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  1. Posted

    At a young age I was told the hijab makes you beautiful,
    but the objective of the hijab is completely the opposite. Sure it's beautiful in its own right but you have to agree that wasn't the purpose at all.

    And I thought I was the only that used to hear this. How hard is it to teach young girls the value of hijab instead of using it as another piece of fashion. :mad:

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    New year's resolution is all about fantasizing living 'your' optimal life and in that dream stage most make outrageous goals requiring major life style changes they are neither ready nor willing to make. Thus the reason all unrealistic resolutions lose their momentum few weeks into the new years.

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    Egypt flats collapse toll rises

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    The number of people killed in a building collapse in Alexandria on Monday has risen to 33.

     

    The official Egyptian news agency said rescuers found three more bodies early on Saturday, and were continuing to search through rubble.

     

    Only three survivors have been found since the block of flats collapsed.

     

    The building disintegrated as workers carried out renovations. The authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the building's owner.

     

    They have also arrested one of the contractors carrying out the repairs.

     

    Officials say the flats were built without a permit 25 years ago. Another five stories were added later - also without a permit. The authorities say the owners ignored orders to remove the top two storeys.

     

    Collapses happen frequently in Egypt's overcrowded urban centres, where many buildings are constructed with poor materials and regulations are flouted.

     

    In 2005, at least 16 people died when a building collapsed in another residential area in the Mediterranean city - Egypt's second largest.

     

    That block, which had had three extra floors added illegally, collapsed onto the wall of a neighbouring school as mothers were waiting to pick up their children.

     

     

    Story from BBC NEWS:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7163873.stm

     

    Published: 2007/12/29 18:45:26 GMT

     

    © BBC MMVII

  12. Posted

    Originally posted by B_Analyst:

    Focus on the positives of each day.

     

    Choose your friends wisely. Unlike what many articles state, you don't have to be popular and have a gazillion friends to be happy. In fact, many of the "friends" you have when you are popular are not true friends. Four or Five close friends is really all you need.

     

    Play a sport or work out. Having a healthy body leads to a healthy and happy mind. Being confident in your appearance makes you more confident in other areas.

     

    Be sociable. Participating in clubs and sports increases your chances of meeting friends. While you only need 4 or 5 close friends, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to meet new people, Participating gives you something to do instead of sitting bored at home and wallowing in self- pity.

     

    Go for it! If you have a special girl you want to ask out, dance with, etc. just ask! You probably won't be rejected but if you are, remember that there will always be someone else.

     

    Find a hobby you enjoy so that when you can't be with your friends,you can pursue interests you enjoy. Video games are good, if you're the type of person that can get into them.

     

    Do your best at everything so you can be proud of everything you do. But remember to give yourself a break when you fail.

     

    Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.

     

    If you are not good at sports, join the band or choir. You'll still be going to games for free like the jocks if you are in pep band, and you have as many opportunities to meet new people as the jocks. Also those band trips may be even more fun than the "jock" trips.

     

    BA

    Source: How to Enjoy Life as a Teen

  14. Posted

    LOOL

    How about this one.

     

    A woman reports her husband's disappearance to the police.

    They ask her for a description, and she says, "He is six feet, three inches tall, well built , with thick curly hair."

    Her friend says, "What are you talking about? Your husband is five-feet-four, bald and has a huge belly."

    And the woman says, "Are you kidding? Who wants that one back." :D

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    Forbes Gurus: Best Investment Ideas For 2008

    Joshua Lipton 12.21.07, 4:40 PM ET

     

    Back in January 2007, Jim Stack, editor of Whitefish Montana's InvesTech Research and Portfolio Strategy, surveyed the U.S. economic landscape and didn't like what he saw. There was a growing risk of a recession, he thought. The residential real estate market was unwinding. Stack shared his worries with readers that month.

    Click here to download a free report on 50 stocks, ETFs and funds that top-performing Forbes gurus are buying for 2008.

     

    "If complacency breeds danger," Stack wrote, "then we might be sitting on a powder keg heading into 2007."

     

    Stack positioned his portfolio in a defensive crouch, believing that the degree of risk out there, in his opinion, warranted higher caution. He avoided the financials and real estate-related sectors. His cautious bets have payed off. His managed accounts, year-to-date, are up 8.1%. That beats the 5.6% gain of the Dow Jones industrial average and the 2.2% increase of the S&P 500.

     

    For worrywart Stack, its vindication of his "safety first" approach.

     

    "We were called doom-and-gloomers," he says. "But we felt there would be a serious unwinding in the housing market. There is now some feeling of comfort at this point, if no other reason than we haven't lost money."

     

    The year 2007 probably left a lot of investors feeling financially seasick, with its dizzying ups and downs. The blue chip Dow surpassed historic milestones, but market turbulence returned with vigor. U.S. markets were choppy and volatile as investors worked through a web of concerns: oil prices kissing $100 a barrel, a busted housing boom and ugly write-offs by big banks.

     

     

    As the year comes to a close, there is a lot of worry out there on Wall Street. For evidence of that hand-wringing, just check out a simple stat on stock market volatility: the CBOE Volatility Index--a literal measure of volatility reflecting the premium that options traders are willing to pay on the S&P 500 Index options--spiked 250% from January through mid-December. This was one of the quickest and most dramatic increases in volatility since early 1994.

     

    Heading into the New Year, Forbes.com checked in with a few market pros to see where they're putting money in 2008. These gurus had some wide-ranging opinions on how they plan to position their portfolios, which sectors they like and which ones they're planning to avoid. These big-picture professionals were at odds over which areas of the market had the most prospects and where they would counsel investors to commit capital.

     

    Let's start with a sector that has made headlines this year for all the wrong reasons: the financials. Wall Street heavies like Citigroup and Bear Stearns suffered big losses due to risky mortgage-related holdings that went bad. The Financial Select Sector SPDR (amex: XLF) is down, year-to-date in 2007, about 20%.

     

    But are these financial companies ready to turn around in 2008?

     

    Stack isn't buying primarily because he expect "extreme volatility" in the financial sector in 2008. He cautions investors to avoid the companies until they see at least three to four months of bottoms in stock prices. Only then, Stack says, should investors start to think about pushing money into the sector.

     

    . . .

     

     

  20. Posted

    A ninety-five year old man went to the doctor and said “Doctor, my eighteen-year-old wife is expecting a baby.”

     

    The doctor said, “Let me tell you a story. A man went hunting, but instead of a gun, he picked up an umbrella by mistake. When a bear suddenly charged at the man, he picked up the umbrella, shot the bear and killed it.”

     

    The man said, “Impossible. Someone else must have shot that bear.”

     

    The doctor looked at him and said, “My point exactly!”