Health benefits in Pistachios

Pistachios are rich source of energy; 100g of nuts contain 55 calories. Nonetheless, the nuts contain many health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health.

The nuts are rich in mono-unsaturated fatty acids like oleic and an excellent source of antioxidants. Regular intake of pistachios in the diet help to lower total as well as bad LDL cholesterol and increase good HDL cholesterol levels in the blood. Research studies suggest that Mediterranean diet that is rich in dietary fiber, mono-unsaturated fatty acids, and antioxidants help to prevent coronary artery disease and strokes by favoring healthy blood lipid profile.

They are rich source of many phyto-chemical substances that may contribute to their overall antioxidants activity, including carotenes, vitamin E and polyphonic antioxidants compounds. Research studies have been suggestive of that these compounds help body remove toxic free radicals and thus, protect body from diseases, cancers, as well as infections.

Pistachios are an excellent source of vitamin-E especially rich in gamma-tocopherol; contain about 23g per100g. Vitamin E is powerful lipid soluble antioxidant, essential for maintaining the integrity of cell membrane of mucus membranes and skin; offers protection from harmful oxygen free radical.

The nuts are packed with many important B-complex groups of vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6 and folates.

These nuts are storehouse of minerals like cooper, manganese, potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium. 100g nuts provide 144% of daily recommended levels of copper. Copper is an essential trace mineral that is required in neuro-transmission, metabolism, as well as red blood cell (RBC) synthesis.

Pistachio nut oil has flavorful nutty aroma and has an excellent emollient properties. It helps to keep skin well protected from dryness. It has also been used in cooking, and as "carrier or base oil" in traditional medicines in massage therapy aromatherapy in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry.

Just a hand full of pistachios a day provides enough recommended levels of phenolic anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins and protein.

Dividend Policy

I would like to share about my 13th chapter of Financial Managerial of Principal.

Dividends are payments made to stockholders from a firm's earnings, whether those earnings were generated in the current period or in previous periods.

Dividends may affect capital structure.

• Retaining earnings increases common equity relative to debt.
• Financing with retained earnings is chapter than issuing new common equity.

Dividend Policy means once a company makes a profit, management must decide on what to do with those profits. They could continue to retain the profits within the company or they could pay out the profits to the owners of the firm in the form of dividends. 

Once the company decides on whether to pay dividends they may establish a somewhat permanent dividend policy which may in turn impact on investors and perceptions of the company in the financial markets. What they decide depends on the situation of the company now and in the future. It also depends on the preferences of investors and potential investors.

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FACEBOOK Advantages and Disadvantages

Facebook has been a widely known name among people who are so into it. People who have their account on Facebook are using more of their time to get in touch with other individuals despite the distance and lack of time. Facebook has been a great community for many people., it has its advantages and disadvantages. Series of improvements are now being made in system just to make up with the Facebook problems. Facebook advantages and disadvantages are listed below.

Advantages:

• Lets user search for new and old friends.
• Available to chosen universities having a high level of security.
• Makes it less difficult when communicating with strangers or individuals you do not know.
• Makes it simpler to join groups having corresponding likes and dislikes.
• Lets users to check students who are in the same class, living within the same location, or coming from the same academy.

Disadvantages:

• More and more people.
• Long distance relationship weakening.
• Unsupported by physical adjacency.
• Contributes wide-range procrastination.
• Rampant addiction.
• Possible stalking.
• Acquaintances be labeled as friends.

Certainly, the disadvantages are not a threat to you just by simply looking at it. A user must realize what he is trying to give out otherwise things might get messy and people will mistake them as someone else.

It is apparent that a trade off is happening between the advantages and disadvantages of Facebook.

In spite of the Facebook advantages and disadvantages, it still is getting demand and popularity among the young people. There are about 10,000 students who are joining Facebook everyday. This is irrespective of the age, race and country. Some are now trying criticize the status of professionalism of this website whether its just another craze like other online networking service are.

Love my UMMi so So much !

Mom = Ummi

My Ummi carried me for nine months. She felt sick for those months nausea, then she watched her feet swell and her skin stretch. She teared. She struggled to climb stairs, she got breathless quickly and she even suffered many sleepless nights. She then went through excruciating pain to bring me into this world. Then, she became my nurse, my chef, my maid, my chauffeur, my biggest fan, my teacher and my best friend. She struggled for me, cried over me, hoped the best for me and prayed for me. Most of us take our mom for granted. I love my Ummi so so much more than anything else in the world. Miss her badly :'(

Devils Make A Third

What do you do if you love someone so so much but you can't get married?
That's the answer guys --> stay stay away from them!
It's not like if you stay away from them, its the end of the world.
or...u can't live without them. right?.. right?..
Those statement are ust overrated. You know it and I know it.
That love so so much is coming from your desire, nafsu. Fight it!
We are fighters, yeah! :)
In fact, fighting your lust, desires is the biggest jihad.
because once you're involved in these kind of things, you're gonna stray.
First, you're texting, then calling, then going out together in groups, then you're going out ust the two of you.
And everyone knows when an unmarried couple meets alone,
shaytan is amongst them.
This will eventually lead to "u know what". hmmph..

Hadith - Ahmad and Al-Tirmidzi 311, Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab,
Tirmidzi transmitted it.
The Prophet (SAW) said, "Whenever a man is alone with a woman, the Devil makes a third."

Basically, what I'm saying here everyone already knows.
Its a reminder to me, you them, they, we, us.
Its just a matter of choosing Islam above your desires.
Ask yourself, can you live your life with the love of your life.
That you love so so much
but without the love of ALLAH SWT?
nauzubillah...

# If you're married, that's a different story.

Give a Heart to ALLAH

"When you go closer to Islam, it's natural for you to become alone. People won't be there as much as there were, and you'll have a hard time connecting with anyone on any sort of level. But, ALLAH does this give you strength, to enrich you with independence from imperfection and to rely only on Him."


Subhanallah...just by reading the above statement is already comforting for me :')
Indeed, ALLAH is always with us...Alhamdulillah..

The Rules of Muslim

Muslim men and women should be keen to adhere to Islamic customs and attitudes, and to follow the Islamic way in their expressions of joy and sorrow and their clothing, food, drink and all their affairs.

It is not permissible for them to imitate the kuffar in their clothing by wearing tight clothes that show the shape of the 'awrah, or by wearing thin and see-through clothes that show the 'awrah and do not conceal it, or by wearing short clothes that do not cover the chest, forearms, neck, head or face. End quote.

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 3/306, 307

THINK ABOUT IT!

• Be like the bee, which lands on fragrant flowers and fresh branches.
• You do not have time to seek out people's defects and mistakes.
• If ALLAH is with you, then whom do you have to fear? If ALLAH is against you, then what hope do you have?
• The fire of envy consumes the body, and excessive jealousy is like raging fire.
• If you do not prepare today, then you will not be able  to do anything tomorrow.
• Withdraw peacefully from places where idle arguments are going on.
• Let your morals and attitudes be even more beautiful than a garden.
• Do acts of kindness and you will be the happiest of people.
• Leave people to their creator, leave the envier to death, and forget about your enemy.
• The pleasure of Haram actions is followed by regret, loss and punishment.

WHY???

When I look around, so many things touch my heart. Like kids walking with their parents, laughing and giggling. Or I see an elder couple, walking in to a store, as the husband trying to open the heavy door for his wife, smiling at her. Or I see people in the store passing me by and returning the smile that I gave them...Then there are some moments it make my head shake and trying to figure out why people are so nasty to one another...Like I trying to drive to turn and some man will not stop for the stop sign, Then, I honked the horn so he will not hit me...Then as he took the right a way, he drive arrogant by and flipps the middle finger at me. So much ugliness truely surrounds us...Why people have to be so nasty to each other..May ALLAH (SWT) grants us Peace and Joy on earth...Ameen

I asked ALLAH for strength and ALLAH gave me difficulties to make me strong, I asked ALLAH for wisdom and ALLAH gave me problems to solve, I asked ALLAH for courage and ALLAH forgives me obstacles to overcome, I asked ALLAH for love and ALLAH gave me troubled people to help, I asked ALLAH for favours and ALLAH gave me opportunities. Maybe I received nothing I wanted, but I received everything I needed T.T

Why is curiosity so important?

It makes your mind active instead of passive. Curious people always ask question and search for answers in their minds. Their minds are always active. Since the mind is like a muscle which becomes stronger through continual exercise, the mental exercise caused by curiosity makes your mind stronger and stronger. It makes your mind observant of new ideas. When the ideas come, they will soon be recognized. Without curiosity, the ideas may pass right in front of you and yet you miss them because your mind is not prepared to recognize them.

Just think, how many great ideas may have lost due to lack of curiosity?

It opens up new worlds and possibilities. By being curious you will be able to see new worlds and possibilities which are normally not visible. They are hidden behind the surface of normal life and it takes curious mind to look beneath the surface of normal life, and it takes a curious mind to look beneath the surface and discover these new worlds and possibilities. It brings excitement into your life.

The life of curious people is far from boring. It's neither dull nor routine. There are always new things that attract their attention, there are always new 'toys' to play with. Instead of being bored, curious people have an adventurous life.

Laziness Is Kin To Failure

"ALLAH is my Lord and I do not associate anything with Him."

Keep busy, not to give in to laziness and idleness. Rather, we should take care of our house and home library and do our duties and our work, or pray, or read Qur'an or useful books, or listen to useful tapes, or sit with our neighbors and friends and talk to them about things that will bring them closer to ALLAH. Then, we will find happiness and joy, by ALLAH's leave. And beware of giving in to idleness, for this will lead to worries, anxiety, devilish whispers and doubts that nothing can relieve except hard work.

We should take care of our appearance, wear perfume at home, keep our house tidy and meet our siblings, relatives and friends and looking cheerful, with a ready smile and an attitude of contentment.

Beware of si for it leads to grief, especially the sins that are very common among woman such as forbidden glances, wanton adornment, being alone with a non-mahram man, cursing, slandering. backbiting, denying one's husband's rights and not acknowledging his acts of kindness. These sins are very common among women, except for those on whom ALLAH has mercy, so beware of incurring the wrath of ALLAH and fear Him, for fear of ALLAH is what brings happiness and a clear conscience.

"When distress strikes and calamities come one after another, then say: La ilaha illallah."

Simple Steps to Master Your Use of Time

Manage your time and set goals...Watch this video to learn how

Time and Goals

One of the first things that graduate students is that there is never enough time in the day. Time management entails more than keeping a calendar, however. It is requires identifying your obligations, carefully considering their importance, and making choices about how to use your time.

1. Use Multiple To-Do Lists: At this stage in your life it is likely that one to-do-list isn't enough. Use multiple lists to organize tasks by topic or context. For example, you might maintain separate lists for each area of your life such as home (for grocery lists, bills, and household tasks), social (for lists of friends and family to call, email, or contact on Facebook) and school (obviously, for maintaining lists of school-related tasks like assignments and meeting with professors).
2. Be Flexible: While to-do lists are wonderful for helping you to organize and prioritize your life, remember that there will always be interruptions and distractions. Try to allow time for them.
3. Say "No.": Sometimes we take on too much. Whether it's extra courses, or responsibilities, or extracurricular activities, consider how important each is to you before agreeing.
4. Go with Your Flow: Consider your own biological peaks and lows. Are you a morning person? Or are you at your best at night? Plan your day accordingly. Save your most difficult work for the times when you're at your best.
5. Make Use of Wasted Time: Have you ever noticed how much time you spend commuting, standing in lines, and waiting (for doctors, advisors, etc.)? Carry pocket work to make use of that time that would otherwise be wasted. Carry a short reading assignment or flash cards for studying. Or use the time to write in your planner and organize yourself. Ten minutes here, fifteen minutes there it all adds up and you'll find that you can get more done.
6. Seat deadlines for Yourself: Academic work entails many steps. Set a realistic deadline for each step. How do you determine what's realistic? Sit down wit a calendar and think about how much time you will spend on your project each day and what you can complete in that time. Use your estimates to set deadlines. Recognize that you may have ti adjust your deadlines. We often overestimates the amount of work that we can accomplish. Take this tendency into account by beginning your assignments early.

DO NOT DESTROY YOUR HEART WITH YOUR OWN HANDS!

"...there is no god but You, glory to You, verily I was among the wrongdoers." (al-Qur'an 21:87)

Avoid everything that wastes time, such as looking at immoral magazines, indecent pictures, bad ideas, heretical books or immoral stories. You should seek out that which is beneficial and useful, such as Islamic magazines, beneficial books and articles that will benefit a person both in this world and in the Hereafter. Some books and magazines instill doubts in the heart and lead one stray. This is the effect of the decadent culture that has been imported to us from the world of disbelief and has spread throughout the Muslim world.

Remember that with ALLAH are the keys of the unseen, and He, the Almighty, All-Merciful, is the One Who brings relief from worry and distress. So turn to Him and call upon Him, and always repeat the Dua'.

Count The Blessings That ALLAH Has Bestowed Upon You

".......take what comes to you and give thanks." (al-Qur'an 7:144)

Count the blessings that ALLAH has bestowed upon you...

When morning comes, remember that the sun is shining upon thousands of miserable women, but I am blessed; it is shining on hundreds of hungry women, but I have plenty to eat; it shines on thousands of women who are imprisoned, but I am free; it shines on thousands of women who have been stricken with calamity and lost their children, but I am happy and healthy. How many tears flow down woman's cheeks, how many mother's heart filled with pain, how many screams come from girls throats---but I am smiling and happy. So, praise ALLAH, the Exalted, for His kindness, protection and generosity.

Let's sit and think, and be honest with yourself; look at the numbers and statistics. How many things do you own, how much wealth do you possess, how many blessings do you enjoy, how many things do you have thet bring you delight? Beauty, wealth. children, a home, a country, light, air, water, nourishment medicine? Rejoice and be of good cheer.

"Buy with charity the dua and love of the poor and needy."

ALLAH's everything...

Life could be so much bearable, and filled with peace joy and love if we would just learn to respect and be kind to everyone around us. We all must listen to the gentle voice within our heart. We should ignore the negative thoughts and listen to the gentle voice of reasoning. We should accept everyone at their face value, and reach out to them if they need help. Realize ALLAH (SWT) is home in our heart, and He will guide us, the right way...Something to think about!!!

Thanks to ALLAH...

When I found total trust in ALLAH (SWT), He was there for me, when I was lost. He surprised me with countless joys and helped me through a very hard time. I sought refuge in ALLAH (SWT), and trusted Him with my whole life. I discovered how many blessing He gifted me, each and every time when I was down. He help me to strive...I become strong, I am a survivor...Thanks to ALLAH (SWT)

Marriage Connecting People

bismillah...

Assalamualaikum...Today's entry will be presenting on marriage as known as "Nikah". As we know definition of marriage is that, it is a solemn and sacred social contract between bride and groom. This contract is a strong covenant (mithaqun Ghalithun) as expressed in Qur'an 4:21). The marriage contract in Islam is not a sacrament. It is revocable. In the mutual agreement between bride and groom, both parties mutually agree and enter into this contract. Both bride and groom have the liberty to define various terms and conditions of their liking and make them a part of this contract.

Islam has a complete guideline in every single thing in human life including in marriage. Upon the marriage process, the marriage-gift or "Mahr" is a divine injunction. The giving of "Mahr" to the bride by the groom is an essential part of the contract. ALLAH S.W.T. said in The Holy Qur'an: 'And give the woman (on marriage) their mahr as a (nikah) free gift" (Qur'an 44)