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BE THE FIRST TO WATCH! "JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL" ARRIVES IN PH CINEMAS DEC 4
December is going to be truly next level when the latest installment of the Jumanji action-adventure franchise hits the big screen on December 4 in the Philippines.
(Watch the film's new spot at https://youtu.be/n_maZqYsJas.)
Jumanji: The Next Level reunites the four teenagers who survived the trials of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as they return home to Brantford, New Hampshire from their respective colleges for the holiday break. Now college students, they're trying to navigate the next level in their individual lives. After Spencer is compelled to go back into the game, Martha, Fridge and Bethany must team up and re-enter the world of Jumanji on a daring rescue mission to bring Spencer home.
The game is broken. Everything they know about Jumanji is about to change, as they discover that there's more to it than just a jungle; it's bigger, more dangerous, and has more thrilling obstacles to overcome. This means that anything can happen, so in addition to big action, incredible visual effects, and epic locations, you should also expect the unexpected.
Also back in play are the avatar team of Dwayne Johnson as Dr. Smolder Bravestone, Jack Black as Dr. Shelly Oberon, Kevin Hart as Mouse Finbar, Karen Gillan as Ruby Roundhouse, and Nick Jonas as Seaplane, plus new players Danny Glover as Milo, Danny DeVito as Grandpa Eddie, and Awkwafina as a new avatar, Ming. However, things aren't always what they appear to be, and they must rely on their strengths to navigate the changes to the game to get out alive and bring Spencer home safely before it's game over for them all.
"The opportunity to come back to this idea, to these characters, both the kids in the real world and their avatars in the game, was irresistible to me," says director Jake Kasdan. "But the great gift of this story is that we could bring everybody back, get the team back together, but also change what everyone was doing. And that makes it all new again. It allowed us to reapply the big idea, but in a really different way."
According to the film's star and producer, Dwayne Johnson, they knew how high expectations were from the outset: "This film is bringing things to the next level, to coin the phrase of our title, in a lot of ways. We go to the next level with our action sequences that are just really spectacular action sequences, our set pieces. What we've established is that there are multiple Jumanji universes, so we are going to the snow-capped mountains. We are in the desert dunes. We are back in the jungle. We are really all over the place in the best way.
"If you're lucky enough to have a movie as successful as the first Jumanji, you've got to raise the bar," adds Johnson. "You've got to raise your game. You've got to level up. So, I think we did - and not only that, but we also introduced new characters in the movie which I think audiences will really respond to this time around."
Jumanji: The Next Level is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Use the hashtag #Jumanji
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2017 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award Lecture
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center for the Humanities has announced the winners of the 2017 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award. One award for fiction and one for nonfiction is given each competition cycle.
The winners will receive their awards and deliver a public talk at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at the Hall Center. The event is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will also take place.
The nonfiction committee selected Henry Bial, University of Kansas professor of theatre, to receive the award for "Playing God: The Bible on the Broadway Stage" (University of Michigan Press). The book, according to nominators, is "an innovative and original work of outstanding scholarship. In topic and methodology, it advances the fields of theatre/performance studies, American studies and religious studies through rigorous, relevant and accessible research in the arts."
The fiction committee selected Megan Kaminski, KU assistant professor of English, to receive the award for "Deep City" (Noemi Press). A review in The Rumpus notes, "Decentralizing and deconstructing the familiar notion of single speaker in the landscape, Kaminski both challenges the Romantic ideal of pastoral poetry and enlivens the concrete and girders we live in but so often fail to imagine."
The Byron Caldwell Smith Award was established at the bequest of Kate Stephens, a former KU student and one of KU's first women professors. As an undergraduate, Stephens learned to love the study of Greek language and literature from Professor Byron Caldwell Smith. In his name, she established this award, given biennially to individuals who live or are employed in Kansas and who have written an outstanding book published in the previous two years. The next Byron Caldwell Smith Award will be given in 2019.
For more information, please contact the Hall Center at hallcenter@ku.edu or call (785) 864-4798.

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Q: plotting the old data(for an earlier plot) again while making a new plot I have CSV file with entries like following
id, A, B    #first line.
1, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8(and many more), 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2(and many more) #line 1
...
...
(many more lines like this)

Here is the script to plot the graph each line and save it to file. For example the pairs to be plotted will be {1,0};{2,9};{3,8};...
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import csv

def plot( fileName, x, y):
    fileNameWithExt=fileName
    fileNameWithExt+='.png'
    print fileNameWithExt
    plt.plot( x, y )
    plt.xlabel( "X values" )
    plt.ylabel( "Y values" )
    plt.savefig(fileNameWithExt)

if __name__=="__main__":
    with open('test', 'r')  as csvfile:
        next(csvfile)
        spamreader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=',')
        for row in spamreader:
            print (row[1].strip()).split(" ")
            x = map(int, (row[1].strip()).split(" "))
            y = map(int, (row[2].strip()).split(" "))
            plot(row[0], x, y)

The example file(test) is as follows:
id, A, B
train1, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, 2 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
train2, 8 5 6 9 3 2 0 1, 2 4 6 8 6 9 1 6

As one would see, the second plot contains value from the first plot too. I do not understand why this is happening even I have deleted the list after plotting. What mistake I am making.
Any help appreciated.

A: You need to close or clear the plot between loops:
eg. plt.close()
cla() clears an axis, i.e. the currently active axis in the current figure. It leaves the other axes untouched.
clf() clears the entire current figure with all its axes, but leaves the window opened, such that it may be reused for other plots.
close() closes a window, which will be the current window, if not specified otherwise.

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Chapter 2 (d)
Promised Messiah in the Quran
Part (d)
Summary of Arguments
Introduction / First argument -- on logical grounds / Companions of the Holy Prophet / Need for saintly teachers of Divine word / Saintly teachers required in every age / Guarding Quranic teachings / Second argument -- on the basis of the Quran / Khilafat till eternity, not just thirty years / Present Muslim condition like Jews of Jesus' time / Advent of reformer at depth of Muslim decline / Promised Messiah in the Quran - a summary /
We now briefly give a summary of this discourse. It is that the arguments given below prove it to be essential that, after the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, there should arise among the Muslim people, at times of troubles and tribulations, reformers who are assigned the particular task, out of the many tasks of the prophets, that they call to the true religion, and remove every innovation that has been mixed with the religion, and show people the truth of the faith from every angle, through having received heavenly light, and draw people to truth, love and purity through their own holy example. These arguments are as below.
First argument -- on logical grounds
Firstly, metaphysical and spiritual questions are extremely delicate and subtle, as if one has to repose belief in all matters ethereal and above the scope of reason, since no one has ever seen God or paradise or hell or met angels; and besides this, Divine commandments run contrary to desires of the self, prohibiting the things which the lower self enjoys. Therefore, logically it is not only the best way, but in fact essential, that the holy prophets of God, who come with law and scripture, and possess within themselves a holy power and influence, should have a long life so that always and in every century they can give each new generation of their followers the privilege of their company and meeting, and by taking them under their charge and beneficent wings, provide them with the blessing, light and spiritual knowledge which they had conveyed in earlier times. And if this cannot be so, then their successors, who should possess their accomplishments, must always arise at times of mischief and trouble, and be able to explain the fine points and truths of the Book of God through revelation and inspiration, and demonstrate the recorded truths in the form of actual experience, taking the seekers of truth to the stage of certainty. Thus man, who is prey to doubt and forgetfulness, should not remain deprived of their (the prophets') real spiritual benefits. For it is plain and evident that when the prophet of an age reaches his end, and then all those who witnessed his blessings pass away, all the matters of observation assume the form of recorded narratives. Then, in the view of the people of the next century, the moral qualities of that prophet, his acts of worship, patience, steadfastness, truthfulness, purity and devotion, and all the signs of Divine support, supernatural manifestations and miracles, which argued for the authenticity of his prophethood and the truth of his claim, are something like stories, and for this reason the depth of faith and fervour for obedience to be found in those who see the prophet is not seen in others to the same extent.
Companions of the Holy Prophet
It is clear that the depth of true faith shown by the Companions of the Holy Prophet, and the great sincerity with which they sacrificed their possessions, lives and names in the path of Islam, was not to be found even in the people of the second century, namely the Tabi'in, let alone the later centuries. What was the reason for this? It was just this: that the Companions, God be pleased with them, had seen the face of this Man of Truth whose being a lover of God was testified to spontaneously even by the tongues of the disbelieving Quraish. And seeing his daily devotions and prostrations full of love, and witnessing his state of absorption in Divine obedience, perfection of love for God, bright signs upon the face of love, and the aura of Divine light upon his holy countenance, they used to say: "Muhammad is a true lover of his Lord". And the Companions not only saw that truthfulness, love and sincerity, but corresponding to the love which surged like a river in the heart of our Leader, Muhammad, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, they also witnessed God's love (for the Holy Prophet) in the form of extraordinary Divine assistance. Then they realised that God exists, and their hearts cried out that that God was with this man.
They saw so many Divine wonders and witnessed so many heavenly signs that they remained in no doubt whatever that a Higher Being actually exists, Whose name is God, and in Whose hand lies every affair, and for Whom nothing is impossible. It was for this reason that they displayed all those deeds of truth and purity, and made those sacrifices, which a man cannot do unless all his doubts and uncertainties are banished. They saw with their own eyes that that Holy Being is only pleased if man enters Islam and renders obedience to His honourable Holy Prophet with his very body and soul. Then after that perfect faith, the obedience which they showed, the deeds they did out of the fervour of that obedience, and the readiness with which they offered their lives to their venerated Guide, were such that it is never possible for man to attain them until that same season of spring is before his eyes as had come upon the Companions. And since it is impossible to produce these accomplishments without the existence of these means, and to obtain sure salvation without these qualities is also impossible, it was essential that God, Who has called everyone to salvation, should make this kind of arrangement for every century so that His servants may not be deprived of the grades of perfect faith in any age.
Need for saintly teachers of Divine word
To say that the Quran and the Hadith are sufficient for us, and that association with the righteous is not necessary, is itself against the Quranic teaching because Almighty God says: "And be with the truthful ones [sadiqin, plural of sadiq]" -- (9:119). The "truthful" are those who recognised the truth through insight, and who then became established upon it heart and soul. And this high degree of insight is not possible unless heavenly assistance comes to take one to a high position of sure faith. Thus according to this meaning, the "truthful ones" are the prophets, messengers, Divinely inspired saints and the completely perfect holy men, upon whom heavenly light fell and who saw God Almighty in this very world with the eye of certainty. And this holy verse indicates that the world is never devoid of the existence of the truthful because the permanence of the command, "Be with the truthful ones", implies the perpetual existence of the truthful.
Besides this, observation clearly shows that those people who spend their lives indifferent to association with the truthful cannot be cleansed of their physical desires by their own knowledge and skills. And they cannot attain even that grade of faith where there is heart-felt belief in the existence of God. They do not have the same faith in God as they do in the wealth locked away in their safes or the property which is in their possession. Taking arsenic terrifies them because they know with certainty that it is a fatal poison, but they are not afraid of the poison of sins, although they read in the Quran everyday: "Whoever comes guilty to his Lord, for him is surely hell. He will neither die therein, nor live" (20:74). So the truth is that the person who knows not God, knows not the Quran either. It is, of course, also true that the Quran has been revealed for the purpose of guidance, but its guidance is bound up with the person of the man to whom the Quran was revealed, or the man who has been appointed as his successor by God. If the Quran would have been sufficient by itself, God had the power to have it written down upon the leaves of trees naturally, or it could have descended from the sky in written form. However, God did not do this; rather, He did not send the Quran into the world until the teacher of the Quran was sent into the world. Open the Holy Quran and see in how many places there are verses to the effect:
i.e. that Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, teaches people the Quran and its wisdom. And in another place it states:
("None touches it except the purified ones." -- 56:79)
i.e. the truths and the fine points of the Quran are disclosed only to those who have been purified. Hence these verses clearly prove that, to comprehend the Quran, there is the need for a teacher whom God has purified with His own hand. If there were no need of a teacher in order to learn the Quran, there would have been no need of one in the early days (of Islam) either.
Saintly teachers required in every age
If it is said that in the beginning a teacher was required to explain the teachings of the Quran, but since they have been explained, what is the necessity of one now, the answer is that explained questions again require elucidation after a passage of time, and besides this, the Muslim people face new problems in every age. The Quran is certainly a reservoir of all knowledge, but that does not imply that all the knowledge in it should be disclosed in just one age. On the contrary, corresponding to the kinds of problems that are faced the appropriate Quranic knowledge is disclosed, and corresponding to the issues of every age, for the resolving of those issues spiritual teachers are sent who are the heirs of the apostles and who attain the qualities of the messengers by way of image. And the mujaddid whose work bears striking similarity to the appointed task of one of the apostles, is called by the name of that apostle in the sight of God.
New teachers are also required because some of the teaching of the Holy Quran has to be given through actual condition, not words. And the Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, who is the premier teacher and the real heir to this throne, explained these deep and subtle points to his Companions through his own experience. For instance, God's saying that He is the knower of the unseen, He is the answerer of prayers, He is the powerful, He is the grantor of supplications, He makes the seekers receive true light, He sends revelation to His true servants, and He breathes His spirit into whomsoever of His servants as He pleases -- all these things are such that unless the teacher himself is an illustration of them, they cannot be understood in any way. So it is obvious that the formal ulama of the religion, who are themselves blind, cannot explain these teachings; indeed, they are constantly making their students doubtful of the greatness of Islam. They assert that these matters (spiritual) are not things of the future but of the past, and such statements of theirs give one to understand that Islam is no longer a living religion, and there is now no way to attain its true teachings.
It is obvious, however, that if God's plan for His creation is that He shall always make them drink of the fountain of the
Holy Quran, then He will undoubtedly show regard to His ancient laws as He has been doing from the days of old. And if the teaching of the Quran is limited merely to the extent to which the thought of an accomplished and deep-thinking philosopher is confined, and heavenly teaching which can only be explained through a living example is not to be found anywhere in it, then the advent of the Quran is, God forbid, fruitless. But I know that if someone considers even for a moment the question as to what is the distinction between the teaching of the prophets and the teaching of wise thinkers, he will not find any distinctive feature other than the fact that a great part of the teachings of the prophets is beyond the scope of reason and cannot be understood in any way except through teaching and elucidation by actual condition. This part can only be impressed upon one's mind by persons who have had the experience. For instance, questions relating to how the angels take the soul at death, and the manner in which they take it to heaven, the questioning in the grave, the nature of paradise and hell and the "straight bridge", the bearing of the 'arsh of God by four angels and byeight angels on the Day of Judgment, God's sending His revelation to His servants or His opening the door of visions to them -- all this is teaching conveyed through actual experience, and cannot be understood through words and talk alone. Considering this, I repeat that if Almighty God has willed for His servants that this part of the teaching of His book should not be confined to just the first age, then He would undoubtedly have made arrangements to constantly send teachers of this side of the teaching. For, that teaching can never be understood except through the agency of teachers who have attained the stage of experience, and the world stumbles in every elementary matter. So if in Islam, after the Holy Prophet Muhammad, no teachers have come possessing the light of prophethood by way of reflection, then it is as if God intentionally made the Quran useless by taking away from the world, quite soon, those who understood it truly and properly.
Guarding Quranic teachings
However, this is opposed to His promise as expressed by Him as follows:
We have revealed the Quran, and We shall ever keep on guarding it (15:9). Now I cannot see, if those do not remain who understand the Quran, and those who have faith in it as a matter of certainty and experience disappear into nothing, how the Quran can have been guarded. Does "guarding" mean that many copies of the Quran would be calligraphed beautifully and locked away in trunks till the Day of Judgment, rather like buried treasure which is of no use to anyone but lies protected underground? Can anyone consider this to be God's intent in this verse? If this is the purpose, then such guarding is no great work; in fact, it is a joke, and to speak of this guarding is to invite ridicule from the opponents, because if the real purpose is missing, what good is physical preservation. It is possible that there may be a manuscript of the Gospels or the Torah, similarly preserved, lying in a ditch somewhere. And in the world there are thousands of books which are certainly, without any loss or addition, known to be works of their authors. What is the great merit in this, and what is the special benefit accruing to the Muslims?
Although it cannot be denied that the textual preservation of the Quran is of a higher standard than for any other book in the world, and it is also miraculous, still it can never be imagined, in the case of God Who looks to matters spiritual, that by guarding is meant merely the preservation of words and letters. In fact, the word dhikr {Note 1} clearly testifies that the Quran shall be preserved in its capacity as the dhikr till the Day of Judgment, and its true dhakirs (those reminding people of its teachings) shall ever continue to appear. There is another verse clearly arguing to this effect, and it is as follows:
"It is clear verses, which are in the hearts of those who possess knowledge" (29:49). It is obvious that this verse means that the believers have been granted the knowledge of the Quran, and also the ability to act upon it. And since the repository of the Quran is the hearts of the believers, the verse "We have revealed the Reminder and We shall ever keep on guarding it" can have no meaning except that the Quran will not be effaced from the hearts as the Torah and the Gospel were effaced from the hearts of the Jews and the Christians. And although the Torah and the Gospel were in their hands and their boxes, yet these were removed from their hearts, i.e. their hearts did not remain established upon these books, and they did not keep and preserve the Torah and the Gospel in their hearts. To conclude, this verse is loudly proclaiming that no portion of the teaching of the Quran will be lost or ruined, and just as it was planted in the hearts on the first day, so shall this state of affairs continue till the Day of Judgment.
Second argument -- on the basis of the Quran
Just as reason considers it essential and important that for the permanent teaching and exposition of the Divine books it is necessary that, like prophets, there constantly arise, from time to time, men inspired by God, recipients of revelation, and possessors of Divine knowledge, similarly when we look at the Quran and read it with a careful eye it too declares with a loud voice that the perpetual coming of spiritual teachers has been decreed in God's ancient will. Consider, God Almighty says:
"Whatever thing benefits mankind, it remains in the world" (13:17). Now it is obvious that the class most benefitting mankind are the prophets who, by signs, miracles, prophecies, truth, knowledge, and their own example of righteousness, strengthen the faith of people and convey spiritual benefit to seekers of truth. It is also obvious that they do not remain in the world for a great length of time, but are taken from this world after spending a short life here. However, this does not go against the meaning of the verse, nor is it possible that the word of God be against facts. So, when applied to prophets, the meaning of this verse would be that they continue to exist in terms of reflection [zill], and at every time of need God raises some servant of His in their likeness and similitude, as a reflection, who causes them to have perpetual life by being in their mould. For the continuation of this existence in terms of reflection, God has taught His servants the following prayer:
"O our Lord, show us that right path which is the way of those servants of Thine upon whom are Thy favours" (1:5-6). And it is obvious that God's favour to the prophets, for the seeking of which there is a command in this prayer, is not of monetary form but it is the favour of light, blessings, love, sure faith, miracles, heavenly assistance, recognition, perfect knowledge, revelation and visions. God had commanded the Muslim people to seek this favour only after He had first decided to grant it to them. So this verse too proves openly that God has made this nation the heir to the prophets, in the sense of reflection, so that the prophets continue to exist forever in this sense, and the world never be deprived of their presence. And God has not only commanded the saying of this prayer but also given the promise in a verse as follows:
"Those who strive hard in Our path" -- which is the straight path -- "We shall show them Our ways" (29:69). It is obvious that the ways to God are only those which were shown to the prophets.
Then there are some other verses from which it is proved that God has indeed decreed that spiritual teachers, who are the heirs to the prophets, shall always continue to arise. These are as follows:
"God has promised you, O believers of the nation of Muhammad, that He will make you khalifas in the earth as was done with those before you." (24:55)
"And disasters" -- of various kinds, physical and spiritual -- "will continue to afflict the disbelievers, or pass close to their abodes, until the promise of God comes to pass, and God does not fail in His promises." (13:31)
"And We do not send punishment upon a people until We raise a messenger." (17:15)
If a person examines these verses with care and thought, how can I say that he will not understand the point that God has given a clear promise of a perpetual khilafat for the Muslim nation. If this khilafat was not to be perpetual, what was the meaning of likening it to the successors in the Mosaic order? If it was to come to an end forever after the 'Righteous khilafat' of thirty years' duration, it would imply that God had certainly not ordained that He would keep the doors of blessings open upon the Muslims forever, because the demise of the spiritual order means the death of the faith, and that religion cannot be called living whose adherents admit with their own tongues that it has been lying dead for thirteen centuries. However, God has most certainly not willed for this faith that the light of true life which was in the heart of the Holy Prophet Muhammad should be transferred as inheritance to those outside.
Khilafat till eternity, not just thirty years
It is a pity that those who hold this view do not reflect upon the word khalifa which is related to istikhlaf, for khalifa is applied to a successor, and only that person can be a successor to the Prophet in the true sense who possesses within him the Apostle's qualities by way of being a reflection. For this reason, the Holy Prophet did not want the word khalifa to be applied to tyrannical monarches, because the khalifa is in reality the image of the Apostle. And since no human being lives forever, God willed that the prophets, who are the best and most superior of all the beings of the world, should continue to exist permanently, by way of reflection, till the Day of Judgment. So for this purpose God instituted the khilafat in order that the world should not be deprived of the blessings of apostleship in any age whatever. Therefore, the person who accepts the khilafat of only thirty years ignores its real object through his folly. He does not know that it was most certainly not God's purpose that it is only essential to continue the blessings of apostleship after the Holy Prophet's death through the khalifas for a mere thirty years, and after that He would not care a whit even if the world was facing destruction. In fact, in the early days the khalifas were needed for not much more than spreading the power of Islam, because the lights and blessings of prophethood were still being disseminated newly and freshly, and thousands of miracles had just then poured down like rain. Had God so willed, it was not beyond His law to extend the life of the Holy Prophet by thirty years, instead of having four khalifas. At the end of this thirty year period the Holy Prophet would have reached 93 years of age, and this is not much more than the ages attained in those times, nor is it in excess of the law of nature regarding human life span which we observe before us.
Can sound sense propose the despicable idea about the Merciful, Kind God, that He cared about this Muslim people for only thirty years and then left them wandering permanently, and the light which from ancient days He had been showing within the followers of previous prophets in the mirror of khilafat, He did not approve of showing for this people? Most certainly not. And the following verse bears decisive witness to the khilafat:
"We indeed wrote in the Book after the Reminder that My righteous servants shall inherit the earth." (21:105)
For, it is clearly proclaiming that the Islamic khilafat is perpetual. The word "inherit" implies perpetuity, because if the wicked have the last turn, they would be the inheritors of the earth, not the righteous, and the heir to anything is he who comes last of all.
Then the following point should also be considered. Given that God had explained by use of an analogy that He would raise khalifas among the Muslim people in the same manner as He raised successors after Moses, one should see what course did God follow after the death of Moses: did He send successors for only thirty years, or did He extend this series for fourteen hundred years? Then again, as the grace of God upon our Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, was far greater than that which was upon Moses, as He Himself said, "The grace of God upon thee is very great" (4:113), and He also said regarding this nation, "You are the best nation raised for mankind" (3:109), how could it be that the series of successors of Moses should be continued for fourteen hundred years, but here the khilafat terminate after a mere thirty years? If the Muslim people are devoid forever of the spiritual lights of khilafat, let anyone explain the meaning of the verse: "You are the best nation raised for mankind". If it is desired to keep this nation blind forever, and if the object is to keep this faith dead, what is the meaning of saying that it is the best and that it has been raised for the welfare and guidance of mankind? Can the blind lead the blind? So, O people who are called Muslims, ponder for God's sake: this verse means just that spiritual life and inner vision shall remain in you always, till the Day of Judgment, and followers of other religions shall receive light from you. And this spiritual life and inner vision which has the capability to invite people of other faiths towards the truth -- this is just the thing which in other words is known as khilafat. How can you then assert that the khilafat, after having continued for only thirty years, vanished into nothing? Fear God, fear God, fear God!
Now it should be remembered that although there are many verses of this kind in the Holy Quran, giving the glad tidings of a perpetual khilafat among the Muslim people, and Hadith is full of reports about this as well, for the moment this much will suffice for those who accept proven facts like a great treasure. There could be no worse misgiving about Islam than to consider it to be a dead religion and to believe its blessings to be limited to only the first generation. Does the Book which opens the door to perpetual blessings teach the disheartening lesson that there is no blessing or khilafat to look forward to, but that all has been left behind? Prophets certainly cannot arise among the Muslims, but if khalifas of the Holy Prophet do not come either, showing the marvels of spiritual life from time to time, then the spirituality of Islam comes to an end. In that case, such a faith can bear no comparison to the spiritual power and glory of the Mosaic religion in which thousands of spiritual khalifas continued to arise over a period of fourteen centuries. It is lamentable that our critics do not give the least thought to the point that in such a case Islam proves to be very inferior as regards its spirituality, and the Master-Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, is shown to be no great prophet, God forbid, and the Quran does not prove to be a book whose light is very effective. It would then turn out to be an absurd, meaningless and baseless claim to say that this nation is the best of nations and is to give spiritual benefit to other nations for all time, that the Quran is the most perfect and complete of all Divine books in its accomplishments and effect, and that this Apostle is the most excellent of all the messengers of God in his power of purification and of perfecting the moral character of others. It would also give rise to the great trouble that that part of the teachings of the Quran which aims to make man resemble prophets in terms of spiritual light and attainments, will be considered to be abrogated forever, because if this people do not possess the capability to produce the spiritual accomplishments of khilafat within themselves, then any teaching which enjoins the attainment of this status would be just useless. In fact, even asking the question, Is Islam now a dead religion forever in which there do not arise persons whose Divine signs and inspiration are substitutes for the miracles and revelation of the prophets, makes one tremble, let alone that some Muslims should entertain such a belief, God forbid. May God guide those people who are prisoners to such heretic ideas.
Present Muslim condition like Jews of Jesus' time
Now it has been proved from the Holy Quran that in this blessed Muslim nation a system of perpetual khilafat has been established in the manner and likeness of the one which was established in the dispensation of Moses, and there is merely a verbal difference to the effect that at that time, for the support of the Mosaic religion, there used to arise prophets, but now inspired saints [sing. muhaddath] come. This proof implies the acceptance of the proposition that just as in the last days of the Mosaic law a prophet arose named Jesus, in a time when the moral condition of the Jews had deteriorated completely -- they had strayed very far from real piety, virtue, mutual sympathy, unity and true godliness, their knowledge and thought was confined merely to formalism and letter-worship, and in their worldly position they had become weak and humiliated -- similarly it is necessary that among the Muslim people too there should arise a muhaddath, in the likeness of that prophet and of his time, when they have also degenerated in the same manner as that in which the Jews had in the time of Jesus. And if the matter is scrutinised closely and investigated, it is clearly and definitely discovered that the age in which a like of Jesus should have arisen among the Muslims, by virtue of the perfect and complete analogy between the series of Mosaic successors and the khalifas of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, is this very era in which we are living. For, the space of time from Moses to Jesus was approximately fourteen hundred years, and the present time is also the fourteenth century from our Holy Prophet. Moses' people had so thoroughly gone astray by the fourteenth century that righteousness and virtue had altogether disappeared. The Jewish divines were pre-occupied with needless dissensions and selfish controversies, much evil and wickedness had spread among them, and their worldly condition had suffered great disintegration as well. Precisely this is the condition of the Muslim people at this time, and events before our eyes are plainly testifying that in reality this people and its divines are following in the footsteps of the Jews of the time of Jesus. And they resemble the Jews of that time not only in having lost virtue, piety, spirituality and the ability to see the truth, but worldly misfortune is also with them, as was the case then. Just as at that time the Jewish states had been destroyed by the Roman emperors, fulfilling the description "Abasement and humiliation were stamped upon them" (the Quran, 2:61), and finding themselves weak and helpless the Jews were awaiting a Messiah who would come as a king and fight the Romans, for this was the promise given at the close of the Torah, so are these Muslim people mostly and predominantly in a condition of worldly misfortune. If there is a state, it has been so weakened by internal disagreements, disloyalty on the part of ministers and officials, and the indolence, negligence, ignorance, lack of knowledge, moral depravity and idleness of the rulers, that it appears to be close to breathing its last. And these people too, like the Jews, were expecting that the Promised Messiah would descend for their assistance, in great glory like that of kings.
Now those eyes that can see, those hearts that can do justice, and the sense that can ponder, should see and judge and think here as to whether these circumstances and those are identical or not. Leaving aside the prophecies for a moment, look at the situation rationally as a truth seeker, as to whether the case of the Muslims of this age and the Jews of the time of Jesus fulfils the words "one shoe matching the other shoe", {Note 2} or not. Look at the Gospels with care and read whether what Jesus has described of the condition of the Jewish priests and lawyers, exposing their hypocrisy, is to be found in the present Muslim religious leaders or not. Is it not true that our leaders, like the Jewish priests, are day and night engaged in pointless disputes, are utterly devoid of spirituality, and are constantly attempting to prove others as kafir while not knowing what Islam is themselves. They preach sermons which they do not act upon. They become preachers to earn a living, then go far and wide and make unlawful gain by pleasing the masses with baseless poetry. In their cunning, deceit and falsehood they are no less than the Jews. Similar is the condition of the men of worldly affairs. Most of them consider every kind of dishonesty and falsehood to be as lawful as mother's milk in the way of earning wealth. Those known as chieftains, who are ruling over derelict states, have been ruined by their voluptuous habits. Many of them drink alcohol like water, and have not the least aversion to adultery. Fear of God does not come near them in any part of the day or night.
Now pick up the histories of the Jews and see how intensely similar are these Muslims in their religious and worldly destruction to the Jews of the time of Jesus. The Torah contained the prophecy regarding the Jews that sovereignty would not depart from them until Shiloh came. {Note 3} By Shiloh was meant Jesus, and so did it come to pass in actual fact, that sometime even before the birth of Jesus the various states of the Jews were ravaged by the Roman empire, and as the Jews, like the Muslims of today, had been weakened by internecine disputes, constant wrangling, negligence and ignorance, and their internal condition was itself like a bad omen for them, they gave themselves over to the Roman empire with their own hands sometime before the time of Jesus. Among the Muslim people too, by reason of similarity, it was necessary that a Shiloh should arise at precisely the time of religious and temporal destruction.
Advent of reformer at depth of Muslim decline
In point of fact, a similar prophecy has been made by the Holy Quran for this age of the Muslims which is akin to the days of Jesus in terms of timing and other features. It says:
"From every vantage point they shall sally forth" (21:96) upon Islam, make mischief in its land, gain control over its countries, and reduce its noblest men to the lowest. This verse means that the Christian nations, which is the party called Gog and Magog, shall rush towards the Islamic countries from every position of superiority, and they shall be triumphant, crushing the Muslim countries till the dominion of Islam remains in name only, as is the case today. Look at the similarity of events, how the age of the misfortunes of Islam and the religious and temporal destruction of the Muslims is like the history of the Jews in the time of Jesus. Then look again, how the Quranic prophecy about the decline of the power of Islam and the dominance of its opponents conforms to the prophecy of the decline of the Israelite state given in the Torah.
The difference, however, in giving the glad tidings of the reformer, between the Old Testament prophecy and the Quranic prophecy, is only in the mode of expression: in the Torah the good news is given of the coming of Shiloh at the time of the breaking of the Israelite power and the departure of the sceptre, by which was meant the decline of rulership; in the Quran is given the good news, referring to the age of the weakening of Islamic power and the upsurge of tribulations, which means the Dajjal-like activities of the Christian missionaries, of the blowing of the trumpet. {Note 4} By the blowing of the trumpet is not meant the Day of Judgment, because more than a hundred years have passed over the appearance of the mischief brought about by the Christians, and yet no doomsday has wrecked havoc. What is meant is that by sending some Mahdi and mujaddid the trumpet of true guidance will be blown and the spirit of life will be breathed again into those who are dead through misguidance. For, the 'blowing of the trumpet' refers not only to physical giving of life and causing of death, but spiritual resuscitation and death are also always brought about through the 'blowing of the trumpet'. And just as in the Quran by the blowing of the trumpet is meant the sending of some mujaddid to break the dominance of the Christian faith, similarly by the upsurge of tribulations is meant that which in the Hadith is described under the name Dajjal. God Almighty has not in the Quran used the words Dajjal or Promised Messiah, as these are to be found in Hadith, but instead of Dajjal He has referred to the mischief-making activities of the Christians. Hence the words "they sally forth from every point of vantage" (21:96) also refer to this. Likewise, in the Holy Quran the coming mujaddid is not called by the term 'Promised Messiah' anywhere, but the words 'blowing of the trumpet' are used to refer to him in order to make it known that the Promised Messiah shall not appear with earthly and physical weapons but that his acceptance and exaltation shall be based upon a sounding from heaven. He shall draw people to right and truth by the power of words of wisdom and by heavenly signs, for he shall arise at a time of crises caused by reason and philosophy, not a time of upheavals brought about by the sword.
The fact is that God Almighty sends a prophet or a mujaddid according to the nature of every prevailing trouble. Thus, just as in the time of Jesus the Jews had lost all their qualities, and had nothing left but cunning, deceit and mere verbosity, and had come under the sway of the Roman empire due to their own wickedness and disorganisation, the Romans not being blamable for conquering the country, precisely this is the condition of the Promised Messiah's time given in the Holy Quran. For instance, the Muslims of India are so incapable that, upon the advent of a reformer, they cannot oppose him by the sword because they do not possess any swords. And the British have taken the throne of Delhi just as the Roman empire took the throne of the Jews, i.e. due only to the bad ways and the incompetence of the kings. The British cannot be blamed for taking over the country so that one could raise the sword against them; in fact, the saying "that which is upon us is from our own selves" applies here. For this reason, the mujaddid of this century came in the likeness of Jesus, and was called the Promised Messiah because of intense similarity. This title is not a fabrication, but was required because it was so appropriate in the prevailing circumstances.
Promised Messiah in the Quran - a summary
It should be remembered that in one place in the Holy Quran the Promised Messiah is referred to by the word rusul. {Note 5} But as to the question why he is not mentioned in the Quran in the same words as occur in Hadith, the answer is that it is to prevent the readers from getting the misimpression that by the Promised Messiah is meant, in actual fact, the Jesus to whom the Gospel was revealed, and that by Dajjal is meant a specific man who is a trouble-maker. Hence Almighty God has, in the Holy Quran, banished all such doubts as follows.
Firstly, He gave the news of the death of Jesus, very plainly and categorically, as is evident from the verse: "when Thou didst cause me to die, Thou wast the watcher over them". (5:117) {Note 6} Then He has made clear that our Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, is the last of the Prophets, as He says: "And he (Muhammad) is the Messenger of God and the last of the Prophets" (33:40). Then, by referring again and again to the many transgressions of the Jews, God repeatedly pointed to the fact that the same would be the eventual condition of the Muslim masses and their religious leaders. It is then mentioned that in the latter days the Christians would be dominant, troubles of all kinds would spread by their hands, and waves of tribulation would arise from every side. They shall rush forth from every height, i.e. they would show their power and eminence and superiority in every sphere. In terms of worldly power and rule, they would be paramount: discovering and inventing all sorts of sciences and technologies, and bringing out valuable and wonderful industries. In planning and organisation too, they would be superior. For worldly ventures and attainment of such objectives they would show great determination. In the struggle and exertion for the propagation of religion they would excel and surpass all, as also in civic planning, business and agricultural development. To sum up, they would tower over and rise above every nation in all fields.
This is the significance of the words "they shall sally forth [nasal] from every vantage point [hadab]", for hadab means high ground and nasal means to have precedence or to run forth. In other words, in every field where there can be excellence and superiority, they would surpass every other nation. This is the major sign of that nation of the last days known as Gog and Magog, and it is also the sign of that mischievous class of Christian missionaries who are called the Dajjal. And because hadab means high ground, it is denoted that they would have all worldly glories, but be devoid of any heavenly excellence. It is also proved from this verse that this is the nation which has been named Gog and Magog, and from among this very nation are the people who have exerted themselves to the utmost in spreading error, and have thus acquired the name: the great Dajjal. While speaking of the rise of error, God said that at that time the trumpet would be sounded and all parties gathered together in one place (18:99). What is said of hell in the verses which follow, is, according to the Quranic idiom, a separate statement, for it is a common mode of speech in the Holy Quran that on some occasions, speaking of events of this world, the Last Day is mentioned on account of some connection. Those who study the Holy Quran closely are not unaware of this recurring idiom.
Translator's Note 1: The word dhikr literally means reminder, and is the term used for the Quran in the verse under discussion (15:9). {Go to text}
Translator's Note 2: An expression of this form occurs in a Saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, in which he has prophesied how the Muslims of the later times will follow closely in the footsteps of the Israelites. The resemblance would be as close as that between the two shoes of a pair (see Mishkat al-Masabih , Book of Faith, chapter VI, section II). Hazrat Mirza's view about the striking similarity between latter-day Muslims and the Jews of Jesus' time is often echoed by leaders of Sunni Muslims. Pakistan's most renowned Muslim theologian of today, Dr Israr Ahmad, recently commented on this hadith as follows:
"The Holy Prophet Muhammad foretold that the same evils would arise among his followers as had arisen among the Israelites. He said: 'If they, the Israelites, had crawled into the hole of a lizard, you will crawl into it too'. His words go so far that although one is hesitant to quote them, but they are the words of the Holy Prophet which I put before you. He said: 'If there was a wretched man among the Israelites who committed incest with his own mother, then among you also shall arise such a wretched man'. The meaning is that all the evils, in terms of religion, doctrine, thought, knowledge and deeds, which came to prevail among the Israelites, shall also come to prevail among the Muslims. The text of the hadith is as follows: 'All the things which happened to the Israelites shall also happen to my followers, just as one shoe matches the other shoe'. This is a most eloquent comparison. Look at a pair of shoes, and because the front parts of the two point in opposite directions, you see one shoe being apparently different from the other. But put the souls of the two shoes together, and they are identical. Similarly, the circumstances of the Israelites and the Muslims appear to be different, because after all, there is the distance of fourteen hundred years, and so there is some difference on the face of it. But if you look between the lines, you find that there is not a hair's breadth of difference. And as to the condition of the Jews described in the Holy Quran, each one of us must look at himself to see whether he is not a victim of that condition."
This extract is from an article written by Dr Israr Ahmad, published in the Urdu Daily paper Jang (see the London edition of Jang for 19 October 1987, page 3). {Go to text}
Translator's Note 3: The reference is to Genesis 49:10 which says: "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh come". {Go to text}
Translator's Note 4: The reference is to 18:98-99 where, speaking of the coming of Gog and Magog as the coming to pass of the promise of the Lord, it is added: "And on that day We shall let some of them surge against others like waves, and the trumpet will be blown ...". {Go to text}
Translator's Note 5: This point has been discussed earlier in this book where, after noting the verse "and when the messengers (rusul) are brought at their appointed time" (77:11), Hazrat Mirza writes: "It should be remembered that in the word of God the term rusul is applied to the singular as well as to one who is not a messenger" (p. 26). See also Note 6 in ch. 2(a).
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Translator's Note 6: See Note 7 in ch. 2(b).


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TV THIS WEEK: Arrow, Revolution, Diaries, and Grimm return, and more!
The Olympics are over and TV's back, with most shows returning, including Arrow, with the awesome Robert Knepper guest-starring as the Clock King, and Miles and Neville facing off on Revolution.
Also this week, Roman struggles to come to terms with his loss on Star-Crossed, Kennex and Dorian investigate a murder for DNA on Almost Human, Elena goes after the Mutts on Bitten, Ryan calls the FBI for an assist on The Following, Cat goes undercover on Beauty and The Beast, Sally summons Donna on Being Human, Gabriel discovers his best friend might be a bad guy on Intelligence, Stiles takes a unique approach to getting his alter ego in check on Teen Wolf, the gang go on a road trip on Archer, and Dyson is tried for murder on Lost Girl.
And Elijah tries to save his siblings on The Originals, Sam and Dean find out they have a ghost on Supernatural, Christian Slater stars in Mind Games, Stephen makes a deal to get things back to normal on The Tomorrow People, it may be the end of Sheldon and Amy on The Big Bang Theory, Damon's addiction to vampire blood proves problematic on The Vampire Diaries, Lestrade re-enters Sherlock's life on Elementary, Monroe has parent trouble on Grimm, Hatake reveals a startling truth on Helix, and the survivors keep trying to survive on The Walking Dead.
Here's what we have to look forward to this week on sci-fi, horror, fantasy and paranormal TV.
Emery tries to talk to Roman, but he's upset about his father's death. Meanwhile, Sophia and Roman prepare for a funeral.
Kennex and Dorian investigate the murder of a chrome who was killed for their DNA.
The war heats up and the leader of the uprising is revealed. Meanwhile, Elena and Clay go on the offensive.
Ryan and Max call the FBI for help as they close in on Joe. Meanwhile, the followers deal with losing members of their murderous family.
Cat goes undercover for the FBI on a case. Meanwhile, Vincent plans on announcing he's still alive on national TV.
Sally decides she needs to summon Donna for help with a problem. Meanwhile, Aidan goes through a unique form of rehab.
Gabriel and Riley head to Bolivia to protect a presidential candidate who's been targeted for assassination, but Gabriel learns that the prime suspect is his BBF.
Scott and the gang hunt for an important artifact. Meanwhile, Stiles tries to go someplace where he won't be able to hurt anyone.
Malory gets a bus and everyone goes on a road trip.
Bo and Lauren delve into Dyson's memory when he's put on trial for murder.
Elijah tries to save Klaus and Rebekah after they're kidnapped.
Snookie alert! Sam and Dean discover that the Men of Letters' bunker is haunted, which is nothing compared to the hell they run into when you-know-who appears.
The artists visit Magic Castle in Hollywood for inspiration to create original wizard characters.
The team tries to help a 911 operator, and Finch goes undercover at her emergency call center. However, this person of interest's problem has far-reaching consequences.
New Series! Christian Slater's latest series delves into the lives of two brothers, Ross (Slater) and Clark (Steve Zahn), who open a business that uses psychological manipulation to solve people's problems. Sort of like Jedi mind tricks.
On Syfy's Opposite Worlds (9 p.m.), there's a new episode called "End," where undoubtedly something interesting happens involving almost the end of the season.
Monroe and Connor are trapped in a tough situation. Meanwhile, Miles must decide if Neville and Jason can be trusted, and Aaron finds out more about what the nanotech wants from him.
Robert Knepper alert! Oliver makes Sara part of the team, which has repercussions. Meanwhile, the Clock King (Knepper) strikes with a technology that can open bank vaults.
Winter finale! TAPS heads to the Cumberland Library in Rhode Island, which just may be haunted.
Stephen makes a deal with the Devil, aka Jedikiah, in an attempt to restore the peace. Meanwhile, Cara and Russell are on the trail of a new breakout. All that aside, it's going to be really interesting to see what Stephen's mom has to say about what's she's been hiding.
On Syfy's Opposite Worlds (8 p.m.), it's the finale called "Live: Finale".
Could this be the end of "Shamy"? When Leonard buys a dining room table, it leads Sheldon to reconsider his relationship with Amy. Meanwhile, Bernadette struggles to be supportive when Wolowitz finds out he might be able to go back into space.
Damon is starving for vampire blood, and having more than a little trouble controlling himself. Meanwhile, Stefan tries to track him down, and Matt asks for help in protecting Elena.
A bombing investigation brings Lestrade to town and forces Sherlock and Joan to partner with him.
Monroe tries to get his parents to understand the direction his life has taken. Meanwhile, Renard reaches out to Adalind in an attempt to keep her safe.
Hatake must reveal the real reason the CDC is at the base, forcing strange alliances.
On ABC's The Neighbors (8:30 p.m.), when the Weavers host an Oscar's party for some old friends, The Bird-Kersees decide to help in "Oscar Party." On the season-two premiere of NBC's Hannibal (10 p.m.), Will tries to convince everyone he's innocent even if he ends up looking like a very familiar psychopath.
The guys take on a voodoo priestess ghost and George Washington's ghost.
Daryl and Beth struggle to survive.


You've weathered Mobileggedon. You're confident that your website and blog will look great on mobile devices and that Google's algorithm change won't hurt your search listings.
Congrats! You've survived this skirmish ... but it's not going to be the last.
The algorithm change is evidence Google knows it has to surface websites that painlessly get users what they need at the time that they need it. Google doesn't want to send mobile users to websites that provide a frustrating browsing experience -- that would damage Google's promise to its users to always deliver helpful, relevant content.
Building a mobile-friendly website is step one, but tweaking your website will not keep you ahead of consumers' changing behavior and expectations. In short, you have to infuse your marketing strategy with a "mobile mindset." Here's how.
Imagine the experience of Sally, a young marketer who has just moved to Chicago. While out for a walk, Sally passes by a hair salon and realizes she needs a haircut. She pulls out her phone a search for hairstylists in Chicago who specialize in curls and color. Her Google search pops up Joann's Stylez. She flips through the website quickly and wants to research more but it's too hard while on the move -- so she emails herself a link. When she gets home, she uses her tablet to quickly check Yelp reviews, examine her calendar, and then book an appointment using the simple form on the Joann's website.
When Sally loads up her laptop later that night to check her email, she discovers an email from Joann's that confirms her appointment and gives her the option to add it to her calendar. The next day, 30 minutes before her appointment, she receives a push notification on her work computer reminding her of the appointment. The next day Sally receives an email asking for feedback on the cut and offering to set up a recurring appointment at a discounted rate. She's sold.
Sally's experience is illustrative of the cross-device journey that many customers now make as they move through the marketing funnel: 75% of US online adults use 2+ devices connected to the internet, and 67% have switched devices while completing common tasks, according to Forrester.
Consumers now expect this type of experience from all of their digital interactions. They want to be able to accomplish whatever fits their fancy on whatever device is at hand. This means that simply adapting your site to look nice on different devices is not enough. As a marketer, you must dig deeper into your customers' and prospects' lives.
For example, at HubSpot, we know that a visitor on a mobile device is very unlikely to fill out a long form on one of our landing pages. So we started using Smart Content to automatically shorten the form when a mobile viewer is looking at it. By doing this our mobile prospects increased by 5X.
You've likely already developed a strong set of buyer personas. You've conducted user research and testing to understand which content and CTAs to present to each persona as they move down the funnel. You must now go a step further. You must understand both the rhythm and rhyme to when, why, with what, and from where people are interacting with your website and content.
A number of brands have figured out how to anticipate and capitalize on these mico-moments. Apple Passbook loads up your Starbucks card when you're near a coffee shop. Hertz sends you an email when your plane lands to let your know that your car is ready. Starwood allows you to check in and open your hotel room with your smartphone.
Consumers are increasingly becoming acclimated to companies offering such intimately responsive experiences. Already, 62% of US online adults expect a mobile-friendly website and 23% expect their mobile experience to change based on location, according to Forrester's US Mobile Mind Shift Online Survey.
Search: Which queries, ads and keywords are bringing users on different devices to your website and landing pages? Once they land on your site, what types of searches are users on different devices performing?
Content: Examine the content that users access by stage in the funnel and by device. Is there a trend around what prospects on their phones are downloading? Sharing?
Flow: Dig into a flow analysis segmented by device. What is the path mobile-using prospects follow? What is the path tablet-using customers follow? From what sites and sources are these visitors arriving?
After building your trove of micro-moments, it would be easy to think: "Okay, we just need to strip our website down to the specific things our visitors will mostly likely want to access on the go." But mobile users are not limited to completing short, simple tasks. Device does not directly imply location or intent.
A busy professional may use her commute time to conduct in-depth industry research on her phone, process her email inbox on her tablet while watching a movie with her family, and browse the websites of potential contractors while flying across the country. Confirming this intuition, the Pew Research Center's study of U.S. smartphone use in 2015 found that 99% of smartphone owners use their phone at home, 82% use their phones while in transit, and 69% use their phone at work each week.
People don't want a stripped down set of content. Instead, they want quick and easy access to the materials they need on whatever device they happen to be using. Thus, while you want to optimize your site, landing pages, emails, etc. for micro-moments, you do not want to force visitors into a box from which they cannot escape.
The metrics you established in the desktop-centric days may not seamlessly translate to our new multi-device, micro-moment world. For example, you might have fought tirelessly to find ways to increase visitors' time on your site, recognizing that more time means higher engagement, which translates to higher conversion.
In order to meet this prospect's expectations for their mobile experience, you must design your website to quickly and intuitively help them find the specific piece of information for which they are looking. If their mobile visit is distracting, frustrating, or too time consuming, you've damaged their perception of your brand.
For better or worse, I go to bed with my phone (reviewing tomorrow's schedule and reading a nighttime meditation) and I wake up with my phone (silencing the alarm and checking the weather). I communicate with my fiancé and my best friends everyday -- all through my phone. When my MBA classmate sends a GIF of Tyra Banks being sassy, I turn my phone to the person next to me and we have a good laugh together.
Day-in and day-out, these interactions create an intimate connection between my phone and me. And I'm not alone: Most consumers imbue their mobile experiences with more intimacy than desktop experiences. The Pew Research Center found that Americans view their smartphones as freeing, connecting, and helpful, and associate their phones with feelings of happiness and productivity.
These associations can inspire greater engagement with and interest in content. Google has found that individuals watching video content on their phones are 1.6X as likely as TV viewers to talk about what there watching with peers and 2X as likely to feel a sense of personal connection to brands that show video content.
As marketers, we should take advantage of these trends and consider how to make our prospects' mobile experience more personal and social. Perhaps change your website to increase the proportion of social CTAs you display when someone arrives on mobile.
Overall, embracing the mobile mindset means ensuring that the entire customer journey is responsive, relevant, actionable, and frictionless. As a marketer, you want to help consumers quickly and easily find what they want to find and do what they want to do. Again, this means thinking ahead, understanding when, with what device, and from where your prospects will interact with your content.
Recognizing the personal associations people have with their phones, you'll want to ensure that the "From" name is familiar and that the preview text is inviting. And think ahead: Don't email a link to a form or an event registration landing page that is not mobile friendly.
Follow these tips and you will be well on your way to living the mobile mindset and weathering the change in consumers' digital behavior. Forrester predicts that the vast majority of companies will underinvest in mobile in 2015. Move quickly and your organization could be at the head of the pack.


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package org.springframework.http.client;

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Random;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

/**
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 */
public class StreamingSimpleClientHttpRequestFactoryTests extends AbstractHttpRequestFactoryTests {

	@Override
	protected ClientHttpRequestFactory createRequestFactory() {
		SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory factory = new SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory();
		factory.setBufferRequestBody(false);
		return factory;
	}

	@Test  // SPR-8809
	public void interceptor() throws Exception {
		final String headerName = "MyHeader";
		final String headerValue = "MyValue";
		ClientHttpRequestInterceptor interceptor = (request, body, execution) -> {
			request.getHeaders().add(headerName, headerValue);
			return execution.execute(request, body);
		};
		InterceptingClientHttpRequestFactory factory = new InterceptingClientHttpRequestFactory(
				createRequestFactory(), Collections.singletonList(interceptor));

		ClientHttpResponse response = null;
		try {
			ClientHttpRequest request = factory.createRequest(new URI(baseUrl + "/echo"), HttpMethod.GET);
			response = request.execute();
			assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).as("Invalid response status").isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
			HttpHeaders responseHeaders = response.getHeaders();
			assertThat(responseHeaders.getFirst(headerName)).as("Custom header invalid").isEqualTo(headerValue);
		}
		finally {
			if (response != null) {
				response.close();
			}
		}
	}

	@Test
	@Disabled
	public void largeFileUpload() throws Exception {
		Random rnd = new Random();
		ClientHttpResponse response = null;
		try {
			ClientHttpRequest request = factory.createRequest(new URI(baseUrl + "/methods/post"), HttpMethod.POST);
			final int BUF_SIZE = 4096;
			final int ITERATIONS = Integer.MAX_VALUE / BUF_SIZE;
			// final int contentLength = ITERATIONS * BUF_SIZE;
			// request.getHeaders().setContentLength(contentLength);
			OutputStream body = request.getBody();
			for (int i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
				byte[] buffer = new byte[BUF_SIZE];
				rnd.nextBytes(buffer);
				body.write(buffer);
			}
			response = request.execute();
			assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).as("Invalid response status").isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
		}
		finally {
			if (response != null) {
				response.close();
			}
		}
	}

}

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RedState's Water Cooler - May 5, 2019 - Open Thread - "Take the Money and Run"
By colonelflagg | 7:17 PM on May 05, 2019
During the American Civil War, railroad transportation began to come of age. The federal government was a prime mover in this area, if you'll pardon the expression, with the needs of the military taxing the system in the east.
However, out west it was a slightly different story. Not only were people interested in the trains in the western part of the nation at the time, thoughts naturally turned to another first — the first train robbery.
On this date in 1865, what is generally accepted as the first train robbery in American history took place, in the town of North Bend, Ohio.
It was a chaotic time. Abraham Lincoln has been assassinated three weeks before and the eyes of the nation were riveted upon the procession that carried his casket home to burial in Springfield, Illinois just the day before.
So it was that when about a dozen men cut the track of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, stopping the 8 pm train scheduled for St. Louis, it didn't gain much national attention. The locomotive took the brunt of the planned derailment, tipping over on one side with the following cars making what the local newspaper called a "promiscuous smash up."
However, the idea that this was an ordinary train accident was quickly disabused by men armed with Navy revolvers entering each car to relieve the men — and only the men — of their money and valuables.
While everything was wild with confusion in the passenger coaches the desperadoes entered, and with the vilest oaths demanded the money and valuables of the passengers. One of the party delivered himself of the following chivalrous sentence as he entered one of the cars: "Rob every d—-d man, but don't hurt the ladies."
The plundering was very general and thorough. Few, save the coolest, succeeded in saving anything in the line of money and valuables. Gold watches, pocketbooks, diamond pins and money package changed hands in remarkable quick time.
One poor soldier returning home was robbed of three hundred dollars; and although he begged hard to be permitted to retain a portion of the money, the villains took all. Another individual was relieved of a gold watch, and five hundred dollars in greenbacks. Still another lost two hundred dollars, besides a watch and valuable breast pin. The conductor, Mr. Shephard, had forty dollars taken from him; but by cutting the lining of his coat-pocket and allowing the contents to drop into the skirt, succeeded in saving $320. The engineer likewise lost a valuable watch. We are unable to give any estimate of the aggregate loss of passengers, but it was heavy."
Speculation raged as to whether the robbers were Confederate guerillas. They were reportedly dressed in civilian clothing with the robbers referring to one man as "Lieutenant" and another as "Captain."
The robbers reportedly escaped into nearby Kentucky where parties of armed men were reportedly unable to locate them. It is believed they were never caught — leading us to start singing the old Steve Miller Band hit in reading about the event (or at least the chorus, anyway).
However, it wouldn't be history unless someone else laid claim to the first train robbery. A counterclaim exists in Seymour, Indiana, which claims the first such robbery happened there in 1866.
That day, three of the Reno brothers — Frank, William and Simeon — robbed a train of $10,000, wounding a guard in the process. This time though, the culprits were captured, but it took two years. In the interim, a fourth Reno brother was captured after a separate robbery, and the story goes that the brothers were all imprisoned together when the guard shot in the 1866 holdup died.
The outrage among the public was so palpable that townspeople dragged the Reno brothers out of jail and lynched them on the spot. As a result, an area just outside of Seymour is known as "hangman crossing". In fact, no fewer than ten members of the Reno brothers gang met similar fates at the hands of vigilantes in 1868 alone, leading an Indiana newspaper to remark that "Jackson County contains more cutthroats to the square inch than Botany Bay."
Reportedly, others including Jesse James were inspired by the exploits of the Reno brothers (though, it is safe to say, not their end.)
So it appears as though in the early days of train robbery, the first such case showed that crime could indeed pay, while the second showed that it also most certainly could not.
Happy Sunday and enjoy today's open thread!


On Friday morning, Pope Francis released an extensive document titled "Amoris Laetitia," or "The Joy of Love" in Latin, which was celebrated for its inclusivity and understanding toward divorced couples, gays, and couples living together before marriage.
Always keep your eyes open in a relationship.
Don't be so quick to swipe left.
Being polite makes a huge difference.
Love is like a fine wine: It takes time to become its best version of itself.
Sometimes an opposite point of view is not a bad thing.
How you say things is just as important as what you are saying.
Looks fade, but the heart remains true.
Don't act defensively during a fight.
Never ignore a person's emotional baggage.


"Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Engima" is based on the classic literary work written by Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century.
Filming begins late September and is expected to last 3 months. Post processing is expected to take an additional six months.
Budget for "Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Engima" is more than 1 billion Yen (11.6 million dollars).
"Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Engima" is expected to weave fiction and reality, with original novelist Murasaki Shikibu becoming a character in the movie.
bandar togel terpercaya Aug 16 2017 8:37 am spent 1 billion Yen (11.6 million dollars) for this kind of film, its amazing IMHO.
Ashley Parker Mar 16 2017 9:25 am I loved the movie and how it helped transport you to the Heian time. But I was disappointed in how they left out Murasaki and other key characters from the book. I hope they will remake another movie soon which follows the book more closely.
omg Nov 27 2012 2:23 pm I was pretty excited about the movie because i thought toma's gonna act something different.
Seriously the movie is reallyyyy bad. Even when compared to the 2001 version, which at least it's understandable for most of the part.
Look, Toma is a handsome guy no doubt, but he has too much of a modern look; this role doesn't suits him at all and he looks underwhelmed. I think the result of the movie bombing at the box office already says something is wrong with the movie, especially imagine the shock i had when i saw the previous version's gross is nearly 7 times more.
I'm sorry Toma. Other than your pretty boy look there's is nothing redeeming about the movie. This will be the 1st time and last time i ever set my eyes upon it.
Tindy Jul 08 2012 9:15 am Addendum: I have read the Tale of Genji. Bottom line: If it had subtitles and you know the characters and the "story", then you might enjoy this movie, maybe; but if you've never read it and are only looking for "historical drama," then may I instead direct you to Shinsengumi?
Tindy Jul 08 2012 9:09 am All these excited voices... too bad the movie was pretty bad. T_T (Impression of me watching: "Who's that? Wait, what happened? Oh, that was Genji? Wait, now where are we? Who's that? WAIT WE HAVEN'T EVEN MET THE ROKUJO HAVEN YET!") If you've never read The Tale of Genji then even with subtitles you don't have a prayer.
Ryu Dec 15 2011 1:54 pm hope they sub it soon so i can watch!!!! arrgg i freakin blew up wen i found out Toma waz gunna be Genji!!!!!<3333333 so awshum!!!!! Toma iz soooo freakin hotttttt!!!
I think this should be a very interesting movie, and I do hope English subtitles are done for it.
Leanne Aug 27 2011 12:55 am Was wondering if this is likely to come out with english subtitles, very keen to watch it also?


I have taken efforts in writing this manual. My hope is that the manual will be helpful to gain a more in-depth perspective about R programming.
Please let me your feedback: it can help me to improve the manual.
Please change text to more black one – the contrast with white background is much too low.
Thank you for this ebook!
Fixed, thanks for your suggestion.
The book looks very useful. Is there a way to get a pdf version of it. Thanks.
We do not release a PDF version as the book will be often updated. The web version allows you to access the last version of the manual. In the future you can save a book-like PDF version of the manual from yourself, with your browser "Print" option.
At the end of chapter 3, i think there is wrong output pasted. The system.time of hash approach is the biggest of the three measurements. I tested it and got lowest values for hash approach. This seems to agree with the statement that hash tables offer clear advantages.
The author uses R Markdown to avoid copy-and-paste errors. By the way, something is wrong. I'll forward your warning, so he can investigate. Thank you very much.
Hi: Just a heads up that the object oriented link for Ramarro says "page not found". Thanks for the book.
Thanks for your comments. It works for me, I hope that now you can see the Object Oriented chapter too.
could you provide PDF version? It will easy to print.
I'm sorry, but the idea behind this web books are often updated and corrected, so we prefer to provide interactive text (web site) than a static PDF.
For your personal use, you can print each chapter as PDF.
Maybe you could add page like "changelog" when you update the content of the book. It should be very helpful in monitoring new changes.
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It's also free with no in-app purchases, but there are ads. Keeping a loud ringtone will always be a life saving decision for those who have tough time with alarm. Most of the ringtones are hit-or-miss in terms of quality. However, that is mostly for wallpapers only. The easy system allows you to download any Sounds mp3 ringtone to your phone through wap. Ringtone Maker is another app for custom ringtones.
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It's not among the best music player apps. The notification tones tend to be shorter so they don't get annoying if you get a lot of notifications at once. Soaring lead guitars punctuate the song and a nice middle eight gives the song interesting variety. There are many ringtone downloaders just like this one, but this one had some decent stuff in our testing. The ads are pretty annoying, but they're not a deal breaker.
It has a bunch of various types of ringtones for quick download. Powerful rhythm guitars start this tune instantly with bombastic drums and deep bass. It's quite a bit higher than we would like. The app also comes with a recorder in case you want to record a piece of audio and use it as a ringtone as well. You can set the ringtone after that. Perfect for a Backdrop to Drug deal or a Gang war about to bust out. On this page you can download free ring tones to your mobile phone.
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Death Metal ringtones
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Siolim is constituency No. 6 of Goa legislative assembly.
It is situated in North Goa district and comes under North Goa Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open assembly constituency. The state of Goa has 40 assembly constituencies.
According to data with the Election Commission of India, Siolim has 26,344 registered voters. It comprises 12,890 male and 13,454 female registered voters.
The BJP defeated the Congress by a clear margin of 2,171 votes to win this constituency in the last Goa assembly elections held in 2012. Dayanand Mandrekar, the winning BJP candidate, bagged 11,430 votes. The runner-up was Uday Dattaram Paliemkar of Congress who got 9,259 votes. The voter turnout was 82.24 %.
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Siolim assembly elections conducted so far.


In light of the "sweeping and systematic" Russian interference in our democracy — a sneak attack that could ultimately prove to have caused more lasting damage than the Japanese attack of December 7, 1941 — do we want a president who disputes and ignores the attack? Who praises Putin publicly and meets with him privately? Who welcomes his people into the Oval Office? Who excuses Putin's killing of journalists and sees our own Intelligence Community — not Putin — as his enemy?
The gay Ivy League pal I told you about last week — and of course Carl, who sends me an email every day to show me I'm wrong — still say yes.


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Meanwhile, make Dairy-free Mousse. Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on HIGH (100%) for 1 minute, stirring halfway through, until smooth.


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Ку́нцево — топоним.

Россия
 Кунцево — район в Западном административном округе Москвы.
 Кунцево — бывший город, вошедший в 1960 году в состав Москвы.
 Кунцево-I — станция Смоленского направления МЖД.
 Кунцево-II — станция Смоленского направления МЖД.
 Кунцево — деревня в Кардымовском районе Смоленской области.

Крым
(спорная между Россией и Украиной территория, де-факто в составе России)
 Кунцево — село в Нижнегорском районе.

Украина
 Кунцево — село в Новосанжарском районе Полтавской области.

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