Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey, the first black woman to appear on Forbes' billionaire list, is the ultimate multimedia icon.
She and her eponymous television program won scores of Emmy awards. In 1986, Ms. Winfrey was nominated for an Oscar after her film debut in "The Color Purple" and two years later she founded Harpo Productions. In 2000, she launched "O," a top-selling magazine in which she appears on every cover. Her book club guarantees best-seller status for its selections.

Ms. Winfrey then made history by ending her blockbuster, one-hour talk fest, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and starting her own cable channel, OWN, short for the Oprah Winfrey Network, that will speak for her 24 hours a day. OWN went live to about 80 million households on Jan. 1, 2011, and its success hinges on fans being able to track down Ms. Winfrey on the upper reaches of the cable dial.
The last episode of her network show, televised on May 25, was described as the biggest moment in television since Johnny Carson quit “The Tonight Show” two decades ago. Yet Ms. Winfrey took her final bow by holding back. “There will be no makeovers, no surprises — really, no surprises,” she told her studio audience. “You will not be getting a car or a tree. This last hour is really about me saying ‘thank you.’ ”
Ms. Winfrey’s move from broadcast to cable has been a transformative moment for the television business, marking the first time a talk-show host has taken over an entire channel. The stakes couldn’t be higher for her and the coterie of television veterans that has assembled around her. For someone who has enjoyed outsize victories in almost every venture she has pursued, OWN will be the ultimate test of her power. Her goal is to build a bigger business, but the channel's early ratings so far have been disappointing.
The television critic of The New York Times, Alessandra Stanley, described OWN's debut weekend this way: "Oprah Winfrey said that she wanted to create a cable network without a trace of “mean-spirited” programming, and she has wrung every drop of it from the Oprah Winfrey Network. "OWN is a place where cynicism takes a holiday and mockery hasn’t yet been invented."

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what is Justin Bieber's hobby ?

Justin biebers hobbies are golf,movies with friends and basketball
skateboareding, dancing,singing, playing video games, tv, computer,girls are just beibers fav things to do
Justin likes to play video games, play piano, and plays drums. someting people do not know about justin is that his best friend is usher.
He says he likes playin mariokart, hes just a regular teen so what teens do. He likes eating italian food.

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The Way to be (^more^) POPULAR GUY

Well, this article is urgently needed. I said that because I thought everybody wanna be the good one in some communities. Whether you are conscious or not, that desire is normal and you need some the ways to reach what do you want. Take a look at these, pals :

1.     Be conscious who you are

You were chosen by God to walk on the earth. You not only come without any aims. So, keep striving and never say “I’m exchausted to face my problems”. Just carry on your life with the pure spirit because you are created to do an useful thing.

2.     Know your talent

Everybody has a great talent. That’s not hard to believe. Who knows there are more talents in your soul. Don’t let it go away without any continued actions because it’s a blessing. After knowing that, don’t put it down on the wrong plate. Cake will look like unsuitable if you put it on a washing machine, don’t you?

3.     Add more friends

Life without friend as same as the death without witness (Spain’s idiom). Wherever you go, there are a lot of people around you. No matter their ages, social classes, etc. Just open your heart for them. Life is more enjoyable with friends next to us. Beside that, try to remember their name one by one. People will be glad if you say their name in a right way. It is the best step to built a nice friendship. You have to know, name is an important one for people in entire world.

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4.     Join some famous club

You will be (^more^) known by the others because of a club that you join to. Beside that, there are some of your steps to reach your dream that make you have to work together in a club. You could learn how to understand what people will, what are they interesting to, how to get what do you want accross their ability, etc. The one “public secret” of joining a club or more, you will be admired by someone. Especially, girl. You know what, most of girls like guy who have a bravery to talk in front of public and show his mind clearly.

5.     Always Study

Although you are busy because of some activities that you must do, whether in school or out of it, leave a special time to go studying. Put away your handphone, television, games or anything else which will disturb you. You need more concentration to understand what are you reading. It is advisible too if make a learning community or go to learning institute in your town. Knowledge is important. Because of it, Celine Dion has ability in singing beautifully, Leonardo De Caprio can do the acting nicely and you should make your achievement directly.

6.     Keep your health

Consume fruits and vegetables everyday. If you would, you can consume vitamin depends on instruction of doctor. Next, always go to the Gym Center to keep your ideal weight. Have a sport is nice too.

7.     Catch information

You know, information is always change. Catch them as strong as you can do. We always met with our pals or the others everyday and we do some conversations. So, it’s important to implicate some information in it. Look around yourself, there are some people become a famous one in talking because they have any kind of information to be a good stuff.

OK, that’s all. You may add some points to make this article more perfect. I will appreciate it. See you ^_^

Maria Sharapova

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian Мария Юрьевна Шарапова, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə ˈjurʲjɪvnə ʂɐˈrapəvə] ( listen); born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. A US-resident since 1994,^[4] Sharapova has won 23 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. She has also won the year-end invitational WTA Tour Championships in 2004.
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked Sharapova World No. 1 in singles on four separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on Aug 22, 2005 and last regained this ranking for the fourth time on May 19, 2008. She is currently ranked World No. 5. She has been in 5 Grand Slam finals. Her Grand Slam final record is 3–2.

Sharapova made her professional breakthrough in 2004 when, at age 17, she upset two-time defending champion and top seed Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final for her first Grand Slam singles title. She entered the top ten of the WTA Rankings with this win. Despite not winning a major in 2005, Sharapova briefly held the number one ranking, and reached three Grand Slam semifinals, losing to the eventual champion each time. She won her second major at the 2006 US Open defeating then-World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo in the semifinals and World No. 2 Justine Henin in the final. Sharapova's 2007 season was plagued with a chronic shoulder injury, and saw her ranking fall out of the top 5 for the first time in two years. She ultimately won her third Grand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Henin in the quarterfinals and Ana Ivanović in the final. After reclaiming the number one ranking in May 2008, Sharapova's shoulder problems re-surfaced, ultimately requiring surgery in October and forcing her out of the game for nearly ten months. Sharapova returned in May 2009 and was ranked No. 126 in the world due to her extensive lay-off. Since her comeback, Sharapova has won 4 singles titles (bringing her career total to 23) and improved her ranking to within the top 5.
Sharapova was born in 1987 to Yury and Yelena, ethnic Belarusians, in the town of Nyagan' in Siberia, Russia.^{[citation needed]} Her parents moved from Gomel, Belarus, after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 affected the region.^[7] When Sharapova was two, the family moved to Sochi, where her father befriended Aleksandr Kafelnikov, whose son Yevgeny would go on to win two Grand Slam singles titles and became Russia's first ever World No. 1 tennis player. Aleksandr gave Sharapova her first tennis racket at the age of four, whereupon she began practicing regularly with her father at a local park.^[8] She took her first tennis lessons with veteran Russian coach Yuri Yutkin, who was instantly impressed when he first saw her play, noting her "exceptional hand-eye co-ordination."^[9]
At the age of seven, Sharapova attended a tennis clinic in Moscow run by Martina Navrátilová, who recommended professional training at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida, which had previously trained players such as Andre Agassi, Monica Seles and Anna Kournikova.^[8] With money tight, Yuri was forced to borrow the sum that would allow him and his daughter, neither of whom could speak English, to travel to America, which they finally did in 1994.^[9] Visa restrictions prevented Sharapova's mother from joining them for two years.^[7] Arriving in Florida with savings of US$700,^[9] Sharapova's father took various low-paying jobs, including dish-washing, to fund her lessons until she was old enough to be admitted to the academy. In 1995, she was signed by IMG, who agreed to pay the annual tuition fee of $35,000 for Sharapova to stay at the academy, allowing her to finally enroll at the age of 9.^[8]

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サクラ

サクラ（桜、櫻）は、バラ科サクラ属サクラ亜属 Prunus subg. Cerasus またはサクラ属 Cerasus の総称である。日本で最も知られている花の一つである。

サクラは、バラ科サクラ属サクラ亜属に分類される木であり、落葉広葉樹である。春に白色や淡紅色から濃紅色の花を咲かせ、日本人に古くから親しまれている。また、果実を食用とするほか、花や葉の塩漬けも食品などに利用され、海外においては、一般的に果樹としての役割のほうが重視された。環境がよければ寿命は非常に長く、老木として著名な日本五大桜の内神代桜は樹齢が1800年を超えているとされる。
分類としては、ヤマザクラ、オオシマザクラ、エドヒガンなど5~7種類ほどが認められており、これらの変性や交雑などから数十種類の自生種が存在する。八重咲きの品種はヤエザクラと呼ばれている。また、園芸品種が多く、花弁の数や色、花のつけかたなどを改良しようと古くから多くの園芸品種が作られた。とくに江戸末期に開発されたソメイヨシノ（染井吉野）は、明治以降、全国各地に広まり、サクラの中で最も一般的な品種となった。日本では固有種・交配種を含め600種以上の品種が確認されている^[1]。

サクラのおおもとの原産地はヒマラヤ近郊と考えられており、北半球の温帯に広範に分布している^[5][6]。日本では少なくとも数百万年前から自生しているとされ、鮮新世の地層とされる三朝層群からムカシヤマザクラの葉の化石が見つかっている^[7]。また、各地で気候に適応し、ほぼ日本全土で生育が可能である。さまざまな自然環境に合わせて多様な種類が生まれており、日本においてもいくつかの固有種が見られる。たとえばソメイヨシノの片親であるオオシマザクラは伊豆大島など、南部暖帯に自生する固有種とされる。
桜の花は日本人に非常に親しまれ、園芸用樹として好まれた。エドヒガンやヤマザクラ、オオシマザクラなどは比較的に変性を起こしやすい種であり、このため、園芸技術の発達に伴ってこれらを用いた品種改良が多く行われた。代表的なものはソメイヨシノであり、この種はオオシマザクラとエドヒガン群の特徴を持っている。また、ヤマザクラなどは一枝だけに限って突然変異することもあり、その枝を挿し木や接木にすることによって新たな品種とすることもある。現在、固有種・交配種を含め600種以上の品種が存在するとされる^[1]園芸種をサトザクラとまとめて分類することもある。現代では遺伝子情報が良くわかるようになり、品種の特定がよりしやすくなった。理研では重イオンビームの照射による新品種の開発をしている^[8]。

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THE LIBERTY STORY

Since 1875, Liberty has been synonymous with luxury and great design. Arthur Liberty’s intuitive vision and pioneering spirit led him to travel the world looking for individual pieces to inspire and excite his discerning clientele. Liberty is not a name above the door, it’s Arthur Liberty’s legacy, which stands for integrity, value, quality and above all beautifully designed product. This vision and spirit continues today within the iconic Tudor building.

Arthur Lasenby Liberty was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire in 1843. He was employed at Messrs Farmer and Rogers in Regent Street in 1862, the year of the International Exhibition at Kensington in London. By 1874, inspired by his 10 years of service, Arthur then decided to start a business of his own, believing that he could change the look of home wares and fashion.

With a £2000 loan from his future father-in-law, Arthur Liberty took on the lease of half a shop at 218a Regent Street with only three staff.

The shop opened in 1875 selling ornaments, fabric and objets d'art from Japan and the East. Within eighteen months Arthur Liberty had repaid the loan and acquired the second half of 218 Regent Street. As the business grew, neighbouring properties were bought and added.

In 1885, 142-4 Regent Street was acquired and housed the ever-increasing demand for carpets and furniture. The basement was called the "Eastern Bazaar" home to all things described as "decorative furnishing objects". He named the property Chesham House after the place in which he grew up. The store became the most fashionable place to shop in London and iconic Liberty fabrics were used for both clothing and furnishings. Its clientele was exotic and included famous members of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

In 1884 Liberty introduced the costume department into the Regent Street store, under the directorship of Edward William Godwin(1833-86). Godwin was a distinguished architect who believed in all aspects of art. He was a founder member of the Costume Society in 1882. His vision mirrored that of Arthur Liberty and they created in-house apparel to challenge the fashions of Paris.

In the 1890s Arthur Lasenby Liberty built strong relationships with many leading English designers. Many of these designers were key figures in the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements and Arthur Liberty was instrumental in the development of Art Nouveau through his encouragement of such designers. The store became one of the most prestigious in London.

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rockefeller biography

John Davidson Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York in 1839. He attended the Cleveland Central High School and at 16 he became a clerk in a commission house. Determined to work for himself, Rockefeller saved all the money he could and in 1850 went into business with a young Englishman, Maurice Clark. The company, Clark & Rockefeller Produce and Commission, sold farm implements, fertilizers and household goods.

Rockefeller's company was fairly successful but did not bring him the wealth he desired. In 1862 Rockefeller heard that Samuel Andrews had developed a better and cheaper way of refining crude petroleum. Rockefeller sold his original business and invested it in a new company he set up with Andrews called Standard Oil.

One of the business problems that Rockefeller encountered was the high cost of transporting his oil to his Cleveland refineries (40 cents a barrel) and the refined oil to New York ($2 a barrel). Rockefeller negotiated an exclusive deal with the railway company where he guaranteed sixty car-loads a day. In return the transport prices were reduced to 35 cents and $1.30. The cost of his oil was reduced and his sales increased dramatically.

Within a year four of his thirty competitors were out of business. Eventually Standard Oil monopolized oil refining in Cleveland. Rockefeller now bought out Samuel Andrews for a million dollars and turned his attentions to controlling the oil industry throughout the United States. His competitors were given the choice of being swallowed up by Standard Oil or being crushed. By 1890 Rockefeller's had swollen into an immense monopoly which could fix its own prices and terms of business because it had no competitors. In 1896 Rockefeller was worth about $200 million.

In November 1902, Ira Tarbell, one of the leading muckraking journalists in the United States, began a series of articles in McClure's Magazine on how Rockefeller had achieved a monopoly in refining, transporting and marketing oil. This material was eventually published as a book, History of the Standard Oil Company (1904). Rockefeller responded to these attacks by describing Tarbell as "Miss Tarbarrel".

President Theodore Roosevelt, who had been elected on a program that included reducing the power of large corporations, attempted to use the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to deal with Rockefeller's monopoly of the oil industry. This was largely ineffective and it was not until 1911 that the Supreme Court dissolved the Standard Oil monopoly.

The various press campaigns against Rockefeller had turned him into one of America's most hated men. A devout Baptist, Rockefeller began giving his money away. He set up the Rockefeller Foundation to "promote the well-being of mankind". Over the next few years Rockefeller gave over $500 million in aid of medical research, universities and Baptist churches. He was also a major supplier of funds to organizations such as the Anti-Saloon League that was involved in the campaign for prohibition. By the time that he died died on 23rd My, 1937, John Davidson Rockefeller had become a popular national figure.

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FENG SHUI WARNA

Dalam feng shui, warna adalah getaran. Getaran itu selalu kita respon, secara sadar maupun tidak. Warna memengaruhi kenyamanan lingkungan dan mood. Warna yang kita kenakan sehari-hari memengaruhi pandangan orang lain terhadap kita. Berikut ini sejumlah karakter warna menurut feng shui:

Merah
Sifat merah memberi stimulasi dan dominan. Erat kaitannya dengan sifat hangat serta kemakmuran, tetapi juga menggambarkan kemarahan, malu dan kebencian. Untuk ruangan, merah mengurangi ukuran, tetapi memperbesar ukuran objek. Warna ini bagus sebagai aksen.
Tak cocok: ruang makan, kamar tidur anak-anak, dapur, dan ruang kerja.

KuningErat dengan pencerahan dan intelektualitas. Sifatnya menstimulasi otak dan membantu pencernaan. Sifat positifnya adalah optimisme, akal, dan ketegasan. Sifat negatifnya, berlebihan dan kekakuan.
Cocok: pintu masuk rumah dan dapur.
Tak cocok: ruang meditasi dan kamar mandi.

HijauSimbol pertumbuhan, kesuburan, dan harmoni. Hijau adalah warna menenangkan dan menyegarkan. Sifat positifnya, optimisme, kebebasan, dan keseimbangan. Sifat negatifnya, iri hati dan kebohongan.
Cocok: ruang terapi dan kamar mandi.
Tak cocok: ruang keluarga, ruang bermain, dan ruang belajar.

BiruDamai dan menyejukkan. Biru juga terkait dengan spiritualitas, kontemplasi, misteri, dan kesabaran. Asosiasi positifnya, rasa percaya dan stabilitas. Sifat negatifnya, curiga dan melankolis. Biru memberi kesan luas pada ruangan.
Cocok: ruang meditasi, ruang tidur, dan ruang terapi.
Tak cocok: ruang keluarga, ruang makan, dan ruang kerja.

Putih
Simbol awal baru, kemurnian dan kesucian. Kualitas positifnya, bersih dan segar. Sifat negatifnya, dingin dan tanpa kehidupan.
Cocok: kamar mandi dan dapur.
Tak cocok: kamar anak-anak dan ruang makan.

HitamMisterius dan independen adalah sifat hitam. Positifnya, daya tarik dan kekuatan. Sifat negatinya, kematian, kegelapan, dan kuasa jahat.
Cocok: kamar remaja dan kamar tidur.
Tak cocok: kamar kerja, kamar anak-anak, dan ruang keluarga.

CokelatWarna cokelat menggambarkan stabilitas dan bobot. Sifat positifnya kestabilan dan keanggunan, sedangkan sifat negatifnya depresi dan penuaan.
Cocok: kamar kerja
Tak cocok: kamar tidur.

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Who is GAGA

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American pop singer-songwriter. After enrolling at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003 and later performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side, she signed with Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. During her early time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of recording artist Akon who, recognizing her vocal abilities, signed her to his own label, Kon Live Distribution.

LADY GAGA IN POKER FACE

Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success and achieved international popularity with the singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album reached number one on the record charts of six countries, topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart while simultaneously peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and accomplished positions within the top ten worldwide. Achieving similar worldwide success, The Fame Monster (2009), its follow-up, produced a further three global chart-topping singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro" and allowed her to embark on her second global concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just months after having finished her first, The Fame Ball Tour. Her second studio album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts in all major musical markets after the arrival of its singles "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory" – the first-mentioned achieved the number-one spot in countries worldwide and was the fastest-selling single in the history of iTunes, selling one million copies in five days.^[3]

Inspired by glam rock singers like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as dance-pop artists such as Madonna and Michael Jackson, Gaga is well-recognized for her outré and ever-changing sense of style in music, in fashion, in performance and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have accrued her numerous achievements including five Grammy Awards, among twelve nominations; two Guinness World Records;^[4] and the estimated sale of 64 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists worldwide.^[5] Billboard named her the Artist of the Year in 2010,^[6] ranking her as the 73rd Artist of the 2000s decade.^[7] Gaga has been included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world as well as being listed in a number of Forbes' annual lists.^[8]

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the Biography of Hillary Clinton

Senator, lawyer, former First Lady. Hillary Diane Rodham was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago and raised in Park Ridge, Illinois, a picturesque suburb located 15 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.

She was the eldest daughter of Hugh Rodham, a prosperous fabric store owner, and Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham. Hillary had two younger brothers, including Hugh, Jr. (born 1950) and Anthony (born 1954).

Rodham attended Wellesley College; she was active in student politics and was elected Senior Class president before she graduated in 1969. She then attended Yale Law School, where she met Bill Clinton. Graduating with honors in 1973, she also attended one post-graduate year of study on children and medicine at Yale Child Study Center.

Hillary worked at various jobs during her summers as a college student. In 1971, she first came to Washington, D.C to work on U.S. Senator Walter Mondale's subcommittee on migrant workers. In the summer of 1972, she worked in the western states for the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern.

In the spring of 1974, Rodham became a member of the presidential impeachment inquiry staff, advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives during the Watergate Scandal. After President Richard M. Nixon resigned in August, she became a faculty member of the University of Arkansas Law School in Fayetteville, where her Yale Law School classmate and boyfriend Bill Clinton was teaching as well.

Rodham married Bill Clinton on October 11, 1975, at their home in Fayetteville. Before he proposed marriage, Clinton had secretly purchased a small house that she had remarked that she liked. When he proposed marriage to her and she accepted, he revealed that they owned the house. Their daughter, Chelsea Victoria, was born February 27, 1980.

In 1976, she worked on Jimmy Carter's successful campaign for president while husband Bill was elected Attorney General. He was elected governor in 1978 at age 32, lost re-election in 1980, but came back to win in 1982, 1984, 1986 (when the term of office was expanded from two to four years) and 1990.

Hillary joined the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock and in 1977 was appointed to part-time chairman of the Legal Services Corporation by President Carter. As First Lady of Arkansas for a dozen years (1979-1981, 1983-1992), she chaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee, co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, Legal Services and the Children's Defense Fund. She also served on the boards of TCBY and Wal-Mart. In 1988 and 1991, The National Law Journal named her one of the 100 most powerful lawyers in America. During the 1992 presidential campaign, she emerged as a dynamic and valued partner of her husband, and as president he named her to head the Task Force on National Health Reform (1993). The controversial commission produced a complicated plan which never came to the floor of either house. It was abandoned in September 1994.

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nArUTo

Naruto (jap. NARUTO -ナルト-) ist eine weltweit erfolgreiche Mangareihe des japanischen Mangaka Masashi Kishimoto, die seit 1999 erscheint und auch als Animeserie umgesetzt wird.
Die Handlung spielt in einer fiktiven Welt, die hauptsächlich aus der Sicht von Ninjas des Dorfes Konoha-Gakure dargestellt wird. Hauptcharakter ist der junge Ninja Naruto Uzumaki, dessen Weg, ein Erwachsener und oberster Ninja seines Dorfes (Ho-Kage) zu werden, verfolgt wird.

Die Welt, in der die Geschichte um den jungen Ninja Naruto spielt, besteht aus vielen Feudalstaaten. Einige Ninja-Familien leben in den sogenannten „versteckten Dörfern“, die wegen der vielen Krieger, die sie beherbergen, für die einzelnen Staaten von großer militärischer Bedeutung sind. Die fünf größten dieser Dörfer werden von jeweils einem „Kage“ (Schatten) geführt. Diese sind der Hokage (火影, „Feuerschatten“), Kazekage (風影, „Windschatten“), Mizukage (水影, „Wasserschatten“), Raikage (雷影, „Blitzschatten“) und Tsuchikage (土影, „Erdschatten“). Der Hokage ist der Anführer des Dorfes Konohagakure („Dorf unter den Blättern“). Jedes der Dörfer, ob mit oder ohne Kage, hat ein Symbol, das die Herkunft der Ninjas erkennen lässt und zumeist auf einem Stirnband getragen wird.
Die Dörfer nehmen verschiedene Aufträge von Fürsten oder auch Privatleuten an, die von ausgewählten Ninjas ausgeführt werden. Die Verteilung der Aufgaben erfolgt nach dem Rang der Ninjas, sodass solche mit geringer Qualifikation die einfacheren Aufgaben erhalten. Aufträge werden in fünf Kategorien eingeteilt und reichen von einfachen Haushaltshilfen bis zu Attentaten. Die Dörfer finanzieren sich durch die Ausführung der Aufträge.

Unter den Ninjas gibt es verschiedene Ränge. Kinder, die noch nicht auf die Ninja-Akademie gehen, sind zunächst noch Anwärter. Mit dem Besuch der Akademie, auf der Grundkenntnisse vermittelt werden, werden sie zu Akademieschülern. Nach dem Abschluss einer Prüfung werden sie Genin (下忍). Sie werden einem Ausbilder anvertraut und führen einfache Aufträge aus.
Um ein Chūnin (中忍) zu werden, müssen die jungen Ninjas die Chunin-Auswahlprüfung absolvieren. Diese findet zweimal im Jahr statt und bedarf gewisser Voraussetzungen wie acht erfolgreich absolvierter Missionen und einer Empfehlung des Ausbilders. Die Prüfung ist zugleich ein Wettbewerb zwischen den Dörfern und zeigt deren Stärke. Chūnin werden als Anführer von Ninja-Gruppen eingesetzt, als Ausbilder in der Akademie oder auch mit Verwaltungsaufgaben betraut. Über ihnen stehen die Jōnin (上忍), die die Elite des Dorfes darstellen. Sie beherrschen viele Kampftechniken und werden auch zur Ausbildung von Genin eingesetzt.
Neben diesen Haupträngen gibt es noch weitere Arten von Ninja: So die ANBU (暗部, 暗殺戦術特殊部隊, Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai), die eine Art Spezialeinheit darstellen und zumeist Straftäter unter den Ninja jagen. Sie tragen weiße Masken, die Tiergesichtern ähneln, um unerkannt zu bleiben. Des Weiteren gibt es zum Beispiel noch Iryounin (dt. „Medizin-Ninjas“), Koch-Ninjas oder Kurier-Ninjas.
Außerhalb der Ninja-Ränge stehen die Nuke-Nin (Verstoßene Ninja). Sie sind Kriminelle, nach denen gefahndet wird. Die Akatsuki ist eine Verbrecherorganisation, die aus besonders mächtigen, abtrünnigen Ninja besteht. Das Markenzeichen der Akatsuki sind ihre schwarzen Mäntel, auf die rote Wolken gestickt sind, Ringe mit unterschiedlichen Symbolen aus der chinesischen Astrologie und das durchgestrichene Symbol ihres ehemaligen Dorfes auf ihrem Stirnband.

n der Ninja-Akademie ist Naruto der Schlechteste der Klasse. Außerhalb der Akademie stellt er viel Unsinn an und ist eine Plage für das Dorf. So nimmt Naruto die erste Hürde, den Abschluss der Ninja-Akademie nur unter großen Schwierigkeiten. Als Genin wird er nun einer Dreiergruppe zugeteilt, die vom Jōnin Kakashi Hatake ausgebildet wird. In dieser Gruppe ist auch Sakura Haruno, in die Naruto verliebt ist und deren Aufmerksamkeit er gewinnen will. Sie jedoch schwärmt für den dritten im Team, dem verschlossenen Sasuke Uchiha, der wiederum einzig daran interessiert ist, sich an seinem Bruder Itachi zu rächen, der einst seinen Clan verriet und ermordete. Diese Gruppe, „Team 7“, wird nun mit zunächst einfachen Aufgaben betraut, um dabei Zusammenarbeit zu lernen und neue Techniken zu erwerben. Dabei kommt es auch zu einer schwierigeren Mission, bei der Naruto, Sakura und Sasuke ihre ersten echten Kampferfahrungen gegen zwei verstoßene Ninja sammeln.


Nach der Bestattung des dritten Hokage soll sich Jiraya, ein Schüler des verstorbenen Hokage und einer der legendären San-Nin, auf die Suche nach einem Nachfolger für den Posten des Hokages machen. Jiraya selbst lehnt diesen Titel ab und will neben Orochimaru und ihm selbst die dritte der San-Nin – Tsunade – hierfür gewinnen. Auf dieser Suche begleitet ihn Naruto, der auf dieser Reise trainiert wird. Tsunade wird nach recht kurzer Suche von Jiraya und Naruto gefunden, ist aber zunächst unwillig Hokage zu werden. Erst nach einem Kampf zwischen Orochimaru, der Tsunade um Heilung seiner Arme ersucht, und Jiraya entscheidet sich Tsunade den Posten des Hokage anzunehmen.
Währenddessen tauchen in Konoha zwei Männer in schwarzen Umhängen mit roten Wolken auf, dem Markenzeichen der Akatsuki. Einer der beiden ist Itachi Uchiha, Sasukes Bruder. Die Akatsuki wollen Naruto entführen, da sie an der Macht des Kyūbi in ihm interessiert sind. Die beiden können Kakashi und Gai besiegen, doch scheitern mit ihrem Plan, da Naruto nicht im Dorf ist.
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hOW to Be the True "Ikhwan"

Seorang remaja pria bertanya pada ibunya: Ibu, ceritakan padaku tentang ikhwan sejati…
Sang Ibu tersenyum dan menjawab…
Ikhwan Sejati bukanlah dilihat dari BAHUnya yang kekar, tetapi dari KASIH SAYANGnya pada orang disekitarnya….
Ikhwan sejati bukanlah dilihat dari SUARAnya yang LANTANG, tetapi dari kelembutannya MENGATAKAN KEBENARAN…..
Ikhwan sejati bukanlah dilihat dari JUMLAH SAHABAT di sekitarnya, tetapi dari sikap BERSAHABATnya pada generasi muda bangsa …
Ikhwan sejati bukanlah dilihat dari bagaimana dia di hormati ditempat BEKERJA, tetapi bagaimana dia dihormati DIDALAM RUMAH…
Ikhwan sejati bukanlah dilihat dari KERASNYA PUKULAN, tetapi dari SIKAP BIJAKNYA memahami persoalan…
Ikhwan sejati bukanlah dilihat dari dadanya yang bidang, tetapi dari HATI yang ada dibalik itu…
Ikhwan sejati bukanlah dilihat dari BANYAKNYA AKHWAT yang memuja, tetapi KOMITMENTNYA terhadap akhwat yang dicintainya…
Ikhwan sejati bukanlah dilihat dari JUMLAH BARBEL yang dibebankan, tetapi dari TABAHNYA dia mengahdapi lika-liku kehidupan…
Ikhwan Sejati bukanlah dilihat dari KERASNYA MEMBACA AL-QURAN, tetapi dari
KONSISTENNYA dia menjalankan apa yang ia baca…

Semoga Bermanfaat
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DAMPAK GLOBALISASI

Dampak Globalisasi

Globalisasi adalah suatu proses di mana antarindividu, antarkelompok, dan antarnegara saling berinteraksi, bergantung, terkait, dan mempengaruhi satu sama lain yang melintasi batas negara. Globalisasi ekonomi membawa dampak positif maupun negatif.


Dampak positif globalisasi antara lain :
1. Semakin terbukanya pasar untuk produk-produk ekspor, dengan catatan produk ekspor Indonesia mampu bersaing di pasar internasional. Hal ini membuka kesempatan bagi pengusaha di Indonesia untuk melahirkan produk-produk berkualitas, kreatif, dan dibutuhkan oleh pasar dunia.
2. Semakin mudah mengakses modal investasi dari luar negeri. Apabila investasinya bersifat langsung, misalnya dengan pendirian pabrik di Indonesia maka akan membuka lapangan kerja. Hal ini bisa mengatasi kelangkaan modal di Indonesia.
3. Semakin mudah memperoleh barang-barang yang dibutuhkan masyarakat dan belum bisa diproduksi di Indonesia.
4. Semakin meningkatnya kegiatan pariwisata, sehingga membuka lapangan kerja di bidang pariwisata sekaligus menjadi ajang promosi produk Indonesia.

Dampak negatif globalisasi bagi kegiatan ekonomi di Indonesia terutama bersumber dari ketidaksiapan ekonomi Indonesia dalam persaingan yang semakin bebas. Dampak negatifnya sebagai berikut.
1. Kemungkinan hilangnya pasar produk ekspor Indonesia karena kalah bersaing dengan produksi negara lain yang lebih murah dan berkualitas. Misalnya produk pertanian kita kalah jauh dari Thailand.
2. Membanjirnya produk impor di pasaran Indonesia sehingga mematikan usaha-usaha di Indonesia. Misalnya, ancaman produk batik Cina yang lebih murah bagi industri batik di tanah air.
3. Ancaman dari sektor keuangan dunia yang semakin bebas dan menjadi ajang spekulasi. Investasi yang sudah ditanam di Indonesia bisa dengan mudah ditarik atau dicabut jika dirasa tidak lagi menguntungkan. Hal ini bisa memengaruhi kestabilan ekonomi.
4. Ancaman masuknya tenaga kerja asing (ekspatriat) di Indonesia yang lebih profesional SDMnya. Lapangan kerja di Indonesia yang sudah sempit jadi semakin sempit.
Kesimpulannya, globalisasi bisa berdampak positif atau negatif tergantung kesiapan kita mengadapinya.

Dampak Globalisasi dalam bidang Ekonomi :
1. Dampak globalisasi dalam bidang ekonomi, antara lain :
Globalisasi dan liberalisme pasar telah menawarkan alternatif bagi pencapaian standar hidup yang lebih tinggi. Semakin melebarnya ketimpangan distribusi pendapatan antar negara-negara kaya dengan negara-negara miskin. Munculnya perusahaan-perusahaan multinasional dan transnasional. Membuka peluang terjadinya penumpukan kekayaan dan monopoli usaha dan kekuasaan politik pada segelintir orang. Munculnya lembaga-lembaga ekonomi dunia seperti Bank Dunia, Dana Moneter Internasional, WTO.

2. Dampak Globalisasi dalam bidang Sosial Budaya :
Semakin bertambah globalnya berbagai nilai budaya kaum kapitalis dalam masyarakat dunia. Merebaknya gaya berpakaian barat di negara-negara berkembang. Menjamurnya produksi film dan musik dalam bentuk kepingan CD/ VCD atau DVD.

3. Dampak Globalisasi dalam bidang Politik
Negara tidak lagi dianggap sebagai pemegang kunci dalam proses pembangunan. Para pengambil kebijakan publik di negara sedang berkembang mengambil jalan pembangunan untuk mengatasi masalah sosial dan ekonomi. Timbulnya gelombang demokratisasi ( dambaan akan kebebasan ).

Dampak positif Globalisasi :
1. Mudah memperoleh informasi dan ilmu pengetahuan
2. Mudah melakukan komunikasi
3. Cepat dalam bepergian ( mobili-tas tinggi )
4. Menumbuhkan sikap kosmopo-litan dan toleran
5. Memacu untuk meningkatkan kualitas diri
6. Mudah memenuhi kebutuhan

Dampak negatif Globalisasi:
1. Informasi yang tidak tersaring
2. Perilaku konsumtif
3. Membuat sikap menutup diri, berpikir sempit
4. Pemborosan pengeluaran dan meniru perilaku yang buruk
5. Mudah terpengaruh oleh hal yang berbau barat

Munculnya globalisasi tentunya membawa dampak bagi kehidupan suatu negara termasuk Indonesia. Dampak globalisasi tersebut meliputi dampak positif dan dampak negatif di berbagai bidang kehidupan seperti kehidupan politik, ekonomi, ideologi, sosial budaya dan lain- lain akan berdampak kepada nilai- nilai nasionalisme terhadap bangsa.

Pengaruh positif globalisasi terhadap nilai- nilai nasionalisme :
1. Dilihat dari globalisasi politik, pemerintahan dijalankan secara terbuka dan demokratis. Karena pemerintahan adalah bagian dari suatu negara, jika pemerintahan djalankan secara jujur, bersih dan dinamis tentunya akan mendapat tanggapan positif dari rakyat. Tanggapan positif tersebut berupa rasa nasionalisme terhadap negara menjadi meningkat.
2. Dari aspek globalisasi ekonomi, terbukanya pasar internasional, meningkatkan kesempatan kerja dan meningkatkan devisa negara. Dengan adanya hal tersebut akan meningkatkan kehidupan ekonomi bangsa yang menunjang kehidupan nasional bangsa.
3. Dari globalisasi sosial budaya kita dapat meniru pola berpikir yang baik seperti etos kerja yang tinggi dan disiplin dan Iptek dari bangsa lain yang sudah maju untuk meningkatkan kemajuan bangsa yang pada akhirnya memajukan bangsa dan akan mempertebal rasa nasionalisme kita terhadap bangsa.

Sumber: http://id.shvoong.com/social-sciences/sociology/1979420-dampak-globalisasi/#ixzz1UEXNpOiN

tips dikejar cewek

Cowok memang ditakdirkan lebih agresif ketimbang cewek.
Itulah kenapa akhirnya cowok menjadi pihak yang lebih banyak mengejar daripada dikejar-kejar.
Tapi kini, tidak sedikit cewek yang "tergila-gila" kepada cowok dan berusaha mengejarnya.
Ini jelas terlihat, bukan hanya di cerita film-film, sinetron atau novel. Tapi juga di kehidupan nyata.
Bagaimana agar hal itu terjadi pada diri kamu?
Berikut ini, ada 10 cara yang diyakini ampuh membuat para cewek "tergila-gila" sama cowok -yang disarikan dari berbagai sumber-:
1. Jujur dan gentle
Sebenarnya, bukan perkara sulit membuat dia 'mendatangi' kamu. Tentu saja asal tahu caranya.
Begini salah satunya, begitu kamu merasa bertemu dengan seorang cewek yang seseuai dengan apa yang diidam-idamkan, maka tunjukan bahwa kamu adalah pria jujur, sopan, sekaligus charming.
Tunjukkan juga kalau kamu tuh sangat antusias untuk mendengarkan ceritanya. Kalau kamu bisa terlihat seperti itu, bisa dipastikan cewek-cewek bakal kepingin nempel terus.
2. Jangan terlalu banyak menilai
Ini nih kebiasaan yang sering dilakukan banyak cowok -cewek juga sih-. Padahal semua orang tahu, tidak ada manusia yang sempurna atau nobody's perfect.

Yah, siapa yang nggak jengkel. Kalau dinilai-nilai terus, cewek juga bakal sebal.
Apalagi kalau dibanding-bandingkan dengan cewek lain, bisa-bisa dia malah menjauhi kamu.
3. Jangan mengikat
Kamu boleh saja menyukainya, sekaligus berharap dia akan menyukai kamu tentunya. Tapi bukan lantas kamu harus mengekang atau mengikatnya.
Beri dia ruang gerak. Maksudnya jangan keseringan menyorongkan diri di sekitar dia.
Biarkan dia menebak-nebak, dimana kamu berada, sedang melakukan apa dan sama siapa. Asal tahu saja, ketidakhadiran kamu itu, justru bisa menumbuhkan kerinduan dalam dirinya.
4. Willing
Saat dia bercerita sesuatu, tunjukkan kesan bahwa kamu tertarik dan antusias mendengarkan ceritanya.
Tunjukkan pula bahwa kamu bersedia mendengarkan keluhan dan curahan hatinya.
Entah cerita biasa-biasa saja atau masalah keluarga, pekerjaan, hobi, sampai mimpi-mimpinya.
Jangan lupa untuk menanggapi cerita-ceritanya dengan pendapat yang brilian, tanpa terkesan menggurui.
5. Banyak senyum
Sudah jadi rahasia umum kalau senyuman itu merupakan salah satu senjata ampuh untuk menebar pesona.
Pun, kata para ahli, tersenyum itu merupakan refleksi diri seseorang yang punya pemikiran positif.
Nah, kalau kamu memang gemar tersenyum, maka tularkan kebiasaan tersebut ke cewek yang ditaksir. Caranya?
Bikin dong dia tersenyum lewat joke-joke yang kamu lontarkan.
Tapi ingat, don't be selfish, dong. Jangan cuma dia yang kamu bikin tersenyum, tapi akan lebih baik jika kamu bisa membuat teman-temannya bahkan juga keluarganya untuk tersenyum juga.
Coba saja lihat hasilnya, dia pasti makin terpesona dengan kamu. Apalagi survei membuktikan kalau 9 dari 10 wanita lebih menyukai cowok yang punya selera humor tinggi.
6. Jadi yang terbaik
Menjadi yang terbaik, bukan lantas kamu harus melakukan hal-hal yang sebenarnya tidak mampu dilakoni.
Jangan memaksakan diri, be the best you can be saja. Nggak susah kok. Kamu pasti tahu dong apa yang digemari para cewek?
Dengan tampil bersih, harum, nafas segar, dan nggak terlalu berantakan, cewek pasti banyak yang melirik.
7. Jangan mengejar duluan

Cobalah untuk menahan keinginan melancarkan aksi terlebih dahulu. Kamu harus agak sabar, kamu boleh saja meneleponya, tapi jangan terlalu sering -selusin kali dalam sehari misalnya.
Usahakan juga untuk tidak sering-sering mengirim SMS atau e-mail yang isinya penuh dengan bullshit.
Seperlunya saja, tapi usahakan agar isi pembicaraan -kalau menelepon- cukup bermakna dan membuat dia terpesona.
8. Jual mahal sedikit
Yang ini merupakan lanjutan atau bentuk lain dari nasihat yang melarang cowok untuk mengejar cewek duluan.
Meskipun mungkin si cewek tahu betul bahwa kamu sebenarnya ngebet dan "tergila-gila" sama dia, coba deh keukeuh untuk tidak melayani apa maunya.
Pura-pura cuek kalau kamu sedang di dekatnya.
9. Biarkan dia menebak-nebak
Perlu diketahui bahwa, mahluk yang namanya cewek itu gemar akan sesuatu yang bersifat misterius, lho.
Itulah kenapa banyak cewek yang menjadi pengarang cerita-cerita berbumbu petualangan dan misteri, seperti Agatha Christie atau Enid Blyton.
Bikin dia seperti itu. Caranya?
Jangan langsung membuka diri. Beri dia sedikit-sedikit saja tentang siapa sebenarnya kamu.
Soalnya, kalau langsung membuka diri bisa-bisa dia akan bosan dan bilang "sudah nggak ada tantangan lagi".
Makanya biarkan rasa ingin tahunya tentang diri kamu terus tumbuh dan berkembang. Dengan begitu, dia pun akan selalu berharap untuk mengenal kamu lagi dan lagi.
10. Jangan sok akrab

Tidak sedikit cowok yang bertanya-tanya, kenapa para cewek lebih memilih menjadi sahabat ketimbang menjadi kekasih.
Salah satu jawabannya adalah, dia mungkin merasa hubungan dengan kamu sudah kelewat dekat, sehingga lebih enak untuk dijadikan teman.
Nah, bila kamu benar-benar suka sama cewek, sebaiknya jangan dulu sok akrab.

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SAMI YUSUF

Sami Yusuf is a British singer-songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist musician of Azerbaijani origin ^[1]
In 2003 Yusuf released his debut album "Al-Mu`allim" at the age of 23, selling over two million copies. Following the release of his second album "My Ummah" in 2005, Yusuf was heralded as "Islam's Biggest Rock Star" by Time magazine for his success in attracting a relatively young fan base from diverse regions across the world, many of whom were of Muslim backgrounds. Yusuf has sold over seven million albums. In October 2010, following a five-year hiatus, Yusuf’s third official album "Wherever You Are" was launched, manifesting his self-coined genre “Spiritique”. Yusuf is involved in humanitarian initiatives, supporting, among others, Islamic Relief and Save the Children.

An ethnic Azeri born in Tehran, Yusuf was raised in London from the age of three.^[2] He initially began composing simple melodies starting at the age of three,^[3] and performing on stage for the first time around the age of nine.^[4] His “defining moment”^[5][6] musically occurred when his father loaned him a book on the basics of the Tombak [Persian instrument]. Upon returning from a tea break, his father found that the young Yusuf had mastered the book that had taken months for his students to finish.^[7] As a teenager he was a devotee of classical music and classical icons like Chopin and Mozart, admitting that he listened to Classic FM radio station for hours in a day.^[8] He went on training professionally in several other instruments including the santoor, piano, violin, oud, setar, tar, and daf under the guidance of traditional teachers, as well as professional musicians. While producing and demo-recording for another singer, he became aware of his own singing abilities which were further developed by the encouragement of his family. Divided between pursuing a musical career or studying law at King’s College London, Yusuf opted for music while committed to “doing something dignified and respectable”.^[8] Though he claimed to having been always spiritual, he reconnected with his Islamic faith through a “religious awakening”^[9] at the age of nineteen.

He then set out to share his experience with the other young British Muslims he felt were direly in search of an identity especially post 9/11. Yusuf self-produced and released his debut album “Al-mu’allim” at the age of 23, pioneering an innovative trend other Muslim artist would seek to emulate and promote, termed "Islamic pop".^[10]

(2003–2004) – Al-Mu'allim

Shortly before traveling to Egypt to study Arabic, Sami Yusuf released his debut album Al-Mu`allim in July 2003, a primarily percussive album comprising eight tracks.^[11] The radiant cube and purple background of the album cover symbolized “the light of the Prophetic message illuminating the darkness of the night”.^[11] Its feature song, "Al-Mu’allim", became an instant hit in the Middle East, North Africa, and South-East Asia topping the charts in Egypt and Turkey for twelve consecutive weeks, selling over two million copies worldwide.^[12] Believing that music can be a "powerful medium to promote ideas and establish dialogue within society”,^[13] he coalesced Eastern percussive instrumentation and Western melodies in “Al-Mu’allim” with a focus on the English and Arabic languages. The last track, “Supplication”, was used in the Golden-Globe award-nominated film, “The Kite Runner”.^[14] Though the album was described as a “project to define British Muslim identity”^[15] in a post 9-11 period — with explicitly religious themes praising the Prophet Mohammad and Allah in songs like “The Creator” and “Ya Mustafa” — it reached the ears of unexpectedly diverse range of listeners, constituting of various nationalities, ages, and races.^[11] Redirecting the current of Muslim music through his songs and professionally-produced music videos (“Al-Mu’allim” and “Supplication”), Yusuf had “unintentionally” cultivated grounds for a fresh genre of music coined "Islamic Pop"^[10] by setting a new benchmark in the religious music industry. The journal Transnational Broadcasting Studies analyzed the main causes of his success by attributing it to Yusuf’s ability to blend “a religious worldview with a mainstream form of entertainment, and in doing so, [communicating] a personable, accessible expression of the Islamic faith that is in harmony with the modern world and incorporated into the mundane activities of daily life”.^[16]

(2009 – present) – Wherever You Are Pre-Release

In July 2009, Yusuf was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in recognition of his “extraordinary contributions to the field of music” by Roehampton University in southwest London.^[28] Earlier in the year, he was selected to serve as the first Global Ambassador of HH Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser’s (Qatar's First Lady) intitiative, Silatech, which seeks to engage “the public, private and civil society sectors to promote large-scale job creation, entrepreneurship and access to capital and markets for young people”.^[29] Ranked in the “Top 500 Influential Muslims of 2009 (and 2010)”, a publication edited by Georgetown University’s John Esposito and Ibrahim Kahlin, Yusuf was described as an “internationally popular British singer-songwriter whose music has revolutionized the nasheed industry. ... He is also known for his extensive involvement in charity work”.^[30] Yusuf released his video single, “You Came To Me,” in four languages (English, Arabic, Turkish, and Persian) in the summer of 2009.^[31] Rolling Stone magazine called the style by which Yusuf sung the track’s lyrics “touching”, listing it as one of the key tracks of the “Wherever You Are” album.^[32] SamiYusufOfficial.com announced the release of “Wherever You Are”, Yusuf’s third official album, in March 2010, introducing it as “A renaissance. A Rebirth. A New Beginning”.^[33]


Meanwhile in the following summer, Yusuf shared his music video “Healing” sung in English and Arabic that was created in cooperation with the KSA-based International Medical Center.^[34] It was also listed as another key track by Rolling Stone magazine.^[32] In reference to the song’s underlying philosophy of generosity in lines like “Heal and you will be healed/…Give and you will receive/It’s nature’s order”, Yusuf’s wrote on his blog: “I hope it helps, albeit in some small way, in showing that every single one of us can be a healer”.^[35] Amidst the torrential monsoons that wreaked havoc in Pakistan and affected 20 million lives in the summer of 2010, he promptly released a charity single entitled “Hear Your Call”, performed in English and Urdu, to raise funds for the displaced Pakistanis in a joint-effort with the UN-sponsored charity organization Save the Children.^[36][37] The song was featured on a short film by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA)^[38] appealing for renewed donations towards the relief effort. Prompted by the protests and clashes that transpired in Egypt in February 2011, Yusuf released a free track entitled “I’m Your Hope”, dedicating it to the “Shabaab” or youth.^[39] The lyrics are in English and Arabic.^[40] Sami Yusuf has expressed keen interest on initiating his own “record company to help artists and talents that are not supported” in the near future.^[41]
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