What is UK's EU membership referendum? What is Brexit or Bremain? -Simple explanation

What is United Kingdom European Union membership referendum?

It is also known as the EU referendum in the United Kingdom. Its Membership of the European Union has been a topic of debate in the United Kingdom since the country joined the European Economic Community (EEC, or "Common Market") in 1973. The first referendum was held on the issue of the UK's membership in 1975, continued membership was approved by 67% of voters. This is the second time the British electorate has been asked to vote. The referendum was a a vote on a ballot question that took place on 23 June 2016, which raise the matter of whether UK should leave the EU or UK remains in EU. In which the UK voted (51.89%)to leave the European Union.

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What is Brexit ?

Brexit refers to the favouring of Britain’s withdrawal of from the European Union and they argue that this will allow the UK to better control immigration, thus reducing pressure on public services, housing and jobs; save billions of pounds in EU membership fees; allow the UK to make its own trade deals; and free the UK from EU regulations and bureaucracy that they see as needless and costly. It also emphasis that the EU has a democratic deficit and that being a member undermines national sovereignty.

What is Bremain?

Brexit refers to the favouring of Britian to retain the membership with European Union. They argue that leaving the EU would: risk the UK's prosperity; diminish its influence over world affairs; jeopardise national security by reducing access to common European criminal databases; and result in trade barriers between the UK and the EU. In particular, they argue that it would lead to job losses, delays in investment into the UK and risks to business and they argue in a world with many supranational organisations any loss of sovereignty is compensated by the benefits of EU membership.

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Best Quran app for Android Users - 6 Reason why I recommend

Holy Quran English - Playstore

I have been using few apps for reading Quran, among those I often miss something or other in either of the apps. Finally, today I came across  Holy Quran English  in Google play store and I feel this is best and meets all our expectations . so, let me explain its features and how it meets our Expectations.

6 Reason why I recommend this app.

1. User friendly design - Design is simple fast and gives option to adjust fonts of texts. 
2. Surah and Juz Index - Most apps either have Surah index or Juz index. This app got the both index.
3. Reading transliteration with English text - Its very important for people those who are not fluent or doesnt know to read Arabic. one of my friend who is a new Muslim from Philippines wanted a app to read Quran but doesnt know Arabic. So thats where these transliteration can be very useful.
4.  Multiple English translation - Readers have their own choice in choosing the translations from different scholars across the worls. I personally prefer the translation of Abdullah Yusuf Ali and unfortunately thats missing in this app and i suggest author to add that in future updates. but still the app gives two choice for selecting the translation.
5. Multiple Audio recitation along with text - Its helps to read in proper tajweed when we read alongside of a audio recitation and this app provides 7 choices . these includes recitation by Syaikh Hani Ar Rifai, Shaikh Mishary Rashid, Shaikh Fares Abbad, Syaikh Mahmud Khalil Al Husary, Syaikh Maher Al Muaiqly, Syaikh Saad Al-Ghamdi, and Shaikh Muhammad Jebril.
6. It's Free - the app is absolutely free and no limitations. You can access all the above mentioned features for free.

I believe most of the users accept with these expectation before deciding which application to download. additionally there are Hijri calendar, Qibla direction, prayer times too in this application. 

I give few suggestion to the author to include in future update such as Adding more Translation choice, Adding dark theme makes easy to read in night, showing a length of mp3 while playing audio, adding a text menu explains benefits of reading surah like Ya'sin, Al-Kahf and etc.. , Adding reciation by Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais.

Thank you for the developer for providing this beautiful app. share your Comments and share the post with your friends and  family. 

Abbreviations related to Computer and Technology

Computer Abbreviations

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure.

IP - Internet Protocol.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator.

USB - Universal Serial Bus.

VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Seized.

3G - 3rd Generation.

GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication.

CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access.

UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication System.

SIM - Subscriber Identity Module.

AVI - Audio Video Interleave

RTS - Real Time Streaming

SIS - Symbian OS Installer File

AMR - Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec

JAD - Java Application Descriptor

JAR - Java Archive

JAD - Java Application Descriptor

3GPP - 3rd Generation Partnership Project

3GP - 3rd Generation Project

MP3 - MPEG player lll

MP4 - MPEG-4 video file

AAC - Advanced Audio Coding

GIF - Graphic Interchangeable Format

JPEG - Joint Photographic Expert Group

BMP - Bitmap

SWF - Shock Wave Flash

WMV - Windows Media Video

WMA - Windows Media Audio

WAV - Waveform Audio

PNG - Portable Network Graphics

DOC - Document (Microsoft Corporation)

PDF - Portable Document Format

M3G - Mobile 3D Graphics

M4A - MPEG-4 Audio File

NTH - Nokia Theme (series 40)

THM - Themes (Sony Ericsson)

MMF - Synthetic Music Mobile Application File

NRT - Nokia Ringtone

XMF - Extensible Music File

WBMP - Wireless Bitmap Image

DVX - DivX Video

HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

WML - Wireless Markup Language

CD - Compact Disk.

DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.

CRT - Cathode Ray Tube.

DAT - Digital Audio Tape.

DOS - Disk Operating System.

GUI - Graphical User Interface.

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

IP - Internet Protocol.

ISP - Internet Service Provider.

TCP - Transmission Control Protocol.

UPS – Uninterruptible Power Supply.

HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access.

EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for GSM [Global System for Mobile Communication] Evolution.

VHF - Very High Frequency.

UHF - Ultra High Frequency.

GPRS - General Packet Radio Service.

WAP - Wireless Application Protocol.

TCP - Transmission Control Protocol .

ARPANET - Advanced Research Project Agency Network.

IBM - International Business Machines.

HP - Hewlett Packard.

AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency Modulation.

WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

AVI - Audio Video Interleave

RTS - Real Time Streaming

SIS - Symbian OS Installer File

AMR - Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec

JAR - Java Archive

JAD - Java Application Descriptor

3GPP - 3rd Generation Partnership Project

3GP - 3rd Generation Project

MP3 - MPEG player lll

MP4 - MPEG-4 video file

AAC - Advanced Audio Coding

GIF - Graphic Interchangeable Format

JPEG - Joint Photographic Expert Group

BMP - Bitmap

SWF - Shock Wave Flash

WMV - Windows Media Video

WMA - Windows Media Audio

WAV - Waveform Audio

PNG - Portable Network Graphics

DOC - Document (Microsoft Corporation)

PDF - Portable Document Format

M3G - Mobile 3D Graphics

M4A - MPEG-4 Audio File

NTH - Nokia Theme (series 40)

THM - Themes (Sony Ericsson)

MMF - Synthetic Music Mobile Application File

NRT - Nokia Ringtone

XMF - Extensible Music File

WBMP - Wireless Bitmap Image

DVX - DivX Video

HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language

WML - Wireless Markup Language

CD - Compact Disk.

DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.

CRT - Cathode Ray Tube.

DAT - Digital Audio Tape.

DOS - Disk Operating System.

GUI - Graphical User Interface.

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

IP - Internet Protocol.

ISP - Internet Service Provider.

TCP - Transmission Control Protocol.

UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator.

USB - Universal Serial Bus.

VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Seized.

3G - 3rd Generation.

CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access.

UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication System.

SIM - Subscriber Identity Module.

HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access.

EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate for

GSM - [Global System for Mobile Communication] Evolution.

VHF - Very High Frequency.

UHF - Ultra High Frequency.

GPRS - General Packet Radio Service.

WAP - Wireless Application Protocol.

TCP - Transmission Control Protocol .

ARPANET - Advanced Research Project Agency Network.

IBM - International Business Machine Corporation.

HP - Hewlett Packard.

WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

Ramadan Retreat '16: Refresh Your Emaan - Free webinar from IOU

WANT TO MAKE THIS YOUR BEST RAMADAN TO DATE?

Many a times, we start our Ramadan goals and plans with a buzzing excitement and want to “do it all”, only to realize mid-way that we haven’t even achieved half of what we dreamt to do. Well, not anymore!

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-  What kind of duas you can make during the blessed month to transform your life forever

-  The power of repentance during Ramadan

-  How you can introduce Ramadan to your kids

-  How you, the youth of our ummah, can get the best out of Ramadan

-  And much, much more!

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Elsevier Publishing Campus - Much needed platform for researchers

I am a research scholar and gradually it took me 3 years to understand the research world and still learning. It took me so much time to understand the framework of research and publishing. To  be honest,I have just understand how things are working in research world and I have so much to do. To be a good researcher you should first be able to explain what's your research is about. There is no use of research if you cant present your ideas through a paper which is read and understood by others. For this you need to understand how to write a journal article or submitting a book proposal, learning how to conduct peer review for a high impact journal, understanding research and publishing ethics or writing a successful grant application. This is where Elsevier Publishing campus comes in to help the researchers with their resources to help you achieve your goals. The Elsevier Publishing Campus offers free lectures, interactive training and professional advice.

"Researchers today need to secure funding, collaborate, share data, publish results, commercialize research and demonstrate impact. Early career researchers in particular are under significant pressures and Elsevier is committed to supporting you on your way to publishing a world class journal article or book and developing your career as a successful professional researcher." - Hannah Foreman, Head of Researcher Relations,  Elsevier.

Elsevier Publishing Campus users are also entitled to a 30% discount on ALL Elsevier books and a 10% discount on Elsevier Webshop services and products.

What you get inside campus:

• Interactive training courses guide you carefully through a topic and test your knowledge along the way. Average completion time is 15-30 minutes.
• Online lectures present a topic by leading experts and engage in Q&A towards the end to boost the discussion. Average completion time is 15 minutes.
• LIVE online lectures present a topic by leading experts and are followed by a live Q&A which you can join in! Average completion time is 50 minutes.
• Attending and completing any of the above will result in your being awarded a Certificate of Completion. They will be available at the end of each course of lecture to download and they are automatically stored in your profile.

Taking these courses will help a researcher to develop and get perfect with their skills. I thank Elsevier for creating such useful platform for people like me. Wish other researchers do get benefited by this. Visit: https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com for more details. 

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What is an Academic database? What is review of literature?

A review of literature is a process of evaluating the information found in the literature(past studies) related to your selected area of study. All works included in the review must be read, evaluated and analysed, but relationships between the literature must also be identified and articulated, in relation to your field of research. As a process of review of literature, a literature review report is written with the purpose to convey the reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. The literature review should provide a context for the research, justify the research, ensure the research hasn't been done before, show where the research fits into the existing body of knowledge, enable the researcher to learn from previous theory on the subject, illustrate how the subject has been studied previously, highlight flaws in previous research, outline gaps in previous research, show that the work is adding to the understanding and knowledge of the field and help refine, refocus or even change the topic. To do this process we need to go through the published articles. Finding and searching the past studies in each journal is almost a impossible task and this where academic databases play a vital role.

An Academic databases (sometimes referred to as abstracting and indexing databases) will find articles from thousands of journals. Search by your keyword to generate a list of results. Using them will save you time and effort compared to searching individual journals and will give you a comprehensive set of journal articles. I recommend you to use these academic databases rather than Search engines (Google)  or Encyclopedia (Wikipedia) because the information included in the databases is of high academic quality.

List of frequently used Multidisciplinary Academic database:

• Ebsco Host
• Google scholar
• Scopus
• ProQuest Central
• Microsoft Academic Search

Apart from the above mentioned multidisciplinary databases there are several specific database for specific disciplines and its branches.

If you need any help or clarifications feel free to drop your queries at comments. 

Shocking Top 14 foods that might be causing cancer

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Last year over 1.5 million people were diagnosed with cancer. But few people stop to think about if the foods they are eating contain deadly carcinogens or are harming them in a way that might cause cancer. We all eat. Is what you are eating killing you?

1. Highly Processed White Flours

After refining, processed white flours not only lose most all of their nutrients but they are also bleached with a chemical called chlorine gas. The EPA sites this gas as dangerous, irritant, that can be lethal. It is also very highly glycemic and bad for your blood sugar. Not only are they making us fat they might also be contributing to rising cancer rates.

2. Microwave Popcorn

Everybody loves a yummy bag of popcorn. Making it in the microwave is easy and convenient. Unfortunately, according to wikipedia the bags of microwave popcorn are lined with perfluorooctanoic acid ( PFOA). This chemical is also found in Teflon. Studies have shown that this chemical can be linked with infertility in women and exposure significantly increases risk of kidney, bladder, liver, pancreas and testicular cancers. Find more out at cancer.org.

Many microwave popcorns also still use diacetyl which Conagra stopped using due to employees using it getting lung cancer.

3. Artifical Sweeteners

If you have to avoid sugar, are on a diet or have diabetes you might be using artificial sweeteners. However, many studies show that people usually GAIN weight when using them and can make it harder to control blood sugar. More studies are coming out that show aspertame, when broken down becomes a dealdy toxin called DKP. This breakdown of chemicals is known to cause certain brain tumors.

4. Alcohol

Many of us enjoy a nice drink now and then but over consumption of alcohol can lead to many health issues including diabetes, obesity and many types of cancers.   A recent study showed that postmenopausal women who drank one drink per day or less had a 30% increase in breast cancer rates than women who did not drink at all. Alchohol is the 2nd leading cause of cancer following tobacco. Experts working with the World Health Organization Research on Cancer found evidence that alcohol is the main cause of mouth, esophagus, liver, colon, mouth, rectum, and female breast cancers.

5. Refined Sugars and Soda Pop

 Many believe that refined sugars are the preferable food for cancer cells which helps them grow. High Fructose Corn Syrup being one of the main culprits because it is most easily metabolized by cancer cells. This puts most cakes, sodas, sauces, juices, etc on the NO NO list.. Sorry sweet tooths! 

6. Processed Meats

Like some hot dogs, sausages, bacon and lunch meats? Most of them have excessive salts and chemicals. Some studies show that people who regularly eat processed meats increased their chance of early death by as much as 43%. Sodium Nitrates are the biggest offenders and also a well know carcinogen with smoked meats being particularly bad.

7. Smoked, Pickled and Salted!

Put a fork in me after I eat these foods. These foods often have nitrates that turn into N-nitroso that is associated with higher cancer risks when digested.   Smoked meats that are high in fat can help lead to stomach and colorectal cancer.  

8. Potato Chips

They sure make a great tasting quick snack but the negative effects far outweigh the short term pleasure. High in both fat and calories the cause weight gain. Add in often high Trans-Fats with sodium and you have the recipe for cancer and heart disease related health problems.  

9. Farmed Salmon

Over 60% of salmon eaten in the United States is farm raised. Being fed unatural diets with chemicals, antibiotics, pesticides and other known carcinogens these otherwise healthy fish and not very healthy at all. Studies have also shown high numbers of PCB’s and mercury in them.  

10. Diet Foods

 Often loaded with Aspertame, a chemical in artificial sweeteners, diet foods are not very healthy at all. Excessive sodium, colors and refined ingredients are often added to make up for flavor loss. Many low fat foods actually have many MORE calories than their ‘Non diet’ associates.  

11. GMO’s

 While the jury is still out on what GMO’s are. Where they are in our food and what effect they have on the environment and our bodies one thing is for sure. The U.S. has NO testing procedures for GMO’s whatsoever. We are essentially guinea pigs in a huge trial.  

12.  Hydrogenated Oils

These are vegetable oils. They must be chemically removed from their source and are often deodorized and colored. Also, excessive Omega-6 fatty acids cause health problems.  

13. Red Meat

Small amounts of red meat in a diet can be shown to be a good thing. Try to eat grass fed which has properties of linoleic acid which helps fight against some cancers. However, when speaking about colon cancer, red meats eaten everyday can lead to increased cancer risks. 

14. Canned Tomatoes

Many canned foods and obviously found in cans. Most cans are lined with a chemical called bisphenol-A or BPA. Study about 2 years ago showed that BPA’s affect the way genes worked inside rats’ brains. The FDA seems to agree this is a problem and is supporting efforts to reduce, replace or eliminate the amounts found in canned foods.   The high acidity leaves tomatoes more dangerous because they can leech the BPA more readily from the can lining.

source:bulletindailynews.com

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