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I have just went over the tafseer with my husband mashaAllah of surah al-fil. I want so much to share it with you, so please, leave your sons and daughters up to their sleeping or bring them with you (depending what time it is inshaAllah), make a cup of tea, and sit down and join me inshaAllah…Tafseer of Surah al-Fil
The story is set in the year 570 a.d. in a land called Yemen which was under the rule of King An-Najashi of the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia. He sent two of his governors to govern Yemen, Abrahah and Aryat. They, however, bickered and fought over the right to the land, until one of them finally said,
And so, the match begin. Behind each man was a channel of water (to keep either from fleeing). Aryat gained the upper hand and struck Abrahah with his sword, splitting his nose and mouth, and slashing his face. But `Atawdah, Abrahah's guard, attacked Aryat and killed him. Thus, Abrahah returned wounded to Yemen where he was treated for his injuries and recovered. He thus became the commander of the Abyssinian army in Yemen.
The King was furious. He wrote to Abrahah, blaming him for what had happened (between him and Aryat) and threatened him, saying that he swore to tread on the soil of Yemen and cut off his forelock. To win over the heart of the king, Abrahah sent a messenger with gifts and precious objects to An-Najashi to appease him and flatter him, and a sack containing soil from Yemen and a piece of hair cut from his forelock. He said in his letter to the king,
When An-Najashi received this, he was pleased with Abrahah and gave him his approval.
Abrahah then wrote to An-Najashi saying that he would build a church for him in Yemen the like of which had never been built before. He began to build a huge church in San`a', tall and beautifully crafted and decorated on all sides. The Arabs called it Al-Qullays because of its great height, and because if one looked at it, his cap would be in danger of falling off as he tilted his head back. Abrahah force the Arabs to make their pilgrimage to this magnificent church, just as they had performed pilgrimage to the Ka`bah in Makkah.
The Quraysh were infuriated by it, so much so that one of them journeyed to the church and entered it one night. He then relieved himself in the church and ran away. When its custodians saw what he had done, they reported it to their king, Abrahah, saying;
Angered and challenged, Abrahah prepared himself and set out with a huge and powerful army so that none might prevent him from carrying out his mission. He took along a great, powerful elephant that had a huge body the like of which had never been seen before. This elephant was called Mahmud and it was sent to Abrahah from An-Najashi, particularly for this expedition. He had eight other elephants with him.
His intention was to use this big elephant to demolish the Ka`bah. He planned to do this by fastening chains to the pillars of the Ka`bah and placing the other ends around the neck of the elephant. Then he would make the elephant pull on them in order to tear down the walls of the Ka`bah all at one time.
When the Arabs heard of Abrahah's expedition, they considered it an extremely grave matter. They held it to be an obligation upon them to defend the Sacred House and repel whoever intended a plot against it. Thus, the noblest man of the people of Yemen and the greatest of their chiefs set out to face Abrahah's army. His name was Dhu Nafr. He called his people, and whoever would respond to his call among the Arabs, to go to war against Abrahah and fight in defense of the Sacred House. He called the people to stop Abrahah's plan to demolish and tear down the Ka`bah. So the people responded to him and they entered into battle with Abrahah, but he defeated them.
The army continued on its way until it came to the land of Khath`am where it was confronted by Nufayl bin Habib along with his people, the Shahran and Nahis tribes. They fought Abrahah but he defeated them and captured Nufayl bin Habib. Initially he wanted to kill him, but he forgave him and took him as his guide to show him the way to Al-Hijaz.
When they approached the area of At-Ta'if, its people went out to Abrahah. They wanted to appease him because they were afraid that Abrahah might also destroy their place of worship, which they called Al-Lat. So, they meet Abrahah with gifts. Abrahah was kind to them and they sent a man named Abu Righal with him as a guide.
When they reached a place known as Al-Mughammas, which is near Makkah, they settled there. Then Abrahah sent his troops on a foray to capture the camels and other grazing animals of the Makkans, which they did, including about two hundred camels belonging to `Abdul-Muttalib.
After that, Abrahah sent an emissary named Hanatah Al-Himyari to enter Makkah, commanding him to bring the head of the Quraysh to him. He also commanded him to inform him that the king will not fight the people of Makkah unless they try to prevent him from the destruction of the Ka`bah. Hanatah went to the city and he was directed to `Abdul-Muttalib bin Hashim, to whom he relayed Abrahah's message. `Abdul-Muttalib replied,
Daylight came, and Abrahah prepared to enter the sacred city of Makkah. He prepared the elephant named Mahmud. He mobilized his army, and they turned the elephant towards the Ka`bah. At that moment Nufayl bin Habib approached it and stood next to it, and taking it by its ear, he said,
At that moment, Allah sent against them the birds from the sea, like swallows and herons. Each bird carried three stones the size of chickpeas and lentils, one in each claw and one in its beak. Everyone who was hit by them was destroyed, though not all of them were hit. They fled in panic along the road asking about the whereabouts of Nufayl that he might point out to them the way home. Nufayl, however, was at the top of the mountain with the Quraysh and the Arabs of the Hijaz observing the wrath which Allah had caused to descend on the people of the elephant.
Thus, the Kaa'bah was saved and the invading army of Abrahah was destroyed and defeated.
In the words of Dr. Tareq Sweidan, "People tend to see events and miss the big thing. Very few people see the big picture." To see the secret of this surah, one has to look at the trend of the story as a whole rather than focus on particular events. I, myself did not realize the secret until I read the tafsir in Syed Qutb's Fi Zilal.
The secret theme of Al-Fil is Qada' and Qadar (Allah's Decree and Destiny). And the biggest lesson of the surah is that Allah has determined destiny of all mankind and the paths of history, and his plan is the best of all plans.
Let's look back at the story…
When Abrahah's army began the offense, they were obstructed right from the beginning. First, at homeground, the people of Yemen tried to stop the procession. Then, on their way to Mekah, they were attacked by the allied troops of Shahran and Nahis. Imagine this in the Arab Peninsula of 570a.d. The arab tribes were knowdn for their constant disputes. Yet, on that day, they decide to join hands against Abrahah for the defense of what they find gravely important to them. Yet, troops after troops, Allah made Abrahah's army defeat them. Why did Allah made them defeated?
Then, finally, he came to the outskirts of Mekah, ready to attack. And there, he called for Abdul Muttalib for a final negotiation. And, Abdul Muttalib said some very nice, poetic words, that the house of Allah has its protector and He will protect it.
You might be fooled by this statement and start thinking that the moral of story is that Allah will protect His possesion from Islam's enemy. Yes, of course, that is true. But, what Abdul Muttalib did was wrong. He should fight as much as he could. Every muslim should fight in every he could against the challenges of this world. You can't sit still and do nothing in the face of oppression and say that Allah destined everything, so let's just wait. That's not the way it works in Islam. You have to change yourself before Allah will give you victory. You have to struggle.
And so, Abrahah attacked and he lost, by the will of Allah, who sent downs birds carrying stones that crushed the army one by one, like dried leaves eaten by worms.
Now, remember: Abrahah was a Christian. The Arabs were polytheist. Who, would you say is closer to Islam?
The Christians.
So why did Allah let the Arabs win over the Christians? Also, why did resistance after resistances against the army were failed?
Let's look again. Who saved the Kaabah? Allah, right? At Mekah itself, no one defended the Kaabah. The city was vacated, empty, free for Abrahah to come in. The people of Yemen and the tribes of Shahran and Nahis fought, but were also defeated. So, basically no man can say they save the Kaabah. Allah did not let the Arabs win over the Christians. Allah did not let anyone win. He saved the Kaabah by his own divine power.
Why is this important and what is its implications in the history?
First of all. Since no man can claim that victory, no man can claim that they had the right religion or beliefs. When Prophet Muhammad s.a.w came to Mekah, the Quraisy cannot say that their religion is right because God did not kill them or made them defeated by Abrahah. The true fact is, they never defended the city. In fact, they ran and vacated the city. The same for the Christians. So, both had no right to say to Muhammad s.a.w that they are on the straight path because God defended them.
Secondly, there were two major powers at that time. The Persians and Rome. The Kingdom of Abyssinia was also part of the Christian empire. Mekah and its surrounding Arab Lands were however un counquered. They were simple rules by seperate Arab clans and tribes. This is an important fact. If Abrahah had won, Mekah would be ruled by King Najashi. Therefore, trade and law and everything would be restricted. Mekah needs to be free from any rule for Prophet Muhammad s.a.w to preach Islam. Arabia needs to be free of any major rule, for Madinah to be an Islamic State.
SubhanAllah…Amazing, right? Allah basically has primed Arabia specifically for the coming of His last messenger. The land needs to be just right for His message.
This is big picture of Surah al-Fil. That Allah has determined the best for all of us. That sometimes when we feel sad or down with life's challenges, we need to remind ourselves, that maybe there's something in the future that we do not expect or see. The sadness could good for us. To prepare us for some big thing in the future. Each and everyone of us has some life experiences where only now do we understand why certain things happened to us in the past. When we look back, we would think to ourselves, "Oh…so that's why Allah let that happen to me..". Subhanallah…
May Allah guide us and make us strong always… Ameen..
* This tafseer is extracted from Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Fi Zilal Al-Qur'an by Syed Qutb
* For the full tafseer (Part 1 of this entry) click here


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Terror groups who commit violence in the name of Islam are not true Muslims, Amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Maulana Ibrahim Bin Yaqub, said yesterday as he explained the name Islam means peace.
Speaking at their annual Peace Conference in Preysal, Couva, Bin Yaqub said a true Muslim is a person people can feel safe around. He said while the Islamic faith locally has been under scrutiny since several followers left to join the Islamic State, this was a small amount compared to the population of Muslims living in T&T.
"A true Muslim is that person from whose tongue and whose hands people are safe in and secure. So if you would not allow people to become safe and secure, then you are not a true Muslim because you are not practising the teachings of Islam," Bin Yaqub said.
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Asked if there was a wrong perception of Islam by non-disciples, Bin Yaqub said in every religion you would have people with various views and who would create upheavals, just like what has happened in Islam.
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Its purpose is to educate people so they can understand peace has become an expensive commodity. Bin Yaqub said with so many upheavals in the world, the Ahmadiyya Muslims believe that unless they try to know themselves entirely, they will not be able to arrive at peace.
"It is also our firm belief that various religions in the world can bring peace, because if you study the scriptures of all major religions of the world, they all speak with one tongue and that is about peace. Unless the world comes to realise its maker, that is the Creator, we will never be able to see peace."
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Between my immediate family between us we have survived pneumonia (repeatedly and in varying severity), multiple organ failure, sepsis, cardiac arrest and a stroke. The worst culprits are my father and my daughter.
Three years ago my father wound up in Intensive Care after taking a turn for the worst with what his GP thought was gastric flu. After progressively deteriorating, he was taken to our local hospital where they grew increasingly concerned. Gastric flu or not, they were concerned about his heart and decided to transfer him to a larger hospital with an outstanding surgical team. It happened very quickly; I was travelling down from university as fast as I could and throughout the few hours of my trip he was sedated to preserve his energy and I arrived just before the ambulance did, to transfer him to London up the motorway. We were prepped as to his immediate emergency surgery to repair his heart, which had been damaged by staphylococcus and not gastric flu at all, that was ulcerating and eating away at the muscle. There was a 33% chance of success, but without it, the doctor gave him 24-48 hours. That train journey my mum, sister and myself took was fraught. We were on a knife edge and raced to get to St Thomas' hospital. Once there, we discovered my father was not. We were distraught and immediately thought the worst. A phone call revealed a delay; the local hospital wanted to stabilise him before starting out to give him the best chance.
Finally he arrived and went straight to theatre. The surgery took 8 hours. My sister slept lightly, exhausted from the day. Me and my mum sat holding hands, bolt upright. Every noise, our heart jumped into our mouths, convinced it was for us. We could see surgeons going up and down a corridor and plumes of steam from the generator below, whispering up into the air. Several beds were wheeled past us but none with him in. Dawn began to break and finally someone came into the room, eight hours after the surgery had commenced. My mum went to speak with them, to hear the situation. The surgeons were breaking as had been working solidly for the eight hours but were happy with how things had gone and were about to close the wound. He would be in Intensive Care while she recovered and would remain sedated for a while to recover and be on strong IV antibiotics and receive other drugs and pain relief through these lines.
It was bizarre seeing my strong father 'asleep' and as weak as he was. As they had said, he was sedated and at first on quite a lot of support. The first few days were critical. After 24 hours, his major organs began to fail, especially his kidneys and dialysis was commenced. We were assured this was a side effect not that uncommon from major surgery and that as he was still septic from the bacteria, it was almost to be expected. Thankfully, he began to turn a corner after two weeks and slowly battle the support off. He regained consciousness, although very much slid in and out. He recognised us, but was convinced he was in Australia and hallucinated frequently from the drugs. He fought against all the help, and was determined to get out of there.
When he graduated to High Dependency, he had a view of Southwark Cathedral to help ground him and sung to a young nurse who shared his name, who, poor thing didn't know quite what to say. Slowly, he gained in strength over the coming weeks and finally was transferred to a cottage hospital near home where he used to go for long walks, leading the staff to think he was trying to escape. My dad was astonished and explained that he was terribly bored by hospital grounds and wanted to stretch his legs elsewhere. Whether he was fibbing was debatable!
Physically he made a near-full recovery although his peripheral vision has been impaired and his strength is not what it was. He is much slower and needs a stick to help get about. Other than that he still my dry-humoured sharp-witted and much-loved Dad and will cheerfully bear down on people booming "Do you want to see my scar?!"
In some ways this experience prepared me for both Neonatal and later Paediatric Intensive Care. I was familiar with many of the machines and some medical terminology, the shift patterns were the same and I knew to avoid hospital canteen food. However the difference was from seeing a full grown adult and a tiny baby. Not just any tiny baby: mine. However upsetting and horrible it was seeing my father so ill, it was far worse to see my daughter in that state. The bed dwarfed her and she was so pale and still, like a doll. The difference also was that I had seen her deteriorate before me and been present at the points of emergency and seen some of the intervention. Also, there is nothing like seeing your child ill and being so helpless. It is something that has haunted me since, and though now I have a much greater acceptance of this and living with the memories, it is something that I will always remember. We were very lucky in neonatal to have a relatively smooth journey with no transfers, dangerous infections or complications, and for that I am grateful. When she was in PICU at 6 months old (3 months corrected; she was a little dot) she has pneumonia, which had been brought on as a complication between a virus resembling croup. She struggled with feeding and then breathing and after being put in a head-box with over 15 litres of oxygen being given to her and it not helping, the decision was made to transfer her to intensive care. When they did, an x-ray following intubation revealed a collapsed lung. Throughout the following fortnight, the infection took hold and overpowered her. I have written about this here so I won't repeat too much. It was a dreadful time where no one really knew what would happen one day to the next. However, she overcame it and came home with me and now is a lovely almost-toddler full of beans!
I don't know how families survive; either for those affected or their relatives and parents. Adrenaline I think. You don't stop and think about the consequences for more than fleeting seconds or otherwise you would crumble. I was surprised at how much hope a person can carry; how much you will someone to get better. I am not a religious person at all, I do not have that kind of faith. But in trying times, you have absolute and implicit trust in medical services and your child/parent/friend/relative who needs everyone to rally round and believe in them.
What also helps is help from charities that can offer practical and emotional support. Unfortunately even in times of need, the world does not stop. Everyone else carries on around you, and it can mean the world for people to step in and help. What also can mean the world is when people know when to back off. When you are in an actuely distressing experience, there is a fine line between what and with whom, you can cope with. Personally I found that whilst the closest people with me were my rocks, I simply was unable to deal with other people. I appreciated they were concerned too, but when you are in that position, you have to look after the person who needs you and yourself.
One charity that helps families to get through experiences that may be quite long term are CLIC Sargent who are launching the Do Something Yummy campaign. Do you love organising things, baking, selling? Well what are you waiting for!
Tuesday, February 21
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Good lord you have had more than your share of hospital strife! Thank goodness you seem to be a family of strong survivors!ReplyDelete
Just goes to show that it doesn't matter how much we experience we can never prepare for some situations. Thank you for writing this and linking up for the final week of the #dosomethingyummy prompts and helping to raise awareness.ReplyDelete
Crikey what a few years you've had. Thankyou so much for supporting #dosomethingyummyReplyDelete
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Chinese artist Lee Chun recently gave the adidas Ultra Boost a flashy makeover, via these three ceramic art pieces.
The first is a gold-dipped rendition of the popular runner, which was created in celebration of the Taipei marathon. The second version is a white ceramic Ultra Boost with hand-painted gold accents at the midfoot and toe box. And finally, the third adopts a warm, pastel color palette and features ornamental detailing throughout the upper. Like the second edition, Chinese characters appear on the heel.
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View the embedded image gallery online at:Restaurant Lychee is a great Asian BYOB. We ordered the peanut butter chicken, and the general tao (table d'hôte which included a soup, spring roll, vegetable dumpling & rice). The general tao was excellent, crispy, with a nice kick to it, and most importantly not over-battered. The Peanut butter chicken was nothing but delicious, the peanut sauce was very tasty. It had a very nice and light peanut buttery taste to it. The sauce was perfect for poring over your rice (extra unless you order the table d'hôte). The dish also came with a few pieces of tasty crispy spinach on the side .
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Rutgers University Mourns Student's Suicide
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
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And we begin this hour with a story that raises new questions about privacy in the Internet age and also about cyberbullying among college students. It involves a student named Tyler Clementi from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
BLOCK: The shy first-year student had only been on campus for a few weeks when he committed suicide last week. That followed the live Webcast of his romantic encounter with another young man. It appeared on the Internet without his consent.
We'll get to some of the broader issues after this report from Joel Rose in New Brunswick.
JOEL ROSE: Student reaction to Tyler Clementi's suicide ranged from shock to sadness to anger. Oscar Mordkovich has been a student at Rutgers for four years.
Mr. OSCAR MORDKOVICH (Student, Rutgers University): I thought it was kind of ridiculous, just the fact that in this day and age, that this occurred. Like maybe if this was, like, 50 years ago, it would be somewhat understandable. But, like, to do that to somebody, especially your roommate, I just think is, like, outrageous.
ROSE: Mordkovich didn't know Clementi personally. Few of the roughly 29,000 undergraduates on this New Jersey campus did, until the 18-year-old student jumped off the George Washington Bridge last week.
Senior Francine Lucas says it's affected everybody.
Ms. FRANCINE LUCAS (Student, Rutgers University): I think everyone on campus is going to take a moment to think about this, reflect. Hopefully, it'll be a learning lesson, a chance for people to mature and, hopefully, create a dialogue, because that's all we can really hope for.
ROSE: Others are hoping for justice. Sarah Hartnett is a junior.
Ms. SARAH HARTNETT (Student, Rutgers University): I think it's such an invasion of privacy. I think it's terrible what they did to him, and I hope that they get the maximum like five years in prison. I really do.
ROSE: According to county prosecutors, Clementi's roommate, Dharun Ravi and dorm mate Molly Wei are charged with invasion of privacy and other crimes for secretly placing a camera in his room and transmitting a sexual encounter on the Internet.
Mr. GREGORY BLIMLING (Vice President for Student Affairs, Rutgers University): I've been working with students as student affairs administrator now for 36 years, and I have never encountered a situation like this one.
ROSE: Gregory Blimling is vice president for student affairs at Rutgers. Blimling says federal law prohibits him from talking about Clementi's sexuality. But he insists that Rutgers is a welcoming place for all of its students.
Mr. BLIMLING: We are fully engaged with our LGBT community. We have a variety of programs and activities in which we try to make this an accepting and secure environment for people from all different backgrounds. We take great pride in the fact that Rutgers is one of the most diverse universities in the United States.
ROSE: Rutgers has extensive suicide prevention services, though Blimling says it's not clear if Clementi tried to use. Others say Rutgers' administration isn't always sympathetic to the gay and lesbian community.
Robert O'Brien is a professor of anthropology at Rutgers.
Professor ROBERT O'BRIEN (Anthropology, Rutgers University): What I know from talking to my students is that while Rutgers has done a tremendous job providing a safer space for LGBTQ students, it's far from a safe space.
ROSE: To be clear, though, do you think that the university could be doing and maybe should be doing more?
Prof. O'BRIEN: Yes.
ROSE: O'Brien says gay and lesbian advocates have been lobbying the university to designate special LGBT-friendly dorms on campus, so far without success.
But Steven Goldstein of Garden State Equality says the real failure here occurred before any of these students got to Rutgers.
Mr. STEVEN GOLDSTEIN (Chairman and CEO, Garden State Equality): Where was the stopgap in society that these kids faced, whether it be parents, classes, school or friends or someone to say you can't bully, you can't harass someone because they're gay or a member of any other minority community? How did these alleged perpetrators fall through the system?
ROSE: Memorial services for Tyler Clementi have yet to be announced.
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Every morning I start the day with a little laundry list of intention - what I want for the day ahead, in attitude, emotion and action. I could easily have an ongoing list that repeats each day, but I try to hone it down to a handful so I have tangible things to focus on through the day, rather than overwhelm myself into a fetal position. So the list varies: grace, balance, humor, love, abundance, gratitude, flexibility - a small grouping with one 'word of the day' ...no matter what 'word' I choose, the meaning will apply across the day and into many parts of my life that I probably wasn't thinking about when I started the day.
Today the word 'create' popped into my head when I woke up. I don't often remember my dreams, so I'm guessing it came from whatever was last night's dream. Yes, you could say I 'create' each time I come into the studio, but it's about more than the pots. Each moment of every day is a creation, much of my own making and some from the responses I give to those of other people's making. So part of my focus today is to stay in control of my end of it. I'll be creating work in studio today, creating opportunities for more work to be made (and the word 'work' has way more than one meaning too!), creating new relationships and new aspects to existing relationships to keep the whole ship moving forward. And when I look at each seemingly mundane choice, right or left hand turn I make today, and pause to consider how it will contribute to today's word, I'm sure I'll find new creations along the way.
And now that I've created this blog entry, I think I'll go create some lunch...I hope you're creating a good day for yourself too!


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One of my favourite episodes, this. The "House Wheel" sketch that's coming up really made me laugh when I first heard it.
As much as I'm not a fan of the Welsh sketches, I think this is my favourite one. The ending with all of them breaking down over the demise of their "Daddy" is very funny. Great lead in into the Beloved remix too. Good little moment.
I haven't started yet but I'll definitely be attacking your uploads. To my shame I am completely unfamiliar with CM's radio work, even to the extent of only hearing snippets of Blue Jam.If there was a central repository of links, be it a thread or file transfer place it would be great, at the moment links seem spread across threads
Totally forgot when exactly this was on. Oh well... hopefully it shows up on iPlayer soon after it's done going out.olliebean, are you grabbing a Freeview rip?
Okay, so all over and done, right? Basically. But in a week's time, I want to do like a massive compilation thread, with additional bonus content. This inclues the Battersea live show, Rarities CD, Rothko monlogue from My Wrongs DVD, packaging scans, and various website files (DocRude, jam artillery mp3, etc). May also include complete archives of the original RealAudio and MP3s from the Radio 1 broadcasts, if anyone is interested in an archive of those.
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March 18, 2011
I trailered Jackson over to the barn where I have been working. They have an indoor arena!
I saddled Jackson up with the English saddle and the bitless bridle. I rode without stirrups. I do feel that my balance has improved because I feel pretty secure in the saddle, even without the stirrups.
I warmed Jackson up at the walk for a bit. I did some forward down as well as shoulder in and haunches in. I don't know if it was correct or not, but Jackson goes very easily into haunches in. After that, we did some trotting. Forward down and also a little more collected. I don't feel as if I am strong enough to post without stirrups so I just stayed sitting the whole time.
Oh, while riding Jackson (and working the other horses in the barn) I tried very hard to keep my shoulders back and my chin up. I think I am making progress! My back/shoulder muscles are a little sore, which tells me I was using them. I do think that if I keep looking up, I will start to open my chest. Maybe I will get a video done next week. 😀
I did some work on our spins, which are much better. And I was working on our halts, mostly from the walk with just a few stops from the trot.
Then, the highlight of the day for me was our canter work. I worked a little on canter departs from the walk. The first time I asked, I said "canter" and before I even cued with my leg, Jackson had done a very nice canter depart. Also, cantering to the right was the best. He kept it somewhat collected on a loose rein and I could tell he was steering off my seat. I loved having the arena to make sure I did straight lines, then turns. That was super helpful.
Cantering to the left, he was as collected. He seemed less able to gather himself. Is that because of the left hind not wanting to carry the weight?
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from up on the bluff at Desideratum Art Studios overlooking St. Martins and the Bay of Fundy.
Monday, September 17, 2012
The Spotted Salamander
from up on the bluff at Desideratum Art Studios overlooking St. Martins and the Bay of Fundy.
23 comments:
- VioletSky said...
oooh, he looks so adorable.
and I am not usually drawn to such creatures.
20 years is a long time.
- 15:14
- rachel said...
What a wonderful creature! All we seem to get in our woodpile is a slug or two (hundred) and the occasional frog hiding from the cats.....
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- Steven Cain said...
Holy cow! He looks pregnant!
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- Valerianna said...
I have quite a few of those beauties in the forest here, but I hardly ever see them. When I do, its a great gift. Amazingly, when the excavator was here digging the post holes for the new studio, one of the crew yelled to stop... then ran into the middle of the area where they had been digging for over an hour, pulled a yellow-spotted salamander safely out of harms way, and relocated it elsewhere. I was quite pleased... and awed that it was completely unharmed in the middle of the construction zone!
- 18:06
- Guillaume said...
Oh cool! Funny that salamanders live in moist environments: In ancient times they had the reputation to be born from the fire, as they were getting off the logs that were thrown in the fireplace.
- 18:17
- Susan said...
He (or she) is gorgeous ! thank you for the lovely introduction, who knew a sweet salamander could live for 20 years. xo S + gang
- 20:10
- Owen said...
Incredible ! And glad to hear there was so much he/she might find edible near by.
Who could have imagined such a spotted creature ??? Adorable !
- 20:20
- Linda H said...
Such a handsome little critter! And photogenic too! :)
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- Gwen Buchanan said...
Thanks so much everybody. he even had little tiny nostrils.. i know he should have some but they were just so darn cute!
When first looking at him? or her?( can't really tell, he just seemed manly, ha ha) we thought he was really fat but Max read that they swallow their food whole, so he could have a few big fat juicy slugs all in there together.
There are also more species of Salamanders in North America than anywhere else in the world.... something for the book of Guiness.
... Wow jumping out of a rotten burning log.. I can see that. great way for a legend to start!
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- Yvette said...
so beautiful
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- Carol Steel said...
He looks almost like he had a smile on his face. How kind of you to photgraph him and share with us. I haven't seen one for years. Thanks for this reminder of stacking wood from my childhood.
- 07:23
- ArtPropelled said...
He IS striking! .... and looks sluggish.... maybe in more ways than one. Interesting that he will eat slugs whole.
- 08:37
- Marie Alton said...
What a cute little thing! Amazing colour ... perfect yellow dots.
Nature paints things so pretty!
Hugs ... Marie
- 11:41
- Priya Sebastian said...
First time I've seen a real one. Such a stunning creature. I hope it may inspire a painting by you Gwen :)
- 13:07
- Seth said...
Now that is what I call a found object! Is it just me or does he look like he is smiling in the first picture :)
- 13:32
- rivergardenstudio said...
What a gorgeous little creature, your salamander is, I love the photo of him on the worn side of the glove... and in your last post, the rocks on the shore of the bay... I will check into your facebook!
- 18:59
- Cuidado said...
I used to find one of these every spring in my basement. I would always gently take it outside but wondered how it got in in the first place.
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- Gwen Buchanan said...
Thanks Everyone! ...don't you think he looks like he has a little clown suit on...
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- Emi ♡ 恵美 said...
So adorable ^^
Love Emi
- 15:45
- Sharmon Davidson said...
what an interesting little guy. We have salamanders similar to him in Kentucky, but I've never seen one so big!
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- Gwen Buchanan said...
He is cute, isn't he Emi-doll!
Sharmon, he is the biggest one I have ever found too... I had heard before that sometimes they will rip their tail off when caught to get away.. so I made sure not to hold onto it.
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- Katie said...
You are lucky, indeed! What a beautiful fellow. Did you give him a name?
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- Gwen Buchanan said...
Hi Katie, He wouldn't tell me his name... maybe he tried but I didn't understand Salamander. I was amazed how big he was ... made me think more of all the little creatures that live all around us that we don't always think about cause they keep undercover.
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Butterflies in general have been a little quiet on the patch and certainly in the garden, I think we were spoiled with the heat bringing them all out last year. Despite that we do in small numbers regularly have Peacock, Comma, Holly Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Small and Large Whites the odd Red Admiral and two Green-veined Whites, which landed long enough in a tree for me to ID them! A Small Skipper landed briefly on one of the Buddleia bushes and we've had a few Burnet Moths too.
Finally we had Painted Ladies last week, just two in the garden, but they lingered a while. Walking to work though i'm seeing them everywhere, Buddleia bushes are covered and early in the morning they are sat sunning themselves on the flowers. A bush by work has been covered in all sorts of butterflies including many Painted Ladies. My boss thought they'd had one in their garden, but it turned out to be a Small Tortoiseshell so he was quite pleased when I showed him all the ones by work!
We've also had so many large moths in the garden, they love the Buddleia also, i've tried to take a few photos - with a torch and my phone but they aren't the best. I need to work on ID's too! The same night as I was trying to get photos a pair of Hedgehogs were snuffling around the nearby flower bed, we have two or three nearly every night, there's been a lot of mating behaviour so it would be wonderful to see youngsters at some point.
On the patio a pair of slugs were mating, this is not something i've seen before! Though i'm not sure we need many more slugs right now!
Elsewhere around the garden we had the usual birds with odd rarer visitor - Chaffinch, Greenfinch and just recently a few young Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, as is usual at this time of year.


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Maybe not with cheese, (especially not blue cheese! None for me, thanks) though cheese goes with pretty much everything if you have a good enough imagination, and perhaps a willingness to take a dare.
(Seriously: I can't think of anything else cleverer than that at the moment. And I'm a little put out that "cleverer" really is a word, and Grammar Nazis don't like "more clever" instead.)
I'm still feeling blue (royally) and disenchanted with my return to the mundane, and also knowing that I can't fit in any book writing unless I plan to do it in the shower or in my sleep. Tricksy, both of those options. As it is, I'm sneaking this in at work so one can expect that it will be a little disjointed, at best. I'm also feeling impatient and I think my skill at such a mindset should, at this point, earn me a place in the Guinness Book, or somehow reach a point of mutation by flipping itself inside out, so suddenly impatience becomes patience, and I'll be full of it. You know: kind of like when a fever breaks or a dam holding back a stampede of kittens erupts, or some other soothing event. I'm waiting for it, impatiently. That, and too many other things. I guess that comes from being a planner and wanting to see some of the terrain in front of me, instead of just constantly whacking the brush immediately in front of me–it's too easy to chop off critter heads that way and, well–not a fan of that.
Clearly, I'm not focused enough to really write much outside of rambling. Better than nothing, I suppose. I'd love nothing more than to get caught up in daydreams right now, but even some of those–even as they are full of sweet smiles–bring about confusion in their wake. Too many questions, not enough answers. I thought for sure I had reached a point where nothing was going to hold me back from just speaking my mind. If anything, for the sake of identifying closed doors and moving on. When did I slip back into being so rabbit-hearted? In honor of such a phrase:
(I'd totally attend this party, by the way. Just LOOK at those grapes!)
I should remember that when something deeply matters, getting ridiculously timid is a thing for me–which is totally uncalled for. I am not the Lamb–I Am The Knife!! All right, that was over the top. Lion-hearted: that's where I meant to go. Maybe I should make a note and put it on the wall–or a framed collage. I'm pretty crafty sometimes, and I think I could pull together a decoupage image that would suit. I'd have to do it in my sleep time though, as it permits. If I wake up in the middle of the night again as I did last night, that could be the answer. As the alternative, I think merging crafting and a shower might be a bad idea, so I'll just skip that one. If I do get around to it, I'll put it up on one of these:
A WONDERWALL—Get it???? To hang the collage on…the one about having a lion heart even though I feel all timid-like when I should just be saying, "HEY! What's up?!?!" You know: Wonder Wall. "I WONDER when I'm going to Get It! And stop caring when I don't get the answer I am hoping for, so just freaking speak up!" –On a wall.
Okay. Cracking on.
And now I'm hungry. Feeling blue (in any hue), flustered, impatient, can't write/daydream, and hungry are never a good combination. T-minus 23 minutes and I can take care of one of those. Were it not for reading homework for History (henceforth referred to as Hx), I'd be daydreaming my brains out during that upcoming hour. There's still a pretty good chance of some of that happening anyway (…That smile though…You're Killing Me, Smalls!) I hear that Ancient India can do that to a person–bring forth the daydreaming, I mean.
Ganesha: help me.


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After premiering on Wale's 'Shine' Tour, Phil Adé returns with a new smash hit featuring DMV natives Tate Kobang and Saba Abraha on new track "No Fear." This is the first release from Phil Ade's forthcoming album 'Selfish.'
The track also became the anthem for WWE NXT.
There's no fear heading into #NXTTakeOver: Brooklyn III….#NoFear is available now on @iTunes and @Spotify. @philademusic #NXTLoud pic.twitter.com/HT9wpUGU0s
— WWE Music Group (@WWEMusic) August 11, 2017
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Friday, July 29, 2016
Little Nemo and Sandman
I haven't heard much about a potential Sandman live action movie since Joseph Gordon-Levitt announced that he was parting ways with the production. I can understand why there would be difficulty in adapting Neil Gaiman's epic tale and I would rather the time be taken to do it right, so that's not necessarily a bad thing. Still, I hope the film has not been completely abandoned.
Thank you to Marc Tyler Nobleman, comics' historian and Patron of this blog, for the idea to pair these two!
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- Mr. Morbid's House Of Fun said...
Wow! This really is a pretty inspired pairing. Damn fine job on the cover as always.
We definitely do need a Sandman movie though. I mean they already have Preacher out on the small screen so, get with it people!!!!
- July 29, 2016 at 9:44 AM
- Richard said...
I'm not at all familiar with Gaiman's Sandman, but if a movie could be made of The Watchmen and Lord of the Rings, no one is spared as being 'unable to be filmed'.
- July 29, 2016 at 9:46 AM
Someone has to forward this to Gaiman.
- July 29, 2016 at 10:03 AM
- Matthew said...
The short story collection Sandman: Book of Dreams actually had a Sandman/Little Nemo crossover
- July 29, 2016 at 11:39 AM
- Carycomic said...
I remember an anime-like movie, that came out in the Eighties, based on the "Little Nemo" comic strip. It featured the voice of the late, great Mickey Rooney as the character who--for some reason--had been drawn to look like a 19th-century "minstrel!"
As I recall, the movie ended with LN and the Jasmine-like princess flying off on the magic bed to "live" happily ever after. But, that kind of freaked me out. Because that would entail the kid never waking up in the real world! Which would, of course, have freaked out his parents. Their son remaining catatonic in perpetuity.*
*Hey! I'm basically a realist. Where optimists see the glass as half-full, and pessimists see it as half-empty, realists know that it eventually becomes totally empty, thereby requiring a refill twice as fast as a glass that's already filled to the brim. ;-)
- July 29, 2016 at 12:19 PM
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- July 30, 2016 at 4:02 PM
- Alessandro Ashanti said...
This has to be the greatest cover yet. My favorite strip and my favorite comic. Just wow!
- July 30, 2016 at 4:03 PM
- Richard said...
Cary Comic, I still have that Little Nemo movie, Little Nemo in Slumberland, on dvd, copied from a VHS tape. Loved it, and yes, Mickey Rooney's character was probably supposed to appear clown-like, but he was clearly a blackface minstrel sort.
Still liked the movie. Thought it went a bit overboard with the 'evil aspects' that threatened Slumberland.
- July 30, 2016 at 10:30 PM
- Carycomic said...
Thanks, RF. I was beginning to think I was the only one with that good a memory.
- July 31, 2016 at 1:28 AM


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I started playing on Pinterest last summer after I received an invite from my (then) future daughter in law, who was busily gathering ideas for their beautiful wedding!
I'm a visual person so I fell in love with the concept of Pinterest. It's fun to see so many beautiful, creative and innovative ideas in one place.
But . . .
I'm also a very pragmatic person. And I've been trying to discover the best ways to utilize pinterest.
It's been a learning process.
The first thing I learned about pinterest?
It's not pronounced Pin Interest. Oh yes . . . that caused quite a few giggles from a certain girl around the house. (I can pronounce it now, you'll be glad to know)
Second thing I learned?
There is no point to pin every cute craft idea you see online just because you hope that you'll do it. You won't. You couldn't possibly. You are too busy pinning to have time to make anything.
Although I am determined to make this jewelry frame!
and this
Oh and I can't forget this
Oh dear . . . see what I mean?
Ok – focus Kathie – ahem.
Third thing I learned about pinterest.
It's a great place to keep recipes. I'm busy sorting them out into categories.
Below is a sampling of the "YUM" category.
And, the fourth thing, which I may not only have learned, but quite possibly may have invented . . .
Drumroll please . . . .
Pinterest is a great place for a visual person to menu plan.
I create a board for the week – then repin recipes from my Main Dishes and other food categories. They're pinned on the board for the week and then I'll either delete the board (the recipes are all on the Main Dish or other boards) or I may keep them.
How I would store all these weekly menu plan boards I'm not quite sure. I wish they could nest under one main board called " On the Menu" but I don't think Pinterest has a nesting feature yet.
I love seeing what we will eat for a week in one glance.
And since I'm visual, there's something very appealing about gathering recipes by pictures. Hopefully they'll taste as good as they look!
What about you? Do you pin? Do you use it for anything more than a great storage spot?
Please share in the comments.
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|December 1961
January 1962
|February 1962
Calendar of Events
Help! Help!
LWV Goes to Jail
From the President's Desk (Teru Togasaki)
News from Hilo
How's that Again?
December Social (Jean Clyde)
Yes, No, or Maybe So
What's Cooking in Planning?
From the President's Desk
Our bulging calendar of events will keep Leaguers busier than lei sellers on boat day. The new City and County jail is nearing completion. Our final chapter in this community project is about to be written and I'm sure all of you will agree with me that it has been most rewarding. As a concluding step, League members and representatives from various organizations will have a special tour of the jail, Wednesday, Jan. 10. (see front page story.)
As a follow up to our visit and tour of the jail we are planning a panel discussion on rehabilitation for the public. Speakers, date and place to be announced.
Our 1962 "Know Your State Study" is slowly but surely taking form. A meeting with our State legislators during the special Budget session this Spring is planned.
And last of all we must take action on our trade study. Do you understand the trade issues? We will be asking for your cooperation as we take action in electing the community of the issues involved, as well as to the political, economic and military consequences of this timely international problem. p>Contemplating our busy January, February, March and April almost makes me want to join the lei sellers. This is a time for action. You are needed on the committees, call me at 725-325.
Teru Togasaki
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About the books:
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- The Doctor's Second Chance
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BDVA i-Spaces call for labels 2019 is open!
The BDVA i-Spaces group has launched the call for Data Innovation Spaces labelling 2019. The call is open to any data innovation space or hub in Europe. The BDVA i-Space label recognizes that those initiatives meet the necessary requirements to boost data driven and AI based innovation at local level, and to establish collaborations with similar initiatives to foster the adoption at European level. All the information needed to apply can be found here. Deadline: 31st May 2019.


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Ton Pooh, also spelled Tong Pooh, is a boss character and primary enemy in the Strider series. She appears in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes as an assist character.
Backstory Edit
Ton Pooh is the leader of a trio of Chinese bounty hunters known as the "Kuniang M.A. Team", together with her older sister Pei Pooh and younger sister Sai Pooh. The trio is well known for their mastery of an original form of martial arts based on Chinese Kenpo, and for the incredible strength of their kicks, which are capable of generating a fatal whirlwind of plasma in the form of a sharp edge that cuts through anything. Ton Pooh is the most driven and ferocious of the three sisters, and shows a very combative temper when fighting.
When Strider Hiryu began his mission to eliminate Grandmaster Meio, the evil lord placed a reward for his head and contracted several assassins and bounty hunters to kill him. Displaying an absolute loyalty to the Grandmaster, Ton Pooh accepts the job and leads her sisters in battle against Hiryu atop an airship flying over Siberia, but they are all defeated in the end.
Assist Attack Edit
- Deadly Plasma Kick: Ton Pooh jumps into the screen, then performs a back-turning jump kick with a large edge of plasma forward, after which she jumps away. The attack has great range, covering the full screen in a way similar to Hiryu's HP Gram, but it is otherwise hard to use effectively use to set up combos. Can be used a total of nine times. When called to attack, she says Hissatsu Plasma Kyaku! Ha! (必殺プラズマ脚!は!), "Deadly plasma leg! Hah!".
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Trivia Edit
- Her assist attack is a faithful recreation of her signature kick technique in the Strider series.
- Ton Pooh's 2P color (gray shirt and black pants) is based on the Kuniang's optional boss battle faced in the final stage of Strider. In this boss battle the sisters all wear grey/black instead of their respective colored clothes.
- Ton Pooh and Saki are the only assist characters in the game to receive a full-body official artwork.
- Ton Pooh is the only assist that was not playable in any game before or after Marvel vs. Capcom. Game director Atsushi Tomita had doubts about using her due to this, but the character left a strong impression in the staff and this helped their decision to finally include her in the game.
- Although Devilot was also a non-playable character in her debut game, Cyberbots, she'd later become a selectable character in the following home console ports.


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The Future of OOH Advertising
With the introduction of digital, a whole new world of advertising possibilities opened up. With consumers glued to smartphone screens and spending more time online than ever before, it makes complete sense that digital advertising was a game changer. Many would say that with this introduction of a new and exciting platform, traditional media would fall to the wayside and perhaps even use the phrase "advertising is dead". The truth couldn't be farther from it. Digital advertising has simply opened up the doors for other forms of advertising to reinvent themselves. Some far better than others, and in South Africa, much of traditional advertising remains strong. One of these traditional mediums that is certainly evolving and changing along with the times is outdoor advertising.
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Out of home or OOH advertising can be described as any and all advertising we encounter when out of our homes. It is a mass-market form of advertising, reaching a large number of people, that can be segmented based on the type of audience you wish to target. There are many different types of OOH including:
- Billboards
- Point of Sale
- Building Wraps
- Transit Wraps
- And many more!
Why is OOH different from any other traditional advertising platforms?
The way we spend our time at home has definitely changed. Instead of watching broadcasted television we prefer to stream on our devices. We skip over adverts with one click. We listen to our own downloaded music or play a podcast instead of tuning in to the radio. We can now choose whether we look at most advertising as a whole. This is where OOH differs. While our in-home advertising experience can be muted, skipped and ignored – as soon as we leave the house OOH advertising starts to catch our eyes.
You cannot ignore it – it demands to be seen. You can't turn the page on a billboard in the sky, and in fact – the sheer size of these creations often make us want to look at them. When you are out of your home, you are conditioned to take in as much stimulus as you can – absorbing everything around you to gather information and make decisions. When we walk past a giant billboard on a busy street, we take note of it as a point of reference. When we get stuck in traffic on a bare road we use each and every day – such as a highway, we can't miss the advertising right in front of us. When we are out of our homes, we also retain information better than when we are at home – allowing the message to stay in our minds for longer periods of time.
How is the industry changing?
OOH advertising is evolving with the changing times. This change is not only evident in the design or placement, but also in the function the advertising.
Creating a Customer-Centric Experience
OOH advertising is becoming a far more personalised and customer-centric experience. The segmentation of an audience down into "hyper-targets" or extremely specific messaging. This creative and personalised method is driven by data and insight and translates into a more impactful experience a consumer will remember.
Location Specific
Location is everything with OOH advertising, and now more than ever, you can pick the right location down to a tee. With innovations and developments in the OOH world, your location can be narrowed down to catch your audience at the perfect point of decision making. Correct placement of your OOH is also incredibly important. We'll highlight our Iconic Johnny Walker Building Wrap and Alice Lane Large Digital Screen as testaments to how powerful the right location and placement is.
Largely, OOH advertising is developing thanks to technology, and our digital interactions are changing.
What role does digital play in OOH advertising?
The digital age along with new technology provides a whole new way to speak to your consumers. This technology has inevitably bridged the gap between traditional and digital advertising – and the results are electrifying.
Measuring effectiveness through data
OOH advertising can even use technology to collect data – this then has the capability to inform the effectiveness of campaigns. For example, data collection technology could help brands target their content on OOH advertising based on time, location, and even weather conditions. This way, brands can speak to the perfect audience at the perfect time, which again speaks to a consumer-centric marketing approach. It helps a brand collect non-personal information about the audience at that time, and provide them with personalised adverts just for them
Creating interaction and engagement
There is no better way to excite and engage your audience than by involving them directly in your advertising. OOH advertising technology allows brands to interact with consumers in many different ways- creating a lasting experience. For example:
- Advertising that you can touch, move and manipulate
- Billboards that you can interact with using your Smartphone like this Netflix twitter campaign
- Installations that automatically respond to your movement such as the facial recognition billboard for domestic violence awareness
- Activations that pose challenges to audiences such as Rebok's speed challenge
The possibilities for OOH advertising in the future are endless – which is why we should continue to push the boundaries of what is possible. Is your brand pushing boundaries and making its mark?


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The hotel was built in 1995 by Dudits Family. The hotel offers 20 rooms (double and triple rooms) in particular style. Every room has bathroom (with shower and toilet), colour TV and telephone.
Pets are welcome.
In the basement of the hotel there are a restaurant and a bar. The restaurant can accommodate 200 persons. Hungarian specialities, popular meals and games are on the menu. The chef of the restaurant also prepares vegetarian, bio and low fat meals on request. A wine cellar for 100 people, a hunting room for 30 people and a meeting room for 15 persons belong to the restaurant.
Open from 7:00 until 22:00.
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International meeting on the chemistry of graphene and carbon nanotubes
Riva del Garda, Italy
The 5th International Meeting on the Chemistry of Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes will be held in the Congress Center of Riva del Garda, Italy.
This "chemistry – certified" event will be the perfect place to share your latest results on chemistry at large on graphene, carbon nanotubes and other related nano-forms of carbon and hear about your colleagues' work in the area. The conference will start on Sunday (March 30th) afternoon and end on Thursday (April 3rd) at noon, with two lively evening poster sessions (March 31st and April 1st).
Come share with us the excitement of chemistry of graphenic surfaces, be they cylindrical, flat, crumpled, rolled, conical, etc… We are looking forward to welcoming you in Riva del Garda on March 30th, 2014 for the fifth international scientific meeting around the chemistry of graphene and carbon nanotubes.


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The couple were all suited and booted for the royal jaunt
Peter Andre and his stunning wife Emily MacDonagh looked fabulous and smitten as ever as they were seen leaving the BBC Studios on Thursday.
Pete, 46, had earlier been at Buckingham Palace to present the Duke of Edinburgh gold award and Emily was there to support him.
Peter looked dapper in a sharp tartan suit and smart brown loafers while Emily, 29, was radiant in a figure-hugging mauve dress with frilly sleeves.
She teamed the classy look with plain heels and over-sized sunglasses.
Pete posted a picture of them both on Instagram with the caption: 'What a lovely day at Buckingham Palace presenting the Duke Of Edinburgh gold awards to some very deserving people.'
The loved-up pair have been together for seven years and met when Emily was a medical student.
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They welcomed their first child Amelia in 2014 and their son Theo in 2016.
The pictures come as Pete's dream of making it big in America may be under threat as Emily refuses to move.
Pete recently signed with a top US-based manager and has big plans to crack the States – but he may have to do it solo as Emily doesn't want to uproot their kids.
Speaking to The Sun, she said: 'I'm excited for Pete and I hope he's getting work out there.
'He is away on and off anyway with his job in the UK.
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'Pete is very good, he always contacts us when he's away. He is never away for more than a few days at a time.'
But when asked if she would move there permanently, Emily added: 'No, we've got school age kids.'
Pete is in talks to do an American TV show, following in the footsteps of Mark Wright.
Speaking about his new mega manager, who also reps Piers Morgan, the Mysterious Girl singer said: 'He's done wonders for Piers on the shows in America.
'He's done jobs with Mark Wright, and all the gigs Mark's done in America. So I really am in good hands.
'We have actually talked about doing TV work so you know, it is one of the main focuses as well as film.'
Emily is also step-mum to Peter's kids with his ex Katie Price – Junior, 13, and Princess, 11.


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