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Do the name Allah and God share the same attributes?
asked May 22 '13 at 03:35 yaqin ♦ 765●8●31
edited Jun 08 '13 at 01:04 sadie ♦ 1.6k●3●13
Here is my proof brother, bring yours salaam
(Dec 04 '13 at 23:21) yaqin ♦
@Sadie, I asked this question a while ago to see how many of the brothers and sisters adhere to the concept of your answer,I have found that 90 percent of the Muslims I have came into contact with subscribe to this concept, inshallah, I will show you the problem with your answer, with textual proof.
There are two concepts we must grasp a clear understanding of, the first is Khushoo (soleminity, full submission). Shaykh Hussain Al-Awaa Ishah stated in a athar: " Khushoo is perfected by a number of matters, some of which are within the salah itself, and others outside of it. Amongst such matters are: 1)Knowing Allah 2)Remembering Death 3)Reflecting upon the meaning of the words which are related to prayer." The second is Ar-Rida: " And this is when a servant surrenders his affairs to Allah, loving Allah and expecting Allah's reward." Such a person will then experience tranquility and joy, love of Allah and reliance upon Allah,ma'shallah. With these two concepts understood, let's proceed...
Beloved sister, what we must stay clear of is At-Taghut, everything that is worshiped or followed or obeyed other than Allah is Taghut (false deity). Allah, azza wal jall, stated in His glorious book, " There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the right path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believe in Allah then he has grasped the most trustworthy hand hold that will never break, and Allah is all hearer , all knower. Allah is the Wali (protector or guardian) of those who believe. He brings them out from the darkness into light. But as for those who disbelieve, their Ailiya (supporters and helpers) are Taghut, they bring them out from the light into darkness. Those are the dwellers of the fire, and they will abide therein FOREVER!" ( 2:256-257) Shaykh Ibn Qayyim has stated in a athar," The Taghut has five heads, 1)Shaytan calls people to worship any but Allah, 36:60, 2)Anyone who is worshiped with his consent, 21:29, 3)The tyrant who changes the laws of Allah, 4:60, 4)A person who claims to have knowledge of the ghaib, 72:26-27, 5)The ruler who rules by laws other than that sent down by Allah, 5:44.
We will deal with the first head, inshallah. Allah, azza wal jall, has described Himself in the qur'an by 81 attributes, His Messenger, may peace and blessings be upon him, called him 18 attributes, this makes up the 99 attributes of our Rab. In the Torah the named revealed to Bani Isreal was Yahweh, " The name par excellence for the Creator is Yahweh, found 6,832 times in the old Testament." (The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, 1975, volume one page 690) Beloved sister, no muslim can deny the name Yahweh and remain in the folds of Islam, also, when it comes to words, we must not fall into the mistake of most people, who give words their own definition, which has nothing to do with the word.Now lets define the word God: " God (gad), the supreme being, a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes, a deity, and image, idol, animal, or other object worshiped as divine or symbolizing a god, used as a conventional personification of fate, an adored or admitted influential person, a thing accorded the supreme importance appropriate to a god." ( oxford college dictionary), " God (gad, god) N. akin to got , goth. Guth , prob i.e. base ghau-to call out to invoke, whence sans havete, he calls upon] 1. Any of various beings, conceived of as supernatural, immortal, and having special powers over the lives and affairs of people and the course of nature; deity, a male deity,an image that is worshiped; idol. (Websters New world Dictionary second edition)
Notice that both books in their definition has the word gad, so lets define this word that coincide with the word God, " Gad: A canaanite deity improperly rendered as troop,was the god of good fortune,supposed to be the deified planet Jupiter, the star of good fortune." ( Unger's Bible dictionary page 416).
" Gad (Deity). A deity or Genius of good luck worship by jewish apostates probably in the post exile period, together with Destiny Meni. The nature of the deity is clear from an Aramiac-Greek bilingual inscription from Palmyra, where he is indentified with fortune."(Interpreters dictionary of the bible volume 3 page 350) Now sister lets define Yahweh, and the only way to do this is to go to the scriptures," THEN YAHWEH (MOST HIGH )CAME DOWN AND PROCLAIMED HIS NAME, YAHWEH, YAHWEH, EL RAHUM (the compassionate), Hanun (gracious, compassionate), Rab (many, much, great, abundant, numerous), Hesed (unfailing love, loyal love, devotion, kindness), Nasar (to guard, watch, protect, keep preserve), Nasa (to be forgiven, honored, carried). This is how exodus 34:5-7, reads in the hebrew, now go back and read the definition for God-Gad and tell me if it coincide with Yahweh (most high). While you doing that let's define Allah, azza wal jall, " He is Allah besides whom there is none that has the right to worshiped but He, Al Alim , Ar Rahman, Nir Rahim, Al Malik, Al Quddus, Al Salam, Al Mu'mian, Al Muhaymin, Al Aziz, Al jabbar, Al Mutakabbir, Al Khaliq, Al Bari, Al Musawir, Al Hakim." (sura 59:22-24)
Again return to the definition of God-Gad and see does it coincide with the Attributes of Allah, azza wal jall, and you will see that it has nothing in common with those titles for those titles are of the devil.Allah is not ever God, for the word god stems from pagan roots which Yahweh said was an abomination in Isaiah 65:11, and as you can see that Allah and Yahweh are one in the same, so how is God-gad the same as Allah??? You can never achieve khushoo or Ar-Rida calling on God for god is a taghut, and to call on any besides Allah,azza wal jall is shirk, and we both know that this is serious. Im goin to stop here,and if you have any questions let me know for I can go deeper if need be, inshallah. May Allah guide you.
answered Jun 07 '13 at 04:38 yaqin ♦ 765●8●31
@stronghold, inshallah you will reap the benefits of this debate, I'm very passionate about this subject for it is a classic example of shirk al khafi. After reading please give me your insight. I will humbly await your response. Salaam
(Oct 02 '13 at 11:20) yaqin ♦
@answerer this is the haqq presented inshallah read the whole thing other brothers has presented some haqq on this subject also. Once you do and if you want to debate your position than I will gladly do so inshallah for if you equate Allah with god than you have equated Allah with taghoot. I seek refuge with Allah from that.
(Oct 24 '13 at 16:10) yaqin ♦
@abdul wasay beloved I beg you read this debate and ponder on the facts presented. I know what most muslim feel to use this pagan title is alright as long as you mean Allah but this is not the haqq. That is lije saying you can call Allah Ma'at ad long as you mean Allah. No we can never do such and the reason being it is anpagan title. Salaa m
(Feb 23 at 13:06) yaqin ♦
i want to add that in Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic the word "ilah" or "ILH"= deity or god.. and this could be Allah for muslims or a taghut(false deity) for non muslims. while Allah is the name for the One/Only ilah/deity. and the name "Allah" was known before prophet Muhammad that is why his name is "Muhammad ibn Abd-Allah".. and "Abdallah arius" the famous Christian at the time of constantine.. even some arab jews were called "abdallah" as we know.
another information i want to tell you that yhwh sounds like the Arabic "ya HOWA" = "O HE".. as we know that (Howa=He) is a name of Allah.. actually the most important letter in Allah's name is the H.. we have to be sure of pronouncing it correctly. so in the bible when He said; "I am that I am" then when we describe him.. we will say "He that He is".. or "howa".. or "ya howa".. the one that He is.. Allah.
and Allah knows better
answered Oct 03 '13 at 19:38 inclined2truth 377●1●1●6
Beloved brother good job may Allah reward you inclinedtotruth.salaam
(Oct 04 '13 at 02:12) yaqin ♦
I almost feel like this is a trick question lol. God is god. And Allah is Allah. Allah is god . God Is Allah . We call God Allah to make clear that he is One. And that their is None like him . La illaha illallah. For example you could ask me, Do you believe in god ? And i could say Yes. But that would not tell you who or what to me god is. So by saying i believe in Allah it makes things clear , I worship god alone. Now to the question your asking does the names Allah and god mean the same thing? Share attributes.... Hmm well god is an English word. Allah is Arabic. Its the same name different languages.
@Paulus, Islamically,what you have suggested to my sister is wrong, Allah and God, whether it be with a capital or not, can never share the same attributes, and this is by definition, as Muslims we only practice Islam with the itteebah of the Rasul, may peace and blessings be upon him, meaning we do things the way he said to do it or did it. This means that our opinions or anyones for that matter, whether it be a scholar or a philosopher, means nothing. The fact that you have confirmed that the word god has its origin in paganism, coming from the German word Gud ,makes my point for me. Also, la illaha illalah, correctly translated is, NO ALLAH BUT ALLAH! Now you made a statement that you must produce proof for and that is you said, "It is considered blasphemy to utter the Holy Name," and what is amazing to me, you said this name is God, and your confirmation is when a Jew writes it they write G-d. My beloved brother this is a modern day practice that stems from paganism, as I will show, inshallah, " In the middle ages, when the consonantal text was supplied with vowel points by the Masorites, the tetragrammaton (YHWH) Yahweh, was substituted in over 130 places in the Hebrew text with the Canaanite deity El, Adonay, and in some places Elohim, wherever anthropomorphism was applied. Wherever they left the tetragrammaton (YHWH), in place, they placed diacritical marks beneath it to indicate pronunciation of the word Adonay, not the written Yahweh, WHICH THE ISREALITES AFTER THE BABYLONIAN EXILE CONSIDERED THE NAME TOO SACRED TO BE SPOKEN ALOUD, AND UTTERED A LESS SACRED NAME. For Yahweh they have substituted Baal, which simply means lord, Lord (Hebrew Adonay) an early word denoting ownership; hence, absolute control. IT IS NOT A PROPERLY A RIGHTEOUS TITLE...Master: of Kings as the lord of their subjects. Lord, Master (Greek Kurious). Baal means Lord-applied only to heathen deities, or to man as husband. The Babylonian deity El, and Adonay, the Canaanite deity el of the Phoenicians, both corresponding to the english word Lord." ( Unger's bible dictionary)
Now beloved , it is clear that Yahweh never commanded Bani Israel to utter a less sacred name, especially in the light of the names are of pagan deities, and you have admitted yourself that God has its roots in the same,and what the so called Jews are doing today started along time ago,and the facts dictate that it was wrong then and it is so now. Allah, azza wal jall, in His Hikmah (wisdom) has given the Muslims 99 attributes to call on Him and none of them are less sacred names,for Allah states," And all of the most beautiful names belong to Allah, so call on Him by them, and leave the company of those who belie or deny His names. They will be requited for what they do." (7:180) Also, " Say O Muhammad, " Invoke Allah or invoke the most Gracious, by whatever name you invoke Him it is all the same, for to Him belongs the best of names." (17:110)
What you must understand is that God, Baal, El, Adonay, are all pagan, also, none of them coincide with any of the names revealed in the Qur'an or the Torah, in which I have shown that the names Allah and Yahweh has the same attributes, so why are you promoting using less sacred names, by what Allah has stated in sura seven, I'm to get away from you, for you misuse and belie the sacred names for that of pagans,now I don't know your Aqeedah, but just in case I will leave you with this to ponder,
"YOU SHALL NOT MISUSE THE NAME YAHWEH, FOR YAHWEH WILL NOT HOLD ANYONE GUILTLESS WHO MISUSE HIS NAME." (The third commandment Exodus 20:7)
I beg you brother not to call my beloved sister to wrath, and I await your proof from the scriptures that you can substitute The Holy Name of the creator with a pagan one. May Allah guide you....
As long as you mean Allah when you say "God", you are good to go. I never say Allah because I do not want to share my religious thoughts, so I just say God and I mean Allah.
answered Jun 07 '13 at 14:44 UnknownUser 44●1●12●48
@Uzbek,beloved brother I must ask for the Qur'anic ayat or authenticated hadeeth you are basing this statement on? Never can we just do what we feel in Deen Ul Allah, if you want to practice taqqiyah, then it is best not to say anything, then to chance committing shirk. I have presented the facts with textual proof, and that is, the Word god is paganistic. If what you say it's good to go,and this is from your own Qiyas (opinion) I assume, for you presented no proof, than I can call on Manat or Allat, as long as I mean Allah I'm good to go.I seek refuge with Allah from that. The reason this would not be accepted is because of the origin of the names, and the title god is no different. And your statement about not wanting to share your religious thought is no excuse; honestly, you have made a fasiq statement for it goes against the Book of Allah, " Say O Muhammad, this is my way: I invite to Allah with sure knowledge, I and whoever follows me does this." (sura 12:108) ponder this my brother, May Allah guide you!
I understand from all points of views and citations . Now that being said alhamdulillah Allah subhana WA ta'ala knows the intentions of ones heart. When I say God inside my head says Allah. And when I speak the name Allah inside my head says God. Im not kidding this happens everytime. Now what about when people who don't know Islam or even know what is this name Allah ask me .. What is Allah? How do you suggest I answer them? Allah is Allah . Well that won't help them to understand will it? Please help me because i am asked this alot. And i am asked about Islam alot.
answered Jun 07 '13 at 16:56 sadie ♦ 1.6k●3●13
Beloved sister to answer your question, what I do when I give Dawah i use the term creator this term is universal and all understand this.when the question is asked of me then I tell them about the Name Allah and then I take them to the torah and show them how the two names Yahweh are one in the same then i go to the new testament and show from the greek how theos kurious and God are not the same as the two revealed names. this is what i do, insahallah you will find your way,if you recall I told you about Khushoo and At-Rida, and know you cant achieve this calling on taghut.salaam
(Jun 07 '13 at 19:38) yaqin ♦
@Paulus,First let me start by saying I apologize for I know that I offended you, I beg you forgive me, next I want to clear up a few things,I have shown you from the Bible dictionaries how Baal, Adonay, El all come from paganism and I have shown you by definition about the Title God-Gad.What you have cited in your response from the brother has no textual proof, and if this man you qouted from is Muslim he knows that we only accept things with textual proof,and like yourself I have more days behind me than in front of me and I'am one that follows the Qur'an and the authenticated Sunnah, I'm not one who blind follows any scholar. Yes i did said that 90 percent of the Muslims has been misguided by this concept, what i negated to mentioned was that a large percent has abandoned this misguidance after for I have been teaching about it for years, And the statement you made about Baal coinciding with Allah is totally incorrect but for the sake of brotherhood I'm not going to go into it,for that matter I'm going to end this now. Again Please forgive me.
answered Jun 07 '13 at 19:28 yaqin ♦ 765●8●31
@ yaqin
Jazaka Llah Kheyr
(Jun 08 '13 at 00:58) el ebdaa
@yaqin. You have not offended me, and therefore have no need to apologise.
(Jun 08 '13 at 10:35) UnknownUser
asalaam aleykum;
(1:1) In the name of Allah, =the Merciful, the Compassionate (His attributes are and will Remain)
now please fill the below
in the name of god...................
(jazaka Llah Kheyr)
answered Jun 08 '13 at 00:55 el ebdaa 43●6
Bismillah arahman arahiym. (Arabic) In the name of god the merciful the compassionate. (English)
(Jun 08 '13 at 01:02) sadie ♦
لرَّحْمَنُ ﴿55:1﴾ (55:1) The Merciful One
by HIS attributes
(55:2) has taught the Qur'an, خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ ﴿55:3﴾ (55:3) has created man, *2
عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ ﴿55:4﴾ (55:4) and has taught him articulate speech. *3
kindly What is bayan?
.jazaka Llah Kheyr
(Jun 08 '13 at 01:09) el ebdaa
Speech and intelligence. Sura Ar Rahman
(Jun 08 '13 at 01:16) sadie ♦
@ sadie
One meaning of the word bayan, as used in the original, is the expressing of one's own mind, i e. speaking and expressing one's thoughts and intentions.
Its other meaning is to make distinction between things, which here signifies the distinction between good and evil, virtue and vice. According to those two meanings this brief sentence completes the above reasoning. Speech is the distinctive quality which distinguishes man from the animals and other earthly creatures, It is not merely the power of speech, but there are working behind It the faculties of reasoning and intellect, understanding and discernment, will and Judgment, and other mental powers without which man's power of speech could not operate at all.
Therefore, speech is in fact an express symbol of man's being an intelligent being who has been endowed with freedom and authority, and when Allah has blessed man with this distinctive quality, evidently the nature of instruction for him also cannot be the same a: would be suitable for the guidance of other creatures. Likewise, another distinctive quality of vital Importance in man is that Allah has placed in him moral sense by virtue of which he can naturally distinguish between good and evil, truth and falsehood, Justice and injustice, right and wrong, and this intuition and sense does not leave him even when he degrades himself to the lowest state of error and ignorance.
The Inevitable demand of these two distinctive qualities is that the method of instruction for man's conscious and voluntary life should be different from the innate, natural mode of instruction under which the fish has been taught to swim, the bird to fly, and the eye in the human body itself to wink and see, the ear to hear and the stomach to digest, Man in this sphere of his life himself recognizes the means like the teacher, the book, the school, the verbal and written instruction and reasoning and discussion as the modes of instruction, and does not regard the innate knowledge and intelligence as enough. Why should It then appear arrange that for fulfilling the responsibility that falls upon the Creator of educating man, He has made the Messenger and the Book the means of his education and instruction ? The mode of education has to suit the nature of the creation, And very rationally so; The "Qur'an" alone cart be the means of educating the creation that has been taught 'bayan"(speech) and not my other means that might salt the creatures which have not been taught the speech.
answered Jun 08 '13 at 01:43 el ebdaa 43●6
masheallah el ebdaa , I really appreciate that. You can share knowledge with me anytime. I dont know much Insha allah I will increase my knowledge.
(Jun 08 '13 at 01:53) sadie ♦
jazaka Llah kheir, @sadie;
a say that ' a teacher and a student' who is better? but coming to Kuran religious matters; Let us share am and have never been perfect.But what am trying "Fab nimat rabika Fahadith"
(Jun 08 '13 at 10:29) el ebdaa
Please I don't know Arabic well at all. What did u say.
(Jun 08 '13 at 13:48) sadie ♦


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Davey Payne: Ready To Play
Before he joined forces with Dury, who fronted The Blockheads from 1978 until his death in 2000, Payne was working round Europe in free playing ensembles with musicians like reed player Terry Day and violinist Charlie Hart.
Payne has played and recorded with a wide range of musicians and has his own way of looking at life and music. He is, a player whose musical experience and tastes reflect a diverse spectrum of genres and composers. From a child, his influences included films, classical music, jazz and spiritual journeys which all culminate in the man and player of today. Once known for being volatile and unpredictable, Payne today is calm and conventional.
Chapter Index
- Background and Influences
- Later and Now
- Where's He's At?
- The Spirit of the Man
- Payne on His Own
- Now and the Future
Background and Influences
Payne plays a range of instruments, although more often than not it is a saxophone. The saxophone, however, was not his first love. His early musical fascinations came from films like 1959's The Five Pennies , with Danny Kaye playing cornetist Red Nichols, which also featured trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Payne also liked The Glenn Miller Story (1954) and The Benny Goodman Story (1956), The Fabulous Dorseys (1947), based on the lives of the Dorsey Brothers, and Paris Blues (1961), about fictitious American jazz musicians living in Paris. Payne explains, "It was the trumpet that inspired me to play; a gold, shiny trumpet. I could say it was Satchmo [Louis Armstrong], but really it was whenever a trumpet turned up. I loved trumpet players like Cat Anderson, and [I loved] Maynard Ferguson's high notes. The trumpet was a lead instrument. However, when I tried to play a trumpet I couldn't get a note out of it. Then I heard clarinetist Acker Bilk on the radio and was hooked on the way the clarinet weaved in and out and complimented the brass. So for a while I listened to English trad jazz clarinetists, quickly moving on to Barney Bigard with the Armstrong Band."
Payne took clarinet lessons but it was while being taught at a music salon that he had an encounter which would change his life and, unknown to him at the time, shape his musical future. "While squeaking on a clarinet with a reed that was too hard at the Alice St Johns' music salon in Clacton-on-Sea," he explains, "a guy walked in and opened a tenor sax case. When I saw the sax in its plush red velvet case I knew I wanted to play one. Soon I was listening to sax players Charlie Ventura,Earl Bostic,and then the biggest influence of allI heard a record of the Jazz Concert West Coast (Savoy, 1947) [with the songs] "Rock 'n' Shoals" and "Disorder At The Border," featuring Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray on tenor saxophones, with Sonny Criss on alto. Also on the record was the great guitar playing of Barney Kessel. That turned me on to jazz guitar. I still listen to a lot of Tal Farlow and Jim Hall. So, at first it was the instruments that inspired me to play and then later I would say my influences ranged from Bilk to Gray,then John Coltrane, Jimmy Giuffre's Train and the River (Atlantic, 1958) and on to soul players and free jazz."
It was not jazz which had the first or perhaps the greatest influence on Payne. He listened to a lot of classical music as he grew up, first in north London and then in Clacton-on-Sea. He had, even then, an eclectic taste and his broad listening choices as a youngster, provided the origins for some of the different tones, emotional playing and styles he uses in his music. Payne says, "When I was 18 I listened to Jim Dvorak's 'Cello Concerto' and Bartok's 'Sonatas for Solo Violin' with Yehudi Menuhin. I was into spiritualism at the time and tried to levitate to this music. I'm sure I was just a snatch away from floating on the ceiling. Other music was Ravel's 'Introduction and Allegro,' and Albert Roussel's 'Serenade for Flute,Violin and Viola.' This last piece really got inside my soul. Also,Debussy's 'Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune,' which is still a favorite."
Later and Now
These pieces may have influenced the younger Payne but what about now? "Nowadays," he says, "I listen to composers Toru Takemitsu, Oliver Messiaen ,Astor Piazzolla, Howard Goodall and Pierre Boulez. I also appreciate French flute music, bassist Orlando Lopez, trumpet player Toshinori Kondo, violinist Nigel Kennedy's 'Kafka' and I like the voice of Salli Terri with Laurindo Almeida's guitar, featuring flautist Martin Ruderman. Huw Vaughan Williams' 'Concerto for Oboe and Strings' with oboist Leon Goossens, most classical guitar music and music electronic are also favorites and I enjoy Arvo Part, John Adams, Philip Glass, Uakti and Vivaldi flute concertos, to name just a few."
Of course, many jazz-oriented musicians feature in Payne's listening. He mentions many and has a few favorites. "Pianist/organist Alice Coltrane, [bassist] Charles Mingus and, of course, saxophone players Roland Kirk, Andre Vida, Pharoah Sanders, Gato Barbieri, John Coltrane and, for a special treat, the wonderful Junior Walker & the All Stars."
So, Payne's musical journey began with wanting to play a small shiny brass instrument and brought him, before he was 16, to a large shiny woodwind instrument. Payne may have come a bit of a roundabout way to find the saxophone but he knew when he had found his instrument. He is not limited to the sax. He also plays flute, clarinet, harmonicaanything that can be blown, really. Most musicians get through quite a few instruments and have their personal favorites and Payne is no exception. "My first sax," he says, "was a new Dearman tenor with a plastic mouthpiece. After six months I had bitten a ridge in the top and six months later my teeth had gone through the mouthpiece. Then someone told me about metal mouthpieces so I moved on to a Berg Larson metal.
"Over the years I've had a Buescher tenor and, while playing in a band with a millionaire singer, I was bought a new King Super 20 tenor. Unfortunately I had to swap it for a Selmer Mk 6 and 500 Guilders in Amsterdam in 1968. The guy who I did the deal with knew Don Byas and advised me that I didn't need to use number 4 or 5 hard reeds but would get a louder, brighter sound using a 2½-3, as Byas did. I've had 3 Mk 6s since then. I also bought a silver Selmer Super 80 alto. In New York I bought a King Silver Sonic alto and in Toronto, Canada, a Selmer Mk 6 baritone and tenor. I've had 3 Graftons- these are rare plastic saxophones, as used by Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman. A few years back Parker's was sold at Christies for £84,000.00. I part- exchanged my King alto for a turquoise Buffet Prestige baritone that had been used with the Shakin' Stevens band. I sold all my Graftons to player Dennis Lewington for next to nothing and later found out that they had moved to Germany, then Australia and finally ended up in America."
Payne's instrumental collection received a massive boost when, on holiday, he visited his first wife's uncle in Hawaii. "This man," explains Payne, "was an interesting character called Spafford, who had studied to be a doctor in England, experimented giving himself electric shock therapy, travelled the world as a navigator in the American Merchant Navy, worked at Manny's Music Shop in New York and lived and was friends with guitarist Les Paul and his wife in San Francisco before retiring to Hawaii. Spafford was so pleased to have a musician in the family he gave me his collection of instruments including a Leblanc clarinet, Pete Fountain model, signed by Bob Helm from the Turk Murphy Band, and a Yamaha low A baritone, a Conn silver C melody and a rare sarrusophone [like a metal bassoon with a double reed, built to project more sound for marching bands]. Viv Stanshall told me that he would have given me the whole of his instrument collection for it.
Now my saxophones are a Dave Guardala tenor sax, a Keilwerth silver SX90R alto and an LA soprano. I have a Sankyo Silver Sonic flute and a Leblanc clarinet. I use a Dave Guardala Super King tenor mouthpiece, a gold Bari alto mouthpiece and a Bobby Dukoff copy by Arbiter soprano mouthpiece."
Where's He's At?
Much of the time, Payne plays free, interspersing free passages even when playing over the tightness of The Blockheads, where his sound works well, but he has also played with other musicians where the chances of playing free are more limited. Paynehas contributed to articles on free form music. Most of the music he plays is improvised. On where he feels happiest playing, he comments, "Ideally music should be free, with no preconceived ideas,just floating on spontaneous improvisation. This music has a freshness about it and this kind of honesty is felt by the listener if they are ready to open up to it. At least, most people recognize the energy that it can produce. I like the bluesiness of Mingus and the way he collaborated and used musicians. I like some soul jazz and Funkadelic, and bizarre arrangements as well as bandleader/writer George Clinton and William Earl Bootsy's bass. It would have been great to have heard Albert Ayler's screaming sax over some of those great grooves. I am intrigued by some of [pianist] Sun Ra's music, but maybe it's too theatrical; too much is thrown in and it becomes a circus. It's a bit like Shostakovich; a bit of this and a bit of that, a marching bit, a pretty section, too theatrical. Having said that, I sometimes listen to the [composer and bandoneon player] Astor Piazzolla, some Cuban music and Indian sitar which, to me, is the nearest to free improvisation, with its microtones and free-flowing lines."
Free playing seems to be where Payne's heart is. Although he has been influenced by and is open to many other genres, it would seem to suit this spiritual and explorative player. Other genres offer just as much diversity, of course, but for Payne, free form offers the liberty he relishes in his playing. He has been in many bands and enjoyed an eclectic and diverse career. Starting with a solo of "I'm forever Blowing Bubbles" at the Shangri La holiday camp in Clacton-on- Sea in 1960, by 1964 Payne was playing with his own trio in The Crypt and the Latimer Hotel in Notting Hill. "We played totally free," he says.
The late '60s proved a pivotal point for Payne and in 1968 he met musiciansmany of whom have remained contacts and friends with whom he would play, off and on, for the rest of his career. They were clarinetist Albert Kovitz, saxophonist Paul Jolly, the late pianist Mel Davis, bassist Charlie Hart and free drummer Terry Day. These formed the core of the People Band. Payne had already met another future key player of the band, trumpeter Mike Figgis (later to become a film director). Payne explains. "In 1968 Mike Figgis and I returned from Biarritz where we had been playing in Loco Weed, a soul band. I travelled with the People Band and we spent three years playing in Holland with occasional gigs in Belgium, Paris and Germany. Other musicians joined from time to time including Figgis and even [saxophonist/clarinetist] John Surman sat in with us once. Over the next few years, Day, Hart and I worked in Holland as Ommu The Smooch. In England we continued to do gigs with the bigger band. We often played at the Wood Green Arts Centre and the Robert Streets Art Laboratory near Warren Street. Hart and myself, as part of an Arts Council grant, played at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh."
During this time, things were never easy, and for a time, Payne was living with other musicians in an old steamer in Amsterdam but playing music which was part of the fringe scene as, for a lot of free players at the time, this was never going to make the band rich and famous. Rather, they enjoyed making enough to get by and playing music from the heart. Free form was experiencing a re-genesis in Europe, and Payne and other players found themselves at the centre of the change. Players from the People Band would join other bands on stage at times and when they were in London, they sometimes played with Dury's band The High Roads. For awhile, both Payne and Hart joined the band and the group became known as Kilburn and The High Roads.
Since then, Payne has played with a wide range of musicians. He recalls, "In 1972 I played with Dury in Kilburn and the High Roads. I did some gigs with Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, The Fabulous Poodles and a few with musician Chris Jagger [Mick's younger brother]. In 1977, I played and made records with Wreckless Eric [along with, for some of a tour, Payne's younger brother on bass] before joining The Blockheads. Over the next few years I recorded with Nico, The Clash, Desmond Dekker, Howard Jones, Jona Lewie, Pearl Harbour, Ellen Foley, The M Band and Kyoshi, from Japan. In 1984, I recorded and toured Britain, Europe and Australia with Feargal Sharkey.
"By 1986, the People Band had reunited and we called ourselves Mummy. We recorded and played at the Luton Arts Centre before being featured in Figgis' film Stormy Monday (1988), where we appeared as the Krakow Jazz Ensemble, a free form Polish group. Through the '90s I recorded and gigged with the Blockheads, making the album Mr Love Pants (Ronnie Harris, 1998). Now I play the occasional Blockhead gig [he left as a full member in 1998], some interesting People Band gigs that Figgis arranges, such as one in 2011 at The Royal Opera House, some at Kings Place, London and the People Band played for the 25th Anniversary of the Vortex Club in Dalston, East London."
Payne takes life and music seriously and his conclusions so far about free music are eloquently expressed in a letter he wrote in response to a piece The Wire ran on the People Band in June 2002. In the piece, the musicianship was described as, "concentrated and intense" and recordings as, "straining against the limitations of the medium." It was implied that the band had been largely forgotten in historical accounts of improvised music. The author wrote enthusiastically about the players but perhaps left the reader confused as to what they were really about. Payne felt motivated to clarify and wrote in a letter to the editor:
"Re: The People Band article (The Wire 220). Even though at times the People Band let others 'sit in,' and sometimes it was fun and a laugh, and there would be serendipity, we knew how to work with chance and build on it. I don't believe that we were there to be a catalyst for everybody to blast away, giving them a false sense of freedom or happiness. As far as I'm concerned we weren't out to entertain and the audience were often confused, pained and drained. (...) I believe that at our best we were creating music on the highest level, knocking on the tenth door, and that may not necessarily be a good thing, or maybe it is. After all, who are we to play the divine conch and bagpipes? Of course, there was always the one guy who, after we had emptied the club in Groningen or somewhere, would approach us in his mackintosh and glasses, enthusiastically asking if we had made an album."
The Spirit of the Man
Payne regularly intersperses his thoughts and ideas with references to philosophical ideas and experiences. He has his own theories on how people should treat each other, share and interact. When asked to clarify his beliefs, he responded, "Hey, if the universe as we know it started with a speck smaller than an atom and was created within a second and there are eleven dimensions or possibly multiple dimensions, I believe anything is possible."
Payne's spiritual journey started when he was 18 and visited a friend's grandmother who was a spiritual medium. She was, he remembers, in her 70s, with a straight back, healthy complexion and wore purple and green. Payne joined the Spiritualist Association of Great Britain in Belgrave Square, London and became a vegetarian, but was advised not to "dabble," and live with his feet on the ground. Payne says, "In 1970, when I was introduced to Sat Sang (an Indian philosophical idea), the English representative was surprised that I had found my way to them as I had been a spiritualist. I was advised not to dabble with healing, séances, and trying to prove a world beyond and was told this is the way of Radha Swami. Also, live in the world, stick to the diet and meditateno showing off with rituals, bells and incense, etc. I now follow a form of third eye meditation taken from the philosophy of Guru Nanak. It's called Radha Swami Sat- Sang. Basically you try and stay at the third eye, in the head, between the eyes, using a five word mantra to help focus, and hope to see the moon, stars and hear the celestial sounds. I'm meant to follow a strict vegetarian diet and not take anything that would give me an altered state of consciousness apart from meditation."
Payne summed up his take on the opposing arguments on this area in a poem he wrote. "The cosmic bagpipes or the primal screams of the devil? Are they the cries of help from our deepest neuroses or celestial sounds from our inner soul? Is it the divine music of the astral plane or cacophony from the ego? Is Stan Getz or Kenny G the road to hell? And Sanders, the divine transcendent music? Is one man's hell another man's heaven? Ayler's screaming for freedom, beauty from chaos may be whipping people into a false sense of spiritual attainment. So will we gain wisdom through the music of Sanders or be dumbed down by Kenny G's 'Songbird'?"
When explaining how he feels about music and its relationship with the inner spirit, Payne's response is profound: "I believe there is a divine music. It goes on; it's automatic, without anger, greed, lust or attachment and egoism. I think I experienced this once with a free music blow at the Paridiso in Amsterdam, and I hadn't been taking drugs, just mu tea and brown rice."
Payne willingly shares his ideas on music and philosophy. His inspiration, he says is, "I enjoy writing and it helps me to take stock of where I am and what I believe. I've always tried to share my information whether it's about music, diet, macrobiotic cooking, or relationships. Most people are cool anyway; they know where it's at, don't they?" Payne did develop a reputation for being something of a loose cannon and he recalls one incident at a gig, "It was in the early Kilburn and the High Roads. After smashing my saxophone, the flute went, and half of the PA that went in to the audience. It was a gig at Hornsey Art College, and Kilburn and the High Roads were supporting George Melly. A very young Madness were in the audience. I was pissed off with the sound and flipped. I think Lee Thompson, Suggs and co were quite impressed with the stage show, which led them to be the masters of naughtiness on stage."
Payne on His Own
After the Blockheads' initial success, Payne recorded a single, "Saxophone Man," in 1979. He also recorded an album, provisionally called Blowtorch in the United States but it never came to be released, largely because the ideas of the producer differed from what Payne wanted to put across. He said, at the time, that he did not want people from the record company [Stiff] dictating what he should put on his album. Initially they agreed and Payne recorded most of the album, including some self-penned tracks, "'Home James," "Wet Streets" and "Razor Blades," as well as cover versions of standards like "Say a Little Prayer" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," but the album was never released. The disparity between the producers wanting to capitalize on Payne's popularityproduce an album with funky/disco grooves perhapsand what Payne wanted to do was perhaps too great. He had decided to use Day as his drummer and Day, being totally free, might play drums at a session, squeak balloons or read poetry depending on the mood and occasion. Payne says, "The last thing they [the record company] wanted was a mad saxophonist and bonkers drummer [Day] on an album." He remembered ending up in a jazz club in New York with Day and The Sex Pistols and PiL singer John Lydon.
Given the time he put into the project, has he ever hankered after a solo career or hoped to convey his way of playing more commercially? His response: "We all have something to say, and spiritually I shouldn't be political but, 'live by the laws of the land.' However, I did feel I could reach more people with a spiritual message if it meant using backing singers and playing an off-the-wall Kenny G solo [on 'Saxophone Man'], but it wasn't to be. Thank God my ego's big enough already and really most popular music is just simple folk songs embellished. Tchaikovsky embellished them well but, at the end of the day, the verse, head, theme, chorus, middle eight, solo, whatever you call it; it's just a formula."
Now and the Future
Payne lives in a small town in Cornwall, which is about as far west as you can go in England, and far away from most cities. Regarding the UK jazz scene at the moment, he says, "I like what is going on at Café Oto. Also saxophonist Alan Wilkinson's night at the FlimFlam,Ryan's Bar. It's a shame that Ronnie Scott's is just having middle-of-the-road easy listening. I'd love to see the Sun Ra Arkestra down at Ronnie's."
On playing with others and the feelings he gets, Payne comments, "When I play with others, I'm totally aware of them. That's what it's all about; dialogue, communication, to create a oneness, to lose the ego, so if you need to play a thousand notes you do that but if only one note is required you do that alsothis is when free music is at its best. It is said that you have to be intelligent and in control of the music. Well, I like to be out of control; it's a different intelligence and control. OK, sometimes tell the music what to do but try letting it speak to you also."
Observing interactions between members of The People Band, there is the undeniable warmth that can only come about when musicians have shared the "oneness," which Payne describes, over a number of years.
Payne comes across as a spiritual player and person rather than one who compromises for the band wagon. How does this fit, with the commercial factors influencing many genres at the moment? Payne explains, "If you are a spiritual player some of this will come across whatever you play but it will be watered down. A bit like Malcolm McLaren mixing Madam Butterfly, with rock rhythms to get opera to the masses, but it misses the point somewhat. However, if you need to make a living and don't want to chop wood, you can't be blamed for that. Monet wouldn't chop wood, stick to his art and become rich and famous. I was lucky and able to more or less play my own thing and be fairly free over the tightness of the Blockheads. And I like chopping wood.
Payne has been influenced by many genres, eras and musicians, absorbing what is going on around him and developing, along the way, his own views. Yet, he is, underneath it all, one of the most conventional people you could come across, while still retaining a touch of the maverick. As a musician he can turn his hand to most genres and when he plays, there's the sense that he is genuinely in the moment. However, playing at his level does not come naturally. Enormous talent is part of it, but Payne works hard on his music and presenting it to the audience. When he joined The Blockheads for an event in London in 2011, the group's manager said, afterwards,how hard Payne had worked, alongside singer Derek Hussey in particular, making sure everything was right and how, like all good gigs, what the audience doesn't see is the hours of practicelearning new pieces and becoming reacquainting with old onesthat goes on beforehand, in order to present a show in which the music sounds like it flows as easily as honey from a spoon.
In person, Payne talks at length and responds with anecdotes, memories and counter-questions. He started life in North London but moved to Clacton as a boy. He and his twin brother were members of the local cycling club and when they were about 14 they regularly cycled from Clacton to Ipswich or Diss in Suffolka distance of over 60 miles. Payne was born in London but the family moved to Clacton on Sea when he was young. At 16, Payne moved back to London. He remembers: "We moved to Clacton because we had a holiday bungalow there. Instead of going to art school as advised by my school, it was taken for granted that I would work for my dad. He soon realised that working on machines while singing Louis Armstrong solos wasn't for me."
Payne moved back to London, leaving home just before his younger brother Barry was born. He has played with various bands and is a musician in his own right, recently playing with Bex Marshall. Back in London, Payne found a job in Nathaniel Berry's music shop in Holloway Road, four doors up from Joe Meek's studio. Mike Berry and members of the Outlaws used to come into the shop.
The job provided the opportunity for Payne to immerse himself in the London jazz scene. He would go to Ronnie Scott's and the Flamingo all- nighter. At Scott's, Payne saw many American musicians. He saw Art Blakey at the Finsbury Park Astoria. During the '80s, Payne developed a passion for American cars and sought out American scrap yards in search of vehicles. In the '60s he worked with people like structural artist Bruce Lacey on projects like the Fun Palace in St Katherine's Dock,London, so Payne has had his fair share of other experiences outside music. At one event, unbeknown to Payne at the time, a young student and his teacher were in the audiencethat young student was Ian Dury.
And yet, while he discusses all manner of things, what comes across is Payne's intrinsic self belief and it is this which also pervades his music. He is very serious about most things and, throughout his career, Payne has presented several images to the worldfrom the experimental, free playing player in the '60s and apparently volatile, often furious sax man of the '70s to the relaxed, affable man of todaybut he is really a mix of all these things. He is engaging but he can still become angry. There have been disagreements with people some of which are legendary but the Payne of today is mellow and seems happy.
Onstage, Payne comes into his own. He has the talent to be afforded a freedom in performance, which few players enjoy. Taking his cue from fellow musicians, he solos with consummate ability, yet is aware enough of the other players sharing the stage to avoid stealing their limelight. Preferring to let his playing do the talking onstage, he relishes the spotlight when it falls on him, yet does not seek personal recognition to any great extent. He gets absorbed in the music and freely admits to getting carried away on occasion. He has thrown jackets, shades and other items into audiences, only to regret losing some of them later, notably his Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren satin jacket, covered in badges and stickers. As he says, "Who knows what was in the pockets?"which he threw into an audience, never to be seen again.
Payne can surprise. At a recent production of the play Reasons to Be Cheerful, the Graeae Theatre Company production of the Paul Sirrett play, word got to the cast that Payne and his family were coming to the Truro Hall performance. John Schwerbel & Patrick Kelly, the main vocalist in the show and Dan McGowanwho plays a version of Payne's double sax solo in "Rhythm Stick" in the showwere understandably nervous. Payne however, visited the cast just after the final sound check and gave them encouragement. He gave Dan a tie he had worn for a gig and Kelly one of Dury's jackets. Of that evening, Kelly says,
"We'd just finished sound check for that night's show at The Hall, Truro. and in comes that smiling, friendly face of Payne (anyone that has ever met him will know what I mean), with a plastic shopping bag in hand. After saying, hello to all the gang, he came to me and said, 'I've got something here.' He paused and then said, 'You might not want it but...,' and then pulled out one of Ian Dury's jackets; it fit like a glove. We had a hug but I had to pop off for a teary blub side-stage. I couldn't believe the love and generosity Payne showed and the casual way the jacket was in a shopping bag and that he thought I might not want it. The jacket only comes out now for special shows, including that night of course. Payne smiled when he saw me in it and gave a little thumbs up from the front row. He sent me a lovely message after we did 'Spasticus Autisticus,' at the opening ceremony for the Paralympics too. That meant the world to me."
Asked if he is working on any projects at present, Payne's reply demonstrates that he has lost none of his enthusiasm for playing. "The People Band are keen to play more" he says. "The Blockheads would like me to do some specials and I would like to do that. Also, just round the corner from me is bassist Pete Kubryk Townsend, who comes round and encourages me to play, so that keeps me on my toes."
He added, "I've been writing a biography for about 12 years now, and it's ongoing, but I hope to finish it by next spring. A lot of it is about growing up in North London. Also there is lighthearted political and sexual explorationbut there are lots of good pictures and it's real."
Payne has lived in several locations, including Amersham, Harwich and the most interesting perhaps being a house in Buckinghamshirebuilt by New Zealand architect Amyas Connellwhere Payne lived in the late '70s. Now, he and his wife, with some of Payne's eight children, live in Cornwall. He enjoys painting, DIY and of course, music.
When Payne is playing, the spirituality and emotional outpouring via his instruments makes his stage presence something special. He has that ability to completely lose himself and give everything to the playing. Payne feels music as a spiritual experience, and his audience shares this. When he gets reaction from the crowd, he becomes even more adventurous and inventive. No solo is the same. Free form finds its way effortlessly into well known songs which the Blockheads churn out and, with Payne on stage, every song takes an unexpected turn. His famed solo on "Hit Me" may follow the original, or it may take on a life of its own and hold the audience spellbound. The other band members relish his playing. Payne can astonish with his dexterity and musicianship but above all, he will entertain. Whatever the future holds for him, one thing remains. He is a musician of enormous talent.
Selected Discography
Howard Jones, Pearl in The Shell (Dtox, 2010)
Terry Day, Interruptions (Emanem, 2006)
Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Mr Love Pants (CNR, 1997)
Nico, Drama of Exile (Aura, 1981)
Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Laughter (Stiff, 1980)

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Visual Function After Bilateral Implantation of AcrySof® Toric
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The objective of this study was to evaluate visual function of AcrySof Toric and AcrySof Natural Intraocular Lenses (IOLs) following implant for replacement of cataract.
Visual Function
Device: AcrySof® Toric IOL
Device: AcrySof Natural
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Visual Function After Bilateral Implantation of AcrySof® Toric
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Uncorrected Visual Acuity (UCVA) [ Time Frame: 6 Months after surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Uncorrected Visual Acuity (UCVA) from surgery measured in logMAR. LogMAR is the "logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution". A lower logMAR value indicates better visual acuity.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Questionnaire Results [ Time Frame: 6 Months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Results of questionnaire rating the quality of distance vision without glasses or contact lenses. Measured on a scale of 0 to 6 (0 = worst, 6 = best).
|Study Start Date:
|April 2007
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|June 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: AcrySof Toric IOL
AcrySof Toric Intraocular Lens (IOL)
Device: AcrySof® Toric IOL
AcrySof® Toric Intraocular Lens (IOL) implanted into the study eye following cataract extraction surgery
Active Comparator: AcrySof Natural IOL
AcrySof Natural Intraocular Lens (IOL)
Device: AcrySof Natural
AcrySof Natural Intraocular Lens (IOL) implanted into the study eye following cataract extraction surgery
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|40 Years to 80 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Bilateral cataracts
- 40~80 years of age
- 4 Days - 1 Week interval between a single patient's surgery
- dilated pupil size (in dim light) ≥ 4.0 mm
- Anticipated correction with an IOL of +10 Diopters ~ +25 Diopters
- 0.75 - 2.0 Diopters of astigmatism preoperatively as measured by Keratometry readings
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- Previous intraocular or corneal surgery
- An increased risk for complications which could require vitreoretinal surgery
- Corneal irregularities
- Corneal opacities
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How do I get to the St. Mark's Square area from Venice Marco Polo Airport?
My hotel is half a mile away from St. Mark's Square and I am looking for the most convenient and/or cheapest way to get to my hotel (Hotel is called Basilea. Address is Santa Croce-rio Marin 817, Venezia, VE 30135). Thank you.
Ok everyone, just so you know I will be taking a gondola trip and another boat trip to Murano so I would much rather spend my money on these than on a water taxi trip from the airport to Venice to "remember the experience." I'm traveling smart so Venice doesn't necesarilly have to be "expensive" for me.
Put the address into Google Maps and you'll easily find the position of the hotel. I've just looked at the Hotel website which has a map, but unfortunately the 'star' marking the hotel's location is in the wrong place – so don't follow that.
The easiest way to get to your hotel is to take the shuttle bus from Marco Polo Airport to Piazzale Roma. From here you walk, but it's only 10 mins and a good way to start getting to know Venice.
Just follow the signs to the Grand Canal/Train Station (Ferrovie), but do not cross the Grand Canal. Instead turn right and continue walking with the Grand Canal on your left – you'll see the train station on the opposite side of the Canal. Turn right down the street opposite Ponte degli Scalzi (you won't miss this bridge, it will be packed with tourists); continue walking almost to the end of this street then turn left over a smaller canal; turn right and continue down to the next bridge; turn right over this bridge and then left and you're in Rio Marin and should find the hotel easily.
Venice is a compact city and the best way to get around is to walk. Write the hotel address on a card and, if you do get lost, just call into a shop or ask someone who looks like a local for directions.
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FARGO – Fargo Fire Department officials are calling a fire at 1546 Broadway Wednesday morning unusual and suspicious.
Firefighters arrived at the scene about 6:30 a.m. after neighbors reported smoke rising from the home. No one was home at the time.
After putting out the fire within minutes, firefighters discovered an 8-by-10-inch ammunition box in the middle of a front room, with hot charcoal inside, said Assistant Fire Chief Gary Lorenz.
The charcoal had burned a hole through the box and the floor as the fire spread to the room, he said.
Lorenz said investigators want to know why the hot charcoal was found in the box and why it was positioned in the middle of the room.
Lorenz estimated that the house sustained about $5,000 worth of damage due to the small fire and smoke.
Police had asked the public for help in locating the 41-year-old homeowner, Kris Hallock, to check on his welfare. Hallock was located on Wednesday evening.
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It is free to visit the church while it is open but to tour the monastery there is a small fee and the entrance is to the right of the church doors. Once you have paid, a guide will be assigned to you. Mine spoke a little English. Inside you get to see numerous art works from what is called the Cuzcuno school. Some are rather interesting. My two favorites were one showing a scene of St. Joseph´s death which is not really recorded anywhere. The other is of the last supper with the volcano Misti in the background. My guide was really friendly and had me take pictures of everything although I do not know if I should have been or not. Most of the art you will see is housed within the first chapel of San Francisco which dated in the mid-1500s.
Finally, check out the Plaza de San Francisco to the left of the church. I found this Plaza to be much more tranquil than the Plaza de Armas with more trees to block the sun and less people trying to get you to eat in their restaurants.
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Hello fellow genealogist! Let's see what you have learned. Here are seven questions on genealogy and migration. Once you have answered them, we have another quiz for you, provided that you are brave enough.
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Choose the word that best describes each term or fact. Good luck!
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A person who leaves one country to move to another is ...
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A person who comes to live in a new country is ...
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A person who moves to another location within a country is ...
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Many people came to Canada between 1896 and 1914 because of the offer of free land. This is an example of a...
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Many Tibetan people fled their country in 1971 to escape the Chinese army. This is an example of a...
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The first place an immigrant arrives when entering a country is...
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Research done using a step-by-step procedure is called...
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Over one-third of the original settlers who came to live in New France in 1604 died during the first winter because...
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More than 40,000 United Empire Loyalists came to live in Canada after the American Revolution because...
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The Aboriginal Peoples did many things to help early immigrants cope with the challenges of living in Canada. The best way to describe this is...
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Quarantine stations set up in 1832 after a major outbreak of cholera were not very successful because...
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About 30,000 Black Americans were able to come to live in Canada between 1840 and 1860 because...
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The population of Canada doubled between 1851 and 1891 because...
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Between 1945 and 1960 more than two million immigrants came to Canada because...
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Many refugees came to Canada between 1960 and 1970 because...
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Since 1980, Canadian society has become increasingly multicultural because...
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Canada is often described as a cultural mosaic because...
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