Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski started a firestorm over the weekend when he presented findings that Apple has—apparently deliberately—created undocumented "backdoors" in its iOS operating system that third parties could use to siphon personal data from iPhones and iPads under certain circumstances without notice, much less consent of the user.
It's a complicated issue, so here's a quick FAQ to help you sort through it all.
The backdoors he describes aren't the sort of thing your average cybercriminal can easily exploit. There's no evidence that they've been used for identity theft or any sort of related criminal attack on iPhone or iPad data. At least so far, that is.
On the other hand, if you think the NSA or regular law enforcement might be tracking you, then Zdziarski might have described some of the backdoors by which their agents could be delving into your digital life.
Beyond that, they're an intriguing mystery—one that Apple has yet to explain.
Hold on a moment. What's a backdoor?
Like the word suggests, a backdoor is a simple or unguarded route into an otherwise secure system. Think Matthew Broderick's character in War Games sussing out a way to access WOPR by guessing a backdoor password specific to the system's creator (his dead son's name—a classically terrible password, by the way).
How would the NSA (or whoever) make use of these backdoors?
Zdziarski, a forensics expert and one-time iOS jailbreaker who's written several books about iPhone development, described three iOS services that appear to have an unusual degree of access to raw and potentially sensitive data gathered by or stored on the phone. These services are also apparently designed to collect that information, package it and dump it out upon request, either via USB or wirelessly over Wi-Fi.
These features are undocumented, meaning that they're not described by Apple in the sort of detail it normally provides to third-party developers who might make use of them. According to Zdziarski, however, they are installed and active on roughly 600 million iOS devices. They provide no indication that they're operating, and there's no way for users to turn them off.
Perhaps most ominous, these services can send out unencrypted information even if users have chosen to encrypt the data they back up through iTunes. Zdziarski calls this behavior "bypassing backup encryption" and considers it deceptive at best.
That all sounds pretty panic-worthy. Isn't it?
Turns out there's a catch. These services only work when an iPhone or iPad is "paired" to a trusted device, such as the computer you run iTunes on. (Bluetooth pairing with, say, a set of headphones doesn't count.) That greatly limits the ability of any attacker to exploit these services and rifle through your iPhone.
As Zdziarski put it in a March 2014 technical journal article describing his findings: "[E]very desktop that a phone has been plugged into (especially prior to iOS 7) is given a skeleton key to the phone." And that skeleton key is transportable, because a sufficiently motivated attacker can copy pairing keys and certificates from one computer to another.
Who would go to all the trouble of tracking down those keys and copying them?
Well, the police might, if they thought you were involved with organized crime. So might the NSA, the FBI or a number of other intelligence agencies. And of course some of these outfits could also create seemingly innocuous "paired" devices such as an alarm clock or charging station that would run malicious code once connected to your phone.
As noted above, though, it's not the sort of thing your average Belarusan hacker is likely to use to take over your phone any time soon.
OK, tell me more about these undocumented services. What are they and what do they do?
The pcapd service starts what security professionals call a "packet sniffer" on an iOS device—basically, software that records all data traffic to and from your iPhone. It's installed by default on all iOS devices, and operates whether a phone is in "developer mode" or not, suggesting that it's not a developer-specific feature. And it gives the user no warning when it's activated.
"This means anyone with a pairing record can connect to a target device via USB or Wi-Fi and listen in on the target's network traffic," Zdziarski wrote in his March paper.
By iOS 7, however, file_relay's reach had expanded to include 44 data sources, many of which specifically address the owner's personal information. These include the address book, accounts, GPS logs, maps of the phone's entire file system, a collection of all words typed into the phone, photos, notes, calendar files, call history, voicemail and other records of personal activity that have been cached in temporary files.
The third service, house_arrest, originally allowed iTunes to copy documents to and from third-party apps. Now, however, house_arrest has access to a much broader array of app-related data, including photos, databases, screenshots and temporary "cached" information.
Couldn't these services have legitimate functions?
Maybe, although it's difficult to understand why they they'd have such apparently untrammeled access to so much information. That's a pretty major security failing under any circumstance.
Zdziarski also runs through a number of possible explanations—that they might be used in iTunes or Xcode (Apple's iOS app-development environment), or in developer debugging, or by Apple support, or in Apple engineering debugging—and shoots each one down in turn.
It's very difficult to construct an explanation for legitimate, non-surveillance uses of services that aren't documented, that bypass backup encryption, that have access to otherwise inaccessible user data and that give the user no notification that they're accessing and dumping out information. Oh, and whose code Apple has maintained and updated across several versions of iOS.
Given Apple's historical issues with lack of cooperation and infighting between technical teams, it's also conceivable that these services grew without much direction at all, almost by accident, as engineers struggled to solve other technical problems without writing a whole bunch of new code. Call this the it-ain't-pretty-but-it-works explanation.
Is it plausible? Your guess is as good as mine. And it's still a major security fail.
What does Apple have to say about all this?
In classic fashion, not very much. Apple didn't get back to me when I emailed it for comment, although I'll keep trying.
And it fails to address most of Zdziarski's basic questions. If these services are diagnostic functions, why aren't they documented? Why do they operate even if users haven't agreed to send diagnostic information to Apple? Why can't users deny their consent to having information taken off their devices this way? Why can't users turn these services off?
It is certainly interesting that Apple feels compelled to deny that it has even "worked with any government agency from any country" to engineer backdoors into its products or services. Especially since Zdziarski hadn't accused them of such.
Does Zdziarski have thoughts about Apple's statement?
I understand that every OS has diagnostic functions, however these services break the promise that Apple makes with the consumer when they enter a backup password; that the data on their device will only come off the phone encrypted. The consumer is also not aware of these mechanisms, nor are they prompted in any way by the device. There is simply no way to justify the massive leak of data as a result of these services, and without any explicit consent by the user.
Updated on Wednesday, July 23 at 10:08am with, well, updates noted in the text.


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Q: What is the fastest way to read an entire file into a String in Scala? I am currently using the following to do this.
val string = scala.io.Source.fromFile(filePath).mkString

However, I've noticed that it is quite slow. Is there any better (in terms of speed) method to read the whole file into a string?

A: I used the following. This is much faster than my previous approach.
import java.nio.file.Files
import java.nio.file.Paths

val string = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(filePath)))

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The Flaws of Democracy-An Islamic Perspective
Posted on July 13, 2015 December 25, 2021 by Dr Nauman Shad
The Flaws of Democracy-
An Islamic Perspective
And whosoever does not judge by that which Allâh has revealed, such are the Zhâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers). [Holy Quran Mâidah: 45]
Democracy is a commonly known word all over the world. Most of the political movements in the world have made it their goal to establish this system in their respective countries. Democracy is the most popular and accepted political system in the modern world.
Yet, there exists some difference of opinion among the Islamic scholars on democracy. Democracy and human rights have occupied very important position in the political agenda of many of the Islamic parties. However, some of the parties and people do not accept it, due to various reasons. A careful and deep analysis on this issue is needed. Following is a discussion on the flaws of democracy and some solutions.
Sovereignty / Supreme Authority belongs to the People
"And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the disbelievers" (Holy Quran 5: 44)
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. Democracy is a man-made system, meaning rule by the people for the people. Thus it is contrary to Islam, because rule is for Allah, the Most High, the Almighty, and it is not permissible to give legislative rights to any human being, no matter who he is.
Theoretically speaking, Islam speaks of sovereignty of Allah, while western democracy advocates that sovereignty belongs to people. So also legislating the lawful and unlawful is a sole right of Allah, it is not for anyone to compete with Allah in this regard. Therefore whoever accepts a law other than Law of Allah has associated partner with Allah (Shirk).
"Have you seen those (hypocrites) who claim that they believe in that which has been sent down to you, and that which was sent down before you, and they wish to go for judgment (in their disputes) to the Tâghût (false judges, etc.) while they have been ordered to reject them. But Satan wishes to lead them far astray." (Holy Quran Nisâ: 60)
Hukm ul Jahiliyyah (Judgment of Ignorance)
Then is it the judgment of [the time of] ignorance they desire? But who is better than Allah in judgment for a people who are certain [in faith]. (Holy Quran 5: 50)
Therefore the rules of Ignorance are 'thoughts, whims and principles laid down by men with no Shariah backing as the people of Jâhiliyyah period used to do upon misguidance and ignorance; rules which they set up for themselves out of their views and desires as the Tartars did from their 'Politics of the Monarchy' which they got from their King, Genghis Khan, who formulated Al-Yasaaq for them. This Yasaaq was a book that contained a set of rules from diverse sources – Jewish, Christian and Muslim.
There were other laws he formulated for them by himself out from his personal views and desires. So many of the 'developed' and 'glorious' past generations were destroyed because they did not worship only Allah as also indicated in their failure to apply Allah's rules of their time . Allah refers to all laws apart from His laws as rules of Jâhiliyyah.
Those Divine Narrations show that those who follow man-made laws which are laid down upon the tongues of those who possess them and which oppose what Allah has legislated upon the tongues of His Messengers. Now if laws that are not laid down by Allah are referred to as Hukm Al-Jâhiliyyah, does democracy fall within?
Constitution is Supreme
And whosoever does not judge by what Allâh has revealed (then) such (people) are the Fâsiqûn (the rebellious) to Allâh. (Holy Quran Mâidah: 46) To adopt democracy is to make oneself subservient to a book-the Constitution. This book, the Constitution (and NOT the Holy Quran & Sunnah) is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on all authorities and persons throughout. Even if the provisions of the constitution are against the teachings of the Holy Quran or Sunnah, they will have to be followed.
Majority is right (Mob Rule)
And if you obey most of those upon the earth, they will mislead you from the way of Allah. (Holy Quran 6: 116)
In democracy legislative authority is given to someone other than Allah, may He be exalted; rather it is given to the people and their deputies, and what matters is not their consensus but the majority. Thus what the majority agree upon becomes laws that are binding on the nation, even if it is contrary to common sense, religious teaching or reason.
The concept of majority rule in democracy is a sheer pandemonium in governance. Five people are sitting in a room. Three are men. One of them proposes a new law making it legal to for a man to rape a woman (under certain circumstances of course). The three men vote yea. What happens next is "democracy" in action.
And most of mankind will not believe even if you desire it eagerly.
(Holy Quran Yûsuf: 103)
The purport of the Verses above is that the people will remain on their wrongdoing even at utmost effort to take them out of misguidance. Shaikh As-Sa'dee said 'The Verse indicates that there is no justification in saying that the truth is what the majority holds to and the claim that those who tread a path will be regarded as being upon falsehood if they are not many. What is daily observed proves otherwise; the people of truth are always very minor but great in the Sight of Allah in worth and rewards. What is however imperative is that truth and falsehood should be judged from how they are reached.'
Democracy depends on quantity and NOT quality
Events in Lebanon have shown the folly of democracy. When the anti-Syrian forces held huge street demonstrations against the pro-Syrian Lebanese government, the pro-Syrian Prime Minister resigned. When the pro-Syrian crowds demonstrating in the streets a week later were much larger than the anti-Syrian crowds, the Prime Minister was reappointed. There's no reason or logic to it, just numbers.
All people are Equal & Same
"Say, Are those who know equal to those who do not know?" (Holy Quran 39:9)
The idea that is central to democracy is that all people are equal and are the same. That is not true. Anyone with common sense knows it is not true. The insane idea of one man, one vote is ludicrous. Why should the decision regarding the direction society is going to take be equally decided by someone who works hard, is altruistic, and is a good person, and someone who lives off of others, is abusing his family, and doesn't contribute anything to society?
This does not make sense. How can opinion of a doctor, engineer, lawyer or other educated technocrats be equal? More importantly, how can an opinion of a technocrat with sound knowledge of Islam & Islamic politics be same as one who is ignorant of the teachings of Islam or more worse a secular person?
Nation becomes divided
"And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allâh (i.e. this Qur'ân), and be not divided among yourselves" (Holy Quran 3: 103)
Islam forbids disunity; it says the Muslims are a single brotherhood. Thus it is not permissible for Muslims to divide themselves into groups and parties (even in the name of the religion) with diverse ideologies as democracy is known to embody. 'There is no doubt that democracy will break the unity of the Muslims; you may find a son and his father in the same house with hostility between them. Even the women are not safe, so also are the neighbors to one another… '
The enmity becomes entrenched, Satan takes over and everyone becomes an enemy to the other…' If one may ask what kind of brotherhood is in Muslims fighting one another because they belong to different groups, political or otherwise? What interest are they fighting for? Is that what Islam commands? This point is also being stressed by Gen Hameed Gul in various talk shows these days. Read the following blog for more on this:
A Nation Divided
Democracy is NOT Shura
This is a wrong concept that has developed.
Shura has to do with new matters that arise or with matters that are not explained in detail in the texts of the Qur'an or Sunnah. With regard to the "rule of the people", the people may discuss what is well-established in religion, which may lead to refusing to acknowledge the prohibitions on that which is forbidden, and to forbidding that which Allah has permitted or made obligatory.
So the sale of alcohol is permitted according to these laws, as are fornication/adultery and riba (usury), but these laws put pressures on Islamic organizations and the activities of those who call people to Allah. This is diametrically opposed to Shariah, so what does this have to do with shura?
The majlis ash-shura (consultative committee) is to be formed of people who have a deep knowledge of fiqh, Islam and Shariah, understanding, and have a high level of piety and good character. So no one who is of bad character or foolish, or is a disbeliever, secular or atheist, is to be consulted or involved in the shura process. As for the democratic councils of representatives, they pay no attention to any of the conditions mentioned above. The representative may be a disbeliever, or of bad character or foolish. What does this have to do with shura as prescribed in Islam?
Shura is not binding upon the ruler; the ruler may give precedence to the view of one member of the council that is supported by proof, and prefer his view over that of the other council members, whereas in the case of representative democracy, the agreement of the majority becomes legally binding upon the people.
Wrong Meaning & Use of Freedom
These are the limits ordained by Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits ordained by Allah, then such are the wrongdoers. (Holy Quran 2: 229) This means that the laws that Allah has legislated are His set limits, so do not transgress them. An authentic Hadith states: "Allah has set some limits, so do not transgress them; and commanded some commands, so do not ignore them; and made some things unlawful, so do not commit them. He has also left some matters (without rulings) as a mercy with you, not because He has forgotten them, so do not ask about them." Many people think that the word democracy means freedom! But this is incorrect because freedom is one of the by-products of democracy.
What we mean by freedom here is freedom of belief, freedom of decadence, and freedom of expression, and these also have many negative impacts on Muslim societies, because matters have gone so far that aspersions are cast upon the Messengers and the messages, and upon the Qur'an and the Sunnah, on the grounds of freedom of opinion; and wanton display and uncovering are tolerated, and indecent images and movies are propagated on the grounds of freedom.
Many such things are happening, of which there is a long list, all of which are playing a part in the corruption of the ummah, morally and spiritually. Why shouldn't our religion restrict our freedom, as their freedom is restricted by things that they cannot deny? Undoubtedly what is taught by Islam is that which is in people's best interests.
If a woman is forbidden to make a wanton display, or if the people are forbidden to drink alcohol and eat pork, and so on, all of that is in their best interests, physically and mentally, and for their general welfare. But they refused to restrict their freedom if the injunction comes from religion, but they say "we hear and we obey" if it comes from human beings like them or from a (man-made) law.
Nominating Oneself for Elections
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) stated "Do not ask for leadership position because if you were entrusted a leadership position after you have asked for it, you will be left alone with it (that is, Allah will not assist you) but if you are given without asking for it, you will be helped over it.' (Bukhari) He also stated that 'You (my Ummah) shall verily crave for leadership positions, and it is going to be a regret on the Day of Resurrection.' (Bukhari)
Democracy encourages craving for leadership position. This is another evil that goes with democracy. Every person in democracy seeks a way of having an access to power, directly or indirectly. Political parties front candidates that seek to become rulers after elections; this is the aim of every political party. Love for the leadership position is forbidden in the religion of Islam because the post of leadership is not what should be quested for.
And then when elected one MNA or MPA in this system may vote oneself for prime minister or chief minister!
Promotes Violence
"It is the craving for leadership positions that is the cause of conflict among the people such that a lot of blood has been spilled while many properties are usurped (unjustly) and women raped. Corruption has become widespread on the surface of the earth (due to it). Regrets usually follow killing the person in power (who might have come to power by craving too); it may be that he is removed or he dies." –Muslim Scholar
Criteria for Candidates
Most of the time there is no criteria for nomination of candidates. Candidates may be the most corrupt, thieves, loan defaulters, and even murderers and rapists. There is no check and balance, so much so that almost every candidate has these qualities, leaving people no choice except to chose 'the lesser evil'. Despite introduction of articles of 62 & 63 in constitution of Pakistan, regarding criteria for candidates, they never get implemented.
Influence of the Media
"And so judge (Oh Muhammad PBUH ) among them by what Allah has revealed and follow not their vain desires, but beware of them lest they turn you (Oh Muhammad PBUH) far away from some of that which Allah has sent down to you. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's Will is to punish them for some sins of theirs. And truly, most of men are Faasiqoon (rebellious and disobedient to Allah)."
In today's society, those who control the media control the democracy. Most people don't have the time or inclination to question what they read in the papers or what is fed to them through the television. If their thoughts go beyond beer and sports/bread and circuses, they are rare, indeed.
It is the media which raises position of a political party so high from out of nowhere, that it wins the elections or comes close to winning elections, by promoting it through true/false propaganda. This is all done to serve ulterior purposes of an 'unknown power' in return for material gains. People of Pakistan may well know many such examples.
False Promises & Lies
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) stated: "There are four (characteristics), whoever has them is a hypocrite, and whoever has one of the four has a characteristic of hypocrisy unless he gives it up: when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise he breaks it; what he makes a pledge he betrays it; and when he disputes he resorts to foul language." (Sahih Bukhari)
Before elections most political parties make false promises which they seldom fulfill after winning the elections. They become just false party slogans like the famous 'Roti, Kapra & Makaan' (bread, clothes & house) slogan made by Pakistan People's Party in Pakistan. These false promises and false hopes are made just to win the elections.
Compromise on Religious Teachings
They chose idols besides Allah in the hope of receiving help from them. (Surah Ya Sin, 36:74) They have sought honor from other gods instead of Allah! (Surah Maryam, 19:81) It has often been seen that religious parties make compromises to win elections or for political gains in this democratic system.
How can an Islamic organization compromise religious principles and translate them into public policy? Who are they trying to please, Allah or the people? Often this very action takes them many steps backward as people accuse them of hypocrisy. An example is of religious parties supporting Ms Fatima Jinnah for leader of the country when they well knew it is not allowed for a woman is not allowed to lead a nation (see ahead)
Electoral Rigging
Illegal interference with the process of an election is the most common complaint of losing candidates and parties and there is no denying that it does not occur. Candidates and their parties often use every means possible to win elections and even systematic rigging takes place. This is all just to win and get elected to power, which as mentioned above, should never be the aim of a true Muslim.
Money Required for being a Candidate
Another flaw of these elections is that only rich and influential people can come into power as a large amount of money is required to run in the elections. On top of that, party leadership often demands a large sum of money from the candidates to run in the elections for their party. This means poor but more deserving people rarely get a chance to get elected and become a part of the legislative assembly, which is a very big flaw in this democratic system. So much for 'democratic freedom' when even a poor intellectual technocrat cannot even be elected due to his monetary position!
Verily, spendthrifts are brothers of Shayatîn (devils), and Shaitân (Satan) is ever ungrateful to his Lord. [Holy Quran: Al-Isrâ: 27] Often huge extravagant amount of money is spent on elections and most of it goes to waste. Costs of canvassing and electoral stage shows are extreme. Banners, posters, play cards printed in excess lie scattered on the roads after the election speeches.
Party may win elections even after securing less than 50% of total electoral Seats or Electoral Votes
Let's take an example: Party A wins 40% of electoral seats Party B wins 25% of electoral seats Party C wins 20 % of electoral seats Miscellaneous Parties & Independent Candidates win 15% of electoral seats Hence Party A will form the government by making alliance with the miscellaneous parties and Independent candidates, although it has won less than half of the total electoral seats & votes. Sometimes it happens that the party obtaining 2nd position in terms of electoral seats may have got more number of electoral votes than the party that got the most electoral votes.
Another example from real life is of the 2011 elections in Egypt: In the first round of presidential elections Mr. Morsi won 25% of votes cast. Voter turnout was only 46% of registered voters. So, in reality Morsi got approval from only 11.5 % of the total registered voters (forget about total registered and unregistered voters). In the second round of presidential elections Mr. Morsi won 51.7% of votes cast.
Voter turnout was only 52% of registered voters. So, in reality Mr. Morsi got approval from about only 27 % of the total registered voters (forget about total registered and unregistered voters). Thus, one can see one of the major reasons why Mr. Morsi had difficulty in running his government and his people. Often less than 50% of registered voters turn out to vote. This causes elections to become farcical & lead to other flaws discussed below.
Criminal Alliances/Alliances of Convenience
"O you who believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will send you back on your heels, and you will turn back (from Faith) as losers." [Al-An'âm: 149] Very often political parties make awkward alliances or alliances of convenience to form a government. The most disheartening example in this case is of religious parties making alliances with secular or other parties just for the sake of winning electoral seats.
And then they make alliances after elections with these parties in order to form government and to have a share in the running of the government. Their intentions may be good but ultimately they will be partly responsible for all the wrongs being done by the government.
And rightly so these religious parties are blamed by the general public and criticized by their own parties for making such alliances. Even when a group of Muslims claims they are going into democracy in the name of Islam and thereby forming an Islamic party, their success in their political endeavor is always hinged on some alliances they form with other political parties in the field.
Often, it might be difficult for a party that has a seeming Islamic orientation from displaying all its Islam without 20 some concessions, like making the presidential running mate a Christian or whatsoever in order to appeal to the majority of the electorate among whom are many non-Muslims.
Parties with Muslims orientation often 'disguise' or compromise to defuse any criticism that might come from other political parties which might accuse the 'Islamic party' of wanting to turn the polity to that of Shariah. Sometimes two corrupt parties make a natural alliance to enhance their corruption and so that no one can put any hindrance or raise their voice to their corruption and malpractices. Or they may agree to take turns in forming a government and making friendly oppositions. So much for good democracy!
Bribery & Blackmailing
"And eat up not one another's property unjustly, nor give bribery to the rulers that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully." (Holy Quran 2: 188) And yet another flaw in this democratic system is that candidates are brought by a party by offering them huge sums of money. This is often termed horse-trading in some countries and the candidate that has been bribed is often called a 'Lota' for switching allegiances after accepting the bribe. Sometimes candidates are blackmailed into joining a party in return for hiding their previous corruption & malpractices. An example is of NAB introduced by Gen Musharraf in Pakistan.
Winning Party becomes the Monarchy/Tyrant
Another great flaw in democracy is that after the elections, the winning party after forming elections becomes a Monarchy especially if it has formed a strong government by making alliances of convenience described above. So much so that one can hardly differentiate between it and a Kingdomship. Lord Acton: "The one prevailing evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
Criminals Can become Leader through Democracy
World has seen this occur when Gujrat Mass Murderer Mr. Modi became Prime Minister of world's largest democracy to the dislike and dismay of even most Indians!
World has seen this occur when one of the most corrupt person on Earth became the President of Pakistan through democracy
World has seen this occur when a traitor Mr. Musharraf became President of Pakistan through his democracy
And there are so many many other examples throughout the world of such criminals becoming leaders through democracy
Woman may become Leaders
Through democracy a woman can become the Prime Minister of a Muslim country. 'They will not be successful, a people who entrust their affair to a woman.' (Bukhari) Al-Khattâbi said: There is in the hadith that a woman cannot assume a post of leadership (over men) nor become a judge (Fat hul bari)
Blackmailing: Democracy is in danger!
Whenever a party government is threatened of removal due to its corruption & bad governance it starts screaming that there is a threat to democracy. They say that the worst democracy is better than the best monarchy or best Martial law! The effect of this call therefore is that many hitherto strict followers of religion are fast dropping their strict adherence and becoming democrats willingly and unwillingly all in the name of salvaging the Muslims from their supposed predicament.
Miscellaneous Flaws
In some countries like Pakistan, often the people have no choice when voting due to the Jagirdaar system in which they are forced to vote for their tribal leaders or face terrible consequences. Many parties in desperate attempts to win elections & get government, accommodate people from other parties who may have completely different thoughts, different policies or who might even be corrupt.
The Muslims who think they can use democracy as a short cut to achieve Shariah are only fooling themselves. We all saw what happened in Egypt where more than half of the people did not even want Shariah (discussed above). USA & its allies often invade Muslim countries in the pretext of bringing Democracy to their lands!
Other Famous Quotes on Evils of Democracy
Views of Allama Iqbal (RA):
Fisher Ames: "A democracy is a volcano, which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption, and carry desolation in their way."
John Jay: "Pure democracy, like pure rum, easily produces intoxication, and with it a thousand mad pranks and fooleries."
George Washington: "It is one of the evils of democratical governments that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act."
Alexander Hamilton: "If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy."
Michael Newton: Everyone thinks of democracy as the ideal. People like democracy because it supposedly gives everyone a voice. This is not successful government. Successful government is about intelligent management of the country while maintaining fairness through rule of law.
James Madison: "Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure."
James Madison: "Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
L. Mencken: "Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right."
Thomas Sowell: "Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes."
Thomas Jefferson: "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."
Winston Churchill: "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been."
John Simon: "Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant."
George Bernard Shaw: "Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few."
Walter Lippmann: "No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people."
Israeli politician Rabbi Elazar Menachem Shach promoted Judaic law to be the natural governance for Jews and condemned democracy, he claimed that "Democracy as a machinery of lies, false notions, pursuit of narrow interests and deceit – as opposed to the Torah regime, which is based on seeking the ultimate truth" He claimed that the parliamentary system subordinates the national interest, or common good, to private interests of a parliament's representatives where only short-sighted interests of individuals prevail.
If an orthodox Jew has these views on democracy than what can we comment about orthodox conservative Muslims! Anonymous: "Therefore Democracy is therefore an atheist political system that defines a specific view for a political life built on separating the religion from the state"
Eminent Scholars against Democracy & Elections
Dr. Zakir Naik
Sheikh Imran Hosein
Late Dr. Israr Ahmad
Late Maulana Maududi: It is reported by many people that Maulana Maududi finally accepted near the end of his life that Elections were NOT the solution.
Same happened with Mr. Morsi and Nawaz Sharif as shown here:
Such a clause is present in the Constitution of Pakistan (article 2) but it is not strictly implemented and not strictly checked by the Supreme Court. Thus many laws still do get passed through the legislative assemblies which are against the laws of Islam e.g. immunity given to the President, Governors etc under article 248. For full implementation of this article, the Anglo-Saxon judicial system will have to be corrected.
Partial Solutions:
Some Muslim Scholars like Yousaf Al Qarzawi of Muslim Brotherhood, Maulana Maududi of Jamaati Islami and others have put forward a solution for one of the major evils of democracy. They have suggested of introducing a clause in the constitution to the effect that no law will be passed contrary to the injunctions of the Quran and Sunnah. This clause will act as guarantee against the fear of some people that anti Islamic law may be passed under the cover of democracy.
Theo-democracy : If enough members of a party or party who wish to form an Islamic government and pass ony Islamic laws in conformation with the Holy Quran and Ahadith, (preferably 2/ 3 or more of the total members of parliament), then this can also provide a solution
The Best solution or alternate is Khilafah which is discussed in the next blog:
Khilafah: An Alternate Solution to Democracy
14 Reasons to Vote for None
And Allah knows best!
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Though responsive web design is completely a new concept for numbers of web designers but it will surely get broad popularity with the launch of more mobile devices. This allows users to see multiple websites on different mobile devices including Smartphone, tablets and laptops irrespective of the screen sizes of these devices. Work of the responsive website design is bound to increase in 2012 that would make it more essential tool for web designers.
These days, oversized headers and logos are immensely used to make it a longer and unforgettable impression on visitor's mind. In this way, this can be really helpful to get your business, product as well as website noticed by varied visitors. Entire screen can be managed with the help of this header that will also remove people phobia that they have about clicking the website. Other than this, using broad images in background is also gaining popularity in order to get viewers attention.
It is not always great to use tons of photos in order to make a website appealing to get more visitors. Sometimes, eye-catching typography with the use of varied font sizes, different and new fonts can make wonders in your website. This web design trend is going to remain important in 2012 as it is always a challenge for web designers to twist and mold fonts that is well-suited for the purpose.
It is not so that this web design trend is touching new horizons but it is something that has been and still is a useful web design application. Moreover, most of the web designers do not feel much comfortable to design their own sketches that usage of multiple sketches offer more reliability and authenticity to a website.
As more and more people are linked to social media in one or other way so the trend of social media integration have started playing vital role in the navigation process. Taking help of this integration, web designers use these channels more than a relegating footer. Besides it, the scope of social media trend has increased to the extent that it is going to expand and will keep boosting in 2012 and more.
Flash used to keep that much importance that without using it you designer could imagine to visit a website. Today, things have become a bit relaxed due to jQuery for forms and popup but Flash cannot be replaced in terms of interactivity in 2012 as well. In coming years, we designers are going to move in the direction more redeeming elements of Flash. Apart from this, more web savvy users these days are able to create site that are more intuitive.
These are some of the most crucial web design trends that have been discussed but list of these trends is so long that it is not going to end as new creation and upgrading will continue to happen. Gird system, illustration, parallax and lot more new web designing application can be counted in the trends of 2012 which are supposed to play a vital role in the coming years as well and lead to contribute in boosting the web designing industry. In this direction, different web designing based companies and businesses hire web developer and designers to get the best results and flourishing businesses.


Another of Thanet's glorious sandy bays, St Mildred's is a cliff-lined beach with promenade and tidal pool.
The beach is well-placed, set within in the heart of Westgate and edged with tennis courts, a putting green and a restaurant.
Travel up the coast on the Viking Coastal Trail and you can choose between the lively town of Margate and the peace and quiet of the atmospheric Reculver Towers to finish up a day by the coast.


2009, for me, was sucky year, and I won't bore you with a list of things I did do, or I had intended to do, or didn't do.
1) Enjoy my life as an artist/weaver, and live like one, doing the things artists/weavers do. Experiment more and try new things.
2) Open my wee Esty store and make it as lovely and girly as I like.
3) Loose weight, exercise more, spend some time and energy on my appearance. Because it will be good for my head as well. I am getting old and am frequently spooked by the woman in shop windows looking back at me. Use it, or loose it, right?
4) Set up an accounting system of some sort, finally.
6) Get my head around Esty, (hopefully before I start on my wee store,) Online Guild (UK), Hand/Eye, The Big Idea & Weavolution. Or chuck the computer out the window from our second/first (not ground) floor office and be happy!
7) Try not to plan too much ahead or make lists.
Happy 2010, Everyone! May all our warps be colorful, or nuanced, heavenly to the touch, and your tension even and obliging.
My number one goal is just to get back to my loom soon. Life's events derailed me big time. I have been spinning.
I think the key is not to set goals but just wishes. And I think enjoying what you do is paramount!
Let's hope for a good one!
And to you, Susan. 11 hours and 10 minutes to go, for me. I know what you mean, but with spinning, you're not too far away from the loom.
Oh, this post started as such a short sweet one, but it got longer and longer, as usual. ^%$#@!!
Happy New Year and New Decade!!!
You've got some great ideas and hopes for the new year. Here's to them going to fruition in ways bigger than you can even imagine right now!
Thank you, Sue. I think I can use some "bigger than I can even imagine right now" things!
Designers/Weavers Need to Step Up?
Saturday Daydreaming: How Long is a Weaving Life?
And More Ho! Ho! Ho!


Panoramas, summit shots, trailhead embarkations, sunsets, and battlewounds -- the photographic proof is a requisite for any grandadventure. As such, I rarely under-pack in the camera department. Formore than a decade, starting with a Pentax K1000 camera and thenmoving up to a Canon digital SLR, I have hauled lenses and bulkycamera bodies to literal ends of the earth.
The latest camera in the line, Canon's Rebel T2i, is a vast upgradefrom my former photographic companions. Released this spring, thedigital single-lens-reflex (SLR) camera offers 18 megapixels ofresolution and HD-video capability.
In the past, I shied away from Canon's EOS Rebel line, as it is a stepbelow the company's professional cameras. But the T2i offers all thepro-level features I need, including video, the massive resolution forstill photos, and fast capture at 3.7 frames per second.
Increased sensitivity and high ISO settings are great for low-lightphotography. The camera can shoot in full-manual mode. Or, conversely,when I want to go on autopilot, the T2i has a litany of presetfunctions and modes to help maximize a picture in almost anysituation.
At $799.99 retail for the T2i camera body, it is a relative bargain. Ican use my existing Canon lenses on the T2i, as the camera iscompatible with all Canon EF and EF-S lenses.
For years, I shot with Canon's EOS 20D camera. This stout SLR hascaptured tens of thousands of photos for me, and it has never skippeda beat. The T2i, which will replace my 20D, is a significantly bettercamera.
The video mode alone makes the T2i stand out. Its HD-video capability,at 1920 x 1080 resolution, lets you shoot film-like segments. I havehad fun shooting short videos with a 50mm lens. A wide aperture allowsfor beautiful, cinematic-like footage that has depth of field to keepthe subject matter sharp and the background pleasantly blurred.
As with any SLR camera, the T2i can be a pain to manage in theoutdoors and during activities. But the T2i is among the moremanageable SLRs on the market. It measures about 5 x 4 x 3 inches, andit weighs about 18 ounces with no lens attached. Compared to my 20Dcamera, the T2i is noticeably smaller and lighter weight.
The T2i does lack several pro-level features, including super-fastshutter speeds and the kind of frames-per-second capture as seen onCanon's higher-end models. It has no wireless flash option.
But for me, and for most intermediate to advanced photographers, theT2i has just about everything needed. The bright, three-inch-wide LCDmonitor on back gives a quick and accurate preview. A fast peek and Iknow if the T2i got me the vista, summit photo, or action shot I needto bring home and prove I was there.


Got 5 minutes? Whip up these delicious coconut latte vegan overnight oats for an easy, fiber-filled breakfast that are oh-so-delish! This overnight oatmeal recipe only requires 5 simple and healthy ingredients to make and this breakfast that will have you full all morning long.
What's better than a big bowl of oatmeal and a latte? NOTHING.
I am deeply in love with this Vegan Coconut Latte Overnight Oatmeal recipe. It's made with 5 total ingredients that are all gluten-free and good for you! There are two secret ingredients in this overnight oat recipe that makes it a coconut latte: 1. coconut milk and 2. brewed coffee! Mix the two together and you get a coconut latte. Get in my belly.
We topped our oats with some coconut whipped cream. We love THIS recipe by Minimalist Baker, but you can also make a simpler and healthier coconut whip cream by whipping the solid part of full-fat coconut milk with some maple syrup.
Top with more coconut cream, shredded toasted coconut, and cinnamon. Enjoy!
This recipe was originally published on 4/2/2015 and was revised on 4/12/2018.
I'm sure you're dying to know fact #5.
Fact #5: I have depression.
Not sure why I've never talked about this topic on FFF but…I have depression! Why do I say it with such excitement? Well- I've got it under control and I really don't let it define me. Way back when during my ED days, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Depression is a mental illness and as you know, can be difficult to control. Eating disorders + depression + anxiety all sort of go hand in hand became one GIANT mental illness. I get a lot of questions on how I recovered from my eating disorder and while a lot of it was due to changes in my lifestyle…I am also on an antidepressant, which has helped monitor my hormone levels. I'm not going to lie, taking that first pill was one of the scariest days of my life. I remember sitting in my room holding the bottle in my hand just bawling. I didn't want to be that crazy person who had to rely on drugs her whole life. Well people, I got over that quickly because they really did help bring my anxiety level down and chill me the eff out.


If you're interested in politics, history, language and just great storytelling, I can't recommend this highly enough. It reminded me of a handful of great writers including Don DeLillo, David Foster Wallace, Hubert Selby Jr, James Ellroy and perhaps most of all, that Dostoevsky fella. It's shot through with gnomic wisdom and existential philosophy (the title of this post is a quote from a doomed smalltime gangbanger by way of Sartre). But it's also utterly unique.
Based on true history, it starts out among the terrifying turmoil of Jamaica's ghettos in the late 70s – the political infighting, violent gang warfare and drug-related anarchy. It uses the return of Bob Marley for a peace concert and the subsequent assassination attempt on him as an anchor point. From there it fans out across continents and decades. The Jamaican gangs get involved with the Mexican Medelin drug cartel – cue Hart To Hart opening credits montage VO: "…and when they met, it was moi-dah" – and the story moves to New York in the 80s at the genesis of the crack cocaine epidemic.
There's plenty of brutal violence – and many more than 'seven killings' – but none of it could be described as 'senseless' and it doesn't come cheap. Unlike the sometimes cartoonish violence of Tarantino movies, it's very real and dark; but in common with Tarantino, the most shocking thing about it is how mundane it is.
It's a little tricky to get into and, owing to the large cast of characters, a bit discombobulating at times, but ultimately ultra-addictive and very rewarding: it took me three months to read the first third and a week to read the last two thirds. The scope and ambition of the book are epic, the juggling of so many different voices while moving the story forward, sprinkling insights and dropping wisdom throughout.


Lafayette County Schools. Home Sits On 5 Acres And A Mountain Top-What A View It Offers! Located Between Oxford And Water Valley. Hardwood Floors, Split Floor Plan, Upstairs Bedroom With Half Bath. Guesthouse Is About 40% Finished Out.


Just had to do it any want to bet, how long.
What do you think? Has AT&T ever shown the ability to push updates out relatively quickly? The 1020 seems like the only one but then all of the 1020s around the world got it at the same time. Even on Android they are months behind. AT&T needs to make sure their bloatware works with every update.
At&t is the worst for pushing out updates. I think they are trying to wait you out so you buy a new phone.
AT&T spends more time removing features that adding them, like data sense. I'm sure we might wait a few more months, maybe until March.
Who do we send the complaints to?
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I really did not expect better customer support from AT&T than I got from T-Mobile, that's not really why I got a 920 on AT&T. Why I got a 920 on AT&T is that even though AT&T might be super slow with updating it, I have every expectation that their 920 WILL GET AN OFFICIAL OTA UPDATE TO GDR3, BLACK AND AT SOME POINT WP 8.1.
I must say that I do miss Data Sense especially since I am on a very strict data budget being on AT&T's 300mb Mobile Value plan.
As they say, it will be done when it's done. But i must say these ATT hate threads are probably the best reading anywhere and have provided me with hours of entertainment. People become much more creative when they suffer from mental anguish (although it's over a miniscule software update).
When WP goes WebOS/BB10 way, ppl should start blaming MS and Nokia for giving the exclusivity to ATT. The OS is already one generation behind.. These delay in updates make it primitive.
Where are the new Samsung's Windows 8 tablets?


Trigenics® is an interactive, neurologically based soft tissue assessment and manipulative treatment system that symbiotically combines aspects of both eastern and western manual medicines. It involves the simultaneous application of 3 components for a cumulative synergistic effect.
Trigenics® main therapeutic applications revolve around neurologically modifying muscle tone and somatic function as well as restoring and balancing functional sensorimotor biomechanics. Although each of the three originating components in Trigenics® ("genics") could basically be used as a stand-alone therapy, the synergistic effect of combining three in a specific way provides results that are profound. This is further supported by a recent study done by Masakado Y (2001) who demonstrated that inhibition on a target muscle is significantly increased when the two stimuli (stimulation of the peripheral nervous system & central nervous system) were given together than separately. Ikai (1996) also suggested that inhibition of antagonist muscles may occur at the cortical and spinal cord levels. One of the key concepts of Trigenics® is to 'trick' the CNS into super-inhibiting the target muscle. Once the muscle is put into a temporary unloaded state, it can easily and rapidly be strengthened or lengthened using various manipulative procedures.
Trigenics® Strengthening (TS) – Used to instantly increase strength in weak, injured, or normal muscles. Effects are cumulative.
Trigenics® Lengthening (TL) – Used to instantly increase length in shortened or normal muscles, and joint ROM.
Trigenics® Manipulation (TM) – Used as a non-force alternative to high velocity adjustments. Effective with acute injuries and chronic injuries (i.e. frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis).
a true neurologically based, multi-faceted treatment, which addresses soft tissues as one of its applications.
a mechanically based, muscle stripping, myofascial release, or standard "neuromuscular" technique.
Vladimir Janda has clearly delineated that many muscular and biomechanical problems develop as a result of muscle imbalance that is created by either shortened or weakened (inhibited) muscles. Imbalanced development, or more clinically, aberrant alignment and disruption of the kinetic chain integrity will inevitably lead to injuries. Traditionally, doctors and therapists have been prescribing stretching exercises for the shortened muscles and isotonic/isometric resistive exercises to strengthen weakened muscles. Although these exercises have been widely utilized, however, it will take a few months to achieve results. It will take at least the initial 4-6 weeks just to regain the proper neural recruitment (Moritani and Devaries 1979, Sale, 1992). In addition, these exercises do not necessarily correct muscle spindle dysfunction. These exercises can even be counterproductive if a greater state of imbalance is created due to aberrant neurological input to the heavily innervated sensorimotor system. Trigenics® assessment procedures provide delineated methods of locating and objectively mapping out patterns of weakness and shortening. A second key concept is the active-assisted-resisted training and interactive involvement from the patient. The patient is an active participant rather than a passive recipient as they actually exercise their muscles simultaneously during the treatment. This allows early training of neural recruitment to improve muscle strength and shortens the total time for rehabilitation training. This also serves as an early stimulation of the joint mechanoreceptors and proprioception training as well as stimulation of the muscles' strength building elements.
Following assessment, Trigenics® TS and TL treatment procedures enable the practitioner to alter the muscles neurological firing pattern for a cumulative tonal "resetting" effect. (With the advent of digital muscle testing devices, such as the MicroFET III, objective results are easily recorded and shown to the patient pre and post treatment.) Only after the muscles' aberrant firing patterns have been normalized will rehabilitative exercises work to enable the musculature to respond in such a way that the resetting will be held. Muscles will then respond to exercise in a way that creates balanced growth and development.
Trigenics® essentially has a cumulative synergistic effect on the nervous system.
Trigenics® is generally not hard on the doctor or the patient. It is much easier for the doctor to apply and easier for the patient to receive than regular mechanically based soft tissue techniques. The patient usually does not experience appreciable pain during the treatment and rarely has any delayed onset of post-treatment soreness. In collectively facilitating the patient's nervous system to reduce pain signals and inhibit the target muscle, the protocol allows for much easier and even deeper access than would otherwise be achievable.
The Trigenics® Practitioner, or "Trigenist", may use manual or instrument contact in the application of the treatment. Contact is made with the tissue in such a way as to distort the fibres to stimulate local mechanoreceptor activity and to increase the mechanical load on the tissue in order to stimulate proliferation of fibroblasts at a cellular level (Eastwoord 1998 & Galen 1999). This form of manual contact is referred to as Proprioceptive Distortional Myomanipulation, or "PDM." (Direct ischemic compression pressure and longitudinal traction pressure are avoided and not used with Trigenics® as they are often painful to the patients causing reflexogenic contraction of the muscle.) The application of PDM often results in a Myoneural Reduction, or "MNR", wherein a muscular or articular cavitation is notably felt.
Initial cerebral pathways induce voluntary muscle contraction activityof specific vector forces to cause firing of pre-programmed proprioceptive and sensorimotor feedback signals from within the muscle or tissue. + The controlled generation andconvergent neurologic bombardmentof existing and recently uncovered, reflex feedback mechanisms such as the inverse resistance loading reflex (aka "The Austin Response"*), generate sustainable changes in the firing pattern of the targeted musculature.
(*Application of a measured light resistance load to the agonist will facilitate an increased level of reciprocal innervation to the antagonist.) + Localized monosynaptic pathways are further generated and added to the converging neural signal pool via simultaneousdistortional manipulation of the tissue mechanoreceptorsduring muscle exercise activity.
= A cumulative "myoneural" response that is significantly greater on multiple levels than one could attain with application of mechanically based techniques.
Many doctors who have studied Trigenics® have commented that Trigenics® "puts it all together." They see it as an effective treatment formulation, which includes key aspects of many singular treatment and exercise modalities already known to be effective. The Trigenics® treatment combination, with the incorporation of recently researched neurophysiological reflexes, provides results that are not linear but exponential.
Trigenics® treatment protocols can be used in close succession for optimal results with multiple treatment plans. Adjunctive laser applications and topical post-treatment homeoceuticals such as Trigel® are also used in certain cases. (Trigenics® treatments average 10-20 minutes with fees standardized at $75-$150/tx.) There are 4 application levels for the TS and TL procedures with 4 types of PDM techniques depending upon muscle size and design.
Neurological conditions such as Cerebral Palsy & Stroke (TS, TL).
Eastwood M, et al. Fibroblast responses to mechanical forces. Proc Instn Mech Engrs. 1998; 212 (H): 85-92.
Galan GM, rt al. Fibroblast responses to variation in soft tissue mobilization pressure. Med Sci Sports Exer 1999; 31(4):531-535.
Sale, DG. (1992) Neural adaptations to strength training. In strength and power in sport, PV Komi, pp249-265. Blackwell Scientific Publications, London, England.
McAllister, P.: Making Strides: The Trigenics® technique is applied to an 11-year old girl with cerebral palsy to improve strength and range of motion. Canadian Chiropractor, Vol 8 (3); pp18-23, 2003.


Question: How do we deal with marketing burnout?
Let me speak from my personal experience.
After 20 years at a big corporation, I decided to work for myself. It sounds romantic but, when you are in the trenches trying to make it work, there is nothing glamorous or romantic about it. I am my own secretary, IT, sales, marketing, and HR. When I just started, I didn't really have the luxury of turning down jobs. I provided multiple services from creating strategies, e-mail campaign even down to beautifying presentations for senior management as long as their quotes met my expectations. At the same time, I needed to promote myself. Between client work and marketing myself, it's like having two full-time jobs. I work all the time.
Have a plan. Even when I just started out and was a one-person shop, I still did formal annual planning. I had my planning meeting with myself. I identified 2-3 new initiatives that I want to do, set up sales goals (realistic and stretch) and identify lead pipeline and a list of people and companies that I want to reach. Although my plan may have changed here and there, I had a plan to set direction. I learned from my corporate experience, it's important to have a plan.
Prioritize: I don't prioritize well. I took on several assignments and worked through weekends and nights to get them done. Even though I am still doing that, I make a conscious effort to prioritize and divide my day. As a result, 80% of my time is spent working on urgent items that are likely due in 24-72 hours, and 20% of my time is spent on initiatives which need be implemented in 2-3 months. It doesn't always work, but I am making an intentional effort to follow the 80/20% rule.
Delegate: This is a chicken and egg question. I didn't delegate initially, because I couldn't afford to hire others. I ended up doing everything myself. Now, I can afford to delegate, but I don't have time to hire and train others… So, I still ended up doing everything myself. If you have a team, you need to train and coach them, then delegate.
Exercise: This helps me tremendously! I do steps or cardio 2 times and yoga 3 times a week. Pumping some oxygen into my body. It's good for you. You just need to prioritize to exercise.
Let it out: Find someone to vent to! Get your stress and frustration out. Find a friend or someone, talk it out. It helps.
Walk away: I can sit in front of my computer and work for 9-hours without getting up. Even though I can't think anymore, I am still glued to my computer. I literally need to force myself out of my chair and go somewhere else. IT'S OK TO WALK AWAY.
Stress and burnout come with the choice I made. I am aware of that and accept that consequence. We need to manage them the way we manage our days, our relationships or our businesses.


Ever since its inception, the banking industry has more or less had a stranglehold on our financial transactions. And till only recently, their familiar brick-and-mortar format was the only option available for nearly all consumers. Now, with the rise of fintech, such scenes will soon become part of the financial history books.
Once a nascent industry, fintech has reached an inflection point. It is now poised to increasingly determine how we transfer, save and invest our money. Modest startups and early disruptors are now growing into industry leaders. As they build up their brands and widen their market share, it would be prudent to invest in fintech stocks to cash in on a phenomenon ready to explode.
According to Itay Goldstein, a professor of finance at Wharton, fintech consists of a bunch of emerging technologies that will "completely reshape the finance industry." Essentially, the term refers to technological innovations in financial services.
These could be used to both support and disrupt traditional banking and financial services. The term encompasses everything from the blockchain phenomenon to cryptocurrency and robo-advisors for investors.
But after posing as a minor worry to major financial players, fintech companies are now set to replace them altogether. Most early disruptors are now building additional functionality around their core offering and expanding their range of services. And their potential is beginning to increasingly reflect these opportunities.
Robinhood, which enables commission free equity and ETF trading, saw its valuation skyrocket to $5 billion last year. This was primarily due to the opportunity that it presents rather than its current financial metrics.
Ultimately, the fintech disruptors of the past will slowly morph into the next generation of banks. Existing players will fight back, but the opportunity their existing business represents is too lucrative to resist. This will convince venture capital to keep fintech companies well-funded. This trend would also likely extend to late-stage entrants with huge growth potential.
A higher level of personalization holds the key to fintech's future. In fact, users could utilize fintech products to differentiate themselves, as much as say their choice of music or car would. This means brand identity would become as important for fintech products as everyday functionality.
For instance, SoFi, known primarily for its student loan offering, assigns most of its marketing spend toward member experiences. This includes career counseling and happy hours. Ellevest is targeted at women looking to invest and offers a set of tools specifically designed for this purpose. And the list goes on with newer entrants targeting veterans, Baby Boomers and other such categories.
With budding startups and disruptors poised to become industry leaders, fintech seems to be the next frontier. Initially geared toward a specific purpose, fintech companies are widening both the scope and scale of their services. This is intended to challenge and even replace sector incumbents.
This is why it's a great time to invest in fintech, especially in those stocks that make up KBW & NASDAQ's Fintech Index (KFTX). The index is a performance benchmark for publicly traded fintech companies. We have narrowed our search to the following stocks based on a good Zacks Rank and other relevant metrics.
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS - Free Report)	is a leading provider of banking and payments technology solutions, processing services and information-based services to the financial services industry.
Fidelity National's expected earnings growth for the current year is 42.3%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved 29.5% over the past 30 days. It sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Square, Inc. (SQ - Free Report)	offers financial and marketing services. The company provides payment and point-of-sale services, which include hardware and software to accept payments, streamline operations and analyze business information.
Square has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). The company's expected earnings growth for the current year is more than 100%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has moved 69.9% north over the past 30 days.
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (EEFT - Free Report)	is a leading electronic payments provider. The company offers payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, consumers and service providers.
Euronet has a Zacks Rank #2. The company has expected earnings growth of 24.4% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has improved by 0.1% over the past 30 days.
Worldpay, Inc. (WP - Free Report)	is a provider of electronic payment processing services through its subsidiary Vantiv Holding, LLC.
Worldpay has a Zacks Rank #2. The company has expected earnings growth of 24.4% for the current year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for current-year earnings has moved 3.1% north over the past 30 days.
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import im.actor.messenger.app.view.KeyboardHelper;

import static im.actor.messenger.app.core.Core.messenger;

public class SignEmailFragment extends BaseAuthFragment {

    private EditText emailEditText;
    private KeyboardHelper keyboardHelper;

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_sign_email, container, false);

        ((TextView) v.findViewById(R.id.button_continue_text)).setTypeface(Fonts.medium());

        keyboardHelper = new KeyboardHelper(getActivity());

        initView(v);

        return v;
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();

        //TODO track email auth open
        //messenger().trackAuthPhoneOpen();

        setTitle(R.string.auth_email_title);

        focusEmail();

        keyboardHelper.setImeVisibility(emailEditText, true);
    }

    private void initView(View v) {

        emailEditText = (EditText) v.findViewById(R.id.tv_email);
        emailEditText.addTextChangedListener(new PhoneNumberFormattingTextWatcher());
        String email = messenger().getAuthEmail();
        if(email!=null && !email.isEmpty()){
            emailEditText.setText(email);
        }
        emailEditText.setOnEditorActionListener(new TextView.OnEditorActionListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onEditorAction(TextView textView, int id, KeyEvent keyEvent) {
                if (id == EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO) {
                    requestCode();
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        });
        emailEditText.addTextChangedListener(new TextWatcher() {
            @Override
            public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count, int after) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before, int count) {

            }

            @Override
            public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
                //TODO trackAuthEmailType
                //messenger().trackAuthPhoneType(emailEditText.getText().toString());
            }
        });

        onClick(v, R.id.button_continue, new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                requestCode();
            }
        });
    }

    private void requestCode() {
        final String ACTION = "Request code email";

        if (emailEditText.getText().toString().trim().length() == 0) {
            String message = getString(R.string.auth_error_empty_email);
            new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity())
                    .setMessage(R.string.auth_error_empty_email)
                    .setPositiveButton(R.string.dialog_ok, null)
                    .show();
            return;
        }

        String rawEmail = emailEditText.getText().toString();

        if (rawEmail.length() == 0) {
            String message = getString(R.string.auth_error_empty_email);
            new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity())
                    .setMessage(R.string.auth_error_empty_email)
                    .setPositiveButton(R.string.dialog_ok, null)
                    .show();
            return;
        }
        executeAuth(messenger().requestStartEmailAuth(rawEmail), ACTION);
    }

    private void focusEmail() {
        focus(emailEditText);
    }

}

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Q: How to add an element in an instanced class arraylist I have this code to create a class User
public class User {

    private String name;
    private ArrayList<User> owners = new ArrayList<>();

    public User(String name, ArrayList<User> owners) {
        this.name = name;
        this.owners = owners;

    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void addOwner(User owner) {
        owners.add(owner);

    }

If i create an instance of this class with
User jhil = new User(name, new ArrayList<>());

What do i do to add a string element to the arraylist
I've tried with the addOwner method with
jhil.addOwner(jhilsara);

but i get a the method addOwner(String) is undefined for the type User error
I've also tried with the ArrayList add method
jhil.add(jhilsara);

But that doesn't work either.
So my question is what do i need to do in order to add something to the arraylist of an instanced of my class User

A: You have your ArrayList set to contain objects of the User class, not Strings. Change the declaration of it to:
private ArrayList<String> owners = new ArrayList<>();

Then, you also have to change addOwner to:
public void addOwner(String owner) {
    owners.add(owner);
}


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Homepage Blog Meetville News Do People Choose Success over Love?
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Do People Choose Success over Love?
"Marilyn Monroe once said, "A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it"
By Alex Glover August 21, 2015
Marilyn Monroe once said, "A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night." And the majority of people agree with her statement. Meetville.com (dating app to find the right person) collected these results in a course of a poll, conducted between 10/27/14 and 1/10/15.
In response to the question: "Which one would you rather have: love or success?" 75% of people said definite yes to love and relationships. Out of 28,072 respondents 56% were from the USA, 4% – from Canada, 15% – from Britain, 7% – from Australia and 18% – from other countries.
There always comes a moment when every person has to decide what's their top priority: successful career or strong and healthy relationships? Kortney Tenaglia, journalist and writer, is sure that "A career can't give you a family in the traditional sense. If you choose love and family for the right reasons, it will be the best decision you have ever made. When you're looking back on your life in your 70s or 80s, you'll know that you made the right choice."
However, choosing the career and devoting your life to it has also some undeniable advantages, according to Kortney Tenaglia: "Careers are incredibly beneficial to our mental health if they are close to our heart. Constantly improving and growing as a professional provides irreplaceable self-esteem. If you sacrifice something you truly love, whether it's Prince Charming or your dream career, you are giving up a part of yourself."
Alex Cusper, Meetville service analyst, believes that a person can make money doing actually anything. But people can't love just any person who comes across their path.
Meetville, a leading mobile dating service, regularly conducts research among its users. Millions of people from the U.S., Canada, Britain and Australia answer hundreds of questions every month. You can find the results of the poll here. If you are interested in research on a particular topic, please contact us. Any reprint of the material should be followed by clickable links to the survey.
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Courtesy Bmore Media – Ever wondered whether Christian Siriano's home is as fierce as his fashion designs?
The New York Times showcased Siriano's Chelsea apartment, which he shares with his partner and two dogs. The Maryland native won Season 4 of "Project Runway" and is now a fashion designer to A-list stars.
"Here, treasures from flea markets and yard sales, like a barn-door sign advertising fresh tomatoes, a gift from their client and close friend Kristen Johnston," the New York Times writes of Siriano's apartment.


At this time of the year, I always get angry. Retailers are doing their best to get me to spend every last cent I have on stuff to give to my friends and family. For years, I have been under the impression that this time of the year was about peace and goodwill toward our fellow man.
So I fought the reality of the season by being in a bad mood and trying to get everyone around me to follow suit. It didn't work. This year, I have given up on asking for world peace, the end of hunger, politicians obtaining backbones, the press ending its prejudice toward Republicans, and Lake Nighthorse opening.
Nope, I'm going after stuff.
Since I haven't asked for stuff in such a long time, I was at a loss for whom to ask. I was not going to the mall to sit on some old guy's lap and tell him what a good man I've been. I was in a quandary until I saw an ad from a retailer.
Men, if you are over 60, I have found the place we need to go. I am going to Victoria's Secret to visit with Miss Claus. Imagine the surprise our wives will have when we tell them we want to go the mall with them. This is going to be great.
I plan on getting there really early because I know Miss Claus will tire out from all of us overweight guys sitting on her lap. I envision standing at the head of the line and Miss Claus, dressed in Victoria's Secret's idea of what one should wear to work, calling me over and patting her lap for me to have a seat.
I want a bass boat, I'll say. Not one of those that looks like a rocket ship, just a small one that I can catch bass, trout, pike, and carp from.
My waders are leaking, so a new pair would be nice. Along with wading boots that will keep my feet warm.
I'm sure MC will remind me my wife can keep my feet warm, and I'll have to let MC know you can't get two pairs of feet into one pair of boots. I'm sure MC doesn't know how to fly-fish. I'll then whisper in her ear, "Sunscreen that is thinner than motor oil and smells as good as you do would be nice." I'm sure she'll blush at my flirting, but she knows I'm harmless.
As my time is running out MC will say, " Two more wishes, and it will be time for all the other geysers to have their turn." Man time flies when you're having fun.
"One more" I hear quietly in my ear.
I'm going to have it framed and put on the mantel so I can remember what Christmas is really about.


Anyone else having issues with Holley regulators?
they chatter and will not maintain pressure, they chatter so bad it will shake the needle off the gauge.
I replaced the Holley with an Areomotive 13201 and it is solid as a rock.
But everything went fine when I bought Aeromotive 13201 regulator an Aeromotive A1000 fuel pump.
Very good stuff, to me !!!!!
Stroker how is the 13201 working with the A1000 pump?
their web site suggest a different regulator for the A1000 but since I already have the 13201 it would be great if it would work.
To be honest I can't remember the part number..... but is an Aeromotive bypass regulator..... which is very important if you have a very big pump like the A1000.
I have a huge collection of broken fuel pumps..... and erratic regulators.
Aeromotive was the cure !!!!
well my issues are not resolved, started having issues with the Aeromotive regulator today, pressure just falls off to 2 psi while accelerating and once I let off to level out the pressure returns.
I'm going to install a gauge in the supply line just before the regulator and see if the pump is the problem.
Have you connected the vacuum tube from the manifold to the eventual connecton in the regulator?
If yes, this can be the problem.
If not the problem should be the pump.
Can you post a pic of the istallation ??
The pump is mounted in the rear of the car near the tank pulling suction from the OE unit and discharging into the OE fuel line to the engine compartment where the regulator is mounted to the passenger fender near the overflow tank. From the regulator to the carb fuel log is a 8AN line with a 10 micron filter. The second outlet of the regulator is connected to the return line with a .060" bleed jet.
I sent this description to Aeromotive and they suggested that the pump may be cavetating due to the suction line.
...or some air sucking in the line from the pump to the tank !
Tried removing the bleed jet and playing with the adjustment of the Aero regulator today.
The regulator does not react to the adjustments right away its like the regulator is sticking.
I took a ride after working the regulator back and forth and things are a little better. The fuel pressure is a lot more stable now at 6 psi and is holding there even when driving.
Now I think I need to look at the pump, when I get in it for a few seconds the pressure drops to around 1 psi, when I get out of it the pressure comes back.
I'm going to install the Holley regulator and see if it has the same symptoms, if so I know I need to look at the pump.
I've made quite a few runs at WOT in the past but have not watched the fuel pressure. I do have a wide band with data logging and have never seen the AFR go lean at WOT so don't think it was a issue in the past but it is now. The pump may be going out and its time to change it.


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Middlesbrough are looking to complete a league double over Bristol City for the first time since the 1994-95 season.
Bristol City have lost just one of their last six away league matches against Middlesbrough (W3 D2 L1), though that defeat was in last season's encounter.
Middlesbrough have lost each of their last four league matches – they haven't lost five consecutively since February 2013.
Bristol City have been defeated just once in their last nine away matches in the English Football League - Championship (W6 D2 L1), scoring at least once in each match in that run (15 goals).
Tony Pulis has lost four consecutive league matches in the second tier for the first time since January 2005 with Stoke City (five matches).
Middlesbrough and Bristol City are two of the three English Football League - Championship sides to have won more points on the road than they have at home this season (both 27 at home and 31 away; also West Brom).
Sopra vi proponiamo il pronostico per scommesse a la partita Middlesbrough vs Bristol City, valevole per il campionato/coppa di English Football League - Championship, che si giocherà il giorno 02.04.2019 19:45. Guarda tutti i pronostici di English Football League - Championship. Vota il tuo pronostico per vedere cosa hanno votato gli altri utenti. I pronostici si riferiscono a 90 minuti di gioco (calcio). Sono esclusi dal pronostico i tempi supplementari e i calci di rigore.


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The office of the Reliance elevator looks much like it did in the 1930s. Inglis is the only town in Canada that has a row of five grain elevators. | Robert Arnason photo
INGLIS, Man. — Hundreds of small towns in Western Canada have a Main Steet and a Railway Ave.
But Railway Avnue in Inglis, Man. looks nothing like Railway Avenues in most prairie towns.
On the east side of Inglis, five wooden elevators stand adjacent to Railway Ave., which look out of place but special in a community of only 250 people.
The elevators haven't been used since 1995 when the last train car was loaded with grain, but the buildings have been a national historic site for the last 20 years.
The Inglis Elevators, as they are known, represent an era of Canadian history when grain elevators were a common sight on the prairie horizon.
Inglis is one of a handful of communities that still has an elevator row and the only one to have five.
Marjorie McNeill grew up in a farming community in Alberta that had a row of five elevators.
"(But) I went back to my home town and all the elevators were gone. They just (had) a little plaque with an elevator and it was very, very sad," she said.
McNeill sits on a local board responsible for preserving and promoting the Inglis elevators, which include a Paterson elevator, two Reliance, a Northern and a United Grain Growers elevator.
McNeill lives across the street from them but never gets tired of looking at the five "Prairie giants."
"It's just remembering your childhood and what it was like growing up on the farm and what a great life it was," she said.
Four of the grain elevators in Inglis, Man., are almost a century old and are a national historic site. | Inglis Area Heritage Committee photo
The structures, four of which were built in the early 1920s and the newest one in the 1940s, appear small compared to modern grain terminals but are particularly impressive inside.
The elevators haven't changed much from the 1920s. Inglis was at the end of the line and the elevators were always under threat of closure, so the companies invested little in upgrades.
Besides wooden beams, elevator equipment that once moved grain to the bins and the distinct smell of old wood, the buildings are loaded with artifacts from an era when farmers delivered grain to the elevator with a horse and cart.
There are scales for weighing grain, antique equipment for measuring dockage and an old moisture tester that looks like something from a mad scientists' lab.
One of the finest buildings at the site is the office for the Reliance elevators. The ceiling and walls are clad with tin that's embossed with a maple leaf. The desk, telephone and clipboards hanging from the walls have an original feel and the office looks like something out of the 1920s or 1930s.
The Paterson elevator features a roomy annex, with more than enough room to host events. It has been used for concerts and workshops but the board hopes to book more cultural events in the space.
"We're trying to diversify, diversify and diversify. Have a few different things that will draw people in," McNeill said, noting they plan to build a wall in the annex to display art. "In creating this gallery wall, we hope to partner with arts groups…. to host events or do workshops."
The board wants to encourage more use because the Inglis elevators do not attract a large number of visitors, despite their status a national historic site. Inglis's location, 25 kilometres from the Yellowhead Highway in eastern Manitoba, likely deters visitors.
As few as 300 visited a few years ago. Last year, more than 700 people visited Inglis to see the elevators but heritage board members want to push that number higher.
Preserving the structures for future generations is another key goal for the board.
"Our five-year plan is literally painting one elevator per year," said Judy Bauereiss, board chair.
The board members are volunteers and raising funds for the elevators is nearly a full-time job. They estimate it will require $62,000 annually for five years to complete basic maintenance.
Paterson Foods donated $15,000 to paint its former elevator and the Thomas Sill Foundation has committed $7,500, but more donations are needed.
Many communities across the Prairies struggle to maintain facilities like curling rinks, but Baurereiss hopes the agricultural community recognizes the importance and value of the Inglis elevators.
"The machinery companies and chemical companies are building on the heritage of these elevators and thousands like them (in Western Canada)," she said. "Without the grain industry and the elevators, none of the other (developments in the ag sector) would have happened."
For information, visit www.ingliselevators.com.
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My name is Jenna Sementelli and I am in my 4th year of teaching kindergarten at Gilbert school. I graduated from the University of Maine in 2014 with my degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Disability Studies.
Not only do I teach kindergarten here, but I am also a coach for the Girls on the Run team at Gilbert. I enjoy being a teacher in the classroom for my students, as well as outside the classroom for those girls in the program. I also assist the JV and Varsity Cony girls soccer team.
When I'm not teaching or being involved at Gilbert, I enjoy hiking, kayaking, and other outdoor activities!


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