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Can Non=Muslims Be Made Friends? by Dr Khalid Zaheer by Dr. Khalid Zaheer 1) Introduction 25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions 405 Flares Facebook 137 Twitter 5 Google+ 194 StumbleUpon 1 Pin It Share 68 68 405 Flares × A question that makes you think is worth asking… At the cusp of a new day, week, month, or year, most of us take a little time to reflect on our lives by looking back over the past and ahead into the future.

Top 20 Most Funny, Weirdest And Interesting Websites Hello friends, First off let me tell you one thing, this post ain't for you if you don't have time coz today I have brought to you an interesting list of some of the best Funny, Weird and Strange Websites. Are you in some stress, tensed or in kind of problem or is your mind not fresh, then this post is surely for you. This list of Top 20 Funny,Interesting and Strange Sites will surely freshen up your mind. Just to bring some excitement among my readers I usually post an update on Facebook regarding my future posts. :) It took me around 3 hours to compile this list and believe me these sites are worth visiting once.

Vir Sanghvi How you define an original inhabitant of Bombay or Mumbai (as the city was renamed in 1996) depends on how far back you go. My mother moved to Bombay from Ahmedabad, where she grew up, in the 1940s, when she was in her early 20s. Her mill-owner father would not let her join the family business so she found a job as an industrial psychologist (what we would now call Human Relations) in a British company in Bombay. Her parents were not thrilled but agreed to let her go if she stayed in a flat of their choosing.

Top ten things that would-be foreign policy wonks should study It's August, which means that students in America (and plenty of other places) are heading off to college for the first time. Some of them are undoubtedly thinking about preparing for careers in international affairs. As a public service to those eager future Secretaries of State (and the parents worrying about their college choices) here's my Top Ten Things that Future International Policy Wonks Should Learn. 1. History. Trying to understand international affairs without knowing history is like trying to cook without knowing the difference between flour and flounder.

Seeing in the Dark & SEEDMAGAZINE.COM Credit: cliff1066tm. Patient TN was, by his own account, completely blind. Two consecutive strokes had destroyed the visual cortex of his brain, and consequently, his ability to see. It is not uncommon for stroke patients to suffer brain damage, but the case of TN — referenced by his initials, the general practice in such studies — was peculiar. His first stroke had injured only one hemisphere of his visual cortex.

Cool and Interesting Websites to Visit When You're Bored 30 Jan 2014 Here are some cool and interesting websites that will make you smile and also help beat that afternoon energy slump. couch mode print story I have added these non-tech related websites in my “weekly” bookmarks folder. Pandora battery guide to downgrade PSP to version 1.5 Many people choose to upgrade their PSP firmware to version 3.51, and with that version, there is no restrictions as to what games and applications you can run on your PSP. But in order to upgrade firmware, you have to downgrade to version 1.5 first.After that,you will need to mod your PSP battery,into the so-called pandora battery, otherwise it is not possible to upgrade your PSP firmware. Tools needed: original PSP battery with at least 50% of power, a Memory Stick Pro Duo with 1GB memory or above. I. Preparing to downgrade-Wipe and Format PSP Memory Stick In order to downgrade the firmware, you have to reformat the memory stick first

- StumbleUpon WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? Plato: For the greater good. Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability. Machiavelli: So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for whom among them has the strength to contend with such a paragon of avian virtue? The 100 Best, Most Interesting Blogs and Websites of 2015 UPDATE: 2016’s list of the top 100 websites is out now! Check it out. Every year I release a list of the best, most interesting blogs and websites I have encountered in the previous 365 days that I think other people should know about in the coming 365 days. I’ve done this for 3 years straight—this will be the 4th. As in years past this post was literally 1 year in the making (although it took a mere 2 days to organize and assemble). Real quick: go behind the scenes of DailyTekk on Instagram (@DailyTekk is brand new with totally exclusive pics and videos).

Business / Companies : The Genius of Google One of the advantages of being a behemoth like Google is that every business decision one takes can be easily shrugged off as brand-building and marketing without being scrutinized for further motives. Take for example its latest free mobile application—‘Ingress’. Packaged as an alternate reality game, players are required to go outside into the real world to accomplish tasks.

Brain Scanner Records Dreams on Video Just a few weeks ago, we posted about how brain patterns can reveal almost exactly what you're thinking. Now, researchers at UC Berkeley have figured out how to extract what you're picturing inside your head, and they can play it back on video. The way this works is very similar to the mind-reading technique that we covered earlier this month. How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did Target has got you in its aim Every time you go shopping, you share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you need, and which coupons are most likely to make you happy. Target, for example, has figured out how to data-mine its way into your womb, to figure out whether you have a baby on the way long before you need to start buying diapers. Charles Duhigg outlines in the New York Times how Target tries to hook parents-to-be at that crucial moment before they turn into rampant — and loyal — buyers of all things pastel, plastic, and miniature.