Really, can someone not look young again?
For your information, the two sisters are well above 20, and one graduated from the uni 2013. Plus they aren't even Northerners but LAGOSIANS.
Let's not run our mouth about things we know nothing about

People who are married may be more likely
to survive heart surgery than people who are
divorced, separated or widowed, according to
a new study.
In the study, researchers looked at health
and survival rates in 1,576 adults ages 50 or
older who underwent cardiac surgery. They
found that those who were divorced,
separated or widowed were 40 percent more
likely to die or develop a new disability, such
as being unable to walk, during the first two
years after surgery, compared with married
people .
The new findings suggest that "marital
status is a predictor of survival and
functional recovery after cardiac surgery," the authors,from the University of Pennsylvania,
wrote in their study published today (Oct. 28) in the journal JAMA Surgery.
The study's researchers interviewed the participants four times between 2004 and 2010 about
their health, day-to-day functioning, medical care and family structure. [I Don't: 5 Myths About
Marriage ]
Among the people in the study, 65 percent were married, 12 percent were divorced or
separated, 21 percent were widowed and 2 percent had never been married.
The researchers found that 19 percent of the people who were married had either died or
developed a new disability during two years after the surgery. In contrast, 29 percent of those
who were divorced or separated, and 34 percent of those who were widowed had either died or
developed a new disability during two years after the surgery.
The also found that 20 percent of those who had never been married either died or developed
a new disability during two years after the surgery
The findings are in line with previous research that has also shown married people may have
higher survival rates after cardiac surgery, the researchers said.
It is not clear why married people may have greater chances of survival after cardiac surgery,
but it may have something to do with the additional support and care they receive from their
spouses, the researchers said. More research is needed to determine what mechanisms may
explain the link between a person's marital status and their survival after a major surgery, they
said.
The new results show that "at the end of the day, we have to put an emphasis on the
intangible when it comes to wellness and health," said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, the director of
Women's Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, who was not involved in the study.
"We know from other studies that social support itself is critical for heart health, and being
socially isolated is a risk factor for heart disease," Steinbaum told Live Science.
Both physicians and patients should pay more attention to these aspects of people's lives,
which are no less important for people's health than physical factors such as blood pressure
or cholesterol levels , she said.
By: by Agata Blaszczak-Boxe, Contributing Writer | October 28, 2015 03:01pm ET
source:
www.livescience.com/52618-marriage-heart-surgery-survival-disability.html

Eating foods rich in amino acids could be as good for your heart as stopping
smoking or getting more exercise -- according to new research from the
University of East Anglia (UEA).
A new study published today reveals that people who eat high levels of certain
amino acids found in meat and plant-based protein have lower blood pressure
and arterial stiffness.
And the magnitude of the association is similar to those previously reported for
lifestyle risk factors including salt intake, physical activity, alcohol consumption
and smoking.
Researchers investigated the effect of seven amino acids on cardiovascular
health among almost 2,000 women with a healthy BMI. Data came from
TwinsUK -- the biggest UK adult twin registry of 12,000 twins which is used to
study the genetic and environmental causes of age related disease.
They studied their diet and compared it to clinical measures of blood pressure
and blood vessel thickness and stiffness.
They found strong evidence that those who consumed the highest amounts of
amino acids had lower measures of blood pressure and arterial stiffness.
But they found that the food source was important -- with a higher intake of
amino acids from plant-based sources associated with lower blood pressure,
and a higher intake from animal sources associated with lower levels of arterial
stiffness.
Lead researcher Dr Amy Jennings, from UEA's Norwich Medical School, said:
"This research shows a protective effect of several amino acids on
cardiovascular health.
"Increasing intake from protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, dairy produce,
beans, lentils, broccoli and spinach could be an important and readily
achievable way to reduce people's risk of cardiovascular disease.
"Results from previous studies have provided evidence that increased dietary
protein may be associated with lower blood pressure. We wanted to know
whether protein from animal sources or plant-based sources was more
beneficial -- so we drilled down and looked at the different amino acids found
in both meat and vegetables.
"We studied seven amino acids -- arginine, cysteine, glutamic acid, glycine,
histidine, leucine, and tyrosine. Glutamic acid, leucine, and tyrosine are found
in animal sources, and a higher intake was associated with lower levels of
arterial stiffness.
"All seven amino acids, and particularly those from plant-based sources, were
associated with lower blood pressure.
"The really surprising thing that we found is that amino acid intake has as
much of an effect on blood pressure as established lifestyle risk factors such
as salt intake, physical activity and alcohol consumption. For arterial stiffness,
the association was similar to the magnitude of change previously associated
with not smoking.
"High blood pressure is one of the most potent risk factors for developing
cardiovascular disease. A reduction in blood pressure leads to a reduction in
mortality caused by stroke or coronary heart disease -- so changing your diet
to include more meat, fish, dairy produce and pulses could help both prevent
and treat the condition.
"Beneficial daily amounts equate to a 75g portion of steak, a 100g salmon fillet
or a 500ml glass of skimmed milk," she added.
Prof Tim Spector from the department of Twin Research at King's college
London said: "The finding that eating certain meat and plant proteins are
linked to healthier blood pressure is an exciting finding. We need to understand
the mechanism to see if it is direct or via our gut microbes."

source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150827083651.htm

jcross19:
boko harams burnt mosque that do not support their ideaology and secondly there is a conflict between shia and sunnis which might cause the fight.

That is why I said they are not Muslims, because Muslims don't kill others that way.I had already brought evidences for you from the Quran that Allah doesn't support that, what else do you need?? .I am going to end this chat because really, we just keep going in circles. I pray Allah guides us all right.

jcross19:
you people are cause of all these in borno boko haram are using the hijab to wreck havoc on people maybe that's the reason , in china they face a severe attack from these holocausts blook suckers and security purpose in all these excuses , where are they killing muslims compare it to all those countries where churches were been burnt on daily basis .which country have you recorded where christians burn down mosque for the sake of their believes? If not otherwise.

are you saying you didn't hear about boko haram's burning of mosques and killing of mulims think a bit about why they even use the hijab , do you think they couldn't have used something else? what do you think is the fastest way to create hate against religion than by using their ways to create harm?. that is why I say boko haram people are not Muslims. you will never hear a real muslim supporting their course.

have you heard about the wars going on in Pakistan and Iraq, hundreds of Muslim die daily, but you don't see that, you just focus on what you want to, do their lives not count
mosques have also bn burnt down in Indonesia, Uganda, even in Nigeria by boko haram, how can you even call this people Muslims??

jcross19:
I have mentioned more than 7 countries where non muslims see fire for their believe?

and I have told you that Muslims face the same challenges, do you want me to start listing the countries, you don't have to look far, start from Nigeria, where Muslim women are not allowed to put on their hijab to work, Muslims are not given time to worship when they have to, and I can almost say that Muslims are the most ostracized group in this world, but then That's what happens to good things, people don't accept it easily.
over countries to look at are France where the hijab was banned
and China where people where people are prevented from fasting. there are so many examples
the world is full with people who fear what they really shouldn't because of mis-information

jcross19:
I don't expect you to accept this but a reasonable readers will do their own research and find out the truth. Yes in koran there some verse that says no Compulsory in religion, are you sure? But during the time of ramadan some guys broke their fasting pre-maturely and were beaten is that not compulsory?. In some verses says whereever you see the infidel kill them until they accept your religion!!!!!! Is that not compulsory?.those verses w
hich stated no compulsory in the religion preached when mohammad and his gang were not many to battle the meccans. If what you are saying is true then why so much persecutions of non - muslims in northern part of nigeria,mali,libya,egypt,yemen,iran,pakistan,Bangladesh,malaysia,kuwait even saudi arabia and many more, see google will help you. So please stop all these altaqiyyah.

Good Morning,
I will implore that whenever you read a verse of the Quran, read it completely, also the one before it and after it to get the complete story. I found the verse you were saying, and it only emphasized what I mentioned, about them not attacking anyone who hasn't done anything to them. it goes as follows

*And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.
* And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.
* But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
(Surat -Albaqarah. 190-191)

so as you can see it doesn't encourage killing of disbelievers, but prosecuting only those who kill them


Concerning those you say were beaten, well I wouldn't call it compulsion, but rather some people trying to correct them, but doing it in a wrong way, that you can be sure of is human error


You mentioned non-muslims being prosecuted in some Muslim countries, but do you not see the Muslims being prosecuted perhaps more harshly in non Muslim states? you should also note that on Google there is a vast amount of information, so research well, and compare the prosecution of both parties. May God make it easy for you

jcross19:
before I never believe it until my eyes were opened to it . Do you know how why mohammad front teeth removed? Do you know that mohammad was terrorists during his time as well? Do you know that we have 109 verses that's mandated all muslims to kill non-muslims? Even in the history mohammad spread his religion out of 69 battles fought by muslims,mohammad led 28 out of it!!!!. Is that a peace?.

actually, Muhammad was not a terrorist but was terrorized, if you do your research well, you will find that most of the battles esp the first three were in defense, to protect his people against those who wanted them dead. and whenever they (the Muslims) conquered a settlement, the lives of the non Muslims there were actually spared, Islam is not by force, but rather by choice. there is also a saying of he prophet that says killing people on necessary is prohibited, you cannot take the life of Someone who has done no harm to you.
I would like you to point out the 109verses you say encourages killing

jcross19:
those who practise islam are the people who follow the footsteps of mohammad; the terrorists are the best describe as a real muslims.

so how can you prove that "terrorists" are following Muhammad's footsteps, and not just their own desires that may in reality not have anything to do with Islam?

jcross19:
those who practise islam are the people who follow the footsteps of mohammad; the terrorists are the best describe as a real muslims.

so how can you prove that "terrorists" are following Muhammad's footsteps, and not just their own desires that may in reality not have anything to do with Islam

jcross19:
do you really know the secret behind the cover? Or the history behind it? Seek knowledge more beyond what you were taught you will know that you have been brainwashed. The people practising it are the product of the religion.

actually I do know the history behind it, when it was introduced and why it was introduced . to be brainwashed is to be told the wrong information, so how can I be brainwashed when I got my information from the correct source, don't you think that perhaps you are the one brainwashed? how can be so sure of your sources if you are looking at this in one direction, you read and learn only what you think is right, but maybe you know the truth in your subconscious, but you just don't want to face it.


point of correction, the people practicing it are humans, and humans are not perfect, but rather strive for perfection, and not everyone you see understand the preachings of Islam the right way

jcross19:
have you ever reason why are they killing non muslims?why are they treating woman like a sex slave? Why so much superstitions, can you ever ask the reason why women are masked like masquerade?!!!!.ask your imam why is that when someone converted from islam to another religion why are they threaten to kill the person?.

This was what I meant when I said look at the religion and not the people practicing it, some people may make mistakes, I agree but than is only because they are human. you might be talking from what you have seen, but you should know you really haven't seen it all.
about the hijab, it is a source of protection for the Muslim woman, not a masquerade. If you think about this clearly without bias, you might realise that it is the best for both male and females if the women covered, promoting modesty and really building pure minds

jcross19:
in the history islamic soldiers were created by catholic but now turned to beast to them. Islam is evil to mankind. Am sorry to say this but try ask yourself am I on the right road? Pray to God to tell you the truth.

Funny enough I actually did think about that myself, and I came to the conclusion that I really was on the right path. if you want to judge, look at the religion not the people practicing it, for they too are human and make mistakes. if everyone in the world was a good muslim, then the world would have been a perfect place. I pray Allah guides us all right.

jcross19:
this is now an insult. Think of it if there is no islam they will be nothing like alquaida,boko haram,taliban,isis,alshabab, hazebollah,al nisra,hamas,almujahedeen and many secret we don't know their names.

I wouldn't say they exist because of Islam, because they are not of it, but rather they exist because of people's fear of Islam, which in reality, is their fear that their ideas maybe wrong.

jcross19:
and he brought terrorism into the world with offer of 72 horus.

By the one in whose hand my soul is, that is the most ridiculous statement I have heard in decades, I plead you go and make your findings right, all prophets of Allah, including Jesus brought peace to the world, to insult anyone one of them is to insult all of them

I hear about you every now and then
I wish I had met you but I am not so lucky
impeccable in character
pure at heart.

You inspire all
to do good and become great
but no one can ever be like you
one of a kind
the most truthful
the blessed

I wonder how things would have been
if in our generation you had come
would things have been different? I ask myself
of course they would, for you are the most guided that we all follow

the best of mankind,
the beloved of Allah
Muhammad (Saw)
I wish I had met you, but I am not so lucky

maa shaa Allah..... I just hope couples follow this advice, but that will surely require a lot of determination on their part, as really marriage is not a bed of roses

Your Excellency Sir: Let me quickly jump in front of the oncoming bandwagon in
offering my congratulations. I know you do not have too much time for niceties
because much has been left on the Augean Stables for you to clean up. Let me
be one of the first to offer my two kobo on how you should begin the art (for, in
Nigeria, it is indeed an art) of governing us for the next four years. My advice is
neither in chronological order nor even in any order of preference. But most of it
stems from lessons learned in the huge fall from grace to grass of your
immediate predecessor, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan.

(Declaration of Assets) Even before your official swearing in ceremony scheduled
for May 29th, go ahead and declare your assets as you promised. Do it publicly.
In fact, find some money and buy space in a few national dailies and online
media outlets and declare your assets. I am sure your Vice, Professor Yemi
Osinbajo, will follow suit. Nigerians know both of you are not stupendously rich,
so no need to worry about having to explain how you came about your assets.
Then go ahead and make it (in private, of course) a requirement for all your
ministerial, judicial and heads of MDA appointees, to also declare their assets.
(Appointments) Please look beyond the APC for a combination of brains and
brawn. Make deliberate efforts to find talents in other parties (believe it or not,
there are good people even in the PDP) and appoint them to, not just
inconsequential positions, but key positions that will task their intellect and
vigor. Look beyond active politicians for skilled people because many of them
want to serve and can serve very well but for myriad reasons, could not
participate in politics. Spread your appointments across the nation as fairly as
possible. I know the southwest practically elected you (the north had always
been with you) and you will be pulled by those of us from the southwest to
reward us and not marginalize us like Jonathan did. But you are president for
the whole country. Beam your searchlight on the east, south-south and all over
the country and look for talents. If you try hard, you will find talents in the
states that voted against you. You will find talents among Nigerians living
abroad. You have to demonstrate the level of maturity that Jonathan lacked and
show the world that you are not vindictive. How nice would it be if you could
ask Nuhu Ribadu to be Minister of Interior, in charge of the Police,
Immigrations, Prisons, Civil Defense and Customs? These are parastatals that
have become cesspools of corruption and need someone of Ribadu’s
incorruptibility, energy, patriotism and attention-to-detail to lead. How about
Raji Fashola for Ministry of Works or Ministry of Justice? You get my drift?
(Corruption) Nigerians trust you and to some degree, trust Osinbajo. But that is
not the same and will, of course, not be the same for your appointees. You
cannot single-handedly eradicate corruption in Nigeria. In fact, no one can
eradicate corruption from any country. You can only do your best to reduce it to
the bare minimum. To this end, you must return transparency and independence
to the EFCC and ICPC. Once nominated by the President and confirmed by the
Senate to serve for a specified term, the chairpersons of both organizations
should only be removable by (a simple majority) legislative impeachment. This
removes the EFCC from Executive control and allows every political party to
have a say in how it does its job. Please ask your political appointees to sign
an undated Resignation Letter before you appoint them. This will serve you well
in the future if they misbehave and you need to sack them. All you would need
to do is put a date on their Resignation Letter and ACCEPT their resignation.
This letter serves to keep them on their toes. I have heard other members of
your party (and specifically Prof. Osinbajo) promise to not go after those who
have perpetrated corruption before your election. I hope that is not true.
Nigerians expect you to go after those who stole the future of their children. No,
you should not allow this to consume you and detract from more important
things. Nonetheless, we cannot afford to let them go scot-free. They must pay,
if only to serve as deterrence to future thieves.
(Judiciary) You must overhaul the judiciary as a matter of urgency. The process
of litigation in Nigeria is too long, too tedious, too expensive and too prone to
abuse that justice is often delayed and thus often denied. Please embark on
the construction of more courtrooms, upgrade the infrastructures of the existing
ones, improve the welfare of judiciary workers and build more prisons to house
those convicted in your new, expedited process.
(Federal Budget) This is too fat. You have to demonstrate to Nigerians that you
are going to live by example. All those billions of naira usually allocated for
food in Aso Rock need to be drastically cut down. Everybody working in or
visiting Aso Rock is already being paid handsomely. They can pay for their own
food. Make the cafeteria in Aso Rock a pay-for-your-own-food establishment
for everybody. Cut down on the number of people traveling out of town and out
of country who collect estacodes and allowances for doing practically nothing
on such trips. Then invite the Senate leader and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and ask them to lead their respective legislatures in taking
drastic cuts both in salaries and in other emoluments. Nigerians find it
unconscionable that a Senator earns more than the President of the United
States. Your predecessor was too compromised to have the moral authority to
ask the legislators to take a pay cut. You do not have such a problem. They -
the legislators - are looking for motivation, direction and purpose. You must
provide that leadership.
(NNPC) I don’t need to tell you that this is the nation’s jugular. Fortunately,
you are probably the most knowledgeable about this sector out of all who have
governed Nigeria. So, there is very little anybody can tell you about this that
you do not already know. You must appoint persons of absolutely
unquestionable character to head this Ministry and the various parastatals that
support our oil industry. Your Minister of Petroleum must believe in refining our
oil within our country. And so that person must commence the construction of
new refineries and the repair of old ones. If you have to borrow money to do
anything, this is one sector you must get going almost right away. By the time
your party comes to ask for our votes in 2019, we must be paying far less at
the pumps than we are currently paying and exporting finished oil products to
neighboring countries.
(Transportation) I take you at your word that you will revive the moribund
Nigeria Airways by first deploying most of the aircraft in the currently bloated
Presidential fleet to the national carrier. It has been a national embarrassment
that the Giant of Africa has been unable to manage its airline. Remember that
what killed Nigeria Airways was corruption (from ticketing fraud to spare parts
fraud and) general poor maintenance record. Your new Nigeria Airways must be
peopled with crack professionals and technicians – people who take aviation
safety and customer service seriously. On the railways, you will agree with me
that the situation whereby people and merchandises heading from Abuja to
Ondo, Ile-Ife, Sokoto, Ado Ekiti, Birnin Kebbi, Akure, Benin City, Ogbomosho, Oyo,
Jalingo, Yola, Damaturu, Dutse, Calabar, and many more key towns cannot even
contemplate taking the train. Train tracks do not pass through these places!
And the tracks we have are single tracks that force trains to wait for each other
for hours at trains stations. These were the tracks betrothed to us by the
colonial masters and we are yet to improve on them. Please start building new
tracks and get rid of those archaic, used locomotives with which your
predecessor “transformed” us back to the Stone Age. Remember, a viable rail
system will ease the pressure on our roads as large goods such as petroleum
tanks and containers will find it cheaper and faster to use the railways.
(Defense) Like NNPC, this is another sector about which nobody can lecture
you. As the Boko Haram quagmire has shown us, there has been gross
corruption or negligence or incompetence of all of the foregoing in the Ministry
of Defense dating back to before your predecessor. Things just got past him
more because he knew next to nothing about this sector and he was too
incurious and too afraid to ask questions. Luckily for us, you know what is
going on and nobody can accuse you of being too afraid to ask questions. The
ranks of our military leadership, the officer corps, has been politicized and
bastardized to the point that they have lost credibility with Nigerians. The
respect and adulation normally enjoyed by the military has been erased and
replaced with scorn and derision. People now see the military as a bunch of
willing tools in the hands of politicians; a rag-tag bunch who will scamper off
the battlefield with tails tucked between their legs at the sound of Boko
Haram’s Hilux trucks. You have to restore the dignity of the Nigerian military.
Heads have to roll. In fact, heads that have left the service but responsible for
the rot in the military must be recalled and set rolling. You must set up a panel
of former military officers, aided by a crack team of accountants, to look into
the books of the military and find all the missing trillions – the reason our
military lacked weapons and other equipment when called up to defend the
country; the reason why thousands of our citizens were easily massacred by
terrorists; the reason why we lost parts of our country to a Boko Haram and the
reason why our country became the butt of jokes in international military
circles. You must reorient the military to the path of professionalism – training
for war in peacetime as if they are at war; training them in some of the best
countries in the world and with some of the best militaries in the world;
equipping them with the most modern war-fighting equipment; taking care of
their welfare and that of their family and building for them infrastructures that
befit the status we want them to occupy in the world. If you have to reduce the
size, please do so. Remember, size is not might. Most advanced nations have
moved away from large, slower military to smaller and more mobile, more
nimble forces. That is the direction we should be headed. We should be building
a smaller but more lethal force.
(Intelligence) There are too many unintelligent personnel parading themselves
as intelligence operatives in our country. Like the military, they too have been
co-opted into serving the whims and caprices of the government of the day.
And they do not know what they are doing. I make this last statement boldly,
confident that I know what I am talking about. Our intelligence organizations
should complement the efforts of the law enforcement agencies and the military.
In fact, they should be integral parts of those organizations and should not,
themselves, be exempted from being scrutinized. You need to infuse the DMI,
the NSA, the DSS and all the others with well-trained (internationally well-
trained) professionals who can teach basic and advance intelligence gathering,
packaging and dissemination to the end user. The gun-toting, sunglasses-
wearing and suit-decked so-called intelligence personnel are just collecting pay
checks. Where, for example, is the Boko Haram leader? Where are the Chibok
girls? How are weapons getting inside Nigeria – and I mean heavy weapons?
How are fighters getting inside Nigeria and how are they getting re-supplied?
You need to overhaul this sector.
(Medical) Please send a bill to the legislature prohibiting all government
officials from using government money to fund any aspect of medical care they
receive abroad. They can exercise their inalienable right of free movement, but
Nigeria should no longer pay for anybody to receive treatment abroad. In the
mean time and while the bill snakes through the legislature, use your executive
powers to deny requests for overseas medical travels that involve the use of
government funds.
Clearly, your biggest challenge is electricity. This is the giant killer that has
“killed” those before you. If you fail in everything above and succeed in
stabilizing electricity supply, increasing its generation and distributing it
effectively, your name will be written in gold. This will task your brain and sap
your energy the most. Every sinew of your being must be engaged when you
appoint people to solve this very huge problem. With the talents that abound
within our country and outside, with the resources at our disposal, you can
eradicate our dependence on all sorts of generators. With stable electricity, you
won’t need to create too many jobs as Nigerians will create jobs by
themselves.
Your Excellency, I know you have a full plate and you are no spring chicken.
That is why assembling a team of very qualified and able people from across
the country and the Diaspora will make your job easier. All you need to do is
provide the motivation, purpose and direction and they will execute. Begin, Sir,
by appointing a credible spokesperson who also has a strong background in the
media – a true professional. I think Reuben Abati has proved to us that ability
to churn out bombast-laden articles does not make an effective spokesperson.
You need someone who will command the professional respect of members of
his/her journalism constituency as well as be able to articulate your programs
and actions without being condescending and patronizing. Sir, please do not
appoint someone who will attack your political enemies. That job should go to
your party’s spokesperson.

Good luck (not Goodluck) Sir.Abiodun Ladepo

Oluyole2@yahoo.com

Ibadan, Oyo State.

source : http://saharareporters.com/2015/04/01/open-letter-president-elect-muhammadu-buhari

On my stool I sit, looking out the bedside window,
listening to the songs of nature's sweet melody.
I see the lovely colorful flowers in their bloom,
their sweet scents the smell of happiness and joy.
As they dance to the breeze swaying back and forth,
the peace in my heart becomes one in a million.
I capture the memory safe in the recess of my mind,
for another time I know will come...

when all colour is lost,
when nature's lovely melody turns mournful,
when sadness and melancholy takes over happiness and joy.
and by then when all hope is lost
I will remember the lovely, colourful flowers in their bloom
their scents and their sway to the breeze
the songs of nature's sweet melody....
and then hope will rise
fueling my struggle to overcome the darkness
I'd love to feel the one in a million peace again and forever
though the reality is a bit different
for nothing in life really lasts forever
neither happiness not sadness,
neither joy nor melancholy,
not even life....

Description: The Quran seems to imply that the iron was
something “sent down” and not from this earth, an idea not
foreign to 20th century science.
Iron is one of the elements
highlighted in the Quran. In the
chapter known Al-Hadeed , meaning
Iron, we are informed:
“And We also sent down iron
in which there lies great force
and which has many uses for
mankind…” (Quran 57:25)
The word “ anzalna ,” translated as
"sent down" and used for iron in the verse, could be thought of
having a metaphorical meaning to explain that iron has been
given to benefit people. But, when we take into consideration the
literal meaning of the word, which is, "being physically sent
down from the sky, as this word usage had not been employed in
the Quran except literally, like the descending of the rain or
revelation, we realize that this verse implies a very significant
scientific miracle. Because, modern astronomical findings have
disclosed that the iron found in our world has come from giant
stars in outer space. [1]
Not only the iron on earth, but also the iron in the entire
Solar System, comes from outer space, since the temperature in
the Sun is inadequate for the formation of iron. The sun has a
surface temperature of 6,000 degrees Celsius, and a core
temperature of approximately 20 million degrees. Iron can only
be produced in much larger stars than the Sun, where the
temperature reaches a few hundred million degrees. When the
amount of iron exceeds a certain level in a star, the star can no
longer accommodate it, and it eventually explodes in what is
called a "nova" or a "supernova." These explosions make it
possible for iron to be given off into space. [2]
One scientific source provides the following information on
this subject:
“There is also evidence for older supernova events: Enhanced
levels of iron-60 in deep-sea sediments have been interpreted as
indications that a supernova explosion occurred within 90 light-
years of the sun about 5 million years ago. Iron-60 is a
radioactive isotope of iron, formed in supernova explosions,
which decays with a half life of 1.5 million years. An enhanced
presence of this isotope in a geologic layer indicates the recent
nucleosynthesis of elements nearby in space and their subsequent
transport to the earth (perhaps as part of dust grains).” [3]
All this shows that iron did not form on the Earth, but was
carried from Supernovas, and was "sent down," as stated in the
verse. It is clear that this fact could not have been known in the
7 th century, when the Quran was revealed. Nevertheless, this fact
is related in the Quran, the Word of God, Who encompasses all
things in His infinite knowledge.
The fact that the verse specifically mentions iron is quite
astounding, considering that these discoveries were made at the
end of the 20th century. In his book Nature’s Destiny, the well-
known microbiologist Michael Denton emphasizes the importance
of iron:
“Of all the metals there is none more essential to life than iron. It
is the accumulation of iron in the center of a star which triggers
a supernova explosion and the subsequent scattering of the vital
atoms of life throughout the cosmos. It was the drawing by
gravity of iron atoms to the center of the primeval earth that
generated the heat which caused the initial chemical
differentiation of the earth, the outgassing of the early
atmosphere, and ultimately the formation of the hydrosphere. It
is molten iron in the center of the earth which, acting like a
gigantic dynamo, generates the earth’s magnetic field, which in
turn creates the Van Allen radiation belts that shield the earth’s
surface from destructive high-energy-penetrating cosmic
radiation and preserve the crucial ozone layer from cosmic ray
destruction…
“Without the iron atom, there would be no carbon-based life in
the cosmos; no supernovae, no heating of the primitive earth, no
atmosphere or hydrosphere. There would be no protective
magnetic field, no Van Allen radiation belts, no ozone layer, no
metal to make hemoglobin [in human blood], no metal to tame
the reactivity of oxygen, and no oxidative metabolism.
“The intriguing and intimate relationship between life and iron,
between the red color of blood and the dying of some distant star,
not only indicates the relevance of metals to biology but also the
biocentricity of the cosmos…” [4]
This account clearly indicates the importance of the iron
atom. The fact that particular attention is drawn to iron in the
Quran also emphasizes the importance of the element.
Moreover, iron oxide particles were used in a cancer
treatment in recent months and positive developments were
observed. A team led by Dr. Andreas Jordan, at the world famous
Charité Hospital in Germany, succeeded in destroying cancer cells
with this new technique developed for the treatment of cancer—
magnetic fluid hyperthermia (high temperature magnetic liquid).
As a result of this technique, first performed on the 26-year-old
Nikolaus H., no new cancer cells were observed in the patient in
the following three months.
This method of treatment can be summarized as follows:
1. A liquid containing iron oxide particles is injected into the tumour
by means of a special syringe. These particles spread throughout
the tumour cells. This liquid consists of thousands of millions of
particles, 1,000 times smaller than the red blood corpuscles, of
iron oxide in 1 cm3 that can easily flow through all blood vessels.
[5]
2. The patient is then placed in a machine with a powerful magnetic
field.
3. This magnetic field, applied externally, begins to set the iron
particles in the tumour in motion. During this time the
temperature in the tumour containing the iron oxide particles
rises by up to 45 degrees.
4. In a few minutes the cancer cells, unable to protect themselves
from the heat, are either weakened or destroyed. The tumour may
then be completely eradicated with subsequent chemotherapy. [6]
In this treatment it is only the cancer cells that are affected by
the magnetic field, since only they contain the iron oxide
particles. The spread of this technique is a major development in
the treatment of this potentially lethal disease. Iron has also been
found to be a cure for people suffering from anemia. In the
treatment of such a widespread diseases, the use of the
expression “iron in which there lies great force and which has
many uses for mankind” (Quran, 57:25) in the Quran is
particularly noteworthy. Indeed, in that verse, the Quran may be
indicating the benefits of iron even for human health. (God
knows best.)
Footnotes:
[1] Dr. Mazhar U. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur'an (New
York, USA: Crescent Publishing House: 1998), 110-111; and
www.wamy.co.uk/announcements3.html, from Prof. Zighloul
Raghib El-Naggar’s speech.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Priscilla Frisch, “The Galactic Environment of the Sun,”
American Scientist, January-February 2000,
www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/21173?
fulltext=true.
[4] Michael J. Denton, Nature’s Destiny (The Free Press: 1998),
198.
[5] www.inm-gmbh.de/cgi-bin/frame/frameloader.pl?
sprache=en&url=http://www.inm-gmbh.de/htdocs/technologien/
highlights/highlights_en.htm.
[6] "Nanotechnology successfully helps cancer therapies," IIC Fast
Track, Nanotech News from Eastern Germany, Industrial
Investment Council, October 2003; www.iic.de/uploads/media/
NANO_FT_Nov2003_01.pdf


source: http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/562/

How could Muhammad have possibly known all this
1400 years ago, when scientists have only recently discovered
this using advanced equipment and powerful microscopes
which did not exist at that time? Hamm and Leeuwenhoek
were the first scientists to observe human sperm cells
(spermatozoa) using an improved microscope in 1677 (more
than 1000 years after Muhammad ). They mistakenly
thought that the sperm cell contained a miniature preformed
human being that grew when it was deposited in the female
genital tract. 7
Professor Emeritus Keith L. Moore8 is one of the world’s
most prominent scientists in the fields of anatomy and
embryology and is the author of the book entitled The
Developing Human , which has been translated into eight
languages. This book is a scientific reference work and was
chosen by a special committee in the United States as the best
book authored by one person. Dr. Keith Moore is Professor
Emeritus of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of
Toronto, Toronto, Canada. There, he was Associate Dean of
Basic Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine and for 8 years was
the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy. In 1984, he
received the most distinguished award presented in the field
of anatomy in Canada, the J.C.B. Grant Award from the
Canadian Association of Anatomists. He has directed many
international associations, such as the Canadian and
American Association of Anatomists and the Council of the
Union of Biological Sciences.
In 1981, during the Seventh Medical Conference in
Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Professor Moore said: “It has been a
great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Quran
about human development. It is clear to me that these
statements must have come to Muhammad from God, because
almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many
centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must have
been a messenger of God.” 9 (To view the RealPlayer video of
this comment click here ).
Consequently, Professor Moore was asked the following
question: “Does this mean that you believe that the Quran is
the word of God?” He replied: “I find no difficulty in
accepting this.” 10
During one conference, Professor Moore stated:
“....Because the staging of human embryos is complex, owing
to the continuous process of change during development, it is
proposed that a new system of classification could be
developed using the terms mentioned in the Quran and
Sunnah (what Muhammad said, did, or approved of). The
proposed system is simple, comprehensive, and conforms with
present embryological knowledge. The intensive studies of
the Quran and hadeeth (reliably transmitted reports by the
Prophet Muhammad’s companions of what he said, did, or
approved of) in the last four years have revealed a system for
classifying human embryos that is amazing since it was
recorded in the seventh century A.D. Although Aristotle, the
founder of the science of embryology, realized that chick
embryos developed in stages from his studies of hen’s eggs in
the fourth century B.C., he did not give any details about
these stages. As far as it is known from the history of
embryology, little was known about the staging and
classification of human embryos until the twentieth century.
For this reason, the descriptions of the human embryo in the
Quran cannot be based on scientific knowledge in the seventh
century. The only reasonable conclusion is: these descriptions
were revealed to Muhammad from God. He could not have
known such details because he was an illiterate man with
absolutely no scientific training.” 11 (View the RealPlayer
video of this comment ).



source: http://www.islam-guide.com/ch1-1-a.htm

The next stage mentioned in the verse is the mudghah
stage. The Arabic word mudghah means “chewed substance.”
If one were to take a piece of gum and chew it in his or her
mouth and then compare it with an embryo at the mudghah
stage, we would conclude that the embryo at the mudghah
stage acquires the appearance of a chewed substance. This is
because of the somites at the back of the embryo that
“somewhat resemble teethmarks in a chewed substance.” 6
(see figures 5 and 6).
Figure 5: Photograph of
an embryo at the
mudghah stage (28
days old). The embryo
at this stage acquires
the appearance of a
chewed substance,
because the somites at
the back of the embryo
somewhat resemble
teeth marks in a
chewed substance.
The actual size of the
embryo is 4 mm. (The
Developing Human ,
Moore and Persaud,
5th ed., p. 82, from
Professor Hideo
Nishimura, Kyoto
University, Kyoto,
Japan.)
Figure 6: When
comparing the
appearance of an
embryo at the
mudghah stage with a
piece of gum that has
been chewed, we find
similarity between the
two.
A) Drawing of an
embryo at the
mudghah stage. We
can see here the
somites at the back of
the embryo that look
like teeth marks. (The
Developing Human ,
Moore and Persaud,
5th ed., p. 79.)
B) Photograph of a
piece of gum that has
been chewed.
(Click on the image to
enlarge it.)

The second meaning of the word alaqah is “suspended
thing.” This is what we can see in figures 2 and 3, the
suspension of the embryo, during the alaqah stage, in the
womb of the mother.
Figure 2: We can see in
this diagram the
suspension of an
embryo during the
alaqah stage in the
womb (uterus) of the
mother. (The
Developing Human ,
Moore and Persaud,
5th ed., p. 66.) (Click
on the image to
enlarge it.)
Figure 3: In this
photomicrograph, we
can see the suspension
of an embryo (marked
B) during the alaqah
stage (about 15 days
old) in the womb of
the mother. The
actual size of the
embryo is about 0.6
mm. (The Developing
Human , Moore, 3rd
ed., p. 66, from
Histology , Leeson and
Leeson.)
The third meaning of the word alaqah is “blood clot.” We
find that the external appearance of the embryo and its sacs
during the alaqah stage is similar to that of a blood clot. This
is due to the presence of relatively large amounts of blood
present in the embryo during this stage 4 (see figure 4). Also
during this stage, the blood in the embryo does not circulate
until the end of the third week. 5 Thus, the embryo at this
stage is like a clot of blood.
Figure 4: Diagram of
the primitive
cardiovascular system
in an embryo during
the alaqah stage. The
external appearance
of the embryo and its
sacs is similar to that
of a blood clot, due to
the presence of
relatively large
amounts of blood
present in the
embryo. (The
Developing Human ,
Moore, 5th ed., p.
65.) (Click on the
image to enlarge it.)
So the three meanings of the word alaqah correspond
accurately to the descriptions of the embryo at the alaqah
stage.

In the Holy Quran, God speaks about the stages of man’s
embryonic development:
We created man from an extract of clay. Then We
made him as a drop in a place of settlement, firmly
fixed. Then We made the drop into an alaqah (leech,
suspended thing, and blood clot), then We made the
alaqah into a mudghah (chewed substance)... 1
(Quran, 23:12-14)
Literally, the Arabic word alaqah has three meanings: (1)
leech, (2) suspended thing, and (3) blood clot.
In comparing a leech to an embryo in the alaqah stage, we
find similarity between the two2 as we can see in figure 1.
Also, the embryo at this stage obtains nourishment from the
blood of the mother, similar to the leech, which feeds on the
blood of others. 3

Figure 1: Drawings illustrating the similarities in
appearance between a leech and a human embryo
at the alaqah stage. (Leech drawing from Human
Development as Described in the Quran and Sunnah ,
Moore and others, p. 37, modified from Integrated
Principles of Zoology , Hickman and others.
Embryo drawing from The Developing Human ,
Moore and Persaud, 5th ed., p. 73.)

only time will tell...but i already believe there is a Creator nd life is not just a bag of coincidence

i think some people already have established it, you can browse more in it anyways.

This is an artist's concept of the metric expansion of space, where space
(including hypothetical non-observable portions of the universe) is represented
at each time by the circular sections. Note on the left the dramatic expansion
(not to scale) occurring in the inflationary epoch, and at the center the
expansion acceleration. The scheme is decorated with WMAP images on the left
and with the representation of stars at the appropriate level of development.
Credit: NASA
(Phys.org) —The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model
that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein's theory of
general relativity. The model may also account for dark matter and dark energy,
resolving multiple problems at once.
The widely accepted age of the universe, as estimated by general relativity, is
13.8 billion years. In the beginning, everything in existence is thought to have
occupied a single infinitely dense point, or singularity. Only after this point
began to expand in a "Big Bang" did the universe officially begin.
Although the Big Bang singularity arises directly and unavoidably from the
mathematics of general relativity, some scientists see it as problematic because
the math can explain only what happened immediately after—not at or before—
the singularity.
"The Big Bang singularity is the most serious problem of general relativity
because the laws of physics appear to break down there," Ahmed Farag Ali at
Benha University and the Zewail City of Science and Technology, both in Egypt,
told Phys.org .
Ali and coauthor Saurya Das at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada,
have shown in a paper published in Physics Letters B that the Big Bang
singularity can be resolved by their new model in which the universe has no
beginning and no end.
Old ideas revisited
The physicists emphasize that their quantum correction terms are not applied
ad hoc in an attempt to specifically eliminate the Big Bang singularity. Their
work is based on ideas by the theoretical physicist David Bohm, who is also
known for his contributions to the philosophy of physics. Starting in the 1950s,
Bohm explored replacing classical geodesics (the shortest path between two
points on a curved surface) with quantum trajectories.
In their paper, Ali and Das applied these Bohmian trajectories to an equation
developed in the 1950s by physicist Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri at Presidency
University in Kolkata, India. Raychaudhuri was also Das's teacher when he was
an undergraduate student of that institution in the '90s.
Using the quantum-corrected Raychaudhuri equation, Ali and Das derived
quantum-corrected Friedmann equations, which describe the expansion and
evolution of universe (including the Big Bang) within the context of general
relativity. Although it's not a true theory of quantum gravity, the model does
contain elements from both quantum theory and general relativity. Ali and Das
also expect their results to hold even if and when a full theory of quantum
gravity is formulated.
No singularities nor dark stuff
In addition to not predicting a Big Bang singularity, the new model does not
predict a "big crunch" singularity, either. In general relativity, one possible fate
of the universe is that it starts to shrink until it collapses in on itself in a big
crunch and becomes an infinitely dense point once again.
Ali and Das explain in their paper that their model avoids singularities because
of a key difference between classical geodesics and Bohmian trajectories.
Classical geodesics eventually cross each other, and the points at which they
converge are singularities. In contrast, Bohmian trajectories never cross each
other, so singularities do not appear in the equations.
In cosmological terms, the scientists explain that the quantum corrections can
be thought of as a cosmological constant term (without the need for dark
energy) and a radiation term. These terms keep the universe at a finite size, and
therefore give it an infinite age. The terms also make predictions that agree
closely with current observations of the cosmological constant and density of
the universe.
New gravity particle
In physical terms, the model describes the universe as being filled with a
quantum fluid. The scientists propose that this fluid might be composed of
gravitons—hypothetical massless particles that mediate the force of gravity. If
they exist, gravitons are thought to play a key role in a theory of quantum
gravity.
In a related paper, Das and another collaborator, Rajat Bhaduri of McMaster
University, Canada, have lent further credence to this model. They show that
gravitons can form a Bose-Einstein condensate (named after Einstein and
another Indian physicist, Satyendranath Bose) at temperatures that were
present in the universe at all epochs.
Motivated by the model's potential to resolve the Big Bang singularity and
account for dark matter and dark energy, the physicists plan to analyze their
model more rigorously in the future. Their future work includes redoing their
study while taking into account small inhomogeneous and anisotropic
perturbations, but they do not expect small perturbations to significantly affect
the results.
"It is satisfying to note that such straightforward corrections can potentially
resolve so many issues at once," Das said.

source: http://m.phys.org/news/2015-02-big-quantum-equation-universe.html

this is getting interesting...but i'm not really surprised with AIT's action, as d owner of Daar communications is a man of PDP...

this is getting interesting...but i'm not really surprised with AIT's action, as d owner or Daar communications is a man of PDP...

its my created fiction, not someone's life in reality

[center][/center]As a little child, her dream was to grow up. through her rose coloured glasses, only seeing the advantages of doing what she pleased l, eating what she wanted, sleeping when she felt like, wearing what she desired and generally living her life as she pleased, to reach an age where you make your own decisions and play as you like. A dream of a little child having her way in a perfect world.
Then as the days turned to months, and months to years, her views began to change, gradually, imperceptibly really, for even she didn't notice until she stopped to ponder in her early teen years. The advantages were still there of course, all she craved growing up and more, but they began to loose their taste, as they came with responsibility she didn't foresee. Growing up began to feel like a chore, especially when she learnt you couldn't live life as you c fit, because unforseen circumstances, day by day relations, and the maturation of your mind shapes you into who you are to be in future.
Now she wishes to be back in her safe bubble, with dotting parents taking care of all troubles, and her mind filled with childhood fantasies. The reality she faced, she realised was very anti-climatic...
- diary of a teenager

[center]As a little child, her dream was to grow up. through her rose coloured glasses, only seeing the advantages of doing what she pleased l, eating what she wanted, sleeping when she felt like, wearing what she desired and generally living her life as she pleased, to reach an age where you make your own decisions and play as you like. A dream of a little child having her way in a perfect world.
Then as the days turned to months, and months to years, her views began to change, gradually, imperceptibly really, for even she didn't notice until she stopped to ponder in her early teen years. The advantages were still there of course, all she craved growing up and more, but they began to loose their taste, as they came with responsibility she didn't foresee. Growing up began to feel like a chore, especially when she learnt you couldn't live life as you c fit, because unforseen circumstances, day by day relations, and the maturation of your mind shapes you into who you are to be in future.
Now she wishes to be back in her safe bubble, with dotting parents taking care of all troubles, and her mind filled with childhood fantasies. The reality she faced, she realised was very anti-climatic...
- diary of a teenager

[/center]As a little child, her dream was to grow up. through her rose coloured glasses, only seeing the advantages of doing what she pleased l, eating what she wanted, sleeping when she felt like, wearing what she desired and generally living her life as she pleased, to reach an age where you make your own decisions and play as you like. A dream of a little child having her way in a perfect world.
Then as the days turned to months, and months to years, her views began to change, gradually, imperceptibly really, for even she didn't notice until she stopped to ponder in her early teen years. The advantages were still there of course, all she craved growing up and more, but they began to loose their taste, as they came with responsibility she didn't foresee. Growing up began to feel like a chore, especially when she learnt you couldn't live life as you c fit, because unforseen circumstances, day by day relations, and the maturation of your mind shapes you into who you are to be in future.
Now she wishes to be back in her safe bubble, with dotting parents taking care of all troubles, and her mind filled with childhood fantasies. The reality she faced, she realised was very anti-climatic...
- diary of a teenager