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As a business owner in the digital age, you and your employees most likely use some kind of computer software in your day-to-day operations. If you're not keeping track of which employees have administrator access to your programs, you could be setting yourself up for a big-time security breach.
Software privilege management company Avecto recently surveyed more than 500 information security professionals to determine the greatest threats to organizations. According to their results, 41 percent of those surveyed named rogue employees as the biggest security threat .
And while granting employee access to software is often necessary for them to do their jobs, issues arise when they are given full administrator privileges that should only belong to a select few.
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"Over 30 percent of respondents admit to having no policy in place for managing administrator access. This is particularly problematic, considering the rise in security incidents caused by rogue employees with administrator rights , such as damaging data leakage and reputational risk," according to Avecto.
It's disconcerting to think that you might not be able to trust all of your employees with sensitive company information, but Avecto co-founder and CEO Mark Austin said it's not only ill-willed employees who can put your company at risk.
"The most common threat comes from employees who download and install unauthorized software without understanding the potential risks associated with their actions," Austin said.
Two such potential risks are malware exploits and targeted cyberattacks, which were cited by 31 percent of survey respondents as major security threats. When employees with administrator access download unauthorized applications, they open their corporate system up to highly sophisticated malware that specifically seek out privileged accounts.
"Users logging on with full administrator rights will continue to put organizations at real risk of infection," Austin said. "Unfortunately, organizations are still allowing administrator rights to go unmanaged, whether knowingly or unwittingly. This is a significant problem, particularly as the current crop of anti-malware software is repeatedly proving to be deficient in the fight against cybercrime."
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March 17, 2017 | by: Jack Lash | 0 comments
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Far Beyond All Comparison (4:17)
4:17 "For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison."
God is a just God. When He renders judgment, the punishment always fits the crime. But here the reward to be received is said to far outweigh the trial endured in order to achieve it. How can this be explained?
This is not justice, it is the grace of God. Our reward is not based on OUR righteousness but the righteousness of Christ. By His perfect righteousness Jesus has earned for us a weight of glory beyond our ability to fathom. (Even in heaven it will be beyond our ability to fully fathom.) That's why the reward far outweighs the afflictions we endure.
It seems that faithful endurance of earthly afflictions actually increases our capacity to enjoy this glory of God. When endured with faith and gratitude instead of with bitterness and self-pity, afflictions empower us to more fully perceive and take delight in our reward, even in heaven. This is why Paul can say that "momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison."
Lord, I'm so much better at trusting when everything seems to be going well. When things appear to be falling apart, it seems that my faith begins to fall apart too. Please help my unbelief. Please help me to face trials in the confidence that they are sent for my good in order to prepare me for the glories of heaven. Help me to endure them with joy and with gratitude, preferring heavenly glory to earthly comfort.

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Anne and I were at the airport by 6.30am for our flight to Sicily where we are spending 12 days together exploring, and having a holiday. Both of us have wanted to see Sicily for a while. Unfortunately Michel has to work so he sadly couldn't come with us.
I had the window seat and we flew over some mountains somewhere. Blue Sky, a bit of snow - magic!
We picked up our rental from Catania airport, and decided to drive straight to Cefalu via Enna, because we can explore Catania next week when Camille arrives on the 6th. We drove off the motorway, and through an old barely used highway through little villages and freshly ploughed farmland. It was really beautiful. We arrived in Enna for lunch. Enna is a small town high up on the hill, and has one of the largest castles in Sicily. the views from the top were gorgeous.
We could see neighbouring villages on other hilltops from the main terrace.
Lunch for me was pasta, and Anne had a selection of various foods from Enna - all delicious. Afterwards we couldn't decide which small sweets to have, so had two each and shared!
We then drove another hour or so and arrived in Cefalu. From the top road it looked lovely.
We parked the car and started walking towards the old town via a beach promenade.
Walking through the narrow streets I noticed someone enter a gste and stop on the stairs to take a photo, so I put my head round and found a medieval laundry!
Little entrances to the beach, or bars with terraces where you could have wine overlooking the beach dotted the waterfront!
Little fishing boats lay right next to an exclusive swim area!
People enjoying the view...
It was sunny and warm and very pleasant to be walking around...
We even got to enjoy the sunset...
We walked a bit further on - lots of cats around, and on sunbathing at the beach on the rocks. I want to be this cat!
No small town in Italy is complete without their Cathedral!
The sunset was beautiful and I loved how it lit up the pavement...
We then drove another hour to our Bed and Breakfast - The Red Hotel and decided to have an Antipasto between us and a glass of wine. Fully recommend this hotel to stay in. The owner is lovely, the food superb, the wine good but cheap and it has a gorgeous view. The rooms were big, and it was lovely and clean and tidy.
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The College of Wooster is classified as a baccalaureate college with an arts and sciences focus. At least 10 percent of all undergraduate degrees awarded are bachelor's degrees. This small four-year college has an estimated annual full-time enrollment of 1,000 to 2,999 degree-seeking students. At least 80% of students are enrolled full time, and half of these students reside on campus. This institution awards 80% of its bachelor's degrees within the arts and sciences fields. No graduate degrees are awarded in fields available to undergraduate majors. According to data for fall enrollment, at least 80% of undergraduates are enrolled full-time. Transfer students make up fewer than 20% of entering undergraduates. Enrollment data shows that only undergraduates are enrolled at this four-year bachelor's degree granting institution.
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Student Body SizeUndergraduate1,853
Student Age% Under 2598%
% 25 and Over1%
% Age Unknown1%
Attendance Type% Full-time98%
% Part-time2%
Race/Ethnicity% White69.9%
% Black6.2%
% Asian2.9%
% Latino2.4%
% Native American0.4%
% Race Unknown13.3%
% International student5%
Student ServicesCareer CounselingYes
Student Employment ServicesYes
Graduate Placement ServicesYes
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Art-Related Areas of StudyPerforming Arts
Art Degrees OfferedBachelors Degree
Distance Learning Available
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% Admitted67%
% Admitted Who Enrolled20%
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High School TranscriptRequired
High School RankingRecommended
College Prep CoursesRequired
Letter of RecommendationRequired
Demonstration of CompetenciesNeither required nor recommended
Admissions ExaminationRequired
Test of English as a Foreign Language (International Students)Required
Standardized Tests% of Applicants Submitting SAT67%
% of Applicants Submitting ACT60%
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SAT Critical Reading / 800670 / 800
SAT Writing550 / 800650 / 800
SAT Math550 / 800670 / 800
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ACT Composite24 / 3629 / 36
ACT English24 / 3631
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Tuition & FeesUndergraduate Application Fee$40
In-State Tuition & Fees$36,598
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% Undergraduates with Loans54%
% Undergraduates with Grants96%
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Other CostsBooks and Supplies (Estimated)$1,000
Typical On-Campus Room and Board Cost$9,070
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On-Campus Living Expenses (Estimated)$902
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Median Household Income$40,604
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Advert 57294Rocca di Mezzo - L'Aquila Province - Italy
Advert details 57294
Interior Typical House
Receive up to : from 2 to 6 person(s)
Interior layout : 2 bedroom(s), 2 bathroom, living room 270 Sq.ft.
Sleeps - bed(s) : 1 full bed(s), 2 bunk beds
Guest facilities : Fireplace, T.V., safe deposit box
Appliances : Crockery/flatware, kitchen utensils, cafetiere, gaz stove, oven, refridgerator, deep freeze, washing machine, clothes dryer
Exterior Vacation rental in Setting: historical
Outside accommodation : Balcony 65 Sq.ft.
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Seasons & Availability Typical House in Rocca di Mezzo
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Season Night Weekend week 2 weeks Month
Low season - - - - $935*
Mid season - $351*$701* - $2103*
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Leisure Rocca di Mezzo - L'Aquila Province
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HORSE RIDING L'Aquila Province
Leisure activities less than 12 miles : Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, off-piste skiing, ski-trekking, Télémark skiing, snowboarding, ice-skating, skidoo, riding school, pony club, pathway/broadwalk, coastal/forest paths, hiking, horse trecking, ATV/Quad Bike, go-karting, pétanque field
Supervised : Ski school, riding school
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SurroundingsMountain - L'Aquila Province
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Downtown at 330'
Bus stop / bus station at 330'
Ski bus pick up point at 330'
Bike/mountain bike hire at 330'
Ski hire store at 330'
Breadstore at 660'
Local stores at 330'
Supermarket at 330'
High class retailers at 330'
Internet cafe at 330'
Mail office at 660'
Bank at 990'
Drugstore at 990'
Location AccessHouse Rocca di Mezzo
Via Avignone N. 8
Tre Archi
67048 Rocca di MezzoAbruzzo
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Latitude 42°12'24"N
Longitude 13°31'13"E
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at 13,7mi. / 20min.
Freeway (exit) A25 Aielli-Celano
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Good game from the two toppies Wicks and Stewart. Wicks with 20 touches and Stewart with 2 goals. I think Jake Brown might be back next week after a longish term injury.
Good game from the two toppies Wicks and Stewart. Wicks with 20 touches and Stewart with 2 goals. I think Jake Brown might be back next week after a longish term injury.
Sorry if this is OT but do you think he is a chance of being rookie listed by us? How does the NDS work in terms of the academy kids? Can we pass on a kid like Wicks un the Rookie Draft knowing we can always match an offer? So in a way the NDS acts a bit of a carpark for potential rookies but I guess there is always the risk clubs will rookie list him after we have filled all our spots.
Then if he goes into the NDS don't we still have matching rights for another year or two?
Given he missed the allies he is coming from a fair way back regarding draft. However his neafl performances over 7 or so games is pretty compelling, 10 goals, a neafl rising star, consistent disposals. His ball use is very clean and he is off the charts for agility. The goal he kicked in the uni game showed that agility when he breezed through three opposition players one of which was hiscox.
He is pretty skinny and hasn't filled out at all. I suspect the swans will let him grow some more with the expectation he will bust the door down next year.
The NDS is a car park for the swans, given they maintain academy rights for three years. The only problem is that in years where there are few injuries the NDS group can get no games. For some that has been the case this year.
For Wicks not playing allies will mean he is not on the radar for the other clubs.
I still think James bell will get drafted.
So with the Academy rights do they only apply of the kids stay with the Swans NDS? E.g if Hebron suddenly has an enormous year with Sydney Uni next year do the Swans still have academy rights? Because as you say I imagine most kids will only stay for one year tops at the Swans as an NDS kid if they are not getting regular footy
The swans maintains rights over the player at uni. Accordingly guys like Hebron are kept close to the swans in case they really develop. At some point one of them will really develop and the swans will take them. Watch Eddie go nuts when this happens.
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Scotch Broth - Secret Recipe Club
Finally feels like fall ... time for a warming soup!
This month's Secret Recipe Club recipe is courtesy of Searching for Spice, hosted by Corina. Corina is a busy mum (or mom, depending upon where you are reading this) who loves cooking, reading and writing about food.
Soup is the perfect antidote to the malaise that hits us all as the days get shorter and the weather gets colder. So I scrolled through Corina's recipes, hoping that an intriguing soup recipe would jump out at me. So as soon as I read her description for Scotch Broth, I knew I found a winner!
Despite its name, there is no booze in Scotch Broth. Its name refers to Scotland where it originated. And unlike most broths, Scotch broth is thick rather than thin. It is usually made with lamb, mutton or beef, and contains root veggies and split peas, although ingredients and quantities can vary by recipe or ingredients availability.
Scotch broth is normally cooked for hours, making it perfect for turning cheaper, tough cuts of meat into melt-in-your-mouth heaven. But not so perfect when I don't have the luxury of time for long cooking. But I really wanted to try some, so I took a chance and cut back on simmer time. The soup was still wonderfully delicious. And it's even better the next day when the starchy barley and peas naturally thicken it up. If your broth solidifies to where you can cut it with a knife, feel free to stir in extra water to taste.
Scotch Broth
Adapted from Searching for Spice
Yield: 4 servings
2 Tbl. unbleached flour
1/4 tsp. plus 1 tsp. kosher salt, divided
1/8 tsp. plus 1/4 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper, divided
1/2 lb. chuck steak (or any tough cut of beef), trimmed of excess fat
1 Tbl. olive oil
1/3 cup pearl barley
1/4 cup split peas
1 medium carrot, diced
1 large onion, diced
1 small turnip, peeled and diced
leaves from bunch fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
Whisk together flour with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 tsp. black pepper. Cut steak into 1/2-inch cubes.
Sprinkle evenly with the seasoned flour.
Heat oil in 6-quart saucepot over medium-high heat. Brown steak cubes on all sides; just a few minutes in total; the cubes will still be raw on the inside.
Slowly pour in water. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer gently for 30 minutes. If necessary, skim scum off top with a slotted spoon.
Rinse barley and split peas. Add to the pot along with the diced carrot, onion and turnip. Return to a simmer; continue to simmer gently for 1 hour.
Taste soup; stir in remaining salt and pepper to taste.
|Yup ... forgot the garnish again.
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Thing 008: Miniature Queen Anne Wingback ChairFebruary 25th, 2012
Miniature Queen Anne Wingback Chair, on Thingiverse from PrettySmallThings, a "scenic designer in the theatre industry" in Astoria, NY. Printed in 33 minutes.
This may be the perfect object. It's 1 1/2″ tall, and is the spitting image of my long-lost beloved reading chair, what I done rescued from a sidewalk in Boston twelve years ago. Pale blue velveteen she was, and a reproduction from Medford. But I loveded her.« previously: Thing 007: Adorable Elephant | Home | next: Piotr Kamler – Une Mission Ephémère (1993) »


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Shares in Palace Capital (PCA:355p), a property investment company focused on commercial property outside London, came within pennies of the 380p minimum target price at the end of last year when I advised running profits ('On the money', 12 Dec 2016), having initiated coverage on the shares at 335p last autumn ('A royal investment', 17 Oct 2016).
Progress on sales and lettings since that last update suggest that the shares are worth buying again at 355p. That's because the company has just sold off two commercial properties, in Leeds and Warwick, for £3.7m, representing a 25 per cent premium to book value. It's sensible to do so given the tenant on one of the properties, support services group Interserve (IRV:240p), has the option to exercise a break clause this summer, which would have resulted in the loss of £193,000 of annual rent. Also, the other property is vacant, so the sale removed £185,000 of annual running costs. And these are not isolated sales as the company announced yesterday that it has sold off the ICS Buildings in Maldon, Essex, for £3.9m, a price equating to £1.56m above the last independent valuation of the property as at 30 September 2016. These three disposals not only add 9p a share to net asset value, but free up capital for reinvestment and highlight the ability of Palace Capital's management team to enhance value through active capital management of the portfolio.
A good example of this is the conversion of a 10,000 first floor office space at a small shopping centre, Copperfields in Dartford, into 13 self-contained flats at a cost of £2.25m. The work completed in November and the units have now all been leased out to the local council on a 10-year lease at an initial rent of £146,500, rising annually at 2.5 per cent a year, and with no break clauses.
In an investment climate where yield compression looks to have run its course, then active management of portfolios is a great way to keep valuations moving upwards and explains why analysts believe that the company's net asset value will rise to around 429p in the 12 months to the end of May 2017, up from 414p the year before. Also, rental revenue from the portfolio underpins expectations of a 12.5 per cent hike in the full-year payout to 18p a share based on a 12 per cent rise in EPS to 21.3p, so the share price is supported by a decent looking 5 per cent prospective dividend yield.
The company is able to grow both EPS and is not reliant on valuation gains on the portfolio to pay dividends because its average cost of debt on £82m-worth of borrowings secured on its £185m portfolio is only 2.9 per cent a year, significantly below the average investment yield of 7.5 per cent on the properties based on annual contracted rent of £13.7m.
Trading on a 17 per cent discount to net asset value forecasts, the high-yielding shares look an attractive investment proposition for a company whose management team has delivered net asset value per share growth of 92 per cent over the past three years, and is garnering a shrewd reputation for buying off-market and adding value to assets through active property asset management and refurbishments.
I rate Palace Capital's shares a buy at 355p and have upgraded my target price from 380p to 400p. Buy.


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Local businesses honoured in Irish Food Guide
Nine Co Leitrim food businesses have been included in this year's Irish Food Guide.
In further evidence of the county's growing status as a foodie haven, Carrick on Shannon businesses, Boxty Bakers and The Oarsman Bar and Restaurant; Dromahair's Cheese Etc; Dromod's Homemade Boxty; Carraig na Breac Smoke House and Jinny's Bakery in Drumshanbo; The Cottage Restaurant in Jamestown; The Organic Centre, Rossinver and The Courthouse, Kinlough, have all received glowing reviews.
Launching the latest issue of the Irish Food Guide, John McKenna said: "The best food producers, restaurateurs, markets and counties are enjoying unprecedented success. It may seem difficult to believe that things have never been better, but things have never been so good in Irish speciality food. Conditions are tougher than ever in the marketplace, but food producers who have the right product at the right price now have a devoted audience, who are more conscious than ever before about buying Irish foods."
"The significant aspect of this success story," McKenna continues, "is the fact that the artisans have triumphed largely on their own. Stubborn, creative and imaginative, they display all the merits of individually-produced and locally-made food. The artisans are out there in the markets, having the craic, making a living, delighting their customers, getting better and better every year. The future is theirs."
"The Irish Food Guide" by John and Sally McKenna, with Caroline Byrne, is published by Estragon Press at €15. www.guides.ie


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Pennsylvania Leading the Shift to Natural Gas
by David Fessler, Investment U Senior Analyst
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Sometimes "luck is where you find it," as the old saying goes. In my home state of Pennsylvania, it's right under my feet.
We're experiencing a natural gas boom here. Unemployment is below the national average, and dozens of companies have locked up the drilling rights on hundreds of thousands of acres.
Natural gas deposit here, to use a baseball term, is something akin to a "double header." The first "game," which is well underway, is the Marcellus Shale formation. It's generally located about 4,000 to 5,000 feet below the surface.
The second "game" is the Utica Shale. It's below the Marcellus, but is about four times the size, covering eight states and part of Canada. A few wells have been drilled in Ohio in the liquid part of the Utica.
Here in Pennsylvania, it's all but untapped. It could contain four or five times the amount of gas that the Marcellus, which is estimated to contain nearly 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
The Big Switch is Underway
One hundred years ago, Pennsylvania anthracite coal had the title of the best coal in the world. Its BTU output per ton is higher than any other coal ever found in the world. It still is, although there's very little of it left.
But trains, homes and power plants all ran on the stuff. As recently as 2001, coal accounted for 57 percent of Pennsylvania's power generation. Not any more. Now natural gas is the fuel of choice. Take a look at the graph below from the EIA.
You can see that in the last decade, coal has shrunk to only 46 percent of Pennsylvania's power generation. As power companies replace aging coal-fired plants with new, high-efficiency gas powered units, coal's share of power generation here will continue to decrease.
Natural gas makes all the sense in the world. It's far cleaner than coal or oil, and we've got more than a 100-year supply. Natural gas generation in Pennsylvania has steadily increased over the last decade, as seen in the chart below, also from the EIA.
It's a dramatic rise, increasing 10-fold in the last decade. Natural gas now accounts for 17 percent of Pennsylvania's power generation, up from just two percent a decade ago. Almost all of it has been at the expense of coal. Most coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania were constructed from the 1960s through the 1970s.
Nearly all of the natural gas-fired plants have been constructed since 2001. Much of the switch has to do with price. In the last two years, coal prices have shot up 54 percent, while natural gas prices have risen only eight percent in the same timeframe.
It's pretty much a no-brainer for power companies. The cost of constructing a natural gas-fired power plant is also about 75 to 80 percent less than building a coal-fired one. Much less pollution control equipment is required, since natural gas is much cleaner burning.
Pipelines to Benefit
I'm a big fan of natural gas pipeline companies, and a number of them have significant operations in Pennsylvania. Many of them are structured as limited partnerships, and pay a healthy dividend. Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APL) provides natural gas gathering, processing and treatment services.
It operates in the Permian Basin in Texas, and has a large gas gathering operation in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. As more and more wells are tied into its system, Atlas will gather and process more and more gas. Increased profits will flow right to unit holders. Right now, its dividend yield is 6.1 percent.
I also like MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE). It too is structured as a limited partnership, and operates in Pennsylvania and other major gas production areas. It currently yields 5.67 percent.
The stock recently touched a new 52-week high, but it has plenty of room to run. Look to accumulate either company on deep market pullbacks. Natural gas is clearly here to stay.
Pennsylvania's in the middle of playing a natural gas double-header. It's welcome news, especially to the thousands of people who are now gainfully employed by the hundreds of companies operating here to bring our valuable gas up to the surface and to the increasing number of power plant operators who want to use it.
Good investing,
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With most pieces dating between 1942 and 1970, the art museum documents the American experience through the eyes of the Black community. 223 James P. Brawley Drive, SW, Trevor Arnett Hall, 2nd Level, Atlanta, GA 30314. Tel: 404-880-6102. Cost: Free.... More Info
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Monetary Museum exposes groups to the world of economics from barter to present. 1000 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta GA 30309. 404-498-8764. Cost: Free.... More Info
The museum collects, maintains, and exhibits significant artifacts, including historic flags and works of art. 206 State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334. Tel: 404-656-2846. Cost: Free.... More Info
Located on the first through the fourth floors of the Capitol, this museum offers more than 150 exhibits including fossils, American Indian artifacts, mineral specimens, as well as animals found in and around Georgia. Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta GA 30334. Tel: 404-656-2846. Cost: Free.... More Info
Kennesaw State University's Museum of History and Holocaust Education educates groups about World War II and the Holocaust through events and museum exhibitions that focus on human experiences, politics, civic responsibility, and ethics. Kennesaw State University, 3333 Busbee Drive, Kennesaw GA 30144. Tel: 470-578-2083. Cost: Free.... More Info


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By Sarah Morgan
Want to buy a piece of the Manhattan skyline? The real estate investment trust that owns the Empire State Building filed for an IPO on Monday, giving regular investors a chance to own some of the landmark 102-story skyscraper. But advisers say investors should look elsewhere.
Empire State Realty Trust aims to raise up to $1 billion with the common stock offering; the timing hasn't been announced. The REIT owns a dozen office buildings in Manhattan, Westchester County, New York and Connecticut. And New York's commercial real estate market offers some attractive deals right now, says David B. White, the president and founder of David B. White Financial, a financial planning firm. The reason, he says: Many "premiere" owners are having to sell off "their crown jewels" in order to raise money to pay down debt in other parts of the country hit hard by the real estate downturn. "There's a unique opportunity to buy properties in New York," he says.
But some advisers say that instead of owning stock in a public REIT, investors may be better off buying shares of a private REIT that doesn't trade on an exchange. A private REIT tends to be far less correlated to the movements of the stock market, making it a better diversifier than a REIT's common stock, says Robert Russell, the president of advisory firm Russell & Company.
Plus, some of the yield from private REITs can be tax-free, and can provide better inflation protection, he says.
That said, private REITs are typically only available to investors with at least $250,000 of investible assets. Experts warn that they're also far less liquid than stocks, so investors should expect to have that money locked up for 5 to 8 years.
When evaluating public or private deals, Russell recommends looking for occupancy rates of 85 to 100% and leverage of between 30 to 40%. Based on information disclosed in the documents the Empire State Realty Trust filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the occupancy rate in their properties is about 80%, or 83% including leases that have been signed but not yet begun, and it is fairly highly leveraged, with a debt-to-equity ratio of 88%.
By that occupancy measure, the Empire State Building itself, while a magnet for marauding apes and star-crossed lovers, is one of the trust's weaker properties: Its office space is only 67% occupied, although its retail space is about 90% occupied. "It's not the most desirable location," says Philip Martin, the director of REIT research at Morningstar. Plus, it's an older building, and may not offer the kind of space tenants are looking for these days, in a market where tenants still have a good deal of negotiating power, Martin says. What's more, he says, "When you throw the Empire State Building into a portfolio you'll likely have a lack of diversification. So much of the square footage and so much of the revenue will come from that building."
Whether or not the stock is a good buy will ultimately depend on the price, White says. But whatever else the deal does or doesn't offer, it'll certainly draw some investor interest. "Sleepless in Seattle is going to be showing on TV tonight, since it's Valentine's Day," White says. "How cool would it be to be sitting there tonight watching the end and saying to your kids, 'Hey, we own part of that building?'"


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Warm the milk in a saucepan on low heat to just warm. Stir in the sugar and yeast and set aside until bubbly and foamy, about 5 minutes.
Whisk together the flour and salt in a large bowl and create a well. Stir in the yeast mixture, and then knead the dough in the bowl until smooth, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the white chocolate chips, figs and pears and knead a bit more to evenly distribute. Place in a greased bowl, cover and set aside to rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Punch down the dough and lightly knead again. Turn into a greased 10-by-5-inch loaf pan. Allow to rise in the pan for 30 minutes more. Bake the loaf in the oven until the internal temperature reads about 190 degrees F, about 45 minute. Allow to cool about 5 minutes. Turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Slice and Serve.
This recipe was created by a contestant during a cooking competition. It has not been tested for home use.


text: Last Friday I saw a 13" MBA/128gb/2gb Refurb pop up on Apple site and pulled the trigger. Bought for my wife as an early birthday present and it showed up today. All I can say is WOW!!!!! This thing is AMAZING! So fast, so light, so thin. An amazing peice of machinery! Was on the fence about upping the RAM to 4gb on a new MBA but decided to save the extra money and go for the base model refurb. So glad I did. I have been on it since before noon and have yet to get above 1.09gb of used RAM and still 0 page outs. Have been installing apps, surfing, playing videos and it isn't even breathing hard. Also installed Coconut Bettery and turnes out it is only 1 week old with 7 charge cycles. It's still brand new. One question, does Apple reset the warranty date on the refurbs because I put my serial number in on the Apple site and it showed my Apple Care starting on January 23, 2011. Anyways one very happy MBA owner here and will have a tough time handing it over to the wife.


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California Academy of Sciences
Last weekend Julia and I took advantage of our Neighbourhood Free Weekend at The Academy of Sciences. After doing a full sweep of the museum to scope out our targets, we went to a room full of skeletons and taxidermy where I sketched a model of a Dodo bird. The area was quiet enough that I was able to sketch and watercolour this drawing on site.
We are both members of the nearby De Young, and visit it often, but only go to the Academy of Sciences infrequently, so it was a great to sketch at this wonderful museum on a relatively uncrowded weekend, for free. The Neighbourhood free weekends are for San Francisco residents of each specific zip code, and therefore are significantly less busy than the Academy's quarterly free days, when anyone can enter for free and absolutely everyone wants to.
After I finished my drawing of the Dodo, and Julia sketched several bird displays, we had a break for some lunch at the Cafe. Next, Julia had wanted to draw in the downstairs aquarium, but unfortunately it was the one area of the Academy that was quite crowded that day, jam-packed with families and strollers, so instead we went to the diorama room, and I drew the oryx display.
When the Academy of Sciences began to close at 5pm, we walked to the nearby Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park to sit and relax. It was a very pleasant evening and I drew a scribbly sketch of a beautiful tree, later adding the watercolour washes at home.
After our fun day of drawing, we strolled through the park to the 9th & Irving area for a tasty dinner, before catching a cab home.
32 Responses to "California Academy of Sciences"
These are great.
Wow, amazing Jamie.
Thanks, Jen.
Obviously a day well spent! Sounded so full!
Yes! We had a great time. We may get a membership there, it is such a great place.
Ok. This painting is amazing, the composition and the structure. The brain is adapting Leftie as well as mine
It's interesting watching myself adapt. The knowledge is still in my head but transferring it to my left hand is not straightforward. My right hand had a lifetime of hard-won muscle memory, but my left hand has none of that. The only way to get back my dexterity is the hard way; practise.
The brain is elastic. Over time, the brain will adapt. My senses have change with the effect of chronic vertigo but it beginning to adapt so I am less dizzy
the elastic in my brain is like the saggy elastic in an old pair of underwear; not as elastic as it used to be and likely to fall down at any time! But I will take whatever I can get.
A brain full of saggy old underwear? I can relate.
Charles – that is good to hear. I still hope we can get together for lunch soon!
I'd say you're getting there pretty well Jimmy
Thanks, Deane. I am making progress, but it is still a very strange experience to have my drawing arm feel so 'wrong'. There is a disconnect between what I intend to draw and what I actually draw, but sometimes I'm lucky that I like the accidents.
Quite often after we've spoken I have a go drawing with my right hand and the result usually looks like the pen has been possessed by some kind of insane witch who has chosen to vomit ink. My hat goes off to you.
Southpaw high-five.
nice work James. watercolours are a difficult medium, but the softness gives your work a lot of atmosphere. and , you know if you keep this up, one day you will not be able to tell the difference between the work you did with your right or your left hand.
Steve Lyons
Excellent work Jamie!
As usual, great compo and tops colour, it's not just that you're improving but the rate at which your gaining is what blows me out.
Keep it up mate.
nice drawring jamie, delicate as all hell
Thanks, Rob.
Beautiful work James! You're back and perhaps even better than ever!
Ha Ha! Well not quite. I am still painfully slow and there is a certain deftness of line that still escapes me.
Thanks for your latest, dear boy. I admire your leftie work; your oryx seems to me a thing of greater beauty than the one in the display case, and the beautiful tree makes me smell gum-leaves. But most of all I'm full of admiration for your spirit, and of pride in you to bursting point. Love to you both from Wen and me, Dad
Sheesh James!! Lovely!!!!
Thanks, Phil!
It's a great museum.
Thanks, Vic
Trade off / Maybe the impressionist in you is allowed a voice.


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The 62-year-old Ava Gardner left London for Hollywood in 1985 to make her dramatic television debut on the series, 'Knots Landing'. Ava told the press, "There comes a time when you've got to face the fact that you're an old broad. I've done that. So my face looks, well, lived in. I don't resent a thing. You won't find me standing in front of the mirror weeping.
"Work is healthy for you, I guess. Capricorns are supposed to be gifted with self-discipline, but I think I missed out somehow. It takes someone else to crack the whip. Then I jump. My manager, Jess Morgan talked me into it. It's not the same thing as working in movies. These 7 episodes (Ava made her debut in episode 21 of the 1984-85 season) are enough to last me a lifetime. I couldn't keep up with the fast TV pace. It's tough for an old gal of 62.
"It takes me a little more time to get things together these days. They have a different writer and director every week. It's like having strangers on the set and I can't keep the continuity. I play a bitch in 'Knots Landing', but it seems to me there isn't one nice human being in any of the soaps. Still, I love to watch them. We get 'Dallas' and 'Dynasty' in England and they're very popular. I never worked with Howard (Duff), but he and I had a little flirt for a while."
Olivia de Havilland was initially approached to play the role of Ruth Sumner Galveston. The 7 episodes Ava guest starred in were written by Joyce Keener, Parke Perine, Michael Russnow, Melanie Mintz, Loren Reichman and directed by David Jacobs, Bill Duke, Robert Becker, Nick Havinga, John Patterson. Filmed on the MGM lot, Ava told the press, "It's a bit sad to go back to MGM today (back in 1985). The contrast between movies and TV was really brought home when I reported to MGM where I began my acting career at 18 (back in 1941).
"It had been 17 years (back in 1968) since I was there. It was an experience. A shock. All 3 of the back lots are gone. It was sad. I remember the great ones who used to walk those streets and have lunch in the commissary – Gable, Garbo, Hepburn. I remember when Clark Gable would walk into the commissary and sit down at the middle table (with Spencer Tracy, Robert Taylor and others). That was sheer magic. And when Lana Turner would sweep into the office of Lillian Burns, the drama coach. Now there was a real star!
"Every one of the 29 stages was busy with great casts, stars like Mickey (Rooney), Spencer Tracy and Astaire. They were all memorable faces and talents. I'm grateful to MGM. They made me a movie star – you notice I don't say 'actress'. Otherwise I might be a secretary, which is what I was trained for, or a housewife, or both, back in North Carolina. I was a frightened little girl from Smithfield, North Carolina, who was thrown into the Hollywood scene at 18. I had no doubt I'd be a movie queen. The stupidity of youth. I was much better equipped for having babies."
Artie Shaw remarked, "It's ironic that Ava's one chance (to have a baby) was endangered by her work. While making 'Mogambo' (1953) on location in Africa, she discovered she was pregnant by Frank (Sinatra). But the strenuous conditions led to a miscarriage. Shortly after the picture was completed, she and Frank (Sinatra) broke up (they divorced in 1957). Ava never saw fit to marry, or apparently to be serious about motherhood again."
Ava Gardner continued, "At the studios, we were told what to do, when to do it and how … You can only do a starring role. We seemed to make a lot of news with our marriages and divorces, but we were never really scandalous. We weren't into drugs. Now (in 1985) the studio is a ghost town. Well, I don't want to dwell on the past. But I do want to get this all over with and return to London. I fell in love with England the first time I saw it (in 1970).
"The countryside reminded me of North Carolina – the English even sounded like people back home. Did you know there are parts of North Carolina where they talk pure Elizabethan? London to me is a 'safe' city, and I don't mean just in terms of muggings. There is a coziness to each little area, with its own neighborhood grocery stores. There have been changes, I'm sorry to say. The supermarkets are taking over. And the pubs are moving in jukeboxes. Now there's a phrase that dates me – 'jukeboxes.'"
In the 1984-85 season of 'Knots Landing', the Empire Valley project storyline was introduced. Empire Valley was described as a model residential city of the future. With enormous growth projected in the next 10 years (to 1994), Paul Galveston of Galveston Industries approached environmentalist Gary Ewing of Ewing Enterprises to become partner in the design and construction of the model community of the future. The planned development would see an industrial complex be built in the south of the valley - a communications mecca used for military intelligence gathering.
Abby's role in the project was "vital to national security." "You expect to use my TV as a cover up for your electronic Disneyland?" Abby told Greg. Greg required Abby to expedite the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses to enable satellite dishes be installed and used for sending, collecting and storing of information. Madison Mason as John Coblentz told viewers, "Now the rewards for the free world with its communications network that can intercept messages of war, of missile and troop deployments, of sabotage by terrorists. This is vital to our security.
"There are hundred of satellites orbiting in space carrying messages, some important, some essential to the security of the world. With our installation at Empire Valley, we would be able to send such messages and to receive them and to monitor messages between parties, between countries. Think of it, imagine knowing virtually everything that been said everywhere at anytime."
In London, Ava Gardner walked her Welsh corgi Morgan every day in Hyde Park. "Most people don't recognize me, or if they do, they don't bother me. But what does amaze me is the number of English men and women who strike up conversations and tell me their life stories. I must say I enjoy that. I'm still as scared of the camera as I was the first day I appeared in a movie. I'm more terrified of the whole idea of acting and celebrity than ever.
"I've only watched 2 of my episodes in 'Knots Landing'. I thought it would be fun to be a movie star. That's why I worked in films. Of course, the realization of that dream turned out to be something different than I expected. But acting gave me an exceptional way of life and an opportunity to meet powerful, interesting and dashing men. Elizabeth Taylor enjoys her work. She took the pressure off me when I did 'Night Of The Iguana' (1964) with Richard Burton in Mexico. She had nothing to do with the picture, but she talked to the press, and I didn't have to."


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About Xanthus Farm, LLC.
|Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rickline
|Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
|Best horses bred or raised on farm:
|Above the Light, Sham Francisco, Beau's Surprise, Lost Judgement, Judges' View, Debutante's Dream
Xanthus Farm, one of Pennsylvania's leading commercial stallion establishments, has a proud past and even better prospects for the future. With slots being introduced at Pennsylvania racetracks, the state's breeding industry is expected to grow exponentially over the next several years, and Xanthus is meeting the needs of the new market.
Xanthus is a full-service facility -- offering boarding, foaling and raising, sales prepping, and agent services. It is the only farm in Pennsylvania that makes a major business of shipping local mares to and from Kentucky during the breeding season. About 70 foals are born at the farm each year.
In many ways Xanthus Farm is a labor of love for the Ricklines, especially Barbara, who as a youngster fantasized about ways to become involved with horses. Rickline graduated from Penn State University and worked in retailing and marketing. She was in her early 20's when she began to ride and show. She managed a large show horse barn, South Forth Acres, in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, during the early 1980's and held a variety of jobs in retailing and manufacturing to support her own horses. Rickline was still primarily active with show horses when she launched Xanthus 21 years ago.
"Gradually we got better stock," said Rickline. First established in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Xanthus was relocated to the Hanover area in 1986 and moved to its present site near Gettysburg ten years ago.
Xanthus' first commercially successful stallion was Judge Smells, who proved immensely popular after moving there in 1995, breeding as many as 124 mares in a season until his untimely death in 2000. Losing Judge Smells was a devastating setback to the Ricklines, who had developed a deep personal attachment to the horse.
"We are hoping to expand our boarding business to serve the influx of new mares into the state, as the Pennsylvania Breeding Fund grows with slots," said Rickline. "Hopefully, a lot of people will be upgrading their broodmare bands, and that in turn will help support bettter and better stallions in the state."


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Untie the donkey
Key Verse: Mathew 21:2, "saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me." (NIV)
As Jesus was preparing for His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, He sent two of His disciples to go to the next village after Bethphage and bring to Him a donkey tied there. Jesus instructed them to untie the donkey and bring it to Him.
It is important to know a few things about this donkey that Jesus sent His disciples to go and untie. It was an ordinary donkey and not even a full-grown one. It had never carried anyone, let alone a king and had not been ridden before. This was an insignificant donkey.
However, this donkey's significance was found in a simple statement in vs. 3, "the Lord needs them." And this one reality, this one fact, changed the significance of the donkey. This suddenly made it a very important and special donkey. Not that there was anything special in its own ability, but in the fact that the Lord intended to use this donkey to bring glory to Himself. Men may have written you off because of your present status, but I see God locating you in that remotest place you are hiding and bringing you to a place of prominence. Your status has changed because God Has remembered you. Praise the Lord!
Nobody took notice of the donkey because it was tied. Its potentials were wasting because it was tied and nobody believed that the donkey could be useful, let alone carrying the King of kings into Jerusalem. You will never know what a person can do, until you give him the opportunity to express his hidden potentials. When Jesus sat upon the donkey, its status changed. I pray that God shall provide for you an opportunity for divine introduction.
Another interesting thing about the donkey is that Jesus knew exactly where the donkey was. It was not a guess that there might be a donkey. Jesus knew that in this precise location, there was waiting a donkey. He sent His disciples to that exact place, to pick up that exact donkey. It was waiting for Him. You have been on God's waiting list and He is visiting you with His blessings at your exact location. I pray that God shall lift you up from the dunghill.
Just as the donkey was called by the Master to exalt it, so you have been called out of darkness and been given a new significance as chosen, royal, holy, and belonging to God for the purpose of exalting Christ (1 Peter 2:9). God is independently God; He does not seek counsel from anybody before He does a thing. God does not look for the qualified, but seeks for the unqualified to qualify them. Isn't it unthinkable and unbelievable that Jesus, the Saviour of the World came from an obscure village? Your background cannot stop God's plan for your life. You are a product of divine selection. Your season of being tied is over.
The donkey woke up to an ordinary morning, but that day, his destiny was fulfilled. That day, it exalted Jesus Christ among the people. That day, it introduced the Saviour into Jerusalem. God will use you to introduce the reign of Jesus Christ into the life of another. You have a prophetic destiny! There shall arise unknown faces to places of prominence this year in Jesus Name, Amen.
You must be careful that when God uses you to accomplish great things, it does not become a source of pride for you. Do not eat God's Hosanna because hosanna belongs to God. You must say like John the Baptist, 'He must become greater; I must become less' (John 3:30).
Today's Nugget: God does not look for the qualified, but seeks for the unqualified to qualify them.Prayer: O Lord, untie whatever needs to be untied in my life, so that I can praise and honour You.
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Daria shot with him for the feature she did in Glamour IT. It seems as if the photographer couldn't help snapping more pictures of her as I found one more at his site.
At first glance I had no idea who it was (I guess it was the angle). But you can clearly see her tattoos around her ankle and on her toe. This shot is all limbs - Daria looks like a giant! But none the less beautiful...
Edit: I think it's just me - after seeing it in large the arm doesn't look awkward at all
this is precisely why I love Daria and her modeling. she manages to look seductive while being nonchalant. no curled hair or push-up bras needed.
And here is the other shot I love - Daria in her bed at her apartment in NYC


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Since gaining wide critical acclaim for his role in the gender-bending indie hit Transamerica, Kevin Zegers is fast becoming one of Hollywood's most in-demand young actors for both independent and mainstream films.
Zegers was most recently seen in Kari Skogland's Irish Republican Army thriller Fifty Dead Men Walking, which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and co-starred Sir Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess. He also stars in François Velle's The Narrows as a struggling young man trying to find his place within two worlds.
He is currently in production on Tonya Holly's adaptation, The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, and on Adam Green's Frozen, in which he plays a snowboarder who, with his best friends, must fight the elements after getting stranded on a chairlift halfway up a New England mountain.
In the 2005 film Transamerica, he plays a drug-addled hustler who dreams of meeting the father he never knew. Played by the Oscar® nominated Felicity Huffman, this father turns out to be a conservative transsexual. Zeger's additional film credits include The Stone Angel, Gardens of the Night, Normal, The Jane Austen Book Club, Dawn of the Dead, the Air Bud franchise films, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, Komodo, Four Days, Treasure Island, Nico The Unicorn, and his first role on screen as a younger Michael J. Fox in Life With Mikey.
His television credits include "The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie," which was nominated for multiple Daytime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special. Additional television roles include "House," "Smallville," "Titans," "It Came From the Sky," "A Call To Remember," "Sex, Lies & Obsession" and "Time Share," "Traders," "Avonlea" and "Street Legal."


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Whenever the sun comes out, I'm instantly put in the mood for sea, sand and cocktails and instantly long for a holiday.
Laying on a beach with some music and magazines is so relaxing to me and also great inspiration when it comes to my body goals.
I have been looking at different bikinis and swimsuits lately to get myself in the mood for holidays and to give me a goal of what I want to look like whilst chilling on the beach.
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PseudoPod 520: Dermot
by Simon Bestwick
The bus turns left off Langworthy Road and onto the approach to the A6. Just before it goes under the overpass, past the old Jewish cemetery at the top of Brindleheath Road and on past Pendleton Church, it stops and Dermot gets on.
He gets a few funny looks, does Dermot, as he climbs aboard, but then he always does. It's hard for people to put their fingers on it. Maybe it's the way his bald head looks a bit too big. Or the fishy largeness of his eyes behind the jar-thick spectacles. The nervous quiver of his pale lips, perhaps.
Or perhaps it's just how pale he is. How smooth. His skin- his face, his hands- are baby-smooth and baby-soft. Like they've never known work, and hardly ever known light.
All that and he's in a suit, too. Quite an old suit, and it's not a perfect fit- maybe a size too large- but it's neat and clean and well-maintained. Pressed. Smooth.
And of course, there's the briefcase.
It's old-fashioned, like something out of the 'seventies, made out of plain brown leather. He doesn't carry it by the handle. He hugs it close against his chest. Like a child.
About the Author
Simon Bestwick
'Simon Bestwick is brilliant,' the Guardian says; he thinks they're probably wrong, but being British, also thinks it would be very impolite to disagree with them. Originally from Manchester, he now lives on the Wirral with his long-suffering wife, the author Cate Gardner. By now he's responsible for five novels, four short story collections, and a chapbook, Angels Of The Silences. A new collection is in the works.
He has two new novels out in December: The Feast Of All Souls, a supernatural/urban fantasy novel from Solaris Books, and Devil's Highway, the second book in the post-apocalyptic Black Road quartet. It and the first book, Hell's Ditch, are both available from Snowbooks.
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While I normally purchase clear glassware in curvy shapes and elegant forms, lately I have been loving colored crystal and glass stemware, particularly in vintage styles.
Colored glassware makes a stylish statement on any table top, especially when it comes to Holiday entertaining. Replacing your everyday clear-crystal with dramatically colored stemware will help to set the stage for an extraordinary event that leaves your guests feeling extra special.
- Green and amber tumblers -- Pier 1
- Champagne glasses in amethyst, moss and aquamarine -- Replacements.com
- Renaissance stemware -- Gracious Style


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By Shaikh Abdullah Faisal
03.17.2013 (Evening Dars)
NOTES typed by AT7 and AT38
Edited and Formatted by AT38 and AT7
There are many lessons to be learnt from these duaas
-the duaas of prophet Nuh can be found in surahs Nuh, Hud and Mu'minoon
Allah spoke about prophet Nuh (a.s):
Verily, We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people (Saying): "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment." (Nuh 71:1)
-there were 10 generations between Prophet Adam and Nuh (a.s) all upon tawheed
-and then they went astray and started worshipping idols
-so the people of Nuh were the first people to dabble in shirk
-and so Allah sent His messenger to guide them
Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: "Between Nooh (Noah) and Adam were ten generations, all of them were upon Sharee'ah (law) of the truth, then they differed. So Allah sent prophets as bringers of good news and as warners." [Related by Ibn Jareer at-Tabaree in his tafseer (4/275) No. 4048 and al-Haakim (2/596) No. 4009 who said: "It is authentic according to the criterion of al-Bukhari." Adh-Dhahabe also agreed]
When the children of Adam died, the people missed them so much
-so shaytan told them to make status of them to remind them of good
-then he persuaded them to put the statues in public places
-then he asked them to pray to these statues and ask them for things
-so little by little he convinced them to commit shirk
He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you, (Nuh 71:2)
"That you should worship Allah (Alone), be dutiful to Him, and obey me, (Nuh 71:3)
And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Taghut[] (all false deities, etc. i.e. do not worship Taghut besides Allah)." Then of them were some whom Allah guided and of them were some upon whom the straying was justified. So travel through the land and see what was the end of those who denied (the truth). (An-Nahl 16:36)
He said: "O my Lord! Verily, I have called my people night and day (i.e. secretly and openly to accept the doctrine of Islamic Monotheism), (Nuh 71:5)
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth). (Nuh 71:6)
"And verily! Every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride. (Nuh 71:7)
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud); (Nuh 71:8)
"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private, (Nuh 71:9)
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving; (Nuh 71:10)
'He will send rain to you in abundance; (Nuh 71:11)
'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.' "(Nuh 71:12)
What is the matter with you, [that you fear not Allah (His punishment), and] you hope not for reward (from Allah or you believe not in His Oneness). (Nuh 71:13)
While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (VV.23:13,14) the Qur'an]. (Nuh 71:14)
See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another, (Nuh 71:15)
And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp? (Nuh 71:16)
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth. [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol.29, Page 97]. (Nuh 71:17)
Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)? (Nuh 71:18)
And Allah has made for you the earth wide spread (an expanse). (Nuh 71:19)
That you may go about therein in broad roads. (Nuh 71:20)
The people of Nuh were Arabs
-the reason why Nuh mentioned wealth and children is
-because these are the natural instincts of man
-He love wealth and children
Beautified for men is the love of things they covet; women, children, much of gold and silver (wealth), branded beautiful horses, cattle and well-tilled land. This is the pleasure of the present world's life; but Allah has the excellent return (Paradise with flowing rivers, etc.) with Him. (Aali Imran 3:14)
-so Nuh used this strategy with his people
-to call them to what they love most
To have a river is a great barakah
-because it means you won't suffer from lack of water
He reminded them of the stages Allah created them
-from nutfah, alaqah and mudghah
Allah called the sun as a lamp but the moon as a reflector
-He told them Allah has subdued the earth for them
-and these were some of the da'wah he gave to his people
-but what was their response
These are found in surah Hud
The chiefs of the disbelievers among his people said: "We see you but a man like ourselves, nor do we see any follow you but the meanest among us and they (too) followed you without thinking. And we do not see in you any merit above us, in fact we think you are liars." (Hud 11:27)
-the rich men of the town claimed that he was only followed by the poor
-so how can his message be the truth
-and the chiefs of the town told Nuh to drive away the poor people
-that follow him and then they will come listen to him
-but he replied them:
"And O my people! I ask of you no wealth for it, my reward is from none but Allah. I am not going to drive away those who have believed. Surely, they are going to meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people that are ignorant. (Hud 11:29)
"And O my people! Who will help me against Allah, if I drove them away? Will you not then give a thought? (Hud 11:30)
Dua Number 2:
"And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) save error.' "(Nuh 71:24)
Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but only loss. (Nuh 71:21)
"And they have plotted a mighty plot. (Nuh 71:22)
"And they have said: 'You shall not leave your gods, nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth, nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr (names of the idols); (Nuh 71:23)
"And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) save error.' "(Nuh 71:24)
Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire, and they found none to help them instead of Allah. (Nuh 71:25)
This ayah is similar to:
And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies - Shayatin (devils) among mankind and jinns, inspiring one another with adorned speech as a delusion (or by way of deception). If your Lord had so willed, they would not have done it, so leave them alone with their fabrications. (Tafseer Qurtubi, Vol.7, Page 67) (Al-An'am 6:112)
-some duaas are to curse people
At the battle of badr the shaytan inspired the kuffaar to go to war
-but he left them when he saw the Angel Gibril coming with 1000 angels
And (remember) when Shaitan (Satan) made their (evil) deeds seem fair to them and said, "No one of mankind can overcome you this Day (of the battle of Badr) and verily, I am your neighbour (for each and every help)." But when the two forces came in sight of each other, he ran away and said "Verily, I have nothing to do with you. Verily! I see what you see not. Verily! I fear Allah for Allah is Severe in punishment." (Al-Anfal 8:48)
Every prophet had an enemy who plotted against him
-just like Abu Jahl was the enemy of the prophet (saw)
And thus We have set up in every town great ones of its wicked people to plot therein. But they plot not except against their own selves, and they perceive (it) not. (Al-An'am 6:123)
-every village or town has people who plot against the deen
-just like you have in the Muslim countries now
-making shirk a multibillion dollar business
-but they plot only against themselves
So one of the duaas of Nuh is that he cried to Allah against their plot
-that his people are following the rich and famous
-whose wealth is causing them to rebel against the da'wah
-and they are plotting against the haqq because they don't want the status quo to change
Verily, he thought and plotted; (Al-Muddaththir 74:18)
So let him be cursed! How he plotted! (Al-Muddaththir 74:19)
And once more let him be cursed, how he plotted! (Al-Muddaththir 74:20)
Then he thought; (Al-Muddaththir 74:21)
Then he frowned and he looked in a bad tempered way; (Al-Muddaththir 74:22)
Then he turned back and was proud; (Al-Muddaththir 74:23)
Then he said: "This is nothing but magic from that of old; (Al-Muddaththir 74:24)
"This is nothing but the word of a human being!" (Al-Muddaththir 74:25)
I will cast him into Hell-fire (Al-Muddaththir 74:26)
The chiefs of the disbelievers among his people said: "We see you but a man like ourselves, nor do we see any follow you but the meanest among us and they (too) followed you without thinking. And we do not see in you any merit above us, in fact we think you are liars." (Hud 11:27)
-the rasul (saw) was a man like us because he tied two stones on his belly
-when the sahabah were tying one stone
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I am only a man like you. It has been inspired to me that your Ilah (God) is One Ilah (God i.e. Allah). So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord." (Al-Kahf 18:110)
-Allah (swt) sent man and not angels so that man doesn't say we can't do this
-as the messenger is a man like us
-the kuffaar of Makkah also asked why Allah sent a man and not an angel
-they even suggested who Allah should choose as rasul
And they say: "Why is not this Qur'an sent down to some great man of the two towns (Makkah and Ta'if)?" (Az-Zukhruf 43:31)
...But Allah chooses for His Mercy whom He wills. And Allah is the Owner of Great Bounty. (Al-Baqarah 2:105)
And it was inspired to Nuh (Noah): "None of your people will believe except those who have believed already. So be not sad because of what they used to do. (Hud 11:36)
-only 80 people believed in Nuh after giving da'wah for 950 years
-this tells you how hard-hearted they were and that their hearts were sealed
-this is a curse from Allah
-if a man cries that means that he is not hard-hearted
Ibn Abbas (RA) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (SAW) say, '(There are) two eyes that the Fire will never touch, the eye that wept from fear of Allah and the eye that stood guard in the night in Allah's path." [Sunan Tirmidhi (4/175) No. 1639 and Shu'ab al-Eman al-Bayhaqi (3/227) No. 1639]
Then, after that, your hearts were hardened and became as stones or even worse in hardness. And indeed, there are stones out of which rivers gush forth, and indeed, there are of them (stones) which split asunder so that water flows from them, and indeed, there are of them (stones) which fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do. (Al-Baqarah 2:74)
-so if you can listen to a khutba and cry that is a blessing from Allah
So Allah revealed to prophet Nuh that no one else will believe
-so he made a dua and begged Allah to destroy them
Dua Number 3:
And Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth! (Nuh 71:26)
"If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers." (Nuh 71:27)
"My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) grant You no increase but destruction!" (Nuh 71:28)
-he prayed that Allah should not leave any kaafir on earth
-because they will only corrupt the rest and beget evil kids like them
"And construct the ship under Our Eyes and with Our Inspiration, and address Me not on behalf of those who did wrong; they are surely to be drowned." (Hud 11:37)
-so he was asked to build a ship and Allah was watching him
-so this ayah 11:37 is hujjah that Allah has eyes
'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) said: One day the Messenger of Allah (SAW) mentioned Al-Masih Dajjal (the Antichrist) in the presence of the people and said, "Verily, Allah is not one-eyed but Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye which looks like a swollen grape." [al-Bukhari (7127) and Muslim (169)]
-when he was building the ship the kuffaar were laughing at him
-saying he was crazy building a ship when there is no sea around
-so after he finished building he took each animal in pairs (male and female)
Dua Number 4:
And he [Nuh (Noah)] said: "Embark therein, in the Name of Allah will be its moving course and its resting anchorage. Surely, my Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. 12, Page 43) (Hud 11:41)
-he made a dua before he boarded the ship
-and this dua is said by Muslims even today when they board ships
So it (the ship) sailed with them amidst the waves like mountains, and Nuh (Noah) called out to his son, who had separated himself (apart), "O my son! Embark with us and be not with the disbelievers." (Hud 11:42)
The son replied: "I will betake myself to a mountain, it will save me from the water." Nuh (Noah) said: "This day there is no saviour[] from the Decree of Allah except him on whom He has mercy." And a wave came in between them, so he (the son) was among the drowned. (Hud 11:43)
-the response of the son was that of a Mu'tazilite
-he relied on his aql and that doesn't always tell you the right thing
Dua Number 5:
And Nuh (Noah) called upon his Lord and said, "O my Lord! Verily, my son is of my family! And certainly, Your Promise is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges." (Hud 11:45)
-this dua was a mistake because he made a dua for his son and he was a kaafir
-and because of this he will not be able to intercede on judgement day
And Nuh (Noah) called upon his Lord and said, "O my Lord! Verily, my son is of my family! And certainly, Your Promise is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges." (Hud 11:45)
He said: "O Nuh (Noah)! Surely, he is not of your family; verily, his work is unrighteous, so ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge! I admonish you, lest you be one of the ignorant." (Hud 11:46)
Nuh (Noah) said: "O my Lord! I seek refuge with You from asking You that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have Mercy on me, I would indeed be one of the losers." (Hud 11:47)
-when he saw his son drowning he made a dua
-his natural instinct got the better of him
-but Allah told him that his son wasn't of his family because he was a kaafir
-if he was a Muslim then he would be a member of his family
-this tells you that a prophet can have a kaafir son
-and he made a mistake by making this dua because he questioned the justice of Allah
Ali (RA) observed, "If the religion was based on opinion, the bottom of the sock would take preference in being wiped to the top of the sock." [Related by Abu Dawud (1/90) No. 162 and ad-Daraqutni (1/378) No. 783 with a hassan or sahih chain.]
-to ask Allah to forgive a kaafir is questioning His Justice
-he made a mistake with Al walaa wal baraa
-this is why he made dua for Allah to forgive him
-even when his son made it clear that he wanted to be with the kuffaar and not with him
-when he was told by Allah that no one else will believe he made a dua
Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!" (Al-Qamar 54:10)
-he asked for help from Allah because he has had it
-he made another dua when he went on the ship
-he thanked Allah for saving him from the dhalimun
Dua Number 6:
And when you have embarked on the ship, you and whoever is with you, then say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has saved us from the people who are Zalimun (i.e. oppressors, wrong-doers, polytheists, those who join others in worship with Allah, etc.). (Al-Mu'minun 23:28)
-so when you are able to leave darul harb and boarding the plane
-then you need to make this dua
...And Al-Fitnah is worse than killing... (Al-Baqarah 2:191)
He witnessed the destruction of his people
-his wife and son among them too
-the scholars of Islam say that whenever Allah is destroying a people he destroys them
-whilst their prophet is still among them
-but if He wants good for them he uses the prophet as their shield
-like how He used the rasul (saw) to be a shield for Quraish
And Allah would not punish them while you (Muhammad SAW) are amongst them, nor will He punish them while they seek (Allah's) Forgiveness. (Al-Anfal 8:33)
-Abu Jahl made a dua for Allah to rain down stones if Muhammad (saw)
-was telling the truth
-so Allah responded to him in 8:33
-this is because he was a mercy to mankind
-and this is one of his merits
Dua Number 7:
And say: "My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landing-place, for You are the Best of those who bring to land." (Al-Mu'minun 23:29)
-he made a dua when he landed
-the ark landed in eastern turkey
Dua Number 8:
"My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers, etc.) grant You no increase but destruction!" (Nuh 71:28)
-it is always good to have a pious son or daughter to make dua for you
-when you are inside the grave
-he prayed for his parents first
It was narrated from Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (RA) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) say, "Do not keep company with anyone but a believer and do not let anyone eat your food but one who is pious." [Sunan Tirmidhi (4/600) No. 2395, Sunan Abu Dawood (4/259) No. 4832, Musnad Ahmad (3/38) No. 11355]
-you should only bring sincere believers to your house
He also asked Allah to forgive all believers
-so you should always remember the ummah in your dua
Anas b. Malik reported: While we were in the mosque with Allah's Messenger (SAW), a desert Arab came and stood up and began to urinate in the mosque. The Companions of Allah's Messenger (SAW) said: Stop, stop, but the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Don't interrupt him; leave him alone. They left him alone, and when he finished urinating, Allah's Messenger (SAW) called him and said to him: These mosques are not the places meant for urine and filth, but are only for the remembrance of Allah, prayer and the recitation of the Qur'an, or Allah's Messenger said something like that. He (the narrator) said that he (the Holy Prophet) then gave orders to one of the people who brought a bucket of water and poured It over. [Sahih Muslim (1/236) No. 285]
Abu Huraira (RA) narrated that a villager came to the mosque; then Allah's Messenger (SAW) was also sitting there. He offered Salah and prayed: "O Allah have mercy on me and on Muhammad and do not have mercy on anyone else besides us." The Prophet (SAW) turned towards him and said, "You have limited the application of a very large thing (Mercy)." There had not passed enough time when this man passed urine in the mosque. The people towards him, but the Prophet (SAW) said. "Pour a bucket of water over it." He also said, "Indeed, you are sent only as those who make things easy and not as those who create difficulties." [Sunan Tirmidhi (1/275) No. 147]
-even prophet Abraham (a.s) made dua for the believers
And (remember) when Ibrahim (Abraham) said, "My Lord, make this city (Makkah) a place of security and provide its people with fruits, such of them as believe in Allah and the Last Day." He (Allah) answered: "As for him who disbelieves, I shall leave him in contentment for a while, then I shall compel him to the torment of the Fire, and worst indeed is that destination!" (Al-Baqarah 2:126)
Assalamu alaikum Shaikh, I heard of 2 different viewpoints from the scholars where one side says that Allah Flooded the whole earth and another say it was just the area the Prophet Nuh was that was Flooded (Iraq/Turkey area). Which is the correct viewpoint?
Answer 1:-
-The flood of Nuh destroyed the Ka'ba and it was rebuilt by Abraham
-the Middle East was the area inhabited then
-so there was no need to flood the whole earth
-his dua was that Allah should destroy all kuffaar on earth
And Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth! (Nuh 71:26)
Assalamu Alaikum sheikh, I want your naseeha and opinion regarding a serious matter. What is the ruling on the person/family member who slandered the oppressed muslims in a bad way, then your understanding of the Qur'an and ultimately slandered Allah out of anger just because that person found out you wanted to go to Jihad fisabilillah leaving your mother behind while she has another family member to look after her.
Answer 2:-
There is a conflict in this family because some have strong emaan
-and others have weak emaan
-if you want to go for jihad you should not tell anyone
-they will tell the police and you will be stopped at the airport
-your parents won't want you to go for jihad
-because they think that you are going to die
-you should get up and go
-we can't resolve this crisis on paltalk
-however, slandering Allah is major kufr
-so take the matter to your local shaikh
Assalamu alaikum Shaikh, can you please expand on the concept of making wrong dua, so that we don't make this mistake?
Answer 3:-
This is the mistake of Nuh (a.s)
-he made dua for his son when he was a kaafir
And Nuh (Noah) called upon his Lord and said, "O my Lord! Verily, my son is of my family! And certainly, Your Promise is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges." (Hud 11:45)
He said: "O Nuh (Noah)! Surely, he is not of your family; verily, his work is unrighteous, so ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge! I admonish you, lest you be one of the ignorants." (Hud 11:46)
Nuh (Noah) said: "O my Lord! I seek refuge with You from asking You that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have Mercy on me, I would indeed be one of the losers." (Hud 11:47)
-the only thing that can save you from wrong dua is the knowledge of tawheed
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A bedouin urinated in the mosque and the people ran to (beat) him, but the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Leave him alone; don't interrupt him. He (the narrator) said: And when he had finished, he called for a bucket of water and poured it over. [al-Bukhari (6025) and Muslim (284)]
Abu Huraira (RA) narrated that a villager came to the mosque; the Allah's Messenger (SAW) was also sitting there. He offered Salah and prayed: "O Allah have mercy on me and on Muhammad and do not have mercy on anyone else besides us." The Prophet (SAW) turned towards him and said, "You have limited the application of a very large thing (Mercy)." There had not passed enough time when this man passed urine in the mosque. The people towards him, but the Prophet (SAW) said. "Pour a bucket of water over it." He also said, "Indeed, you are sent only as those who make things easy and not as those who create difficulties." [Sunan Tirmidhi (1/275) No. 147]
Narrated Muawiya: I heard the Prophet (SAW) saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established." [al-Bukhari (71) and Muslim (1037)]
-knowledge and sincerity is the only thing that can save you from wrong dua
-or correct aqeeda
-you are not allowed to say ' Oh Allah forgive me if You want to forgive me"
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "Each of you will be answered as long as he does not become over-impatient, saying, 'I called on my Lord and He did not answer me.'" [al-Bukhari (6340) and Muslim (2735)]
In a variant of Muslim, "The slave continues to be answered, provided he does not pray for a wrong action or severance of kin, as long as he does not become over-impatient." It was said, "Messenger of Allah, what is over-impatience?" He said, "He says, 'I prayed and I prayed and I did not find Him answering me,' so he stops short at that and ceases making supplication." [Sahih Muslim (4/2096) No. 2735]
Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "None of you should say, 'O Allah, forgive me if You will. O Allah, have mercy on me if You will.' He should be firm in his asking. No one can force Him." [al-Bukhari (6339) and Muslim (2679)]
In a variant of Muslim, "He should be firm and should have great desire. Nothing is too great for Allah Almighty to give him." [Sahih Muslim (4/2063) No. 2679]
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA), who said that the Prophet (SAW) said: "Allah the Almighty said: 'I am as My servant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at speed." [al-Bukhari (7405) also by Muslim (2675), at-Tirmidhi (2388) and Ibn Majah (3822)]
-you need to be positive in making dua
-there is nothing too great for Allah to do
-and He is to you as you take Him to be
Assalamu alaikum, if someone transgresses against their parents and apologized to them, does he/she have to make taubah?
Answer 4:-
Yes you have to apologise and then make taubah
-your taubah will be accepted if they forgive you
And let not those among you who are blessed with graces and wealth swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kinsmen, Al-Masakin (the poor), and those who left their homes for Allah's Cause. Let them pardon and forgive. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (An-Nur 24:22)
Narrated By Az-Zuhri: I heard 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Said bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Uqba relating from 'Aisha, the wife of the Prophet the narration of the people (i.e. the liars) who spread the slander against her and they said what they said, and how Allah revealed her innocence. Each of them related to me a portion of that narration. (They said that 'Aisha said), ''Then Allah revealed the ten Verses starting with: 'Verily! Those who spread the slander...' (24.11-21) All these verses were in proof of my innocence. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq who used to provide for Mistah some financial aid because of his relation to him, said, "By Allah, I will never give anything (in charity) to Mistah, after what he has said about 'Aisha" Then Allah revealed: 'And let not those among you who are good and are wealthy swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kins men...' (24.22) On that, Abu Bakr said, "Yes, by Allah, I like that Allah should forgive me." and then resumed giving Mistah the aid he used to give him and said, "By Allah! I will never withhold it from him." [Sahih Bukhari, Vol 8, Book 78, Hadith #670]
-so they need to forgive you so Allah can forgive them
-you should always forgive a Muslim but not munafiq
-because it is not the Sunnah to forgive munafiqs
-if you don't forgive Muslims you will put their hereafter in jeopardy
Assalamu alaikum can you please describe to us some major points about shirk al asghar and if it can take you to the fire? And takfir regards to it JazakAllah khair.
Answer 5:-
This is when you do good to show off
-it is minor shirk
-minor shirk can take you to the hellfire
Abu Hurayra said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) say, 'The first of people to be judged on the Day of Rising will be a man who was martyred. He will be brought and will be informed of the blessings he had and will acknowledge them. Allah will say, "What did you do with them?" He will say, "I fought for You until I was martyred." Allah will say, "You lie. Rather you fought so it would be said, 'A bold man!' And so it was said." Then the command will be given and he will be dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. There will also be a man who studied knowledge and taught it and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought and informed of his blessings which he will acknowledge. Allah will say, "What did you do with them?" He will say, "I studied knowledge and taught it and I recited the Qur'an for You." He will say, "You lie. Rather you studied so that it would be said, 'A scholar!' and you recited so that it would be said, 'He is a reciter!' And so it was said." Then the command will be given and he will be dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire. There will also be a man to whom Allah gave a lot of wealth and all sorts of property. He will be brought and informed of his blessings which he will acknowledge. Allah will say, "What did you do with them?" He will say, "There was no path in which You like spending to be done but that I spent in it for You." He will say, "You lie. Rather you did it so that it would be said, 'He is generous.' and so it was said." Then the command will be given and he will be dragged on his face until he is thrown into the Fire.'" [Sahih Muslim (3/1513) No. 1905]
-but you won't remain there forever
-only major shirk can make you be in hell forever
-so you don't make takfir for minor shirk
And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed (or from Adam's loin his offspring) and made them testify as to themselves (saying) : "Am I not your Lord?" They said: "Yes! We testify," lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: "Verily, we have been unaware of this." (Al-A'raf 7:172)
Narrated from Anas (RA) that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah, where is my father?" He said: "In Hell." When he turned away he called him back and said: "My father and your father are in Hell." [Sahih Muslim (Vol. 1, pg. 191) No. 203]
-there is no excuse of ignorance for major shirk
And it has already been revealed to you in the Book (this Qur'an) that when you hear the Verses of Allah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them) certainly in that case you would be like them. Surely, Allah will collect the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell, (An-Nisa 4:140)
And when it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "We are only peacemakers." (Al-Baqarah 2:11)
Verily! They are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive not. (Al-Baqarah 2:12)


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Drivers are allowed to turn right during red lights 24 hours a day at most urban intersections with traffic signals in the United States. The practice, intended to reduce delays and fuel consumption, also increases the risk of crashes and injuries, especially to pedestrians.
Strategies to reduce the risk of pedestrian crashes start with banning the whole practice of turning right on red. Other possibilities include prohibiting the practice during certain hours or prohibiting it when pedestrians are present. Institute researchers evaluated these options, finding that time of day restrictions have the potential to reduce crashes. Signs giving drivers discretion aren't as effective.
For the study, 15 intersections in Arlington, Virginia, were randomly assigned to three groups — one where right turn on red was prohibited during specified hours, one where the turns weren't permitted when pedestrians were present, and a control group of intersections where right turn on red continued to be allowed as before. To judge effectiveness, the researchers considered the number of drivers who failed to stop before turning and the number who stopped at designated stop lines. The number of pedestrians yielding to turning vehicles also was considered, because yielding increases the risk that a pedestrian still will be in the crosswalk at the end of the allotted crossing time. This increases the risk for elderly people who walk slower.
Signs prohibiting right turns on red from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. increased the percentage of drivers who stopped at stop lines from 21 to 40 percent and reduced the number of drivers who turned right on red without stopping (32 to 13 percent). The number of pedestrians who yielded to turning vehicles decreased from 17 to 7 percent. At sites posted with signs prohibiting right on red when pedestrians were present, there was little change overall.
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Splendour change: The Presets are in but who's not coming?
ELECTRONIC dance masters The Presets have been added to the Splendour in the Grass 2018 line up.
In 2008, The Presets lit up the music world with the release of their chart-topping LP Apocalypso, with in excess of Triple Platinum sales in Australia and featuring four hit singles, including the dance-inducing My People. Setting new standards for dance music in Australia, the boys went on to win five ARIA awards including Album of the Year, as well as the coveted J Award for Album of The Year.
The duo recently dropped their first new tracks in four years: Do What You Want, 14U+14ME, and Downtown Shutdown have been blowing up the triple j airwaves, and form part of their highly anticipated fourth album HI VIZ, which debuted at #1 on the iTunes chart.
To listen to more of their new music, tune into triple j's Live at the Wireless tonight at 8pm, for a broadcast of their recent show at The Forum in Melbourne.
Chromeo is out
Splendour in the Grass received news that Chromeo is no longer able to make it to Australia for Splendour in the Grass 2018 and their sideshow dates.
They sent a message to Splendour ticket holders apologising for the cancellation but offered no reason for it besides their "health and wellbeing".
"We are truly sorry to announce that our upcoming July shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Splendour In The Grass have been cancelled," they said.
"It's been so long since we've visited you last and we were so excited to play for you.
"Unfortunately, the rigors of our touring schedule have caught up with us and we need to prioritise our health and wellbeing.
"We're being told that this period would be best served as a time to rest. This was not an easy call to make. We hope you understand.
"Please know that we're doing everything we can to reschedule our time in Australia. We will see you all soon."
- Splendour in the Grass will be held on July 20 to 22 at North Byron Parklands.