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I received my Nex to Canon adapter 11 yesterday for use on my Sony VG20 and can confirm it works faultlessly. Autofocus works fast and just fine.
Metabones has updated its EF to NEX Smart Adapter II, allowing recent Canon lenses to autofocus on Sony E-mount cameras. As with most systems that attempt to use DSLR lenses on contrast-detection-based AF cameras, the focus speed is considerably lower than when used on their native cameras. However, despite not being able to use the hybrid-AF system from the NEX-5R or 6, Metabones claims performance is often better than Sony DSLR lenses being used with the original LA-EA1 adapter. The adapter costs $399, with existing Smart Adapter II owners able to upgrade for $50.
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Metabones adds autofocus to Smart Adapter
Vancouver, Canada, November 7, 2012 - Metabones adds autofocus support for select Canon lenses to its Smart Adapter II (for mounting EF and EF-S mount lenses on Sony NEX cameras).
To ensure the best possible accuracy, autofocus is enabled only for late-model Canon-brand lenses (introduced circa 2006 or later).
Significant effort has been put into focus accuracy research and we conclude that only lenses capable of the most precise control in their autofocus mechanisms could reliably deliver pixel-accurate results when adapted to Sony NEX cameras. Autofocus is disabled for most older Canon lenses and most third-party lenses, but aperture control, image stabilization (if applicable), EXIF and other features will continue to work just like before.
Autofocus speed is significantly slower than on a DSLR camera. Phase detection feature of NEX-5R/6 is not used at this time. As a result, autofocus speed of a Canon EF/EF-S lens on Sony NEX is usually slower than on the new Canon EOS M. Compared with Sony's own A-mount lens adapters, Metabones Smart Adapter II is faster than LA-EA1 but slower than the translucent-mirror-equipped LA-EA2.
Smart Adapter II with autofocus support is available right now at the same price (US$399+applicable tax/duty) from Metabones' distributors in many countries all over the world and the Metabones online shop. Existing Smart Adapter II customers may send their units back for an upgrade for a nominal shipping/handling charge of $50.
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Were is the full frame version for the NEX-VG900 ?
Well, wager the aperture control and IS, EXIF data interchange pretty useful. I am not keen on the AF though , Wonder if and how those CDAF optimized STM lens Canon just bring out would fare ?
is a Rebel body lighter and cheaper than this contraption?
they are missing a good bet if they don't market this heavily to videographers using the NEX-VG series of video cameras
It's not cheap but it gets my thumbs up for being clever. But does it AF with Canon's L glass (thinking top notch glass + APS-C sensor heaven)?
Yes it does, with 100 - 400, 70 - 200, 300 fixed 100mm macro
This is very interesting. More options for my L lenses.
yeah, me too wish Metabones to produce similar adapter for NIkon/NEX.
this is SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
To G. Davidson,
I contacted Metabones a few months back about a similar adapter for Nikon lenses since I have a respectable inventory of them. Metabones responded with a categorical NO. It may be something about the Nikon architecture that mitigates against it. Whatever the reason, they do not plan to do so. Photodiox makes a neat adapter that has an aperture ring on it for late model Nikon lenses to MFT bodies, so even if it is manual focus, you can still control the aperture on the lens. I have one and it works very well. It is their Fotodiox NIK(F)G-m4/3 model. You should see my Nikon mount Sigma 50-500 attached to the OM-D, or should I say OM-D attached to the Bigma. It works, though.
I think I heard somewhere that there are similarities between the mounts and therefore designing an adapter is much easier then compared to engineering an adapter for Nikon mount.
There's also an issue of back-focus distance that may be problematic when creating an adapter for Nikon lenses on a canon mount (but allows for easy albeit autofocusless adapters in the other direction). I believe though that in the case of Nikon to NEX system there's no such problem. Not really sure of the details though
Thank you very much for asking, Jim, much appreciated!
It's a great shame it won't be possible, but it's been known for some time that the Canon mount is more friendly to adaptation, mounting Nikon or Leica R mount lenses on it for example.
I do have a G-mount compatible adapter for M4/3 but may look into the one you suggest, as my Kiron one lacks exact aperture control, just having a vague slider. Still, MF is not very easy on these cameras without focus-peaking, so maybe if they add that it will be more usable.
I suppose the answer will be Nikon's inevitable DX mirrorless, with their excellent on sensor PD-AF technology, whenever that emerges. For me the M4/3 crop is interesting, but the V1's CX crop is pretty much overkill.
New dimension of Digital camera!!!
Excellent news and points to a future where we can use any lens we want on a camera with AF. Now I want one for Nikon Lenses on M4/3, it must be possible.
This comment section is like an old man returning soup at a deli.
They say it will be slower then EOS-M. nough said.
The EOS M is slow with its 22mm lens, but its Hybrid AF system means it may be able to focus DSLR lenses faster than a solely contrast-detection camera (eg most mirrorless cameras). The testing I've read suggests it does.
Almost every attempt to CDAF a DSLR lens designed for PDAF is slow. The EOS M may be faster than most, while still being disappointing by CDAF body/CDAF lens standards.
Richard have you guys at dpreview heard anything about EOS to m43 adapter with AF??? I would love to use my L lenses on my OM-D
I think it's fair to say that the EOS-M focuses slower than a fairly skilled photographer.
EOS M with the adapter and the 40mm pancake is a little faster than the 22mm. Both are slower than m43 newer bodies with the 20mm (G3 & EM-5)...I do not have the 18-55 kit to test on the EOS M.
18-55mm EF-M is much faster from all reports.
canon when the 40mm STM came out stated that the AF motors on the pancakes were made for size, not speed - and that AF would be slower than with the larger lenses.
What?! The 18-55 is already faster than the 22mm?! I tried the 18-55 in the store, it was ultra slow
Don't even bring in M43, M43 cameras WILL lock focus before the EOS-M start AFing.
That excludes all of the Canon 50mm Primes except the 50L...excludes the excellent 85/1.8 USM, the 100/2 USM, the 28/1.8 USM, the 135L, the 200L, the 60/2.8 EF-s USM...
Basically, just a bunch of modern superzooms and mega-expensive lenses can be used...Who wants this thing?
The Chinese ones on ebay include all the other 50s. For example, scroll down to see the list here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-EF-EF-S-lens-to-Sony-NEX-E-adapter-AF-AUTOFOCUS-IS-APERTURE-NEX7-FS700-/360509211176?pt=US_Lens_Adapters_Mounts_Tubes&hash=item53f0060228
There is no! ergonomics! looks like a flag on a mud barge
Overduidelijk nederlands, die amerikanen en engelsen kennen dat gezegde niet hoor.
But you are quite right!
Gepolijste drol zou de moderne 'mericaan zeggen, maar dat klopt dan ook weer niet helemaal. Want geen van beide is echt een drol, alleen de combinatie is een beetje vreemd. Maar dat is niet erg want de gene die dit gaat gebruiken heeft toch gewoon nog zijn of haar EOS als hoofdsysteem.
One adapter..
..and current NEX + Canon dSLR users have no need for EOS M. And believe me, theres plenty of these guys. :)
I was about to become a Canon/Sony NEX user when I got my NEX-6 last week. But it was truly a maddening experience, the menu system while cute, is extremely badly designed. If they have paid half as much effort into menu design as they have paid for the graphics, it would have been much better. Hell, just copy the menu system on the RX-100 and it would have been great.
And don't get me started on the stupid app system, I have no idea why someone would design such a cumbersome system.
The camera is going back to the mail order outfit I got it from, I guess I'm back to waiting for the release of EOS 6 or something that is better than EOS M.
Simple camera performance of NEX-6 is great, but all the little annoying things added up was too much...
Even tho NEX-5N and NEX-7 menu system isnt much better, I found it quite ok to use. If you can live that you just set up camera once and never look back. But its not for everyone I guess.
Well, Sony's RX-100 menu was quite easy to live with, for some reason their NEX is a whole different story. All the functions are grouped really weirdly. Ah well...
once u have the nex setup and customise the buttons, it's pretty easy to use with minimal need to go into the menu system. It isn't the best menu system but still light years ahead of Olympus.
The Nex 7 is by far the better experience. Just a 30 minute setup and configuration and you never have to go into the menus. Never. Even the default button setup was good enough to shoot full manual right out the box. My EM-5 was terrible out the box and it took a lot of reading, searching and going to these forums for help before I could set it up so I could shoot manual properly.
even with my old NEX-5, I didn't have to dive in the menus and I was limited to 3 quick access customizable functions, now with the new NEX-6, I don't understand why do you have to use the menus.
Yeah, how about exposure bracketing? I'm not saying Sony is generally bad or something, as I said, RX100 is quite acceptable.
I just feel really puzzled why Sony should make RX100 work quite logically, while NEX-6's system is totally whacked with 75% of every category's menu options stuffed into the system menu. The pretty icons and stuff simply isn't helping.
Talking about worst UI, old olympus setup seems to be alright, but the far worse I've ever seen is old Kodak cameras. It is about as easy to read as extraterrestrial pictograph language.
One reason I would never buy such a small camera : you are holding the lens and not the tiny camera !
It looks like a sheet of paper holding a metal tube.
If you're one-handing a 70-200 2.8... you're doing it wrong.
If you think it looks ridiculous to mount a large lens on a small body, well, it's the appearance of the image that's important, not the appearance of the device that's producing it.
The adapter & a big lens are not something to stick in your coat pocket all the time, but it will be useful, especially for those who have full frame Canons and sometimes want the 1.5x focal length multiplier you get with an APS-C sensor.
If the price seems high, consider the cost of a Canon L-grade lens, or Zeiss lens for the NEX.
Of course you could use Canon EF and Ef-S lenses on a Canon M, but that too requires buying an adapter. And unfortunately the Canon M is designed as an upgrade for point & shoot camera, not as a small-package alternative for full-featured DSLRs.
Mike Sandman
I don't think the idea is to put any of the Canon telescopes on it. I think there are plenty of smaller lenses that you don't need to hold the lens.
Uh, if you're not holding the lens, you're holding it wrong. Maybe this will help improve your shooting technique?
these big lenses look just as ridiculous on a full sized dslr. It's truly splitting hairs to say it looks more "balanced" in any way, shape or form using a DSLR. It doesn't. It is still ridiculously proportioned.
Anyway, you should be propping the lense on your hand not one-hand shooting glass that large, no matter what body you have.
sony nex's short flange distance shouild benefit normal-wide angle lenses design, not telephoto. if you want to keep package compact, other than using nex's original lenses, use leica M/M39 lenses instead. Those lenses also designed for short flange distance too.
$399 ????!!! Whouahahahahahahahhhhhhaaaaahahah...
What do they do? Cut the mount out of Rebel bodies?
How about: Spent last 2 years trying ti figure out communication protocols used by EOS lenses and writing a low-level software necessary to translate instructions from it to something NEX could understand?
I really don't get why someone would get it for this price. You can buy a Rebel T3 for $380, and you will be able to hold the lens with the camera.
Many reasons, a few examples:
- because they rather carry one body and they already have the NEX
- because the Canon doesn't do 1080P60
- becauase the Canon doesn't offer focus peaking in the original firmware
- because the Canon doesn't offer nearly as much usable DR
Because some might want Rebel T3 capabilities with the option of not necessary lugging DSLR bulk around? Is that really so hard to understand?
I enjoy my NEX on my 600f4. Obviously I'm a retard.
it is less than $300 for chinese adapters that have been selling on ebay for a while already with AF. Old news
It's actually not that expensive to pay someone to crack the I2C communication between the lens/camera
The patent expired on the EF mount earlier this year, so why is is so hard now to decipher it? Or is that a separate issue?
Why the Hell would anyone want to use Canon EF glass anyway?
lousy Sony options. Or you already have Canon lenses. In my case, quite a few. I've looked at the Nex as a possible next gen underwater camera system, but the thought that Sony will abandon yet another product line gives me pause. There are not many E mount lenses to pick from. Having an adapter option may help the call as I wait to see what the second canon M model is like.
Because it is awesome?
leica M lenses is NEX's best friend :)
Very clever - so others are making it easy to leave Canon and I though that Canon had that covered already since they seem bent on bringing out expensive and naff products... I'm a very unhappy Canon Fanboy...
Count me in. I haven't spent money on Canon gears for 3 years, and parring down my L collections.
Will get a EOS-NEX smart adapter soon. The Metabones also features an Arca-Swiss quick release tripod mount. Nice.
Yeah those Canon 1D X and 5D III users are feeling like crap these days knowing they could instead just fit a converter on a NEX.
I was amazed at the quality of NEX images coming from the major sporting like the Olympics events this year and not to forget the award winning wildlife images I always see taken with the NEX.
The Chinese ones on ebay have been selling for $298, a $100 cheaper FYI. Just search for EOS AF Adapter on ebay, there are several types.
My question is when are they going to make one for m43? is there less market for m43??? I'd buy one for $200 to AF my L lenses on my OM-D.
Wow! Now this is a big deal if everything they say is true.
Old news, Chinese copies have been selling on ebay for a while
I believe it is. Conurus had been trying to make the AF work efficiently for some time, but was having some issues (mostly with the size of the circuits and manufacturing). The Metabones partnership was supposed to help with reducing the size of the chips required to make it possible (Conurus is just a one person operation) and the mass manufacturing. He successfully made the Contax N system work with the EOS AF quite some time ago, so this isn't a surprise that it's finally announced.
This is awesome news! Conurus has been a great partnership for Metabones. Now I'd like to see the FujiFilm X-Pro1 have this. I know there was a company called adapterworks working on one (for launch of last month) but still no announcement of it.
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- Parameter estimation in linear models with a nonlinear component using a maximal invariant likelihood function
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- In this paper, we consider the problem of estimation of a regression model with both linear and nonlinear components. Using invariance arguments, Bhowmik and King (2001) have derived the probability density function of the maximal invariant statistic for the nonlinear component of this model. Clearly this density function can be used as a likelihood function for the nonlinear component. This allows us to estimate the model in a two step process. First the nonlinear component parameters are estimated by maximising the maximal invariant likelihood function. Then the nonlinear component, with the parameter values replaced by estimates, is treated as a regressor and ordinary least squares is used to estimate the remaining parameters. Alternatively the full likelihood of the complete model can be maximised to obtain the standard maximum likelihood estimates. We report the results of a simulation study conducted to compare the accuracy of these two approaches.
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- 2002
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- Maximum likelihood estimation; Nonlinear modelling; Simulation experiment; Two-step estimation
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|July 23, 2007
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|Luke Brookshier
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"Spy Buddies" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season five. In this episode, Mr. Krabs hires SpongeBob and Patrick to spy on Plankton.
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Squidward Tentacles
- Patrick Star
- Sandy Cheeks (cameo)
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- Karen Plankton (cameo)
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- Martha Smith
- Nat
- Debbie Rechid
- Fred
- Nancy Suzie Fish
- Old Man Jenkins
- Mary
- Tina
- Robot Krabs (last scene)
SynopsisThe episode begins with a shadowy figure that looks like Plankton opening a safe that has the Krabby Patty formula in it. SpongeBob turns the light switch on, and then it reveals it was just Mr. Krabs checking to make sure that the secret recipe is still safe and that Plankton did not try to steal it yet. He has not tried to steal it in a month, so he must be planning something big. Squidward had just entered the office said, "Hello", and when Mr. Krabs asked one of his employees will have extra work, Squidward left the room saying "Good Bye", leaving SpongeBob to do the work as being a spy to follow Plankton to see what he's up to (in this scene, SpongeBob makes a parody of the gunbarrel sequence, from Patrick's straw). Then Patrick hollered that he also wanted to become a spy. Mr. Krabs gave them a Patty that will tell them that their assignment is to follow Plankton to see what his plans are. If they don't get gadgets and if he doesn't take it, they're fired.
SpongeBob and Patrick go to Sandy's tree dome to ask her about spying, and Sandy shows them spy equipment. SpongeBob was excited to use the equipment, but Sandy refused to let them use any of them, as she felt they would just mess it up and then Patrick uses the knockout gun to knock Sandy out and they take the equipment.
They started following Plankton , and it is revealed that Plankton buys Baby Clothes and has to buy stamps for mail. They tell Mr. Krabs everything but later that night, SpongeBob and Patrick are on the rooftop of the Chum Bucket trying to get inside by using the laser pants to make a hole for them. Plankton thought that they came in late at night to eat when Mr. Krabs wasn't around. Patrick tells SpongeBob that he REALLY has to go to the bathroom and he can't hold it in. Patrick also says that his laser pants aren't working right. As he keeps on trying to hold it in, some lasers shoot out of the laser pants making holes in the walls thus destroying the Chum Bucket.
Angry, Plankton sends a giant blimp to the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs thought that night had came early, but Squidward points to Plankton's blimp. When Mr. Krabs tells everyone to get into their positions, Squidward runs into the men's bathroom. Plankton pushes a button that starts playing annoying music that makes the customers leave. Mr. Krabs says that if he wants his customers, he can have them. He sucked them into a giant cannon, and shot at the blimp using the customers and, unfortunately, Squidward. Unluckily, the attempt failed, as the customers always bounced off the blimp. SpongeBob tells Patrick that it's all up to them to save the Krusty Krab, but Patrick jumps off the blimp and accidentally lands in the cannon, which fires him right at the blimp, causing it to pop. The restaurant blows up as well.
Plankton, now having the secret formula in hand, laughs and states "I WIN! I ALWAYS WIN!", but SpongeBob reminds him that he always loses. Plankton corrects SpongeBob that he always wins and that it was really Mr. Krabs in disguise. The other Mr. Krabs was actually a robot controlled by Plankton. Mr. Krabs and Plankton did a bet that if Mr. Krabs disguised himself as Plankton so he can steal the Krabby Patty formula better than him and if the Chum Bucket gets destroyed, Plankton would pay him a dollar. After Plankton gives money as part of the bet, Patrick yells at them to stop and rips his skin off showing that he is Squidward. SpongeBob asks that if he's Squidward, than who is the other guy? Just as SpongeBob tries to pull off the other guy's mask, he was trying to tell him that he wasn't wearing a disguise, and that he was the real Squidward. He takes his ripped face back, they then continue to take off disguises, and Sandy shows up and says that it's the wrong disguise, then SpongeBob appears. SpongeBob takes off his disguise and Patrick appears. Then both of them return to their real selves, then SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs that he is confused that there are two Patricks, and they both started laughing.
|( ‣ ) Associated production music
|( • ) Original music
|( ◦ ) SpongeBob music
‣ James Blond - Jurgen Schlachter [title card]
‣ ? [opening]
‣ The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (b) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White ["Just making sure the formula's safe."]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["Spy?!"]
‣ James Blond - Jurgen Schlachter [007 parody]
• Gator - Steve Belfer [Patrick looking through a straw]
‣ Mission to Kill - Tony Kinsey ["Hooray! We're spy buddies!"]
‣ ? [guitar sting]
‣ ? ["Your instructions are on this Krabby Patty."]
‣ Mission Just Possible! - David Lindup ["The fate of the Krusty Krab rests in your hands."]
‣ Secret Service - Syd Dale [SpongeBob and Patrick listening to instructions]
‣ Towerstreet 17 [#6] - Gerhard Narholz [Sandy's spy gadgets]
‣ ? [SpongeBob spying on Plankton]
‣ Off to Play - David Snell [Plankton buying baby clothes]
‣ ? [Plankton buys a stamp]
‣ Towerstreet 17 [#5] - Gerhard Narholz [magnifying glass]
‣ Towerstreet 17 [#7] - Gerhard Narholz [jet pack]
• Steel Sting - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob, Patrick's faces smeared]
‣ Secret Service - Syd Dale [spy mobile]
‣ Towerstreet 17 [#5] - Gerhard Narholz [phone call from Krabs]
‣ ? [SpongeBob gets a quarter out of his pocket]
‣ Secret Agent - David Lindup [Patrick and SpongeBob sneak into the Chum Bucket]
‣ Zelle 503 - Gerhard Trede ["Secret mission, eh?"]
‣ ? [Plankton thinks they want to eat]
‣ Zelle 501 - Gerhard Trede ["Can't you go later?"]
‣ Licence to Thrill - Robert Cornford [blimp]
‣ Zelle 502 - Gerhard Trede ["Merciful Neptune!"]
‣ Beauty Parade - Syd Dale [Plankton pumps up the volume]
‣ World in Action - Laurie Johnson [Krabs shoots customers at Plankton's blimp]
‣ Towerstreet 17 [#33] - Gerhard Narholz [Plankton has the formula...]
• ? - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [...or does he?]
‣ Keel Row - Brian Peters [Krabs says he made a bet with Plankton]
• ? - Jeremy Wakefield ["You can't beat me, Plankton. I always win."]
‣ Tympup A - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy ["...and destroyed his place of business!"]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["...and destroyed his place of business!"]
• Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Not so fast!"]
• ? - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [ending]
- The episode title was going to be called SpyBob but later it was changed to Spy Buddies.
- Dish Network and Time Warner Cable still refer to this episode as SpyBob.
- The password to the Krusty Krab was: 2684
- The combination to the safe was: 30-5-20-0
- In the beginning of the episode, it appears that Plankton knows the code to the Krusty Krab and the vault combination, but then it turns out to be Mr. Krabs. However, In the end of the episode, Plankton turns out to be Mr. Krabs in disguise and Mr. Krabs is revealed to be robot Krabs being controlled by Plankton. This means that Plankton actually does know the code and vault combination, it seems that he only knows them in this episode.
- The Secret Formula: (x-2)+1=Krabby Patty as seen on the page of the secret formula after "Plankton" says "I always win."
- The reason Patrick rejects Plankton's food (bran muffin, prune danish) is because they are laxatives and Patrick had to use the bathroom.
- Running Gag: SpongeBob and Patrick screaming about their spy identities.
- You can see SpongeBob and Patrick's spy boatmobile that is a parody of Batman's Batmobile in this episode.
- The song used for the title card is used for Action League NOW! for the credits.
- Music from Karate Island, Wigstruck, New Leaf, The Thing and Friend or Foe can be heard at the end.
- On Mr. Krabs' calendar, it starts with Monday and ends with Sunday.
- List of Spy Gadgets:
- High-Power Magnifying Glass
- Jet Packs
- Bermuda Shorts (resembles Patrick's shorts)
- Microscopic cameras
- The Knock-Out Ray (Sandy's favorite)
- The Nickelodeon schedule calls this episode SpyBob.
- The two background music shots were heard in the credits Roll in Action League Now!
- SpongeBob said Plankton bought some baby clothes but he walked out of the store with nothing.
- Throughout this episode, the Krusty Krab sign has black writing and is a bit darker.
- The scene when SpongeBob and Patrick were ordering at the Chum Bucket was VERY similar in a few scripts in the comic "Dinner at Sandy's".
- This is the third time Robot Krabs appears. The first was Imitation Krabs, and the second appearance was New Leaf, however, Robot Krabs gets destroyed in the episode Imitation Krabs.
- Before the plot of this episode was revealed, people believed that SpongeBob would finally get his license.
- Also, when Squidward says that it isn't Mr. Krabs' eyes going, but that it is "that time of the month," it's a reference to a woman's menstrual cycle.
- The scene where both SpongeBob and Patrick panicked after the radio message is set to be blown up in 10 seconds is similar to the Mission Impossible movie.
- When Plankton (Mr. Krabs in disguise) is in the blimp and plays that song, Plankton (Mr. Krabs), is actually driving his own customers out of his restaurant.
- One of the scenes from this episode is where when SpongeBob and Patrick are walking behind Plankton, Plankton yells at them in high-pitched gibberish and the two have no idea what he's saying, but in earlier episodes, SpongeBob and Patrick can understand what Plankton says to them.
- Unless the laser pants were wired to Patrick's behind, there's no way they'd make him have to go to the bathroom, and there's no way his flatulence would have caused them to fire.
- There's four explosions
- Patrick's legs
- Boat
- Chum Bucket
- Krusty Krab
- Mr. Krabs and Plankton can both mimic each other's voices.
- So can SpongeBob and Patrick.
- Patrick can also sound like Squidward and Sandy.
- So can SpongeBob and Patrick.
- After Plankton (Mr. Krabs) lifts up the blimp, the foundation of the Chum Bucket is much bigger than normal. That also reveals that there is another floor of the Chum Bucket.
- This episode presumably takes place after "Karate Star" due to Patrick having a clone, just like at the end of "Karate Star."
Cultural References
- Guppies R Us is the parody of Babies "R" Us .
- When SpongeBob is seen walking inside the dot (when Patrick was looking through the straw), it is a parody of James Bond. SpongeBob walks into the dot onscreen and spins around with his spatula in hand. In James Bond, Bond walks into the dot (which is a gun-barrel pointed at him), spins around and shoots the screen.
- The Krabby Patty with the taped message on it, and self-destructing, is a parody of the TV series Mission Impossible.
- Spy Buddies is loosely based on the 1983 comedy film Trading Places.
- if you play it frame by frame you can see in the cloud that the Krusty Krab isn't destroyed.
- If you look closely, when Patrick blows up, when he speaks his feet are skeletal, but when pulls his pants up they're normal.
- It is a common misconception that guppies are baby fish, but in reality they are just one of the many species of fish.
- When Mr. Krabs is opening the safe, it is night. But when Patrick screams "I WANNA BE A SPY TOO!!", it is day.
- After Patrick destroyed the Chum Bucket with lasers, it was night. But when they were lying on the ground after that, it was daytime.
- The Guppies 'R' Us store's name is a error because guppies are a type of fish not a baby fish.
- After Patrick cuts off a rectangular hole on Chum Bucket's roof, the excess roof is missing on the bird's eye view when SpongeBob enters.
- The crash of the excess roof is not heard.
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Miss Understood is the name used by a female love-meet.net user in Grand Theft Auto IV. No matter how many times Niko Bellic contacts her, she will never date him. From her profile, it is revealed that she is a stripper. However, she is looking for a change, and reveals that she is tired of men only liking her because of her appearance. She claims that she wants people to love her for her mind, and not think of her as a sexual object. Yet still, her profile contains many sexual innuendos. In her rejection email she makes it obvious that Niko is too old for her tastes.
- Her name comes from "misunderstood"
- Her picture is the same as/similar to the models of prostitutes found in-game.
- If you look at the left side of her profile picture there is another person next to her.
- Also if you look very close, she is in the Triangle Club.


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(a) Increase in HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment
It is a sense of the Congress that an urgent priority of United States assistance programs to fight HIV/AIDS should be the rapid increase in distribution of antiretroviral treatment so that—
(1) by the end of fiscal year 2004, at least 500,000 individuals with HIV/AIDS are receiving antiretroviral treatment through United States assistance programs;
(2) by the end of fiscal year 2005, at least 1,000,000 such individuals are receiving such treatment; and
(b) Effective distribution of HIV/AIDS funds
It is the sense of Congress that, of the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 7671 of this title for HIV/AIDS assistance, 10 percent should be used for orphans and vulnerable children.
Source(Pub. L. 108–25, title IV, § 402,May 27, 2003, 117 Stat. 745; Pub. L. 110–293, title IV, § 402,July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2966.)
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"(1) 55 percent of such amounts for treatment of individuals with HIV/AIDS;
"(2) 15 percent of such amounts for palliative care of individuals with HIV/AIDS;
"(3) 20 percent of such amounts for HIV/AIDS prevention consistent with section 2151b–2 (d) of this title, of which such amount at least 33 percent should be expended for abstinence-until-marriage programs; and
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The government has been urged to be more serious in finding solutions to increasing road accidents and that fixing tracking gadgets would not solve the menace.
The call was made by Rajab Mbarouk Mohamed, CUF MP -Ole when debating the budget estimates for Home Affairs Ministry, who accused the government and police of favouring a private company to fix the gadget in buses.
The MP said he was surprised by the Minister's stress on fixing car tracking devices on upcountry buses, not knowing that it was not buses alone that were killing people.
"There are so many cars, in fact ordinary cars, motorcycles, bicycles that kills. Why cite upcountry buses only?" asked Mohamed.
He said the tracking device that is being fixed as a recording tool cannot by any means control the vehicle.
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He asked why police have not used the 2007 report published by the University of Dar es Salaam, which was submitted to the Surface and Marine Transport Authority (Sumatra) on measures to control road accidents.
"Today you are telling us that you shall reduce road accidents by 10 per cent. How?" he asked.
Kidawa Hamid Salehe, Special Seats CCM, called for stiffer penalties against drivers who drive while drunk.
Earlier, the Nyamagana MP, Ezekiah Wenje said accidents will not end if the government does not enable police financially.
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This week a number of traffic accidents occurred in Morogoro, Nzega, and Kilimanjaro region, causing deaths to more than 30 innocent people.
Local press reported on July 28, 2011 that seven people were killed on the spot and fifteen others injured after being hit by a lorry loaded with rice at Posta area along Mahenge/Ifakara road in Kilombero district, Morogoro region.
In another accident, five people were killed and 18 others injured in an accident which occurred in Tabora on Monday involving a passenger bus plying between Urambo and Igunga districts in the region.
On Thursday, at least 20 people died on the spot after the bus they were traveling in, Safari Tchibo collided with a lorry that was loaded with onions in Kilimanjaro.
Meanwhile, Ilemela MP Highness Kiwia told the House that demonstrations that were being held by the party were just warm-ups and that actual demonstrations were underway to ensure second liberation for Tanzania.
Kiwia told the House that demonstration was in his blood, and that his victory as an MP for Ilemela was only secured after his people demonstrated, forcing the District executive director to announce the results while police were firing tear gas and live bullets.
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Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Test Overview
A carbon monoxide blood test is used to detect poisoning from breathing carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. The test measures the amount of hemoglobin that has bonded with carbon monoxide. This amount is also called the carboxyhemoglobin level.
When a person inhales carbon monoxide, it combines with the red blood cells that normally carry oxygen to the body's tissues and replaces the oxygen that is normally carried in the blood. As a result, less oxygen is carried to the brain and other body tissues. Carbon monoxide can cause severe poisoning and death.
Carbon monoxide is made during burning when there is not enough oxygen present for complete combustion. The main sources of carbon monoxide are engine fumes (such as from cars or boats), fires burning with poor ventilation (such as gas heaters and indoor cooking fires), factories, and smoking tobacco.
Why It Is Done
A carbon monoxide blood test is used to detect poisoning from breathing carbon monoxide. You might have this test if you have been exposed to the gas or if you have unexplained symptoms, such as:
- Headache, dizziness, or vision problems.
- Nausea or vomiting.
- Muscle weakness.
- Confusion or trouble thinking.
- Extreme sleepiness.
How To Prepare
Do not smoke before you have this test.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results may mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
The health professional drawing blood will:
- Wrap an elastic band around your upper arm to stop the flow of blood. This makes the veins below the band larger so it is easier to put a needle into the vein.
- Clean the needle site with alcohol.
- Put the needle into the vein. More than one needle stick may be needed.
- Attach a tube to the needle to fill it with blood.
- Remove the band from your arm when enough blood is collected.
- Put a gauze pad or cotton ball over the needle site as the needle is removed.
- Put pressure on the site and then put on a bandage.
How It Feels
The blood sample is taken from a vein in your arm. An elastic band is wrapped around your upper arm. It may feel tight. You may feel nothing at all from the needle, or you may feel a quick sting or pinch.
There is very little chance of a problem from having a blood sample taken from a vein.
- You may get a small bruise at the site. You can lower the chance of bruising by keeping pressure on the site for several minutes.
- In rare cases, the vein may become swollen after the blood sample is taken. This problem is called phlebitis. A warm compress can be used several times a day to treat this.
- Ongoing bleeding can be a problem for people with bleeding disorders. Aspirin, warfarin (Coumadin), and other blood-thinning medicines can make bleeding more likely. If you have bleeding or clotting problems, or if you take blood-thinning medicine, tell your doctor before your blood sample is taken.
A carbon monoxide blood test is used to detect poisoning from breathing carbon monoxide (CO), a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. The test measures the amount of hemoglobin that has bonded with carbon monoxide. This is also called the carboxyhemoglobin level.
Carbon monoxide results are reported as a percentage: The amount of carbon monoxide bound to hemoglobin is divided by the total amount of hemoglobin (and then multiplied by 100). The higher the percentage, the greater the risk of having symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. With values below 10%, a person may not have any symptoms of poisoning.
The normal values listed here—called a reference range—are just a guide. These ranges vary from lab to lab, and your lab may have a different range for what's normal. Your lab report should contain the range your lab uses. Also, your doctor will evaluate your results based on your health and other factors. This means that a value that falls outside the normal values listed here may still be normal for you or your lab.
Results are usually available right away.
Less than 2% of total hemoglobin
4%–8% of total hemoglobin
High values
High blood carbon monoxide values are caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning become more severe as the carbon monoxide levels increase.
|Percent of total hemoglobin
Headache, nausea, vomiting, and trouble making decisions
Dizziness, muscle weakness, vision problems, confusion, and increased heart rate and breathing rate
Loss of consciousness
Over 60%
Seizures, coma, death
Women and children may have more severe symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning at lower carbon monoxide levels than men because women and children usually have fewer red blood cells.
What Affects the Test
- Smokers already have some carbon monoxide in their blood.
- People who are regularly exposed to car exhaust, such as taxi drivers and traffic police, often have high carbon monoxide levels (8% to 12%).
What To Think About
- A person with symptoms and possible exposure to carbon monoxide, such as someone who lives in a house with an old heating system and complains of ongoing headaches, should be tested for carbon monoxide poisoning.
- A person who may have carbon monoxide poisoning should be removed from the place of likely exposure and given oxygen to breathe before being tested.
- If carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected, other tests (such as arterial blood gases and a complete blood count) may be done. An arterial blood gas (ABG) test may be done to determine whether symptoms are caused by carbon monoxide poisoning or by another disease that causes similar symptoms.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Other Works Consulted
- Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
- Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
- Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby.
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|Release Date: April 23, 1999
|Running Time: 103 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $14,879,556.00
|Genre: Adaptation, Comedy
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Summary:A high school election goes awry when Jim McAllister, a popular teacher and student government advisor, determines to sabotage the campaign of Tracy Flick, the over-achieving student who ruined the life of his best friend, a fellow teacher, by getting him fired after they had an affair. McAllister encourages Paul Metzler, a sweet but dumb jock sidelined by a broken leg, to run for class president against Tracy. After Jim unwittingly steals his kid sister Tammy's girlfriend away from her, she also enters enters the race on the "I don't care" platform.


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Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A head-on collision shut down part of Mike Padgett Highway and sent three to the hospital Wednesday morning.
Officials say a pickup truck flipped over on the 3000 block of Mike Padgett around 8:15 a.m. The truck was driving northbound on Mike Padgett when a blue car traveling southbound crossed the center line and hit the truck head on. The truck flipped three times, landing upside down. The car spun out as well.
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GVSU Laker Store is dedicated to serving the students of Grand Valley State with resources which enhance the University's mission and image.
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Grand Valley classes begin. Allen's Book Shop in Grand Rapids agrees to order and sell books for Grand Valley students from a closet in the Dean's office.
Bookstore moves to a room in the Seidman House. By 1966, the store grows to two rooms and two employees with a full-time manager. The store sells textbooks, tradebooks, school supplies, sweatshirts and greeting cards.
Seidman facility outgrown, the bookstore moves to the Commons. The new facility provides the bookstore with more selling space and storage.
Bookstore on the Allendale Campus moves to Kirkhof Center under the name of Campus Bookstore.
In keeping with the nautical theme of the "Campus Center," later know as the Kirkhof Center, the bookstore is renamed the "Main Deck Bookstore."
Grand Valley State College becomes Grand Valley State University. The store is renamed University Bookstore.
In April, GVSU officially opens the Eberhard Center as the first buidling on the Grand Rapids campus. Included on the first floor of the building is the Center Shoppe, later renamed the Eberhard Center Bookstore.
University Bookstore Alledale undergoes a major store renovation, and the store is gutted completely. Flooring, lighting, and fixtures are replaced, and a cafe is added.
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4 hours, 3 credits (2 hours, lecture; 2 hours, lab). Spatial Database Management with a focus on managing spatial data within a relational database in a Geographic Information System. Topics include relational database concepts; Structured Query Language (SQL); spatial database creation and management; database security management; data integrity maintenance; database model spatial relationships; and work within a multiuser editing environment. PREREQ: GEP 505 or instructor's permission.
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- "Ryder, little bitch!"
- — CJ's angry about Ryder betrayal.
Photo Opportunity is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by Varrios Los Aztecas leader Cesar Vialpando from Carl's garage at the Doherty district of San Fierro, San Andreas.
Carl recieves a phone call from Cesar. Cesar had been tracking a Ballas car, most likely coming to San Fierro to acquire some cocaine. Cesar wants CJ to come with him. Carl makes his way to Cesar's location near Blueberry in Red County. The two hop on Cesar's Savanna and begin to travel towards Angel Pine, where the car was last seen headed.
After entering the small town, Carl and Cesar position themselves on a rooftop overlooking Cluckin' Bell. Carl brings out a camera and plans to take pictures, believing this to be a meeting. Soon after, a Picador pulls in. It is Ryder, along with a Ballas member. After Ryder, another man pulls in a ZR-350. Cesar identifies him as T-Bone Mendez. Shortly followed thereafter, is a man in a suit, arriving in a Washington. Then finally, a fourth man arrives in a Broadway, joining the others. He is identified as a pimp by CJ, but both Cesar and CJ do not know him. After taking pictures of all four men, Cesar and CJ leave Angel Pine, stopping by a gas station. Cesar leaves CJ at the gas station, saying he'll meet him back in San Fierro.
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In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go and pick up Cesar
- Get in Cesars car
- Head out to Angel Pine
- Get up on the roof
- Photograph the face of each target, but be quick about it and be sure to zoom in
- Photograph his face
- Photograph his face
- Photograph his face
- Photograph his face
The reward for this mission is an increase in respect. The mission Jizzy is unlocked.
- This is one of the four missions to not work correctly if too many cheats are used, the other three are Life's a Beach, Burning Desire and Madd Dogg.
- Originally this mission was very different. the player was originally tasked with stealing a helicopter to meet Cesar, and the photos would also have been taken from the helicopter. This was most likely removed when the decision was made to include the flying school at a later point in the game. Also, this is the reason why Carl is shouting very loudly his comments about Ryder and Jizzy B.
- This is the first appearance of Mike Toreno, Jizzy B. and T-Bone Mendez and the first time Ryder is spotted out of Los Santos, the second being when you kill him in the mission Pier 69.
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|A Chūnin Exam of Flames! Naruto vs. Konohamaru
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A Chūnin Exam of Flames! Naruto vs. Konohamaru!! (炎の中忍試験!ナルトVS木ノ葉丸!!, Honō no Chūnin Shiken! Naruto Bāsasu Konohamaru!!) is the ninth Naruto OVA. This OVA aired in movie theatres along with the movie Naruto 5: Blood Prison.
Konohamaru and Naruto both participate in the Chūnin Exams in Sunagakure. Konohamaru and his team begin in the area set for the second half of the Exam where they are attacked by a monster. Naruto saves them from it and they all make it to the preliminary matches where Naruto is matched up with Konohamaru. Unfortunately, due to the two bickering, both Naruto and Konohamaru miss much of the rules while Temari reads them off. After encouragement from the crowd, Konohamaru starts off the battle by throwing a smoke bomb and then uses Big Ball Rasengan, a technique that Naruto hadn't taught him before. Naruto is able to narrowly avoid it. Then, both of them use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and attack each other, Naruto with Rasengan and Konohamaru with kunai. Naruto's clones easily defeat Konohamaru's, and with the smoke cleared, Konohamaru appears face down on the ground nearly being considered unconscious by Shikamaru, the proctor of their fight. Konohamaru gets up and relentlessly attacks Naruto getting beaten and bruised continuously in an attempt to land a hit Naruto. On the verge of mentally caving into defeat, Konohamaru receives cheers and support from the crowd and his opponent. Konohamaru suddenly uses the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique which forces Naruto to jump up and become exposed to his opponent's Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning. When Naruto lands to the ground, he trips backwards and Konohamaru manages to land a single punch. Though Konohamaru cheers happily that he was able to land a blow, Naruto gets up as he enters Sage Mode. However, learning that the use of senjutsu was deemed forbidden specially for this Chūnin Exam to make it more fair for other genin, Naruto is disqualified while Konohamaru wins by default. In the end, it is shown that Konohamaru has become a chūnin, declaring Naruto as his subordinate and driving Naruto crazy.


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The band had just finished making up a song out of nothing, out of thin air. Where there had been total silence suddenly there was music, good music, a tune than engaged you, had you feeling the beat and moving your body. It sounded like a song that had been crafted and perfected over time, and yet it had been created on the spot in one take, even though when it began no one had any idea where it would go or how it would end.
Bill Maxwell the drummer said to Abraham Laboriel the bass player, who had shown up only minutes earlier in time for this last song of the session, "Let's do a slow blues number. Abe you start us off." With those words as his only guide Abe began a little improv riff on the base. A few bars later, Greg Mathieson added some organ, then Bill started laying down the rhythm and Hadley Hockensmith began layering in a very soulful guitar. Finally, right on cue, Phil Driscoll began to sing, mashing up lyrics from two or three songs and making up a few of his own. Later in the song Phil would add more texture to the music with his trumpet.
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Morse's bill would create a tax credit for working families, a child- and dependent-care credit and a child tax credit against state income taxes. One-third of Colorado families would be eligible, he said.
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Man and Universe
Part 1: Man and Faith
Chapter 1: Man and Animals
Awareness and Desire in Animals
Awareness and Desire in Man
Basis of the Distinction of Man
Is Humanity a Superstructure?
Chapter 2: Knowledge and Faith
Relation Between Knowledge and Faith
Can Knowledge and Faith Take the Place of Each Other?
Chapter 3: Religious Faith
Distinctions of Religious Faith
Effects and Advantages of Faith
I. Happiness and Delight
II. Role of Faith in the Improvement Of Social Relations
III. Reduction of Worries
Chapter 4: School of Thought or Ideology
Definition and Necessity of Ideology
Kinds of Ideologies
Chapter 5: Islam - A Comprehensive School
Causes of Wrong Thinking
I. Reliance on Conjecture Instead of Sure Knowledge
II. Bias and Base Desires
Chapter 6: Sources of Thoughts In Islam
I. Nature
II. History
III. Human Conscience
Part 2: Monotheistic Conception of the World
Chapter 7: Conception of the Universe
Conception of the World and Perception of the World
Varieties of World Conception
Scientific Conception of the World
Philosophical Conception of the World
Religious Conception of the World
How to Judge an Ideology?
Monotheistic Conception of the World
Islamic Conception of the World
Chapter 8: Realistic Conception of the World
Allah is Absolute Reality and Source of Life
Integral Characteristics of the World
(i) Limitation
(ii) Change
(iii) Attachment
(iv) Dependence
(v) Relativeness
Attributes of Allah
Worship and Adoration
Definition of Worship
Spirit of Adoration and Worship
Chapter 11: Degrees of Monotheism
I. Unity of the Essence of Allah
II. Unity of the Attributes of Allah
III. Unity of the Work of Allah
IV. Unity in Worship
Chapter 10: Man and Unification
I. Materialistic Theory
II. Idealistic Theory
III. Realistic Theory
Chapter 11: Degrees of Polytheism
I. Belief in the Plurality of Divine Essence
II. Plurality of Creatorship
III. Plurality of Divine Attributes
IV. Plurality of Worship
Boundary Between Monotheism and Polytheism
Fidelity and Earnestness.
Unity and Singleness of the World
Visible and Invisible
This World and the Next World
Chapter 12: Profound Wisdom and Divine Justice
(i) Principle of the self-Existence and Perfection of Allah
(ii) Principle of Sequence
(iii) Principle of Generality
History of the Principle of Justice in Islamic Culture
Part 3: Revelation and Prophethood
Chapter 13: Revelation and Prophethood
Universal Guidance
Characteristics of Prophets
(i) Miracles:
(ii) Infallibility:
Immunity from Sins:
Difference Between Prophets and Geniuses
(iii) Guidance:
(iv) Sincerity of Purpose:
(v) Constructiveness:
(vi) Struggle and Conflict:
(vii) Human Aspect:
(viii) Prophets Having A Divine Legal Code:
Chapter 14: Historical Role of the Prophet
(i) Education:
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Chapter 15: The Object of Prophethood
Chapter 16: Religion or Religions
Chapter 17: Finality of Prophethood
Reasons of the Renewal of Prophethood
Chapter 18: Miracle of Finality
Value and Effect of a Miracle
Value of a Miracle From the Viewpoint of the Qur'an
Nature of the Holy Prophet's Guidance
Chapter 19: The Holy Qur'an
Great Interest of Muslims in the Holy Qur'an
Inimitability of the Holy Qur'an
Various Aspects of the Inimitability of the Holy Qur'an
Wording of the Holy Qur'an
Contents of the Holy Qur'an
Vastness of Meanings
Allah in the Holy Qur'an
Man's Relation with Allah
Qur'an, Tawrat and Injil
Historical Stories
The Holy Qur'an and Predictions
Chapter 20: Distinguishing Features of Islam
1. The Methods of Knowing
(i) Is it possible to identify the truth?
(ii) What are the Sources of Knowledge?
(iii) What are the means of Acquiring Knowledge?
(iv) Subjects of Knowledge
2. Conception of the World
Ideological Aspect
Chapter 21: The Holy Prophet
His Childhood
Abhorrence of Idleness and Lethargy
Combat with Tyranny
Family Behavior
Treatment of Slaves
Cleanliness and Use of Perfume
Social Behavior
Soft as well as Tough
Austerity and Simple Living
Resolution and Perseverance
Leadership, Administration and Consultation
Regularity and Orderliness
Capacity to Listen to Criticism and Dislike of Flattery and Undue Compliments
Fight Against Weak Points
Possession of the Necessary Qualities of Leadership
Method of Preaching
Encouragement of Knowledge
Part 5: Man and the Holy Qur'an
Chapter 22: Man and the Holy Qur'an
Merits of Man
Demerits of Man
Is Man By Nature Good or Bad?
Multi-dimensional Being
Diverse Powers of Man
Promotion of Talents
Development of Body
Development of Soul
Man's Effective Role in Building His Future
(i) Extensiveness of the range of his information
(ii) Extensiveness of the range of his desires
(iii) Man has a special self-making ability
Man's Will and Range of His Freedom
(i) Heredity
(ii) Natural and Geographical Environment
(iii) Social Atmosphere
(iv) History and Time Factors
Man's Revolt Against Limitations
Man and Divine Fate
Man and Obligations
(i) Puberty
(ii) Sanity
(iii) Knowledge and Awareness
(iv) Ability and Power
(v) Power of Choice and free-Will
Conditions of Validity
Chapter 23: Human Knowledge
I. Innate Self-Consciousness
II. Philosophical Self-consciousness
III. Universal Self-consciousness
IV. Class Self-consciousness
V. National Self-consciousness
VI. Human Self-consciousness
VII. Mystic Self-Consciousness
VIII. Prophetic Self-Consciousness
Part 6: Society and History
Society and History
What is Society?
Is Man Social By Nature?
Is the Existence of Society Real and Substantial?
Society and Tradition
Compulsion or Volition
Chapter 25: Social Classification
Singleness or Multiplicity of Societies
Future of Societies
Chapter 26: What is History?
Scientific History
I. Reliability or Unreliability of Transmitted History
II. Principle of Causation
III. Is History Materialistic in Nature?
Basic Principles of Historical Materialism
I. Priority of Matter over Spirit
II. Precedence of Material Needs to Spiritual Needs
III. Precedence of Action to Thought
IV. Precedence of Social Existence of Man to His Individual Existence
V. Precedence of Material Aspect of Society to Its Intellectual Aspect
Criticism and Comments of Historical Materialism
i) Baselessness
(ii) Revision of Views by Its Founders
(iii) Demolition of the Principle of Compulsory Harmony Between Infrastructure and Superstructure
(iv) Nonconformity of the Basis of Class Ideology
(v) Independence of Cultural Development
(vi) Historical Materialism Is Self-contradictory
Chapter 27: Islam and Historical Materialism
Chapter 28: Islamic Philosophy of History
I. Strategy of Mission
II. An Ideology's Nomenclature
III. Favourable and Unfavourable Conditions for Acceptability
IV. Rise and Fall of Societies:
(i) Justice and Injustice
(ii) Unity And Discord
(iii) Observance or Disregard of Allah's Command About Exhorting to What is Good and Restraining from What is Evil
(iv) Moral Depravity and Licentiousness
Chapter 29: Evolution and Change in History
I. The Racial Theory
II. The Geographical Theory
III. Theory of Intellectual Giants
IV. The Economic Theory
V. The Divine Theory
The Role of Personality in History
Part 7: Imamat and Khilafat
Cxhapter 30:Imamat and Khilafat
Imamat and Dialectic Logic
An Extract From Notes
Leadership and Protection of Faith
Chapter 31: Imamat - Leadership
Difference Between Guidance and Leadership
Imamat of the Holy Imams and the Tradition of Thaqalayn
Imamat and Hadith of Thaqalayn
Chapter 32: Significance of Imamat
The Meaning of Imam
Various Aspects of the Holy Prophet
Imamat in the Sense of Leadership of Society
Imamat in the Sense of Religious Authority
Imamat in the Sense of Wilayat
A Tradition about Imamat
Imamat in the Holy Qur'an
Chapter 33: Imamat and Expounding of Religion
Government is a Branch of Imamat
Imam is the Successor of the Holy Prophet in Expounding of Religion
The Tradition of Thaqalayn
Prohibition of Recording of Traditions
Use of Analogy
Analogy From the Shi'ah Point of View
No Question of Election in the Presence of an Infallible Imam
Question of Spiritual Wilayat
Importance of the Tradition of Thaqalayn
The Tradition of Ghadir
Chapter 34: Scholastic Study of Imamat
Definition of Imamat
Rational Argument of the Shi'ah
Imam Means An Expert in Religious Matters
Divine Designation
Prophetic Texts Relating to Imamat of Imam Ali
The Event of the Day of Warning
Meeting of the Head of a Tribe With the Holy Prophet
The Tradition of Ghadir and Its Continuity
Question and Answer
Chapter 35: Imamat and the Verse regarding Despair of Unbelievers
Difference Between Perfection and Completion
Which Day Is Meant By This Day?
Various Views Regarding What is Meant by 'This Day'
(i) The Day the Holy Prophet was Raised
(ii) The Day of the Conquest of Makkah
(iii) Recitation of Surah al-Baraat by Imam Ali
Shi'ah Explanation
(iv) Internal Evidence Existing In the Verse
Specific (Mohkamat) and Ambiguous (Mutashabihat) Verse
Question and Answer
Chapter 36: Imamat in the Qur'an
The Verse of Tathir (Purification)
Historical Evidence
The Verse, Your Guardian is Only Allah ....
What The Gnostics Say?
The Concept of Imamat
Imam In Prophet Ibrahim's Progeny
Prophet Ibrahim's Trials - Command to Migrate to Hijaz
Command to Slaughter His Son
Imamat Is A Divine Covenant
Who is a Wrongdoer?
Questions and Answers
Chapter 37: Imamat from the Viewpoint of the Imams
What Kind of a Being is Man?
First Man in the Qur'an
Zayd ibn Ali and Imamat
Questions and Answers
Chapter 38: Notes on Leadership and Management
Style of Leadership
Notes On Leadership In Islam
1. Imam Ali addressing to Uthman said:
2. Imam Ali's instructions to one of his functionaries whom he had sent to collect zakat.
Leadership and Management
Imamat of Imams
Part 8: Eternal Life
Life of the Next World
Source of Belief in the Life of the Next World
Nature of Death
After Death
Barzakh or Purgatory
Relation Between This Life and the Next
Embodiment and Eternity of Human Deeds
Traditions (Ahadith)
Common and Uncommon Points of This Life and the Next
Arguments of the Qur'an
Part 3: Revelation and Prophethood
Chapter 13: Revelation and Prophethood
Chapter 14: Historical Role of the Prophet
Chapter 15: The Object of Prophethood
Chapter 16: Religion or Religions
Chapter 17: Finality of Prophethood
Chapter 18: Miracle of Finality
Chapter 19: The Holy Qur'an
Chapter 20: Distinguishing Features of Islam
Chapter 21: The Holy Prophet
‹ Chapter 12: Profound Wisdom and Divine Justice
Chapter 13: Revelation and Prophethood ›
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