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Q: With just one particular Bluetooth SPP module, .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord() suddenly no longer works, but reflection method works My application connects to Bluetooth SPP modules by making and handling connections pretty much as described in the Android Bluetooth documentation. That is, in my connection thread, I have been used to making a connection simply using:
socket = device.createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(MY_UUID)

where the UUID is the 'well known' SPP UUID, 00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB.
The Bluetooth devices I am connecting to are little Bluetooth / serial adapters. I have three that I've been using for test. Two of them are the "Linvor" Bluetooth to TTL-level serial PCBs that are all over eBay at the moment, which are identical; and the third is a completely enclosed adapter of manufacturer unknown.
Over the time I have been developing this application, I have routinely tested on various devices that range from Android version 2.2.1 (my old Archos 101) through to an Archos Honeycomb device. The device I have been testing on mostly is my Desire HD, which presently has Android version 2.3.5. Over the year or so I have been working on this, I can confidently say that I've never had any connection problems.
Yesterday during testing with my Desire HD (2.3.5) I found that the application would no longer connect to my Linvor Bluetooth PCB I have been working with mostly lately. After obtaining the socket using the line of code quoted above, when attempting socket.connect(), I would immediately get an IOException of Unable to start discovery.
The next thing I did was to swap over to my other spare Linvor module and attempt to pair and connect. The application connected just fine. I also then swapped in my third packaged Bluetooth adapter, and the application connected to that just fine, too. Going back to my first Linvor module, the application still refuses to connect. I ensure that I unpair the 'faulty' Linvor device on my Desire HD, turn off Bluetooth, power down the phone, remove and re-insert battery, power-up, re-pair etc. and then try once again. The application still refuses to connect to that first Linvor module, but connects fine to the second Linvor module and other adapter module.
I then grab my Archos 101 (2.2.1) and fire up a somewhat older build of my application that is still installed on it. The Archos 101 immediately connects to the 'faulty' Linvor module just fine.
At this point I am starting to wonder if either device - i.e. my Desire HD, or perhaps more likely the Linvor module - could have some corrupt entry in its flash memory table for paired devices. In other words, something within that first Linvor module that means it no longer accepts a connection (although it does accept a pairing) from my Desire HD, and yet it will still accept connections from other devices; and also at the same time my Desire HD can happily connect to other devices just as it always has done, including the other spare Linvor module.
After hours of head-scratching and desperation, I decided to try out the reflection connection method as described in Michael's answer here. This is something I have heard about quite a lot and I was under the impression that it's applicable to Android 2.2 and below. However, for the entire year that I have been working with Bluetooth SPP from my various Android devices, I have never needed to use it as .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord() has always worked for me. So I use the code as given in Michael's answer to that question to create my socket, and to my amazement, my Desire HD connects to the 'faulty' Linvor module.
So to recap, the situation seems to be like this:
For the past year, I have been able to use .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord() routinely on my 2.2.1 and 2.3.5 devices to connect to my three Bluetooth SPP adapters.
Then, one particular day, without any change to software on phones or on my Bluetooth adapters, the first of the adapters suddenly requires the reflection method for a connection to work; the other two adapters (one of which is the same type as the first) continue to connect with my application just fine using .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(). Note that there had been absolutely no changes made to my Bluetooth code immediately prior to this sudden changes in behaviour.
What on earth is going on here?
Can anyone advise me on what Android version level the reflection 'hack' should not be required? I was under the impression that it should not longer be necessary on, say, 2.3.5 (my Desire HD). Is that correct?
Is / was the nature of the bug with .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord() such that connections would usually work, but sometimes not work depending on the phase of the moon?
Here is a Logcat output from when a connection fails with that particular Linvor module when using .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord():

01-29 10:22:00.004: D/View(8165): onTouchEvent: viewFlags: 0x18005001
01-29 10:22:00.014: D/View(8165): onTouchEvent: isFocusable: true, isFocusableInTouchMode: false, isFocused: false; focusTaken: false
01-29 10:22:00.034: D/WindowManagerImpl(8165): finishRemoveViewLocked, mViews2: com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView@406215d8
01-29 10:22:00.074: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_socket: fam 31, type 1, prot BTPROTO_RFCOMM
01-29 10:22:00.084: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_init: initializing...
01-29 10:22:00.084: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wsactive_init: init active list
01-29 10:22:00.084: I/BTL_IFC(8165): main_client_thread: Client main thread starting
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_init: success
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BTL_IFC(8165): BTL_IFC_RegisterSubSystem: Register subsystem [BTS]
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BTL_IFC(8165): btl_ifc_ctrl_connect: Connect control channel for subsystem [BTS]
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_sock_create: CTRL
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_alloc_new_sock: wrp_alloc_new_sock sub 1
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_sock_create: 66
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_sock_connect: wrp_sock_connect brcm.bt.btlif:9000 (66)
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_sock_connect: BTLIF_MAKE_LOCAL_SERVER_NAME return name: brcm.bt.btlif.9000
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_sock_connect: wrp_sock_connect ret:0 server name:brcm.bt.btlif.9000
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_sock_connect: Connected. (66)
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BTL_IFC(8165): send_ctrl_msg: [BTL_IFC CTRL] send BTLIF_REGISTER_SUBSYS_REQ (BTS) 0 pbytes (hdl 66)
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC(8165): BTL_IFC_RegisterSubSystem: add new ctrl fd to active set
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_wsock_create: BTS
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_alloc_new_sock: wrp_alloc_new_sock sub 16
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_wsock_create: 67
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): btsk_alloc_add: success
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): btsk_dump_list:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_socket: return 67
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_setsockopt:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_setsockopt: configure rfcomm lm mode 0x26, (master:0, auth 1, enc 1)
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_setsockopt: success
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_setsockopt:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_setsockopt: configure rfcomm sndbuf len 71680 bytes
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_setsockopt: success
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_ASOCKWRP(8165): asocket_init
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl: s 67, cmd 3
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl: s 67, cmd 4
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.194: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl: transparant fcntl
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl: s 69, cmd 3
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl: wsock not found, pass through transparantly
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl: s 69, cmd 4
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_fcntl: wsock not found, pass through transparantly
01-29 10:22:00.194: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_set_asocket: success (67,68,69)
01-29 10:22:00.214: I/BluetoothIF(8165): BEGIN mConnectThread
01-29 10:22:00.234: E/BluetoothIF(8165): TP: IOException error: java.io.IOException: Unable to start Service Discovery
01-29 10:22:00.234: E/BluetoothIF(8165): Unable to start Service Discovery
01-29 10:22:00.234: E/BluetoothIF(8165): Unable to start Service Discovery
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BluetoothSocket(8165): close(): android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket@405c8f78
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_ASOCKWRP(8165): asocket_abort [67,68,69]
01-29 10:22:00.234: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_shutdown: s 67, how 2
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_shutdown:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.234: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_shutdown: shutdown socket
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_write: wrote 1 bytes out of 1 on fd 69
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_ASOCKWRP(8165): asocket_destroy
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_ASOCKWRP(8165): asocket_abort [67,68,69]
01-29 10:22:00.234: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_shutdown: s 67, how 2
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_shutdown:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.234: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_shutdown: shutdown socket
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_write: wrote 1 bytes out of 1 on fd 69
01-29 10:22:00.234: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_close: s 69
01-29 10:22:00.234: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_close: std close (69)
01-29 10:22:00.244: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_close: s 68
01-29 10:22:00.244: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_close: std close (68)
01-29 10:22:00.244: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_close: s 67
01-29 10:22:00.244: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): blz20_wrp_close:  fd (-1:67), bta -1, rc 0, wflags 0x0, cflags 0x0, port 0
01-29 10:22:00.244: I/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): __close_prot_rfcomm: fd 67
01-29 10:22:00.244: I/BTL_IFC(8165): send_ctrl_msg: [BTL_IFC CTRL] send BTLIF_BTS_RFC_CLOSE (BTS) 8 pbytes (hdl 66)
01-29 10:22:00.244: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_close_s_only: wrp_close_s_only [67] (67:-1) []
01-29 10:22:00.244: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_close_s_only: data socket closed
01-29 10:22:00.244: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wsactive_del: delete wsock 67 from active list [ad40f904]
01-29 10:22:00.244: D/BTL_IFC_WRP(8165): wrp_close_s_only: wsock fully closed, return to pool
01-29 10:22:00.244: D/BLZ20_WRAPPER(8165): btsk_free: success

At present, the best course of action that I see is to design my code so that if the .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord() method immediately fails with the "unable to start discovery" exception then to fall back to the relection method which, until today, I have never needed to use.
Additional information: My application targets API level 8. Suspecting that the RFCOMM connect bug affects Android 2.2 and below, I tried switching to API level 10 just to see if it would have any effect on the behaviour of .createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(), but the problem persisted: attempts to connect to the one Linvor module resulted in immediate IOException as described above.
Thanks - Trev

A: Struggling the same problem. Using API 10 on 2 phones. Both with Android 4.0.4.
One phone constantly failing with "Unable to start discovery" but works with reflection.
Second phone giving "Permission denied" with reflection but works with createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord().
And for research I checked android sources.
So it fails here in BluetoothSocket.java:
    boolean inProgress = false;
    try {
        inProgress = service.fetchRemoteUuids(device.getAddress(), uuid, this);
    } catch (RemoteException e) {Log.e(TAG, "", e);}

    if (!inProgress) throw new IOException("Unable to start Service Discovery");

But fetchRemoteUuids() has many fail points and no, they don't throw exceptions just return false.
BluetoothService.java:
public synchronized boolean fetchRemoteUuids(String address, ParcelUuid uuid,
        IBluetoothCallback callback) {
    mContext.enforceCallingOrSelfPermission(BLUETOOTH_PERM, "Need BLUETOOTH permission");
    if (!BluetoothAdapter.checkBluetoothAddress(address)) {
        return false;
    }

    RemoteService service = new RemoteService(address, uuid);
    if (uuid != null && mUuidCallbackTracker.get(service) != null) {
        // An SDP query for this address & uuid is already in progress
        // Do not add this callback for the uuid
        return false;
    }

    if (mUuidIntentTracker.contains(address)) {
        // An SDP query for this address is already in progress
        // Add this uuid onto the in-progress SDP query
        if (uuid != null) {
            mUuidCallbackTracker.put(new RemoteService(address, uuid), callback);
        }
        return true;
    }

    boolean ret;
    if (getBondState(address) == BluetoothDevice.BOND_BONDED) {
        String path = getObjectPathFromAddress(address);
        if (path == null) return false;

        // Use an empty string for the UUID pattern
        ret = discoverServicesNative(path, "");
    } else {
        ret = createDeviceNative(address);
    }

    mUuidIntentTracker.add(address);
    if (uuid != null) {
        mUuidCallbackTracker.put(new RemoteService(address, uuid), callback);
    }

    Message message = mHandler.obtainMessage(MESSAGE_UUID_INTENT);
    message.obj = address;
    mHandler.sendMessageDelayed(message, UUID_INTENT_DELAY);
    return ret;
}

Either native methods fail which leads us to drivers? Or "uuid is already in progress" part fails, because I don't see even a try to connect/scan uuid, just instantly getting exception.

A: Linvor 1.8 here.
I struggle with this device a lot. Your particular problem is one of the issues I encountered.
It can be resolved by pulling the reset pin down (jump the pin to GND with jumper wire) when the device is fully powered.
The reset pin is the 3rd pin from the bottom left of the device.
For me this will allow me to connect to the device once without reflection, but it can go back to the bad behavior again.
My suggestion is that you implement watchdog ping from android to the device and trigger reset command with the remaining GPIO pin when the timer reached.
As for why and what triggered the behavior. I still don't know, but hopefully someone will figure it out.
My suspect is that the device got stuck in an unknown state.


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Pregnant women have greater risk from influenza infection than other population groups [1]. They are more likely to be hospitalised due to influenza than non-pregnant women [2–7], especially those with chronic medical conditions [8,9]. Moreover, infants born to women who develop influenza during pregnancy have a higher risk of low five-minute APGAR (appearance, pulse, grimace, activity and respiration) scores [10]. They also have a higher rate of low birth weight [4,5,10]. A recent study showed that influenza infection during pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk of preterm birth (adjusted Hazard Ration (aHR) 1·4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0·9 to 2·0; p = 0·096) but was associated with an increased risk of late pregnancy loss (aHR 10·7, 95% CI 4·3 to 27·0; p<0·0001) [11].
Since 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended annual influenza vaccination for pregnant women [1]. However, not all countries have a national program for influenza immunization. In 2014, only 59% of the 194 WHO Member States had a national influenza immunization policy for general population [12]. The inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) has been reported to be effective in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza rates for pregnant women [8–10]. Dabrera et al. [13] reported that the IIV was 71% effective (95% CI: 24–89%) at preventing influenza infection and 64% effective (95% CI: 6–86%) at preventing influenza hospitalisation for pregnant women. Also, evidence showed the vaccine offered immunity to the infant for up to six months after birth and preventing about 30–63% of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases in infants less than six months of age [9].
Despite the WHO recommendations, refusing vaccination during pregnancy is common globally, resulting in a low vaccine coverage rate [14–18]. There are two recommended vaccines during pregnancy including influenza vaccine and Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine. In 2019–20 the United States (US) reported that 61.2% of pregnant women received influenza vaccine, 56.6% received Tdap, and 40.3% received both vaccines [19]. A 2020 expert commentary review reported heterogeneity of coverage globally from less than 10% coverage in Europe, to 50–60% in US, and >95% in Brazil [20].
Maternity healthcare professionals (MHCPs) play an important role in offering the influenza vaccine and influencing the decisions of pregnant women in relation to uptake [21–24]. However, MHCPs knowledge of and beliefs about the influenza vaccine, and their experiences supporting pregnant women, as well as their workload and time constraints, affect their practices in advocating for influenza vaccine during pregnancy [21–24].
Most studies of the factors influencing the uptake of the maternal influenza vaccine have focused on the perspectives of pregnant women, addressing issues such as their knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours towards influenza vaccination during pregnancy rather than the perspectives of MHCPs [15,18,25–27]. Most of the studies that have addressed the perspectives of MHCPs toward maternal influenza vaccine have used cross-sectional survey designs [28–32] and have not explored their views and experiences qualitatively.
Questions such as how often pregnant women are being offered the influenza vaccine or how often pregnant women are receiving the influenza vaccine need to be addressed. This review largely focusses on the offer of the vaccine. The aim of the study was to systematically review and thematically synthesise qualitative evidence that explores the views and the experiences of MHCPs involved in the provision of the maternal influenza vaccine worldwide. In addition, we identified and analysed interventions that MHCPs consider feasible to implement to increase vaccination uptake.
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Western Intellectuals
Q: I wanted to ask you about predestination (Qadr). If that is true what is the meaning of somebody committing a sin or doing a good thing. This question has confused me a lot. Please reply in earnest.
YMD
If there is no meaning in committing sins or doing good things, then, Allah's command to do good and avoid sins, is rendered meaningless. This demonstrates that, whatever the understanding of Qadr at the higher levels, it isn't true at the individual's level too.
For some details, please see this issue's editorial.
Q: I also wanted to ask you about the western intellectuals and their concepts on religion, morality etc. Take, for example, Chomsky. I am baffled how a man of such intellectual superiority can have so irrational beliefs about meaning of life and morality. Can you comment, in general, about them?
If you happen to meet Chomsky, he will agree with you that man – though qualified as a scientist, lawyer, or whatever else –is capable of outright denying the obvious, absolutely irrational when he chooses to be, and abandoning plain logic to follow its fuzzy version, to his own harm. If Chomsky's opinion is asked, he will know who is in the mind of the inquirer.
Chomsky's colleagues and admirers say sometimes he abandons the ideas and opinions currently shared by them all.
You may instead, read: Jeffrey St. Clair, Paul Street, Norman G. Finkelstein, Paul Craig Roberts, Chris Hedges, George Galloway, Michael Parenti, Finian Cunningham, Alexander Cockburn, Michel Chossudovsky etc. They hold views that are more balanced, are largely rational, and unbiased except for their inclination to the Left, which keeps them aligned to Russia and to countries that are faithful to their masses, although, ironically for them, some of them are no less capitalistic, than any European country. Nonetheless, you may not let slip off your mind the fact, that once a man denies Allah, he has to lose his true rationality to some extent.
Discussing the concepts regarding religion, morality, etc. of the Western intellectuals, would require a few rolls of paper. Yet, one would not be much away from the line of truth to say that they are, by and large, at present in a state of confusion (some in disillusionment) about what they should believe in, and what of the thoughts and opinions inherited from the past demands to be shed away. Their bastion, the Western civilization, has failed them.
Ideas concerning human rights, equality, freedom to choose and express, women's rights, democracy, etc. have begun to decay and crack up. What they stood for, and spent their energies on, are being taken to their extremes, bordering with irrationalism, with nobody being able to say where lies the middle path. They peer into the future and find it dim and gloomy.
Q: I also wanted your advice about the verse concerning the origin of semen, as a non-Muslim friend of mine said it grossly violates scientific findings. (86:5-7)
Tawseef Ahmad,
On Email
Your non-Muslim friend, poor chap, needs some psychological treatment. One can respect someone who is honest and is sincere about the most consequential element of his life: God and the guidance that comes from Him. Your friend would have read many other sacred literatures – including his parental – before he decided to grant the Qur'an too a chance.
He had 6,300 verses of the Qur'an before him, the like of which he will not find in any literature, sacred or secular. This would have been his first feeling. But, from his question, it is obvious that he was reading line by line, not from a critical point of view, but rather, simply to find something which he could quote as a gross error. In other words, he had already decided not to believe in a Book, the like of which he hasn't seen, and will not see, before he started to read.
What was the point? It was to wave something before the likes of you, to confuse you, rob you of your self-confidence, and demonstrate that his religion is better than yours, and that, this fact renders you a second-class citizen. Thus, he is mentally imbalanced, and should be seeing a psychologist.
His doubt then, is not a doubt, but an objection, a charge and an attack. The above lines are meant to demonstrate to him that we know his mind – if you will take the courage to show him these lines.
The words in the original are sulb and taraa'ib. Sulb has been largely understood to mean the male's back. But, there are other meanings attached to the word. For instance: hard, firm, rigid, stiff; rough, strong robust, sturdy, or hardy. It can also mean the loins, or the acclivities of hills.
As for taraa'ib, there are wide speculations, such as, the bones of the chest including the collar bones, the lower ribs, the area between the two shoulders just above the breast, the area between the breasts and just above them, or where the necklace-end rests, etc. It can also refer to the two hands, legs and the two eyes of a woman.
A possible interpretation has been that the liquid gushes forth from between the sulb and taraa'ib of the male and sulb and taraa'ib of the female.
So, now your friend may look into the meanings of these two words and choose. What will he?
Since he doesn't know Arabic, and his interests are different from searching for truths of life, he fell upon the easiest. And the easiest was, perhaps, not the textual meaning, but only an interpretation. So, his objection, the charge, and the attack on the God of Islam, is on the interpretation.
Whoever understood that the verses (86: 5-7): "Let man consider, what he is created from. He has been created from a gushing liquid that issues from between the sulb and the taraa'ib," is speaking of the "origin" of the seminal liquid, is off the mark. The verses are "not" speaking of the "origin" but rather the "passage" through which the gushing liquid passes. Those who think that the allusion is to the "seminal liquid" are also off the track. The verses are "not" speaking of the "seminal liquid." They are speaking of "a gushing liquid." It could be seminal liquid, it could be any other liquid. The meaning of sulb and the taraa'ib would determine the nature of the gushing liquid.
Again, whoever thought that the verses are speaking of a single chemical element in liquid form, is assuming more than what he should. The allusion could be to a combination of elements, proteins and enzymes, originating from several sources – which passes through the sulb and the taraa'ib. But since the sulb and the taraa'ib could not be definitely identified, an unequivocal meaning is hazardous. The verses remain enigmatic.
Do we, then, await further research involving Jahilyychaste Arabic poetry to provide a better explanation? We may. But the chances are dim. With advance of time, Jahilyychaste Arabic poetry is occupying deep recesses of cold-storage. Should we expect further developments of science to provide an explanation? No. Not necessarily.
Piety does not advance with the advancement in science. The explosion of data has left the scientists baffled. To reconcile the emerging contradictions in scientific data, but which result in homogeneity, is driving them to helplessness. So, we can leave alone this little problem, and accept the message: Be humble. You have passed through passages not so lofty. He who thus humbled you, has the power to raise you alive after death, on a Day when you will be as powerless as when you were gushing through that passage.
Now, if your non-Muslim friend asks: "So what's the meaning?" The answer should be: "The Qur'an is from God. God is one. Those who believe and press on with righteous deeds will enter Paradise that has been prepared for them, and those who refuse to give in, while they have no reason to do so after they have read the Qur'an, He has prepared for such of them a Fiery abode, where they will abide forever."
Q: I was wondering whether you would be interested in publishing an article about how the hadith of the slave girl giving birth to her master can be positively re-interpreted. A year ago I sent this to a (non-Muslim) journal, but they did not publish it (the article is about 2,500 words long and so is too short for most journals). As they have rejected it, I was wondering whether you would be interested in it. With a lot happening with ISIS in the past year it might be not so relevant, but its methodology is very fresh, re-invigorating, and honourable towards Islam even though I am not a Muslim.
"The Slave-girl will Give Birth to her Master"
Abstract: The so-called 'Islamic State' (ISIS/ISIL) uses the narration/'hadith' mentioning that "the slave-girl will give birth to her master" to justify its renewal of sexual slavery. This hadith is talking about signs before the End of the World and so it is to be interpreted by the same 'Temple theology' technique that has been used in the biblical book of Revelation which is also about the End of the World: 'Temple theology' refers to the fact that many obscure texts symbolically describe the rituals and politics of the Temple in Jerusalem. It is shown that the whole hadith is talking about events that happened before the destruction of the second Temple in Jerusalem in 70CE. (The Temple symbolised the world and so the End of the World refers to this incident.) In particular, the slave-girl is shown to refer to the Virgin Mary giving birth to Christ. As such, the 'Islamic State' has no Islamic basis to use sexual slavery.
If you are interested, please do let me know of what would be a publication timeline if it were accepted, and I can forward the whole article to you.
By and large, the Ummah has, in general, rejected the ideologies of the ISIS, let alone lending ear to its interpretations of ahadith concerning the End of Times. Its opinions about slavery, and justification for trying to revive it, have met with rejection of greater emphasis. They and their ideas are of profound interest to the West alone.
A line of thought about them has it that the faction was assisted – if not actually created –in its stage of infancy, by the Western Powers, in order to justify its wars against Islam and Muslims, and to imprint the message on their masses, that Islam is a religion of terrorists. Now the name is used as proxy to pick up any talented young man anywhere in the world, on allegation that he either belongs to ISIS, or is actively sympathetic to it, or is potentially of its kind, and so deserves lockup for a decade: accidentally destroying his whole family. In some parts of the world, the tactic is being used to impress on the Muslims that 'you are under our feet.' (Muslims will be there after their feet are rendered to dust or ashes).
It is also being speculated that the faction, or its shadow, is being kept alive by the Western and some Eastern powers, for use as proxy in future, otherwise, it is dead.
In view of these, we – the great majority of the Ummah– feel compelled not to sanction any importance to ISIS, with whom goes criticism aimed at them. Its criticism is, in fact, that of a shadow. The Western world is pretty well aware of this. But subterfuges of the Western World do not impress the Muslim world any more.
Therefore, a faction, generated by forces inimical to Islam, that lasted a couple of years, does not, in our view, be connected to the appearance of signs of the End of the World, nor does it sound reasonable to connect the hadith in question to events that happened before the destruction of the second Temple in Jerusalem 1600 years ago.
Q: The following is an abstract of my another article entitled: "Islamic Child Brides and Solomon's Temple."
"The concept of child brides in Islam is based on the marriage of Muhammad to Aisha when she was only nine years old. However, 'temple symbolism' is used to re-interpret the hadiths as referring to temple rituals performed by the high priests in Solomon's temple. For example, in the hadith Solomon sleeps with seventy wives in one night, like Muhammad sleeping with his many wives also in one night. Yet Solomon's seventy 'wives' are the seventy lamps in the main temple area, which would relate the hadiths about Muhammad and his wives to temple symbolism also. In particular, hadiths about Aisha being nine when the marriage was consummated are also only about the rituals of Solomon's temple. The fact that the hadiths can be embraced, as opposed to being discarded, without implying any real consummation with Aisha could help traditional Islamic communities to re-assess their view of child brides. In the appendix, Aisha's jealousy of Maria the Copt (and Khadija) are likewise explained as temple symbolism."
Would you be interested in publishing it?
Dr. Richard Worthington,
United Kingdom; On Email
You say, "The concept of… is based on…" Well, the statement coming from someone who knows the basics of Islam creates an obnoxious feeling. It is in the knowledge of London street boys that nothing in Islam is based on what Muhammad (saws) did or thought. Islam is based on the Qur'an, a revelation of God.
Secondly, the age of `A'isha (may Allah be pleased with her) at the time of her marriage has been controversial among Muslim scholars, right from the start. How come you have decided to fix it as 9 years?
Finally, the allusion by "Temple Symbolism" is to such verses of the Bible as for instance (25: 8-9) which says, "Let them make me a sanctuary: that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall you make it."There are many others of this nature, involving the Solomon Temple.
But Islam has chased out symbolism from religious thought. You may probe through any genre of Islamic literature: Tafseer, Hadith, seerah, poetry of early days of Islam, and even Sufi literature of the early times. Even a shadow of symbolism has not been left but excommunicated. Symbolism is generally employed when toxic texts are to be demonstrated as containing honey, and when the obnoxious contents in religious literature becomes impossible to defend.
Early on in the 20th century, a few non-Muslim and half-Muslim writers have employed symbolism to present some vague ideas about religion in general, that is, all religions, to show how Islam can also be understood following the same weird symbols and ideas. But the Ummah, unused to nutty ideas, has ignored them altogether, refusing to say even a word of thanks.
We believe therefore, that in all appearance, your discussionswill be assumed as an effort to rekindle discussions regarding the Prophet marrying a child, he having multiple wives, and his wives suffering disunity between themselves, which should make it so hard for anyone to embrace him as a true Prophet.
If our suspicion is true, then, instead of raising these issues under the cover of symbolism, one may directly raise the allegations, and let the Muslim scholars offer explanations, or, let them stop boasting about the Prophet as a model.
Nonetheless, our premonition could be wrongly placed. That can be removed by introduction of logic in place of the symbolic. Symbolism's working principle, as we know, is to keep logic out, which is necessaryto connect the unconnected and turn the toxic to honey.
We hope you understand our fears, but accept the analysis as justified.


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Next time you have a medical question, load iTriage instead of doing a Google search. The free Universal app can help you identify symptoms and then find a doctor or facility to treat your symptoms. It also includes information about drugs, procedures, news, and conditions and can link with several online health records. The only way iTriage could be improved is if it synced your data via iCloud.
Capzule PHR - Your Personal Health Record.
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White, rural drug users lack needle exchange programs to prevent HIV infections
By Lena H. Sun / The Washington Post
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 at 1:36pm
Needle-sharing by opiate addicts is fueling an alarming rise in new HIV infections among injection drug users, and the United States doesn't have enough syringe programs in place to reduce that risk, according to a report released Tuesday.
Although needle exchange programs have been politically controversial for decades, studies have demonstrated their public health benefits in dramatically reducing the rate of HIV transmission and risk of hepatitis infections among injection drug users without increasing the rate of illegal drug use.
The new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that use of these programs has increased substantially during the past decade, but most people who inject drugs still don't always use sterile needles. Sharing needles and syringes is a direct route of transmission for HIV and hepatitis B and C viruses.
As a result, decades of progress in reducing HIV spread by dirty needles is being threatened. People who would not have been considered at risks for these infections are now vulnerable, especially white people living in predominantly rural areas of the country, including Appalachia, rural parts of New England, and the Ozarks.
"The big picture here is that we've had a lot of progress reducing HIV infections spread by needles and we're at risk of stalling or reversing that progress," said CDC Director Tom Frieden in an interview. As a result of the opioid epidemic, he said, "more people appear to be injecting drugs, more people are sharing needles, and there are more places not covered by syringe service programs."
For the first time, in 2014, whites who inject drugs had more HIV diagnoses than any other racial or ethnic population in the country, the report said.
Needle exchanges not only provide sterile needles and syringes, they can also help people get counseling, disease testing for HIV and hepatitis C, and referrals to places where patients can get treatment. The services are particularly important because people addicted to drugs often may not seek or get medical care.
Officials said a 2015 HIV outbreak in Indiana, while Vice President-elect Mike Pence was governor, was a wake-up call that public health's worst fears could be realized. About 200 people in a county of 24,000 people were diagnosed with HIV infections, making it the worst outbreak in state history, fueled by opioid addiction and needle sharing. Scott County, the epicenter of the outbreak, ranked last out of the state's 92 counties for poverty, unemployment, and percentage of people who were uninsured.
At the time, syringe exchanges were illegal in the state, and Pence was against them.
After federal officials warned of the growing epidemic, Pence signed emergency legislation allowing syringe exchanges in the county. He eventually signed statewide legislation that allows needle exchanges, but only if counties ask for permission in light of a public health emergency.
Indiana's outbreak was a "sentinel event," an indicator of what could happen in more than 200 other communities in 26 states that are at risk for similar outbreaks, Frieden said.
Although decisions for syringe service programs are made at state and local levels, there has been intermittent federal funding in recent years. Asked whether the incoming Trump-Pence administration could put that federal funding in jeopardy, Frieden said: "When people look at the data and are faced with the real challenges, they see that these are programs that save lives and save money."
CDC researchers have identified 220 counties most vulnerable to an outbreak of HIV or hepatitis C by analyzing factors including overdose deaths, pharmacy sales of prescription painkillers and unemployment and poverty rates. At an infectious disease conference in New Orleans in October, CDC researchers presented a U.S. map showing those vulnerable counties and the locations of syringe service programs.
"There's a striking mismatch," said John Brooks, a senior medical adviser at CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. The vulnerability assessment "demonstrates what parts of the county we're very concerned could have an event like Scott County," he said. In states like Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, more than 40 percent of each state's counties are considered vulnerable to rapid spread of HIV and new or continuing high numbers of hepatitis C infections among injection drug users.
The North American Syringe Exchange Network estimates there were 228 syringe service programs in 35 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Native American lands. Only 17 states and Washington, D.C. authorize needle-exchange programs.
Congress first prohibited the use of federal funds for syringe service programs in 1998, when Sen. Jesse Helms, R.-N.C., persuaded Congress to issue the ban. Before becoming governor of Indiana in 2013, Pence supported the ban during his six terms in Congress.
Congress lifted the ban in 2009 and reinstated it in 2011. In December 2015, following the HIV outbreak in Indiana and rapidly rising rates of injection drug use across the country, Congress modified the restriction. Federal funds are still prohibited from paying for sterile syringes, but funds can be used for other parts of the program if there is an HIV outbreak or risk for a significant increase in hepatitis infections. CDC has approved requests from 15 states and select counties to use federal HIV funds for syringe programs.
The CDC report shows that among African American and Latino drug users, the syringe programs have helped reduce HIV diagnoses, but the decreases in HIV diagnoses among whites who use drugs is much smaller. That decrease also stalls after 2012, and officials attribute that to the steadily expanding opioid epidemic.
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Take-Two Interactive to buy FarmVille creator Zynga for $12.7 billion
Take-Two Interactive says it is buying mobile gaming company Zynga for $12.7 billion with a mix of cash and stock, marking the latest blockbuster acquisition in a string of major deals in the video game industry.The company announced Monday that it would acquire all outstanding shares of Zynga at $9.86 a share, a 64% premium to Zynga's closing price Friday.Shares of Zynga skyrocketed 49% in U.S.pre-market trade, while Take-Two slumped about 10%.
Take-Two said Zynga shareholders will receive $3.50 in cash and $6.36 in Take-Two stock for each share of Zynga outstanding at the closing of the transaction.The deal, which is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, is expected to close by June 30, 2022."This strategic combination brings together our best-in-class console and PC franchises, with a market-leading, diversified mobile publishing platform that has a rich history of innovation and creativity," Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in a press release .Take-Two said the deal gives Zynga an implied enterprise value of $12.7 billion.
On an equity basis, Zynga's market value would be closer to $11 billion, according to CNBC calculations.The value could be subject to change depending on fluctuations in Take-Two's stock price.
Take-Two said part of the deal would be funded by $2.7 billion in financing from JPMorgan.The remainder will come from cash on its balance sheet and proceeds of new debt issuance.Best known for its FarmVille series, Zynga initially flourished on Facebook , at one point becoming the most successful app developer on the platform.In the years since, Zynga turned its focus to mobile, hoping to capitalize on explosive growth in the smartphone era.While the company was viewed as a key beneficiary of stay-at-home trends brought about by Covid-19, its share price has fallen nearly 38% in the past year, with some investors questioning whether the pandemic gaming boom has legs in the long term.Michael Pachter, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities, said the acquisition was a "solid move." He has a $15 price target on Zynga stock, much higher than the offer from Take-Two.
"Take-Two should see an acceleration of its mobile business, including taking existing brands and turning them into mobile franchises," Pachter told CNBC by email Monday.He expects Take-Two to take a "hands-off" approach to managing the combined company, which will be helmed by Zelnick.While FarmVille is Zynga's most well-known game, it has published several other notable titles including CSR Racing, Empires & Puzzles and Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, which is based on Warner Bros.' Harry Potter franchise.Take Two, which is known for Grand Theft Auto and other blockbuster console and PC franchises, is hoping to tap into the continued growth of mobile gaming, which accounts for more than half of the entire video game industry.Take-Two, which reported $6.1 billion in net bookings in the 12 months ended Sept.30, 2021, said it expects mobile to comprise over 50% of its net bookings in the next fiscal year, up from 12% in fiscal 2022.Zelnick said he expects the deal to create $100 million in annual cost synergies within the first two years after closing and potential net bookings of at least $500 million over time.The deal follows a series of consolidation efforts in the $180 billion video game industry.
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United Technologies Corp (UTX): Today's Featured Conglomerates Winner
United Technologies was a winner within the conglomerates sector, rising $3.62 (5%) to $76.60 on average volume.
UTX
) pushed the Conglomerates sector higher today making it today's featured conglomerates winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 4.5%. By the end of trading, United Technologies rose $3.62 (5%) to $76.60 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.2 million shares of United Technologies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $75.34-$76.93 after having opened the day at $75.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $72.98. Other companies within the Conglomerates sector that increased today were:
Lydall Inc
), up 9%,
Leucadia National Corporation
), up 4.9%.
United Technologies Corporation provides technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. United Technologies has a market cap of $64.37 billion and is part of the
industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.7, above the average conglomerates industry P/E ratio of 13.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 7.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
TheStreet Ratings rates United as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, good cash flow from operations, increase in net income and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
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Arya College of Engineering and IT is a leading educational institute that delivers administrators, technocrats and entrepreneurs. The technological and economic superpower has a high range of academic curriculum that facilitates students with both practical and theoretical exposure. It has contributed to all sectors of technical and professional development and recognized globally for educational quality. Therefore, almost 30% of students from Barmer have become the part of College in the last 10 years.
The survey says that 100% students got the placements in top brands like IBM, Capgemini, etc with higher packages according to the individual's needs and requirements. ACEIT proved to the best Placement College, which has become the attraction for more students seeking to pursue BTech, MTech or MBA from Best College.
About Arya college of Engineering & IT (ACEIT)
Arya College of Engineering & I.T. (ACEIT), Kukas, Jaipur Established in Year 2000 is among the foremost of institutes of national significance in higher technical education and AICTE, New Delhi Approved and Affiliated with Rajasthan Technical University, Kota in Rajasthan. It is commonly known as "ARYA 1st OLD CAMPUS" and "ARYA 1st". The Institute ranks amongst the best technological institutions in the State and has contributed to all sectors of technical & professional development. We serve modern infrastructure, unique pedagogy and intensive workshops in place.
The institution assures making the footprints in the field of technical education. Moreover, ACEIT makes special efforts for faculty recruitment and admission procedures for selecting potential prospects across the nation. With the constant efforts, we have brought professional emergence in the curriculum and overall activities within the institution.
We groom our students in various streams of Engineering and accelerate a career-oriented training program to make these young men and women compete in extremely daunting professional situations. The Aryans have probably the best Brains as Teachers and Scientists to facilitate premium Academic excellence along with the nuances of Ethics and Human Values.
At Arya, we have tried to realign the entire system. Hence, we have created societies and clubs that would not only nurture diverse creativity but will also satisfy their curiosities of self-expression. In short, Arya College does not leave anything to chance. We involve, engage and energize students to deliver in the virtual world.
Courses Offered by Arya College
A: Courses For B.Tech.
A. The minimum academic qualification for admission to B.Tech. / B.E. program in Rajasthan is a pass with at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to "SC/ST/Non creamy layer OBC/Non creamy layer SBC" of Rajasthan state) in the subjects combination as given below taken together, in the final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) of Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan or any other examination recognized equivalent thereto by Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan / Central Board of secondary Education (CBSE).
B. Subject combination required in the qualifying examination for admission to B Tech / B.E. courses shall be as under:
Course Compulsory Subjects Any one of the Optional Subjects
B.Tech. / B.E. Physics & Mathematics
(1) Chemistry
(2) Bio-technology
(3) Computer Science
(4) Biology
B: Courses For M.Tech.
A candidate must ensure that he / she is eligible for admission to various technical institutions of Rajasthan affiliated/constituent to RTU before filling up the M. TECH. – 2015 form. If a non-eligible candidate is admitted due to any reason then the admission of such a candidate will be cancelled as soon as the mistake is detected even at later stage. Various eligibility criteria shall be as under:
Minimum Qualification Required:
Admission to the Master of Technology ( M Tech) Course shall be open to candidates possessing not less than 55% (6.25 CGPA on 10 points scale and equivalent) and 50% (5.75 CGPA on 10 points scale and equivalent) in case of SC/ST in qualifying examinations under following categories:
(i) The candidates who have passed B.E. / B.Tech. Examinations (in related branch of engineering) of RTU or any other recognized University / Institution or any other examinations recognized as Equivalent thereto by competent authority.
(ii) Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by MHRD/UGC/AIU/UPSC/AICTE {e.g. AMIE by Institute of Engineers (India); AMICE by Institute of Civil Engineers (India); IEE} as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech.
(iii) Candidates having M.Sc., MCA and are seeking admission to certain M.Tech. programmes should posses valid and qualified GATE score of the relevant branch.
The equivalency of any degree for admission to any programme will be decided by University. The eligibility criteria given in the following table are minimum and mere possessing the same does not qualify the eligibility for admissions. University may prescribe any other requirements over and above these conditions. If a recognized university has an approved conversion formula of CGPA into percentage then it will be applicable on producing the certificate of conversion from the concerned University.
C: Courses For MBA
The candidate must possess Graduate (10+2+3) degree or equivalent from any recognized University with at least 48% marks in aggregate (43% in case of SC/ST and Non creamy layer OBC candidates), without any approximation in the Graduate Examination. However, the candidate appearing for the qualifying examination (Graduate Degree) in 2015, will also be permitted to participate in the counseling process but his/her admission will be provisional subject to furnishing the mark sheet of qualifying examination before 31st December, 2015 or as prescribed by the concerned university. Final year appearing students are required to submit, at the allotted institute, a certificate from college/institution (Cerfiticate-6). Download from website www.cmat-raj.org Non-Collegiate students shall get the certificate-6 signed.
Seats & Other Details
B.Tech. Seats (RPET CODE:14)
Electronics & Comm. Eng. 09 180
Computer Science & Engineering 06 120
Electrical Engineering 07 120
Mechanical Engineering 13 120
Information Technology 12 60
Computer Engineering 56 60
Electrical Engineering 57 60
M.Tech. Seats
Electronics & Comm. Engg – 18
Computer Science & Engineering – 18
Electrical Engineering – 18
MBA Seats
Human Resources & Development – 60
Information Technology – 60
Marketing – 60
Finance – 60
B Tech
M Tech
B Tech Selection Criteria
A. The minimum academic qualification for admission to B.Tech./B.E. program in Rajasthan is a pass with at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to "SC/ST/Non creamy layer OBC/ Non creamy layer SBC" of Rajasthan state) in the subjects combination as given below taken together, in the final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) of Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan or any other examination recognized equivalent thereto by Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan / Central Board of secondary Education (CBSE).
B. Subject combination required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.Tech./B.E. courses shall be as under:
B.Tech./ B.E. Physics & Mathematics
M Tech Selection Criteria
Admission to the Master of Technology Course shall be open to candidates possessing not less than 55% (6.25 CGPA on 10 points scale and equivalent) and 50% (5.75 CGPA on 10 points scale and equivalent) in case of SC/ST in qualifying examinations under following categories:
MBA Selection Criteria
Candidate's Name*
Father's Name*
Permanent/Mailling Address
Mother's Name*
Occupation Of Father*
Annual Income*
Religion* HinduMuslimSikhCristianJainBuddhistOther
State Of Domicile*
Category-I* GENSCOBCSTSBC
Belongs to Minority* Yes No
Candidate Photo*
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Branch (Please select at least two branches)* --Select--ECEEECSMEIT
Date of Registration*
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Academic Qualification
Class XII/Diploma
XII Class Diploma
Passed Appearing
JEE (Mains)
X Class Marksheet*
XII Class/Diploma Marksheet*
Aadhar Card*
Caste Certificate (If applicable)
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Sign of Student


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THURSDAY TRACK PICK - The Revivalists' "All My Friends"
We're choosing "All My Friends," the new track from breakout Americana rockers The Revivalists as our THURSDAY TRACK PICK this week.
"'All My Friends' is a song about the time in our lives where we're down and out, and our friends pick us back up," keyboardist/trumpet player Michael Girardot tells us. "I think most of us go through a stage where our friends become our family and support. In our early years as a band, we often wouldn't have made it to the next gig without the help of friends we made around the country. It's why through 10 years as a band, we try first and foremost to be good friends who take care of each other."
"We tracked the song in New Orleans with Dave Bassett, a great producer and the co-writer on the song," Girardot continues. "The track had started with just software pianos, but when we got to the studio we threw the whole kitchen sink at it. I added an old beat-up upright, Yamaha and Sequential analog synths, Hammond, Mellotron, and some other goodies. It's a lot to play live while also singing backing vocals, but I'm able to play most of the layers using Nord keyboards, a Leslie, and a Native Instruments keyboard running Apple MainStage. I hope you enjoy the song, and keep taking good care of all your friends!"
The Revivalists' new album Take Good Care is out Nov 9. Find out more at www.therevivalists.com
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THURSDAY TRACK PICK - Jon Cleary's "Big Greasy"
THURSDAY TRACK PICK - TAUK's "Recreational Outrage"
THURSDAY TRACK PICK - James Francies' "Sway"
THURSDAY TRACK PICK - Donna Missal's "Jupiter"
THURSDAY TRACK PICK - John Escreet's "Opening"
THURSDAY TRACK PICK - Josh Dodes' "Sunny"
THURSDAY TRACK PICK - Iophiile's "You've Changed"
THURSDAY TRACK PICK - Kandace Springs' "Breakdown"


This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser". Since the nomenclature predates the hull numbering system, and there were several confusing renumberings and renamings, there are multiple entries referring to the same physical ship.
A "*" following the entry indicates a ship that was canceled before completion. Ships in bold saw combat service. A "†" indicates a ship lost to enemy action.
CA-1, CA-6 and CA-10 were never used, as ACR-1 Maine, ACR-6 California/San Diego and ACR-10 Tennessee/Memphis were sunk prior to the 1920 redesignation, and their sisters' original hull numbers were carried over. CA-20 through CA-23 were skipped with the merger of the CA and CL sequences, which allowed the reclassification of the Washington Treaty CL's as CA's without re-numbering.
Heavy cruisers CA-149 and CA-151 to CA-153, and light cruisers CL-154 to CL-159 were canceled before being named.
CG-1 through 8 and CG-10 through 12 were converted from World War II cruisers. CAG-1 USS Boston and CAG-2 USS Canberra retained most of their original gun armament and were later returned to their gun cruiser designations CA-69 and CA-70. Before 30 June 1975, CG-16 USS Leahy through CGN-38 USS Virginia were designated DLG or DLGN (Destroyer Leader, Guided Missile (Nuclear powered)). They were redesignated cruisers in the 1975 ship reclassification. CGN-39 USS Texas and CGN-40 USS Mississippi were laid down as DLGNs but redesignated CGN before commissioning. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were ordered as guided missile destroyers (DDG) but were redesignated to guided missile cruisers (CG) before any ship was laid down. CGN-9 Long Beach, CGN-41 Arkansas and CG-49 through 73 were ordered, laid down and delivered as guided missile cruisers. Long Beach was the only cruiser since World War II built on a true "cruiser hull", and for over ten years was the only new-build guided missile cruiser in the fleet.
The Navy has 22 Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-52 through CG-73) in active service, as of the end of 2015. With the cancellation of the CG(X) program in 2010, the Navy currently has no cruiser replacement program planned. The Navy is looking to the AEGIS-equipped Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to increasingly fill the role of the cruiser in the protection of the carrier strike group, as it could be well into the 2030s before any possible cruiser replacement program is up and running.
See also List of light cruisers of the United States.
Note: in the pre-1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized; officially these ships were, e.g., "Armored Cruiser No. 1"
USS Newark (C-1), the first of the numbered United States protected cruisers.
In the pre-1920 period abbreviations were informal and nonstandardized; officially these ships were, e.g., "Cruiser No. 1"
On 17 July 1920, all First and Second Class Cruisers (armored and protected cruisers) still in service were reclassified as Armored Cruisers (CA). The armored cruisers had had their names changed from states to cities within those states to free up the names for battleships.
In the 1920 hull designation system, of the Third Class Cruisers the fast Scout Cruisers became Light Cruisers (CL), and the slower New Orleans and Denver-class "peace cruisers" were reclassified Patrol Gunboats (PG).
On 8 August 1921 the system was revised; the surviving protected cruisers (except for the "semi-armored" St Louis class) and the peace cruiser/patrol gunboats were all grouped with the scout cruisers as Light Cruisers (CL).
The cruisers laid down between the Washington and First London Naval Treaties were originally designated Light Cruisers (CL) due to their light protection. In accordance with the London Treaty, they were reclassified as "Heavy Cruisers" (CA) in 1931 due to their 8-inch guns. Thenceforward heavy and light cruisers were numbered in a single sequence; the last armored cruiser of the original CA series, Seattle, was redesignated IX (Unclassified Miscellaneous) in 1941.
CG-43 to CG-46 skipped to allow redesignation of DDG-47 Ticonderoga without renumbering.
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Theatre Review: Next To Normal Live at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre
Garon Cockrell 03.2015 Reviews, Theatre, Theatre ReviewLeave a Comment
Next To Normal
March 7 – April 4
The Morgan-Wixson Theatre
Next To Normal tells the story of a mother, Diane Goodman, who struggles with bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness has on her family. This contemporary musical is an emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues as grieving a loss, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life. With provocative lyrics and a thrilling score, this musical shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family's world intact.
Matt Artson as Dr. Fine / Madden
Amy Coles as Diana
Zoe D'Andrea as Natalie
Billy Hicks as Gabe
Terrence Jegaraj as Henry
David Meinke as Dan
Community theatre can be tricky. You can't know going into it just what you are going to get. It can definitely be hit or miss but that's part of the fun, right?
Next To Normal is one of those musicals that I had heard of but hadn't had the change to see. I kept watching for it but it never seemed to go up nearby. So, you can imagine my excitement when I got an invite to check out a local production of the show I'd been wanting to see for a while.
Luckily, this one of those community theatre productions that gets it mostly right. It's a great company who put a lot of heart and soul into the production.
The theatre is a decent size but still feels intimate. The crowd was an eclectic mix who all seemed to enjoy the show. It seemed to be a community that truly loved their local theatre and were happy to be there seeing the latest production which was a pretty neat feeling.
The stage was set up with a two story wooden structure to simulate the families home. Various props were tucked away for easy movement and scene changes. It was a really great set and was put to use rather well throughout the show.
The cast is wonderful. They each embody their characters and bring them to perfect life. Vocally, everyone was strong and really sold their songs.
I do want to point out two of the actors who I thought were absolutely terrific. Zoe D'Andrea who played Natalie and Terrence Jegaraj who played Henry. I absolutely loved them. They had great chemistry and for me were the most interesting part of the show. Natalie and Terrence were just captivating. I was looking forward to every moment they were on stage. I really see great things for the both of them in the future and hope to see more of their work very soon.
That's not to take away from the rest of the cast. Everyone did a wonderful job. I was really impressed with how great of a cast it was.
There were a couple negatives though. Firstly, the music is track based. So while the actors are performing live, the backing music is piped in via a CD or whatever it is. This is sort of distracting a makes me wish they could have a live band but, of course this is community theatre so space and budget probably prohibit that. I think a better mixing of the audio would go a long way to making a more seamless sound. To be fair though, the vocals were absolutely top notch despite the backing music.
The other issue I had was with the direction. I think the stage direction could have been a little more fluid and less static. Some more intimacy and closeness between the actors would go a long way and taking this production to another level.
That said, the Morgan-Wixson Theatre's production of Next To Normal is still worth your time and money. The cast sells it completely even with the minor shortcomings I pointed out. See it if only to see some future superstars doing some really great work.
Next To Normal runs now through April 4.
For tickets and more information, please visit morgan-wixson.org.
Garon Cockrell
Garon Cockrell is the Founder and Editor of Pop Culture Beast and host of The Pop Culture Beast Show. He founded the site over seven years ago to have a place on the internet to write about the things he loved. Since then, Garon has become a best-selling author (Demonic and Other Tales), an award winning screenwriter (Best Screenplay 2013 Motor City Nightmares Film Festival), and a cast member on the top rated podcast, Never Not Funny.
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Garon CockrellTheatre Review: Next To Normal Live at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre 03.12.2015


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Matt Bush from Holland proposed to his girlfriend of two years, Kate Vogel from Ada, by building an interactive website that recapped the story of their meeting and courtship.
On Wednesday, July 17, a link to the website called "A Story About Us", was posted on the user-generated news and entertainment website Reddit.
That one act garnered Bush, his colleagues, and his now fiance a bit more attention than they thought it would ever bring as the story was then picked up by The Huffington Post.
I spoke to Bush while he was taking a one-hour break from what else but a 36-hour Hackathon presented by Google and Razorfish -the company he works for in Chicago.
Bush told MLive, "I'm totally taken aback. It wasn't expected at all."
"Since Wednesday we've had over 6,500 unique visitors come to the site and that doesn't even count today. It's being shared and tweeted by some people we never thought would even see it."
Some of those names include the "godfather of web development" Jeffrey Zeldman who founded alistapart.com and is highly regarded as one of the top web designers in the country.
"I think Josh reacted the most strongly to Zeldman sharing it on his Facebook page," Bush said. "That was big for us, to get feedback from people we consider to be the top in our industry."
Bush solicited the help of his friends illustrator Gabe Cooper and web developer Josh Compton to create the slideshow website.
The open source code of the website has been posted on the Internet as well.
"All of the code is available for anyone who wants to see how we made it so they can tweak it and play with it," Bush explained.
While his girlfriend did say "Yes," they don't have a date set quite yet.
"We've had very little time to plan," said Bush. "After I asked her we went out to eat, then work the next morning, and then the Hackathon started."
The now engaged couple moved to Chicago at the end of May after both graduating from MSU.


FABULOUS GARDEN.......BUNGALOW IS PRETTY GREAT TOO!
For this detached dormer bungalow which briefly comprises: Lounge; Dining Room; Breakfast Kitchen; luxury Bathroom and 3 Bedrooms; Outside offers ample off road parking plus a car port , the substantial garden to the rear incorporates a PRIVATE BAR, SEATING AND PATIO AREA - fabulous for entertaining!
The property has been substantially modernised and upgraded to a high standard (an 8 CAMERA HOME SECURITY SYSTEM with 3 month recording capacity has been installed), and occupies a sizeable plot, overlooking open countryside to the rear. Located on Hornsea Road, the main thoroughfare through the village of Skipsea, located approximately nine miles south of Bridlington, off the main A165 to Hull, with local facilities including public house; garage; shops and caravan parks, this is a truly individual property which really must be viewed to appreciate the quality of the finish inside and out!