Rebels Libyan forces near Gadhafi compound

Rebels Libyan forces near Gadhafi's compound

Compund pics, Gadhafi's house Photos,Gadhafi Home, Rebel forces photos

Unpublished Political Photos

Unpublished Political Photos

Funny Political photos ,Real Political pictures, famous Pictures

Ramadan moon sighted, first fast on August 2 in Pakistan

Ramazan moon sighted, first fast on August 2-2011

KARACHI: The Ramadan moon has been sighted in various parts of the country hence the holy month will be observed from August 2.

The Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, headed by Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman made an official announcement on Monday.

Earlier the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee met for sighting of the Ramazan-ul Mubarak moon on Monday in Karachi at the Meteorological (Met) Office building.

The meeting was attended by members of Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, Zonal Ruet Committee Karachi and officials of Met Office.

South Africa’s Cricket Player Wayne Parnell converts to Islam

South Africa’s Cricket Player Wayne Parnell converts to Islam

South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell has converted to Islam after a period of personal study and reflection and will celebrate his 22nd birthday on Friday as a Muslim.

Parnell confirmed in a statement on Thursday that he converted to Islamic faith in January this year and is considering a name change to Waleed, which means ‘Newborn Son’.

“While I have not yet decided on an Islamic name I have considered the name Waleed which means Newborn Son, but for now my name remains Wayne Dillon Parnell. I will continue to respect the team’s endorsement of alcoholic beverages. I am playing cricket in Sussex and this is my immediate focus,” said Port Elizabeth-born Parnell.

“As I am approaching my first period of fasting, I ask that this special time is treated with respect. I am a young man, a professional cricketer by trade, and while I can appreciate and am grateful for the public interest in my personal life, my faith choice is a matter which I would like to keep private,” said the promising Warriors left-arm seam bowler.

Proteas team manager Mohamed Moosajee, himself a Muslim, said Parnell’s Muslim teammates Hashim Amla and Imran Tahir had not influenced his decision to convert from Christianity.

“Wayne already decided a few months ago to follow Islam,” Moosajee said of the cricketer, who excelled during the ICC World Cup on the subcontinent.

“The decision to convert was his own decision, but I know nothing of the name change,” added Moosajee.

Fellow players, preferring to remain anonymous, said they believed Parnell was very serious about his choice of religion and that he had not touched a drop of alcohol, forbidden to Muslims, since the recent Indian Premier League series.

Supporting Moosajee’s denial of influence by Amla, the players said he had never attempted to convert them to his religion, although they had all been very impressed by the discipline and strict adherence that Amla showed to his religion, by refusing to participate in celebrations with them that involved liquor, staying steadfast in his daily prayers even while on tour, and refusing to wear the kit sponsored by South African beer brand Castle Lager.

In his first two years after making his debut for the Proteas in 2009, Parnell developed a hard-living reputation.

In October 2009, he was kicked out of the provincial side Warriors following an incident in a night club in the city of Port Elizabeth in the early hours of the morning.

He came to limelight when he captained the South African Under-19 team in the U-19 World Cup in 2008. He was the youngest player to get a central contract in 2009 at the age of 20 years.

He is the second Christian to have converted to Islam after Pakistan’s Yousuf Youhana (now Mohammad Yousuf) in 2006.

Facebook saved a child's life

Facebook saved a child's life

Facebook saves lives. Or more to the point, good Facebook friends save lives. 

Slate writer and novelist Deborah Copaken Kogan credits her community on the social networking site for helping diagnose her son’s mystery illness in time. Kogan woke up on Mother’s Day to find her 4-year-old son Leo with a rash and a fever.
In the pediatrician’s office, she updated her Facebook status with a photo of her son’s reddened face and the comment: “Nothing says Happy Mother's Day quite like a Sunday morning at the pediatrician's." As his symptoms worsened—high fever, swollen face—she continued sharing photos and concerns to a growing community of friends and ‘friends’.

"Baby getting sicker. Eyes swollen shut. Fever rising. Penicillin not working. Might be scarlet fever. Or roseola. Or...???? Sigh,” she wrote. Ten minutes later she got a call from a friend who saw the update and offered some sage advice: get to the hospital. Kogan’s friend had seen these symptoms before when her own son had Kawasaki disease, a rare and potentially fatal illness that accelerates in days and may lead to a dangerous heart condition.

Two other Facebook friends, both pediatricians, also saw her status update and sent the same diagnostic warning. “As much as I wanted to be my usual mellow self, the immediacy of the Facebook feedback was enough to push me out the door,” writes Kogan on Slate.com.

It wasn’t long before their feedback was confirmed: Leo had Kawasaki disease. Two months later, he is still recovering from the disease that wreaked havoc on his heart and liver. But the outcome could have been much worse and Kogan is grateful for the instant ‘in-network’ advice and support.

Her story is unique but not the first of its kind.  Last year, a pediatric nurse spotted cancer on her friend's child after scrolling through her Facebook photos, effectively saving her life. And when a 56-year-old woman slipped into a coma, doctors turned to her detailed Facebook status updates on her health for an outline of her symptoms and medical history. 

All three are stark examples of how this new-found and sometimes odd lack of privacy can be a saving grace. Could our culture of over-sharing actually be leading us down a road to improved healthcare? Is friending a doctor on Facebook a shortcut to a faster diagnosis?

Not if the British Medical Association has anything to say about it. They recently released new guidelines for members, urging them not to blur the lines between work and play by accepting Facebook requests from patients. Lack of privacy and liability fears are just part of the trade-off for instant, free health advice between ‘friends’.

But the model of instant patient-to-provider and patient-to-patient advice is in place thanks to the Mark Zuckerberg model. Now the Mayo Clinic is jumping on the trend with a new Facebook-esque social networking site for their own hospital patients and providers to communicate freely. “We want to provide the latest technology and enable the community to evolve in the directions it wants to go,” says the clinic’s social media director Lee Aase. Their goal is to let “the community define what is useful.”

NASA Final Discovery Space Shuttle Launch 2011

NASA Final Discovery Space Shuttle Launch 2011

 (NASA) Share Back to slideshow navigation The space shuttle Atlantis ... off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8, 2011,all NASA and Air Force Rocket Launches,NASA Final Discovery Space Shuttle Launch 2011,NASA Rocket and Space Shuttle Launch Schedule for 2011,Shuttle Launch Schedule for NASA for 2011. Discover when the next space shuttle or rocket will be launched by NASA during 2011.

Two pictures,Thirty years ago

Two pictures Thirty years ago

Thirty years ago, the first space shuttle launched into the stratosphere. Chris Bray and his father Kenneth watched -- and took a picture. Then last Friday, the shuttle Atlantis took its final trip. Again, the Bray men were there. And again, the two snapped a photo to capture the moment.

 Creative photos, awesome scene photos.

First snap 13-year-old Chris with his 39-year-old dad

Second snap The young son is now an adult. His father is now gray-haired

World in 2050

World in 2050

Future of world,world 2050 pictures.Some facts and figure which helps us the future of our world in 2050.GDP Projection,Develop world Demographic,Imagining life in 2050,Risks and falls in 2050,population rate in 2050.

The world's longest sea bridge spanning Jiaozhou Bay of Qingdao City,China

The world's longest sea bridge spanning Jiaozhou Bay of Qingdao City,China

Shandong Highway Corp. invests to operate Shandong Highway Jiaozhou Bay Bridge" is seen at Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, Shandong province June 27, 2011. The world's longest sea bridge spanning Jiaozhou Bay of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, opened on Thursday, June 30, 2011. The bridge is 42 km (26 miles) long, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken June 27, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily

Google Launches Google+(PLUS) to Compete Facebook (Photos)

Google Launches Google+(PLUS) to Compete Facebook (Photos)

Google has finally unveiled Google+, the company’s top secret social layer that turns all of the search engine into one giant social network.At its core, Google+ is a social network. The first thing users are introduced to is the Stream. It’s much like the Facebook News Feed, allowing users to share photos, videos, links or their location with friends. 

 Photos,pictures of Google+ Plus

 GOOGLE+ Icons

 Google Circle

Google+ Circles is an attempt to address that challenge. The HTML5 system allows users to drag-and-drop their friends into different social circles for friends, family, classmates, co-workers and other custom groups. Users can drag groups of friends in and out of these circles.

Google Circle Editor

 

Sparks

 Google has added a recommendation engine for finding interesting content. The feature, Google+ Sparks, is a collection of articles, videos, photos and other content grouped by interest. For example, the “Movies” spark will have a listing of recent and relevant content for that topic.

Google+ Stream

 Where user share contents and see what their friends are sharing as similar as Facebook New feeds