ver the last 200 years, economic progress has helped to bring about both dramatically better standards of living and the extension of individual dignity to women in the developed world. Today the same story of market‐driven empowerment is repeating itself in developing countries. Competitive markets empower women in at least two interrelated ways. First, market‐driven technological and scientific innovations… Read More »
So the doctor is recommending foot surgery. You were hoping for another outcome, of course. But you probably had an idea that this was coming. With the date coming up, you’re starting to wonder: Did I make the right choice? Am I ready for this? Is it going to work? We hear you. We do a lot of… Read More »
In 1992, Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old software programmer from the UK, sent the first ever text message from a computer to his colleague Richard Jarvis. Neil had been working as a developer and test engineer to create a Short Message Service (SMS) for his client, Vodafone. That very first text, sent on the 3rd December 1992, simply said,… Read More »
While I understand that praying with Wudu is my best option, I have unfortunately fallen out of practice with some of my daytime prayers. I find that a big part of this tends to be my difficulty in finding a place to perform a satisfactory Wudu.Is it better to skip Wudu in order to make sure I get… Read More »
I saw him in class. I could tell right away there was something different about him. He wasn’t a flirt and he certainly wasn’t disrespectful. The more I got to know him, the more I knew Chris was the one. The one I would spend my life with. The one I could give my heart to. The person… Read More »
How do you see your lover? Is he the man of your dreams or the future father of your children? Does the former include the latter? Definitively not for every woman! I want a one-of-a-kind man! When you look at your better half, you see… the man who completes you, the man who seduced you, the man he… Read More »
Both married men and unmarried men of a certain age, may remember the tune, if not the words: Love and marriage, love and marriage,Go together like a horse and carriage.This I tell you, brother,You can’t have one without the other. Much has changed, obviously, since the horse and buggy days. And when it comes to marriage, there have… Read More »
Spending each morning at the kitchen sink scraping at the charred remains of breakfast gets tedious after a while. Non-stick cookware may seem like an appealing alternative — but is it safe? Usually when people inquire about the safety of their non-stick cookware, they’re talking about the brand Teflon, said Suzanne Fenton, a reproductive endocrinologist at the National… Read More »
Love. It makes the world go ‘round, right? Well, at least that’s the how the saying goes. But is it true? It should be, but so many people confuse love with things like jealousy or possessiveness. True love isn’t either of those things. But these 16 things are. Sure, we all want people to behave the way we… Read More »
Unidentified gunmen shot dead Dr Syed Ali Haider and his 11-year-old son in the Gulberg area of Lahore on Monday, Express News reported.According to eyewitnesses, the doctor was passing by the FC College at 8am when unidentified gunmen intercepted his car and opened fire at it.Dr Haider died on the spot, while his son sustained injuries. The child succumbed to… Read More »