Wilson dishing some great DUB music

FAB SLOW DUB BEAT FEMALE SINGER VID 

WOW

Mala featuring Danay Suarez - 

Noche Sueños // Intimate Performance 4.44

Catch up from Pip Wilson.com

Little Conniepops has been ill all day. 

Good job it's not next week - 

a birthday girl!

Temperature and cough.

Hope it's only a one day bug.
To hear her say 'Hello Grandad'
in a voice like Tom Waits - cracks me up!

Mr Singh phoned today. He has been ill for a month over Christmas too. I have not had chance to curry with him due to busyness and weather in UK. We must curry soon.

Sheila has just dug out a pile of 45's from my garage for my juke box. She is keen to fill it with new/old records. It's great she will spend time on it. One day it will be hers.

Sheila 2 has a new TV DIRECTOR job. It's about 5 months this time. Great for her. It will mean MrsBeautiful also being childminder for a couple of days a week x 5 months.

She loves being a Grandma and Conniepops to the depth of her soul.

I am a out to have a guest blogger - all the way from prison. 

I am really pleased to have this special human adding to this space.

Details soon.

Tax need not be taxing. 

So the saying goes. 

For me it triggers years of failure at school when it comes to all things numbers. 

Mr Gove would say I am a failure in life because I was that at school.

We don't all develop the same way 

AND I believe

EDUCATION IS FOR THE HEART AS WELL AS THE HEAD.

PS. My tax is done. A killer this time.

Borgen the best TV in the UK. 

Some great material in these show which could be used for social and emotional learning. 

Yes I will.

My sort of work takes some quality time to prep. Every gig needs real individual design as it needs to achieve the objectives of those who hire me.

Hard work but I enjoy the delivery best.

Enough. It's zzzzzzzz time.

STAY BEAUTIFUL

and

MAKE BEAUTIFUL

WOWWOW MALA MUSIC / DUB / DUBSTEP

WOWWOW MALA WOWWOW MALA WOWWOW MALA WOWWOW MALA 
I JUST LOVE THIS
TURN IT UP

UK view of Vancouver weather- come at me CANADA.

I have started to watch the weather in Vancouver because I am working there for a couple of weeks in March.

It seems at a similar level to here in the UK.

I will be pleased if it is pretty good because I will be spending a big chunk of the time 'IN CAMP' !

I feel for Mali. Fab music from Mali here - love it..

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"Love" in the Qur'an

A study of the word "love" in the Qur'an

Hubb Allah fi al-Qur'an

Farid Mahally

I am reading an article on LOVE

in the Qur'an.

You can find it on the web.

One of the most compact, penetrating discourses on love is found in I John 4:7-21. 

The word is used 27 times in these verses. The central basis for men to love one another is rooted in the nature of God Himself. "God is love." 

What is accepted as commonplace in Christianity is a dim reflection in the Qur'an. While "God is great" [Allahu akbar] is a statement of faith, affirmation and expression, "God is love" [Allahu muhibba] is absent from the attributes of God. 

Such a profound contrast between the two religions, Islam and Christianity, demands an inquiry as to why. 

Since Christians are known as "the people of the book" referred to in the Qur'an, it is appropriate for us to look at the Muslim holy book to seek to discern those elements of God's character described therein. 

This article seeks to categorize and analyze the various Qur'anic verses that incorporate the word "love."

A good read ................

STICK WITH LOVE.

"I have 

a lot of faith. 

But I am also afraid a lot, 

and have no real certainty about anything. 

I remembered something Father Tom had told me-

-that the opposite of faith is not doubt, 

but certainty. 

Certainty is missing the point entirely. 

Faith includes noticing the mess, 

the emptiness and discomfort, 

and letting it be there until some light returns." 

— Anne Lamott

Wholeness does not reside in a place called self.

Growth

does not reside

in a place called

comfortable

Human Development

does not reside

in a place called

certainty

Wholeness

does not reside

in a place called

self

Freedom 

does not reside

in a place called

Security

© www.Pipwilson.com

I scribbled this as I sped down the M1 one evening

guided by the unseen

but believing in

satellites .........

I had a piece of paper between my thighs

a pen in hand and/or mouth

head buzzing from a gig

beautiful humans

from the corporate world.

I was pumping adrenaline

motivated by intense interactions

challenging me

challenging them

So this came out of getting close.

Getting close enough to feel the vulnerabilities of other

and

mine as always ...........

I had to translate it when I got home .....

KISSING SUICIDE

Male suicide rate 'at highest level in nearly a decade'

I have blogged about this times and times before.

This is a live issue.

Any human considering taking their own life

needs a friend to know that and offer/get some help.

The number of people taking their own life in Britain increased “significantly” in 2011, official figures revealed today, as the male suicide rate hit its highest level in nearly a decade.

A total of 6,045 suicides were recorded among people aged 15 and over, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, up 437 or 8% on the previous year.

The number of male suicides increased 8% to 4,552, which at a rate of 18.2 per 100,000 was the highest level since 2002. Female suicides also rose 8% to 1,493 or a rate of 5.6 per 100,000.

Last year, the Government announced a further £1.5 million in funding for research into suicide prevention among those most at risk of taking their own lives.

The pledge came as ministers unveiled a new suicide prevention strategy which aims to cut the suicide rate and provide more support to bereaved families.

The overall suicide rate in the UK increased from 11.1 to 11.8 per 100,000, the ONS said, while the highest suicide rate was among men aged 30 to 44 at 23.5 deaths per 100,000.

Among women, the highest rate of suicide was among 45 to 59-year-olds at 7.3 per 100,000.

In 2011, additional guidance was given to improve the classification of narrative verdicts at inquests in England and Wales.

A narrative verdict is a long-form, factual record of how and in what circumstances a death occurred and is used as an alternative to short-form verdicts such as suicide.

There had been concerns among researchers that these classification rules forced the ONS to record probable suicides as accidents.

So in 2011, the ONS identified common phrases used by coroners to terms allowed for the classification of intentional self-harm.

This additional guidance could have resulted in an increased number of narrative verdicts coded as intentional self-harm in 2011, the ONS said, which in turn could have contributed to the increase in the suicide rate.

Care services minister Norman Lamb said: "Losing a loved one to suicide is a tragedy. Even one life taken by suicide is one too many.

"The rise in the numbers of people committing suicide causes very real concern. We need to tackle this head on.

We published a refreshed Suicide Prevention Strategy last year precisely because we take it seriously. The strategy targets those most at risk by providing the right interventions at the right time.

"We also need to make sure information about treatment and support is available to those who need them, including those who are suffering from bereavement following a suicide.

"Giving greater priority to mental health services, and to improving access, are also critical. The Government has made its intent on this very clear through the first NHS Mandate."

from THE INDEPENDENT Newspaper.