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Christian Church opens doors to Muslims

30 March 2013 Last updated at 09:05 GMT  By Divya Talwar BBC Asian Network

St John's Episcopal Church has opened its doors to Muslims for Friday prayers

On a bitterly cold and snowing afternoon in Aberdeen, the doors of St John's Episcopal Church are open to hundreds of Muslim worshippers, arriving for daily prayers.

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20 Easy Ways to Boost Your Memory

By Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor

Worried about fading brain power? If you're older than 27, you have good reason. That's the age when cognitive skills start to decline, according to University of Virginia research. But while some changes in thinking and memory are inevitable as we age, the good news is that lifestyle seems to be able to blunt those effects -- and keep many minds working sharply well into old age.

That's reassuring, given headlines from the Alzheimer's Association's annual report showing that every 68 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer's (the most common form of dementia).

Debilitating memory loss doesn't happen to everyone, though. Learn what you can do to preserve yours.

5 Safe Ways to Lighten Age Spots

• Mel, selected from Natural Solutions magazine
• July 11, 2010

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By Deirdre Shevlin Bell, Natural Solutions

Aging provides plenty of perks—greater confidence, more wisdom, and discounted movie tickets, to name a few. But growing older also brings a few downsides: age spots, for instance, which boldly advertise your more mature status.

Age spots—benign, flat areas of hyperpigmentation—usually pop up on the hands and face, most commonly on the forehead. These tan, brown, or gray flecks are also called “sun spots” because they occur largely as a result of sun damage. Ultraviolet (UV) rays activate the skin’s pigment-producing cells, called melanocytes. Too much UV exposure damages the melanocytes, causing them to crank out excess pigment (also called melanin) or to clump together and form dark spots on the skin.

10 Ways to Correct Common Public Speaking Problems

by Eileen N. Sinett

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Here are 10 common public speaking problems and solutions for each.

Hate elevator speeches or think they are boring? Be creative. Avoid starting with the mundane: My name is, or I am... Play around with these words to start your introduction: Imagine … Clients tell me … If you need … Then, add your business information and end with your name. Your listeners will appreciate the change from the usual.

Feel uncomfortable in big crowds? Buddy up! Drive over with a friend to loosen you up. Enter together and jointly engage in one conversation. Then, more comfortable, disperse and have another conversation. Remember, you can engage without speaking. Be present, listen well, and turn off the negative inner dialogue. You'll soon notice how awkward becomes awesome.

Stuck getting started with planning your presentation? Set a timer for just two minutes. Brain-dump on paper all the possibilities you could talk about for your specific audience. Then, thinking with the end in mind, ask: "What do I want the audience to know and remember when they leave this presentation? " Write this down. Begin with the end in mind!

Don't know what to do with your hands? Speaking too fast? Racing through your presentation? Don't slow down your speech — improve your eye contact. Connect with your eyes before you speak. It's like any sport. Aim first, then act!

3 Ways Leaders Can Cure Complacency

by LaRae Quy

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I spent over twenty years working as both an FBI undercover and counterintelligence agent.

My job was to identify foreign spies who were operating in the United States, find out what they were stealing and stop them, assess whether they possessed the type of information the U.S. needed, and if they did, find ways to persuade them to work for our government.

I share the lessons I learned about surviving in an environment of deception, hostility, and fear.

"Coincidentally, these same conditions also exist in business and life."

If you are going to survive in today's world, you will need to learn how to navigate through the smoke and mirrors that create confusion in investments, marketing, and relationships.