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Much has been said concerning the abuse of women in Islam. Both Western journalists and Muslims alike have spoken out against the oppression of Muslim women. Too often do we hear or see reports of Muslim women being beaten by their husbands, denied educational opportunities and forbidden to work in the marketplace or business world. In some extreme cases, some women, reportedly have been tortured and even killed by an angry husband or his family. Astaghfirullah! Allah says that oppression is worse than slaughter. "The believers are the best among mankind because they enjoin what is right and forbid what is evil. Indeed, the weak and oppressed cry out to Allah, the Most High to rescue them from those who would oppress them and to appoint, from His presence, someone who will protect and help." We all will focus on the status of women and men according to the Qur'an and Sunnah.
In Holy Qur'an, the mother of Hazrat Maryam, alaiha salaam, when she delivered her child said: "...and nowise is the male like the female." (3:36)
Hazrat Maryam was specially chosen by Allah and protected from the touch of Shaitan. She is one of the four most righteous women in Paradise. Yet she was not made a prophet or messenger. Her nearness to Allah and high rank is clearly established but her mission and function were different from those of her son, Hazrat Isa, alaihi salaam.
When Hazrat Ibrahim, alaihi salaam, left his wife, Hazrat Hajra and their son, Ismail, peace be upon them, in the valley of Makkah, in accordance with Allah's will, she worried about finding water for herself and her son. She ran back and forth between the two hills of Safa and Marwa looking for water. Allah, the Most High, sent an angel who dug his foot into the sand and the spring of Zam Zam welled up, providing cool and refreshing water to mother and child. To this day and for all times to come, millions upon millions of Muslims on Haj run between Safa and Marwa in emulation of Hazrat Hajra and drink from the same spring of Zam Zam because Allah has so honoured the wife and mother of prophets. Yet, she herself was not a prophet.
Hazrat Khadija, may Allah be pleased with her, owned a profitable business, yet her husband, the Holy Last Messenger, peace be upon him, managed it for her. She was the beloved of Rasullullah, peace be upon him, the mother of Hazrat Fatima and one of the four most righteous women in Paradise, yet she remained at home.
Hadrat Fatima, the Rose of Jannah, may Allah be pleased with her, the daughter of the Holy Last Messenger, peace be upon him, came to her father one day and asked for a hand mill to help her grind corn. Her hands were callused from doing it by hand. Instead, he, peace be upon him, gave her a special zikr. To this day, and for all the times to come, Muslims, after salat, perform the zikr of Hadrat Fatima. Hazrat Fatima, one of the four most righteous women in Paradise, the mother of Imam Hasan and Imam Husain, may Allah be pleased with them, stayed at home and took care of her family.
Hazrat Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, was the daughter of Hazrat Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, and the wife of the Prophet, (Pbuh). The Holy Last Messenger loved her very much and it was in her house that he went back to Allah. Hazrat Aisha was one of the greatest faqihs of Islam. She narrated many ahadith, most relating to issues of law. Many companions used to visit her to solve some difficult problems pertaining to deen. She issued fatwas in the Khalifats of Hazrat Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with all of them. Her greatest works, after the passing of Rasullullah, peace be upon him, was done from her home. Her biggest calamity happened when she left it.
Allah, the Most High, says in Holy Qur'an: "Men are in charge over women in that Allah has favoured the one over the other and that they spend from their wealth..." (4:34) In this ayat, Allah, the Most High, has established the authoritative position of men over women. It is the responsibility of men to protect and defend women. They must support them out of their means and they have to pay (dowry), out of their wealth, for a woman's hand in marriage. In fact, the tie of marriage is placed in the hands of men.
The responsibility of maintenance and protection of the family is great upon the man. He is told by Allah to save his wife and offspring from the fire. He must provide a healthy environment in which his family can grow in Islam, safe and secure. He must cooperate with other Muslims in the building and defence of Islam for the safety and security of the Ummat as a whole. Because Allah preferred the man over the woman, his duties as well as his rights are different.
In matters of the practice of deen, during the time of the menstrual period and in the 40 days after childbirth the woman neither fasts nor prays. During those times, she is forbidden sexual contact. A man does not have such restrictions. Although a woman must make up her fasts after the time of ritual impurity is over, she does not have to make up any missed salat.
Men, on the other hand, must account for every salat for every time and day of his life. In legal testimony, two female witnesses equal one male witness. Two male witnesses are preferred but if there are not two males, than one male and two females so that if one of the women commits an error, the other can remind her. (Holy Qur'an 2:282)
Allah, the Most Exalted has likened the wives in Islam to a cultivated field, and tells the men to go to their fields when and how they will. (2:223) He has prohibited sexual contact during a women's courses because of impurity but after the courses, and purification one may approach his wife. A man has no time of the month and, if healthy, must make salat every day and fast in Ramadan every day. He also is in a state of sexual readiness virtually every day.
Although much misunderstood and abused, polygamy is lawful in Islam. It serves a very practical purpose in certain circumstances, times and places. Because of the temptation to commit injustice, the responsibilities in polygamy are great. So great that it is not for everyone. But one should not entertain the thought that it is not for anyone. Polygamy is not abrogated in Islam and no one should make unlawful what Allah has made lawful.
Coming to the point, the physical make-up and the social status of men and women in the structure of Islam, as ordained by Allah, the Most High, is very different in many areas. It does not lend itself to equality. In this respect, the male is not like the female. Consequently, the rights due to them and the obligations on them are different. It does not mean that one is better than the other by nature of their rights and duties. But Islam has a social order established by Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him, which, when followed insures balance in the Ummat and is an example to be followed by all mankind.
When men and/or women stray away from established Islamic practices, the balance is upset and all kinds of problems develop. When this occurs in marriage, sometimes the man is at fault and sometimes the woman. In most situations, each must take a share of the blame. Even the best of marriages experiences difficult times. Sometimes, husbands and wives lose the ability to resolve differences, and sometimes one transgresses against the other. In worst cases, a spouse might be physically abused.
For every problem, in Islam, there is a solution. When problems occur in a marriage relationship that cannot be resolved by the husband and wife, then they must be resolved by the legal system of shariah in Islam. Whether Muslims live in a Muslim country or non-Muslim country, it is important that the Islamic social structure is governed by shariah, that is, practised and enforced.
If you do not do so, then you cannot guarantee the safety and security of women and children, nor can you hold transgressor to account for their transgression. Where there is no commitment to shariah, the leadership either lacks the knowledge or desire to see the law of Allah preside over legal cases. Maintenance of shariah refers to the acquisition of the knowledge of Islamic Law, judging by it and ruling by it. Enforcement of shariah refers to apprehension and punishment of any who transgress the law, disrupts the peace, or threatens the security of the Jama'at.
There is much to be said in Islamic jurisprudence concerning the rights and duties of men and women in Islam; and beyond the scope of this writing. But there are certain features concerning rights and duties which bear directly on the subject and should be touched on. I have drawn upon Al Misri's Reliance of the Traveller, translated by Noah Ha Mim Keller. It is a compendium of Shafi Fiqh with occasional references to the view of another madhhab where they differ on minor points of law.
The points outlined here are not recommendations but limits according to law, beyond which a stingy husband may not go to spend less.
The husband is only obliged to support his wife when she gives herself to him or offers to, meaning she allows him full enjoyment of her person and does not refuse him sex at any time of the night or day (without reason). She is not entitled to support from her husband when:
So much more can be written on this subject but it is too vast to deal with each and every legal point in this article. In closing, Allah, the Most High has established his preferences with respect to the male and the female, and the husband and the wife. The Qur'an and Sunnah have expounded on the rights and duties of the husband and the wife and the fuqaha (learned doctors of law) have worked out the fine details on the various subjects and issues. Close adherence to the Shariah of Islam will insure the best possible chance to secure a balanced marriage relationship, while enforcement of the Shariah when there is transgression will, inshaallah, insure justice.
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Florida Democratic Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek received an endorsement recently from Miami Heat basketball star Dwyane Wade. Meek needs to have a better performance than the Heat, which lost its season opener to the Boston Celtics this week.
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Nevada Republican Sharron Angle, hoping to take down incumbent Democratic Sen. Harry Reid, has taken the high road after comedian Joy Behar -- a co-host of ABC's "The View" -- called her a "bitch." Angle's response? She sent Behar flowers with the greeting "Joy, raised $150,000 online yesterday, thanks for your help. Sincerely, Sharron Angle."
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Voters in Santa Ana, California, may notice a garbage-like smell in their mail. Republican House candidate Van Tran recently sent a garbage-scented scratch-and-sniff mailer to voters aimed at his opponent, Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez. Needless to say, she's not amused.
There's an app for that, Dubya
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Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate in New York's gubernatorial race, is taking his "Wall Street Rodeo" campaign quite literally in this AFP/Getty Images photo.
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In his monologue Wednesday night, NBC "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno joked that "Election Day is less than a week away. ... I was thinking about that. It's a shame that either of these parties has to win."
Handler-ing the women's vote
Late-night comedian Chelsea Handler weighed in on the so-called Year of the Woman, when it comes to the number of women running for office. But don't expect E!'s sarcastic maven to endorse any of them. On her show, "Chelsea Lately," she said: "We have a lot of female candidates this year, and most of them are terrifying."
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Kristin Davis, notably known as the Manhattan madam, is the long-shot candidate in New York's gubernatorial race. She's now hitting hard against Democrat Andrew Cuomo, saying, "Vote homo, not Cuomo." She said he isn't doing enough to legalize same-sex marriage in the state, even though Cuomo recently said he will do everything he can to legalize it.
Fox likes marijuana -- in California
Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, has come to the aid of Prop 19 supporters, who want the state to legalize marijuana. Fox remarked, "How great it would be for California to set this example. May God let it pass."
'Top Ten' problems for Democrats
CBS "Late Show" host David Letterman weighed in recently on the midterm elections -- specifically the problems Democrats are facing this year. In his "Top Ten" list, here's what he really thinks:
10. Obama's slogan "Yes We Can" changed to "Thought We Could"
9. Joe Biden asked to see the president's birth certificate
8. Only running campaign commercials in Mexico
7. Their top adviser -- the "rent is too damn high" guy
6. They got a "Hang in there" text from Brett Favre
5. Gave up campaigning to go see "Jackass 3-D"
4. Replaced old playbook with "They call me Baba Booey" by Gary Dell'Abate
3. Only cheered up by Barney Frank's hilarious Buddy Hackett impression
2. Nancy Pelosi found in hotel room drunk and naked with Charlie Sheen
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Sat, 30 November 2013
This week, Jon plays SONIC LOST WORLD, and some very bad things are said by at least one of the Blastphemers. Steve plays BEYOND: TWO SOULS, and Kev is still busy with HEARTHSTONE. In the news, we get up in arms over the things your shiny new PS4 won't do at launch, and we talk about one rumored (and truthfully, very unlikely) game announcement that could be coming very soon, and we weep for the current state of Epic Games. This episode brought to you by Cooking with Kev, because cooking can be fun.
Fri, 29 November 2013
Daryl disses the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special as fanboy dreck. Erich celebrates Edgar Wright's The World's End. Dave and Mac have a date night to see Thor: The Dark World. Reviews of the XBox One console, MST3K 25th Anniversary Collection, Dexter: The Final Season, and Red 2. Plus! Daryl's most convoluted Ambush Topic ever, Obvious studio involvement, Hammers, Movie titles that begin and end with the same letter.
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Dave, Mac, and Daryl throw caution and format to the wind, as they engage in an experimental game of I-Spy Ambush Topics to tempt, tease, and test your film and television knowledge.
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Mon, 25 November 2013
Melissa is spell-Bound by Seth Rogen and Jame Franco's parody video, as Michael runs down the latest on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, and Hulu. Plus! Understanding the Hunger Games target market, a pre-Thanksgiving box office blitz, deciphering a 10-year old Ben Affleck film, we're sorry for Peter Griffin's loss, Nic Cage and Charlie Sheen conspire on a sex tape, and MST3K gives us a brand new Turkey Day Marathon!
Sat, 23 November 2013
This week, Clark offers another batch of new and recent releases, with selections from The Wind Rises, Thor: The Dark World, The Fifth Estate, Ender's Game, The Counselor, Captain Phillips, Runner Runner, and Free Birds.
Mon, 18 November 2013
Melissa regales us with reviews of highly offensive films like This is the End, before providing real-time reaction to "Night of the Doctor," the six-minute prequel to the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special. Plus! A rundown of what's new and exciting on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Film, TV, Music, and Books; Arrested Development gets a soundtrack release; Bill Cosby debuts a new stand-up comedy special; Angelica Huston chronicles her life story; Drew Goddard brings Daredevil to life for Marvel and Netflix; The CW reboots Tales From the Darkside; and Paddington Bear gets his first big screen adventure.
Sat, 16 November 2013
As Melissa bemoans JFK overload, Michael gets caught up on Marvel's less-than-impressive Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Plus! Running down the newest releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Film, Television, Books, and Music; the aging of Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, BBC reveals their plans for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary celebration, Lionsgate hatching a Hunger Games theme park, Netflix orders Marvel Comics series, and Blockbuster finally closes up shop.
Thu, 14 November 2013
Mac enters the weightless CG world of Ender's Game. Erich weens himself of horror movies with Ricky Gervais' Derrick. Dary and Dave talk Far Cry 3. Reviews of PBS' War of the Worlds, A Very Merry Pooh Year (Blu-ray), Mad Men: Season Six (Blu-ray), The Internship (Blu-ray), and White House Down (Blu-ray). Plus! Back trauma, When the villain does something very cool, Memorable TV guest stars, and Cinematic synchronicity.
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Fri, 8 November 2013
Patrick and Doug cut loose on everything from Star Wars and Hunger Games to MTV VJs and side boob.
Wed, 6 November 2013
This week, Clark spotlights the music of Italian composer Pino Donaggio. You'll hear selections from Piranha, Body Double, Hercules, Dressed to Kill, Up at the Villa, and more.
Mon, 4 November 2013
On this week's episode, Steve, Jon, Andrew, and Matt tackle the good, bad, and ugly of "The Father of the Force"... none other than George Lucas. Lightsabers and neckbeards for everyone!
Fri, 1 November 2013
Mac mainlines the entire Saw franchise. The Conjuring impresses Daryl, which isn't easy to do. Erich is unimpressed by RiffTrax's Night of the Living Dead. Dave is diggin' Season 2 of Arrow. Reviews of Night of the Comet (Blu-ray), George Romero's KnightRiders, the iPhone filmed To Jennifer, Vikings: Season One, and Monsters University (Blu-ray). Plus! Analyzing the Police Academy movies, Creepy dolls, Surprisingly scary, Freakish long appendages, Obscure movies you love.
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Many things can be re-imagined. For example, we eat meals at certain time, and have implicit rules for what to eat for what meals. As long as it does no annoyance to anyone else, why not have omelets for dinner? Oatmeal for lunch? You can eat one meal a day or five.
You might notice you have little rules for yourself that don't really have any real reason. Why do your socks have to match, for example? Do you always have to take the same route to get the same place? Does a paper you assign for a class have to be a textual analysis, every single time? Do you walk around looking at the ground and avoid eye contact with people you pass by?
Now some of the rules and habits you might want to keep, or at least follow most of the time. There may be negative consequences for not following a rule, or you may have **good reason**, even if it is only that by following a rule you don't have to make up your mind every time anew about some trivial thing. So I say yes to article refereeing and no to book reviews most of the time.
A lot of things, though, are simply arbitrary. You could be preventing yourself from doing something valuable simply because you have a rule that you don't even know that you have. Maybe you don't read outside **your field** because you feel you can't even keep up in your own field. Maybe you define your field arbitrarily: British prose after 1750. Well, what stops you from going before 1750?
I was reading a book recently that claimed that the reasons we give for what we do are arbitrary (bullshit was the term he used.). If someone asks us why we did something, we come up with a reason to satisfy the person, but that reason probably has nothing to do with anything except for being the most satisfying answer in a social situation. We just have to satisfy the question, as a social convention. It's not necessarily false, but most events do not have singular reasons. They are invented after the fact. So if I come five minutes late to class, I can say "Oh, I was answering an email and lost track of the time." But in fact that is not the reason. Since I never do come 5 minutes late to class, if I did it would be because coming to class early was not a priority for me. So my reason is kind of irrelevant. I might as well say I came late because it's not important to me. That's why I tune out when a student says they missed class because of x. All the matters, really, is that they missed class.
**Your field** is kind of a bullshit concept too. I understand that your department hires you with the idea that you will do something relevant to the academic mission of the department, and that they have an interest in you doing more or less what you were hired to do. But there is no reason why you can't shift a bit and have a more expansive view.
When you write a book about an author or a subject, you often are following implicit rules that you haven't even thought about. You could do it in a much different way, but you only see certain paradigms and think those are the only ones. Of course, your unconventional book might be harder to sell, or have other problems, but those aren't very good reasons.


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|This sample shows how you can use UISplitViewController to manage multiple detail views.
The root view controller defines a protocol (SubstitutableDetailViewController) that detail view controllers must adopt. The protocol specifies methods to hide and show the bar button item controlling the popover.
This sample shows how to use standard gesture recognizers. A view controller creates four gesture recognizers to recognize a tap, a right swipe, a left swipe, and a rotation gesture. When they recognize a gesture, the recognizers send a suitable message to the view controller, which in turn displays an appropriate image at the location of the gesture.
This sample shows how to use a search field in a toolbar. When you start a search, a table view displaying recent searches matching the current search string is displayed in a popover.
The main view controller adds to a toolbar a bar button item with a search field as a custom view. If you tap the search field, the view controller presents a popover containing a list of recent searches. The list is stored in user defaults so that it persists between launches of the application, and is managed by the list's table view controller. The recents list is filtered by the current search term. If you select an item from the recents list, the item is copied to the search field and a search executed.
Shows how to use a keyboard accessory view. The application uses a single view controller. The view controller's view is covered by a text view. When you tap the text view, the view controller loads a nib file containing an accessory view that it assigns to the text view's inputAccessoryView property. The accessory view contains a button. When you tap the button, the text "You tapped me." is added to the text view. The sample also shows how you can use the keyboard-will-show and keyboard-will-hide notifications to animate resizing a view that is obscured by the keyboard.
This sample demonstrates how to build a universal application capable of running on both the iPhone and iPad. It shows the steps needed to make an existing iPhone application universal by introducing two unique user interface designs for both devices, yet using the same data model. The sample itself shows a multi-stage approach to loading and displaying a UITableView. It begins by loading the relevant text from an RSS feed so the table can load as quickly as possible, and then downloads the images for each row asynchronously so the UI is more responsive.
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Arguably one of the greatest millennium achievements is one of the least well known, the Llanelli Millennium Coastal Park.
Mention Llanelli and people think rugby, steelworks and defunct docks - but not spectacular coastal landscape. Just four years ago the site of this new park was a mixture of rough pasture and industrial brownfields, riddled with railway tracks, punctuated by the occasional pithead, and covered by rubbish. It is remarkable that anyone in the local authority had the vision to restore such a wrecked landscape and 'give the coastline back to the people'.
Millennium Commission finance offered such an opportunity, but meant that the entire scheme had to be completed in less than three years. The timescale imposed put pressure on all involved, and forced planning and costing to be done at high speed.
The project's scale alone is astounding, encompassing over 20km of coastline from picturesque Pembrey Harbour in the west to the Loughor estuary, a nature site of international importance in the east. The cycle route along the new coastal path passes sand dunes, salt marshes and two Sites of Special Scientific Interest, with a Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) reserve at Penclawdd on the Loughor.
In late 1996 the local authority appointed landscape architect MacGregor Smith as design co-ordinator for the site overall. It was to review the masterplan devised by Land Use Consultants of Bristol as part of the initial millennium bid, and then to implement it over two years. At about the same time Cywaith Cymru. Artworks Wales was made art co-ordinator. The inclusion of artists from the outset has ensured a particularly sensitive appreciation of the site, as well as providing memorable individual features.
However, the massive civil engineering input necessary simply to make the site safe for public access proved very costly. Major works included the demolition of a power station, but dealing with the contaminated land and enormous dereliction came at the expense of the landscape architects and artists. An initial idea of splitting the park into 10 areas with a different artist working in each was cut back to commissioning just four artists overall.
The scheme also had to cope with a change of authority midway - from Llanelli to Carmarthenshire - which entailed retendering for the masterplan.
This, and the fact that extra funding was secured by breaking the project down into 18 elements, has fragmented its overall coherence. There are certainly moments where it seems as if the cycle path alone is holding it together. Yet the overall result is impressive.
Along the cycle path, Mike Fairfax has designed five waymarkers (see left). These elegant, stainless-steel obelisks rise almost reticently from the sweep of flat land, but serve their function of catching the eye by reflecting the flickering sunlight.
Towards the western end, leading into Pembrey Country Park, the landscape architect Wardell Armstrong has deftly accommodated the cycle path while consolidating the shifting dunes. It has also designed tough, site-specific furniture from railway sleepers, including seats tucked into sheltered niches - all highly appropriate on this stretch of wild shore directly exposed to the elements.
Moving eastwards, old Pembrey Harbour is a magical place.Once the scene of coal and iron shipping, it now lies silent, with powerful brown Pennant stone walls thrusting out into the sea.When the artist Lynne Bebb was appointed here the intention was to obliterate the old harbour structures by rebuilding them anew in black limestone. Her detailed photographic survey and analysis of the existing stonework led to a reversal of strategy, with restoration of the harbour walls in local stone instead.
The patterns created in the sandbanks around the end of the cobb are extraordinary, reminiscent both of fractals and of satellite photographs, and are continually being changed by tidal forces. Inspired by Bebb's study of flotsam marooned on the shore, Wardell Armstrong designed the surface treatment at the end of the pier, which was to have served as a moundlike plinth for a sculpture, her monument to industry and geology.
Funds ran out before the sculpture could be erected but she has nonetheless made a strong yet sensitive impact on this site.
Further on, the promontory at Pwll has probably witnessed the most dramatic change, with the demolition of the old power station and its replacement by new woodland; 'greening' on a really grand scale.
In fact the entire promontory has effectively been remodelled, in the form of an enormous earthwork incised with winding paths, designed by the artist Richard Harris.
Rising gradually from the shoreline, to which it then returns, it has already been likened to an Iron Age hill fort, a sign of its immediate acceptance.
The coastal path offers views out over the water to Gower or inland across the park to hills beyond. Intended as 'a place to feel openness, wind and light', it succeeds in drawing people out to the edge, instead of simply cutting across the promontory neck. More pragmatically, it also consolidates pulverised fuel ash left on site after the departure of the power station. The result therefore makes good sense in ecological terms, as well as being spectacular visually, yet it is so well integrated that it seems always to have been there.
At Llanelli, MacGregor Smith worked with Arup to create the park centre, a permanent show site. A new promenade along the front has seats and stylish landscaping to rival the waterfronts of Barcelona. At the North Dock, however, the workaday maritime character has been retained through an unobtrusive restoration of the old boatsheds. By contrast, at the nearby New Dock a comparable small harbour has been turned into a placeless marina.
Arriving finally at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, this was always intended to have the strongest artistic input. The centre was already well established, but a Millennium Wetland has now been added, exclusively for native and migratory bird species.At the initial stage of development, the artist Mick Petts worked with Land Use Consultants (LUC) of Bristol, the Millennium Park and Cywaith Cymru. Together they elaborated concepts (such as a series of imaginatively designed lookouts), from which a bid document was then compiled.
With the LUC masterplan for the site complete, work on detailed designs was a collaboration between Petts, plan implementation designer Chris Blandford Associates, Dr Geoff Proffitt from WWT and engineer Gordon Howe, seconded from sponsor Welsh Water. Howe invited the Pembroke-based practice Acanthus Holden to design the principal buildings, using a sustainable agenda.
The basic problem was how to let the public wander around a wildlife reserve without frightening off what they had come to see. Hence people are contained in 'corridors' behind bunds, whose landform treatment is driven by the imagery of 'ripples in the sand'. Earthworks rise up along the paths, with hides or screens through which the birds can be watched.
Announced by Petts' feather-shaped benches, the reworked entrance by Petts with Blandfords links Holden's new Discovery Building by a gently curving glazed walkway, apparently floating at the water level of one of the surrounding ponds. On emerging into the Millennium Wetland a sinuous path leads towards the dramatic Gateway Hide, which is accessed at first floor level across a 35m long, green oak bridge.
The hide overlooks a specially created lake, which, with its miniature 'fjords' indented all around to increase its perimeter for feeding birds, suggests the form of an outstretched hand. These man-made 'reefs', recycling concrete from the site to avoid landfill costs, have pockets underneath to encourage invertebrates to breed, thus providing the birds with an underwater food bank.
A green oak tree trunk provides the focus of the structure inside the hide, and block the view on entering from the bridge. Together, Petts and architect Julian Bishop of Acanthus Holden married the sloping land form of the site with their building, incorporating public cycle and footpaths, a narrow waterway and emergency access lanes, all at separate levels.
Petts drew his inspiration, appropriately, from the heron which is prominent here. The building's tapering form and wing-shaped splay fulfil the imagery, as does the two-tone black and grey cladding, recalling the heron's feathers. This effect was achieved using split oak shingles and riven boards, pegged in feather form. Partly patinated with ferrous oxide, the bright ochre of the shingles has quickly weathered to varying shades of grey.
Another feature of the wetland is the Swan Maze: a giant nest scaled up to human proportions, with four stone-clad concrete eggs to illustrate stages in the development of a cygnet.Water Vole City is child-sized, with a network of tunnels, mounds and live willow arches evoking a warren in a river bank.
Other artworks are destined for use by wildlife. Woven wicker and grass nests perched within live willow poles highlight reed warblers' presence on the site; these also create vertical landmarks on a flat site.
Whatever one's reservations, the Llanelli Coastal Park is proving thoroughly worthwhile. The throngs of people strolling along the promenade at Llanelli, or young families enjoying a cycle ride together through amazingly wild landscapes, provide proof enough of its value to local residents.
The result so far is a site with potential to keep on evolving, and the local authority does not yet see the park as finished.One key issue for the future, however, should be careful maintenance of the works which have already been completed.
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I can be pretty lazy as a student. Sometimes i save my homeworks for the weekend for some reason but I still manage to get good grades. But I do need to change some of my habits just to be more excellent in school.
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Are you all sitting comfortably? We're going to do a short quiz called 'What kind of student are you?' I want you to listen carefully and think about your responses. Then I want you to write your answers in your notebook. Please be sincere! Nobody is going to look at your answers. When we complete the quiz I'll read out the results and you can think about them carefully for a few minutes in private. You need a pen and a blank page in your notebook. OK, pay attention, please.
One. When do you usually get to school?
a) Early, you like to have extra time 'just in case' something crops up.
b) You always turn up just in time, as the bell rings.
c) You often get to school late, out of breath from rushing.
Two. When do you usually do your homework?
a) As soon as you get it. The same evening.
b) A day or two before you have to hand it in.
c) The same day you hand it in. Sometimes it's late.
Three. What is your average mark in tests?
a) You usually do well and get seventy-five per cent or higher.
b) You usually pass tests but your marks are near to fifty or sixty per cent.
c) Your marks are often below fifty per cent.
Four. What kind of a relationship do you have with the staff at school?
a) Great! You get on well with most of the academic staff.
b) Not bad. You have a good relationship with some members of staff.
c) Dreadful. In general you don't get on with teachers.
Five. Where do you usually sit in class?
a) Usually at the front so you can see the board easily.
b) Somewhere in the middle so you can daydream unnoticed.
c) Near the back so you can turn on your mobile without being seen.
Six. What do you want to do when you finish school?
a) Carry on studying at university or college.
b) You don't know yet. It depends on your exam results.
c) Look for a job and start earning your own money. You'll be fed up with studying by then.
OK. Now look at your answers and count the number of As, Bs and Cs. Then I'll read out the results. Are you ready?
If you have mostly As, you are an exceptional student. You are mature and you have a superb attitude towards your studies. You definitely grasp the importance of a good education.
If you have mostly Bs, you are an average student, but you are capable of much more and it isn't too late to improve and become an excellent student. You just need to make a few changes to your habits.
If you have mostly Cs, you really need to adjust your outlook. You waste your time and you are at risk of finishing school without any qualifications. Think about your behaviour and consider making some changes before it's too late.
What kind of student are you?
I can be pretty lazy as a student. Sometimes i save my homeworks for the weekend for some reason but I still manage to get good grades. But I do need to change some of my habits just to be more excellent in school.
I am a hardworking student. This year I became the first in our school. I am studying regularly with a plan. I think this is the main reason for success...
Hi bilko. Well done and keep it up :)
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I think i'm lazy but sometimes i'm very hard-working student, not talkative so i dont have many friends.
I don't know why......but I've been very lazy lately.
Maybe I'm a kind a cowboy......
i am an exceptional student
good with every one especially the librarian
good and average in studies but zero in sports especially race
Mostly A:s so exceptional.
I'm an exceptional student! My A answers are 4/6.
*I can't explain
Phew, I'm really sorry for the typo mistake!
I'm a college student by the way........
I am an exceptional student, as my teachers say to me!
I'a fast learner and as I'm a Pre-medical student so I've to work hard in making my concepts better than others :))
But still I think I've to work hard and more harder than others......
All of my teachers opine that if I work more hard I can easily get into a good medical University which would really be a dream come true....
My sis was one of the most exceptional student at her school and college.......And now In Medical University......
She guides me a lot and says me to work more hard and waste less time :)))
She's a great help and that's the biggest reason why I am a good student.....
I top my School in Matriculation and I explain how happy I was :)) The happiness I had couldn't be measure with the yardstick of felicity :P
I knew I will because I really worked hard......But I didn't top the Board because of some marks difference :)
At that time I decided to work more hard and now it's the time to show it....I'm having my exams at the end of may :)) I hope to get 95% ........... XD
I'm trying my best to get good percentage :))
Btw, this video was really helpful :))
Hi Hadia♡You're on your way, study more harder and achieve your setting goals!(。> v <。)
Wow... you seem to be very keener!
Go for it!
Thanks a lot Ken!
Well, I love the symbols.....or may be emoticon you make..........at the end :))
I want to write them too.....
Ha ha ha! :P
The exceptionist of all exceptionals...
my result is comparative. It's difficult to find the job that I really want. Whatever, I will find it soon :D
All my answers are A.
It seems that I'm more than average but less than exceptional!
One of the interesting questions was No.4: What kind of a relationship do you have with the staff at school?
My answer was "Great! I get on well with cafeteria staff" They often gave me seconds! :)
Wow, Elsa, While reading your comment, I felt a little guilty and ashamed. Basing on comments we have written to each other, I find that you are a keen student , ( much smarter than me ), but you've said that you were more than average but less than exceptional while I chose A and though that I was a quite good student. Am I too confident and arrogant ?
So, maybe I would be under average if I were a student in your class. :)))
Aha…. Thank you for your comment, Gianggiang☆
I think you deserve an exceptional student!
But me, to be honest, I chose b) except Q.3&6, which were a), and Q1 was between a) and b)... ;)
I rarely sit at the front, cuz I like to see other students in the classroom; I tend to be driven to the last ditch when it comes to homework, :); and actually I'm not good at talking with a teacher, I get a bit stress! ;))
Don't be disappointed at me, I'm an ordinary girl..! :)))
A ha ha hahhhhhh
In contrary, my position has been always the first desk.This means, I haven't had experiences to sit at the last desk for ten years, because I'm quite small and wearing glasses :v.but, personally, I think that when sitting at the last desk, we tend to talk more with friends, use phones and this distracts us from our studies ?!
And in contrary,too,likes some friends, I am very good at talking with teachers, we debate, discuss about exercises easily and pleasantly, in general, they're laid-back, but you know what,once I was punished strictly because I asked my teacher a question without raising my hand and standing up, she's really furious :< and I felt ashamed more than sad.
btw, in your opinion, If we were classmates, what kind of student I would be in your class ? I guess the results of my tests are always No.1 ( from bottom to top ) :)
Aha! See see see….
Now I can imagine… you're a real star pupil, aren't you, giang!
Perhaps, you're the one I admire you ☆☆
Yeah, it's interesting to know more about you giang!
BTW, if we were classmates…?
One thing for sure is that we will find us become BFF!! ☆彡 :))
All my answers are A. I can do more than what the speakers said, but I have never thought I am a good student.
hi giang, I think you're smart when all your answers are A. And you're modest, too. Many people know what they are good at and what they want to become. But I don't really know about me,maybe. I haven't found my dream yet. If I have, I can make effort for it
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Only 10.2 percent of graduates from Long Island regional colleges and universities receive STEM-related degrees. The North Shore-LIJ Medical Marvels Program aims to combat a lack of opportunity for young students to get involved in STEM education by encouraging and investing in their interests related to STEM.
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You see, I think some of the blog posts I write are pretty clever. No one else really seems to agree. I have never been one to write my blog for anyone other than myself, so it never bothered me that not many people read this, but sometimes I write something that I think is really worthwhile, and less than 25 people see it. Part of the problem is I have squashed any communication with readers by closing my comments. I have my reasons for this, ones I will not go into. People can still comment on the links to these posts on Facebook and G+, so there could still be communication. But unless I pay Facebook lots of money, most of the time my posts never show on people's timelines. So, not many people read this, and of those that do, no one really gives me feedback. My fear is that this has led to my having an altered perception of my writing ability, or lack thereof.
So, what would it take to get me to start writing for realsies? Lots and lots of encouragement. Hubby encourages me every day, as do a few other people. But I am still lacking confidence in my abilities. I know I need to just get over it and do it. I wish there was a magic incantation or pill that would make me get over this fear, but there is not.
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Why giving animals a fair deal is good for humans too
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Is the support of the Selco Incubation Centre actually helping enterprises with their business in providing access to energy? Would the new enterprises ventured out even without the support from Selco Incubation Centre? Is it necessary to have a "hands -on" operational incubation support? Should the incubation support be limited to the development of business plans? What can be done to support clean energy enterprises even better? These are just some of the questions asked during the detailed impact assessment study by the Indo-German Energy Programme-Renewable Energy Component" (IGEN-RE) programme of GIZ which has provided financial support for setting up and operating the Incubation Centre for the last 20 months (August 2012- February 2014). Since then, the Embassy of Switzerland and Deon Foundation are supporting the operations of the incubation centre.
Has the engagement with Selco Incubation assisted the clean energy entrepreneurs?
According to Mr. Rustam Sengupta, Founder of Boond Engineering & Development Pvt. Ltd, a last mile clean energy enterprise, Selco's services have been beneficial. "The engagement with the Selco Incubation Centre has supported us in focusing on quality control of our products, assisted us in organizing banker's awareness camps. The close interactions with the bankers have helped us in developing linkages for end user financing" says Mr. Sengupta. He adds that "last but not the least, it has assisted to raise capital from market without compromising on our core business model".
"Yes, I would still have moved into the area of providing clean energy products and services even without the support of Incubation Centre. Actually, I started my operation before I came to know about the Selco Incubation Centre" points out Dr. Susmita Bhattacharjee, Managing Director / Founder, Pushan Renewable Energy Pvt. Ltd. "However" she continues, "the support from the Incubation Centre has allowed me a smoother transition in understanding of the technology and has also assisted me to have a better knowledge of the existing ecosystem."
Pic 1 : On the job training in progress for the Selco Incubates
How can the incubation centre assist the clean energy entrepreneurs better?
Despite the largely positive feedback of entrepreneurs, Selco Incubation is searching for ways to customize and improve their programme. "Access to working capital is one of the key challenges which Mangaal is grappling with", says Mr. Soraisam Devakishor Singh, Founder, Mangaal Sustainable Solutions Private Limited. "I have a ready market but have to slow down due to lack of working capital. Access to some initial working capital to support the firm's growth is essential until the firm raises the first round of capital. The combination of access to working capital along with operational training would be of great help to us".
Pic 2: Incubates with the Selco Incubation professionals
Eastern Envo Protect (EEP), a Guwahati based enterprise, is providing clean energy based home lighting systems to villages which are located within the flood plains of the Brahmaputra, one of the main rivers in eastern India, is in need of support for product innovation. "There is an opportunity to design the solar home lighting systems in a manner which can be easily removed/ dismantled from their present location in case of emergency. The flexibility of dismantling the system under stressful situation may be a unique and a key feature for the product" says Fazle Illahi, co-founder of Eastern Envo Protects.
Based on the discussions with different incubates, we feel that there are potentials for innovations to serve end users better. GIZ plans to focus on the product and process innovations necessary to encourage entrepreneurs to customize their products and services for rural consumers for different geographical regions.
About Selco Incubation Centre
The Solar Electric Light Company (SELCO) through its Incubation Centre is promoting the access to energy by supporting clean energy enterprises. The objective of the Incubation Centre is to provide technical support to start-up enterprises selling clean energy products and services in rural area. The incubation centre strives to strengthen both, internal capacities of the enterprises and assists in developing the external market ecosystem to support the enterprise.
Apart from assisting in developing the technical capacity of the enterprises to design solar home lighting systems, the Incubation centre also helps in training and capacity building of the selected rural technicians in the operation and maintenance of the system and in addressing the after sales services. In order to facilitate an enabling ecosystem, the centre is also organizing awareness creation camps for the rural bank officials within the project area of the entrepreneurs.
Assessing the needs of the entrepreneurs, the Incubation centre has developed three training curriculums for incubates and rural technicians both in English & Hindi (regional language).
The Renewable Energy Component of the Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN-RE) is a bilateral cooperation project with the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) carried out by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Launched in 2010, the project aims to promote renewable energy in rural areas. For more information please visit our website: www.igen-re.in.
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Update catch up!
So yes, I haven't updated much this week but I've been so incredibly busy you have no idea. I also was quite sick for a few days and my headaches just didn't allow me to sit infront of a screen for too long. But I'm back now aw yea, party!
Alright so first of all, I've finished reading The catcher in the rye and well, I didn't really like it all that much. Honestly, the main character annoyed me more than entertain me. He mostly just hates, complains and calls everyone phonies during the whole book. At first it's fine and it makes you realize, ok, the guy is definitely not with the mainstream crowd. But he never does anything else and complains about everyone and everything he sees. Halfway the book that gets really irritating. Besides that he has another annoying habit: telling stories that are completely irrelevant. He actually mentions that he himself likes to drift away from topics, but again, after a while I just started thinking, where is the writer going with this? It just made the character (whose a teenager) seem like an old man whose desperately trying to have conversations and brings up anything that comes to mind. Perhaps this was the point of the writer, but either way, it makes reading the book a let less enjoyable. In the end I just felt meh about this book. Maybe I just don't get it, but I wont be reading it again for a long time. As for the next next book I've started, that would be Paper Towns by John Green.
Artwise I've practiced a lot of full body sketches and I'm getting slowly, but surely, better. I've also done a couple of actual complete drawings which you'll see at the end of the month in the sketchdump. I also felt like making something Majora's Mask related, so have this. I'm quite happy with the result. Hands down the best game in the series still. I may make more of these if I get positive feedback, so it's up to you!
What else? due to sickness i didn't train for a few days but I'm getting back into groove again now. For Valentine I went out for dinner with Doro and we had a great time. We didn't do anything more as I'm not a big fan of Valentine's and I show her that I love her every day anyways, the woman knows! <3. Lastly, I've also been more active on my Tumblr again, so go check that out. I'm currently doing a 30 day Zelda question challenge. I would post these here, but I don't want to make this a full out Zelda blog. Let me know your Tumblr if you have one too!
I got the whole next week off so you can expect lots of updates to make up of the lack before. And that's all, so you all have a fine evening now =)
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Clerval then put the following letter into my hands. It was from my own Elizabeth:
"My dearest Cousin,
"You have been ill, very ill, and even the constant letters of dear kind Henry are not sufficient to reassure me on your account. You are forbidden to write — to hold a pen; yet one word from you, dear Victor, is necessary to calm our apprehensions. For a long time I have thought that each post would bring this line, and my persuasions have restrained my uncle from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt. I have prevented his encountering the inconveniences and perhaps dangers of so long a journey, yet how often have I regretted not being able to perform it myself! I figure to myself that the task of attending on your sickbed has devolved on some mercenary old nurse, who could never guess your wishes nor minister to them with the care and affection of your poor cousin. Yet that is over now: Clerval writes that indeed you are getting better. I eagerly hope that you will confirm this intelligence soon in your own handwriting.
"Get well — and return to us. You will find a happy, cheerful home and friends who love you dearly. Your father's health is vigorous, and he asks but to see you, but to be assured that you are well; and not a care will ever cloud his benevolent countenance. How pleased you would be to remark the improvement of our Ernest! He is now sixteen and full of activity and spirit. He is desirous to be a true Swiss and to enter into foreign service, but we cannot part with him, at least until his elder brother returns to us. My uncle is not pleased with the idea of a military career in a distant country, but Ernest never had your powers of application. He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake. I fear that he will become an idler unless we yield the point and permit him to enter on the profession which he has selected.
"Little alteration, except the growth of our dear children, has taken place since you left us. The blue lake and snow-clad mountains — they never change; and I think our placid home and our contented hearts are regulated by the same immutable laws. My trifling occupations take up my time and amuse me, and I am rewarded for any exertions by seeing none but happy, kind faces around me. Since you left us, but one change has taken place in our little household. Do you remember on what occasion Justine Moritz entered our family? Probably you do not; I will relate her history, therefore in a few words. Madame Moritz, her mother, was a widow with four children, of whom Justine was the third. This girl had always been the favourite of her father, but through a strange perversity, her mother could not endure her, and after the death of M. Moritz, treated her very ill. My aunt observed this, and when Justine was twelve years of age, prevailed on her mother to allow her to live at our house. The republican institutions of our country have produced simpler and happier manners than those which prevail in the great monarchies that surround it. Hence there is less distinction between the several classes of its inhabitants; and the lower orders, being neither so poor nor so despised, their manners are more refined and moral. A servant in Geneva does not mean the same thing as a servant in France and England. Justine, thus received in our family, learned the duties of a servant, a condition which, in our fortunate country, does not include the idea of ignorance and a sacrifice of the dignity of a human being.
"Justine, you may remember, was a great favourite of yours; and I recollect you once remarked that if you were in an ill humour, one glance from Justine could dissipate it, for the same reason that Ariosto gives concerning the beauty of Angelica — she looked so frank-hearted and happy. My aunt conceived a great attachment for her, by which she was induced to give her an education superior to that which she had at first intended. This benefit was fully repaid; Justine was the most grateful little creature in the world: I do not mean that she made any professions I never heard one pass her lips, but you could see by her eyes that she almost adored her protectress. Although her disposition was gay and in many respects inconsiderate, yet she paid the greatest attention to every gesture of my aunt. She thought her the model of all excellence and endeavoured to imitate her phraseology and manners, so that even now she often reminds me of her.
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