All right, home kids. So one of the most unique things about this online biology course is that it does have a laboratory component. And it's super important to all of us here at College of the Redwoods to make sure that the laboratory component of this class is as close to equivalent to what you would do in a face-to-face class as possible. So we have a couple of tools that are coming into play here. First of all, y'all are going to be buying a lab kit. The lab kit, it's described on your syllabus, and let me just show that to you really fast.  Dude, required materials. The lab is facilitated by a kit from Carolina Biologicals. The kit is about $150. That is not a small chunk of change. And I don't require that of you lightly. In the past, students have had to go grocery shopping for their lab requirements, and they've had to buy things like test tubes or beakers or gelatin and dye and pH strips, like these sort of random things that not very many people have on hand, but you kind of have to hunt them down, and people ended up spending some cash and some time trying to get all these materials. So I, over the summer, dude, we're having two labs a week, most weeks. And so I figured it's worth the $150 to make sure that you have what you need on hand. There's one lab where you are going to go get supplies, and I'll post that list as soon as possible. And it really, the supplies were super chill. So $150 for the lab kit. I sort of justify that because the textbook for the course in all our courses, face-to-face and online, is free and open, which means you do not have to pay anything for the textbook. If you want a hard copy of the textbook, lots of us, myself included, like a hard copy of a text, and the hard copy is like, I don't know, $25 or something like that. It is not expensive if you want to go that route for the textbook, but it's all free and open online. So I feel a little bit better about requiring this $150 kit. You can't do the labs without it. So you aren't going to be able to make up the stuff or like hustle the lab, like it's just not going to work. So buckle down, kick down the $150, get it as soon as possible. We do have a lab the first week, so you want to have your materials as soon as possible.  And this thing is really awesome. So as soon as Canvas is published, there is a module zero where you have to go through and like basically learn how the course is going to be set up. The seventh assignment in this module or the seventh page in this module walks you through setting up your online lab notebook. They actually give you three weeks before you have to pay the $15. So if you're like, I don't know if I'm up for this, you won't be out the $15. I'm pretty sure that once you buy the lab kit, you're out the $150.  To do the labs, you got to get that kit. So make good choices, right? If you take the face-to-face class, all the supplies are given to you. So that's done. Go to this assignment. Click on the online lab notebook. That's a really specific link that will take you to a sign up for my specific class. You'll see that it's all set up here for our class. You're going to have to sign up for this. Follow the instructions. It has to be your CR email address account, whatever. Put your CR email in here. You can't put in just any random email and be added to my class. Follow the instructions. Do whatever you have to do. Get into the lab notebook. Now, let me show you how this thing works. It's set up, okay. So, the way that it works is that you'll have folders. I will push out to you a notebook. This notebook will be updated as we go. I don't know if you can see that very well. Your notebook is going to say online BioOne Summer 18 with your name on it. I play with it in here. You'll see that I've started two labs, two of 15. So, you can see that there is a significant amount of work left for me to do here. I'm going to be working on these before you need them. And if you see that the lab has a, what's it called, title, then you can get in there and mess with it. If the title is not on the lab folder, please don't mess with it. You can, but the stuff in here, this shouldn't have a title on it because it's actually completely not ready to go. The first bit, this one, getting to know your notebook, this will be ready for you to make it happen. Well, it's almost ready. I'm deleting that thing. If you click on a page, open the folder, click on a page, there will be content in here that walks you through how the notebook works. Especially in this first one, we're just getting to know the system. I have icons that tell you when you need to upload a selfie.  Like, dude, I'm recording videos that get posted on YouTube. So, I ain't shy. And if I can do it, you can do it. And these aren't going on to YouTube. Trust me, I won't put your selfies on YouTube unless you want me to. But the whole purpose of a selfie is to show me that you actually are doing the lab work.  When you see this little smiley, you'll know you need to put a selfie in. The green check mark box indicates that there's a task complete. Sometimes the task is to draw a picture. Sometimes it's to upload evidence. Sometimes it is to complete a graph, whatever. It means you need to do something. And then the question mark icon is going to tell you that you have some questions to answer. I have a request when you answer questions that you format your answers in a way that makes them distinguished from the question itself. So, highlight them, bold them, do something to make it so that I can just, like, zip in and see the question and your answer. Like, your answer looks different than the rest of the questions. This notebook is totally yours.   As soon as you start editing, it sticks in your notebook, which is super crazy cool.  In this first Getting to Know Our Lab notebook, you're going to mess around and do some stuff. You get to sketch some stuff. Like, you get to answer questions, like, whatever. You get to mess with it.  So you have to submit your notebook for grading. The notebook needs to be submitted by the due date. So whatever the due date is on our dude, there's, like, 50 windows open on my computer right now. If you look at a lab, the lab discussion is due on this day, whatever, 6, 7, by 11.59 p.m., and the lab notebook is due on that day by 11.59 p.m. That means by before midnight, you need to go in and you need to submit your notebook for grading. You're not done when you do that. You also need to go back into Canvas and send me a message that says, dude, I'm done. And in that zone, you can say either just I'm done or you can say, whoa, Riggs, this one was super cool. It was crazy lame. You should tell future students this, whatever. Once you've submitted your notebook, you're golden, you don't have to worry about that lab anymore. Labs have the notebook component. They also have a discussion component. And the discussion piece is 100% about meaningfully helping each other out. You have to say something. And I guarantee that if you're doing the lab activity, you have something to add to the conversation. If you're someone who's doing the lab early, you might post fast facts or tips that are helpful. Feel free to post a funny story. Feel free to post advice like, dude, I thought this, but it was that and don't make the same mistake I did. You can ask questions. Like, I don't understand what this one is and what was that question asking for? And you can post, yeah, that's it. I think that there's nothing else.  But it needs to be some sort of meaningful contribution to your classmates' lab experience. Where are you? All right, I think that's cool. I think that's enough for now. We'll call it. We're going to call this one right here. Done.


My name is Michael Nichols. I'm the founder and the researcher of Miracle Forces, maker of Miracle Fireup. Rob it on and the pain is gone. That's my slogan for it. I learned about the entrepreneurship program through the Jamaica Agricultural Society. I decided to join because I think it would help me in the agricultural science. The experience was good. Very, very good because although I had some experience in business before, I picked up a lot of points that was very useful and has expanded even this business, Miracle Forces now to a higher level. An encouragement of other farmers and our entrepreneurs going into the program to believe in their self. Don't give up even though sometimes the doors may be shut one, two, three, four. Many times in a phase you still have to be hammering at it.


Bonjour tout le monde. I'm joined today by ministers in Inde, Le Blanc, Le Boutier, Hutchins, and Fraser. We're here to provide an update on what we're doing to support people and provincial governments in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. As you know, the storm has passed, but thousands of homes are still experiencing power outages, and the scale of the damage means that people are still facing a tough time. Many parts of Nova Scotia and PEI, as well as southwestern Newfoundland, continue to experience the effects and damage left by the winds and coastal flooding. We also notice the damage, floods and winds in the Gulf of Saint-Laurent, including in the island of La Madeleine and in the east of New Brunswick. There will be a lot of work to do in the coming days and months to clean and rebuild, but I know that Canadians will be there, one for the other, as always. I want to offer my condolences to the loved ones of the woman who lost her life in Port-au-Basque and to the loved ones of the person who passed away in Prince Edward Island. Canadians are thinking of you in these difficult times. Our thoughts are also with people who've lost homes or businesses. People have been evacuated and aren't sure when they're going to be able to get home. People are having difficulty accessing services and support due to road washouts and debris, and people with young kids who won't be going to school today. I want, of course, to thank first responders for their incredible work this weekend and the work they continue to do, as well as thanking Atlantic Canadians who, as always, are being good neighbors to one another, looking out for each other, because that's what Atlantic Canadians do. That's what all Canadians do. It's traumatizing to see her home destroyed or to be evacuated from the emergency. These are very difficult times. I want to tell you that everyone on the field works hard to support the affected communities. Yesterday, I gathered once again the Intervention Group in Incident, with ministers and high-ranking officials who work actively with their provincial homologues and with the communities of the First Nations. I also spoke to the mayor of Charlotte Town, Port-au-Basque and the regional municipality of Cape Breton, and I also spoke with our local deputy team, who are with people on the field. The Canadian Armed Forces have arrived to help remove debris from roadways and assist in the restoration of the power grid. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the federal government is helping by providing detailed aerial imagery and mapping of damages. We're also deploying military personnel to support local authorities on the ground. Naval vessels and aircraft are also on high readiness to assist if necessary. The one thing that's been consistent in my calls to premiers, mayors and MPs is that Canadians are stepping up for each other and helping their communities get through this tough time. I will be visiting the affected regions as soon as possible this week, and I want all people in the Atlantic provinces and Eastern Quebec to know that we are here for you. Just this summer, I had the opportunity to go back to the Atlantic provinces to meet people and talk about the issues that are important to them. I went to the island of Madeleine a little earlier, a month ago. It's a magnificent place. The Madeleinos are very welcoming people. They are always there to train each other. I know they are also used to the storm, but this one hit hard, and we will continue to be there to support them as we support everyone in the region. I can tell you, we will continue to be there, not just in the coming days, but in the weeks, months, and if necessary, in the coming years. As we announced on Saturday, those who want to help can go to the Canadian Red Cross website to make a donation, and our government will equal the amount of donations during the next 30 days. If Canadians want to help, you can donate on the Canadian Red Cross website, and our government will match your donations over the next 30 days. I know Canadians are watching with consternation, either the images that they've seen, or like so many Canadians having friends and family members in Atlantic Canada that we've been worried about. It's an opportunity to step up and give what we can to support people on the ground. Like I said, the government will match those donations to the Red Cross. In conclusion, I want to talk about the situation in Iran. Unfortunately, the misplaces for the rights of people in Iran are not something new. In the wake of the horrific downing of PS752, the Iranian regime refused to be held accountable, but our government was and is relentless in the pursuit of justice for the families of the victims. We will stop at nothing to ensure that this regime is held to account and that we will support the families until justice is served. We've seen Iran disregarding human rights time and time again, and now we see it with the death of Masa Imeeni and the crackdown on protests. To the women in Iran who are protesting and to those who are supporting you, we stand with you. We join our voices, the voices of all Canadians, to the millions of people around the world demanding that the Iranian government listen to their people, end their repression of freedoms and rights, and let women and all Iranians live their lives and express themselves peacefully. Today, I'm announcing that we will implement sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities, including Iran's so-called morality police. This is in addition to some of the toughest measures of any country towards Iran. Today, I'm announcing that we will implement sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities, including the so-called Iranian morality police. To the women who are protesting and to those who are supporting them, we stand with you.


Welcome to the Everton News Daily. Everton have once again been linked with a move for Almeria forward Bilal El Torei. In fact, Belgian journalist Sachet Tolavera reported that Everton have submitted a structured deal for Torei at his release fee price, which is £34 million. Find that difficult to believe at the moment. Everton do have an interest in Bilal El Torei. They've watched them on numerous occasions. He played 18 times for Almeria last season, scored six goals, including the winner against Barcelona, 21 years of age. He's a real talent. He had some issues though with injuries as well. He has been capped 15 times by Marley and scored five goals for them. Like I said, no doubt of Everton's interest in the player. I think that's clear. But £34 million just seems a little bit much given Everton's financial predicament at the moment. But with it being a structured deal, that would be the kind of deal Everton would have to do. Had that been about £25 million, I might have had more belief in it. But who knows? It could well be true. But that is what is being reported today. Another player Everton have been linked with is Dan and Doe. For Britio Romano said that Everton have an interest in the 22-year-old winger who plays football. 10 million euros is thought to be the fee for him. He had 54 games and scored seven goals last season. He's had one cap for Switzerland. He's a highly talented player, quite quick. He can play off the right or the left. So we're Everton, hopefully looking in the right areas with certainly with these ages of the players, those kind of players of what the ones we should be looking at. Everton also linked heavily with Leeds United forward Rodrigo. We linked with him over the weekend. Reports now saying Everton have offered them a two-year deal. He has thought to have a release fee or Leeds are looking to release him for around €4 million. Although that has varied, that price has been as high as €6 million as well. He is 32 years of age. He played 35 times for Leeds last season in all competitions and scored 15 goals. He is of course a Spanish international. He's a player who can play up front on his own. He can play off the left, off the right and also in a number 10 kind of rollers and attacking midfielder. But with those goals, he has got a knife for goals. Something Everton simply don't have in this squad, which is enough goals. And if Everton could get him for around €4.5 million, then I think this would be a decent signing for Everton. It wouldn't be all Everton need. Everton, in my opinion, need another centre forward and another winger as well for sure if they were to bring Rodrigo in. But there has been ongoing speculation that Ella Sims will leave the football club. There's a lot of stuff over the weekend regarding him moving to teams like Swansea City. Everton also looking to offload Neil Maupai as well. So, therefore, two strikers having to come in just to replace those two. Unless, of course, Sean Dyche feels that Tom Cannon would be the third striker in that ball. Although there is heavy interest in Cannon from Preston North End where he spent last season on loan. Lewis Gibson is reportedly in talks with Plymouth Argyll. His contract is up at Everton. Everton have offered him a contract extension. Gibson, who spent last season on loan of Bristol Rovers with Joey Barton. The second loan spell he's had with Joey Barton, of course. Bristol Rovers wanted to keep Gibson at their football club as well. So, the defender who moved to Everton from Newcastle many moons ago is, you know, is the subject of some interest. But a move to Plymouth seems to be edging closer for the young defender. And finally, young Everton striker Martin Sheriff has signed his first professional contract with the football club. The 17-year-old put pen to paper on his professional deal. East played 23 times last season for Leighton Bainters under 18 side. So, 15 goals and had four assists in that. Also made his under 21 debut in Paul Tate's side as well. So, well done to Martin Sheriff on his first professional contract. That is it for us. Give the video a thumbs up. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't. See you later.


Very good evening to Brand Foundation's board members, donors, and our distinguished guests. I am extremely grateful and honoured to be here tonight and to be among the recipients of this year's Brand Foundation research keeps. This is actually the first grant that I applied and I got it this year. So this means a lot to me actually. Thank you very much to the Brand Foundation board members and all the generous donors. First of all, I would like to acknowledge Professor Peter Craig and Dr. Julia Teller, the lab heads of the neuropharmacology lab at the University of Melbourne. There have been so much more than the people that I'm working for now, but also have been great mentors for me in my research career. Also not forgetting the rest of my lab mates in the Craig lab. I would also like to take this opportunity to extend a million thanks to my family and friends for their endless support. Okay. Traumatic brain injury inflicts hundreds of thousands of Australians every year. Traumatic brain injury patients often suffer a lifelong disability that also impacts the life of their loved ones. Research in traumatic brain injury, however, have not yet discovered effective treatment for TBI patients. In our research group, we have identified a key molecular pathways called STING and Type 1 interferon that are responsible in the progressions of neuronal cell death after traumatic brain injury. By blocking these pathways, the injury was reduced as shown in our animal model of traumatic brain injury. So moving forward and with the help of this research ground, we will be screening for a potential compounds to block these pathways and in the hope to find a viable therapeutics for the treatment of traumatic brain injury in the patients. Thank you very much.


So to start with, we've got these nice mixed nuts, right? We're gonna like, yeah, there's no dry fruit in this one. Just mixed nuts, which is good stuff. That keeps you going. Doesn't make you crash or anything like that. It gives you good energy, right? And then when I need like a full on meal, I love this nice sandwich. We've got the brie, beach smoked bacon with chili jam. Then we've also got a load of bananas and other fruit. So that's like mid phase sort of stuff, along with the nuts, of course. And then to drink, obviously the water, no energy drink, any drinks or coffee until late in the day. So then also with the fruit in the middle, we've got the oatmeal raisin cookies. Those oats are quite good for you. Okay, they've got a little bit of sugar in, so we're kind of tapering onto the extra sugar. We don't have too much sugar early, because we're gonna crash. And then for the late game, when we're just like absolutely fried and we need a big ol' pick me up, we've got the coffee, a little cold coffee.  I never drink monster, so that's gonna give me a good kick out the arse. And then for snacks, we've got the little Yorkie, the best chocolate bar money combined, Yorkie raisin and biscuit. And then we've got some Rocky bars and some gold bars as well. So it's...


a lot the last couple of weeks against the run talking about Jacksonville. Is that what you see on film? Is that scheme or is that just being in the wrong place, poor tackling? Yeah, I mean every game is different. They got good players and we know from our game early in the season, we got our handful and we got to make sure we get all these guys and handle what they throw at us. They're a talented group and they get going there. They can make life out for you. Confident that you guys have made some pretty significant changes since the nine sack game to avoid those kind of numbers. Sure, you look at every game and you try to make improvement. I think if you don't, it'll catch up to you. That's why this thing, it grows as we go along. And I know it's sometimes get stated a lot, but it's the truth. And we got to make improvement week to week and coming off of Kansas City, we got to make it another step this week. So we're constantly looking to tweak things and prove wherever we can. A big part of that performance, the nine sack, Clay is Campbell. He was disrupting against the run too. They move him around. What makes him such a disruptive player? Well, he's a great player. I mean, when he goes, he's hard for a lot of guys to stop. When he gets going vertically, obviously they move him some.  He's been playing a long time. I actually played against him in college, you guys that old. But they kind of fed off him. And if you go back to that game early, it was not great for us, but we were going, we're going. We got down, and that's what you don't want to get. You get down three possessions, and it becomes an obvious two minute situation. Those guys can pin their ears back. How did that go in college? Well, we played down there, it was at the old Orange Bowl. They end up getting us. We had the lead, and they end up getting us. Is it unique the way they looped him? I've seen that side of him. He goes three gaps over, and he still gets to the corner. Yeah, he covers a lot of ground. I mean, he takes two steps, and he's there in a hurry.   He's a really good player. See some stuff.  They're defense in that scheme, and it's evolved from year to year from Gus Bradley, since Todd Wash took over. They've added different coaches, and Don Capers is in there now. So you see there's an evolution there, and they were doing stuff early in the year. They've had success with. So yeah, you've got to prepare for everything, and obviously understand what hurts you and why it hurts you. What's their secondary doing to compensate for losing Ramsey?  And they've been that way whether Ramsey was in there or not. And in a lot of respect for them, they're gonna come back. They'll be raring to go on Sunday. I think there was, have I ever been after there was some words for him? I don't know whether to say it, we're gonna keep riding. Do you remember what that was all about? Yeah, no, I know Derek is, he played an excellent game against Kansas City. Just try to keep him going, let him know that hey, no matter what happens, we're gonna keep feeding you the ball. And it worked out for us. What do you think of that? You see that being something that happens is down the stretch a lot? Any of our good players and that the game's going with the hot hand. And certainly Derek's a huge part of it, and he's did a nice job. But all those guys, those games changes. You know, you'd say that like fixed, that like, we gotta check off this box. Obviously we have a plan to get guys going, but you just have to see the flow of the game. And where he's going with that? What do you think if anything have been the changes you've seen in his style since you've seen him obviously for every year? Right, since he's rookie. It's like a lot of things, he's, now every year he's improved. And he's getting into a rhythm. And he did this last year he got into a rhythm as the season went along. And he's been pretty steady all year. And so he's just improved, he works really hard at it, he's very diligent. Mike was talking earlier about maybe some like decision making. Maybe that was part of his improvement too, you know, when, what moves he has to make, that kind of thing. Is that something that you're- Yeah, we constantly work, he works at it. He's conscientious of it, about how he's pressing, how he's reading things. And that just comes with improvement, a lot of reps and experience. What's the balance in the fine line when Derek gets in more of those rhythm to continuing to ride him versus the down and distant situations. And also worrying about, you know, tiring him out and knowing he might need a breather at some point. Yeah, there's all, there's plenty of factors that go in and you brought up some really good points there in there. There's a lot of things that go in, like how the rhythm of the game going, how they're playing us, how we're, you know, blocking and what's the score of the game, where we are situationally, and where he's at. Because things happen all the time, the behind the scenes, well, maybe a guy needs a break here or there and you rotate them in or you see a certain situation or they may play something you may have packaged. But those are all good points. What's the card, last game, give you in terms of some options for the offense then? Yeah, he's a guy that was in Minnesota. You know, we obviously took a look at him locally here from Vandy. And he's a guy that we feel it could be another versatile piece. And so we'll end up seeing what he can do for us.


The hijab has been worn in practice for centuries. Even before Islam, the women of the Abrahamic line would cover themselves where the veil would act with respect and honour. In the 20th century, the media platform grew vigorously and was very accessible to people of all ages. Many Muslim girls began using this platform to talk about their religion and beliefs and tried to make wearing the hijab in the West easier and more fashionable. However, the way the hijab was worn did not accommodate to the Islamic Sharia. Hijab became more of a fashion symbol and the word modesty was used to define all actions. For young girls watching these YouTube influencers, they have a desire to be like them and to dress in a more fashionable way. In some cases, they would also feel pressured to look a certain way, to fit in and be more accepted. The spiritual aspect of hijab is usually neglected. Many tend to focus on the physical hijab with the belief that the covering of the hair is enough. However, once ekhlaq, interaction with the opposite gender and the way they carry themselves amongst people is also vital. I met up with Sister Ma'asulma Ja'afad to look at the spiritual hijab in further depth to discuss ways in which we can empower the young people with hijab. So we want to talk about hijab and the area surrounding hijab and modesty and how young girls and boys are affected in the society we live in today. Firstly, could you just briefly explain what hijab is in Islam? For example, is it a spiritual or a physical concept? I think it's a bit of both because obviously you've got the physical covering which everyone identifies with as the hijab, so it's the head covering. I think most people, when they think of hijab, they think of a head covering. It's a lot more than that. Obviously it's the full covering of the body for a woman with her hair being covered as well. But there's hijab of the eyes, which is referred to first and foremost in the Holy Quran and it's addressed to the men before it's addressed to the women where they're being told to cast down their gaze and to cover their private parts. And then the women are told to do exactly the same in the next verse in Surah An-Nur and then the Holy Quran goes into the physical covering of the woman. But there's a whole spiritual aspect of the hijab as well and the social aspect as well. So there's lots of different parts to the hijab. I think we get so caught up on the head scarf that we forget everything else. And I think that's quite dangerous because then you're not even fulfilling the physical hijab let alone the spiritual hijab, the social hijab, all of those sort of go out of the window. And would you say that it's key for young girls and boys to first have the spiritual aspect of hijab before they are to achieve successfully the physical aspect? For sure. I think with any ruling we need to realise that it's coming from the spiritual perspective first and foremost. Any ruling that is in Islam is not to do with the body, it's to do with the soul because we know how to take care of our bodies. We're living in a physical world so we know how to take care of our physical body. We know when we're hungry, we know when we're thirsty, when we're tired, when we're hurting. If the body is ill we know that. So God doesn't tell you to make sure you're eating your five a day or drink two litres of water or whatever, eight hours of sleep or whatever it is at the moment. But He does tell us how to take care of our soul because we don't know how to and we're not even aware of the soul because we're living in the physical realm. Yet it's the soul that is who we are and it's the soul that will continue the journey when we die. We will leave behind the physical body which we've taken so long taking care of and we'll be given another body. But it's the soul that is who I am that will continue. And out of His love and mercy, Allah tells me how to take care of myself, how to take care of my soul. So when He tells me something as wajib, the purpose behind that wajibat is to ensure that the soul is taken care of. And when He tells me something as haram, it is because it's absolutely detrimental to the soul and that's why He tells me don't do this, it's going to damage you in ways that you won't even understand but trust me, don't do this. But because we only look at it from the physical perspective, we sort of think, no, no, you know, how's that going to hurt me? It's fine. And we bring everything back into the physical realm. And yes, some of the wajibat does benefit the physical body but that's not the purpose. The purpose is for the soul. And if we understand that then we will look into all the rulings in a much more deeper sense rather than trying to sort of understand it only from the physical perspective. Sister Sarah Bukhari is a graduate of International Relations. I paid her a visit to further my understanding of this topic. So can you briefly explain the history of the interaction of Islam within the West? So we have two different elements that it's important to critically analyse when we're discussing this concept of hijab because there's a long history of this interaction with the West and sometimes as Muslim believers who are new to integrating in a Western society as diaspora communities, it's very easy for us to focus on the turn of the 21st century in the events of post-911 as a central point of our identity and the response that hijab has had in the public sphere as a result. But the history of hijab and indeed Islam in the West in general, a meeting of the East and West with some people call as clash of civilisations is really important to analyse and result in terms of how it impacts our identity today. So in the 18th century what you find in European history and Dr Jose Nasa has a briefing and he denotes the exact element of this history of the Enlightenment era being a time of a revolution in the ideas and the conceptual theories which define European society and in that time what you find is the philosophies emerge where there's an interaction between science, rationality and the issue of faith in the public sphere. So the issue is that the religions of European history and societies had been at war with one another, it's caused much conflict in the history of European society and as a result there's this huge question as to where does religion really fit in the public sphere and then you find in the 19th, 20th century the history of colonialism intensifies and in 1907 it's the first track record of Christian missionaries they say Yvonne Haddad is a strong philosopher and theorist in this regard in regards to the history of Islam and Christianity and she says that in a journal she writes in 2008 that 1907 is the first interaction Christian missionaries had with the Islamic Orientalists other as a woman and these women obviously quite publicly adorned the hijab as a statement of faith this was an antithesis to everything that Europe was trying to project at that time and therefore the issue of the hijab became very much a talk of discussion in the western world it became something which was denoted as completely opposite to what the progressive female should look like it became a symbol of backwardness and oppression it became spoken about in such a sense that there was an element of sympathy and trying to understand why these women had such a subjugated role within eastern societies and therefore the symbol of the hijab became this pinnacle of the differentiation between western and eastern society and from that point onwards really it became a huge amount of discussion in regards to how these two societies would merge I think about the physical aspect of hijab most of the time it's the females that are affected so when they go to college or university the peer pressure, the social groups can really affect how they decide to wear their hijab and a lot of the attention is kind of removed away from the boys or the men because with them you can't physically see their hijab how can we get girls to embrace hijab and love it truly for what it means instead of it just being just the physical aspect but actually loving it and having the desire to embrace it and to do it correctly okay so there's lots of different things here I think that if I can just break it down one I think if a boy is fulfilling the hijab it will be noticed even in the physical realm because he will behave in a different way than boys who are not fulfilling the hijab so the way he interacts socially with girls the way he looks at them out of respect when he's talking to them and not out of lust and desire all of those will be picked up so even although you said that it won't be noticed it should be noticed if it's not being noticed in the boys and that means their hijab is not being they're not behaving in a hijabi perspective and I think that's really important to realise that so they should look different to non-Muslim boys in the way that they behave so the social hijab should come across straight away whether you're a boy or a girl obviously for a girl the physical attire, the dressing that she wears it stands out much more and I think that makes people feel like they can't fit in and I think there the problem is that we shouldn't feel the need to fit in we should have the confidence in our own selves and our own identity and the understanding of the hijab so that I don't compromise my values and my soul and the detriment to myself in order to please people who after I leave university I will probably not even see or hear from I think it's a lot to do with confidence and I think we don't understand how to teach confidence to our children as mothers, as parents we think if we put them out there in the public eye if we get them to do speeches, if we get them to do this they'll become confident confidence is from within confidence is knowing who you are confidence is when you have your relationship with God and when you know that you have God behind you you don't need anyone else and you don't feel worried or scared about anything living in the West and holding on to religion is a constant battle with enough confidence the religion would no longer be compromised confidence allows any individual the ability to carry themselves and to address in accordance to Islam without having to worry about peer pressure and the expectations of social media and society So as young girls that live in the West I wanted to get your views and opinions on how you integrate into society and how hijab affects you or doesn't affect you Can you tell me a little bit about how you deal with your day to day life with hijab and if there are any struggles or challenges that you may or may not have? Okay so me personally every day I'm not an everyday home person I'm always out to college, work or shopping as well so me leaving the house wearing the hijab is something I've chosen to do myself and I've forced me to do it but in the society and nowadays what you hear in the news how hijabs get dragged and everything it doesn't stop me from wanting to wear it but it scares me like walking around on the roads and everything just to an extent like you start getting paranoid someone's going to come to you or anything but overall as a person I just love wearing a hijab Okay and you are at college and how do you feel when you go into college wearing hijab and observing hijab in the way that you do? So at my college there's a lot of hijabies around so it doesn't make me feel like very isolated not like different but as a Western country everyone's going to look at you or they're going to start questioning what is that on your head or they start wanting to know everything but as a whole community they know Muslims are a very big population in the UK so it's not as bad as what people would picture it outside the Western countries Okay and do you feel like it kind of restricts you from anything or limits you to do anything wearing your hijab? Not really I mean personally I've had it since 9 years old so it's always been part of my life I've managed to like at the beginning when you're first wearing it it can feel a bit unusual but as you get along it becomes part of your life so it comes to who you are How do you feel about integrating into university there are now so many social media influences and different ways of wearing hijab Do you feel in any way that kind of not pressures you into it but kind of makes you not feel the same way about hijab that you maybe did before? I mean you do, you would feel a bit uncomfortable because you'd see like everyone wearing a specific style of hijab and then you might wear a bit longer or a bit looser and you don't feel you might not feel as comfortable but then you can I think it just really depends on you as a person like how much confidence you have to wear what you wear Do you feel like you're isolated at times because you know at university and college now there are many different ways or forms that young girls choose to wear their hijab Do you feel segregated from certain you know Muslim groups or girls at college and university? I personally feel like I see it as my identity so I don't really feel like it affects me as much when I see other people wearing it differently like I've just learned to ask each person has their different way of in each culture has a different way of wearing the hijab and perceiving it so my way, this is my way I'm happy the way I do it so I don't feel like it would affect me even though my reunion is not really in a place where there's a lot of hijab it's more English but still like it doesn't really affect me as much how I see my hijab and how I wear it I would just still go along and try to like do your own thing Yeah, make them understand that this is just how I am Right, okay What would you say to other young girls that kind of finding it difficult to maintain it and like feel I feel very proud of myself as the guide because that's how you choose it for yourself so you choose it for other people to teach about hijab That's a good point that you mentioned so do you think like influences and role models are something that have a big impact on young girls like with social media, internet, bloggers the hijabi fashion how much do you think that affects people within like your uni your college or even yourselves at all It has a major effect I think because that's the kind of hijab that's shown on social media so you want to wear that to fit in you want to act a certain way or do certain things just so you can fit in with other people so you can be a part of that that weird like community thing but really you're just I feel like you're just stuck in your own bubble when you're like that because you're constantly trying to fit in with someone Is there anything else like within the communities that helps younger women to kind of maintain their hijabs and to be part of a community Is there anything like I know they have, is it Jealousa groups? Jealousa groups or like Quran lessons okay where you make you bring all this Iraqi community or just Muslims Shia as in general we're all together about Quran, about hijab about the Tafsir of the Quran and everything so it's such a great way to bring everyone together and explain what we're trying to say and it's communication like you listen to their views and you express your view as well so it brings you more than freedom of communication as well you get your idea across correctly he's mostly for yourself as well to be honest like when I go to these Jealousa it's mostly for myself so I remember who I am I remember through this whole you know we have a crazy life you go to uni some go to work so you're you're not always like within religion in the midst of religion so when you have these kind of things or like religious events programs you have these Jealousa it's a good reminder for yourself like okay this is who I am this is what I believe this is what I should like this is how I should carry myself on a daily basis how do you feel when you go into environments where you're surrounded by constant you know haram things and being a Muslim and observing and Salah and all of this how do you feel when it comes to that time like it doesn't stop me I would look at them and I'll feel sorry for them okay and then I'll feel like oh I'm doing this right but they start questioning me it's exam time and like how what you're doing is basically haram you're forcing yourself I'm like I'm not really forcing myself like Allah is going to help me through the exam because I'm fasting okay they'll look at it as a different way like you should give yourself energy and have food in the morning and come do the exam because you're going to fail they'll just stop throwing all these negative stuff hmm okay there is a lot of pressure there yeah I personally think there's a lot of pressure like to be living in the West yes hijab is accepted but what type of hijab would you say is accepted hijab like like I don't always wear a chador for example but you'd wear a abaya you would get judged you'd wear something long you would get judged it is difficult there is a lot of pressure and I would like you would understand why there are a lot of girls taking off their hijab yeah but it just comes back to yourself and how you would you know sometimes maybe your hijab would be perfect right and your hijab would be strong but you would be lacking in other things because of all the pressures that you're going through some girls would come home and even though they were in the hijab they just want to take it off once because I'm so fed up of wearing this and I'm so fed up it's so hot it's so you know there's so many things that would stop you or people would look at you in the streets it's not as common now as it might have been years back but it's still difficult because you don't want to feel like you're standing out and naturally when you walk in the street wearing a hijab even if no one's looking at you you'd feel like the whole world is looking at you yeah some may say that the western society is accepting the hijab big brands are using women wearing the hijab in their commercials or releasing sport hijabs however is the western hijab or the Islamic hijab being accepted? does social media pressure females and men to dress and act in a certain way? I sent my colleague Saeed Mohsin Shah to further investigate and discuss the connection between hijab and social media with Saeed Abdullah El Naqib when we look at social media you know well it wasn't around in my time in the 90s and then suddenly there was this big boom of people using the internet to interact with one another over long distances and to discuss current affairs news even their personal lives I mean how beneficial and how dangerous can social media be especially for us as a Muslim community well if we're talking about social media we do understand and everyone knows there's negatives but when you put into the scale idea of the Islamic circle let's say then there's there's a danger if the people that is behind the screen or behind the keyboard or behind the phone doesn't know how to go about in their morality and indeed the hijab which we'll be discussing inshallah so I think because it's a newer thing you'll find it's not discussed as much because the people that are using it they don't want to hear a Mawlana come and say well this is how you use Facebook or this is how you use Instagram or this is how you use emails etc or Snapchat because they're like well what does the Mawlana know about what I go through or what does the Mawlana know about using Facebook what does the Mawlana know about using Instagram or Snapchat but you'll find when Islam comes to us the etiquette is always there when Islam tells us this is how you should preserve your hijab this is how your morality should be this is how you should portray yourself being a messenger for this religion doesn't matter whether you're behind the screen or you're face to face with a person it should be the same exact way that you carry yourself the way that you speak to a person of the same or the opposite gender when you're meeting with them should be the exact same keeping that in mind when you talk to them online obviously so I think just to answer that you know what do you think yes there is a huge danger it's like a knife you could either use it to cut an orange or you can kill a person now talking about the current situation with young girls and how they are observing their hijab and the struggles that some may face now would you say social media has a part in that bloggers, YouTubers do they influence the youth with their hijab I think it's an extraordinary development we've had again since the post-enitement era that technological advancement has reached such a point where we're experiencing things as human beings even from a non-spiritual religious perspective which is really bizarre to the makeup of a human being in general so what you're finding is this abundance of this culture which is very much portraying images of a perfection of a life which is perfect of ideals which are perfect but if you speak to anybody in this world and you go out into the street you'll realise that everybody has a story and no such existence of perfection actually occurs in anybody's life so it's a war of ideas always the technological information ages is a war of ideas and within that war a lot of identities are confused often alternated and changed and often transitioning as a result of the impacts of the technological era so I think with social media especially with the war on terror being something which was so publicised in the public sphere as a Muslim you're growing up hearing things about your religion which automatically will make someone feel like what is my position within this society do I really belong here what stance can I make to give my religion a good impression and I think the emergence of beauty bloggers this modern modern fashion movement originally arise from such an intention to put Islam and hijab on the map in a way that is positive to the societies that are watching and interacting with it and I think the tragic thing is is that this this trajectory of displaying Islam and the hijab and our parents in such a purely material way has almost taken from the spiritual benefits of this idea of modesty yeah and I mean how does the kind of the western feminism tie into this and the perceived rights of women Islam we believe in the equality of souls we believe that there's a purity to the souls that every human being has a genderless soul it's this idea that we are equal in all regards in front of the eyes of the Lord there's not this idea from God himself that women are lesser than men or from the prophet even that women were ever lesser than men but in a physical way we have varying responsibilities which come with the gender roles that are within this material so Islam's idea of transience is this idea that we live in dualistic existence where we are souls with bodies rather than bodies with souls and unfortunately as it may scholars have you know understood this issue for quite some time but there's this huge niche between merging these two identities and especially in a world which has become increasingly materialistic and increasingly focused on the material elements of what it means to be present in society so yeah let's look at the positive sides of social media I mean high street brands internationally recognised companies have started to incorporate like hijab models you've got in a sports brand you know producing famous sports brands producing like sports hijabs so can social media be a platform to actually promote hijab and good etiquette so you could it's two sided again so for example if you're portraying it in the right manner then it's perfect but if it's portrayed in the wrong manner and people get on board that becomes problematic because therefore you get a lot of people going to a famous brand or a famous personality and the way they portray hijab if it's intertwined with what hijab is or within the boundaries which is hijab or acceptable hijab then it's a huge positive because you find all these girls that want to wear the hijab all of a sudden they have a platform saying wow this famous brand let's say has now introduced the hijab and it's been worn in such a way you know what I might want to do that that looks like something I would be willing to do and then you have on the flip side you know many influences that you know got famous you know by becoming a hijabi that you know does many things and there's many of them and all of a sudden you'll find yourself they follow them they might not first necessarily have the right hijab but because they're at a platform where they have huge following all of a sudden this let's say girl that's just put on the hijab that has all these pressures around them suddenly look up to these people because you know everyone else is looking up to them how are they wearing the hijab my parents are telling me to wear the hijab in such a manner you know and it could be a problem at home where I haven't you know as a parent as a child what the hijab means therefore I'll be easily influenced by the public by the people in social media seeing what they would like whether they're commenting on what their thoughts are because you can read the comments you can look at the the reviews you can look at the comments that are being said they influence themselves what they think of the hijab you know and it goes more towards a personal preference rather than what a religious aspect of it so personal preference would say well I like wearing it in such a manner that manner could not be Islamic that manner could be not hijab at all however it's their interpretation that's where the danger comes because as a as a young girl trying to understand what hijab is not having any understanding previously therefore these guys are going to be my role models now the danger with that is let's say one day this lady takes the hijab off or begins to slowly slowly slowly deteriorate her hijab this girl has followed her all her life and she's looked up to this person all of a sudden she's like she's taken it off or she's wearing it like this gives me complete legitimacy to wear it like her because she's a role model so yeah we were talking about social media and these people what we call influences is it our fault that we follow them and we are influenced by them or can you not blame someone to look up to these so-called role models and as a community what do you think we should be doing I don't think you say boycott them now because obviously you're following a person for a reason I mean Manali has a very interesting statement which says find wisdom in the tongue even if in the tongue you don't have a fault you can find wisdom so there might be aspects of a person that are beneficial this person that's an influencer I may be following them for let's say as an example for males let's say clothing or it could be yeah it could be anything but the danger is if I'm influenced by something other than that which is beneficial to me so if I'm following an influencer let's say she's a female and I'm following her for let's say her social you know psychology let's say or for example how to raise kids or a cooking show could be anything health and nutrition or making breakfast the idea is I'm following because I want to gain something which is absolutely fine but Islam tells you you should increase in knowledge try to learn as much as you can that's a positive the negative becomes when I'm influenced other than that which is beneficial to me so when I'm influenced with how she carries herself or let's say if a person that I'm following as an influencer has a foul mouth if I'm influenced by that it becomes a danger now would you find that the rise of Muslim female feminists has been part of this kind of area where men have got away with so many things because they're able to get away with it whereas women are the flag bearers of Islam and when they walk out with their hijab they are automatically recognized as being a Muslim would you think do you think that with this growing rise of Muslim feminists that this has impacted them in that way where they feel it's not fair they're being kind of pressurized a lot more than men there's definitely a huge question of patriarchal patriarchal society in Islam and how that's impacted the progression of a female and her role within the society and you find that a lot of feminist Muslim feminist scholars who have written abundant works and some of the biggest critiques against Islam have come from people who claim to be Muslims themselves who claim that the religion of Islam has been dominated by this misogynist narrative which belittles the role of the women whereas Islam itself didn't come to do that now as communities I think it's the individual's responsibility within families within communities it's a really question is that the case and if it is the case what are we doing about it but as for in terms of feminists who have reacted to that I think if you look at some of the works these Muslim feminist scholars that I speak about they will specify that actually Islam itself the prophet he's putting himself when he makes dances such as getting up from his seat whenever Fatima Zahra walks in the room he's making a point that you know just 20 years ago you were burying your daughters alive and now I'm telling you that my daughter's status in this room is one which should be honoured by the men and women alike and when he's raised that on the day of Mubahila for example he comes out and he says the prophet comes out our women, your women he brings Fatima Zahra such a statement to say that faith is in the hands of this woman Seyda Khadija shouldered the responsibility of prophethood with Imam Ali alaihi salam Seyda Zaynab carried on the torch of the prophecy through her stance after Karbala where she took such an active role as a media medium at that time to propagate the views of what it means to speak up in times of tyranny so I think when you look at the history of Islam there's definitely not a question of what the role of a woman is when the prophet peace be upon him married Seyda Khadija there's definitely not a question that some people say she's older some people say she's definitely the most wealthiest business woman in the whole of Arabia at that time so he's marrying an empress who has the individual autonomy and rights within her own capacity and he as a man is not feeling undermined by her position he's not this is a woman who has traits which are to be commended within the development of Islam her role is so pivotal so I think her society is important to always go back to the origins of faith do you think we can use the same techniques to help with the other side of Khadija which is more to do with the psychological and the verbal I mean we've been talking a lot about the physical side of Khadija but what about for example people on Twitter what they're saying is absolutely appalling or disgusting what is it is it how you have suppressed ideas and they're just trying to rebel and get out what they want to say or do you think that it is more of they're just trying to get trendy they're just looking for instant fame or popularity that they have to go down this route where their mannerisms and their verbal hijab you could say it's absolutely appalling yeah look you can't say that doesn't exist to a large extent it does because at the end of the day I think what drives us is popularity nowadays and if you were to write something like a hadith let's say you will get I don't know how Twitter works but retweets so let's say Twitter you'll get like retweeted you might write a hadith no one retweets it you write something that is borderline like bad and you'll get like 100 retweets and you think to yourself well you know what this is working for me and you just keep on that road why because now you get feedback now you get people that review you these are people that and some people they don't even care they review them they could say something bad and they get real like hate but that puts their name out there and they're like you know what it doesn't matter as long as people are talking about me and so that's what the danger is that you don't see the value of who you are is it quite is it necessary for women to cover their hair considering that it's not even seen as attractive for as you know so you might say that for yourself but other people might have let's say history you know as people progressed you'll find clothing became more predominant and within religion which is because now you're comparing secular societies to what Allah has bestowed now when you look at religion knowing that Allah created us and he knows us better than anyone else within religion you find the people that are closer towards Allah are portrayed to be those that cover their hair in Christianity Judaism you'll find now or anywhere you go with a picture of Bibi Maria you can't see a picture with her without a veil and nowadays it's an aspect until now it's an aspect of beauty the way that a girl would do her hair the colors that's the thing we need to realize that the hijab all that down the drain when it says you know what you should give your face you have your hands and then I'll cover everything else and preserve it for your palm now I don't have any more pressures I can focus on that which is important rather what people think of me I want to focus on what Allah thinks of me now I know within different cultures different types of hijab are observed that also kind of place a part in how people choose to wear their hijab and also going back to kind of predating Islam hijab's meaning was very different I mean I read in articles where hijab or the veil would be worn by the wealthier and those that were poorer would be hardly covered or in a veil and also not forgetting Christianity Judaism they also have hijab and modesty their beliefs and their religions so it's fascinating to see how it was and how it's become and I feel like things are kind of going backwards instead of forwards in terms of hijab kind of what's your thoughts on how hijab has kind of moved through history from you know it being worn by those who are wealthier to now kind of less of it being worn by practicing Muslims El-Gindi is a scholar who in 1999 does a study on the hijab and he says that there's over a hundred different types of ways in which people can wear the hijab and that's just what's recorded that's the research samples of suggesting over a hundred different ways and I think the term itself has become so synonymous with this especially in the public sphere with this political rhetoric regarding the burqa within societies within a very extreme form of religion with communities that are isolated and the truth is like you said it exists beyond all these cultural political constrictions and it exists in a realm which is far greater than that though time and culture greatly impacts hijab I think Islam has accommodated for that at least in terms of how the hijab is spoken about in the Quran you find that Allah uses such a it's such a loving way of saying to a human being that modesty is good for you it's not said in a way and I think this is where as religious people and I'm not really sure I believe in that term but people who want to practice religion they have to we have to question how we're propagating this idea of rightful hijab because the way Allah speaks about it is in a way that defines it as a spiritual unity between agendas it's something where there's a huge interaction between the physical form of wearing the hijab whether a girl's in this society or in Iraq there's this openness in regards to how someone chooses to wear it even in Christianity and Judaism they do have religious law you know towards segregation and also women covering up without a doubt without a doubt Judaism you know it's looked at to be not taboo but it's looked down upon if you were ever to leave your house without a covering on your hair as in their scriptures it's dishonoring that you would leave your house without a cover with a veil on your hair Christianity is likewise it's as if you were to ever to go and pray in a church or be in public without a headscarf or a veil to cover your hair it's dishonoring your head and you might as well shave your hair off and you'll find now even nowadays just saying that 2019 the perspectives of Christianity being religious you go to the nuns they're all wearing fully covered and that is looked up towards to be an aspect where people are religious as long as she learns to have a relationship with Allah know that what Allah is telling her is for her benefit for her growth realise that there is a bigger picture there it's not about this world this isn't all there is and sort of understanding the hijab loving the hijab having the role models that you know that we talked about that portray what hijab should be realising that the hijab doesn't stop you from having a voice doesn't stop you from having fun women are commonly seen as flag bearers of Islam they are constantly associated with Islam when seen on the streets because of their hijab the hijab empowers women and gives them a sense of security and safety hijab should not be a factor that stops girls from achieving their goals and fulfilling their dreams it should be a part of them and a part of who they are


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Now what? Fat chance of me living on easy street if it ain't flies, it's doorbells. Craig, what is it? I want to talk to Lee Roy's uncle. Well, I don't know, Mr. Gildsleeve's kind of busy right now, Craig. I don't like to disturb him, but if it's something important, Mr. Gildsleeve, excuse me. Huh? Craig here says that he wants to talk to you. Oh, Craig, haven't seen you around lately. How's everything over at your house? Mother, well, is she? Lee Roy won't let me play in his hut. What's that? He won't let me play in his hut. Oh, well, I'm sure there must be some misunderstanding, Craig. I'm sure Lee Roy would be delighted to have you play with him. Have you asked him nicely? Yes. What did he say? He threw me out. Oh, well, we'll just have to see about this. Where is this hut? Out in the lot, out in the back. Oh, is that what that is? I'll handle this, Marty. Yes, I'm sorry, but I don't know what it was. Well, these international crises come up, Marty. They have to be faced. Come on, Craig. He was mean to me, too. Well, I'm sorry to hear that about Lee Roy. If it's true. Are you going to spank him? We'll see, Craig. We'll see. Lee Roy, what do you think I'm calling you for? Yes, yes. Sue. Yes, yes. And yesterday you wrote something on the sidewall with a piece of flower pot. He did, eh? What are you writing? Something bad. Who's that out there with you? Piggy? Yeah. I thought so. Any time you two get together, what in the world have you done to your shirt front? And your trousers? Look at you. Filthy. Where have you been? Well, that's the way you get into the hut. You have to crawl under the side. That's the way you keep the enemy out. Oh, for heaven's sake. Was there something you wanted on? Yes. What's this Craig tells me?   I don't have to. Yes, you do. In this country, Lee Roy, a man is presumed to be innocent till he's been proven guilty. It's not him.  Now, Craigie, let's get to the bottom of things here. I want the facts, Lee Roy. The plain facts without evasion and without embellishment. Without what? Just tell me what happened. Lee Roy! What have you done this time? Lee Roy. And besides, he wants to be the whole cheese. If you don't let me, it goes off ballin' to somebody. I do, you do, too. Now, now. Is there any reason why Craig can't play nicely with the rest of you boys, Lee Roy? Ask him. Don't ask me. I mean, is there any reason why he can't be included? Well, Lee Roy wants to be president all the time. Well, who started it? Who started the whole thing? President of what? Who got the whole thing? Who decided all that? I did. That's not the democratic way, Lee Roy. Presidents are decided by elections. You hold an election and whoever gets the most votes, he's elected. Now, to put an end to this argument, I think you should hold an election of officers. All three of you. Peggy will vote for me and there's two out of the three votes right there. So I'm president anyway. Oh, but you never vote for yourself, Lee Roy. What? Oh, never. Why not for corn sakes? It's not considered good form, my boy. You vote for the other man and the other man votes for you. That way, the result is just the same, but it's more modest and more gentlemanly. Sounds good to me. Well, anyway, that's the way it's done.  Huh? You heard me, Lee Roy, and take Craig with you. Come on, Craig. That's good, children. Play nicely now. You better be nice to me, Lee Roy. Your uncle says he'll give you a beating. Little pest. I wouldn't let him in my club either. Yes, Bertie, I guess so. Always so. Man needs the wisdom of following. Huh? It's all I know and how to handle him, Bertie. It's all I know and how to handle him. Hold it yourself. You'll never have any friends you know unless you learn to be a good sport and a good loser. Why don't they learn a little? We can't always wait for the other fellow to make the first move, my boy. You must set them an example. You're older than Craig. I'm no older than Piggy. I'm just nicer. That's all. We won't discuss that. Now blow your nose. It doesn't matter with him, for heaven's sake. Why don't you mind your own business? What do you mean after all? Leroy's had a hard afternoon. That's not upsetting anymore, shall we? Who's upsetting him?  No, I'm not. No, no. I told you about making friends with other boys, Leroy. That goes for brothers and sisters, too. A friendly gesture brings a friendly response. Yeah? Really? I never saw anyone so touchy. I walk in the room.  There are times, my dear, when I believe you rubbed Leroy the wrong way. You sure? That's not for you to say, my boy. This is all about. But I assure you, nothing... Happy little family. I'm glad she's gone. You better be a little nice to your sister, young man. At the rate you're going, she may be the only friend you'll have left. And stop that sniveling. I'm sick of it. No reason for you to feel so sorry for yourself. You're as much to blame as anybody. Now, when Craig comes over here the next time, if he ever does, I want you to play nicely.  Play nicely! Now go upstairs and get cleaned up for your supper. Man can stand just so much. But when he's had enough, he's had enough. Found it. I started out this day feeling fine. Put up the screens and everything. What gets into children? Con, found it. Birdie, can't we do something about these flies? Boy, finish your supper. I finished. Let Birdie go.  Mr. Gill, please. Looks like you'll need a little more type yoga there. I'll be back in a place. No, thank you, Birdie. I've had my fail. Come on. Well, wait here. I'll see you. Man to see you, Leroy. It's Craig. Tell him to go home. Now, Leroy, where I just tell you. Just before supper. You see, Craig's forgotten the whole thing already. Forget and forget. Why shouldn't you? Remember, my boy, a friendly gesture brings a friendly response.  That's the boy. And I mean it. Remember, I'm going to be listening. Hi, Craigie, old boy. Come on out. I'm going to play. I'm going to have a birthday party. Yeah? When? You can't come. Who said I wanted to come? We're going to have an organ grinder with a monkey. Who said so? My mom. Who hasn't seen organ grinder?  Who hasn't seen monkeys? We're going to have ice cream and cake. We have ice cream and cake every day, practically. I got some waiting for me right now. The cake is going to have prizes in it. Anybody who bites into one gets to keep it. Who said so? My mom. I don't believe it. Ask my mom. And we're going to run a pony, too. Anybody that's invited to the party gets to ride on it. Breathe. You can't ride on it. Holy yourself, my boy. After all, it was really your own fortune, though. Craig was over here this afternoon. Why weren't you nicer to him then? The Great Gilded Slave will be back very shortly. Most women get genuine satisfaction out of planning little surprises for regular meals and lunches, like crispy hot rolls or golden crunchy waffles. 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But why don't you say so? Well, parquet is terrific. To market, to market, to buy some parquet Home again, home again, try it today You like it, you like it like millions and say Their favorite margarine is parquet Parquet margarine, P-A-R-K-A Why it's wonderful Now let's get back to Gilder Sleeve and to Leroy, who is getting life explained to him. Craig's having a birthday party this afternoon and you're not invited. What's so terrible about that? Doesn't really hurt you? Now, if you just put the whole thing out of your mind and go outdoors and play, get interested in something Leroy, you're not listening to me Here come the Bailey twins My boy, you're just torturing yourself I got presents Oh, for heaven's sake Now there's something to be thankful for At least you don't have to give Craig a present I was going to give him that modeling clay I got for Christmas But you don't have to give him a present Who wants modeling clay? Here comes two more kids And Craig, look at them tearing out of the house to grab the presents What matters Model airplane, he's already got one Leroy, isn't there something you'd like to do? Why don't you call up Piggy? He had to go to the dentist He doesn't have to spend the whole afternoon there Yes, he does, he's getting new braces Well, there's something else you can be thankful for You're not at the dentist Here comes a truck The pony, the pony's in the truck He is? Well, he's not a very big pony I think he's big, big enough anyway Gosh, maybe if I went out and stood around, they'd let me ride him Leroy, have you no pride?  Some fun, you said it Craig's getting on the pony I knew he'd hog the first ride Well, it's his birthday Marjorie, Leroy's feeling badly because he wasn't invited to Craig's party Can't we think of something to do that would be fun? Like what? I'm asking you How about a nice game of parcheese? That's for kids Well, I'll do anything you want, Leroy There, did you hear your sister, Leroy? Yeah She'll do anything she can to help make her afternoon pleasant Very generous Thanks, Marge Oh, that's okay What would you like to do? Nothing, I guess Well, in that case, I think I'll go over to Francie's I'll be home for supper But Marjorie Come on, Leroy Oh, George How children can be so selfish Here comes the organ grinder and the monkey Stop looking out of that window The monkey's taking off his hat I'll tell you what let's do, Leroy Let's go out to that shack of yours How about that?  Well, we might cook something Build a fire in the shack Have you got a chimney? No What? No chimney?  No, sir Oh, birdie You want something to skillfully? No, no, just passing through We're going out and playing Leroy's shack In the backyard Both of you? That's right, birdie Say, how about giving us a couple of potatoes We might bake some potatoes out there How, Leroy? If you want to Sure, a couple of spuds, birdie Yes, sir You want me to wash them off, are you? No, we're campers We're roughing it, birdie Aren't we, Leroy? Yeah Here's a couple washed anyway Don't hurt them any That's fine, birdie Come on, Leroy We've got our provisions now All right, George We can have a nicer day For a little country expedition Perfect day, Leroy Yeah That's the spirit Now, let me hear you say, ha-ha Come on, say, ha-ha Uh-huh So this is the hut Yeah Looks fine Yes, sir, you've done a wonderful job here, my boy I don't think it's so good Uh, how do you get inside it? You crawl into there You see there where it's dug out a little? That? Hmm I don't think you can make it, uncle Nonsense Watch me As I'm in Come on, Leroy There's plenty of room You're stepping on my arm Like it Oh, fine It's a real hut, my boy Zee Ventilation might be improved a little If I like it That's one of the best huts I was ever in Can you move over a little? Right up against the wall Oh This is the life Yes, sir We can have more fun right here Than they're having over at Craig's, Leroy That party is too young for you, Leroy Craig's little friends In that pony Well, if you'd ride them, your feet would drag on the ground I could put my feet in the stirrups No It'd be like trying to ride on a dog, Leroy This is life You think we could let a fire in here? A fire? Well, I don't know If you could move over a little I'm up against the wall Oh, yeah, it's a wall Well, I don't know just where we could have a fire I didn't think we could I'm sorry It's okay And anyway, we don't need a fire We don't have to bake the potatoes We're campers, aren't we? Gosh, what do you mean? Didn't you ever eat a potato raw? They're great Yeah? Sure I can get them out of my pocket Here I'm not very hungry I'll try a bite Are you going to try it? Me? Well, sure, sure, I'll try it We're great, right? Quietly raw, try it Do I have to? No, not if you don't want to Well, here, throw mine out of the hole there, will you?  I'm up against the wall The wall, yes Why didn't you build it bigger? Darn, too What is there to do in here? Nothing You said it I guess I'll be crying Right in there, ma'am, that's where they are Thank you Mr. Gildersley Huh? Who's that? It's Mrs. Bullard Mrs. Bullard Oh, yes, Mrs. Bullard Come on in No, I'll be right out Just a minute I'm going to get out and get in, Leroy Good afternoon Mercy, is Leroy in there with you? Yes, he's in there Well, I wondered why he wasn't at Craig's party Didn't Craig deliver the invitation? Well, no, he didn't Party, you say? Leroy, Craig's having a party I'll be able to imagine how this could have happened I distinctly told Craig Well, let's not blame little Craig Hi, Mrs. Bullard Hello, Leroy I'm sorry, there's been a misunderstanding Craig's having a birthday party And, of course, it just isn't a party without you What do you think of that, Leroy? I don't think he wants me to come Well, I don't know what could give you an idea like that We need you terribly to guide the pony for the smaller boys Well, whatever you say, Mrs. Bullard I'm afraid Leroy's not dressed for a party Oh, my goodness, that doesn't matter And I hope you'll come to Mr. Gildersley Well... Never mind how you look This is an outdoor party Here's your present Thanks Modeling, Craig, just what I wanted You want a ride on the pony?  Aren't they sweet together? Craig's devoted to Leroy Oh, and Leroy thinks the world a Craig Imagine how he came to forget the invitation But he seems to be absent-minded sometime Oh, sure What'll I do with this modeling, Clay? Oh, mercy He just dropped Leroy's present, didn't he? Well, Craig is terribly careless He's young I'll take it, Mr. Gildersley Dear that again Would you like to come around and back?  Hello, Gilday Hello, Judge Lila, if you move that tray of glasses down to this end Give her a hand, will you, Gilday? Your old goat always bossing everybody around There Well, thank you so much, Judge Have you tasted the punch? I took the liberty, yes I pronounce it delicious May I tender you a cutthroat? Just half a cup, please What about you, Lila? Can I tempt you with a little nectar? Oh, I just a dull punch We always have it at parties down home And it seems to do something for me Especially when I'm dying, sin Don't you just love punching a dying Mrs. Bullard? Indeed I do This punch is simply delicious Try some, Trock, Martin Try some, Mr. Peasey Why, I don't think I'm better Thank you, Leroy It's a little too soon after lunch for me Well, it's a four o'clock PB It is? Well, then it's too close to my supper time Well, I'll have some, what the heck Oh, you I propose a toast I give you the young man who's natal day We are here to celebrate As so well a brought up and mentally a boy As I've had the privilege of knowing Master Craig Bullard Yes, Mrs. Bullard I give the credit to yourself and Mr. Bullard Unlike some of the children in the neighborhood I might have Are you trying to get my goat, you old goat? If the shoe fit Now, judge, I think Leroy is one of the nicest boys In summer field We're always glad to have him over here, Mr. Gilderslee Well, thanks If he makes any trouble, just throw him out as he Oh, he's never a problem He and Craig play for us We'll be with us again in just a minute Every day, millions of women All over America serve crafts Parquet margarine because it tastes so good Try it soon See if you don't prefer Parquet margarine's fine fresh flavor to any other brand It's true Every day, millions of women All over America serve crafts Parquet margarine because it tastes so good Look first for Parquet margarine Made by Craft To market, to market, to buy some Parquet Home again, home again, try it today You'll like it, you'll like it Like millions who say their favorite margarine is Parquet Parquet margarine, P-A-R-K-A-Y It's wonderful Ladies and gentlemen, tonight our program is being awarded a very special honor May I present the internationally syndicated columnist, novelist, critic, and poet, Mr. Jimmy Starr Thank you, Harold As a student of radio entertainment, I have long felt that too little attention is paid to the music Which is such an essential element in the best dramatic programs And since Jack Meakin has done what I consider a very creative job With the music on the Gildersleeve program I take pleasure in handing him the Jimmy Starr plaque For outstanding originality and composing, arranging, and conducting music for radio Many thanks, Jimmy, I'm very honored Yes, Jimmy It's nice to know that Mr. Meakin's contribution is appreciated by our listeners Good night, folks The great Gildersleeve is played by Harold Terry It is written by John Whedon and Sam Moore The music is by Jack Meakin Included in the cast are Walter Tetley, Louise Erickson, Lillian Randolph, Shirley Mitchell, Earl Ross, and Richard Legrand This is John Lang saying good night for the Kraft Foods Company Makers of the famous line of Kraft quality food product Good night Listen in again next Wednesday for the further adventures of the great Gildersleeve And now a special help in menu planning Try Pabstet, the delicious cheddar cheese food that melts into smooth golden sauces Spreads easily for sandwiches and snacks Slices into neat wedges when chilled for serving with fruit or pie for dessert Treat your family to both delicious varieties Golden Cheddar Pabstet in the yellow package And Pimento Pabstet in the red package Ask for Pabstet Pabstet, the delicious cheese food This is NBC, the national broadcast


One of the greatest missionary bluffs is their claim, and it's made quite frequently, that there are over 300 prophecies in the Tanakh, in the Jewish Scriptures, in the Hebrew Bible, that prove Jesus is the Messiah. This is a claim that's made by virtually all missionaries and all missionary organizations on many websites. They will actually give you a list of these 300 plus prophecies. Some go up to 365, where you get one for every day of the year. Some claim there are over 600. So there is this claim, it's very common, that our Bible, the Jewish Bible, contains literally hundreds and hundreds of prophecies, messianic prophecies that prove Jesus is the Messiah. Now I call this a bluff, because a number of years ago, I did a series of programs on the internet with a friend named John O'Vandor, he's in Australia, and we actually went through each one of the prophecies on a very popular missionary website. So it turned out that on this site there were, I believe, 312 or 303, and we actually spent many months each evening going through a handful of these passages, and we discovered that by and large, these passages were like eating cotton candy. You ever had the experience of eating cotton candy? You know that you bite into it, you begin to chew it, and then it's not there. It doesn't have any real substance. And what we discovered was that virtually all of these passages that are cited by Christian missionaries can be literally dismissed in three seconds. There's really nothing to them that they are a bluff. In the programs that we did, we actually cited, we quoted numerous Christian commentaries to the Bible that agreed, they agreed with our assessment that these passages are not speaking about the Messiah. This is something that's not just our opinion, numerous Christian commentaries to the Bible agree that these passages by and large are not speaking about the Messiah and they're not speaking about Jesus. Even most missionaries, if they're pressed, they will admit that there aren't really anywhere nearly 300 prophecies in the Tanakh in the Jewish Bible predicting Jesus as the Messiah. They'll usually reduce the number to somewhere between 15 and 50, a far cry from 365. Now why do I call this again a bluff? Because I believe that just citing this number by making the bold claim that the Hebrew Bible contains over 300 prophecies proving that Jesus is the Messiah, I believe that that statement is intended to wow the audience and to really discourage the listener from pursuing any real kind of investigation. After all, most people will probably say, wow, there are over 300 prophecies. That's incredibly powerful. How am I ever going to possibly investigate each and every one of them? And if I do investigate them and I can puncture several of those passages, well, they'll still have over 300 left. So I believe that's the bluff element that it's designed to basically intimidate the listener, overwhelm them and just make the case without having the person investigate it because it seems like it'll be an impossible thing to ever go through. The truth is that real messianic prophecies in the Bible, real messianic prophecies in the Bible are very clear. They're very clear. And we have a way of determining whether something is clear. There's a very simple test for clarity. The test for clarity is, does everyone agree on its interpretation? If you have a passage in the Bible where all Jewish readers and all Christian readers agree this passage is speaking about the Messiah, then I believe you can feel confident that you are reading a messianic prophecy. One example, which I would ask you to read when you go home, is the 11th chapter in the book of Isaiah. The 11th chapter of the book of Isaiah speaks about a descendant of King David who will be wise and he'll be righteous and when he is ruling as the king of the Jewish people, the entire world will be living in peace and the entire world will come to believe in God. But there you have a very clear articulation of the Messiah. It speaks about a person who will be a king. The word Messiah simply means anointed, kings were anointed. We know that King David was given the promise that all future kings will descend from him. So when the Bible speaks about a passage where the passage actually mentions a descendant of David who will be the king in the future and when he is reigning, the whole world's going to be transformed, that is clearly a prophecy about the future messianic age. And what gives it even more certainty is that it is consistent with other passages that are clearly about the Messiah. The prophecies that are cited in these long lists are very far from clear. When you go through these lists of 300 plus prophecies, they are far from clear. As I mentioned, even Christian commentaries dispute whether they're actually prophecies about the Messiah. They will usually be classified by Christians themselves as types or shadows. They themselves downgrade these passages and they're usually not going to say these are absolutely clear and unambiguous. They say, well, they're types and they're shadows. They're hints. Once you get into the realm of types and shadows and hints, you're very far from clarity. These are very subjective readings of the Bible with an agenda. These are readings of the Bible that approach the Bible with an agenda, like the parable of the archer who first shoots his arrow and then draws the target around the arrow so these people begin their reading of the Bible. They approach the Bible with a foregone conclusion. They assume from the outset that Jesus is the Messiah and then they mine the Bible for any passages that sound like they may be alluding somehow to Jesus. There's something about the passage that sounds like it resembles it's got some kind of a correspondence to Jesus. For example, King David in the book of Psalms often speaks about being hated and rejected. We know that King David was someone that had many enemies and he was pursued and people were trying to kill him. And in many of the Psalms he writes about his difficult life of being pursued by those who hate him and his enemies. These passages get wrenched out of context and transformed into messianic prophecies about Jesus who was rejected by his own people. The Jewish people didn't accept Jesus as the Messiah. So when you have David saying that I was despised and I was rejected, so those words are lifted out of the Psalm, it's ignored that it's really speaking about King David and the missionary says, you see here the Bible speaks about the Messiah, about himself being rejected and having enemies. You can actually play this game. It's an amazing thing to try. You can play this game with any text, any text. Go through a novel by Charles Dickens or go through the Huffington Post or any large document, a novel, a newspaper, a magazine and find phrases that may be sound like or can be applied to Jesus. You can, by the way, do this with your own self. We all know that horoscopes are written in a way that is so vague that any person, anyone could pick up any horoscope forecasting any month and you could probably find things in that horoscope forecast that you say, oh, I can see how that applies to me. So when your criteria for reading the Bible is so vague and so subjective, it's possible to find in our Bible or in any text in war and peace, you'll be able to rip out little sound bites that could apply to you, could apply to your grandfather, could apply to Jesus, could apply to anyone. I'm sure that Republicans could find hundreds and hundreds of illusions to Donald Trump in war and peace. Wouldn't be too difficult. So we know that these are prophecies, these lists of 300 prophecies are built on circular reasoning in the sense that they're built with an agenda. It's not built by people that are reading the Bible to try to see what is the Bible actually teaching? No, they're reading the Bible with an agenda. I have my beliefs and now I want to find passages in the Bible that support my beliefs and because they have this agenda that's built upon circular reasoning, they often will quote passages out of context, transforming passages that have nothing to do with the Messiah, but they become morphed into messianic prophecies because there's some kind of illusion or connection or it sounds like Jesus. They have some kind of a superficial connection to Jesus and therefore the Christian missionary says, you see, here is a messianic prophecy in the Hebrew Bible. That's why again this approach leads to basically a cotton candy kind of reading of the Bible and ultimately a huge bluff by citing these hundreds of passages.