Bismallah al Rahman al Raheem. Brothers and sisters, Assalam alaikum - I first came to Pakistan seven years ago following the horrific events of 9/11 - I am sure every single one of you can remember that day very well. It was the dawn of a frightening new era - it was the time when George W Bush said: You are either with me or with the terrorists. Who here is with George W Bush now? Who here stands shoulder to shoulder with the President of the United States ? He might be gone from The White House soon, but his rotten legacies will live on. And one of those legacies is his never-ending War on Terror. His War on Terror gave birth to the cages of Cuba - to Guantanamo Bay where hundreds of our brothers were sold like slaves to the Americans. I wish this obscenity had happened somewhere else, but the stark reality is retired General Pervez Musharraf and his men got rich on the back of this vile trade - he even admitted it in his autobiography. How could Muslims sink so low as to sell their brothers like parcels of meat? Because of this an international organisation called Cage Prisoners was launched from London and its work initially focused on the torture and detention of those brothers held in Guantanamo , a boil on the face of humanity. I became one of the patrons of Cage Prisoners and tried to raise awareness to get justice...

A huge number of lives would be saved if warnings came early enough to escape an earthquake’s deadly effects. It is interesting to note that more quakes tend to occur in the winter than the summer, usually when there is a surge of unusually warm weather. There is evidence suggesting that earthquakes are more likely to occur when the moon is closest to Earth. Apparently, the moon’s gravitational pull, which is responsible for our tides, may also affect earth’s tectonic plates. Yet another theory suggests that the earth shakes because of solar winds caused when sun flares reach large heights. Certain changes in earth structure and appearance can also indicate the coming of a large quake. One side of a fault may rise up a little bit, or small earth tremors may be noticed. Water may come up from the earth, or the level of well water may change drastically. Long-time residents in earthquake-prone regions insist that they can sense coming tremors. They take clues from unusual animal behavior, chemical changes in water, strange lights, groaning noises from the ground, or the uncustomary calm of “earthquake weather.” As researchers investigate the earthquake phenomenon more, they are giving more credit to these traditions. Some scientists believe that “earthquake weather” does in fact exist. The squeezing motion of the earth prior to a quake is believed to generate electric currents that decomposes trapped ground water and releases hydrogen and oxygen ions into the air. These ions may then produce fog, clouds, and...

4 hours ago Heh Im always the last person to finish eating when Im out with friends. Hell even just sitting at my desk at work it usually takes me about 45 minutes to finish. I think its partly me just naturally being a slow eater and also be just really enjoying food and savoring it hehe. I do agree that the speed of eating has a direct correlation to the amount of food you intake and therefor could effect weight (if the food youre eating is unhealthy to begin with. stuffing yourself on steamed veggies probably wont cause too much trouble heh). If youre just woofing it down you wont realize when youre full until its too late because youre eating faster than youre digesting. Whereas if you slowly indulge you'll notice when youre full and call it quits before you over stuff. 4 hours ago Everything is faster now-a-days, and eating is definately a key factor....we need to sit and eat healthy!