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O'Keeffe was immensely fond of jimson weed, a species of Datura. She ignored its seeds' toxicity, allowing it to flourish around her patio.[2] She paid tribute to the bloom in this painting, originally entitled Miracle Flower. Jimson Weed was commissioned by cosmetics magnate Elizabeth Arden for the new Gymnasium Moderne of her Fifth Avenue Salon in New York City. Placed in the exercise room, the unfurling blossoms were meant to encourage clients in their stretches. Arden paid $10,000 for the largest floral composition O'Keeffe would ever create.[3]
Acquisition[edit]
The painting was acquired by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1997, a gift of Eli Lilly and Company. It is displayed in the Paine American Modernism Gallery.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura_stramonium
Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia (widely known as JIM) is an NGO in Malaysia. The organisation was officially registered on Friday 27 July 1990 (5 Muharram 1411 of the Islamic calendar) when its registration was accepted by The Registrar of Society, Malaysia. Its women wing, Wanita JIM, was established in 1993.
Today, JIM has 14 state and 54 district branches, with its headquarters in Melawati City Centre, Kuala Lumpur. It has more than 8,000 members all over Malaysia.
JIM's motto is "Bersama Islam Membina Masyarakat", which literally means "(Together) With Islam (We Are) Building Society".
JIM's Da'wah Operations[edit]
Phase 1 (1991-1995)[edit]
At this stage, To JIM, in uplifting Islam in Malaysia, it has to begin from what is available to the Muslims in the country. Their ethos is controversial, outdated and claims that "One valuable asset is the Malay supremacy (ketuanan Melayu)". Rational people will deem that in today's day and age there is no such thing as 'one race' claiming supremacy over another.
As such, the transformation process, from the current situation to an Islamic one, is believed to have happened in a harmonious way, without disturbing the stability of the status quo (Saari Sungib 1995). Such a process is termed by JIM as homeostasis, a process that originated from the French scientist Claude Bernard to mean, in the social reformation domain, a transformation process that does not change the fundamental strength in the system (Saari Sungib 1997:28) "To us, it means struggling from within the existing socio-economic and political framework."
But JIM insists that by adopting the homeostasis approach, it means struggling along the Malaysian mainstream based on what it terms asislah (reformation) and tadrij (stages). By islah it means launching reformation programmes at all levels, be it at the national, institutional or infrastructural levels and systems. It involves the continuing education process and the involvementin raising the consciousness and practice of the Malaysian society in activities related to Islamic principles and values that fulfil the objective of the social reformation. By tadrij it means endeavouring a change in Acts and the Federal Constitution as well as the enforcement of civil law towards absolute justice, which naturally will eventually move towards the law of Shariah (Saari Sungib 1995). JIM firmly believes that through such an approach, Malaysia will become an Islamic state in 2010 at the latest, that is ten years earlier than the governments target for a developed, industrial nation as envisaged in the nations Vision 2020. For the above reasons, JIM is not keen in transforming Malaysia into an Islamic state.
To JIM, as long as the country is being ruled and administered by the Malay supremacy that respects Islam, the question of establishing an Islamic state is no more important. It is from `respecting Islam, JIM believes, that reformation and improvement towards `upholding Islam will happen. Thus, if the Malays are already having a strong influence in leadership and governance, it must not be disturbed and challenged (Saari Sungib 1996:45), hence JIMs non-confrontational approach.[1]
JIM was finally dissolved after 22 years to merge with Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia (IKRAM).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaah_Islah_Malaysia
https://listverse.com/2016/01/09/10-supernatural-creatures-of-islamic-tradition/
Kim or Gim (Hangul: 김) is the most common surname in Korea. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South Korea or 21.5% of the population.[2] Kim is written as 김 (gim) in both North and South Korea. The hanja for Kim, 金 can also be transliterated as 금 (geum) which means "metal, iron, gold". The academic community is divided as to why 金 is not read as 금 in the case of surname and why it is read as 김 instead. The Kim family is also the ruling family in North Korea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_(Korean_surname)#Jeonju
