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On behalf of the organizing committee of the International Conference on Advances in Construction Materials and Systems (ICACMS-2017), I have great pleasure in inviting you to Chennai, the metropolis of south India. Chennai, previously known as Madras (pre-1996), is the fifth most populous city in India, and is a major industrial, technological, cultural, academic, and trading hub in south Asia. Voted one of the 52 best places to visit in the world by New York Times, Chennai has something for everyone - great food, beaches, historic landmarks, culture, and entertainment. I am sure you will enjoy the history and culture of Chennai, and love the hospitality of its people.
The conference covers several themes related to construction materials and systems, with the objective of providing the state of the art coverage on cement and asphalt concrete, heritage materials, and building systems. We expect several participants from the industry, both local and international, who will also set up a large exhibition of construction material related products. The interactions and discussions at the conference are expected to significantly contribute to the process of infrastructure development that is currently in full swing in India.
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Ranging from the demand and supply gap to available budget and marketing plan to sheer luck, there are many factors that contribute to the success of a mobile application. Mobile app development companies should adhere to the industry's best practices and ensure quality control standards are given necessary importance. This can make the difference between your app's failure and success.
1. Absence of Purpose
All apps should have a solidly defined and useful purpose first of all, in order to target its market and be successful. Be it for entertainment or staying connected, apps should address a real-world situation. Apps like Baby Shaker is a clear waste of money and time which will only earn you defame and rejection.
2. The Complexity of Apps
Don't design your mobile app like your website. Developing good mobile apps means you go forward with simple tasks, well written functions, minimum navigation and enough white spaces. Do not try to solve too many problems with a single app. Stick to the priorities and give specific reasons for users to open your app. Simplicity is the key to app success.
3. Study Your Market First
One of the most common reasons that good apps fail is because of poor or lack of any market research and failure to understand the potential audience expectations.
When you set out to popularize your product on an over-saturated market, it is undoubted that you are going to face a lot of challenges and risks on the way. If what you build and give is just a copy of an already popular app, you are at imminent danger.
A good app will provide users with something new; like a great idea, a new perspective or a new solution to an unsolved problem. There should be something that is interesting for the customers who have landed on your app for the first time to stay on it- something that will compel them to use it over and over again. It is important to build what people want, and not what you want them to use.
4. The Problem of Resource Scarcity
Apart from the acquisition of budget, there are still many other affairs that mobile app development companies need to look into while developing your app.
The app development costs are huge and can range from $1K to 15K for basic apps. To complicate things up, finding talented workforce is a Himalayan task.
Experienced mobile app developers are too picky about the projects they wish to work with, as the market bears a high demand for their services. When in-house developers are not available after signing up for a project, they will be forced to settle with less talented or beginner level developers.
5. Security Concerns
Monitoring whether all the security protocols are met is a headache that mobile app development companies face throughout application development. The app should be carefully tested for any security vulnerabilities and issues must be rectified.
There is a high risk for failure, unless apps ensure a safe a secure experience for their customers. 2016 is predicted as a year when more businesses are going to adopt better security practices.
6. Why Customer Feedback is Valued So Much
It is very important to track the feedback you receive from customers and take immediate action on any grave problem. Even if you employ the most extensive and rigorous testing procedures, it is only natural for minor bugs and errors to show up during the alpha and beta versions or when the app is finally released to the public. So the app behavior should be monitored soon after your app is launched.
Recommended read:Top 10 Reasons For iOS App Rejection From App Store
As per statistics, over 75% of mobile apps are downloaded once and then never used again. If you receive a lot of negative ratings and reviews and are still not keen on taking any corrective measures, it will eventually lead to a very low number of app downloads. For e.g., if your app is too slow to load or is too hard to use, users will turn away and look for other faster-loading and easy to use app alternatives.
The more frequently you release updates, there are more chances for its success. It is very rare that users will give a second chance for an app. Mostly, they will only keep using it if they have no other options available.
7. Spreading the Word about Your App
You may be relieved after months of hard-work, dedication and testing that you've finally transformed your app from a bare idea in your mind into a proper money making business. But that belief is very far from reality.
What your app needs next is the right kind of exposure to keep it well ahead of competitor apps. No, your app is not alone in the market.
The most harmful mistake that could be made while marketing is giving your customers the impression that, "we are selling this app to you because we want your money". Even though monetary benefit is the sole and ultimate purpose behind most of the app development endeavors, it is not fit for you to openly advertise the idea.
The market is saturated, and marketing is a tough job. You can't risk all your investment money with poor marketing efforts. The best thing to practice is make avail of every possible and available method for putting your app in the limelight.

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Oh how beautiful! Honey Perfume looks like a nice rose, and I'll bet from the name it has a wonderful scent.
05/07/2013 8:20am
Hi Laurie - Honey Perfume is a lovely rose, although not the most vigorous. Both my Mom and I grow it.
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Danny Welbeck: Lure of scoring goals kept me going during injury
Danny Welbeck has admitted the carrot of scoring goals kept him sane during his 20 months battling two consecutive knee problems.
Arsenal's England forward fired a brace for his first goals since April as the Gunners thumped sorry Southampton 5-0 at St Mary's on Saturday.
Arsene Wenger's men cruised into the FA Cup's fifth round, with Theo Walcott also stealing a hat-trick on the south coast.
Arsenal's Danny Welbeck celebrates scoring his side's second goal at Southampton
Welbeck claimed his first goals on his fourth appearance since a second bout of knee surgery inside two years, then admitted he had to keep dreaming of that moment during painstaking rehabilitation.
Asked if the hunger for goals kept him focused in recovery, Welbeck replied: "Yeah, definitely. I think because I had this experience before, coming back from an injury, I kind of knew what to expect even though it's a tough time. It was obviously good to be back out on the pitch after such a long time out, it's been a tough few months."
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was left purring over Welbeck's showing, with the 26-year-old chipping home smartly for the opener before sliding in a neat second.
Wenger admitted he had not expected Welbeck to be so sharp so soon, leaving the Gunners boss to consider the former Manchester United man ready for sterner challenges ahead.
Welbeck told Arsenal's official club website: "The end game is to be back out on the pitch and playing in the first team and I got that opportunity. I'm certainly looking forward to doing it many more times."
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tucked into a central midfield role with youngsters Jeff Reine-Adelaide and Ainsley Maitland-Niles for company.
England star Oxlade-Chamberlain laid on Welbeck's second goal with a fine raking pass, then later paid tribute to his two young midfield colleagues.
Maitland-Niles especially impressed at the base of Arsenal's midfield, the 19-year-old a constant outlet for team-mates.
"Obviously the midfielders were shuffled up a lot and we had a big responsibility," Oxlade-Chamberlain told Arsenal's official club website.
"Southampton are always strong in there so I thought the two young boys, Ainsley and Jeff, did really well beside me.
"We set the pace from the start and we controlled it at times. And when they controlled it in midfield, I thought we sat back, we were compact and we kept a good shape and we saw them out until half-time and then we pushed on from there. So I'm really happy with it.
"You get on the ball a lot and I was delighted to do that. The two boys next to me made it a lot easier tonight, they helped me out in there. When your partners are playing well it makes your life easier."
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HOMERIZ (5160) 家麗資機構 - Buy in 5160 homerlz rm 0 .925
估计2016 eps=10 sen,pe=11,stock price=rm1.10
[FAtTA (发达)] Stocks To Watch on 10/10/2016 - HOMERIZ (5160) & FLBHD (5197)
Author: pinko4988 | Publish date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016, 08:06 AM
HOMERIZ Daily Chart
HOMERIZ (5160) closed with 1 good bar with 1 good volume in the latest session with Bollinger Band (BB) opened wider and middle BB, which is also the 10-days Moving Average turning upwards and HOMERIZ also broke above and closed above the 65-days Moving Average line (light blue solid line) indicating HOMERIZ may trend higher in medium term.
Another strong signal that HOEMRIZ might move higher in the medium term; at least, is the strong support at MYR0.86 which was formed since 29/3/2016, where this level never even being broke down since then implying HOMERIZ should trade any price above this level in the future.
If what anticipated is correct, the next target HOMERIZ would testing is MYR0.925 and MYR1.01.
Traders Brief - Cautious tone to prevail ahead of BOJ and FOMC meetings outcome
Author: kltrader | Publish date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016, 04:32 PM
Market review
- After plunging 2.3% last week, the MSCI Asia Pac index rose for a 2nd day with a 0.9% gain to 138.4 ahead of the widely focused BOJ (21 Sep) and Fed (22 Sep) policy meetings. Investors were split over what action the BOJ will undertake while bets on a potential rate hike from the Fed remain low at ~20% despite a higher-than-expected US inflation data last Friday.
- Following a 2% rout last week, KLCI jumped as much as 8.9 pts on technical rebound but all the gains were erased and the index eventually fell 1.3 pts to 1651.7. Overall, sentiment remained muted as investors await policy reviews from key central banks. Market breadth was negative with 333 gainers as compared to 444 losers while daily volume dropped 14% to 1.147bn shares.
- The Dow soared as much as 130 pts in the early session, lifted by a rebound in oil prices and a surge in home-builder confidence index. However, all the gains evaporated and the index fell 3 pts as skittishness returned ahead of the BOJ and FOMC policy reviews. Although the probability of a hike this week appears low, investors are more worried about a hawkish statement slated for a potential rate hike in Dec.
Technical view
- Oversold with key support near 1640
- Following last week's rout, KLCI outlook has turned decisively bearish after breaching multiples key supports. Given the steeply oversold slow stochastic reading, we expect KLCI to find a floor near 1640 (23.6% FR) levels. If this support falters, KLCI will correct further towards 1600-1611 zones. Immediate resistances are 1664-1670.
Market Strategy
- Mirroring last week's pattern, we expect selling pressure on Bursa Malaysia to prevail as investors await further clues from key central banks' policy review. Sentiment will also be clouded by choppy oil prices, weakening RM and uncertainty ahead of the 8 Nov US presidential election following recent polls showed that Donald Trump (perceived as less market friendly) has led Hillary Clinton.
- Portfolio (FIG4). We had closed our position on HOMERIZ (1.1% loss) due to expiry and took profit on SENDAI (13.2% gain) after hitting above R2 target yesterday.
- Stock on radar. We recommend FLBHD (Trading Buy) as we believe the stock will play catch up with its peers (i.e. HEVEA/EVERGREEN). A decisive breach above resistance of RM1.60 could take the next leg up towards RM1.72-1.80 levels. Key supports are RM1.42-1.47. Cut loss at RM1.41.
Homeritz Corporation - 3QFY16 Results – Above expectationsAuthor: kltrader | Publish date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016, 02:01 PM
- Homeritz's 9MFY16 revenue of RM123.64m (+14% yoy) was translated into Adj PATAMI of RM23.28m (+47% yoy). This came in above our expectation, which accounted for 86% of HLIB full year estimate. Deviations
- We deem the earnings above our expectations. The deviation is mainly caused by stronger US$ vs our assumption of RM3.80/US$.
- A first interim single tier tax-exempt of 2.0 sen was declared in 3Q.
- 9MFY16 review… Homeritz registered a higher revenue of RM123.64m (up by 14% yoy) while PATAMI improved by 42% yoy (from RM12.9m to RM22.5m) mainly due to strong US$ against MYR and higher sales volume.
- 3QFY16 review… Although the company recorded a 9% yoy increase in revenue to RM40.5m, qoq basis revenue dropped by 5%. PATAMI weakened sequentially to RM6.2m (-20% qoq) due mainly to higher labour cost, slightly lower sales volume (-4% qoq) and weaker USD against MYR (- 6% qoq)
- Our house projected a weakening bias in MYR within the range of RM4.00-4.20. Our sensitivity analysis shows that every RM0.10/US$ depreciation in ringgit will boost net profit by circa 7%.
- USD weakness against RM; high raw material prices; high labour costs; unexpected economic downturn; and production or operational risks.
- FY16-17 net profit forecast is raised by 15.5% and 8.3% to RM31.2m and RM29.2m to reflect our latest MYR assumption of RM4.00/US$ and RM3.90/US$ respectively for FY16 & FY17 (vs. RM3.80 previously)
- Maintain BUY, TP: RM1.09
- Positives: 1) the company would benefit from strong US$; (2) lower leather price which will boost its margin; (3FY16 DY of 5.9%, based on 50% payout ratio.
- We maintain our BUY recommendation with a higher target price of RM1.09 (previously RM1.01) after incorporating latest forecasts based on unchanged P/E multiple of 11x of CY17 EPS.
Holistic View of Homeritz with Fundamental Analysis & iVolume Spread Analysis (iVSAChart)Author: Joe Cool | Publish date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016, 02:40 PM
Founded in 1997, Homeritz is an integrated designer, manufacturer and exporter of a complete range of upholstered home furniture, comprising leather and fabric-based sofas, dining chairs and bed frames. The Group primarily undertakes Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) and Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) activities whereby ODM part of the business contributing at least 85% of its revenue. Homeritz has also created its own brand of lifestyle furniture series under the name of "Eritz".
To date, Homeritz has built a diverse customer base spanning across more than 50 countries, including Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, South Africa and the Middle East. The Group has various accolades in recent years, including the Golden Bull Award in 2008 (ranking 1st out of 100 outstanding SMEs), the Enterprise 50 Award for 2 consecutive years in 2008 and 2009; and the 'Product Excellence Award' and 'Asian Furniture Leadership Award' at the Malaysian Furniture Leadership Awards in 2009.
Based on Financial Year (FY) 2015 full year results, Homeritz achieved RM 146 million turnover, which is considered to be a small enterprise. Other aspects of the company's latest financial results are illustrated in the table below.
Financial Brief
Homeritz (5160.KL)
|Revenue (RM'000)
|Net Earnings (RM'000)
|Net Profit Margin (%)
|Return of Equity (%)
|Total Debt to Equity Ratio
|Current Ratio
|Cash Ratio
|Dividend Yield (%)
|Earnings Per Share (RM)
|PE Ratio
Since FY2011, Homeritz's revenue has been in a continuous growing trend till FY2015 from RM 90 million to RM 146 million per annum. This represents a 63% increase in 5 years or an average year to year increase of 13%.
Similarly, in net profit, it has been on an increasing trend for these 5 years from RM 10 million to RM 23.5 million, which translates to a 2.3 times increase in 5 years or average year to year increase of 21%. Having a higher growth trend in net profit as compared to revenue is one of the most desirable characteristic of a growing company as it shows sound cost management and growing net margin of the company's product.
Net profit margin wise, Homeritz scores a good 16% as well as having an excellent Return of Equity at 26.76%.
On company's debt, Homeritz has very low total debt to equity ratio of 0.02, signifies that the company has extremely little borrowings as compared to its shareholder equity value. The company's current ratio of 5.15 is extremely high and a fantastic cash ratio of 2.98.
In terms of dividend, Homeritz pays a high 4.54% dividend yield which translates to 4 cents per share in FY2015
In conclusion, although Homeritz is a small scale SME, its financial figures are top notch and very consistent from year to year. Therefore, the decrease in its share price from its 52 week high of RM1.23 to current level of around RM0.865 is likely due to overall bearish market and negative global economy sentiments instead of due to bad company performance. Outlook of the company's performance remains positive as this export driven company will benefit should the strengthening of US dollar against Ringgit continue for the foreseeable future.
Whether is now a good opportunity to invest in Homeritz, from fundamental analysis point of view is definitely a big yes as the company's financials are strong and year to year performance is consistent. Moreover, current price is already very close to 52-week low of RM0.86 and PE ratio is at a good 8.89. Homeritz share price will likely get a boost and reflect its true value during the next quarterly announcement provided that it comes with good set of results.
Next quarterly results announcement should be on the month of Jul 2016 for Q3 results.
iVolume Spread Analysis (iVSA) & comments based on iVSAChart software – Homeritz
Based on Homeritz 6-month weekly chart, the market has been congesting for over 4-5 months with early Jun 2016 failure to breakout comes in conjunction with strengthening of Ringgit. There is also a support at around RM0.86 level.
Currently, there is another Sign of Strength (green arrow) detected in early July 2016 and there seems to be some evidence of smart money accumulation around RM0.86 - RM0.88 levels.
Consider to accumulate at these level if you are aggressive trader/investor. But if you wish to seek confirmation before you enter this trade, then enter after Homeritz breaks above RM0.90 with volume. Either way, do remember always to set your stop loss level and position sizing for prudent risk management before you enter any trades.
[转贴] 浅谈四间《家私股》—— SHH, HOMERIZ, POHUAT, LIIHEN - KaIAuthor: Tan KW | Publish date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016, 11:43 AM
这次凯想浅谈4间以家私为主业务的公司,分别是新兴(7412, SHH)、家丽资(5160, HOMERIZ)、堡发(7088, POHUAT)和利兴(7089, LIIHEN)。四间都有共同点把家私出口至国外,大多数都是出口至美国,除了堡发主要出口至越南。浅谈前,凯想表明一点,那就是以下的数据都是累计最新四季的财务状况,这样就能公平比较各公司的基本面。讲明是浅谈了,所以就干脆skip掉公司一切的背景以及近况解释了,直接入主题XD
接下来这点就重要了,股息是唯一能让股东们不用花钱就能降低自己的average cost price,是非常适合长期投资者的。从上图看,全部都有非常不错和满意的周息率,唯有家丽资的2.58%就没那么吸引人了。新兴是一年派息一次;家丽资是一年派息两次;堡发目前是一年派息四次(以前没那么频密);利兴是一年派息四次。
另外,Free Cash Flow per Revenue是指自由现金流占销售量的百分比。每间公司的销售量都需要一定数量的现金流在里头转动,而最重要的是utilized后所剩下的自由现金量,高额的数量可证明公司在现金流这规则里完全没问题,可面对各种的风险。在这项目,利兴也一样是举冠的。
接下来就比较basic的基本面了,上图较明显的项目是current ratio,家丽资的流动资产比流动负债高6.5倍呢!另外以上四间公司的手握现金都占各流动资产的一半以上,不要是trade receivable占一半就好了,毕竟是还没收回来的钱XD
- 利兴是高成长股,在多项目勇夺第一。
- 家丽资就比较安静平稳,比较起来都不会特别显出自己,可能是因为刚出道5年,经验尚浅。
Timber to furniture - The thing with currency, on value chain, Hevea, Homeritz & moreAuthor: Ricky Yeo | Publish date: Fri, 20 May 2016, 11:33 PM
It is impossible to avoid the discussion of furniture stocks without touching the topic of currency. That is understandable as they are all export stocks and any changes on currency will potentially impact their earnings.
However investor needs to selectively choose where they should put their attention on when it comes to analysis. The issues with being too obsess with analyzing currency are:
- It is something a company has no control on & it doesn't tell you a thing about management capability or industry dynamic
- Be it a forex gain or loss, it shouldn't be part of the valuation to begin with. Valuation should only be based on cash flow generated from core operations
- You are trying to predict the unpredictable. You chances of predicting it correctly is same as mine - 50/50, like a monkey throwing darts
- 10 years later when you look back, for all the gains and losses caused by currency, it will only have a drop in the ocean effect on the true value of these stocks
Trying to predict currency impact on earnings raises another interesting question.
If the skills required to predict currency movement = X, then
predicting currency movement + the impact on earnings + how the market will react + how big the stock price will moves is going to require 2X of skills
You get the idea. It will be harder not easier.
Going by that reasoning, if you are confident with your ability to predict currency movements, you should be trading forex because the probability of winning is higher.
Another scary thing is investors are using the most recent 2015 figures for reasoning & extrapolation. A year where thanks to MYR depreciation, everything is inflated from top to bottom. Currency depreciation improves selling price which in turn inflate revenue, operating margins, increase asset turnover, balloon ROIC, and turbocharge EPS when 'Other income' is added onto it. You are running a high chance of overestimating value by using these abnormal figures as the base year.
Furniture stocks or export stocks are the common name categorization given to stocks that sells timbers or manufacture furnitures. Categorization simplify things and make it easier for us to understand but it is far from saying they are all the same.
You probably seen many investors or analysts comparing Heveaboard to Homeritz. Traditionally Hevea had always been trading at a lower multiples (P/E, P/B etc) compare to Homeritz so analysts comparing both will always makes Hevea looks undervalued.
Calling Hevea undervalued isn't the issue as long it appears so in your valuation, but trying to compare Homeritz to Hevea seems a little strange if we examine the nature of their business and their numbers.
This timber/furniture industry value chain is not precise but does the job. Here:
Upstream - Everything from planting trees to converting them into particleboard or other types of board.
Midstream - All the effort undertaken from R&D, design etc that turn particleboard into end product - Furnitures.
Downstream - Activities of selling & delivering to customers.
All of the these companies' businesses are focused along the mid & upstream of the chain. They all have marketing & distribution divisions but those are not their core operations.
Coming back to Hevea. Hevea generate around 50% of their revenue from manufacturing particleboard and the remaining from RTA or Ready to Assemble furniture. You can argue technically they are selling furniture albeit those furnitures are not assembled, customers have to do it themselves.
Homeritz on the other hand, pour all of their focus into R&D, design and manufacturing high end upholstered furnitures for their customers.
Numbers tell the story.
These are the fixed assets extracted from the reports. When you look at plant, machineries & equipments (PPE), Hevea needs around RM170 mil of PPE to generate RM503 mil of revenue, or 2.95x. In contrast, Homeritz can generate RM146 mil of revenue with only RM4 mil worth of PPE. That's 32.95x.
Is that because Hevea is inferior? No, it is simply because they are in a different business. For a particleboard manufacturer like Hevea, the amount of machineries they need to chip, flake, dry, mat forming, hot pressing, sanding, sizing, laminating, to turn timber into particleboard are a lot.
In comparison, the machineries you need to turn particleboard into an upholstered sofa is very little. Sanding, polishing and some cutting tools should do the work. In saying that, the workmanship needed to turn the sofa into a high-end quality product will translate into higher expenses too. Pohuat & Latitude would have more similiarities to Homeritz than Hevea, while Hevea's business is more similar to Mieco.
When you look at their operating margin it paints the same story.
Homeritz has always been the leader in profit margin. Again it isn't because Hevea is crap, it is just that they are selling undifferentiated products - particleboard. They can only achieve higher margin through operational efficiency. Whereas Homeritz can maintain a higher margin by focusing on the high end niche market. You can increase the selling price of a high-end sofa but extremely hard for particleboard.
You might have notice operating margin across all the companies increase substantially in 2015 compare to previous years, ranging from 50-100% jump in margin. Customers don't suddenly get excited by paying double for particleboard. This is how currency inflate the numbers from top to bottom. You will be up for a big surprise if you think 2015 is a new era.
When you add asset turnover into the picture, you started to grasp the full picture of how the numbers came to be.
And again you just need to be careful with the asset turnover for 2015 because the denominator of the equation (Revenue/Total assets) has already been inflated by currency. However across the 5 years ratio you will have a good sense where it should be.
When you have the profit margin and asset turnover, you will have ROE.
The true value of a stock does not change much from year to year. That is also the case for this industry.
Dig into the business to understand what drives the numbers and how those numbers drives valuation. When the market sentiment is awash with currency horror & excitement, understand how the business is creating value is the only thing you can anchor on. What really matters in the end is how the business adds value, not what the conversion rate is.
[转贴] HOMERIZ 最优秀的家私股 - Kit ZaiAuthor: Tan KW | Publish date: Tue, 3 May 2016, 11:36 PM
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
优秀在哪?在净现金 !
现金 = 49,935,000.00
全部债务 = 15,351,000.00
- 52w HiLoVola 到达98%,意思是目前价位在52星期里,已经是非常低了。
- T4Q NP Margin 高达19.3%,在一众家私股里赚幅最高,最会赚钱。
- T4Q ROE 高达26.74%,在一众家私股里赚幅最高,证明了Homeriz的管理层很有效的利用股东们的资金获取最大的回酬于公司,也懂得利用公司的优势注重于生产高赚幅的产品,获取较高的利润。
优秀在哪?在净现金 !
现金 = 49,935,000.00
全部债务 = 15,351,000.00


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The Comfort Suites Airport Nashville, located less than a mile east of Briley Parkway, offers a range of luxury amenities for those on a budget.
Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
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The hotel's complimentary shuttle takes guest to the airport.
The Comfort Suites offers a wide array of amenities to make you feel comfortable. After checking in at the grand reservation counter, relax on one of the lobby's modern-styled chairs in the lobby. After getting settled, head to the indoor pool to splash around in the temperate waters underneath a glass ceiling, or soak in the hot tub while you melt your daily stresses away. No stay is complete without a delicious, hot breakfast with pastries, waffles, eggs and a hot cup of coffee or tea. Eat and drink at your own pace while reading a complimentary USA Today, available Monday through Friday.
Relax among the many amenities your room offers, including a coffee maker, an iron, free local calls, free high speed internet, a refrigerator, a microwave and cable television. For a great meal, visit the Casa Fiesta Mexican Restaurant or Waffle House, both 0.3 miles away, or Bar-B-Cutie, 0.8 miles away. If you are in the mood to do some shopping, then head to International Plaza, 1.9 miles away, or Donelson Plaza, 1.5 miles away.


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Kelley's Courtyard Cafe of Fernandina is Now Open
Posted on April 13th 2010 under Uncategorized
Nope, not Kelley, but this is Devin, one of the fine servers at Kelley's Courtyard Cafe which opened a couple of days ago. Locals and visitors alike may recognize this spot as the former La Bodega Courtyard Cafe that closed last year. By all indications on the menu, prices will be reasonable and they'll be open every day but Sunday. We sure do miss Lisa from La Bodega but we're grateful for the Kelleys' investment in the community. Best wishes for much success and I'd appreciate it if you'd save me some of that glazed teriyaki salmon.


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Unit Portfolio - Day 1 of 2
Lesson 16 of 17
Objective: SWBAT demonstrate their learning of the main concepts covered in this unit in a portfolio that shows and explains their best work.
Big Idea: Show what you know! Students compile their best work to demonstrate what they have learned throughout this unit.
For the next two class periods, students will be working on their Multiple Representations Unit Portfolios. I have students create a portfolio at the end of each unit as a way for them to demonstrate the math concepts they have learned and to give them the opportunity to reflect on that learning. I find portfolios to be a very successful, alternative summative assessment assignment for students. I also give a test at the end of each unit as well and sometimes schedule short interviews with students to assess certain concepts.
I like to introduce the math portfolio to students by telling them that they have the opportunity to "show what they know" and the chance to put all of their best work together. I begin by drawing a burger on the board and make an analogy to portfolio itself. The buns of the burger are the Introduction and Reflection section of their portfolio, and the meat of the assignment is work they have already done.
I then show students a video interview I did of a former student who talks about the portfolio process. Showing another student talking about the value of the portfolio helps students to "buy in" to this assignment that may be very different for them.
Next, I hand out the Portfolio Assignment. We read through it together and let students know that a lot of the work they already have done. I like to give students the opportunity to choose what sections they will work on first. Some students like to write the Introduction first and others like to go through their binders and pull out the pieces they will need. It can be helpful to keep a list on the board of what students would like to get accomplished during today's class period. I usually go around the room and ask each student to share out what s/he plans to work on for the day. I can refer to this list at the end of class as I check in about what each student was able to complete.
- Each student will need a 3 ring binder to put his/her portfolio work in. I also give students approximately 10 clear sheets each. Students LOVE to put their work in clear sheets, so I make sure to have enough on hand. I think it helps them feel more confident about their work.
- I have previous students' portfolios in my room to show a few as examples. I leave some out on tables so students can check them out to get ideas.
- I encourage students to leave the aesthetics of their portfolios until last. I let them know I'm more interested in their work than how it looks. If they have time once they've compiled all their work, l they can spend some time on how it looks.
- Students will need work from throughout the unit in order to complete this assignment. I make sure I have a system throughout the year for students to save their work. I give each student in my class a binder. If students need new copies of things that might have scratch outs on them or be messy, I have extra copies on hand or keep a tally of copies I'll need to make later.
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I'll be busy circulating and helping students organize their work, find appropriate activities, and reflect on their learning.
If students have trouble thinking about the arc of the unit, I find it helpful to flip through their binders with them and help them outline the main ideas that were covered.
The general arc of this unit is:
- Writing rules to represent algebraic situations and interpreting rules in a context
- Connecting rules to graphs
- Constructing graphs based on tables
- Fitting lines to data
- Understanding rate of change and starting values
- Understanding the connections between rules, tables, graphs, and situations
- Working with pairs of linear equations
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I leave some time at the end of class to check in on student progress. Students will likely need to complete some of their portfolio work outside of class in order to finish the portfolio in two class periods. I like to allow students to choose what they want to do for a homework assignment, but make sure I record what they have chosen so I can check for completion at the start of the next class. If I want to give students some controlled choice for a homework assignment, you might suggest they choose between the following:
- Write either the Introduction or the Final Reflection
- Choose their graphing activities and write an explanation about what the graphs helped them learn
- Choose an acitivity that helped them learn about starting value and rate of change and write an explanation about their learning.
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Nigeria has the largest Muslim population in West Africa, with the Pew Research Center estimating that it is between 48.5% (2010)[1] and 50.4% (2009).[2][3] The CIA estimates 50%[4] while the BBC estimates slightly over 50% (2007).[5] Muslims in Nigeria are predominantly Sunni in the Maliki school, which is also the governing Sharia law.[citation needed] However, there is a significant Shia minority, primarily in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Sokoto states; (see Shia in Nigeria). A smaller minority follow the Ahmadiyya, a reformatory sect originating in 19th-century India. In particular Pew Forum on religious diversity identifies 3% as Ahmadi Muslims and 12 percent as Shia Muslims.[6]
Islam was first documented in Nigeria in the 9th century.[citation needed] Religious archives showed Islam had been adopted as the religion of the majority of the leading figures in the Borno Empire during the reign of Mai (king) Idris Alooma (1571–1603), although a large part of that country still adhered to traditional religions.[7] Alooma furthered the cause of Islam in the country by introducing Islamic courts, establishing mosques, and setting up a hostel in Makkah, the Islamic pilgrimage destination, for Kanuris.[8] It had spread to the major cities of the northern part of the country by the 16th century, later moving into the countryside and towards the Middle Belt uplands. However, there are some claims for an earlier arrival. The Nigeria-born Muslim scholar Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah Abdul-Fattah Adelabu has argued that Islam had reached Sub-Sahara Africa, including Nigeria, as early as the 1st century of Hijrah through Muslim traders and expeditions during the reign of the Arab conqueror, Uqba ibn al Nafia (622–683) whose Islamic conquests under the Umayyad dynasty, in Amir Muavia and Yazid periods, spread all Northern Africa or the Maghrib Al-Arabi, including present-day Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco.[9]
Islam also came to the southwestern Yoruba-speaking areas during the time of the Mali Empire. In his Movements of Islam in face of the Empires and Kingdoms in Yorubaland, Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah Adelabu supported his claims on early arrival of Islam in the southwestern Nigeria by citing the Arab anthropologist Abduhu Badawi, who argued that the fall of Koush southern Egypt and the prosperity of the politically multicultural Abbasid period in the continent had created several streams of migration, moving west in the mid-9th Sub-Sahara.[10] According to Adelabu, the popularity and influences of the Abbasid Dynasty, the second great dynasty with the rulers carrying the title of 'Caliph' fostered peaceful and prosperous search of pastures by the inter-cultured Muslims from Nile to Niger and Arab traders from Desert to Benue, echoing the conventional historical view[11] that the conquest of North Africa by the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate between AD 647–709 effectively ended Catholicism in Africa for several centuries.[12] Islam in Ancient Yoruba is referred to as Esin Imale (religion of the malians) as the earliest introduction of the religion to that region was through Malian itinerant traders (Wangara Traders) around the 14th century. Large-scale conversion to Islam happened in the 17th century.[citation needed]
Yorubas came in contact with Islam around the 14th century during the reign of Mansa Kankan Musa of the Mali Empire. According to Al-Aluri, the first Mosque was built in Ọyọ-Ile in AD 1550 although, there were no Yoruba Muslims, the Mosque only served the spiritual needs of foreign Muslims living in Ọyọ.[citation needed] Progressively, Islam came to Yoruba land, and Muslims started building Mosques: Iwo town led, its first Mosque built in 1655 followed by Iṣẹyin, in 1760; Lagos, 1774; Ṣaki, 1790; and Oṣogbo, 1889.[citation needed] In time, Islam spread to other towns like Oyo (the first Oyo convert was Solagberu), Ibadan, Abẹokuta, Ijẹbu-Ode, Ikirun, and Ẹdẹ before the 18th century Sokoto jihad.[citation needed] Several factors contributed to the rise of Islam in Yoruba land by mid 19th century. Before the decline of Ọyọ, several towns around it had large Muslim communities, unfortunately, when Ọyọ was destroyed, these Muslims (Yoruba and immigrants) relocated to newly formed towns and villages and became Islam protagonists.[citation needed] Second, there was a mass movement of people at this time into Yoruba land, many of these immigrants were Muslims who introduced Islam to their host.[citation needed] According to Eades, the religion "differed in attraction" and "better adapted to Yoruba social structure, because it permitted polygamy"; more influential Yorubas like (Seriki Kuku of Ijebu land) soon became Muslims with positive impact on the natives.[citation needed] Islam came to Lagos at about the same time like other Yoruba towns, however, it received royal support from Ọba Kosọkọ, after he came back from exile in Ẹpẹ.[citation needed] According to Gbadamọṣi (1972; 1978 in Eades, 1980) Islam soon spread to other Yoruba towns, especially, during the intra-tribal wars-when there was a high demand for Islamic teachers-who dubbed as both Koran teachers and amulet makers for Yoruba soldiers during the intra-tribal wars in Yoruba land.[citation needed] Islam, like Christianity also found a common ground with the natives that believed in Supreme Being, while there were some areas of disagreements, Islamic teachers impressed upon their audience the need to change from worshipping idols and embrace Allah.[citation needed] Without delay, Islamic scholars and local Imams started establishing Koranic centers to teach Arabic and Islamic studies, much later, conventional schools were established to educate new converts and to propagate Islam.[citation needed] Islamic religion no doubt, impacted Yoruba culture significantly, according to Ahmad Faosy Ogunbado, "Ifa (oracle) consultation is Islamized to Istikhara (inquires prayer).[citation needed] Celebration of oriṣa festival is transformed or replaced with celebrating eid-el-fitri and eid-el-kabir." Women and men outlook is modified as polygamy is curtailed or modified into "four at a time" while prefixed oriṣa names were changed to "Olu" (Ọlọrun) plus Bunmi, becomes Ọlọrunbunmi.[citation needed] Traditional shrines and ritual sites were replaced with Central Mosques in major Yoruba town and cities.[13]
Fulani War[edit]
In the early 19th century, Islamic scholar Usman dan Fodio launched a jihad, the Fulani War, against the Hausa Kingdoms of Northern Nigeria. He was victorious, and established the Fulani Empire with its capital at Sokoto.[14]
A fringe group, led by Mohammed Marwa Maitatsine, started in Kano in the late 1970s and operated throughout the 1980s. Maitatsine (since deceased) was from Cameroon, and claimed to have had divine revelations superseding those of the Prophet Muhammad. With their own mosques and a doctrine antagonistic to established Islamic and societal leadership, its main appeal was to marginal and poverty-stricken urban in-migrants, whose rejection by the more established urban groups fostered this religious opposition. These disaffected adherents ultimately lashed out at the more traditional mosques and congregations, resulting in violent outbreaks in several cities of the north.[citation needed]
Non-sectarian Muslims who reject the authority of hadith, known as Quranists, Quraniyoon, or 'Yan Kala Kato, are also present in Nigeria.[citation needed] 'Yan Kala Kato is often mistaken for a militant group called Yan Tatsine (also known as Maitatsine), an unrelated group founded by Muhammadu Marwa. Marwa was killed in 1980. Marwa's successor, Musa Makaniki, was arrested in 2004[15] and sentenced in 2006,[16] but later released.[17] And another leader of Yan Tatsine, Malam Badamasi, was killed in 2009.[18] Notable Nigerian Quranists include Islamic scholars Mallam Saleh Idris Bello,[19] Malam Isiyaka Salisu,[18] and Nigerian High Court Judge Isa Othman.[20][21]
Islam in Nigerian society[edit]
Two features of Islam essentially concern its place in Nigerian society. They are the degree to which Islam permeates other institutions in the society, and its contribution to Nigerian pluralism.[original research?] As an institution in emirate society, Islam includes daily and annual ritual obligations; the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca; sharia, or religious law; and an establishment view of politics, family life, communal order, and appropriate modes of personal conduct in most situations.[citation needed]
Thus, even in 1990, Islam pervaded daily life.[citation needed] Public meetings began and ended with Muslim prayer, and everyone knew at least the minimum Arabic prayers and the five pillars of the religion required for full participation.[citation needed] Public adjudication (by local leaders with the help of religious experts, or Alkali courts) provided widespread knowledge of the basic tenets of sharia law—the Sunni school of law according to Malik ibn Anas was that primarily followed.[citation needed]
Air transport has made the hajj more widely available. Upper-income groups went several times and sent or took their wives as well.[citation needed]
Sheikh Adelabu has claimed an even greater influence of Islam in Nigeria. He cited Arabic words used in Nigerian languages, especially Yoruba and Hausa names of the days such as Atalata (Ar. Ath-Thulatha الثلاثاء) for Tuesday, Alaruba (Ar. Al-Arbi'a الأربعاء) for Wednesday, Alamisi (Ar. Al-Khamis الخميس) for Thursday, and Jimoh (Ar. Al-Jum'ah الجمعة) for Friday. By far Ojo Jimoh is the most favourably used. It is usually preferred to the unpleasant Yoruba word for Friday Eti, which means Failure, Laziness or Abandonment.[22] Maintaining that the wide adoption of Islamic faith and traditions has succeeded to lay impacts both on written and spoken Nigerian vernaculars, Sheikh Adelabu asserted nearly all technical terms and cultural usages of Hausa and Fulani were derived from Islamic heritages, citing a long list of Hausa words adopted from Arabic. In furthering supports for his claims, Sheikh Adelabu gave the following words to be Yoruba's derivatives of Arabic vocabularies:[23]
- Alaafia i.e. Good, Fine Or Health(y) from derivative Al-Aafiah (Ar. العافية)
- Baale i.e. husband or spouse derived from Ba'al (Ar. بعل)
- Sanma i.e. heaven or sky adopted for Samaa` (Ar. السماء)
- Alubarika i.e. blessing used as Al-Barakah (Ar. البركة)
- Wakati i.e. hour or time formed from Waqt (Ar. وقت)
- Asiri i.e. Secrete or Hidden derivative of As-Sirr (Ar. السرّ)
Organization of Nigerian Islam[edit]
Nigerian Islam is not highly organized.[citation needed] Reflecting the aristocratic nature of the traditional ruling groups, there were families of clerics whose male heirs trained locally and abroad in theology and jurisprudence and filled major positions in the mosques and the judiciary.[citation needed] These ulama, or learned scholars, had for centuries been the religious and legal advisers of emirs, the titled nobility, and the wealthy trading families in the major cities. Ordinary people could consult the myriads of would-be and practicing clerics in various stages of training, who studied with local experts, functioned at rites of passage, or simply used their religious education to gain increased "blessedness" for their efforts.[citation needed]
Sufi brotherhoods, a form of religious order based on more personal or mystical relations to the supernatural, were widespread, especially in the major cities.[citation needed] There the two predominant ones, Qadiriyah and Tijaniyah, had separate mosques and, in a number of instances, a parochial school system receiving grants from the state. The brotherhoods played a major role in the spread of Islam in the northern area and the middle belt.[citation needed]
Sa'adu Abubakar, the 20th Sultan of Sokoto, is considered the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims.[24]
See also[edit]
- Islam by country
- Religion in Nigeria
- Sharia in Nigeria
- Christianity in Nigeria
- New radical Islamic movements in Nigeria
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- ^ "Interactive Data Table: World Muslim Population by Country". pewforum.org. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ BBC: "Nigeria: Facts and figures" April 7, 2007
- ^ "The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity" (PDF). Pew Forum on Religious & Public life. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
- ^ Kenny, Joseph (November 1996). "Sharia and Christianity in Nigeria: Islam and a 'Secular' State". Journal of Religion in Africa. BRILL. 24 (4): 338. doi:10.2307/1581837. JSTOR 1581837.
- ^ Lapidus, Ira Marvin (2002). "Islam in West Africa". A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge University Press. p. 405. ISBN 0-521-77933-2.
- ^ Works of Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah Adelabu at Awqaf Africa, Damascus: Islam in Africa – West African in Particular, and Missionary and Colonization in Africa see esinislam.com
- ^ Abduhu Badawi: Ma'a Harak ul-Islam fi Ifriqiyah (Siding Islamic Movement in Africa) 1979 Cairo page 175
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ^ Mawsuaat Al-Islam Al-Kubrah (The Big Encyclopedia of Islam) Volume 2 page 939 and volume 3 646 and Abduhu Badawi: Ma'a Harak ul-Islam fi Ifriqiyah (Siding Islamic Movement in Africa) 1979 Cairo page 177
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140717182402/https://www.nigeriabusinessfile.com/information/people/religion. Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2014. Missing or empty
- ^ "Usman dan Fodio". Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007.
- ^ KAYODE FASUA (Mar 3, 2013). Maitatsine: Tale of religious war in the North. National Mirror Online.
- ^ J. Peter Pham, 19 Oct 06.In Nigeria False Prophets Are Real Problems Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine., World Defense Review.
- ^ Timawus Mathias. Musa Makaniki: Discharged and acquitted. Daily Trust, Wednesday, 09 May 2012 05:00.
- ^ a b Abiodun Alao, Islamic Radicalisation and Violence in Nigeria, Retrieved March 1, 2013
- ^ Quranists (28 February 2012). "Quranists Nigeria: Hausa Debate on the topic: "shin alqurani ne ya tabbatar da hadisan annabi (SAW), a debate between two Islamic scholars, Mallam Saleh Idris Bello on the Quranic side and Mallam Musa Yusuf Assadussunah on the Sunni side" (part 1)". quranistsnigeria.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Philip Ostien, A Survey of the Muslims of Nigeria's North Central Geo-political Zone, Nigeria Research Network, Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ Muhammad Nur Alkali, Abubakar Kawu Monguno, Bellama Shettima Mustafa, Overview Of Islamic Actors In Northeastern Nigeria, Nigeria Research Network, Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ A lecture by Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah Adelabu of Awqaf Africa London titled: The History Of Islam in 'The Black History' at esinislam.com
- ^ Adelabu, EsinIslam The Muslim World Portal For Top News, Islamics And Information From The Awqaf The Society Of And Followers Of Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah. "Arabic-English Dictionary By Sheikh Adelabu (Ph. D. Damas) - Fully Conjugated Arabic English Lexicon With Simplified Entires - Alphabetical Entries Indexed For Arabic-English Dictionary Of Sheikh Adelabu (Ph. D. Damas) :: ألفبيات مادّات مفهرسة للقاموس العربي الإنجليزي للشيخ أديلابو - دكتوراه من دمسق - Alphabetical Entries Indexed For Arabic-English Dictionary Of Sheikh Adelabu (Ph. D. Damas) :: ألفبيات مادّات مفهرسة للقاموس العربي الإنجليزي للشيخ أديلابو - دكتوراه من دمسق". www.esinislam.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Schleifer, S. Abdallah, "Amirul Mu'minin Sheikh as Sultan Muhammadu Sa'adu Abubakar III" in "The Muslim 500, the World's 500 Most Influential Muslims" retrieved January 20, 2017


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text: Artist Matthew Pillsbury created a series of images highlighting the technology and surreal aspects of one of the world's most populated cities. For over a decade, Pillsbury made black-and-white images using available light and long exposures. However, for his series, "Tokyo," Pillsbury turned to color and used much shorter exposures. This technique helped him capture the spirit of Tokyo. "Pillsbury moves freely within the vibrant pockets of buzzing Tokyo allowing him to contend with what for him has been a career long fascination with technology, alienation and who we are becoming armed with our electronic tools," Benrubi Gallery said in a statement. "Tokyo" is currently on display at Benrubi Gallery in New York City through October 25, 2014.


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5 Star Burgers on Wyoming and Academy. This hamburger spot was recently mentioned in USA Today's 51 Great Burgers list. Currently there are two 5 Star Burger restaurants; one here in Abq and the other in Taos. When looking at the prices, here are some things to remember about this place (they are pretty pricey):
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In 2013, Facebook's Messenger app earned a lot of praise and fandom. The app's success has been widely discussed as the social network moves to break off more functions into standalone apps this year. Well now it looks like Messenger will have an even bigger 2014, as arguably its biggest competitor, WhatsApp, has been purchased by Facebook.
Facebook announced the WhatsApp acquisition on Wednesday, for the hefty sum of $19 billion ($16 billion in cash and shares, and an addition $3 billion in restricted stock). That massive investment shows you how much weight Facebook is putting into messaging moving forward.
For those who don't know, WhatsApp is a real-time messaging network that is widely used as a mobile alternative to texting. According to a press release from Facebook, the app has a reported 450 million users, compared to Messenger's approximately 53 million users, and adds 1 million more users per day. Even more impressive, 70% of WhatsApp users are active every day,
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As the Democratic presidential campaigns move to New York to chase their party's nomination – a state that in 2014 banned the underground gas-extraction process known as fracking – their positions on fossil fuels are once again causing a stir.
The latest uproar comes after Hillary Clinton last week responded angrily to a Greenpeace activist who asked if she would reject fossil fuel donations from her campaign in the future.
Wagging her finger at the woman, Mrs. Clinton replied, "I have money from people who have worked for fossil fuel companies. I have never … I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me. I am sick of it."
The oil and gas donations issue again comes to the forefront as polls have tightened in New York, which will hold its primary on April 19. The former New York senator led there at one point by a large margin. But the state's climate activists, who fought for years to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas there, are posing a challenge for Mrs. Clinton in her home state.
A main disagreement between the two candidates, which struck a nerve during Clinton's exchange with the Greenpeace activist last week, is about the amount of money Clinton receives directly or indirectly from the fossil fuels industry, which for environmentalists and fracking opponents has implications for the country's future energy policy under a president Clinton.
"It is disappointing that Secretary Clinton has leveled an accusation that just isn't true," responded Bernie Sanders's campaign in a press release on Friday, after Clinton accused it of lying about her financial ties to the oil and gas industry.
According to OpenSecrets.org, a website that tracks money in politics, contributions from individuals working for oil- and gas-related ventures don't even make the list of her top 20 donating industries, but Clinton has accepted $1.4 million in contributions bundled by lobbyists who represent the industry, according to a review of Federal Election Commission filings by the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan research group that runs OpenSecrets.org.
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As Bernie Sanders' campaign pointed out, Greenpeace estimates that Clinton's campaign actually received much more when adding up money that comes in from fossil fuel-related lobbyists, bundlers, and large donors. The advocacy organization estimates that her campaign has received more than $4.5 million from these interests.
Bernie Sanders in July pledged not to accept donations from fossil fuel companies. He also has said succinctly that he opposes fracking, which is a controversial process of extracting oil and clean-burning gas from shale formations deep underground by injecting a cocktail of chemicals that helps release the fuels.
When she was asked about fracking during last month's Flint, Mich., debate, Clinton said she would aim to regulate the process.
"I don't support it when any locality or state is against it. I don't support it when the release of methane or contamination of water is present," Clinton said, according to Politico.
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A duckin' waste of £300,000
BARMY Government boffins have blown £300,000 investigating what kind of water ducks prefer to swim in.
Scientists from Oxford University provided 100 ducks with various water conditions, including a trough and showers.
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The research, carried out to "assess the welfare of ducks", cost the taxpayer £294,027.
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Symphony No. 3 (Mahler)
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|Symphony No. 3
|by Gustav Mahler
Mahler in 1898
|D minor
|1896 Steinbach:
|9 June 1902
|Gustav Mahler
|Orchester des Allgemeines Deutschen Musikvereins
The Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1896,[1] or possibly only completed in that year, but composed between 1893 and 1896.[2] It is his longest piece and is the longest symphony in the standard repertoire, with a typical performance lasting around 90 to 105 minutes. It was voted one of the ten greatest symphonies of all time in a survey of conductors carried out by the BBC Music Magazine.[3]
In its final form, the work has six movements, grouped into two Parts:
- Kräftig. Entschieden (Strong and decisive) D minor to F major
- Tempo di Menuetto (In the tempo of a minuet) A major
- Comodo (Scherzando) (Comfortable (Scherzo)) C minor to C major
- Sehr langsam—Misterioso (Very slowly, mysteriously) D major
- Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck (Cheerful in tempo and cheeky in expression) F major
- Langsam—Ruhevoll—Empfunden (Slowly, tranquil, deeply felt) D major
The first movement alone, with a normal duration of a little more than thirty minutes, sometimes forty, forms Part One of the symphony. Part Two consists of the other five movements and has a duration of about sixty to seventy minutes.
As with each of his first four symphonies, Mahler originally provided a programme of sorts to explain the narrative of the piece. He did not reveal the structure and content to the public. But, at different times, he shared evolving versions of a program for the third symphony with various friends, including: Max Marschalk, a music critic; violist Natalie Bauer-Lechner, a close friend and confidante; and Anna von Mildenburg, the dramatic soprano and Mahler's lover during the summer of 1896 when he was completing the symphony. Bauer-Lechner wrote in her private journal that Mahler said, "You can't imagine how it will sound!"[4]
In its simplest form, the program consists of a title for each of the six movements:
- "Pan Awakes, Summer Marches In"
- "What the Flowers in the Meadow Tell Me"
- "What the Animals in the Forest Tell Me"
- "What Man Tells Me"
- "What the Angels Tell Me"
- "What Love Tells Me"
Mahler, however, elaborated on this basic scheme in various letters. In an 1896 letter to Max Marschalk, he called the whole "A Summer's Midday Dream," and within Part One, distinguished two sections, "Introduction: Pan awakes" and "I. Summer marches in (Bacchic procession)".[5] In a June 1896 letter to Anna von Mildenburg, Mahler reaffirmed that he conceived the first movement in two sections: I. What the stony mountains tell me; II. Summer marches in.[6] In another letter to Mildenburg from Summer 1896, he said that "Pan" seemed to him the best overall title (Gesamttitel) for the symphony, emphasizing that he was intrigued by Pan's two meanings, a Greek god and a Greek word meaning "all."[7]
All these titles were dropped before publication in 1898.[8]
Mahler originally envisioned a seventh movement, "Heavenly Life" (alternatively, "What the Child Tells Me"), but he eventually dropped this, using it instead as the last movement of the Symphony No. 4. Indeed, several musical motifs taken from "Heavenly Life" appear in the fifth (choral) movement of the Third Symphony.[9]
The symphony, particularly due to the extensive number of movements and their marked differences in character and construction, is a unique work. The opening movement, colossal in its conception (much like the symphony itself), roughly takes the shape of sonata form, insofar as there is an alternating presentation of two theme groups; however, the themes are varied and developed with each presentation, and the typical harmonic logic of the sonata form movement—particularly the tonic statement of second theme group material in the recapitulation—is changed.[clarification needed] The symphony starts with a modified theme from the fourth movement of Brahms' first symphony with the same rhythm, but many of the notes are changed.
The opening gathers itself slowly into a rousing orchestral march. A solo tenor trombone passage states a bold (secondary) melody that is developed and transformed in its recurrences.
At the apparent conclusion of the development, several solo snare drums "in a high gallery" play a rhythmic passage lasting about thirty seconds and the opening passage by eight horns is repeated almost exactly.
As described above, Mahler dedicated the second movement to "the flowers on the meadow". In contrast to the violent forces of the first movement, it starts as a graceful menuet, but also features stormier episodes.
The third movement, a scherzo, with alternating sections in 2
4 and 6
8 meter, quotes extensively from Mahler's early song "Ablösung im Sommer" (Relief in Summer).
In the trio section, the mood changes from playful to contemplative occurs with an off-stage post horn (or flugelhorn) solo.
This posthorn episode closely resembles standardised posthorn signals in Austria and Prussia of the time.[10][11] The posthorn melody is suddenly interrupted (in measure 345) by a trumpet fanfare representing a literal quotation of the Austrian military signal for falling out (Abblasen).[12][13] Another important quotation in the movement is a Spanish folk melody of jota aragonesa used by Mikhail Glinka in Caprice brillante and by Franz Liszt in Rhapsodie espagnole. Most probably it borrowed here from Ferruccio Busoni's transcription of the Rhapsodie for piano and orchestra, as the harmonies are almost identical and passages are equally almost similar.[14][15] Busoni himself was the first to remark on this quotation in 1910.[16]
The reprise of the scherzo music is unusual, as it is interrupted several times by the post-horn melody.
At this point, in the sparsely instrumentated fourth movement, we hear an alto solo singing a setting of Friedrich Nietzsche's "Midnight Song" from Also sprach Zarathustra ("O Mensch! Gib acht!" ("O man! Take heed!")), with thematic material from the first movement woven into it.
The cheerful fifth movement, "Es sungen drei Engel", is one of Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn songs, (whose text itself is loosely based on a 17th-century church hymn, which Paul Hindemith later used in its original form in his Symphony "Mathis der Maler") about the redemption of sins and comfort in belief.
Here, a children's choir imitating bells and a female chorus join the alto solo.
Of the finale, Bruno Walter wrote,
In the last movement, words are stilled—for what language can utter heavenly love more powerfully and forcefully than music itself? The Adagio, with its broad, solemn melodic line, is, as a whole—and despite passages of burning pain—eloquent of comfort and grace. It is a single sound of heartfelt and exalted feelings, in which the whole giant structure finds its culmination.[This quote needs a citation]
The movement begins very softly with a broad D-major chorale melody, which slowly builds to a loud and majestic conclusion culminating on repeated D major chords with bold statements on the timpani.
The symphony is scored for large orchestra, consisting of the following:
- Woodwinds
- 4 flutes (3rd and 4th doubling piccolos, 1st and 2nd doubling piccolos in movements 1, 3 and 5)
- 4 oboes (4th doubling cor anglais)
- 3 B♭, A, C clarinets (3rd doubling bass clarinet)
- 2 E♭ clarinets (2nd doubling 4th clarinet)
- 4 bassoons (4th doubling contrabassoon)
- Brass
- posthorn (sometimes substituted by a flugelhorn, used only in movement 3, offstage)
- 8 horns
- 4 trumpets
- 4 trombones
- tuba
- Percussion
- 7 timpani (two players)
- bass drum
- several snare drums (used only in movement 1, offstage)
- cymbals
- triangle
- tambourine
- tam-tam
- rute (used only in movement 2)
- 6 tuned bells (used only in movement 5, "on a high gallery")
- 2 glockenspiels (2nd used only in movement 5)
- Voices
- alto solo (used only in movements 4 and 5)
- women's choir (used only in movement 5, "on a high gallery")
- boys' choir (used only in movement 5, "on a high gallery")
Fourth movement[edit]
Text from Friedrich Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra: the "Midnight Song"
Fifth movement[edit]
Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians[who?] represents the symphony's progressive tonal scheme as 'd/F—D'[17] More casually it is described as being in D minor. The first movement certainly begins in this key but, by its end, has defined the relative F major as the tonic. The finale concludes in D major, as might be expected[why?]. Throughout the symphony, traditional tonality is employed in an enterprising manner with clear purpose[vague].
Editions and Performance[edit]
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The piece is performed in concert less frequently than Mahler's other symphonies[citation needed], due in part to its great length and the huge forces required. Despite this, it is a popular work and has been recorded by most major orchestras and conductors.
When it is performed, a short interval is sometimes taken between the first movement (which alone lasts around half an hour) and the rest of the piece. This is in agreement with the manuscript copy of the full score (held in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York), where the end of the first movement carries the inscription Folgt eine lange Pause! ("there follows a long pause").[18] The inscription is not found in the score as published.
The Adagio movement was arranged by Yoon Jae Lee in 2011 for a smaller orchestra. This version was premiered by Ensemble 212 with Lee as conductor in New York on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Subsequently, Lee arranged the five remaining movements for smaller orchestra as part of his Mahler Chamber Project. The orchestral reduction of the entire symphony was premiered in October 2015 by Ensemble 212, mezzo-soprano Hyona Kim, and the Young New Yorkers' Chorus Women's Ensemble.
The second movement was arranged by Benjamin Britten in 1941 for a smaller orchestra. This version was published by Boosey & Hawkes as What the Wild Flowers Tell Me in 1950.
In Other Media[edit]
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The final movement was used as background music in one episode of the 1984 television series Call to Glory and on an episode of the BBC's Coast programme, during a description of the history of HMS Temeraire. It also served as background music during the "Allegory" segment of the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony cultural show.
A section from the Fourth Movement "Midnight Song" features in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film Death in Venice, where it is presented as the music that Gustav von Aschenbach composes before he dies.
- Performance of second, third and sixth movements: 1897, Berlin, conducted by Felix Weingartner.
- Premiere of the complete symphony: June 9, 1902, Krefeld, cond. by the composer.
- Dutch premieres: Oct. 17, 1903 in Arnhem; five days later Mahler led the Amsterdam premiere with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
- American premiere: May 9, 1914, Cincinnati May Festival, cond. by Ernst Kunwald.
- New York premiere: Feb. 28, 1922, New York Philharmonic cond. by Willem Mengelberg.
- British premiere: Nov. 29, 1947, BBC Symphony Orchestra in a broadcast cond. by Adrian Boult; this was not recorded by the BBC, but an off-air recording was made on acetate discs and transferred to CD in 2008: the earliest extant recording of the symphony.
- First radio studio recording: 1950, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, choirs, Vienna Symphony Orchestra cond. by Hermann Scherchen.
- First commercial recording: 1951, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, choirs, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by F. Charles Adler.
- First public performance in Britain: Feb. 28, 1961, St. Pancras Town Hall, cond. by Bryan Fairfax.
Arranged for trombone and organ, performed by Dennis Smith (trombone) and Martha Goldstein (organ)
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- ^ Constantin Floros, Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies, translated by Vernon Wicker (Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1993) ISBN 1-57467-025-5.
- ^ "Beethoven's Eroica voted greatest symphony of all time | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ^ Natalie Bauer-Lechner, Recollections of Gustav Mahler, English trans. by Dika Newlin (1980, Faber & Faber), 52.
- ^ Jens Malte Fischer, Gustav Mahler, English translation by Stewart Spencer, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011), 275.
- ^ Franz Willnauer, ed, Gustav Mahler: 'Mein lieber Trotzkopf, meine suesse Mohnblume': Briefe an Anna von Mildenburg, (Vienna: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 2006), 132. ISBN 3-552-05389-1
- ^ Franz Willnauer, ed, Gustav Mahler: Briefe an Anna von Mildenburg, 142.
- ^ Jens Malte Fischer, Gustav Mahler, 275.
- ^ Jens Malte Fischer, Gustav Mahler, 276.
- ^ http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/77891/tfreeze_1.pdf p. 136
- ^ Hiller, Albert. Das große Buch vom Posthorn. Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofens Verlag, 1985. page 80-81
- ^ Emil Rameis, Die österreichische Militärmusik—von ihren Anfängen bis 1918, rev. ed., ed. Eugen Brixel in Alta Musica 2 (Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1976), 183, 188
- ^ Jason Stephen Heilman, "O du mein Österreich: Patriotic Music and Multinational Identity in the AustroHungarian Empire" (PhD diss., Duke University, 2009), 198.
- ^ http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/77891/tfreeze_1.pdf page 113.
- ^ Morten Solvik, "Biography and Musical Meaning in the Posthorn Solo of Mahler's Third Symphony," in Neue Mahleriana: Essays in Honour of Henry-Louis de La Grange on his Seventieth Birthday, ed. Günther Weiß (Berne: Peter Lang, 1997), 340–44, 356–59.
- ^ Ferruccio Busoni, Von der Einheit der Musik: von Dritteltönen und junger Klassizität, von Bühnen und anschliessenden Bezirken (Berlin: Max Hesse, 1922), 152.
- ^ "Gustav Mahler", in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie (London: Macmillan Publishers, 1980).
- ^ See facsimile reproduced in the "Philharmonia" pocket score (Universal Edition)
Further reading[edit]
- Barham, Jeremy. 1998. "Mahler's Third Symphony and the Philosophy of Gustav Fechner: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Criticism, Analysis, and Interpretation". Ph.D. thesis. University of Surrey.
- Filler, Susan M. 1976. "Editorial Problems in Symphonies of Gustav Mahler: A Study of the Sources of the Third and Tenth". PhD diss. Evanston: Northwestern University.
- Franklin, Peter. 1977. "The Gestation of Mahler's Third Symphony". Music and Letters 58:439–46.
- Franklin, Peter. 1999. "A Stranger's Story: Programmes, Politics, and Mahler's Third Symphony". In The Mahler Companion, edited by Donald Mitchell and Andrew Nicholson, 171–86. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816376-3 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-19-924965-7 (pbk).
- Franklin, Peter. 1991. Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Cambridge Music Handbooks. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-37947-2.
- Johnson, Steven Philip. 1989. "Thematic and Tonal Processes in Mahler's Third Symphony". Ph.D. diss. Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles.
- La Grange, Henry-Louis de. 1995. Gustav Mahler, vol. 3: "Triumph and Disillusion (1904–1907)", revised edition. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-315160-4.
- Micznik, Vera. 2005. 'Ways of Telling' in Mahler's Music: The Third Symphony as Narrative Text, In Perspectives on Gustav Mahler, edited by Jeremy Barham, 295–344. Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate Publishers. ISBN 9780754607090.
- Reilly, Edward R. 1986. A Re-examination of the Manuscripts of Mahler's Third Symphony. In Colloque International Gustav Mahler: 25, 26, 27 janvier 1985, edited by Henry-Louis de La Grange, 62–72. Paris: Association Gustav Mahler.
- Williamson, John. 1980. Mahler's Compositional Process: Reflections on an Early Sketch for the Third Symphony's First Movement. Music and Letters 61:338–45.
External links[edit]
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- Symphony No.3: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project