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Back then in Indonesia, it was easy for me to practice my religion

Mosques and mushallas are everywhere

Finding something to eat was not even a thing to reconsider

Halal foods could be found almost anywhere

In Ramadhan, I fast with other fellow Muslims

It is easy to be a Muslim in Indonesia, because we are the part of the major community

Here in Germany it is different, compared to in Indonesia

I mean.. when I have to pray..

it is sometimes not as easy to find a proper place for praying.

Sometimes when you have to pray, you could end up doing it in a rather inappropriate space..

because, well, it is kind of unplanned.

In a corner inside a building for example, most important is that we don't bother anyone.

There are actually numbers of Muslim students (in my campus),

but there is yet a proper place provided (for praying)

so we have to look for one (around campus) by ourselves..

So for example there's this spot, under the stairs,..

we make it as our praying space, we put two praying mats

But then again,... it is.. under the stairs..

sometimes even no lights.

However, there's nothing much we can do

I mean..

as long as it's rightfully practiced, why does it (location) matter anyway?

Selecting food is not as easy as well.

I cannot easily eat everything.

Thus, since my move to Germany, I cook more often at home

During fasting, even though at times I look pale..

no one really cares about me not eating nor drinking for up to 18 hours.

I still have to keep up with my activity..

like staying in lab or part-time working.

But I don't want to put blame on German (authorities)

I don't want to be whiny just because I'm a part of the minor community

In fact I feel thankful, because I have equal opportunities just like every other citizen.

I can enroll in a university, afterwards there are opportunities for work equally like others.

In terms of medical treatment, when for example I got sick..

I have the equal amount of rights as any other German.

So actually, I'm good.

On the other hand, I always try to integrate into my society in the best way possible..

I have to learn how to blend with German's social culture..

and while doing that I still have to obey Islam's restrictions.

For example, just because I'm in Germany, I don't want to be persuaded into heavy partying and drinking beers

and I don't want to exclude myself from others just because I'm a Muslim

Eventually I tell myself not to socialize only with people of my group

Not only with Muslims

I tell myself to go out, to meet people who are different in many aspects

like different perspectives, way of life, religions, backgrounds

And from that on, the more I met different people,..

the more I hear different stories, the more I try to understand in their position,..

Slowly I understand,..

how to tolerate other people

I understand, how to integrate myself properly into society

It is actually very simple.

It doesn't matter in which part of community we belong; majority or minority..

we have to respect each other, no matter what

because, well we live side by side

We stand on the same ground

we breathe the same air.

All in all, we simply have to coexist

Based on my experience meeting these people..

I came then to the conclusion that it makes no sense..

if we live selfishly

or get angry too easily..

or be furious when we see things that are different to us

different way of life, different perspective.

Like, if i see someone of other belief, then i get mad

It doesn't make sense.

What i see though, advanced tech doesn't necessarily make the users advanced too

Many of us who have access to internet (through) smartphone, or laptop

however some use it as a way to hate others.

(In a form of) mocking and bully others on the web.

It became so easy for us to fight just because of the difference in between

Either because of different opinions or different perspectives.

Many of these keyboard warriors use "freedom of speech" as their justification (to hate)

but is it necessary to hurt others?

This world is unique because of the variety of people in it

This world is unique because there are people with various religions, races..

tribes, skin colour, as well as thinking patterns and perspectives

World can be a better place if you know how to respect each other, and see each other as a human being

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Building Blocks: The Modes - Duration: 5:00.

hey, welcome to 12tone building blocks, our monthly series about the fundamentals of music

theory! so far, when we've talked about scales, we've only been looking at major and minor,

so today let's… actually, hold on, let's look at those a little closer.

here's D major (bang) and here's B minor (bang) and if we look at the notes, we see they're

exactly the same.

so if they have the same notes, are they really different scales?

do major and minor actually exist, and if so, how do we tell them apart?

well, up to now we've mostly been talking about scales as just collections of notes,

but that's not quite true.

I mean, they are that, but they also tell us how those notes behave.

the way that the notes and chords of a scale sound has less to do with their absolute pitch

and more to do with their relationship to the root of the key. in D major, the note

C# is what's called the leading tone, and it really wants to resolve upward to the D.

in B minor, on the other hand, that same C# is the second degree of the scale, and it's

a lot more stable.

this gives D major and B minor what's called a relative relationship: they're different

scales, but they're made of the same notes.

the only thing that separates them is how those notes are used.

but D and B aren't the only notes in that collection.

what happens if we try to make something else our new root? this brings us to a really important

idea in scale theory: modes.

a mode is basically just that: all the notes of a parent scale, but with a different root.

every scale has them, but for today let's just focus on D major.

if we start on D (bang) well, we just get D major again, although if you want to be

fancy you can call it D Ionian. if we move on to E, though (bang) we get something a

little more interesting.

this is E Dorian, which is kind of like the minor scale but with a raised 6th degree.

it has a nice, folky sound to it, and it lets you make minor harmonies that aren't quite

so dark and sad.

if we start on F# (bang) we get F# Phrygian, which is kind of the opposite of Dorian. it's

the minor scale with a lowered second, and it sounds even darker. it's a really good

scale to use if you want your music to sound evil, and it's unsurprisingly popular in metal.

moving on to G (bang) we get something totally different.

this is G lydian, and it's the major scale with a raised 4th. it has a really interesting

sound because the half step between the 3rd and 4th degrees is such an important driver

of dissonance in major, and lifting the 4th up gives you a scale with almost no dissonance

at all.

it's good for dream-like compositions that don't want to give a strong sense of motion.

if we start on A (bang) we get A mixolydian, which drops the 4th back down and also lowers

the 7th. this gives us what's called a dominant scale, because if we build a chord from the

root (bang) we get a dominant 7th.

Mixolydian is a hard scale to write in because it has the strong, directional sound that

defines dominant chords, but it's really useful as a chord scale, a temporary scale played

over a specific chord in the harmony.

we've already covered starting on B (bang) which gives us B minor, or in the language

of modes, B aeolian. starting on C#, though (bang) gives us the strangest mode of all:

Locrian.

Locrian is like minor but with a lowered 2nd and a lowered 5th, which means that if we

build a chord from its root (bang) we get a diminished triad. this makes the whole scale

very unstable, and writing a chord progression that actually feels like it's in Locrian is

incredibly difficult.

it's a great tool for riffs and melodies, though, and much like Phrygian, it's popular

in metal.

so that's where modes come from, but in practice, it's often not helpful to think of them in

terms of their relationship to major.

each one is a scale in its own right, and a good way to understand their unique sounds

is to look at which ones are the most similar to each other.

let's start again with D major (bang) we'll take this as our default sound.

if we raise the 4th, we get D lydian (bang) the only mode brighter than major.

if we instead lower the 7th, we get D mixolydian (bang) which is almost like major but with

a little extra instability thrown in at the end.

moving on, if we lower Mixolydian's 3rd degree we get D dorian (bang) but really, it doesn't

sound much like Mixolydian at all.

the 3rd degree is so important in defining a scale's sound that dorian winds up sounding

more like a brighter, less sad minor.

speaking of which, if we lower dorian's 6th (bang) we get to D aeolian, which as we've

seen is just minor.

then if we lower the 2nd degree (bang) we get to D phrygian, which as we mentioned is

like minor but with more of an edge, and finally if we lower the fifth degree (bang) we get

D locrian, the darkest mode.

but what happens if we keep going?

well, the only note we haven't lowered yet is the root, and if we do that (bang) we're

back to Lydian, built off a Db.

that's pretty much it, but before we go, a brief side-note on notation. in the keys video,

we mentioned that major and minor are the only key signatures we use, and that's still

relevant here.

if you're writing in E dorian, you don't use the key signature for D major, even though

it has all the right notes.

instead, you use the one for E minor, and then whenever you need a C# you just add it

in by hand.

this is so that people reading your score can quickly identify what the root is without

having to analyze the whole song first.

anyway, thanks for watching!

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Former Army Ranger Player Just Got NASTY Surprise From Black Coach After Defying Demand To Protest - Duration: 5:18.

Sunday football was more about the protests that far more players partook in this weekend,

then it was about the game.

For every player who took a knee, hid in the locker room, or otherwise intentionally avoided

the National Anthem, they feel like they won in a tug-of-war against our president who

told them to stand.

One former Army Ranger who now plays for the Steelers knows what the anthem means more

than his protesting coach and teammates.

He defied coach Mike Tomlin's demand that the whole team sit out for the anthem and

stay inside the locker room to send a point to the country and President Donald Trump.

The whole team followed Tomlin's disgusting demand except Alejandro Villanueva, a retired

Army Ranger who did 3 tours in Afghanistan.

He was immediately branded a hero for patriotism on Sunday by people who may not be a Steelers

or even NFL fan but immediately became a supporter of Villanueva.

The brave offensive lineman busted out of the locker room and onto the field, with his

hand over his heart as soon as he heard the anthem start.

He stood alone as the sole patriot of the team and the NFL yesterday.

This went directly against his coach's orders who didn't seem remotely happy that he stole

the attention from his anti-American message he was hoping to send.

Villanueva's incredible show of patriotism far overshadowed anything that Tomlin thought

he was going to say that day, and now he's making the player pay a nasty price for his

patriotic action.

According to the Daily Caller, Tomlin didn't care that the vote to not participate wasn't

unanimous, he was going to force everyone on the team to comply with his opinion on

the matter anyway.

When the former Army Ranger rightfully didn't listen, he found out two-fold what happens

when you defy a coach who is an angry enough individual to force all of his players into

protests, whether they agree with it or not.

Fox News reports:

For Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, being "respectful of our football team"

trumped the right of Steelers offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva to show respect for the

national anthem.

Speaking after his team's 23-17 loss to the Bears, Tomlin appeared to take a swipe

at the Bronze Star recipient's decision.

"Like I said, I was looking for 100 percent participation, we were gonna be respectful

of our football team," Tomlin said.

Tomlin told the media that, prior to kickoff Sunday, the Steelers held a team meeting and

decided, though not unanimously, to not come out of the locker room for the national anthem.

Tomlin added the intent was to have his team focus on the game and not President Trump's

comments blasting players who chose to protest during the playing of "The Star-Spangled

Banner."

What Tomlin is probably actually upset about is that his statement of sitting in the locker

room was overtaken by the completely opposite message Villanueva sent.

However, to come out and disrespect the former Army Ranger after he stood for the anthem

he once fought to defend, is even more deplorable.

This wasn't lost on the American people who responded with their wallets.

Just as thousands of fans have boycotted the NFL to not pay to support these protests,

they are willing to spend money when it's for the right things, as was shown when Villanueva's

jersey sales skyrocketed overnight, while protesting players' plummeted.

"Sales of the former Army Ranger's jersey on Fanatics.com shot up to the highest-seller

among Pittsburgh Steelers jersey as of just 10 PM Eastern time," according to the Daily

Caller.

"Additionally, Villanueva's jersey sales rocketed into the top sellers in the entire

league as of 7:45 PM EST behind only Marshawn Lynch, Derek Carr, Carson Wentz, Brown, and

Aaron Rodgers, 247 Sports reported."

This proves that the American people support patriotic players, especially war heroes,

more than they do divisive protests.

If anyone knows a thing about why we stand for the flag regardless of our misguided feelings,

it's Villanueva, who fought for it, and Senior Airman Brian Koldfage who lost three

limbs in war over it.

Kolfage came out publicly to defend what Villanueva did while the player's coach rapped him

for it.

"Three tours to Afghanistan and a Bronze Star with Valor," triple amputee and Purple

Heart recipient Kolfage began on Facebook today.

"Villanueva earned his Bronze Star medal with a Valor device for heroism in combat

in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, while assigned to 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment,

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.

After his team was ambushed by the Taliban, Villanueva helped evacuate three wounded soldiers,

one of whom, Pfc. Jesse Dietrich, later died from his wounds.

Villanueva carried one of the wounded men on his shoulders during the firefight."

"After everything Villanueva went through in combat it was outright outrageous for coach

Tomlin to even suggest he sit the anthem out.

And anyone who has been in his situation or in combat knows exactly why.

Kaepernick and his minions are chumps."

If Tomlin wants to talk about showing respect for a team, he could learn a lot about what

that really means from these guys who never leave a brother behind.

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