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'You, yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself!' - Younus AlGohar
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Quote of the Day: You, Yourself Are Your Own...
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Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Quote of the Day: You Cannot Overrule...
'You cannot overrule God.' - Younus AlGohar
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Does God Love Everybody?
I want to tell you everything in detail, with reason, rationality and understanding of the truth. It is a very sensitive matter. What I am going to tell you is going to make you worry in a sense that you might have thought of things differently, and when you come to know the background reality, it will surprise you.
The knowledge that comes from God is true knowledge, but when knowledge about God is coming through a religion, it is censored and it doesn't tell you everything about God.
For example, what Jews know about God and how they believe in God is different from the Christian perspective, and what Muslims think about God is entirely different to what Christians and Jews think about God. We the Quran, Bible and Torah come from the same God, so then the question is why do they have different perspectives about God? For example, Christians think God is all love, while Muslims are very scared of God.
Although the Bible talks about paradise and hellfire, it is very rare that a Christian talks about hell. This means their divine perspective is painted with the colour of love. They don't talk about paradise or hellfire, they talk about hope. They say, 'If you believe in Lord Jesus, all your sins are gone.' They also say, 'Jesus Christ has given his life and as a result of this, all our sins are washed away.' The Bible says, 'For the wages of sins is death.' Their belief is that Jesus died on the cross and he is the saviour.
Muslims are scared of God in a sense that if God is upset with them, he will send them to hellfire and they will stay there forever. If they worship God, go to the mosque and follow their religion dedicatedly, then they have greed of going into paradise. A Muslim doesn't talk about God's love. Either they talk about the torment in the grave, burning in hell or the virgins of paradise.
The knowledge about God was given to every religion. People have different perspectives of God because the knowledge of God which was given through religion was censored; they didn't have the complete knowledge. For example, if there is a snake behind me and I am not aware of it, I'll be okay, but the moment I find out that there is a snake, I won't be able to sit there anymore. Similarly, when you are unaware of the truth, you are not scared; but when you come to know the truth, then you go through a shock.
True knowledge about God will come from somebody who has seen God. God speaks to him and he speaks to God - they can see each other. Then in that friendship, God will reveal the ultimate truth upon him.
In Islam, they say that God loves his creation more than 70 mothers can love a child. What I heard is, 'God must love us, this is why he created us.' However, then, I saw people dying. People were born on the streets and they lived all their life on the streets. Some of them do not have legs, some don't have eyes, some others don't have arms and their lives are a complete misery.
Many million people in Africa do not have access to clean water. In the United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada and other modern countries of the world, we waste water and food; but there are millions of human beings on this world who have no clean water to drink. We drink water but we do not say, 'God, thank you, you gave me clean water to drink.' If you go to Africa, and you give them a glass of clean water, they will say, 'Thank you God!' a thousand times. People are dying of starvation.
The question is: if God loves all his creation, then why are some human beings living a life of luxury and why are others suffering? Nobody has the answer.
When you are actually in front of God and you know how his behaviour is, what his ethical understanding is, what type of love he has for his creation, how he is pleased and how he gets angry, then you shall say, 'I will never get to know about God if I trust this knowledge [about God that comes through religions].'
What people know about God is that he is a creator and that he has strength and power. They do not know anything else about God.
For example, if a loved one dies at a young age, we are so sad and it is not easy for us to bear the pain of the unexpected departure. Do you not want to know how God feels when somebody dies? When young babies are dying because they don't have food or milk, how does God feel and where is his power?
The Bible and Quran say that if God wants something, he just says it and it is there. So why doesn't he just feed all the dying children in the world?
When I see people suffering, I feel badly; then, I feel badly when people use the name of the religion and kill innocent people. I don't know how God feels. However, I don't think God loves everybody.
If God loves everybody, then everybody would be good. They wouldn't be killing each other.
There would be no bloodshed or hatred. If I love you as a human being, my love can be fake; but God's love is not fake. How can this be possible that God loves somebody and he is not a good man?
If I have God's love, I cannot be bad; I cannot hate, kill anybody or harm anybody.
If you hate people; you kill them, shed their blood and don't let them survive, how can we believe God loves you? If God loves you and it doesn't change you, then I think that kind of love of God is useless!
Being loved by someone is a luxury. When you come to know, 'Somebody loves me,' you feel special. If God loves you, why have you never had this feeling? When a woman loves you, you are a different man. If God loves you, why don't you feel any different about God? The answer is: you just believe that God loves you [but he does not].
When God loves somebody, that somebody is a special person. Their feelings are different, their behaviour changes. The way they look at the world is different, the way they behave with people is different. They don't harm or hurt anybody; they help everybody. Even if they have to sell every single drop of their blood, they will sell it but they want to see people happy because this is the creation of God who loves them.
God's love will fill their heart with love for the creation.
This is not what I have gathered from my own understanding, rather, this is what I have come to know by dealing with God; it is the result of experience.
God does not love everybody, he loves some people. Some people were not meant to be loved by God because God decides what you will do.
God created some souls for his love and some other souls who do bad things. If you are bad, it is not because you are bad; it's because God wanted you to be bad. You cannot overcome God or overrule the purpose of God. If God wanted you to be good then the only chance you could be bad is when you would be stronger than God. God is stronger than you, so you must be good if God wants you to be good.
Christians have a sense of freedom; they think, 'Jesus will take care of everything, let's do whatever we want to do because all their sins are washed away.' Muslims either have fear of hellfire or greed of paradise.
What you see today as terrorism is the result of the greed of paradise. They think, 'It's very easy to get into paradise, all we have to do is just kill some people. We will become martyrs and go into paradise, God will not ask us any questions.'
This terrorism is based on greed and lust, it is an unholy war. God cannot allow for one to kill another person in his name! This is the problem.
On the other hand, Jews are still waiting for their land and that is on top of their agenda because God promised the Jews, 'I will give you the land that belongs to you.' They are still thinking about that, their prayers are for their land.
There was a Sufi woman called Rabia Basri. One day, somebody saw her holding fire in one hand and water in the other, and she was running. They asked her, 'Where are you going? Why do you have fire in one hand and water in the other?' She said, 'I am going to put out the fire of hellfire with this water, and with this fire I will burn the paradise.' He asked her, 'Why do you want to do this?' She said, 'I get really upset when I see people worshipping God out of fear for hellfire. Or, they don't worship God for God; they worship him for the greed of paradise. When hell and paradise both are gone, then people will love God with sincerity.'
Some people developed such attitudes because they became pure. They loved God without a reason, not because of fear or greed. God said that those who become friends with God and who love God, God removes all types of fear from them. They become fearless.
When spirituality was the core of every religion, it would take care of all the issues that develop in religions. Since spirituality became absent from these religions, they became a problem.
Today if you have spirituality, you don't need a religion. All you need is to love God. If you have God's love, you are better than those who have a religion but still don't love God.
How do we know if God wants to love us?
For example, if you want to court woman, you have to approach her and talk to her. You sit together and talk. If you see someone and you want her but the woman doesn't know you or want to love you, it will never happen. Similarly, you need to approach God and send the message to God, 'I want to love you, what should I do?'
You don't know God's address, you don't know where God is. In spirituality, this is the way God sends spiritual masters with authority, power, light and positive energy.
When we initiate the hearts of people, we ask them to close their eyes and repeat the name of God three times. Then, Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi takes that person's image to God. God asks, 'Why have you brought him here?' The master says to God, 'Because he wants to love you.' If God doesn't want to love him, very straightforwardly he says, 'No I don't like him.' That is the end of the story. That person cannot become a spiritual man.
However, if God says, 'Okay, if I grant him my love, who is going to train him?' The master says, 'I will train him.' God says, 'Okay, let my name enter the heart.' Then, God's name enters the [aspirant's] heart and starts to produce divine energy. This is the initiation of spirituality. This is the point from where you begin to generate divine energy in your heart.
If God's name has entered your heart, this is God's permission that he wants to love you and he wants you to love him.
This is the common practice, but in some rare cases, God enters his light in your heart and you don't even know it.
In this moment in time, God is not bothered about any religion, God just wants to love those who want to love him. We have to take this message to humanity, and this is how the process of unification will start. This is how the entire world will enter into a universal brotherhood.
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Mohabbat Ki Haqiqat Aur Iqsam
Younus AlGohar explains the different types of love and their reality.
Main points:
- There are three types of love: romantic love, love related to the Nafs (Self) and true divine love (Ishq-e-Haqiqi).
- Romantic love is platonic love between souls. In the realm of souls, there would be neighbourhoods. The souls who were of the same rank would be in the same neighbourhood. Because the Nafs (Self) was not involved in their love, their love is pure. If two people that lived together in the realms of souls came to the world at the same time, they would fall in love for each other. Such was the case of Laila and Majnu. In such love there is ego.
- Love related to the Nafs (Self) is common in this world. Such love could be love for beauty, money, fame or it could be lust. It is a sin. When adolescents go through puberty, sentiments are newly introduced and they experience an outburst of emotion; this is also related to the Nafs.
- Lastly, there is true divine love: Ishq-e-Haqiqi. It can't be obtained without purification of the Nafs and heart. It is when one becomes a true lover of God.
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MFI's Procession Against Wahhabism, Zakir Naik and Peace TV in India
On June 20th, members of Mehdi Foundation India staged a procession urging the government to ban Zakir Naik, Wahhabism and Peace TV. This was part of initiative to curb radicalisation in India, in response to the dramatic rise of Wahhabism in the country. Many people attended our demonstration. It was covered by different media outlets, who praised our bold actions and called for further support of this cause. We are pleased with the result of our efforts and we will continue to speak out against Wahhabism and its dangers in India for as long as it is necessary!
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Quote of the Day: The Primary Objective...
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Monday, 27 June 2016
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Ki Gumrahi Aur Uqda-e-Khatm-e-Nabuwwat
Younus AlGohar reveals the truth about Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiyani's claim of being a prophet.
Main points:
- Messenger-hood is related to the subtleties of the breast; there are 5 subtleties, therefore there were five messengers. In actuality, what ended with Prophet Mohammad was messenger-hood. However, the Quran and Prophet Mohammad did not mention this fact; what was mentioned was that prophethood ended.
- Every messenger had their own Kalima (Declaration of Faith). In Israel, prophets would be sent after a messenger. Prophets are a system of divine repair. They would not bring their own religion; they would simply reform whatever adulterations were made in the religion over time. Prophets would recite the Kalima of the messenger before them. If God continued to send prophets after Prophet Mohammad to ensure modifications to the religion were repaired, this would actually be good for the religion. It would not have affected the finality of Prophet Mohammad.
- However, God said, 'Now if someone is to come from me, it will be Mehdi.' After messenger-hood is Mehdi-hood. God did not set up a divine repair system of Islam because Imam Mehdi was to come. Imam Mehdi would bring along with him God's rapturous love. Therefore, God ended prophethood and messenger-hood.
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiyani was a dedicated worshipper. After years of worship he thought he had reached some kind of rank. He was told by the devil that messenger-hood ended, however prophethood continued. He was led to believe that he was a prophet and that he was benefiting Prophet Mohammad's religion. However, Quran and Prophet Mohammad both specifically said that prophethood ended.
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Quote of the Day: God's Love...
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Sunday, 26 June 2016
Purpose of Religion: A Message To Young Generation
The following is an excerpt of Younus AlGohar's talk aimed at young people living in the West whose parents are religious.
You should not do anything blindfoldedly. Don't just do everything that your parents have done. You should know what you are doing and the consequences of what you are doing. Before you do it, you should satisfy yourself that what you are going to do is good; it is not going to harm or hurt anybody and your hard work is not going to go into a waste. It should mean something.
If I am going to a mosque, I better make sure that by doing so, I please the Lord. If I am doing things incorrectly and imperfectly, and this action is not going to please God, then it is a total waste. Some people go to the mosque just for the sake of going there. They think, 'If I don't go there, maybe my friends will say, "He is a Muslim and he doesn't even go to the mosque!"' Or they worry about what their fathers will say. However, you want to go there if you think, by going there you will be pleasing the Lord.
The goal of practising a religion is to please the Lord, so then when he is pleased with you, he grants you with his love and you become a holy man.
Inquisitiveness of the Young Generation
When I went to the mosque for the first time, I didn't want to go there. My father forced me. I didn't even know why we should go to the mosque. When I grew up and I studied, I started to understand what means what. As a child, if your father is a Hindu, he will take you to a temple. If your father is a Christian, he will take you to a church. If your father is a Jew, he will take you to a synagogue. If your father is an alcoholic, he will take you to a bar.
What I am trying to tell people is: if you practise a religion, you must know why you practise a religion.
Sometimes, our mind doesn't tell us what to do. The necessity tells us what to do. For example, if I am thirsty, my thirst will prompt me to drink water. If you ask somebody, 'Why do you drink water?' They will tell you, 'Because we are thirsty'. If somebody says, 'I don't know, I'm just drinking,' it doesn't make any sense. We go to a restaurant to eat food, but if you don't know why you are going to a restaurant, you'll go there, watch people eating and drinking, and come back.
This is the case today. People ritualistically follow a religion, but they do not know why they should follow a religion.
As a child, I was obsessed with cricket. I played cricket all day. My teachers didn't like it. They used to tell me, 'You only play cricket when there is a free period. Everybody else is in the class; you are alone playing cricket.' One day, he asked me, 'Why do you come to school?' I really didn't know why.I had thought, 'We go to school so that we put our books in the class and then go back into the ground and play cricket.' Then after a few years, I found out that we come to school to study and cricket is just a game.
The educational system of the young generation in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and America, is different from the one we have in Pakistan. In Pakistan, where I grew up, people know everything, but they don't know anything. For example, they memorise the words of the Quran and if you ask them, 'What does it mean?' They say, 'Why should I know? I just know it.'
The educational system in these countries will stimulate your brain. In Pakistan, the teacher will hold the book and read and you listen. In the West, they ask you to do it. They guide you, but they don't do it; they make you do things. This is when you learn.
In the West, the teacher will tell you, 'I want to know what a mango is. So go into the library and collect as much information on mangoes as possible.' Then you go there, do some research, make notes and bring it back to the teacher. This is how you learn. Back home in Pakistan, the teacher will explain everything and he thinks you have learned everything. In the countries where the educational system is good, they stimulate your brain.
This new generation wants to know, 'Why should I go to a synagogue, why not a church or mosque?'
We are living in western society; it is not a Christian or Jewish society. It is based on secular values made by human beings; it is not Christian or Jewish values.
For example, you're a student in school or college, and you have a girlfriend. If you both agree to sleep together, there is no harm in this according to secular values - whereas in Christianity, Islam and Judaism, this is not allowed. There is a system. If you want to have sex with a woman, you must marry them legally first.
So when this generation goes to school, they have this system where they can do anything; when they come back home, their Christian or Muslim mother and father say, 'This is wrong.' So they are confused about what to do now.
They have been brought up in an educational environment where they are only taught to have protected sex with anybody. Whereas in Islam, you can't do that. Parents from Pakistan do not educate their children, but expect it from them to know everything. Sex is a taboo subject; they don't want to talk about it. This is where they go wrong.
Parents need to discuss everything with their children. This is where they will train and educate their children.
In a similar way, we do not teach children the necessity of practising a religion because we do not know it ourselves. It is very unfortunate: we were born in a Muslim country, in a Muslim home, so we think that we own Islam, we have all the rights and we don't need any knowledge. We think, 'We have knowledge in our blood! This is why we are having problems.
I want to address the young generation: before you do anything, you must know what you are doing; whether it is good for you or bad for you. Whether you are making a genuine effort. Whether you're doing it for the sake of God or you're just doing it to please your father. If you worship God to please your father, God will be really disappointed.
Paradise and Hell
Paradise is material. This solar system has many planets. In addition to this solar system, there is another solar system: it is called the Angelic Solar System. Each paradise is a like planet, like Earth, Jupiter, the Sun or the Moon. Paradise is not a building or a garden. There are seven planets [for each paradise].
There are seven hells [which are each different planets] in another galaxy.
When you die, your body is buried or cremated here, and comes to an end. The angels will take your soul and you will be assembled before God for accountability. God will decide who he will send to paradise or hell. When it is decided by God that, 'This person will go into paradise,' his soul will be placed in a new physical body. That body will have no diseases or illness; it will never die.
This concept of life in paradise is a little different as it has been told. People go there, live there forever, and whenever they wish for something, it will be there. If I were in their shoes, I would get bored. It would be the same thing over and over.
Without love and companionship of God, this idea of luxurious life in paradise seems to me a bit dull.
It doesn't suit me or fascinate me. I want to be with God, rather than being in paradise. I want to be in the Lord's company day and night for eternity.
The way religions are being promoted and projected these days, more and more emphasis is being laid on rewards, not love of God. They say to serve and worship God for paradise. Even while you're worshipping, you're thinking about paradise. God is not even a secondary object.
The Primordial Times and Choice of Souls
God created souls with a specific purpose in his mind.
He created a group of souls and the purpose was that these souls should love him. Now, when they are born into this world, they don't need to go to any college; the natural instinct in their soul will be to look for God.
Nobody will tell them, 'Go love God.' They will feel the thirst of God's love. They are special people.
Then, God created some other souls with a purpose: to guide others. So they have this natural instinct in them to guide other. They were regarded as prophets, messengers and master.
So there are many different types of souls and then God created some ordinary souls. He created them all.
They were all assembled before him and then he showed them luxuries of the paradise and luxuries of the world. Then, God said it unto them, 'Choose what you want.' So a multitude of souls chose the luxuries of the world. Some other souls chose luxuries of paradise.
Then, for those who chose luxuries of paradise, God said to them, 'In order to get this, you need to follow a religion.' For those who chose luxuries of the world, there was no condition.
All these souls came into this world and then religions were established. Now, many souls who did not choose the luxuries of the paradise, they also became Muslims, Christians and Jews. They will never get to paradise because they never chose it. As a result, they never follow the religion perfectly. They create problems.
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MFI's Activities in Cusco, Peru
On June 25, 2016, a team from Messiah Foundation International participated in Pride 2016 in Cusco, Peru. There, they gave the message of divine love to people from all walks of life and showed them the divine signs of the Awaited Ones, Lord Ra Riaz and Lord Jesus Christ. They also distributed leaflets in Spanish regarding the Absence of Spiritual Knowledge. The response was fantastic and we're excited to continue our activities in Cusco soon.
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Quote of the Day: God Will Hear...
'God will hear your voice if your soul is able to speak.' - Younus AlGohar, The Primary Objective of Religion: To Connect with God
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Saturday, 25 June 2016
Primary Objective Of Religion: To Connect With God
Currently, there are three major religions in the world which are famous, which have a spiritual and religious background; at the same time, they have a political aspect also. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all monotheistic religions and they are all under the umbrella of the Father of Prophets, Abraham.
The State of Religion Today
Right now, the world, there are millions of Christians and millions of Muslims; even the Jews are in the millions and their religion was fantastic. However, the world is not at rest. We do not see any impact of those religions on humanity today. We talk about the Torah, Bible and Quran. People are serving God, praying to God and worshiping God in synagogues, churches and mosques all over the world. However, the purity in hearts of people is a big question mark today.
The hatred they carry with them against each other is still to diminish. Their religiosity, servitude to God and the knowledge they have about their religions, somehow or other is not helping them get rid of this hatred.
Obviously, a Jew will speak very highly of his religion. A Christian will definitely speak very highly of his religion. Then you have Muslims who will speak highly of their religion. The problem is: if everybody's religion is the best religion, then why is it that the people who follow that religion are not the best people?
If I say, 'I have the best car in the world,' and others who have lower quality cars are going faster than I am and even with the best car I cannot compete with them, then I will have to reconsider my claim.
According to the Quran, Muslims are the best nation on Earth. This is where the confusion pollutes minds. The question is: are all Muslims best, or which specific Muslims are the best of all? Are we the same type of Muslims as the early Companions of the Prophets were, whose religiosity and servitude to God were pure, who were in the blissful and blessed company of the Beloved of God, who spent days and nights sitting in the presence of the Beloved of God? How can I claim to have the same quality of faith as those had who were in the presence of Prophet Mohammad?
Then, Muslims only remember that Quran declares them as the best of all nations; however, they ignore what else was said by the Prophet. For example, he said, 'One who lies is not from my nation.' Then Prophet Mohammad said, 'One who promotes racism is not from my nation.' He declared, 'One who praises somebody for false is not from my nation.' He also said, 'If you are a Muslim and your neighbour goes to sleep without food, I will not take you as a Muslim.'
So the problem is, the religion and its practice, unfortunately has been confined to the books. We do not see the best of the religions in practice today.
There is one narrative from God in the Holy Quran which states, 'In the beginning, you were all progeny of one Adam. Then I divided you into many tribes and nations for the sake of recognition.' So, he sent prophets like Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. 124 000 prophets were sent into this world in order to guide people towards God. Different people were given to keep company of different prophets.
Those who belonged to a prophet formed a nation. There were the nations of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They were introduced with division, however the source was the same. The messages given to Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad came from the same source, the same God.
In different languages, countries and nations, you call upon God with different names; however that supreme being who sent Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammad - and all other messengers and prophets - is the same. Even the Sikh community in India believe in one God. When they say, 'Ek Onkar', it means 'One God.' There is not another God; there is only one God.
For example, a Canadian citizen lives in Canada; a British citizen lives in England and those who live in the USA are American citizens. The fact that they are citizens of different countries does not make a rift between them or invite them to fight each other.
In a similar way, a Jew reaches God through Abraham. A Christian will reach God through Jesus, and a Muslim will reach God through Mohammad. The destination is the same. Then why are these people killing and hating each other?
The Universal Brotherhood is on the top of God's agenda. This is how the world will come towards it culmination towards the end. All will be united under the umbrella of God's love. All will love God. All will become truthful devouts, upon principles of God's love.
There is a verse in the Holy Quran which says, 'When all these people who follow different religions deviate themselves from these religions and shun the religions, God will send down on Earth his nation. They will love God and God will love them.' This is a clear cut instruction about the end times.
Towards the end times, the only religion which will be established will be the religion of God's love.
Prophets and messengers have done their best. We live in an era where we do not have any prophet or messenger guiding us. All we get to know about these prophets and messengers is through the books. The books have become so untrustworthy; the words written there might have been adulterated, altered or opinionated. There are 50 000 different version of the Bible. It is God's word, but people adulterated, modified and altered not just the interpretation, but the original text too. The human mind is full of corruption.
When a human mind and heart are corrupt, the religions suffer.
Today we have Jews, but we do not have good jews. We have Christians, but we do not have good Christians. We have Muslims but we do not have good Muslims. It is very unfortunate. When the bad Jews, Muslims and Christians do bad things, people do not say, 'These Jews, Christians and Muslims are bad,' they say, 'Their religion is bad.' How can they be bad when they were introduced by God through a prophet?
People over 60 start to have problems with their internal organs. The kidneys may not be working properly, the liver may have problems or the heart might struggle; we understand that this is because of age. As you grow older, the organs in the body are also getting used up every day. There is not too much you can do about it medically, because there is wear and tear. They are getting used up.
Everything is getting used up, even the Sun. The Sun is the ultimate source of hydrogen, and it has been covered by the ozone layer. Now, a lot of hydrogen is being released through rifts in the ozone layer. Due to this, people are beginning to have problems such skin diseases and sunburn. We're told to wear sunglasses and a cap to protect against the UV rays while we are in Canada, because the Sun rays come directly to the eyes.
We're running short of water. If you go to the washroom in any 5-star hotel, they say, 'Please do not use water generously. Save water.' There is global warming. Icebergs in the North Pole are melting, as a result of which oceans all over the world are soaring up. There is more torrential rain, more storms and more trouble. So everything is getting used up.
Similarly, when you grow old, your internal organs also grow old. If you die at 80-90, it makes sense because you've been using your heart for 85 years. There is no servicing. You don't change your oil filter or air filter of your heart like you would a car. After every 10 000 miles, you take your car for servicing; but you don't take your heart for servicing.
It is understandable if somebody who is 80-85 years of age dies of a heart attack, kidney failure or liver failure. However, sometimes, we see that people who are 20-25 years of age die of a heart attack. That is a problem. The body is young but inside the body, the organs have failed.
So it is not the body that the life rests; it is the internal organs which keep the body moving.
Similarly, the body of every religion is so beautiful still, but the internal organs of the religion - which is spirituality - has failed.
Spirituality was part of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In Islam, it was known as Sufism, the knowledge of the heart.
Prophet Mohammad addresses the entire humanity in a particular Tradition of the Prophet. He calls upon all human beings, 'O' humanity, there is a piece of flesh in your body: if that is right, your entire body is right. If that piece of flesh in your body is corrupted, your entire body is corrupted. Remember well: this is your heart.'
Enlightening, reviving and awakening the heart is the art of Sufism. This is the gist of the Bible, the Quran, Talmud and Torah.
'Whosoever believes in God, God guides his heart.' - the Quran.
People have forgotten why they practise a religion. When you marry, you do so for many reason: for pleasure, offspring, progeny, a life partner, etc. If you marry a woman and you don't see her and she doesn't see you, what is the use of that marriage?
Today, people do not know why they're Christians, Jews or Muslims. If you ask a Jew, 'Have you seen God?' They will say, 'What are you talking about?' If you ask a Christian, 'Have you seen God,' they will say, 'No. Why should I?' If you ask a Muslim, 'Have you seen God,' they will say 'It is not in the Prophetic Traditions.' People don't know why they follow a religion. The most they know is that they follow their religion so that when they die, God sends them into paradise.
The recent wave of terrorism is coming from an Islamic faction, Wahhabism. What they are hammering into the brains of young people is that if they blow themselves up and kill many other people along with, that will be the most favourable act in the eyes of God. They say, 'The moment you blow yourself up, you will enter into paradise, and there will be 70 young and beautiful female damsels of the paradise waiting for you.' This is how people are lured into these things.
Only those are being trapped into this kind of hateful ideology who do not have knowledge of Islam or the Quran. Suicide is prohibited in Islam. Throwing away your life is not allowed by God. You cannot do that, but this is happening. Some people say this is because of hatred; I say, 'No, this is not because of hatred; this is because of lust and desires.'
The primary objective with which you follow a religion is to connect to God.
You should be able to hear God and God should be able to hear you. However now, whether in the case of Christian people or in case of Muslims, the wrong interpretation of the divine book has played havoc. It has destroyed their ability to understand the true meaning of God's word.
The Quran 3:38 says, 'O' Lord, you listen to our prayers.' What does it mean? People think God has the divine calibre to see and hear everything. That is true. God has the power to do anything, but at the same time, there is a system manufactured by God. God said that he does not look at your faces, actions and deeds; he looks at your hearts and intentions thereabout.
There is a system in which you say things with a different tongue and only then, God is able to hear you. We have a body and we have a soul. Our reality is not our body; our reality is our soul.
It is the soul that God created. The body was not created by God; it was formed in the womb of your mother. God will hear your voice if your soul is able to speak.
If I ask you, 'Were you able to speak before you were born in this world or will you be able to speak after your death?' You'll say, 'Yes, you could speak before you were born and you will be able to speak after you die.'
However, after your death, you will speak not through your body but with your soul. God is ethereal. He is the creator of your soul. You have to revive your soul. When your soul is revived and awakened, then God will hear your soul and your heart.
The lack of spiritual knowledge has misled people all over the world.
We're trying to raise awareness of spiritual knowledge. Some people who are short-sighted and who lack knowledge think that I am against Islam or Christianity. However, I'm not against Christianity, Judaism or Islam. I respect all religions because they come from God.
When foods are adulterated, your stomach will suffer. When religions are adulterated, your heart will suffer.
God's Love: Superior to All Religions
The Universal Brotherhood is our aim, that all are bound by the rope of God's love. All all united under the umbrella of God's love. This is what we are aiming for.
Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi invited all humanity to become unified with the bond of God's love. His approach and his message is so universal. It is not limited by any religion, creed or book; it is purely divine.
I give you one of the messages of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi about spiritual revolution.
He said, 'In order to reach God and recognise God, learn spirituality no matter what religion you practise.'
Spirituality is for all. All those who want to love God are invited, whether they follow Islam, Christianity, Judaism or any other religion. Those also are invited who do not follow any religion but they want to love God.
Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi said, 'The best human being among all is one who has God's love in his heart even if he does not practise any religion. God's love is superior to all religions.'
Let me give an example from the time of Prophet Mohammad. A time came when the Prophet Mohammad told his Companions, 'You cannot drink alcohol anymore, it is being prohibited by God. Islam does not allow consumption of alcohol.' A Companion of the Prophet was found drinking alcohol, so the other Companions caught him, punished him and then released him. After a few days, he was caught drinking again; they punished him and then released him. For the third time when he was caught drinking alcohol, the other Companions got angry and were cursing him. Prophet Mohammad was inside his room; he heard it. He came out and said, 'Do not curse him even if he drinks alcohol, because he loves God.'
Now you can see that God's love is superior to religion. According to religion, he was bad, but Prophet Mohammad said, 'Do not curse him because he loves God.'
How did he obtain God's love? This is very interesting. Religious people go to the mosque five times a day, fast during the month of fasting and they carry out all the instructions of the religion. Religious people do all sorts of worship and rituals and they observe all the prohibitions of the religion. However, this particular man was not very good in the religion.
What he did was that he used to come and sit with the Prophet every day. There used to be many problems at that time. There were many enemies of the Prophet and of the Companions of the Prophet. People were trying to attack on Islam. They wanted to destroy Islam. When Prophet Mohammad would hear about those problems, he would become sad. This man would approach the Prophet and tell the Prophet a joke. The Prophet would laugh and forget about the problem. He used to do it every day. By doing this, he became so dear to the Prophet and this is how he obtained God's love. He didn't do anything.
There are two different ways of God's love. One way is that there is a group of people who want to love God. They try to please God. When God is pleased, then God grants them his love. Then there is another group of people: they are those whom God loves. They don't have to make any efforts.
So there are people who want to love God and then those who are loved by God.
There was a Sufi called Ibrahim bin Adham. One night, he was sitting alone and he saw an angel who was writing. So Ibrahim asked the angel, 'What are you doing?' The angel said, 'I am writing the names of people who love God.' He asked him, 'Is my name there on the list?' The angel looked at the list and said, 'No, your name is not here.' He became really sad. The next night, the angel came back again; this time, the Sufi was so sad that he was not bothered by the presence of the angel. He didn't ask because his heart was put off.
When the next night the angel came, he was writing on a piece of paper. The angel asked him, 'Are you not going to ask me tonight what am I doing?' He said, 'Does it really matter?' The angel replied, 'Well, ask me.' He then said, 'What are you doing?' The angel said, 'I am writing the names of people that God loves.' He asked, 'Is my name there?' The angel said, 'It is on top of the list.'
So in the Universal Brotherhood, there will be two different types of people. There will be the people who love God. They will have to make a lot of efforts to please God and obtain his love. Those who are loved by God don't have to make efforts.
While you are serving this mission, you will see some people who come and join and will make a lot of efforts; they will be those who want to love God. Then you will see some other people who are so good, but they don't make efforts; maybe they are those who are loved by God. This mission is for both.
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Reader Responses to Recent Articles
In reply to Younus AlGohar's article regarding the distortion of the concept of Jihad and the truth about Ibn Taymiyyah, a reader, Chris, had this to say:
Very interesting article. I had a Muslim friend share this with me. I was not aware that the lesser jihad was supposed to be over. This is the first time I've ever heard that.
In light of terrorists attacks that have occurred here in the United States, I'm guessing that those terrorists still subscribe to the lesser jihad? Would they know that it has been declared invalid?
Mr Allen, in reply to Freedom of Choice: God's Decision for Humanity, said:
I really like this article. This is very strong and straight comments on this sensitive issue. "God doesn't force people to believe in him, how can a man force others to follow a religion".
In short I can say it's a beautiful article in social and religious context.
In reply to The Power of a Willing Heart, Ms Anne said:
I have just found you Younus. I have just watched your video on how to awaken your heart in order to speak and receive from God and Jesus. Do I need a spiritual master ? And if so, how do I go about it? Many thanks for your wise words. You cannot know how much I needed to hear what you had to say.
In reply to the same article, Mr Brian said:
I love your story, and I hope you can share it with as many people as possible.
Ms Angela responded to Younus AlGohar's article, God and Water by saying:
What you said is very well, I agree with your point. I also think that we can't circumscribe God according to the name.
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For those of you who are curious, we are on day three of the greeting hubby at the door experiment and I have to tell you how honestly surprised I am of what a difference it has made in our evenings. The very first night, he came down after changing out of his work clothes and put on some soft music and hung out with me in the kitchen. He never does that right when he gets home! Who knew such a simple gesture could do so much?
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Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the appointment of Roger M. Perlmutter, M.D., Ph.D., as executive vice president and president of Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), effective April 15. Dr. Perlmutter will succeed Peter S. Kim, Ph.D., who has served in the role since 2003. To ensure a seamless transition, Dr. Perlmutter and Dr. Kim will work closely together for an initial period, after which Dr. Kim will remain with the company as an advisor until his retirement in August.
Roger M. Perlmutter (Photo: Business Wire)
"Roger is a world-class physician-scientist with a proven track record of leading large research organizations and delivering a broad and diverse pipeline of medicines," said Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer, Merck. "With his deep knowledge of the ongoing changes in the industry's external environment and their implications for how we use R&D resources, Roger is ideally suited to lead Merck's global research and development. I am confident that under Roger's leadership, Merck will continue to build upon our legacy of translating cutting edge science into medically important products that make a difference for patients."
Dr. Perlmutter was executive vice president and head of R&D at Amgen Inc. from January 2001 to February 2012. During his tenure, Dr. Perlmutter oversaw the development and subsequent approval of a number of novel biologic and small molecule medicines in the areas of cancer, endocrinology, hematology, inflammation and osteoporosis. Prior to joining Amgen, he was executive vice president of worldwide basic research and preclinical development at Merck. He joined Merck as a senior vice president in February 1997.
Before assuming leadership roles in industry, Dr. Perlmutter was a professor in the Departments of Immunology, Biochemistry and Medicine at the University of Washington, where he also served as chairman of the Department of Immunology and was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Perlmutter graduated from Reed College in 1973 and received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis in 1979.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to return to Merck and to lead MRL," said Dr. Perlmutter. "Throughout my career, as both a physician and a scientist, I have drawn inspiration from Merck's unwavering commitment to scientific excellence. Over time, this commitment has brought forth an unparalleled number of breakthrough medicines and vaccines that improve the lives of patients around the world."
Mr. Frazier also reiterated Merck's commitment to delivering growth through innovation. "Merck continues to focus on increasing the productivity of our R&D investments to create value for patients, customers and shareholders," said Frazier. "Under Roger's leadership, we will continue to build and expand in key therapeutic areas, advance our promising late-stage candidates and bring forth new therapeutic candidates that will fuel our future pipeline."
Dr. Kim joined MRL as executive vice president, Research and Development in 2001 and was appointed president of MRL in 2003. Prior to joining Merck, he served as a professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was also a member of the Whitehead Institute and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. While at Merck, Dr. Kim served as a member of the Council of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the Board of Directors of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and as a member of the Council of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise.
During Dr. Kim's tenure, Merck gained approval of more than 20 new medicines and vaccines that have sustained the company's growth and significantly improved global health. These include JANUVIA (sitagliptin), the first DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes; GARDASIL [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16 and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant], the first vaccine for prevention of cervical cancer; ISENTRESS (raltegravir), the first HIV integrase inhibitor; ZOSTAVAX (zoster vaccine live), the first herpes zoster vaccine for the prevention of shingles in adults; RotaTeq (Rotavirus Vaccine, Live, Oral, Pentavalent), an oral vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus infection in infants; and VICTRELIS (boceprevir), the first oral hepatitis C protease inhibitor. As of Feb. 22, 2013, Merck has 38 candidates in late-stage clinical development (Phase II and III).
"Peter has helped sustain Merck's commitment to outstanding science and innovation during a period of enormous change for our company and our industry," said Frazier. "His contributions have positioned us well for future success. Over the past decade, Peter led MRL through an immense transition in pharmaceutical research and development, oversaw important advances in our use of new technologies, began leveraging external innovation and led the creation of an integrated, industry-leading pipeline following our merger with Schering-Plough."
"I am deeply grateful to the incredibly talented and dedicated people of MRL who have worked with me over the past 12 years on our mission of delivering medicines and vaccines to improve human health around the world," said Kim. "I am very pleased with Roger's appointment and confident that he is the right person to lead MRL into the future, and am committed to ensuring a seamless leadership transition for this truly special organization and its great people."


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It's a loss and a huge adjustment and that's scary. I know exactly how you feel. It's normal to mourn.
But once it's finally done, think how much relief you will feel to be free of all of it. And don't be so hard on yourself. Look at everything with clarity and be nice to yourself. If you don't feel like going out, don't. Get a snuggly blanket and hold down the couch for the night.
You'll be fine. Believe it. (((soveryweary)))
I know this doesn't help right now, but remember this too shall pass.
This is such a brutal time of year to be alone. I'm struggling, so many here are struggling, right along with you.
Why oh why can't I just get over it already?
Please give yourself more credit than this. There is nothing wrong with you! Infidelity followed by divorce isn't an obstacle you can just climb over by applying enough effort. Its a wound that takes time and lots of self-care to heal.
Just know that you possess within you everything you need to get through this: the courage, the strength, the good loving heart that got bruised but didn't quit beating. You WILL get through this!
I agree with the poster who said going to your old house might not be a good idea. Since you've decided to stay in, and it sounds like your DD won't be spending it with her dad, can she come over and hang out with you? Rent some movies and treat yourselves to something delicious to eat.
Make it a great night, and a fresh start for 2014.
Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. ~ Alfred Adler
Letting go of the outcome is about the most empowering thing you can do for yourself. ~ LosferWords
My NYE will consist of the following (oh, and I'm sick with a cold, which makes it all the more glamorous):
Drop kids at Z-Man's house so they can make more forced Hallmark memories.
Run a few really boring errands.
Go see a movie by myself (a comedy, and I'm bringing Raisinets, so I'm actually looking forward to it).
Come home and have soup and crackers for dinner. That's clearly far more sophisticated than the surf and turf and champagne that others will have to celebrate the new year!
Grade papers until I pass out. Literally. I might stop now and again to check in here and to work on a giant crossword puzzle.
So, you're not alone tonight, and there is NOTHING wrong with you. I was having a unexpectedly bad night myself a few nights ago. Nothing says "Have a good cry" more than watching a slideshow of photos I've taken of my kids over the past couple of years and wondering how it was that I could have married someone so selfish and horrid that would not only do this to me but to OUR KIDS. I look at their little faces every day, and I think, how could you want to deliberately hurt THEM?
But I digress. We're all going to have our slumps. I'm hoping that, ten years from now, I really won't be crying anymore. But at this point? I'm barely two years out from DDay, seven months from the D being finalized. It's early days yet and totally normal to feel like this is hell on earth.


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Emergent Technologies Teams with PTI to Create First-of-its-Kind, Two-Compartment PET Container
Holland, Ohio (June 7, 2011) —Emergent Technologies, LLC, Chanhassen, Minn., has teamed with Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) to commercialize a first-of-its-kind, two-compartment polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container, called the Smiler™.
"The driving force behind the concept was to give brand owners the opportunity to market a single-serving of two compatible products—such as milk and cookies—within one portable container," explains Bill Weber, president and general manager, Emergent. "Every time we showed the concept, people smiled and that's how we came up with the brand name."
"Less than 20% of all Americans use vending machines regularly, because they don't like the extra cost and calories that typically come with full-size vended products. Our research shows, however, that a sizable number of consumers like the idea (and functionality) of getting a little less snack and a little less beverage for less than the cost of two full-sized products. With all the on-the-go eating we see today, people seem to like the idea of popular snack-and-drink combos that can simply 'tide them over' until they can sit down for a real meal."
The proprietary Smiler™ technology enables bottles/containers to be injection blow molded into different shapes and sizes. The larger, top compartment holds the liquid, while the bottom holds the snack item. Additionally, both can be used for dry products and/or non-food items.
The second or bottom compartment is created by drawing the base upwards which forms a small cavity into which a heat-sealed portion cup, containing solid, granular or powdered products, can be inserted and held by friction. The base opening can then be closed using a variety of heat-seal or pressure-sensitive materials/methods. The top compartment relies on a traditional finish and closure.
Having done extensive research on everything from rising obesity rates to portion control to functional foods to on-the-go food consumption, Emergent saw a dual-compartment container as a way to help meet multiple consumer objectives. However, they needed to partner with a technology expert in order to transform their vision into a commercially-viable package. That's when Emergent turned to PTI, a global leader in preform and package development, for assistance.
"We spent a lot of time looking for ways to push PET design and processing boundaries beyond what had previously been done. The biggest challenge was figuring out how to make a base cavity that was deep enough to house a second product. We went through multiple iterations over a year-plus to make sure that both the design elements and the blow molding process would meet performance objectives," explained Scott Steele, vice president, PTI.
For example, in early iterations, the depth of the base cavity would cause the bottle to get hung up in the mold. An additional piece of hardware had to be designed to positively extract the bottle from the mold.
"On the material side of the fence, the objective was to get monolayer PET to work. We did not want to blend in additives to achieve performance attributes because that would negatively impact container prices, as well as have a potential negative effect on the recycling stream," Steele said. "The key was determining the optimum ratios between the bottom and top cavities, coupled with the finish diameter."
Containers have already been successfully produced for promotional events, but Emergent and PTI are now looking to bring the concept to the attention of mainstream brand owners. The first commercialization was a ball-shaped bottle used by Ohio Wesleyan University to help commemorate the signing of baseball legend Jackie Robinson by Branch Rickey (OWU '04) of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
"We envision a wide variety of applications for the Smiler™ concept. In addition to vended snack and drink combos, after-the-game treats for youth sports, fund-raising tools and other promotional products, we also see the bottle being used to promote health and wellness, and even humanitarian causes. For example, you can insert a two-week supply of water purification tablets in the bottom cavity and air drop bottles into disaster areas even when roads are impassable and it's not possible to land aircraft. The top cavity can be used to collect locally-available water, while one of the purification tablets from the bottom cavity can create first-response, drinkable water," Weber said.
About Emergent Technologies
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Nationally, the 2012 presidential race is about big issues — Medicare, immigration and the federal budget. But in Iowa, a state that could swing the election toward either presidential candidate, President Obama has gone local, attempting to create a wedge issue by supporting wind-energy tax credits.
It's a time-tested tactic in Iowa.
For years, presidential candidates, Republicans and Democrats alike, have journeyed to Iowa, dutifully pledging to maintain ethanol subsidies as they jockey for support in the first-in-the-nation caucus and its six electoral votes in the general election.
Few candidates with real presidential aspirations have dared to oppose the ethanol tax credits in such a politically influential state, and last year Mitt Romney followed suit, unequivocally announcing his support for government subsidies for the corn-based fuel during a campaign stop in Des Moines in March.
But at least so far, Mr. Romney has refused to embrace tax credits for wind energy, an alternative fuel responsible for roughly 20 percent of Iowa's energy production and 7,000 jobs in the state.
The former Massachusetts governor, as well as his running mate Paul Ryan, instead are going after the Obama administration for failing to quickly approve the Keystone XL pipeline between Canada and Gulf Coast refineries in Texas and for waging a "war on coal" by pushing ahead with regulations on power-plant emissions, making it difficult to open new coal-fired plants.
In a tough economy, Mr. Romney's push for more reliance on cheap fossil fuels resonates in the coal-reliant swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he trails Mr. Obama.
"Millions of middle-class Americans are struggling to find work — but President Obama's policies have only made matters worse," said Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul. "In Ohio and around the nation, the president's energy policies have resulted in fewer jobs and higher costs at home."
But energy politics are different in Iowa, and Mr. Obama sees an opening on the wind-energy issue. On Tuesday, he went to great lengths to exploit it during a stop in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on the second day of a three-day swing through the state.
"At a moment when homegrown energy is creating new jobs in states like Iowa, my opponent wants to end tax credits for wind-energy producers," Mr. Obama said. "He's said new sources of energy like these are 'imaginary.' His running mate calls them a 'fad.' "
Mr. Obama didn't stop there. He pressed the wind-energy tax credit issue hard by mocking Mr. Romney for saying in a speech a few months ago: "You can't drive a car with a windmill on it."
"I don't know if he's actually tried that. I know he's had other things on his car," Mr. Obama joked, referring to the story about the Romneys taking a family road trip in 1983 with their Irish setter, Seamus, in a carrier strapped to the roof of the car.
The White House on Tuesday punctuated the president's campaign point by highlighting a new Energy Department report showing wind-power installations surging in 2011, but warning that uncertainty over extending the wind-energy tax credits threatens to "dramatically slow" the industry. The tax breaks will expire at the end of the year if Congress does not extend them.
Mr. Romney has said he wants wind power to compete in the free market, and his campaign has been deeply critical of Mr. Obama's handling of government subsidies and stimulus money for solar-panel companies such as Solyndra. His campaign is even running a TV ad in Iowa that argues that part of the 2009 economic-stimulus package sent taxpayer dollars to "windmills from China."
The position has drawn some sharp words from Iowa's Republican governor, Terry Branstad, who has blamed a "bunch of East Coast people" for convincing Mr. Romney to oppose federal tax breaks for the wind-energy industry.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican and a longtime member of the Senate Finance Committee, also has taken issue with Mr. Romney's stance on wind energy, arguing that "it's not right to single out one energy incentive over others before a broader tax-reform debate."
David Yepsen, a longtime columnist with the Des Moines Register who now serves as the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said Mr. Romney's opposition to giving tax credits to wind-energy producers could exacerbate his reputation in Iowa of being out of touch with rural, middle-class voters.
"In Iowa, people of both parties have really embraced this idea of wind energy and fostering its development," he told The Washington Times. "To win a presidential election you need someone who understands the problems of rural America — and wind energy is that way. There are certain touchstones you need to talk about and be fluent in, and wind energy is now one of them."
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THE TMI TAG10/11/2014 11:46:00 pm
I was tagged by the lovely Catherine to do this tag, so sorry I only just managed to do it :( xx
1. What are you wearing?
Tshirt and joggers
2. Ever been in love?
3. Ever had a terrible breakup?
Hmm I don't think so
4. How tall are you?
I think 159cm?
5. How much do you weigh?
lol it changes frequently xD
6. Any tattoos?
7. Any piercings?
Nope, but want ears done though :)
Can't think of any right now.. xD hmmm Essiebutton & Aslan?
9. Favourite show?
Way too many, from Korean to Hong Kong to English to Chinese xD
10. Favourite bands?
Don't have one XD
11. Something you miss?
Miss not needing to worry about anything and just play with my toys and watch tv :3
12. Favourite song?
I don't have a favourite song right now xD
13. How old are you?
14. Zodiac sign?
15. Quality you look for in a partner?
A guy who can make me laugh, can understand me and generally a good person to talk to.
16. Favourite quote?
Do not chase people, be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you and stay.
17. Favourite actor?
way too many
18. Favourite colour?
White, Black, Light Blue, Magenta, Burgundy Pink
19. Loud or soft music?
Soft music for studying and loud to get pumped up in the day :D
20. Where do you go when you're sad?
I go anywhere where there's food and I eat.
21. How long does it take you to shower?
Around 15 minutes?
22. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
At least 30 minutes.
23. Ever been in a physical fight?
Lol does it count with my brother xD
24. Turn on?
Gentle, kind, thoughtful, smells nice, elegant, mature
25. Turn off?
Doesn't know that they are hurting someone's feelings, arrogant, selfish, stinky, not hygienic bleh xD
26. The reason I started blogging?
For a hobbie of interest but also a space for me release my feelings and passion for makeup and fashion.
27. Fears?
Rollercoasters, Insects and Scary Movies.
28. Last thing that made you cry?
My last breakup.
29. Last time you said you loved someone?
I think last night to my friend? xD
30. Meaning behind your blog name?
No meaning, just my name but shortened Lauren Lau -> Laurlauu
31. Last book you read?
Something to do with Bauhaus Architecture
32. The book you are currently reading?
Don't really have the time :/
33. Last show you watched?
Don't rememberxD
34. Last person you talked to?
35. The relationship between you and the last person you texted?
Emma, my architecture mate from my class :)
36. Favourite food?
37. Place you want to visit?
38. Last place you were?
I went to a club with many many asians xD
39. Do you have a crush?
lol tons of idols <3
40. Last time you kissed someone?
Ages ago.
41. Last time you were insulted?
Yesterday xD as a joke xD
42. Favourite flavour of sweet?
Coca Cola
43. What instruments do you play?
Piano and Guitar
44. Favourite piece of jewelry?
Dainty Necklace and a few bracelets
45. Last sport you played?
Probably Badminton
46. Last song you sang?
talk thaaat talk- Rhianna
47. Favourite chat up line?
TROL idk i don't use chat up lines
48. Have you ever used it?
I really have no idea..
49. Last time you hung out with someone?
Yesterday with my asian invasions
50. Who should answer these questions next?
I tag MAUI, Jessica, Nicole, Emi
Thanks for reading!


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Fall Visits at Stanford Graduate School of Business Begin Soon
Registration is now open for fall quarter class visits at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). In a recent post to the Stanford GSB admissions blog, Admissions blogger Victoria Hendel De La O invited prospective applicants to the MBA program to come see campus for themselves when the Class Visit Program resumes on October 8th.
Weekly information sessions are also available on Mondays and Fridays. During these 85-minute-long sessions, MBA Admissions Office officials provide an overview of the Stanford GSB MBA program and admissions process. These sessions conclude by 12:10 p.m. to allow interested parties to also take part in tours of the Knight Management Center, which depart from the Bass Center at 12:15 p.m. Registration for information sessions is required.
Class visits can be scheduled starting on Monday, October 8th. Stanford Admissions asks that only those seriously considering applying to the MBA program register for a class visit due to space constraints. Only one class visit is available per quarter, visitors are required to stay for the full duration of the class and asked to refrain from participating in the class.
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Monday, July 8, 2013 | 2:02 a.m.
In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court gave permission to every red state to change their voting rights before the 2014 election.
There were dozens of attempts in the red states to change voting rights before the 2012 election, but all attempts failed due to an amendment to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Now, that amendment no longer exists.
I never thought the Supreme Court would commit such a vile act. How low can the Supreme Court sink?
There will be restrictions on the demographic groups that traditionally vote Democratic. The Republicans lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections.
The brain trust of the Republican Party will be working overtime to devise a plan to make it difficult or impossible for many Democratic voters to cast their vote.
Maybe they will attempt to re-establish poll taxes and literary tests. They will make every effort toward new redistricting, gerrymandering and voter ID laws.
Four red states have already announced plans to implement voting changes that already ruled discriminatory. The groups targeted by the Republicans will include blacks, Hispanics, college students, the poor, the elderly and the disabled.
Watch evil at work with all the new voting rules that red states create. Why is it that only red states discriminate? What have we come to as a country? Can canceling civil rights be far behind?
The Middle East had an Arab Spring; maybe we will have the USA Fall. We have red state dictatorships.


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As either realist or romancer, Henry Lawson was described in his own lifetime as the "first articulate voice of the real Australia", later to become fondly known as the "bard of the bush". His death in 1922 left Australia with a wealth of literary works unequalled by any artist. In this selection of short stories, accompanied by classical music, Lawson captures the true Australian spirit of his fellow countrymen.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) -- A corrections officer from Tower has been charged with seven felony counts for allegedly having sex with a female inmate.
Fifty-six-year-old James Allen Bongaarts is accused of multiple acts of sexual misconduct with a female inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Togo. The facility, also known as Thistledew, houses a boot camp for non-dangerous adult women offenders.
The complaint, filed Friday in Itasca County District Court, says the inmate told an investigator Thursday they had sex or attempted sex 10 times, most recently Wednesday. The complaint says Bongaarts admitted to having sex with her or attempting sex several times.
The Duluth News Tribune reports Bongaarts is in jail and makes his first court appearance Monday. He did not immediately return a phone message left at the jail Sunday.


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Rated 5 / 5 stars
I can see that you've put a lot of thought into this, and I did laugh my socks of when the lazer... well I won't spoil it!
Your drawings are actually pretty decent, some interesting and varied voice acting, good use of sound effects. I believe you will go far.
Rated 1.5 / 5 stars
Have to say, this makes no sense what so ever. It is just a guy saying hey look a monkey and then the monkey has pixel text run over its face and then green stuff comes out of its face and the loop never ends at all. It just looks quite creepy and I don't really get what you have going on here? Is the monkey trying to be evil and scary or what?
Also the guy just kind of stands there, looks badly drawn, as well as looking bored too. Would suggest you go back, spend more time adding detail to the characters and giving them bit more of a role rather than slapping it all togehter.
Not a bad try for your first decent though. However there is a lot of room for improvement.
Rated 2 / 5 stars
thing looks like it's been drawn in paint, and makes no sense. yet, at the same time, i'm laughing at it. maybe it's that stupid laser attack thing, or that it's on a loop, i don't know. touch up the art a bit and make your next thing a bit longer and you'd probably get better scores, the randomness element i like.
Rated 1 / 5 stars
Lacking any cohesion or thought
After I realized it looped, I went "Hey look, it's the X button!"
Not only are the drawings sloppy, but the idea behind it isn't well though out. Why does that guy point out the monkey? Why are we watching the monkey? Why does his laser attack not do anything?
There's nothing back it up.
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LONDON Bluetooth chip specialist CSR plc doubled both sales and profits for the year ended 30 December 2005, but the results were not enough to see the company's share price fall by 14 percent on the London stock exchange.
CSR (Cambridge, England) saw sales grow by 92 percent year on year to $486.5m and said it won 460 new designs during the year, nearly half in handsets or headsets. Pre-tax profits for the year were up 94 percent to $114.4 million.
Latest handset design wins include Kyocera, LG, Nokia, Pantech Curitel, Philips, Purple Labs, Quanta, Samsung, Research in Motion and TCL, and the company said new areas of application for its chips, for instance MP3 adaptors, look promising.
The company claimed over the year it had won 69 percent of design wins using the Enhanced Data Rate version of the Bluetooth protocol.
CSR did not give an up-date of the success it has had in breaking into the Wi-Fi chips business.
Looking ahead, the company said it anticipates continued strong growth in the Bluetooth market for 2006 and estimates year on year growth in unit shipments to be around 60 percent. It added it expects attach rates in mobile phones to reach 35 percent for the year as whole.
For the first quarter of this year, it expects sales to be between $125 million to $135 million, which is almost double achieved for the first quarter of 2005, but slightly downrated from previous forecasts.
"We estimate the Bluetooth market has more than doubled in unit terms during the year, and these results reflect CSR's position within this market and our success in driving down the cost of our Bluetooth solutions, whilst simultaneously increasing their functionality and reducing size and power consumption," commented outgoing CEO John Hodgson.
Hodgson retires at the end of this month, to be succeeded by John Scarisbrick.
"The handover process has worked very smoothly, aided by John's previous close familiarity with CSR through his time as a non-executive director, as well as his extensive knowledge and experience in the semiconductor industry," said Hodgson.


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High-growth SMEs versus non-high-growth SMEs: a discriminant analysis
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the main variables that allow one to distinguish between high-growth firms and non-high-growth firms. Theoretically, we discuss such differences through a combination of economic (external approach) and strategic (internal approach) visions. Empirically, this paper provides two differences with regard to previous literature: (1) the primary goal of our work is not to provide an outright explanation of firm growth; rather, we aim to establish what characteristics enable us to distinguish between high-growth and non-high-growth firms. This aspect determines the methodology used (discriminant analysis with dichotomic dependent variable); and (2) firm high growth is understood as an extraordinary growth in comparison with the average growth of other firms in the same industry, and not in absolute terms. The results show that in the main high-growth firms are different from moderate-growth firms or declining firms because of their smaller size (which is contrary to Gibrat's Law), their higher availability of idle resources (consistent with the theory of resources and capabilities), and in some cases, their lower availability of financial resources (consistent with the existing literature on entrepreneurship).
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It's been nearly 10 years since the Gallery Golf Club Restaurant opened its doors, yet the upscale eatery continues to attract diners with a mix of comfortable ambiance, fabulous views and seasonally-changing quality food.
Located at the Gallery Golf Club at 14000 N. Dove Mountain Blvd. in Marana, the 4,500-square-foot restaurant underwent a renovation last winter that expanded its size and updated its décor. The Gallery preserved what food and beverage director Tom Meade called "the gorgeous, comfortable ambiance that's paired with our attractive variety of menu items."
Meade stressed that the Gallery restaurant is open to outside guests, as well as members of the golf club. While the population in the Dove Mountain development area has grown, as has the Gallery Golf Club's membership, Meade said the restaurant's demographics haven't changed much.
"We get a lot of traffic from the general public," he said. "I'd estimate that approximately 40 percent of our business is from outside guests."
Brian Steiner, the Gallery restaurant's executive chef, said he changes menus three or four times a year to reflect the change in seasons. For instance, Steiner noted in summer he lightens the menu with more light-fare items such as seasonal salads, while in winter, he'll have more hearty offerings like chili on the lunch menu instead of summertime gazpacho.
The Gallery's summer lunch menu features a selection of salads, among them the Cobb salad, which Meade termed "one of the most popular lunchtime salads, along with our Southwestern salad." The Cobb features grilled chicken, bacon, avocado, egg, diced tomato and blue cheese crumbles on mixed greens, while the Southwestern has marinated beef, grated cheese, jicama, roasted corn, house-made pico de gallo, black olives, chipotle dressing and tortilla strips over mixed greens.
Other salads on the menu include Shrimp Louis, BBQ Chicken and Summer Greens. Sandwiches and wraps are available in the form of California burro, cashew chicken wrap, halibut sandwich, BBQ pork sliders, turkey club, classic angus burger, and others.
Dinner entrees popular with diners center on red meat and seafood, Meade pointed out, with the Gallery's grilled 16-ounce bone-in rib eye steak a #1 choice, followed by a new addition, lemon pepper shrimp with jicama and mandarin orange cole slaw.
"The philosophy of our food is that it's approachable and comfortable," Meade said. "Where we get more adventurous is with our daily specials."
Steiner concurred. "I like to present food that people can relate to, but perhaps in a way they may not have seen before," he said. "I try to put my personal flair on the food we prepare."
Steiner said that for some dishes, he tries to take old classics and present them in a new way; for instance, introducing dried fruits and contrasting flavors from spicy to sweet into some of the lunch salads.
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