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Neurobiologist Carla Shatz, director of Stanford University Bio-X, has focused her research on how early brain circuits are transformed into adult connections during critical periods of development. Her work, which focuses on the development of the mammalian visual system, has relevance not only for treating disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, but also for understanding how the nervous and immune systems interact. This interview provides insights about what you can you learn from ski racing and how she got inspired to study neuroscience after her grandmother's stroke.
How are behavioral decisions modified by context and experience? Cornelia Bargmann of Rockefeller University has made this her life's work, exploring the intersection between genes, the environment, and the nervous system in the roundworm, C. elegans. Bargmann is also seeking to help cure, manage, and prevent all disease by the year 2100 by serving as Head of Science for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Charles Sawyers of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has defined the molecular lesions that cause cancer and used these insights to develop new drugs. Specifically, Sawyers was one of the critical members of the team that brought imatinib and dasatinib to bear on chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Furthermore, his work has identified second-generation antiandrogen drugs to treat castration-resistant prostate cancer. This interview reveals personal stories of a physician-scientist called "the greatest cancer researcher of our time" by one of his peers.
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Bringing his nation to the Winter Olympics, Stephen Colbert made peace with Canada, sang with Michael Buble and persuaded Bob Costas to climb aboard a stuffed moose.
Then he got down to cheering the U.S. speedskaters he helped bail out.
The Colbert Nation arrived at the Vancouver Games to tape his show in a most un-winterlike setting: a muddy park along the downtown waterfront on a morning that turned out sunny and unseasonably warm. In the afternoon, he headed to the Olympic Oval in suburban Richmond to chat with several U.S. skaters before the men's 1,000 meters, in which American world-record holder Shani Davis was favored to win gold.
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Colbert proudly wore yet another title on the back of his red jacket - "assistant sports psychologist," which he can now add to Sir (he was knighted, sort of, by Jordan's Queen Noor) and Dr. (owing to an honorary degree in fine arts that he uses to dispense medical advice).
"The Colbert Report" host formed an unlikely alliance with U.S. Speedskating after its main sponsor went bust. Colbert's fans stepped in to donate more than $300,000 to the program, and it was only natural he would attend the Olympics after getting so much comic fodder out of it the past few months.
Colbert started a mock feud with Canada, calling them "syrup suckers" and "iceholes," but he seemed to have plenty of fans north of the border judging by several thousand who turned out at Creekside Park to watch him conduct interviews with Buble, Costas and 1980 hockey gold medalist Mike Eruzione from a temporary stage adorned with a moose, totem pole and stuffed beaver.
"Stephen! Stephen! Stephen!" the crowd chanted, one of them holding up a sign that said "Colbert for Prime Minister."
"This is a welcome we couldn't have imagined in our wildest dreams," Colbert said. "I take back everything I've said about Canada."
Colbert took note several times of the warmer-than-expected temperatures and heavy rains that plagued the first few days of the games. For instance, he asked Eruzione if the U.S. won another gold in hockey at these games, would it be known as the "Miracle on Mud" instead of the "Miracle on Ice?"
Colbert's Canadian fans said they don't take his digs seriously.
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"He's a a jokester, man. We get it. Canadians get it."
Colbert closed the taping with these words of encouragement to his hosts:
"No matter whether your Canadians, Indians or Asians, there's one thing that unites you: You're not Americans," he said, holding the stuffed beaver above his head.
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"Poem of the Mantle"
al-Kawākib ad-Durrīya fī Madḥ Khayr al-Barīya
(Celestial Lights in Praise of the Best of Creation)
The Writer
Hazrat Imam Saalih Sharaf-ud-deen
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin
Hasan Al Busairi
( RaziAllahu Ta'ala Anhu)
Imam al-Busiri died in Alexandria, Egypt in the year
His grave is well known and is connected to a large mosque.
His grave is well known and is connected to a large mosque.
His poem embellishes its walls
The Burda was also engraved on the Prophet's mosque in Madina.
There it adorned its walls and reminded believers for centuries before being erased by Wahhabi/salafis who could not comprehend it.
There is still one line left that has not been removed:
He is the beloved whose intercession is hoped for
As arms against a host of relentless calamities.
As arms against a host of relentless calamities.
---Sharfuddin Abi Abdullah Mohammed bin Sa'eed al-Misree, was well known by his surname Busaree from Bushire, to which one of his parents belonged. The other is being from Dalas in Egypt. He also got a compound surname of Dalasaree. He was born in 608A.H.
Qasida Burdah
This poem was taught, copied, distributed, recited, transcribed on mosque walls, memorized, commented on, studied, and considered required reading by countless scholars, including the hadith masters Sakhawi and Suyuti, and their students.
Ibn Taymiyya
in the book attributed to him under the title:
al-Sarim al maslul `ala shatim al-rasul
(The drawn sword against those who disrespect the Prophet)
The foundation of the religion of Islam is built on praising, glorifying, and treating with dignity the Leader of all the Prophets, may peace be upon them all. Such praise, glorification, and treating with dignity is praise for the entire Religion; and its removal is the end of the Religion. By not giving such respect to the Prophet, all religion comes to an end.
Below is a translation of some of the most beautiful verses of that poem, followed by a refutation of the false views cast against them by the "Salafis."
(also see:part: 2,3 and 4)
26. astaghfirullaha min qawlin bila `amalin / laqad nasabtu bihi naslan li dhi `uqumi
I ask Allah's forgiveness for talk without deeds, for I have thereby claimed an offspring for one who is seedless.
27. amartuka al-khayra lakin ma atmartu bihi / wa mastaqamtu fa ma qawli lakastaqimi
I ordered you to do good deeds, but I did not follow that order. I have not been upright. What value have my words to you: Be upright?
28. wa la tazawwadtu qabla al-mawti nafilatan / wa lam usalli siwa fardin wa lam asumi
I did not make provision of supererogatory deeds before death. I did not pray or fast beyond what is obligatory.
29. zalamtu sunnata man ahya al-zalama ila / an ishtakat qadamahu al-durra min warami
Verily, I have wronged the Way of him who kept awake in the dark night, praying until his feet complained of their swelling,
30. wa shadda min shaghabin ahsha'ahu wa tawa / tahta al-hijarati kishhan mutrafa al-adami
Who bound up his entrails due to hunger, and girded beneath stones his delicate flank,
31. wa rawadathu al-jibalu al-shummu min dhahabin / `an nafsihi fa araha ayyata shamami
Whom lofty mountains endeavored to turn from himself with offerings of gold, whereupon he showed them greater loftiness,
32. wa akkadat zuhdahu fiha daruratuhu / inna al-darurata la ta`du `ala al-`isami
And what confirmed that he renounced them was his necessity. Verily, necessity has no sway over those made immune by Allah;
33. wa kayfa tad`u ila al-dunya daruratu man / lawlahu lam tukhraji al-dunya min al-`adami
And how could necessity attract to the world the one were it not for whom the world would not have come out of inexistence?
34. muhammadun sayyidu al-kawnayni wa al-thaqalay / ni wa al-fariqayni min `urbin wa `ajami
Muhammad – Master of the Two Worlds, and of the Two Dense Kinds [human and jinn], and of the Two Branches, Arabs and non-Arabs,
35. nabiyyuna al-amiru al-nahi fa la ahadun / abarra fi qawli la minhu wa la na`ami
Our Prophet – who commands and forbids. None is more truthful in saying No or Yes.
36. huwa al-habibu al-ladhi turja shafa`atuhu / li kulli hawlin min al-ahwali muqtahimi
He is the Beloved whose intercession is dearly sought against every terror's onslaught.
37. da`a ilallahi fal-mustamsikuna bihi / mustamsikuna bi hablin ghayri munfasimi
He called unto Allah. Those who take hold of him have grasped a rope that shall never break.
38. faqa al-nabiyyina fi khalqin wa fi khuluqin / wa la yudanuhu fi `ilmin wa la karami
He surpasses all Prophets in form and character. None of them approaches his knowledge or generosity.
39. wa kulluhum min rasulillahi multamisun / gharfan min al-bahri wa rashfan min al-diyami
All of them come and take from Allah's Messenger a handful of his ocean or a sip of his continuous rains.
40. wa waqifuna ladayhi `inda haddihim / min nuqtati al-`ilmi aw min shaklat al-hikami
They stand before him – each at his limit – possessing but one dot of his science and a glimpse of his wisdom.
41. fa huwa al-ladhi tamma ma`nahu wa suratuhu / thumma istafahu habiban bari'u al-nasami
He is the one whose innermost and outward form were made perfect, after which the Creator of souls took him for His Beloved Friend.
42. munazzahun `an sharikin fi mahasinihi / fa jawharu al-husni fihi ghayru munqasimi
He is exalted above having a partner in his excellent qualities. The essence of his beauty was made indivisible.
43. da` ma idda`athu al-nasara fi nabiyyihim / wahkum bi ma shi'ta madhan fihi wa ihtakimi
Put aside what the Christians have claimed of their Prophet; then pronounce what you will in praise of him, and be wise;
44. fansub ila dhatihi ma shi'ta min sharafin / wansub ila qadrihi ma shi'ta min `izami
And attribute to his person whatever nobility you will, and ascribe to his worth whatever greatness you will,
45. fa inna fadla rasulillahi laysa lahu / haddun fa yu`riba `anhu natiqun bi fami
For the superiority of Allah's Messenger has no limit that a speaker can express with his mouth.
46. law nasabat qadruhu ayatuhu `izaman / ahya ismuhu hina yud`a darisa al-rimami
If his signs had matched his worth, the mere utterance of his name would have brought back to life the dust that once was bones;
47. lam yamtahinna bima ta`ya al-`uqulu bihi / hirsan `alayna fa lam nartab wa lam nahimi
But he did not test us with what makes impotent the minds, out of great concern for us, so that we should not doubt nor become perplexed.
48. a`ya al-wara fahmu ma`nahu fa laysa yura / li al-qurbi wa al-bu`di minhu ghayra munfahimi
Creation is, in truth, powerless to understand his secret. You will not see any near him or far, except it makes them bewildered,
49. ka al-shamsi tazharu li al-`aynayni min bu`din / saghiratan wa tukillu al-tarfa min amami
As the sun appears small to the eyes from a distance, and yet exhausts their sight upon a second look.
50. wa kayfa yudriku fi al-dunya haqiqatahu / qawmun niyamun tasallaw `anhu bi al-hulumi
And how could one perceive his reality in this world, who belongs to a sleeping race distracted from him with dreams?
51. fa mablaghu al-`ilmi fihi annahu basharun / wa annahu kharyu khalqillahi kullihimi
The sum of their knowledge concerning him is that he was a mortal, and that he was the best of all Allah's creation.
52. wa kullu ayin ata al-rusulu al-kiramu biha / fa innama ittasalat min nurihi bihimi
And every single sign brought by the noble Prophets was theirs only in connection to his light,
53. fa innahu shamsu fadlin hum kawakibuha / yuzhirna anwaraha li al-nasi fi al-zulami
For verily he is a sun of perfection of which they are the moons bringing its light to people in the midst of darkness.
54. akrim bi khalqi nabiyyin zanahu khuluqun / bi al-husni mushtamilin bi al-bishri muttasimi
How noble was the form of this Prophet adorned with a high character that encompassed beauty and was marked with cheerful countenance!
55. ka al-zahri fi tarafin wa al-badri fi sharafin / wa al-bahri fi karamin wa al-dahri fi himami
A form like the soft lilies and the full moon in splendor, a character like the ocean in generosity and Time in endeavors,
56. ka'annuhu wa huwa fardun fi jalalatihi / fi `askarin hina talqahu wa fi hashami
Seeming, due to his majesty, even when you met him alone, to head an army or a large company,
57. ka'annama al-lu'lu'u al-maknunu fi sadafin / min ma`dinay mantiqin minhu wa mubtasimi
As if the very pearl concealed inside the shell were formed in the two molds of his speech and his smile.
58. la tiba ya`dilu turban damma a`zumahu / tuba li muntashiqin minhu wa multathimi
There is no fragrance equal to the earth that encloses his bones. Blessed is he that breathes its scent and kisses it.
145. in ati dhanban fa ma `ahdi bi muntaqidin / min al-nabiyyi wa la habli bi munsarimi
If I commit a sin, my covenant is not broken away from the Prophet, nor is my connection to him cut,
146. fa inna li dhimmatan minhu bi tasmiyati / muhammadan wa huwa awfa al-khalqi bi al-dhimami
For I hold a bond from him in my being named Muhammad, and he is the most trustworthy one in creation in keeping his bonds,
147. in lam yakun fi ma`adi akhidhan bi yadi / fadlan wa illa fa qul ya zallata al-qadami
And if he were not, on the day of my return to Allah, to take my hand out of munificence, then you may say of me: the foot will slip!
148. hashahu an yuhrima al-raji makarimahu / aw yarji`a al-jaru minhu ghayra muhtarimi
Far be it from him to deprive the petitioner of his graces. Far be it from him that the seeker of refuge return from his presence discomfited.
149. wa mundhu alzamtu afkari mada'ihahu / wajadtuhu li khalasi khayra multazimi
Yea, since I devoted my thoughts to praising him, I have found him the best of contractors for my deliverance.
150. wa lan yafuta al-ghina minhu yadan taribat / inna al-haya yunbitu al-azhara fi al-akami
Wealth from him will never fail the hands that became destitute – verily, the rain makes flowers grow even on rugged hills –
151. wa lam urid zahrata al-dunya al-lati iqtatafat / yada zuhayrin bi ma athna `ala harimi
But I do not desire the splendor of this world, which the hands of Zuhayr seized when he praised Harim, the King.
152. ya akrama al-khalqi ma li man aludhu bihi / siwaka `inda hululi al-hadithi al-`amami
O noblest one in creation, I have none from whom to request protection other than you when the Universal Event befalls.
153. wa lan yadiqa rasulallahi jahuka bi / idha al-karimu tajalla bi ismi muntaqimi
Your great standing, O Messenger of Allah, will not diminish for advocating me, if the Generous One manifests Himself with His name of Avenger,
154. fa inna min judika al-dunya wa darrataha / wa min `ulumika `ilma al-lawhi wa al-qalami
For your generosity encompasses both this world and the one that comes next, and your sciences encompass the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen.
155. ya nafsi la taqnati min zallatin `azumat / inna al-kaba'ira fi al-ghufrani ka al-lamami
O my soul! Do not despair because of a terrible footslip. Grave sins, under the covering of forgiveness, are as small ones.
156. la`alla rahmata rabbi hina yaqsimuha / ta'ti `ala hasabi al-`isyani fi al-qasami
It may be that my Lord's mercy, when He distributes it, shall match the transgressions in proportion.
157. ya rabbi wa ij`al raja'i ghayra mun`akisin / ladayka wa ij`al hisabi ghayra munkharimi
O my Lord! Do not let my hope be reversed in Your presence, and let not my account be deemed deficient,
158. waltuf bi `abdika fi al-darayni inna lahu / sabran mata tad`uhu al-ahwalu yanhazimi
And be kind to Your servant in the Two Abodes, for his is a kind of fortitude which calamities hail and overcome,
159. wa'dhan li suhbi salatin minka da'imatin / `ala al-nabiyyi bi munhalli wa munsajimi
And grant showerings of blessings from You upon the Prophet, copious and continuous!
160. thumma al-rida `an abi bakrin wa `an `umarin / wa `an `aliyyin wa `an `uthmana dhi al-karami
And may Allah's good pleasure be with Abu Bakr, `Umar, `Ali, and `Uthman the noble one,
161. wa al-ali wa al-sahbi thumma al-Tabi`ina lahum / ahli al-tuqa wa al-nuqa wa al-hilmi wa al-karami
And with the Family of the Prophet and his Companions, and their Successors the People of Godwariness and Purity and Kindness and Nobility
162. ma rannahat `adhabat al-bani rihu saban / wa atraba al-`isa hadi al-`isi bi al-naghami
As long as the gentle Eastern wind waves the stalks of the moringa-tree, and the camel-leader enlivens the camel with his songs.
163. ya rabbi bi al-mustafa balligh maqasidana / wa ighfir lana ma mada ya wasi`a al-karami
O my Lord! with the Elect One make us attain our goals, and forgive us for what has passed, O Most Munificent One!
164. wa ighfir ilahi li kulli al-muslimina bi ma / yatluhu fi al-masjidi al-aqsa wa fi al-harami
And forgive, O my God, all Muslims who recite this in the Farthest Mosque and the Holy Sanctuary,
165. bi jahi man baytuhu fi tibatin harami / wa ismihu qasamun min a`zami al-qasami
For the Honor and sake of the one whose house lies in the verdant sacrosanct land, and whose name is one of the greatest oaths.
Two pages from the Qaṣīda al-Burda of al-Būsīrī(ra)
The text of the original poem is in gold lettering with two Ottoman Turkish translations of it in blue and red and an explanation of the verses in black, also in Ottoman.
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He composed the Burda while suffering from a stroke which had paralysed half of his body. After praying to Allah Sub'hanahu wa Ta'ala to heal him, he fell asleep and in his dream recited this qasida to the Holy Prophet Sayyidina wa Mawlana Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa Sallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam who touched the paralysed part of his body and threw his mantle (Burda) over him. On arising, he was miraculously cured, the news of which spread far and wide. Hence the qasida came to be called Qasida tu'l Burda and received veneration among all Muslims as a qasida especially approved by the beloved Prophet Sallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam. Its verses are often learned by heart and inscribed on the walls of public buildings. It is congregationally recited in the majalis (spiritual gatherings) of the Zaakireen (those who remember Allah Ta'ala) all over the world. It cures diseases as well as purifies hearts if recited with love and devotion.
More than 100 commentaries have been written on this Qasida and it has been translated in Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Berber, Punjabi, English, French and German, among other languages.
1. Love for Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam
2. A warning against the desires of the nafs
3. Praise of the beloved Prophet Sallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam
4. Events occuring on his birth
5. His miracles
6. Praise of the Glorious Qur'an
7. The "Isra" and "Mi'raj" of the noble Prophet Sallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam
8. His battles
9. Repentence, asking forgiveness of Allah Sub'hanahu wa Ta'ala and seeking intercession of the beloved Prophet Sallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam
10. Supplication to Allah Sub'hanahu wa Ta'ala
Copy of the Qaṣīdat al-Burdah (The poem of the mantle) Here
Amplification (takhmīs) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fayyūmī.
The amplification and the text of the Qaṣīdat al-burdah were written in naskh and thuluth scripts respectively by Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad al-Tabīzī in 767 AH / 1366 CE, probably for the Mawlawī (Mevlevi) Library in Konya, Turkey. [Walters Art Museum, 1931,W.581]Here
In fact, this poem has received somewhere around 100 commentaries from the scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah and none declare it to include 'blatant and obvious kufr and heresy'.
This is just the opinion of the Wahhabi scholars who have a takfiri mindset. Twisted minds will read and interpret the text in a twisted way and there is little that can be said or done to convince them.
In actual fact, if one want to determine what 'the scholars of Ahl al-Sunna wa'l-Jamaa'ah' who have studied it have said then they ought to consult what some of the true classical Sunni scholars of the last 500 years have said in their respective commentaries.
In actual fact, if one want to determine what 'the scholars of Ahl al-Sunna wa'l-Jamaa'ah' who have studied it have said then they ought to consult what some of the true classical Sunni scholars of the last 500 years have said in their respective commentaries.
Imams Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, al-Sakhawi, and al-Suyuti (ra), who all included it as required reading in the Islamic curriculum.
[Cf. al-Suyuti, Husn al-Muhadara (Cairo 1293 ed. 1:260) and al-Sakhawi, in A.J. Arberry, Sakhawiana: A Study Based on the Chester Beatty Ms. Arab. 773 (London: Emery Walker Ltd., 1951, p. 5-9).]
Imam Al-Zarkashi (d. 794),
Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Anṣārī (d. 926)
Imam Muhammad Abu al-Su`ud al-Hanafi (d. 951),
Shaykh Zadah (d. 951),
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami al-Shafi`i (d. 973)
Mulla `Ali al-Qari al-Hanafi (d. 1014),
Allama Ibrahim al-Bajuri al-Shafi`i (d. 1277),
Imam Muhammad al-Tahir Ibn `Ashur al-Maliki (d. 1284)
Imam Muhammad Abu al-Su`ud al-Hanafi (d. 951), quoted in Sayyid Hasan al-`Idwi al-Hamzawi al-Maliki's (d. 1303) al-Nafahat al-Shadhiliyya fi Sharhi al-Burdat al-Busiriyya
2. Shaykh Muhyi al-Din Muhammad ibn Mustafa al-Hanafi, known as Shaykh Zadah (d. 951), Hashiyat al-Burda in the margin of al-Kharputi's `Asidat al-Shuhda Sharh Qasidat al-Burda (Ottoman 1320 ed. p. 219).
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Hajar al-Haytami al-Shafi`i (d. 973), al-`Umda fi Sharh al-Burda, ed. Bassam Muhammad Barud (UAE: Dar al-Faqih, 2003, p. 666-669).
Mulla `Ali al-Qari al-Hanafi (d. 1014), al-Zubda fi Sharh al-Burda, ms. from the Damascus library of the Musnid Sayyid Muhammad Salih al-Khatib (also containing al-Qari's two treatises on the Mawlid), folios 54b-55a.
`Allama Ibrahim al-Bajuri al-Shafi`i (d. 1277), Sharh al-Burda (`Abd al-Rahman Mahmud Cairo ed. p. 132-133)
Imam Muhammad al-Tahir Ibn `Ashur al-Maliki (d. 1284), Shifa' al-Qalb al-Jarih fi Sharhi Burdati al-Madih
"Some of the above excelled their respective contemporaries in the Arabic language and they excelled also in fiqh and usul, while Ibn `Ashur and Abu al-Su`ud were arguably the two greatest mufassirs of the last five hundred years."
In English one may refer to the recently published The Mainstay – a Commentary on Qaṣīda al-Burda by Shaykh Ibn ʿAjība d.1224 AH [1809 CE], al-ʿUmda fī Sharḥ al-Burda.
Imam Al-Zarkashi (d. 794/1392) who was a Shafi'i scholar of fiqh and Tafsir who studied with Ibn Kathir and lived two generations after Imam Al-Busiri said about the Burdah in the introduction to his commentary Sharḥ al-Burdah:
Reciting [the Burdah] can prevent disasters, if people only knew about value of the poem, then they would write it on their pupils of their eyes with gold ink.
He also said:
When I saw the eloquence of the Burdah, I wanted to explain it with a commentary that would open people's eyes. This commentary includes [references] to many [Islamic] sciences; and through this commentary, as a sinful servant of God, I seek intercession from the Prophet, almamdūḥ [the praised one], the most noble of creation…to wipe away my sins
Shaykh Zadah (d. 951) said (Rāḥat alarwāḥ,383):
The pen cannot even record its wonders, and its benefits make the tongue aware of its affairs…with this commentary, one can only attempt to uncover its issues and to clarify its enigmas…with an interpretation, one can uncover its secrets and raise the veils off it…I saw that there were pure souls who wanted to understand its [the Burdah] benefits, so I found some wonderful opinions that helped explain its usage. And I saw the most amazing thing that one could desire, and I ascended to it…so I commenced to compose a commentary that would simplify [the Burdah], solve its enigmas, and analyze its meanings
Shaykh Ibn 'Ashur quotes another commentator, al-Anṭākī in his Shifāʾ al-qalb al-jarīh bi sharḥ Burdat al-madiḥ saying:
I saw amazing things from its blessings, but all of this is miniscule compared to the object of its praise (mamdūḥha) [the Prophet]. Of course this is so because he is the greatest intercessor, the protector...he can implore for him [the Prophet] to intercede for him to God to help him acquire his heart's desire.
Ibn 'Ashur also says on p.68:
Some of the shaykhs used to advise their students to recite the Burdah. It was said that it was the greatest way to connect with God, that it helps people succeed in their lives, its recitation calms someone who is frightened, gets rid of anxiety, and brings joy to people's hearts. The place in which the poem is recited becomes full of mercy and blessings.
Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Anṣārī (d. 926/1520) who needs no introduction also has a commentary entitled: Al Zubdah al-rāʾiqah fī sharḥ al Burdah al-fāʾiqah.
al-Kawakib al-durriyya fi madh khayr al-bariyya
(The resplendent stars in the praise of the Best of Creation)
Which became known as Qasidat al-Burdah
After claiming HIS, love in the first chapter, and how to attain it, in the second Imam Busiri begins the praises of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In chapter 3, He openly declares his love and shows the great qualities and perfect character of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
The Finale
Shaykh Ibrahim Osi-Efa
June 2014
(Edited by ADHM)


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This series focuses on the development of textual skills and analysis to allow participants to understand the messages of the Torah on a practical and tangible level. We learn how to imagine ourselves as an actual character in the story.
We focus on finding parallels between the stories and situations described in the portion with our lives, and then apply the lessons with clarity and understanding.
This class will take place after the Hashkama services on Shabbes at the Young Israel of Riverdale. Estimated start time 9:30 am.


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Results and happenings from area courses.
NEWS AND RESULTS: Flight winners at the Eagles Golf Club of Palm Coast tournament Oct. 27 at Halifax Plantation were Bob Daniels, Major Hairston, Ken Arthur and Foster Vestel and Joe Shields. Closest-to-the-pin winners were Vestel and Vicki Arthur who won three. Vicki Arthur underwent a liver transplant 18 months ago and only returned to golf this past summer. For info about the Eagles Golf Club, its programs and future tournaments email email@example.com.
At the Cypress Women's Golf Association's outing on Nov. 5, the first round of the association's Match Play Championship, the 1st Flight winners were Connie Lynch, Jan Graham, Nidia Farrell and Rita Miller. 2nd Flight winners were Mavis Moen, Sonya Sapp, Einie Stine and Bea Franchini. The winners in the Semi-Final Match Play on Nov. 12 were Graham and Miller in the 1st Flight and Moen and Sapp in the 2nd Flight. On Nov. 19 the championship was won by Miller in the 1st Flight and Sapp in the 2nd Flight. In other play that day, the flight winners in a Low Net Competition were Deb Crowley and Franchini.
At the Cypress Men's Golf Association's outing on Nov 2, flight winners were Jack Brockdorff, who carded a gross 73, John Mynatt, John Maino and Dave Knight. On Nov. 9, the winners were Harry Davis, who carded a gross 78, Mynatt, Harvey Lydecker and Frank Sabatino. On Nov. 16, the winners were Richard Kawa, Lydecker and Sabatino. Mynatt and Davis each won two closest-to-the-pins. And on Nov. 23, the flight winners were Al Parker, Al Costello and Knight. Fred Hill won two closest-to-the-pins.
At the Matanzas Men's Golf Association's outing on Nov. 1, flight winners were Steve McLaughlin, Al Costello, John Maino, Walt Twyman and Dale Bell. On Nov. 8, the winners were Paul Libutaque, Jerry Fazzini, George Cook, Twyman and Russ Brown. And on Nov. 15, the flight winners were Joel Schwalb, Frank Mento, Frank Hopler and Brown.
At the Pine Course Women's Golf Association's outing on Nov. 1, the flight winners were Barbara Bergquist and Alice Manthey. And on Nov. 15, Manthey, Linda Mahran, Nidia Farrell, Karen Gillis, Ginny Nicewonger, Zita Corum and Barbara Mott all "Beat the Pro", Fred Ferrera.
At the Palm Harbor Niners outing on Oct. 30, the flight winners were Anna Marie Dalles, Joan Tuohey and Elaine Wettlin. On Nov. 6, the winners were Shirley Sheridan, Isobel Karvatt and Margie Lawler. On Nov. 13, the winners were Sandy Trautwein, Carolyn Hunley and Sandy Schwartz. And on Nov. 20, the winners were Sheridan, Dorothy Walls and Audrey Garrison.
At the Palm Harbor Men's Golf Association's outing on Nov. 7, the flight winners were Stan Walker, Nick Quattrocchi, Roy Ainsworth, Bill Wickis, Chuck Modica, Ray Good and Bill Ilavsky. Closest-to-the-pin winners were John Raybon, Modica, Larry Mc Elhinney and Al Daguro. Daguro also won the association's President's Cup (Match Play) Championships held from Oct. 3 to Nov. 7.
The winner of the Daytona Beach Women's Golf Association's 36-hole low net tournament that concluded on Nov. 15 was Jeanne Cloke, followed by Tina Montoya, Joan Manley and Martha Germaine.
The low net winners of the "Tee It Up" tournament held by the Daytona Beach Area Chapter of the Executive Women's Golf Association on Nov. 10 at LPGA International was the team of Frances Lipscomb and Marilyn O'Conner. In second were Julie Blanche and Kathleen McKay, and in third Joyce Borda and Sharon Lostaglio. The low gross winners were Nancy Coonan and Patsy Harton, followed by Mimi Lenio and Marianne Schuetter. The association, founded 20 years ago, provides women the opportunity to gain proficiency in the game as well as developing business and personal relationships through networking. During the year, the local chapter holds outings Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at local clubs as well as competitive rounds with chapters in the region. For more information, contact Borda at 386-852-4155 or email@example.com or Jan Tetrick at firstname.lastname@example.com or visit EWGADaytonaBeach.com
ACES AND NOTABLE SHOTS: At Halifax Plantation on Nov. 2, Mimi Lenio, newly installed Chapter President of the Executive Women's Golf Association, aced No. 13 from 82 yards with a wedge.
At LPGA International, on Nov. 13, Jean-Martin Roy at No. 12 of the Legends Course, from 190 yards with a 4-iron.
At Palm Harbor, an eagle 2 on Nov. 16 by Mike Pasiecki at the par 4 No. 10 from 319 yards with a driver and 7-iron.
UPCOMING: The USA Track & Field Celebrity Golf Scramble is Nov. 30 at Venetian Bay Golf Club. Cost is $150 per golfer or $500 for each foursome. Proceeds will be used to fund USATF programs and initiatives, including youth programs, elite athlete development, support of Team USA and programs for masters, officials and associations. For info, visit usatf.org.
The Putts for Paws Golf Tournament supporting the Flagler County Humane Society is Dec. 1 at Palm Harbor Golf Club. The cost is $65 and includes golf/cart, continental breakfast, lunch and prizes. Sponsorships are available. For info, visit palmharborgolfclub.com/humanesocietygolf tournament or call 386-503-0115.
The Executive Women's Golf Association is holding a Holiday Golf and Potluck Dinner at Victoria Hills on Dec. 9. The cost is $30 for members, $45 for members' spouses and $50 for guests. The Potluck Dinner will be held at a member's home. Unwrapped Toys for Tots will be collected as well as donations for pets to benefit the Humane Society of Volusia and Flagler counties. For details and to RSVP no later than Dec. 5, email email@example.com or call Joyce Borda at 386-852-4155.


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'Man is an abyss – you feel giddy when you look into it.' So declares Wozzeck in Alban Berg's harrowing psychological drama.
The title character is a disturbed man who is used for experimentation, taunted for his poverty and inarticulacy, and finally, in despair, driven to murder the only person he loves. The opera is based on the incomplete play Woyzeck by Georg Büchner. It was given its premiere in 1925 in Berlin and was extremely successful.
Berg's music is rapturous and terrifying. The score is richly varied, from the depiction of Wozzeck's terrifying visions to Marie's exquisitely gentle lullaby to her son, to the black comedy of the Doctor and the Captain's music.
Berg also draws on folk song, giving a vivid picture of the working-class community in which the characters live. A white-tiled laboratory provides the claustrophobic setting for Keith Warner's uncompromising staging. This production was his directorial debut at Covent Garden and won an Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production in 2003.
Show Information
Tuesday, 12th November 2013
Friday, 15th November 2013
1 hour 40 minutes
Venue Information
Royal Opera House
Bow Street
Map | Seating Plan
(3 mins) The Opera House is off Covent Garden piazza, which is visible from the tube station exit. There is a revolving door entrance at the piazza.


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There are more than two and a half million eccrine sweat glands all over the body. They lie deep in the skin and are connected to the surface by coiled tubes called ducts. Sweat (perspiration) is a liquid mixture made up of 99% water and 1% salt and fat. Up to a quart of liquid a day can evaporate through the sweat glands. As the body becomes overheated, a person sweats, which evaporates and cools the body. When a person becomes frightened or nervous, like being pinned under heavy weights, the body begins to sweat on the palms and forehead, as well as the soles of the feet and in the armpits. These are the sites where sweat glands are most abundant.
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University News
WIU Student Spring Break Trip To Help Others Gets Financial Boost
January 18, 2013
MACOMB, IL – A Spring Break trip by Western Illinois University students, designed to benefit those in need, received a financial boost this week with the award of a $1,000 grant from Liberty Mutual Insurance.
The Liberty Mutual Responsible Scholars Program awards grant funds to student groups interested in volunteerism and philanthropy. This week Western's Alternative Spring Break Group, a part of the Western's All Volunteer Effort (WAVE), received word that their application had been funded.
This year the student group, made up of two graduate student advisors and nine WIU students, will travel to Macon (GA) to work with Rebuilding Macon. The volunteer organization performs home repair work for those in need and Western students will be building wheelchair ramps and painting houses.
Michelle Harvey, the assistant director of the WIU Office of Student Activities, said the travel group is entirely funded by donations so the grant will aid in paying for this year's March trip.
"The students had to put together an essay application for the grant about how the mission of their trip matches with that of Liberty Mutual, which is 'Helping people live safe, more secure lives,'" Harvey said. "We receive a little money from student fees but the students also fundraise as a group, sending letters to family and friends and holding bake sales on campus."
During Spring Break 2012, the WIU student group traveled to Florida to glean turnip fields and learn about hunger issues and the wasting of food.
"They go where there is a need," Harvey said. "This money will really help with this year's trip."
Students participating in this year's trip include:
Graduate student advisors:
MOLINE, IL: Ariel Edgeworth, graduate student in college student personnel
KLAMATH FALLS (OR): Jodi Santillie, graduate student in college student personnel
Trip leaders:
DEKALB: Liz Peregrine, senior, music
CHICAGO: Shayla Baker, sophomore, family and consumer sciences
SHERRARD: Anna Dahlstrom, sophomore, family and consumer sciences
KINGSTON: Ashley Covington, senior, elementary education
TAYLORVILLE: Elizabeth Nelson, sophomore, pre-business, supply chain management
WORTH: Joe Maluck, junior, law enforcement and justice administration
SPRINGFIELD: Kayleigh Marcotte, junior, pre-elementary education
MARKHAM: Mi'Ca Goldman, senior, psychology
CHICAGO: Monique Meeks, freshman, forensic chemistry
For more information about the student group, visit wiu.edu/ASB.
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I am trying to make a program which allows the user to store, manage, add, delete, etc CD Records from a Registry.
The program includes a "CD" class which contains artist name, album name, etc. An arraylist keeps all these CD records saved.
I am trying to get the program to automatically try to load a previously saved ArrayList from a file (if it exists), and then automatically save the now modified ArrayList back to the same file, once the user exits the program.
I am now doing the loading from file method, but I cannot get it to work.
public void readFromFile(String fileName) { ArrayList<CD> reg = new ArrayList<CD>(); //Creates a new arraylist with CD records try { Scanner scan = new Scanner(new File("filename")); while (scan.hasNextLine()) //while file has more data.. { reg.add(scan.next()); //read the next line } } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { System.err.println("File could not be opened!"); System.exit(1); } scan.close(); }
The error I get is "The method add(CD) in the type ArrayList<CD> is not applicable for the arguments (String)".
I understand that the scan is trying to read a textfile and cannot save that line (String) as a CD object. But I have no idea how to solve this.
What should I do? The excersise advices me to use a Scanner for this part, so i'd prefer to follow that guideline. However, other suggestions (such as filestreamer) are also more than welcome as long as they help me solve this problem.
Many thanks in advance.


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We are delighted to announce that as a staff member you will be working for a company which prides itself in providing the highest standards of care to all residents within their care.
The successful candidate for this role will be paid a competitive salary up to £19.00 per hour plus other generous benefits and will work 36 hours per week.
The ideal candidate will be very confident and hardworking and will have the following skills which are essential for this role:
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Embarcadero Technologies has this week introduced Starter editions of C++Builder and Delphi, its rapid application development (RAD) frameworks. The company hopes to garner a new level of interest from independent developers, students and small businesses owners for these entry-level versions of its tools.
Based on the Object Pascal programming language, Delphi has an established pedigree in helping users build native Windows desktop, database, multitier, and touch applications. Like Delphi Starter, C++Builder Starter is an entry-level RAD environment, but aimed at C/C++ developers.
According to Embarcadero, C++Builder and Delphi Starter editions offer users core IDE components including a 32-bit native code compiler, a debugger and a visual component library (VCL) with drag-and-drop visual development for Windows applications for Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000.
"The entry-level versions offer hundreds of components for creating user interfaces, touch-enablement, grids, Office-style ribbon controls and other Windows controls; more than 120 Internet protocols and Internet standards; and IDE Insight, the fastest way to find and execute commands with one-click," said David Intersimone, vice president of developer relations and chief evangelist for Embarcadero. "At an entry-level price, Delphi and C++Builder Starter provide individual developers and start-up companies with powerful functionality to build native Windows applications fast. This translates into more innovative development from new talent and potentially faster growth for start-ups."


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SIGGRAPH is the preeminent international event for professionals in the computer graphics and technology fields. Drawing thousands of people from all over the world and this year's 37th conference was a huge success, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Sponsored by The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), an educational and scientific society uniting the world's computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue and share resources, SIGGRAPH is an interdisciplinary educational experience including a commercial exhibition where leading-edge software and hardware companies exhibit their products and offer candid instructionals on approaches of use by experts in the field. This creative community consists of people who are energized by research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and the web. Installations included in the conference include close-up views of the latest in digital art, emerging technologies, hands-on creative collaboration as well as the Computer Animation Festival, showcasing works from the world's most innovative and accomplished digital film and video creators. The Computer Animation Festival is juried and curated exhibiting outstanding achievements in time-based art, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, and narrative shorts. It is an official qualifying event for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Animated Short Film award.
The main exhibitions hall included cutting-edge products in hardware and software as well as job fair booths for those interested in finding work. Real-time samples of various technologies enabled attendees to see what the various products are capable of as lectures from leading experts in the industry were held. Contests and giveaways made the event fun while learning about the latest in technological capabilities.
Various adjacent rooms showcased lectures, demos and innovations in emerging technologies. Workshops where participants could test new software and hardware with a hands on approach with experts in their fields instructing step by step utilizing the latest versions.
The Art Gallery show called Touchpoint: Haptic Exchange Between Digits explored the polysensory nature of human experience in a technologically enhanced environment. Experiential art was exhibited where the viewer becomes part of the piece through interaction via unique physical interfaces. The work of Henry Kaufman called The Lightness of Your Touch where the viewer's hand interacts with glowing light forms allowed for a personal impression inserted into the piece.A video of the work in action can be seen here.
Interactive 3D games were also showcased along with a unique holographic-type device in its early stage of development called 360-Degree Autostereoscopic Display, a sample of it in action can be viewed by clicking here. It has many potential applications, such as amusement, professional visualization, digital signage, museum display, video games, and futuristic 3D telecommunication. This display has a digital-video input port for connection to computers or other devices.
Technical Papers focused on disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Topics ranged from a new application for browsing street-level imagery to new advancements in architecture. These papers covered core topics of computer graphics such as modeling, animation, rendering, imaging, and human-computer interaction, and also explored related fields of audio, robotics, visualization and perception. A total of 390 submissions for this aspect of the conference were reviewed by a distinguished panel of 49 jurors, and 103 papers were selected for presentation at SIGGRAPH 2010.
The Computer Animation Festival, held in conjunction with Siggraph, offered more than viewing experiences. In additional to the multiple screenings, the festival included interactive sessions and opportunities to learn industry techniques, secrets, behind-the-scene stories and advice from some of the most successful professionals in this field. Nominees for awards were chosen from 750 submissions from around the globe presented by both professional studios and students alike.
The Best In Show Award went to Loom (Germany) which tells the story of a moth being drowned in one of nature's complex cycles. It was the final project of Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, and Csaba Letay at the Filmakademie Baden Württemberg, Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction. Production time, including story development and preproduction, was one year.
The Jury Award went to Poppy (New Zealand) Directed by James Cunningham which is an independent short set on France's western front in World War One. Two New Zealand soldiers are trapped behind enemy lines. They find a baby in a muddy ditch, under its dead parents. One of the men wants to save it, the other does not. Based on true events, "Poppy" was written by the great-grandson of one of these soldiers. An innovative combination of motion capture with exquisite facial animation.
The Best Student Projects Prize Award went to The Wonder Hospital (USA) directed by Beomsik Shimbe Shim, California Institute of the Arts. In this student project, a girl enters a mysterious hospital that alters her way of seeing beauty. She is given a choice between two images of her face, "Before" and "After". As she continues on this illusionary journey, she realizes that beauty is something very different from what she expected.
Other favorites which evoked strong responses from the audience can be seen in their entirety through the links to their respective names as follows:
" Logorama" (France) directed by Francois Alaux, Herve de Crecy and Ludovic Houplain
" Gorillaz Stylo" (UK) directed by Pete Candeland and Jamie Hewlett
" Light of Life" (Japan) directed by Daihei Shibata
" Natural Plastic" (USA) directed by Faiyaz Jafri
" White Drawing" (New Zealand) directed by Kurt Adams
Several parties were also held at the end at nearby hotels for the public to mingle and meet with Siggraph attendees. The 23rd Annual Sake Barrel Opening Party was held at the nearby JW Marriott and honored revered Japanese digital artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi for his 40 years in computer graphics.
Upcoming SIGGRAPH Conferences are as follows:
SIGGRAPH 2011 , 7 - 11 August in Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 ,15 - 20 December in Seoul, South Korea


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ShannC wrote:This was in Christiania and this ragged man steps up saying "Wow, that's one hell of a picture. What do you call it?"
We yell in Chorus: The Furristocrats!!
Ahh very nicely done.
ShannC wrote:This was in Christiania and this ragged man steps up saying "Wow, that's one hell of a picture. What do you call it?"
We yell in Chorus: The Furristocrats!!
TheSuburbanLetdown wrote:Yeah, totally run that by me. I must see this.
ShannC wrote:TheSuburbanLetdown wrote:Yeah, totally run that by me. I must see this.
Ok then Subrub, here's the deal. If you ever make join up with us on a Euro-trip, we'll all get together and draw the most gaudy perverted panorama picture we can imagine.
I'm almost sure we'll never see you in person but if something like that would happen, it should be celebrated with all-out insanity.
ShannC wrote:Another thing you missed was the ambitious fan-art we drew that never made it online. We got a really large paper(A3 format) and made a rendition of Da vinci's "The last supper" naturally with Evan as Jesus in the centre being serviced under the table by Abel from DMFA. What we did here was to change the eye-level perspective, and make it directly to the side so that you could see what was going on under the table. Paul wanted to remain faithful to the original but I conviced him at that point. Anyway, just to the side there's a snake pit with the cast from Better Days, Dan(DMFA) sandwiched in between. As this was in the foreground, some parts became ostensibly large but Foob is really good with proportions so it came out right.
Just up above and to the left side of Evan we have Ryan and Ashley eating a traditional okonomiyaki and sushi off Maynard's naked body(on the table). Obviously because they are into animé and japanese culture in general(my idea)..
Finally on the far left we have Llewelyn and Ozy's mom from Ozy and Millie doing the Tree in paradise position from Kama Sutra as a hint to Llewelyn being into eastern philosophy and all that. In fact, it was Xander sketching up most positions and stuff since he has studied the source material pretty extensively.
Well, to the right of Evan, and all the way to the far right we have each and every forum member from here split in couples(one a slave, the other the master). This is really heavy on the details so you have handcuffs, whips, leashes, the works. We even made some apparel up we don't know whether it exists or not. I'm not too happy with that, but it was a solution for avatars and people we didn't know what they looked like, to cover them up in gimp-masks.
Finally, we wanted to put something dignified, like a historical reference. So in the low right corner we have some characters from Beatrix Potter. It's Peter Rabbit sitting on the face of Benjamin Bunny, simultanously sucking the tits of mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. Jeremy Fisher and Timmy Tiptoes are going for a sort of Bukkake over the whole scene.
Bloodied Fox wrote:I'm sure there are plenty of bars we didn't end up in last time. Heck, we didn't even do the Guinness brewery tour...
XanderMorhaime wrote:I've no objections against Dublin next year either. I'll bring a proper umbrella and rain coat this time.
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The question of how to handle 404 pages and DNS redirects for things like mistyped URLs is becoming an increasingly important one. For some time, some web developers have been creating their own custom 404 pages in an effort to offer useful tools and navigation links instead of just an ugly dead end. But approaches to these problems from Google and Verizon—some of which can actually make revenue from mistyped URLs—are being met with mixed criticism and refreshed concerns over security and network neutrality.
Of mistyped URLs...
Last year, Verizon began redirecting mistyped URLs from its FiOS customers to its own custom search pages—complete with advertisements—regardless of what a user's default search settings. This feature, which Verizon calls "Advanced Web Search," requires the company to silently alter users' DNS. Consumer Affairs notes that Verizon allows users to opt out, but the company has still rolled it out to customers in the Midwest, Maryland, and Virginia.
While redirecting DNS for the purpose of making the best out of misspelled URLs may seem harmlessly appealing at face value, some are concerned over the functional and security risks involved. Back in 2004, ICANN smacked down VeriSign's SiteFinder service, which redirected requests for unregistered domains to an ad-heavy search page. Ars Technica spoke with Tim Wu, a Columbia Law School professor and network neutrality advocate, who has mixed feelings about Verizon's DNS redirecting. "I generally have no problem with good faith efforts by ISPs to help their customers," Wu told Ars. "It's when they try and manipulate the system that I am troubled. For example, obviously, if you typed in www.google.com and arrived at Verizon's web site, I think you could hardly be happy with that."
Those concerned about this feature, however, are worried about the manipulation Wu mentioned. If Verizon is righteously redirecting in the name of bad spelling now, what's to stop it from beginning to bend the rules and alter search results or quietly insert its own affiliate ads into web sites? DNS redirects have also been known to cause problems with personal security software and custom DNS settings. The fact that this feature was automatically switched on is unfortunate in these cases, Verizon does allow customers to opt out of the service.
...and 404 redirects
Google has also ventured into questionably helpful territory by introducing similar mistyped domain and 404 page redirects into its Google Toolbar product. Available only in the version 5 beta for Internet Explorer for now, Google introduced a new feature that subverts 404 file not found errors with its own mixed solution. Some mistyped URLs, such as microsofft.com, will yield a simplified Google 404 error with a suggested URL and a search box, while others, like aple.com, will redirect to a full Google search.
Typing in nonexistent subdirectories at various sites leads to mixed results. Some end in a standard 404 error, while others present the redirected Google warning and search box. When news of this broke, some feared that Google would be trumping custom 404 pages with this toolbar by displaying its own redirected search tools and advertisements, but our testing reveals that the company treads carefully. It appears that any sites with custom 404 pages that present helpful navigation links or even simple warnings are left untouched by the Google Toolbar beta.
Ultimately, neither of these companies are showing irrefutable evidence of acting maliciously to alter search results or cause harm to the workings of the Internet. Both companies will argue that they are providing a service to customers who mistype URLs and may not be able to find what they're looking for. Critics of automatic redirection will counter that the likes of Verizon and Google are offering (and profiting from) solutions in search of a problem.


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New York's Times Square is the top tourist attraction in the world according to Travel and Leisure magazine. But those familiar with the area might see it as more theme park than great urban space. A new proposal by Snøhetta that will remake the area's pedestrian plazas promises to bring a more urbane sensibility to the Square that might play well with the locals.
Under the proposed design, which awaits city approval, the existing bright blue plaza will be resurfaced with two tones of dark concrete pavers arranged in an alternating brick pattern. Some sections would feature stainless steel 'pucks' about the size of a nickel that will jazz up the surface and reflect light off the surrounding marquees. In addition to pavement changes, numerous large slab benches of different lengths and sizes will be installed replacing the existing café tables and chairs. While the benches will provide seating they will function to ease congestion in the plaza, by dividing the space into a large central gathering area with dedicated walkways on the sides. The intention is to make the plaza safer and easier for people to get around.
Snøhetta's Craig Dkyers, who presented the design to a Manhattan community board on Monday, said the redesign will make the plaza 'simpler and flatter' than what's there now. And it will be designed to accommodate 'different speeds at which people can move through Times Square'. The project, which is slated for completion in 2014, is an extension of an earlier effort launched in 2009 by the Bloomberg administration to ban cars from parts of Times Square and pedestrianize a six-block section of Broadway from 42nd to 47th. The success of that project led to the decision to make the area a permanent pedestrian way.


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The tweet read around the world hit cyberspace just over a year ago, on Aug. 4, 2009, when Paula Abdul revealed "with sadness in my heart" that she was leaving "American Idol" after eight seasons.
The news sent shockwaves through the masses whose immediate reaction wasn't "Who cares?" Rampant conjecture about a replacement ended a little over a month later with the announcement Ellen DeGeneres would be joining the judges' panel.
Not a bad way for the program to grab some publicity in the dead of summer.
A year later, with Simon Cowell and DeGeneres both off the show, we're mired in an endless summer name game that's bordering on a word never before associated with "American Idol": boring.
Every day, it seems, brings breathless talk of new possible panelists: Elton John (unlikely). Justin Timberlake (ditto). Steven Tyler (Not if Joe Perry has anything to say about it, though "inside" sources say he's very close to inking a deal). Jennifer Lopez (Is she in or out?). Even Abdul (Could a cryptic tweet hold clues?). And even, Shania Twain (Hmm, she did well as a guest judge last season…).
While the decision on Abdul's replacement proved relatively swift, the latest speculation has swirled virtually nonstop since January when Cowell confirmed he was leaving. So what was once a buzz generator is verging on buzz kill (or overkill).
There are other differences from last year's panel switch: longtime fans held an emotional investment in the charmingly loopy Abdul, the show's defender of the little guy, talented or otherwise. The departure of Cowell, a crusher of dreams who inspired strong feelings of another sort, is old news. Few are getting worked up over DeGeneres quitting or whether Kara DioGuardi will return for Season 10.
Abdul's departure also exposed the show's secret: to succeed, "American Idol" ultimately needs to be more about the contestants than the panelists. Last season's relatively weak talent pool quickly became overshadowed by Cowell's impending exit and DeGeneres' failure to click, upsetting the show's delicate balance and no doubt contributing to declining ratings of TV's No. 1 program.
All of that apparently wasn't lost on returning executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, who told E! News in April when he was still on the sidelines: "It shouldn't be about the judges. It should be about the young talent."
He also called for jettisoning all the judges and starting fresh – an idea we've endorsed, with the added suggestion of making prospective judges audition and letting the TV audience pick the new panel.
We'll stick to that advice, and recommend that Lythgoe and Fox make some kind of decision soon. All this "Idol" chatter is getting old – which is not good for a show that should be about youth.
In that spirit, with calendar between the first anniversaries of Abdul's departure and DeGeneres' arrival, we'll point to another, perhaps more important, date: Thursday, Aug. 19. That's when the latest batch of hopefuls is set to go through the initial mass audition process, at San Francisco's AT&T Park.
Somewhere in that group could be the key to the show's future: a talented unknown months away from becoming a household name – one more far important to "American Idol" fans than whatever big names wind up on the judges' panel.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Network Breaks 10 Years of Ratings Records, Delivering Best May in W25-54 Since 2003
TLC secured its best May delivery in a decade, and its second Best May Ever Women 25-54, while holding its position as a Top Ten ad-supported cable network in delivery in Women 25-54 and Women 18-49, among other key demos. The network also saw double digit Prime Time increases in women viewers vs. May 2012.
Powered by the success of hit series LONG ISLAND MEDIUM and BREAKING AMISH: BRAVE NEW WORLD, TLC dominated the month across multiple nights of the week, leading with Sunday night, where the network was the #1 ad-supported cable network in delivery among W25-54, #2 with W18-49, and #3 among W18-34. TLC also ranked in the Top Five among P25-54 and P18-49 delivery. May Sundays also helped push TLC's to double digit increases of 20% among W25-54 rating vs. May 2012.
TLC kicked off its all new TLC Summer programming line-up on Memorial Day, and premieres 20 new and returning series in the coming months.
Source: Nielsen, May 2013 = 4/29/13-5/26/13, May 2012 = 4/30/12-5/27/121, May 2003 = 4/28/03-5/25/03. Net Rank = M-Su 8-11p. TP Data. Cov Rtg/(000s).