it was originally a Murphy's Mart, which opened on October 3rd, 1973 and became an Ames in early 1987, which closed in April 1993. The majority of the building became a Stratford University campus on May 21st, 2012, and the rest became part of a Waters Edge Church in November 2012.
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Shiny silver- something I value very highly... especially when it clings to my curves as well as this!
I've had this snug fitting strapless gown for so long I've forgotten where I bought it! But that doesn't really matter because it still looks Fabulous, especially in this ensemble!
This is a reshoot of me wearing my excitingly snug and tight fitting silver wet look lycra spandex strapless gown. For this set I've matched it up with silver elbow length opera gloves, fishnet hose and a newly arrived pair of shiny silver platform stocking boots with 6" heels.
I do hope you like my ensemble and the way it hugs my curves as much as I do!
To see more pix of my legs in sexy dresses and other sexy, tight and revealing fitting outfits click this link:
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To see more pix of me in sexy boots click here: www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157622816479823/
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Sarawak handicrafts, particularly traditional crafts are handmade by the various tribes found in The Land of The Hornbill. These peculiar crafts have specific functions as day to day utensils besides the rich and unique aesthetic values in them. Made from the very natural resources found in the rich rainforest of Sarawak they are truly eco friendly and a medium to portrait our rich and diverse culture. Sadly, in the name of modernization the skills and knowledge passed down from our forefathers is compromised to contemporary machine made designs and in due process our pride and heritage is compromised.
True Value, Shop Rite Hardware and Paint Supply, Silas Deane Hwy Wethersfield, CT, Pics by Mike Mozart
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the Value of Respect to employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 2018. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]
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