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Seven Big Challenges for Pakistan—and the Lessons They Could Teach By Imran Ali , Ali Akbar & Benjawan Yanwisetpakdee
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Pakistan-A Nation Given Lemons by its Enemies Makes a Lemonade
Seven Big Challenges for Pakistan—and the Lessons They Could Teach
Imran Ali, Ali Akbar & Benjawan Yanwisetpakdee
Pakistan may be viewed as a case study of the fight for the survival of modern human civilization. Its complex and dangerous problems are not without possible solutions and the strategies that the nation chooses to provide a model for the rest of the world.
Humans have made enormous advancements in technology. Unfortunately, the challenges to human civilization are also rising quickly. Our ignorance and mismanagement of resources have led us down the path of uncertainty, and we now need all of our available technology to survive. Pakistan is perhaps most known for its struggle with terrorism. Meanwhile, few associate the country with the fight for modern civilization's survival. Dwindling natural resources, continuous natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and economic instability in the region make for a worst-case scenario for human development. Pakistan is neighbored by China and India, the most populous nations on the globe, so its failure would start a chain reaction of global. On the other hand, the country's success in meeting current challenges could make it a model for counteracting the problems of modern civilization. This article offers an overview of the major challenges confronting Pakistan, along with possible solutions that provide lessons for the rest of the world.
Challenge 1: Population Explosion
An average Pakistani woman gives birth to five children, thanks to a preference for large families and a particular desire for sons. Because of high birthrates and increasing life expectancy, Pakistan has one of the highest population growth rates in the world and is expected to become the fourth-most-populous country by 2050. Rising population triggers many other crises, including food shortages, energy and resources crises, and disease outbreaks.
Possible solutions: Pakistan's rapid population growth highlights the need for effective family planning. Although the government has shown serious interest in the issue, the effects of its efforts are limited. According to one survey, each family welfare centre is visited by an average of two couples per day. The main reasons behind the problem are the overall low education and literacy rate and the inadequate mobility of Pakistani women. Pakistani society is dominated by men; women are scarcely seen in any walks of life, making them an invisible and inactive segment of the country. To help balance society, the government must require education for all citizens. Similarly, increasing the proportion of women in the workforce would increase women's mobility. Along with free supplies of contraceptives, government incentives to limit childbearing can also motivate couples to use birth control.
Challenge 2: Food Security
Nearly 75% of Pakistan's population resides in rural areas, where agriculture is the way of life. Unfortunately, Pakistan has not developed its food security policy at the national level. The agricultural sector has slowed by 2.7% from 2000 to 2010, and the country now struggles to provide its people with a sufficient amount of food. Calorie availability is, on average, 26% lower than that found in developed countries. Due to an inadequate food supply, many Pakistanis face the problem of malnutrition. The unmanaged slaughtering of animals, unregulated livestock smuggling to neighbouring countries, and a shortage of livestock feed make it impossible for the poor population to access beef and other meat. Approximately 17,000 acres are deforested every year, causing the depletion of wild resources from the forest, unprecedented ecological misbalance, and loss of biodiversity. The main factors involved in decreased food production are overpopulation, water shortage, energy deficiency, poor soil, and natural disasters. Most of the soil in Pakistan is deficient in macro- and micronutrients. Salinity and waterlogging add to the problem. More than 70% of Pakistan is arid and semiarid regions, where rainfall is insufficient for irrigation of crops; most rainwater is lost due to rapid evaporation and surface runoff, while floods and droughts cause further damage. Rapid urbanization also contributes to food shortages, as fewer people are now available to work on farms in rural areas. Meanwhile, with almost no technology inputs in many parts of the country, traditional farming cannot meet the increasing demand for food. A lack of infrastructure makes it very difficult to transport food from farm to fork.
Possible solutions: Pakistan has enormous potential to increase its food supply with agricultural reforms. Nearly 20 million acres of cultivable land is unused. Construction of major dams could provide an additional 2.5 million acres of land suitable for agricultural purposes. Pakistan has the chance to become self-sufficient if it can reach even 30% of its potential. National agriculture policy is needed to counteract the low food supply. The government has focused primarily on increasing wheat production, but in order to tackle malnutrition, it must focus on other nutritious crops, livestock, and fruits. To keep up with the increasing population, the agriculture sector must maintain an annual growth rate of more than 5%. The government, with the help of the international community, must improve rural infrastructure in order to develop Pakistan's agricultural sector. Similarly, poor farmers need access to easy, corruption-free loans to increase their crop yields and improve agricultural practices.
Challenge 3: Energy Crises
Among developing countries, demand for electricity will rise 40% by 2030. In Pakistan alone, the demand for energy is expected to increase sevenfold. Yet the oil- and gas-reliant country, which currently imports 75% of its energy, lacks the necessary infrastructure, long-term planning, and institutional frameworks to meet current needs, let alone future energy requirements. The energy crisis badly affects the country's agriculture, economy, the way of life, and technological advancement. A continuous rise in oil prices and electricity is causing inflation and devaluing the currency. Energy is becoming increasingly inaccessible the average person. These conditions are raising agitation, anger, and riots in the frustrated people of Pakistan.
Possible solutions: Fossil fuels comprise 80% of the world's energy supply. Rising fossil fuel prices highlight the need for renewable energy sources in Pakistan. Hydropower, solar energy, biomass utilization and wind power are some of the best sustainable energy options for Pakistan. Pakistan's location is blessed with unending sources of solar energy. Pakistan receives up to twice the solar radiation needed to power solar photovoltaic appliances, such as water pumps. It is estimated that Pakistan's hydropower is operating at only 15% of its potential. Biomass utilization, especially biofuel production, can fulfil the oil requirements of energy. About 70% of Pakistan's land is uncultivated and could be utilized to grow crops with high biofuel potential. Livestock in Pakistan is a good source of wet dung and can yield substantial biogases for fuel purposes. Additionally, Pakistan has the capacity to produce 400,000 tons of ethanol per year from its sugarcane crops.
Challenge 4: Disease Outbreaks
Pakistan's rapid urbanization is creating numerous problems, the most threatening of which is disease outbreaks. Water sources in and near big cities are at risk due to wastewater mismanagement.
In Pakistan, wastewater use in agriculture carries a wide risk of diseases. Food-borne diseases are also a concern, and natural calamities such as frequent floods add more severity to the outbreaks. One study of southern Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, found that diarrhoea and hookworm related diseases were common among farmers working in farms fed by wastewater. Other diseases run rampant: Several types of hepatitis are very common. Due to political propaganda and misinformation, the fight against polio is much tougher. HIV is on the rise. And typhoid, malaria, and tuberculosis are still uncontrolled. Currently, the most serious disease outbreaks are dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). DHF is mostly found in the eastern part of the country, while CCHF is mostly found in the west. From 2005 to 2006, more than 3,640 patients were found to have DHF symptoms.
Possible solutions: Proper wastewater management can minimize the risks of many diseases, such as hepatitis, malaria, dengue, and typhoid. Although using wastewater in agriculture can be beneficial for Pakistan's nutrient-deficient soil, its use must be coupled with the pretreatment of water to get rid of any chemical and microbial contamination. Diseases that are spread by human contacts, such as CCHF, must be handled with proper care when dealing with patients, as well as animals. Education and awareness by religious scholars can help to lift the fight against polio and HIV. Health must be given priority in rehabilitation after natural disasters. Along with the global community, Pakistan's government must be built measures for fighting disease outbreaks—especially ones that may bring global catastrophes.
Challenge 5: Socio-economic Instability
According to the Ministry of Finance's annual economic survey, Pakistan's GDP growth in 2013 was 3.6%, down from 4.4% in the previous year. The economy is severely affected by the energy crisis, terrorism, and the global economy, and the country operates with a large deficit, thanks to the administration's reluctance and inability to cut spending or raise taxes. Meanwhile, the value of the Pakistani rupee has decreased in recent years. Each time the rupee falls, both inflation and foreign debts increase. More than 60% of Pakistan's population lives below the poverty line, leaving many unable to obtain or pay for food, healthcare, education, and energy. While many factors contribute to the country's rampant poverty, the energy crisis, in particular, has a strong effect, because of its negative impact on Pakistan's agricultural and industrial sectors. Entire factories are often outsourced, which leads to unemployment and disturbs supply and demand and the balance of imports and exports. Unemployment and poverty have led to high rates of depression, anxiety, and suicide, as well as an increase in crime. Unemployed youth are frequently targeted for recruitment by terrorist organizations, who offer them the means to afford food and an opportunity to show their anger against society. Most of the country's suicide bombers are under 20 years old.
Possible solutions: Pakistan has to deal seriously with its energy crisis. Consistently available and affordable energy would lubricate agriculture and industry, which would, in turn, raise GDP and increase employment opportunities. Coupled with reforms to corrupt government spending and tax collection policies, increasing tax rates on certain sectors would provide the country with much-needed growth. Improved infrastructure would result in better trade opportunities with China and central Asia, while better trade between India and Pakistan could bring enormous economic benefits to both countries. The government needs to focus efforts on decreasing suicides and improving mental health. Public sports programs and technical education for unemployed youth would provide the country with young, healthy, and skilled labourers and members of society. And laws aimed at improving income inequality could help to eliminate hate throughout society.
Challenge 6: Natural Disasters
Mother Nature seems unhappy with Pakistan, which faces severe crises with continued floods, earthquakes, drought, and global warming. Despite heavy investment in irrigation, Pakistan is vulnerable to continuous floods. Due to climate change, the intensity of floods in the Himalayan rivers has increased in the past 20 to 30 years. Human intervention in Pakistan has worsened scenarios by building unnecessary embankments and improperly using the land. The Indus flood of 2010 was one of the greatest disasters in the history of mankind, affecting more than 14 million people and killing nearly 2,000, with approximately US$9.5 million worth of losses to business, agriculture, and other parts of the economy. According to the UN, the humanitarian crisis caused by the flood was even greater than Japan's 2011 tsunami and the disastrous earthquakes of Haiti and Kashmir. Nearly all the world's glaciers are on the verge of disappearance, including the Himalayan glacial reserves. Billions of people in the Indian subcontinent rely on this water reservoir, which supplies the Indus, Ganges, and other rivers. Over the past century, the average global temperature has increased by 0.6°C (1°F) and continues to rise. The Himalayan glaciers have begun to melt, threatening frequent floods, loss of water reservoirs, and a rise in sea levels. Climate change has also been observed as a trigger for the increase in the outbreaks in northwest Pakistan of Plasmodium falciparum, a parasite that causes malaria. Similarly, a continuous decrease in precipitation, especially in arid and semiarid areas, is causing a long-term drought. Pakistan is located in a region that experiences frequent earthquakes. In 2005, a devastating, 7.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 82,000 people and injured more than 126,000. The earthquake also triggered massive landslides and caused dams to break.
Possible solutions: Natural calamities cannot be avoided, but their intensities, frequencies, and effects can be minimized. Floods in Pakistan are caused by excessive monsoon rain and global warming. Construction of dams can help to store the excess floodwater, which can be used for agriculture and to generate hydroelectricity. Global warming must be fought at the global level by controlling greenhouse gas emissions and by using a carbon credit system. The government of Pakistan must ban the extensive deforestation in the country, as well as solve the energy problem because the trees are mostly cut for energy requirements. Improving public transport systems would minimize individual car usage. There is also a need for nationwide applicable building construction policy to control the effects of earthquakes. Earthquake-proof houses have proven effective, and nationwide quick-response emergency teams equipped with modern technologies can minimize the aftereffects of natural disasters.
Challenge 7: Nuclear War Threats
Pakistan is of great geostrategic importance. India and Pakistan have fought three major wars and many small military conflicts. The warrior minds are visible as both sides spread the hate and push for war at all times. It may be that they simply do not fully understand the consequences of a war between two countries. The outcomes will not be regional; they will bring global suffering. India is a big country with superiority in conventional weapons and instruments of war. However, Pakistan's nuclear arsenal compensates for this disparity. Each country has more than 100 nuclear warheads at its disposal. A nuclear war between the two countries could kill more than 20 million people in the region, while a nuclear winter caused by the generation of smoke could cripple agriculture of the whole world.
Possible solutions: Both Pakistan and India—and in fact, the entire world—are left with no option but to resolve all their issues through dialogue. War is never a solution to any problem and always a trigger for other problems. The international community must insist that both countries sit together and have a dialogue under UN mediation. There are better uses for nuclear technology than bombs. In the winter, winds are blown from Pakistan to India, and in the summer, Pakistan receives winds from India, making it impossible for these neighbours to think that they will be unaffected by nuclear war. Strategies, Prospects and Hope Pakistan is facing huge, interconnected problems in many areas. The problems begin with people, and, in Pakistan's case, with overpopulation. The increasing population will require more energy, food, employment, and health facilities. The avail problems, including employment, food production, and underdeveloped infrastructure. The long-term strategy should focus on health care, education reforms, infrastructure development, promoting agriculture, and counteracting explosive population growth. Conditions in Pakistan are not perfect, but not all is bad. Pakistani society looks well aware of the challenges they are facing. Thousands of new PhD scientists generated by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan look committed to providing scientific solutions to the problems Pakistan is facing. For instance, researchers have introduced drought-resistance crops to counter the food shortage. High-yield seed varieties are being used to increase the production of food and fodder crops. There is a considerable amount of ongoing practical and applicable research on renewable energy, and food-safety experts are doing considerable research to ensure safe food handling. Pakistani authorities are serious about mitigating the country's challenges. For years, Pakistan's government has tried to control the population. The Lady Health Worker (LHW) program has succeeded by providing basic maternal health facilities in rural areas. The LHWs provide guidance in contraception processes and lead to jobs and mobility. Even given the tumultuous world economy, the Karachi Stock Exchange is showing exceptional progress. In 2013, exports increased slightly, while imports declined. The federal budget looks promising in raising tax net and revenue, controlling inflation, and improving development projects. The government is working to build new dams for controlling floods, as well as to increase hydropower In light of the recent disastrous floods and earthquakes, the role of Pakistan's people and the government has been appreciable. Establishment of the country's National Disaster Management Authority looks like a good initiative by the government to manage the effects of natural disasters. And the international community's responses have shown that it is ready to stand with Pakistan. The Pakistani political regime looks promising in promoting good relations with India. As reported by The Indian Express, Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif has said that he is looking to make a new beginning with India in pursuit of disarmament and nonproliferation and that Pakistan is getting out of the arms race. Such statements are encouraging for the peace process between the two countries. We humans have been given brains more tremendous than any other creature's. The only destruction we can inflict on ourselves is to be ignorant of what is happening around us. Most of the world's countries will face the same scenarios that are now happening in Pakistan. Pakistan's geographic centrality means that any crisis can quickly spread to neighbouring countries. Even though its problems are great, there are solutions that are applicable to the rest of the world. Pakistan still has the strength and opportunities to fight back. The country's failure or survival will symbolize the defeat or success of the fight for modern humanity.
Imran Ali (lead author) is a postdoctoral fellow at the Plant Biomass Utilization Research Unit at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, and a lecturer at the University of Balochistan in Pakistan. Co-authors include Ali Akbar (University of Balochistan, Pakistan), Hunsa Punnapayak (Chulalongkorn University), Sehanat Prasongsuk (Chulalongkorn University), and Benjawan Yanwisetpakdee (Chulalongkorn University). The authors thank Chulalongkorn University in Thailand for providing access to literature. The Research Grant Funds have been provided by agreement on Post-Doctoral Research Grant Allocation from the Ratchadaphisek Somphot Endowment.
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The Center for Spatial Data Science is concerned with geography, proximity and other location-based measures that hold great promise for unlocking discoveries from data across many fields. While methods based on time have long dominated statistical analysis, the opening of the center—and arrival of its director Luc Anselin, the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in Sociology—will expand the use of spatial data science in research across campus.
The center is housed within the Computation Institute, a joint initiative between the University and Argonne National Laboratory, and the University's Division of the Social Sciences.
The center launches at a time of expanded focus at UChicago on data science, including the arrival earlier this year of Prof. Michael Franklin, the inaugural Liew Family Chair of Computer Science, and the start of a master's in computational social science, among other initiatives. The opportunity to teach spatial analytics in a new master's program, and an overall academic environment that increasingly emphasizes advanced data-driven approaches in multiple disciplines attracted Anselin to the University.
Research at the center using spatial analytics can reveal effects and factors that more traditional statistics might miss. For example, housing prices are heavily affected by surrounding properties and amenities, and health disparities can be driven by geographic factors such as access to public transportation and safe parks. Time-based statistics or arbitrary geographic categories such as census tracts can easily overlook these interactions, distorting attempts to measure or predict the impact of policies.
Spatial analysis started in geography, in great part through the pioneering work of Prof. Brian Berry, who directed the then Center for Urban Studies at UChicago in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, the spatial analytical approach quickly spread to other fields such as epidemiology to examine the spread of disease.
Today such methods are applied to any kind of data where "location and interaction matter," Anselin said, going beyond geographic relationships to social networks, brain scans and other less traditional landscapes.
Anselin's group, previously at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Arizona State University, has been an academic leader in the expansion of spatial analysis to new fields. Beyond research, the group has made these methods more broadly accessible through the development of computational tools, led by the popular, open-source GeoDa software. With nearly 200,000 users, GeoDa has become a standard tool for both using and teaching spatial analysis.
Since launching at UChicago this summer, the center has quickly established promising collaborations that cut across departmental boundaries. Researchers are exploring how to integrate spatial analysis into child welfare-related projects with Chapin Hall at UChicago. Related work with Nicole Marwell, associate professor at the School of Social Service Administration, will examine the intersection of social science and data science using longitudinal data collected on social service contracts in New York City.
Potential projects with UChicago Medicine researchers would examine the spatial factors driving repeat hospitalization, or the effect of block parties on violence in surrounding neighborhoods. Possible collaborations are being explored with a number of other scholars, including Franklin; Kate Cagney, professor of sociology and director of the Population Research Center; and James Evans, professor of sociology and director of Knowledge Lab.
The center also is establishing connections with local government, starting with Marynia Kolak, a PhD candidate and research specialist with CSDS, who is doing work with the Chicago Department of Public Health.


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text:
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status: publish
published: true
title: Dual-Boot!
author:
  display_name: Bl@ster
  login: Blaster
  email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
  url: http://www.dottorblaster.it
author_login: Blaster
author_email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
author_url: http://www.dottorblaster.it
excerpt: "Cari lettori, quest'oggi è un gran giorno: vi parlo dalla mia box dual-boot
  :D .\r\n\r\nEbbene, per chi voglia sapere come ho fatto, è stato molto semplice.
  Mi sono svegliato, stamattina, con un'idea che mi ronzava in testa, e mentre mangiavo
  il cornetto preparatomi dalla mia fantastica mamma, l'idea ha preso forma; poi mentre
  trangugiavo il frullato offertomi sempre da mia madre (dovrebbe mettere su una ditta
  di catering :) ), l'idea si è concretizzata in un \"e se formattassi tutto, installassi
  windoze, e facessi le partizioni Linux con Partition Magic?\""
wordpress_id: 17
wordpress_url: http://blaster.netsons.org/?p=17
date: '2007-07-07 14:54:07 +0200'
date_gmt: '2007-07-07 12:54:07 +0200'
categories:
- Linux
- Windows
tags: []
comments:
- id: 53
  author: Piplos
  author_email: piplos@piplos.org
  author_url: http://www.piplos.org
  date: '2007-07-07 15:54:29 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 13:54:29 +0200'
  content: Ahahah! Ma tu sei un folle Blaster!! :D
- id: 54
  author: Vigliag
  author_email: vigliag@gmail.com
  author_url: http://vigliag.wordpress.com
  date: '2007-07-07 16:02:43 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 14:02:43 +0200'
  content: "Meglio di così... io invece cel'ho con il partizionatore di
    ubuntu:\r\nMentre installavo Edgy sul computer di mio fratello il partizionatore
    di ubuntu, senza alcun apparente motivo, cerca di copiare la struttura delle partizioni
    del disco interno in quello esterno (che avevo scordato di staccare dal computer),
    la cosa finisce, come era facile aspettarsi, in un errore. \r\nAl riavvio su winzozz
    mi accorgo che la tabella partizioni del disco esterno è stata completamente
    sfigurata e tutti i dati irrimediabilmente persi..."
- id: 55
  author: Bl@ster
  author_email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
  author_url: http://blaster.netsons.org
  date: '2007-07-07 16:39:29 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 14:39:29 +0200'
  content: Ma la mia follia è quello che piace al lettore. Io non faccio che
    fornire materiale.
- id: 56
  author: phoenix
  author_email: a@a.it
  author_url: http://vitedigitali.blogspot.com
  date: '2007-07-07 17:20:12 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 15:20:12 +0200'
  content: "troppo bello questo post...\r\nma come ti vengono in mente 'ste cose?
    :-D\r\n\r\nlo sai cosa dovrei fare adesso? dovrei scrivere un post sul mio blog
    dedicato a questo post! (sempre col tuo permesso)"
- id: 59
  author: ILLuSioN²²
  author_email: illusion22@email.it
  author_url: http://illusion22.wordpress.com
  date: '2007-07-08 03:30:23 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-08 01:30:23 +0200'
  content: "ma lol!!!\r\n\r\n:-)\r\n\r\ngrandee :-D"
- id: 60
  author: Bl@ster
  author_email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
  author_url: http://blaster.netsons.org
  date: '2007-07-08 09:52:10 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-08 07:52:10 +0200'
  content: ":D\r\nStamattina vi potrei già fare un report lungo come la Salerno-Reggio
    Calabria dei problemi che mi ha creato la partizione ntfs ;)"
- id: 66
  author: melina vtb
  author_email: melinanke@gmail.com
  author_url: ''
  date: '2007-07-09 15:52:12 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-09 13:52:12 +0200'
  content: "Questo fù un commento spam.\r\n"
- id: 67
  author: Bl@ster
  author_email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
  author_url: http://blaster.netsons.org
  date: '2007-07-09 20:48:58 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-09 18:48:58 +0200'
  content: Non sono sicuro che questo fosse un commento spam.
- id: 72
  author: Miki
  author_email: miki.news@email.it
  author_url: http://www.mikinews.net
  date: '2007-07-10 11:41:33 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-10 09:41:33 +0200'
  content: "Ciao Bl@ster,\r\nè un commento di spam quello di melina. Ne ricevo
    circa 2 al giorno anche sul mio blog e akismet me li blocca puntualmente :P. Può
    ingannare (anche io ci ero cascato all'inizio) ma purtroppo è così
    :-). Cmq gran bel blog. Anche la parlata con Patrizio niente male lol. Ciao"
- id: 12636
  author: Piplos
  author_email: piplos@piplos.org
  author_url: http://www.piplos.org
  date: '2007-07-07 13:54:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 13:54:00 +0200'
  content: Ahahah! Ma tu sei un folle Blaster!! :D
- id: 12637
  author: Vigliag
  author_email: vigliag@gmail.com
  author_url: http://vigliag.wordpress.com
  date: '2007-07-07 14:02:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 14:02:00 +0200'
  content: "Meglio di così... io invece cel'ho con il partizionatore di
    ubuntu:\r\nMentre installavo Edgy sul computer di mio fratello il partizionatore
    di ubuntu, senza alcun apparente motivo, cerca di copiare la struttura delle partizioni
    del disco interno in quello esterno (che avevo scordato di staccare dal computer),
    la cosa finisce, come era facile aspettarsi, in un errore. \r\nAl riavvio su winzozz
    mi accorgo che la tabella partizioni del disco esterno è stata completamente
    sfigurata e tutti i dati irrimediabilmente persi..."
- id: 12638
  author: Bl@ster
  author_email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
  author_url: http://dottorblaster.it/
  date: '2007-07-07 14:39:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 14:39:00 +0200'
  content: Ma la mia follia è quello che piace al lettore. Io non faccio che
    fornire materiale.
- id: 12639
  author: phoenix
  author_email: a@a.it
  author_url: http://vitedigitali.blogspot.com
  date: '2007-07-07 15:20:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-07 15:20:00 +0200'
  content: "troppo bello questo post...\r\nma come ti vengono in mente 'ste cose?
    :-D\r\n\r\nlo sai cosa dovrei fare adesso? dovrei scrivere un post sul mio blog
    dedicato a questo post! (sempre col tuo permesso)"
- id: 12640
  author: ILLuSioN²²
  author_email: illusion22@email.it
  author_url: http://illusion22.wordpress.com
  date: '2007-07-08 01:30:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-08 01:30:00 +0200'
  content: "ma lol!!!\r\n\r\n:-)\r\n\r\ngrandee :-D"
- id: 12641
  author: Bl@ster
  author_email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
  author_url: http://dottorblaster.it/
  date: '2007-07-08 07:52:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-08 07:52:00 +0200'
  content: ":D\r\nStamattina vi potrei già fare un report lungo come la Salerno-Reggio
    Calabria dei problemi che mi ha creato la partizione ntfs ;)"
- id: 12642
  author: melina vtb
  author_email: melinanke@gmail.com
  author_url: ''
  date: '2007-07-09 13:52:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-09 13:52:00 +0200'
  content: "Questo fù un commento spam."
- id: 12643
  author: Bl@ster
  author_email: dottorblaster@gmail.com
  author_url: http://dottorblaster.it/
  date: '2007-07-09 18:48:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-09 18:48:00 +0200'
  content: Non sono sicuro che questo fosse un commento spam.
- id: 12644
  author: Miki
  author_email: miki.news@email.it
  author_url: http://www.mikinews.net
  date: '2007-07-10 09:41:00 +0200'
  date_gmt: '2007-07-10 09:41:00 +0200'
  content: "Ciao Bl@ster,\r\nè un commento di spam quello di melina. Ne ricevo
    circa 2 al giorno anche sul mio blog e akismet me li blocca puntualmente :P. Può
    ingannare (anche io ci ero cascato all'inizio) ma purtroppo è così
    :-). Cmq gran bel blog. Anche la parlata con Patrizio niente male lol. Ciao"
---

Cari lettori, quest'oggi è un gran giorno: vi parlo dalla mia box dual-boot :D .

Ebbene, per chi voglia sapere come ho fatto, è stato molto semplice. Mi sono svegliato, stamattina, con un'idea che mi ronzava in testa, e mentre mangiavo il cornetto preparatomi dalla mia fantastica mamma, l'idea ha preso forma; poi mentre trangugiavo il frullato offertomi sempre da mia madre (dovrebbe mettere su una ditta di catering :) ), l'idea si è concretizzata in un "e se formattassi tutto, installassi windoze, e facessi le partizioni Linux con Partition Magic?"

E così è stato. A mezzogiorno, dopo vari esperimenti andati male con PuppyOS per mettere la partizione NTFS "in mezzo al disco", ho dovuto formattare tutto, e partire dalle origini: adesso win è in /dev/hda1, cioè il settore inziale. Stavolta, essendoci una sola partizione, l'installer di XP non ha fatto macelli (anche se il maledetto partizionatore accetta solo partizioni fatte da LUI), e sono riuscito ad installare XP nella prima partizione. Appena partito XP, frenandomi dallo spaccare tutto per quella orrida musichetta (molto meglio il "turutù" di GDM! :D ) ho installato e avviato Partition Magic, che per comodità e per affezione, chiameremo Patrizio (cognome da celibe: Magico). Lì abbiamo avuto un dialogo virtuale che riprodurrò quì:

Bl@ster: Oh Patrì, che racconti?

Patrizio: Niente di che, mi hai installato ora dopo tanto tempo... precisamente da quando ho mosso un braccio per sbaglio e ti ho ranzato via XP a Natale.

Bl@ster: Non preoccuparti, basta che stavolta tu ti concentri e forse eviteremo casini.

Patrizio: Basta che non mi fai fare un reisize, che io li odio...

Bl@ster: No, ho creato la partizione wincozz su misura, apposta per te.

Patrizio: Ti voglio bene, sei il mio migliore amico!

Bl@ster: Dai su, adesso basta coi convenevoli, mi crei una ext3 e una swap, consecutive?

Patrizio: OK, faccio subito... intanto se vuoi da bere serviti pure.

Bl@ster: Rinco, stiamo a casa mia... comunque il thè freddo è nel frigo.

Patrizio: Ah si, dammene un bicchiere, che sennò quà sfascio il drive.

Bl@ster: Vabbè, vado...

*va e torna con il thè*

Patrizio: Ho finito, vedi un po' te poi...

Bl@ster: Lascia tutto così, ci penserà il tuo collega del CD di Ubuntu a fare il resto!

Patrizio: OK, io vado, chiama se serve qualcosa!

Bl@ster: Grazie, ciao!

Finita la chiacchierata col partizionatore, ho messo il CD di Ubuntu e ho avviato l'installer. Con mia grande sorpresasi è installato tutto senza problemi, così ho aggiunto i repo che mi servivano, ho fatto l'aggiornamento di Ubuntu, ed eccomi quà: vivo e vegeto con il mio dual-boot. Ah, la vie...


Last weekend I realized you can only put off chores for so many days, months, or when combined with procrastination in this a year. My office which was once the epitome of organization now resembles the reality show called Hoarders. Milk crates and plastic totes filled with UFO related materials are stacked so close from floor to ceiling that even my little terrier had to search for a place to lie down. Once I started little did I know that my project would become not only one of organization, but a lesson in synchronicity.
How you may ask did my epitome of office organization transform to such a disaster? Blame it on my own personal viewpoint of how to develop a better understanding in the field of ufology. Personally don't believe you can know all about UFO's just because you listen to Coast-to-Coast AM or watch UFO Hunters. The weakness with only watching these shows is they tend to present events and facts in a manner consistent with their producers opinion. With that in mind I would rather look at the raw data, hence the first section of totes containing research information from Mary Ann Hawks of the Cleveland Ufology Project (CUP). These include audio tapes of meetings (CUP), conferences, and regression sessions to be converted to digital format. The problem is that accounts for only one stack of totes and barely clears out space for the dog.
So I decide to shift my focus to the most daunting part of project, sorting through the wealth of information provided by the family of the late George Popowitch. In the 1960's Popowitch was an investigator and former Director of the UFO Research Committee in Akron, Ohio. Little did I know when his family contacted that the "few" boxes of documents would end up filling my SUV.
With my procrastination now over I opened the first container. A slight smell of mildew from the fifty year old documents began to fill the room. In a strange way I felt like Indiana Jones opening a crypt. The first set of documents was requests for information about UFO's from all over the world. Here were letters from all over the United States, Canada, England, South America, and Australia. As I leafed through the letters it struck me as usual, why so many requests during the 1960's on a subject that could get you locked up in the loony bin? Digging deeper revealed the reason, a copy of an investigation called the Killian Case.
On February 24, 1959 Captain Killian was piloting an American Airlines DC-6B from Newark, New Jersey to Detroit, Michigan when at 8:20pm he encountered a UFO near Williamsport, Pennsylvania. During the 45 minute observation crewmembers observed lights that changed from brighter than any star in the sky to dim. Not only were the lights seen by Killian and his crew, but two additional American Airlines fights, one United Airlines flight and nine ground witnesses. The report Popowitch produced excellent and according to other supportive documentation offered for sale in the back of Fate and True Magazines. What was the price of the Killian Report, a grant total of $2 which included shipping?
In my reading I remembered the Air Force claimed Killian's crew observed an in-flight refueling operation. But when queried by the press, Captain Killian said: "If the Air Force wants to believe that, it can. But I know what a B-47 looks like and I know what a KC-97 tanker looks like, and I know what they look like in operation at night. And that's not what I saw." The Air Forces later produced an unsigned letter by Killian saying he was unfamiliar with what night refueling exercises looked like. Afterwards Killian would not discuss the manner. This case accounted for the majority of the requests.
I seem to be straying from the focus of the article. Earlier I mentioned that reviewing and all this wealth of data was also a lesson in synchronicity. One of the requests for information had a return address of William E. Jones, Columbus, Ohio. This couldn't be the same "Bill" I know? This letter was from 1961! So I emailed the Bill I know and in an around about way asked him if he lived on a certain street in Columbus. According to Bill he had just started college and was interested in UFO's. So the 50 year old letter I'm now hold in my hand is from a college student who later go on to become State Director of MUFON of Ohio. Bill is also the man who eventually made me Chief Field Investigator of Ohio.
Along with Bills request were two separate requests from the Ralph and Vincent LePar. Those names sounds familiar too. All night long I have been stacking files on my desk and under those piles is package of filers for an upcoming speaking engagement. I quickly dug out the package and unfolded a flier. The fliers promote an October conference I will be speaking at a sponsored by the SOL Association for Research. The founder of the organization last name was William LePar. A quick Google search revealed William had passed two years ago and was preceded in death by brothers Ralph and Vincent. At this point it's getting close to midnight, but this is really getting interesting. Right now a cup of coffee sounds great, but my mini cooler is closer and stocked with beer.
Round two of Indiana Jones quest for the Holy Grail produced more interesting documents related to synchronicity. The next letter that caught my eye was from a Cleveland UFO investigator called Earl. Popowitch asked Earl to talk to one of the American Airline crews who witnessed to Killian Lights. According to the letter and follow up documents the crew was difficult to contact and the results of the discussion were to be hand delivered. I had to ask myself why hand deliver document? Popowitch felt it was the best method. Best method? Reading deeper into the letters indicated Popowitch believed he felt his mail was being read. Read by whom? Other letters and telegrams in the box were addressed to congressman, senators, various military personal, and newspaper editors. At this point I'm now starting to form an image of how passionate Popowitch was in ufology. But who was this Cleveland investigator called Earl? Earl referred to Cleveland Ufology Project (CUP) Director Earl Neff. After reading the documents I began to get a whole new appreciation for early UFO investigators. There was no internet, no easy access to public records, and to acquire flight data numerous letter to various government organizations. And for the synchronicity, today besides being Chief Field Investigator for MUFON of Ohio, I am also Co-Director of CUP with Aaron Clark.
The quest has now reached 2:00am and time for another beer as I examined two more synchronicities in the form of communication from Jerome Clark and Frank Edwards. Jerome Clark went on to become an editor of Fate magazine and International UFO Reporter, and a board member of the Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS). In 1997 Clark wrote The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial which won the Benjamin Franklyn Award in Science/Environment category sponsored by the Independent Book Publishers Association. Frank Edwards was already in broadcasting in 1948 when he received and advance copy of Major Donald Keyhoe's book, Flying Saucers are Real. After reading Keyhoe's comments about the military's knowledge of UFO's Edwards began talking about UFO's on his program. This open discussion about the military's knowledge of UFO's led to his 1954 dismissal from the Mutual Broadcasting Company. Edwards went on to work as a commentator at WTTV in Indianapolis along with writing numerous books which included Flying Saucers – Serious Business.
Where is the synchronicity with these two? Three years ago I started doing presentations at public libraries around Ohio. The intent of the programs is to educate the public on the study of UFO's, what it takes to be a field investigator, classic UFO cases, and recent investigations. In the past three years I have conducted over 70 library presentations, been on 10 radio shows, 5 television appearances, and taught two college classes on UFO's. Public interest is strong. My last program in Westlake, Ohio had 118 in attendance.
Since my first library program I always hold up two or more books that influenced me in ufology. My first was purchased in the seventh grade (1966) through the book of the month club. I read Frank Edwards book Flying Saucers – Serious Business from front to back and even added my own opinions to the margins. And as Paul Harvey would say "And now for the rest of the story", in one of the other boxes was publicity stills of Edwards plus promotional items for Edwards talk sponsored by the Cleveland Ufology Project. Videos of the talk "Project Redlight and the Military Industrial Complex" at the Lakewood Civic Center are posted on YouTube. So now I have publicity stills, signed correspondence, and even documents of speaking costs for the author of my first UFO book. And who is the current Co-director of the group, me.
Jerome Clark's book is the second I hold up. The book is well written and contains UFO stories over various subjects. One of my favorite cases is the Thomas Mantell UFO Chase. Every time I read the story I try to relive the events as an investigator of the case. So here I have fifty year old connections to some of my favorite authors.
This article is getting a little longer than I planned, but I have to mention one more synchronicity. Westlake Porter Library asked me to create a new program titled "Unknown Encounters'. The focus on the cases presented during the program is cases with only unknown outcomes. One of the cases involved a 2012 event reported by a resident of Elmore, Ohio. It was interesting that when I conducted a library program in Elmore in 2012 there was no mention of the sighting.
As I put this story together I wonder how many unknown connections not just myself, but others have in this field. As I keep searching for the Holy Grail in my plastic totes I made a promise to myself, never turn down any offers of research material from an investigator especially from the 60's or 70's. I can only imagine what I will find when I start reviewing the reports. Maybe a connection to the Portage County UFO chase of 1966.


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"""This module contains the general information for NetworkAdapterUnit ManagedObject."""

from ...imcmo import ManagedObject
from ...imccoremeta import MoPropertyMeta, MoMeta
from ...imcmeta import VersionMeta

class NetworkAdapterUnitConsts:
    PRESENCE_EMPTY = "empty"
    PRESENCE_EQUIPPED = "equipped"
    PRESENCE_MISSING = "missing"
    PRESENCE_NOT_SUPPORTED = "not-supported"
    PRESENCE_UNKNOWN = "unknown"

class NetworkAdapterUnit(ManagedObject):
    """This is NetworkAdapterUnit class."""

    consts = NetworkAdapterUnitConsts()
    naming_props = set([u'slot'])

    mo_meta = {
        "classic": MoMeta("NetworkAdapterUnit", "networkAdapterUnit", "network-adapter-[slot]", VersionMeta.Version151f, "OutputOnly", 0xf, [], ["admin", "read-only", "user"], [u'computeRackUnit'], [u'networkAdapterEthIf'], ["Get"]),
        "modular": MoMeta("NetworkAdapterUnit", "networkAdapterUnit", "network-adapter-[slot]", VersionMeta.Version2013e, "OutputOnly", 0xf, [], ["admin", "read-only", "user"], [u'computeServerNode'], [u'networkAdapterEthIf'], ["Get"])
    }

    prop_meta = {

        "classic": {
            "child_action": MoPropertyMeta("child_action", "childAction", "string", VersionMeta.Version151f, MoPropertyMeta.INTERNAL, None, None, None, None, [], []),
            "dn": MoPropertyMeta("dn", "dn", "string", VersionMeta.Version151f, MoPropertyMeta.READ_ONLY, 0x2, 0, 255, None, [], []),
            "model": MoPropertyMeta("model", "model", "string", VersionMeta.Version151f, MoPropertyMeta.READ_ONLY, None, None, None, None, [], []),
            "num_intf": MoPropertyMeta("num_intf", "numIntf", "string", VersionMeta.Version151f, MoPropertyMeta.READ_ONLY, None, None, None, None, [], []),
            "presence": MoPropertyMeta("presence", "presence", "string", VersionMeta.Version209c, MoPropertyMeta.READ_ONLY, None, None, None, None, ["empty", "equipped", "missing", "not-supported", "unknown"], []),
            "rn": MoPropertyMeta("rn", "rn", "string", VersionMeta.Version151f, MoPropertyMeta.READ_ONLY, 0x4, 0, 255, None, [], []),
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When I was a little boy we used to play a game where we wore a blindfold and tried to put a slip of paper on a drawing of a donkey we couldn't see. I thought of that as I watched the chattering class, blindfolded and frantically trying to pin the blame for the Wall Street debacle on everything but the real donkey, the Democrats, whose symbol is-- guess what?
In saner days, banks designated certain areas as no-loan zones -- depressed neighborhoods where lending money to potential home buyers was not just a risky investment, but a certain future foreclosure. Critics of the practice called it 'redlining' and President Clinton and his chums on Capitol Hill decided that banks should no longer act like banks and lend money only to home buyers who could afford to handle the monthly payments. Now all bets would be off and people not the least bit creditworthy -- and speculators -- would be entitled by law to obtain mortgages even when it was obvious they couldn't afford to handle them.
Enter those now infamous quasi-government banking instruments known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which poured fresh money into the banking system by buying mortgages from banks. Over the long haul they managed to load up their portfolios with billions upon billions of dollars of risky mortgage paper that banks had been forced to offer and then dumped on them.
The scandal of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dwarfs the Enron debacle. In Enron, people went to jail. With the Fannies, some just walked away with millions.
The collapse of Lehman Brothers can be blamed on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two big mortgage banks that the Feds recently bailed out with big bucks. As Fox News has pointed out, they used huge lobbying budgets and political contributions to keep regulators off their backs.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the top three U.S. Senators getting big Fannie and Freddie political bucks were Democrats, and No. 2 was Sen. Barack Obama, who as Fox noted had only been in the Senate four years but still managed to grab that No. 2 spot ahead of longtime colleagues John Kerry and Chris Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
According to Fox, Fannie and Freddie were where big-time Washington Democrats went to work and pocketed millions. Franklin Raines, Clinton's White House Budget Director, ran Fannie and collected $50 million.
Jamie Gorelick, an official in Clinton's Justice Department -- the woman who built the 'wall' that prevented the FBI from targeting terrorists before 9/11 -- worked for Fannie Mae and took home $26 million. Big-time Democrat Jim Johnson, who headed Obama's VP search committee, also hauled in millions from running Fannie Mae.
Obama brazenly blames John McCain and the GOP for the current Wall Street mess when it's clear none of it was due to Republican policies. The truth of the matter is that it was McCain and three GOP colleagues who sought to reform the government's lending policies three long years ago after the Bush administration had failed two years earlier. On May 25, 2006, McCain spoke on behalf of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, and warned against the debacle we are now facing if it failed to pass.
McCain predicted the entire collapse we now are suffering through. He stressed the falsification of financial records to benefit executives, including Obama advisers Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson.
Now Obama has the nerve to try to pin the blame on McCain and the GOP when the facts show that the blame must be pinned on the Democratic donkey.


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RAMADAN 2005 The 4th Day
Ayat of the Day
Remember your Lord in yourself
humbly and fearfully, without loudness
of voice, morning and evening.
Do not be one of the unaware.
(Surat al-A'raf: 205)
Hadith of the Day:
By no means, I swear by Allah, you must enjoin what is good and prohibit what is evil, prevent the wrongdoer, bend him into conformity with what is right, and restrict him to what is right.
(Abu-Dawud)
Miracles of the Qur'an:
THE FORMATION OF HAIL, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
... He sends down mountains from the sky with hail inside them, striking with it anyone He wills and averting it from anyone He wills. The brightness of His lightning almost blinds the sight. (Surat an-Nur: 43)
The above verse refers to hail and lightning. When the formation of hail and lightning are examined, it can be seen that an important meteorological truth is being indicated in this verse. About the formation of lightning and hail, the book Meteorology Today says that a cloud becomes electrified as hail falls through a region in the cloud of supercooled droplets and ice crystals. Liquid droplets freeze and release latent heat as they collide with a hailstone. This keeps the surface of the hailstone warmer than that of the surrounding ice crystals. An important phenomenon occurs when the hailstone comes in contact with an ice crystal: Electrons flow from the colder object toward the warmer one. In this way, the hailstone becomes negatively charged. This effect also occurs when supercooled droplets come in contact with a hailstone and small pieces of positively charged ice break off. These particles, which are lighter and positively charged, are carried to the upper part of the cloud by currents of air. The hail has a negative charge now, and falls towards the bottom of the cloud, thus the lower part of the cloud becomes negatively charged. These negative charges are then discharged as lightning. It may be concluded from this that hail is the main factor in the formation of lightning.
In the following verse, however, attention is drawn to the link between rain clouds and lightning, and to the order of formation, information that parallels that discovered by science:
Or [their likeness is] that of a storm-cloud in the sky, full of darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps, fearful of death... (Surat al-Baqara: 19)
Rain clouds are tremendous masses covering 20 to 260 square meters (10 to 100 square miles) and reaching great vertical heights of 9,000 to 12,000 meters (30,000 to 40,000 ft.). Due to these extraordinary dimensions, the lower part of these clouds are dark. It is impossible for the Sun's rays to pass through them, because of the large quantities of water and ice particles they contain. Very little solar energy therefore reaches the Earth through the clouds, which is why the clouds appear dark to someone looking up at them.
The stages of the formation of thunder and lightning after that darkness, mentioned in the verse, are as follows: An electrical charge forms inside the rain cloud. This comes about as a result of such processes as freezing, the division of raindrops and charge formation during contact. The accumulation of such electrical charges, when the air between becomes unable to insulate them, leads to a great spark, a discharge between the positive and negative fields. The voltage between two oppositely charged areas can reach 1 billion volts. The spark can also form within the cloud, can cross between two clouds, from a positively charged area to a negative one, or be discharged from the cloud to the ground. These sparks form dazzling lightning strikes. This sudden increase in the electrical charge along the line of lightning causes intense heat (10,000 degrees Celsius [18,030 degrees Fahrenheit]). As a result, there is a sudden expansion of the air, which in turn causes the loud noise associated with thunder.
As has been discussed, dark layers, followed by the electrically charged sparks known as lightning, and then the loud noise called thunder, form within a rain cloud. Everything modern science has established about clouds, and has to say about the causes of thunder and lightning, is in complete accord with the descriptions in the Qur'an.
Wonders of Creation:
"THE FOUR ANIMALS EMPHASIZED IN THE QUR'AN" 3
Have they not looked at the camel - how it was created? And at the sky - how it was raised up? And at the mountains - how they were embedded? And at the Earth - how it was smoothed out? So remind them! You are only a reminder. (Surat al-Ghashiyya: 17-21)
It is beyond doubt that all beings, with the features they possess, reflect the unbounded power and knowledge of their Creator. Allah expresses this in numerous verses in the Qur'an, where He points out that everything He creates is actually a sign, that is, a symbol and warning.
In the 17th verse of Surat al-Ghashiyya, Allah refers to an animal, which we are to examine carefully and think about: the "camel".
What makes the camel "a special living being" is its body structure, which is not affected even by the most severe conditions. Its body has such features that allow it to survive for days without water or food, and it can travel with a load of hundreds of kilograms on its back for days.
The characteristics of the camel prove that this animal is brought into being particularly for dry climatic conditions, and that it is given to the service of mankind. This is an evident sign of creation for men of understanding.
"In the alternation of night and day and what Allah has created in the heavens and the Earth there are signs for people who are godfearing." (Surah Yunus: 6)
Extraordinary Resistance to Thirst and Hunger
The camel can survive without food and water for eight days at a temperature of 50oC. In this period, it loses 22% of its total body weight. While a man will be near death if he loses body water equivalent to about 12% of his body weight, a lean camel can survive losing body water equivalent to 40% of its body weight.
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Camels can consume up to 130 liters of water, which is around one third of their body weight, in almost 10 minutes. Besides, camels have a mucus structure in their nose that is 100 times larger than that of humans. With its huge and curved nose mucus, camels can hold 66% of the moisture in the air.
Maximum Benefit from Food and Water
Most animals die by poisoning when accumulated urea in the kidneys diffuses into the blood. However, camels make maximum use of water and food by passing this urea numerous times through the liver. Both the blood and the cell structures of the camel are specialized in order to enable this animal to survive for long periods without water in desert conditions.
The hump is the other support of the camel. One fifth of the camel's total body weight is stored as fat in its hump. The storage of the body fat in only one part of the camel's body prevents the excretion of water from all over its body - which is related to fat. This allows the camel to use the minimum of water.
Precaution against Tornadoes and Storms
The eyes of camels have two eyelash layers. The eyelashes interlock like a trap and protect the eyes of the animal from harsh sandstorms. In addition, camels can close their nostrils so that no sand enters.
Protection against Burning and Freezing Weather Conditions
The thick and impenetrable hairs on the camel's body prevent the scorching Sun of the desert from reaching the skin of the animal. These also keep the animal warm in freezing weather. Desert camels are not affected by high temperatures up to 50oC, and double-humped Bactrian camels can survive in very low temperatures down to -50oC. Camels of this kind can survive even in high valleys, 4,000 meters above sea level.
Protection against Burning Sand
The camels' feet, which are large in proportion to its legs, are specially "designed" and enlarged to help the animal walk in the sand without becoming stuck. These feet possess a wide spread form and puffy qualities. In addition, the special thick skin under the soles is a protection against the burning desert sand.
Let us think in the light of these pieces of information: has the camel on its own adapted its own body to desert conditions? Has it by itself formed the mucus in its nose or the hump on its back? Has it by itself designed its own nose and eye structures in order to protect itself against tornadoes and storms? Has it by itself based its own blood and cell structures on the principle of conservation of water? Has it itself chosen the type of hair covering its body? Has it on its own converted itself to a "ship of the desert"?
Just as any other living being, the camel surely could not perform any of the above and make itself beneficial to mankind. The verse in the Qur'an stating, "Have they not looked at the camel - how it was created?" draws our attention to the creation of this excellent animal in the best way. Like all other creatures, the camel too is endowed with many special qualities and then placed on Earth as a sign of the excellence of the Creator in creation.
Created with such superior physical features, the camel is decreed to serve mankind. As for humans, they are ordered to see like miracles of creation throughout the universe and revere the Creator of all beings: Allah.
Lives of the Prophets:
Prophet Abraham (as) Spreads the Religion
Every prophet was charged with informing his tribe of Allah's commands and prohibitions. Prophet Noah (as), Prophet Salih (as) (of Thamud), Prophet Lot (as), Prophet Shuayb (as) (of Madyan), Prophet Moses (as) (of the Children of Israel), Prophet Jesus (as), and all other prophets informed their tribes of Allah's existence and called on them to live by the true religion's moral values. However, these prophets often found that the majority of their tribes denied Allah and rejected them and even initiated multifaceted struggles against them consisting of vile slanders, threats, and aggression. In some cases, they resorted to forced expulsion, arrest, or murder to prevent the prophets from performing their God-given tasks. Allah reveals how the traps set for Prophet Muhammad (saas) will end in failure:
When those who do not believe were plotting against you to imprison you, kill you, or expel you: they were plotting and Allah was planning, but Allah is the Best Planner. (Surat al-Anfal: 30)
Prophet Abraham's (as) tribe worshipped statues that their ancestors had made from stone and wood. Prophet Abraham (as), who had the determination and the powerful faith to single-handedly tell them of Allah's existence and oneness, was sent to guide them from their blind devotion to their ancestors' paganism into the light of His religion.
Throughout history, the majority has often decided which ideas and beliefs are to be accepted as true. Given that it is difficult to stand up against the majority in societies that are far from religion, many people eventually agree, either willingly or unwillingly, to submit to ideas and beliefs that they know to be wrong. The prophets and the believers who followed them, however, always opposed the unbelieving majority and displayed enormous courage in the face of the ensuing pressure, threats, or attacks. They remained loyal to Allah's religion by scrupulously performing their religious observations and abiding by our Lord's commands out of their fear and awe of Him, as well as their complete trust in Him.
Prophet Abraham (as), whom Allah praised as being "a community in himself" (Surat an-Nahl: 120), stood alone against his father and his entire pagan tribe. He patiently explained why their idols could never attain any divine quality and that the only true deity was Allah. His opposition to his tribe's paganism, as well as his method of challenging their superstitions and working to guide them to the true path despite their hostility, clearly revealed his powerful faith, submission, sincerity, and superior character. All of these characteristics made him a courageous and determined individual. The Qur'an relates some of his words, as follows:
His tribe argued with him. He said: "Are you arguing with me about Allah, when He has guided me? I have no fear of any partner you ascribe to Him, unless my Lord should will such a thing to happen. My Lord encompasses all things in His knowledge, so will you not pay heed? Why should I fear what you have associated with Him, when you yourselves apparently have no fear of associating partners with Allah, for which He has sent down no authority to you? Which of the two parties is more entitled to feel safe, if you have any knowledge?" (Surat al-An'am: 80-81)
Such conversations with his tribe reveal many pleasing examples of his deep and strong faith. Thanks to the superior wisdom and understanding imparted to him by our Lord, Prophet Abraham (as) gave enormously effective addresses and the wisest of examples. Looked at with the eye of wisdom, present-day Muslims can use his means and methods to invite their own people to believe in Allah.
Evolution Deceit:
The Myth of Horse Evolution
One important subject in the origin of mammals is the myth of the "evolution of the horse," also a topic to which evolutionist publications have devoted a considerable amount of space for a long time. This is a myth, because it is based on imagination rather than scientific findings.
Until recently, an imaginary sequence supposedly showing the evolution of the horse was advanced as the principal fossil evidence for the theory of evolution. Today, however, many evolutionists themselves frankly admit that the scenario of horse evolution is bankrupt. In 1980, a four-day symposium was held at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, with 150 evolutionists in attendance, to discuss the problems with the gradualistic evolutionary theory. In addressing this meeting, evolutionist Boyce Rensberger noted that the scenario of the evolution of the horse has no foundation in the fossil record, and that no evolutionary process has been observed that would account for the gradual evolution of horses:
The popularly told example of horse evolution, suggesting a gradual sequence of changes from four-toed fox-sized creatures living nearly 50 million years ago to today's much larger one-toed horse, has long been known to be wrong. Instead of gradual change, fossils of each intermediate species appear fully distinct, persist unchanged, and then become extinct. Transitional forms are unknown.1
While discussing this important dilemma in the scenario of the evolution of the horse in a particularly honest way, Rensberger brought the transitional form difficulty onto the agenda as the greatest difficulty of all.
The well-known paleontologist Colin Patterson, a director of the Natural History Museum in London, where "evolution of the horse" diagrams were on public display at that time on the ground floor of the museum, said the following about the exhibition:
There have been an awful lot of stories, some more imaginative than others, about what the nature of that history [of life] really is. The most famous example, still on exhibit downstairs, is the exhibit on horse evolution prepared perhaps fifty years ago. That has been presented as the literal truth in textbook after textbook. Now I think that is lamentable, particularly when the people who propose those kinds of stories may themselves be aware of the speculative nature of some of that stuff.2
Then what is the basis for the scenario of the evolution of the horse? This scenario was formulated by means of the deceitful charts devised by the sequential arrangement of fossils of distinct species that lived at vastly different periods in India, South Africa, North America, and Europe, solely in accordance with the rich power of evolutionists' imaginations. More than 20 charts of the evolution of the horse, which by the way are totally different from each other, have been proposed by various researchers. Thus, it is obvious that evolutionists have reached no common agreement on these family trees. The only common feature in these arrangements is the belief that a dog-sized creature called Eohippus (Hyracotherium), which lived in the Eocene period 55 million years ago, was the ancestor of the horse. However, the fact is that Eohippus, which became extinct millions of years ago, is nearly identical to the hyrax, a small rabbit-like animal which still lives in Africa and has nothing whatsoever to do with the horse.3
The inconsistency of the theory of the evolution of the horse becomes increasingly apparent as more fossil findings are gathered. Fossils of modern horse species (Equus nevadensis and Equus occidentalis) have been discovered in the same layer as Eohippus.4 This is an indication that the modern horse and its so-called ancestor lived at the same time.
The Evolution of the Horse exhibition in London's Natural History Museum. This and other "evolution of the horse" diagrams show independent species which lived at different times and in different places, lined up one after the other in a very subjective presentation. In reality, there are no scientific discoveries regarding the evolution of the horse.
The evolutionist science writer Gordon R. Taylor explains this little-acknowledged truth in his book The Great Evolution Mystery:
But perhaps the most serious weakness of Darwinism is the failure of paleontologists to find convincing phylogenies or sequences of organisms demonstrating major evolutionary change... The horse is often cited as the only fully worked-out example. But the fact is that the line from Eohippus to Equus is very erratic. It is alleged to show a continual increase in size, but the truth is that some variants were smaller than Eohippus, not larger. Specimens from different sources can be brought together in a convincing-looking sequence, but there is no evidence that they were actually ranged in this order in time.5
All these facts are strong evidence that the charts of horse evolution, which are presented as one of the most solid pieces of evidence for Darwinism, are nothing but fantastic and implausible fairy tales. Like other species, horses, too, came into existence without ancestors in the evolutionary sense.
1. Boyce Rensberger, Houston Chronicle, November 5, 1980, p. 15. (emphasis added)
2. Colin Patterson, Harper's, February 1984, p. 60. (emphasis added)
3. Francis Hitching, The Neck of the Giraffe: Where Darwin Went Wrong, New American Library, New York, 1982, pp. 16-17, 19.
5. Gordon Rattray Taylor, The Great Evolution Mystery, Abacus, Sphere Books, London, 1984, p. 230. (emphasis added)
Quick Grasp of Faith:
How is jealousy mentioned in the Qur'an?
Envy is condemned in the Qur'an. Allah has revealed that He created the soul of mankind prone to selfishness, but that believers should be wary of it:
... But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and guard against evil, Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat an-Nisa': 128)
Some people answer "yes" or "a bit" when they are asked if they are jealous. Yet they do not think much about the meaning hidden behind this answer. Jealousy comes as a result of not accepting that somebody else is superior to oneself in a particular aspect. This, indeed, is an attitude which may lead a person even to haughtiness against Allah, because it is Allah Who grants people everything they possess; He gives as He wills and no one can ever prevent this.
The Prophet (saas) also warns believers against envy:
Beware of envy because envy consumes [destroys] the virtues just as the fire consumes the firewood. (Abu Dawud)
Apart from this, it is also related in the Qur'an that Satan rebelled against Allah by not prostrating himself before Adam. We are informed that he regards himself superior to Adam. So we face an important fact at this point: jealousy is, in fact, an attribute of Satan, and anyone who fears Allah should strictly avoid it.
In the Qur'an, Allah tells believers to take refuge in Him to protect themselves from the evil of the envious:
[Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of Daybreak] from the evil of an envier when he envies." (Surat al-Falaq: 5)
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