The Politics of Nature's Fury

The cyclonic rainstorm that hit Kolkata is purported to have caused a handful of deaths. But an interesting offshoot has been how the storm has created a political stage for the state legislature to exploit, and that too with elections around the corner. The Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Bannerjee announced the cancellation of a trip to Delhi as a step needed in a hour of crisis. The political gameplay bears striking resemblance to the 1978 floods that had the then CPM Government utilize it for electoral gains.

Delving into the lack of disaster management infrastructure, the current state Government in Bengal, Mamata dug at previous ruling parties evidently forgetting her own stints, and lack of productive governance thereof. Just goes to show that when it comes to political motivation, even nature's fury is a prospective weak area to be tapped into.

Second Innings as PM

The top news of the day seems to be Manmohan Singh being sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. And he now holds of the honor of being only the second PM to have taken office twice in a row, after Nehru, and that too after having served one full term. The Congress-led coalition did take up the elections with a substantial win, but with the exit of the regional DMK in the south there is only a slight dent to its supprot. The Congress promises another term of social reforms and economic stability, but that remains to be seen!

Indeed two consecutive terms is quite a rarity in the Indian legislature. Typically the Indian parliament elections have always exhibited an anti-incumbent outlook, and it is not rare for the top political parties to alternate as the ruling government. This is quite unlike the US where the Democrats and the Republicans can expect terms back to back, of course assuming theit times in office were fairly successful. Only time will tell if this win for the Congress works in its favor, and whether it proves its merit.

Foot Ball Played at FULL

Jan 24/25 has the FA cup fourth round fixtures and again my personal favorites are in action in at Anfield . Liverpool takes on their harsh rival Everton. This is one of the most important draw according to me. Jan 24/25 will witness all major football Clubs in action. Hope Liverpool wins in this MercySide derby and also win FA cup this time.

FA Fourth Round Fixtures :

Liverpool v Everton
Southampton/United v Spurs
Hull/Newcastle v Millwall/Crewe
Sunderland v Blyth/Blackburn
Hartlepool v West Ham
Orient/Sheff Utd v Charlton/Norwich
Cardiff v Arsenal
P'mouth/Bristol C v Histon/Swansea
Chelsea/Southend v Ipswich Town
Cheltenham/Doncaster v Aston Villa
WBA/Peterborough v QPR/Burnley
Torquay v Coventry
Kettering Town v Fulham
Watford v Leicester/Crystal Palace
Derby County v Nottingham Forest
Birmingham/Wolves v Middlesbrough
(Home team First.)




He should lift it again and hope he does it...

Taylored Australia

Mark Taylor was such a masterful opening batsman, slip fielder and captain for Australia that he was looked upon as an allrounder. A heavily built left-hander who played classically late, Taylor made 839 Test runs on his first England tour (1989) and for most of his 104 Tests remained reassuringly solid. He was equally dependable at first slip, where he cradled most of his world-record 157 catches. After he inherited the captaincy from Allan Border in 1994-95 he began with a pair, but soon added such acute tactical vibrancy that the following year Australia toppled West Indies in the Caribbean to become unofficial world champions. Taylor's leadership and diplomacy marked him out as one of Australia's greatest captains.

Is This A Life Worth Living?

As the adage goes, "cursed are those who are born during the age of transition." This Chinese proverbial plight applies more so in the case of the struggling millions in the over-crowded metropolitan cities, belonging to the poor countries. With due regard to our President's vision relating to provision of urban amenities in rural areas, it is debatable whether urban amenities are conspicuous by their absence or mismanagement thanks to the unenviable capacity of the city administration to do so.

No doubt the quality of life in terms of material welfare has been enhanced for the average middle-income group given the globalised scenario. Yet what is being denied raises the issue whether it is all really worth the trouble in terms of the compromises that are made.

What is at stake is the ecological sensitivity of citizens. As a citizen, one has the fundamental right to enjoy a pollution free environment and decongested urban spaces for healthy and prosperous living.

"Open spaces" allow the weary citizens to steam off after a day's slogging, especially in a tropical climate. In fact, the sanity of city life is being preserved only in the open spaces. If overcrowding and spurt in vehicular traffic eat into the "open spaces" available to the common man, it would hamper his emotional and psychological well-being and is nothing short of a violation of human rights.

The problems relating to negative externalities due to overcrowding of public spaces affect both the rich and the poor alike. Yoga, transcendental meditation, gym, and other outlets are the available stress relievers to the higher income groups for recharging themselves. The low-income groups, lacking both in awareness and affordability, naturally look upon the open space as lubricating mechanism for their deprivation in private spaces. They invariably emerge from polluted and overcrowded slums and it is not only ethical but also sensible not to deprive them of open spaces lest there should be more crime and violence.

The new facet of-Advertising on blogs

We are living in a world entangled with information.Whatever be you requirement,name it ,you'll get it.One of the pivotal factor for this radical change is internet.From the day of its invention it has evolved from time to time and changes every second.One such interesting facet of internet is "Blogging".

Blog is a tool which enable one to voice his views for the world to see.The advertising world is longing to capitalize on this new phenomenon. B logger's who are fascinated about a product could review and write about the product.Of course they get paid for every world in their review.


So where to find the advertisers to write about their products? Simple PayingPost.com is a web site which enables potential b logger's to find suitable advertisers.Advertising on blogs is a scintillating experience with Paying Post.

PayingPost also helps beginners with various guidelines which are very useful.For instance to know how to reserve and complete a paid review just click on this hyperlink which takes you to PayingPost blog post titled the same.

There are many famous articles about blogging in sites such as wikipedia.com which would help us understand blogging and its potential in the future. Lets not get stagnated in old times,plunge into the world of blog advertising,visit PayingPost.com now and become a member like me and million others.

Same Tale with Different End

Gajini is the latest release of Aamir Khan after his super hit Tare Zameen Par. Tare Zameen Par had a good message for the society and it is one movie of its kind which exposed to a teacher, how best he/she can work.

Gajini is again the next product of Aamir, "the perfectionist"(Failed to show perfection at some places). The movie had the same plot as the original version of Gajini(Tamil) with a little twist towards the end. The change which was brought out to the movie towards its end was good.

Performance of Aamir and Asin is a real boost to the movie with music of ARR..... (insert what ever you feel is very good).

Blog on : Rock on

One of the most powerful advertising media as seen by business people, Organizations, advertisers and other sellers in olden days was Television network. This is one of the worlds largest advertising medium. But soon with computer revolution which took place the scenario totally changed.

With rapid increase in use of computer and internet, it has become the core place for placing and advertisement. The Blog which especially is the one which has almost a huge fan base towards it and also has a big reach.

Placing an information about a company, product and(or) Business in a blog is called as blog advertising. This is next generation advertisement. The blog will have links to some of the advertisers home page.

Blog advertisement is an healthy way of advertisement because it gives a global reach for the advertiser. A blog can be followed by any net users across the globe. Further followers of the blog will have a link to the blog which has this advertisement so this goes on and gives a huge base for the company. The reach is almost very quick since the blog followers follow the blog everyday. Many such blog marketing sites are available over the net which bloggers can use to find advertisers and advertisement.

The basic advantage of having advertisement in a blog is , its economical do so and also has the same advantage of having the advertisement in any mass media. People who never have time to check news paper will check his mail at least once a day. So this guarantees visit and reach for sure. The blog advertisement is cheap and also powerful mode of advertisement which has swallowed and has overridden the television advertisement. The presence of powerful tools animation also plays a pivotal role which gives the totality which the advertisement needs. Blogs are world of interconnections and interrelations which paves the way for global reach which the advertisement need.

Eye-Hand Coordination

One type of intelligence makes cricketers special which is the Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence. This is helpful to have a good hand eye coordination. The person whom have extraordinary intelligence in this type are called an adroit. They have the ability to control body movements and handle objects skilfully. They are good at decision making. They posses good sense of balance and are good in their hand eye coordination. They excel in dancing, sports,acting, and posses good body language.

Prevent Prevail and Peer Pressure!!!

WE HAVE heard it before, read it in the papers, our parents may have appealed to us, or our own weighing machines might have smiled at us disdainfully.

Yet, how often do we stop ourselves from picking up that cheesy slice of pizza, sipping that tingling cola, sinking into the sofa to watch the highly charged men in blue on the field, or venture out only to get that exhilarating puff?

How many of us know at least two others our own age who are overweight, who suffer from premature health problems, who enthusiastically await the weekend so they can drown themselves in a pitcher of beer and disappear behind the collective clouds of smoke generously produced in the name of "friendship," whose fingers are active on keyboard while the rest of their body switches off to slumber?

Some wonder at the prevalence of ill health habits despite the presence of awareness against them. A key issue that our present day youth need to address is prevention — of health problems and negative health behaviours, also called self-compromising health behaviours.

Prevention means taking measures to combat risk factors for illness before an illness ever has a chance to develop (Shelley Taylor).

There are always cures to help one recover from stress-induced headaches, from alcohol-related health problems, high blood pressure due to obesity. Why are there just as few measures to prevent these illnesses in the first place? The concept that we need not put our bodies through the trauma of pain and palliatives has not yet permeated our ways of thinking and behaving.

Our older generations might not have consciously emphasised preventive measures — perhaps they did not have to. Children back then, as your grandfather will fondly recollect, were fit and fine, enjoying outdoor activities and running about in glee; today's little ones have pot bellies and run about too, a little sluggishly.

A chief concern in the area of health psychology today is the prevention of ill health behaviours, such as smoking, alcoholism, over eating, etc., and their consequences.

Primary prevention involves instilling good health habits and changing poor ones. Several factors play a role here. Age for example explains how older adults are more health conscious than adolescents; value systems discriminate between families that emphasise good health behaviours such as exercise and diet and those that do not. Given how important peer relationships are to youngsters, we can use it to advantage by instilling these good habits among them.

Health habits are strongly influenced by early socialisation with parents; thus, it is essential that one's childhood is richly endowed with active lifestyles, correct sleeping habits and Popeye's herbivorous pursuits too!

Golf All the Ground

Golf as you know is one of the worlds famous game. This is played with passion and interest by many people all over the world. The Golfakademie.de is one such online site in Germany which provides all news about Golf , latest rankings of players , Schedule of match and tournaments and also information on various players and their carrer highlights. This site also has provision for a holiday vacation. During which camps are organised to learn Golf. Globally any one can come and join the camp learn golf to perfection. They also have various golf gears for sale at a discounted price.

Liverpool or Everton

After the split between Liverpool and Everton over the rent of Anfield the rivalry has always been very intense in the league cups between the two teams. When these two teams play it is almost a very intense fight.

From the beginning of Liverpool FC it has been one of the dominating sides in the English football teams. It has record number of league cup wins, followed by many cup victories. The side has produced many great players like Steven Gerard who is considered to be the one of best mid fielders in the business. Now with Torres, Babel, Gerard, Mascherano, Kuyt, Keane and Alonso the team has performed very well in the leagues so far. It had a great victory against Everton (2-0) and other major giants in football including ManUtd its progress is constant and hope Liverpool wins this league cup.

Liverpool stands second in the league table with 32 points and Everton stands seventh with 19 points. I shall always choose Liverpool for the quality of players which they have and the way of exhibiting its performances. Let’s wait and watch as of who emerges as the winner in the end of this season.

Lost: IS RECOVERED

This utility is very useful actually. Today when I checked my disk space on my logical drive I was shocked to see about 10GB of extra disk spaced used up but I could not find the application which is eating that. I was confused of what to do and searched and checked almost all files on my windows drive, but could not find the application which is occupying the space. So was deleting some games, temp files, internet cookies and other set up log files which I know are not important system files. Still I managed to free up only a small space on my logical drive.

So I started to remove some files took a back up of documents to my external HDD. Then I remembered this disk clean up option. This option showed clearly which component is occupying so much space. Actually the files discarded by widows from the windows update occupied around 7 GB disk spaces which I could not find manually. Then some other component like set up log files which I was unsure whether to remove or not also was removed by this disk clean up. So it is better to run DISK CLEAN UP activity once in a while. I recovered around 9.24GB of disk space which was struck so long.

Transition a comparison

IT is the sector which has employed a lot of people and made them an active member of the society. I m employed but as of now I am continuing my life as a dependent population. In the mean time my friends joined many companies and had a mixed review about the professional life which they are having. Some are enjoying some says tough time. In the waiting time I had how a professional life after employed will be…

• During college we shall cut an hour/day if we don’t like it and do some work which we like the most(mostly going to theaters/Beach).
  
• In an organization for cutting you have loss of pay while you need to complete the tasks which are assigned to you.
• Late night stressful project works.
  
• Full time online browsing and chatting/downloading movies.
  
• Any time play, full time enjoyment, and real time fun.
  
• After a few year of work, getting stressed, full time pressure, and no time to enjoy.
  

Now that college life is over, it is time that I m enjoying just by playing all time football, cricket, basketball and all other game when said this to friends who works says don’t IRRITATE ME, I am already irritated. Of course they are productive citizens.

My next stage would be in an organization but at that time, I open my mail box everyday just to check whether a call letter is posted to me, but to my disappointment I would not have received it. When I receive and join company I shall remember these days when I m totally free playing games, net browsing, blogging, playing cricket, all time fun trips to beach, first day first show to movies and shall think wont I get back those days back again. This makes me happy overriding the pain being idle for a long gap waiting to join company.

Make Next Generation DO things Differently

Every kid in the present generation has been put up to extreme pressure by the past generation people (just a generation back) in many issues. One of the major issues which the present generation children suffer is their parents enforcing them to get good scores. They don’t care about amount of knowledge they gain but they just care for the grade which they get. This is really in contrast to the meaning and purpose of education. The true purpose of education is to make the mind to think which is not happening at present.

The ambition of students are buried and thickly soiled and blindly guided by the path laid by their parents. In the process only importance to education is been stressed. If a student is doing some part time job our society is not developed to look at it in a positive way, instead they go and talk to parents and spread some negative brainstorming in the society. If the same kid goes abroad for higher studies and if he works in part time, even worse than a job what he got before it is been told with a big hype.

It is definitely time to rethink on what is happening, many take up course without knowing what they are going to study in it after joining the course. They simply take up the course because they have better scope of improvement. After joining that course he feels total discomfort in continuing the course.

A self analysis is really needed before deciding what course we are going to study. In the same way many prefer to do MBA without work experience but what if something is studied without knowing what we are studying.

It is time that we rethink on how garbage is used, how natural resources and non renewable source of energy is been used. It is time to lessen the pollution rate, how well we use the public transport system, how well we save electric power. This all when planned well and managed well we can give a better place for the next generation to live.

It is our duty to look forward and make our next generation to do things differently. We shall not look up grades alone in education field, we shall work while we work and study while we study, lets analyze a course before we start working on it, give independence to the children of next generation on what they like to do, we need to support research facilities, and ultimately we restructure the education system in the which makes brain to think. This naturally helps in invoking active thinking ability which will invoke creativity and ultimately creativity leads to development.

 

Build,rather Seek, A Carrer!!!

If one were to list the career ambitions that parents have for their wards, a career in politics would certainly not figure in it. Because, worldwide, politics is jocularly and seriously considered to be the last resort of scoundrels! But what is intriguing is that, whereas a Masters in Business Administration or MBA ranks at the top of the desirable qualifications list, business as a career option is frowned upon!

There is a strong perception among the salaried class parents that being in business is like being on a roller coaster. It could take you very high in a short span of time but overnight it could also throw you crashing to the ground! Risk is undoubtedly an inherent and inseparable factor in any business, be it a purely commercial activity or an industrial establishment. But it is certainly not a luck dependent gamble, as many fear it to be. A certain degree of intuition is required for success but that is not at all a rare trait.

But the saddest and most dangerous belief that exists in the minds of the public is that to be a successful entrepreneur, one needs to be somewhat crooked. So much so that I have often heard parents declare that their wards were not cunning enough for business! This belief is a double-edged sword because it not only keeps honest people out, but also provides tacit permission for those in business to look for short cuts.

As with any specialized job, running one's own venture definitely requires a specific kind of smartness. An entrepreneur has to be worldly, not in the derogatory sense of being street smart, but in that he must be aware of current, local and global trends. Ascertain you child's potential and let him chase his dream. Cherish the entrepreneurial spirit in him.

Mobile to Immobilize

The technology has always been improving to make us communicate easily. The Mobile Technology is one such technology which has helped and made this big earth look almost very small like how a star appears when seen from earth.

The technology has found from the beginning has havoc associated with it. The mobile phone technology use the medium which naturally exist but still it causes a lot of problem to human beings

The associated technology also has a greater impact. For instance Bluetooth technology when power on and kept in pant pockets are expected to create prostate cancer in men and also due to radiation in general it is not advisable to keep the cell phone near the chest or heart region due to potential ability of radiation to penetrate.    

Extensive use of mobile phone will cause brain tumor analogous to lung cancer which a person will get due to smoking. I heard that cell phone in it low battery state produces much times higher radiations in its low battery state which causes harm to ear and make its ability to hear dwindle off.

We have reached a stage in which we cannot stop the use of mobile phone but we can still avoid some problems associated with it. If it is not confidential you can always put your cell phone on loud speaker mode and keep the phone at a distance and speak. If so very confidential matter you can try using the mobile phone using head sets. We must stop giving mobile phone to children under age 7 at least. It is better that not to give children under age 10 also. Never use the mobile phone in its low batter state. Extensive continuous use of mobile phone cause neck pain, ear pains, head ache and has the ability to affect brain too.

No New Begining To An Old End

Arms trade is the world’s most successful business operation which is very profitable one. The annual spending or annual military spending ranges about One trillion which is nearing the expenses done during the cold war period.

The cold war period was one such time in history during which arms production and trading out of outdated arms to under developed countries was quite common. The annual expenses crossed trillion’s even during that time.

Each year around $30 million are made in the sales of arms. Every year the arms are transferred to countries mainly developing countries from the developed countries. A report called Grimmett report is prepared to track the delivery of arms. The supplier nation for arms include United States, Russia, England, China, France, Germany and few other European countries.

Now even more arms and produced and distributed. In this spinning earth anything is possible. Is this an indication to let us know that another cold war, imperialization and colonization going to take place again? Hope this is a not a new beginning to an old end.

Arms can be made for protection and not for destruction. As always science and technology are good slaves but a bad dictator or master.

The amount of money spent on war , arms research and buying weapons can be used for good purpose like educating all children in the world, Food and shelter for all and many other activities.

See Also: www.globalissues.org

Tobacco :also Sets fire to your Back too

Tobacco and smoking is been one of the major causes of deaths around the world. One of the major cause of Lung cancer. Being a carcinogenic substance the probability of a person addicted to it getting cancer is sure similar to a ball attracted to the ground due to gravity.

The use of these substance has a number of confirmed ill effects which includes

• Tobacco and smoking kills a person
  
• Causes poverty(exacerbates poverty)
• Production of tobacco causes pollution
• It causes reduction in economic productivity
• It employs many thousands of people, it can be considered a wasted labour.
• It causes wastage of capital and resources used up

Many farmers also consider the plantation of tobacco as a profitable source of income and hence they tend to plot tobacco in the land which is fertile enough to cultivate food crops this ultimately causes the net reduction of food crops around the world. This adds fuel to the existing fire of global food crisis.

With all potential know causes when government tried to curb tobacco and smoking the tobacco industries with the enormous resources and liquidity, it weakened the laws which were enforced against the use of it.

What could have the been the major reason for this much huge fan following behind tobacco and smoking. Only answer is Curiosity drags them, addiction persists them, withdrawal symptoms hold them.

To reduce the theft The theif himself must realize it is wrong and similarly to avoid all problems it is the smoker who should have the required awarness.

"TOBACCO IS THE SECOND MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE WORLD"

"ONE in 10 ADULTS DIE DUE TO THIS"

"CAUSES OF PREVENTION IS WELL KNOWN"

Scriptless : To watch Is Worthless

The movies on old days had a lot of importance given on script along with a great exhibition of acting skills. The person acting on the movies olden days had a great role to be played. With the limited technology present it was the time the actor’s involvement required was very high.

 The movies like Shaw shank redemption had much importance given to reality and also the movie was revolving around theme making us think in the sense of how a person will be cornered in this brutal world after releasing from a life sentence.

Now-a- days the movies give importance to visual effects rather than giving importance on script. These movies show what is not realistic but the visual effects fill up the scenes. It is not this visual effect which alone should make a movie. The visual effects added to the script will make a good movie. Not script which is added to the Visual effects. I mean a script which is designed to fit Visual Effects will not have proper reach.