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(WBIR) Some of East Tennessee's best dancers paired up with celebrities for a little bit of fun, and a lot of fundraising on Saturday night. And a 10News celebrity brought some big cameo's to the dance floor.
Jonathan J.J. Jones got a special escort into his dance by the Knox County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff J.J. Jones.
The judges told our J.J. and his partner, Taryn Escobar, they liked the pair's originality, personality, and production.
This year, Dancing with the Knoxville Stars said it raised $129,000 for East Tennessee Children's Hospital.


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The 2014 NBA All-Star roster has me upset and disgusted. The politics of the NBA are on full notice this season if you ask me, but who's asking? No one is….but, I'll speak on it anyway. I will never go against the fans being able to vote their favorite players into the starting lineup. My problem comes with the selection of the reserves. I think something has to be done with the process.
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Hillingdon children deliver HS2 petition to Downing Street
Hillingdon children are presenting a petition against the Government's High Speed Rail (HS2) plans today.
Nine-year-old Max, the oldest of the four youngsters, wanted to send a message to the Prime Minister that it is unfair children don't have a say in the government's proposal for the HS2 line between London and Birmingham.
Max will deliver the 'Save Us From HS2' petition to Downing Street along with Caitlin, 8, Eve, 6 and Sian, aged 5, accompanied by local Conservative MPs Nick Hurd and John Randall. The petition has been signed by hundreds of children worried the development will ultimately threaten their gardens, schools, scout huts and a play park.
Keri Brennan, Chairman of Hillingdon Against HS2, said: "We have been amazed and humbled by children's grasp of the facts about HS2."
She said six Hillingdon schools will be closed in the plans and more will be affected by noise and construction. Hillingdon Outdoor Activities Centre is also under threat.
"Local children understand just how much their neighbourhoods and environment could be affected if HS2 is built," added Mrs Brennan.
Hillingdon Council is among 14 councils opposed to HS2 and it backs Ruislip Against HS2.
Pro-HS2 MPs cite the economic benefits and improved links between north and south. HS2 will reduce the journey from London to Birmingham to a commutable 49 minutes while construction of the line over the next 7-10 years is expected to create more than 40,000 jobs. Half of the jobs created will be in London.
Director of Consultation and Communications for HS2, Miranda Carter, said: "It can't stop in Hillingdon because that is where it picks up the high speed but it is a national project. The benefits of economic growth for the whole country will trickle down."
The main petition against the project, with 108,000 signatures, was presented to Downing Street last month. The Government will make its final decision on the line in mid-December.
Man jailed for 1999 Heathrow murder
A murderer who fled across the world to evade justice has been jailed for 24 years for murdering a tourist and dumping her body in a suitcase.
Yousseff Ahmed Mosalam Wahid, 42, went on the run across several Eastern European countries under a string of assumed names in order to evade justice.
He stabbed Fatima Kama to death in July 1999, on the day before the 28-year-old was due to fly home to Montreal. A post-mortem examination revealed that she was also sexually assaulted.
Walid was given a life sentence at the Old Bailey on Monday, with a minimum tariff of 24 years. The fugitive was eventually traced to Bahrain after continued police appeals. Following the combined efforts of British MPs and Bahraini police, he was caught after a carefully planned operation and extradited back to the UK.
Fatima's body was found in a suitcase at a Heathrow Terminal 3 car park on 17th July 1999. Originally from Morrocco, Fatima had been a Canadian citizen for two years prior to her murder and was a regular visitor to London. Her family realised she was missing when she failed to arrive at Montreal airport.
Detective Chief Inspector John McFarlane, from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command (HSCC), officer leading the investigation, said:
"This was a callous and shocking murder which left a family grieving the loss of a beloved daughter.
"Wahid spent twelve years evading police and refused to face up to what he had done. I am pleased that Fatima's family have finally got justice and that Wahid is behind bars, where he belongs."
This case also represented the first extradition of a UK fugitive from Bahrain.
Chelsea Ives facing fresh violence charges
Ex-Olympic ambassador Chelsea Ives faced fresh charges at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court today after new allegations emerged.
Ives, 18, was previously charged with violent disorder in Enfield during the London riots in August, as well as two counts of burglary against mobile phone shops. Today she faced a further count of taking part in more violence the following night in Hackney.
Highbury magistrates committed Ives for trial at Wood Green Crown court on two charges of violent disorder. She will appear at Wood Green to enter a plea on September 21st, with the actual trial likely to take place in 2012.
The new allegation relates to looting of the Somerfields supermarket in Lower Clapton Road.
Meanwhile, the former athlete has been remanded back into custody until her next court appearance later this month.
Man charged with assault of Malaysian student
A second youth has been charged with the assault and mugging of an injured Malaysian student in an attack during the riots of last month. The shocking attack was videoed and put on the internet which sparked a fundraising campaign for the student.
Ashraf Rossli (Ashraf Haziq), 20, who studies at Kaplan University in Angel Square, Islington, was robbed on August 8th in Barking by two people who had initially appeared to 'help' him.
Reece Donovan, 21, of Romford, has already been charged with robbery.
Now a 17-year-old has been charged in connection to the attack and will appear at at Thames Magistrates' Court on Monday. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of grievous bodily harm, robbery, burglary and violent disorder.
A portable Sony PlayStation and Nokia mobile phone were taken from Rossli who was left in hospital with a broken jaw.
After the attack, the student said he wanted to stay in Britain and claimed to 'pity' is attackers.
In an interview, he said: 'Britain is great. Before I came here I was very eager and I haven't got any ill-feelings about what happened.
'My family are worried about me and my mother would like me to go home. But I am determined to stay. I feel very sorry for the people who did this.
'It was really sad because among them were children.'
He added that he had been helped by two girls and a woman who lived nearby who saw the incident.
The Let's Do Something Nice for Ashraf Haziq group has raised around £25k in aid of the student who is now fully recovered.
Lambeth top borough for firearms arrests
New figures released by the Metropolitan Police show that Lambeth was the borough with the most firearms-related arrests last year.
The Freedom of Information request to the Met disclosed the number of arrests for unlawful possession of a firearm and broke down the number of arrests by ethnicity. The data covers arrests made over the last ten years.
134 firearms arrests were made in Lambeth in financial year 2010/11. Across the capital some 1,500 people were arrested for unlawful possession of firearms.
Afro-Caribbean people were the most likely to be arrested for possession of a firearm, with 759 people from that ethnic group being arrested last year, followed by 526 white Europeans who were arrested. In contrast, just 11 Chinese and Japanese people were arrested for firearms possession.
The borough with the least number of arrests was Richmond-upon-Thames, which had just five firearm-related arrests last year.
Over the last ten years Lambeth was the 'top' borough for firearms arrests in every year except 2002/03. That year Hackney had a total of 109 arrests, compared with 105 arrests in Lambeth.
Arrests for firearms-related offences in London peaked in 2006/07 with 2112 arrests being made.
Image via Smarterlan, Flickr.
London's black cabs voted the world's best taxis
A survey of 5,000 people for Hotels.com has rated London's iconic taxis as the best in the world. Travellers from 23 countries around the world rated the black cab top for the 4th time running, with 28% of the vote.
Out of the seven categories in the survey London's cabs came top in five: safety, friendliness, cleanliness, quality of driving and knowledge of the area.
The other top five cities were New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.
Taxis are often a tourist's first introduction to a country as they leave the airport and set off to their hotel. 70% of Australian tourists quizzed said they would take a taxi straightaway after arriving in a foreign city; well above the international average of 54%.
Over a third of Australians claimed their pet hates were taxis being too smelly, along with cab drivers being too distracted (27%). Smoking at the wheel is frowned upon across the globe with exactly a third of British tourists and half of the French contingent naming it as a pet hate.
Image via Garreth Wicock, Flickr.
LOCOG reverses Olympic shooting ticket decision
London's Organising Committee for the Olympic Games has retracted its previous statement regarding free tickets for schoolchildren to watch the shooting events.
In a very brief statement published on the National Smallbore Rifle Association's website, LOCOG said:
"Shooting tickets are included in the Ticketshare programme;
The Ticketshare programme includes a range of groups – schools, BOA/BPA and Tickets for Troops;
There are a small number of shooting tickets in the Ticketshare programme, and we planned to issue the tickets where the demand was greatest;
Our initial consultation with schools suggested that there wasn't a demand for shooting tickets;
However, if schools request shooting tickets, we will provide them, subject to availability."
The West Londoner has yet to receive a formal reply from Mayor Boris Johnson's office regarding the Ticketshare scheme.
Ticketshare is the scheme whereby 125,000 tickets to Olympic events will be handed out to schoolchildren, servicemen and their families,and the disabled. It is not known whether LOCOG has decided to deny tickets to any other sporting events.
Opinion: Why blaming social networking for riots misses the point
Over the last couple of weeks we've seen virtually every talking head the mainstream media can lay their hands on – me included, to be fair – talking about the causes of the riots. They've blamed everything from the public spending cuts which started with this government taking office to the availability of social networking.
This, we are told, is the prime cause of all of the rioting and looting which hit Britain's major cities a fortnight ago. I firmly disagree with this idea: why (literally) blame the messenger? The medium used for the message is not a problem, it is the message itself.
Less well informed commentators have been frantically blaming Twitter and Blackberry Messenger (BBM) for spreading information to rioters so they could avoid the police and attack areas that hadn't been hit. I say this is nonsense; WL's liveblogs were based entirely on information from Twitter and the only people I saw on there encouraging the rioters were people like Jody Macintyre, notorious for deliberately taking his wheelchair into the middle of a student riot. For potentially committing the criminal offence of inciting a riot, Macintyre was sacked from both the Guardian and the Independent. Virtually no-one "on the ground" was publicly encouraging others to smash up businesses and steal designer goods.
In my opinion the main cause of the riots was the sudden realisation that there was a power vacuum. When the peaceful demonstration in Tottenham got out of hand and descended into violence, the rioters there realised that the police were doing little or nothing to stop them. And it spread like wildfire.
Prominent police blogger Inspector Gadget took a straw poll of his readers the other day and the results were interesting. The majority of them believed that, in the days since Ian Tomlinson's death (caused by his being struck with a police baton at the G20 protests) police constables are very likely to be hung out to dry for enforcing the law robustly. Whilst reporting on the riots, I noticed a real change in the levels of violence from Tuesday afternoon onwards – by midnight on Wednesday it was all over. Why?
The rolling news footage told the story. Instead of seeing police officers standing still and letting the rioters throw things at them, we were watching them charge forward and take control of the streets again. Within hours the riots had petered out.
I really do believe it is as simple as that: lack of firm action to contain the usual level of anti-police violence in certain areas of London led to rioters pushing the boundaries to their absolute limit. What we must do now is resist the latest attempts by politicians to shut down social networking sites during instances of public disorder. Instead, we must get them to concentrate on effective law enforcement in the less stable areas of London.
Police prepared for trouble during the Notting Hill Carnival
Following the revelation that thousands of extra police constables will remain in London during the August Bank Holiday, police confirmed yesterday exactly how many officers will be on the streets during the Notting Hill Carnival.
"At Notting Hill specifically we will have a total of 5,500 officers on duty on Sunday and 6,500 on duty on Monday. But in addition to that we will have over 4,000 additional officers on duty across London as well as the thousands who are normally on duty over a weekend," said Commander Steve Rodhouse yesterday.
"Some of those additional officers will come from forces outside London, through mutual aid arrangements, and the Met has cancelled all leave for staff and rearranged duties."
This year's carnival will officially end at 7pm on both Sunday and Monday, with local pubs and other businesses having been asked to close between 7pm and 9pm.
A heavier than normal police presence at this year's carnival seems to have been influenced by the London-wide riots of a few weeks ago. Police are also worried about gang activity erupting around the capital during the carnival period.
"At this stage it would be fair to say we have intelligence to suggest that some gangs want to come to Carnival and create trouble for us. Plus we know that some people believe we will be diverted from policing the rest of London due to the Notting Hill Carnival, leaving the rest of the Capital without a policing presence," said Commander Rodhouse. "This is not the case."
Thirty five arrests have already been made as part of a proactive attempt to crack down on potential troublemakers. Metal detectors, automatic numberplate recognition devices, stop-and-search tactics and specialist officers will all be used to reduce the risk of violence.
Met Police deploying 'record number' of police to Notting Hill Carnival
Scotland Yard has said that it will deploy thousands more constables to the Notting Hill Carnival than it ordinarily would, following the riots across London two weeks ago.
Senior Metropolitan Police officers have indicated that they are retaining constables from non-London forces who were deployed to the capital a fortnight ago. It appears that senior police officers fear a repeat of the widespread looting and destruction that occurred a fortnight ago.
About 16,000 police officers, including constables from forces as far afield as Wales, were deployed in the capital after riots which started in Tottenham spread across north, east and south London.
Whilst the final decision on police numbers will be made closer to the day, according to a Scotland Yard spokesman, it is highly likely that such a high profile public event will attract an increased police presence immediately following widespread rioting. The decision is likely to be taken on Thursday after senior police officers meet with local councillors from Kensington and Chelsea.
The Notting Hill Carnival has been running for 47 years. Originally started by West Indian immigrants to the Notting Hill area as a celebration of their home culture, the event has expanded to include all Caribbean cultures and attracts millions of visitors every year. This year's carnival, which takes place between Sunday 28th August and Monday 29th August (which is a bank holiday) is scheduled to finish at 7pm each day. This is earlier than normal due to police fears of potential troublemakers using the carnival as cover to cause trouble.
Mainstream media reports over the last few years have primarily associated the carnival with anti-social behaviour. Similar reports have quoted local residents demanding the carnival be moved to Hyde Park or a similar large public space, which in their view would be better suited to handling the huge numbers of people who attend the event. Other articles promote the carnival's positive cultural aspects, including the traditional Caribbean steel drum bands and the large variety of Caribbean food on offer.


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Tire Problems of Toyota Highlander
Toyota Highlander owners have reported 76 tire related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 8 most common tire problems. The number one most common problem is linked to the vehicle's tire (48 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's tire tread/belt (8 problems).
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The vehicle was a 2009 Toyota Highlander. I installed winter tires and wheels with oem tpms and was not able to reset the car to recognize these new sensors. I'm told that I have to have the dealer reset the system twice a year when I change wheels and tires or let the system read failure until I Read details...
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The owner has a 2010 Toyota Highlander equipped with toyo a20 tires (na), size 245/55/r19. The contact stated that when receiving the vehicle, it swayed to the side it was turned. The contact called the tire manufacturer who offered no assistance and referred him to the vehicle manufacturer. Read details...
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Mexican industrial company ALFA SAB de CV said it''s buying polymer production facilities in Mexico and Argentina from coatings and adhesives maker Eastman Chemical Co., the Associated Press reports. Financial terms of the deal weren''t disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The sale includes Eastman''s facilities in Cosoleacaque, Mexico, and Zarate, Argentina. Their production capacity is 150,000 and 185,000 metric tons per year, respectively.


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NEW YORK, July 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 25th, VH1 and the VH1 Save The Music Foundation along with event chairs, Julie and William Macklowe, will bring a music festival vibe to the Hamptons to raise money for music education programs in public schools with an exclusive event. The event will take place at a private residence with a host committee including, Kelly Bensimon, Matt Breitenbach, Tom Calderone, Paul Cothran, Joseph & Mireya D'Angelo, Jeff Goldstein, Debra Halpert, Perez Hilton, Mark Mullett, Beth Orozco, Scott Rauch, Rosanna Scotto & Lou Ruggiero, Gordon & Jennifer Singer, Matt Speilman, Lisa Versacio and Samantha Yanks.
The first event of its kind for the Foundation, the summer celebration will honor individuals who personify the spirit of music in their respective fields. Honorees include, Charlie Walk, Executive Vice President of Republic Records, Linda Perry, Singer/ Songwriter/ Producer, Bozoma Saint John, SVP, Head of Global Marketing at Beats Music and Nathan Cohen, Grace A. Dunn Middle School Music Teacher. The evening combines high-energy musical performances with a twist of laid-back, casual luxury – brought to life through the evening's unique decor, sponsored experiences and live music. Performances throughout the night will include Grace A. Dunn Middle School, a 2012 grant recipient from Trenton, NJ, DJ Theory, Singer-Songwriter James Bay and VH1 Save The Music Alumni Ambassador, Ingrid Michaelson.
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I am doing the development in Symbian^3 platform.
SDK version is Nokia_Symbian3_SDK_v0.8,
problem is I cant open any Qt built projects in the emulator.
I open a new Qt project with one QButton in the design mode.
It built successfully but got error when I run the app in emulator.
I got the prompt of "Local-00ae7750 KERN-EXEC 3"
If I remove the button then everything is fine.
"Kern-exec 3" is prompt when I tried to add:
Group Box, Tool Box, Combo Box, etc.
Does this Symbian^3 SDK support Qt?
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Far from the Bay, along the foothills of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a few trees still stand tall and have witnessed hundreds of winters, summers and monsoons. Still they propel water with love to the village surrounded by their green turf, they provide shade while we chop them down into pieces; the trees offer us fruits to eat or give blossoms that add colour and fragrance to our horizons.
While searching for peace from the uncompassionate, unsafe, unyielding, unfair and urban means of city life, I wandered through the thin vegetation and empty hilltops. A few hours of constant ascends and descends later, I reached a lonesome village where a few families were living in harmony with nature.
After asking several questions and being gratified with our interest, the village headman accepted us with a hug. We sat under the shade of a tall Tamron tree, which spread its roots across the village compound like the piled up sliced-skin of a primal dinosaur.
As the day slipped by, the scarlet sun sank behind the wooded hills leaving a faded blue tone at the horizon. A Crested-serpent eagle perched on the top branch of a skeleton tree, forming an eccentric pattern against the fading light.
When the nocturnal owlets and nightjars were actively preying on hovering insects, the headman lit up the campfire under the Tamron tree. With his rookie Bangla, he wholeheartedly shared all the untold tales of his colourful childhood when elephants only passed through his village, paying a visit and not harming a soul.
It was only recently when the elephant herds had killed five of his villagers. He didn't blame them; his thoughtful judgments were rather critical of our actions leading to the destruction of the hills by cutting and burning trees.
As I stepped out of the hut at dawn, it felt like the morning mist was mildly wiping my face with a holy grace. The Spangled Drongo flock flew towards the distant Red Silk Cotton tree to taste its honey hidden behind the soft-lipped flowers wearing red lipstick.
The sun rose above the hills, filtering the golden light through the leaves and the twigs. The villagers were already busy plugging winter crops and the children were slothfully gathering in the foreground to find warmth in the ascending sun.
As I walked towards the dark patch between two hills, a Red Junglefowl flushed from an abandoned paddy field and a gibbon called from the green hill. By then, the forest was wide awake; a flock of foraging Asian Fairy Blue bird captured my attention and as I looked through my binoculars, I was absolutely stunned to see a Binturong basking in the early morning sun!
My trip-mate Foysal was in tremors with sheer excitement at being able to catch a glimpse of the esoteric Binturong in such close proximity. I have always wanted to see a tiger in the wild but never thought that I would see the secretive Binturong in our land!
Although Bangladesh has been largely converted into a wasteland to gratify our greedy souls and hateful hearts, yet there are hidden pockets of surprise in every corner of the country. The sight of the vulnerable Binturong in a tiny patch in the hill tracts was magical for us and it was a great gift to us on Victory Day!
I headed back to the village with a delighted heart and told the headman about the hidden treasures of his jungle. While people in the cities were celebrating Victory Day, it was just another day in the village. They say they are still fighting to survive and freedom is not a known notion to them. There was nothing fake in their words like most of our cultured city-dwellers, but a different love for our land; a love that promises not to inflict pain on nature and rather thrives on mutual compassion for each other.
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This is the smaller edition of the large coffee table sized "Author's Edition" book I published in December 2009. Although I recreated this book from the original, it is substantially different in terms of the way it reads. It is 20 pages longer and incorporates a few more photographs.
David Rocks with Trees contains 54 original outdoor photographs by David K. Meyers, of mountains in the western United States and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It includes photos from Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Mount Saint Helen's and Olympic National Parks in the US, photos from around the Cascades, as well as scenes from around parts of Vancouver Island. There are actually more photographs used in this edition in the context of the story told in the book. The previous "Author's Edition" had about twenty of so photographs at the end, outside of the story.
This is a big, pretty book, 10" X 8" landscape oriented book, sure to get many comments in your home or office!
The story that David tells along with his pictures describes the specialness of the photographs, his interpretations of how these subjects came to be, and the impact they have on his view of nature and the universe. This book is spiritual and inspirational, as well as factual and entertaining.


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This set of photographs are called Corrupted Essence, and was meant to be part of a small project I was working on, however that plan fell through and they are now a single set. The idea behind this set is that the essence of the model featured has been corrupted by otherworldly forces. Of course, the essence I speak of is one's spiritual essence. So, for such a thing to become corrupted would more than likely be because of living a sin-filled life. That said, these photos are meant to visualise what that might look like if such a thing was visible to the human eye. And as for the effect you are seeing, this was merely done with adding ink to water. I literally snapped a few pens in half and let the ink flow into a clear tank filled with water, haha. It got the job done, so I ain't complaining. ;)
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Orlando has lost six straight regular-season games at Philips Arena.
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It's been a few years since Mickael Pietrus has played in some meaningful basketball games. But this right here is some meaningful photobombing of the Raptors pre-game show.
Toronto goes for its 10th victory in 13 games as they host the struggling Charlotte Bobcats later this evening at the Air Canada Centre. The HQ's Chris Walder previews tonights action.
The Raptors lose their second straight, as they fall to the Thunder. The sad part? Despite the loss, the Raptors played very well.
Tyreke Evans came back from a two game absence to have yet another big game, including two clutch three pointers to seal the deal.
Nothing official yet, but various media members are reporting that the Toronto Raptors will sign free agent swingman Mickael Pietrus and cut waive forward Dominic McGuire in the next 48 hours.
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Reports surfaced that the Lakers have renewed their interest in Raja Bell a few days ago, but Marc J. Spears reports the purple and gold are also inquiring about adding Mickael Pietrus.
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Stephen Jackson becomes Spurs latest casualty after breaking his finger in the first quarter against the Clippers. Jack out for up to a month and a half.
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Extracting system metrics from kernel traceFrancis Giraldeau
Important Linux kernel subsystems are staticaly instrumented with tracepoints, allowing to gather detailed information about a running system, such as process scheduling, system calls and memory management. Each time a tracepoint is encountered, an event is generated and can be recorded to disk for offline analysis. Kernel tracing provides system wide instrumentation that has low performance impact on the running system, suitable to trace online systems in order to debug hard to reproduce errors or analyze the performance.
Despite those benefits, analyzing a kernel trace may be difficult because of the large number of events. Moreover, trace events expose low level behavior of the kernel that require deep understanding of kernel internals to analyze. In many cases, the meaning of an event may depend on previous events. To get valuable information from a kernel trace, fast and reliable analysis tools are required.
In this paper, we present an open source kernel trace analyzer to provide familiar and meaningful metrics to users, including CPU, disk, file and network usage on per process basis. It leverages kernel traces for performance optimization and debugging. This tool can display these metrics live and is easily extensible. A special emphasis was put on scalability given the large number of events in a detailed system trace.


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Architectural Draughting
Whereas the Introduction to Draughting Course gives students a broad outline of what engineering drawings are and how different structures could be constructed, Architectural Draughting zooms in on the technical drawing of buildings in particular. An Architectural Draughter would thus design building plans - on scale and very detailed - so that building contractors or engineers are able to get the full picture of what needs to be constructed.
This drawing then becomes the "blueprint" of a building according to which quantity surveyors calculate what material is needed, engineers determine how deep foundations should be laid, interior designers plan the layout, etc. Becoming an Architectural Draughter would require a creative mind, an organised and precise work strategy, good work ethics and the ability to work under pressure.
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Microsoft Joins FIDO Alliance, Seeks To Replace Passwords
December 16, 2013 by mphillips
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Microsoft has joined the FIDO Alliance, an industry group tasked with creating industry standards that reduce reliance on passwords, long regarded as a weak point in Web security.
Launched in July 2012, FIDO, which stands for Fast IDentity Online, is hoping its specifications for security devices and browser plugins will be widely adopted across the technology industry.
Such efforts depend on voluntary adoption by many companies and organizations. So far, those participating in FIDO include heavyweights Google, MasterCard, Lenovo, Infineon, LG Electronics and a variety of smaller companies.
Authentication hardware and software widely varies, with many proprietary clients and protocols. FIDO hopes that standardizing authentication technologies will lead to better interoperability and innovations in biometrics, PINs (personal identification numbers) and secondary authentication technologies, according to its website.
Usernames and passwords underpin most online services but are easy to intercept. Computer security experts have long warned of password weaknesses, such as easy-to-guess ones and people who reuse them across multiple services.
Password replacement technology has a high bar: it needs to be both effective and simple for users.
FIDO envisions a software client that's installed on computers that employ public key cryptography to authenticate users. All major Web browsers will be supported. The initial focus will be on securing access through Web browsers to Web applications. The group also plans authentication options for Android phones soon and eventually for Windows tablets and Apple products.
When FIDO authentication is used, a user will not need to submit their biometric or personal information to an online service.
The FIDO Alliance will eventually submit its protocol to groups dedicated to Web standards, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force or the World Wide Web Consortium.
FCC Approves Telecom Deal Involving AT&T, Dish
U.S. telecommunications regulators on Monday officially adopted an agreement by AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp and other wireless providers to give smaller operators access to devices now made only for AT&T's airwaves.
The Federal Communications Commission's order, approved without a public vote, makes official and elaborates upon a multi-pronged deal brokered by agency staff and wireless companies last month.
Participants made concessions in hopes of improving how they use the airwaves that carry their wireless signals. The agreement could also ultimately affect how much money the FCC raises in January in its auction of spectrum, the agency's first major spectrum auction since 2008.
Such an agreement has been a key policy goal of FCC Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn to help smaller wireless providers, such as regional or rural carriers, gain access to more and better devices to operate on their airwaves in the lower 700 megahertz band.
AT&T owns a band of frequencies in the adjacent block and by agreeing to "interoperability" of devices between its airwaves and the ones in the nearby frequencies, it gives manufacturers the incentive to make phones that would be usable for customers of smaller providers as well as the second-biggest provider, AT&T.
The airwaves in the 700 megahertz band are highly valued for their powerful signal.
"For folks in rural areas in particular, this is going to allow local providers to offer service not just on their systems but also on AT&T systems," said Harold Feld, senior vice president of consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge.
In some areas, he said, interoperability may lead to more roaming options or even give local providers a chance to grow into regional ones.
In announcing the ruling, Clyburn praised the collaborative efforts by AT&T, consumer advocacy groups, the Competitive Carriers Association and Dish, which helped smaller wireless carriers negotiate the interoperability deal with AT&T.
As part of the agreement, Dish promised to lower the power in the so-called E block of frequencies that it owns, to reduce the possibility of interference with signals sent on nearby frequencies, which are owned by other companies including AT&T.
In return for its promise to lower power, Dish gets more time and flexibility in building out the networks in that block of airwaves.
For Dish, the order is the first step in its strategy to grow as a wireless competitor and expand in mobile broadband.
Dish has separately also asked the FCC to delay the deadline for building networks on other airwaves it bought in 2012 and for more flexibility in how it could use them.
The FCC sets deadlines and requirements for how – and how quickly – the companies have to make use of the radio frequencies they own.
The agency is currently reviewing Dish's further requests, although it is unclear whether the new FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, whose nomination awaits Senate confirmation, would rule to satisfy all of Dish's wants.
To sweeten the deal, Dish told the FCC that if the agency gives its nod to all of the company's requests, it would invest $1.56 billion in the upcoming auction of so-called H block frequencies, scheduled for January.
Microsoft Adds Enhancements To Yammer's Mobile Apps
Microsoft has made updates to its Yammer enterprise social networking suite's mobile applications, email integration and document collaboration.
Microsoft detailed the improvements at an event it held in San Francisco for Yammer customers that kicks off its Working Social Tour, scheduled to land in up to 200 cities worldwide, including New York City, Amsterdam, Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
"It's part of our push to connect with Yammer customers," said Jared Spataro, general manager, Microsoft Office, in an interview. Attendees are expected to be both Yammer customers as well as those who are using Office 365, Microsoft's cloud email and collaboration suite, which includes online versions of Exchange, Lync, SharePoint and Office.
Microsoft bought Yammer in mid-2012 for $1.2 billion in order to extend the enterprise social networking (ESN) capabilities of its SharePoint collaboration server and of other products in the Office family and beyond. Microsoft is in the process of integrating Yammer's cloud suite with those products now.
The mobile improvements include a revamped iPad application and tweaks to the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 applications. The overhaul of the iPad app is supposed to simplify the user experience, while the Windows apps got improvements to live tiles and a better inbox.
Microsoft also deepened the interoperability between Yammer and email systems, making it possible for people to participate in Yammer group discussions through email messaging and without necessarily having a Yammer account.
Establishing bridges between Yammer and email is important because many customers are still trying to figure out the best way to use the ESN suite with email, according to Spataro.
"They're looking for a mental model for how to use email and Yammer and how to think about those two worlds coming together because not everyone jumps on Yammer or enterprise social networking at the same time," he said.
Unlike other vendors, Microsoft doesn't see ESN suites as a replacement for email communications. "We believe they're very complementary tools, that they can and should coexist, and that when used together they provide a very good, rounded experience," Spataro said.
Microsoft has also started to add features to Yammer so that it can be used as a more structured tool for getting things done and managing tasks, not just as a social conversation meeting place, he said.
In addition, it's now also possible to launch a Yammer conversation from an Office 365 document stored in SharePoint Online by hitting a "Post to Yammer" button. That way people can have discussions about the document on Yammer.
T-Mobile's LTE Network, Samsung's Galaxy S3 Phone Are Incompatible
Existing users of Samsung's Galaxy S III will not be able to use the phone on T-Mobile's LTE network, which debuted Tuesday and will reach 200 million people by the end of this year.
The Galaxy S III does not have a compatible LTE radio, said Randy Meyerson, senior director of product marketing at T-Mobile, during an event in New York City, where the company announced the official rollout of its LTE network and new mobile plans.
At the event, T-Mobile announced an Apple iPhone 5 that will work on its LTE network. Other phones that will work on its LTE network include BlackBerry Z10, HTC One, and S3′s successor, Samsung Galaxy S4, which will go on sale starting on May 1. Samsung's Galaxy Note II, which started shipping in September last year, will also work on T-Mobile's LTE network, said a representative for the wireless carrier at the event.
T-Mobile officials declined to comment on whether an LTE version of the Galaxy S III would become available.
The S III was announced last year and started shipping in the U.S. for all major networks starting in June. When announced, the smartphone worked on LTE networks from AT&T and Verizon, but T-Mobile at the time did not offer LTE and was working on deploying the network. The S III smartphone shipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon MSM8960 chipset, which includes an integrated LTE radio.
However, it remained unclear if the S III would work on T-Mobile's LTE network. That led to discussion threads in T-Mobile's forums and on other websites like XDA-developers on whether S III had forward support for LTE based on the MSM8960 chipset specifications. Forum members sent related questions to Samsung and T-Mobile representatives, but got mixed answers.
All S III phones use Qualcomm's MSM8960 chipset, but Samsung and T-Mobile may have disabled the LTE capability on the smartphones designed for T-Mobile networks, said Anand Shimpi, a chip expert and founder of Anandtech, which reviews hardware.
Smartphones are planned starting roughly 18 months ahead of their release, and are designed for specific bands and frequencies, Shimpi said. It was likely too early for T-Mobile to determine what frequencies its LTE network would run on.
"You need the right front-end to enable LTE on the right frequency," Shimpi said.
Qualcomm is trying to solve some of the LTE compatibility issues by cramming in support for a wide range of LTE bands in its chips, which could help smartphones interoperate on multiple networks in different countries, Shimpi said.
Wireless Carriers Team Up To Simplify Wi-Fi Roaming
A group of wireless operators including AT&T, Boingo Wireless, BT and China Mobile have teamed up to develop a common framework for Wi-Fi roaming to make it easier for users to access hotspots while travelling abroad.
Mobile operators have come to see public Wi-Fi as an important part of their networks as they face growing data usage volumes. But processes for users to connect to and roam on to Wi-Fi networks are still fragmented, according to the Wireless Broadband Association.
The industry organization leads the Wi-Fi Roaming Interoperability Compliancy Program (ICP), which aims to change that by specifying guidelines on user authentication, network selection and billing mechanisms. The goal is to make it easier for operators to enter into roaming agreements, it said.
Users will benefit from having access to an increased number of Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide, and users can also expect to be able to access hotspots in the same way they do at home.
The first trial of the program was launched on Dec. 17 and the plan is to launch it by May or June next year, according to the WBA. Some of the key elements of ICP are already in place, including common templates and technical requirements, a WBA spokeswoman said via email.
KT, NTT DoCoMo, PCCW, Shaw Communications, Smart Communications and True are also participating.
Cloud Storage Spec Receives ISO Approval
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has ratified the Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI), a set of protocols defining how businesses can safely transport data between private and public clouds.
The Storage Networking Industry Association's (SNIA) Cloud Storage Initiative Group submitted the standard for approval by the ISO last spring. CDMI is the first industry-developed open standard specifically for data storage as a service.
"There is strong demand for cloud computing standards and to see one of our most active consortia partners contribute this specification in such a timely fashion is very gratifying," Karen Higginbottom, chairwoman of the ISO committee, said in a statement. "The standard will improve cloud interoperability."
The CDMI specification is a way to create an interface for accessing data in the cloud by preserving metadata about information that an enterprise stores in the cloud. With metadata associated with the information, companies can retrieve data no matter where it's stored.
"With the metadata piece, it's also complementary with existing interfaces. The standard can be used with Amazon, for file or block data and it can use any number of storage protocols, such as NFS, CIFS or iSCSI," said SNIA Chairman Wayne Adams.
Based on a RESTful HTTP protocol, CDMI provides both a data path and control path for cloud storage and standardizes a common interoperable format for securely moving data and its associated data requirements from cloud to cloud. The standard applies to public, private and hybrid deployment models for storage clouds.
CDMI also defines service levels for cloud-based data, such as how long it should be retained, how many copies should be kept and whether those copies need to be distributed geographically.
CDMI has been gaining adoption among vendors and governments. Currently five vendors — Mezeo Software, Scality, NetApp, Data Direct Networks and Compuverde — sell software products that are CDMI certified.
Will Dell Buy Quest Software?
Dell is set to buy Quest software for $2.5 billion. The move trumps the bid by Insight Venture Partners and was done on the quiet.
The No. 2 U.S. personal computer maker kept its name out of the limelight when Quest disclosed on Thursday that it had received an offer from a "strategic bidder" of $25.50 per share. Quest's shares rose more than 9 percent to finish at $26.06 on Thursday.
Dell has been actively buying companies to expand its offerings to business and diversify away from personal computers. It told investors its focus on the hardware and software needs of corporate customers was gaining momentum. Quest could help Dell's businesses in data management and protection and Windows server management.
Quest makes software to monitor the flow of data through networks and it has worked with Dell since 2004 and is one of the PC maker's top 10 partners. Dell ranks among Quest's five largest partners.
Dell Seeks To Challenge Apple Tablets With Windows 8
A growing dissatisfaction among employees with the clunky PCs their employers force them to use, in contrast to the sleek Apple devices many have at home, could yet benefit incumbent manufacturers like Dell, a top Dell executive said.
As Apple's third-generation iPad went on sale on Friday, accompanied by the now traditional scenes of fans standing in long lines , Dell's chief commercial officer Steve Felice said the tablet market was still wide open.
Dell ditched its previous attempt at cracking the global tablet market, the Streak, last year. It was based on Google's Android operating system software.
Now Dell is planning a fresh assault with the advent of Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating platform, which is expected later this year and will have a touch interface that works across desktop computers, tablets and smartphones.
"We're very encouraged by the touch capability we are seeing in the beta versions of Windows 8," Felice told Reuters in an interview in London, adding that Dell may also make Android tablets again.
"We have a roadmap for tablets that we haven't announced yet. You'll see some announcements.. for the back half of the year," he said. "We don't think that this market is closed off in any way."
Felice said that Dell's relationships with its thousands of business customers gave it an advantage over Apple, whose gadgets can cause headaches for IT departments because they operate on different systems.
As iPads and iPhones have become popular from the boardroom down, corporate technology chiefs have been increasingly forced to accept the fact that employees will use their own devices.
"On the commercial side there are a lot of concerns about security, interoperability, systems and device management, and I think Dell is in the best position to meet those," Felice said.
He added that iPads also left much to be desired in terms of processing power and ease of typing. "When people put their computer to the side and take their iPad with them to travel, you see a lot of compromises being made."
Dell has also just launched a so-called ultrabook, a high-end notebook that is light and thin but still at least as powerful as a regular laptop. The XPS 13 costs about $995.
"The demand has been excellent since we launched this product just a week ago," Felice said. "It is a fantastic product and shows our commitment to the PC space. We like the PC space. We are extremely committed to it."
AOL Denies Rumor Of Instant Messenger's Demise
March 15, 2012 by mphillips
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Despite several rumors that AOL is planning to end its popular instant messaging service, the company says that's not true.
"We are not killing instant messenger," an AOL spokeswoman said to Computerworld late Wednesday afternoon. "We'll continue to support it and evolve the product."
There was some confusion earlier today when SlashGear reported that AOL's instant messenger, AIM, is about to be "shut down for good." The report also contended that there would be no further upgrades to the software.
A source close to AOL told Computerworld that Jason Shellen, who heads up AIM product group, is leaving the company. AOL also laid off about 40 employees from the AIM group, according to the source.
However, the AOL spokeswoman said that does not mean that AOL is getting rid of AIM.
Earlier today, Google and AOL restored interoperability between their two instant messaging networks. The move came about two weeks after the connection was temporarily suspended due to a spam flood originating in AOL's service that affected Gmail Chat and Google Talk users.


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Uncovering the hair, neck and arms
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Question: Is it permissible for a woman to uncover her hair, neck and arms infront of her mahrams - such as her father and her brother?
Yes, it is permissible for a woman to have them - and that which is similar - uncovered in the presence of her mahrams.
And Allaah has the complete knowledge (of all affairs).
Shaykh Muhammed ibn 'Abdillaah as-Subayyal
Fataawa wa Rasaa.il Mukhtaarah - Pages 557-558


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Taylor Momsen - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?
Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless sits down with Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann for a round of 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?' http://loudwire.com...
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A rural Mitchell woman is dead after a series of crashes ended with a vehicle in the pond at Cabela's.
It happened around three this afternoon, at Cabela's, a sporting goods store just off the I-90 Mitchell exit.
Witnesses tell police 61-year-old Jane Virginia Strong was driving eastbound on Spruce Street between Cabela's and Menard's.
Strong's car swerved north, hitting the entrance sign at the Holiday Inn Express. It then continued through a parking lot where it hit south-facing van, and jumped a curb, headed right toward the busy sporting goods store. That is when the vehicle took a wide turn back to the east and ended up in Cabela's pond.
When divers located the vehicle more than two hours later, it was in the center of the pond, under about 18 feet of water.
Investigator Joel Reinesch with the Mitchell Police Department tells us the first-responding officer at the scene, stripped out of his duty gear and jumped in, trying to save strong, but he was unable to get to her.
Divers with the Mitchell department of public safety also tried to get strong out, but were unsuccessful.
When the vehicle was removed from the pond around 5:45 Thursday evening, the jaws of life were still needed to remove Strong's body from the car.
The cause of death is not known at this time, but an autopsy is planned for tomorrow.
KSFY will bring updates as soon as they are available.


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If only we could count the blessings that we have been given, we could then truly see the extent of the blessings that we are showered in without being aware of them.
We are so oblivious to the blessings that we are in. Allah has given us so much and keeps on giving without us realising the extent of the blessings that are in; then another blessing is added, then another, then another, then another, it's an endless chain! The weak links occur when we do not give thanks. One of the definitions of Kufr is not that it is disbelief but rather it is ungratefulness because that in itself is almost as bad but not quite. The common mistake that translators make on the Quranic passage is that it is disbelief; no its ingratitude that's the problem here.
Even if we are do not pray we are blessed with good health and even if we are sick it's not as bad as it could. Even if it is as bad as it could be you are Muslim and in that case it is nothing but a cure for previous sins or increasing your rank!
How good is that? In the litany of the sea/Hizb Al-Bahr one of the lines reads, "Blessed Lord; is my Lord/Na'imu Rabu Rabi."
Try to innumerate the blessings of a working immune system; it's almost impossible! It works for you at a level that you cannot understand or comprehend! When a foreign body enters your body the immune system, the white blood cells, work on antibodies then other white blood cells devour the foreign body. How can you give thanks for something that you do not even realise what is happening!
Food is one of the easiet things that we can be grateful for is how many people have a choice in what we have, in terms of food. We have a large selection of foods and all we do is fill our bellies without realising the blessings that we have been given. Most of the world eats for a full day on less than a dollar. We spend that much and more just on drinks!
Anas (may Allah be pleased with narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) said, "Allah is pleased when a servant eats food and praises him for it; and he drinks and praises him for it." (Muslim 24/140).
Dawood (upon him peace) said, "My Lord, how can I thank you for all the blessings from you?" Allah revealed to him, "Now, you have thanked me." (Risala Qusharariyyah by Abu Qasim p.212).
Musa (upon him peace) said to his Lord, "O' Lord, how is Adam (son of Adam) able to give gratitude for what you have done for him; you created him; you blew a spirit into him; gave him Paradise to dwell in; ordered the angels to prostrate to him?" He said, "O' Musa, Adams knowledge that it is from me and he praised me for it; this is gratefulness for what we did for him." (Abu Laith As-Samarqandi Informing the Heedless p.253).
Imam Junaid Al-Baghdadi said, "Gratefulness is to see yourself unworthy of the blessing." (Risala Qushariyyah p.211).
General and specific
"It was stated the gratitude has two aspects: General gratitude and specific gratitude. The general gratitude is the praise of the tongue upon the realisation of the blessings of Allah (the Exalted) upon you. The specific gratitude is praise on the tongue, knowledge in the heart, service of the pillars, restraining the tongue and the rest of the limbs from that which is not permitted. "(Abu Laith As-Samarqandi Informing the Heedless p.256)
Ali ibn Abu Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said to a man from the tribe of Hamazan, "Allah's generosity is connected to gratitude; gratitude is linked to increase in his generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of his servant ceases." (Purification of the Heart p. 101 Various).
Being Grateful for what you have
A person can be grateful for whatever they receive this is Shakir in Arabic but the Shukr is the person who is grateful for what he did not get not just for what he got.
"How few of my servants are grateful!" (Quran: Saba 34:13). We can now see the example of someone who is grateful, see the following. Sheikh Saad used to say that the Prophet (may Allah bestow upon him peace and blessings is the teacher of gratitude and the following clarifies:
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) used to see the Prophet (may Allah bestow upon him peace and blessings) pray in the night until his feet cracked and then she asked, "O' Messenger of Allah, why do you cry? When Allah has forgiven your previous and forthcoming errors?" "Should I not be a grateful slave?" (Bukhari, Muslim At-Tirmidhi, Nisa'i, Ibn Majah and Imam Ahmed).
Do what you should be doing – religious person
One of the other definitions that I remember hearing my teachers say was that a person is showing gratitude to Allah by performing the actions that are necessary for him to perform at that time. That is gratefulness. For example a religious person should not spend their time wasting it watch television they should it constructively learning; in any form.
Ibn Ajiba (may Allah be pleased with him) describes three stations of gratitude, "Gratitude of the tongue; it is the realisation of the blessing through its tranquil description, gratitude of the body; is description of servitude and gratitude of the heart, is witness the giver of blessing when the blessings arrives." (p.12 Marij At-Taswif).
The above quote explains what gratitude entails and the three areas that gratitude can manifest.
Thank people
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow upon him peace and blessings) said, "Whoever does not thank people does not thank Allah." (Imam Ahmed).
Meaning that the good that you receive from people is from Allah so thanking that is showing gratitude. How many of us go into shops and do not say thank you? Some of us just grunt but is this the way of the Sunna?
"If you are grateful, surely I will increase you." (Quran: Ibrahim 14:7).
You can try this out by being grateful to Allah when you receive a blessing and know that it will be increased. Tie your gifts with the ropes of gratitude as one of the spiritual masters once said.
So be among the few who show gratitude with their tongues, limbs and hearts. You do not have anything to lose in fact you are promised more if you do. So what are you waiting for? When you feel overwhelmed with blessings the best thing that you can do is perform the grateful prostration which is two prostrations. Stay in the prostration position for as long as you like! The longer the better!
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
If only we could count the blessings that we have been given, we could then truly see the extent of the blessings that we are showered in without being aware of them.
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Being truthful is something that is almost lost in this time. We have experienced so many people who have left truthfulness. It is almost as if it does not matter in this world anymore. Yet, this is something that is so intrinsic to Islam. One of the Prophet's (may Allah bestow upon him peace and blessings) names before Islam was 'the truthful.'
So why do we ignore this? The fourth chapter of Imam Nawawi's great work Gardens of the righteous/Riyad As-Saliheen is truthfulness. There is also a section in Bustan Al-Arifeen/ Garden of the gnositics. As well as many other works that have been written about this subject.
One of point of Islamic belief is that all the Prophets are truthful because if there we not then how could we believe what they claim? Being truthful is part of prophecy.
Why am I typing about something that nobody is concerned with? Isn't that part of my job to make you think and ponder. Not only you but to make myself think and realise that there are some actions that I cannot keep doing. We are living in times where is easier to lie than tell the truth and easier to make things up then admit the embarrassing truth because it makes us look small. We are not asking people to humiliate themselves we are talking about people speaking truthfully.
Is it not strange that people who have told the truth sometimes end up dead?
Where are we headed if we are not telling the truth?
Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) said, "Truth leads to goodness; goodness guides to Paradise; a man is truthful until he is recorded, with Allah, as truthful. Falsehood leads to immorality; immorality leads to hell; a man tells lies until he is recorded, with Allah, as a lair." (Bukhari 10/423 and Muslim 2607).
Look at this great virtue that is almost lost these days. I have met so many people in the last few months that I have seen through and the attribute that made them clear is the truth. So many people think that they are truthful but how few are. So many people think there are on the side of truth but really they are on the side of lies. They lie to you they lie to me and they lie to themselves but they cannot lie to Allah because he knows it all. So who are you trying to cheat? Because you can lie to me but you cannot hide the lies. So why are you cheating yourself?
We also understand that there are books that people are recorded in, if they are persistant on a course of action or virtue. How wonderful it would be to be considered a person of truth.
Ali ibn Abu Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) said, "Truth is tranquillity." (At-Tirmidhi 2520).
Even though truth can be bitter it also sets you free because it frees the burden placed on the soul when it is asked. It also removes the internal dialogue that comes with lies because lies can eat you up like termites eat parchment!
There is popular English saying, 'Speak the truth and shame the devil.'
Hirqal asked Abu Sufyan, "What were you ordered to do?" He said, "To worship Allah alone without associating anything to him; leave what your fathers say; he ordered us to pray, to truth, gentleness and maintaining family ties." (Bukhari 1/30 and Muslim 1773).
The Prophet (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) was known for being truthful and that is what he commanded his followers with truthfulness. The truthful one came with the truth and ordered truthfulness. It is funny to note that a speaker once asked me about the topic that he should speak about and I said truthfulness. He nodded then went away and when the talk occurred he proceeded to bash an unnamed group that's another one of those who speak without realising what will benefit others! He wasn't truthful to what he asked, so why ask?
There are situations that a Muslim can lie these are in war because war is deception, a man to his wife and to bring two parties together.
English dictionary definition
One of the interesting definitions in the dictionary is that being truthful is being close to the true value of something. (http://www.dicts.info/define.php?word=truth) How true that is!
Six meanings
Imam Ghazali (may Allah be pleased with him) states the following about truthfulness, "Know that the word truthfulness is used in six ways (meanings), truthfulness in speech, truthfulness in intention and desire, truthfulness in determination, truthfulness in loyalty with determination, truthfulness in action, truthfulness in the realisation of all the stations of the religion." (Ihya Ul-Ulum Ad-Deen Vol 4. P.515).
The above explains all the spheres, in your life, that need truthfulness
Being truthful is intrinsic to faith because faith is described as affirmation on the tongue with sincerity in the heart. Without truthfulness a person faith is just empty words. Its truthfulness that brings those words to life.
One of the other person who was known for his truthfulness is Abu Bakr the Truthful. He is the best this nation for what? Prayers, fasts or actions? No. He is the best because of his truthfulness and is the closet station to the Prophets. What a great station and this is open for us all.
Search for
As students we look for truth and we have to accept it when we find even though it can be difficult to accept truth from people we do not like, it is still there. Courts, lawyers, governments are in need of truth but sometimes hypocrisy can be seen for miles and we can see something is wrong when the truth is not upheld.
We expect truth to prevail and it will maybe not in this world but in the next and that is what the day of judgement is all about. All those things that we were truthful about will manifest and all falsehood will vanish. The other day I saw a man wearing an end is nigh type board he was smiling so I smiled back. We don't know when it is coming but we know that it's true.
The Prophet (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) said, "A truthful merchant is with the Prophets, the truthful and the martyrs." (At-Tirmidhi).
It's not easy to tell the truth but then again if was easy the great rank would not given for its utterance.
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