In chapter 2 verse 183 of the Glorious Qur’an, Allah states why He made fasting compulsory upon the believing Muslims as follows: “O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting, as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.”

The cited verse briefly explains why Ramadan fast is a must for every Muslim. However, Allah is so gracious in His mercy, as He permitted some people to stay away from Ramadan if they find themselves in some difficult situations, in which travelling and sickness are some of these conditions.

In the two verses which follow verse 183 of the same chapter 2, that is, verses 184 and 185, Allah mentioned that if any one of the Muslims who is to fast is sick or travelling, it is not binding on him or her to fast. That is, he or she is allowed to pay back the missed days of fast on another day, when he is okay.

Below are some of the people who can leave Ramadan fast.

1. Pregnant woman

Islamic scholars have explained that if a woman is pregnant, especially when the pregnancy is heavy, she is allowed to stay away from fasting in the month of Ramadan. The wisdom behind this is that she will need to meet up with her daily nutritional requirements, which is not just for her, but also for the unborn baby/babies in her womb.

What the pregnant woman will do after giving birth and is physically fit, is to pay back the number of days she did not fast in the month of Ramadan.

2. Traveler

A traveler, who is embarking on a very long journey which is highly demanding is allowed not to fast. Although, there are opinions by some Islamic scholars that a traveler has the option of fasting or not to fast depending on the demands of his journey.

3. Nursing mother

Women who breastfeed their babies need a lot of nutritious food to replenish the ones they lose through the breast milk their babies suck from them. She is one of the people allowed not fast Ramadan

A nursing mother will count the number of days she misses Ramadan and then pay them back when she is fit to fast.4. Person on special medication/sick person

In chapter 2 verses 184 and 185, Allah mentioned that a sick person is allowed to leave fast and pay it back in days in which he will be okay health-wise. Islam does not put burden on anybody just because he wants to worship his Creator.

Allah said he wants ease for the fasting Muslims and not difficulties.

5. Menstruating woman/woman who just gave birth

Some women menstruate between three to five days. During these periods, menstruating women are permitted to stay away from fasting.

6. Glutton

A glutton is a person who eats every now and then. A person who falls in this category has great health challenge. What he needs to do is to find a fasting Muslim and takes charge of his Sahuur (pre-dawn meal eaten by a fasting Muslim) and Iftaar (food taken to break fast).

7. Aged person

If a person is of advanced age and has gotten to a feeble state, he is permitted not to fast.

8. Underage/minor

Some parents train their children by urging them to participate in Ramadan. Some of these children end their own fast, sometimes by 12 noon or 3pm or even 6pm. Ramadan is only compulsory upon a Muslim, who has reached puberty. However, parents encourage some of their children to start fasting at an early age in order for them to get used to it.

9. Surgery patient

If a person performs any type of surgical operation, he will need much time to recover. And he will need much food and drinks to help become fit, thus he is allowed to fast when he becomes okay.

10. Type I diabetes patient

There are two types of diabetes. These are Type I and Type II.

Type I is a very serious diabetes. It requires more than just taking insulin injection as in Type II. Type I demands regular medical checkup and treatment. All these will affect a person, therefore his fasting Ramadan.

One important thing to note about those who miss Ramadan fast based on the above listed is that some of those categories of people like the pregnant women, nursing mothers, travelers and their likes will pay back their missed days of not fasting.

On the other hand, an aged person will pay back his own fast by feeding a fasting Muslim in the month of Ramadan.

Cheating is something that you will never stop or change. It takes years to really know someone… The story below is a proof.



“Martha, soon we will be married 50 years, and there’s something I have to know. In all of these 50 years, have you ever been unfaithful to me?”

Martha replied, “Well Henry, I have to be honest with you. Yes, I’ve been unfaithful to you three times during these 50 years, but always for a good reason.”

Henry was obviously hurt by his wife’s confession, but said, “I never suspected. Can you tell me what you mean by ‘good reasons’?”



Martha said, “The first time was shortly after we were married, and we were about to lose our little house because we couldn’t pay the mortgage. Do you remember that one evening I went to see the banker and the next day he notified you that the loan would be extended?”

Henry recalled the visit to the banker and said, “I can forgive you for that… You saved our home, but what about the second time?”

Martha asked, “And do you remember when you were so sick, but we didn’t have the money to pay for the heart surgery you needed? Well, I went to see your doctor one night and, if you recall, he did the surgery at no charge.”

“I recall that,” said Henry. “And you did it to save my life, so, of course, I can forgive you for that. Now tell me about the third time.”

“All right,” Martha said. “Do you remember when you ran for president of your golf club, and you needed 73 more votes?”

Henry fainted…

I saw the trailer of season 6.... And guess what. Our beloved John snow was REVIVED!!!... by the fire queen... Abi wetin be her name sef...

If anyone was in doubt about the capacity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take over power in 2019, the cohesion and singleness of purpose that characterised the just concluded National Convention of the Party in Port Harcourt, has cleared the doubts with emphatic certainty that it would. The entire country saw a new kind of PDP in Port Harcourt. One that had the interest of the vast majority of its members, and indeed Nigerians, over and above the pressing needs of critical stakeholders within it.

In the razzmatazz of the entire political somersaults, credit must be given to the Chairman of the PDP Convention Planning Committee, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as well as his brother Governors in the Party for the leadership offered and continue to offer in rallying the Party together at this critical moment in its history.The dexterity displayed in the way and manner the Party rallied itself in Port-Harcourt in the split moment it faced its single most dangerous challenge to its regeneration and quest to reclaim its national governmental mandate is second to none in the history of the Party.

Here are 10 reasons articulated to prove with a definite certainty that should the PDP sustain its current unifying momentum, it will succeed in changing the dubious change imposed by the APC on Nigerians that has left them in worse conditions than they were over 30 years ago.

1. BATTERED ECONOMY

Rather than bettered, the economy inherited by the APC from the PDP, reputed for being Africa’s primus sine paribus at the time of transition, has been so severely battered by poor economic decisions that it has become an issue of amazement, how change can so rapidly extinguish productivity and reverse progress in just a space of a year.

Today, job loses have become commonplace as both the private and public sector grapple with sustaining their enterprise. Companies continue to close shops, the Naira is at its worst ever value in history, prices of commodities blaze on consistently in their astronomic adventure and the mass of Nigerians, the very people for whom government cannot afford to fail, are left to grope in the wilderness of misfortune in credit to the inability of the APC led Federal Government to direct the ship of state on a steady course to progress. It is such a messy situation.

Although the APC continues to blame the PDP for being responsible for its inability to deliver on its much touted campaign promises of change, no proof has so far been established, in a year of APC’s helm at the thrust of governance, of PDP’s culpability in undermining APC’s success either directly or otherwise, leaving many with the disappointing conclusion that the APC was never primed for governance; a fact enunciated in its new christening by Nigerians as ‘APC: ALL PROMISES CANCELLED’ as the promise of change has become change of promise, without apologies.

2. CORRUPTION

Hopes have been dashed, especially in the international community, since the APC took to power and formed its cabinet. The greatest mockery of its strong anti-corruption campaign was the inclusion of clearly compromised and indicted members of the public in its government. Some of those included were former Governors, of whom credible reports in the public domain appear to show as having bankrolled the presidential election of incumbent President Buhari with misappropriated public funds.

For many, that was the most remarkable betrayal of the trust reposed in the APC led government and also the most significant move to excuse, promote and reward corruption, thus undermining, or at best limiting, the fight against corruption to perceived detractors of the APC, most of whom are innocent PDP members dreaded for their political sagacity.

To this day, not a single investigation has commenced on any of the litany of petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leading to public outcry and the condemnation of the Commission as being biased, partisan and vindictive. The corruption of public mor*ls, by promoting propaganda over truth and reality, cannot also be wished away as an inconsequential factor in sustaining corruption in Nigeria. In spite of the hopes in the APC to sustain the gains by the PDP in deploying institutional measures to tackle corruption, no far-reaching achievement has been attained. In fact, the perception of corruption in Nigeria has become so monumental that the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, David Cameron, opined that Nigeria is fantastically corrupt. And Our President agreed.

3. APARTHEID POLICY

One of the extreme measures adopted as a policy of the APC is to run government on the basis of exclusionism. For the first time in Nigeria’s history, Nigerians are being segregated against by their own President on the grounds of who voted and didn’t vote for him. The first indication of this policy was made in the full glare of the international community during the President’s maiden visit to the United States of America after being elected. Jaws dropped. Tempers flared. Passions were inflamed and trust got betrayed in that single moment he made the statement excluding sections of Nigeria that didn’t vote for him from benefiting from his government. But it wasn’t a gaffe. It was a stoic and bland indication, although an unintended revelation, of what was to be elevated to officialdom and directive principle of state policy.

Nigeria, sadly, has now deviated from the legacy of the PDP in building cohesion among the diverse peoples within it to become a ‘we-versus-them’, North-versus-South contraption of ethnic-conscious nationalities. APC’s approach to governance clearly sustains the policy of exclusionism and apartheid. In fact, justifications have been made regarding the slant in appointments in favour of the North against the South, a region that has consistently come under attack by Federal institutions.

For instance, the 2015 General Elections in Rivers State and across critical States in the South were not only widely regarded as unduly annulled by the Court of Appeal, the court-ordered rerun elections suffered more attack by the military and would have been compromised but for the resilience of Rivers people. The same strategic crackdown effort played out at the elections in Bayelsa State and across the South, where the EFCC is still being used to harass and victimise innocent PDP members.

The South Eastern States appear the worst hit by the apartheid policy of the APC. The Igbos complain of being alienated from mainstream governance. A situation that has led to renewed and intensified agitations for self-determination by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra.



4. ESCALATING ETHNOCENTRIC AND EXPANSIONIST TERRORISM

Until recently, Nigerians didn’t know and would never have believed that by voting for the APC, they would be faced with even more daring terrorism than was witnessed and effectively tackled during the Jonathan years, in spite of the promise by APC to end terrorism within its first month in government.

Today, the ethnocentric plague known as Fulani Herdsmen, is ravaging the breadth of the geographical enclave called Nigeria especially Christian dominated sections of the South. Scores have been killed. Many more have lost valuable property by the ravaging fundamentalist scourge. Even a national figure, Chief Olu Falae, was reportedly kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen and to this day, no emphatic measure has been taken to curb the escalating tensions generated by the dastardly activities of the herdsmen.

Insinuations are rife that the terrifying vocation of the herdsmen is beyond being about pastor*l preoccupation but part of a grand expansionist plot by Northern fundamentalists to spread their hold on Nigeria to the Atlantic Ocean. Whether the insinuations are right or not remain a thing to be established. But the inability of the APC to unite Nigerians and curb the incursions of the herdsmen on the civil liberties of Nigerians appears to energise the assault on innocent Nigerian citizens, a development that wouldn’t have seen the light of day had the PDP being in power.

It is on record that all Nigerians regardless of faith, creed or origin united under one umbrella in the PDP. Those good days have to return.

5. IMPUNITY

In today’s Nigeria, all that a criminal or an economic saboteur needs to get off the latch of the law is to establish both his membership of the APC and his connection to a Party bigwig. At the height of PDP’s acclaimed transgressions, nothing like this would have been conceived. But with change came daring bites on values. So much so that the Inspector General of Police will boldly take a stand against the prosecution of a criminal. Never has it been so heard. Never!

APC members appear to be above the law in Nigeria today. They are as much untouchables as they are liabilities for national development. Thus, creating a crisis for themselves and the need to change the change they brought.

6. COMPROMISED INSTITUTIONS

It is now common knowledge that State institutions have been compromised in Nigeria under the APC. From the Independent National Elector*l Commission (INEC) to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to even the Directorate of State Security (DSS), it’s been a blaze of compromised values.

INEC now conducts Elections that are for the first time in the history of the country regarded as inconclusive simply because they are or would have been won by the PDP. The EFCC is so afflicted with degenerated myopia that it only sees perceived threats to the APC as being culpable for crimes it is unable to establish and for which the accused are victimised with their rights infringed and without apologies. The DSS, the Geheime Staatspolizei of the change era, only barks at and bites PDP members and but for the existence of the Supreme Court that refused to be compromised, the judiciary would have been crippled under the leadership of the APC led government. All these happening under a government and political party that promised change.

To make matters worse, the APC chooses what court orders to obey and which to frustrate or disregard; a major deviation from the gains of the PDP that had established the rule of law as an intrinsic part of governance.

Thankfully, Nigerians now understand the language of Change.
7. DEARTH IN GOVERNMENTAL CAPACITY

APC has achieved nothing inspiring or substantial in a year because it lacks the capacity to do so. It has no plan to develop Nigeria and has clearly shown a lack of capacity in that regard beyond thriving in partisanship. There’s no gainsaying the fact and it has to be left as simple as it is.

8. QUESTIONABLE MANDATE

It is still being doubted if the APC truly obtained its acclaimed mandate by securing a majority vote in the 2015 General Elections or by cutting corners and blackmailing the members of the PDP especially of Northern origin to submission. For instance, consider the controversy that surrounded the death of Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi, the Kano State Resident Elector*l Commissioner (REC), in a fire incident in his home along with his wife and two children a day after Kano delivered the largest number of votes to the APC with just an infinitesimal number of voided votes. The Police is yet to make public its findings from the investigation of the Kano REC’s death.

Almost a year later, whether by criminal conspiracy or karma, Youths in Kano have set ablaze the residences of serving members of the National Assembly over unfulfilled campaign promises raising suspicions about the credibility of APC’s acclaimed popularity.

Besides the above, the vast majority of Nigerians especially those who were caught unawares by the change mantra and APC propaganda feel misled and r*ped. Most of them do not need to be courted by the PDP. They have made up their mind to change the vicious change of the APC.

9. GLOBAL DISTRUST

The inability of the APC to match words with action and deliver on campaign promises did not only pitch it against Nigerians who feel betrayed but also resulted in global distrust for the Party and government. To this day, no concrete achievement has resulted from the frequent international visits and no one hears about the then popular and controversial shopping list of the APC. There is an apparent reluctance by the global community to commit to the APC led government and it is not for nothing. There is a complete lack of confidence in the Party.

10. RISK OF NIGERIA’S DISINTEGRATION

The emergence and approach to governance of the APC-led government has further divided Nigerians without any concerted or deliberate move to build national cohesion. Every region in the country is faced with either agitations for self-determination or monumental terrorism. The gaping holes of disunity are expanding daily and no strategic measure is being taken to address the issue. Most recently, militancy, which was hitherto curbed by the PDP, has again reared its head with blows to the nation’s fortune.

From all indications, the APC has lost the plot and only PDP holds the ace to save the country from being decimated. It is for this reasons and many more that Nigerians will surely entrust the country back to the hands of the PDP, which history shows has a mastery for having things flow in society.

PDP is coming back except it fails to unite. It would be most unfortunate for it to miss this opportunity to bounce back. The PDP has everything going for it right now. It must seize this moment to return Nigeria to the path of true prosperity. Nothing else would serve the nation’s interest best.

[quote author=joycdhope post=44109436][/quote] Eleriiibuuu scammer!!... Wonderful!... Goan find work...

Redomi:
I don't want to shout, but I will say JESUS

lmfao

Amazing! Always count your blessings!

Amazing to see the brothers together (side-by-side) doing what they know how to do best, Entertain. They are currently in Rotterdam in Holland for a concert they are performing together. See another pic after the cut...

anomsodi:
Igwe ejee nga!

Meaning lol

As he tweeted today...

https://mobile.twitter.com/renoomokri/status/713046758905880576

Alezy:
I just wonder what oliseh was thinking when he made Musa the captain.

little wonder his tenure didn't last, how Musa go dey captain mikel for pitch.

.... I wonder ooo0

Congrats to Mikel...well deserved!

A 31-year-old man has been hospitalized after he was brutally beaten by a mob for allegedly attempting to rob a woman at an ATM in Giyani, Limpopo, South Africa.

According to local reports, the woman screamed, attracting the attention of people around. The mob gathered around the man, stripped him naked, paraded him in town and beat him so severely that he had to be taken to Nkhensani Hospital in an ambulance.

Giyani police spokesperson, Insp. Thomas Makhuvele, said the police arrived to intervene.
"The man is recovering in hospital and is not dead or in critical condition, as it is rumoured."
At the time of his hospitalisation, the man was unconscious. He later on opened a case of assault against the mob, according to Makhuvhele.

The woman who claimed to have been robbed by the man has not yet come forward to press any charge of theft. Rumours of a gang from Nkowankowa, (outside Tzaneen) operating in Giyani have been circulating around Giyani.
The group is said to travel in a white VW Citi Golf which operates as their escape car. The group loiters around ATMs and look for victims who look like they may need assistance.

However, according to Makhuvele, since no one has come forward with any information or pressed any charges, the man could walk off free.

"As no one has pressed any criminal charges against the man, he is currently not under police guard." Makhuvele said.

The community is requested not to take matters into their own hands, but advised to rather go to the Giyani Police Station to give the police any information that could lead to criminal activity being curbed.

The police are investigating the matter and looking for the people responsible for the vicious assault of the man.

A Ghanaian Facebook user shared this photo yesterday. He didn't give details except for the caption: "The juju didnt work...hahaha..Na God Get power". Could it be from a movie scene? There's no way a man will be walking with a machete that deep inside his body like that...

Read these inspiring words from singer Patoranking which he shared on his Instagram this afternoon.
"I was working in my Office and these Thoughts came to me,We all wanna make money,Buy cars,pop bottles,live the best life,wine and dine in the best places,Have the highest number of followers on Instagram, some girls wanna have the biggest ass, while some wanna take the best selfies,some girls wanna have the best body,some people battling for likes on IG, a quick reminder we all gonna Die someday...
what do you wanna be remembered for? The girl with the biggest ass,the girl with the best car,the biggest Popper in every club, Mr I have all the best girls in the world,you wanna be known for having Pride,Miss my face is on fleek, you wanna be known for Material things? KINDLY ASK YOURSELF WHAT YOU WANNA BE REMEMBERED FOR "GOD I WANNA TOUCH LIVES & GIVE HOPE TO THE HOPELESS WITH MY MUSIC.

He shared the photo on his Facebook wall and wrote "I just affixed my signature on the Senate's approval of S.B. 212: The 2016 Appropriation Bill which passed today"

Jose Mourinho has reportedly signed a pre-contract agreement with Manchester United to take over as the new coach of the club this summer. The Portuguese coach has been linked with Manchester United ever since he was sacked by former club Chelsea in December, but has now signed a pre- contract agreement with Manchester United according to an exclusive report by top Spanish newspaper El País.



According to the report Mourinho will be paid up to £15m if by June 1, 2016 the club refuses to employ him.
“If United do not sign the final contract [with Mourinho] before 1 May, they must pay £5m; if by 1 June he’s still not signed, they shall pay another £10m. May is the key, because it’s the month in which the vast majority of the signings of players are closed and the plans formed.” Read the report.
El País claim that the clause has been included because senior figures at Old Trafford, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton, are not entirely convinced that Mourinho is the right man to succeed Louis van Gaal.

Senior officials at Manchester United like Ed Woodward have refused to deny the report.

xendra:
Lol....na die this one dey oo

lol...abiii ooo... All na for the paali [card]

A green card or immigrant status is considered a lifeline for some, so much so that there are those who will go to great extremes to get their hands on this 'precious commodity'. It is not uncommon to hear women and men bemoaning the fact that they have been duped by fraudsters who wined and dined them and then changed completely once securing their love, a marriage certificate, and the assurance of permanent legal status abroad.
Even for those who are in perfectly good cross-border relationships, there is always the nagging concern as to whether the guy or girl of their dreams is just after a chance to live permanently in a foreign country, and cases reported in the media have not done much to allay these fears..... Our Brothers are Trying ooo0...Cc; Lalasticlala.....

EzePromoe:
And it's your type that always die as a result of STDs incurred from this act. And your wise GF will move to the next person who's not so stupid as you. Tomorrow open your mouth and let her urinate in, EWU.

Whew this guy needs ugrading... I leave trash for lawma...

EzePromoe:
It seems your own girlfriend doesn't urinate or menstruate since you have a clean girlfriend.

You must be a teenager for you to have made this comment. I do not blame you.

...hehehehe... Ya the kid here bro...and also a learner... Na people like you dem dey give una wife for street about...coz dey can satisfy them better than you!...

EzePromoe:
Kissing of the vagina? The same she urinates with, menstruate with, sometimes may leave unbathed? YUCK!

All but number 11 jor

Mr it means you date dirty girls abeg... But guys like you crave for head

Mzdivacious:
u know this

yeah i do...winks.

Moz22:
u quote person weh no sabi pidgin..

...ehn make he/she use google translate now??... We seg dey use am wen we dey chat our foreign Counterpart.

KashyBaby:





Oohh..hardbuoi must done these in a rough way

Na that 2 and 4...badt pass... No girl can ever feel dat and not shake from body to toe... But na as u sabi lick am o.... *just passing by*

Hhansome:

Is Orunmila a god?

another question you should ask him...

You are on a long thing.... *in dbanj's voice*

Hhansome:
[When will our president be back?color=#006600][/color]

Question for the gods... Ask Orunmila he should be of help...

Mologi:
God preserve our lives.....

AMEN!...

The brothers who have been battling each other for a while now, this night posted a photo of a dove and wrote "That it took out stupidity to realize family comes first, we are very sorry'.

Paul and Jude Okoye also shared same pic and message on their IG pages. Good to know that they've made peace. After all said and done...the best gift God gave to us all is Family!

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed angst against those asking him to account for recovered Abacha loot, describing them as illiterates and stupid people.

He also said there was nothing wrong in President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent trips as, according to him, Nigeria needs to be in touch with important centres of the world.

Obasanjo, who stated this in an interview, weekend, said the role of his office was to facilitate the recovery process and not how it was put to use.

He said: “They said the money recovered from Abacha, I should account for it. What stupidity! The man who asked for it, the man who gave the judgement or who answered them are all stupid, with due respect.
“I don’t keep account, all Abacha loots were sent to Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and every bit of it was reported to Minister of Finance. My job was to write where we can get help to recover the money.“Every penny that comes out of it went to CBN, so if they want to know what happened to the money, they should call CBN governor or call the Minister of Finance.

“But again, it shows ignorance, total ignorance, which is lacking and you wonder, are these people educated? They can also approach the man who helped us in recovering process to give the list of money recovered and where he took it.”

On fluctuating oil price

On fluctuating oil price, Obasanjo said President Buhari was lucky than he was, saying: “When I assumed office in 1999, I inherited $3.7 billion in reserve, while Buhari met $30 billion, almost 10 times of what I met then, and the price of oil then was $9. When it got to $20, I was dancing.

“I know the price is down now and with time, it will jump up again. What Buhari is doing currently is preparing ground for Nigeria to take advantage when it goes up again.”

Justifies Buhari’s frequent foreign trips

Obasanjo, who justified Buhari’s frequent foreign trips, said President Buhari needed to get involved in the world.

He said: “He needs to be known and to know people. How do you make friends and influence people except you know them and this cannot happen if he sits in Aso Villa, especially in a situation that we found ourselves, a situation where we have bad image in the world, a situation where we need to play leadership role, especially in Africa, because during Jonathan’s administration, Nigeria was not on the table.”

On Biafra agitation

Obasanjo, who described the Biafra agitation as a platform for people of the South East to make their voices heard, insisted that Biafra was dead.

He said: “I sympathise with people agitating in the country, but what Nigeria needs to do now is to get our economy back on track. When you have a bad economic situation, such is expected. So I did not see their cause as a threat but I see it as a platform to get their voices heard.

“Like I said on January 15, the important, authentic leaders of the South-East are concerned about economic situation of Nigeria and I believe when the situation changes tomorrow, these young people will sing a new song.”

No regret putting Jonathan forward as President

While expressing no regrets in facilitating the emergence of former President Goodluck Jonathan as President, Obasanjo said his objective had been achieved by making a minority group to produce the president of Nigeria.

He said: “I believe that Nigeria politics will be strengthened even more if we have the opportunity to allow the minority in its own right to emerge as President, and I do not have any apology for anybody because the purpose I wanted Nigeria to achieve had been achieved.

“That any Nigerian can become president, it is not a regret for Nigeria and for me because Nigeria gave him that opportunity, he used, abused, misused as he wished and at the appropriate time, Nigerians said thank you for what you have done and what you have not done and Nigeria said bye bye, which is the beauty of democracy.”

May we all live to experience this... beautiful!