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What does the Holy Qur'an say about the Ahlul Bayt
Zahir Ebrahim | Project Humanbeingsfirst.org
The Sunni and Shia have needlessly argued for centuries over matters that are at times wholly Indeterminate in the Holy Qur'an. Sometimes through ignorance of the Qur'anic text, and at other times by going to the partisan scribes of history based on their respective socialization biases. This report speaks to the former, ignorance of the Qur'anic text due to its careless reading, especially in translation, which needlessly creates an unbridgeable chasm in the understanding of the Qur'anic message between the two major sects of Islam. Verse 33:33 is among the most contentious verses in the Holy Qur'an between the Shia and Sunni; they each argue their own socialization biases without paying careful attention to what the Holy Qur'an itself states in that verse, and does not state. This report highlights that absurdity.
The Qur'anic phrase: أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ , Ahlul Bayt, is a proper noun. In the Qur'anic semantics, it specifically means the household of the family of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (PBUH). In Arabic vernacular of course, أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ is a common noun. It generally means members of the household of any person. Linguistically, it can be used to refer to anyone's household. It is customary to capitalize the phrase in English as Ahlul Bayt when the family of the Messenger of Islam is the explicit context.
Who precisely comprise the Ahlul Bayt is not made unambiguously clear in the Holy Qur'an. It remains a point of contention among the two main protagonist sects of Islam which virtually comprise nearly 99 percent of Muslims in the world today, the Sunni and the Shia. The contention is sometimes needlessly heated, and often based on outright ignorance and/or the socialized dogma that one grows up in. This article takes a look at what the Holy Qur'an itself says, and does not say, when it uses the phrase Ahlul Bayt, as in the famously contentious verse 33:33. Sometimes referred to as the verse of purification, it is among the most commonly misperceived verses of the Holy Qur'an, especially when read in translation. Both Shia and the Sunni have argued for over 14 centuries about the scope of its composition, namely, who is being referred to in this verse:
"And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger.
And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless." (Surah Al-Ahzaab, 33:33)
وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَأَقِمْنَ الصَّلَاةَ وَآتِينَ الزَّكَاةَ وَأَطِعْنَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ۚ
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
Caption Verse 33:33 Surah Al-Ahzaab – incredible verse that hides a wellspring of semantics by employing the gender sensitivity of Arabic grammar in its second person pronoun to describe the composition of Ahlul Bayt. Another reason for misunderstanding the Holy Qur'an – its sophistication of using the Classical Arabic language constructs to hide a wellspring of secrets that none among the ordinary people seeking guidance from it shall fathom except those who are capable of understanding أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ (see verse 3:7) and having command of its unsurpassed natural language of exposition بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِۦ (see verse 14:4)! Verse 33:33 is a categorical example of why the Holy Qur'an is simply untranslatable, even syntactically, let alone semantically! Even the "Orientalism" jaundiced West is reluctantly forced to admit this characteristic of the Holy Qur'an: "The miraculous rhetorical quality that the Qur'an has for the reader is lost in translation, … mistranslation usually occurs when translators retain Arabic terms or force a single meaning upon Arabic words." (tinyurl.com/Quran-Untranslatable-Harvard).
The following table captures the complete context of the topic under discussion in Surah Al-Ahzaab, verses 33:28-34, using Yusuf Ali's translation.
|O Prophet! Say to thy Consorts: "If it be that ye desire the life of this World, and its glitter,- then come! I will provide for your enjoyment and set you free in a handsome manner. (28)
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ إِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا فَتَعَالَيْنَ أُمَتِّعْكُنَّ وَأُسَرِّحْكُنَّ سَرَاحًا جَمِيلًا
|But if ye seek Allah and His Messenger, and the Home of the Hereafter, verily Allah has prepared for the well-doers amongst you a great reward, (29)
وَإِن كُنتُنَّ تُرِدْنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَٱلدَّارَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَعَدَّ لِلْمُحْسِنَٰتِ مِنكُنَّ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
|O Consorts of the Prophet! If any of you were guilty of evident unseemly conduct, the Punishment would be doubled to her, and that is easy for Allah. (30)
يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ مَن يَأْتِ مِنكُنَّ بِفَٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ يُضَٰعَفْ لَهَا ٱلْعَذَابُ ضِعْفَيْنِ ۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا
|But any of you that is devout in the service of Allah and His Messenger, and works righteousness,- to her shall We grant her reward twice: and We have prepared for her a generous Sustenance. (31)
وَمَن يَقْنُتْ مِنكُنَّ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا نُّؤْتِهَآ أَجْرَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهَا رِزْقًا كَرِيمًا
|O Consorts of the Prophet! Ye are not like any of the (other) women: if ye do fear (Allah), be not too complacent of speech, lest one in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but speak ye a speech (that is) just. (32)
يَٰنِسَآءَ ٱلنَّبِىِّ لَسْتُنَّ كَأَحَدٍ مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ إِنِ ٱتَّقَيْتُنَّ فَلَا تَخْضَعْنَ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَيَطْمَعَ ٱلَّذِى فِى قَلْبِهِۦ مَرَضٌ وَقُلْنَ قَوْلًا مَّعْرُوفًا
|And stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance; and establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity; and obey Allah and His Messenger.
And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless. (33:33)
وَقَرْنَ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِيَّةِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَأَقِمْنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتِينَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَأَطِعْنَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنكُمُ ٱلرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا
|And recite what is rehearsed to you in your homes, of the Signs of Allah and His Wisdom: for Allah understands the finest mysteries and is well-acquainted (with them). (Surah Al-Ahzaab, 33:34) (Tr. Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
وَٱذْكُرْنَ مَا يُتْلَىٰ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْحِكْمَةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ لَطِيفًا خَبِيرًا
Caption Surah Al-Ahzaab, verses 33:28-34 – An illustrative case of how a translation fails to capture the semantics of the Qur'anic Arabic grammar accurately due to language limitations of English which does not have gender-specific second person pronouns and possessive pronouns. In this instance, it leads to the misperception that the interspersed verse fragment purifying the Ahlul Bayt in 33:33 is referring to the Messenger's wives just because the wives are being addressed by the Author earlier in that verse, and also in the preceding verses, and in the succeeding verse! This switch in topic for the verse of purification cannot be captured in a translated language which does not have gender-specific 2nd person pronoun with the same semantics as the Classical Qur'anic Arabic does, without explicit elaboration.
The following table completely decomposes verses 33:33 and 33:34 word by word. Please take a few minutes to study the switch in pronoun from 2nd person feminine plural possessive pronoun when referring to the houses of the wives, to 2nd person masculine plural object pronoun when referring to the Ahlul Bayt, and back to 2nd person feminine plural possessive pronoun when referring again to the houses of the wives in 33:34:
2nd person feminine plural possessive pronoun
(33:33:3) بُيُوتِكُنَّ buyūtikunna your houses
2nd person masculine plural object pronoun
(33:33:20) عَنكُمُ ankumu from you,
(33:33:24) وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ wayuṭahhirakum And to purify you
2nd person feminine plural possessive pronoun
(33:34:5) بُيُوتِكُنَّ buyūtikunna your houses
The significance of this switch in pronouns is striking. But what is even more striking is how little attention is paid to this switch by those who argue needlessly about the semantics without due diligence to the Arabic language syntax that is expressing the semantics. The 2nd person masculine pronoun كُمُ "kum", and 2nd person feminine pronoun كُنَّ "kunna", unambiguously represent the following semantics in order to be grammatically correct in their usage:
"kum" when used with a plural object or possessive case represents a composition that must contain at least one or more males, and may contain zero or more females
(it is equivalent of 2nd person pronoun "you", " تم " and "vous" in gender neutral English, Urdu, and French respectively) ;
"kunna" represents an all female composition
(it has no equivalent in English, Urdu, French, et. al.; consequently, the same 2nd person pronoun "you", " تم " and "vous" are respectively re-used causing a loss in semantics in translation).
Word by Word Decomposition of Surah Al-Ahzaab 33:33–34
Arabic word
Syntax and morphology
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
P – preposition
حرف جر
N – genitive masculine plural noun
اسم مجرور والكاف ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
V – 2nd person feminine plural (form V) imperfect verb, jussive mood
فعل مضارع مجزوم والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل
N – accusative masculine (form V) verbal noun
اسم منصوب
PN – genitive feminine proper noun → Al-Jahiliyah
اسم علم مجرور
N – nominative feminine noun
اسم مرفوع
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
N – accusative feminine noun
اسم منصوب
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
N – accusative feminine noun
اسم منصوب
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
PN – accusative proper noun → Allah
لفظ الجلالة منصوب
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
ACC – accusative particle
كافة ومكفوفة
V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb
فعل مضارع
PN – nominative proper noun → Allah
لفظ الجلالة مرفوع
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām
اللام لام التعليل
P – preposition
جار ومجرور
N – accusative masculine noun
اسم منصوب
N – accusative masculine noun
اسم منصوب
N – genitive masculine noun
اسم مجرور
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
N – accusative masculine indefinite (form II) verbal noun
اسم منصوب
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
REL – relative pronoun
اسم موصول
V – 3rd person masculine singular passive imperfect verb, subjunctive mood
فعل مضارع مبني للمجهول منصوب
P – preposition
حرف جر
N – genitive masculine plural noun
اسم مجرور والكاف ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة
P – preposition
حرف جر
N – genitive feminine plural noun
اسم مجرور
PN – genitive proper noun → Allah
لفظ الجلالة مجرور
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
الواو عاطفة
ACC – accusative particle
حرف نصب
PN – accusative proper noun → Allah
لفظ الجلالة منصوب
V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb
فعل ماض
N – accusative masculine singular indefinite noun
اسم منصوب
ADJ – accusative masculine singular indefinite adjective
صفة منصوبة
Caption Surah Al-Ahzaab, verse 33:33-34 Word by Word syntactical decomposition. (Arabic syntax and grammar courtesy of corpus.quran.com/documentation/grammar.jsp ; corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=33&verse=33 )
The following table captures some prominent English and Urdu translations of verse 33:33. It can be seen that all of them, without exception, spectacularly fail to capture the gender switch of the 2nd person pronoun from feminine to masculine form of the original verse in Arabic when referring to the Ahlul Bayt. Whether or not this translated language limitation is footnoted in the original printed editions by their respective translators to draw attention to the significance of this switch in pronouns, is not known.
And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Apostle. Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a (thorough) purifying. (Muhammad Ali Habib Shakir, House of Habib, Pakistan)
And stay in your houses and do not display your finery like the displaying of the ignorance of yore; and keep up prayer, and pay the poorrate, and obey Allah and His Apostle; Allah only desires to take away the uncleanness from you, O people of the household! and to purify you a (thorough) purifying. (Maulana Muhammad Ali MMA 1917 PDF)
And stay in your houses. Bedizen not yourselves with the bedizenment of the Time of Ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and pay the poor-due, and obey Allah and His messenger. Allah's wish is but to remove uncleanness far from you, O Folk of the Household, and cleanse you with a thorough cleansing. (Marmaduke Pickthall)
Remain in your houses; and display not your finery, as did the pagans of old. And perform the prayer, and pay the alms, and obey God and His Messenger. People of the House, God only desires to put away from you abomination and to cleanse you. (Arthur John Arberry)
Stay at home, and do not deck yourselves with ostentation as in the days of paganism; fulfil your devotional obligations, pay the zakat, and obey God and His Apostle. God desires to remove impurities from you, O inmates of this house, and to cleanse and bring out the best in you. (Ahmed Ali)
And stay in Your houses. and display not yourselves! with the display of the times of former Paganism; and establish the prayer and give the poor-rate and obey Allah and His apostle. Allah only desireth to take away uncleanness from you, people of the house-hold, and to purify you with a thorough purification. (Abdul Majid Daryabadi)
And abide quietly in your homes, and do not flaunt your charms as they used to flaunt them in the old days of pagan ignorance; and be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues, and pay heed unto God and His Apostle: for God only wants to remove from you all that might be loathsome, O you members of the [Prophet's] household, and to purify you to utmost purity. (Muhammad Asad)
And stay in your homes and do not go about displaying your allurements as in the former Time of Ignorance. Establish Prayer, give Zakah, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah only wishes to remove uncleanness from you, O members of the (Prophet's) household, and to purify you completely. (Abul Ala Maududi)
Stay in your houses and do not display your finery with the display of the former [days of ] ignorance. Maintain the prayer and pay the zakat and obey Allah and His Apostle. Indeed Allah desires to repel all impurity from you, O People of the Household, and purify you with a thorough purification. (Ali Quli Qara'i)
اپنے گھروں میں ٹِک کر رہو اور سابق دور جاہلیت کی سی سج دھج نہ دکھاتی پھرو نماز قائم کرو، زکوٰۃ دو اور اللہ اور اُس کے رسولؐ کی اطاعت کرو اللہ تو یہ چاہتا ہے کہ اہلِ بیتِ نبیؐ سے گندگی کو دور کرے اور تمہیں پوری طرح پاک کر دے
اور اپنے گھروں میں بیٹھی رہو اور گزشتہ زمانہ جاہلیت کی طرح بناؤ سنگھار دکھاتی نہ پھرو اور نماز پڑھو اور زکواة دو اور الله اور اس کے رسول کی فرمانبرداری کرو الله یہی چاہتا ہے کہ اے اس گھر والو تم سے ناپاکی دور کرے اور تمہیں خوب پاک کرے
اور اپنے گھر میں بیٹھی رہو اور پہلی جاہلیت جیسا بناؤ سنگھار نہ کرو اور نماز قائم کرو اور زکوِٰادا کرو اوراللہ اور اس کے رسول کی اطاعت کرو – بس اللہ کا ارادہ یہ ہے اے اہلبیت علیھ السّلام کہ تم سے ہر برائی کو دور رکھے اور اس طرح پاک و پاکیزہ رکھے جو پاک و پاکیزہ رکھنے کا حق ہے
اور اپنے گھروں میں قرار سے رہو اور سابقہ زمانۂ جاہلیت کی طرح اپنی آرائش کی نمائش نہ کرتی پھرو (باہر نہ نکلا کرو) اور نماز قائم کرو اور زکوٰۃ ادا کرو اور اللہ اور اس کے رسول کی اطاعت کیا کرو۔ اے اہل بیت! اللہ تو بس یہی چاہتا ہے کہ تم سے ہر قسم کے رجس (آلودگی) کو دور رکھے اور تمہیں اس طرح پاک و پاکیزہ رکھے جس طرح پاک رکھنے کا حق ہے۔
(Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi)
Caption various translations of Surah Al-Ahzaab verse 33:33 into English and Urdu, the non-gender sensitive languages, all spectacularly failing to capture the semantics created due to the gender change from feminine to masculine form of the 2nd person pronoun when referring to the Ahlul Bayt. (Translations are from the electronic versions at tanzil.net/trans/ ; MMA 1917 PDF courtesy of aaiil.org ; Ali Quli Qara'i courtesy of islamawakened.com/Quran/33/33/default.htm )
In French, which is more gender sensitive than either English or Urdu but less so than Classical Arabic, the translation of verse 33:33 is given below. The 2nd person pronoun "vous" in French, like its Urdu and English 2nd person pronoun counterpart " تم " and "you" respectively, including the possessive case variations thereof, are unfortunately gender neutral and unable to distinguish between singular and plural object, leading to the same loss in semantics.
Restez dans vos foyers; et ne vous exhibez pas à la manière des femmes d'avant l'Islam (Jâhiliyah). Accomplissez la Salât, acquittez la Zakât et obéissez à Allah et à Son messager. Allah ne veut que vous débarrasser de toute souillure, ô gens de la maison [du prophète], et veut vous purifier pleinement. (verse 33:33 Tr. Muhammad Hamidullah)
Caption Translation of verse 33:33 into French. The second person pronoun vous is gender neutral just like in Urdu and English, despite French being more gender sensitive than either English or Urdu, therefore leading to the same loss in semantics.
In Spanish however, the matter is salvaged. Spanish enables expressing gender sensitivity of the object by addition of either "os" or "as" to the verb. Therefore, a correct semantic translation of verse 33:33 from Arabic into Spanish is possible by reflecting the 2nd person plural gender sensitivity of the pronoun in Arabic, to the correct conjugated form of the verb expressing the gender and plurality of the object. So, if "gente de la casa" (Ahlul Bayt) was referring to only the wives of the Messenger, the grammatically correct verb conjugation of the root verbs 'librar' and 'purificar' in Spanish would have been "libraras" and "purificaras" instead of "libraros" and "purificaros".
¡Quedaos en vuestras casas! ¡No os acicaléis como se acicalaban las natiguas paganas! ¡Haced la azalá! ¡Dad el azaque! ¡Obedeced a Alá y a Su Enviado! Alá sólo quiere libraros de la mancha, gente de la casa, y purificaros por completo. (verse 33:33 Tr. Julio Cortes)
Caption Translation of verse 33:33 into Spanish. The loss of semantics in translation is prevented by reflecting the 2nd person plural masculine pronoun of Arabic on the correct selection of masculine or feminine verb conjugation, since both choices are available in Spanish to indicate object composition and its plurality.
That language limitation conundrum disclosed above is an obvious source of misunderstanding the Holy Qur'an – when studying it in translation! The Holy Qur'an is simply untranslatable, in almost any language. Which is why the famous translator Arthur J. Arberry, in deep humility, called his excellent rendition into English: "The Koran Interpreted". Even the "Orientalism" jaundiced West is reluctantly forced to admit this characteristic of the Holy Qur'an: "The miraculous rhetorical quality that the Qur'an has for the reader is lost in translation, … mistranslation usually occurs when translators retain Arabic terms or force a single meaning upon Arabic words." (see tinyurl.com/Quran-Untranslatable-Harvard).
Furthermore, a translation also lends itself easily to both Machiavellian as well as inadvertent perception management of the public mind (see tinyurl.com/Making-the-public-mind ). We can see this pernicious cognitive infiltration in the contemporary English translation of the Holy Qur'an titled: The Sublime Quran (see tinyurl.com/Critique-Laleh-Bakhtiar-Zahir ).
To this day, countless generations of Muslims growing up in non Arabic speaking Muslim countries do not perceive what has so straightforwardly been demonstrated above, as the sophistication of the classical Arabic language to mask its secrets from the unwary by something so elegant as simply a gender change in its 2nd person pronoun. The syntactic as well as semantic limitations of any translation language in comparison to the intrinsic richness and succinctness of Qur'anic Arabic requires much reframing for the target language in order to preserve both literal as well as semantic accuracy, which, as in the case of verse 33:33, simply cannot be maintained without additional footnotes and parenthetical annotations. (See a detailed examination of the translation issue in: Critique: Laleh Bakhtiar and The Sublime Quran, Ibid.)
These language limitations naturally create additional motivation to seek sources of explanation and exegeses outside of the pages of the Holy Qur'an, called "tafsir", especially for those who do not speak Arabic, which is approximately 90 percent of the 1.6 to 2 billion Muslim public spread throughout the world in many different cultures and civilizations. That fact automatically leads to the paradox: fallible hands, fallible minds, and fallible hearts, some clean and some unclean, some competent and some incompetent, none of them categorically known to be among the "Ar-Rasikhoon-fil-ilm" ( الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ ) of verse 3:7 of the Holy Qur'an, expositing the pristine text of the Holy Qur'an according to their own perception and socialization bias – rather than the Word of its own Author explain itself.
At least with respect to this verse fragment 33:33, the native Arabic speaker has a leg-up on the non Arabic speaker. The former knows that Ahlul Bayt is being referred to with a masculine pronoun and therefore its composition, by definition, comprises one or more males, and cannot comprise only females, and therefore the verse fragment 33:33 is not necessarily referring to the wives, or even just the wives alone. If that verse fragment was indeed referring to only the wives, an all female group, then the feminine form of the pronoun would have been used to refer to the Ahlul Bayt as is done when referring to the houses of the wives before and after that verse of purification.
But that's also where the native Arabic speaker's advantage over the non-speaker ends. Neither knows the actual composition of the Ahlul Bayt beyond that prima facie information contained in that sequence of verses 33:28-34 reproduced above, that it is a Household of the Prophet, and comprises one or more males, and zero or more females, and it may or may not contain the wives of the Prophet, irrespective of the fact that the verse fragment is interspersed in between where the Author of the Holy Qur'an is commanding the wives of the Prophet of Islam what they are supposed to do. Whereas, in the purification fragment of verse 33:33, the Author declares what He Himself intends to do to the Ahlul Bayt. That change of "actor" from the wives to the Author and back to the wives is most conspicuous in the verse. In that interspersed switch, the Author pledged some abstract "perfect purification" to the Ahlul Bayt. What that "perfect purification" means remains as foreign to the native speaker of Arabic as to the non-speaker. It requires for both to indulge in much due diligence to uncover.
There are numerous other places in the Holy Qur'an where the family of the Prophet of Islam is referenced, but with different indirection nouns, which though not explicit, from the context of the verse itself clearly only mean the Messenger's family, his progeny, or his kin, as the case may be.
For instance, the phrase فِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ , fil-qur-ba, as in verse 42:43, which obviously means those near of kin to the Messenger:
'Say: "No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin."' (Surah Ash-Shura 42:23)
قُل لَّآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا ٱلْمَوَدَّةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ ۗ
Or the word ٱلْكَوْثَر , Kausar, in verse 108:1, which the full context of Surah Al-Kausar and the verse following it, 108:3, make amply clear means the Messenger's posterity, the Prophet of Islam's progeny from his only seed, his daughter Fatima (as):
Surely We have given you Kausar, (108:1)
Therefore pray to your Lord and make a sacrifice. (108:2)
Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity, (Surah Al-Kausar 108:3)
إِنَّآ أَعْطَيْنَٰكَ ٱلْكَوْثَر
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ
إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ ٱلْأَبْتَرُ
Caption Surah Al-Kausar, translation by Shakir
This is an amazing Surah of the Holy Qur'an. Because, to the enemies of Islam, its prophecy provides an easy touchstone upon which to falsify the Holy Qur'an and consequently the Divine claims for the religion of Islam. But we see today, nearly fifteen centuries later, that the Prophet of Islam's progeny is ubiquitous, known as the "Syeds" and "Syedas", whom all Muslims revere. The most famous among them is the famous Aga Khan, the Hazir Imam of the Ismaili Muslim sect whose followers revere him as per his claim of being the direct descendant of the only seed of the Prophet of Islam. But no trace is known of the Prophet's enemies' progeny as vouchsafed by the Holy Qur'an. Syeds and Syedas today are found among both the Sunni and the Shia sects and their subsects wherever Muslims live on earth. And they are treated with general reverence by the Muslim public across the board. Where did they spring from? Only from the singular source: the marriage union of the daughter of the Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Fatima (as), from his first wife Hazrat Khadija (as), with Hazrat Ali (as).
As we can see in Surah Al-Kausar, the Holy Qur'an once again does not directly mention the offspring of that first Prophetic seed by name who is to be the only source of fulfillment of the prophecy of verse 108:3. But it is also self-evident. And the offspring directly comprises the Messenger's Ahlul Bayt, by definition. Therefore, without any controversy or conjecture, the prima facie fulfillment of the prophecy of verse 108:3 is a direct reference to the Messenger's household, his Ahlul Bayt, the only source from whence that prophecy can ever be fulfilled. Subsequently, by logical inference, the word "Kausar" in verse 108:1, in the context of verse 108:3, refers to the endless abundance of the Messenger's progeny being granted by Allah. Only when we venture into documented history do the names of the Messenger's offspring become known when we discover that the Messenger's only seed was his daughter Hazrat Fatima (as), from his first wife Hazrat Khadija (as). Arguably therefore, the word "Kausar", in context of verse 108:3, inter alia refers to Fatima (as), the singular member of the Messenger's Ahlul Bayt through whom his seed was "not cut off", ٱلْأَبْتَرُ , to make the prophecy of Surah Al-Kausar perpetually true.
Since one person is not sufficient to continue the line of progeny, it takes two, a husband and a wife, Hazrat Ali (as) comes into the picture as being half the source of the abundance promised to the Prophet of Islam. It is historically self-evident, and without any doubt, that it was Hazrat Ali's marriage union with Hazrat Fatima (as) that became the wassilah (means) for the fulfillment of this Divine prophecy in Surah Al-Kausar! Hazrat Ali (as) is the genetic grandfather of the millions of genuine Syeds and Syeddas in existence today, and Hazrat Fatima (as) the genetic grandmother – the never ending abundance, ٱلْكَوْثَر , promised by Allah to the Prophet of Islam. Without these two souls, the Holy Qur'an Surah Al-Kausar would have been falsified!
Just contemplating the remarkable fulfillment of this prophecy of the pithy Surah Al-Kausar – especially for those who are aware of Muslims' early history and the extraordinary calamities that had befallen the family of the Prophet of Islam whereby every effort was made by the Muslim rulers for over 200 years to wipe them out – is sufficient to fill a Muslim mind and heart with enormous awe and spiritual wonderment! No follower of any of the other great religions of the world has such a unique heritage. The very existence of their prophets is at times argued as mythical by their antagonists. No such charge can be laid at the doorsteps of the Messenger of Islam – the empirical evidence still continuing, fifteen centuries and some 50 or so generations later. But the effort to wipe out the progeny of the Messenger also continues to this very day. Surah Al-Kausar is the divine guarantee as a continuing prophecy that such effort will never succeed. And not only will it never succeed, but that no trace shall be left of those who persist in such enmity. It is a perpetual testament to the veracity of the Holy Qur'an. If anyone wishes to falsify it – there is the open challenge by the Author of the Holy Qur'an!
These are some of the more explicit and obvious places in the Holy Qur'an where the Messenger's family is mentioned. If one ventures to sources outside the pages of the Holy Qur'an, as for instance to the exegeses of the Holy Qur'an, or to narratives of history, a few more verses from the Holy Qur'an are identified by the scribes of history as being about specific members of the Prophet's Household, his wives, his companions, or the specific events involving these personages. These specifics are not deducible or inferable directly from the Holy Qur'an as the local context for the verses is not contained within the pages of the Holy Qur'an. Since this article is only about what the Holy Qur'an itself clarifies, or does not clarify, we refrain from exiting the pages of the Holy Qur'an. And as far as this scribe in his grossly abbreviated and wholly inadequate study has been able to ascertain, the exact identity of the composition of the Ahlul Bayt is Indeterminate in the Holy Qur'an. One has to venture to the pages of history to fill in those Indeterminates. While some facts are empirical and remain historically incontrovertible, such as whether or not the Prophet of Islam existed, who his daughter was, who she married, who their children were, whom did the Messenger marry, what battles he fought, and so on so forth, each sect nevertheless fills the many Indeterminates of the Holy Qur'an according to their own sect's sacred books, dogmas, interpretations, and base misconceptions.
Often times, both ignorance and careless reading of the Qur'anic text itself are the primary cause for basic misconceptions. The latter, careless reading, has been amply demonstrated in this article. The former, ignorance of how to study the Holy Qur'an, subsequently adds to the reinforcement of incorrect parsing. If one were to categorize this class of misconceptions by way of nomenclature, it would rightly be classed under Aliasing error, meaning, proper nouns of the Holy Qur'an aliased as common nouns; their meanings looked up in the Arabic language dictionary instead of in the Holy Qur'an itself. We can now clearly perceive that indeed this is what has happened in this specific instance of incorrectly parsing the proper noun Ahlul Bayt which has led some Muslim scholars to insist that it refers to the wives of the Messenger.
Another example of this basic class of Aliasing error can be found in this scribe's critique of the much hyped English translation of the Holy Qur'an by the American woman Laleh Bakhtiar, who, brazenly enough, has even proclaimed that she endeavors to "bring reform to Islam" (Ibid.)
This article is based on the author's book: Hijacking The Holy Qur'an And Its Religion Islam – Muslims and Imperial Mobilization, August 2013 (http://tinyurl.com/islam-reader-zahirebrahim1).
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La Crosse, Wis., Apr 2, 2013 / 12:02 am MT ().- The Diocese of La Crosse has opened the beatification cause of Wisconsin priest Father Joseph Walijewski on March 19, a missionary known as a humble man who helped the poor of Latin America.
"This guy was a saint," Father Sebastian Kolodziejczyk, Executive Director of the Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II orphanage in Lima, Peru, told CNA April 1.
"He was all about doing God's will as a priest," Fr. Kolodziejczyk said. "He was always working with the poor, sharing the hardships of the poor people."
Bishop William P. Callahan of La Crosse opened the cause for beatification, another step on the priest's path to possible canonization. Canon lawyer Dr. Andrea Ambrosi will be the postulator for the Wisconsin priest's beatification cause.
An edict tacked to the front door of La Crosse's Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker asked for anyone with positive or negative testimony about the priest to give testimony to a diocesan tribunal investigating his cause.
Fr. Kolodziejczyk, who worked with Fr. Walijewski and succeeded him as orphanage director, said the opening of the beatification cause was not a surprise to him or to those who knew the priest personally.
"With Fr. Joe, what you saw was what you got," he said. "He was a man without guile. He was very hardworking, very simple in his expectations. He lived in a very simple room."
Fr. Kolodziejczyk said the missionary was "unpretentious" and "very humble."
Fr. Walijewski was born to poor Polish immigrant parents in Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 15, 1924. He sold newspapers beginning at the age of five, during which time he decided he wanted to be a priest.
In the face of academic difficulties, he promised God that he would serve in Latin America if he were ordained.
He was ordained for the Diocese of La Crosse in April 1950, served as a pastor or assistant pastor at several Wisconsin parishes, and began missionary work in Bolivia in 1956.
Fr. Walijewski founded Holy Cross Parish in the unpopulated jungles of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The parish he founded is now part of a high density urban center, the Father Joseph Walijewski Guild says.
After further missionary work in Ecuador and pastoral work in Wisconsin, he traveled to Peru to minister to earthquake victims in 1971. He became pastor of a new barrio called Villa El Salvador, located on the outskirts of Lima. While there he helped organize breakfast stations that fed 8,000 children per day.
He founded the Lima orphanage Casa Hogar Juan Pablo II, the House of John Paul II, in 1987. The orphanage housed six to seven children with a married couple in an apartment. The married couple would help teach them life skills, while the orphanage helped catechize the children and gave them access to the sacraments.
At the age of 76, Fr. Walijewski helped establish a home for the elderly staffed by consecrated religious. Undaunted by age, he still drove into the rain forest on Sundays to celebrate Mass for small communities of Ashiko Indians.
He died aged 82 on April 11, 2006 at a Lima hospital after suffering pneumonia and acute leukemia. He was a priest for 56 years of his life.
Fr. Kolodziejczyk said Fr. Walijewski was regarded as "a very holy person." When the priest died people from Villa Salvador took his body on a tour through areas he used to work so that others could pay their respects and say their goodbyes.
Thousands of people, including several bishops, attended his massive funeral procession.
"His priestly life was entirely at the service of the poor, and everything that comes with it," Fr. Kolodziejczyk said. "He was not just preaching poverty, he lived it. It was not just something for show. He was actually doing everything he was preaching in his personal life."
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The rise of online and distance education in recent years has brought quality learning to the masses but also presents challenges for educators and system designers. The shift from face-to-face interaction between instructors and students to computer-mediated forms of communication, according to a doctoral candidate at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), highlights the importance of understanding how such interactions are affected by the way educational systems are designed.
"What our work tries to do is bring an IST perspective, one that is technologically and sociologically focused, to bear on questions of online education research," said Michael Marcinkowski, a third-year doctoral student at the College of IST. "In particular, we are looking to understand how students and instructors can form a productive dialogue and the ways the systems themselves come to be part of the dialogue. By developing an understanding of these relationships, we will be able to provide a better quality of education to students and a better experience for everyone involved."
As online systems come to play a larger part in education, Marcinkowski said, educational goals and concerns become tied up with issues of design and approaches developed through human computer interaction (HCI) research. In online education, the technologies involved play a central role in interactions between students and instructors. Following this line of reasoning, online educational tools are not simply a means to an end but serve as part of the dialogue between instructors and students.
Marcinkowski received an honorable mention for his paper, "Educational Dialogue and Technological Utterances" at the i-Conference 2013, which was held recently in Fort Worth, Texas. He is funded by the Center for Online Innovation in Learning (COIL) and the College of IST to work with Frederico Fonseca, co-director of COIL and associate professor of IST, on researching issues in online education. The College of IST, the College of Education and the World Campus are partners in the center, which supports faculty research on inventing, implementing and investigating new ways to use technology to improve online education.
One of the biggest challenges of online and distance learning environments, Marcinkowski said, is the loss of face-to-face interaction between instructors and students. At the same time, however, online education provides many new opportunities, with the challenge coming in how to bridge gaps between traditional methods of education and online ones.
"Online education forces a mode of formalization not necessary in traditional education," Marcinkowski said. "This kind of formalization can be limiting, but at the same time opens up so many possibilities."
With the global reach of online education, Marcinkowski said, one objective of his research is to examine how instructors and students in online education programs interact with technology through an interpretive process that occurs within a wider cultural context.
"One thing that as a field we have come to understand is that the situations and ways in which technology is used has implications for its outcomes," he said. "Users interpret systems based on their own particular situations." By examining the "evocative and interpretive implications" of online educational systems, particularly the massive open online course (MOOC) platform that Penn State recently adopted, he says he aims to frame future research into online education design and to develop questions that may motivate future design research.
"In functioning as a message, designed systems take on the form of a technological utterance, which is able to support communication, while at the same time presenting a message of its own (however tacitly expressed)," he wrote in the article. "It is necessary to approach educational software not simply as a tool set that is able to fit a specific set of requirements, but rather as something capable of being evocative, meaningful and subject to interpretation."
Marcinkowski's research has timely relevance in light of Penn State's recent expansion of its online course offerings. On Feb. 21, Penn State joined the leading MOOC platform, Coursera, allowing the University to offer courses to hundreds of thousands more students than was previously possible. According to Marcinkowski, online educational tools "change the nature of education." MOOC classes often include elements such as video presentations and online discussion forums, he said, and the data that students generate through these platforms can be empirically investigated to gain deeper insight into how online learning works.
Insight gained from the analysis of student data, Marcinkowski said, will be able to help instructors design better courses. While online educational technology may be designed to "suit specific silos of education," he says he is interested in studying its broader impacts and "the intersection of technology with large-scale instruction."
"The final goal is to make online education better," Fonseca said. "If this framework really works, we will be able to understand the individual (student) within the group, and provide to each student a unique learning experience."


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And what a view it was.
It gave those attending Wednesday's press conference detailing an 11-year naming rights partnership with PPL EnergyPlus a glimpse of the future.
On June 27, the first-ever Major League Soccer game will be played at what is now known as PPL Park.
"PPL was aggressive with us from the start and we liked everything about them," Sakiewicz said. "From the start we liked how their sales and marketing team worked with us through the whole process. They 'got it'. They're a driven company with goals that we share. We think this deal is tremendous on so many levels."
The soccer-specific stadium will also play host a variety of additional events, including concerts, festivals and other sporting events.
PPL EnergyPlus will become Philadelphia Union's exclusive energy provider. Philadelphia Union will utilize energy at PPL Park supplied by PPL EnergyPlus, which will purchase and retire renewable energy credits equal to 100 percent of the park's electricity use from renewable energy projects in Pennsylvania owned or contracted by PPL EnergyPlus.
"Putting together a deal like this is great for so many reasons, including helping the environment and being energy conscious," Sakiewicz said.
With electricity rate caps expiring in the Greater Philadelphia Region on December 31, businesses now have the opportunity to choose their electricity and natural gas suppliers. For the first time in 10 years, PPL EnergyPlus is able to aggressively compete for business in Southeastern Pennsylvania. PPL EnergyPlus also can bring to these same customers renewable energy options, energy efficiency improvements and demand response programs.
"We think we have great synergy with this naming-rights deal," said Gene Alessandrini, Senior Vice President of Marketing for PPL EnergyPlus. "We both have enthusiastic people working for us and we are both committed to excellence. PPL EnergyPlus and Philadelphia Union are both bringing new opportunities to the Chester area and beyond."
Speaking of the Chester area, it was hard to miss the smile firmly planted on the face of Chester Mayor Wendell Butler Jr.
Wearing a Philadelphia Union hard-hat, Mayor Butler talked about his elation for the city he was born and raised in.
"I remember when the only way to get across the Commodore Barry Bridge was by ferry," Butler said. "This is a whole different era now. It's wonderful for the city of Chester for the job it will provide and how it puts Chester in a positive light. I have been so happy since the beginning when this team was announced. It is going to bring so many good things to the City of Chester."
Don't look now, but Philadelphia Union's First Kick is sneaking up on March 25 at Qwest Field against Seattle Sounders FC. The home opener is April 10 against D.C. United at Lincoln Financial Field.
After one more home game at the Linc, the club will make its anticipated debut at PPL Park on June 27 against Seattle.
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"The hard work over the last four or five years will be completely worth it," Sakiewicz said. "I can't wait to watch soccer. That will be the fun part."


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"The EU does not solve any problems, it is the problem. Since the end of the existing real socialism, for which it was also said there was no alternative, the EU is the most massive attempt to incapacitate citizens and abolish democracy in the society."
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Next year the elections at the European Parliament will be an opportunity for millions of Europeans to have their say in how Europe should be run. However, many people with disabilities face barriers in exercising this basic right.
On the International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December, FRA reaffirms its commitment to helping to break down these barriers to open the doors for people with disabilities so that their voices are heard in democratic processes. FRA's work on the political participation of people with disabilities already suggests some possible ways forward.
"In a fully-fledged democratic society, political participation is vital. It allows citizens to influence policy and decision making. But it is also a basic right that many people with disabilities simply do not fully enjoy," said FRA Director, Morten Kjærum. "As 2013 is the European Year of Citizens, we must act now to lift the barriers to participation. This will help to ensure that the votes of people with disabilities count in shaping tomorrow's Europe through the elections for the next European Parliament."
In practice this means removing legal barriers to voting for people with disabilities, in particular those who live in long-term institutions or who have psychosocial or intellectual disabilities as FRA's report of 2010 revealed. Election authorities should also ensure training is given to meet the needs of people with different types of disabilities. This includes making instructions for voting understandable for people with different types of disabilities and making polling stations accessible. In addition, political parties should make their manifestos and campaign material available in accessible formats such as large print, braille, easy-to-read and audio versions.
FRA continues to work alongside its partners in the EU institutions and Member States, and with civil society, including disabled persons' organisations, to promote the rights of people with disabilities. The agency is currently engaged in developing indicators on the political participation of people with disabilities. This work is measuring the extent to which people with disabilities participate in political life, particularly through voting and standing for election, across the 28 EU Member States. Although the full results are not expected until April 2014, the preliminary findings indicate that Member States should take steps now to ensure people with disabilities can exercise their right to vote and take part in the European Parliament elections in May 2014, in line with their rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.


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Sky Hero™ Review
- Publisher: EA Chillingo
- Genre: Action
- Released: 29 Nov, 2012
- Size: 37.5 MB
- Price: $0.99
- Power-ups breaking the laws of physics (fall faster dammit!).
- A bizarre collection of enemies.
- Missions linked to multipliers.
- Performance issues.
Another colorful and decently amusing game where you get as far as you can, spend some cash in the store, and try the whole thing over again.
- Full Review
- App Store Info
Your fortress is under attack, a message needs to be relayed to headquarters. What is a brave soldier to do? Why it is his prerogative, nay his duty, to leap from the tower and free fall to victory, avoiding enemy bombardment on the way down. Sky Hero puts you in the floppy pants of such a soldier. Your plummet is closely being followed by a menacing fire beast as well as his minions, which consist of barrels, cannons, and hacksaw carrying birdies.
Tilting is the name of the game as your steer your iPhone back and forth to navigate hazards, and to collect coins and power-ups. Power-ups include shields and the physics breaking speed up boost, which rockets you towards the floor. The further you fall, the closer you will likely come to completing missions which will up your multiplier and make acquiring riches and new costumes that much easier (although certain store unlocks are tied to gaining medals through constant play).
We've seen this formula before, but Sky Hero's take on the endless runner (or free-faller in this case), is marred by high store prices, and lack of entertaining gameplay beyond completing the missions given to you. The presentation is of a high quality, and it controls just fine, but the shop doesn't really add much added interest to the game, and the prices are so high that it requires a lot of grinding in a game in which the fun wears off all too soon, or the spending of money on the same game... in which the fun wears off all too soon.
DescriptionLeap valiantly from the top of your fortress and guide courageous soldier John to safety in this endless faller. Use touch or tilt controls to steer our hero around bombs, saws and an amazing collection of other perils that threaten to bring his airborne journey to a messy end. Can you help John become a true Sky Hero?
Help our Sky Hero fulfill General Barbas' last wish and make it to safety, dodging saws carried by birds, cannon balls, rogue mustached barrels, and more craziness.
Complete 60 missions and discover new challenges, enemies, and power-ups by playing Sky Hero in new locations and at different times of the day.
The weather in game reflects the weather in the real world – where you are NOW! How cool is that?
Collect coins with every descent and use them to unlock new power-ups, amazing animal costumes, and even a whole new fortress to leap from.
Game Features
•Endless faller with free fall physics
•Colorful visuals with location specific weather
•60 missions with new challenges to discover
•Unlock power-ups and cool costumes
•Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements
•UNIVERSAL: Works on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad


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Gold traders expect prices to rebound from the longest weekly losing streak in eight years as mounting concern that U.S. lawmakers are doing too little to control the budget deficit spurs demand for a protection of wealth.
Twenty analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect prices to rise next week, five were bearish and a further two were neutral. While hedge funds cut bullish bets to a four-month low last week as prices slid for a fifth week, investors are holding a near- record amount in gold-backed exchange-traded products that are now valued at $138.5 billion, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Bullion posted its longest run of annual gains in at least nine decades as U.S. lawmakers this week passed legislation that prevented tax increases for most workers and delayed spending cuts by two months. The International Monetary Fund says the country's debt ceiling ought to be raised "expeditiously." While Credit Suisse Group AG yesterday said gold will average the most ever this year, it joined Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in predicting the 12-year bull market will probably peak in 2013.
"Euphoria over the fiscal-cliff avoidance could be short lived as all problems are not solved yet," said Frederique Dubrion, the Geneva-based president and chief investment officer of Blue Star Advisors SA, which manages metals and energy assets. "There's still a huge amount of debt. Gold is nobody's liability, it's the ultimate alternative currency."
Gold Price
The metal fell 1.2 percent to $1,643.85 an ounce today after U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers said they'll probably end their $85 billion of monthly bond purchases this year, according to the record of the Federal Open Market Committee's Dec. 11-12 gathering released yesterday.
While gold rose 7.1 percent last year, it's set for a sixth weekly loss, the worst run since May 2004. The Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities added 0.3 percent in 2012, the MSCI All-Country World Index (MXWD) of equities rose 13 percent. Treasuries returned 2.2 percent, a Bank of America Corp. index shows.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Jan. 1, breaking an impasse over how to prevent more than $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts from coming into force. The so-called fiscal cliff had threatened to push the world's largest economy into a recession. The budget package passed by Congress won't reduce deficits enough to avoid a sovereign-rating downgrade, Moody's Investors Service said.
Fed Minutes
Gold will reach $2,000 this year, according to a Bloomberg survey of 49 traders and analysts last month, as investors hedge against inflation and weaker currencies. The Fed said Dec. 12 it would buy $45 billion of Treasury securities a month from January. The yen fell to the lowest since 2010 against the dollar today after the Fed's minutes and amid speculation the Bank of Japan (8301) will heed government calls to print more money.
Investors bought 60 percent more through gold ETPs last year compared with 2011 and now hold 11.7 metric tons below the record 2,632.5 tons set Dec. 20. The holdings are equal to almost a year of mine production, data compiled by Bloomberg and Barclays Plc show. Nations from Brazil to Iraq to Russia are also buying metal to add to official reserves, according to data compiled by the IMF.
While Credit Suisse forecasts a 2013 average of $1,740, it expects improved economic growth later this year to curb gold's appeal and sees prices averaging $1,720 in 2014. Goldman's analysts said Dec. 5 that prices will peak this year because of improving U.S. growth, even as the Fed expands stimulus.
Most Accurate
The metal will average $1,600 this year, according to Rene Hochreiter, a director of Johannesburg-based Allan Hochreiter (Pty) Ltd. and the most accurate forecaster in the London Bullion Market Association's 2012 gold survey. That would be 4.1 percent below last year's all-time high average.
Prices may slump to $1,600 by March, according to technical analysis by Paul Kavanaugh at FuturePath Trading LLC. The 50-day moving average crossed below the 100-day average, indicating prices will slide 4.5 percent from yesterday's settlement of $1,674.60 on the Comex in New York, Kavanaugh, the Chicago-based director of business development, said in a telephone interview.
Speculators cut their bullish bets by 49 percent since October and held a net-long position of 101,922 futures and options in the week to Dec. 24, the least since Aug. 14, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show. U.S. Mint sales of American Eagle gold coins fell 44 percent to 76,000 ounces in December and full-year sales were 25 percent lower than in 2011, data on its website show.


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EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning turn of events, BAMTech has acquired the US rights to the English Championship and EFL Cup, and has reached a separate agreement with ESPN to have the live and on-demand matches shown by the Worldwide Leader of Sports.
beIN SPORTS will not broadcast the 2017/18 Championship season, and has subsequently removed all of the opening EFL Championship weekend matches from their schedule.
According to an ESPN spokesperson, "Beginning August 4, as part of a separate agreement ESPN reached with BAMTech, ESPN will have live and replay coverage of weekly matches from the EFL. Currently, the plan is for the matches to be carried on ESPN3."
The confusion arose last week when beIN SPORTS confirmed they were planning on broadcasting the opening weekend of the Championship across both television and their beIN SPORTS Connect streaming platform. But according to beIN SPORTS today, they were instructed to remove the EFL games from all of their schedules. Nevertheless, as of press time, beIN SPORTS' own website still has Championship listings on their TV guide for this upcoming weekend, which undoubtedly will be updated shortly.
BAMTech is a streaming technology provider that is part owned by MLB, Disney (parent company of ESPN) and the NHL. The technology provider was recently in the news when it was revealed that they bid on the rights for the UEFA Champions League but were beaten by Turner Sports.
An added complexity for the 2017/18 season is that the vast majority of clubs have signed up on a club-by-club basis to offer legal streams of every home and away league game to viewers around the world (outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland). The streaming service, named iFollow, will feature all of the league games for each participating club except for those games that are streamed by ESPN3 in the United States.
To navigate through all of the changes, we recommend that you visit our Championship TV/streaming schedule for viewers in the USA, which will be updated weekly throughout the season with all of the links and TV details to view the matches.
As an example, a Nottingham Forest supporter can sign up for a season pass to iFollow Forest for $140 for the entire season, which will allow him or her to stream every home and away league match during the season. Note, however, that if games are available via ESPN3, they will be blacked out from iFollow, so you'll need to ensure you have a subscription to a package that includes iFollow and ESPN3 for the Forest games that are shown there.


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Edward Burkhardt, president and CEO of U.S.-based Rail World, stood on the streets of Lac-Mégantic, rambling on about the cause of his company's deadly rail accident and ramping up community anger with every passing comment.
Burkhardt has been criticized this week for not getting to the scene of Canada's worst rail accident soon enough; and then once there, he was chastised for his thoughtless and uncaring comments. It was clear that he was either unprepared or didn't fully comprehend what he was walking into when he hosted a press conference in the open air, as grieving family looked on.
As he pointed fingers in various directions, business leaders from coast to coast may be thinking: "How could he be so unprepared and insensitive?"
If you're one of those — don't be so quick to judge. We're all just a moment and a mistake away from being in his shoes.
When you have dealt with crises like this, you know what does — and too often doesn't happen — in the corner suite of corporate offices in the first 48 hours.
Here are the top five mistakes that compound the problem.
1) The corporate leaders call a lawyer who, concerned only with the court of law, tells his client to remain mum. That might have worked in the good old days when it took a pony a month to deliver the news, but it doesn't work today when the Web delivers it in seconds. What should happen is the corporate leaders call a seasoned media relations person at the same time they call a lawyer. A good PR person, who has worked in newsrooms for years, knows that the court of public opinion will to do far more damage today than any court case may do in the distant future.
2.) The corporate team decides to "think about" what needs to be said and then takes hours or sometimes days to come up with something they can all agree on. And if at the end of their first eight-hour day they haven't come up with something pithy, they clock out, go home and decide to reconvene the next morning. While they were all pondering and sleeping on it, the airwaves, the news websites, the printing presses and every citizen journalist blog were filled with unanswered questions and rumours. The information vacuum got quickly filled with everyone else's theories and ideas.
In contrast, a smart corporate office would immediately turn the boardroom into a war room and work it like a newsroom. The corporate "news desk" would continually review every piece of information coming in from all their sources – including staff on the ground, the Internet and their advisers, and respond clearly and honestly to every question. The answers don't have to be perfect and they don't have to cover every detail right away, but they have to start to fill the vacuum.
3.) Since the CEO and president knows everything about the company, it's best to have him or her out there answering the questions during a crisis, right? Wrong. It takes a patient, thoughtful and unflappable person to sustain interview after interview. Choosing a public spokesperson is one of the most critical early decisions. If the corporate office knows its CEO is not up to the task, someone needs to stand up early and suggest he or she stand aside and allow a more media savvy VP to take over.
4.) Ignoring politicians who call demanding that the company get in front of the issue is tempting, but ill advised. No one knows better the wrath of the public than politicians whose livelihoods depend on public good will. They are the weather vane of reputation management. If they are calling for you to get in the game, take a hint that your reputation is about to take a hit. They'll be the one brandishing the baseball bat. Burkhardt knows this too well, since everyone from Quebec's premier to the Lac-Mégantic civic leaders have called his tardy response "deplorable" and "unacceptable."
5.) After a day of doing interviews with every media outlet that calls, it might seem like you've earned a day off and there's nothing more to be said. The truth is that with every passing hour, new information surfaces and yesterday's comments are old news. That may mean you'll talk to the same reporters over and over for days. Adopt the practice of responding "early and often" through the first few days.
There's more your public relations experts will tell you. They'll advise you to remain visible and accessible; be scrupulously honest; demonstrate through words and deeds your empathy for victims; and admit your mistakes.
When it comes to reputation management, every business leader should adopt the motto of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and "be prepared." So if you're a CEO, think of the worst thing that can happen to your company, and then develop a written plan for how you'll handle the event you hope will never come. That plan — and time spent practicing it— may be the best time and money you've ever spent.
Shirley Muir is a former print and broadcast journalist and president of the PRHouse. Agree or disagree with her at email@example.com


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Bangalore is one of those cities whose real estate market is strategically divided area-wise. Bangalore East, West, North, South and Central- all have been major real estate players of the city and are unique in the trends and patterns of its growth. If you are searching for apartments in Bangalore, you need to know about the particulars of these sub-markets.
In this article, we will cover the great divide between the real estate markets of North and South Bangalore. North Bangalore, being close to the international airport, started attracting much attention of the high-end industries. The area around the airport received much infrastructural push, thus improving the scenario. On the other hand, South Bangalore has always stood tall in the realty market of Bangalore. Already established infrastructure and development calls for a plush real estate scenario in this part of the city. While North Bangalore promises a steady price appreciation, South Bangalore provides the benefits of a thriving social infrastructure.
Click Here for Current Property Price Trends in South Bangalore [Read more…]


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R on the Downs - Luxury Rural Retreat -Bed and Breakfast and Spa Cottages - Relax, Refresh or Romance.
Two hours from Brisbane; ideally located near Warwick, Killarney and Stanthorpe is an eco-friendly, award winning hosted, luxury Rural Retreat nestled in the picturesque Swanfels Valley, Yangan.
A home away from home, to escape, reconnect or re-ignite that something special. An ideal base to explore national parks, nature, fun events, history, arts and culture.
Rejuvenate in luxurious, spacious Grand Federation Homestead Bed and Breakfast (all suites en suited); Secluded Tree-House Hideaway; or Intimate Early Settler's Cottage. Private double spas with superb views. Rustic fireplaces add extra charm and ambience, private activities abound, whilst romance is always in the air.
Raise a glass to the spectacular views. Savour country cooked meals - home grown, local produce or cook yourself, perhaps a barbecue. Rendezvous in the courtyard or gardens, enjoy the diversity of the native fauna and flora - 40 acre bush paradise and reinvigorate your senses.
Memorable experiences for singles, couples, groups, honeymooners- all catered for.
Yes, Book now and slow down, breathe deep, enjoy quality time - with a taste of real life in the country at R on the Downs.
This room has been designed with the needs of disabled and /or frail guests being provided for. Private entry is provided directly from veranda adjacent to ramp to car park
Two spacious themed rooms with queen size beds and private verandas. Relax in the large double spas while enjoying panoramic views of the surrounding countryside.
Very spacious en suite room with king bed or king singles if required. Sit on your private veranda and enjoy overlooking courtyard and beyond to the picturesque Swanfels Valley.
Two spacious and private self-contained luxury cottages catering for couples or singles. Both the Early Settlers Cottage and Tree-House provide stunning views of the picturesque Swanfels Valley. With rustic fireplaces to snuggle up in front of during winter, double spas located so you can enjoy the wonderful views, dual showers, air-conditioning, kitchen and a barbecue on the veranda these cottages are ideal for two or three night stays. Both cottages are wheelchair friendly.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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BTI has invited Renocruu to run the fgc games at BTI.
5$ door cover, 5$ per game
Games being featured:
12pm Dragon ball fighterz on site sign up-12:30 start.
2pm Tekken on site sign ups, 230 start time
4pm on site sign ups Street Fighter V, 430 start time
ULTRA STREET FIGHTER IV 2pm start time at 3pm
Lets use this opportunity to grow our community to a vastly untapped source of players at UNR who do not know us. Lets welcome them and invite them to join our community
I urge you to attend and support this in full force to show them we are a strong community to be reckoned with.
Lets show them if they want to play and compete we are the median they should use to have fun and get better!!
And lets go win us some tournaments!!!
Announcing the challonge sign up page for BTI X Renocruu.
TOURNAMENT is Sat 4/14/18
5$ @ door 5$ per game
Come support your local FGC, SHARE THIS POST WITH FRIENDS!!
Lets make every effort to attend this event and show people what the RenoCruu is all about!!


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Why does it seem to me Erwin is bullying Kim? again !thanks Kogs.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2007 News Releases > February 2007 > Science, Math Students at Wayland Offering Tutoring Assistance
Science, Math Students at Wayland Offering Tutoring Assistance
PLAINVIEW – Science and math students at Wayland Baptist University will offer free tutoring sessions for junior high and high school students on five upcoming Saturday afternoons, the first slated Feb. 10 from 1-4 p.m.
The sessions will provide one-on-one help for students in any math or science course, whether help is needed in completing homework or learning skills for testing or projects.
Many of the Wayland students providing tutoring will be members of Pi Sigma Sigma, a fraternity of math and science students. Student tutors will be approved by professors, he noted.
"Pi Sigma Sigma is a service organization dedicated to raising interest in math and science," said Jerod Clopton, a senior math major from O'Donnell and president of the organization. "We did this for the first time in the fall and decided to do it again."
According to sponsor Dr. Scott Franklin, the group sponsored similar tutoring sessions in the fall semester and received positive feedback from the students about the help.
The tutoring sessions will be held in Moody Science Building on the Wayland campus. Additional sessions are planned from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, March 24, April 7 and April 21.
For more information, contact PSS sponsor Dr. Scott Franklin at 291-1131.


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>to put on a tattoo? Well, it actually differs from every person's perspective. Some people misinterpreted the meaning of tattoo because they see it as untidy and a disruption to one's body. But tattoos can be as an artistic as a painting on the wall. It depends on how a person visualizes it and envisions his body about his/her tattoo.
A tattoo is donning a permanent ink into the layers of the skin to imprint something which may be a significant décor to a certain person. It is a permanent marking that is why you should think twice before doing it or, if you really want it, by choosing a design for your body that is suitable for your characteristics. It is somehow a statement of who and what you are. It may have different meanings like for love it may symbolize a person's commitment to a lover or an ownership of one person by another.
It also differs from gender. A tattoo for men may represent his courage, power, principles or honor. While for the women it may denote love, passion, blossoms or benevolence. There are a very wide-variety of body tattoos designs to choose from. They can be a tribal look, or a celtic one even as simple as black and white. You can have it in any parts of your body as it depends on you of how you wanted it to be seen-large or small. It also depends on you on how will choose the colors for the picked design.
For some people, tattoo is a sacred marking for their body. It is considerable to their religion, culture and spiritual devotions. For others, it may be a name of their love ones like their mother, father, siblings, sons or daughters, wife or husband. Even a deceased love one is being inked on their body. It can also be a phrase or words that show and expresses your feeling for others.
Tattoos are intricate in style, the art you wanted for your body should be the result of what is inked onto it. That is why you should be careful in choosing an artist for putting on the design you want. If you can not choose the right colors, size and pattern you can ask an expert tattoo artist for it so that in the end you will not regret having that kind of body tattoos designs that you want.


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Congressman Fattah visits and students engage in over 20 different service projects
Submitted by Betsy Torg for Springside
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, on Monday, Jan. 17, marked the 15th year in a row that Springside School students celebrated the life of Dr. King through a "Day On" of community service activities. Students in all grade levels, pre-k through 12, engaged in service to a variety of organizations and individuals in need and their work extended into and beyond the boundaries of Chestnut Hill where the school is located.
Among those served in honor of Dr. King were the homeless, senior citizens in assisted-living facilities, pediatric cancer patients, the homebound in Germantown, and more. All told, Springside School students participated in over 20 different service projects.


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We might have had a thread on this already, but now the hour is nigh, so time to go on the record again.
5-0 Australia
Top runscorer - Shane Watson, just from Ricky Ponting. Trott for the Poms.
Top wicket taker - Mitchell Johnson. Swann for the Poms.
Dumpings - Marcus North
Debutant/Returning players - Pete Siddle (due to injury, not dropping).
Surprise Packet - If I knew that, it wouldn't be a surprise. Alright, um, Swampy Marsh to make a surprise return as Australia's front line spinner.


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INDOFirmware.site – On this page, you will can Download the official firmware Samsung SM-G313H Stock ROM (flash file) on your Computer. The Firmware comes in a zip package, which contains Flash File, ODIN, USB Driver and How-to Flash Manual.
Download Firmware Samsung SM-G313H Stock ROM (flash file)
# File Name: G313HDDU0AOK1_G313HODD0AOK1_INS.zip
# File Size: 529 MB
# Android Version: 4.4.2 Kitkat
# How to Flash: Follow Tutorial
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Requirements to flash Samsung SM-G313H
- A Windows PC
- Compatible USB Cable Micro USB or Tipe C
- ODIN Full Version
- SAMSUNG USB Driver
- Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT [ Make sure the battery Capacity more than 50% ]
How to Flash Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT SM-G313H
- Extract the stock firmware package on your computer.
- After extracting the package, you will be able to get the Firmware File, Odin for Android, Driver and How-to Flash Guide.
- Install the provided USB Driver on your Computer, and if in case USB Driver is already installed, you can SKIP this step).
- Open ODIN
- Turn Off your Android Device
- Now Press Volume Down + Power And then Press Volume Up To confirm Odin mode Your Phone
- Connect your Android to PC use Compatible Cable
- For Old Model : On Odin Click AP / PDA and select Extracted Firmware File fieltype .tar
- For New Model : On Odin Click BL and select Extracted Firmware File, Click AP and select Extracted Firmware File, Click CP and select Extracted Firmware File, Click CSC and select Extracted Firmware File
- Click Start to Flashing Your Samsung SM-G313H
- Or Follow Detail Manual How to Flash the Firmware on your Samsung SM-G313H Device with Picture
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- Odin for Samsung: If you wish to download the latest version SAMSUNG Odin ANdroid, then head over to SAMSUNG ODIN Android Download page.
- Take a Backup : If you are going to flash the above Firmware on your Samsung Galaxy Ace NXT device, then take a backup of everything as because your personal data will be deleted after flashing with the stock firmware.
- The firmware shared on this page is officially released by the SAMSUNG company and helps you to recover your device if you ever got bootloop, software error, update error, hanging and dead issue, And Stuck Boot Logo.
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Holiday Movie Screening
Yuletide Cinema is Here!
We're getting festive for the holidays! LOFTMKT is getting in the holiday spirit helping promote Yuletide Cinema presented by Street Food Cinema. There will be holiday magic with screenings of two classic movies and fa la la festivities at the historical Palace Theater in Los Angeles! (photo credit: August Bradley) On December 6, A Christmas Story matinee is followed by an evening screening of Elf. It's so holiday-tastic that even Santa himself will be there! (photo credit: New Line Cinema) On December 20, Cary Elwes "Westley" joins Yuletide Cinema for a screening of The Princess Bride for the series finale. Purchase As You Wish through Yuletide Cinema and Cary Elwes will personally sign it for you ...Read More


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Spurs' Patty Mills out for season after foot surgery
Patty Mills has made nine appearances during the 2013 playoffs. (Noah Graham/Getty Images)
The Spurs announced Sunday that reserve guard Patty Mills will not be available for the remainder of the 2013 NBA Finals against the Heat after undergoing surgery to remove an abscess on his foot.
The San Antonio Spurs today announced that guard Patty Mills will miss the remainder of the 2013 NBA Finals. Mills had an infection in his right foot and, in turn, an abscess developed between his fourth and fifth toes. The abscess was removed during a short out-patient surgery on Friday afternoon.
Mills, 24, saw mop-up duty in San Antonio's Game 2 blowout loss and Game 3 blowout win. Best known for his enthusiastic and relentless cheerleading on the bench, Mills averaged 5.1 points and 1.1 assists in 11.3 minutes during 58 regular season appearances and 1.3 points in 3.4 minutes over nine postseason appearances.
An end-of-the-bench reserve who doesn't see much time in a backcourt that includes Tony Parker, Danny Green, Manu Ginobili, Gary Neal and Cory Joseph, Mills holds a $1.1 million player option for next season.
Of greater importance to San Antonio's title hopes, Parker is dealing with a hamstring strain he suffered during Game 3. The All-Star point guard said on Saturday that he hoped to be close to 100 percent for Game 5 on Sunday.
The Spurs and Heat are tied at two games apiece in the Finals entering Game 5 in San Antonio's AT&T Center. The series will shift to Miami for Game 6 on Tuesday and, if necessary, Game 7 on Thursday.


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Retirement planning officials are worried that the elimination of certain tax incentives for retirement savings plans included in President Barack Obama's budget for 2013, which he released to Congress on Monday, will hinder retirement savings.
Brian Graff, executive director and CEO of the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, says that Obama's proposal to limit the tax benefit for retirement savings for families earning more than $250,000 is "a bad proposal based on bad math."
Unlike other targeted tax incentives, Graff (left) said in a statement, "the tax break for retirement savings is a deferral, not a permanent write off. Under the President's budget, these taxpayers wouldn't just lose a current tax break, they would actually be penalized for saving–paying taxes now and taxes later." This, Graff continues, "will discourage small business owners from setting up or maintaining retirement savings plans for their employees. Workers that lose workplace retirement savings plans will be the ones that really pay for this misguided proposal."
Under current law, Graff explains, there is already a $250,000 cap on compensation that can be used to calculate contributions to 401(k) plans. "The President's proposal effectively doubles down on this limit for 401(k) plans, and takes an axe to the tax incentives that encourage small business owners to offer these types of plans at work," he said.
The Insured Retirement Institute notes that while the president's proposed budget "does not explicitly call for changes in the tax status of annuities for all," IRI is concerned about several proposed changes, "including the elimination of certain tax incentives for retirement savings and new limitations on deductions for retirement contributions." IRI says that policymakers need "to protect incentives in place for Americans to attain financial security in retirement, particularly by maintaining the tax-deferred status of annuities for everyone."
IRI's "research has shown that the tax-deferred status of annuities has been pivotal in helping middle-income Americans utilize lifetime income strategies as part of their retirement savings plan," said Cathy Weatherford (left), IRI's president and CEO, in a statement. "Removing this incentive would not necessarily increase tax revenue, but certainly would add a new barrier that would prevent Americans from attaining lifetime income coverage. With today's unprecedented retirement challenges, now more than ever, we need to protect the incentives available to help Americans attain a financially secure retirement."
Obama's budget does, however, provide for automatic enrollment in individual retirement accounts. Obama's plans say that it will improve retirement security for millions of workers by requiring employers with more than 10 employees, who do not offer a retirement plans, to offer an automatic IRA.
As the proposal explains, with an automatic IRA, retirement savings are deducted from each paycheck and deposited in the worker's own account. Employers do not make contributions, and employees can opt out of the program at any time. The proposal also includes a credit to help small employers set up auto-IRA arrangements, and it doubles the existing start-up credit for small employers who offer a retirement plan, such as a traditional pension or 401(k). The administration says this proposal would provide $15 billion in benefits over the next 10 years.


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Audio recording of children's songs. Volume 1 is 'Śiśusaṁskṛtam - Audio CD (AP101)'. Volume 2 is Bālarañjinī - Audio CD (AP104).
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Freema Agyeman "Martha Jones" from Doctor Who hand signed 10 x 8 Photograph 11312
Rare signed 10 x 8 Photograph of Freema Agyeman "Martha Jones" from Doctor Who Rare hand signed 10 x 8 Photographatherine Tate "Donna"
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Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. She is a companion of the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, replacing Rose Tyler (Billie Piper). According to the character's creator and executive producer Russell T Davies in his non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale, the character was developed from the beginning with the intention of appearing for a whole of the 2007 series, and to later make guest appearances in subsequent series and crossover appearances in the show's two spin-offs; Martha subsequently made guest appearances in Torchwood series two and Doctor Who series four in 2008, and later cameoed in the Tenth Doctor's two-part send-off The End of Time in 2010. Martha was also intended to make guest appearances in the 2009 series of Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, but could not due to the actress' other obligations.
Within the series' narrative, Martha begins as a medical student who becomes the Doctor's time travelling companion after an incident at the hospital where she works. After well over a year (from the perspective of the Doctor and herself) of service at the Doctor's side, Martha parts from the Doctor's company as she cannot bear her own unrequited love for him. After returning to life on Earth, becoming engaged and finishing her medical degree, Martha finds a newfound level of independence when she is recruited into the paranormal military organisations UNIT, and briefly Torchwood. In a later appearance, she takes the surname Smith-Jones after having married fellow companion Mickey Smith and becoming a freelance alien hunter. Having faced the end of the world single-handedly during her time with the Doctor, Martha is recognised for her skills both in the field and in medicine.
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Row-level replication (instead of statement-based replication) is required when replicating Falcon objects.Now, seriously, it is not trivial to disable statement-based replication for any engine so it is basically always on; whether it works as expected is a different story. So, in short: there is nothing specifically done to disable statement-based replication for the Falcon engine. It is just not supported by them (yet).
This might be enough to keep me from upgrading, but I am not sure if this is limited to Falcon. Will future MySQL releases require the use of row based replication? Having SQL statements in the binlog is invaluable to me and I am not willing to give that up.
You can actually use statement-based replication to replicate any tables using any engine, Cluster tables as well. It is not a good idea to replicate Cluster tables for several reasons, but it is possible.
We will continue to maintain statement-based replication for the foreseeable future, but it is just not possible to handle all the quirks that can occur in odd situations (for some examples, see BUG#31168, BUG#3989, and BUG#19630). If you know how to write queries that avoid problems like these, you will not have any problems, but if you are concerned about whether you're up to it, switch to use row-based replication.


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Will Chelsea Clinton Opt for Natural Makeup on Her Wedding Day?
Posted on April 27, 2010, 11:15 AM
Chelsea Clinton has kept mum about her wedding details thus far -- the former first daughter hasn't spilled any plans for her wedding hairstyle or her dress -- but she did debut her gorgeous engagement ring over the weekend.
Chelsea Clinton chooses natural makeup
Though we're sure that she'll be healed in time for her wedding (which will be this summer), we hope Clinton stays true to the natural makeup look that she's been sporting in recent months.
The bride-to-be has healthy skin and a beautiful glow, and we hope that she doesn't cover that up on her big day with too much dramatic makeup!
The 30-year-old and her fiancé, Marc Mezvinsky, 32, announced their plans to wed this fall. The pair has known each other for much of their lives.
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