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This is one of a series of posts with illustrations of many of the events of Holy Week with scriptures and commentary by French painter James Tissot and with additional commentary by Dom Prosper Guéranger. On this page: + Judas Bargains with the Chief Priests to Betray Jesus + Jerusalem, Jerusalem + The Widow's Mite + The Disciples Admire the Buildings of the Temple + Jesus Foretells the Destruction of the Temple

Sūrah az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) and Sūrah al-ʿĀdiyāt (The Chargers) are the 99th and 100th suwar in the Quran, respectively. They also seem to form a complimentary pair. Sūrah az-Zalzalah focuses on the shock and awe that will occur at the onset of Judgment Day. When viewed on its own, it appears that the sūrah forms a ring structure: Summarized another way, it may simply be seen as: The sūrah begins with the massive upheaval that will occur with regards to the Earth.

Sūrat al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof), while short in length, has some of the most exhaustive commentary written, especially pertaining to the opening āyāt. The sūrah is named after the mention of “al-Bayyinah (the clear proof),” which Allah ﷻ sent down to guide mankind. The sūrah is contested as to where it was revealed, with scholars arguing heavily for either Mecca or Medina. When observed in whole, the sūrah appears to form a ring structure. [A]/[A’] - The sūrah begins by describing the “bayyinah” which came to separate people into believers and disbelievers.

St Stephen might be the most "Grateful Dead" of Grateful Dead songs, the one that (for better or worse) sounds the most like them and the most unlike anyone else. It's a cliche with the Dead to say that the live version is better than the studio version, but in the case of "St Stephen", it's true. The version on Aoxomoxoa is too fast and has some awkward arrangement choices. The canonical recording is the one from Live/Dead.

Stability AI just debuted its latest version of Stable Diffusion. And while I mostly teach and utilize Midjourney because of the quality of output, Stable Diffusion is closing the gap with SDXL 0.9. They're boasting about cooking up images with fewer prompts and even conjuring words within these images. The first part, I'm a bit skeptical about—but the l… ncG1vNJzZmiclai2qLrIp56woaSdrqp60q6ZrKyRmLhvr86mZqlno6muo7jEZpuinpaqwKq7zWaqnbCcYn16i9StpJillZm2trmcq5yanJWnfw%3D%3D

This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home. Thanks for reading Grand Prix Gastronomy! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. I don’t actually think that I ever considered the Dutch needed to eat food.

Donald Trump, the overfed, overwatched, overpraised, overmedicated former President, recently spoke at the NRA convention and made a comment about potentially serving a third term. "You know, FDR—16 years, almost 16 years. He was four-term. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three term or two term?” he asked the crowd during the event on Saturday. "Are we three term or two term if we win?" he added.

A newsletter about the deep state of stand-up comedy from someone who's spent his life inside of it. A blog from someone who loves the art form knows the players and wants to write about it and share his stories, thoughts, and opinions. By Mike Binder · Launched 2 years agoNo thanks“Mike Binder’s an artist with a deft sense of comedy and a mind of his own.” ncG1vNJzZmirpJa7pcHPsKarpJRjwLau0q2YnKNemLyuew%3D%3D

Stanley cups are trending on social media today because of a collaboration with Target that went live on December 31st that sold out immediately and caused pushing and shoving at least one store. Sneaker culture took notice because some of Stanley’s tumblers are now selling on StockX. Originally priced at $50, the Target tumbler is selling for $149 on average on resale platforms. Since I mainly write about footwear, I couldn’t help but notice that among the people rushing Target’s shelves to scoop up a cup, they basically are all wearing Ugg Classic boots or Tasman mules, Nike Air Force 1 sneakers (washed) or Crocs Classic clogs.