A night I hope I never forget. ✨
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I knew going into a class where a single Qirā’ah is completed will usually be quite emotional (let alone one where all 10 will be complete).

I mean I’ve watched countless Ijazah videos...

I pretend I’m a tough cookie sometimes, but really I know for sure that (if Allah swt gives me life) I’ll definitely break down during my last lesson.

So I knew these students were going to be emotional. And they were, two broke down, one didn’t. She (perhaps wisely) didn’t say much.

What caught me by surprise was I was also feeling emotional??

I’ll never forget all their names.

I’ll never forget the weird and wonderful circumstances in which I joined the class.

Given very strong up move in base #metals , #Hindalco stock is at very important juncture & near resistance
Once sustains above 520 it may see swift move towards 585 or higher
RSI & Macd steady with bullish bias but lacks momentum #Nifty #stocks
Not trading call, academic post

If cash flow is not growing / compounding - why do you expect the share price to make newer ATHs ?

Ultimately, the stock price is a function of underlying business and the quality of cash flows

"Quality vs Quantity" of cash matters. Small and Mid Pharma have outperformed Large!

Playing a bit of Tower of Druaga, in the Namco Museum collection. Splatterhouse is in there too, and it makes a good comparison, because you know how Splatterhouse's only draw is the hyper-detailed violence? Druaga is like that except the only draw is the hyper-obscure secrets.

But the secrets made it a huge hit in Japan in 1984. This is supposedly the game that created the Japanese arcade culture of players sharing notes, because the only path to success was approaching the game as a community.

Tower of Druaga clearly draws inspiration from Pac-Man (it's a maze chase) and Rogue (the maze isn't randomized, but everything *in it* is, plus you bump into enemies to attack them) and Wizardry/D&D (theming and upgrades).

To advance past each floor, you need to find the key and the exit, dodging monsters. You can also find a secret item on each floor. These "optional" items are crucial, some are literally required to proceed, and the processes you need to guess at to unlock them are *ridiculous*.

A sampling:
- Kill 3 slimes.
- Touch the left and right dungeon walls.
- Don't touch the outside walls for 12 seconds.
- Swing your sword while standing on the exit.
- Press 1P start.
- Kill 6 colored slimes in a specific order.
- Step on 3 unmarked tiles in a specific order.

Seeing these questions pop up repeatedly, so here you go. (Also, sorry for spamming ya'll. I'll try to keep it brief.)

Asylum-seekers, Refugees, and the Caravan, A 'Splainer.

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Asylum and refugee resettlement are two different forms of relief for people who must flee their country. Asylum can only be applied for inside the U.S. or concurrent with admission or parole into the U.S. at a port of entry. 2/

Refugee resettlement, on the other hand, must start (with rare exception involving refugee camps) with an application to a UNHCR office or (sometimes) a U.S. embassy *outside the country from which the applicant is fleeing.* 3/

For both asylum and refugee resettlement, the applicants *cannot seek protection from inside their home countries.*

This makes perfect sense, if you think about it. A person fleeing their country's (failed) protection cannot get protection inside their home country. 4/

Thus, with regard to the caravan in particular, it is simply not the case that Honduran migrants can apply for asylum or refugee resettlement to the U.S. from within Honduras, Guatemalans within Guatemala, Salvadorans within El Salvador, etc. 5/

I have now been meditating for ~30 days in a row.

Here are 10 things i've observed so far.

1. The habit is more important than the ritual. I don't have a fancy setup, i don't sit down on the floor, i don't do mantras, i don't count my breathes or how long i breathe for. I sit on a chair, put a calm playlist on, let my brain run free. It hurts, but it works.

2. People tell me their main objection to giving it a go is they're afraid of what might surface. But this is entirely the point of meditating, to see whatever repressed feelings are unresolved. On that note...

3. Meditation for me is the art of being a little bit less afraid. And of feeling a little bit less hurt. And of normalising pain. And of understanding where our ego is coming from. We're so curious about the world, we forget to be curious about ourselves.

4. I started with 10 minutes, then 15, 20, now at 25 (soon i might move to 30). I couldn't imagine starting with 30 minutes, but now i barely see the time flying and couldn't go back to 10. It's the runner's high for people who don't like running (✋).

The Anatomy of a Indian Liberal Pre 2014
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Un dia como hoy, la mítica guerrillera del ELN, Monika Ertl, consumaba su venganza ejecutando a tiros al coronel boliviano Roberto Quintanilla, el responsable de amputar las manos al Che Guevara, para humillarlo estando ya muerto.

Así fue la apasionante historia de Monika.

La historia de Monika comienza, por extraño y enrevesado que parezca, en la Alemania nazi.

Ella era hija de Hans Ertl, fotógrafo personal de Hitler y de Erwin Rommel. Hans fue uno de los mas importantes propagandistas de los nazis.

Aquí Monika con su padre nazi, cámara en mano.

Después de la derrota nazi a manos de la URSS, más de 9000 nazis se escondieron como ratas en Sudamérica con protección de EEUU y la oligarquia capitalista.

Monika y su padre huyeron a Bolivia, en 1950, llegaron junto a asesinos nazis como Klaus Barbie, "el carnicero de Lyon".

Monika, a pesar de crecer entre asesinos nazis, paradójicamente adoraba al Che, admiraba su lucha revolucionaria a muerte contra el imperialismo y poco a poco fue haciéndose comunista.

Después de 10 años en Bolivia, montó un orfanato para ayudar a los niños pobres bolivianos.

El asesinato físico de su idolo Che Guevara en la selva de Bolivia en octubre de 1967, le hizo dar un paso más allá en sus ideales y tomó la decisión de alistarse a la guerrilla del ELN.

Rompió con todo, incluido con su familia, su padre le dijo que no volviera a casa nunca más.

Sectors when maximum wealth will be created in 1st part of this decade:

- Commodities
- Power ( Entire Ecosystem)
- Entire Infra Pack
- Niche Tech
- Public Sector Banks
- Capital Goods
- 4W and 2W EV leaders

Finding the right stocks in these sectors will be the real art.

Secret Sin -3
The 5 principles on sin.

A. A Holy God cannot tolerate sin.
1) One sin can make all d difference in the world.
a) It made a difference for Israel.      (defeat)  
b) It made a difference for Achan.       (death)
c) It can make a difference for you.     (damnation)

2) God does not "grade on curve," but on absolutes.

B. Sin is never purely private.
1) ISRAEL has sinned, THEY have stolen, THEY have lied.Josh 7:11
a) Yet Achan is only one to be revealed
2) One bad apple ruins the barrel.
a) Reason - toxic gas is given off, encouraging rot

b) Same in churches.
c) Unchecked sin by one person can pull everyone down.

3) Private sin off-limits?  Not to God.                  
There is the story of a Lonely woman who met a widower in a church and had an affair She had no guilt or remorse.

She confided in her Christian friend Tony Campolo, "He makes me feel wonderful about myself & I help to meet some of his needs.Nobody's hurt.Nobody suffers she said" "What about Jesus?" Campolo responded.

James Dobson said-the problem is all of us, Our standards have slipped, we are unshockable.

Secret sin is still sin.
1) What are you hiding from others?

2) What are you hiding from God?

Sin will be found out.

10 Kms away from Kathmandu at the base of Shivapuri Hill lies South Asia's sculpture wonder, the Budhanilkantha temple, the Abode of Bhagwan Vishnu. The temple houses the world's largest and most beautiful stone-carved idol of Bhagwan Vishnu.

This idol is made with a single block of black basalt stone of unknown origin.Sculpture is 5m long & lies in a resting position in a 13m long pond also called the 'cosmic sea. Vishnu idol in the lake is believed to have been built during the reign of 7th century King Vishnugupta.

It was rediscovered later during reign of Malla Dynasty.Water in lake is believed to have originated from Gosainkund,a lake formed as a result of Bhagwan Shiva's Trident striking with mountain.Local legend describes existence of mirror-like image of Bhagwan Shiv under the statue.

OK, so this election results thing is quite nail-biting, isn't it? I see a lot of leftists of all nationalities theorising about why it is so close & Trump could win. These theories fall into a number of categories. Amazingly, only the ones that agree with me are correct.

@USNavy @USNavyCNO @USNavyUnderSec @NavyTimes just wanted to know, when the contract was signed with IAL to ship our vehicles did you question the wording of the clause, "It will get there in the same condition it left, occasionally."
At this point I don't care how much it costs-

IAL needs to be held responsible for their poor quality of service and attempts to deny claims that are obviously the fault of their staff and subcontractors.
Backstory:
I just got out of the Navy after serving 8 honorable, rewarding years. Covid-19 is in full swing. I am living-

- off of savings while I wait for the spring semester at school to start because finding part time work in my skill-set is difficult in this climate. I have no vehicle and am still waiting for my household goods to arrive at my home. I'm informed that my car has arrived in NJ--

--and is ready for pickup. Imagine my surprise when I take a train across four states and walk 30 minutes in snow to pick up my car, only to find it has been damaged mechanically in transport because someone didn't know how to drive manual and couldn't be bothered to operate--

-a winch. My car is now ruined and I'm stuck in NJ trying to find a mechanic to replace my clutch on December 23rd. I ended up having to tow the car 30 minutes to a mechanic, out of pocket, and leave it in NJ, then try to catch a train to make it home to my family for the--

The ongoing Lincoln Project story reminds me that I haven't met anyone in politics yet who really understands how journalism works and how to handle a bad story. The Winning FormulaTM is also the right thing to do, but it involves a lot of humility and relinquishing some control.

First, don't lie to reporters. Ever. Even if you fool one, another one will find you out. And there are a lot of people who naively think they will fool ALL the reporters. This is just arrogance.

Don't try to intimidate people you suspect might be sources. It gives them more of an incentive to be a source, and it usually has the opposite of your intended effect: it encourages other people to talk to reporters.

If you know something is going to break, tell the story yourself, truthfully. There's a line from some Chris Matthews book that is actually applicable (and he did not do): hang a lantern on your problems.

Don't get defensive. It makes you sound like you don't *really* think you did anything wrong.

When we look back at the past we see eras associated with family, household, respectfulness, faith and order and we know them as "traditional" eras. These eras are also unequivocally associated with male domination and power.

When we look back we identify eras that we've naturally associated with a break with this that happens every so often and tends to invert what's associated with traditional eras. Including who has power.

This is no accident.

Indeed, be it that it is one group or multiple sharing power the fact remains that the traditional power holders are characteristically (in these eras) powerless and those who hold power are always the same.

The first anarchist, Proundhon, wrote about what happens when women have power and called it "Pornocracy". He argued that men should do everything in their remaining power to prevent this including using their natural superior physical strength.

He had argued for using everything to usurp a society and establish proper order. Nothing was off the table.
He argued to same towards women for the same reasons.
The debilitating sort of power both possess and the cruelty with which they use it.