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Comprehensive Lexicon Guide for First-Time SW Fic Readers:

Flimsi/Flimsiplast = Paper

Flimsiwork/Datawork = Paperwork

Stylus = Pen

Datapad = Tablet

Comlink/Comm = Communication Device/Phone

Binders = Handcuffs

Chronometer = Clock

Spectacles = Eyeglasses

Chrono = Watch

Conservator = Refrigerator

Caf = Coffee

Nerfburger = Hamburger

Blue milk = Milk (literally blue)

Hubba chips = French Fries

Sweet roll = Doughnut

Flatcakes = Pancakes

Tabac = Tobacco

HoloNet = World Wide Web

Holovision/HoloTV = Television

Holodrama/Holovids = Movie/Videos

Holocamera/Holocam = Camera

Holomap = three-dimensional map

Holojournal = Newspaper

Holocube = Picture frame

Holotable = Projector

Holoscanner = X-ray machine

Holojournalist = Reporter

Flatholo/Holograph = Photograph

Sonic Damper = Active Noise Cancellation

Refresher/Fresher= Bathroom

Sonic Bath = Bath

Sanisteam/Sonic shower = Waterless Shower

Hydrospanner = Wrench

Hydro Flask = Water Bottle

Power Cell/Energy Cell = Batteries

Authorization Chip = Decryption key

Datatape = Disk

Datastick = Flash drive

(Personal) Com Code = Phone number

Datachip = SD Card

Synthflesh = Synthetic skin

Glowrod = Flashlight

Sparkstick = Match

Slugthrower = Gun

Slug = Bullet

Vibroblade = a blade that can vibrate at high frequencies, increasing its cutting power and penetrating ability (tactical knife)

Rangefinder = Rifle scope

Turbolaser = Cannon

Ion pike/Vibropike = Spear

Electro Staff = Stun baton

Blaster = Pistol/Rifle

Stun Blaster = similar to a Taser

Landspeeder/Airspeeder/Speeder = Car

Turbolift = Elevator

Slideramp = Escalator

Starfighter = Fighter jet

Rotorcraft = Helicopter

Hoverpack/Jetpack= Jet pack

Speeder Bike = Motorcycle

Skylane = Traffic lane

Railspeeder/Hovertrain = Train

Power Chair/Hoverchair= Wheelchair

Windscreen = Windshield

Podracing = Car racing

Dejarik = Chess

Sabacc = Poker and Blackjack combined

Galactic Rebels = Combat simulator

B'shingh = Dungeons and dragons

Jizz = Jazz music

Wailer = Singer (ie. Jizz Wailer)

Cantina = Bar or Pup

Para Sailing = Paragliding

Aurebesh = Alphabet

Credits = Money

Sleeping Pallet = Bedroll

Naming Day = Birthday

Youngling = Child

Galactic Basic Standard/ Basic = English

Medkit/Medpac = First aid kit

Hypo = Syringe

Medic/Healer = Doctor

Medcenter = Hospital

Bactapatch = Bandaid

Nanoweave = Fabric

Transparisteel = Glass

Plastifoam = Packing material

Durasteel = Steel

Plasteel = Plastic

Duracrete = Concrete

Slicer = Hacker (slicing = hacking)

Identikit = Passport

Minder = Therapist

Synthleather = Vinyl

Viewport = Window

Cooling Unit = Air-conditioning

Honeydarter = Bee

Slythmonger = Drugdealer

Spice = Drugs

Stimpill = Caffeine pill

Power Socket = Plug

Cutters = Scissors

Cycle = Day

Standard Cycle = 24h

Standard Week = 5 days

Standard Month = 35 standard days

Standard Year = approx. ten months

Tenday = literally ten days

Cigarras/Smokes = Cigarettes

Click = Kilometer or 'a moment'

Parsec = a unit of distance

Tweezers/Clanker/tin head/tinnie = Droid

Separatist = Seppie

Promise Ring = Wedding Ring

Body Glove = Jumpsuit

Slicksuit = Wet suit

Civvies = Civilian clothing

Carbonite = a metal alloy used to freeze a person in a state of hibernation

Hyperdrive = device that allows a starship to travel faster than lightspeed

Moisture vaporator = device that can extract water from the air, commonly used on tatooine

Glareshades = Sunglasses

Gasser = Gas Oven

Repulsorlift = technology that can create an anti-gravity field and is used for levitating heavy objects

Heating unit = Heater

Utility Droid = Roomba

Sunbonnet = a Clone trooper helmet

Bad Batcher = a defective Clone Trooper

Banthabrain = birdbrain/ a stupid person

Bantha fodder = waste of space/nonsense

Blast! = word of exclamation

Blasted! = s.o in anger or annoyance

Blaster-brained = dimwitted

Blaster fodder = cannon fodder

Blast off = Piss off

Brainless = Stupid

Bug/Bugger = used to refer to Geonosians

Forceforsaken = godforsaken

Full of Poodoo = full of shit

Poodoo = Shit

Kriff = Fuck

Jedi scum = derogatory term for jedi

Kark = derogatory expletive

Larty = LAAT/i gunship

Laserbrain = insult

Meat droid = derogatory term for Clone Troopers

Redrobes = Palpatines guard

Rookie/Shinie = newly recruited Trooper

Scum = insult to refer to bounty hunters/rebels

Sharpie = Sharp-witted

Sithspawn/Sithspit/Hellspawn! = expletive

Sleemo = Slimeball

Son of a bantha = insult

Wizard! = Cool

Spaced = dead

Hutt-spawn = Bastard

Karabast = exclamation of dismay

Stang = Crap

Buckethead/Bucketbrain = derogatory term for Stormtroopers

Bucket = Helmet

Nat-born = Natural Born

Roger Roger = affirmative/copy that

Droid poppers = EMP grenade

Sitrep = short for situation report

Backwater Planet = any planet that isn't part of the core system

Holocron = device that can project a three-dimensional image of a person/object and is used for communication or entertainment.

Kessel Run = a risky Operation. Commonly used as a metaphor in impossible situations.

Thermal Detonator= device that can create a powerful explosion like a grenade or bomb

Ray Shield/Energy Shield = creates a (protective) barrier

Rebreather = device that allows a person to breathe underwater or in toxic environments

Phrases:

Wild goose chase = wild bantha chase

That's bantha shit = that's bullshit

As slippery as a greased Dug = untrustworthy

Credit for your thoughts = penny for your thoughts

Cut the poodoo = cut the crap

to get your gills in a twist = get upset about something

Holy mother of meteors = holy mother of god

Oh my skies/ Oh my stars = exclamation of surprise

Stars' end! = exclamation of disbelief

What in the blue blazes = exclamation

When Geonosis freezes over/When it snows on tatooine = extremely unlikely

Who pissed in your power supply = who pissed you off

Blast it = damn it

By the maker = exclamation of surprise

Great karking Dragon = expression of disbelief

Lothcat got your tongue = equivalent of 'cat got your tongue?'

Sod it = expression of frustration

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Fics With Titles That Start With L (4) Masterlist

part one, part two, part three

Lamb (ao3) - Anonymous

Summary: Phil goes to the house that has plagued him with nightmares for two decades

Lane Boy (ao3) - disloyalorderoftrash (orphan_account)

Summary: Dan is a bored law student who hates university. One weekend, he has a one night stand with some stranger in some bar. However, when he returns to university after the break, he meets this stranger again - as his new teacher. They take up a casual affair, but will they be able to keep it secret? Is it really just casual and meaningless? And will Dan finally find the courage to quit university and start following his dreams?

Lap It Up (ao3) - intoapuddle

Summary: Phil knows exactly what Dan needs

last disco (ao3) - possumdnp

Summary: Two ridiculously-dressed guys meet on a night out.

(An AU where Dan gets dragged to the club and meets Phil, who’s dressed as the world’s gayest cowboy.)

Last Fling (Before the Ring) (ao3) - phanetixs

Summary: "-some baldy McGee pushes me against some chair and starts you know- gyrating his hips in my face and it was all very traumatic.”

“That’s a lap dance, Philly.”

(Or the story of Dan and Phil, stag nights, and why Phil Lester absolutely cannot go clubbing alone)

Laundry & Taxes (ao3) - serendipnpipity

Summary: In the world of yazisnotonfire and AmazingFiona, Yazi Howell still doesn't know how to do her laundry.

laundry day (ao3) - calvinahobbes

Summary: “Moving in?” Phil jokes mildly when he opens the door and sees the suitcase.

Lavender Lace (ao3) - Emejig16

Summary: Dan absolutely loves it when dom!Phil gets rough with him. He especially loves it when he chokes him.

Law of Obligations: Contracts, Restitution, Tort (ao3) - yikesola

Summary: He can’t think, he can’t breathe, it’s all too much. He’s feeling too much. He’s feeling everything. It’s all too fucking much. God, it’s a terrible neurotic contrast to those grey patches of time where he can’t feel anything at all. He has no idea how to bear it.

A fic about panic attacks and academic stress.

leaned a bit too hard (ao3) - jailedmoonshine

Summary: Growing up, Phil resented her name. She already didn't care for dresses and heels, so it was even harder convincing people she was actually a girl. As the years pass and her styles change, she decides to stop for a pint at a pub along her drive, giving her body a chance to breathe from the chill that was coming in.

Hang on... is that a nun?

Legends of the Light of Heart (ao3) - serendipnpipity

Summary: “For being Your Royal Highness, you know, you’re a bit of a spoon.”

***

Once upon a time, when the land was still ruled by kings and queens, there lived a young prince named Daniel, heir to a dying land...

Let Me Help (ao3) - prettyelephant

Summary: Phil gets a cat hair in his eye while shooting for the calendar so naturally Dan helps him get it out.

let's laugh about it later (ao3) - NormaLamber

Summary: Dan thinks about what makes Phil Phil and also the importance of trust in a relationship.

lexicon of lip and fingertip (ao3) - jonsaremembers

Summary: Phil sinks against Dan.

“Oi, hold your own weight,” Dan teases him. “Tudor princess.”

“And don’t you forget it,” Phil retorts, licking Dan’s neck.

Like a Bowl of Oranges (ao3) - cloej88

Summary: Dan has built a solid career for himself as a ghostwriter. He safely hides behind other people’s words, crafting their tales and pocketing the cash without any threat of notoriety. But lately he has been working on a book of his own, itching for a change.

Phil is an indie filmmaker who happened into some huge breaks over the last few years. He wants to use his influence to uplift queer stories for the screen, so he puts out an open call for story submissions. At his agent’s behest, Dan submits his story.

The writer!Dan and director!Phil friends/co-workers to lovers AU that we never knew we needed.

Like Dreaming of Angels (ao3) - steddieornot

Summary: While he firmly believed everyone deserved love, in some shape or form, this was something else. The love he and Phil shared was otherworldly, impossible to contain. It was more than romantic in every feasible way. And somehow, fate had bestowed it upon him, just a guy from a small town in Reading. And deep down, he knew that even if fate rewrote his path, he would still have found Phil every time.

Like Fine Print (ao3) - totalincandescense

Summary: Every few weeks, Dan was given an unfriendly reminder of at least one of the many reasons why he never went outside.

The most frequently recurring thing on the list being the general existence of people.

But more specifically, the existence of people who flirted with Phil.

Lions and Candy (ao3) - Mysticallykai

Summary: Dan has to take his little brother trick or treating. He hates doing it, but that all changes when they get to the last stop of the night.

liquorice ice cream (ao3) - possumdnp

Summary: Dan and Phil go on a date to the zoo.

(Snapshots of their Swedish zoo date, September 2024. This fic is free from TIT show spoilers!)

look how far we've come now baby (ao3) - calvinahobbes

Summary: It was days later, in a hotel bed with a view of the Portugal sky, that Phil had murmured into the darkness, “But yeah. Maybe grown-up queer prom would be nice.”

look how (the stars) shine for you (ao3) - howell_slide

Summary: Two boys looking at the night sky together, 14 years apart.

Look who's inside again (ao3) - Frog910

Summary: Dan is struggling with dark thoughts, and Phil worries about him as he's gone without notice again.

Lost In Thought (ao3) - microwaveoven

Summary: Based on that one part in pizza mukbang 2 where DNP talk about why the hiatus started and how Phil felt lost for a while

loud heart (ao3) - phiclets

Summary: The orange heart reply was a cultural moment; this is my vision of what might have led up to Dan posting it.

Love you through it all (ao3) - Lesbianphan

Summary: A glimpse into Dan and Phil’s journey over the years, through dates/holidays and all the adventures they’ve embarked on together. Just some introspective fluff, featuring the many different stages of their relationship we’ve witnessed over the years

Loving His Ear (ao3) - Kim_Aurora_135

Summary: Appreciation literature

[arsonistsfirefly]

original psd

If it doesn't say written by Carlos in the blog description it's not me.

Box Verse [DC]

@arsonistsfirefly - Luna Lynns/Firefly (OC) - She/Her

@fire-lane (nsfw) - Luna's IC NSFW blog

@lullabyofafirefly - Luna's Para rp blog (unfinished/wip)

@thebestgirljane - Jane - Sideblog to luna's blog

@janusflipped - Two-Face/Judge/Harvey - He/It | He/Her | He/Him

@cracked-n-masked - ic vent (can't find ic)

@thedarkestknights - Bruce Wayne/Batman - He/Him

@strangepsychiatry - Hugo Strange - He/Him

@allriderphantasm - Robbie Reyes/All Rider (DC AU) - He/Him

@foreverpuzzling - Edward Nygma/The Riddler - He/She

@a-goldentouch - Otto Midas (DC Kid oc 16 yrs old) - He/Him

Earth 3 - DC

@hello-mrpresident - Lex Luthor - He/Him

@the-lexicon-of-luthor - Semi-ic Notes blog

@ultra-rage - Lee-El (Luthor El)/Superboy (sideblog to hello-mrpresident) - He/Him

@resultingcyanide - IC vent (can't find ic)

@theowlsclaws - Dick Grayson/Talon - He/Him

Marvel

@thedeadpoolunofficial - Wade Wilson/Deadpool - He/They/It (Eventually She/It/He)

@deadpoolunofficial - Inactive sideblog (DO NOT FOLLOW or TAG)

@wlfspxder2099 - Miguel O'hara/Spiderman 2099 - He/Him

Original OC

@wonderful-dreamland - Yume/Reality Witch (fandomless oc) - She/her

@quantumgunner - Christie Quinn/Quantum Gunner (DC oc) - She/her

@conqueredapophis - Eon Amorea (fandomless oc) - He/It/They

@areyou-really-alice - Alex Liddell (Multifandom oc) - He/They

Homestuck

@chironschariot - Cronus Serket/Cerulean Cronus - Indie. HS Au - He/Her

@greasedupclown - Cronus Ampora - Slightly Dep. Homestuck AU - He/It

@deepwaterstriker - Dexter Ampora - Indie. Hs descendant AU - He/They/She

Other/Games/Coming

Bayonetta - Indie Rp blog - She/It

[hello-mrpresident]

original psd

If it doesn't say written by Carlos in the blog description it's not me.

Box Verse [DC]

@arsonistsfirefly - Luna Lynns/Firefly (OC) - She/Her

@fire-lane (nsfw) - Luna's IC NSFW blog

@lullabyofafirefly - Luna's Para rp blog (unfinished/wip)

@thebestgirljane - Jane - Sideblog to luna's blog

@janusflipped - Two-Face/Judge/Harvey - He/It | He/Her | He/Him

@cracked-n-masked - ic vent (can't find ic)

@thedarkestknights - Bruce Wayne/Batman - He/Him

@strangepsychiatry - Hugo Strange - He/Him

@allriderphantasm - Robbie Reyes/All Rider (DC AU) - He/Him

@foreverpuzzling - Edward Nygma/The Riddler - He/She

@a-goldentouch - Otto Midas (DC Kid oc 16 yrs old) - He/Him

Earth 3 - DC

@hello-mrpresident - Lex Luthor - He/Him

@the-lexicon-of-luthor - Semi-ic Notes blog

@ultra-rage - Lee-El (Luthor El)/Superboy (sideblog to hello-mrpresident) - He/Him

@resultingcyanide - IC vent (can't find ic)

@theowlsclaws - Dick Grayson/Talon - He/Him

Marvel

@thedeadpoolunofficial - Wade Wilson/Deadpool - He/They/It (Eventually She/It/He)

@deadpoolunofficial - Inactive sideblog (DO NOT FOLLOW or TAG)

@wlfspxder2099 - Miguel O'hara/Spiderman 2099 - He/Him

Original OC

@wonderful-dreamland - Yume/Reality Witch (fandomless oc) - She/her

@quantumgunner - Christie Quinn/Quantum Gunner (DC oc) - She/her

@conqueredapophis - Eon Amorea (fandomless oc) - He/It/They

@areyou-really-alice - Alex Liddell (Multifandom oc) - He/They

Homestuck

@chironschariot - Cronus Serket/Cerulean Cronus - Indie. HS Au - He/Her

@greasedupclown - Cronus Ampora - Slightly Dep. Homestuck AU - He/It

@deepwaterstriker - Dexter Ampora - Indie. HS descendant AU - He/They/She

@theimperialdominance - Phobos Peixes (Darkleer) - Indie. HS Bloodswap AU

@orphanersdualscars - Duncan Ampora/Orphaner Dualscar - Indie. HS AU - Him/Him

@punkedupclowns - Kurloz Makara - Indie. HS AU - He/They/It

@prosaicpedagogy - Kankri Vantas - Indie. HS AU - He/Him

Other/Games/Coming

Bayonetta - Indie Rp blog - She/It

[saganandkatelynindc]

Day 2 - Packed to the gills with PERFECT!

July 16, 2023

What a day we have had! If I were ranking today on a 10 point scale, I would give it a 25!! Groceries were delivered in the time slot given (shocking!) and everything else fell into place, as planned - a much better day than yesterday.

Today was Sagan's oral report on James Smithson and we all learned so much. It was a firm A+++++

If you want to see the entire report it is here:

After a round of appreciative applause, we began preparations for our "lunch on the run" with sandwiches from Panera ( our next door neighbor.) Then we headed by Metro to Planet Word. Temps were in the low 70s with an intermittent spitting of rain but although we had our umbrellas, we didn't need them.

Planet Word is a GREAT museum celebrating... wait for it... WORDS: the history of language, the joy of reading and the power of writing. The exhibits are very well done and highly engaging - even the elevator is fun.

Yes - this IS the elevator!!!

The word wall is informative, interactive and brilliantly done.

After a short time exploring the general exhibits we headed into Lexicon Lane. Lexicon Lane is a combination escape room and puzzle hunt, designed to resemble an old village with the choice of 26 unique puzzle “cases” for visitors to solve. We picked our "case" and had 1.5 hours to solve the clues and save the world from disaster.

It was a blast to watch these minds in action.

Clues were everywhere, hidden in plain sight.

Needless to say, the world is in great hands!! They did indeed save the world but it took most of our time.

(True confession - LaVerne and I tried a different box last year and our time expired and we did NOT save the world nor get to ring the bell.)

I have worried and fretted and made a plan to try an beat the 90+ degree heat during our trip, but I failed to make a plan for visiting a place where the air conditioning was set to winter! I asked to have the temperature changed - and the "host" who was wearing a heavy sweatshirt, relayed my request but nothing changed. We were uncomfortably cold - but they solved it anyway. BRRRRRRRR.

We did NOT see even 1/2 of al this place had to offer, partly because once we entered an exhibit no one wanted to leave. The reading table was an amazing experience. Pick a book, open it and suddenly your book was surrounded by "extras." It was brilliant - but who wanted to leave this place?

This room, lined with books and a mirrored ceiling giving the illusion that book cases continued to the sky, also housed magic mirrors. Open the drawer, read the line and the mirror revealed the scene from the line you just read.

I LOVED that many of these books the kids had read AND way too many of these amazing booked have been banned - somewhere - but not in some back woods fascist country - but right here in the USA. The banned books were identified as such. This blatant stupidity irritates me to no end. How can we better understand you and the life you live that is different from my life if we can't walk a mile in your shoes? Sigh... I'm so proud of these kids who recognize exactly that!

We could have spent a couple more hours there - but we had a schedule to maintain so we headed out for a picnic in Franklin Park. Again we had light sprinkles but we found a table with an umbrella in this beautiful urban park and ate our lunch while we discussed Planet Word. The kids were just glowing from the experience and my heart was full.

After lunch we Uber-ed to Georgetown and the Washington Harbor to have a short cruise on the Potomac River. We really enjoyed our driver as he talked about all the things he notices that give him info that we may not even notice. For example in the city, if there are street lights, the speed limit is 25 mph: No street lights, 35 mph. He had lots of information and was very entertaining. He, a 20 year cabdriver from NYC, was proud to tell us that his kids had come to DC to attend college and after graduation had opted to stay . 10 years ago he and had wife had moved here too

The rain was gone and we enjoyed the cruise in sunshine and gentle breezes. It was great to see so many of the places we will be visiting from a different perspective. Below is Katelyn and the Kennedy Center where we will stand on the balcony overlooking the Potomac River, Thursday night.

The Kennedy Center is right next door to Watergate - FYI - so we were able to talk about that too and how the law SHOULD apply to everyone, even the rich, famous and powerful. EVERYONE!!

The photo below is THE water gate that gave the building its name - FYI. A water gate is a man-made waterway that prevents flooding an/or regulates the depth of another man-made water way, in this case the C&O canal. The Chesapeake & Ohio  Canal stretches 184.5 miles from Georgetown to Cumberland, MD. 

The heat inched up and the sun grew hotter and we opted for a break after the cruise so we Uber-ed back to our condo. Next up was a trip to the Smithsonian American Arts Museum and dinner in China Town. We all enjoyed our little rest and with the museum being open until 7:00 PM we had plenty of time. We did some prep for tomorrow and the kids wrote a postcard about their adventures. At 4:45 we headed out again by Metro.

The kids could get ANYWHERE in the city by Metro. We are giving them the destination and then they plot the course. We popped up right beside our destination and headed to the Presidential Gallery. We had a grand time, talking about what we knew about this guy and that guy. Which guy we wouldn't recognized and some of the great things different guys had accomplished. You see I'm using the word "GUY" because everyone of the US Presidents has been/still is male. I certainly HOPE that Katelyn and Sagan will live to see a female in that role. I hope I can too - but tick, tick, tick for me.

We had to wait patiently to get this pic - while there was NO line for pictures of the guy behind Obama.

Katelyn was quick to stand beside one of her heroines too. (Mine too - FYI)

I was very proud of our kids as they pointed out protraits of Marian Anderson, John Lewis, the Tuskegee Airmen and many other African Americans who have made the country great.

We closed the place down and then headed to China Town where the kids got a look at the seamy side of life. In China Town we walked by MANY groups of people using drugs. Marijuana, crack and I'm not sure what else - but they were all stoned, dirty and simply propped up against a wall. It wasn't a great scene, but it gave me a good opportunity to talk about it. Katelyn was appalled by the fact that there were two policemen standing just a few feet away - but they were. Anyway educational opportunities abound and while this was not listed as an objective for this trip - here it was.

We continued on to this little hole-in-the wall place and had some of the best food ever!! Well - Daphne didn't really love her food - but 3 out 4 thought it was fabulous food.

On the way home we had a hilarious thing happen when while heading to the Metro - Sagan said, "Why are the back of my pants wet?" Then we saw the water pouring out of his bag - POURING! We stopped and he opened his bag, took out the almost empty water bottle and handed me his umbrella that was FULL of water. It holds a LOT of water!!! Then he poured his bag out - which caused all of us to start laughing and laughing and laughing. He is pouring the water out of his bag - I'm standing with a dripping umbrella and we are falling apart. We just couldn't stop laughing which has its own issues. Anyway - we gave the kids the key to the room and when we got to the street - they raced ahead. We were all still laughing like hyenas.

After we got settled, with the wettest umbrella in the world set up to dry and the bag turned inside, we settled in to watch Part 1 of Apollo 13. It is a great movie but very worrisome...

Will they survive? We will find out on Monday..

Stay tuned...

[faishalt]

Asmaul Husna Eps. 3

Okay, sekarang kita akan lanjut lagi bahasan Asmaul Husna. Untuk episode ke-3 kali ini kita akan bahas nama yang cukup jarang disebut, yaitu: ٱلْمَتِينُ Al Mateen yang berarti The Firm, The Steadfast. Yuk kita mulai pembahasannya!

1.Definisi Dasar Berdasarkan Lane Lexicon Al-Mateen berasal dari kata mim-ta-nun atau kata kerja matan yang artinya menjadikan sesuatu kuat, kokoh atau keras.

Kata tersebut merujuk ke otot punggung (erector spinae), yaitu otot yang mendukung punggung tulang belakang dan terdiri dari bagian seperti sacro-lumbalis dan longissimus dorsi.

Berdasarkan wikipedia erector spinae adalah:

The erector spinae (/ɪˈrɛktər ˈspaɪni/irr-EK-tər SPY-nee)[1] or spinal erectors is a set of muscles that straighten and rotate the back. The spinal erectors work together with the glutes (gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus) to maintain stable posture standing or sitting.

Makna lainnya adalah punggung, khususnya bagian tengah atau daging keras di sekitar tulang belakang.

Selain itu artinya adalah sisi tengah pedang, yang seringkali adalah bagian paling kokoh.

Atau bagian keras atau luar dari sesuatu, seperti busur atau tombak.

Ditambah juga, artinya adalah tanah yang datar dan keras.

Dan merupakan sebutan untuk salah satu bintang terang di kontelasi Pegasus.

Kata ini juga merujuk kepada hadist atau tradisi yang dilakukan oleh Rasulullah SAW dan para Sahabat. Jadi, hadist itu dibagi dua bagian yaitu sanad dan matan. Sementara Sanad adalah sumber rujukan (e.g., Dari Abu Hurairah), matan adalah isinya (e.g., Sesungguhnya amal itu tergantung pada niat).

Dan terakhir, kata ini sering digunakan untuk menunjukan sesuatu yang kuat, tegas, atau kokoh dalam sifat atau struktur.

Dalam Al-Quran, kata Ma-ta-nun disebutkan tiga kali:

QS Adh-Dhariyat (51): 58: إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ ﴿٥٨ الذاريات﴾ Ayat ini berada di surat adzariyat yang banyak mendiskusikan tentang kekuasaan Allah di alam semesta dan berada di ayat yang sama dengan Ar-Razaq dan disambungnan dengan Dzul-Quwah. Ayat-ayat sebelumnya menerangkan bahwa Allah tidak butuh diberikan rezeki. Justru Allah yang memberikan rezeki kepada makhluknya, dan Allah tidak dapat dilemahkan. Ia akan selalu dapat memberikan rezeki walaupun manusia tidak menyembahnya sekalipun. Beberapa catatan: Ayat setelanya kemudian menerangkan bahwasanya orang kafir pasti akan mendapatkan bagian dari adzab, oleh karena itu janganlah minta untuk disegerakan. Beberapa ayat sebelumnya dari ayat ini membahas bahwasanya tidaklah Allah menciptakan manusia dan jin melainkan untuk beribadah kepada Allah SWT.

QS Al A'raf (7): 183 وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ ﴿١٨٣ الأعراف﴾ "Dan Aku memberi tangguh kepada mereka. Sesungguhnya rencana-Ku sangat kokoh." Ayat ini berada di surat Al-Araf yang banyak mendiskusikan terkait peringatan kepada orang-orang kafir dan pendusta risalah Rasulullah. Ayat ini menceritakan bagaimana rencana Allah yang kokoh dan tidak dapat tergocangkan. Beberapa catatan: Beberapa ayat sebelumnya mengatakan jikalau Allah telah menakdirkan kebanyakan dari manusia dan akhirat masuk neraka. Ayat ini juga menerangkan terkait adzab yang jangan minta untuk disegerakan. Ayat sebelumnya mengatakan "…We will gradually draw them to destruction in ways they cannot comprehend." dan ayat tersebut diawali "As for those who deny Our signs,…" atau memberikan penekanan kepada orang orang yang menolak ayat Allah SWT (menggunakan kata ayat).

QS Al-Qalam (68): 45 وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ ﴿٤٥ القلم﴾ "Dan Aku memberi tangguh kepada mereka. Sesungguhnya rencana-Ku sangat kokoh." Ayat ini berada di surat Al-Qalam yang secara umum merupakan pembelaan terhadap Rasulullah yang dicemooh oleh kaum musyrikin Quraisy. Beberapa catatan: Sama halnya dengan Al-Araf ayat sebelumnya mengatakan "…We will gradually draw them to destruction in ways they cannot comprehend." Tapi ayatnya diawali dengan "So leave to Me ˹O Prophet˺ those who reject this message…" Atau intinya adalah menolak pesan ini (menggunakan kata hadist)

2. Refleksi dan Kritisasi.

Ayat pertama menggabungkan Al Matiin dengan Dzul Quwah dan Ar Rhazaq. Artinya jika Allah memberikan rizki tidak ada hamba yang dapat menggoyahkannya. Rezeki itu pasti sampai. Sebagaimana rencana Allah yang tidak dapat dilemahkan.

Selain itu, bagaimana kata ini dimenegerti oleh orang-orang di jaman Rasulullah SAW sebagai bagian kokoh pedang dan otot tulang punggung mencerminkan bahwa Allah adalah "pusat kekuatan" atau kekokohan dari segala sesuatu, seperti tulang punggung menopang tubuh atau seperti tanah yang stabil menopang bangunan. Hal tersebut menunjukan jika Allah yang Maha Memeberikan Rizki, Maha Memberikan Kekokohan ke seluruh mahluk di dunia ini. Tanpa adanya Allah kita tidak dapat mencari rizki, tidak dapat berdiri dan tidak dapat berbijak.

Hal yang menarik adalah ayat sebelum Al Araf (183) dan Al Qalam (45) yang memiliki ayat yang sama persis, hanya berbeda di jenis penolokan yaitu Hadist (pesan/perkataan ini) dan Ayatina (ayat-ayat kami).

3. Momen Didoakan.

Sekarang Saya akan menambahkan rubrik lagi yaitu momen berdoa Al-Matiin. Hal ini diinspirasi karena ketika sedang riset Al-Araf, ayat 180 mengatakan jika Allah memerintahkan kita untuk memanggil Ia dengan nama-nama tersebut. Maka, momen yang tepat memanggil Allah dengan nama Al-Matiin adalah: a. Momen ketika dimasa-masa ketidak pastian atau penuh dengan ketakutan seperti kehilangan pekerjaan dan tidak ada penghasilan. Karena Allah menggabungkan dengan Ar-Razaq, maka berdoa kepada Allah dengan Ar-Razaq meminta rezeki agar dapat mengokohkan diri sendiri, dapat berdiri untuk diri sendiri, mengokohkan keluarga.

b. Selain itu juga untuk hal-hal spritual seperti ilmu, rumah tangga, bisnis dan lainnya.

[leonbloder]

Do It For The Plot

I learn a lot from my kids these days. 

They keep me current on the latest music, culture, and social media trends. They also keep me up to speed on the latest slang, phrases, and other cool things to say so I won't embarrass them by calling something "rad," "wicked," or "gnarly." 

It takes effort to be current, which is why so many of us more seasoned folk decide to chill instead and stay within our own comfortable lanes. 

Every generation has its own lingo, imprinting its particular je ne sais quoi upon the cultural lexicon. I find it all fascinating. 

The other day, a new friend who works with younger people taught me a new phrase I will use often. 

She said one of them taught her the phrase "Do it for the plot."  I had no idea what it meant, so she explained it to me. I dug online to learn more, so I will share it with you, dear readers.  Sharing is caring. 

When you “do it for the plot,” you’re viewing yourself as the main character in your life and then doing the right thing to move “the plot” forward, no matter what might happen. 

The phrase gained substantial traction on TikTok and other social media platforms. Many videos of people engaging in daring or scary activities “for the plot” have gone viral, inspiring users to boldly venture into uncharted and risky territories they otherwise may not have done. 

I can't tell you how much I love this. There are so many ways to employ it.  

About to try what seems to be the spiciest curry you've ever smelled? 

Do it for the plot. 

Your friend invites you to sky-diving to face your fear of heights. 

Do it for the plot.

You get the idea.  But I think there are other ways to use this remarkable phrase to help move our "plot" forward, especially if we're stuck. 

You may be tentative about leaving your job for another one.  There's a risk there, but it could be fantastic.  

Do it for the plot. 

There's a chance for a relationship with someone new after you've been alone for a long time and are afraid to try for fear of being hurt.  

Do it for the plot. 

You don't know how to find your purpose in life, and you wonder if you should trust God with your unknown future or simply stay put in the comfort of the known. 

Do it for the plot. 

You see, inherent in the meaning of doing things "for the plot" is a fundamental trust that the Universe (God) is kind and full of grace, mistakes are perfectly okay, and if you risk nothing, nothing is ever gained. 

We have no clue what comes next in our lives.  

We can spend them shrinking back from challenges, uncertainty, or risk, or we can step forward and move the story of our lives into the uncharted territory of trusting that God is good and that there are purposes before us we can't fathom at the moment. 

May you find the courage in your life to do the next right thing to move your story forward, trusting that no matter what, there is love, grace, hope, and peace ahead of you in a future where God is waiting for you to arrive. 

May it be so, and may the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you now and always. Amen. 

[arabicfornerds]

Shaytan, Satan, Iblis and the Devil: What’s the Difference?

There is a difference between Satan, Iblis, and the Devil in Arabic. Let's analyze the terms and see how to use them.

[utopianadaosophy]

Certainly! Let’s envision a Scrabble/Monopoly hybrid board game that combines the word-building fun of Scrabble with the property-buying excitement of Monopoly. Here’s how it might work:

Board Design:

The game board is a rectangular grid like a Scrabble board, divided into squares.

Each square represents a property or location.

Tile Placement:

Players take turns placing letter tiles (like in Scrabble) on the squares.

The goal is to create words horizontally and vertically, just like in Scrabble.

Each word formed earns the player points based on the letters used.

Property Acquisition:

Instead of Monopoly properties, players acquire word-themed locations.

For example:

“Vocabulary Avenue”: A prime location for word enthusiasts.

“Syntax Street”: Where grammar rules apply.

“Lexicon Lane”: A high-value property.

“Verb Valley”: A strategic spot for action words.

Word Value:

The value of a word depends on the letters used (similar to Scrabble).

Longer, more complex words earn higher points.

Players can negotiate trades or buy/sell properties.

Chance Cards:

Instead of Monopoly’s Chance cards, we have “Etymology Cards”.

These cards provide word-related challenges or opportunities.

Examples:

“Use a word with Greek origins in your next word.”

“Swap a property with another player.”

Word Auctions:

When a player lands on an unowned property, there’s a word auction.

Players bid with points earned from forming words.

The highest bidder acquires the property.

Word Power-Ups:

Certain squares grant special abilities:

“Triple Word Score”: Boosts the value of a word.

“Double Letter Score”: Enhances a specific letter’s points.

“Wildcard Square”: Allows players to use any letter.

Winning Conditions:

The game ends when all properties are owned or after a set number of rounds.

The player with the highest total points (from words and properties) wins.

Remember, in this delightful fusion of wordplay and real estate, you’ll need both vocabulary and strategy to succeed!

[johnny-em]

Ioan Muntean - cântecul maraoţilor

Sursă: Ioan Muntean – cântecul maraoţilor – Cronopediada grup – Cronopedia Maraton Panorama Literară 2024, martie 26. experiment (poezie) cântecul maraoţilor #cyberpoem în spargă (lexicon nina cassian, gaierud) bendă de gors lane lane maraoţii licurat au zercă mare stroholojina bosfroholojit mi-ai apa în lanţuri să se tragă morala! pangă crepitură pe-o voşcă multembilara nerucoave atâtea tofărit…

[hex-maniac-mania]

Best MIDI Keyboards

In the grand cosmic orchestra where the stars hum and the universe vibrates with unseen melodies, the MIDI keyboard emerges as the celestial conductor. This device, a harbinger of harmony, was conceived not in the mundane workshops of mere mortals but in the ethereal forge where dreams meld with reality. Here, amid the nebulae where ideas orbit possibilities, the MIDI protocol was whispered into existence, an incantation to bridge worlds.

The MIDI keyboard, then, is more than an artifact; it is a compass navigating the vast expanse of the musical cosmos. Each key is a star, each knob a planet in its own right, each slider a comet streaking across the firmament of creativity. With this cosmic map, music producers set sail into the void, charting courses through the melodies that breathe life into the silence of space.

Among these celestial voyagers, legends are forged—keyboards that have ascended to myth. The ‘Novation SL MkIII’, known among the constellations as the Harmonizer of Worlds, its power to unify digital and analog realms celebrated in songs sung on distant planets. The ‘Arturia KeyLab MkII’ stands as the Sentinel of Sound, its robust frame and sensitive touch guarding the gates to musical transcendence.

Then, darting through the astral lanes, the ‘Akai Professional MPK Mini Mk3’, the Comet of Creation, beloved by nomadic souls for whom music is as boundless as the universe itself. This steadfast explorer ensures that no burst of inspiration dissipates into the vacuum, capturing the ephemeral and making it eternal.

In this celestial narrative, the MIDI keyboard transcends the earthly bounds of technology, becoming a vessel for the soul's journey through the infinite. It is the alchemist's wand that transforms the silence of the void into the lexicon of the universe, a lexicon written in the language of music. Thus, in the hands of those who dare to dream, the MIDI keyboard is not just an instrument but a gateway to the infinite, a connective thread in the cosmic tapestry that unites all creation in a symphony of sound.

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[draculasdaughter]

In discussing the importance of location scouting, Hancock noted that “noise, too, is a tremendous factor… the absence thereof.” The house was a perfectly quiet set for more dialogue-heavy scenes, and its interiors were visually compatible with a farmhouse exterior that was, in reality, located three miles away in Old Saybrook.

Large, old Victorian houses have been woven into the American horror lexicon as inherently spooky in everything from “The Addams Family” and 1986’s House to Hitchcock’s Psycho. “That scary house exterior was a real find,” Hancock said. “I’d hate to see the movie without it.”

The Victorian-style “old Bishop House,” with its distinctive tower, is one of the more consistently striking visuals in the film, mostly framed in long shots against an overcast sky at dusk or bathed in a dreary fog. Originally built in the 19th century, it still stands to the present day. “Given the period houses, beautiful foliage, and picturesque country lanes, the Old Saybrook area is ideal for filmmaking, especially the horror genre,” Badalato added.

John Campopiano, Hunting and Haunting: The Locations in Let’s Scare Jessica to Death – 45 Years Later, 2016.

[brian-in-finance]

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Video 📹 where Caitríona mentioned Geena Davis during the ATX TV Festival Outlander panel

By Chris Colin

Published May 25, 2023

Updated May 28, 2023

“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places.

Geena Davis and her family were returning from dinner in their small Massachusetts town when her great-uncle Jack, 99, began drifting into the oncoming lane of traffic. Ms. Davis was about 8, flanked by her parents in the back seat. Politeness suffused the car, the family, maybe the era, and nobody remarked on what was happening, even when another car appeared in the distance, speeding toward them.

Finally, moments before impact, Ms. Davis’s grandmother issued a gentle suggestion from the passenger seat: “A little to the right, Jack.” They missed by inches.

Ms. Davis, 67, relayed this story in her 2022 memoir, “Dying of Politeness,” an encapsulation of the genially stultifying values that she had absorbed as a child — and that a great many other girls absorb, too: Defer. Go along to get along. Everything’s fine.

Of course the Academy Award-winning actress ditched that pliability long ago. From “Thelma & Louise” and “A League of Their Own” to this year’s coming-of-age drama, “Fairyland,” back-seat docility just wasn’t an option. Indeed, self-possession was her thing. (Or one of her things. Few profiles have failed to mention her Mensa membership, her fluency in Swedish or her Olympic-caliber archery prowess.) But cultivating her own audaciousness was only Phase 1.

Next year will mark two decades since the creation of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. When her daughter was a toddler, Ms. Davis couldn’t help noticing that male characters vastly outnumbered female characters in children’s TV and movies.

“I knew everything is completely imbalanced in the world,” she said recently. But this was the realm of make-believe; why shouldn’t it be 50/50?

It wasn’t just the numbers. How the women were represented, their aspirations, the way young girls were sexualized: Across children’s programming, Ms. Davis saw a bewilderingly warped vision of reality being beamed into impressionable minds. Long before “diversity, equity and inclusion” would enter the lexicon, she began mentioning this gender schism whenever she had an industry meeting.

“Everyone said, ‘No, no, no — it used to be like that, but it’s been fixed,’” she said. “I started to wonder, What if I got the data to prove that I’m right about this?”

Amid Hollywood’s trumpeted causes, Ms. Davis made it her mission to quietly harvest data. Exactly how bad is that schism? In what other ways does it play out? Beyond gender, who else is being marginalized? In lieu of speechifying and ribbons, and with sponsors ranging from Google to Hulu, Ms. Davis’s team of researchers began producing receipts.

Ms. Davis wasn���t the first to highlight disparities in popular entertainment. But by leveraging her reputation and resources — and by blasting technology at the problem — she made a hazy truth concrete and offered offenders a discreet path toward redemption. (While the institute first focused on gender data, its analyses now extend to race/ethnicity, L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+, disability, age 50-plus and body type. Random awful finding: Overweight characters are more than twice as likely to be violent.)

Geena Davis accepting the Governors Award for her institute during the Primetime Emmy Awards last year. At her right are the actor Sarah Paulson, left, and the screenwriter Shonda Rhimes. Next to Ms Davis is Madeline Di Nonno, the institute’s president and chief executive. Kevin Mazur/WireImage, via Getty Images

Even when braced for it, the institute’s findings are staggering: In the 101 top-grossing G-rated films from 1990 to 2005, just 28 percent of speaking characters were female. Even in crowd scenes — even in animated crowd scenes — male characters vastly outnumber female ones. In the 56 top grossing films of 2018, women portrayed in positions of leadership were four times more likely than men to be shown naked. (The bodies of 15 percent of them were filmed in slow motion.) Where a century ago women had been fully central to the budding film industry, they were now a quantifiable, if sexy, afterthought.

“When she started to collect the data, it was kind of incredible,” said Hillary Hallett, a professor of American studies at Columbia University and the author of “Go West, Young Women! The Rise of Early Hollywood.” “This wasn’t a vague feeling anymore. You couldn’t claim this was just some feminist rant. It was like, ‘Look at these numbers.’”

Ms. Davis is by turns reserved and goofy offscreen — a thoughtful responder, an unbridled guffawer. (At one point she enunciated the word “acting” so theatrically that she feared it would be hard to spell in this article.) On a recent afternoon in Los Angeles, she took a break from illustrating the children’s book she had written, “The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page.”

“I grew up very self-conscious about being the tallest kid — not just the tallest girl — in my class,” she said. “I had this childhood-long wish to take up less space in the world.”

In time she began to look beyond her height — six feet — to the insidious messages reinforcing such insecurity.

“Hollywood creates our cultural narrative — its biases trickle down to the rest of the world,” she said in “This Changes Everything,” the 2018 documentary she produced about gender inequity in the film industry. The documentary takes its name from the incessant refrain she kept hearing after the success of “Thelma & Louise,” and later “A League of Their Own.” Finally the power and profitability of female-centric movies had been proven — this changes everything! And then, year after year, nothing.

Geena Davis, right, with the director Penny Marshall on the set of A League of Their Own in 1992. Columbia Pictures, via Everett Collection

It was here that Ms. Davis planted her stake in the ground — a contention around why certain injustices persist, and how best to combat them. Where movements like #MeToo and Times Up target deliberate acts of monstrosity, hers would be the squishier universe of unconscious bias. Did you unthinkingly cast that doctor as a male? Hire that straight white director because he shares your background? Thought you were diversifying your film, only to reinforce old stereotypes? (Fiery Latina, anyone?)

It’s a dogged optimism that powers Ms. Davis’s activism — a faith that Hollywood can reform voluntarily. When she goes to a meeting now, she’s armed with her team’s latest research, and with conviction that improvement will follow.

“Our theory of change relies on the content creators to do good,” said Madeline Di Nonno, the president and the chief executive of the institute. “As Geena says, we never shame and blame. You have to pick your lane, and ours has always been, ‘We collaborate with you and want you to do better.’”

If a car full of polite Davises can awaken to oncoming danger, perhaps filmmakers can come to see the harm they’re perpetuating.

“Everyone isn’t out there necessarily trying to screw women or screw Black people,” said Franklin Leonard, a film and television producer and founder of the Black List, a popular platform for screenplays that have not been produced. “But the choices they make definitely have that consequence, regardless of what they believe about their intent.”

He added: “It’s not something people are necessarily aware of. And there’s no paper trail — it can only be revealed in aggregate. Which gets to the value of Geena’s work.”

“Hollywood creates our cultural narrative— its biases trickle down to the rest of the world,” Ms Davis said in This Changes Everything, the 2018 documentary she produced about gender inequity in the film industry. Magdalena Wosinska for The New York Times

Unique to the institute’s efforts is its partnership with the University of Southern California’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory, which uses software and machine learning to analyze scripts and other media. One tool born of that collaboration, Spellcheck for Bias, employs AI to scan scripts for stereotypes and other problematic choices. (Janine Jones-Clark, the executive vice president for inclusion for NBCUniversal’s global talent development and inclusion team, recalled a scene in a television show in which a person of color seemed to be acting in a threatening manner toward another character. Once flagged by the software, the scene was reshot.)

Still, progress has been mixed. In 2019 and 2020, the institute reported that gender parity for female lead characters had been achieved in the 100 highest-grossing family films and in the top Nielsen-rated children’s television shows. Nearly 70 percent of industry executives familiar with the institute’s research made changes to at least two projects.

But women represented just 18 percent of directors working on the top 250 films of 2022, up only 1 percent from 2021, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film; the percentage of major Asian and Asian American female characters fell from 10 percent in 2021 to under 7 percent in 2022. A 2021 McKinsey report showed that 92 percent of film executives were white — less diverse than Donald Trump’s cabinet at the time, as Mr. Leonard of the Black List noted.

“I think the industry is more resistant to change than anybody realizes,” he added. “So I’m incredibly appreciative of anyone — and especially someone with Geena’s background — doing the non-glamorous stuff of trying to change it, being in the trenches with Excel spreadsheets.”

Ms. Davis has not quit her day job. (Coming soon: a role in “Pussy Island,” a thriller from Zoe Kravitz in her directorial debut.) But acting shares a billing with her books, the diversity-focused Bentonville Film Festival she started in Arkansas in 2015 — even the roller coasters she rides for equity. (Yes, Thelma is now Disney’s gender consultant for its theme parks and resorts.)

“We’re definitely heading in the right direction,” she said. “Bill Gates called himself an impatient optimist, and that feels pretty good for what I am.”

A correction was made on May 26, 2023: An earlier version of this article misspelled the surname of the president and chief executive of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. She is Madeline Di Nonno, not Di Donno. The error was repeated in a photo caption.

A correction was made on May 28, 2023: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the number of Academy Awards Ms. Davis received. She won one Oscar for her supporting performance in “The Accidental Tourist,” and was nominated for a second Academy Award for “Thelma & Louise.”

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[swtki]

What I Think The HP Boys Playlist Would Be:

Harry Potter

Dancing Days - Led Zepplin (Sirius got him into 70s rock hfkdhdej)

Money - Pink Floyd (Ironic innit)

My Sharona - The Knack (he thinks its a good song unironically)

Layla - Derek and The Dominos

Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles

Alive - Pearl Jam (Ironic)

Live and Let Die - Guns N Roses

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

Feel The Pain - Dinosaur Jr.

Mr. Jones - Counting Crows

Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

Basically, he has pure dad music. And the music he likes from his teen years are slightly questionable.

Ron Weasley

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.

The Distance - Cake

Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

One Headlight - The Wallflowers

Push - Matchbox Twenty

You Get What You Give - New Radicals

My Own Worst Enemy - Lit

Shimmer - Fuel

Sex & Candy - Marcy Playground

Come Out And Play - The Offspring

Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm - Crash Test Dummies

He has both bad and good music taste and I can’t decide which is stronger

Neville Longbottom

Friday I’m In Love - The Cure

September - Earth, Wind and Fire

Heroes - David Bowie

SOS - ABBA

More Than A Woman - Bee Gees

Voulez-Vous - ABBA

Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest

Two Princes - Spin Doctors

Buddy Holly - Weezer

Linger - The Cranberries

Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Very feel good music, I can see him getting a good portion of his music from his Gran

Draco Malfoy

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

Fine, Great - Modern Baseball

I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges

Self Esteem - The Offspring

Closer - Nine Inch Nails

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails

Daughter - Pearl Jam

Lovesong - The Cure

Loser - Beck

Never Had No One Ever - The Smiths

1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins

He was listening to the original male manipulator music. But also these songs kinda slap and I just see him sobbing to The Smiths.

Cedric Diggory

Have Love, Will Travel - The Sonics

Trash - New York Dolls

Personality Crisis - New York Dolls

Ball and Chain - Social Distortion

Wonderwall - Oasis

Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana

Intergalactic - Beastie Boys

Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) - The Offspring

Shiny Happy People - R.E.M

Slide - The Goo Goo Dolls

Tubthumping - Chumbawamba

Good beat = Cedric doing the little thrashing dance from the yule ball <3. Also hes into punk but like early punk bc hes scared of 90s punk.

Fred Weasley

Suburban Home - Descendants

Deans Dream - The Dead Milkmen

Anarchy In The U.K - Sex Pistols

Lexicon Devil - Germs

Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies

Sailin’ On - Bad Brains

Story Of My Life - Social Distortion

Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen

Nervous Breakdown - Black Flag

Too Drunk To Fuck - Dead Kennedys

Wild In The Streets - Circle Jerks

Later punk and it is ANGRY. baby. We all know Deans Dream is his comfort song.

George Weasley

Creep - Radiohead

When I Come Around - Green Day

Even Flow - Pearl Jam

Peaches - The Presidents Of The United States Of America

The Kids Aren’t Alright - The Offspring

Beetlebum - Blur

Bullet With Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins

Popular - Nada Surf

Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) - Deftones

Lounge Act - Nirvana

Pure Morning - Placebo

Kind of just sad but still easy listening for the most part. As opposed to his brother, he sways to his music.

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[faishalt]

Asmaul Husna Eps.2

Di epsiode kedua Asmaul Husna, kita akan bahas nama Allah SWT yang gak umum lagi, yaitu ٱلْنَّافِعُ Al-Nafi' yang berarti The Propitious, the Benefactor. Mari kita refleksikan.

Definisi Dasar Berdasarkan Lane Lexicon, Nafi' artinya memberikan manfaat (manfaat bahasa serapan dari nafa'a, btw), keuntungan, dinikmati, atau kegunaan kepada seseorang. Nafa'a dahulu digunakan untuk obat atau yang bersifat 'remedy' untuk melawan sesuatu seperti penyakit. Ia juga dapat bersifat kausatif, atau berarti "sesuatu yang menjadikan sesuatu bermanfaat" Dan juga memiliki arti sarana untuk mencapai keinginan ("means of attaining one's desire) Kata ini juga merupakan antonim dari ضرّ atau yang berarti kerugian. Dalam Al-Quran ayat menggunakan kata nafa'a dikelompokan sebagai berikut: 1. Ayat yang mengatakan jika semua manfaat berasal dari Allah, dan selain-Nya tidak dapat memberikan manfaat dan mudharat. Ash-Shu'araa 73, Al-Hajj 12, Al-Anbiyaa 66, Yunus 106, Al-Furqan 55, Al-Ma'idah 76, Al-Furqan 3, Saba 42, Ta-ha 89, Yunus 18, Al-An'am 71, Ar-Ra'd 16, Al-Hajj 13, Az-Zukhruf 39. 2. Ayat tentang harta dan anak tidak bermanfaat diakhirat bagi orang kafir. Ash-Shu'araa 88, Al-Mumtahina 3, Al-Mumtahina 3, Ash-Shu'araa 88, Al-Baqarah 123. 3. Ayat tentang anak yang bermanfaat di dunia. Al-Qasas 9 - Nabi Musa diangkat keluarga Firaun Yusuf 21 - Nabi Yusuf diangkat keluarga Al-Aziz 4. Ayat tentang syafaat tidak bermanfaat bagi orang kafir. Ash-Shu'araa 88, Al-Mumtahina 3, Al-Mumtahina 3, Ash-Shu'araa 88, Al-Baqarah 123 5. Upaya orang kafir di hari akhir Al-Ahzab 16 - Kabur Ar-Rum 57 - Beralasan Ghafir 52 - Beralasan 6. Nabi tidak dapat memberikan manfaat di hari akhir. Yunus 49, Al-Fath 11, Al-A'raf 188 7. Ayat peringatan bermanfaat hanya bagi sebagian orang Al-A'la 9, 'Abasa 4, Adz-Dzariyat 55, Hud 34 8. Keimanan bermanfaat jika sebelum terlambat. Yunus 98 - Kaum Nabi Yunus beriman sebelum Adzab datang 9. Keimanan tidak bermanfaat jika terlambat As-Sajda 29 - terlambat di hari akhir Al-An'am 158 - terlambat jika Malaikat turun Ghafir 85 - terlambat jika sudah melihat adzab 10. Satu-satunya yang bermanfaat di akhirat? Shidiq. Al-Ma'idah 119. 11. Allah menciptakan dunia dan seisinya untuk dimanfaatkan manusia. Ar-Ra'd 17, Al-Baqarah 164. Ayat tematik satuan: 1. Judi dan Alkohol bermanfaat, tapi mudhorotnya lebih banyak. Al-Baqarah 219. 2. Sihir itu mudhorot, dan tidak ada manfaatnya. Al-Baqarah 102. 3. Hanya Allah yang tahu pembagian warisan yang bermanfaat: An-Nisa 11

Kritisisasi Konsep. Beberapa hal dapat disimpulkan dari pengelompokan diatas, diantaranya adalah: Semua manfaat di dunia ini berasalah dari Allah. Tidak ada hal lain di dunia ini yang dapat memberikan manfaat dan mudhorot selain dari Allah SWT. Jangan beranggapan jika kita minum obat (sebagaimana penggunaan nafa'a di masa lalu) artinya obat tersebut yang memberikan kita kesembuhan. Tapi Allah yang memberikan kesembuhan. Menariknya hal tersebut berhubungan dengan konsep sihir yang disebutkan yaitu hanya mudharat saja dan tidak ada manfaatnya karena segala sesuatu sebenarnya dari Allah. Ketika kita percaya bahwa ada sihir atau jin yang dapat melukai kita, pada hakikatnya semua terjadi atas izin Allah dan dari Allah semata. Jika kita merujuk kepada arti dari kata nafa'a tadi yang berarti berguna atau menjadikan berguna, semua kegunaan berasal dari Allah. Ketika kita dapat bermanfaat/berguna ketika dapat membantu orang lain, jangan katakan bahwa kebaikan tersebut berasal dari diri kita sendiri. Tapi katakan syukur bahwa Allah telah memberikan kita kebermanfaatan atau kemampuan untuk bermanfaat bagi orang lain. Juga, nafa'a memiliki arti sarana yang dapat digunakan untuk mencapai tujuan tertentu. Ketika Allah berkata bahwa Ia adalah Yang Maha Bermanfaat, maka ingatlah bahwa semua kesuksesan semua keberhasilan hanya datang dari Allah SWT, bukan karena usaha kita sendiri. Salah satu hal yang menurut saya menarik adalah bagaimana sering kali Allah menyandingkan nafa'a dan syafaat di hari akhir. Syafaat atau yang berarti intercession atau sesuatu yang dapat melakukan intervensi (dalam hal ini konteksnya adalah akhirat) memiliki dasar kata syifa--dan, syifa sendiri memiliki arti obat. Hubungan antara intercession dan obat adalah karena obat dapat melakukan intercession bagi seseorang yang mau meninggal, sebagaimana syafaat adalah intercession sebelum adzab ketika dihadapan Allah SWT. Sebelumnya kita bahas jika di masa lampau, orang arab menggunakan syifa (obat) yang menyembuhkan adalah nafa'a atau bermanfaat. Namun di Al-Quran, arti tersebut dikembangkan menjadi penggunaan konteks akhirat yaitu syafaat yang bermanfaat. Kelompok-kelompok ayat juga menunjukan bagaimana upaya yang dilakukan orang kafir agar dapat menyelamatkan dirinya di hari akhir. Seperti contohnya adalah dengan kabur tapi tidak bisa, apalagi hanya beralasan. Ia berusaha menukarkan harta dan anaknya tapi itu pun tidak bermanfaat. Ia berusaha berlari ke para Nabi, tapi tidak bisa karena tugas Nabi adalah memberikan peringatan. Hanya saja peringatan itu seringkali tidak bermanfaat bagi sebagian orang. Sampai akhirnya ada yang pada akhirnya beriman, dan ada yang terlambat beriman. Padahal, satu-satunya yang bermanfaat diakhirat adalah keimanan. "Allah mengatakan, "Ini adalah hari dimana orang orang shidiq akan bermanfaat ke shidiq-annya. Bagi mereka syurga yang mengalir dibawahnya sungai-sungai untuk tinggal selamanya disana. Allah ridho kepada mereka, dan mereka ridho kepada Allah. Itulah kemenangan yang besar" Al Maidah 119. Kenapa shiddiq ya? kenapa bukan keimanan? harus dilakukan riset lebih lanjut kenapa Allah memilih kata shiddiq.

Pengalaman Pribadi dan Tindakan Salah satu yang harus kita sadari ketika dalam membantu orang lain atau menjadi bermanfaat pada hakikatnya semua berasal dari Allah SWT. Jangan mengatakan bahwa kebaikan yang kita lakukan berasal dan merupakan hasil dari usaha dari diri sendiri. Padahal, kebermanfaatan hakikatnya dari Allah. Allah yang menjadikan kita mampu dan dapat memberi. Ketika kesempatan kebaikan itu datang, maka Allah yang memberikan kesempatan itu, menawarkan kita agar kita dapat bermanfaat dan berbuat kebaikan untuk orang lain. Oleh karena itu, ambil peluang kebaikan segera ketika kesempatan itu datang. Mudah bagi Allah untuk menarik kesempatan tersebut dan memberikannya kepada orang lain. Selain itu, kebalikan dari Nafa' adalah Dharra yang berarti mencelakai atau harm. Dengan mengetahui jika yang dapat mencelakai hanya atas izin Allah SWT, maka hal tersebut selayaknya jadi kekuatan dan kepercayaan sebagai muslim untuk tidak takut terhadap hal ghaib setan, hantu, jin, santet, dan lainnya begitu juga dengan harm atau ancaman yang hendak diberikan dari kalangan manusia.

Sekian dulu dari refleksi ini. Masih banyak dari kata Nafa'a yang belum terbahas . Tapi Saya akan kembali lagi kalau udah ada inspirasi. Seperti manfaat anak, manfaat dunia, dan syafaat.