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Bridge safe despite repair delay
- 31/01/2019
- Maritzburg Sun
A difference of opinion between South African National Roads Agency Ltd. (Sanral) and National Treasury in how to prioritise local subcontracting has led to a 10-month delay in the repair of the unstable and rickety Peter Brown bridge. Hugh Brook...Read More
Workers on infrastructure projects need financial education – Expert
- 31/01/2019
- Infrastructurene.ws
While large infrastructure development projects bring much needed jobs and income to local communities' workers incur more debt than they can service because of little or no financial smarts, and sadly the resulting bad credit listing impacts their f...Read More
Nedbank withdraws funding for new coal IPPs
- 30/01/2019
- Moneyweb
Nedbank lived up to its slogan as the 'green' bank when it decided to withdraw its funding of two proposed new coal-fired power stations in South Africa, Thabametsi and Khanyisa. The move fits with the banking group's commitment to 'green' funding...Read More
Sandton grows apace with R3bn Skyscraper
- 30/01/2019
- SA Commercial Property News
South Africa is witnessing a number of skyscraper construction, with the likes of the Leonardo in Sandton — set to become home to the tallest building in Africa. The growing number of workers moving to new corporate offices in Sandton has created ...Read More
Construction underway of R1bn biomedical research facility in CT
- 29/01/2019
- Eyewitnessnews
CAPE TOWN – Biomedical research in Africa is getting another boost. Construction of a R1 billion biomedical research institute that sets out to improve the treatment of diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV and diabetes has started at Stellenbosch Un...Read More
New crime syndicate targets construction sites in Durban
- 29/01/2019
- Northglen News
GREENWOOD Park police have advised construction site bosses to beef up their security measures following a spate of incidents where they have been robbed. On more than one occasion, construction site guards have been targeted by criminals who stea...Read More
Eskom's financial woes deepen as new plant repair bill mounts
- 28/01/2019
- Moneyweb
The construction of the Medupi and Kusile plants are expected to cost more than R292bn, roughly double initial estimates. South African power utility Eskom is facing a mounting repair bill at two new coal-fired power stations that are still under...Read More
Turning the inner-city into a construction site begins
- 28/01/2019
- City Buzz
On 24 January, Executive Mayor of the City of Joburg, Herman Mashaba joined the City of Johannesburg MMCs for Economic Development and Development Planning, as well as the City manager, key stakeholders, and members of the press on a walkabout tour o...Read More
Plastics pipes bodies warn against substandard pipe use in important applications
- 25/01/2019
- Bizcommunity.com
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has added its voice to the Plastics Pipe Institute's (PPI) warning about substandard high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes that do not comply with relevant product standards. The i...Read More
AfDB approves US $25m for Africa Renewable Energy Projects
- 25/01/2019
- Construction Review Online
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has has approved an equity investment of up to US $25m for the Africa Renewable Energy Projects. The investment which is in ARCH Africa Renewable Power Fund (ARPF), will provide equity fo...Read More


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Scandal Threatens VW Brand
Das Auto -- or Das Cheaters? That phrase twisting Volkswagen's classic slogan was among the scathing comments flooding the German automaker's Facebook page in recent days. And it pretty much sums up the consumer backlash faced by the company amid a growing scandal that has cost the CEO his job, sparked a wave of investigations and forced the marketer to pull some advertising -- so far.
The crisis, which involves allegations that VW evaded emissions testing on its diesel vehicles with software trickery, will shave $10 billion from the VW brand's value of $31 billion, according to valuation consultancy Brand Finance. "The very future of the VW brand is in doubt," said Brand Finance CEO David Haigh.
Beyond the regulatory probes, VW's biggest long-term concern is reclaiming consumer trust. YouGov BrandIndex, which tracks consumer perception, found that Volkswagen's U.S. score plummeted to -24 as of Sept. 22 from 12 just before the scandal broke. Negative tweets about VW jumped to 99,900 during the week from Sept. 18 through 24, compared with 1,187 in the seven days before the crisis, according to Amobee Brand Intelligence.
VW's PR agency in the U.S. is Edelman.
What could make the scandal stick is that VW poured so much energy -- and cash -- into environmental marketing that now looks hypocritical. Shortly after he took the job in late 2013, Vinay Shahani, VP-marketing at Volkswagen of America, cited "clean-diesel technology" as one of the messages he wanted to hammer home, according to a 2014 interview with Ad Age's sibling publication Automotive News.
Dan Hill, president of public affairs firm Ervin Hill Strategy, suggested that VW will have a tough time clawing its way back because the issue involves trust and, possibly, deception. "When it's an integrity issue, that could pervade an entire enterprise," he said. Still, he applauded some of VW's initial moves, including the resignation of CEO Martin Winterkorn. People want to see accountability, which "tends to be better when it comes from the very top," he said.
On Friday VW tapped Porsche boss Matthias Mueller as its replacement CEO and created a new North American business unit that will be led by Winfried Vahland, who previously oversaw VW-owned Skoda. The U.S. will continue to be led by Michael Horn.
Mr. Haigh suggested that VW's comeback plan should involve ads that "continue to emphasize the brand's green credentials." Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University, said VW "might be tempted to advertise and say that it will fix all the problems. But after deceiving customers and regulators, why would anyone believe them?"
As of Friday, the only noticeable paid message involving the scandal was a promoted tweet sent Thursday from Volkswagen USA that included an apology and pledge to earn back the trust of customers, dealers, the government, employees and the public. A VW spokesman said "we are not in the position to discuss future marketing plans."
Update from Volkswagen regarding the EPA investigation: pic.twitter.com/fcmMcFWt3G
— Volkswagen USA (@VW) September 24, 2015
A TV campaign by Deutsch Los Angeles that launched just before the crisis broke and touts VW's smartphone-integration technology remained on the air as of Friday. VW-owned Audi continued to run its regular TV ads that include its "Truth In Engineering" tagline. On VW's Facebook page, one commenter twisted that slogan to say "Engineering the Truth."
The automaker has estimated that roughly 11 million vehicles worldwide had the software in question, which affects some diesel versions of Volkswagen cars as well as the Audi A3. The company stopped sales of 2015 and 2016 models with a 2.0-liter TDI engine.
VW's environmental marketing includes a global program called "Think Blue" that is a riff on the brand's classic "Think Small" tagline. It aims to support projects around the world that "all show how much fun it can be to live a little bit more eco-conscious." While that initiative remained on the VW website as of last week, the company pulled other digital marketing touting diesel technology, including a native ad program with Wired magazine. That program featured content about "how diesel was re-engineered." VW "has decided to remove promotion of diesel vehicles until TDI models are available for sale," said the VW spokesman.
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., called on the FTC to probe whether VW ads touting the environmental benefits of "clean diesels" ran afoul of laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive practices. An FTC spokesman said "staff will review the concerns raised by Sen. Nelson."
"If in fact they installed software that was designed to circumvent emissions testing and they therefore had knowledge that their environmentally friendly claims were not true, it could certainly fall within the jurisdiction of the FTC," said Linda Goldstein, an ad lawyer and partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

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Since coming to light in late March, the flaws have proved very popular with malicious hackers keen to steal confidential data from PCs.
Hackers have created hundreds of web pages that use the bug to take over vulnerable computers.
Microsoft resisted calls to release patches early but other security firms produced software to protect users.
Malicious websites
The most serious of the four loopholes being closed by the Microsoft patches is known as the CreateTextRange bug and is one that has been labelled "critical", the highest level.
The vulnerabilities addressed in Tuesday's security update for Windows came to light in quick succession towards the end of March.
The CreateTextRange bug occurs in Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser and potentially hands over control of a vulnerable computer to an attacker if a specially crafted web page is visited.
Criminals typically try to trick people into visiting such sites by sending out spam or phishing e-mail messages.
Sometimes the sites that these messages contain links to closely resemble bank websites, others look benign but behind the scenes are installing backdoors that malicious hackers can use.
Microsoft played down the threat posed by the crop of vulnerabilities and said it could find little evidence that they were being widely exploited. On the Microsoft Security Response Center blog it said there was only evidence of "limited attacks".
The software giant said this was why the patches were provided as part of its monthly security updates, rather than straight away.
However, soon after the bugs came to light security firm Websense said it had found more than 200 web pages created specifically to exploit the CreateTextRange vulnerability.
More recently, other security experts reported a significant increase in the amount of data that phishing gangs were harvesting thanks to the bug.
In response two security firms, eEye and Determina, produced independent patches that could help to keep organisations safe before the official fix was made available.


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Seoul (Reuters): North Korea, defying calls to rein in its weapons program, fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia on Sunday, days after a new leader came to power in South Korea pledging to engage Pyongyang in dialogue.
The US military's Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile that was fired but it was "not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile". The US threat assessment has not changed from a national security standpoint, a US official said.
Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said the missile could be a new type. It flew for 30 minutes before dropping into the sea between North Korea's east coast and Japan. North Korea has consistently test-fired missiles in that direction.
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the missile landed 97 km (60 miles) south of Russia's Vladivostok region.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called the launch a message by Pyongyang to South Korea after the election of President Moon Jae-in, who took office on Wednesday.
"You first have to get into Kim Jong Un's head - which is, he's in a state of paranoia, he's incredibly concerned about anything and everything around him," Haley told ABC's "This Week" program, referring to North Korea's leader.
Haley added that the United States will "continue to tighten the screws," referring to sanctions and working with the international community to put pressure on Pyongyang.
The White House mentioned Russia in its earlier statement about the launch. "With the missile impacting so close to Russian soil – in fact, closer to Russia than to Japan – the President cannot imagine that Russia is pleased," the White House said, referring to US President Donald Trump.
The launch served as a call for all nations to implement stronger sanctions against North Korea, it added.
The missile flew 700 km (430 miles) and reached an altitude of more than 2,000 km (1,245 miles), according to officials in South Korea and Japan, further and higher than an intermediate-range missile North Korea successfully tested in February from the same region of Kusong, northwest of its capital, Pyongyang.


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The Means and Motivations Behind Backdoor Hardware Attacks
In the first article in this series, we did a brief overview that explained backdoor hardware attacks and the potential threats they represent. This article will cover the means and motivations behind hardware attacks and highlight a couple of case studies.
Hardware attacks aren't exclusive to state-sponsored operations. Criminal organizations could be interested to commercialize counterfeiting products or steal sensitive information to resell. Asian countries are the main areas where manufacturers have production plants. But cheap production costs could hide serious threats.
The main motivations of hardware attacks are:
- Hardware cloning
- Breaking services, obtaining them with piracy
- Imitating user authentication for system access
- Information leakage
- Unlocking devices, to gain access to an internal shell or to increase control of a system
- Unlocking hidden features
China is considered the most dangerous adversary for the western world. But they're also a primary hardware manufacturer, from defense to consumer goods. Acquiring hardware components from China has raised an intense security debate.
In the past, the Department of Defense has been aware of receiving processors vulnerable to tampering. Some of them were complex enough to easily conceal Trojans or backdoor circuitry installed by unknown third parties. Component failures were detected in defense contractors such as Boeing, Raytheon, BAE, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed.
After discovering that, the DoD has pushed to launch a program to evaluate hardware that reliably detects tampering operations at the circuit or chip level. Hardware validation requires accurate verification of any component of imported systems. Authenticity and security must be assured before including components in mission-critical systems.
Often, officials at the Department of Homeland Security have warned of weaknesses in the technology supply chain that result in importing devices pre-infected with malware and backdoors that leave the units vulnerable to exploitation.
Backdoor malware is no longer a secret. Kill switches and backdoors could be easily hidden in network devices from the same manufacturer and could be used to sabotage or spying by criminals or foreign states.
In 2011, the US government released the White House Cyber Policy Review, warning of risks related to the delocalization of manufacturing plants:
"The emergence of new centers for manufacturing, design, and research across the globe raises concerns about the potential for easier subversion of computers and networks through subtle hardware or software manipulations. Counterfeit products have created the most visible supply problems, but few documented examples exist of unambiguous, deliberate subversions."
Real or Alleged Case Studies
Most recently, intelligence agencies have banned Lenovo PCs due to backdoor vulnerabilities.
That worrying news was reported by the Australian Financial Review. The article revealed that intelligence sources confirmed the ban was initiated in the mid-2000s, after a series of hardware and firmware tests on Lenovo chips.
The details are classified, but the general notion was that Lenovo PCs include vulnerabilities that could provide remote access to intruders.
Lenovo PCs banned by intelligence agencies from countries including the US, UK and Australia.
"AFR Weekend has been told that British intelligence agencies' laboratories took a lead role in the research into Lenovo's products. Members of the British and Australian defense and intelligence communities say that malicious modifications to Lenovo's circuitry – beyond more typical vulnerabilities or 'zero-days' in its software – were discovered that could allow people to remotely access devices without the users' knowledge. The alleged presence of these hardware 'back doors' remains highly classified."
Intelligence agencies fear cyber espionage from the Chinese government, recognized as the most dangerous collector of western intellectual property and sensitive information.
Lenovo isn't the unique. Chinese firms accused of espionage in the past include Huawei and ZTE. They have long attracted suspicion from international intelligence agencies. The former head of the CIA and NSA, Michael Hayden, publicly maintains that Huawei spies for the Chinese government.
The companies incriminated are all market leaders. The possibility that hardware backdoors are hidden in their products is a nightmare for foreign governments.
The Perfect Backdoor
The main vulnerability concern is the design of backdoors that could avoid detection mechanisms. Deliberate vulnerabilities could be introduced at different levels of production with different effects on compromised devices.
Backdoors could be substitute a component of a device or add supplementary circuits. Both methods are functionally efficient, but aren't feasible, due to the difficulty of hiding hacks upon careful inspection.
Because of that, researchers worldwide are evaluating new methods for designing hardware backdoors. Rakshasa firmware malware and dopant-level hardware Trojans are some of the most interesting possibilities.
In the next article in the series, we will explore Rakshasa Malware in greater detail…
About the Author: Pierluigi Paganini writes for Infosec Institute and is a security expert with over 20 years of experience in the field, including being a Certified Ethical Hacker. Paganini is Chief Security Information Officer for Bit4Id, a researcher, security evangelist, security analyst and freelance writer. He is the author of the books "The Deep Dark Web" and "Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin", and is also Editor-in-Chief at CyberDefense Magazine and Security Affairs.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this and other guest author articles are solely those of the contributor, and do not necessarily reflect those of Tripwire, Inc.
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Series References:
- http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/16748/hacking/spy-agencies-ban-on-lenovo-pcs-due-to-backdoor-vulnerabilities.html
- http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/7786/hacking/rakshasa-is-it-possible-design-the-perfect-hardware-backdoor.html
- http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/17875/hacking/undetectable-hardware-trojan-reality.html#!
- http://www.toucan-system.com/research/blackhat2012_brossard_hardware_backdooring.pdf
- http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/1198/cyber-crime/hardware-qualification-a-must-in-a-cyber-strategy.html
- http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2012/11/30.aspx
- https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/35322/Edwards_Nathan.pdf
- https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CGQQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dtic.mil%2Fcgi-bin%2FGetTRDoc%3FAD%3DADA547668&ei=oRtHUuO4FsWrtAa63YCACw&usg=AFQjCNH3gt2JT4VuIsQ4VLrPkp7Vr4xwOg&sig2=NMrLhCdNn8DLB9LyxJNr_Q&bvm=bv.53217764,d.Yms
- http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~simha/preprint_oakland11.pdf
- http://people.umass.edu/gbecker/BeckerChes13.pdf
- http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/15095-DHS-Imported-Devices-Infected-with-Malware.html
- http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~csturton/papers/defeating-uci-oak11.pdf
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Calling Franklin Graham to Romney repentance
Franklin Graham (son of Billy), who got in a bit of a tangle over the "blessing" of Sarah Palin past presidential time around, has pronounced Republican hopeful Mitt Romney's Mormonism a nonproblem. Graham said:
Yes, the fact that Mitt Romney is a Mormon doesn't bother me. I think when we are voting for president we need to get the person who is absolutely the most qualified. You can have the nicest guy and he can be a Christian and just wonderful but have absolutely no clue as to how to run a country, you don't want that.
With that view, Graham put himself opposite the head of the South Carolina Southern Baptist convention and strayed from the more commonplace Southern Baptist view.
Predictably, Graham was called to repent. The call came immediately from Pastor Steven Andrew of USA Christian Ministries. In brief, Andrew said:
"Graham is misleading Christians to vote against Scripture for Mormon Mitt Romney. God cannot bless us for betraying Jesus and voting for a non-Christian. No one comes to God except through Jesus-this includes the USA," said Pastor Steven.
Pastors are concerned. Scripture forbids hosting false teachers in our homes and Graham wants one in the White House?
For Romney as for Palin, Graham may have had little political effect. Except on himself. as Charles W. Dunn, a professor of government at Regent University's Robertson School of Government suggested to Chad Groening:
"We can understand the political nature of the statement; we can understand the constitutional nature of the statement," he states. "But from a practical standpoint of his being a religious leader, that statement I think was unwise because he didn't have to make it."
With a Mormon and a twice-divorced Catholic leading the Republican field, this debate among conservative Christian activists seems destined to become more strenuous.
The spun 'blessing' of Sarah Palin by Billy Graham Jr.
Burned by Richard M. Nixon, whom he advised in various ways and for whom he wrote at least one speech, Southern Baptist evangelist Billy Graham no longer endorses those who would be president. Still, the big spin is that he gave something of a blessing to Sarah Palin after she dined with the family last week.
The elder Graham is 91 and apparently still speaks for himself. After dinner with Palin he issued the following circumspect statement:
It was an honor having Governor Palin and her family in our home this evening. I, like many people, have been impressed with her strong commitment to her faith, to family and love of country. I appreciated hearing her speak of her own spiritual journey and her life in Alaska. I shared with her my own memories of preaching in the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage in 1984. We had an opportunity to pray together. Life in the spotlight is not easy and I pray that whatever lies ahead for this family that their faith in God and His Son, Jesus Christ, would remain strong and that God would put a hedge of protection around her and all those she holds dear. Sarah and her family will always be welcome in the Graham home.
That's circumspect in contrast with the Raleigh News & Observer's suggestion Sunday that Palin had received Graham's blessing.
The N&O spin was drummed up out of son Franklin Graham's statement to The Charlotte Observer that his father has "followed her career and likes her strong stand on faith. Daddy feels God was using her to wake America up."
Which seems too circumspect by far to be called a "blessing" from the Billy Graham Jr. we've all heard shake the foundations from pulpits around the world.


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An Integrated Management System
Implementing better governance for information technology comprises many tasks at various levels within the organisation aimed at supporting the business achieve its strategic goals. Organising and managing the people, process and technology is crucial. In large distributed environments this can be difficult. The COBIT framework is a popular source of good practice for IT governance. It has a strong business-focus, process-orientation and measurement base.
Process models like COBIT, ITIL and ISO 27001 provide structure on which to arrange the necessary IT activities and build the capability necessary to deliver the performance expected by the business. They help organise and leverage IT processes and IT resources so that IT strategic planning is translated into actions that are followed throughout the organisation so that the outcomes expected are actually achieved.
The COBIT Implementation Management System is designed to ensure that the execution of the IT strategy is managed at the process level throughout the organisation so that IT at every level delivers against business' expectations. The COBIT Implementation Management System provides a single information portal to govern the IT processes at company, regional, divisional and subsidiary levels. It is designed to drive commonality across the organisation but also caters for the flexibility needed when variation is necessary.
The COBIT Implementation Management System implements that latest release of COBIT including the generic and specific process objectives. Process owners are identified together with the roles and responsibilities needed to execute the work practices. Capability is developed in each process through ongoing review of the workflow and alignment of IT activities.
The COBIT Implementation Management System comprises three components: Planning, Execution and Assurance. The first step is to plan what needs to be done to achieve the outcome expected. Execution is planned, communicated and managed at every level in the organisation through a strong focus on the outcomes expected. In the early stages, current practices might be quite different across the business units. Over time, as organisational maturity grows, business units are encouraged to use common processes to address "what" what is required resulting in greater efficiency and effectiveness across the enterprise.
The assurance component is integrated with the execution component. This ensures that assurance activities are process orientated so that risk management, value creation and compliance are specific to the processes actually implemented in the organisation and the outcomes that these processes are expected to achieve.
- Plan and implement IT process improvements (i.e. value add, risk and/or compliance)
- Direct the implementation of COBIT for better IT governance across all business units
- Build bottom up, incorporating existing practices, experience and culture
- Empowerment staff and build optimal capability for the organisation.
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The latest Jaeger FD-series linear actuators from SKF combine near-silent operation with robust construction, economy and versatility, making them particularly suitable for medical and healthcare applications, such as reclining and massage chairs, as well as industrial automation, safety doors and powered windows and skylights.
FD-series actuators are available in two versions. The FD A1 has a maximum push force of 6kN and a maximum pull force of 4kN, with an operating speed of 2.6-4.2mm/s, depending on load. For the FD A2 models, the corresponding figures are 3kN push, 2kN pull, with operating speeds from 6.2-8.2mm/s. Both types are offered in models with stroke lengths ranging from 50-300mm.
All FD-series actuators are supplied complete with integral limit switches, making them easy to integrate with control systems of all types. They are offered with a choice of Hall-effect or reed-switch position encoders that, according to the type selected, provide from 0.625 to 10 pulses per millimetre of actuator movement.
Part of a complete system that includes control boxes, convenient hand-held operating units and a wide range of accessories, the FD-series actuators operate from a 24V DC supply, ensuring complete electrical safety even in difficult operating environments. They are sealed to IP52 and, to help maximise their versatility, feature a rear clevis that can be turned through 90 degrees.
Suitable for use with Jaeger FD-series actuators from SKF are the CB200 control boxes that can, if required, be mounted directly on the actuator. These are available with integrated overload protection and an anti-pinching function, and they are compatible with robust HS-series one- and two-button handsets.


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Earlier this month I reviewed the 1997 monster movie "Anaconda", and in that review I referred to it as the pore mans version of "Jaws". Now the bar is set even lower, because today's review is of the 1999 creature feature titled "Lake Placid", and this film is honestly the pore mans version of "Anaconda" ... yeah, that's how low where sinking with this movie. While I freely admit "Anaconda" wasn't a great movie, it still had its charms, it was entertaining, and it was at the very least kind of a memorable movie experience. "Lake Placid" on the other hand is about as average as monster movies get, it's boring, it's forgettable, the characters all suck and the comedy is beyond absurd. I get the impression that this movie was trying to be a blend of scary and funny, but it fails spectacularly on both counts.
So, with a title like "Lake Placid", you don't get much of a clue as to what the killer animal is going to be, in fact the monster could be anything ranging from a lake shark to the creature from the Black Lagoon. Well ... obviously it's none of the above, the carnivore in this movie is actually a crocodile. A giant 30 foot long prehistoric crocodile that apparently survived over thousands of years, and settled in a lake where he poses a threat to all visitors. After an investigation, the local sheriff rounds up a small team to hunt down the beast. Now typically in a situation like this, you'll have that one jerk that will try to protect the monster in order to make a fortune. Well, this movie takes a different approach, instead ... everyone wants to protect this killer Crocodile, but not for greedy reasons. These people view this crocodile as a wonder of nature that needs to be preserved and studied rather then killed. So unlike most movies that feature an animal gone bad, the main conflict isn't finding a way to slay the beast, it's all about trying to trap it without killing it. I suppose that's kind of unique, and a good effort to do something different with the formula, but they just can't leave well enough alone. We actually have a subplot involving an old woman who's secretly feeding the beast her live stock, and treats it like a pet.
Personally, it just makes me wish I was watching "Jaws", which nailed the excitement of man versus monster perfectly. Speaking of "Jaws", this movie completely fails to capture that same tension and fear. Even if you live in an area where Crocodiles have been sited, I doubt this film would capture that same paranoia of stepping into a lake the same way "Jaws" scared people from going to the beach. Now in all seriousness, crocodiles in general are dangerous, have had their fare share of violent encounters with people, and the concept isn't without some potential, it's just handled very poorly. The monster effects are serviceable at best, it has its really fake CGI moments, but there are some good animatronic close-ups, which are slightly intimidating.
The first and biggest problem with this movie that shoots it right in the foot are the lead human characters. I could almost give the movie credit for not featuring any of the typical teenage stereotypes that usually plague these films, but it doesn't change the fact that the characters are still insufferable. The dialog is atrocious, I mean it is bad ... just bad. Every line has some kind of pun aimed at the mail anatomy, the attempts at hummer are cringe inducing, and it really just didn't look like a fun movie to act in, which is a shame because there's a fairly talented cast here. This includes Oliver Platt as a researcher on Croc's, Bridget Fonda who plays the female lead, Brendan Gleeson plays the sheriff, and he's fairly well known for his role as Mad Eye Moody from the Harry Potter series, as well as epic war movies like "Brave Heart" and "Troy". Most notably is Bill Pullman in the lead role, and of course he's a very recognizable actor from movies like "Independence Day" and "Space Balls", but he does the movie no favors. The banter between these people are terrible, and it's just hurtful to see a half way decent cast wasted like this.
The second biggest setback to the movie is that it's surprisingly boring, with very little creature action and a very annoying focus on the human characters. The encounters with the Crocodile are mildly exciting at first, but the formula get's very repetitive after a while. There's only so many times that you can get a thrill from watching someone flung out of a boat, only for them to get back in completely unscathed. There isn't even much of a body count, two people get attacked in the first thirty minutes of the movie, and that's it, there really aren't anymore human casualties in the movie after that. It's hardly even worth talking about the climax, they lure the Crocodile to shore, shoot at it a little, capture it and then the movie actually forces us to feel sympathy for the beast as our lead hero prepares to execute it. Well ... in a surprisingly rare twist, they spare the life of the killer Crocodile and send him off somewhere. But then our hero's are attacked by a second Crocodile that the characters immediately kill, so what the heck? They were treating it like a moral sin to kill the first Croc, but it's perfectly okay to slay the second one, what sense does that make?
There's a scene at the end in which we see the old lady raising the crocodiles baby's, which was meant to be a joke, but it actually became the setup for sequels, lots and lots of terrible squeals. This includes "Lake Placid 2" in 2007, "Lake Placid 3" in 2010 and "Lake Placid: The Final Chapter" in 2012, hopefully that really was the last. I vaguely remember watching the second one on TV and being completely disinterested in it, so I never bothered to watch any of the other films in the series. I doubt that any of them are that good, and their probably all even worse than their predecessor. Oh wait, there was also "Lake Placid vs Anaconda" in 2015, which could have some potential for a fun monster crossover, but I doubt it will be anything special. Even the 1996 movie "Crocodile" and its 2001 sequel "Crocodile 2: Death Swamp" were more fun, in that cheep B monster movie fashion. While "Lake Placid" wasn't the first movie to utilize the gimmick of a killer Crocodile, it's probably the most popular. In 2008 there was another killer Crocodile movie titled "Rogue", which was outstanding by B monster movie standards, in fact, it's one of the five best animal attack movies I've ever seen. The characters were likable, there was honest tension and the creature effects were amazing. So why can't that be the more popular killer Crocodile movie?
As for "Lake Placid", it's really just not worth seeing at all, even if you're a junky for animal attack movies. Honestly, I get more of a thrill watching the 2002 film "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course", than I do watching "Lake Placid". While I've definitely seen worse movies then this, it's still pretty bad, even on the merits of a cheap B monster movie. The characters are beyond wooden, the action isn't that thrilling, the monster isn't that exciting, and if you really want a fun or passively diverting animal attack movie, just watch "Rogue" instead. Now I know some people like this movie, and may even call it an improvement over something like "Anaconda", and if you do like this ... fine, it's just not for me.
I give "Lake Placid", 1 ½ stars out of 5.


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Ever fancied being a football manager? Well, this is how stressful it is... Sportsmail joins former Premier League boss Boothroyd for a matchday in the life of a boss (wired up to heart monitor)
Who'd be a manager? The demands and pressures are constant and from all quarters.
You must maintain authority over a group of 20-30 players, who are never going to do everything to your liking.
There are the thousands of fans in the stands scrutinising your every decision and, just occasionally, exercising their right to complain at the top of their voice.
VIDEO Scroll down to watch Aidy Boothroyd heart monitored during match
Taking the pulse: Northampton Town manager Aidy Boothroyd wore a Polar heart rate monitor for the day when his team played Morecambe in a League Two clash on September 28
Season of struggle: Northampton were second bottom going into the match at Sixfields
Northampton's league record before the game:
Position: 23rd of 24 in League Two
Pld 8 W 1 D 1 L 6 For 6 Against 15 Points 4
And there's the chairman - your boss and the man you have to constantly impress with wins and silverware to preserve your livelihood.
It's enough to get anyone's pulse racing but what are the true effects of football management on your health?
In a little scientific experiment, we equipped Northampton Town boss Aidy Boothroyd with a Polar heart rate monitor and tracked his heart beat through the course of a matchday.
Testing times: Boothroyd prowls his technical area during the match
The 42-year-old has previously managed with Watford in the Premier League but his attention now is on keeping the Cobblers in League Two.
At the time of their match with Morecambe at Sixfields on September 28, they had won only once all season and were lying second bottom of the entire Football League.
Coming off the back of six defeats in seven, this truly was a must-not-lose game, otherwise Boothroyd would be feeling the heat.
Here's what happened...
10.20am Matchday begins - 60-80 bpm
High-tech: The Polar RC3 GPS watch worn by Boothroyd
Aidy hooks up his Polar RC3 GPS heart monitor at home before setting off to Sixfields. It consists of a strap which wraps around the chest and a sensor that transmits the data to a wrist watch.
This allows you to keep an eye on your heart rate, calories and average speed. The GPS function can track your every stride on a long run and it can even tell you the time! It has a USB port on the reverse so you can download more detailed data.
Aidy arrives at the ground at around 12.30pm and prior to that his heart rate is pretty normal - between 60 and 80 beats per minute (bpm). If he's feeling any apprehension about Northampton's league position and the 90 minutes ahead, it certainly isn't showing.
12.30pm Arrival at the ground - 70-95bpm
Suddenly there's a spike to 92bpm when Aidy is making his way to the ground with goalkeeping coach and former England man Tim Flowers.
'I was having an argument with Tim in the car. I was getting a bit irate,' Aidy explains afterwards. That's fine then.
From the point he breezes through the main reception at Sixfields at about 12.30, we see a steady climb in Aidy's heart rate.
There are still a couple of hours until kick-off and the boss does the rounds greeting staff, directors and fans lucky enough to be in the executive seats. He betrays no signs of nerves on the outside, greeting everyone with a handshake and a warm smile.
But on the inside, his pulse is slowly creeping towards the 100bpm mark as kick-off approaches.
Hook me up: Boothroyd checks his monitor is in the right place prior to the game and slips on the watch (below)
2pm The warm-ups - 85-95bpm
There's just one hour to go until kick-off and all the week's best-laid plans will be put to the test against an in-form Morecambe side led by Jim Bentley.
As the turnstiles open and the ground slowly starts to fill up, Aidy strolls down the tunnel, coffee in hand, to sit in the dug-out and watch the players warm up.
It's a clear day, the pitch looks immaculate and 4,000 are expected.
As the players go through their stretches and exercises, Aidy's heart rate is in the nineties despite standing still. The pulse continues to slowly rise and the manager knows it'll be two hours at least before it goes back down.
Instructions: Boothroyd puts the finishing touches to his team and tactics in his office in one corner of Northampton's Sixfields ground
3pm Kick-off! 88bpm
Having passed on his final instructions to the players in the changing rooms, Aidy emerges from the tunnel, shakes hands with his opposite number and takes up his familiar position at the front of the technical area as the game kicks-off.
He's at a relatively calm 88bpm, perhaps under the realisation that he can't influence the outcome as much - it's down to the players to perform.
3.02pm Northampton's first attack - 108bpm
The hosts start brightly and are soon on the attack. Aidy's rate smashes the 100bpm mark for the first time as Morecambe's keeper scrambles a cross out for a corner.
3.08pm Big chance for Morecambe - 107bpm
At the other end, Morecambe have started to find their feet and suddenly burst through a fragile-looking Northampton defence.
It's a big chance but the striker blazes the ball across the face of goal. It seems the prospect of the opposition scoring gets Aidy's heart going as much as his own team.
So close! Boothroyd reacts in dismay as an early chance goes begging for his side
3.10pm Morecambe fans in fine mocking voice - 97bpm
The small but vocal travelling support from Lancashire to his right start to serenade Aidy with chants of, 'You're getting sacked in the morning.' He turns a deaf ear to it.
3.14pm Northampton striker clean through! - 108bpm
An absolutely brilliant chance for Northampton as striker Ivan Toney breaks clear of two defenders. He's 10 yards clear and has options to either side... Aidy takes up the story.
'He's got a chance to play Chris Hackett or Roy O'Donovan in. In the end, he had a shot that looked like he was going to kill one of the stewards.
'So it was a big high and then a big low.' As reflected by his high heart beat.
Flapped: Morecambe goalkeeper Barry Roche struggles to grasp the ball as Northampton striker Ivan Toney puts him under pressure
3.20pm And now Morecambe are in the clear... 90bpm
A carbon copy chance at the other end as Morecambe again penetrate the home defence.
'When the Morecambe centre forward got through and breached the back line, my heart rate was up there again,' Aidy says.
'Thankfully the linesman was quick getting his flag up but the guy has hit it miles over the bar.'
Not too high though, suggesting Aidy must have seen the flag as soon as it was raised.
3.24pm The game enters the doldrums - 77bpm
After those flurries of excitement, the game fades a little and his heart rate returns to what it was at home before the match.
3.29pm Northampton are seconds from disaster - 100bpm
The respite doesn't last too long - half-an-hour in and defender Paul Reid almost surrenders possession in his own box. Luckily, his team-mates read the danger and hack it away - not that it does Aidy's health any favours.
Urgency: Boothroyd yells out instructions to his team
3.33pm Nasty tackles are flying in - 101bpm
There's a heavy coming together right in front of Aidy's technical area and he grabs the ball to take the sting out of the situation.
'There was an incident in the game when I could see something occurring,' he says.
'Sometimes it does get fractious between players and I've tried to take the sting out of the situation by grabbing the ball and throwing it back in.
'In the nine games, we've had four red cards. We needed to make sure we kept our discipline.'
3.45pm This would be the perfect time to score - 99bpm
O'Donovan finally gets a chance but he fires just off target. It's the last jump in Aidy's heart rate of the first half.
Physical: Darren Carter climbs all over Ryan Williams
Half-time - Northampton Town 0 Morecambe 0 - 73-100bpm
The 15-minute interval shows an interesting variation in Aidy's heart rate. It starts low and then gradually builds as he explains to his players what they've been doing wrong and getting right during the opening 45.
By the end, it's pushing 100bpm again as he sends the team back out with a rousing team talk.
4pm-4.15pm - Quiet start to the second half - up to 102bpm
It doesn't have the desired effect as both teams go to sleep during the opening part of the second half.
Aidy's heart rate reaches 109bpm - the highest of the day so far - when Northampton have a half-chance but quite why we're at a loss to explain!
Meticulous record: Boothroyd takes down notes on Northampton's performance
4.15pm - Morecambe's best chance of the game - 104bpm
Cometh the hour, a great opportunity for the Shrimps to steal the three points. Understandably, it takes Aidy's pulse into three figures again.
'We did a lot of work on set plays and I've got very irate when they had a free header from a corner because we work on it,' he said.
'They've only had a few chances in the game but if that goes in, that would just be our luck at the moment. Then you're 1-0 down.
'I was relieved to say the least that Darren Carter managed to clear that away.'
4.20pm - Northampton clean through again - 105bpm
O'Donovan eludes the offside trap again and is bearing down on goal. The ground holds its collective breath and Aidy's heart pounds as he pulls the trigger... then gets his legs in a tangle and trips himself up.
Tripped? Northampton's Chris Hackett tumbles under challenge from Kevin Ellison
4.36pm - Toney's Gazza moment - 102bpm
The game hangs in the balance with just over 15 minutes to play - a goal either way would likely be the winner now.
And it's Northampton who come the closest.
'When Chris Hackett has got down the side and crossed the ball, Ivan Toney has flown in there,' Aidy recalls afterwards.
'It was one of those Gascoigne moments from Euro 96, you're hoping he's going to get his studs to it. It was another near miss I'm afraid.'
4.42pm - An unexpected substitution - 102bpm
We're in to the last few minutes and play is held up when the referee gets injured. The unplanned events again cause Aidy's heart to go a little quicker.
'The other side of it is the officials, which you can't control. He's managed to pull a calf late in the game, with about seven minutes to go.
Injured! Referee Darren Sheldrake (right), pictured with Morecambe's Padraig Armond, had to go off with a calf strain late on
'You've got a guy coming on who's not warmed up and the fourth official is going to be the linesman.
'These are obviously not the referees designated for the game.
'There's a bit of a worry but, in the end, there's only one calamitous thing and thankfully he blew his whistle soon after.'
Full-time - Northampton Town 0 Morecambe 0
It's not been a classic but there's still be plenty of things to get worked up about. After the customary handshakes with the opposing bench, Aidy thanks his players for a well-earned point as they troop off the pitch.
Appeal: Boothroyd raises his hands in exultation on the sidelines
The final whistle signals a brief drop in pulse but then there's a sharp rise to 109bpm - a few truths made in a raised voice in the sanctuary of the dressing room perhaps?
5.15pm-5.30pm - The post-match interviews
A few minutes later, the manager re-emerges from the dressing room and climbs the stand to do the rounds of radio and press interviews. The heart rate monitor remains on and produces some telling results.
At one point during the press conference, the graph spikes to 119bpm - by far the highest of the day. Someone must have asked a tough question!
Grilling: Boothroyd up in the press box doing an interview for local radio after the 0-0 draw
What did Aidy make of it all?
An hour after the match and we're sat in Aidy's modest office in one corner of Sixfields. The data has been uploaded from the Polar monitor to a laptop and he's eagerly poring over the information.
It shows a remarkable range in his heart rate as the day has progressed, from around 60 bpm in the morning before he reaches the ground to a maximum of 119bpm during the post-match interviews.
While that is nowhere near the 160-180bpm his players might experience while running around, to have his pulse sitting at around 100bpm during the match while standing in his technical area is pretty extreme.
After all, the normal resting heart rate is between 60 and 80bpm.
And despite not doing any real exercise, he's managed to burn off 1,218 calories during the course of the seven hours he wears the device.
Full results: Boothroyd's heart rate graph through the day - he put on the monitor at 10.20am
Aidy says: 'When I hear things like that it makes me think that I should diversify a little bit and launch the management diet.
'It's amazing to think that your body is working as hard as that even though you're not really moving.'
The stress of the job, particularly when fighting for your Football League status, clearly takes an enormous toll on the body, so how does he cope with it?
'Everyone does it their own way. We have a "Fit Manager Programme" as a union with the LMA and they send out these watches to us.
Match time: Aidy's heart rate from 3pm onwards - the lower limit of the grey section is 85bpm and the lower limit of the blue section is 105bpm
'I don't exercise every day, far from it but it does help me clear my head. If you've got a healthy body, it helps you have a healthy mind and it's easier to make decisions.
'If we'd have won that game at the end today, it would have been a massive high for everyone. But if we'd conceded at the end today like we did a couple of weeks ago - playing really well but losing 2-1 on two counter-attacks - everyone goes away thinking it's been a bad game. That's why I've got to try and stay level. Outwardly that's what I try to do.
'You picked a great game to come to in terms of the situation - I've looked at the Morecambe game and I've thought "I hope we picked something up against Mansfield and I hope we've beaten Torquay" - and we haven't.
'It was stressful to start with which is why when I first get to the club my heart rate is up there.'
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I always hear from the people who hate and attack Islam that all the verses in the Quran that have to do with peace (like 60:8) are abrogated by later verses (like 9:5). Is this true? And does this mean supposed Muslims from these groups can go out and start murdering people? How do we know that they are wrong?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The information in reference is incorrect.
The verses of peace are permanently entrenched verses and not abrogated.
The verses referring to war are specific and within a specific context. These verses do not override the verses of sanctity of life and human dignity and honour. [1]
Regardless of the academic discussion on the verse, the position of Islam is straightforward and simple.
Islam is a religion of peace and harmony. Islam does not encourage fighting, enmity and hatred. Rather Islam encourages love and affection.
The word "Islam" in addition to meaning submission (to Allah) is derived from the Arabic word "Salam" (peace). The Muslims greet others by saying 'Salaam'.
This is understood from the following incidents:
The mother of Asma (Radhiallahu Anha) was a disbeliever. Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) commanded Asma (Radhiallahu Anha) to maintain ties with her mother.
In the Quran, Allah Ta'āla speaks of the incident of Fir'own who was a tyrant ruler and he disliked Musa (Alayhis salaam) and his followers. Allah Ta'āla commanded Musa (Alayhis salaam) to invite Fir'own to his worship and advised him to address Fir'own in kind words, perhaps Fir'own may take heed.
1.And have patience against what they (your enemies) say, and withdraw from them in a beautiful manner. (Surah 73, verse 10)
2. So overlook (their wrong-doings) with gracious forgiveness. (Surah 15,verse 85)
3.And do not debate with the People of the Book except in the best of manners; (Surah 29, verse 46)
4.Invite unto your Lord with wisdom and beautiful advice, and engage them in debate in a style that is best. (Surah 16, verse 125)
5.And be kind (to others) like Allah has been kind to you, and seek not mischief in the land; (Surah 28, verse 77)
6.And turn not your face from people in arrogance, nor walk on earth in insolence. Verily Allah does not love every arrogant boaster. (Surah 31, verse 18)
7.And Allah does not forbid you from being kind and just to those (disbelievers) who do not fight you with regards to Religion, nor evict you from your homes. Verily Allah loves those who are just. (Surah 60, verse 8)
8.And if they (The Pagans) desist (from fighting you) then there should be no transgression (against them), except against a people who are oppressors. (Surah 2, verse 193)
9.And if they (the enemy) incline towards peace then you too, incline towards the same. (Surah 8, verse 61)
10.And if any of the Disbelievers seeks refuge from you, then grant him refuge so that he can hear the Word of Allah, then escort him to a place where he is secure.
The above are some of the many verses of the Qur'aan that instruct Muslims to be peaceful, loving and kind.
Consider the following verse of the Qur'aan on the sanctity of life.
Allah Taala says:
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذلِكَ كَتَبْنا عَلى بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّما قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً وَمَنْ أَحْياها فَكَأَنَّما أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً وَلَقَدْ جاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنا بِالْبَيِّناتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيراً مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ
Translation: Because of this (incident), we decreed (prescribed) for the Bani Israail that whoever kills another for a reason other than (executing a murder of) a soul or (other than executing someone who causes) corruption on the earth (such as those who ridicule the Ambiyaa), then it is as if he had killed all of mankind.
Whoever preserves a life, it is as if he has preserved the lives of the entire mankind.
Undoubtedly, our Rasool had come to them (to the Bani Israail) with clear signs (miracles). However, many of them overstepped (by oppression, transgression, violence) the limits on earth thereafter (by rejecting the Ambiyaa and even assassinating many of them.)
(Surah Al-Maaidah, Aayah 32)
And Allah Ta'āla Knows Best
Muhammad IV Patel
Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
جلد 4 ص 310 معارف القران [1]
پہلی جماعت جو قریش مکّہ کی تھی جنہوں نے میثاق حدیبیہ کو خود توڑ دیا تھا اب یہ کسی مزید مہلت کے مستحق نہ تھے مگر چونکے یہ زمانہ أشهرحرم کا زمانہ تھا جن میں جنگ و قتال منجانب الله ممنوع تھا
اس لئے ان کے متعلق تو وو حکم آیا جو سوره توبہ کی پانچویں آیت میں مذکور ہے. فَإِذَا انسَلَخَ الأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُواْ الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُواْ لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ فَإِن تَابُواْ وَأَقَامُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتَوُاْ الزَّكَاةَ فَخَلُّواْ سَبِيلَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ. جس کا حاصل یہ تھا کے ان لوگوں نے عہد شکنی کر کر اپنا کوئ حق باقی نہیں چوڑا مگر أشهرحرم کا احترام بہرحال ضروری ہے.
اس لئے أشهرحرم ختم ہوتے ھی یا وو جزیرہ العرب سے نکل جاییں یا مسلمان ہو جاییں ورنہ ان سے جنگ کی جاییں گی.
تفسير الطبري = جامع البيان ت شاكر (14/ 133)
16473- حدثنا بشر قال، حدثنا يزيد قال، حدثنا سعيد، عن قتادة قوله: (إلا الذين عاهدتم من المشركين ثم لم ينقصوكم شيئا ولم يظاهروا عليكم أحدا) ، الآية، قال: هم مشركو قريش، الذين عاهدهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم زمن الحديبية، وكان بقي من مدتهم أربعة أشهر بعد يوم النحر. فأمر الله نبيه أن يوفي لهم بعهدهم إلى مدتهم، ومن لا عهد له إلى انسلاخ المحرم، ونبذ إلى كل ذي عهد عهده، وأمره بقتالهم حتى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلا الله، وأن محمدًا رسول الله، وأن لا يقبل منهم إلا ذلك
تفسير البيضاوي = أنوار التنزيل وأسرار التأويل (3/ 71)
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ عاهَدْتُمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ استثناء من المشركين، أو استدراك فكأنه قيل لهم بعد أن أمروا بنبذ العهد إلى الناكثين ولكن الذين عاهدوا منهم. ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْقُصُوكُمْ شَيْئاً من شروط العهد ولم ينكثوه أو لم يقتلوا منكم ولم يضروكم قط. وَلَمْ يُظاهِرُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَداً من أعدائكم فَأَتِمُّوا إِلَيْهِمْ عَهْدَهُمْ إِلى مُدَّتِهِمْ إلى تمام مدتهم ولا تجروهم مجرى الناكثين. إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَّقِينَ تعليل وتنبيه على أن إتمام عهدهم من باب التقوى
تفسیر عثمانی جلد 1ص 541
الإتقان في علوم القرآن
By ummitaalib
Islam's unique growth
What is the meaning of this Hadith:
'Islam began as something strange and will revert to being strange as it began.'
This is a Hadith from Sahih Muslim.
The Arabic word used in this Hadith: Ghariban can be translated and interpreted in a few ways.
1. The common translation is as you have cited it: strange.
This means, that Islam started as something strange; something that people considered as odd. It was unpopular in the society of Makkah. After this Allah Ta'ala spread the winds of guidance and Islam spread far and wide. Thereafter, being a Muslim was not odd anymore.
The second part of the Hadith would mean:
There would come a time when it will return to this state, i.e, a state of being odd. Those who practice on the ideal Islam will be considered strange and odd.
(Al-Mufhim, Hadith: 114, Sharhun Nawawi 'ala Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 370 and Faydul Qadir, Hadith: 1951)
2. After providing the above explanation, 'Allamah Qurtubi (rahimahullah) states:
[Since the word Gharib could also mean: a stranger/ traveller] 'It could also be referring to the Muhajirun (early migrators). The Muhajirun were forced to leave their homeland [of Makkah] to protect their religion. [Thus they were travellers who were strangers at first in Madinah].
In this case, the last part of the Hadith would mean that a time will come wherein there would be much trouble on the Muslims once again. This will force them to also leave their homelands once again to preserve their religion as the [earlier] Muhajirun had done.'
(Al-Mufhim, Hadith: 114. Also see Sharhun Nawawi 'ala Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 370)
3. Another explanation given by Shaykh 'Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah (rahimahullah) is as follows:
[One meaning of the word Ghariban is: unique]
In the beginning days, Islam managed to spread in a unique way, i.e, despite all opposition, Allah Ta'ala caused it to prevail.
The second part of the Hadith would mean:
Islam in the latter eras, will also return to its glory in a strange way; in a way that will be unique and unfathomable. Insha Allah.
I heard this from the senior 'Alim of India, Moulana Ibrahim Devla (hafizahullah) who heard this directly from Shaykh 'Abdul Fattah (rahimahullah) during one of his visits to India.
In instances like this, there is no harm in understanding the Hadith to be referring all of the above meanings, it their own right. This is common in non legislative texts of Shari'ah.
(refer: Muqaddimahtut Tafsir of Ibn Taymiyah (rahimahullah), pg. 4)
And Allah Ta'ala Knows best,
Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
By ummitaalib
The Sīrah - A Beacon Light for All
By Shaykh-ul-Hadīth, Hadrat Mawlānā Muhammad Saleem Dhorat hafizahullāh
The noble and graceful character of Rasūlullāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam is in total conformity to all the natural needs of man. His perfect human nature, sublimity of character, long suffering and forgiveness, magnanimity and grace, valour, benevolence, trust in Allāh ta'ālā, modesty, honesty, humility, purity of heart, self-denial and forbearance, devotion and piety, fear of Allāh ta'ālā, mercy, compassion and generosity, in all he is a perfect and beautiful example and a complete code of life for everyone.
For rulers and heads of states, the life of the chief and king of the Arabs holds a perfect example. For the poverty stricken, the life of the one in whose house the fire was not lit for two months holds an example. For the liberators, the life of the liberator of Makkah holds a beautiful example, who forgave even his bitterest enemies. For those who have turned their backs on this world, the life of the lone worshipper in the solitude of the cave of Hirā is an example. For the labourers, the one who laboured strenuously in the digging of the trench is an example. The orphans can find solace if they look at the orphan of Āminah. The businessmen may inculcate honesty and piety within them, by looking at the life of the one who handled business in Syria. For the imām and judges, the great imām and judge of Al-Masjid An-Nabawī, who pronounced justice, without distinguishing between strong and weak is a worthwhile lesson.
In a nutshell, there remains no facet of life which has not been covered by the noble life of Rasūlullāh sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam and in which there is not a beautiful example to follow.
We must all study this great life which is a beacon light for every human, and imitate this greatest personality in every mode of our lives. May Allāh ta'ālā enlighten our hearts with the love of His Rasūl sallallāhu 'alayhi wasallam. Āmīn.
(Extracted from 'The Perfect Example' published by the Islāmic Da'wah Academy)


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WILSON, N.C. – Despite having to wait 13 days between starts, Tyler Grauer tossed five innings of scoreless baseball against the Edenton Steamers on Thursday night at Historic Fleming Stadium. The Tobs plated five runs in the fourth inning en route to a 12-2 victory against the Steamers.
The Tobs welcomed the City of Wilson Little League on Thursday night while also hosting Throwback Thirsty Thursday and Farm to Field Famer's Market courtesy of Deans Farm Market.
Grauer dazzled on Thursday night as he worked around six hits by the Steamers through five innings of work. The Wilson offense would give Grauer some early run support as Brenton Doyle scored in the bottom of the first inning to make it 1-0. Doyle increased the lead to 2-0 in the bottom of the second as he drove a ball into deep center field to allow Ben Faso to score from third.
Edenton attempted to start a rally against Grauer and the Tobs in the top of the third inning as the Steamers delivered back-to-back two-out hits. Grauer would get out of the inning following a groundout to second. The Steamers threatened again in the fourth as a pair of hits and a walk loaded the bases. The Tobs got out of the inning with a 2-0 lead still in-hand thanks to consecutive fly balls.
Wilson cashed in on two Edenton errors in the bottom of the fourth as the Tobs opened a 7-0 lead. Jacob Nester got things going with an infield run-scoring single to plate Faso. Drew Brooks brought home a pair of runners with his two-run single through the right side to make it 5-0 Wilson. The Tobs would add two more runs in the inning before Rigsby Mosley hit a fly-ball to right field to end the frame.
Grauer added two more strikeouts to his line in the top of the fifth inning before handing things over to the bullpen in the sixth. Edenton broke through for a pair of runs against the Wilson bullpen in the top of the seventh inning as Arthur Sells doubled to right field to trim the deficit to 7-2. The Tobs quickly added a pair of runs themselves in the bottom of the frame as Mosley tallied an RBI groundout followed by a run-scoring double from Caleb Dean that made it 9-2.
Wilson would add three more runs in the eighth and cap their season-high run production at 12 runs. The Tobs scored twice thanks to wild pitches by the Edenton bullpen along with a sacrifice fly from Mosley.
Grauer (2-0) tallied seven strikeouts compared to two walks through five innings of work. Grauer has tallied 17 strikeouts and five walks in two starts against the Steamers this season. Wilson Reliever's Danny Cody, Cody Smith, and Ryan Troutman all tossed scoreless innings on the night.
Brooks finished the night 1-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs, including a 16 pitch at-bat in the bottom of the first inning. Faso paced the Tobs with a pair of hits in the contest and scored twice, while Nester went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI. Doyle scored three runs batting in the lead-off spot for Wilson, while Mosley added three RBIs in his first game with the Tobs.
The Tobs are on the road Friday night at Peninsula for a 7:05 p.m. first pitch and are back home on Saturday for a pair of seven-inning games against the Martinsville Mustangs. It will be Star Wars "Be A Hero" Night along with Slugger's Birthday and Mascot Mania at Historic Fleming Stadium. Gates will open at 5 p.m. with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. Thanks to our sponsors BB&T, Thomas Law, Farm Bureau Insurance Agent - Clint Godwin, FastMed Urgent Care, Mobile Mini, and Make A Wish - Eastern North Carolina
The Wilson Tobs enter their 22nd season as a founding member of the Coastal Plain League. The upcoming season for the Tobs will see an expanded community outreach effort, increased participation in helping the less fortunate, a Pettit Cup Championship team, and more exciting entertainment for the Wilson Community. We would like to dedicate each successful season to the Wilson Community, Coastal Plain League Organization, Host Families, Corporate Partners, and the Dedicated Fans throughout the city of Wilson. The Wilson Tobs have played host to over 100 alumni taken in the draft and have produced a dozen players who have gone on to play in the MLB, including Cy Young & MVP winner Justin Verlander. For more information on the Wilson Tobs, visit our website www.wilsontobs.com.
Season tickets and ticket packages are on sale now and can be purchased by calling (252) 291-8627, or by visiting www.wilsontobs.com/tickets.


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Now in the 22st year, the Sonoma International Film Festival (March 27 - 31, 2019) takes place in the heart of Northern California's Wine Country and will feature more than 90 hand-selected films including independent features, documentaries, world cinema, and short films. All films are shown at intimate venues within walking distance of Sonoma's historic plaza. The Festival is dedicated to promoting independent film, supporting filmmakers around the world and inspiring film lovers.
This unique 5-day event offers world-class cuisine from local artisans and exceptional wine from Sonoma vintners. Renowned filmmakers, industry leaders and celebrities such as Bruce Willis, Susan Sarandon, the beloved Robin Williams and Danny Glover have walked the festival red carpet and enjoyed its intimate ambiance.
Films of interest at this year's festival include:
- Wasted!
- Poisoning Paradise
- Modified
- The Need to Grow
- Mary Janes
- Cancer Can be Killed
- Atlantic Salmon: Lost at Sea
- Wilder Than Fire
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As the winter drags on, I need a little something to brighten up the house. And since I have a few crafty minded friends, who love all things rainbow, these make a great house warming present or a winter blues, pick-me-up gift as well. And who doesn't love a project that helps to whittle down the fabric scrap bins? Here's a tutorial … [Read more...]
I saw this pillow over at Cluck Cluck Sew last month and HAD to make one. Like, literally, right then and there. I'm so glad Allison is such a caring and generous blogger. Her pattern was simple and easy to use and I'm loving how it turned out. Sadly for me, this one is on it's way to my sister as an apartment warming gift. … [Read more...]
Patchwork Notebook Covers
What in the world do you get for a 13 year old birthday girl? One who is a neighbor's child whom you don't know very well. I often see the family coming and going from their church and bible study groups and had originally wanted to make cover for her bible but a) I ran out of time to complete it and b) I wasn't sure which version they use which … [Read more...]
Embellished Bath Towels
Gather up your favorite fabric scraps and add a little bit of machine embroidery and you've got the perfect housewarming gift. These beautiful DIY embellished bath towels are sure to brighten up your powder room and provide a cheery view! Some "Pretty in Pink" hand towels went out in the mail today. Very late thank you turned house warming … [Read more...]
Patchwork American Flag Shirt
So, I'm getting this post in just under the Independence Day radar but I couldn't let the holiday go by and not sew something up for my boys. Besides, sewing for 3, I've just learned, is even more fun than sewing for 2, especially when the third project is so minuscule. I had some red, white, and blue fabric leftover from … [Read more...]


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Latin America remained the most popular exploration destination, attracting 25% of global explorations spending in 2011, said to the Halifax-based Metals Economics Group's World Exploration Trends report released on Sunday.
Issued at the opening to PDAC's convention in Toronto, Canada, the global industry's largest annual event, "World Explorations Trends 2012" shows that Latin America continues to attract large spending in mining exploration, a position it has held since 1994.
Mexico is the region's most popular country, receiving 6% of global spending, followed by Chile (5%), Peru (4%), Brazil (3%), and Argentina and Colombia (2% each).
As a result of strong growth in gold exploration in Colombia, Guyana, Brazil and Mexico, the share of allocations targeting gold in Latin America increased in 2011, while base metals slipped to its smallest share in more than a decade, says the report.
Globally, nonferrous exploration spending jumped 50% to a record US$18.2bn in 2011 from US$12.1bn in the prior year due to the continued strength of metals prices.
"Despite periods of weakness and volatility, metals prices – the primary driver of exploration spending – have improved significantly since bottoming in early 2009, and have remained well above their long-term trends through 2010-11," the report said.
"Almost all companies have responded by increasing their exploration budgets over the past two years. As a result, the industry's aggregate exploration total jumped 44% in 2010 and a further 50% in 2011, more than doubling from 2009′s recent low of US$8.4bn to the new all-time high of US$18.2bn in 2011," MEG said.
Growing risk-takers
Whilst most geographies benefited from the sharp increase in exploration spending, miners appeared to have a much bigger risk appetite in 2011, as expenditure in countries generally viewed as risky jurisdictions rose to 23% of aggregate spending from 15% in 2010.
Over the last two years as metal prices have improved, a number of emerging economies, as well as some established mining jurisdictions such as Australia and Chile, have looked to raise taxes and royalties. That has increased mining costs and put the viability of some projects into question.
"The potential reward of working in higher-risk areas often increases the industry's appetite for risk during periods of increased exploration spending, but exploration in high-risk countries, particularly early-stage work, is usually the first to be cut when risk levels or uncertainty increase," says the report.
MEG's exploration estimate is based on information collected from approximately 3,500 mining and exploration companies worldwide, of which more than 2,400 had exploration budgets reported in the group's Corporate Exploration Strategies study.
"The companies (each budgeting at least US$100,000) together allocated US$17.25bn for nonferrous exploration, which we estimate covers about 95% of worldwide commercially oriented nonferrous exploration spending. Adding our estimates of budgets that we could not obtain, the 2011 worldwide exploration total reached US$18.2bn."
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The owner of this 35' Boston Whaler purchased the boat in Florida and delivered it to Seamless Marine to be outfitted for offshore fishing. Having never met the Seamless Marine team, after introduction and briefly speaking with Jeff Botelho, the owner stated "I can see I am in good hands, you guys clearly know what you are doing"!
The Whaler Custom Sport Tower was expertly designed to complement the lines of the factory supplied hardtop with electronics upgrades and additions by Seamless Marine, all meeting the needs of the owner. A Mercury Marine steering and a control package was installed in the upper station.
For serious offshore fishing, the boat was outfitted with Lee's Tackle outriggers, carbon fiber poles, gunwale mounted swivel rod holders, 6 person life raft , night vision and EPIRB.
This Whaler Custom Sport Tower was powder coated in-house using Seamless Marine's 4-step coating process ensuring the toughest finish to withstand the harsh marine environment. Before the boat was delivered to the owner's port, the Seamless team detailed, commissioned, performed extensive sea trials and provided the owner with an orientation on the supplied package and all systems. Seamless Marine has outfitted hundreds of boats with tournament proven durability and continues to set the standards in New England.


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March 22, 2016
Given below is a list of mobile security companies with a brief overview on each one of them:
Cryptzone is a leader in network security and protection, offering data security, content governance and app security solutions for data protection.
Splunk provides a platform for Operational Intelligence. Customers use Splunk to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine data.
Akamai Technologies is a content delivery network (CDN) services provider for media and software delivery and cloud security solutions.
SnoopWall offers the next-generation intranet security for networks, mobile devices and apps.
Zscaler delivers a safe and productive Internet experience for every user, from any device and from any location – 100% in the cloud. With its multi-tenant, distributed cloud security platform, Zscaler effectively moves security into the Internet backbone, operating in more than 100 data centers around the world.
StrikeForce Technologies offers three security solutions among which is MobileTrust – a security suite for Apple and Android mobile devices, protecting user credentials, passwords, online transactions and access to corporate networks.
Fortinet is a provider of fast and secure cybersecurity solutions. The company offers enterprise-level, next-generation firewalls and a vast array of network security products.
Symantec provides security products and solutions protect small, medium and enterprise businesses from advanced threats, malware, and other cyberattacks.
Digital Guardian offers a visibility into organizational sensitive data and allows to manage, control and report in one console. The solutions provided by the company protect data from advanced threats, enhance and extend existing data protection.
Axway provides multi-enterprise cloud integration and API and identity management software.
MobileIron is one of the world's leading companies in MDM and enterprise mobility services. It offers its enterprise mobile solutions that meet both user demands and IT needs.
Veracode offers an automated cloud-based service. It simplifies application security across the Web, mobile and third-party apps.
VMware virtualizes computing from the data center to the cloud to mobile devices, to help customers be more agile, responsive and profitable.
Bradford Networks' Network Sentry/RTR leverages its unique Live Inventory of Network Connections (LINC) to automatically correlate high-fidelity security alerts from the leading firewall and advanced threat detection solutions, including FireEye, Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks, with detailed contextual information on compromised endpoints, users and applications.
Entrust offers an array of identity-based data security solutions to ensure an organization's digital security.
NowSecure took a comprehensive approach to mobile security and built a complete platform—spanning mobile app testing, device monitoring, forensics and security intelligence—on top of a rich set of APIs developers can use to build custom solutions.
Confer provides coordinated attack detection, prevention and incident response across endpoints, servers and cloud workloads.
Future Tense Central is a security and privacy company founded by John McAfee, founder of McAfee Anti-Virus. Through offering innovative mobile and Web applications with the highest degree of security, the company empowers clients with the knowledge and awareness they need to make better-informed decisions about lifestyle and personal information.
VASCO Data Security is one of the leading suppliers of strong authentication and e-signature solutions and services specializing in Internet security applications and transactions.
CYREN provides cloud-based cybersecurity solutions, delivering high-performing Internet security in embedded and security-as-a-service deployment models.
Source: Cybersecurity 500, Cybersecurity Ventures


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About this series
What cafés are doing it right and which leave room for improvement? U-T San Diego is kicking off "Fueled," a new series focusing on San Diego's buzzing coffee culture. What makes San Diego coffee unique? Which establishments pull a sublime espresso shot and which pull a burned, watery mess? Whose latte foam is a velvety delight? Where can you take your dog, your tot, your out-of-town visitor or the stack of papers you need to grade? You'll find out here.
Francesco Bucci measures the intensity of San Diego's coffee cravings in espresso shots. When he opened Pappalecco, his ice cream and gelato shop, in 2007, he served one or two shots per day — everything else was milky, sugary or both. "Now we do like 20, 30, 40. Pure espresso. Just espresso," he said.
Laurie Britton measures it by the new faces she sees. People keep wandering into Cafe Virtuoso, her organic roastery in a Barrio Logan warehouse, seeming almost surprised it's there. She opened her business that same year. "It's not like, 'of course, everybody knows that you get freshly roasted coffee in San Diego,' " Britton said. "I think it's still in its infancy," she said of the region's coffee industry.
Tastes are changing, the market is growing — or maybe a bit of both.
These days in San Diego, new cafés, new roasters and the rise of Nespresso, Keurig and other home brewing machines are making decent to excellent espresso a button push or quick bike ride away.
And yet … San Diego is not an espresso city. It's not even a café city.
Paris. Rome. San Francisco. Seattle. Those are some of the hallowed bastions of javadom, where the dons of roasting and brewing concoct fragrant alternatives to mass-market commodity blends — and where the café culture has fueled poetry and revolutions.
San Diego's reputation? "Just not a big coffee-drinking town. It's always been a beer city. Always been laid back, chill," says Matt Barahura, a barista at Caffé Calabria and a co-founder of the San Diego Coffee Network, an organization he started in November with two other baristas and a blogger. "We don't have the weather for coffee."
But San Diego has something else going for it: potential. There are more cafés in the county than ever, and there's still room for growth. In shacks and trucks, in warehouses and retails spaces, on tree-lined downtown avenues and suburban strip malls, indie coffeehouses keep sprouting. They're serving everything from pure (single-origin) espresso to white pumpkin mochas, and serving everyone from hipsters to surfers to grandmas to hipster surfer grandmas.
Today there are more than 430 coffeehouses in the county, up from 78 in 1992. That's when John Rippo, publisher of The Espresso, a monthly newspaper that chronicles the local coffee industry, café society and other news, started keeping track. Hundreds may sound like a lot, but considering the county population is over 3 million, they're actually spread pretty thin.
Which are the better neighborhoods, coffee-wise? "They're all undercaffeinated," Rippo retorted over an Americano at Café Bassam, which is a block away from Balboa Park and a world away from a certain Frappuccino-serving global coffee chain.
Helping meet this need are new roasters, not just new cafés. And that's what could transform San Diego from a java lightweight into a mecca. An informal head count yields at least 23 commercial roasters across the county, from tiny operations that only sell online or out of their coffeehouses — like Santos Coffee House in North Park and Reds Espresso Eatery in Point Loma — to large wholesalers. At least seven roasters have popped up since 2009. The newest are Mostra Coffee in Rancho Bernardo and James Coffee Co. in Poway, which opened last year.
There's an experimental, artisanal quality to what many are doing. Some in the local coffee industry draw comparisons to the ardor of San Diego's early beer boom years, circa 1996, back when Stone, Ballast Point and others were laying the foundation for a future capital of hops.
"I call San Diego a sleeping giant, because we have so many local roasters that are doing well," said Jess Percifield, another founder of the San Diego Coffee Network. The coffee scene here could "arrive" — Seattle or Portland-style, Percifield and others said. "At a certain moment, it'll just pop. It'll almost feel like it arrived overnight. It'll just happen really quickly."
James Rauh is one of those roasters. He and two partners launched West Bean in 2009 — first in one of their backyards, now in a warehouse across from a Toyota dealership and Home Depot on Mission Gorge Road. "I'm originally from Portland, a coffee town," he said. "We felt there was a lack of good coffee here. … What's available on most street corners is more commercial." Their beans have landed at Café Chloe, Kensington Cafe, El Camino and other restaurants, and now they're scoping out retail locations.
Success, however, is no given. In his more than 20 years of publishing The Espresso, Rippo has seen cafés come and go. And come and go. And come and … you get the idea. The newest generation of roasters won't have it any easier, he said.
"Their heart is in the right place, as a class. They have an uphill battle to fight. Getting people to appreciate coffee as a seasonal, artisanal product. It's tough to do," Rippo said. "The economy is not good, coffee is getting much more expensive. They've got their work cut out for them."
Rippo is rooting for all of them, he added. So are the rest of San Diego's coffee bean, café culture and caffeine fiends.
What is San Diego's fledgling coffee scene like?
BEANS: The beans tend to be sustainable, roasters say, following a national trend.
ROASTING: The roasting levels vary; there's no one "San Diego" taste profile. There are the sweet, nutty Italian roasts at Caffe Calabria, the light, acidic, single origins at Birdrock Coffee Roasters, and other options.
FLAVORS: Because of our border location and the many cultures that live here, there are some influences on the way we take our coffee. Think Mexican mochas, iced vietnameses, and fusion concoctions.
ARTISTRY: Inconsistent. Some cafes specialize in latte art and produce velvety microfoam on milk drinks (that's the opposite of meringue or overly bubbly foam), but these skills are not standard, like at cafes in other cities.
VIBE: A lot more laid back than in those "serious" coffee towns. You don't have to know the difference between Ethiopian and Sumatran to place your order, the cuppings and other coffee events attract people who aren't just coffee wonks, and if you ask for a cappuccino after noon (technically a faux-pas) no one will bat an eyelash.


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Speaker Notes: Employers may also use surveys to solicit workers' ideas on the potential for violent incidents and to identify or confirm the need for improved security measures.
Employers may choose to use independent reviewers to conduct and analyze these surveys. Independent reviewers, such as safety and health professionals, law enforcement/security specialists and insurance auditors, may offer advice to strengthen programs. These experts can also provide fresh perspectives to improve a violence prevention program.
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