Following up a wrong with a right

Following up a wrong with a right

1990 4 April 10 Following up a wrong with a right (29) ‘Umer said that the best way to deal with one who has disobeyed God with regard to you, is to obey God with regard to him.

(Tafseer Ibn Kathir)

Mechanical Aid

1990 4 April 10 Mechanical Aid (150) In American society, a large number of old people have no one to live with them, so they live all alone. It often happens that an elderly person falls victim to an accident and requires immediate help, but has no helper nearby. For such old people, the American police department has arranged a system called the ‘Telephone-dialing computer service.’

This computer service automatically checks up on older people who live alone. At the same time every day, the computer calls them and says, “Good morning! Are you O.K.” If the answer is “yes” the computer hangs up and goes on to the next number. If no one answers, the computer alters the police.

Developed by Bruce Johnson, a local computer hobbyist, the program saved the life of Clyde Ritter, 73, when he fell into a diabetic coma, and rescued another older resident, whose hands had become stuck in a window.