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Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 16
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Saturday, 29 November, 2014 - 19:03:
My Bentley S2 1960 has a strong noise from the engine left side, it's like one piston hits metal, the hammering frequency goes up with the revs, there is a thick white smoke from the exhaust.
I 've consulted here in Italy some mechanics who are giving different suggestions:
Completely overhaul , with an estimate of 24k�, that I cannot afford
Substitute the broken piston with a couple of used piston and its liner
Substitute the engine with a used Silver Shadow one , which is easier to find and is almost the same but the number.
I' wonder if already now I have the matching engine , my serial number Is B60BS and on top of the engine , I ve found number P1582 which I presume is the engine number. How can I check it?
May some one of you help me in such a difficult decision?
Bob UK
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Posted From: 22.214.171.124
Posted on Sunday, 30 November, 2014 - 04:55:
The shadow engine is different and has spark plugs above the exhaust manifold. Provision for brake pumps 6750 cc and a torque converter.
Take the plugs out which will show the damaged cylinder and do a compression check on the rest.
Take note of the figures.
Remove cylinder heads to reveal the damage.
Remove engine and strip.
Flying spares do liners pistons and rods used.
Fitting a liner is a workshop job.
I suspect that the liner has failed allowing water to enter the cylinder hence white smoke which is steam. Other causes are a dropped valve which has gone into a head water way.
If the car has aircon de-pressurised system so condenser and radiator can be remove giving room to get engine out.
Any concerns about crankshaft journals regrind the crank.
The con rod from the damaged cylinder must be inspected and measured. Any doubt then fit a used one from flying spares.
When removing engine firmly bolt chain to top of engine. Do not use slings.
If the heads are removed first the head studs can be used for the chain. But the link must be at the bottom of the stud so use a tube to clamp the link. Lifting from the top of the stud may bend the studs.
1/2 ton floor crane can be hired.
Before buying any bits strip the engine down. Take your time.
Any problems post on this site because regardless of any difficulty this site will have a solution.
I am afraid this job is not cheap or quick.
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Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 17
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Friday, 19 December, 2014 - 08:21:
Dears, here I'm, I had heads and sump removed, it was Piston A1, you can see it in the pictures. The liner is not broken but has got two scratches. The main bearing shows the bronze, look at the picture. Should I replace them ?. My mechanic says it's better.
The piston has a bore of 103,3 mm, I think is 4 1/16 in; Piston shows the following number A1, AM413 4803, (on the B1 piston is written also M59 HEPLEX 13744 on the side which is missing in piston A1 because destroyed) Now my mechanic suggests that I have to show and ask to one engine machining company if they can bore (hone) the liner scratches within the tolerance to keep the same bore avoiding to replace the liner. If yes, we will replace the piston with rings and all bearings .
Therefore we should need
8 main bearings
1 Heads gasket set
2 valve cover gaskets, if are not already included in the head gasket set
4 Intake manifolds gasket, if are not already included in the head gasket set
8 exhaust manifold gasket, if are not already included in the head gasket set
1 Sump gasket
1 piston
1 or full eight piston rings set.
Other eventual parts�
What do you think about?
Bob UK
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Posted From: 126.96.36.199
Posted on Friday, 19 December, 2014 - 12:05:
The photos have not appeared.
The main bearings should be Matt grey not bronze they are worn out.
I recommend that the crank is reground and all new bearing shells fitted.
In miscalleonous is a posting about checking oil pumps read it.
The scratches in the bore. Without at least a photo then I can't say. However I suggest hone the bore, remove 1/2 a thou inches. If you getting a new piston ask for one a top end of tolerance.
It is possible to get a piston that is say 2 thou over size
and hone a bit more out. I have seen this done up to 5 thou. Any more and the extra capacity will put the engine out of balance.
The head gasket set should include ALL the gaskets for the top end. A conversion set is the sump etc and converts the head set to a full set.
original a head set was called decoke set but with modern oil and petrol that's no longer necessary.
Please post photos of the crank journals, the bore and the main and big end bearings.
To regrind a crank is not expensive this crank has the same number of journals as a 4 cylinder engine. It takes less than 2 hours to grind the crank.
Remove and clean crank sludge traps. Refit AFTER the regrind because grinding swarf will get in the oil ways.
Crankshaft balancing is not required and be suspicious about the expertise of engineers who insist with wild stories of engine blow ups. The crank was balanced correctly when made and regrinding a small weight off each journal will not alter the balance. Do not remove the bolted on balance weights if so fitted.
This is going to cost less than �24000. Keep a running total so we can see.
To check the heads fill the ports with paraffin or diesel and look in the combustion chamber in the head for signs of paraffin. No paraffin means that the valves are good and only need a quick grinding in.
Do not skim heads. Again if an engine says this must be done even if the heads are flat then suspect his expertise.
Also see miscellaneous for a posting about heads. Less than 3 months ago.
Have fun polishing engine bits.
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Richard Treacy
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Username: richard_treacy
Post Number: 3130
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Friday, 19 December, 2014 - 19:54:
If at this stage you do not remove all the liners and fit new liner seals it is a thoroughly wasted opportunity - unless the car is to be sold off to some sod ASAP. Given that the motor has apparently been at least lightly cooked you may well find another piston or two in need of replacement. Strongly recommended is to replace any scored liner as new ones are cheap. Honing the liners of these engines to remove scoring never gives a positive result.
I have seen a dozen of these cookies in the last year, S2 through Arnage, mainly due to old or substitute thermostats, and the answer has always been similar. Liners out, new rings and a piston or two, new bigends and mains. That is all without removing the motor.
If the crank is scored this is quite a biggie, Motor out. Probably $15k in raw parts and quite a bit more than that for labour.
Richard Treacy
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Username: richard_treacy
Post Number: 3131
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Friday, 19 December, 2014 - 20:23:
p.s. if the bearings are through to the bronze, either the car has covered 900,000km on really cheap oil, has been run run with no oil pressure for a while, has never had an oil or filter change, or has been cooking itself for quite some time. Bearing wear on the R-R V8 is unheard of unless something goes wrong. That is why the motor can be overhauled in-situ in almost every case. The exact same bigends, for example, are used on dainty 200HP S2s and 500-550HP Arnage Ts. If everything else collapses, the mains and bigends on these motors are intact unless something is badly awry.
Jan Forrest
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Username: got_one
Post Number: 718
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Friday, 19 December, 2014 - 23:35:
Bob UK: I trust that you've accidentally added an extra zero to your costing. For �24,000 you could buy a 'new' car and then break the old one for spares!
Geoff Wootton
Grand Master
Username: dounraey
Post Number: 570
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Saturday, 20 December, 2014 - 00:15:
Liners out, new rings and a piston or two, new bigends and mains. That is all without removing the motor.
A while ago I was reading Bill Coburn's article on replacing liners. The engine has to be heated to (as I recall) 150C. Can this be done with the engine in-situ?
Richard Treacy
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Username: richard_treacy
Post Number: 3133
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Saturday, 20 December, 2014 - 00:18:
For �2,400 you will buy a piston, a set of spark plugs and a few gaskets. �24,000 is a realistic figure for a basic engine overhaul.
And by the way we are all in Virtual Australia on this site. Lets quote $, and that means Australian dollars not Belize Dollars BLZ or any other funny stuff.
Bob UK
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Posted From: 18.104.22.168
Posted on Saturday, 20 December, 2014 - 07:34:
I said 24k euros because the owner has been quoted 24k. It would be nice if it could be repaired for 2.4k but I think not.
My "concern" is that the engineers doing the job don't make mistakes which cost money.
The liners can be removed with engine in car but most likely the block will crack. So it must come out and be heated in an oven.
Liners are honed when made the surface has no treatment so honing a small amount out makes no difference to reliability. However if the damage won't hone out without taken excessive amounts out then it's a new liner and risk.
The cylinder is A1 so it's not a overheating problem caused by sludged up block. That's reserved for the rear cylinders.
The con rod is RR and no substitutes.
The piston is different. It's common practice to match pistons on dimensions rather than make of engine. The originals were most likely hepolite from associated engineering (British Leyland).
The crank journals it is ok to polish the crank but if fitting new bearings undersize are the same price. So for an extra �100 regrind the crank then it must be right. In any case the shop isn't going to polish for nothing. Polishing without a crank grinder is not really possible.
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Bob UK
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Posted From: 220.127.116.11
Posted on Monday, 22 December, 2014 - 07:25:
Out of interest I have checked parts prices on flying spares.
It appears that undersize brgs are cheaper than std. �800 for mains ends and thrust. The cheaper price covers the cost of the re-grind.
Gaskets �500. Liner seals extra.
Piston genuine is �400. With rings.
A ring set 8 pistons 4 rings each 32 in total. �440.
Liner �180 each.
That's �3000. Plus a radiator check and overhaul as necessary.
The piston is genuine so a dimensional match might save money. The rest are pattern parts.
Pattern parts are often made by the oem. Pistons brg and gaskets often are oem in different boxes.
Companies like hepolite glacier metal and payven. Don't make crap parts
For the piston try Piston Rings and components Ltd of Parkstone Poole Dorset UK.
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Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov
Frequent User
Username: soviet
Post Number: 97
Registered: 2-2013
Posted on Friday, 30 January, 2015 - 03:59:
You are wrong Richard, we should calculate this caper using North Korean Won as a compass point for the simple reason that the lad up there with the bad haircut probably needs some love and support. Well I had to say something because its almost 4 in the morning and I am up reading the forum because I am perpetually insomniacal and everything was going ok until I read your quip about Beleze Dollars. It caused me to burst out in hysterical laughter splattering my laptop with coffee. I don't know why some wags on the forum think I am funny when you can crack me up with 2 words. The engine defineately needs to be yanked and repaired properly.
Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 18
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Monday, 02 February, 2015 - 01:49:
Dears, the engine is now out because we have got one liner broken. It'so going to be completely dismantled at the machinery work shop. We have found gearbox oil between the flywheel and the gearbox. Is it normal or the gearbox is leaking somehow?
Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov
Prolific User
Username: soviet
Post Number: 103
Registered: 2-2013
Posted on Thursday, 05 February, 2015 - 16:01:
Grassetto, it sound like the front seal on the gearbox is worn out and leaking. Before you wash the inside of the gearbox bell housing you need to have a good look at it to see whether the front seal is leaking. I would also be having a look at the hydraulic coupling to see if its got a groove on it which you may be able to fix with a speedy sleeve. Also, before you start extracting the liners from the engine you are going to have to heat the engine block up or run the risk of severely damaging the block, like braking piece of aluminium out of it. If you do that then you will be up for hugh amounts of money to get the car back on the road. There is much good information in this forum on removing the liners.
Jonas TRACHSEL
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Username: jonas_trachsel
Post Number: 60
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Thursday, 05 February, 2015 - 20:40:
Maybe this is a silly question, but never-the-less here it goes:
Why do the old liners have to be
and cannot simply be machined/bored out? The outside dimensions of the liners should be known, I think, so that by staying away a few thou from these dimensions as a safety margin it should be possible to "collapse" the remaining paper-thin rest.
What are the reasons this is not the standard method to get the old liners safely out? After all this is what is done for engines without wet liners such as the Mk VI/R-Type engines.
Steven Spencer
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Username: sspencer
Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2013
Posted on Friday, 20 February, 2015 - 05:39:
I planned to use new liners so I ran several beads of weld on the inside of the liners which solves heating the whole block. Most of the liners cracked during this process and came out quite easily. You caps down under may have different methods? Never seen any one machine them out. Let me know how that turns out if you try it. I used rolls liners and custom matched Aris Pistons. Seams Rolls is out of the lower clearance matched sets of pistons and sleeves. Aris is out of Ca.,USA. They have the design for the cloud piston and have been supplying them for about 8 years. The pistons will run you $200 AD each.
Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov
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Username: soviet
Post Number: 116
Registered: 2-2013
Posted on Friday, 20 February, 2015 - 11:46:
Steven that's a very cool idea. I use the same method on bearing cups. Did you use electric or mig to run the welds and did you run many weld beads in the liners from top to bottom. You can see an image of the liner puller on ebay but its been sold. Try typing in "rolls Royce cylinder liner puller for sale" in google. It should come up.
Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 19
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Thursday, 05 March, 2015 - 07:32:
Dear, the machinery work shop has tried to boil the engine to get the liners out, no way they were still seized. Therefore they decided to machine out them, now that they are collapsed it is clear that it was impossible to get out them differently without breaking the block. I' � pictures which show how the liner were seized because the calcar in the water used instead of right coolant.
Bob UK
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Posted From: 22.214.171.124
Posted on Thursday, 05 March, 2015 - 08:13:
Mig or stick will do the more weld the more the shrink.
Machining out is a safe and easy way, liners collapse before tool gets close to aluminum.
Sounds like the machine shop knows what's what. So this engine will be fine.
Once the liners are done rest is easy and quick.
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Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 20
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Friday, 06 March, 2015 - 06:41:
Dear, the machinery work shop has tried to boil the engine to get the liners out, no way they were still seized. Therefore they decided to machine out them, now that they are collapsed it is clear that it was impossible to get out them differently without breaking the block. I' � pictures which show how the liner were seized because the calcar in the water used instead of right coolant.
Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 21
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Saturday, 07 March, 2015 - 21:38:
Sorry for double posting, I'm try ing to ad pictures
Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 22
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Sunday, 08 March, 2015 - 01:04:
Dears, now I need engine parts: standard, pistons with rings, valves, liners, bearings, bushes, gaskets, oil and water pumps. Do you have any suggestion to buy parts properly?
Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov
Prolific User
Username: soviet
Post Number: 130
Registered: 2-2013
Posted on Sunday, 08 March, 2015 - 04:56:
Grassetto, try Flying Spares in the UK, just google Flying Spares and follow the leads. Their website is excellent and all prices are mentioned. There are other RR/B parts dealers in the UK so also google Rolls Royce parts for sale and they should come up. Sorry to add to your financial woe but do consider having the top tank of the radiator removed and the radiator rodded because I think with that much corrosion in the block its likely the radiator has some blockage.
I can't imagine what its like to drive a Cloud in Italy but I am certain you get noticed. Also read Bobs advice to me under the thread Camargue on a shoe string re the block cylinder head flatness matter.
Best of Luck
Bob UK
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Posted From: 18.104.22.168
Posted on Sunday, 08 March, 2015 - 06:44:
Flying spares are commissioning aftermarket pistons.
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christopher carnley
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Posted From: 188.8.131.52
Posted on Sunday, 08 March, 2015 - 20:17:
Have you considered acquiring a later engine in sound condition, say from a Shadow 2?
You will find in the present case that the bottom sealing bridge is so badly corroded that there will be no effective liner seal from either the cooling water, or oil. There will be a great deal of money wasted.
There are a number of good late engines in dismantling yards, in the UK.
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Grassetto Eugenio
Experienced User
Username: grassetto
Post Number: 23
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Thursday, 12 March, 2015 - 07:05:
Shadow engines are different, what is the bottom sealing bridge?
Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov
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Username: soviet
Post Number: 145
Registered: 2-2013
Posted on Thursday, 12 March, 2015 - 08:46:
Grassetto, I have no idea what Christopher means either but perhaps his is talking of a sealing ridge not bridge. In any case I would just ask your engineer that machined the liners out to look at the engine block surface where the orings go onto the bottom area of the liners. If your block is badly corroded there, then I see no reason why the corroded areas cannot be welded up using a mig or tig welder and remachined back to normal. As for buying a later engine I would forget that because your gearbox is not going to match up its stud pattern with a Shadow 2 engine being that Clouds only came with the 4 speed hydramatic gear boxes and Silver Shadows all had Turbo 400 3 speed boxes made under licence from General Motors. Also, unless you are superman and have xray vision, determining whether a second hand engine is "sound" is the risky business of trusting the salesman on his word. Italy has excellent mechanics and engineers. I would proceed with your own engine because you know what is getting done.
Bob UK
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Posted From: 126.96.36.199
Posted on Thursday, 12 March, 2015 - 11:07:
I say carry on with this block. Machining the liners out isI the safest way.
Magnetic crack detection is quick and cheap
over to Dave Gore to explain how it works.
Matching numbers are important. Once liners fitted 8 hours to assemble.
The Shadow two or one engine will not fit. The heads are very different. The crank pulley. The brake pumps.
Also RR when designing a model may move mounting points for ancillary equipment.
I think so far so good and the engine is in good hands.
No matter where you go in the world one can find good engineers. We have a common language, engineering.
The Italians have made some smashing engines. I tuned a 2 litre DOHC, which was very quick to a family car. 140bhp Rear wheels. It pulled hard from low revs then picked up fast. Addictively fast.
A RR V8 is not complicated and apart from the crank pulley requires no special tools that a machine shop won't have. The crank pulley tool is easy to make for a machine shop.
When rebuilding engines problems do arise such the shims are not right. This can be frustrating. An easy way is to buy too thick and surface grind down using a magnet chuck on a surface grinder which all machine shops have.
I have often been lucky to find the original shims are right. So try them first.
The high quality of the parts makes assembly easier.
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David Gore
Username: david_gore
Post Number: 1555
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Thursday, 12 March, 2015 - 14:13:
"Magnetic crack detection is quick and cheap over to Dave Gore to explain how it works."
Yes - I started using a Magnaflux machine for testing step-turn test pieces for non-metallic inclusions when I was a trainee metallurgist in the mid-1960's. The smell of kerosine [paraffin for those north of the equator] always reminds me of doing these tests as it was the carrier for the iron powder used to reveal inclusions and cracks during the testing process and the kerosine would penetrate your skin during manual handling of the test pieces undergoing inspection after they were magnetised and sprayed with the fluid mixture. It would take hours for the smell to dissipate no matter how often you washed your hands afterwards so your presence was not appreciated at meal times until the smell had gone -also not a good thing for your social life if you wanted to meet your girlfriend after work.
More specific information can be found on the following link:
Note this process ONLY works on ferro-magnetic materials [i.e. those that a permanent magnet will stick to] and non-magnetic materials [e.g. Aluminium alloys and austenitic stainless steels] cannot be successfully magnetic particle tested - the use of dye penetrants and ultrasonic testing solves this problem.
Randy Roberson
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Username: wascator
Post Number: 396
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, 24 May, 2015 - 11:20:
bravo so far: don't know how I missed this very interesting topic for so long.
An update would be great; it's like the electricity went off just before we find out who dun it.
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He said what you have said is correct, but your tone is COVID because you are
denigrating and deriding and demeaning and devaluing the word of Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
So, even though what you are saying is correct is what whatever it was that he was talking about, this is one I I do not say it is not so now it is. However, the way you refer to the Sunnah. Mix that tone of voice into Cofer. So he said the you know, and that's why I think we should be very clear in our minds about what we say and how we say, as long as we remember one one basic rule to understand is as long as you keep your mouth shut, you can't get in trouble. Right? But the moment you open your mouth, there is a potential of getting into trouble there is a famous saying in English. You can keep your mouth shut and be thought to be a fool. Or you can open your mouth and
remove all doubt. So therefore it's very important to keep your mouth shut. I think that no one is harmed by keeping your mouth shut.
So especially with regard to the deen, there is no need to unnecessarily you know, make statements and so on and so forth, when we do not have the knowledge. So with regard to Allah subhanaw taala, our attitude with respect to sin must always be Allahu Akbar. Therefore any disobedience of Allah subhanho wa Taala is a matter of great concern. It's a matter of great consequence, and I will not do it. I'm not going to get involved. And the reason I said law is because this is the issue, which Oh, but you know, it's just faulty.
So now what happened the same principle which I explained, if you say, Oh, it's a small thing, what do you mean? You mean that to disobey Allah here is okay. So now what is our attitude with regard to Allah?
You know, I decide what I will do, what I will not do, I decide what is important, what is not important, which is, which is a position of Allah protect us from this. So, therefore, as far as sin is concerned, to continue with this, I want to remind myself when you that Toba is our greatest need, it is our need, it's not Allah subhanaw taala It is our need. As I always say there's no shortage of real estate in general Jana, you know, both of them have unlimited, unlimited amount of real estate anybody can get as much space as you want. In general, Johanna we make the choice. So therefore, the issue is Allah subhanho wa Taala Toba is our need. Dawa is our greatest resource.
taba is the greatest Namah from Allah subhanho wa Taala de la jolla. Do I even say that Toba is an even bigger niyama than a man.
We always say Iman is a great name. I'm saying taba is a bigger name, because even the one who does not have a man has Toba.
Someone who is not a Muslim. Now he was not a man. He has the one right he man You and I have Angela We ask Allah to counters among those who are women. But even the one who does not have women. He has the resource of Toba available to him or he can always he can always turn towards Allah subhanho wa Taala can accept Allah subhanaw taala so taba is an even bigger resource and an even bigger
blessing from Allah subhanho wa Taala even bigger than a man. So how much of gratitude should we have fatawa I think simply even before we make Toba we need to thank Allah subhanaw taala Allah what would we do if taba was not there? What would we do if it was a one way street and no u turns and no off ramps and so on. Right in this country. We also drive on the wrong side on the on the on the on the on the on the highway. You tried to do it doing it America, you know you can do it once because you won't be there for the next time around. But if you look at it, Alba is the off ramp taba is the U turn, the Oba is the door which is open Alhamdulillah as long as our eyes are open as long as we
are breathing as long as we have some we have our senses. And what if Allah had not given this What if Allah subhanaw taala said that the message has been sent to you the methodology has been clarified. The cam has been have been given, you have understood. Now, whatever you do, will remain period you do good It will remain you do bad It will remain Nothing can be wiped out Nothing can be changed. What would we do if that were the situation.
So we must thank Allah subhanaw taala The first thing to say Allah, it is your it is your mercy, it is your forgiveness, that you did not create the situation you carry the situation no matter what you do, as long as you turn around, everything is wiped clean. And I will even convert the bad deeds into the good deeds. We'll see the ads and the references as we go along today and next to my inshallah
so this is the mercy of Allah subhanaw taala So we thank Allah subhanaw taala for Toba and then we make our MLK Jr. holiday in his book El Mirage Alma de Rio Salah keen. He said that the state of repentance Toba is at the beginning, the middle and the end of all states of submission to the will of Allah, the slave who seeks the pleasure of Allah never abandoned stowa. He remains in the state of Toba until his death. Whatever his State of Belief, the slave makes Toba his constant companion thus, taba is at the beginning and at the end of his servitude to his creator, his need for power at the end, just as at the beginning, overrides and supersedes all other needs. Allah subhanaw taala
said Watteau Illallah Hey Jamie, can you help me no and Allah Allah come to freehold, Allah and turn to Allah subhanho wa Taala all together, Jamia make Toba all you who believe so that you may succeed let us make Toba right now on the basis of this ayah and we say Allah all of us in sha Allah Jamyang we make Toba? Yes. inshallah we make Toba, we turn towards you, we ask you to forgive us, whatever we have done which is wrong. And we ask us to save us from your anger. We say this in total Fatiha, every Salah Mel do we allow him all are not among those who incurred your anger. Let us understand that as you understand what we are saying today.
For the remainder was on this variable to be a label of Darlene. So do do reflect on that, this ayah which I narrated above, from Serato note, and this is from Alma, Alma sorry to saligan of Georgia. I'm quoting from that he said the above is contained within within a Medina and surah which is similar to nor in which Allah subhanaw taala addresses the people of Eman who are the best of his creation, the surah is addressing whom it is addressing Rasulullah saw Salah it is addressing the Sahaba
when Allah said yeah you will be known when Allah Allah subhanaw taala said, you know, who are the
the Muslims, the Sahaba the first mocha of the Quran are the Sahaba is one of the hell a madman by reference, it also comes to us inshallah, but the people who Allah subhanho wa Taala spoke to the people who listened to the revelation in the tone of the one who received that revelation, who are those people does have a reason to have a measurement. There is no one who heard who actually heard the recitation of the Quran be so dilhari Muhammad Mustafa sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I always say this, this is a great, great, great blessing. Today we listen to this Korean that Korean which Alhamdulillah beautiful recitation, but whose recitation can be better and more beautiful than the
one who received that column directly from Allah subhanaw taala who can recite which car in the world can claim that his recitation is equal to or better than the recitation of Mohammed Mustafa sallallahu alayhi wa sallahu wa sallam and the people who had the benefit the people who had the pleasure the people who had the honor of listening to that recitation, in the Quran, when the ayat were revealed, after the ayat were revealed over and over and over the world, the Sahaba of Muhammad Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, so email, Joshua says, reflect on the fact who is Allah subhanho wa Taala addressing and who is Allah subhana wa Taala commanding to make Toba? He is
commanding to make Toba the people who are already the best of
Allah subhanaw taala is not talking to a bunch of losers who, you know spent their whole life doing all kinds of rubbish, no, he's talking to the best of generations.
And that's why hydrocone Carney said the best generation is my generation. So my aluna homezone marunong he said after that the one who comes after another man who comes after and that is the reason why in this Hades mofa City in the Mojave Desert would have said that the Cairo Corona carnie the best generation is my generation refers obviously also chronologically to the to the to the generation of a sorceress alum, but it refers non chronologically, and it refers in terms of Eman and yaqeen. And spiritually to everyone who follows the sabarimala image by no matter when they are born. People who are born 10,000 years later, can be part of that generation, if they'll ensure that
their lives are on the path of the Sahaba.
Those of you who have not I did a lecture on this called Sahaba the golden standard. I think it's there on YouTube as well and inshallah if you have the time, at some point, we'll do it again. Listen to that lecture, I've given you all the oil from the Quran as well. The surah kotoba Ayah number 100. See what Allah subhanaw taala said in that ayah about that generation and about those who follow them in Asia. So this is an opportunity, Allah subhanho wa Taala left the door open for all of us to be counted in sha Allah in the first generation when we stand before Allah subhanho wa Taala What sense does it make to lose that opportunity? And that opportunity begins with Toba? It
begins with turning towards Allah subhanho wa Taala that is what even though Caravaggio says that Allah subhanaw taala addresses the people of a man who are the best of his creation, he calls upon them to make Toba and to turn in repentance to him, after they have already believed after they have gone through hardships, after they have gone through trials of faith, after they have endured patiently after they have migrated and after they have done yet.
After all of this, Allah subhanaw taala saying to Allah Allah, Allah saying to Illa, Allah Jami and all of you together, my brothers and sisters, I want to remind myself and ask you to remember that the people being asked to make Toba are not sinners in the way that we are sinners. They are the best of the best. They are the gold standard. They are the Sahaba of Rasulullah sallallahu wasallam, many of whom have already received the bizarre agenda in this life. Yet Allah subhanho wa Taala is ordering them to make since your Toba that is because Toba is an expression of abode yet it is an acknowledgement of
No matter how many good deeds we do, Allah subhana wa Jalla Jalla Allah who is not bound to accept them, and that those deeds can never be at a level which is appropriate for the glory and majesty of Allah to accept them. So when the slave makes the work after doing good, he is in effect saying, Oh my Rob, I did what I could, but I know that is not of a standard which is appropriate to your glory and majesty. So I ask you forgiveness and beg you to accept it.
This is the position of the believer not to do good and say I did this I did that what can you do? What can I do? First and foremost, we don't own anything we have. The life is not ours. Our wealth is not ours. Energy is not ours. Intelligence is not ours. Let a little bit of fluctuation happen in our sodium content in the blood, and we start we get into dementia. All our knowledge becomes zero. You can be happy score and you can be the biggest Mufti as of the world, you can be a doctor or an engineer rocket scientists, one little fluctuation in the potassium content in the blood.
And you get you go into dementia, you start talking nonsense, your knowledge goes zero, you do all kinds of stuff. And then what do they do? They take you to hospital, and then they give you intravenously, they give you the salts, potassium and sodium.
And that intravenous injection, if it is done slightly faster than what is required. You go into a state of permanent paralysis, complete paralysis,
irreversible, complete paralysis. I have seen it happening with one of our very, very dear elders, may Allah subhanaw taala. Forgive him and give him genital for those who Allah be ready, he's up. We saw this happening.
That is what we are.
This is what we are.
So where is the pride in doing in saying I did this? I did that no. And that is why everything begins with attitude, whether it is in dunya, whether it's in Africa, everything begins with attitude.
And the attitude of the Muslim is the attitude of submission. So who is a Muslim? A Muslim is the one who does his or her best to do the best that he can do. And then he makes a while
and then he's mixed over not because he has committed a sin, but because he knows that all or no matter what I did, this is not something which is appropriate to you. I am ashamed to bring this to you. My Salah, what is my Salah, I am ashamed to bring my soul out to you. Why my charity, my whatever? I mean, what is it? It's it's
garbage, as far as Allah subhanaw taala nor Your Majesty is concerned. But Allah I'm a poor person. I'm a poor man, I have only this What can I do? Please accept it.
There is a famous story of this,
of this man who was a was a poor man is a poor farmer. And, but he was one of those who, at some point, you know, his early life when he was a little child, his father used to work in the Palace of the king. So this little boy used to play with the prince. Right after that the father died, they went back to the village, whatnot, whatnot. Many, many years past the king died, this Prince became king. While this poor man he was, you know, in the, in the, in the in the village somewhere. So his wife told him one day he says you always tell us about how you are the playmates and you are the friend of the prince and now the prince is the king but we are starving. You have nothing to eat
nothing. And you know, why don't you go and ask the king something because King for something because we need it. Right? And you are supposed to be his friend? What kind of friend is this? That I'm I'm ashamed to go to the geezer. What do I have? What can I take for the king? How can I just go empty handed? He is my friend. But you know, I don't want to go to empty handed. So the wife said, Okay, we have some rice, you know, Lynn rice with the that's all we have is a handful of rice. But you can only take what you have, right? And the king really doesn't need anything. I mean, what does he need from you anyway, so just take what you have. So this man goes with a handful of rice in a
tiny little bag. And he goes and sends word and the king immediately recognizes him, he calls him he hugs him. And he makes him sit down and so on. And he said, I'm so happy Where were you all these years? And you know, I'm so happy to see you and so on and so forth. And then he says that's America. He said, What did you bring for me? Now this poor guy is sitting there with his little bag of rice is hides it behind his back. he's ashamed of what he brought. And now on top of that, the king is asking what do you bring for me, so very sheepishly, he pulled out his bag of small bag that he has, and he gives it he says to him, he says, You know, I only have this I have nothing else I'm
very sorry, I this is not appropriate for you. You know, please accept it. So the king opens his bag and his raw rice. The man starts eating it.
He started eating it. He says how nice very nice thank you very much for this beautiful gift.
And then after he eats a bit of this rice, he calls his treasurer and he says bring a bag of gold.
So the treasurer brings a big bag of gold coins and it gives it to this man. And the man said to him, he said to the king, he said you know I only brought you these few grains of rice and you are giving me a big bag of bag of gold coins. The king says no that is that is appropriate because you brought me what you have. And I gave you what I have. He said you can only give me what you have. And I can only give you what i
Allah tala
build a connection with Allah.
Allah This is all I have. This is all I have is only this is only this I can bring for you but you give me what you have. Right?
You give me what you have. Because we do everything is Carville. Everything is perfect. Everything is boundless.
I brought you only what I have. You give me what you have.
Just as we are much more with regard to quality just as we are much more with regard to giving something which is perfect. Allah subhanaw taala is much more with giving something which is imperfect.
This is one of the Messiah of Akita when we say much more we don't mean disrespect of Allah subhanaw taala
Allah cannot do something which is imperfect. Allah cannot give you garbage, garbage
so ask Allah
ask Allah subhanaw taala
connect with Allah subhanho wa Taala
a tragedy we have
we have the book of Allah we decided like a parrot
no feeling for it that thing
if somebody writes you a letter if somebody writes you an email
which is you know disrespectful love which is which is hurting you feel it
up oh my gosh, I gotta write if somebody curses you
and called you a donkey for example. And you know you're not a donkey. I mean, at least you don't look like donkeys. I mean, I've seen donkeys
you get angry. The guy who's obviously told you a truth he does not understand what is wrong. Mm. He never saw before because your donkey you get angry. So the word donkey has the power to change your heart.
And the caliber of Allah does nothing.
Right? Isn't it strange? We are mostly the Kalam of Allah subhanho wa Taala can do nothing for us. But God is
the curse word is enough to raise your blood pressure and change the color of your face and all kinds of things are
in Allah and Allah Raja What is this is which Islam is this?
Which Islam is this? We are like dead people. We are like morons and and, you know, robots
become alive people
become alive. die when the time comes not before the time.
Bahasa Bella Mata Guevara say both analog Bahasa Bella moto Ableton. He died before his time. You know what that refers to refers to people like me and you living dead, nothing moves. The art is a piece of rock.
Let us change our ways. The whole idea of Toba is for us to change always ask Allah subhanaw taala Don't worry about your fears. Don't worry about what is possible not possible everything is possible follows manatal ask Allah Allah I have only this I brought to you give me what you have
rewarded me in keeping with your majesty and grace, because how else will you reward me?
How else will you reward me?
bodyshop nishank, a Buddha by
Jamar dunia Kabbalah shows that the king will give only keeping with what His Majesty and grace again What does not give you some small, trashy thing he has to his gift is a reflection of himself.
Nothing to do with you.
It has nothing to do with you. The gift of the king is a reflection of himself. What is the gift of Allah subhanho reflection a
reflection of His mercy, reflection of his forgiveness, reflection of His glory. Allah tala have a connection with Allah subhanaw taala ask Allah subhanaw taala as well as if you love him even if you don't love him, how can we not love Allah Subhana today?
How can we not love Allah subhanaw taala what level of treason is that? That we take something we every single thing we have we owe to Allah
I know that I still don't know Allah. Who do you want to love?
Our brothers and sisters let us wake up and let us stop living like this. And let us do that which Allah subhanaw taala has told us to do, because we love him, and we asked him for his mercy. Even though a majority lolly continues and says Allah made success conditional on perfecting the Toba, as the effect is often conditional on the cause, so no one can hope for success, except those who make Toba and Allah subhanaw taala in
Surah, he said mama lamb your Toba for hula EGA homos volley moon and those who do not make Toba Indeed, the volley moon they are the oppressive oppression oppressors they have oppressed themselves. Allah subhanaw taala divides his slaves into two categories only the repentant and the wrongdoers. There is no third category of people. Allah subhanaw taala two categories one who repents, and one who refuses to repent.
And Allah subhanaw taala calls those who do not make Toba volley moon transgressors, rebels and no one is more of a wrongdoer and a transgressor than a person who does not repent for his evil action.
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Allah subhanaw taala said who is a bigger volume than somebody who in the eye of Allah comes before him, he turns away.
Who is a bigger volume who is a bigger oppressor than when the Ayat of Allah subhanaw taala come before him instead of responding instead of coming towards Allah subhanaw taala he or she turns away Oh, this is this is misfortune of the greatest level. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in a hadith in Bukhari is reported to have said, Oh, people make Toba to Allah by Allah. I make Toba to him more than 70 times a day.
What is the Toba that somebody who is already masumi somebody who's already my foes, somebody who is free from sin, somebody who Allah subhanaw taala forgive Anyway, what is he making Toba about? And that also not once in a lifetime, not on round, not in Ramadan, not once in a week, 70 times a day. And the Sahaba rely on a madman somebody who's to count actually for him in each congregation. And many of them reported that he used to say make over 100 times in a day
and with a sorceress element, this is also what should be with us is not simply a matter of taking a to z and you know, saying as a philosophy, philosophy, philosophy, even the word is not pronounced properly. No, it is reflection when I'm saying our stuff will law or Allah forgive me, what am I asking is there for for and as I explained yesterday, last Juma is too far or Toba? Is there far is to apologize. Step four is to be contrite is the four is to ask forgiveness. And then the automatic result of asking forgiveness is to do something else to change those ways. Because it makes absolutely no sense that we ask forgiveness, and then we go back and do the same thing all over
again. So naturally is the father and Toba are related and when we say when we make is the FARC. When we ask Allah forgiveness, then it follows that we then do not do that wrong thing which we have been doing in the and this is the Hadith from Bukhari. rasulillah salam is also reported to have said, no one will be rescued on the Day of Judgment by his deeds, the Sahaba said even you all messenger of Allah sallallahu Sallam and he said even I, unless Allah subhanaw taala grants me His mercy and His grace, you ask Allah for his mercy and His grace, because this is very, very important for us not deeds alone, and therefore anyone who is proud of his deeds. I read so much for our I
pray so much I do this do this. This person is seriously misguided, seriously misguided, we must do all of those things and then make Toba
to Allah subhanho wa Taala when we
during the after doing those good deeds.
Okay, you've also said around the law, that far the highest overthrow the Fattah is Toba because throttle via the slave is talking about when he says very much to be Allah him. He is making Toba Allah not among the people who attracted your anger, meaning he is making Toba from all forms of disobedience to Allah subhanho wa Taala.
And that's right enough to be la Mr. Wha, wha Pauline, all are not also among those people who got misguided who did all kinds of things which they were not rightful things to do. The person is making Toba for all forms of misguidance. So why do we allow him well, Darlene is Toba that the person is making when we are say when we are reciting Surah 12
The Hub and resourceful 5g explains this whole concept in the most complete and eloquent manner. The last I think seven or eight days or nine days of further reminders are on the entire surah. I suggest you listen to that, if you are interested, whoever appreciate solfatara time says, Whoever appreciates Surah Fatiha and gives it its right place through knowledge. contemplation upon its facts, and by living its directives will realize that one cannot recite it with true recitation of a slave unless one makes sincere Toba. Let us remember that when we pray the Juma Salah today and make Toba as we recite and listen to the recitation of Surah Fatiha my brothers and sisters, let us
reflect when we are
when we read the Quran that Allah subhanho wa Taala
when we are reflecting on Surat Al Fatiha let us reflect that the slave begins with thanking Allah subhanho wa Taala and glorifying him and invoking him by his names of infinite mercy and acknowledging his ownership of the Day of Judgment. The slave reaffirms his faith in the heat of Islam, for only the one who's a true slave of Allah can ask Allah for a favor when the person says he aka nabooda we're gonna stay in Iraq and Afghanistan is a building a connection with Allah. Why are we saying think about this? Why are we saying he can out we're gonna say what is the need for saying you're gonna have to stay because you already said are hungry la hora bellami Rahmani Raheem,
Maliki Ahmed Deen, why do you say econavi gonna stay because this is my connection with you. It when we go to somebody tala la Hamza, we do not give the example of Allah but to illustrate when we go to somebody, if I if I go to a buy friend, I go to him and I say, and I'm going to ask him for a favor. I'm going to ask him for something. I build my connection with him. Maybe he forgot who I was, maybe forgot all the things I did for him. And I go to him and I say, I am your friend for the last 30 years. Do you remember me? Do you remember what I did for you? Do you remember how what associations we had? Remember we went to the same school? Remember, we used to be in the same class. This is
building a connection with Allah.
Allah I worship only you, I do not worship anybody else. He cannot stay in Yala. I asked help only from you. I never asked anybody else. Yala. Now give me is in a Serato osaki Allah guide me to the path of righteousness to the path of steadfastness. Why because you are mine. I am yours. Why? Because you are mine. I am yours. You are my Rob I am your abs. My responsibility is on you. You said that you are my Rob, I did not say that you are my Rob.
I am acknowledging that I am your abs.
You said I am your Rob and I said Yes you are right.
So now take care of me.
Not take care of me.
I do not worship anybody else. I do not ask for help from anybody else. So now I'm asking you give me
giving no doubt.
The doctor said these stones are Who cares? Who cares what the doctor said? My connection was the creator of the doctor, with the creator of the disease with the creator of the of the cure of that disease?
What does the doctor know?
What do I care what the doctor said? Let him say anything. You are the maker of the rule. You can change the rule only you can change the rule
for change it for me.
Change it for me. He cannot change it for me. Who else will you change it for if you don't change it for your life?
Why will you not change it for me? Is it kerkia Allah?
Allah is the only one who loves this kind of behavior. When you are standing alone before us It can go wrong.
Like a small child does this.
That's always the Ask only Allah because only Allah likes those who ask
everybody else we get tired of people who ask Erica barber ma ma
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ask Allah.
brothers sisters, ask Allah subhanaw taala to build this style of ask Allah subhanaw taala to connect you with him. ask Allah subhanaw taala to accept your advice even before you ask, I asked Allah subhanaw taala to teach you how to ask and to put the words in your mouth and to make you do it and to be pleased with that and ask Allah subhanaw taala to grant you in keeping with his majesty and grace so that his command is established so that his glory is established, so that we revel in the glory and majesty
Have Allah subhanho wa Taala Jalla Jalla wa salatu salam ala alihi wa sahbihi wa rahmatullah wa hamdulillah me


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Editor's Note: The Collegian is not publishing the last names of Maria and Anarely due to the sensitive nature of their stories, and because these students are affected by the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Bill.
The potential end of DACA has made undocumented students on campus fearful of losing the opportunity to work and study in the U.S., or even be deported to a country they never knew.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Executive Order, or DACA, gives students who are undocumented who were brought to America as minors the opportunity to work and study in the United States. An announcement last week from President Donald Trump regarding the termination of the bill in six months left students across the country reeling as they struggle to cope with an uncertain future.
There are approximately 189 students at Colorado State University who will be directly impacted by the decision to rescind DACA, according to an email sent last week by CSU President Tony Frank.
Many of the people who are undocumented who entered the country as minors call themselves Dreamers, and the Dreamers United organization brings these students at CSU together.
According to Maria, undocumented freshman, the title of "dreamer" represents hope for a better future.
"(DACA is) what we represent," Maria said. "We have dreams, and we're asking to be allowed to pursue our dreams."
We have dreams, and we're asking to be allowed to pursue our dreams."Maria, a DACA student at CSU
Maria was brought to the United States from Mexico City when she was two months old, similar to many other Dreamers, who often remember no country other than the United States.
"It's truly like an identity crisis, it truly is," Maria said. "It's like, 'Okay, so I'm not wanted here, and I'm not American according to these people,' but this is the only place I know, so I'm not Mexican."
Since its establishment by the Obama Administration in 2012, the DACA executive order has given these people social security numbers and work permits. In order to be eligible for DACA, recipients are required to reapply every two years. But, for some whose permits expire after March 5, President Trump's decision means that they will lose the order's protections.
"I was fortunate enough that it doesn't affect me for another two years because I was able to renew my permit," Maria said. "(But) there's some people where, if your permit does not expire between now and March 5, you are no longer allowed to renew it."
According to Anarely, who works for Dreamers United, the most valuable aspect of DACA is protection from deportation because it gives dreamers like herself a peace-of-mind that allows them to concentrate in daily life.
"DACA wasn't just a work permit," Anarely said. "It was the ability to not be scared."
DACA wasn't just a work permit. It was the ability to not be scared."Anarely, a member of Dreamers United
To Anarely and other undocumented students on campus, losing DACA would mean losing opportunities to improve their lives.
"For a lot of us, it was a game changer, because I feel like a lot of us were living under the shadows, and we were doing a lot of jobs where we were being taken advantage of, like where you would get paid $4 an hour," Anarely said. "Having that work permit allowed us to do better than that. Some of us are bioengineers, and we can do so much better than a gardening job."
To better help students cope with DACA's uncertain future, the Student Legal Services office has created a program for expert immigration attorneys to come to campus once a month to meet with students, free of charge.
According to Kathleen Harward, director of SLS, this program helps answer student questions about their own situations in a confidential manner.
"When President Trump took office, it was real clear right off the bat that there would be a lot of questions about immigration," Harward said. "I think it helped a lot when President Trump issued his travel ban (that) we already had this program in place."
Harward encourages any students with legal questions or who want to meet with an attorney in a safe atmosphere to contact the SLS office. The immigration lawyers will be on campus on Tuesday, Oct. 12 and Nov. 16 in the Lory Student Center Room 284.
Following Trump's announcement that DACA would be passed to Congress with a six-month period to determine the future of the bill, counseling services were offered at El Centro for students who relied upon DACA to live and work at CSU.
According to Anarely, this emotional counseling was utilized by numerous students, some of whom even reported having traumatic, reoccurring nightmares about being deported.
El Centro is the Latino cultural center on campus. According to Diego "Fez" Lopez-Duran, an employee at El Centro, the fear surrounding the end of DACA is making it harder for students to concentrate on school.
"If you are a student with the fear of getting deported and having a bunch of legal issues, you can't really focus on school as much," Lopez-Duran said. "You can't really focus on your job as much, you can't really become as much of a functioning member of society as you'd like."
Maria and Anarely agree that the uncertainty surrounding DACA is one of the worst aspects about the repeal.
It's just a big waiting game, and now it's another six months."Maria, a DACA student at CSU
"This waiting game is truly exhausting," Maria said. "It's just a big waiting game, and now it's another six months. So, it's like be scared, but don't be too scared yet."
Although reports differed across the aisle, "Dreamers" like Maria may have something to hope for as of Wednesday night.
In the aftermath of last week's announcement from the Trump administration, Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer met with the White House to discuss protections for the "Dreamers."
Tweets from The White House said DACA was one of many list items they reportedly discussed with Pelosi and Schumer.
Pelosi and Schumer, alternatively, championed the fact that they would be reinstating protection for DACA, as well as broaching the topic of border security. Trump's infamous wall, however, was not among topics of conversation.
There were reports prior to the dinner that a replacement piece of legislation for DACA might have sprung up in Congress. Both Maria and Anarely are hoping for a more permanent solution to the immigration crisis within the next six months.
"It'll be my last year here when my permit expires, so we're just hoping that the time the president gave to Congress will go well," Maria said. "We're not going down without a fight, … We deserve to be here."
Collegia n news reporter Mason Force can be reached at email@example.com or on Twitter @masforce1.


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Almost Famous Drinking Game
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Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to the up-and-coming band Stillwater — fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band's tour, despite the objections of his protective mother.
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Drinking Rules
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- Someone says "The Enemy"
- Someone snaps a photograph
- Someone answers the phone
- Someone says "Band-aid", "Crazy," or "Purple"
- A real-life band or singer is mentioned
- Someone says "Rolling Stone"
- You see a drummer holding his drumsticks
- You see a Girl with no pants on
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- Stillwater performs
- An Elton John song starts playing
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OPINION: So… those Oscars, huh?
Hollywood's biggest night left many perplexed by the end
April 26, 2021
It's going to be hard to discuss the Oscars without going straight into the ending.
To be honest, Anthony Hopkins' Best Actor win for "The Father" isn't too surprising or even undeserved. It's a career best from a legend like Hopkins and in any other year would be an easy and unanimous win. But, this win feels off.
If there was anyone else with a strong enough chance to win, it was Chadwick Boseman for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." The beloved actor could have easily won a posthumous award for his performance and from the way the ceremony was structured, putting Best Actor last, it seemed like everything was pointing towards a win for Boseman, which would have ended the ceremony on a nice memoriam for him.
Until it didn't.
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Joaquin Phoenix announced the award to Hopkins, who wasn't there, had the Academy accept the award and it was all over. What an odd and uneventful way to end it.
Am I annoyed that Hopkins didn't show up? Absolutely not. He's a film legend who doesn't have to show up to some silly awards show. Also, the man is 83 during a pandemic that strongly affects the elderly. He should be staying home. I mean, everyone there should have been staying home and not filling up Union Station maskless.
It's the way the award was saved for last with a lot of buzz and love surrounding Boseman that does a disservice to both actors. It ends a tribute to Boseman's career with a giant thud and left a bad taste in the air surrounding Hopkins' win. The producers shouldn't have changed the formatting of the awards to put Best Actor at the end and should have kept it around the same time as it usually is.
Would there still have been some disappointment from people? Probably. But, it wouldn't have ended the whole thing on a rushed and sudden note or a moment as notorious as the "La La Land"/"Moonlight" fiasco a few years back.
Them handing out a NFT of Boseman to guest gift bags was honestly worse and should cause more anger.
Disservices seemed to be a trend during the ceremony because even the In Memoriam was a disaster.
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Not only was the song choice strange, as it has a much more upbeat tone and feeling than you would expect, but they just rushed through every single person. So many of them don't even register because they're on screen for what feels like half of a second and ending it with Boseman was just the predecessor for disaster. What a great way to honor these people's contributions to film.
I guess they had to make more time for Glenn Close shaking her butt.
Looking past these mishaps, the Oscars this year were fine if somewhat predictable in the awards.
Besides the Hopkins win, many of these awards were exactly what I expected. Daniel Kaluuya won for Best Supporting Actor, Chloé Zhao won Best Director and "Nomadland" won Best Picture. Not that any of these wins are bad or disappointing, so many of them are great, there just weren't a whole lot of surprises.
Well, maybe one.
I'm going to fight that "My Octopus Teacher" was the absolute worst choice to win Best Documentary Feature. They had one easy job of not letting it win, and they couldn't even do that. Films like "Time" and "Collective," which focus on the devastating human effects the justice system in America has and the horrible health care system in Romania that will let people die for a profit, were some of the best of last year, but I guess they just can't hold a candle to a film about some boring well-off guy going through a midlife crisis who becomes obsessed with an octopus.
No disrespect to the actual octopus, she's a star.
Other than that, and a snub for the wonderful "Wolfwalkers" for Best Animated Feature, many of the wins here were solid and well-rewarded. Per usual, some of these wins led to some great speeches with Yuh-Jung Youn's and Kaluuya's being the best, if not for Kaluuya's mother.
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It was a strange year for film, with release dates getting moved around which led to a lineup of some films that in other years may not have had a chance. I don't think "Promising Young Woman" would have been here at all if it had still come out early last April, and even "Sound of Metal" feels like the kind of film that would have gotten lost in the award buzz of much larger films.
So, this year led to a quite different lineup, but it still had that same Oscar feeling of wondering which of these films will even be in much of the public consciousness within, at most, a week.
It's another new year of more exciting films to come and much more heated online discussion to follow for sure. Do these award shows really matter? No, of course not. They don't determine the actual quality of films or even recognize greater films. But, damn are they fun to talk about.


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New survey data from eyecare experts Théa reveals Brits ignore their eye health, and do not attend regular eye tests. One in three (38%) of those surveyed haven't had their eyes tested in the last two years, despite advice from the NHS that people should have their eyes tested every two years.
Eye tests are not just about finding out whether you need glasses or have a change in prescription. An eye exam can pick up general health problems and early signs of conditions such as Dry Eye Disease, which can lead to more serious infections or can cause permanent damage to the eye in more serious cases, if left untreated.
The Me, Myself and Eye research was conducted among more than 2,000 members of the British public by YouGov and found that 38% have not been to an eye test in at least two years.1 Almost a fifth (18%) admitted to avoiding getting their eyes tested, and of these over a third (36%) said they would only go if they thought there was an issue with their eyes, whilst 29% felt no need because they feel that their eyes are fine/healthy.1 34% said that they do not attend eye tests as they cannot afford to get new glasses or contact lenses.1 9% also said they didn't like people touching their eyes and another 9% were generally too worried or scared. 8% also said that the equipment used by an Optometrist makes them anxious.
Eye conditions that can be easily picked up by regular eye exams, such as Dry Eye Disease are on the rise. In fact, the research found that more than one in seven (15%) of the GB population are suffering with Dry Eye Disease, with women (9% of men vs 20% of women) and the over 55s (20%) particularly affected. Many people also experience symptoms with almost a third (30%) having suffered painful, sore or burning sensations in their eyes and (48%) feeling the uncomfortable sensation of having something in their eye. 34% had watery eyes, and one in five (21%) had red eyes.3 Despite the obvious discomfort of Dry Eye Disease, almost a third (32%) of those having experienced a symptom waited to see if the symptoms would go away by themselves and didn't seek any treatment.
Eye experts are calling for people to take their eye health as seriously as other parts of their body. Only 9% of people put eye health as a top priority in pandemic Britain and it hardly figures on the British consciousness, compared to a much bigger push to be more active (34%), eat healthier (29%) and lose weight (25%).
"It's easy to neglect your eyes because they often do not hurt when there's a problem," says Sarah Farrant, Optometrist, and member of Théa's EYE (Expert in Eyes) Team. "We rely on our eyes for everyday tasks, and we tend to take them for granted. It's time to think about lifestyle choices and how these can affect our eye health. Our everyday habits such as makeup, screen use, wearing contact lenses and mask wearing can make eye conditions worse. It's long overdue that people place greater emphasis on looking after their eyes like they do other parts of their body."
Additionally, while many of us opt for natural and preservative-free products in our beauty regime and diet, Brits don't seem to be taking the same care when choosing products for their eyes. Only 27% of those surveyed say that they don't mind whether an eye product has preservatives in it or not and 45% don't know the impact of using products with preservatives on their eyes.
"Make sure you opt for preservative free drops and wipes when shopping for your eyes" adds Tania Cork, Local Community Pharmacist, and member of Thea's EYE Team. "Preservatives have been proven to cause long term damage to the eye and are less effective long term. You only get one pair of eyes so it's important you look after them correctly. Speak to your local Optometrist or Pharmacist to find out more."
Sarah Farrant, Théa's EYE Team member and Optometrist, shares her top tips for looking after your eyes:
- Use the 20-20-20 rule when using a screen by looking away at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes.
- Choose preservative free eye drops, gels, sprays or wipes.
- Keep an eye out for the symptoms of eye conditions such as Dry Eye Disease and Blepharitis with a quick symptom checker.
- And don't wait for symptoms to appear. Even if you think your eyes are fine, make sure you go to an eye test every two years. If you are a child wearing glasses, have a history of glaucoma, or aged 70 or over this should certainly be more often.
Dry Eye Disease is caused by not having enough lubrication on the surface of the eye. Each time you blink a film of tears spreads over the eye, but for people with Dry Eye there's not enough oily lubrication in the tears. The eye tries to compensate by producing more tears, but the sufferer is left with watery eyes that feel like they have hot grit under the eyelid.
Théa Pharmaceuticals was established in the UK in 2008. They offer a comprehensive product line that includes Dry Eye, lid hygiene, eye nutrition, allergy, anti-inflammatory, glaucoma, infection, surgery, and optometry. Due to the well-known issues caused by such ingredients in ophthalmology products, the company was among the first to introduce preservative-free eye drops. Théa also invented the first multi-dose bottle capable of dispensing preservative-free eye drops: the ABAK® bottle, a patented user friendly and calibrated dispenser.


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Jeddah Season attracts two million visitors
Since its launch on May 2, the number of visitors of the Jeddah Season 2022 has reached two million of different ages and nationalities, with more visitors expected to attend the nine event areas to enjoy the international shows and adventures.
This unprecedented number of visitors comes less than a month since the season started earlier this month, reflecting the visitors' desire to enjoy the historical, cultural, and recreational features of Jeddah, Saudi press agency (SPA) reported.
Jeddah Season 2022 includes various mesmerizing international activities, experiments, exhibitions, plays, and parties all which contribute to portraying a remarkable memory for the visitors.
Jeddah's historical value is also highlighted in the Season, especially for those who arrive at the event from inside and outside Saudi Arabia.


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Just transition in land use and agriculture: a discussion paper
This discussion paper is intended to support engagement on a just transition for the land use and agriculture sectors. Building on this engagement, a draft targeted action plan and route map (late 23/24) will outline the key steps to delivering a fair transition.
Future support framework: a phased approach
2025 New Conditionality Introduced
New conditionality will be introduced for the 2025 Single Application Form calendar year, delivering upon our commitment to integrate enhanced conditionality on half of all funding by 2025
Consideration will be given to where further conditions can be applied to existing schemes
2026 New Enhanced Support Launched
Powers from the new Agriculture Bills will be used to launch the new Enhanced Support
The Enhanced Support (Tier 2 of the new framework) will directly link the enhanced support to the contribution farmers and crofters make in delivering our climate and nature objectives and allows for those pioneering best practice now to be recognised and rewarded.
Co-development of this element will be prioritised through Testing for Sustainable Farming'
2027 Additional Support Elements Added
Once the Enhanced mechanism is in place, further elements of the Future Support Framework will be introduced - including Elective and Complementary support such as future encarnations of agri-environment and Farm Advisory Services
The present payment regions will be kept as they are in the early part of the transition. The current three region model will be reviewed to ensure the Tier One 'Base' payment is fit for purpose for the future.
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Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is always a delight to read. Buffett, the Wizard of Omaha, is among the great stock pickers of all time, an investing rarity who has consistently beat the stock market. For instance, shareholders in his holding company have earned a compound average annual gain of 20.8 percent from 1965 to 2016, more than double the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500-stock benchmark index.
You can learn a lot about investing from reading the letter. For instance, he offers an analysis of stock buybacks, why accounting rules on depreciation understate true economic costs, his disdain for management enthusiasm for "adjusted earnings," and insights on the relationship between dividends and taxes. He's also an optimist about the U.S. economy, a perspective in too short supply.
In this column, I want to focus on Buffett's perspective on equity index funds. Buffett rightly argues that the typical investor, say, in a 401(k) and 403(b) will do much better in broad-based equity index funds rather than turning their money over to an actively managed fund.
To prove his point, nine years ago he wagered $500,000 that no investment professional could select at least 5 hedge funds that over a 10-year period would match the performance of a unmanaged Vanguard S&P 500 equity index fund. Ted Seides of Protégé Partners took up the challenge. He picked five fund-of-funds that collectively put money into more than 100 hedge funds. Remember, hedge fund managers are supposed to be the best investors in the global capital markets.
So far, the compound annual increase to date for the index fund is 7.1 percent. For the hedge funds, an average of 2.6 percent. In dollar terms, if you had invested $1 million in the index fund you would have made $854,000 compared to $220,000 in the hedge funds. "The bottom line: When trillions of dollars are managed by Wall Streeters charging high fees, it will usually be the managers who reap outsized profits, not the clients," writes Buffett. "Both large and small investors should stick with low-cost index funds."
A theme of this column is the wisdom of indexing, especially for the typical saver putting money into long-term retirement savings. Index funds charge fees that are much lower than the levy on comparable actively managed mutual funds. Index fund investments are more tax efficient for the investor than their actively managed peers.
Chris Farrell is senior economics contributor, "Marketplace," commentator, Minnesota Public Radio.


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Raising Arrows Christian Shirt
Express your love for raising your arrows with this beautiful shirt! This stylish and incredibly soft Christian tee is the kind of shirt a girl buys two of—you'll love it that much. Featuring the words "Raising Arrows Psalm 127:3-5," printed on a grey tee.
Women's Christian Tee
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This t-shirt is a Unisex fit making it larger than your normal t-shirt. Not sure of your size? Measure your favorite tee's width (armpit to armpit) and then the length (top to bottom).
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This weekend the home that we're building was vandalized. Seeing the damage made me realize just how temporary things of this life are, and how glad I am to have an eternal hope.
Whether Through Tithing Or Free Will Gifts, Giving Is For Your Own Good!
Whether you believe in the tithe or free will giving, I think we can all agree that giving is something that Christians are called to do.
Find the Bright Side And Watch Your Life Satisfaction Improve
Practicing an attitude of gratitude can help you in all walks of your life–financial, career, marriage–just to name a few. Why not try it today?
Should A Christian Lend Money And Earn Interest?
We're warned of the dangers of debt in the Bible, so is it OK for a Christian to lend money and earn interest? Here's a discussion of Christians and lending.
How Having Strong Faith Can Give You Financial Strength
I hope everyone is persevering with lent and fighting off temptation in all its enticing forms. Lent is probably the best time, for us as Christians, to reflect on our faith and how it has strengthened us; through past, present and future trials. Recently, I had been trying to pin exactly where my new-found respect […]
Words Of Hope In Turbulent Economic Times: Don't Be Afraid
The following is an excerpt from a book titled, "Words of Hope for All Times", written by a close family friend, and one of my spiritual mentors, Dr. William E. Berg. Pastor Berg wrote this book at the young age of 97. He was still writing and speaking up until his death this week at […]
Christmas Can Quickly Become A Celebration Of Things Rather Than Faith And Family
Christmas can easily become a holiday about consumerism, about giving and receiving nice things. Far too often the true meaning of the holiday gets lost.
Being A Good Steward May Include More Than You Think
Throughout scripture we're challenged with many things that Gods expects of His children, and one that's commonly discussed is the call to be good stewards of all of His resources.
Tithing: Just How Are We Supposed To Give Anyway?
God has given us a template by which we can help our broken world, the tithe. While we don't need to follow strict rules like the Israelites did, looking to that example can help us in our own giving.
Our Wealth Can Put Us At A Disadvantage
For those of us living in the western world, we don't have to worry very much about the necessities of life. We've got a lot of wealth, but can our money get in the way of a relationship with God?
Ten Short Years Of Marriage: Things I've Learned, Why I'm Thankful For My Wife On Our Tenth Anniversary
Today is the tenth anniversary of the day that my wife and I were married. I remember the day well. I was living with several friends at the time, and we all slept in that morning before getting up and heading out for a mid-morning breakfast at Denny's. The day started out extremely stormy, and […]
Developing Missionaries Into Deeper Ministry Partners
As the typical Sunday morning service comes, you take a seat in the usual place awaiting the singing and a sermon. As you anticipate the events ahead, your eyes catch the bulletin or PowerPoint announcements. On one corner of the page or on a passing slide, an update from one of the church's missionaries comes […]
American Idols: How Do You Know If Your Heart Is Giving In To Idolatry?
The sermon at our church this week was a good one. It had a lot of things to say about how as a culture we've become so saturated with the idea that we can find fulfillment in things, people or passions. Those things in our lives, while they aren't necessarily bad things, have a way […]
A Child's Religious Celebration: A Chance to Show Off?
Religious rites of passage are important to families, and should be a time of celebration and joy. But are they just turning into another expensive party?