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Question about Audio Players & Recorders
I have purchased an LG LH-T3602ME and it is locked to region 4 how do i unlock it as the service person from lg asked me search online . I have a LG LH-T3602ME which is locked to Regional code 4. How do I unlock it to play all DVD's, particularly code 2?
Posted by kjpidd on
Thanks, your suggested procedure worked, but for step 5 I needed to press ENTER rather than pause to keep/store the code change.
Enter the following via the remote:
1. Power on,
2. Press "Pause" ||
3. Enter "314159"
4. Press "0" (for region free)
5. Press "Enter"
... the 0 replaces the previous region number in the second line.
6. Press "Enter"
7. Power off.
Posted on Feb 16, 2008
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Posted on Feb 06, 2008
Hi if you use ask.com and type in region codes for then lg dvd players this should give you a list of sites that give the codes that is if its possible to change yours as some you cant do nothing with.
If you come unstuck ill look for you but post back if you need me to do this as i cant do it for about 30min as just finishing work let me know ok
Posted on Feb 06, 2008
Is 4 your home code region i know 0 is all in main settings sumware they shoudl show rgion free ok if ot dvd sdont surport it ok usally have to a buy a region free player to play all disk from all ove rthe world ok thx agian nick helpap
Posted on Feb 06, 2008
I: For owners of LG HDD/DVD recorder: LH-RH7500W, that's the LG Home Theater System, with 80G harddisk. To get region free, 1. goto setup. 2. Move to the LOCK icon. 3. press number 0 button on remote 7 times (0000000). This will toggle Region Free or Region Lock.
1. Power on the player with no disk in the drive
2. Press "PAUSE" on the remote
3. Enter "3 1 4 1 5 9" on the remote (the word COdE appears on the display)
4. Enter "0" on the remote (0 = All Regions, 1 = Region 1, 2 = Region 2, etc.)
5. Press "PAUSE" on the remote
6. Power the player off and then back on
try these ok if not then your player not made to do this ok thx again nick mark me as fix ya
1) Press 'setup' on remote control
2) Move down to the 'lock' picture
3) Press '0000000'
4) Select Ok when congratulation message appears
try all these ok
turned on the player, no disk inside.
- opened the disk tray
- pushed 3 times the 0 button on the remote
- pushed the pause button on the player
- pushed the 0 button on the remote
- closed the dvd tray
- turned the player off.
Press pause with no disc in the player.
Push keys 314159 (comment does this refer to PI = 3.14159?)
Player goes into multiregion test mode.
Select region 0 for multi region.
Press pause to exit.
Cycle the power off/on
these are the ways to do it ok
'all' LG dvd players to break coding follow these steps. it worked for me, i'm from australia, i was told it works for all LGs... step 1- POWER ON "NO DISC" appears on screen; step 2- press PAUSE, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9; step 3- "CODE_ _" appears on screen; step 4- 0, PAUSE, then POWER OFF!!! that's it, good luck guys! hope it works
1. Turn Player on with no disc inside
2. Press pause on the remote control
3. Then key in 3 1 4 1 5 9
[CODE -- will then be displayed on the player display]
4. Key in desired Region number
[0 for Auto Multi Region, or manually select 1 to 6]
5. Then Press Pause again
6. Turn off player and wait 5 seconds, then back on aga
thx nick mark me as fix ya ok
u dont need that to pay 9 buicks just use this ok
this is 9 bucks of info right here should do it for u ok
also cool guy were suppose dto do this for her like i did not push her off him to a site to pay more ok buddie nexttime please dont do that
Nick, you are my hero!!! Just reading your comments helped me unlock my player! thank you thank you thank you!!!
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it's been 5 wonderful months since we have been home from china...prior to going to china i'd read several books...talked to several people who had adopted before...read hundreds of blogs (it seemed like hundreds at least)...most of the stories were very good results with some minor bumps in the road...2 families had to put there children into an institution because of the neglect they experienced prior to being adopted each of these families stories went to my inner most core...i had many sleepless nights after hearing their stories...they both are strong christian women who said God has us in our girls lives for a reason...one family chose to adopt again the other did not...these two mom's are amazing women and i admire them both very much...my goal and intentions was to obtain as much information from those who had gone before and read as much as i could to be prepared for the good bad and the ugly...i would journal my prayers & thoughts daily...i did know that not all of it would apply to our family and emma lael...praying some of the stories would NEVER apply to emma lael or our family....most of the information was about how to adjust your life with a new child and prompting bonding and attachment...preparing your marriage and children for the new life that God has gracious trusted us with...how important it is for an infant to have all their needs met immediately this is what creates a sense of love, security, bonding & attachments...i chose to read books that had a positive spin on adoption...i again, chose to only focus on the good...not allowing satan to place doubts in my head...i would pray daily asking God to prepare emma lael heart knowing that God was the only One who could place peace in her heart....take away her fear replacing it with trusts...letting her know how much we had prayed for HER and for God to bring us the child that needed our family the most....God knocked it out of the ball park with ms emma lael she fits PERFECT!!
new day (the foster home emma lael was at) prepares the children very well to be adopted...they allow the adoptive parents to skype weekly...we skyped emma lael 17 times prior to meeting her...we would walk around the house showing her all the rooms in our house...we'd have ruby & sisco (our dogs) skype with us each week so she knew we had 2 dogs...she knew what her bedroom looked like when we came home on october 1, 2010 we took her to her bedroom she pointed to her crib and smiled...i think she remembered it from the skype sessions....she knew our faces and voices she was familiar with us...of course, she is 3 and it still would be a surprise when she first saw the people from the computer standing in front of her...i believe that this is one reason emma lael had done so well bonding and adjusting to her new life...she knew what to expect...15 days prior to us arriving in china her pre school teacher (love her) made a calender and she'd place a sticker on each day on the day we would arrive they had put our families picture so she knew when she put a sticker on that day she'd meet us...everyday at school she would be shown the photo book we'd sent and they would talk with emma lael about her family and that she was coming to live in america....the pre school class all participate in this with emma lael...THANK YOU new day for all you do for the precious children in your care...we could never thank you enough for all you did for emma lael.
i am so HAPPY to say that emma lael came to us with a heart that knew what being loved felt like...thanks to her wonderful foster parents.
a heart that is joyful
a heart that will pull your heart strings :)
a heart that is open to love and being loved
a heart that is pure
a heart this is unique
a heart that is beautiful
a heart that is listening to God
a heart that is miraculous
a heart that filled with LOVE
a heart that is happy
a heart that was born with 4 defects but is now HEALED
as she says her prayers at night i am reminded how much Jesus loves the little children.
Jesus loves all the little children
all the children of the world
they are yellow black and white
they are precious in His sight
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
as you say your prayers please say a prayer for all the 147 million orphans who wait for a family...how many of these orphans have never heard of Jesus...i'd say quit a few, unfortunately...let's PRAY for them all.
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Everyone knows that chemistry and beer go hand in hand, but can you guess what hops, barley, and Louis Pasteur have in common?
Grant Wood, the Senior Brew Master at Boston's Sam Adams brewery takes us on a quick tour of their world famous facility and gives a chemical explanation of the traditional four vessel beer brewing process. It's about time all you home brewers out there get up to speed on your chemistry![Note: At Sam Adams' Boston location, the mash tun is used as a substitute for the
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By Pat
Eleanor's post last week on scale provided the perfect segue for my first ever blog (!). Like many people when I think about my work, I find it useful to visualise processes to better understand them. I do this when I think about the interactions of atoms, tectonic plates and planets for example. In geoscience it seems we often work on scales that are either too small to see or too large see all at once (or at all) and thus an imagination is vital. It is a misconception that creative people study arts whilst regimented people study science.
Studying geology, or any science for that matter, requires imagination to both visualize interactions on different scales and to hypothesize new interactions or new angles to old problems. In science, our imagination is grounded in fact; we have anchor points or truths that we have to incorporate. In a vague metaphorical way it's like we are creating our own "connect-the-dot" pictures, where the dots represent our current knowledge but it's our imaginations that dictate the lines (see figure below).
Indeed it takes a great deal of confidence to be imaginative in the sciences – where physical laws can be so restricting. However I believe the greatest breakthroughs in geoscience probably originate from the greatest imaginations. Similarly, for me at least, the most exciting science is where there are fewer facts and thus the most room for imagination and innovation (e.g. the creation of the universe, search for life, or the origin and evolution of mineralising fluids in tin systems as indicated by tourmaline and cassiterite chemistry). At times however, in particular when we are trying to understand the basic principles behind these facts, I believe it is helpful to be able to see the processes, rather than having to imagine them. In my studies, most of this is happening at the atomic scale which, as you can imagine (haha) is hard to see. A large component of my PhD involves radiometric dating using the U-Pb decay system. We can date rocks in this way because we know that 238U decays through a series of different isotopes at a known rate¹, until eventually it stabilises as 204Pb (see figure below). Thus if we measure the amount of 238U and 206Pb in a rock or mineral we can estimate its age. Incidentally I noticed that this blog page already has a summary of radiometric dating here.
Until last week I regarded this decay as one of those processes I could only imagine. However recently, whilst doing some YouTube 'research' I came across the following riveting video:
It is an experiment in what's known as a "Cloud" or "Wilson" chamber which is supersaturated in water vapour or alcohol and sealed. Any form of ionizing radiation within the chamber will cause local ionisation of the gas and result in condensation and the formation of mist. If you put a large chunk of highly radioactive U metal in this chamber the radiation emitted every time an isotope decays through the sequence (as shown in above figure) it emits radiation, resulting in the formation of a trail of mist. The video is ~50 minutes long, and I highly recommend getting yourself a bag of popcorn and a choc top and enjoying the entire show. To make it an extra special occasion bite off the outer chocolate layer and then dunk the choc top into the popcorn so that the popcorn sticks to the ice-cream. If you then eat the popcorn with the light ice-cream spread you will remember the true meaning of happiness. But if you're in a rush, just skip to ~5 minutes in to see the main action scene where radiation is being emitted continuously and in every direction. Incredible. Whilst this experiment used mostly pure U metal and thus is a lot more intense than anything you would see from a natural sample, it helps visualise a few important aspects of my work.
Firstly this is why we don't go near radioactive stuff.
Secondly, each trail flying out from the sample effectively represents another tick (or tock) in the U-Pb radiometric clock. As the isotope decays it releases particles and radiation. In this highly radioactive sample decay is happening vigorously. Theoretically those trails would continue to form for billions of years, however over the course of the experiment alcohol begins to condense on the U metal.
Thirdly, and building on from my first point, it illustrates the amount of heat that can be generated by radioactive decay. A large proportion of Earths heat is generated in this way in the mantle and crust. This heat has huge implications for both mantle convection² and many crustal processes (including forming hydrothermal mineralising systems – which is why I care).
Directly observing all the processes we are or will be interested in is (surely?) impossible, and in these situations it is useful to visualise what is going on. When we do get the opportunity to witness something I believe it is an incredible tool for both understanding and educating others – which ultimately is what can spark the imagination and lead to breakthroughs in our knowledge. As Albert Einstein put it,
"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."
In conclusion, never underestimate the Youtube database.
¹As it turns out, this known rate is not so well known.
²As I understand this is still up for debate.


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Memoires of a Rokugani Magistrate 5
We left our hero in Kyuden Ikoma with uncomfortable memories.
Just when we were supposed to leave Kyuden Ikoma towards the Otaku plains, Hida Miko disappeared. This was quite embarrassing so Kuni Sakura politely and conveniently fell ill. As a consequence of this convenient illness, our departure was delayed for at least one more day and we started searching for her companion. The Crab finally reappeared, on the 10th Day of the Goat, in front of the walls of the city, on her horse and carrying a rather large scimitar. She seemed disorientated, to say the least, if not hallucinating. Her story lead us to the Unicorn Embassy, where we learned that Miko had passed the night with an old acquaintance, Moto Sangris, second born son of the Moto daimyo, Terumoto, and one of the three taisa of the White Guard. The man is said to have been to the other side of the Kaiu Kabe and survived twice the trip, which everyone knows is no small feat. No wonder he had fascinated Hida Miko and also no wonder he had gained a Crane bride as a prize for his valor… the very Kakita Natsuko who had invited us to the Otaku lands, a past romantic involvement of Doji Seiichi. He introduced his assistant as well, the shugenja Iuchi Sahai, along with some of his other companions.
During the ensuing conversation, he started bragging about abducting Kuni Sakura and bringing her back to his lands in a bag, like a traditional Moto bride. After Hida Miko took him on his word and as we had advised him not to do anything about it, he ran towards the Crab quarters, Iuchi Sahai running and cursing after him. Alas, my friend, despite all the words about Iuchi shugenja's mastery of the Water element, she wasn't fast enough. Soon afterward, a massive tremor shake the earth. Moto Sangris had met his better… He was brought back knocked off on a stretcher by a rather annoyed Sahai. Doji Seiichi sama couldn't help but mock the Crab and Hida Miko took offense, knocking him through a paper wall as well. I suspect it was the end of their friendship. But with Seiichi san, you never know. We finally left and brought Hida Miko back to the Crab estates and a rather angry Kuni Sakura. The entire surroundings appeared devastated by the earthquake, walls shattered and roofs collapsed. Eventually we left the next day, as the Temple of Tengen had to hold a ceremony for her sake, because she was deemed to have brought the attention of the Earth Dragon and his blessings. Unfortunately for the local heimin, there had been casualties…
From Kyuden Ikoma to Tsuma
We took the long road towards the Plains of the Otaku, via Kurayami-ha Mura, which we reached on the 25th Day of the Goat. After so many days of the rather drab Lion landscapes, flat and monotonous, the exuberance of the Unicorn lands were a refreshing sight. Here again, the hand of men and women had left nature take a freer course. Inari's blessings were not constrained by military contingencies and it was pleasantly visible that the Unicorn people had a feeling for the beauty of the land as well as its fruits. We traveled through this gentle landscape for some time, before eventually reaching Shiro Otaku Shojo on the 7th Day of the Monkey 1104. This city was quite an amazing sight as well. All around it, hilly prairies are grazed by small groups of practically free horses, often a stallion, a couple of mares, some fowls, under the distant but benevolent supervision of an Otaku male samurai. The palace itself was as imposing as it looked exotic and yet somehow practical. It was impossible to ignore the partly gaijin origin of its builders and inhabitants.
We were welcomed to the castle, as is customary. In the committee were our future fellow Topaz championship contestants, Ide Sakura and Shinjo Madri. But Kakita Natsuko was also present, greeting both her future husband and (if rumor is right) her past lover. We were kindly lead to our apartments. We were surprised to discover that each and every one of us had a personal space reserve, a bathroom and a private study. The accommodation was luxurious, large and extremely comfortable, decorated in a fashion clearly alien to our Rokugani habits yet very pleasant. Our horses and ponies were treated no less regally and lead to the famous Otaku Stables, a city in itself. We rested for a while and I was surprised by the visit of Kakita Mikko, bringing two pipes and a satchel with her. She explained to me that she had dried and prepared the flower I had found in Michi Sano Tozen no Fukuchu and that we were now going to smoke it. I was quite curious about the effects. I got quickly used to the acridity of the smoke and started to drift in a very happy state. We smoked and enjoyed each other company in various ways. Ultimately, so much emotions and new sensations proved too much and we fell asleep together. When we woke up, the world was spinning and my head hurting. Mikko excused herself and I went in search of Shinjo Madri. I had heard about the strange way the Shinjo and Otaku shoot arrows. They call it yeomanry and it is quite different from our kyujutsu, so I wanted to ask for a demonstration.
I met him at a breakfast area reserved for us, together with several of our fellow contestants such as Akodo Furuyama and several others. Noticing my poor face, painful looks and elocution, Madri san offered me a decoction based on some exotic roasted grain. It was bitter and salty but I indeed started to feel better and, in any case, my thoughts became noticeably clearer. I started to pay attention to the others' conversations. The best way to describe it was awkward: Doji Seiichi, Ide Sakura and Hida Miko seemed to speak in allusions and second thoughts about their respective Clans and about inter-Clan marriage. There was clearly a lot of acrimony between the three, but apparently for different reasons. I didn't get the deeper meaning, but it became obvious that, unbeknownst to Doji Seiichi, he had been engaged to Ide Sakura. The young adolescent seemed particularly annoyed at some comments Seiichi san had made previously and which had been repeated out of context by Hida Miko to her. Somehow, she felt threatened or at least despised. That sounded quite melodramatic but, then again, young courtiers often are. At some point, Sakura chan started asking question on Seiichi's own father (she is inheriting herself quite a large chunk of Ryoko Owari Toshi, as I understood). Knowing the relationship between Seiichi and his father (or rather lack thereof), this must have been too much because my poor companion decided to invite Sakura chan for a stroll in the gardens.
We were eventually able to get back to more pleasant conversation. Otaku Karyoko cheered a bit with us, before leaving with Hida Miko. I am sure the two strong ladies will get along fine… That's when I finally managed to speak yeomanry with Shinjo Madri and the Unicorn invited me for a later demonstration of the art. The difference, my friend, comes down to this: as you certainly know, we Rokugani let the arrow fly to the target, after having evaluated the direction and distance, but without looking at it directly. This allows us to develop the entire muscles of our upper body to bend the bow. But of course, it has the disadvantage that the slightest change in the conditions make us miss the target, since we can't adjust for something that we can't see. Most Unicorn practice yeomanry instead, especially from horse back. They learned this in the gaijin lands, probably from the Moto: instead of presenting their profile to the target, they face it and aim at it by fixing it with their sight. What they lose in power and elegance of gesture, they gain in precision, particularly if the shooting platform is moving, like on horseback. As I then discovered, it's not particularly beautiful but highly effective.
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The Fiscal Cliff: How did Sub S Banks Fare?
By: Patrick J. Kennedy, Jr and William Sutherland
With the signing of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8) S corp Banks and their owners now have some certainty about taxes, at least for the foreseeable future. In addition to tax rate preservation (for some), Congress also enacted a number of other "business tax" extensions that were specific to S corps.
Tax Rates
We all knew tax rates were going to go up, but many were able to dodge a bullet with the permanent extension of current tax rates for those earning less than $400,000 if filing individually, $425,000 if filing as head of the household or $450,000 if filing jointly. For those who earn more than the thresholds mentioned, the top tax bracket has been raised to 39.6%. Capital gains and dividend rates have been increased to 20% from 15% for the same top tax bracket. More specifically, capital gains and dividend rates remain at 15% for taxpayers in the 25-35% brackets and zero for taxpayers in the 10-15% brackets. Capital gains and dividends are also subject to the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) described below.
H.R. 8 also increased the social security tax from 4.2% to 6.2% on earnings up to $113,000. In addition, there is a Medicare tax surcharge of .9% on earned income above $250,000 (joint) and $200,000 (single) on top of the current 2.9% tax.
Built-in Gains
A very relevant S corp provision of H.R. 8 is the extension of the five year built-in gains recognition (holding) period, rather than a return to the ten year recognition period. This provision has been extended for an additional 2 years.
Charitable Contributions
The special basis adjustment rules for S corp's charitable contributions has also been extended, which allows an S corp shareholder to use the adjusted basis of the contributed property rather than the fair market value.
Net Investment Income Tax and the Health Care Act
It is time for the impact of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Health Care Act) to be felt. Pursuant to section 1411 of the Internal Revenue Code, the new 3.8% NIIT is set to begin January 1, 2013 on taxpayers making more than $250,000 (joint) or $200,000 (single). When it comes to the NIIT the devil is in the details, so much so that the IRS just issued 42 pages in the Federal Register of proposed regulations governing the implementation of the NIIT. A quick review of these will reveal an extraordinarily complicated proposal that will require significant study and further interpretation by tax professionals and the IRS about whether and when the tax will be imposed. Big picture for the typical S corp Bank is:
- The tax will be imposed on certain S corp bank earnings if the taxpayer is passive with respect to the income. In general, if you "materially participate in the business," you may not be subject to the tax.
- Treasury Reg 1.469-5T(a) provides a list of tests to determine who would be considered to be materially participating. An example might be a director who spends 500 hours or more on bank business attending meetings, promoting the bank, etc.
- With respect to a shareholder who materially participates, net investment income does not include loan or investment income since that income is "derived in the ordinary course of a trade or business" for a bank.
- Estates and Trusts will be subject to the NIIT if they have undistributed net investment income and also have adjusted gross income over the dollar amount at which the highest tax bracket for an estate or trust begins for such taxable year (for tax year 2012, this threshold amount is $11,650).
Trust Specific Matters
The NIIT proposed rulemaking contains special rules for Qualifying Subchapter S and Electing Small Business Trusts, as well as S corps in general, in connection with the calculation and recognition of net investment income, expense and gain.
Certain trusts will not be subject to the NIIT:
- Trusts that are exempt from income taxes imposed by Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code (e.g. charitable trusts and qualified retirement plan trusts exempt from tax under IRC section 501, and Charitable Remainder Trusts exempt from tax under IRC section 664).
- Trusts that are classified as "grantor trusts".
- Trusts that are not classified as "trusts" for federal income tax purposes such as Real Estate Investment Trusts and Common Trust Funds.
S Corp Banks Still Viable
While most S corp shareholders will pay more tax and there will be more pressure on Bank's to distribute more cash to cover those higher taxes, S corp bank structure benefits still are very much intact and the principal advantages of an S corp still remain. Cash distributions to shareholders of S corps will not be subject to tax and retained earnings will increase basis, thereby, reducing the capital gains tax upon sale. There is a case to be made that there is more value in owning an S corp bank than a C corp bank as a result of these features, especially over the long term. In addition, the S corp structure provides certain opportunities to create a tax advantage for a buyer that can be obtained upon a properly structured sale of the bank, which can add significant value to the franchise. These fundamentals all remain intact after H.R. 8.
*Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Sutherland are partners in the law firm of Kennedy Sutherland LLP, a firm headquartered in San Antonio, Texas with a comprehensive practice in financial institutions law. Mr. Kennedy is President and founder of the Subchapter S Bank Association. Mr. Sutherland serves as the Association's Executive Director.
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Islam, Urban Life and the Production of (Moral) Norms. André Chappatte, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin; Saskia Schäfer, Columbia University, New York; Hew Wai Weng, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore / Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin; Abdoulaye Sounaye, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, 26.05.2016–27.05.2016.
Reviewed by Saskia Schäfer
Published on H-Soz-u-Kult (September, 2016)
Islam, Urban Life and the Production of (Moral) Norms
In order to better understand the processes of norm-making in Muslim societies, the workshop "Islam, Urban Life and the Production of (Moral) Norms" convened at the Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin, 26–27 May 2016. The workshop discussed the dissemination and construction of moral aspirations in Muslim societies form North Africa to South East Asia, as well as negotiations and struggles over what is morally right, and who should enforce claims of justice, and in what ways. The organisers sought to revise anthropological claims about local uniqueness and consider global influences in local contexts. The workshop brought together 18 scholars covering eight countries in West Africa and Southeast Asia. The papers were organized around six panels each focusing on a specific topic: 1) The Ahmadiyya Question, 2) Space and time, 3) Popular Culture, 4) Mediating Norms and Belonging, 5) Preaching the Norms and 6) Class and Neo-liberalism. The event also included a colloquium.
Ulrike Freitag (Berlin, Germany), the director of the ZMO, opened the workshop, followed by introductory remarks by Abdoulaye Sounaye (Berlin, Germany) and Hew Wai Weng (Singapore/Berlin).
The first panel focussed on the Ahmadiyya, a global Muslim movement accused of deviance in many Muslim countries. KATRIN LANGEWIESCHE (Mainz, Germany) discussed the production of moral norms within the global Ahmadiyya community, which strives for coherence in its value system. Based on fieldwork in Europe and West Africa, she found that the tight organisational structure, proselytization, and education were the central channels for building moral norms. Ahmadi missionaries undergo a detailed one-year-training program and while pledging loyalty to the states they live in, they orient themselves via the head office in London.
SASKIA SCHÄFER (New York, USA) argued that the question whether the Ahmadiyya are part of Islam serves as a discursive site to rework the relationship between Islam and the state in Indonesia. She also raised the question of how scholarship can analyse public discourses of morality without restating or resorting to the liberal norms of the human rights reports that document many of the developments. In the discussion, KAI KRESSE (New York, USA) picked up on the idea of looking into Islamic history to carve out specificities such as the Koranic requisite "Enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong". DIETRICH REETZ (Berlin, Germany) pointed at the delicate ambivalence of provocation games in the competition for claiming the truth.
The second panel centred on Space and Time. LEONIE SCHMIDT (Amsterdam, Netherlands) showed how people celebrating Ramadan have transformed various shopping malls in Yogyakarta into spaces in which piety and consumption are negotiated. Her examples showed how the decorators mingle local Southeast Asian elements with images of the Arab desert. Leonie Schmidt also compared the Ramadan decoration to other festive decorations and thus rekindled the discussion as to how modern and how Islam-specific these phenomena are. Ulrike Freitag pointed out that the end of Ramadan has always been a period of heightened consumption. Sara Abbas asked to what degree not only consumption, but also exploitation was part of the Ramadan-festivities.
ANDRÉ CHAPPATTE (Berlin, Germany) cast his view on the less visible aspects of Muslim life in Odienné, Côte d'Ivoire, to show how this society accepts certain activities only at the margins. In the discussion, Ulrike Freitag pointed at the historical link of consumption and the end of Ramadan and questioned singling out religion as an analytical category. In a similar vein, HUMEIRA IQTIDAR (London, England) criticised the assumption that cultures other than Protestantism must be averse to capitalism and reminded of the long history of Islamic trade and markets.
In the third panel, the presentations and discussion evolved around Popular Culture. ELODIE APARD (Ibadan, Nigeria) explained various strategies of adapting to the norms of the hugely influential reformist Izala movement in pop music in Niger. The newer generation of rappers, she found, embrace these norms more openly than the older generation of modern Nigerien musicians, who considers itself the guardian of Nigerien traditional music and as such refuses to bow down to recent religious dictates. The younger Western-influenced generation of rappers engages in defending and spreading Islamic values as disseminated by the Izala movement, and therein also transform the perception of music and its place in society. In this way, music is both a tool for self-assertion as well as for social protest and change.
HEW WAI WENG (Singapore/Berlin) used visual material from his fieldwork in Kuala Lumpur to argue that pious clothes are a way of negotiating one's position between the standards of conservative clerics and urban trends of expressing one's individuality. In addition, many of the small trendy shops he visited encourage the social agency of young urbanites through entrepreneurship. These examples, he concluded, show that pop-Islam does not necessarily aim at disseminating religion but can also be a way of accommodating religion. Viewed in this light, the concepts of post-Islamism and pop-Islamism do not contradict each other, but grasp different aspects of the described phenomena.
ABDOULAYE NIANG (Saint-Louis, Senegal) showed that in Senegal, rap and mbalax, "preaching music" with complex music videos, are an increasingly popular form of negotiating norms and values. The essential condition, he argued, is that music must avoid becoming too much a form of amusement because this could weaken the faith. The religious message must thus be in the foreground for music to be acceptable for many Muslims. Examples were a music video shot in a cemetery to remind viewers of the shortness of the this-worldly life and collaborations between rappers and Islamic preachers. The changes in the music scene, Abdoulaye Niang concluded, have contributed to a decentralisation of ownership of the sacred word; it has transferred preaching music from to non-religious locations, and has appropriated a new medium.
In her evening lecture, Humeira Iqtidar emphasized the importance of thinking Islamism as a modernist phenomenon rather than a traditional one, and traced back the origins of many of today's arguments to their historical context in colonial South Asia. She explained how the Jamaat-e-Islami was organised as a Leninist cadre that would transform society and how the modernist Maududi understood the sharia as a code of law, while it actually constitutes a normative guidance from which laws could be derived. Humeira Iqtidar argued that the common focus on tolerance should be shifted to questions of justice, and on conditions with which states can support rather than impose justice.
The second day opened with a panel on Mediating Norms and Belonging. FERDIANSYAH THAJIB (Berlin, Germany) drew on his fieldwork among Muslim queers in North Aceh, Indonesia, in the liminal spaces of beauty salons and evening gatherings. During hours of hanging out together (nongkrong), Ferdiansyah Thajib observed, they reworked their collective experience as marginalised groups in a region in which public spaces for Muslim queers are shrinking.
In his work on a Muslim radio station in Asante in Ghana, BENEDIKT PONTZEN (Bayreuth, Germany) raised issues about language, the proliferation of religious debates, and the friction between religious and economic interests. The discussion afterwards concluded that a diversification of a media landscape does not necessarily result in a pluralisation and proliferation of opinions. Also, participants emphasised that despite all the necessary focus on questions of hegemony and power, scholars must also find a way to take their interlocutors' self-understanding as pious servants of God seriously in their research.
In the following panel on Preaching Norms, DOMINIK M. MÜLLER (Frankfurt, Germany) drew on his fieldwork on dakwah campaigns by the Malaysian Islamist opposition party PAS to show how the party has radically altered their stance towards pop culture in order to gain followers beyond their rural piety-oriented constituency. Humeira Iqtidar pointed out that this pop-Islamism once more exemplifies how Islamists have moved their hopes to change society via the state to the market. Connecting the dakwah on part of PAS to the phenomena of trendy hijabs as previously discussed by Hew Wai Weng once more showed how difficult it is to clearly separate dakwah from other activities, and reminded us of the central question of singling out religion as an analytical lens.
The final panel focused on Class and Neo-liberalism. DAVID KLOOS (Leiden, Netherlands refined the workshop's understanding of "middle class" with his analysis of biographical reconciliations of modesty, religiosity, and narratives of (im)mobility in Aceh, Indonesia. Most literature on Indonesia's urban middle classes focusses on social mobility, but Kloos offered a detailed analysis of a case of religious re-interpretation of non-mobility. ALI NOBIL AHMAD (Berlin, Germany) reminded of keeping the analytical gaze at issues of land and material, drawing on processes of urbanization in Pakistan.
In the closing discussion, participants once more reiterated the importance of overcoming familiar binaries and dichotomies such as the assumed incompatibility between Islam and capitalism or Islam and certain forms of popular music. The discussion also reflected on how the conditions of production and exploitation remain largely hidden from ethnographic research on the production of norms focussed on "cultural" markers. Finally, the workshop concluded that a comparative perspective across two regions usually perceived at the periphery of the "Muslim world" allowed for a fresh perspective but needed deeper systematising in order to fully think through the implications of setting the Middle East as the often unspoken point of reference for research in majority Muslim societies.
Conference overview:
Welcome by ULRIKE FREITAG (Director of ZMO)
Introductory remarks by Abdoulaye Sounaye and Hew Wai Weng
Panel 1: The Ahmadiyya Question
Ahmadiyya Islam and the production of morality in West Africa,
Katrin Langewiesche (Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Mainz)
Indonesian Ahmadiyya and notion of "True Islam",
Saskia Schäfer (Columbia University, New York)
Chair: Nora Lafi (ZMO)
Discussant: Kai Kresse (Columbia University, New York)
Panel 2: Space and time
Urban Islamic spectacles: transforming the space of the shopping mall during Ramadan in Indonesia,
Leonie Schmidt (University of Amsterdam)
The maquis: a space of entertainment at the margins morality in Odienné, a secondary town of northern Côte d'Ivoire,
André Chappatte (ZMO, Berlin)
Chair: Florian Riedler (ZMO, Berlin)
Discussant: Ulrike Freitag (ZMO, Berlin)
Panel 3: Popular Culture
Rapping Islam: cultural strategies to adapt to Izala norms in Niamey, Niger,
Elodie Apard (IFRA-Nigeria, French Institute for Research in Africa)
Mediating Islam: religious piety, urban lifestyle and moral agency in Kuala Lumpur ,
Hew Wai Weng (ISEAS/ZMO, Singapore/Berlin)
Popular music, urban youth and Islam in postcolonial Senegal,
Abdoulaye Niang (Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal)
Chair: David Kloos (KITLV Leiden)
Discussant: André Chappatte (ZMO, Berlin)
Colloquium: Islamism and Producing a `Modernist Islam ́,
Humeira Iqtidar (King's College London)
Panel 4: Mediating Norms and Belonging
Becoming liminal community: moral engagements of Muslim queers in North Aceh, Indonesia,
Ferdiansyah Thajib (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, FU Berlin)
A Muslim radio station and its impact on ongoing religious debates among Muslims in Asante,
Benedikt Pontzen (BIGSAS, University of Bayreuth)
Chair: Elodie Apard (IFRA-Nigeria)
Discussant: Abdoulaye Sounaye (ZMO, Berlin)
Panel 5: Preaching the Norms
Producing moral norms and orthodoxy through the Tafsīr: the role of reformist-minded scholars in Northern Cameroon,
Ahmed Khalid Ayong (BIGSAS, University of Bayreuth)
"XPDC Dakwah" and the rise of pop-Islamism in urban Malaysia,
Dominik M. Müller (Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany)
Chair: Hew Wai Weng (ISEAS/ZMO, Singapore/Berlin)
Discussant: Humeira Iqtidar (King's College London)
Panel 6: Class and Neo-liberalism
A modest life: religiosity and social (im)mobility in Aceh, Indonesia,
David Kloos (KITLV Leiden)
The Islamic ethic and the spirit of neo-liberalism: urbanization and middle-class morality in contemporary Pakistan,
Ali Nobil Ahmad (ZMO, Berlin)
Chair: Leonie Schmidt (University of Amsterdam)
Discussant: Erdem Evren (ZMO, Berlin)
Closing Discussion
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YELLOWKNIFE (December 19, 2016) – Premier Bob McLeod announced two appointments to the senior ranks of the territorial public service today.
Eleanor Young has been appointed Deputy Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA). Ms. Young most recently served as the Assistant Deputy Minister for this department.
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NYCC, Day 2: Dark Horse's "Conan The Barbarian" Panel
The Conan panel was a little bit different than the other events going on at the New York Comic Con, focusing on a more an informal discussion about the creative aspects of the series. Stunningly enough, the famous barbarian has quite a bit more depth than most uninformed readers might expect.
Dark Horse brought three of its brightest minds to the table:
Scott Allie, Editor
Josh Dysart, Writer
Jeremy Atkins, Publicist
Scott Allie did most of the talking. He has been Conan's editor ever since the series started at Dark Horse. By his side was Josh Dysart, the writer behind the current "Conan and the Midnight God" series. Both men are clearly quite passionate about their work and providing tons of detailed insight into the richly developed world of Conan's barbarian race.
One of the most substantial upcoming products will be FunCom's massively multiplayer PC game titled "Age of Conan." So far, the pre-release buzz is sounding amazing. It's scheduled to appear sometime later this year. Ideally it will allow players to feel as though they are running around in an authentic recreation of Conan's prehistoric world.
But Scott and Josh aren't just sitting on their duffs. To celebrate the release of this game, they've created "Conan and the Midnight God." This new series is designed to help uninitiated readers understand the complex world of the barbarian hero.
"The majority of the Conan series is set during his youth now," said Scott. Midnight God breaks this precedent. It takes place much further in the timeline, when Conan is in his mid-forties. Now a king, the once daring individualist is finding himself overburdened with responsibility. Crushed with the feeling that his life is not his own, Conan enters a sort of barbaric mid-life crisis.
"He sort of despises responsibility," Dysart explains, "It's like he's climbed the corporate ladder and all of a sudden: 'This is not my beautiful house!' 'This is not my beautiful wife!'"
While "Conan and the Midnight God," ties into the upcoming game, it's doesn't just retread familiar territory. The two are separate entities, and FunCom is independently working on their own story for the game.
"The comic is not designed to teach you how to play the game," said Allie, "It's not that kind of tie-in."
Over the years, many of the various creators who have helmed the series have taken some severe liberties with the character. Since Dark Horse recently took over, things have really changed for everyone's favorite Cimmerian. Or to be more accurate, they've gotten back to basics. They wanted to really flesh out the humanity of this character and bring him closer to Robert Howard's original vision.
Previously, our scantily clad hero was in danger of growing a bit stale. "Conan was becoming such a stereotypical hero model number 13. " said Allie. He was becoming such a staple character archetype that people were losing interest in him.
Scott explains that while the younger Conan is just starting his adventures, the older version seen in "Midnight God" has lots of scars and chunks taken out of him. By the time he sits in his throne, his nose has been broken hundreds of times. The art really helps to sell this point. When you see him, you can instantly recognize the years of abuse that have shaped this character.
But what's the main difference between this new Dark Horse Conan and the classic Marvel version. "There's been so much Conan done by everyone but Robert Howard," Allie states: "but we don't adhere to anything not written by Robert Howard."
This risky venture makes things a bit complicated for readers. It's hard to suddenly "forget" so many adventures of a character they've been reading for years.
But "Midnight God" is not based on any original Howard stories. It's a completely new adventure. Scott recognizes that they too are building their own version of the Conan saga, and are allowed to take certain liberties. As such, "Midnight God" is in the spirit of the originals. Basically, Howard never said that Conan didn't go on this adventure, so they have a little bit of gray area to play with.
Josh explained his difficulties in approaching such a distinctive character as Conan:
"It was a struggle to me because I have such feelings about barbarism and civilization." As far as he was concerned, this was the main point of Conan. "If you're not writing about barbarism versus civilization, then you simply are not doing the character justice."
"I am, by nature, a collectivist," Dysart explains, "But Conan is an individualist." Josh admitted some difficulty in coming to terms with this at first. It took a bit of work for him to get in the right frame of mind. "But once you get it, it's actually very liberating. It's like you get to find your masculinity again!"
In the past, Conan has been portrayed as a man without feeling. This is not true, according to both Scott and Josh. He does have these emotions, but the society he lives in does not allow him to express them. In "Midnight God" for example, his wife has a miscarriage in the first issue. This is obviously a devastating event for anyone to go through, but that's the difficulty of a character like Conan. You can't have him feeling sad and talking about his feelings for the rest of the next issue. He's human, so he's going to have these emotions, but he's not going to display them. "It's an incredibly unhealthy way to live!" said Josh.
Instead, you must look to Conan's actions. Across the arc he actually starts an entire war. Now, is this simply a result of foreign aggression, or is it some our hero's pent up frustration coming out? That's part of the intricacy Josh has worked into the story.
To further illustrate this point, Dysart and Allie actually argued about whether or not to have Conan say, "Feed that baby to the dog." Ultimately, this idea was scrapped. It certainly would have provided an even closer look at the inner workings of this barbarian society.
According to Josh, one of the key problems with the modern world is that we've lost what it means to be men. The final victim of the patriarchal society is natural manliness. With Conan, however, you are able to lift this veil as you travel back to a more primitive time. "I love being with Conan," said Dysart, "He allows you to see what is truly masculine and truly feminine."
After a pause, he added: "You can solve all your problems by killing people!"
"There is nothing a decapitation can't fix!" Scott laughed, "He's even beyond the alpha-male. If there were a letter before A, that would be Conan."
Josh then went into his research on barbaric society. The common consensus is that they were just foolish savages. "I saw on the History Channel of all places," said Dysart, "there was this special on how the Roman war machine just rolled over the barbarians. That's just not true!"
According to Josh, the Goths and other barbaric tribes were far more intelligent than people give them credit for. They developed techniques to ride their horses backwards while firing arrows. This combined with their intense understanding of mathematics allowed them to create superior bows and arrows. By riding a safe distance away from the Roman army, they could simply swivel in their saddle and unload on the approaching Romans. Their cunning ingenuity made them practically impervious to attack.
"A lot of writers made him a little bit bigger and a little bit dumber than how I imagine the character," said Allie. After seeing all that the character has lived through and accomplished, he simply cannot believe that the hero could be stupid. It just wouldn't make sense.
"With most heroes, they have an origin story and then it's 'status quo' for a while," Scott said. Conan is different, however. He's not a superhero. The series traverses his entire lifetime. Things change as he grows up. He learns from his adventures and uses this knowledge to help him later in life. One example Allie illustrated was that there is a specific story that marks the first time Conan ever uses a bow and arrow. He has never used it until this age, so when the stories go further back in the past, they make absolutely sure not to break this continuity.
They've also got new lines of "Kull" coming out, tentatively in September. "We're starting the series just as he's taken the throne and is forced to prove himself," said Scott.
Kull differs from Conan in that his adventures begin once he becomes king. Conversely, when Conan finally achieves his goal of becoming a leader, his life is basically over. Even though he has further adventures, the story will never really progress past that point. Kull on the other hand is always a King.
"He's more suited for the job," Allie explains.
Kull's more-developed civilization, while still brutal, is a nice contrast to the beaten-down world of Conan. This will help readers separate the two worlds.
Also coming out in their line this year will be the further adventures of yet another of Howard's characters, "Solomon Cane." The Dark Horse guys look like they're having a ball with these characters. Readers and players alike should be eager to get their hands on all these hot new Conan and company products.
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Theresa and Stephen had amazing weather for their beautiful wedding at the Harris' Pelham Inn in Pelham, NH. We started the day with Theresa, her mom and her bridesmaids. Oh, and how could I forget Momo? You'll have to see the images below to find out who Momo is! We immediately enjoyed laughing with Theresa and her bridesmaids as they were getting ready and they kept us laughing all day!
The ceremony was held on the spectacular property behind the inn. Our laughing turned into crying during the wonderfully emotional ceremony. The happy couple tied the knot (literally) in front of many friends and family before sharing their first kiss as husband and wife. We had so much fun taking photographs of the family and the wedding party during the cocktail hour! We may have shed some more tears at that point, but they were tears from laughing so hard especially while tying to get Theresa and her bridesmaids to toss their bouquets. (See pictures below)
The newlyweds enjoyed their first dance after being announced as the new Mr. and Mrs. by DJ Greg Sowa. Towards the end of dinner, several of the girls got the party started by singing their hearts out on the dance floor! Once the dancing began, the dance floor stayed busy for the rest of the night! Please take a few moments to view the images below and be sure to leave a comment at the bottom. You can also view Theresa and Stephen's engagement photos here.
Thank you to all of the other wedding vendors who made Theresa and Stephen's day one that they will never forget!
Flowers: Ford Flowers
Hair: Allison Bartolini
Makeup: Ashley Gomes
Officiant: Daniel Griffiths
Venue: Harris' Pelham Inn
Videographer: Nancy Fleming Videography
We knew right away that these girls would keep us laughing all day!!!
This is Momo: fierce guard dog for the bride! I did Theresa and Stephen's engagement photos this past January with Momo as our special guest. He was nervous around me at that session, but eventually warmed up to me. Well, he definitely didn't remember me and did NOT want me to get near HIS mommy on the wedding day! Look at that scowl! He means business!!!
There were simple instructions: toss your bouquets on three. Somehow "on three" created mass confusion. Kaci was happy to...ummm...loudly clarify for the other girls what I meant by "on three". LOL
This is just one of the images that we captured while the girls tossed their bouquets. Take note that Theresa threw her bouquet so high that it went out of the frame in the image that I captured after this image. All but one of the girls caught the bouquets on the way down. I won't embarrass the bridesmaid who didn't catch hers by naming her in this blog. :-)
Okay, now notice how far the guys tossed the girls bouquets. Yes, this is as high as Stephen threw the bouquet. The girls won this bouquet tossing event! Although, all the guys did catch the flowers on their return flight. (Way to go guys!)
I'll give you three guesses as to who which bridesmaid is the sister of the groom!
This is what happens when you give flowers to a bunch of groomsmen!
These girls knew how to belt it out on the dance floor to get the party started!!!
Who doesn't love a good wedding photobomb?
I think that I was captured on video! By the way, I LOVE your phone case! I'm a HUGE Celtics fan!!!
Theresa & Stephen,
Thank you again, so much, for hiring us to capture your wedding day memories! We greatly enjoyed laughing and crying with you both on your amazing day! May God bless your marriage Forever & Always!
Matt & Sarah
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