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The Gnat
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:53 am
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Finding Neverland
This film, I feels, combines what you want to see in a film. It is a strong story, has good acting, and is visually beautiful to watch.
The story is that of J. M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. It follows his process of creating the story and his inspiration for it. He goes from down in the dumps, having had some success as a playwright, but he his most recent works have been panned. He finds his muse, so to speak, in a family with three boys. Their father has died, and they have had to grow up too quickly.
It works with the characters as well the difference between Peter, a young boy who is very mature of his age, and J.M. Barrie who is a grown man but still acts at times like an immature little boy. Freddie Highmore gives a very good performance as Peter, showing that he is a very good young actor and should have a good career ahead of him. Johnny Depp does a good job of playing the more immature adult figure with his normal set of quirks that fit perfectly for the character. As one would imagine, they do learn from each other and much of the film focuses on this aspect. They end up bonding and creating a relationship that is worth seeing.
Visually this film is done beautifully. It transitions between reality and the mind of J.M. Barrie and the two boys. The shots are colorfully created and arent just big grand shots that some films tend to stick to, but it combines the beautiful scenery with more intimate shots. It also uses a wonderful fade to white at the end. Normally films fade to black, but with the feeling of the last scene, this film is willing to buck what is the standard convention and offer something more.
The best part about this film is the message. Some people get confused by the pseudo-romantic tryst that J.M. Barrie seems to be having with the mother of the boys. The real idea of this film is the idea of creativity and the loss of creativity that people tend to have as they get older. Everything in life becomes structured. People dont have that time, and at times the ability, to make that creative decision or action anymore. It is something that is sad to see being lost as people age. This film really puts the two characters, Peter and J.M. Barrie, not really saying that either is the ideal but placing them opposite to each other and saying that a fully mature person loses some ability to have fun but as compared to the place where J.M. Barrie is at, he isnt capable of being mature and responsible. The film would say that there needs to be some sort of balance between the two.
Entertainment Grade: A
Critical Grade: A
Overall Grade: A+
Just a little on my grading technique. Ive found that a single grade for a film is really not enough. A film can be terrible but be extremely entertaining. Or a film can be extremely well done but very boring. So there needs to be a separate grade for the two. If you want to know how the various letter grades will break down:
* A+ A-: I highly recommend for anyone who enjoys any sort of film and probably worth buying.
* B+ B-: It was very entertaining and is worth checking out but I wont say you should buy it, it will depend on your taste.
* C+ C-: If it is in a genre that you like, youll enjoy the film. Most likely just worth a rental though.
* D+ D-: Not really worth watching, but it could be entertaining if you really love the genre, but that is a major maybe, I probably just saved you from wasting time.
* F: Dont watch, if you do, you likely will regret it and wish you had that time back in your life and most likely will feel dumber for having seen it.
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I can't imagine this movie having any better than a C in the entertainment category. It's precisely the type of molasses entertainment that turns people away from finishing it.
The only thing I really loved about this movie was the score and the kid actor who ended up doing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory next.
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Never seen this one. Will definitely Netflix it.
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I can't imagine this movie having any better than a C in the entertainment category. It's precisely the type of molasses entertainment that turns people away from finishing it.
The only thing I really loved about this movie was the score and the kid actor who ended up doing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory next.
It definitely isn't a fast paced movie, but it is extremely character driven and it is about the mindset of the characters. Probably not going to be a favorite on a football forum when you consider the pace of a football game. But I'm a writer and this story is very well told from a writers perspective with good performances and very well shot.
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It definitely isn't a fast paced movie, but it is extremely character driven and it is about the mindset of the characters. Probably not going to be a favorite on a football forum when you consider the pace of a football game. But I'm a writer and this story is very well told from a writers perspective with good performances and very well shot.
My wife might love this one. She's a writer, english major and former film student.
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Good review and I agree with all the points. Its a very underrated film and one of my favorite films of the decade. I love the message about creativity and its fun to watch Depp play Barrie. Beautiful ending btw, almost had me in tears. almost.
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This film gets the unfortunate labeling a teen comedy. In a world of films like Superbad being the standard, the subtle humor and drama blended together dont match up the to raunchy expectations for this film.
Set in the summer of 1987, the story is about James Brennan, a college graduate whos father has lost his job because of alcoholism. Gone are Brennans plans for a Europe trip that summer with a college buddy, and fading is the likelihood that hell be able to go to grad school. He takes a summer job at an amusement park, Adventureland, where he spends the rest of his summer. The story then delves into some funny moments, but it is really about the development of Brennans character along with the relationships he develops with Em, Lisa P, Mike Connell, and Joel.
Jesse Eisenberg stars in this film as Brennan. He and Michael Cera have this awkward sweet boy persona that shows up in every film that they do. His work since then in an action comedy Zombieland even has that same feel. You feel sorry for the kid because he doesnt have it all together and that is the type of role that Eisenberg is made for playing, the slightly awkward college kid. Kristen Stewart stars opposite of him as Em, a somewhat out of control and messed up coworker of his. She has a very bleak outlook on life and is almost overly dramatic but still less overly dramatic than in Twilight. Bill Hader, Matt Bush, and Martin Starr provide most of the comedy in this film. Hader is just absurd and Bush provides much of the physical comedy in this film. Starr has a bigger role as his character, Joel, becomes a good friend of Brennan throughout the film. He has a lot of great lines in the film many of them very sarcastic and intelligent. A subtle type of humor that films of this alleged genre arent supposed to have. Margarita Levieva plays the girl, Lisa P, who everyone wants to go out with. A beauty who seems like the girl next door. Levieva is a good actress and in this role she doesnt get a ton of screen time, but she plays her character very well. Ryan Reynolds is probably the biggest name (well, maybe Stewart if you are a 14 year old girl) in this film. He plays the guy who is too cool for his own good. He has swagger and talks about everything amazing that he has done earlier in his life even though he just repairs the rides when they break down now. He is supposed to rub you the wrong way, and he does a very good job of it.
This film does a good job of creating the eighties. With the greatest hits of the eighties playing in the background and the poor style choices of the eighties on full display, this film just seems right. Greg Mottola, the director of Superbad which is why the two are so closely compared, does a good job with this film. He takes it on in a different way (and he wrote this one as well as directed it). This isnt the romp/last party before college. This is after college, this is when real life is about to set in. Even with grad school in Brennans future, he has to be more serious. And Mottola does a good job of creating this more subtle teen-angst (or college-angst as the case may be) comedy.
I understand why many people didnt like it. Im thankful I didnt see it in theaters and had heard some about it before going to see it. If I had been expecting to see Superbad after college, I would have been very disappointed. But knowing what type of film it was, I enjoyed it a lot.
Entertainment Grade: B+
Critical Grade: B+
Overall Grade: B+
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I have similar thoughts on your Adventureland review. I probably rate it a tad higher A-, but nonetheless a movie that I really enjoyed especially the soundtrack.
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I would like to know if you thought about why this graduate of college is working in any theme park business, it's very convenient upon which to base the film.
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Loved the review of Finding Neverland. It is my favorite Johnny Depp movie, and I do think it does get passed over way too much.
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Dog Soldiers
Neil Marshalls first film and possibly my favorite film of his. This is really a B sort of horror film with werewolves, but a great B horror film. It doesnt really launch into a new area of werewolves like Ginger Snaps, but it keeps in the classic werewolves, and is all about fighting them off.
It starts with a routine, boring, military exercise in the middle of Scotland. Things start to go wrong when they find the remains of another special ops team that has been torn apart. They see werewolves out in the woods and they take refuge in a small cabin where Megan lives in her family cabin. The werewolves circle around the house and the soldiers are forced to fight them off and try and find a way to escape, because they arent within range to contact anyone else. They make an attempt for a vehicle in a barn, but that fails. When their ammunition starts to run low they find out that Megan hasnt been completely honest about why she lives out int he house.
The acting in this film isnt all that impressive, Emma Cleasby plays Megan, and it is a pretty boring performance. The acting isnt all that important though, because this is a strong horror/action film. Sean Pertwee and Kevin McKidd are the two main military men in this film and they are strong in the terms of their action. They come across as extremely intense. The whole military team is intense as well, and the action sequences are a little bit hokey and the werewolves dont look extremely great at times and at times they look very good.
Visually this is a decent film. It struggles at times do to the small budget that it had with visual effects but Marshall does a good job of creating a dark and intense creature feature. This, along with The Descent shows that Marshall really knows how shoot a horror film and how to show it off. I love the fact that it is set in a tiny little area, I think that it is a good thing for a horror film, the sense of feeling trapped makes it much more intense. It also helps that this isnt a teen driven film, so many horror films, since they are targeted towards teens, end up being full of teens and just annoying everyone watching the film.
This is a B horror film, but it is a very good B horror film. It doesnt rely stupid slasher action sequences or annoying deformed human monsters that show up in so many horror films. Neil Marshall is definitely a one of the better horror directors out there and I look forward to see more of his work, which should be coming out next year. One of the better werewolf films outt here, so it is definitely worth checking out.
Entertainment Grade: A-
Critical Grade: B+
Overall Grade: B+
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another film i enjoy, i'm a fan of werewolf movies and
Dog Soldiers
is one of, if not the best of its genre.
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This film is really the American version of Shaun of the Dead. I know that some people will not like that, but a zombie comedy film, it is hard not to make comparisons between the two films. They are both good in their own ways, but Zombieland has the standard to live up to, whereas Shaun of the Dead didnt.
The story follows Columbus, a loner college student who has managed to survive the zombie apocalypse and is now fighting his way back to Columbus, Ohio. Columbus isnt his real name, it is where he is from originally, but no one goes by their real names. He is one of few who have survived in the world of zombies because of being fairly anal about a list of rules. The first rule is cardio because, as Columbus puts it, the first to go were the fatties. They continue on with beware of bathrooms and always doubletap. He meets up with Tallahassee, man without a care in the world who seems to basically love taking out zombies. A contender for the zombie killer of the week. Together they set out across the country where they run into Wichita and Little Rock, two girls who have been conning their way across the country, trying to relive a happy memory of Little Rocks of an amusement park. They steal Tallahassees vehicle and their weapons and take off. Columbus and Tallahassee track them down and they all go off to Los Angeles together and Columbus falls for Wichita.
When it comes down to it, there isnt a ton of a story to this film, it really is more about the characters and how to survive a zombie apocalypse than anything. The performances are pretty good. Jesse Eisenberg plays his typical role of the kind of nice guy who doesnt have much of any motivation of cares. It is a very predictable role for him, but one that he fills in well. The star stealing performance is by Woody Harrelson who is Tallahassee. Someone who can take out zombies with the flair that he does has to be a favorite character from the film. Harrelson is someone who does a bunch of odd films, but really can play a wide variety of roles. Emma Stone, from Superbad, and Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine, fill out the other two main characters. The rest of the talent doesnt show up all that much because besides these four we only meet one or two other humans and they dont last long. Stone and Breslin both do solid jobs in their roles, but the zombie violence and the focus on Columbus in this film really dont give them as much to work with. The other performance that people love is the cameo by Bill Murray (albeit a short lived one). He delivers one of the better lines in the film as well and he is playing Bill Murray in the film.
Visually this film has some great zombie killings. They range from the pretty normal (shooting them) to the completely absurd (dropping a piano on top of them). Ruben Fleischer does a good job with this film and what he is given. He gets good performances and he keeps the action moving along nicely. The amount he has to work with in terms of story, which is really just the vehicle for zombie killing. I think that is the biggest difference between Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. Shaun of the Dead creates more of a story and focuses on an almost more sophisticated (or maybe off the wall subtler type of humor) whereas Zombieland is pretty straight forward with its humor and focus more on the action.
This is definitely a good film and is a funny film in its own rights. I personally prefer Shaun of the Dead just for the type of humor that it is, but the fact that there is a Zombieland 2 in the works is a good thing. If they get the whole cast to return, Ill likely check it out in theaters. Definitely a very funny film.
Entertainment Grade: B+
Critical Grade: A-
Overall Grade: A-
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:20 pm
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I agree with everything you said about Zombieland, but for me, it would've been an A or maybe an A+.
It's in my top-10 favorite movies ever. I thought the performances were great, Emma Stone is extremely hot, and the subtle humor was incredible.
So excited for Zombieland 2, there's a lot they can do with it.
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- Cigarette smoking
- Surgery or radiation to the chest (for example, treatment for lung cancer)
- Taking certain medications without plenty of water, especially alendronate,doxycycline, ibandronate, risedronate, tetracycline, and vitamin C
- Vomiting
Persons with weakened immune systems due to HIV and certain medications (such as corticosteroids) may develop infections that lead to esophagitis.
Esophageal infection may be due to fungi, yeast (especially Candida infections), or viruses such as herpes or cytomegalovirus.
The infection or irritation may cause the esophagus to become inflamed. Sores called ulcers may form.
Symptoms may include:
- Cough
- Difficulty swallowing
- Painful swallowing
- Heartburn (acid reflux)
- Hoarseness
- Sore throat
Exams and Tests
The doctor may perform the following tests:
- Esophageal manometry
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), removing a piece of tissue from the esophagus for examination (biopsy)
- Upper GI series (barium swallow x-ray)
Treatment depends on the cause. For reflux disease, you may need medications to reduce acid. Infections willneed to be treated withantibiotics.
Outlook (Prognosis)
The disorders that cause esophagitis usually respond to treatment.
Possible Complications
If untreated, esophagitis may cause severe discomfort, and eventual scarring (stricture) of the esophagus. This can cause difficulty swallowing food or medications.
A condition called Barrett's esophagus can develop after years of gastroesophageal reflux. Rarely, Barrett's esophagus may lead to cancer of the esophagus.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of esophagitis.
Falk GW, Katzka DA. Diseases of the esophagus. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 140.
Richter JE, Friedenberg FK. Gastroesophageal reflux disease. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 43.
Review Date: 8/10/2012
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• We have a sense of profound protection, love and compassion towards the People of the Book, that is the Jews and the Christians reminiscent from the Ottomans, reminiscent from the time of our Prophet (saas). This is the sunnah of our Prophet (saas). So how are Turks the enemy of the Armenians and how are Armenians the enemy of the Turks? Would an enemy go visit his opponent's house? They are all our brothers. They are the Loyal Nation, they can come in as they like and perform their divine services. They are our sons. Allah tells us in the Qur'an that the places of worship of the People of the Book are under protection. And some people are making a fuss saying "how could it be, they are trying to seize our country". You are building a mosque in the center of New York, are you invading the country by doing so? You are building a mosque in Germany, are you invading the country by doing so? Such logic is not acceptable. Of course in our hearts we want them to say "La Ilahe Illa Allah" and accept that the Prophet Muhammad (saas) is a rightful prophet. But if they do not, then showing respect to every opinion and every belief is fundamental insha'Allah.
• A Muslim who is most fearful and obedient towards Allah is the one who feels the biggest dislike towards the hypocrite, the one who hates them the most. It is directly proportional to the fear and obedience one feels for Allah. Feeling deep love toward Allah, feeling deep love towards the Prophet (saas) is a sign of faith and feeling a deep hatred towards the hypocrite is also a sign of faith. When I say hate, I do not mean in the sense that he would show a physical reaction, but in the sense that he would damn and dislike them.
6/125 When Allah desires to guide someone, He expands his breast to Islam. When He desires to misguide someone, He makes his breast narrow and constricted as if he were climbing up into the sky. That is how Allah defiles those who have no faith.
• A hypocrite is constantly under stress. A hypocrite is constantly in pain. Just like a rabid dog getting distressed from everything, from water, from light, from noise but in the meantime it becomes all aggressive. It is all aggressive. And a hypocrite is just like that.
104/6 The kindled Fire of Allah
104/7 reaching right into the heart.
A spiritual fire. A spiritual fire enfolds the hypocrites. He is in constant tension.
3/118 You who have faith! Do not take any outside yourselves as intimates. They will do anything to harm you. They love what causes you distress. Hatred has appeared out of their mouths, but what their breasts hide is far worse. We have made the Signs clear to you if you use your intellect.
• A hypocrite is a backstabber. He takes the secrets of Muslims and gives them to the unbelievers. He wants to get them in trouble. What is evil? He tries to break the Muslims' enthusiasm, and makes propaganda against them and in his own mind tries to damage them spiritually. He also wants to do physical evil. He slanders, curses, even aims to kill. His desire to harm the Muslims is reflected in everything that represents hatred. Muslims being arrested, imprisoned, their being insulted, spreading gossip about them, trying to break their power of communicating religion. The hypocrites reflect their rage without fail. Because of their rage they reflect their hatred either by talking or by writing. Muslims would certainly come across with hypocrites, in order to acquire merit in the Sight of Allah they need to come cross with them. Hypocrite is a nourishment for the spiritual growth of the Muslim. The hypocrite criticizes the Muslim but shows himself as if he is kind, giving the impression of humbleness, that is his cover, he covers himself under modesty but actually he is very rampant and aggressive. He has a direct tendency towards murder. That means Allah says "I have explained everything to you in My verses, I am showing you the features of hypocrites and unbelievers, you will grasp it completely if you think good enough".
3/119 There you are, loving them when they do not love you, even though you have faith in all the Books. When they meet you, they say, 'We have faith.' But when they leave they bite their fingers out of rage against you. Say, 'Die in your rage.' Allah knows what your hearts contain.
3/120 If something good happens to you, it galls them. If something bad strikes you, they rejoice at it. But if you are steadfast and have taqwa [fear of and obedience to Allah] , their scheming will not harm you in any way. Allah encompasses what they do.
• The rage and pain they feel because of their envy and jealousy towards Muslims strikes them down to the tips of their fingers, they are biting their fingers in order to relieve that pain. A physical pain comes from their rage.
• What is goodness; that is what the hypocrites are jealous of; the increase of Muslims' devotion towards one another, the development of the Unity of Islam, the development of the Turkish Islamic Union, every kind of wealth and abundance would worry them. They are also outraged by the love Muslims feel for women. Allah says this in the Qur'an very kindly, He mentions the fact they are annoyed by their love for women. They have been saying "What is the matter with this Messenger, that he eats food and walks in the market-place? "Allah says this very politely. According to them he needs to sequester themselves from the world and should not be with his lawful wives. Just to annoy them just to make them feel that rage Allah bestows a right on the Prophet (saas) that is contrary to the habit and also encourages Muslim women. Allah gives a long list of lawful women for the Prophet and lists the daughters of his paternal aunts and the daughters of his maternal uncles and any Muslim woman who gives herself to the Prophet (saas). Muslim women are giving themselves to the Prophet (saas). They say "I am yours no matter what". The hypocrites are very jealous about this. The love felt here is the love for Allah, that is a profound love. The hypocrite does not grasp the pleasure our Prophet (saas) gets from the women as the manifestations of Allah. There is no love for humans in the heart of a hypocrite, no love for women, no love for children, no love for animals, no love for flowers. He looks at a flower and asks how much money do those herbs cost. Women give themselves to him through their love for Allah, through their passion for Allah. Because they can never have enough of his love, Allah had manifested Himself strikingly in our Prophet (saas).
• They feel rage towards our Prophet (saas) for his being with his wives. Hypocrites are enemies to women, they are perverts.
• Especially the fact that women gave themselves to him, He made them feel outraged. Hazrat Hassan (ra) for instance didn't have the wealth to give dowries but women gave themselves to him. Hazrat Hassan (ra) was like the Prophet Joseph (as). Women fell in love with him even if they tried to resist, but this beauty of the Prophet Joseph (as), this effectiveness of him does not come from flesh and bones. Allah manifested in him as glamour because of his profound morals. There are handsome men who do not have any effect on women, they are hollow. There are even people among the public who claim that they couldn't find that electricity when they are married. The woman looks at him, he is just a flesh and hollow and it doesn't have any effect on her. The affection can only occur with the profundity of belief, it happens with the love of Allah. Passion only occurs with faith, profundity and self-sacrifice. If the woman has a high character, then she would be loved but an immoral woman, no matter how beautiful she might be, her brain would be paralyzed. If she is immoral, his brain would lock her out. That is the same with women as well, no matter how handsome he might be if he is immoral her brain would lock him out.
• For a hypocrite a woman is a piece of flesh, for that reason he can't attach any meaning to Muslim's love. I am looking at the websites that criticize our Prophet (saas), the only point they dwell on is his marriages and his love for women. He was a man full of love of Allah and women loved him with love for Allah. What would they gain, had they not married him? Even their bones do not exist any more. Thousands of years have passed, many generations have passed after them. What would happen even if they lived in palaces? Minimum 14 generations have passed after them.
• This is the reason why Hazrat Hassan and Hussain were martyred. This is a blessing Allah gave them. The hypocrites were observing them. They were observing them like weasels. They were martyred because of their joy, cheerfulness, and their living a beautiful life. Both of them wore silk. They both looked very much like our Prophet (saas). There were people who fainted and became tongue tied when they saw our Prophet (saas). Even Christians were coming as committees, normally they might have asked questions to see if he really is a prophet, they had every right to do so. But since it was apparent from his face, they instantly understood that he was a rightful Prophet and never asked.
• Since the hypocrites were upset with our Prophet (saas) they attempted to cast slanders on our mothers. Even though Allah gives a guarantee in the Qur'an, those people who call themselves "Muslims" still attempt to cast slanders. In fact, the hypocrites even damn the fact that there will be sexuality in Heaven with an abject manner. Allah refers to passion and says that they will take profound pleasure from passion. Hypocrites also mention the blessings that Muslims will be given, but they do so with rage. There is enmity towards women in every perverse religion. It is also valid for Buddhists. The man dies and they burn his wife alive with him.
• If a man wants to hold someone tight should it only be for lust? It is the result of the love Allah, but in addition the power of lust has also been given to people. One might have al little kid, he embraces that kid, smells and kisses her and that is the love of Allah. Allah adds lust to that for his wife but the actual feeling is the love of Allah. You cannot do anything at all with pure lust. That is the reason why the hypocrites are in pain, and that is why they get twisted. That is the reason for the perverts in the time of the Prophet Abraham (as). That is the reason for the perverts in our age. All life in heaven is based on love of Allah. You feel love towards the houses, children and music of the Heaven. You feel love towards the children of the Heaven. You additionally feel lust towards your lawful one but that is a small part of it, it is an additional part. It is the love of Allah that constitutes the whole.
33/50 O Prophet! We have made lawful for you: your wives to whom you have given dowries and any concubines you own from the booty Allah has allotted you and the daughters of your paternal uncles and i and the daughters of your maternal aunts who have immigrated with you and any Muslim woman who gives herself to the Prophet if the Prophet desires to marry her: exclusively for you as opposed to the rest of the Muslims – We know very well what We have prescribed for them regarding their wives and any concubines they possess – in order that there be no restriction on you. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
• That is a verse that drives the hypocrites crazy. They have been criticizing him because he had married his paternal aunt's daughter, and Allah makes him marry all of them. That has driven the hypocrites crazy. What really hit the hypocrites is that there were women who gave themselves to our Prophet (saas). There were a lot of women saying " I do not want anything, I just want you for the good pleasure of Allah, I give myself to you even if you do not take me I have given myself to you I would like to be with you in Heaven and Earth. They would thus be a freed concubine. Muslims can marry the daughter of their maternal aunt but they can't marry the other one. But Allah deems it lawful and just for our Prophet (saas) to marry them all.
- in order that there be no restriction on you: Allah tells him to "cut-off the filthy tongues of the hypocrites". The hypocrites were attacking our Prophet (saas). But when this verse was revealed, that has all stopped.
• 2/223- Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields however you like. Send good ahead for yourselves and have taqwa of Allah. Know that you are going to meet Him. And give good news to the Muslims.
• Allah says go to your fields however you like. Lawful sexuality is a blessing of Allah. The hypocrites want to darken life and to destroy it and they see sexuality as a debased thing. They have a filthy understanding of honor and they take it as a dishonorable thing.
• 9/120- ... That is because no thirst or weariness or hunger will afflict them in the Way of Allah, nor will they take a single step to infuriate the unbelievers, nor secure any gain from the enemy, without a right action being written down for them because of it. Allah does not let the wage of the good-doers go to waste.
• For instance scoring success against Darwinism would annoy the hypocrites. We have been crashing down Darwinism and materialism but in one respect this also is to upset the hypocrites. That is why we have been giving detailed information about the articles published, the books sold, the books downloaded would make them all go mad. 110 million books have been downloaded only this year, and 110 million of them have been sold all over the world. The joy, power, wealth of Muslims and their favoring each other, their beauties, their love for women, their scientific success would annoy the hypocrite intensely. From the smallest to the biggest; you go to any café and sit there in joy and that makes them mad, you wander around and that makes them mad, you go for a conference and that makes them mad, you intellectually crash the opposition in the conference, and that makes them mad, you go on television and talk about religion that makes them mad, you publish books and that makes them mad. They hear your voice in the radio they go crazy. The affection Muslims feel for each other, and their intellectually crashing the unbelievers, the hypocrites' own helplessness, and their feeling of pain and restlessness in themselves makes them mad as well. And they see the Muslims as the reason for that pain.
• Even though Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not speak Arabic he will be superior to the renovators and scholars. That is the proof of Allah giving him an innate knowledge. This is how Allah wills to show what wisdom is, and to show how He manifests with His Name Al-Hadi. A person would come to Our Prophet (saas) and look into his eyes for 3 seconds and turn back with an immense faith. In those 3 seconds all of his body chemistry was changed. Our Prophet (saas) was saying "you are a lion now go and communicate the religion". Within 3 seconds he was gaining the honor to be one of the companions and to go and communicate the religion. But there are some scholars that do not reflect the light of Allah upon them. They do not possess wisdom they are not sincere. These become instrumental in faithful people loosing their faiths and Hazrat Mahdi (as) is just the opposite of this, one would look at him and gain faith.
• "...[Thanks to his (Hazrat Mahdi's (as)] blessing) SOMEONE WHO IS IGNORANT, FEARFUL AND MEAN AT NIGHT WILL BE LEARNED, BRAVE AND GENEROUS IN THE MORNING. His (Allah's) help will go before him [Hazrat Mahdi (as)]...
• Attention has always been drawn to Hazrat Mahdi (as) talking at night. Our Prophet (saas) said that he would talk for a long time after the evening time and will give long sermons. He says that the public will see Hazrat Mahdi (as) from where they sit; this is referring to the television. That is also a miracle. Someone ignorant, someone fearful, someone mean who doesn't even want to distribute books would become a person who is learned generous and brave after Hazrat Mahdi (as) talks to him. That is Allah manifesting by His Name "Al-Hadi", that is Allah giving him guidance.
• Praying is very important. Loving Allah a lot is very important. Someone who loves Allah deeply would turn into an atomic bomb. A faithful Muslim would be as powerful as 800 thousand hydrogen bombs. It is very important to attain that power. Profound love for Allah, profound fear of Allah would turn into an invincible power. That is also how Hazrat Mahdi (as) will be. For instance the Pharaoh had slaughtered thousands of kids at night to stop the Prophet Moses (as). His mother placed him in a chest. Allah made the wife of the Pharaoh find the Prophet Moses (as) and the Pharaoh had taken him to his palace and raised him. And then he razed the system of the Pharaoh to the ground.


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Ball State basketball coach James Whitford hired Jason Grunkemeyer as an assistant Friday.
Grunkemeyer played at Miami (Ohio) and served as an assistant coach there from 2007-12. He spent the previous six seasons at St. Louis University. Last year, he was hired as athletic director at Talawanda High School, which is near Miami's campus.
Grunkemeyer, a Cincinnati native, was recruited by Whitford out of prep football powerhouse Moeller and led the RedHawks to the 1998-99 Mid-American Conference title. He is still ranked in Miami's top 10 in 3-pointers, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage.
It is the second hiring Whitford has announced in the past week. He also added former Florida star Brett Nelson as associate head coach.
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GSA Adds Paging Services to FTS2001 Contract with MCI WorldCom
Note: Archived news releases may contain contact names, telephone numbers, Web links, or other information that is outdated. You may reach a public affairs officer at 202-501-1231. For a list of public affairs officers by beat, visit http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101120.
September 28, 1999
Contact: Bill Bearden (202) 501-1231
GSA Negotiates Competitive Prices for Paging Service Features and Coverage
Washington, DC -- The U.S. General Services Administration and MCI WorldCom have modified their FTS2001 telecommunications service contract to include one- and two-way paging services as part of one-stop shopping for telecommunications services.
One-way or basic service offers numeric paging and text paging up to 240 characters. Enhanced one-way paging provides assured delivery. Two-way or full interactive paging supports text messages of 500 to 2,000 characters depending on the paging device. Two-way paging lets the user reply from the pager using either a preset response or a message composed by the user and lets the user send e-mail from the pager.
MCI WorldCom's FTS2001 paging services offer SkyTel's comprehensive 50-state coverage with choices from 50 major metropolitan areas, regional service from 6 overlapping areas or nationwide coverage. On May 28, 1999, MCI WorldCom, Inc. announced it would acquire SkyTel Communications, Inc. through a merger. MCI's FTS2001 paging service also includes expanded local coverage in more than 1,000 major U.S. cities through PageMart that reaches 90% of the U.S. population.
"MCI's one-stop, paging services package is a great addition to our [FTS] comprehensive set of telecommunications services," said Dennis Fischer, Commissioner of GSA's Federal Technology Service. "And its total integration with FTS2001 to simplify management is part of GSA's added value."
The FTS2001 paging service package offers many advantages to the Government:
No Activation Fee - Through the end of fiscal year 2000
Low Prices - Monthly recurring charges average 11%-19% below the lowest comparable prices, coverage and other factors considered.
No Term Commitment - Any user can cancel for any reason at any time without additional liability other than returning the paging equipment.
Paging Devices Included in Prices - GSA's competitive prices include the use of paging devices supplied by MCI WorldCom from Motorola and Glenayre.
Free Upgrades - Upgrades and downgrades are free of charge at the customer's request. The new device is forwarded to the customer via 2nd Day Air service.
Character Aggregation - Groups of users can pool their included monthly character allotment (10,000 through 100,000 characters) for additional savings.
Loss Protection Insurance - Included with all service packages at no additional charge.
Integrated with FTS2001 Management - Service ordering, billing, trouble reporting and monthly reports follow FTS2001 procedures
Credit Allowance for Outage - One day's credit for a confirmed 4-hour outage
Price Management Mechanism - Annual review of paging services prices
Customer Furnished Pagers -- A future enhancement to paging services
Users can send a page via a toll free number using a touch-tone phone or via a web browser. In addition, for alphanumeric pagers users can access the paging network using paging software available for Windows 95 and 98 and the Macintosh operating system.
Coverage maps for MCI's FTS2001 paging services are available on line at http://www.wcom.com/services_for_business/paging/.
This is the latest in a series of modifications that allows GSA to enhance the FTS2001 contracts with up-to-date commercial telecommunications services and improvements available from MCI WorldCom. to meet customer agency needs.
For more information on paging services, call Judy Chamberlain (FTS) on (703) 610-2546, or Greg Blankenship, (MCI's Public Relations Department) on (703) 902-6094.
Additional MCI WorldCom FTS2001 Contract Modifications
Effective Date Mod Number Description Type of Mod
4/2/99 PS01 Added Switched Voice
Service features: Network Call, Redirect, Outbound Network, Manager, Point of Origin Routing Enhancement
4/28/99 PS02 Dedicated Transmission
Service: added Subrate email@example.com kbps Enhancement
4/28/99 PS03 Frame Relay Service
Added Transport Element Types At Committed Information Rates (CIR) of 16, 32, and 48 kbps Enhancement
4/29/99 PS04 Circuit Switched Services:
Toll-Free Features; Frame Relay Service Domestic Ports And PVCs Price Reduction
5/27/99 PS05 Revised Section G and System Customization
7/7/99 PS06 Modified Service Delivery Point Identification Code Administrative
7/12/99 PS07 Packet Switched Service:
Added Bandwidth for Dial-in up to 14.4 kbps
7/13/99 PS08 Circuit Switched Service:
Non-Domestic On-Net Transport; Frame Relay Service: Domestic Ports And Transport, Non-Domestic Ports and Transport; Video-Conferencing Reservation Fee Price Reduction
7/27/99 PS09 Circuit Switched Service:
Toll Free Assignment Price Reduction
9/8/99 PS10 Added new Access Adaptation Function (AAF) Enhancement
9/8/99 PS11 Asynchronous Transfer Mode:
Virtual Bit Rate; Dedicated Transmission Service: T1 and T3 Price Reduction
9/23/99 PS12 Access price reduction for 6 wire Price centers in Montana and update mapping Price Reduction/Administrrative
9/23/99 PS13 One-and two-way paging services Administrative Enhancement
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Brevard, N.C. - Head Coach Paul Hamilton and the Brevard College football team are proud to welcome two more signees to their incoming recruiting class. Kelvin Gennerette and Jimmy Angle will join the Tornado roster in 2009.
The additions of Gennerette and Angle bring the total number of incoming recruits to forty-two, a number that is likely to grow in the coming weeks. "I am extremely pleased with the size and quality of the class we are bringing in," Hamilton said about his new additions. "This group has the potential to be a solid foundation for years to come."
The third-year coach, whose squad is preparing for their second season as South Atlantic Conference members, said that the quality of athletes in the class has the potential to greatly improve the Tornado squad. "With this class, we have enhanced our size and speed at every position," Hamilton said on the eve of his third season on the Brevard sideline. "There is no question that several of these kids will contribute and compete for starting positions immediately. They will make us a different team."
Hamilton and the Tornados begin their 2009 season on Saturday, August 29, when they travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to face Edward Waters College.
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Response Team heads to Jordan to help SyriansA Syrian refugee carries a new tent as he walks after heavy rain at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 10, 2013. Photograph taken by Reuters/Muhammad Hamed, courtesy of the Thomson Reuters Foundation – AlertNet.
A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) is travelling to Jordan following the Government's urgent aid appeal announced on Thursday after a significantly higher number of Syrian refugees crossed over into the country this week.
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said that his country had called for immediate international assistance to cope with the huge influx of refugees.
'What we have seen in terms of influx of Syrian refugees coming to Jordan is... unprecedented, larger than any other time in the last two years... we have had 20,000 Syrians coming into Jordan since last Thursday,' said Judeh to Reuters news agency.
More than 26,500 Syrian refugees have fled their homes to Jordan since the beginning of this year, with more than 10,500 new arrivals in this week alone, according to the UN refugee council (UNHCR).
'This recent jump in Syrian refugees crossing over into Jordan is putting a serious strain on the country's resources when you compare it to the number of arrivals last year,' said Operations Manager Alf Evans. '16,413 arrived in December, 13,000 in November and 10,000 in October.
'Nowhere to go'
'The majority have nowhere to go. We have ShelterBoxes prepositioned in the capital Amman with the Jordanian Red Crescent that were originally going to be used to set up transit camps along the Syria border; but existing transit camps were criticised by the international community for inadequate standards that resulted in the Government becoming wary of setting up future transit camps. However, with this influx, circumstances have changed. Therefore we are sending a team in to assess the situation.'
The conflict in Syria has continued for almost two years leaving more than 60,000 dead and two million internally displaced. More and more people are fleeing the country to neighbouring states due to the ongoing violent fighting and aerial bomb attacks.
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Guest Recital: Bonnie Miksch, composer with music collaborators
7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT October 29, 2013
Bonnie Miksch and faculty composer Jason Hoogerhyde will present a concert of new and recent chamber music. Works by Miksch will include Inklings on the loose, for flute and computer-realized recording, Man dreaming butterfly dreaming man, for violin and piano, and Surrender me endless, for amplified voice and live computer. Hoogerhyde's featured works will include Songs from the River of Words Project, for baritone and guitar, and the premiere of the new string quartet, Circle Variations. Performances will be by faculty artists Adrienne Inglis, Eri Lee Lam, Vincent Lam, Bruce Cain, David Asbury, the Southwestern Student String Quartet, and composer Bonnie Miksch.
Bonnie Miksch, a composer and performer whose music embraces multiple musical universes, creates both acoustic and electroacoustic works. An avid consumer of musical possibilities, she strives to create coherent musical environments where diverse musical elements can coexist. She is best known for her computer music which generally involves the participation of live instruments and voice.
She was recently awarded Oregon's Composer of the Year by the Oregon Music Teachers Association and having a choral work The Ballad of Y2K banned for performance at a local church. Her music has been performed in Asia, Europe, Canada, and throughout the United States. She currently teaches composition, theory, and computer music at Portland State University.
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Max's Queen St store is the latest in a chain of high-end women's fashion chains. It comprises the ground floor of an old Queen St building and was formed by combining the former Max site and the adjacent tenancy. Our client wanted to advance our existing Max formula in recognition of the fact that this is the flagship store. The difficult site had problems with egress, sloping floors, multiple columns and a low ceiling height. The ceiling was removed to gain ceiling height and break the flat plane of the ceiling. We added some oversize lights for dramatic impact and an antler chandelier for the "chill-out" seating area. The main features of the interior are strings of plastic beads, which were added around the central columns. We encased these "jewels" in a series of PSP PLEXIGLAS® XT clear acrylic, 4 m length tubes with an outer diameter of 40 mm. As these columns couldn't be hidden, they might as well feature! The outcome is a sparkling and dynamic showcase. The PLEXIGLAS® XT rods were also used to form a transparent screen enclosing the seating area. Racking is our Max standard of stainless steel with a large proportion of hanging fixtures to keep the floor uncluttered. The counter is clad in patinaed and "blued" steel sheet left to age. The walls were treated in a mixture of embossed concrete panels, sheer curtains, mosaic tile and ad campaign graphics to break the expanse of wall and break away from the typical white walls of most fashion shops. The fitting rooms and adjacent seating area was deliberately treated as a rich electric and decadent space in recognition that it's function is different from the rest of the shop. As most buying decisions are made in the fitting room area, we wanted a sense if intimacy and excitement. The PLEXIGLAS® XT rods form a transparent screen to define the junction between the fitting rooms and seating area. Velvet curtains, lush, eclectic furniture and curved shapes, contrast with the harder lines of the rest of the shop. We hope we have achieved a store environment that is rich, welcoming and different from a typical chain roll-out, but without venturing into the amateurish mismatch that typifies many one-off fashion shops. Customers appear to agree as turnover is up by over 50 percent.
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Menopause is defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period and marks the end of menstrual cycles. Menopause can happen in your 40s or 50s, but the average age is 51 in the United States.
Menopause is a natural biological process. Although it also ends fertility, you can stay healthy, vital and sexual. Some women feel relieved because they no longer need to worry about pregnancy.
Even so, the physical symptoms, such as hot flashes, and emotional symptoms of menopause may disrupt your sleep, lower your energy or — for some women — trigger anxiety or feelings of sadness and loss.
Don't hesitate to seek treatment for symptoms that bother you. Many effective treatments are available, from lifestyle adjustments to hormone therapy.
In the months or years leading up to menopause (perimenopause), you might experience these signs and symptoms:
It's possible, but very unusual, to menstruate every month right up to your last period. More likely, you'll experience some irregularity in your periods.
Skipping periods during perimenopause is common and expected. Often, menstrual periods will occur every two to four months during perimenopause, especially one to two years before menopause. Despite irregular periods, pregnancy is possible. If you've skipped a period but aren't sure you've started the menopausal transition, you may want to determine whether you're pregnant.
Starting at perimenopause, schedule regular visits with your doctor for preventive health care and any medical concerns. Continue getting these appointments during and after menopause.
Preventive health care can include recommended screenings at menopause, such as a colonoscopy, mammography, lipid screening, thyroid testing if suggested by your history, and breast and pelvic exams.
Always seek medical advice if you have bleeding from your vagina after menopause.
Menopause can result from:
Natural decline of reproductive hormones. As you approach your late 30s, your ovaries start making less estrogen and progesterone — the hormones that regulate menstruation — and your fertility declines.
In your 40s, your menstrual periods may become longer or shorter, heavier or lighter, and more or less frequent, until eventually — on average, by age 51 — you have no more periods.
Hysterectomy. A hysterectomy that removes your uterus but not your ovaries (partial hysterectomy) usually doesn't cause immediate menopause. Although you no longer have periods, your ovaries still release eggs and produce estrogen and progesterone.
But surgery that removes both your uterus and your ovaries (total hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy) does cause menopause, without any transitional phase. Your periods stop immediately, and you're likely to have hot flashes and other menopausal signs and symptoms, which can be severe, as these hormonal changes occur abruptly rather than over several years.
After menopause, your risk of certain medical conditions increases. Examples include:
Urinary incontinence. As the tissues of your vagina and urethra lose elasticity, you may experience frequent, sudden, strong urges to urinate, followed by an involuntary loss of urine (urge incontinence), or the loss of urine with coughing, laughing or lifting (stress incontinence). You may have urinary tract infections more often.
Strengthening pelvic floor muscles with Kegel exercises and using a topical vaginal estrogen may help relieve symptoms of incontinence.
Sexual function. Vaginal dryness from decreased moisture production and loss of elasticity can cause discomfort and slight bleeding during sexual intercourse. Also, decreased sensation may reduce your desire for sexual activity (libido).
Water-based vaginal moisturizers and lubricants may help. Choose products that don't contain glycerin because women who are sensitive to this chemical may experience burning and irritation. If a vaginal lubricant isn't enough, many women benefit from the use of local vaginal estrogen treatment, available as a vaginal cream, tablet or ring.
Your first appointment will likely be with either your primary care provider or a gynecologist.
Because appointments can be brief, it's a good idea to prepare in advance:
Some basic questions to ask include:
In addition, don't hesitate to ask questions at any time during your appointment.
Some questions your doctor might ask include:
Signs and symptoms of menopause are usually enough to tell most women that they've started the menopausal transition. If you have concerns about irregular periods or hot flashes, talk with your doctor. In some cases, further evaluation may be recommended.
Tests typically aren't needed to diagnose menopause. But under certain circumstances, your doctor may recommend blood tests to check your level of:
Menopause requires no medical treatment. Instead, treatments focus on relieving your signs and symptoms and preventing or managing chronic conditions that may occur with aging. Treatments may include:
Before deciding on any form of treatment, talk with your doctor about your options and the risks and benefits involved with each. Review your options yearly, as your needs and treatment options may change.
Fortunately, many of the signs and symptoms associated with menopause are temporary. Take these steps to help reduce or prevent their effects:
Many approaches have been promoted as aids in managing the symptoms of menopause, but few of them have scientific evidence to back up the claims. Some complementary and alternative treatments that have been or are being studied include:
Plant estrogens (phytoestrogens). These estrogens occur naturally in certain foods. There are two main types of phytoestrogens — isoflavones and lignans. Isoflavones are found in soybeans, chickpeas and other legumes. Lignans occur in flaxseed, whole grains, and some fruits and vegetables.
Whether the estrogens in these foods can relieve hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms remains to be proved, but most studies have found them ineffective. Isoflavones have some weak estrogen-like effects, so if you've had breast cancer, talk to your doctor before supplementing your diet with isoflavone pills.
You may have heard of — or even tried — other dietary supplements, such as red clover, kava, dong quai, DHEA, evening primrose oil and wild yam (natural progesterone cream). Scientific evidence on effectiveness is lacking, and some of these products may be harmful.
Talk with your doctor before taking any herbal or dietary supplements for menopausal symptoms. The FDA does not regulate herbal products, and some can be dangerous or interact with other medications you take, putting your health at risk.
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