who was recently honored by Time magazine as the Man of the Century. One day during a speaking tour, Albert Einstein’s driver, who often sat at the back of the hall during his lectures, remarked that he could probably give the lecture himself, having heard it so many times. Sure enough, at the next stop on the tour, Einstein and the driver switched places, with Einstein sitting at the back in his driver’s uniform.

Having delivered a flawless lecture, the driver was asked a difficult question by a member of the audience. “Well, the answer to that question is quite simple,” he casually replied. “I bet my driver, sitting up at the back there, could answer it!”

Albert Einstein’s wife often suggested that he dress more professionally when he headed off to work. “Why should I?” he would invariably argue. “Everyone knows me there.” When the time came for Einstein to attend his first major conference, she begged him to dress up a bit. “Why should I?” said Einstein. “No one knows me there!”

Albert Einstein was often asked to explain the general theory of relativity. “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour,” he once declared. “Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity!”

When Albert Einstein was working in Princeton university, one day he was going back home he forgot his home address. The driver of the cab did not recognise him. Einstein asked the driver if he knows Einstein’s home. The driver said “Who does not know Einstein’s address? Everyone in Princeton knows.Do you want to meet him?. Einstein replied “I am Einstein. I forgot my home address, can you take me there? “The driver reached him to his home and did not even collect his fare from him.

Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn’t there, so he looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.

The conductor said, ‘Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.’

Einstein nodded appreciatively. The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket.

The conductor rushed back and said, ‘Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are. No problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.’ Einstein looked at him and said, ‘Young man, I too, know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.’

By Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali

Note: Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam) has exhorted the regular recital of Suratul Kahf which will most certainly save one from the Evils of Dajjal.

Hadhrat Imraan bin Husain (R.A.) relates that, “I heard Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) saying: “Since the birth of Adam (A.S.) till the advent of Qiyamah there is no fitnah (evil, test) much greater that of Dajjal.”

Hadhrat Huzaifah (R.A.) says, Dajjal will be blind in his left eye. He will have very thick hair on his body and he will also have his own type of Jannat (Heaven) and Jahannam (Hell) with him: Although his Jannat will appear as Jannat, in reality it will be Jahannam and likewise though his Jahannam will appear to be Jahannam, in reality it will be Jannat.
(Hadith: Muslim)

Imraan bin Husain (R.A.) says Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “Those who hear about Dajjal should stay far from him. By Allah! A person will approah him thinking him to be a Believer, but on seeing his amazing feats he will become his follower.”

Ubadah bin Saamit (R.A.) once said, “I have explained Dajjal to you but I fear that you might not have understood. Maseeh Dajjal will be short, and his legs will be crooked. The hair on his head will be extremely twisted. He will have one eye (with which he can see, and this is the protruding eye about which other ahadeeth inform us) while his other eye will be totally flat. It will neither be deep (in its socket) nor protruding.

If you still have any doubt regarding him then remember that your Sustainer (Rabb) is not one-eyed. (Because Dajjal will eventually claim to be Allah). In a lengthy Hadith narrated by Abu Saeed (R.A.), Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) is reported to have said: “Dajjal will come but it will be prohibited and impossible for him to enter Madina. He will set up camp in a barren land outside Madina. One person who will be the best of persons will confront him by saying: “I bear witness that you are the very Dajjal about whom Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) has informed us.”

Dajjal will say to his followers, “If I kill this person and then revive him, you people will still doubt me?”

They will reply, “No.”

He will then kill this person, (according to another narration he will split this person in two) and thereafter revive him. This person will say, “I am totally convinced more than ever before that you definitely are Dajjal.”

Dajjal will attempt to kill this person again but his efforts will now be in vain.

(According to a hadith, after this incident, Dajjal will not be able to harm anyone.)

Hadhrat Anas (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “Dajjal will come and finally reach the outskirts of Madina. There will be three tremors. At that time, all the disbelievers and hypocrites will flee (from Madina).

In this way Madina Munawwarah will be purified of all the evil hypocrites.

Hadhrat Asma bint Yazeed (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah (Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam) once came to my house and there he spoke about Dajjal. He said that before the emergence of Dajjal there will be three spells of drought. In one year the skies will withold one third of its rains, causing the earth to withold one third of its produce. In the second year the skies will withold two thirds of its rains, causing the earth to withold two thirds of its produce. In the third year, the skies will withold all its water and there will be no crops that year. All animals, be they hooved or toothed, will die as a result. The greatest evil of Dajjall will be to approach anyone and ask him: “If I bring your camel back to life, will you then believe that I am your Rabb?”

This person will reply, “Most certainly.”

Thereafter Shaytaan (from the many Shayateen who will always accompany Dajjal) will appear before this person in the form of his camel with a fat hump and fully laden udders.

Likewise Dajjal will appear before another person whose father and brother have long passed away and ask him, “If I bring your father and brother back to life will you believe that I am your Rabb?”

This person will reply, “Why not?”

Shaytaan will once again take on the appearance of his brother and father…
(Ahmad)

Hadhrat Mughira ibn Shu’ba (R.A.) says that, “No one asked Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam) about Dajjal as much as myself. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam) said to me, “How can he possibly harm you?”

I said: “People are saying that he will have with him a mountain of bread (provisions) and a river of water.”

Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wassallam) said: “In the sight of Allah he is much more disgraced than that. (i.e. Allah knows full well that in reality Dajjal has nothing with him, and all that which appears to be with him is but deception). (Bukhari and Muslim).

More on Dajjal:

He will emerge between Shaam and Iraq, and his emergence will become known when he is in Isfahaan at a place called Yahudea.
The Yahudis (Jews) of Isfahaan will be his main followers.
Apart from having mainly Yahudi followers, he will have a great number of women followers as well.
He will have with him fire and water, but in reality the fire will be cold water while that what appears to be cold water will in reality be a blazing fire.
Those who obey him will enter “his Jannat” while those who disobey him will enter “his Jahannam.”
There will be a thick fingernail-like object in his left eye.
The letters “Kaa” “Faa” “Raa” will appear on his forehead and will be deciphered by all Mu’mineen regardless of them being literate or not.
He will have a wheatish complexion.
He will travel at great speeds and his means of conveyance will be a gigantic mule. It is said that he will play beauti are the Ya’jooj and Majooj?

Zul Qarnain (A.S.) who was a pious and just Ruler travelled to many lands and conquered them, establishing justice and the Law of Allah therein. Allah Ta’ala provided him with all forms and material strength through which he was able to carry out his conquests and missions.

He once carried out a mission in three directions, the far west, the far east, and then in a northerly direction. It was here that he came across a tribe of people who complained to him about the tribes of Ya’jooj and Majooj which inhabited the land behind two huge mountains and often emerged from behind these mountains to perpetrate acts of anarchy and plunder among them. They requested Zul Qarnain (A.S.) to erect a barrier between themselves and the tribes of Ya’jooj and Ma’jooj so that they could be saved from their atrocities. With the material strength at his disposal, Zul Qarnain (A.S.) enlisted their physical labor and set about erecting a high wall between the two mountains. The height of the wall or its exact length is unknown. What is known is that the height of this wall reaches that of the summit of both mountains. It is made with blocks or sheets of iron, which is further strengthened by molten lead. In this manner Ya’jooj and Majooj are unable to scale the wall, or cross it, except when it is the will of Allah.

“And when the promise of my Rabb approaces, He will level it to dust” (Quran 18:98)

am probably one of those rare people of my generation who are still not convinced and able to decide whether to join Facebook. When I see my siblings, cousins, friends and even professionals on Facebook they either indulge in playing childish games, exchanging messages on what they call “Wall?” or proudly uploading loads of solo and party pictures which I don’t think should be the reason to join this famous social networking site.

Other day an extraordinary situation filled me with amazement when a professional lady whom I often come across in elevator ended up embarrassing herself, whilst doing her Blackberry she missed her floor, and the reason was none other than her Facebook!

Even in gatherings with friends Facebook is something that always pops up during discussions and for a moment this makes me feel lagged behind as if I don’t belong to the tribe of contemporary generation. I wonder why not being a part of fad made me share my two cents here but this feeling is in my mind for quite sometime. Not sure whether I will ever join FB to connect myself with everyone I know but then again what Facebook offers that don’t let today’s generation live without it?

I asked this question to many of my friends but they couldn’t come up with a persuasive reply, they all ended up on calling it fun and it keeps them connected with friends and people around the world.

Those who became my friends during Orkut time have switched to Facebook, a better, clean and more privacy oriented site as compared to Orkut, according to them, but what privacy has to do when it comes to Social Networking?

Most of the time I think to at least test out Facebook charisma but I believe developing a nice profile and adding friends from scratch is no more my-type-of-thing.

Instant virus killer is not only an anti-virus but this software also has capability to backup and recover infected or lost data within seconds!

This powerful anti-virus is made by two Pakistanis Hafiz Usman and Mr. Imran.

While in an interview to Aaj TV, Mr Hafiz Usman told that “To develop an anti-virus, it was not an idea it was only an incident”. We developed this for personal use only, they added.

Moreover, both the chaps claim that this is the only anti-virus in the world which can fix those Microsoft windows re-boot issues after virus infects system files. And if you are following precautions for your Windows safety then this anti-virus can give you 90% protection against web, USB disks and pirated cds viruses (no anti-virus gives 100% protection).

In cases if your data has been infected then Instant Virus killer can restore data to its previous states – however, restoration can take hours and even days, depending on amount of data.

If your Windows installation has got corrupted due to system file infections and now you are unable to boot your windows, even then Instant Virus Killer will work from system boot just like your BIOS set up .

This anti-virus is registered from government of Pakistan and is not free, there is no trial version of this anti-virus.

They are selling this antivirus for per single PC and mulit PCs solutions.

A helpful Antivirus useful for Offices, School and colleges computer labs and even for home users.

Windows operating system users really need anti-virus like this, Linux operating system users can remain happy even without any anti-virus

THIS SHIVA STATUE IS IN BANGALORE ON OLD AIRPORT ROAD! I’VE BEEN THERE!

A childless Indian man sliced off his tongue as an offering to the god Shiva in the hope of becoming a father.

He added: “An ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, an angry Kumar left his house following a tiff with his wife for not being able to conceive. He went to the temple, where he offered his tongue to the deity.”

Dreams are as old as human beings are .They are in reality psychological phenomenon .Only human beings see dreams .According to the psychlolgists . We see dreams in our sleep because at that time ,our mind is awake and our body is asleep. Our experiences of daily life are projected into dreams .The mind awakes up earlier than the body ,It does not need as much rest as the body. As soon as it awakes . it begins to weave experiences of daily life into dream In dreams sometimes. the experiences are real, sometimes there is a confused serious of experience .Some dreams are very pleasant and romantic .Due to this reason, some places are called dreamland in common talk .One gets up early in the morning very much pleased with what one has seen. On the other hand, some dreams are very fearful .They are called nightmares.

A person is sleeping soundly, other are also sleeping near him. All of a sudden, he gives out a terrible shriek .He gets up startled (Chonka Daina) چونکا. He tells us that in his dream he has seen a snake or enemy in the dream. The snake was about to bite him.

There are many reason for dreams. First, the old thinkers have given importance to the memory element in dreams. It is with the help of our memory that we visualize the real things of life .Aristotle was of the opinion that dreams were due to the impression left by objects seen with the eyes of the body .Plato connected dreaming with the normal working operation of the mind . The old people thought that the ghosts of the dead people visited the dreamer. Modern discoveries about human nature have rejected the views of the old people. Secondly, the modern phychologist Freud has given his own explanation about dreams. His book” The interpretation of dreams” occupies and important place on the subject. He gives us four reasons for dreams .First the dreamer is disturbed in his dream by external objects. A mosquito may bite him, the clouds may roar and the alarm bell may ring. These are the external things which disturb our sleep and make us dreams. Thirdly, the dreamer is disturbed by inner disturbance of his body or mind. If happen in case of his life mental or physical illness . In this disturbed state, we see dreams. Fourthly, we may dream when one of our five sense is disturbed. Lastly, the ideas stored in our mind, come out in the form of dream in disguised forms. Freud holds, that there are dreams in which we fulfill our wishes .These unfulfilled desires go into our unconscious mind and come out again at night in the form of dreams. These wishes take a disguised shape. A beggar may consider himself a prince in his dream or an old man may dream of becoming a child. There are certain dreams which indicate future. These are the dream of pious and noble people. Such were the dreams of Prophet Jacob .

Prophet Ibrahim and King of Egypt .Prophet jacob saw the sun and stars bowing before him .The King of Egypt dreamt that he saw seven lean cows and seven fat cows. This dream was interpreted by Prophet Joseph that seven lean cows stood for seven year of adversity and other seven fat cows stood for rich and prosperous years.

Historical Examples

The first true turbine-equipped jetplaneFrank Whittle’s memorial showing a full-scale model of the Gloster E28/39The first aircraft to incorporate the principles of the jet engine was the Coanda-1910, piloted by its Romanian inventor Henri Coandă in 1910. The engine of this aircraft, unlike the modern jet engine, used a piston engine rather than a turbine to drive its compressor. The aircraft crashed during its first and only demonstration but remained intact.

The British flew their Gloster E.28/39 powered by Sir Frank Whittle’s turbojet on May 15, 1941, with Flt Lt PG Sayer as pilot. The United States, upon learning of the British work, produced the Bell XP-59, with a version of the Whittle engine built by General Electric which flew on September 12, 1942 with Col L. Craigie as pilot.

2010 has just started and if we take a look around we live in an entirely different world today as compared to the world almost a decade ago. One might wonder that what would be the reaction of those,

This Information may save life of many people and create Public Awareness.

Many of us do not know this. Do you know that there is an expiry date?
(Physical life) for CNG cylinders?
Expired Cylinders are not safe for use and may cause accidents. In this regard please be cautious at the time of accepting any CNG cylinder from the vendor.

Here is how we can check the expiry of CNG cylinders:

On one of three side stems of the cylinder, the expiry date is coded alpha numerically as follows:

A or B or C or D and some two digit number following this e.g. D06. The alphabets stand for quarters
A for March (First Qtr),
B for June (Second Qtr),
C for Sept (Third Qtr),
D for December (Fourth Qtr).
The digits stand for the year till it is valid. Hence D06 would mean December qtr of 2006.
This would not have had happened if checks were done timely.

Business to Business or B2B refers e-commerce transactions between businesses. It is a term that originated and is almost exclusively used in electronic commerce and usually takes the form of automated processes between trading partners. Or you can also perceive B2B as the transactions that happen within an industrial value chain before the finished product is sold to an end user or a consumer.

B2B can also describe marketing activities between businesses, not just the final transactions that result from marketing, though the term can be used to identify sales transactions between businesses. As an example of B2B we can consider a tyre manufacturing company supplying tyres for an automobile company.

How B2B web sites help Business in International Trade?

For example, let’s say a Textile Factory (China) wants to Search/Export to a Garment Factory (India) who is also looking for good textile for his garments. B2B plays the interface between them and help them in all the steps to make the final deal. Then let’s say a Wholesaler/Importer of Garments (Canada) wants to Source/Import from Garment factory (India). B2B Website helps them locate Garment factory according to the Importer specification and helps them import.

Textile Factory to Garment Factory from Garment Wholesaler/Importer

So with this example we learn how B2B helps Exporters to search and contact Buyers/Importers and again helps the Imports to Source/Locate the specific Manufacturer/Exporter for the product he is interested in.

B2B Portals are those which provide information about services/information/products provided by businesses which can be used by other businesses. B2B portals are usually categorized on the basis of the business type and services they render. It acts as a platform for the businesses to display the product/services and attract potential customers. Or we can say B2B portals are meeting place for buyers and sellers across the globe.

Cost Effectiveness is an important aspect of the b2b portals. The companies operating in different countries cannot always catch their business deals through advertisement campaigns. It will not be feasible for a company to spend big amounts on advertising and wait for the results. So for these companies business to business portals are really helpful. They can register in the portals and get business from there.

Portals operate in different styles. But most of the portals have two different kinds of membership for businesses.

1) Basic membership: This membership is free, which will provide the company listing for them in the portal and limited access to other businesses or trade leads from the portal.

2) Premium membership: This membership is not free. Here companies have to pay some fixed amount for registration. This will give enhanced company listing and unlimited access to other businesses and trade leads. Some portals also provide mail feature and other attractive offers.

In the present day world, the web is having its influence in each and every sector. Most of the businesses doing Import or Export have their business listed in the leading b2b portals. They are reaping the benefits of the web based business world. So what are you waiting for. Go ahead and get your business listed in the top b2b portals. for details visit http://www.b2b-4ever.com

Pakistan has relaunched its agency overseeing regulation of biotechnology research, arming it with more powers that include developing stricter biosafety laws.The new task force, announced last month, replaces the previous Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) launched just a year ago by the country’s Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) core group in life sciences.

The PBSA was backed by Atta-ur-Rahman, who stepped down as chairman of the HEC in October 2008, apparently dissatisfied with the new government’s low funding for universities.

It is among the several institutes affected after Rahman’s resignation. The HEC’s core group on life sciences itself was closed down in 2008 and the PBSA was reduced to a volunteer society of professionals running only biosafety awareness campaigns, with no government funding.

The new task force consists of scientists drawn from the departments of science, environment, atomic energy and foreign affairs of 21 bioscience institutes. They will regulate bioscience research, monitor for bioterrorism and introduce biosafety in university bioscience syllabi.

One of the task force’s immediate priorities is to introduce in Pakistan’s parliament, within the next six months, a new law meting life imprisonment to researchers misusing bioscience research.

“We hope to get a biosafety law passed by the parliament very soon which will make biosafety not just voluntary but a legal obligation,” PBSA convenor Anwar Nasim, who heads the new task force, told SciDev.Net.

“Apart from promoting productive research, the task-force will also monitor professionals engaged in performance of biological, biomedical, biotechnological and other life sciences research work to ensure that high-risk materials and data are not used for destructive proposes,” Pakistan foreign ministry’s director-general Irfan Yousaf, told SciDev.Net.

Shahana Kazmi, professor of microbiology and dean of the faculty of sciences at the University of Karachi, describes the development as “vital for avoiding directionless research in biotechnology”.

“Making of laws is good but their implementation is best. We expect this body to ensure the implementation of biosafety laws and set national priorities in biotechnology research to avoid wastage of funds and efforts,” Kazmi told SciDev.Net.