THE WATCH ON Gabe Kapler’s left wrist started as a curiosity and traveled a smooth path to obsession. Big, chunky and obviously expensive, it was both striking and vexing. Morning or afternoon, the time on the watch bore no resemblance to the actual time of day. Even more vexing, the time was never identifiable as being wrong in a… Read More »
True Story is a 2015 American mystery drama film directed by Rupert Goold in his directorial debut based on a screenplay by Goold and David Kajganich. Based on the memoir of the same name by Michael Finkel, it stars Jonah Hill, James Franco and Felicity Jones, with Gretchen Mol, Betty Gilpin and John Sharian in supporting roles. Franco plays Christian Longo, a man on the FBI’s most-wanted list accused of murdering his wife and three children… Read More »
The advent of evolutionary medicine in the last two decades has provided new insights into the causes of human disease and possible preventative strategies. One of the strengths of evolutionary medicine is that it follows a multi-disciplinary approach. Such an approach is vital to future biomedicine as it enables for the infiltration of new ideas. Although evolutionary medicine… Read More »
A rainy season (also known as a wet season) is the time of year where the majority of a country’s or region’s annual precipitation occurs. Find out when and where in the world they happen. What is a rainy season? For many countries of the world, seasons are defined by temperature, with warm summer months and cold winter… Read More »
There are so many ways to use onions, so you can get cooking and try new things in your kitchen with an inexpensive and easy to use ingredient. Onions are great for your health and add a really pleasing taste and flavor to all kinds of foods. You’ll be surprised to see how easy it is to prepare… Read More »
Unknown to many Muslims, both Shia and Sunni, Imam ‘Ali had congenial relations and productive interactions with the three caliphs that preceded him. In practice his magnanimity knew no bounds and he acted as their faithful advisor and would pray behind them. Though in principle the Imam and his successors enunciated their right to the leadership of the ummah,… Read More »
Traditional theism holds that God is the creator of heaven and earth, and that all that occurs in the universe takes place under Divine Providence — that is, under God’s sovereign guidance and control. According to believers, God governs creation as a loving father, working all things for good. Moreover, it is said, God is an absolutely perfect being. He… Read More »
When the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night to offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say: Allahumma lakal-hamd. Anta qaiyyimus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, Laka mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Walakal-hamd, anta nurus-samawati wal-ard. Wa lakal-hamd, anta-l-haq wa wa’duka-lhaq, wa liqa’uka Haq, wa qauluka Haq, wal-jannatu Han wan-naru Haq wannabiyuna Haq. Wa Muhammadun, sallal-lahu’alaihi wasallam, Haq,… Read More »
In Stephen Book’s “Beyond the Pale”, a man stumbles into a bar with the name Beyond the Pale, a seedy looking place. The bartender’s name is Rick and it seems like all the guys in the bar have problems. Our lead character finds out just how bad the problems are. Tess Almendarez-Lojacono’s “Just One Thing” is a remembrance of… Read More »
That is, though all human beings are by birth the servants of the Merciful before Whom you have been invited to prostrate yourselves, and which you disdain, his true servants are those who adopt the way of His obedience consciously and develop such desirable characteristics. Then the natural consequences of the prostration are those found in the lives… Read More »