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Word of the Day: "EVANGELIST"

"Be the change you want to see in the world," said Mahatma Gandhi. Yes, how true. How true. READ»

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Ethica Makes Islamic Finance Training Social Media-Savvy

New partnership formed between Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance and leading Islamic banking news site, Zawya.READ»

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Five Laws of Conflict – Burning Korans Breaks them All

This Saturday, Florida-based pastor Terry Jones had planned to lead his congregation in a Koran burning, celebrating what they call "International Burn a Koran Day." Although everyone from the Pope to Hillary Clinton has urged him to halt his plans, it seems that only a sign from God can keep him from following through. And I can't decide if Terry is short-sighted or brilliant.READ»

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Major Companies Are Downloading the Data From Those 100 Million Public Facebook Profiles

Yesterday, a white hat hacker (the good kind) made the public data from 100 million Facebook profiles available to everyone. Today, somebody found out who's interested in it. The names include Apple, Disney, the Church of Scientology, Halliburton, and the UN.READ»

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Invincible Apple: 10 Lessons From the Coolest Company Anywhere

Everyone wants to be like Steve Jobs and his powerhouse company. It's not as easy as it looks.READ»

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Pakistan Dials Its Islamic Net Censorship Up to 11, Shutters Yahoo and Bing

Pakistan's just made a move that's not going to qualify it for any "friendly world citizen" awards: Its government's said it'll be filtering scores more Web sites for anti-Islamic content. Facebook, YouTube, and Wikipedia were just ...READ»

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Win, Win, Win, Win, Win - We'll Get Ourselves Out Of This Mess Yet

My customer evangelist radar can always detect a not-waving-drowning plea for help between syllables. The unglamorous fact of fundraising life -- unless you're Lance, Haiti+CNN, or Obama on his home run -- is actually raising the funds.READ»

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Process Turns Liquid Sludge Into Energy and Fertilizer

We recently covered a startup, Ostara, that turns sludge liquid into high-quality commercial fertilizer. Now Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand wants to do Ostara one better with Wetox, a project that breaks down ...READ»

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Is Your Company In Need of a Motivator?

It's time to put fun back into work.READ»

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MillatFacebook, Pakistan's Answer to Facebook, Goes After Facebook

Ticked off by Facebook's hosting of a page that had a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed, a group of tech professionals in Lahore have created a rival social net for Muslims, just a week after the social networking site was blocked by ...READ»

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Ostara Aims to Stave Off Peak Phosphorous

Forget peak oil. The next big crisis is peak phosphorous--a shortage of mined phosphorous for fertilizer. The problem is so bad that supply won't be able to meet agricultural demand within the next 30 to 40 years. But a Robert F. ...READ»

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The 24/7 Customer Evangelist: A decade from across the dining room table

[youtube XzukIdQHTys]The final sermon: a non-sectarian evangelist puts people before the product, stories before the sell ... together, we might just make it to heaven.Last Friday was my last day as the 24/7, card-carrying Customer ...READ»

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Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart

I am involved with the Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, a Roman Catholic school for girls located on a 55-acre campus in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1963, the Stuart Country Day School now educates over 500 ...READ»

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Infographic: The Catholic Church's International Sex-Abuse Cover-up

A single, jaw-dropping graphic that illustrates the scope of the scandal--and the organization-wide attempt to sweep it under the rug.READ»

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What can Winnie the Pooh teach us about Leadership?

Conventional thinking teaches that to survive we must be knowledgeable (like Owl), cunning (like Rabbit), and fearless (like Tigger). But these approaches often fail or, at best, promote mediocre results.READ»

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Can a Modern Mosque in Copenhagen Settle the Disputes Between Danes and Muslims?

Given the local tensions with Muslim immigrants, the Bjarke Ingels Group mosque is either ingenious or outrageous.READ»

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Holy Places in Hyderabad are right destination to explore religious importance and culture.

Hyderabad city comprises of many places bearing religious importance which is the contributing factor for the city to be considered as the right destination for touring individuals and localities to know more about holy placesREAD»

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Online Sex Shop Pulls Back Veil on Muslim Sexuality

Marketing an online sex shop for Muslims can't be the easiest of jobs--or can it? Just ask Abdelaziz Aouragh, a 29-year-old Dutchman, whose Web site, elasira.net supposedly opened for business earlier this month. Although there's a ...READ»

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Sharia Law Cuts Off All Talk of Amputation on Twitter

A court in Nigeria has ruled that, rather like Fight Club, you do not talk about punishment amputations on Twitter. A human rights organization, the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, had been hosting debates on social media sites in ...READ»

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Nation's Jews Abandon Facebook and Twitter, One Day Per Week, Starting...Now

Man, Shabbat is old. Like, thousands of years old. No offense to whoever created it, but it's painfully outdated. In response, the day of rest has been rebranded as the Day of Unplugging.READ»

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Lorenzo Ghiglieri

My father, Lorenzo Ghiglieri, is an accomplished artist who has generously donated many of his works to charities with which my business is involved. Born in Los Angeles, Ghiglieri studied artists like Rembrandt, Velazquez, and ...READ»

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Drug Rehabilitation – Ways to Cure Drug Addiction

Boon named drug rehabilitation has come in existence to save poor fellows and victims and improve the situation on drug abuse.READ»

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Move to Narconon Louisiana for an Effective Drug Rehabilitation Program

The new home for drug rehab Narconon Louisiana is available to cater to the needs of patients of drug abuse by Steiner’s’ (Tom and Cathy).READ»

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Drug Treatment- The Sunrise for Drug Abuse Victims

Gone are the days when some one does not find a resolution for drug abuse cases. Drug rehab programs have reformed the society and rehab centers are working on it dedicatedly.READ»

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Drug Treatment- Join the Narconon Wave for the Best Treatment

Drug treatment is providing the break through in drug rehab and solving the issues of drug abuse and new solutions have been devised by Narconon to create history.READ»