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 | 5 STORIES FROM MATHNAWI/RUMI,THE BEST SELLING POET OFTHE USA UNESCO has named 2007 International Year of Rumi The Merchant and his Clever Parrot There was a merchant who kept a parrot in a cage. Before going to India for business, he asked the parrot if he had any message to send to other parrots in that country, and the parrot asked him to tell them that he was kept prisoned in a cage. The merchant promised to deliver this message, and on reaching India, told the first group of parrots he saw. On hearing the message a parrot died and fell down . The merchant was angry with his parrot for having sent such a deadly message, and on his return home explained angrily his parrot the situation. But as soon as the parrot heard the merchant's story than he too fell down dead in his cage. The merchant, after crying for his death, took his body out of the cage and threw it away; but, to his surprise, the parrot became alive , and flew away, explaining that the Indian parrot had only imitated death to suggest this way of escaping from the cage. STORY 2 The Man who was Tattooed It was the custom of the men of Qazwin to have tattoos on their bodies. A really coward man went to the artist to have such a tattoo on his back, and desired that it might be the figure of a lion. But when he felt pain by needles he roared to the artist saying , "What part of the lion are you now painting?" The artist replied, "I am doing the tail." Our man said , "Never mind the tail; go on with another part." The artist accordingly began in another part, but our man again cried out to the artist asking , "What part of the lion are you now painting?" The artist said , "I am doing the ears." Our man told him to try somewhere else.The artist was really bored but he could do nothing and began another part again. Of course our man again cried out to the artist asking , "What part of the lion are you now painting?" The artist said , "I am doing the stomach." He again said he did not want the stomach. The artist was very angry and he threw all the needles and paints and said"Who has seen in this worlds a lion without tail,ears and stomach?If you were so coward why did you come here? In this story the lion is the symbol of being a human and the needles are the difficulties we meet in life. So we must be patient to the pains,difficulties and sorrows of life if we want to be real good&mature humans. STORY 3-4 Now we have 2 stories about getting rid of our Egos to be mature. The Lion who Hunted with the Wolf and the Fox. A lion ,a wolf and a fox went to hunting , and they caught a wild ox, a goat , and a rabbit. The lion then told the wolf to divide what they caught. The wolf said the ox should belong to the lion, the goat to himself, and the rabbit to the fox. The lion was angry with the wolf because he had presumed to talk of "I" and "You," and "My share" and "your share" when it all belonged of right to the lion, and he killed the wolf with one blow of his paw. Then, turning to the fox, he ordered him to make the division. The fox, seeing the death of the wolf, replied that everything should belong to the lion. The lion, happy with this , gave it all up to him, saying, "You no longer a fox, but myself." Second story Once a man came and knocked at the door of his friend. His friend said, "who are you ?" He said, "'Tis I." He answered, "Do not not enter.You are not allowed " The poor man went away, and after a time missing his friend he went again and drew near to the house of his friend. He knocked at the door in fear that some careless word might fall from his lips. His friend shouted, -"Who is that at the door?" -"'Tis you who are at the door. O beloved!" -"Since tis I, let me come in, there is not room for two 'I's' in one house." He answered, "'Tis you who are at the door. O beloved!" The friend said, "Since 'tis I, let me come in, there is not room for two 'I's' in one house." This story was written to explain that till man destroys "self or ego " he is no true friend of God. STORY 5 The Travellers who ate the Young Elephant. A group of travellers lost their way in a forest and were very hungry. . While they were thinking what to do, a wise man passing by told them that there were many young elephants in the adjacent woods and he warned them that if they killed one to eat , its parents would do everything to find them and kill them. Soon , the travellers saw a young elephant and could not resist killing and eating it. Only one of them did not eat. Then they lay down to rest. When they were asleep than a huge elephant came and began to smell the breath of each one of the sleepers in turn. Those whom he smelled to have eaten of his child's flesh he killed without mercy, leaving only the one who had not eaten. Here we understand God's care for His children |
 | 110 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS LANDED IN MALTA A particularly busy Sunday morning on the 24 Aug., 2008, saw 110 illegal migrants being landed in Malta during two separate incidents which saw Police and Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) personnel working jointly in tackling the seasonal illegal migration phenomenon. It was at 0255hrs earlier this morning when the Spanish fishing-vessel HERNANDEZ reported 79 illegal migrants adrift in a rubber-dinghy taking in water and with outboard engine problems in a position 64 nautical miles (NM) south of Malta. Initial reports also indicated one of the migrants was in an unconscious state, and immediately taken onboard the fishing-vessel for first aid treatment. The group was made up of 75 men and 4 women, all claiming to be from Sudan. A Malta-bound merchant-vessel, the STADT GOSLAR, registered in Antigua and Barbuda and due at the Malta Freeport on Wednesday, was diverted to the scene to render assistance as required. By 0820hrs, the merchant-vessel had reached the HERNANDEZ's position which was by then 53 MN from Malta. A mid-sea transfer of the weak migrants was slowly completed, and the merchant-vessel immediately started steaming at speed towards Marsaxlokk Harbour. Subsequently, the illegal migrants were again transferred in a delicate operation onto two AFM Maritime Squadron patrolcraft - P24 and P-32 in force 4 to 5 seas, and ferried to the Wied il-Buni quayside in Birzebbugia to awaiting Police immigration and Detention Services personnel. Near simultaneously to this operation's closure, 31 other illegal immigrants were spotted by the AFM's Vessel Traffic Station's CCTV at the Delimara Observation and Radar Post making landfall at il-Kalanka z-Zghira. Some 21 migrants made it ashore as civic-minded members of the general public flooded the 112 emergency phone number to report as the well the occurrence. Another 10 migrants remained onboard their fibre-glass boat, and in attempting to pursue their voyage to Italy, they were given chase and intercepted by a Police A.L.E. vessel. This group of migrants was made up of 27 males, 2 women and 2 children. The Police authorities are investigating both cases. Contrary to some international wire-news service reports, alleging the loss of some 27 migrants from the fishing-vessel HERNANDEZ's group of illegal migrants, no persons were lost as sea. |
 | Interview with Rafael Tufiño - Part 1....www.viajeroart.com R.I.P. Rafael Tufiño, a child of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922 to Puerto Rican parents. At the turn of the century, large numbers of Puerto Ricans began relocating from the Island to the United States in search of jobs. Tufiño's parents had come from Puerto Rico during that early migration; his mother was a tobacco worker and his father a merchant marine. He was born on Bridge Street, Brooklyn, beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, in a neighborhood that has since been dubbed Dumbo. Tufiño first visited his parents' homeland at age four. From 1927 to 1932 he traveled between Puerto Rico and New York, attending schools in both locations. By 1932 Tufiño had moved to Puerto Rico, where he explored drawing, sign painting, and other artistic activities, including assisting in the creation of carnival floats. Some of Tufiño's earliest extant drawings date to his army tenure in Panama (1943 -1946). After this, he spent one year in New York, where he established a sign shop on 110th Street and Lexington Avenue in El Barrio. In 1947 he took advantage of a G.I. bill scholarship to attend the Academia de San Carlos, Mexico, where he experimented with fresco painting, drawing, and printmaking. He became familiar with the legendary Mexican print studio Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) and its artists, although he did not formally study there. He traveled extensively throughout the country and lived with the Zapoteca Indians. In 1948 Tufiño married a Mexican woman, Luz María (Lucha) Aguirre, and in 1949 his first daughter, Nitza, was born. In 1950 upon his return to Puerto Rico, Tufiño expanded his growing interest in printmaking. In collaboration with Lorenzo Homar, José A. Torres Martinó, and Félix Rodriguez Báez, he founded Centro de Arte Puertorriqueña (CAP), where he honed his linocut techniques. One year later in 1951, Tufiño became a member of the División de Educación de la Comunidad (DIVEDCO), where he worked as a designer and creator of fine art posters and later as director of the printmaking workshop. During the 1950s, Tufiño produced a significant group of prints, including several renowned graphics portfolios, including El café (for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship), and Plenas (in collaboration with Lorenzo Homar, which masterfully combined images, words, and musical scores). Tufiño painted the important large-scale mural La Plena from 1952 -1954, and, during this same period, he developed and exhibited a significant body of award-winning paintings, prints, drawings, and artist´s posters. In 1954 the artists of the TGP in Mexico recognized the influential graphic traditions of their colleagues in Puerto Rico by hosting an exhibition; Tufiño was not able to return to Mexico until 1958. By 1963 Tufiño had begun working in the printmaking workshop of the Instituto de Cultural Puertorriqueña (ICP), where he remained until 1967. He continued to design posters for DIVEDCO through the late 1960s. In 1970 Tufiño moved back to New York for four years. With his daughter Nitza and fellow artist Carlos Osorio, Tufiño became actively involved in the nascent organization Taller Boricua (the Puerto Rican Workshop), founded in 1969 in El Barrio by Marcos Dimas, Adrian Garcia, Manuel (Neco) Otero, Armando Soto, Jorge Soto, and Martin Rubio. Taller Boricua was founded concurrently with El Museo del Barrio to foster the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and, through activism, to promote cultural pride. In fact, Taller Boricua members played a significant role in founding El Museo del Barrio. Since 1974, Tufiño has traveled between Puerto Rico and New York. Over these many years, he has been one of the important bridges between the large artistic community on the Island with that in New York. Tufiño has inspired, mentored, and assisted many artists. He has been honored in numerous international exhibitions and is represented in the permanent collections of many institutions, including El Museo del Barrio, the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (PR), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (PR), El Museo de Arte de Ponce (PR) and, most recently, the National Arts Club in New York City. www.viajeroart.com |
 | Interview with Rafael Tufiño - Part 2 ... www.viajeroart.com R.I.P. Rafael Tufiño, a child of the Puerto Rican Diaspora, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922 to Puerto Rican parents. At the turn of the century, large numbers of Puerto Ricans began relocating from the Island to the United States in search of jobs. Tufiño's parents had come from Puerto Rico during that early migration; his mother was a tobacco worker and his father a merchant marine. He was born on Bridge Street, Brooklyn, beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, in a neighborhood that has since been dubbed Dumbo. Tufiño first visited his parents' homeland at age four. From 1927 to 1932 he traveled between Puerto Rico and New York, attending schools in both locations. By 1932 Tufiño had moved to Puerto Rico, where he explored drawing, sign painting, and other artistic activities, including assisting in the creation of carnival floats. Some of Tufiño's earliest extant drawings date to his army tenure in Panama (1943 -1946). After this, he spent one year in New York, where he established a sign shop on 110th Street and Lexington Avenue in El Barrio. In 1947 he took advantage of a G.I. bill scholarship to attend the Academia de San Carlos, Mexico, where he experimented with fresco painting, drawing, and printmaking. He became familiar with the legendary Mexican print studio Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP) and its artists, although he did not formally study there. He traveled extensively throughout the country and lived with the Zapoteca Indians. In 1948 Tufiño married a Mexican woman, Luz María (Lucha) Aguirre, and in 1949 his first daughter, Nitza, was born. In 1950 upon his return to Puerto Rico, Tufiño expanded his growing interest in printmaking. In collaboration with Lorenzo Homar, José A. Torres Martinó, and Félix Rodriguez Báez, he founded Centro de Arte Puertorriqueña (CAP), where he honed his linocut techniques. One year later in 1951, Tufiño became a member of the División de Educación de la Comunidad (DIVEDCO), where he worked as a designer and creator of fine art posters and later as director of the printmaking workshop. During the 1950s, Tufiño produced a significant group of prints, including several renowned graphics portfolios, including El café (for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship), and Plenas (in collaboration with Lorenzo Homar, which masterfully combined images, words, and musical scores). Tufiño painted the important large-scale mural La Plena from 1952 -1954, and, during this same period, he developed and exhibited a significant body of award-winning paintings, prints, drawings, and artist´s posters. In 1954 the artists of the TGP in Mexico recognized the influential graphic traditions of their colleagues in Puerto Rico by hosting an exhibition; Tufiño was not able to return to Mexico until 1958. By 1963 Tufiño had begun working in the printmaking workshop of the Instituto de Cultural Puertorriqueña (ICP), where he remained until 1967. He continued to design posters for DIVEDCO through the late 1960s. In 1970 Tufiño moved back to New York for four years. With his daughter Nitza and fellow artist Carlos Osorio, Tufiño became actively involved in the nascent organization Taller Boricua (the Puerto Rican Workshop), founded in 1969 in El Barrio by Marcos Dimas, Adrian Garcia, Manuel (Neco) Otero, Armando Soto, Jorge Soto, and Martin Rubio. Taller Boricua was founded concurrently with El Museo del Barrio to foster the art and culture of Puerto Ricans and, through activism, to promote cultural pride. In fact, Taller Boricua members played a significant role in founding El Museo del Barrio. Since 1974, Tufiño has traveled between Puerto Rico and New York. Over these many years, he has been one of the important bridges between the large artistic community on the Island with that in New York. Tufiño has inspired, mentored, and assisted many artists. He has been honored in numerous international exhibitions and is represented in the permanent collections of many institutions, including El Museo del Barrio, the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (PR), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (PR), El Museo de Arte de Ponce (PR) and, most recently, the National Arts Club in New York City. www.viajeroart.com |
 | QualityStocks Daily Video 9/18/2007 Welcome to The Daily Stock Report...brought to you by QualityStocks.net, where performance is tracked daily. I'm Vanessa Ramirez, and for Tuesday September 18th we're bringing you the latest news from around the markets ... Today's headline news are brought to you by Younger America (YNGR.PK) Younger America is a holding Company that develops under-valued companies that provide products to improve the quality of life without the use of potentially harmful drugs or chemicals. Wall Street fell significantly Monday as investors anxiously await the Federal Reserve's impending decision on interest rates. The market is hoping for a rate cut from the Fed when the central bank meets today, but investors are not completely sure what it will do. Oil futures rose as high $80.70, setting a new trading record. Oil and other energy futures are also waiting on the Federal Reserve's decision to cut the benchmark federal funds rate. Good news though coming from Adobe Systems Inc. The software company reported Monday that its third-quarter profit more than doubled from last year, setting a revenue record and easily exceeding Wall Street's expectations. The markets closed Monday with The Dow down 39.10 or point 29% The Nasdaq ended the day down 20.52 or point 79% And the S&P 500 lost 7.60 or point 51% And now for a look at the Small Cap news Quality Stocks was tracking yesterday... Small Cap headlines are brought to you by QuoteMedia, Inc. (QMCI.OB) QuoteMedia, Inc. is a leading data provider of financial stock market data, market news feeds, and related financial software solutions. USA Uranium Corp (USAU.OB) shares surged Monday on news that the company has formalized a joint venture agreement whereby the Company has acquired the right to earn a 75% interest in the La Sal West mineral claim in Utah. USA Uranium Corp is a US-based uranium mining company focused upon securing America's energy future, by becoming a near-term uranium producer in the United States. 1st Global Financial Corporation (FGBF.PK) announced a deal Monday to provide processing and cash advance services for Dads Group Inc. The deal is expected to bring between $8,000,000 and 10,000,000 in monthly processing, for the next 12 months. 1st Global Financial Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides merchant transaction processing services and products in the United States. The QualityStocks.net Daily Newsletter would like to highlight EnXnet, Inc. (EXNT.OB) As "One to Watch" closed yesterday at .80 cents with 2,000 shares traded. EnXnet, Inc. has announced they have filed papers for International Patent Rights for their ThinDisc technology, as the company prepares for distribution of the product in the United States and Internationally. EnXnet, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and licensing of technologies for multimedia management products, solutions, and services. And that's our newsmakers, Stay tuned right here to QualityStocks Daily Newsletter for the latest news from small cap to large cap, and everything in between by QualityStocks.net, where performance is tracked daily. Thank you for tuning in, I'm Vanessa Ramirez, Have a great day and we'll see you tomorrow, right here on The QualityStocks Daily Report. Please see Disclaimer on site: http://Disclaimer.QualityStocks.net |
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