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Commencement 2019

Dean Vermund will host a brunch for graduating students, their family and guests, and YSPH faculty. The brunch will be held on Sunday, May 19 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT. We look forward to meeting your families! Tickets are not required. Your family is welcome to join you.

Academic attire is to be worn by all students participating in the exercises. All graduating students attending the commencement ceremony must purchase “retainable regalia” so caps, gowns, and hoods will be yours to keep.

Doctoral Gowns - Students who already have a doctoral degree are eligible to order the doctoral gown with three stripes on the sleeves and an MPH hood. Please note that students who are currently enrolled in medical school should order the master's gown and hood.

Students may order online at using a credit card or student account. Select “Commencement” from the main menu, then “Order Cap and Gown,” and follow instructions. To avoid late fees, orders must be received by 4:00 pm on April 1.

Orders may also be mailed or dropped off at the office of Associated Student Agencies, on the lower level of 246 Church Street between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. Cash, money orders, personal checks, credit cards, and charges to Yale student accounts will be accepted at 246 Church Street. Please do not send cash with mailed orders.

The cost of academic attire (cap, gown, and master’s hood) is approximately $70 for orders received by the April 1 deadline. Orders received from April 1 through Friday, April 13 will be subject to a late fee of $10.00. No orders, including those placed online, will be processed after April 13, and no refunds on cancellations will be issued after that date.

Attire may be picked up May 16 to 20 at Payne Whitney Gymnasium Pool Amphitheater, located to the left of the main entrance, during the hours listed below. Please bring current Yale I.D.

Thursday May 16 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Friday May 17 noon to 4:00 pm
Saturday, May 18 noon to 4:00 pm
Sunday, May 19 8:00 am to 11:00 am
Monday, May 20 8:00 am to 10:00 am

These will be the only times of distribution. If you are unable to pick up your attire at the times listed, you will need to make arrangements to have someone else pick it up for you. The person picking up your attire must present a Yale I.D. or other valid identification, as well as a signed note from you authorizing pick up of your order.

Each Yale school has a designated hood color, and the YSPH color is salmon pink. The tassel on your cap should be worn on the left side.

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At the University ceremony, a symbolic diploma will be presented to the YSPH student marshal. Individual diplomas will be distributed at the YSPH ceremony.

Please check your diploma name on (Commencement Menu, Diploma Name). If you would like any changes made to the way your name appears please submit the change form to by March 30, 2019. Please note that the diploma name is final. University policy allows students to indicate a preferred first name different from their legal first name on their diploma.

Name change requests submitted after the diplomas have been printed will not be accepted. The only exception is a court ordered name change which requires submission of the Application for Duplicate Diploma to the University Secretary’s Office.

If you are on diploma hold you will not receive a diploma at commencement and will have to make arrangements with the Office of the University Secretary to obtain your diploma. Diplomas will be held for the following reasons:

Financial Aid Recipients
Students receiving financial aid from federal funds are required to complete an exit interview.  You will receive an email from Student Financial Services describing how to complete this process online.

Payment of Bills
All balances due to the Student Financial Services office must be paid in full before diplomas are released (i.e. May, 1, 2019).  If you have questions about your bill, please call Student Financial Services at 203-432-2700.

Completion of Career Paths Survey
Later in the semester you will receive an email from our office asking you to complete a Career Paths Survey. The completion of this brief survey regarding your plans after graduation will enable YSPH to report professional development outcomes to various public health associations and accrediting bodies. You will also be asked to provide contact information for our alumni records.

9:00 a.m. - Degree Candidates Assemble
Degree candidates assemble in academic attire in front of the Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, for procession to Cross Campus. If you miss the departure time, please go directly to Cross Campus and assemble near sign indicating School of Public Health.

9:40 a.m. - Cross Campus Assembly
Assemble under the YSPH sign on Cross Campus. It is very important to be on time!

10:00 a.m. - Procession from Cross Campus to Old Campus
The procession to the Old Campus begins with President Salovey and the members of the Yale Corporation, followed by the honorary degree recipients. MPH candidates should tip their caps to the President when he walks by the YSPH assembly. Undergraduates are followed by the graduate and professional schools; YSPH follows the Medical School.  Procession guides will direct you.

10:15 a.m. - Entrance to Old Campus and Seating
The YSPH student banner bearer (to be announced) goes to the bandstand with the other banner bearers to await further instructions from a procession marshal. Dean Vermund proceeds to his seating on the stage. The YSPH faculty marshal (to be announced) leads the faculty to the faculty seating area. The student marshal (to be announced) goes to the graduate marshal seating area.

After the President, Corporation members, and Deans are seated on the stage, YSPH students sit down.  The President and Corporation should already be seated by the time you get to your seats.

10:30 a.m. - Old Campus Ceremony
The order of the ceremony is as follows:

Carillon procession of band and banner bearers.  Invocation by the University Chaplain. Stand during the invocation and sit down when it is finished.  Presentation of candidates for degrees. YSPH participation is as follows:

Dean Vermund stands onstage to present MPH candidates to President Salovey.  YSPH degree candidates remain in their seats.  Do not go to the stage—diplomas are presented at the YSPH ceremony.

Dean Vermund tips his cap to the President as the student marshal proceeds to the stairs and faces the stage.  Dean Vermund announces to the President, “Mr. President, I have the honor to present candidates for the degree of Master of Public Health, 124 in number.”  On the word “number”, YSPH candidates stand.  Dean Vermund then continues, “They have been recommended by the faculty of the School and approved by the Corporation.  I now ask you by your official act to confer upon them this degree.”

The President responds, “By the authority vested in me, I confer upon you the degree of Master of Public Health as designated by the Dean, and admit you to all of its rights and responsibilities.”  On the word “me”, the student marshal goes onto the stage and receives the symbolic diploma from the President.  The student marshal then returns to his/her seat.  Dean Vermund tips his hat to the President and resumes his seat.  As soon as he is seated, YSPH graduates sit down.

The ceremony continues with the presentation of candidates for honorary degrees, closing hymn, benediction, and recessional.  During the last verse of the closing hymn the banner bearer goes to a position near the YSPH banner, and faces the stage.

11:30 a.m. - Recessional from Old Campus to the Graduate Club
After the benediction, all graduates remain standing until the President and the Corporation members have left the platform.  The banner bearer and student marshal return promptly to the YSPH seating area to join the faculty marshal and lead the YSPH graduates out of the Old Campus and down the street to the Graduate Club (155 Elm Street).  If the exit from the Old Campus becomes chaotic, as sometimes happens, proceed to the Graduate Club on your own.  Please ask your guests to meet you at the Graduate Club; you will not be able to find them in the central campus crowds.

Lunch will be served at the Graduate Club (155 Elm Street) following the University ceremony at noon on Monday, May 20. Graduates do NOT need a ticket, however, you will need to purchase tickets for your guests. You may purchase a maximum of two tickets ($15 per ticket). Tickets will be available for purchase from May 1 to May 13 in the Office of Student Affairs. If you have more than 2 guests, you can add your name to the extra ticket wait list. If you have a large group of guests (over 6) you should consider having lunch at a downtown restaurant.  All restaurants will be available at that time since the other schools at Yale hold their commencements at lunchtime. A list of dining options is available here. Please be sure to purchase your tickets in advance—they will not be available at the door. For questions, please contact the YSPH Student Affairs Office

Starting at 2:15 p.m. MPH graduates will line up on Cross Campus. The procession will be led by Dean Vermund, Dr. Mary Bassett (our Commencement speaker), the faculty marshal, the faculty, followed by the line of graduates. The ceremony will begin at 3:00 pm and will consist of welcoming remarks by Dean Vermund, addresses by our guest speaker and our student speaker, the presentation of awards, and the presentation of individual diplomas. The ceremony generally lasts just over an hour and a half. Tickets are not required.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

If your thesis is not complete by May 1, 2019, you will be considered thesis pending and will not be allowed to participate in graduation. In order for your thesis to be considered “complete” both readers must submit their final grade by May 1, 2019 at 5:00 pm and you must submit your thesis electronically (details to follow) by May 1, 2019 at 5:00 pm.

All coursework must be completed by the end of the term in order to graduate. Students will not be allowed to attend graduation, and degrees will not be conferred for any student with a grade of “incomplete”.

No tickets are needed for either the University or YSPH ceremonies. Graduating students may bring as many guests as they like. Tickets are required for the Commencement Luncheon only (see above section).

The audience for the University ceremony is huge. For the best seating, your guests should plan to arrive at least an hour early.

If you will have guests with disability related needs, please notify so we can ensure that appropriate accommodations are available in Battell Chapel and the Graduate Club (if attending the luncheon).

Yale is pleased to offer complimentary wheelchairs for Commencement weekend to frail family members and friends. We are able to provide two wheelchairs per family, and urge guests who do not use a wheelchair at home but who may be challenged by the crowds and considerable walking between events to consider using a wheelchair while at Commencement. Information about wheelchair pick up and drop off, handicapped seating at Commencement events, and handicapped parking and shuttles will be sent in early May to families with wheelchair reservations and will be posted to the Commencement website. Our quantity of complimentary chairs is limited, and early reservations are encouraged. You can submit a wheelchair reservation request here.

For more information about services available to guests with disabilities or health concerns during the University Commencement, please refer to the website,

It is Yale’s custom to hold the University ceremony outdoors regardless of the weather. In the event of rain, be prepared with raincoats, umbrellas, and wet-weather shoes.  The ceremony on Old Campus will be streamed at

The YSPH ceremony and the Commencement lunch will both be indoors, so weather will not be an issue.

University lots will be open to the public from 4 pm on Friday, May 17, through noon on Tuesday, May 21. Additional information about parking including directions and public transportation options is available here.

Additional information is available on the Yale Commencement website at, or call the Commencement office at (203) 432-2317.


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The Telegraph launches audio show for Google Home

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The Telegraph is using audio more often to pull in new readers and, in time, convert them to paying subscribers. The British newspaper launched two audio series in the last two weeks: a standard weekly podcast and an audio show designed for Google Home.

Audio has become a focus for the publisher over the last six months, partly thanks to devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home, the latter of which launched in the U.K. in early April. To coincide with this, The Telegraph started producing “5 by 5” specifically for Google Home. The daily 10-minute news show features five journalists discussing the day’s top-five topics and airs at 5 p.m. each day.

“What we have learned is that good audio content needs to be audio content first. We wanted to do something that was better than reading out the written word,” said The Telegraph’s chief information officer, Chris Taylor, adding that this tactic was part of its first experimentation on Amazon Alexa. “We wanted to get the tone and the opinion of The Telegraph and boil it down.”

Taylor added that it’s too early to share numbers on how many people are listening to “5 by 5” each day, but it’s currently working out how to adapt a version of this to Amazon Alexa. It will have to be tailored, not least because the The Telegraph deliberately created “5 by 5” to be broadcast at 5 p.m., while Alexa’s Flash Briefing Skills are designed to be heard in the morning.

Since the Telegraph put 20 percent of its online content behind a paywall with the introduction of its Premium subscription service last year, the team has applied more of a laser focus to the areas it gets most cut through editorially, like sports, politics and mental health, according to Taylor. Those three areas have also been selected as the topics for its other three regular podcasts. “Previously, podcasts were more generalist,” he added.

This week, the publisher launched “Mad World,” a 10-episode weekly series about mental health, where Telegraph journalist Bryony Gordon interviews well-known guests, like Prince Harry and TV chef Gizzi Erskine. The first episode, featuring Prince Harry, went live on Monday on The Telegraph’s site and platforms like iTunes and Tune In.

At time of writing, episode one had generated 300,000 plays across platforms, no doubt thanks in part to Prince Harry’s appearance. This accompanying article about the episode has had 2 million pageviews, a number Taylor was pleased with, but he wouldn’t share how it compares to other articles.

Rugby podcast “Brian Moore’s Full Contact” first aired at the end of January and is on episode 11, Taylor was unwilling to share exactly how many downloads it has had, but said it is in the hundreds of thousands. “Chopper’s Brexit Podcast,” launched in March and hosted by political correspondent Christopher “Chopper” Hope, is also pushing six-figure download numbers.

The Telegraph is relaxed about where people find its podcasts. The priority for audio is to reach new audiences about specific topics, getting them acquainted with the publisher, before it can convert them into premium subscribers. The publisher is taking the same view as it does with sharing its content on third-party platforms like Google Play and Apple News. For now, it’s not directly monetizing audio through sponsorship or branded content. But unlike video, creating audio is far less resource-intensive. The Telegraph already has its own studio and an audio-and-video team of about 30 people, who help with tech support, meaning any new shows created aren’t a resource drain.

“We’re at a point of inflection. In-home devices will make a difference to bespoke audio content. We’re about to see a sea change where more people listen to audio off the iPhone,” added Taylor.

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CIIN, H’Kong insurers in partnership to grow business

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The President, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Mrs. Funmi Babington-Ashaye, has said that the insurance industry has a lot to learn from the growth strategies of the insurance sector in Hong Kong.

She said this when she led a delegation of the CIIN on an international exchange programme in Hong Kong, which was organised by the institute for its members.

According to her, developing the services sector where insurance belongs can sustain and make the economy great, with or without other natural resources.

While speaking on its choice of Hong Kong, Babington-Ashaye said, “Hong Kong is one of the greatest and biggest financial and trade hubs in Asia. Its accomplishments in all spheres of human endeavour as islands clearly belie its small size.

“As one of the world’s leading knowledge centres, the achievements of Hong Kong in global commerce and international trade is at variance not only with its size but also provide a framework for learning and development.”

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“In 2017, its per capita income reached $46,228.13 while its 2018 ranking on the global ease of doing business is fifth,” she stated.

Besides these performance statistics, she stated that it was estimated that the services sector, which include insurance and reinsurance services, contributed 91 per cent to its Gross Domestic Product in 2016.

According to her, the prosperity of the island is based on knowledge and its human capital.

Babington-Ashaye said, “As we strategically plan to grow our businesses, we must take our bearing from the market place. Users of our services must define what we do. We must connect with and respond promptly to their needs efficiently and effectively.

“Our business model must be in tune with clients’ demands and the realities of our environment. If we choose to diversify, it should be into areas of shared services which can reduce operational cost and enhance efficiency and profitability.”

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The Ogun State Police Command says it has shot dead a suspected highway robber at Fidiwo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the slain robbery suspect was a member of a gang, which blocked that section of the expressway, dispossessing motorists and travellers of their cash and other valuables.

He said based on a distress call received by the police at Isara Divisional Headquarters that hoodlums operating on motorcycles had blocked the expressway, the Divisional Police Officer, Yussuf Taiwo, led his team to the scene.

But on sighting the policemen, Oyeyemi said the hoodlums opened fire on them while the security operatives retaliated.

He said, “At the end of the gun duel, one of the robbers was shot dead while others escaped with various degrees of gunshot injuries.”

He said a cut-to-size locally made pistol and two motorcycles used for the operation were also recovered.

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has commended the quick response to the distress call by the men of the Isara Division.

He also directed that escaped members of the gang be hunted and brought to justice.

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Number Crunching: Purdue football Week 11

Curtis Painter had to avoid constant Buckeye pressure back in 2007, the last time a Boilermaker quarterback had 60 attempts in a game.
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More: Still time to 'change whole course of season' | Purdue may pass more | First look: Iowa

Here's our look at some of the numbers, sometimes on the trivial side, of Purdue football heading into its 11th game of the season.

3 - Consecutive times Purdue has held an opponent under 100 yards rushing dating back to the Nebraska game. No Purdue team had done it three straight weeks since 2004 when it did it against Notre Dame, Penn State and Wisconsin in consecutive weeks. The "record" (in the same season, dating back to 2000) is five straight weeks, set in the first five games of the 2003 season. But it actually is nine because defensive coordinator Brock Spack's unit also held the last four opponents of the 2002 season under the century mark in single-game rushing.

23 - Points scored by the opposition the last two times Purdue had a quarterback attempt 60 passes in a game. Northwestern had that point total in Saturday's 10-point win when Elijah Sindelar completed 37 passes, and Ohio State equaled it in a 16-point win at Purdue on Oct. 6, 2007 when junior quarterback Curtis Painter completed 31.

1-9 - Purdue's record all-time when it has an individual attempt 60 passes. The lone victory came when Drew Brees was 39-of 65 for 455 yards in a 31-27 win over Ohio State in 2000. His last pass of the day was a 64-yard game winner to Seth Morales, the most famous pass in Purdue football history.

8 years, 11 months, 28 days - Since Purdue had a a passer complete 37 or more passes in a game. Joey Elliott was 39-of-55 in a gut-wrenching 40-37 home loss to Michigan State on Nov. 14, 2009. Brees, Kyle Orton, Brandon Kirsch, Painter and Sindelar join Elliott as the only ones to do it since 2000, with Painter the only one to meet or exceed the 37-completion mark more than once during that period.

11 - Receptions for Jared Sparks against Northwestern, the most by a Boilermaker receiver in a game since DeAngelo Yancey caught 11 passes at Indiana in 2013. Coincidentally, of the 26 times a Purdue receiver has caught 11 or more passes in a game since 2000, Yancey and Sparks were the only freshmen to do it. Sparks' 130 receiving yards is the most of the Jeff Brohm Era at Purdue and best by a Boilermaker since Yancey had 155 receiving yards against Wisconsin last year (11 games ago).

9 & 4 - The Boilermakers have nine fumble recoveries in 2017 but haven't secured one in the last four games. Purdue hasn't recovered 10 fumbles in a single season since 2012.

26 - Consecutive games that tight end Cole Herdman has appeared and has caught at least one pass. It's the longest streak for a Boilermaker tight end since Justin Sinz ended his Boilermaker career in 2014 with a catch in 24 straight games.

3 of 10 - After Saturday, Purdue will have faced three of the 10 most-tenured coaches in the country in 2017, with Iowa's Kirk Ferentz being first in his 19th season at Iowa, Frank Solich 13 years at Ohio and Pat Fitzgerald 12 at Northwestern. Mark Dantonio, who is in his 11th year at Michigan State ranks eighth nationally, but isn't on the Boilermakers' schedule.

2 - Victories Ferentz needs to catch Hayden Fry (1979-98) and become Iowa's all-time winningest coach. The Boilermakers didn't have much luck beating Fry in Iowa City with wins in '79 and '92 but has less success against Ferentz with the lone win in 2012.

7 for 11 - There are seven Big Ten teams that are currently bowl eligible, with a max of 11 able to reach the six wins necessary for postseason. Only Illinois is eliminated from getting to six wins, but Rutgers, Purdue, Indiana, Maryland and Nebraska need two more wins and Minnesota just one more. The rub is Rutgers plays Indiana and Maryland, and Purdue plays Indiana, so no more than two teams can make it from that group.

.000000001 - Purdue's chance of earning a bowl bid with a 5-7 record. It is possible, though not overly likely, that a 5-7 Big Ten team could qualify for the postseason if there are not enough 6-6 teams to fill the 39 bowls. Of those bowl fringe teams, Minnesota, Maryland and Indiana (in that order) have the league's highest APR. Purdue ranks 13th of 14 schools in Big Ten APR so has virtually no chance of qualifying with a 5-7 record.

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LG, Enphase roll out microinverter-enabled AC module

This morning, LG Electronics USA and Enphase Energy jointly unveiled a new AC module integrated with Enphase’s new IQ 6 microinverter at the InterSolar show in San Francisco.

LG NeON 2 ACe utilizes new cello technology, which replaces the industry standard of three busbars with 30 thin wires, which LG says enhances output and reliability. The plug-and-play connections on the microinverter help reduce installation time by half compared with an optimizer solution, according to Paul Nahi, the CEO of Enphase Energy, who demonstrated the product this morning.

This new combination is the first product coming out of the LG-Enphase cooperation that was announced last year at InterSolar. “Our alliance with Enphase has allowed us to streamline the process for consumers, appealing to a wider consumer base while still delivering the efficiency consumers expect from LG, said Stephen Hahm, vice president and head of LG Electronics USA’s Energy Solutions business.”

“Enphase was founded with the vision of making solar simple, and energy smart. Our collaboration with LG on this Enphase Energized AC module is another example of how we are executing on that vision,” Nahi said.

Installation of the integrated unit is a two-step roof installation process, lifting the microinverter out of the flat shipping position and connecting the cable, eliminating the need to install the two products separately.

A 15mm separation between the DC module and the microinverter mitigates any impact to performance and reliability by allowing sufficient air-flow for cooling, LG said in a statement.

The NeON 2 ACe with a 12-year unit warranty and the microinverter comes with a 25-year warranty. LG Electronics is committed to exceeding customer’s values and expectations beyond efficiency.

“We are now cost competitive with any optimizer solution on the market,” said Nahi. “What we said last year is that we would reduce costs by 50% by the end of this year, and we may be a few months late, but we will get there,” he said.


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The recently formed Queensland Trombone Quartet is made up of members from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Recognised musicians on the Queensland music scene, they have performed with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Opera Queensland, Queensland Ballet, Opera Australia, Queensland Pops Orchestra and Camerata of St John’s. They also regularly perform in musical theatre productions with Harvest Rain, Queensland Music Theatre, Ignatians Musical Society and participate in local ensembles Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra and Queensland Wind Orchestra.

Most recently they performed as part of Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) 30th Birthday celebrations and travelled to Hong Kong to participate in SliderAsia along with Queensland Symphony Orchestra Principal trombone, Jason Redman.
Queensland Trombone Quartet is available for hire for a range of events including corporate functions and workshop tutoring, with a wide repertoire to suit any occasion.

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Queensland Trombone Quartet w/ James Whiting Quartet

Brisbane Jazz Club, 1 Annie St, Kangaroo Point

Aussie expat, James Whiting is an internationally recognized drummer and percussionist, and was recently awarded Best Jazz Album at the Akademia Music Awards for his last release, Hard Mince. On tour from Las Vegas, James will be performing a variety of jazz, rock, and Latin alongside a smokin’ band with Andrew Hobler – guitar, Dave Spicer – piano and Peter Walters – bass, with special guests The Queensland Trombone Quartet.


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That was an extraordinary night!

This year was my first ever Vinnies CEO Sleepout, and it’s fair to say it was a very humbling and touching event.

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Sleeping at White Bay Terminal for the 2018 Vinnies CEO Sleepout

Having reached my fundraising target of $5,000 (thanks again to everyone whose kindness made that possible), I put on as many layers as I could and headed off to White Bay Terminal for the event. I guess I’d imagined the night was a bit like an adult camp-out, but it was oh so much more.

From the moment you arrived and collected your Vinnies bag (which I’m proud to say included a scarf for those who had reached their fundraising target), you were sent on a series of activities to open your mind (and heart) to some truly amazing individuals.

My circle session was with Meghan. She had found herself homeless when her landlord wanted to renovate and she simply could not find another place for her and her two teenage children to live. How could it be that a woman who was able to pay rent, could find herself homeless? The answer was a housing shortage resulting in vacancies dwindling to just 1%.

Meghan had tried to find a place far and wide, and her options for a shelter were limited by the fact that she had a teenage son. Despite being barely 13, he was considered too old to be housed in a women’s shelter and the choice for Meghan was to either split her family up—sending her son alone to a men’s shelter—or Vinnies.

Thankfully, Vinnies could house the family until they could find a place of their own.

To meet Meghan was a privilege. This brave mum had been through so much hardship, despite all her efforts to keep her family safe, warm and housed. As she told us, ‘how can you give your child nutritious meals when you don’t have a fridge, let alone a kitchen.’

In my group, among many leaders of large corporations was the Deputy Premier of NSW, John Barilaro. He was there to listen, too. And that became the theme of the night. As those who have the power to influence change, our job was not to pretend a night in the cold would help us know what it means to be homeless—ours was to listen, to hear the stories of people—just like you and me—for whom homelessness had become their only option.

After our circle with Meghan, we were then able to spend some time with Vinnies volunteers. This was our chance to ask questions and gain a better understanding of what their support services mean on a day to day basis. It’s hard not to be blown away by these incredible people. They clearly work so hard.

By now, I’d been carrying my bags and sleeping bag for about 30 minutes and I was ready to make my bed. With my cardboard down and my pillow laid, we were back for the formalities, which included several speeches from people whom Vinnies had helped.

It opened with a video of a grandmother who found herself homeless in her 80s after her husband had died and her kids kicked her out. Ouch! That was the first teary moment for me. At this point I’m angry and sad and wondering how on earth our society got to this point. By the time we’ve heard that female homelessness increased by 50% since the last census, I feel enraged.

But, as I listen to the stories, what I also see is that the solution is right in front of us. Vinnies helps people get through the impossible moments. They keep people’s dignity intact when society places them in the most undignified places—without the safety and security of their own home.

It’s fitting that the New South Wales government has just declared housing is a right, not a privilege, and it’s up to each of us to make that the reality. Homelessness is as complex and as varied as each person’s story. There’s no one solution, but the only way we can help is by being supportive, taking action and having compassion.

The Vinnies CEO Sleepout is an amazing event. It’s not about mimicking homelessness, it’s about gaining greater insights and empathy for the people who have experienced it. Nobody is immune to life changing events. Sickness does not discriminate, and there are many, many circumstances beyond our control. But, what we can do is pause, reflect, attempt to understand and use these profound stories to motivate us into action.

I am so thankful for the support my fundraising received. Mine is not a big business, but if we can raise $5,000, then I believe most businesses can. As for the night—it was so wet, so cold and I couldn’t wait to get in my uber! But, while I walk away having not slept, I feel very confident that the money raised will help many incredible people, who just need compassion when life has dealt them a difficult hand.

We all have a responsibility as a community to care. It’s so easy in our fast, stressful lives to forget.

The Vinnies CEO Sleepout is a chance to pause, and to remember. By donating, not only are you sending a message to people in the most vulnerable positions that they are not alone, you’re showing charities like Vinnies, whose volunteers are frankly superheroes, that they are not alone either.

The stunt, if you like, of having wealthy folk sleep rough may just be a tool to raise awareness and gain attention, but the real power of the Vinnies CEO Sleepout is the coming together of people from all walks of life, who are able and willing to make our community better.

If you haven’t shown your support, please do. The Vinnies CEO Sleepout raises desperately needed funds that have a year round impact on people who are facing heart-breaking circumstances.

Housing isn’t a privilege, it’s a right—and right now, we have the power to help many more people gain a safe and secure place to sleep tonight, so let’s do it.

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Quotation Explorer - 'Dialect'

A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
To creative people, the compendium of the white man's dialect are unfashionable, because their creations are more than what the tongue could say. - Michael Bassey Johnson
All nationalistic distinctions - all claims to be better than somebody else because you have a different-shaped skull or speak a different dialect - are entirely spurious, but they are important so long as people believe in them. - George Orwell
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Quotation Explorer - 'Penumbra'

The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration. - Adam Johnson
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Writing feeling stale? Try a little translation for change.

By Phil James

Writer’s block is a mighty beast. It catches every writer off guard and sometimes, it take month–if not years–to shake off.  Sometimes, it feels like nothing is conquerable in the mind of the lost writer. But I want to propose a solution to your daily writer’s block, so that you can still apply your creative muscles while also putting something into your own words.

How about a little translation?

Translation is a loose term. To some writers, it literally means the word for word transference of a text into another language. This is perhaps the most noble path–the author of the original text will likely not want their phrases, metaphors and linguistic structure to be compromised by the misinformation of incorrect words.

But to others, translation is less of a science and more of an art, for lack of a better word. Nearly every one of Shakespeare’s plays was written before by another playwright, poet or historian, But few will tell you that Shakespeare was unoriginal. Rather, what we remember is his response to the conventional tales. If you apply the same approach to your writing, not only will you write more productively, but also more strategically.

You can be creative without exhausting your creativity

Creativity comes in many different forms. While the J.R.R. Tolkien’s and George R.R. Martin’s of this world can populate an entire world out of thin air, the likelihood of you doing that while keeping a day job is minimal. But with translation, the creativity you provide doesn’t require any plot conjuring nor character building. Rather, translation forces you to be linguistically and stylistically creative. If a piece of French poetry contains long, languid words to create a sense of slow time, how will you create that same sensation in English? Think of it this way: Translation forces you to think beyond the definition of words and gets you right to the meaning of words and sounds,

You can stay true to a story, but give your own interpretation

When translating it into another language, you can reshape a character’s key traits by specifying the connotations behind a certain word. Translating a story helps you think about the intention of your character’s actions, thus helping you better embody your subjects. Consider a word like ‘nice’, for example. ‘Nice’ can mean something like ‘kind’, but it can also signify weakness or suggest a limited sense of gratitude. Be very wary of how you translate actions. A character may “look” at someone else, or they may stare, glare, peer, leer–the choice is up to you.

You are forced to do close reading

Translation is also a great exercise if you want to truly dissect a particular text. When you read in your strongest tongue, you will likely gloss over common expressions or familiar phrases. But when you translate, especially with an eye for maintaining the rhythm and atmosphere of the original text, then it forces you to not only interrogate what is actually happening in the story, but also how they original author conveys those images and ideas.

Translating will help you track how authors and poets modify their rhythm in certain areas, or how they make certain descriptions either very simple or exceedingly complicated. Such skills are very hard to adopt without the practice that comes with translation.

You can really understand the structure of a piece

One of the most daunting types of translation is poetry. You must include all of the elements and maintain the same general form to get a desired result. But how do you keep all the pieces together? Translations forces you to disassemble a piece and then put it all back together. Unsurprisingly, many of the most successful artists and engineers have benefitted from doing so; everyone from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs improved their knowledge of their craft through this same process, although they did it with transistors and radios.

Forcing yourself to maintain the rhyme structure will improve the creativity of your word placement and word choice, and as a result help you gain a better understanding of form.

Translation avoids the most common causes of writer’s block

The average writer may spend years trying to churn out a piece worthy of the attention of their audience. But with translation, your length and content are already set. So instead of using your creativity to conjure up new worlds and alien characters, you can instead work with materials you already have. Think of it this way: the creativity you put into story creation is different from the creativity you put into your word choice, but most writers fail to make that distinction. Translation allows you to simply sit down at your workspace and begin the mental process of composition.

Remember, translation doesn’t just mean transferring words from one language to another. You can take a 14th century English text and put it into modern terms. You can also take a fairytale by the Brothers’ Grimm and give it a modern perspective, replacing the enchanted forest with the big city, and the villainous wretches with modern equivalents. Likewise, you can tell the same story from another character’s perspective. The point is to have material to work with from the moment you sit down to write. Think of it as a confidence booster.

Phil James is the Editor-in-Chief of Qwiklit.com. He spends his time between Canada and California.

Ten Incredible French-Canadian Texts you should read right now

by Elizabeth DiEmanuele

Similarly rich and full of complex insight into Canada’s cultural memory, French-Canadian texts have a very different perspective with regards to history, politics, and language. These texts tell stories of identity, history, struggle, and loss, all unique and separate from Canada’s dominant, English-speaking society. Contributing to Canada’s diverse literary canon, here is a list of 10 compelling French-Canadian texts.

  1. Marie Chapdelaine (1913) – Louis Hémon

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Though written by a French writer who resided in Quebec for many years, Marie Chapdelaine is a French Canadian classic. As a love story that also addresses the struggles of settling within Canada, including climate, working the land, politics of language and the complexities of religious doctrine, Marie Chapdelaine offers insight  into the workings of the Quebec province.

2. The Tin Flute (1945) – Gabrielle Roy

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The Tin Flute takes place during the Second World War at a time when Quebec was still experiencing consequences of the Great Depression. The characters suffer from extreme poverty and sacrifice for each other amidst poor conditions. Hailed as a novel that captures the struggle of the working-class during the time while also capturing very real moments of tenderness and love, The Tin Flute is a must read, Canadian classic.

3. The Second Scroll (1951) – A.M. Klein

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“Wonderful is the engrafting of skin, but more wonderful the million busy hushed cells, in secret planning, stitching, stretching, until — the wound is vanished, the blood courses normal, the cicatrice falls off.”

Tracing his Uncle Melech’s history as a Holocaust survivor with goals to help Jewish peoples return to Israel, the unnamed narrator follows his uncle to Italy, Morocco, and Israel; but, he is always a step behind in the journey. Constructed as a modern Torah and told through a variety of narrative forms, this complex novel seeks to come to terms with a post-Holocaust world.

4. Mad Shadows (1959) – Marie Claire Blais

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Marie Claire Blais’ short debut novel is anything but a simple read. Written at a time when Jansenism dominated much of Quebec, Mad Shadows was a taboo novel that transgressed doctrine and its restrictions. Many have read it as a deconstruction of the Jansenism myth. Focusing on the family dynamics of Patrice, Isabelle-Marie, and Louise, Mad Shadows troubles the body, familial relationships, and the human consciousness through each character’s obsession for beauty and perfection. With no happy end, this novel explores the unsettling capacities of the human.

5. Next Episode (1965) – Hubert Aquin

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“I am the fragmented symbol of Quebec’s revolution, its fractured reflection and its suicidal incarnation.”

Next Episode tells the story of an imprisoned revolutionary who decides to write a thriller as he awaits his execution. Significantly, his story becomes an allegory for the Quebec separatist movement of the 1960s, deeply connected to issues of loss, politics, rights of peoples, and sacrifice.

6. Beautiful Losers (1966) – Leonard Cohen

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Strange, uninhibited, and taboo, Beautiful Losers does not hold anything back. This experimental narrative develops a love story between the Mohawk saint Kateri Tekakwitha, an unnamed Canadian, a native woman named Edith, and F, a member of the Quebec separatist movement. With sexually explicit and taboo scenes, Cohen’s novel experienced mixed reception; but, its humorous depiction of complex power structures and identity politics has been acclaimed by many.

7. Kamouraska (1970) – Anne Hébert

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Switching between the past and the present in a stream of consciousness style, this novel tells the story of the well-respected Elisabeth Rolland. As Elisabeth sits at her second husband’s death bed, she recalls a tragic secret, that of a passionate love triangle and its murderous consequences. Based on the true story and murder of Seigneur of Kamouraska in 1838, the novel explores love, passion, and the repercussions of an uncontainable past.

8. La Sagouine (1971) – Antonine Maillet

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“Your happiness in life, the only way you’ll ever get any is to keep on asking for it, you can’t just sit back waiting for it to come along. So you got to take care, because one day, without saying nothing to nobody, it’ll just pop back to where it came from. Life’s funny that way.”

This play written by Antonine Maillet is the true story of an Acadian cleaning woman and former prostitute. As Maillet writes, “That is where I found her, between her mop and her rags, bending over that pail of dirty water that has been collecting for half a century all the dirt of the country. Muddy water perhaps, but still capable of reflecting the face of a woman who can only see herself through other people’s dirt.” As a story of struggle, poverty, strength, and humour, this play tells story of this woman’s life and of Acadia.

9. Volkswagon Blues (1984) – Jacques Poulin

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The novel’s protagonist, Jack, is a writer who seeks to find the brother he has not seen in 20 years. With the help of his hitchhiker friend, a Métis girl who goes by the name, “La Grande Sauterelle,” the two road trip through Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and the Oregon Trail. In their search for Jack’s brother, Jack and La Grande Sauterelle uncover histories of the French and First Nations peoples in Canada, complicating the simplicity of the Canadian myth. Following the tradition of Jack Kerouac’s The Road, Poulin’s Volkswagon Blues is a story of adventure, disillusion, and self-discovery.

10. Frog Moon (1994) – Tostevin Lola Lemire

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Using a variety of narrative mediums, including oral tradition, myth, folk tales, and past experiences, Lemire’s debut novel, Frog Moon, tells the story of a French Canadian woman’s attempts to confront her complex history. Kaki, also known as Laura, recalls her childhood experiences in Northern Ontario, her strict Christian schooling, and the loss of the French language from moving to Toronto. Moving between Kaki’s past and present, Frog Moon is a rich narrative that addresses the intangible effects of loss (of people, of language, of home) and the ways in which these losses come to shape one’s identity.


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Turns Out I’m Actually Very Shallow After All

So I’ve been in a horrible, depressed funk all week long and going through all sorts of inner dialogue about what I want and need in my life. Turns out I just needed to get drunk have a good time. Who knew?

Went to Motorhead last night and screamed A LOT. I am a fan of the high-pitched “Wooooooooo!!!”, while my new best friend Corinne favors the more guttural and plaintive, “Lemmmmyyyyy!!” My brother uses the standard male shout of “Yeah!!”. And since we kept making our friend Mike go get the beer he had no time to shout anything but “Corona?!”.

Afterwards I abandoned my friends and family like the shallow rock whore that I am and finagled my way backstage. This involved much trying to look nonchalantly hot while standing behind others more famous than me who did the talking. Once we got back there it was the usual clusterfuck of road crew trying to do their job, rock and roll types blocking the way looking for action, and giant security jerks barking at everyone to move. Good times.

Ended up alone w/Lemmy for a few minutes in his dressing room, I sat on his lap like a good girl and he poured me a jack and coke. We had an interesting talk about his having a vein cauterized in his heart, they had to go through a vein in his leg. Turns out 30 years of constant speed usage can cause arrhythmia. Again, I must use the phrase: who knew?

I told him I think he’s going to just go and go like a motherfucker until he drops one day, and he agreed. I have a friend who said that this is the kind of conversation that everyone dreams of having with Lemmy Kilmeister. I think you just have to catch him when he’s feeling contented. I haven’t had a real conversation w/him for years so it was a nice surprise.

He has three loves—sex, drugs, and rock and roll. And while he’s the coolest guy on the planet, if you’re not providing one of those things he doesn’t have time to slow down for your ass. I’ve never been a fan of speedy powders and he gave up on trying to get me in the sack a long time ago, so it was wonderful to hang alone w/him for a minute. He is not a close friend in the every day sense of the phrase, but I have a great fondness in my heart for him. To me he is the embodiment of rock and roll spirit, and is a true gentleman to boot.

Then it was on to some of the usual bars to meet up with my patient friends, where I continued to drink jack and coke in honor of the evening, completely forgetting that I have a low tolerance for whiskey, sugar and caffeine. So within a very short period of time I was not only completely loaded, but bouncing off the walls like an eight year old the day after Halloween. I was FLYING. Again, good times.

Well, for me anyway: my boyfriend Drew hooked up with us halfway through the night and I could see the terror in his eyes as I spun around the room. That man suffers! He claimed it was all very Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but it’s his own fault. When we first hooked up my brother took him aside and said, “Run, man! Run while you can. You don’t know what you’re getting into. She’s smarter and meaner than you, and you don’t stand a chance!” So he knew what he was getting into.

Anyway, at some point Mike just stopped making any sense but wouldn’t shut up, so I decided to lick his forehead in a sugar and bourbon fueled attempt to affectionately slime some cohesion into his wasted brain. Drew said he wouldn’t kiss me if I didn’t stop licking Mike’s head and Mike just continued to talk nonsense, so eventually that plan had to be abandoned in failure.

We didn’t see Motorhead again that night. There was some talk of them going to Snitch, but I later heard that Phil Campbell and Mickey the drummer ended up at Niagara, and that Lemmy went to Scores w/my myspace acquaintance Rocka Rolla and her girlfriends. I think she’ll probably post a blog later on if you’re interested.

So I am feeling so much more cheerful than I have all week long. Turns out there was no existential crisis, I was just too sober and not getting enough attention from aging rock stars. Maybe all that sugar helped, too. And just when I was feeling all deep and ready to do some very serious blogging…

As I type this, Mike is at his desk at his job with his head in his hands. He claims he has no recollection of the head licking and doesn’t remember what was so all fired important that he couldn’t stop talking about it. Here is the one photo I got from last night. I look absolutely terrible in this one, but Lemmy seems pretty perky, no?


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If what you’re looking for is a conveniently located hotel in Raja Ampat, look no further than Hotel Raja Ampat City Waisai. Only 0.5 km from the city center, the hotel’s strategic location ensures that guests can quickly and easily reach many local points of interest. With its convenient location, the hotel offers easy access to the city’s must-see destinations. There are a variety of facilities available to those staying at Raja Ampat City Hotel, including room service, concierge and car hire. A Wi-Fi connection is also provided. It also offers a safe, a designated smoking area and an airport shuttle.The hotel provides comfortable rooms, furnished to fit the requirements of any traveller.

Set in a prime location of Raja Ampat, Raja Ampat City Hotel puts everything the city has to offer just outside your doorstep. The hotel offers guests a range of services and amenities designed to provide comfort and convenience. Free Wi-Fi in all rooms, chapel, convenience store, express check-in/check-out, Wi-Fi in public areas are there for guest’s enjoyment. Air conditioning, desk, blackout curtains, extra long beds (> 2 meters), television can be found in selected guestrooms. The hotel’s peaceful atmosphere extends to its recreational facilities which include garden. Discover all Raja Ampat has to offer by making Raja Ampat City Hotel your base.

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Airport Transfer, Business Center, Car Hire, Car Park, Express Check-In / Check-Out, Family Room, Laundry Service, Room Service, Safety Deposit Boxes, Shared Lounge / TV Area, Shuttle Service, Smoking Area.

Raja Ampat City Hotel Sports and Recreation: Garden


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The Huawei Nova is one of the most interesting mid-range smartphones among those presented by Huawei in the past 2016. A nice design, excellent performance and great battery life are some of its main features, to which are added all the features and customizations from the interface of Huawei: EMUI. In the last few hours has been leaked a first beta of the firmware that will bring Android 7.0 Nougat to the device. This is a ROM that for now is still very unstable, so we do not recommend installation among non-experienced users.

If you are among the owners of this device, and you also like the whole universe surrounding modding, you may want to spend New Year's Day in the company of the latest version of the Android operating system. To download and install this version, just go to the famous community XDA-Developers, where the first beta of the firmware based on Android 7.0 Nougat and EMUI 5, very similar to the version that has already been tested in many other Huawei devices, such as those belonging to the P9 series.

Huawei Nova starts beta to update to Android Nougat 1

The Huawei Nova has a body made entirely of metal inspired, obviously, by the Huawei Nexus 6P. However, the device has lower hardware. The screen has a size of 5 inches with Full HD resolution. The processor that moves everything is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core with 3 GB of RAM. In addition, it incorporates 32 GB of memory expandable by MicroSD up to a maximum of 128 GB.

If you are an user looking for a good mid-range smartphone, the Huawei Nova can meet all your needs. It is a device that works well, without a doubt, and will do much better with Android Nougat. We remember once again that this is a ROM leaked on the network and not officially released by Huawei, hence its possible instability. At the moment we do not know what day the official update will be launched on the device, but it is almost certain to occur during the first quarter of 2017.

Huawei Nova starts beta to update to Android Nougat


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A downloadable game for Windows

Edit : Sorry, there is no web playable build because Wwise doesn't support WebGL and Reverberation isn't supported in WebGL as well. In order to preserve the great work of our sound designer, we decided to not publish the web build.

For a better experience, please consider using an Xbox controller.

In Kodama, you embody a little spirit of nature, trying to make his way through the Crystal Cave. Your spirit nature gives you 3 abilities to help you in your dreamlike journey.

When you decide to use a skill, the time slows down and you can select the desired direction :

- Light power : Kodama will turn himself into a light wave, allowing him to bounce on mirrors and dash. (Y on Xbox controller)

- Sound power : Kodama will turn himself into a sound wave, allowing him to bounce on walls and cross certain obstacles. (B on Xbox controller)

- Magnetic power : Kodama will launch a magnetic wave, allowing him to move certain objects and activate statues to open doors (X on Xbox controller)

-Jump (A on Xbox controller).

Game  / Level designer : Thomas Rodriguez

Graphic designer : Jeanne Prigent

Programmers : Jordan Bas, Vincent Stehly-Calisto (Aredhele)

Sound designer / composer : Raphaël Marchetti

Install instructions

Unzip and launch the executable.

Kodama.zip 86 MB

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Sexism in the Qur'an

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Sexism in the Qur'an is not hard to find. Qur'anic sexism is mostly ignored by non-fundamentalist Muslims. Some Muslims assert that the Qur'an is not sexist. The below examples refute this.

  • Sura 4:4: "And if you fear that you will not be just in dealing with the orphans, then marry of other women as may be agreeable to you, two, or three, or four; and if you fear you will not be able to do justice, then marry only one or marry what your right hand possess. Thus it is more likely that you will not do injustice."
  • Sura 4:12: "ALLAH commands you concerning your children; a male shall have as much as the share of two females; but if their be females only, numbering more than two, then they shall have two-thirds of what the deceased leave; and if there be one, she shall have the half. And his parents each of them a sixth of the inheritance, if he have a child, but if he have no child and his parents be his heirs, then his mother shall have a third; and if he have brothers and sisters, then his mother shall have a sixth, after the payment of any bequests he may have bequeathed or of debts. Your fathers and your children; you know not which of them is more beneficent to you. This fixing of portions is from ALLAH. Surely, ALLAH is All-Knowing, Wise."
  • Sura 4:34: " If you fear highhandedness from your wives, remind them [of the teaching of Allah], then ignore them when you go to bed, then hit them. If they obey you, you have no right to act against them. ALLAH is most high and great."[1]
  • Sura 4:35: "Men are guardians over women because ALLAH has made some of them excel others, and because men spend on them of their wealth. So virtuous women are obedient, and guard the secrets of their husbands with ALLAH's protection. And as for those on whose part you fear disobedience, admonish them and keep away from them in their beds and chastise them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Surely, ALLAH is High and Great."
  • Sura 4:177: "They ask thee for a decision. Say, `ALLAH gives HIS decision concerning `Kalálah. If a man dies leaving no child and he has a sister, then she shall have half of what he leaves; and he shall inherit her if she has no child. But if there be two sisters, then they shall have two-thirds of what he leaves. And if the heirs be brethren - both men and women - then the male shall have as much as the portion of two females. ALLAH explains this to you lest you go astray and ALLAH knows all things well."
  • Sura 2:222: "And marry not idolatrous women until they believe; even a believing bond women is better than an idolatress, although she may please you. And give not believing women in marriage to idolaters until they believe; even a believing slave is better than an idolater, although he may please you. These call to Fire, but ALLAH calls to Heaven and to forgiveness by HIS will. And HE makes HIS Signs clear to the people that they may remember."
  • Sura 2:223: "And they ask thee concerning menstruation. Say, `It is a harmful thing, so keep away from women during menstruation, and go not in unto them until they are clean. But when they have cleansed themselves, go in unto them as ALLAH has commanded you. ALLAH loves those who keep themselves clean."
  • Sura 2:228: "And the divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they conceal what ALLAH has created in their wombs, if they believe in ALLAH and the Last Day; and their husbands have the greater right to take them back during that period, provided they desire reconciliation. And they (the women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in equity; but men have a degree of advantage above them. And ALLAH is Mighty and Wise." [2]
  • Sura 2:282: "O you who believe! When you contract a debt for a fixed period, write it down. Let a scribe write it down in justice between you. Let not the scribe refuse to write as Allah has taught him, so let him write. Let him (the debtor) who incurs the liability dictate, and he must fear Allah, his Lord, and diminish not anything of what he owes. But if the debtor is of poor understanding, or weak, or is unable himself to dictate, then let his guardian dictate in justice. And get two witnesses out of your own men. And if there are not two men (available), then a man and two women, such as you agree for witnesses, so that if one of them (two women) errs, the other can remind her. "[3]


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On a Clear Day – A poem by HUR

HUR – a reluctant poet in Islamabad – has sent a lovely poem. It was left as a comment on a post but deserves to be highlighted and posted as a stand alone object of beauty…

On a clear day
When puddles run smooth
Umbrellas sit home
People wear white
And do not stain
Throughout the day,
You cloud my mind.

On a clear day
I do not fail
To carry this pain
Of rain, of lightening seeking
Heart of things,
Of trees afire
In rain, in vain.

On a clear day
You seldom smile
Or wink bemused.
You wait for clouds
And gales of hail
To play with scheme of
Things and me
On a dead clear day.

HUR, February 2007

These breath-taking images are courtesy mbukhari.

Published on May 14, 2007 at 4:41 pm  Comments (2)

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  1. I would love to have urdu rendering of the poem, if it were written originally in that language.

  2. i liked it-
    simple , but wasn’t very powerful-
    very subtle

    i would love to have more of poems—

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How We Got into the Fiscal Crisis, and How We Get Out of It

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My heart lives in a bird cage made of bones. Sometimes I think it is not worth all the pain in the world to have this inside my body, to endure being wracked with pain at the tiniest things. But then comes along a poem that tries to rattle the life out of me, and suddenly I am grateful for the skin and flesh that holds this body, that keeps my heart from leaping out of my chest.

Bill Knott

The way the world is not
astonished at you
it doesn’t blink a leaf
when we step from the house
leads me to think
that beauty is natural, unremarkable
and not to be spoken of
except in the course of things
the course of singing and worksharing
the course of squeezes and neighbors
the course of you, tying back your raving hair to go out
and the course, of course, of me
astonished at you
the way the world is not.

One of the many things I would like to learn how to do is to write a short poem that would make you feel like it contains the whole universe in it.

Advice from the Experts
Bill Knott

I lay down in the empty street and parked
My feet against the gutter’s curb while from
The building above a bunch of gawkers perched
Along its ledges urged me don’t, don’t jump.