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It is a very popular Hebrew term, used as a “hello” and “goodbye” for the comings and goings in life.

Yet like most words, English cannot encompass what magnitude and depth this word contains. Following what the Strong’s Dictionary tells me, it means more than just the “peace” that people imply. Peace is a poor English word to describe what a huge expanse this word entails. Shalom means completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord (7965). Shalom comes from the root verb shalom meaning to be complete, perfect and full.

When used in the Hebrew, it is the fullness that is comparable to a debt that is paid. That is, the debt is not partially paid, but fully–there is a sense of the completeness and the efficacy of the shalom being complete, and requiring no further action.

Keeping this in mind, I wonder when we read the words of Jesus, he often uses the greeting: “Peace be unto you,” a translation of shalom aleichem, what that would mean to us.

If it is, that Jesus is calling for our debts to be paid, and ourselves to be made whole through the freedom from the bondage of sin. What if shalom meant more than just peace, as we have understood it to mean, but Jesus continually inviting us to drink of the Living Water and eat of the Bread of Life? Applying this, are we seeking more than just peace, but are we looking for the debt of our sins to be paid fully.

Moreover, if we greet our brothers and sisters with the greeting–shalom–do we wish them completeness, wholeness…etc. ? Do we hope and pray for the utmost of graces and love to be lavished upon them, because Jesus certainly did for the people he encountered. To have the heart of Jesus is to know love other as you would treat them, and to love God with all our hearts, souls, minds and strength.

“But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1v.7

Joyce Meyer and False Confidence in Self

ImageFor starters, this post has been breaking my heart the past few weeks. For large amounts of time I had locked away a portion of my heart, convinced that people that listen to Joyce Meyer do not exist. The only people that listen to Joyce Meyer are ghosts and people

It confounds me that for all the advances of feminism and the empowerment of women in modern culture (which I’m all for), that we still have women that allow themselves to listen to this. I am honestly convinced that Joyce Meyer is an insult to the intelligence and theological brevity of all women in the world. She is evidence that we, as the human race, have not gone far enough in the elimination of inequality between sexes because people still listen to her mind-numbing ignorance.

I seriously believe that. The same goes for men, that we have sure a derelict of godliness and Berean spirit that we listen to Joseph Prince, Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar e.t.c. It confounds me, that we as a human race, have catapulted technologically so far in the past century, but still follow these ritualistic, materialistic gods of wheat and rain. Never before in history have we had so much access to theological resources, but we seem to be in the greatest times bereft of seeking after God.

The Confidence in Self

Anyway, upon recommendation, I was listening to some Joyce Meyer the other day. The talk, I deign to describe it as a sermon, was on “Seven Secrets of a Confident Woman”.

I didn’t really understand the structure of the talk. The talk seems to be a lot of stories told in succession like a comedy routine. I guess it was entertaining, with chuckle or hint of laughter was merely another soul going to hell.

It was only thirty minutes in that the seven steps began. Of which, the first step toward becoming a confident woman was “knowing that God loves you”. She was very adamant on how important it was: Read more of this post

Individualism and the Prosperity Gospel

ImagePhotos of this nature are maddening.

This is, of course, excepting my presence in reading my facebook newsfeed, which is exceedingly more maddening. I am just a slave for slogans and the ilk.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s largely correct, as far as I can tell or what meaning I can infer from it: God is our healer through providential care and grace. We can put our faith on Him to bring us through this world, nothing can extend or shorten our allotted time on this earth. Admittedly, I’m not sure what “heart doctor” means exactly–perhaps they mean cardiologist. Moreover, when they refer to “energy booster”, I assume they aren’t referring to chugging down Red Bull energy drinks and mistaking angels for people with “wings”.

God is our portion, He fills our cup overflowing. But if that is all the post is about, it’s entirely incomplete–I would argue it’s blasphemously incomplete.

The problem of the post is not itself, but the underlying motivations of the post.

The intention behind the post is what is lacking as it is brazenly existential.

It assigns most of our hope on the current alleviation of suffering and none on the reward of faithfulness. Read more of this post

Dear Hipster Church,

So many thoughts I am likely not allowed to put on facebook. So, WordPress is in for a treat today! A early Christmas special as you would have it. ^__^

1. We Get It.

You love Jesus, we get it. You love others, we get it. However, it’s confusing when you treat Jesus and His words so flippantly.  It’s confusing when He’s merely “the man upstairs”, or “big bro in heaven”. I don’t really understand this Jesus you guys have placed your faith and hope, and ultimately laid down your life for. It’s confusing the obtuseness of your theology and lack of clarity in soteriology. Read more of this post

The Ripple Effect of Abortion

“Abortion seems to be the only medical procedure that people want to deny you based on how you got in that situation.

Drove drunk, got in an accident and need an organ transplant? No problem.

Messing around with a gun, accidentally shoot yourself in the leg and need surgery? Of course.

Smoke tobacco for most of your life and need treatment for lung cancer? Yep.

Climb a tree, fall out and break your leg? We’ll fix that right up.

—– Worry About Your Own Uterus (via quoilecanard)

I don’t normally care a lot about people arguing about abortion. I feel there is a lot of baggage associated with the pro-life, pro-choice debate. In that, I don’t think a lot of pro-choice arguments are about whether a baby is being killed in abortion, but the whole issue is intrinsically tied with feminism. Therefore, it is difficult to engage the abortion debate when the two sides aren’t talking about the same thing.

Regardless, I stumbled across this little tib-bit on tumblr. There is obviously a great amount of hyperbole, and a bit of irrelevance. I don’t think that a hospital is really a good idea of what is morally right or wrong.

It also disturbs me that the writer has compared having a baby to: [having] lung cancer”, “breaking a leg”, or “[receiving an] organ transplant”. Moreover, that having sex is like “smoking tobacco”, “driving drunk”, or “falling out of trees”.

The Ripple Effect.

The core of my problem with this argument is that none of those examples given involve a life outside of the person’s own life. It’s not very much like you drove drunk and got into an accident because that is all about your own life’s preservation.

Abortion has a much greater far-reaching impact on not only yourself and whatever you’ve done to yourself, but your own unborn child. It has not been engaged with properly by the author, but some rather fantastic analogies have been given for an abortion.

The Reality.

The reality goes more like this:

It’s more like you were driving home from a dinner with your girlfriend. You had a few glasses of wine, but not that much that you thought it wasn’t safe to drive home. On the way home, you didn’t stop at a red light. It somehow slipped your mind as you were thinking about work the next day. The car door has been wrenched open, where you T-boned the car at the intersection.

You start mumbling in a drunken haze:

You then begin to explain your conditions. You expect the person to pay for the repairs to your own car, and not to call the police or anything. Basically, you begin to demand to the body that they don’t interfere with your life and to pretend that nothing happened. After a while, when the body doesn’t respond you realize that the person you crashed into is actually dead and you’re actually just talking to a bloodied corpse.

Maybe the corpse is on fire and the clothes have burnt off leaving a naked body. You shake the limp body and ask for compensation for your own mistake and lack of foresight.

After a while, you become sober, and you walk home. The police never come knocking at your door. The whole car disappears overnight, the midnight bells have caused the carriage to revert to its former state. The shards of broken windshield scattered on the road the night before is no more when you drive to work the next day. It’s almost like it was a dream.

It is blatantly obvious if you drive drunk, you have an increased chance of crashing into someone and causing loss of life. If you have sex with someone without a condom, you have an increased (well, almost 100% greater) chance of having a baby.

There is a risk taken. Abortion immediately assumes that there is a positive and negative side to this coin flip. It has this idea that life is always great or unimportant according to someone who doesn’t know anything about the person they just crashed into.

The Solution.

Christians fail in this department. More often than not, they are too willing to condemn babies born outside of wedlock because it makes them feel good about a sin they are not guilty of. More often than not, there needs to be a sense of humility and service to people that are unlike us.

On the reverse, the condemnation they dish out, they create an environment that distances rather than draws sinners close. Admittedly, I am one of those who would be more likely to be standing outside abortion clinics, but you would never see me supporting the single mothers. You never see me play an important part of raising these babies not judged as interference to life. It’s so much easier to wave signs and say sermons to people for a short time, rather than invest a lifetime into seeing someone grow to value life and what a gift that God has given.

Don’t miss the forest for the trees. Don’t miss the babies for the political stance.

The Church needs to be that vehicle the gives the help and the compassion.

Christians Voting In Government Elections

Recently, I voted in the New Zealand elections.

…reluctantly, I might add. My parents had to drag me to the voting booth, kicking and screaming. I don’t even think I filled out the form correctly. I only read later that you were strictly supposed to tick the box, not colour it in–I will never know if my vote was valid or not. The whole idea seems ridiculous to me, that my vote could be opposed by someone else who had no idea and choose the funniest name. Read more of this post

To Be Christian Is To Love Your Enemies

The Apostle John argues in his letter to Christians, that to love is the mark of a Christian.

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1John 4v.7

In other words, essentially, the Spirit of God is a Spirit of love. The knowledge of God that is given to us when we are saved is essentially a knowledge of a loving God. All else would be in vain if we did not have the knowledge of the provision for sin through the love of a Saviour in us. Matthew Henry says that it is “love [that] oils the wheels of his affections”–and surely this is a sign of being born again: being compelled to love.

“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.” 1John 4v.8

John then proceeds to explain what the application of this love is: in the image of Jesus. Jesus was God’s only Son, the manifestation of everything–there was no other son that God had left. What Jesus accomplished on this earth was that we would live through Him. What is love, if we do not continually relate it to Jesus? What life is there of the Christian, if we are not continually comparing ourselves against what standard Jesus set for us?

Too often, I think it is too simple to compare ourselves to other people and see how ‘good’ we are compared to them. I can look at the Pat Robertsons and Rick Warrens of this world and think I am better than them, superior in the faith perhaps, and that could be no further from the truth. I am continually needing grace when I see myself and how Jesus needed to die on the cross for all of my sin.

“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4v.9-11 (English Standard Version)

In another reiteration from John to emphasize and expand his point, he describes specifically the work accomplished in the death and resurrection of Jesus. What John is describing is not a menial love, that cannot stretch far–but a love that goes till the death. That if we were to love with the love of God which has filled us, it should be a lot that sacrifices itself totally for one another.

The description that John gives a complexity beyond just loving those who deserve love, but those who do not deserve our love. The same applies to grace, that we not only are lavished with this unmerited favour, but we are so fallen beyond deserving or even seen as neutral before God. I like to think of it as a negative bank account balance, no bank would dare give us a loan. The reality is this: that we can only love, when we realise that we are loved undeservingly. We can only love if the love of God inhabits within us.

I was in church the other day, and there was a man who was struggling with addictions. He described how it would go in cycles, he would stop for a time and then when he thought he was victorious, it would come back with a vengeance. There was a certain doubt and defeatism that had entered this man’s heart, that he couldn’t believe in himself to fight this any longer. In an open conversation, my pastor gave two points:

1. The Holy Spirit in our hearts is the only thing that can truly change us. Him, entering our hearts will undoubtedly change us and conform us into what God would want us to be like. Freedom from alcoholism, freedom from drug abuse, and even greater–from sin and the eternal bondage to these depraved things.

2. I can guarantee you that everyone in this church would die for you. We all believe in the Holy Spirit’s power, and His love toward us–I think I am safe in saying that everyone here loves you so much that they would do anything for you.

It’s a monumental statement from my pastor to proclaim that anyone would die for him. He certainly knew his own worthlessness better than anyone else in the church, therefore, better than anyone else in the church should he know of what a love there is in the Church. Where there is a worthless feeling, surely this should be matched with love–that there is a value assigned to us in Christ. To be afraid of love, is to be afraid of God and who He essentially is. I am certainly reminded of what Saint Francis of Assisi said many years ago:

“Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.”

I truly believe that to love others truly it demands everything of us, and this in turn, is a monumental task. I daily realise how far short I fail in this standard and where I don’t have enough faith, I doubt. What does love demand of you, and what ? Is your life different from before you knew Christ, are you loving more?


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Next Stop: A Guide’s Guide to the Windy City

Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park (Photo: Evgeny Dubinchuk/

Every born and bred Chicagoan knows that the city is full of wonderful nooks and crannies. City native Frank McGehee of Chicago Private Tours is an expert on which landmarks tourists love to visit, like The Magnificent Mile and Millennium Park, but he also knows the places that are often overlooked. McGehee’s intimate custom tours go to beloved and little-known spots, and show off the best of Chi-town’s past and present. Here are his tips for checking out the city with, or without, the help of a tour guide.

Which area of Chicago is underrated?

A lot of people don’t take the time to explore the South Side. Once you start driving through the mansion district, the University of Chicago campus and the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House, you’ll start looking at all the architecture. Hyde Park is really a jewel on the South Side.

Where in your own neighborhood would you take visitors?

I would take all visitors for a stroll in the Japanese gardens in Jackson Park. It is something that was designed to match the style of gardens that was showcased for the World’s Fair of 1893.

Say a tourist is returning to Chicago again after about 10 years. How has the city changed since then?

Chicago has seen tons of beautification in the past 10 years. A lot of it is thanks to our former first lady of the city, Maggie Daley, who really made it a point to add the flower beds in the middle of Michigan Avenue and Lake Shore Drive. That really beautifies the city with living, breathing art.

What is the best way to travel around the city to see the sights?

I recommend the bike sharing programs to get people out there on their bikes and check out the city. It’s really more of an active city now and I think that’s something to be appreciated.

Our tours offer a vehicle, so we can get you all the way up to the North and South Side, but we try to get out of the vehicle as much as possible so we can look at the architecture in greater detail. At the end of the day, you need to get out and look at the building. Just look up and realize how beautiful the city of Chicago is.

What is the coolest thing that’s happened to you while giving a tour?

One client had us customize the tour to go by all the places where the couple had great memories, but to act like it was just part of the tour. At the end, he proposed and just as she said yes the fireworks at Navy Pier started going off, making it a perfect night for them.


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Rhythm of the Night. Cartegena, Colombia.

The night was young. Earlier, I had spotted a Cuban bar that I had the desire to check out. A couple of us from the boat ride headed to Little Havana and prepared ourselves for the rhythm of salsa to enter our souls. Continue reading

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The Arrival. Cartegena, Colombia.

Alas! After six days at sea, we spotted land. It’s a magical place…where the beer flows like wine and the women flock like the salmon of Capistrano. I’m talking about a place called Colombia. Continue reading

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Back To Italy

We had the wonderful chance to travel back to Italy this summer. We have visited Sicily, Sabaudia, Ardea, Trevignano Romano, Rome and Pisa…. now we flew back to Pisa and drove up to the mountains 65 km west and a bit north from Pisa airport.

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It is nice that Finnair offers direct flights to Pisa in the summer time.

Montecatini Terme is the closest town near the mountains and our vacation house. I had never heard of this town. It is an Italian municipality of about 21,100 inhabitants within the province of Pistoia in Tuscany, Italy. The town is located at the eastern end of Piana di Lucca and has a strong vocation for tourism, as well as industrial and commercial industries related to the spa, which in turn has increased the interest for hotel accommodation in the region.

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The drive up to the house was exciting and fascinating. So many curves and small roads and up up we drove. The scenery was beautiful and magnificent.

The first look at the view from the house was just what we hoped for.

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As always it is nice to just sit down after travelling for many hours. Driving, waiting, flying, waiting, driving and then… finally: vacation time!

Stay tuned for more stories and photos from this magnificent area.

Back in the Red Sea!

After 16 months it was fantastic to dive into the Red Sea again.

Below two photos of the Sailfin Tang. 🙂 The fish is one of my favorites.

Threadfin Butterflyfish is a bit shy. So it is not easy to get a good capture of it. This time I got one. 🙂

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The Clownfish / Anemonefish is always a delight to the eye. This one was only 5 cm …so I used the camera’s macro zoom fully.

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Beautiful Sabaudia in Italy

A few years back we decided to rent a house south from Rome. We wanted to enjoy new areas, if possible close to the Mediterranean Sea. I googled for rental houses. After finding houses which were either too expensive or not to our liking, I saw an interesting  house in SabaudiaWe had never heard of this city, but found it interesting as it was very close to the sea and the house offered everything we wanted to a reasonable price.

We investigated a bit more. When we realized the sandy beach next to the town was 20 kilometers long we made our decision.

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After arriving at Fiumicino airport in Rome, we rented a car (once in Italy, the choice was of course an Alfa Romeo) and drove 90 kilometers south. The drive was a bit longer than we are used to, but it was worth it. The house, the garden, the town and the beach – they were all fabulous.

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A little bit of the town history: The architects  Gino Cancellotti, Luigi Piccinato and Alfredo Scalpelli made the city plans and the work started in August 1933. 6000 people built the city and it was ready already after a year.

The house had a small garden in the front and on the back.

Even though we like to cook ourselves, sometimes it is great to go to a nearby restaurant. We tried fish, sea food, pasta and of course pizza. We fell in love with the pizza Diavola, which is quite spicy.

The beach was fantastic. Hot summer days and cool Mediterranean Sea is a perfect match.

We can warmly recommend to spend a week or two in Sabaudia.

Swimming in the Med

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Greece: Kinetta, Loutraki and Corinth

During our vacation in Megara, Greece, we decided to drive to Corinth. We took the E94 highway and headed west.

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Kinetta is a small town known for its beautiful beach and sea view. Kinetta is quite close to Athens, just 55 kilometers away.

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From Kineta it was only 25 kilometeres to Corinth, our destination. If you do not like to rent a car and drive, you can take the train.

The Corinth Canal separates the Peloponnese from mainland Greece. The canal was built 1883–1893 and the inauguration was a huge happening. Konstantinos Volanakis painted the inauguration.

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Corinth canal inauguration by Konstantinos Volanakis

Loutraki is a famous town by the Gulf of Corinth, very close to the Corinth Canal. It is known for the beautiful beach, the blue water of the Corinthian Gulf and the casino of Club Hotel Loutraki. The casino was though forced to close its doors in 2015 after failing to pay about two million euros in taxes. I found a great video of Loutraki  – it is taken from the air!

When we arrived in Corinth, we noticed right away it is not as big a city as one would think. It was very easy to find the way into the center of the town, as well as to one of the many guarded parking areas.

We walked down to the harbour. It is a beautiful harbour, with many small and old fishing boats and shiny new sailing boats.

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As many do, also we wanted to photograph the statue of Pegasus. It looks quite amazing against the mountains on the other side of the gulf, the Gulf of Corinth.

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It was quite peaceful to walk along the promenade. And the view was fabulous. The blue sea and the gorgeous mountains are amazing.

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Malta landscape

If you like to view and photograph landscape in bright sunshine, travel to Malta. Of course there are many more wonderful reasons to visit Malta, but the landscape is one of the strongest reasons.

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Malta landscape

The Mediterranean is one of the most beautiful seas. It surrounds the whole Island of Malta. To stand close to the seashore up on the small hills, lets you view and photograph almost all the way to the other side of the small Island.

You can often see old, white stonewalls. Malta is known for these. You can feel the history walking along these old paths, close to the seashore.

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There are many bays on the Island of Malta. They are all fabulous.

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I can warmly recommend to visit Malta. Best time is from April to October. If you like hot climate, travel in July or August.

Egypt: Red Sea: The Masked Pufferfish

We had the opportunity to travel to Port Ghalib, Egypt, for the third time.

The place is amazing. I will write more about it soon.

Here is one of the new great photo in our Red Sea collection:

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The Masked Pufferfish

ps. click on the photo to see it enlarged.

More stories and photos coming soon – stay tuned 🙂


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High and dry: Pakistan's penchant for hash

Published: December 18, 2017

PESHAWAR: Niaz Ali is a deeply religious man: He prays five times a day and visits the mosque as frequently as possible. But he also loves to smoke hashish – lots of it.

Despite it being forbidden by his faith, the 50 year-old estimates he spends about 30 per cent of his earnings as a cab driver on the habit.

His love affair with cannabis began as an occasional puff with friends when he was a teenager, but has since morphed into a full-blown addiction for the father-of-nine.

“It is a sacred plant. A sacred intoxication,” says Ali, who asked to use a pseudonym, after taking a fresh rip off a hookah packed with pungent hash in Pakistan’s bustling northwestern town of Peshawar.

Hash seized: ANF recovers 700kg of hashish

“It’s like a second wife, this addiction,” he sighs.

While Ali freely acknowledges using hash runs counter to the tenets of Islam, he insists it has its advantages.

“We know that it is haram but it’s an intoxication that doesn’t harm anyone else,” he explains.

In Pakistan, the consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden for Muslims. Any semblance of a sybaritic nightlife takes place at home behind closed doors, where the country’s elite have been known to quaff booze.

But many Pakistanis are surprisingly open to using cannabis, with the spongy, black hash made from marijuana grown in the country’s tribal belt and neighbouring Afghanistan the preferred variant of the drug.

Whereas alcohol is explicitly forbidden in Islamic scripture, hash seemingly straddles a theological gray zone, which could explain its popularity in the country.

Tirah valley: The land of pure hashish

Even if most observant Muslims in Pakistan scoff at the idea of drinking, a prod into their feelings on marijuana often triggers a wry smile followed by a trite maxim about how good it makes food taste or how restful sleep can be after a toke.

People have been smoking hash on the subcontinent for centuries.
It predates the arrival of Islam in the region, with reference to cannabis appearing in the sacred Hindu Atharva Veda text describing its medicinal and ritual uses.

According to a 2013 UN survey, cannabis was the most widely consumed drug in Pakistan with around four million users, representing 3.6 per cent of the population – a figure that has drawn scepticism in a country where reliable data can be hard to come by.

“It’s an underestimation,” says Parveen Azam Khan, president of the Dost Welfare Foundation, a nonprofit that treats drug addicts in Peshawar.

Despite its widespread consumption, not all are happy about hash’s prevalence in the ‘Land of the Pure’.

“There is no compromise with hashish,” says Maulana Mohammad Tayyab Qureshi, the imam of the main Peshawar mosque.

Unrest fuels marijuana boom in Pakistan

According to Qureshi, anything that causes intoxication or bodily harm is strictly forbidden in the faith. He chalks up marijuana’s popularity in Pakistan as a law enforcement issue.

Public health experts also warn the ubiquitous availability of cheap hash in Pakistan’s northwest has been especially harmful to impoverished children, who increasingly use the drug to deal with the hardships of poverty and trauma from years of militant violence.

“For children, it’s the drug of choice,” says Khan, blaming the vicious nexus between the region’s narco-funded insurgencies and widespread drug use for the scourge.

Pakistan also remains wholly unequipped to handle the problem, with the UN survey saying a dearth of treatment clinics and prohibitive costs keeps users from seeking help.

But in Islamic shrines salted across the country others see cannabis as more benign.

At the Bari Badshah shrine in the heart of Peshawar, followers of the Sufi sect of Islam gather in a small courtyard nightly, where they smoke copious amounts of hash and listen to devotional music while draining tea by the kettle.

Conversations are fluid, only to be interrupted by hard drags off hash pipes with the occasional song performed by one of the devotees.

“The basic work of hash… it wakes up new corners in your mind,” says Mohammed Amin, 50.

According to Sayeed Asjid, 27, such shrines are welcome to members of any faith and in Peshawar are frequented by high-level bureaucrats, police officers and members of security agencies.

“It’s a deep relaxation,” says Asjid of the cannabis high as he exhales clouds of marijuana smoke.

But Sufi shrines have been the frequent target over the years by Taliban militants and sectarian extremists like the Islamic State group, who view the mystical sect as heretical.

“That was only to spread fear and havoc,” says Asjid of the attacks, while expressing his faith in the power of the shrine to protect.

The herb is not only enjoyed by free-spirited Sufi mystics.
Mehwish, a single mother of three, says the occasional joint helps manage the stress that comes with the daily grind.

“You can use hash when you are alone… then you can think in a relaxed way,” says Mehwish, whose name has been changed on request.

Although she admits most of her family are unaware of her habit, the 26-year-old is a firm believer in its benefits.

She adds: “When you feel good and you’re active and it puts a smile on your face then nobody minds.”

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Why did 80’s band try to look so bleak and cold?

Eugene & the Egg – 80s Brisbane band

I found some old photos on the weekend of a band I was in back at uni in the 8Os in sunny Brisbane – Eugene & The Egg. I’m at the back playing drums along with Eugene on guitar and Rene on bass. A talented photographer friend of ours, Des, took some photos – forests, trench coats, scarves and bleak black & white images were very “in” at the time.

How to look arty, British, and bleak in sunny Brisbane

Joy Division

Looking back, it was funny – we wanted to look arty and bleak and cold and so we waited for an overcast day. I reckon Des did a fantastic job of making us look “not Brisbane” (Not that there was anything wrong with Brisbane!) We just wanted to look (and sound) English. At least Rene and I did – Eugene kept his individual and inimitable singing style! I admire Eugene’s sense of self – rather than wanting to sound like someone else – which I would always do! So impressionable!

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One of my favourite bands at the time was Joy Division. I reckon Des said a great job trying to get that bleak British band vibe – dark band against a stark sky. No smiling! Maybe even  a dash of angst.

Is Rene angry or just freezing in the Brisbane cold?

Joy Division – black and white photos were so “in”.

Anyway, I just wanted to thank Des for capturing those days.

So, if you are a Joy Division fan or a fan of that period in music in general, here’s a link to more than 100 photos of the time.

If this post has got you in the mood for some fine music from that period here are links to some Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen.

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As part of their 50th anniversary celebrations,  Vitsœ will release the last 50 original side tables designed by Dieter Rams on their birthday – 4 September 2009.

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The Midnight Breed Series Companion (Volume #1) ((Midnight Breed #0.5 - Gideon and Savannah) by Lara Adrian ~~~ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ~~~

Usually I'm not into these companion sort of books but I guess after 11 books you kind of get "mixed-up" with everyone.. who's got which special power, what was that "guy"'s woman, how someone ended up etc.
So it's nice to have this compilation you can check up the details of the characters, not only the main ones but much more than that.

It could be a spoiler if you haven't read most of the books. I checked up Reichen when I first read about him because I was wondering if he's going to join the order.. It wasn't such a big spoiler but just keep that in mind and read about characters you already read about... and don't read about villains that are still "playing out" (aka Dragos..) if you haven't finished all the books... (yeah, I wish I hasn't done that too :D)

I haven't read all of it, just read what I was interested in, but it's really nice to breeze through from time to time, and when the 12th book would be out I will surely read through the summaries of the previous books.. (now its easy for me since I started when there were 11 books out.. now I'm on my 10th)

I liked the way this book is organized and all the knowledge it contains.

Also, I would say the price is VERY reasonable (I'm reading everything on my kindle so I'm referring to the e-book edition).

It was nice getting the story of Gideon and Savannah.
Here is the review I wrote:

Sweet story.
I really liked this one. even though it was short (a novella..) it wasn't lacking in action but also we had time to see the development of Savannah and Gideon relationship.

When I think of how Gideon is behaving in the 3 books I've read, I think there is apparent calm about him. I can guess it's because of the resolve in this story and of course finding Savannah. He doesn't "itch" to battle. he is fine in his lab of the Order.

The only thing "bad" I have to comment is that there is about a day (maybe a little less) that Savannah and Gideon stays in a house. I find it a little funny that she didn't eat all day long :D because there is no way there was any food there and none of them went out to bring any :D

I liked the fact that the technology was pretty basic but Gideon was obsessed with it even then and wanted to see how the technology builds up through time (which naturally he has a lot of ;))

Savannah's gift is pretty extraordinary! I see how she can help out the Order. Though it would have been cooler if she was more a fighter like Elise is. well, Elise is my favorite from the ones I've read :]

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By Morgan Politzer

I did theater for 14 years growing up, but I’ve never seen anything like “Fun Home.”

“Fun Home” was nominated for 12 Tony Awards in 2015 and took home five, including Best Musical. It’s the first time a musical written by a women had won in that category. ”Fun Home” is also the first time a Broadway production has featured a lesbian leading role. The production opened at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 19.

The musical is based on the 2006 graphic novel Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, in which she describes her relationship with her late father and journey of self-discovery.

“Watching my book Fun Home get turned into a musical has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life,” Bechdel said in the show’s souvenir book. “And also one of the most surreal … getting to see my childhood reenacted onstage by gifted actors singing beautiful music is an experience I haven’t been able to find words for yet … and I’m starting to think I probably never will.”

The show opens with Alison (Kate Shindle), a grown woman, reflecting on her life as a “lesbian cartoonist” as she recalls memories from her childhood. Three actresses play Alison at three ages in her life: her childhood, her freshman year of college, and her adult life. We watch Young Alison (Alessandra Baldacchino) learn about life and herself as she helps run her family’s funeral home, or as she her family calls it, the “fun home.” During key moments in her life, Adult Alison stops the scene to insert a “caption,” describing the moment in time and why it is so important.

We then watch Alison go off to college, where Medium Alison (Abby Corrigan) slowly learns to embrace who she is and her sexuality. The play shifts back and forth between scenes of Young Alison and Medium Alison as Adult Alison narrates her life and discovers the truth about her family and her father’s hidden homosexuality.

I didn’t know what to expect going into the show. It made me think in a way theater never has before. I couldn’t form a coherent thought after the final curtain came down, but that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. It was as if the actors had taken every bit of emotion they had and just dumped it on stage. The air was almost thick with it, like you could feel the frozen energy all around you.

I think this was due in part to the ending. Most musicals wrap up the show with a happy, tie-it-up-with-a-bow type of ending. But in the final seconds of “Fun Home,” we watch Bruce kill himself as he steps in front of a truck. He faces the stage, and the horn of a truck rings through the theater, filling your ears and echoing inside your head. A white light off-stage grows brighter and brighter, until you can’t see or hear anything and it consumes your whole being as we live through Bruce’s final moments with him. Then all goes black.

The stage slowly lights up again as Small Alison, Medium Alison and Adult Alison reprise the opening song, creating eerie harmonies until their voices eventually melt into one, as the child finally becomes an adult.

While the production deals with topics that are widely discussed today, the characters remind us of the role they play in history. As both author Alison and character Alison learn to come out and embrace their sexuality, so too does society. Growing up the 1980s, Bechdel explains that “in the same moment I realized I was gay, I also realized that it was okay to be gay.” Her story of acceptance mirrors the growing acceptance of society.

“Since the show takes place in the 80s, it’s contemporary in a non-contemporary way. You get to play the past and future, which is really fun because there’s always something to think about,” said Karen Eilbacher, who plays Joan, Medium Allison’s love interest. “It’s a lot of life on stage. This show talks about things everyone should talk about and maybe can’t, or can talk about and want to talk about more. It’s about communication and being true to who you are and understand people around you. Just listen to your gut.”

I think as a society, we tend to love musicals because they allow us to temporarily escape daily life and experience something completely different. But it was the complete lack of “different-ness” that made “Fun Home” stand out. It’s matter-of-fact bluntness about Alison’s everyday life that makes it that much more real and emotional. The captioning of such ordinary moments is what made it that much more intense as we feel compelled to watch.

There is no “edge of your seat” moment as there is with most dramas, but it was no less intriguing. Her blunt, “this is just my life story” attitude makes ordinary actions seem that much more extraordinary. Alison isn’t trying to make us believe anything fantastical or jump out of seats with disbelief. She only wants to be heard for who she is: a person.

In such an intense show, the young children helped lighten the mood a little bit. Small Alison and her two brothers, Christian and John (Pierson Salvador and Lennon Nate Hammond, respectively), have a large, flashy number in which they try to create a commercial for their “fun home.” They bring an element of fun and innocence, combined with intense choreography and acrobatics. Their childhood playfulness helped keep the characters young and hopeful as they are forced to deal with their changing world.

“Fun Home” was definitely not what I was expecting it to be.  It left me a little bit breathless, yet all I could do was think as the cast and crew fiercely defended its well-deserved Tony Awards. But the moment Shindle began to sing, the chills I got let me know I was a welcome visitor in her fun home, and I loved it all the same.

“Fun Home” runs through May 13 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.

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Alumni educate the next generation in New Hampshire

According to a recent article in the Portsmouth Herald, 24 new teachers have been hired this year in the Portsmouth, NH, school district. Twelve of them are UNH graduates. Ten of the twelve are entering either their first or second year of teaching.

Superintendent Ed McDonough notes in the article that while experience is important, “younger teachers bring unique perspectives, technological savvy and the latest in educational training to their students.”

Students in the UNH teacher education program undertake a year-long internship on their way to certification, an experience that the new teachers credit for giving them the confidence and preparation they need to enter into their first year of teaching.

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Overcoming the competition hurdle

From left to right – Most Sustainable Business award winner, Samuel Dallimore, with Health Hut Products Ltd. Best Growth Business winner,Greg McClarnon, with Splaat Media. Best Idea award winner, Porscha Mbawu, with Pernnelle Ltd.

Last week we celebrated 10 years of flare with a fabulous awards ceremony, bringing together players from the local business world, respected academics from across the University and some of our most exciting student and graduate start-ups. Awards and cash prizes were handed out for Best Growth Business, Best Business and Best Idea from this year’s competition and we raised a glass in memory of all of those fantastic flare entrants from the last 10 years.

Of course, proud as we are to have our own university enterprise challenge, you may feel that this one doesn’t quite meet your competition needs. If you’re totally baffled by the sheer number of enterprise and business start-up competitions out there and can’t quite decide which one to enter, then don’t panic! The enterprise team has taken some of the hard work away and highlighted a handful of the UK’s top competitions to sink your teeth into.

Taking the plunge and filling out that first application form or standing in front of the camera to produce a video entry can be a daunting prospect. There’s often a theme to enterprise competitions that goes a little something like this:

Step 1 submit a 60 second video entry/short pitch of your idea. As the saying goes “practice makes perfect” so start by finding a family member or a friend you can trust and give it a go. 60 seconds isn’t long so write down the key things you want people to learn about your business. What’s your unique selling point, how did you come up with the idea, what research have you carried out and how do you see yourself marketing the product/service bearing in mind you may have a limited budget.

Step 2 – prepare a detailed business plan. Tricky at first, but if you break it down into its constituent parts, work on your stronger areas first and if you need a little help on the weaker areas then look to those around you, classmates, academics, entrepreneurs, book an appointment with one of our enterprise advisors. What starts out as an uphill struggle can soon seem like a walk in the park. Whatever happens on the competition front, you can be proud of the fact that you have written a detailed plan of action. Next time you’re looking for that loan, talking to a potential investor or just having a chat at an enterprise networking event you can feel confident knowing that you have this business plan to hand should anyone ask for more detailed information.

Step 3 – the final round. If you make it to this stage you can give yourself a pat on the back as you’re probably down to the final few, so whatever happens from here on in it’s fair to say you’ve already impressed the judges and made a big impact.

Please click on the link: http://bit.ly/1LXbvBv, to find out more about the competitions we are promoting and feel free to call us on 01707 284791 if you would like to learn more about how the Enterprise Team can support you.

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A Treatise on Mind: Volume Three

The Buddha-Womb and the Way to Liberation This volume resolves the ontology from the two previous volumes concerning the concept of a ‘subtle self’. First a commentary of the Tantra [...]

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Considerations of Mind - a Buddhist Enquiry This volume primarily focuses upon the Yogācāra-Vijñānavādin concepts of mind and its means of expression such as the various consciousnesses, the nature of [...]

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Uncontrolled Vocabulary #35 – Pulling the wool over everybody’s eyes

March 26, 2008

Uncontrolled Vocabulary #35 is now available for download. Here’s a direct link to the mp3.

You can subscribe to the podcast (as well as this blog) via the following feed:

On the call:

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library
Christa Burns, Nebraska Library Commission
Laura Carscaddon, University of Arizona
Connie Crosby, Leisure Girl
Laura Crossett, Park County (WY) Library System
Ryan Deschamps, Halifax Public Library
Kerry Howell, Cleveland area librarian
David Rothman, Community General Hospital Medical Library
Michael Sauers, Nebraska Library Commission

Links to the show topics:

1. TN Library Association Criticizes Memphis Mayor for Hiring Nonlibrarian Leaders (Library Journal)
Memphis Mayor Announces Closings of Five Library Branches (AL Online)
Mayor Willie Herenton to Resign, Effective July 31st (Memphis Daily Flyer)
Herenton says he’ll stay put in mayor’s office if he doesn’t get city schools’ superintendent job (

2. Library Sued For Restricting Internet Time (InformationWeek)

3. No MySpace, Facebook at Mishawaka Library (Tame the Web)

4. If it quacks like a librarian… (The Liminal Librarian)

5. Sexual content law irks booksellers (Indiana Star)
Full-text of the proposed legislation (pdf –

6. Time to pass the Carnival torch (InfoSciPhi)

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  1. Hi Uncontrolled,
    Listened to the mp3 of the program – enjoyed it. There’s nothing like a controversy to expand one’s networks (and friends? 🙂

    (not an alias, I promise)

  2. Hey Dean, thanks for tuning in! Join us on the call next time, if the feeling moves you.

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I am constantly amazed at how the Israeli government conducts itself at times. Their propaganda campaigns are so shameless and quite honestly, immature, if such a word can be used to describe a sovereign state.

While every country engages in propaganda, including the U.S., the WH, Defense Dept. and State Dept usually use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in a relatively responsible manner. I have no idea what they do behind the scenes. But with Israel, their use of social networking to get their message out is bizarre- for example, they don’t sound like a sovereign nation in their tweets but rather a [very bad] public relations firm. Or worse, they sound like China or North Korea in their endless effort to demonize anyone who criticizes them.

In addition, they are constantly tweeting out things like arrests of Palestinian teens and efforts to “delegitimize the Jewish state” while trying to make it sound as though each kid that throws a stone at a heavily armed IDF soldier is a terrorist who poses an imminent threat to their very existence. Can you imagine the U.S. government tweeting about every arrest or suspected criminal? First of all, there would be privacy issues even w/o revealing personal information. It would also just be seen as inappropriate.

Here’s a recent tweet from the Israeli Defense Forces and this is rather mild but given I was on Twitter when they sent it out (and I follow them) I thought it was a good example of how they use social media:

Rather than sounding like a country that is independent, self-sustaining and able to contribute something to the international community, they continually play the victim, engage in endless propaganda to demonize anyone who dares to criticize their policies and perhaps most annoying, they seem to not be able to do anything without the U.S. propping them up and protecting them.

Man up, Israel.

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  1. Ahmed Says:

    This goes to your point- I read that for the upcoming flotilla the IDF is going to bring military photographers with them to capture any resistance on film. Don’t the people on the flotilla have a right to resist if they are attacked in international waters?

    With Israel it is always about propaganda. Did they ever think its their polices that are the problem and not how they are presented to the world.

    My thoughts and prayers will be with those on the Flotilla- may they be safe and make it to Gaza without being slaughtered.

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Last Monday Cousin Mary needed an easy dessert recipe for a work gathering of about 25 people.  I pointed her to the Mini Cheesecake recipe.  Then, incase she didn’t want to make that, I went to check out Joy the Baker for more suggestions.  But, you see, Joy is much more than a baker and her most recent post was for Olive Oil Braised Chick Peas with Feta.  I copied the link and sent to Mary knowing it would be, to quote her “right up my alley”!  I never did send her alternative choices for a dessert.

I thought about making this every day last week.  I could not stop thinking about how good it was sure to be.  I had everything on hand but a good loaf of bread.  So, on Thursday, I made it a point to pick up bread and Friday night I finally made it.  I’m telling you, it was crazy good.  It makes a lot but it reheats well and would make a great side dish to chicken.

One note on the smoky paprika – I beg you to purchase HIGH QUALITY (read: Penzeys) paprika.  Please, do not use the “red cap” brand – it is NOT good.  I’m as frugal as they come but there truly are times when you get what you pay for and I don’t want you to waste your hard earned cash and ruin this amazing dish by sprinkling sub-par paprika all over it.  After I did that to a baked chicken and rice dish, my dear friend Karen gifted me Penzeys Smoked Spanish Paprika and is now a must have pantry staple.

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Minecraft is the indie sandbox game that just keeps on giving. Developer Mojang already has a LEGO project under review, and now a free-to-use program has been released that helps you to print out your Minecraft creations as real objects, on a 3D printer.

The open source Mineways program, by Eric Haines, allows you to pick a chunk of your Minecraft world and export it in a format suitable for sending directly to a 3D printer. You can also choose to edit the model using 3D modelling software, such as Blender, prior to printing.

Haines has created a video that takes you through the process of capturing your Minecraft creation and uploading it to Shapeways, a service which will print out your model and ship it to you.

There are plenty of tips to get the best from the software on Haines’ dedicated Mineways page. He also gives you an idea of how much models might cost to print and how best to minimize your financial outlay.

According to Haines, a large detailed model of his Minecraft spawn area measuring 15.0 x 3.9  x 9.8 inches, would cost $633.14 to print in color. This is about the largest color model you can create on a ZPrinter 650 printer (at least in terms of base area). By contrast, a small Minecraft Eiffel Tower model, measuring 4.8 inches high, would only cost around $25 to print, in color.

To make life easier, the Mineways program has a built-in scaling option, where you can specify a budget for your model, such as “aim for a budget of $50”.

Even if you don’t play Minecraft, you can still mess about with the Mineways program, by using maps made by other people, from a site such as Minecraft World Map, which features a nifty Google Maps preview function. You can also buy models of Haines’ own creations from his Mineways shop at Shapeways.

This marriage of 3D printing technology and Minecraft creations seems made in heaven and will no doubt further cement the Minecraft community’s love for the indie game sensation, which has sold over 4 million copies to date.

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Facebook amended its prospectus Tuesday to update would-be IPO investors on the status of two highly publicized legal matters.

The company also added comScore data from January showing a 57 percent increase from 2011 in the aggregate minutes per day that users spent on the social networking site. It also addressed challenges in determining mobile monthly active users, added more information to the voting agreement section, and better explained how it calculates fair value.

Of most significance, the social network, in amendment number three of its S-1 document, said that it intends to “vigorously defend” patent litigation from Yahoo, and that it has filed a motion to dismiss Paul Ceglia’s suit for 50 percent ownership of the company.

“On March 12, 2012, Yahoo filed a lawsuit against us in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that alleges that a number of our products infringe the claims of ten of Yahoo’s patents,” Facebook said in the new S-1. “We have not yet filed an answer or asserted any counterclaims with respect to this complaint. We intend to vigorously defend this lawsuit.”

Further down in the document, Facebook added that it cannot yet estimate financial damages to the company as a result of the suit. “If an unfavorable outcome were to occur in this litigation, the impact could be material to our business, financial condition, or results of operations,” the company explained.

Facebook also informed investors of the new developments in the Paul Ceglia case that first came to light yesterday.

“On March 26, 2012, we filed a motion to dismiss Mr. Ceglia’s complaint and a motion for judgment on the pleadings,” Facebook said in the amended S-1. “We continue to believe that Mr. Ceglia is attempting to perpetrate a fraud on the court and we intend to continue to defend the case vigorously.”

On a lighter note, Facebook also plucked information from a recent comScore report to show potential buyers and advertisers that its users are more hooked than ever. “Aggregate minutes per day increased 57 percent and average minutes per user per day increased 14 percent during January 2012 as compared to January 2011,” Facebook said in a blurb added to a section on its display advertising opportunity.


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Sony MDR-Z1R: 120000Hz

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3. has sound isolation/passive noise reduction

The device sits tightly in place, creating an acoustic seal which reduces background noise and prevents your music from leaking out.
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45% have it

4. has a neodymium magnet

Devices with neodymium magnets are lighter and more powerful than those which use ferrite magnets. They also have more bass and clear high notes.
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Koss HB70
33% have it

5. no battery needed

This device works without batteries. It weighs less and you don't have to worry about recharging or replacing the battery.
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71% have it

6. can be folded

Folding devices are good for transporting as they take up less space in your bag.
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Koss HB70
32% have it

7. has stereo speakers

Devices with stereo speakers deliver sound from independent channels on both left and right sides, creating a richer sound and a better experience.
Audio-Technica ATH-M30x
Koss HB70
78% have it

8. has an over-the-ear form

Comfortable full-size form with earcups that fully enclose your ears. This model is loved for its increased sound isolation and the fact that it won't leak sound to your neighbors. It offers potential for maximum bass and loudness levels.
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Koss HB70
41% have it

9. has a straight plug

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51% have it

10. control panel placed on a device

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Blu Energy X Plus vs Sony Xperia SP: 80 facts in comparison

1. battery power

1.69x more battery power.
Gionee M2017: 7000mAh

2. total clock speed

1.53x faster CPU clock speed.
4 x 1.3GHz
Meizu Pro 7 Plus 64GB: 10 x 2.6GHz
2 x 1.7GHz

3. pixel density

19.48% higher pixel density.
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual: 806ppi

4. screen size

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Samsung Galaxy J Max: 7"

5. RAM

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7. resolution

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Sony Xperia XZ Premium: 2160 x 3840px
720 x 1280px

8. front camera megapixels

16.67x more megapixels (front camera).
Vivo V7: 24MP

9. has an external memory slot

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10. has branded damage resistant glass

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13. thickness

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41% have it

16. has a radio

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66% have it

17. has USB mass storage support

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89% have it

18. Supports 4K resolution

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19. Is DLNA certified

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Blu Energy X Plus
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51% have it

22. has NFC

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23. width

9.4mm narrower.
Vertu Signature for Bentley: 42mm

24. has a dedicated camera button

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19.9mm shorter.
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1. battery power

1.67x more battery power.
Gionee M2017: 7000mAh

2. total clock speed

30.77% faster CPU clock speed.
8 x 1.3GHz
Meizu Pro 7 Plus 64GB: 10 x 2.6GHz
8 x 1.7GHz

3. pixel density

49.8% higher pixel density.
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual: 806ppi

4. screen size

The bigger the screen size is, the better the user experience.
Samsung Galaxy J Max: 7"

5. RAM

2GB more RAM memory.
Razer Phone: 8GB

6. megapixels

1.63x more megapixels.
Nokia 808 Pureview: 41MP

7. resolution

2.25x higher resolution.
1080 x 1920px
Sony Xperia XZ Premium: 2160 x 3840px
720 x 1280px

8. front camera megapixels

3.13x more megapixels (front camera).
Vivo V7: 24MP

9. has an external memory slot

The device has a standard memory slot (such as an SD or micro SD card slot) so that you can either extend the internal storage with affordable memory modules or you can retrieve data, such as photographs, easily from a memory card.
Blu Energy XL
Lenovo S939
84% have it

10. has branded damage resistant glass

Damage resistant glass (such as Corning Gorilla Glass or Asahi Dragontrail Glass) is thin, lightweight, and can withstand high levels of force.
Blu Energy XL
Lenovo S939
40% have it

11. every pixel has three subpixels

The device has a display with three full subpixels per pixel, resulting in a sharp and crisp picture. Pixels in some displays (like AMOLED) share one subpixel to preserve space. This can result in a less crisp, slightly blurred image.
Blu Energy XL
Lenovo S939
78% have it

12. thickness

0.3mm thinner.
Asus Zenfone AR 64GB: 4.6mm

13. internal storage

56GB more internal storage.
Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design: 256GB

14. has a radio

It works as an FM radio with included headsets
Blu Energy XL
Lenovo S939
66% have it

16. Supports 4K resolution

Allows you to view in ultra-high definition.
Blu Energy XL(Android 5.1 Lollipop)
Lenovo S939
63% have it

17. has an IPS screen

IPS (In-Plane Switching) is a technology used for LCDs. It was designed to overcome the main limitations of normal TFTs TN-matrices: relatively slow response times, small viewing angles and low quality color reproduction.
Blu Energy XL
Lenovo S939
51% have it

18. width

2.8mm narrower.
Vertu Signature for Bentley: 42mm

19. height

1.9mm shorter.
Motorola FlipOut: 67mm

20. Has a fingerprint scanner

The device has a fingerprint scanner which identifies the user.
Blu Energy XL
Lenovo S939
26% have it

21. The browser has word wrap

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Blu Energy XL(Android 5.1 Lollipop)
Lenovo S939(Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (API level 17))
83% have it

22. Is a multi-user system

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Lenovo S939(Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (API level 17))
72% have it

23. Has integrated LTE

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Blu Energy XL(MediaTek MT6753)
Lenovo S939
43% have it

24. has a BSI sensor

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Blu Energy XL
Lenovo S939
33% have it

25. supports two SIM cards

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Blu Energy XL
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1. battery power

3.83x more battery power.
Gionee M2017: 7000mAh

2. total clock speed

5.2x faster CPU clock speed.
8 x 1.3GHz
Meizu Pro 7 Plus 64GB: 10 x 2.6GHz
2 x 1GHz

3. pixel density

33.45% higher pixel density.
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual: 806ppi

4. screen size

The bigger the screen size is, the better the user experience.
Samsung Galaxy J Max: 7"

5. RAM

2GB more RAM memory.
Razer Phone: 8GB

6. megapixels

1.63x more megapixels.
Nokia 808 Pureview: 41MP

7. resolution

4x higher resolution.
1080 x 1920px
Sony Xperia XZ Premium: 2160 x 3840px
540 x 960px

8. front camera megapixels

16.67x more megapixels (front camera).
Vivo V7: 24MP

9. has an external memory slot

The device has a standard memory slot (such as an SD or micro SD card slot) so that you can either extend the internal storage with affordable memory modules or you can retrieve data, such as photographs, easily from a memory card.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
84% have it

10. has branded damage resistant glass

Damage resistant glass (such as Corning Gorilla Glass or Asahi Dragontrail Glass) is thin, lightweight, and can withstand high levels of force.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
40% have it

11. every pixel has three subpixels

The device has a display with three full subpixels per pixel, resulting in a sharp and crisp picture. Pixels in some displays (like AMOLED) share one subpixel to preserve space. This can result in a less crisp, slightly blurred image.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
78% have it

12. thickness

1.2mm thinner.
Asus Zenfone AR 64GB: 4.6mm

13. internal storage

48GB more internal storage.
Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design: 256GB

14. Is dustproof and water resistant

Dustproof/water resistant at depth equal to or greater than 1 meter.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
7% have it

16. has USB mass storage support

It can transfer files, music, photos via USB, no need to install additional software.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
89% have it

17. download speed

7.14x faster downloads.
Panasonic Eluga Ray 700: 1500MBits/s

18. Supports 4K resolution

Allows you to view in ultra-high definition.
Blu Energy XL(Android 5.1 Lollipop)
Sony Xperia P
63% have it

19. wireless charging

The manufacturer offers a branded wireless charging kit. To charge the device, you simply put it down on its charging base.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
6% have it

20. Is DLNA certified

All DLNA certified products are compatible with one another. When different devices are connected to the same network, data can be transferred easily between them.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
34% have it

21. video recording

0% better video recording quality.
1080 x 30fps
Apple iPhone X 64GB: 2160 x 60fps
1080 x 30fps

22. has NFC

NFC (near field communication) allows a device to perform simple wireless transactions.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
38% have it

23. width

21.7mm narrower.
Vertu Signature for Bentley: 42mm

24. has a dedicated camera button

A dedicated camera button allows you to take snapshots more easily.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
8% have it

25. Has a dual-tone LED flash

A dual-tone flash has LED lights with different color temperatures, delivering a better color balance to photos and videos.
Blu Energy XL
Sony Xperia P
24% have it

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Huawei Enjoy 6sZTE Blade V8 16GB
Top 56%2,178 points
Top 56%
Top 47%2,610 points
Top 47%
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
Top specs and features

Huawei Enjoy 6s vs ZTE Blade V8 16GB: 97 facts in comparison

1. battery power

10.62% more battery power.
Gionee M2017: 7000mAh

2. total clock speed

0% faster CPU clock speed.
8 x 1.4GHz
Meizu Pro 7 Plus 64GB: 10 x 2.6GHz
8 x 1.4GHz(Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940)

3. pixel density

44.71% higher pixel density.
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual: 806ppi

4. screen size

The bigger the screen size is, the better the user experience.
Samsung Galaxy J Max: 7"

5. RAM

1GB more RAM memory.
Razer Phone: 8GB

6. megapixels

0% more megapixels.
Nokia 808 Pureview: 41MP

7. resolution

2.25x higher resolution.
720 x 1280px
Sony Xperia XZ Premium: 2160 x 3840px
1080 x 1920px

8. front camera megapixels

2.6x more megapixels (front camera).
Vivo V7: 24MP

9. has an external memory slot

The device has a standard memory slot (such as an SD or micro SD card slot) so that you can either extend the internal storage with affordable memory modules or you can retrieve data, such as photographs, easily from a memory card.
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
84% have it

10. weight

4g lighter.
Garmin Vivosmart 3 (large): 21.5g

11. every pixel has three subpixels

The device has a display with three full subpixels per pixel, resulting in a sharp and crisp picture. Pixels in some displays (like AMOLED) share one subpixel to preserve space. This can result in a less crisp, slightly blurred image.
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
78% have it

12. thickness

0.2mm thinner.
Asus Zenfone AR 64GB: 4.6mm

13. has a removable battery

The battery is removable and can be replaced by the user if broken.
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
41% have it

14. internal storage

16GB more internal storage.
Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design: 256GB

15. has a radio

It works as an FM radio with included headsets
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
66% have it

16. has USB mass storage support

It can transfer files, music, photos via USB, no need to install additional software.
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
89% have it

17. download speed

2x faster downloads.
Panasonic Eluga Ray 700: 1500MBits/s

18. Supports 4K resolution

Allows you to view in ultra-high definition.
Huawei Enjoy 6s(Android 6.0 Marshmallow)
ZTE Blade V8 16GB(Android 7.0 Nougat)
63% have it

19. video recording

0% better video recording quality.
1080 x 30fps
Apple iPhone X 64GB: 2160 x 60fps
1080 x 30fps

20. has an IPS screen

IPS (In-Plane Switching) is a technology used for LCDs. It was designed to overcome the main limitations of normal TFTs TN-matrices: relatively slow response times, small viewing angles and low quality color reproduction.
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
51% have it

21. width

1.1mm narrower.
Vertu Signature for Bentley: 42mm

22. Has fast 802.11ac WiFi connection

802.11ac wireless works on the 5GHz frequency range. It offers higher transfer rates, improved reliability and improved power consumption. It provides advantages for gaming and HD video streaming.
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
30% have it

23. height

5.2mm shorter.
Motorola FlipOut: 67mm

24. Has a fingerprint scanner

The device has a fingerprint scanner which identifies the user.
Huawei Enjoy 6s
ZTE Blade V8 16GB
26% have it

25. Bluetooth version

0.1 newer Bluetooth version.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active: 5.1

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