Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Beginner's guide to travel blogging
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Beginner's guide to travel blogging
The noughties saw the rise of the travel blogger - but only the savvy ones turned their globetrotting tales into success stories. Vicky
The noughties were the decade when people stopped merely dreaming about being travel writers and got involved. By harnessing the trends of social networking and multimedia content, independent travellers have gone on to become some of the most inventive bloggers on the web. What's more, the ultra-savvy ones are turning their enthusiasm into an income.
In today's Guardian Travel, we profile some of the UK's most interesting digital nomads, who are using the net to travel the world and, in one case, making money from online work. Could blogging be the key to such opportunities?
"If you are really committed, then yes, you can make it, but it takes a lot of work," says Matt Kepnes, who has been travelling the world since 2005, runs NomadicMatt.com, and has written an eBook: How to Make Money with your Travel Blog. "There are ways for the small websites to make some money and pay for some of their travels. And I think that's what most people want: they don't want to make it a lifestyle but they would like some of their effort to be rewarded and be able to cover some of the costs of travelling."
There are also plenty more advantages to be had from blogging other than making money, such as building a relationship with a worldwide audience. And, as Craig Martin of indietravelpodcast.com points out, creating a popular travel site could provide "a good chance to land a book deal, launch various products or a location-independent business, or use it in your CV when searching for a job post-trip".
Here's our beginner's guide to travel blogging.
• Put content first and enjoy yourself: If you want to gain an online following, the primary aim has to be good content. Darren Cronian, the man behind ultra-successful Travel Rants blog and organiser of Travel BlogCamp (next one in Leeds this summer), says: "My tip would be to write about a topic that you are passionate about. Otherwise, you'll just feel pressurised and not enjoy it."
• Find a niche: Round-the-world travelogues are now as common as the old 'round robin' email. See if you can pick up on a new trend or become an authoritative guide on something people really want to know about.
• Be committed: If you're serious about building a following, you need to update your site regularly. Most bloggers aim to post least three times a week. If you know you're going to be in remote parts without internet acccess, a common trick is to write posts in advance and schedule them to be uploaded automatically.
• Pick the right platform: Free blogging platforms include Blogger.com, Wordpress.com and TypePad.com. Most pro bloggers opt for Wordpress.org (as opposed wordpress.com), which necessitates paid-for hosting but allows much greater options for customisation. Don't forget to pick a domain name that is catchy and search-engine friendly.
• Have more than one site: Alongside their flagship blog, serious bloggers usually have a number of 'static' sites, which need few updates and are designed to rank highly in search engines and bring in more advertising opportunities.
• Do your research and make contacts: If you want to get serious, then get online and get reading. Get to know your fellow bloggers on online forums or networking sites such as Twitter. Share links, cross-promote, comment on other sites and you'll soon see your traffic rise. A good place to get in touch with others is Travel Blog Exchange, which also has a sub-forum for those looking to make a business out of blogging.
• Look beyond Adsense: The advertising revenue from Google Adsense alone can be depressing: so much work and just a couple of quid to show for it. Many bloggers instead aim for a mix of adverts and affiliates (putting adverts on your site for free and getting a percentage of any sales that come through it). Many also sell their own products, such as self-published eBooks in their specialist field. NB: be sure not to over-pack your site with ads or it will put your readers off and jeopardise your independence. Similarly, you should be transparent about sponsorship and deals.
Recommended blogsnomadicmatt.com: Useful advice on budget round-the-world travel has brought Matt Kepnes lots of traffic and advertisers.
europealacarte.co.uk: Karen Bryan quit her day job last year to manage this popular European travel blog, which she started in 2006.
indietravelpodcast.com: Kiwi couple Craig and Linda Martin provide a good example of bloggers who have tapped into trends of multimedia blogging and social networking.
travel-rants.com: Darren Cronian found a successful niche by moving away from the glamourous side of travel and into consumer issues.
croatiatraveller.com: Run by ex-Lonely Planet writer Jeanne Oliver, this is not the most attractive of sites, but it's a money-maker based on the volume of need-to-know information.
• Vicky Baker is the author of Going local travel, a blog for travellers looking to break off track
• Pick the right platform: Free blogging platforms include Blogger.com, Wordpress.com and TypePad.com. Most pro bloggers opt for Wordpress.org (as opposed wordpress.com), which necessitates paid-for hosting but allows much greater options for customisation. Don't forget to pick a domain name that is catchy and search-engine friendly.
• Have more than one site: Alongside their flagship blog, serious bloggers usually have a number of 'static' sites, which need few updates and are designed to rank highly in search engines and bring in more advertising opportunities.
• Do your research and make contacts: If you want to get serious, then get online and get reading. Get to know your fellow bloggers on online forums or networking sites such as Twitter. Share links, cross-promote, comment on other sites and you'll soon see your traffic rise. A good place to get in touch with others is Travel Blog Exchange, which also has a sub-forum for those looking to make a business out of blogging.
• Look beyond Adsense: The advertising revenue from Google Adsense alone can be depressing: so much work and just a couple of quid to show for it. Many bloggers instead aim for a mix of adverts and affiliates (putting adverts on your site for free and getting a percentage of any sales that come through it). Many also sell their own products, such as self-published eBooks in their specialist field. NB: be sure not to over-pack your site with ads or it will put your readers off and jeopardise your independence. Similarly, you should be transparent about sponsorship and deals.
Recommended blogsnomadicmatt.com: Useful advice on budget round-the-world travel has brought Matt Kepnes lots of traffic and advertisers.
europealacarte.co.uk: Karen Bryan quit her day job last year to manage this popular European travel blog, which she started in 2006.
indietravelpodcast.com: Kiwi couple Craig and Linda Martin provide a good example of bloggers who have tapped into trends of multimedia blogging and social networking.
travel-rants.com: Darren Cronian found a successful niche by moving away from the glamourous side of travel and into consumer issues.
croatiatraveller.com: Run by ex-Lonely Planet writer Jeanne Oliver, this is not the most attractive of sites, but it's a money-maker based on the volume of need-to-know information.
• Vicky Baker is the author of Going local travel, a blog for travellers looking to break off track
source: guardian
With confidence, you have won before you have started
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One father is worth more than a hundred schoolmasters." English proverb
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Pope John Paul II
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. Pope John Paul II
Lance Armstrong: “Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and...
Surround yourself with people most like the person you want to become. Stay away from anyone who can or will bring you down."Tom Hopkins
“Fighting for Peace is like Fucking for Virginity.”~Political Button
"Once you start building a more positive attitude, life will throw some incredible opportunities your way!" - Jeff Keller
"It is in the 30s that we want friends. In the 40s we know they won't save us any more than love did." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Moorea Island in the Pacific Ocean
With confidence, you have won before you have started." ~ Marcus Garvey
Hike to Angel’s Landing, Zion National Park , Utah
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"Bombs are unbelievable until they actually fall. " - Patrick White
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Spend some TIME ALONE... every day." ~Dalai Lama
25 people with face value, who have impacted lives, brought glory to the nation, changed polity and entertained millions
By Shobhaa De
People change. Values don’t. ‘Value’ is such a loaded five-letter word. Difficult to define, difficult to compute. Yet, this much we do know—certain ‘values’ are universal… eternal. Those are the ones that cut across cultures and centuries and cannot be challenged—truth, loyalty, goodness and honour. When it comes to compiling a list of India’s Most Valuable, it is virtually impossible to draw it up in an all-inclusive fashion.
It is all about branding. Isn’t everything these days? Companies are brands, products are brands, and shockingly enough, even people are brands. Perfectly sensible marketing professionals speak earnestly about Ratan Tata’s personal brand equity and I wonder if that makes him squirm… or is he realistic enough to see it from a business leader’s perspective: personal brand equity = value addition to the company’s stock. True enough in his case. Just like one cannot separate Bill Gates from Microsoft, Ratan is Tata. And Tata is him.
It wasn’t always this way in India. Ratan is in a unique position given the Tata legacy. But there are countless other self-styled tycoons who believe business credibility is but a click away. Such ‘personalities’ walk around flaunting price tags, labels… brazenly boasting about their net worth… buying their way into and out of situations.
Even a decade ago, such crass conduct would have been frowned upon, even despised. But in today’s far more upfront age of aggressive self-promotion, if a famous person does not cash in on individual equity, he/she is considered dumb. Media, of course, has played a key role in promoting personality cults.
In this context, those making the short list for the country’s most valuable people are the ones with the highest profile. People who have impacted one billion lives directly or indirectly during the past one year. The same people watched by an awestruck nation giving nightly gyaan on television channels, those whose mug shots peddle products ranging from cameras to condoms, those who bring glory to India in the sports arena and, most significantly, those who influence policy, those who entertain the masses via music, cinema and TV.
So as long as the average Indian can put a face to the name, the fame game is on. Often, the actual achievements of the person being enthusiastically applauded by the masses are unknown even to those fans clapping away. But that’s a matter of detail. Nobody minds. We love our icons. We worship our heroes. We adore success.
It has often been said that the biggest marketing guru India produced remains Mahatma Gandhi. The man and his message are both alive and well a little more than six decades on. Gandhi gave Indians their spine back. His ‘product’ was Independence. His ‘byproduct’—self-respect. We have been patiently waiting for a new mahatma to rescue us in the 21st century. We may have to wait much longer. But, why despair? There are several ‘amazing minds’ in our midst, who influence our lives on a daily basis. These are towering individuals, well, most of them. For better or worse, we need to identify and acknowledge their contribution in their chosen disciplines. The editors at THE WEEK have done a comprehensive job of putting the list together.
Kapil Sibal, who will be shaping the minds of Young India by placing education right at the top of India’s priorities, and M.S. Swaminathan, who will ensure no Indian goes hungry if he can help it, are the two most important individuals on the list. A nation that accepts the existence of even one hungry stomach in a population of over a billion is a nation that must hang its head in shame.
India cannot afford to boast about a single other achievement so long as there are starvation deaths. For every child who dies of malnutrition, there is collective responsibility involved. Since education cannot be forced down a gullet that is denied access to even clean drinking water, forget edible food, perhaps it is time to link the two most critical programmes of feeding and educating the masses in a more meaningful way. Everything else will fall into place, as it has in other countries that made both a top priority before launching space programmes, putting men on the moon or going nuclear.
Rahul Gandhi’s immense appeal to the youth can be better harnessed if he frees himself from dynasty and strikes out on his own. Rahul represents Tolerant India—forward-thinking and progressive. Growth-driven and ambitious. His secular stand has won him the hearts of the nation. Rahul could very well emerge as the people’s politician.
So long as we remain passive bystanders and tolerate those fanning communal strife, so long as we silently endorse the merchants of terror, we cannot dream of real progress—the sort that isn’t measured by the GDP or Sensex swings. Perhaps, the BJP has woken up to the country’s real compulsions, which extend well beyond mandir-masjid politics.
Market marshals talk about more transparency. SBI Chairman O.P. Bhatt and super brains like Anil Kakodkar, along with SEBI Chairman C. Bhave, control India’s financial destiny and positioning in the complex, volatile world of finance. Never mind that Pranab Mukherjee’s uninspiring Budget speech didn’t bring cheer to the aam aadmi, India is still far better off than several developed countries reeling from the economic meltdown.
We need sharp strategists to manage our domestic economy during this tricky phase, and we are lucky to have them. But somewhere in this complicated numbers game, we cannot afford to neglect the two issues that directly affect each and every Indian—national security and terrorism.
This is where Manmohan Singh’s vision and leadership could propel India into a more secure zone. Unfortunately, so far, his contribution has been either too subtle or too sage for it to make the required difference.
The most recent Balochistan blunder has focused the nation’s attention on how ineptly and unconvincingly his appointee S.M. Krishna undertook the crucial damage control exercise… much to the horror and embarrassment of the watching world. He fell flat on his face… he is still there.
We like to believe Indians have made a fantastic breakthrough in international cinema, thanks to the publicity generated by Slumdog Millionaire, which is not an Indian film to begin with. But what it has done is gift A.R. Rahman’s genius to the world.
This modest musician has waited a long time for universal recognition. It is now his—Rahman is in a league of his own with no real competition, either here or overseas. He is a genuine, gilt-edged ‘valuable’—self-made and supreme.
Our sports stars largely remain indigenous phenomena, loved by a cricket-mad nation…. And furiously commercialised by their keepers. They are indeed valuable, but it is high time we looked beyond Brand Sachin or Brand Dhoni (a little tarnished at present), and recognised the contribution of those incredible, small town boys from underprivileged, rural homes who have made the country proud on innumerable international occasions.
Leander Paes, dubbed a ‘Tennis Statesman’, needs to be acknowledged for his grit and endurance. Right now, however, sports lovers are looking keenly at a new star on the horizon—Saina Nehwal, ranked number 6 in the world. This plucky 19-year-old (who recently battled chickenpox), has single-handedly revived badminton in India, and is expected to do well at the upcoming BWF World Championship.
The time has definitely come to honour our ‘Most Valuable’ citizens—those anonymous jawans who risk their lives for us, guard our borders, defend us fiercely, and remain the most undervalued citizens of the country. Our grateful salaams to our armed forces as we salute India’s unsung heroes on this important day.
source: the week
Friday, August 10, 2012
News Headlines from print
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T folks send Danam Nagender packing (Express)
Best honchos to head ASI, says PM (Express)
Viru calls Bangla an ordinary side (Express)
Haiti quake toll touches 2 lakh (DC)
Delhi HC brings CJI under RTI (Express)
Sheik Hasina awarded Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (Express)
Greg, Chris part ways (DC)
No sex is Martin's secret to success (DC)
Gowda's venom wings BSY sympathy (TOI)
Hockey India threatens to crack the whip (TOI)
Stalker drives girl to suicide (Express)
Clijsters pips Henin in thriller (DC)
Molester Rathore stripped of medals (DC)
Potter is entertainer of decade (DC)
Tharoor snubbed again for another tweet nothing (Express)
Pune girl scales Antarctica peak (DC)
China flags off fastest rail link (DC)
Glucose hastens ageing, finds study (DC)
Vitamin C slows down ageing (DC)
TV channel says Tiwari in sex scandal (DC)
Centre toys with the idea of second SRC (Express)
Nagam thrased on OU campus (Express)
Cash crunch takes World Space off air (DC)
Schumi eyes driver's title on return (DC)
Sex tape: Centre dumps Tiwari (TOI)
China launches World's fastest train @350 km/hr (TOI)
NREGS comes to jobless engineer's rescue (Express)
China Internet rehab camp shut amid arrests over death (Express)
India outwitted at Copenhagen, alleges Jaitley (Express)
Messi on top of the world after winning FIFA award (Express)
Beijing controls Internet with white list (DC)
India can propel world to end child hunger (DC)
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Naidu flip-flop on T once again (DC)
Woods pays the price of celebrity (DC)
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Chinese babus asked to dump mistresses (TOI)
Union Home Minister draws flak (Hindu)
GJM: We are not piggybacking on Telangana (Hindu)
Naidu trying to scuttle Telangana formation (Hindu)
Discard the cloack, Tiger (Hindu)
Pillai beats hasty retreat on Hyderabad statement (Hindu)
Factory output surges by 10.3% in October (Hindu)
EU pledges $ 10 billion to climate battle (Hindu)
Men in Blue face a test of character (Hindu)
Indians are ancestors of East Asians (DC)
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SCR launches India's first in-train magazine (Express)
BBC says sorry for Boycott rant (DC)
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MPs make a mockery of Q Hour (TOI)
Economy betters India's best hopes (TOI)
Land scam: Probe nails Army officers (TOI)
India's forest cover rises (TOI)
Medical staff cause 20% of HIV infections in Africa: Study (TOI)
Twitter' voted top English word (TOI)
Jackson's 'Thriller' voted the greatest video ever (TOI)
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Hurriyat leader shot, critical (Hindu)
Mammoth score by India (Hindu)
40 killed in Rawalpindi (Hindu)
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Dhoni's men clinch India's 100th Test win (DC)
Nations told it is now or never (DC)
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Working parents feel 11 years older (DC)
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FDI flow spurts by 56% (DC)
Pakistan indicts Lakhvi, six others (Hindu)
Dravid crosses border (Hindu)
Fantastic Federer seals No.1 spot (Hindu)
Tiger in a hole: Tale gets grubbier (TOI)
Child labour: Figures belie tall claims (TOI)
Print media in bullish mode (TOI)
Kaiga: NPCL ignored warnings on sabotage (TOI)
Bolt's jolt to Kalmadi (TOI)
Obama blows war bugle (Express)
Prez asks media to play fair (DC)
Stung by T-wrath, KCR resumes hunger strike (DC)
Newspaper sales highest in India (DC)
Kaiga just tip of iceberg, says expert (DC)
Loneliness spreads like common cold (DC)
Magical Messi Europe's best (DC)
India claims 100th Test win (Hindu)
IAEA votes to censure Iran (Hindu)
Diplomats want India to cut red tape (Hindu)
US stocks stumble (Hindu)
Dubai debt tanks world stocks (Hindu)
Century of test wins (Express)
It costs Rs 31 crore to keep Kasab alive (TOI)
Pilgrim centres turning into sex hotspots: study (TOI)
Wall sets up well (TOI)
Techie 'pushes' girlfriend to death (TOI)
CLP leaves ball in Sonia's court (TOI)
Liquor sale takes a hit as 'bhakti' takes over (TOI)
IAEA vote: India nukes Iran N-dreams again (TOI)
Online lotteries: SC cracks the whip (TOI)
After Chinese googly on cliamte, India too goes for carbon cuts (TOI)
India cross 100th milestone (TOI)
Waist fat causes dementia (DC)
Gold scales Rs 18,000 peak on weak dollar (DC)
Dravid builds 'wall' too high for Lanka (DC)
Satyam scam worth Rs 14,000 cr (DC)
Anil Ambani tops CEOs pay list (DC)
Gambhir is third Indian to hit four successive 100s (DC)
When it comes to pay, Ambanis rule (DC)
More teeth to stop poaching (Express)
Maoists gun down Congress leader (TOI)
Attack on UN in Kabul kills 11 (TOI)
Germany's Merket kicks off 2nd term (TOI)
Dhoni blows Oz away (TOI)
Shepherd dies of cancer (TOI)
Agassi admits to using drugs (Hindu)
NASA launches world's tallest rocket (Hindu)
Kalyanamasthu' takes off to a splendid start (Hindu)
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Another cook book honcho arrested (Express)
India third largest economy by 2050 (Express)
BCCI may lift ban on Cong's new mascot Azharuddin (TOI)
Hackers upload nude pics on Assam Varsity site (TOI)
Cheap dollars stoke boom in India, Asia (TOI)
Pankaj powers on, Geet on song (DC)
One's own cells can heal heart disease (DC)
Mahela doubles India's misery (DC)
Poor topper returns to tailoring (DC)
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Women with bigger breats are smarter (DC)
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Bold will work, boring will not (DC)
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Azmi gets a slap for failing Marathi test (DC)
State teachers fumble on English (DC)
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Centre to get PSU steroid (DC)
11% cap on CEO salary removed (DC)
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Nany rents out baby to beggers (DC)
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Want to live long? Drink tea (DC)
Comics good for Vocab (DC)
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Radhakrishnan takes over as ISRO chief (Express)
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Face can reveal character (DC)
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Bad moods are good! (DC)
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Centre taps PSUs to fund its schemes (Express)
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PM rebuffs China protests on Dalai (DC)
Gene therapy has blindness cure (DC)
Rural demamd boosts bike segment growht (DC)
Burglars get brazen (DC)
Justice Dinakaran evades stamp duty, violates CMDA norms (Express)
Arundhati bags 10 Nandis (Express)
Realtor done to death (Express)
Our education policy is hostile to sports (Express)
India, China sign MOA on climate change (Hindu)
26/11: Pakistan judge, counsel at loggerheads (Hindu)
Weak global cues drag Sensex down (Hindu)
Economy weathers financial turbulence (Hindu)
Trains collide: 22 dead (TOI)
IT-driven AP to be role model (TOI)
Only 27% applicants get info under RTI: Study (TOI)
By '10, India will have most no. of diabetics (TOI)
Hero Honda in fast lane, net profit zooms 95% in Q2 (TOI)
PM's advisory panel pegs growth at 6.75% (TOI)
Train driver's lapse kills 22, injures 23 (DC)
Lax GHMC aiding spread of dengue (DC)
Scam hits another ISB top gun (DC)
Crisis looms over Gadwal saris (DC)
Banks have nothing to bank on yet (DC)
Jankovic smiles into record book (DC)
Learn from 11/9: the day Berlin wall fell (DC)
Taylor heroics throw out Delhi, RCB end sojourn (DC)
Chinese fuss over Agni-V baffles India (TOI)
Diwali shopping hits the roof, retailers cheer up (TOI)
US aid: A saga of carrots, no sticks (DC)
Fighitng in Afghanistan won't win the war (DC)
Argentina sneak into worlds (DC)
Diego takes a dig at critics (DC)
China sees red at India's Agni path (DC)
Explosive Pollard blows New South Wales to bits (DC)
More Berlusconi photos with nude girls surface (DC)
3 meals per day saves us from fungi (DC)
Flood victims stone Rosiah's convoy (DC)
Coleen snubs 1 million pound baby photo deal (DC)
CWG president snubs Kalmadi (DC)
Sydney most unsafe (DC)
Mantris clueless about Bt brinjal (TOI)
Only two in five abortions in Inida are safe: Report (TOI)
Why do people hate you? 9 yr-old to Obama! (TOI)
Pollard pummels NSW (TOI)
A historic accord will open sealed borders (DC)
A reliable Afghan partner is need of hour (DC)
Rosaiah ropes in smart babus (DC)
Web slashes a mistake: Inventor (DC)
Ramakrishnan is truly a noble Nobel laureate (Express)
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize (Express)
Harmison's lack of fire in his belly cost him (Express)
Now or never for Argentina (Express)
Lovelorn youth stabs himself (DC)
Congress leaders' grip is loosening over party (DC)
UK boy compared to Einstein for IQ (DC)
Looking back, struggle was bliss (DC)
AP heading for food crisis (TOI)
Yes, he can! Peace Nobel for Obama (TOI)
Will on video good: Delhi HC (TOI)
Obama gets hope Nobel (DC)
15% of city mentally ill (DC)
A prize for giving hope to the world (DC)
Scepticism greets Obama Nobel (DC)
Bad PR leaves Chiru party in state of mess (DC)
Think you are in a wrong job? Try e-networking (ET)
US President bags Peace Nobel (ET)
Creating Waves, Google Style (ET)
It is faith that ultimately matters (ET)
Time is enemy, says CGF chief (DC)
Nobel Peace Prize for Barack Obama (Hindu)
Venkatraman wins Nobel (DC)
Hillary Mantel wins Booker (DC)
Our three bombs: Nuclear, debt, climate (NYT)
CM shunts out YSR's babus (DC)
Self-help books are Aniston's refuge (DC)
CM for linking AP rivers (DC)
Indian varsities not in top 100 (DC)
United is almost there Sportstar
Jankovic's beauty lies in her willingness to struggle Sportstar
Looking to the future with hope Sportstar
Sincere efforts win hearts, fetch votes (DC)
Is Rio's victory a slap for Obama? (DC)
Beckinsale voted most sexiest (DC)
Sex for success, says coach Kirsten (DC)
Messi puts Barca on top (DC)
We have H-bomb, says NSA (Express)
United pip city in seven-goal thriller (Express)
F1 credibility pushed to brink (Express)
Centre unleashes ad war against Maoists (Hindu)
Somdev puts India back among the elite (Hindu)
Congress tells Tharoor to respect "cattle class" (Express)
Biggest emittr of greenhouse gases, China, to take lead on climate change (Express)
Japan drub India (Express)
Infosys logs on to luxury with world's largest training centre :Business Standard
Can Amazon be Wal-Mart of the web? :Business Standard
India beats US in Google search :Business Standard
Cops in scribes' garb nab Naxal (DC)
Manna Dey gets Phalke award (DC)
Red China is 60 (DC)
In American politics, there is no 'we' today (DC)
Fine line between madness, genius (DC)
An orgasm a day keeps illness away (DC)
Oz nudge India out (DC)
LeT baying for more blood after 26/11 (Express)
Air India pilots ground strike (Express)
India bundle out Windies for paltry 129 (Express)
25 million more children will go hungry by 2050 (Hindu)
India has become a beacon of hope to developing world, says El Baradei (Hindu)
Gram Nyayalayas Act to take effect on October 2 (Hindu)
Pakistan probe confirms LeT hand in 26/11: NYT (Hindu)
Make rooftop rain water harvesting compulsory, State urged (Hindu)
Veteran singer Manna Dey to receive Phalke award (Hindu)
Dangers of complacency (Hindu)
Now is our time (Hindu)
China @ 60 leaves India red faced (Express)
Jagan is aspiring for too much (Express)
Incredibly irresponsible (Express)
NREGA to be named after Gandhi (DC)
IAF seeks nod to fire at Maoists (DC)
Constables rape Vizag girl (DC)
Time names Mike Pandey green hero (DC)
Timely hits rescue Shahid every time (DC)
Free market brings its own censorship (DC)
Brazil bid gains tempo as Rio writes off Obama jig (DC)
Life thrown out of gear as flood menace rages on (Hindu)
Worst flood in 100 years; Kurnool devastated (Hindu)
Obama loses, Rio to host 2016 Olympics (TOI)
Let's work on Gandhiji's b'day: Tharoor (TOI)
Neither Bhai Bhai Nor Bye Bye (TOI)
Scanty rainfall to impact GDP (TOI)
GE bets big on India, to double revenues (TOI)
India owes $ 82.5 bn to foreigners (TOI)
Perform or perish, Sonia tells new ministers (TOI)
Messi steals show, Ron flops (TOI)
5-year-old survives plane crash (DC)
Jayasuriya defies age, eyes next World Cup (DC)
Now-or-never for Ronnie (Express)
Parents die as stalker attacks girl with knife (DC)
Tharoor Twitter angers party (DC)
Tirupati laddu gets GI tag (DC)
Handset makers jump on to social networking bandwagon :Business Standard
Europe dims Edison's legendary bulb forever :Business Standard
Rahul's Kalawati to contest Maha polls (Express)
T Venkatram Reddy elected INS president (Express)
AP students to have 20% quota in Nalsar (Express)
Mantris run with the hare, hunt with the hound (Express)
Jagan says ready to take up mantle (DC)
Rahul in UP leaves Maya fuming (DC)
Water found on moon (DC)
DC dhairman is INS chief (DC)
Elections and the miracle of German dullness (NYT)
BJP obituary writers must look at Gujarat (DC)
Isro, at last, has much to rejoice (DC)
Gaddafi pours heart out, UN hall empties (DC)
Fat top cancer trigger (DC)
Americans don't want to fight Afghan war (NYT)
Crack the whip, take the bankers head on (NYT)
On China, talk softly, but carry a big stick (DC)
Woman survivers by sucking hair (DC)
Blood tests to find intestinal cancer (DC)
Age is no barrier for pregnancy (DC)
Obama's team has nine persons of Indian origin (DC)
Rub-on cream cures erectile dysfunction (DC)
India's first grid-linked solar project launched (DC)
Oldest human was 4.4m yrs old (DC)
Scientists discover fountain of youth (DC)
Film piracy costs Rs 4,000 cr (DC)
Merkel wins 2nd term to lead Germany (DC)
Thrift is essential for survival of society (Express)
HC halts Maya's statue spree (DC)
Improve schools if India is to rise (DC)
Biggest ever search on for CM (TOI)
Pak dilly dallies on Saeed arrest (TOI)
More throw hat in ring for CM's post (DC)
Women with skinny thighs have a higher risk of heart disease (Express)
Wheel turns full circle for Maytas Infra (Hindu)
TDP will be wound up;YSR (Hindu)
Now go for the real thing (Hindu)
The judges' assets imbroglio (Hindu)
Thirty-four months with no income (Hindu)
20-year jail term for Sri Lankan journalist (Hindu)
Pranab evicts our phoren mantris from five-star hotels (Express)
Supreme Court raps Maya Govt (Express)
Lisa Ray diagnosed with rare form of cancer (DC)
Stress, isolation lead to suicide (DC)
GOP reducing US to a one-party democracy (NYT)
Will Afghan war be Obama's Vietnam? (DC)
AP mourns its favourite son (DC)
SMS helped locate wreckage (DC)
A people's man who delivered (DC)
YSR: A honest man who loved his people (DC)
BEML delivers first standard gauge coaches for Delhi Metro (Hindu)
Chandrayaan was a success: Mike Fincke (Hindu)
SBI official sexually abuses women in bank (Express)
School canes kids to extort hiked fee (TOI)
Maoist movement still strong in AP (TOI)
Maya playing hide and seek with SC (TOI)
Road mishaps kill most youth globally (TOI)
Lifer for 'corrupt' Taiwan ex-Prez (TOI)
Spicy' peck lands Nepal PM in controversy (TOI)
Catch the big fish, PM tells CBI (Express)
Galla Foods makes farmers' life meaningful (Express)
Legislating against hunger (Hindu)
Go for the big fish: Manmohan (Hindu)
Jaswant continues tirade against BJP (Hindu)
Yashwant fires salvo, puts Advani in dock (DC)
Centre game for midnight masala (DC)
Chandrayaan-I dead in space (DC)
BJP needs new formula, big idea (DC)
Isro's Chandrayaan ends abruptly (Express)
Successful failure (Express)
An aspirin a day can bleed stomach away (DC)
Our courts back freedom of speech (DC)
Japan's opposition wins (DC)
Fisichella brings hoe Force India's first points (Hindu)
YSR keeps word on retirement at 60 (TOI)
Death of a talented leader (Hindu)
The Congressman with a mass following and appeal (Hindu)
Andhra Pradesh became a role model for governance, says Manmohan (Hindu)
Industry grieves death of YSR (Hindu)
YSR missing (Express)
BJP crying over spilled milk (Express)
Massive search for missing CM (DC)
Libya: West smells oil, forgets human rights Spectator
Swiss snub India for account hunt (DC)
NGRI sets up climate change centre in city (DC)
Big belly may shrink brain (DC)
England reduce Aussies to ashes (DC)
It's good to lear more languages (DC)
Political leadership has lost moral dimension (DC)
Therapy has saved my life:Danielle (DC)
Lanco Infra faked insurance papers (DC)
Shourie slams BJP, says it's kati patang (DC)
Passport offices sit on applications (DC)
Laughter spurs asthma (DC)
SMS inFrance can be used as adultery proof (DC)
Defeat hurts deep: Lillee (DC)
Teen porn traps naïve tweens (DC)
Hrithik's dedication impresses Bhansali (DC)
PM: Go after big fish (DC)
China is largest exporter (DC)
More the marrier: 1 man, 14 wives (TOI)
BJP's cup of woe brims over; Khanduri too rises in revolt (TOI)
Jaswant bouncer: Calls BJP India's Ku Klux Klan! (TOI)
Corruption has to be fought at all levels:PM (TOI)
Indian women puff their way to third on smoking list (TOI)
Low JEE cut-offs dog IITs (TOI)
US schools ban 'sexting' (TOI)
No Google-killer but a worthy foe (Express)
YSR dies in crash (Express)
Reddy loyalists pitch for his son as successor (Express)
A doctor who understood the people's pulse (Express)
Separated for years? Dissolve the marriage says SC (Express)
YSR's ill-advised last journey (Express)
YouTube in talks with studios about movie rentals (Express)
Iran gets first woman minister (Express)
Walk the talk, India tells WTO members (Express)
The decline, fall and demise of Big Brother (Hindu)
Divorce can be granted even if consent is withdrawn (Hindu)
BP levels higher in girls than boys (Hindu)
SRI paddy crops infuse hope and cheer to Andhra Pradesh farmers (Hindu)
Prez guards get life term for rape (DC)
Bhuvan set to mas Asia (DC)
A mixed bag of results for parties (Express)
TRS defuses crisis (Express)
Legal to be gay:HC (DC)
MP tenders apology on slapgate (DC)
Hawking flattered by poll on book (DC)
Dhoni blitz seals win for Team India (DC)
Federer faces A-Rod hurdlef ro 15th title (DC)
History beckons Federer (Express)
Mumbai's head dabbawala delivers knowledge pack for young ladies (Express)
Focus on netting big fish, YSR tells ACB (Express)
Salman Khurshid against quota in private sector (Express)
Maoists extort Rs 300 crore annually in Chhattisgarh (Express)
Twitter becomes Nobel nominee (DC)
Soon a pill will arrest ageing (DC)
Nooyi among top 13 women CEOs (DC)
Sibal for medical, law IITs (DC)
Party stick for MP who beat banker (DC)
Liberhan: Delay makes it useless (DC)
Madoff sentenced to 150 years in prison (DC)
US needs innovations of lasting value (NYT)
Fake notes fund terror (DC)
Foreigners have limited rights:HC (DC)
City unit performs FP on unmarried men (DC)
Saudi royals gave aid to Qaeda:NYT (DC)
KCR's contrition cuts little ice (Express)
Pak are the new kigs of Twenty20 (DC)
Chamundi's can of worms now exposed (DC)
CBI fettered by norm to seek prior permission:CJI (Express)
Singh has changed lives:Time (DC)
PM sings old tune on talks with Pak (Express)
India powers into n-sub club (DC)
Unruly 'Men in Black' get a khaki treat (Express)
Kalam frisked: Heat on airline (DC)
SC bats for English education (DC)
CAG finds 'holes' in Army golf courses (TOI)
State lets ex-MP Narendra off hook (DC)
Vlog, webisode, flash mob: new English words (Hindu)
For IT companies, it pays to be on networking sites :Business Standard
Azad shocker: 'Producing kids an entertainment' (Express)
SRK detained for being Khan (DC)
Name's Khan: SRK grilled at US airport (TOI)
Navy chief: We can't match the Chinese (DC)
Child suicides on the rise (DC)
YSR's death puts question mark over AP's growth :Business Standard
Kids get right to study (DC)
Right to free education bill approved (TOI)
Port-au-Prince pulverised (Express)
PMO apoliges for ad fiasco (Hindu)
Saffron youth roar for T swaraj (Express)
TV editors arrested for botched report on YSR (DC)
current affairs plus General Knowledge
Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik
A R Rahman & Nandan Nilekani
Oscar winning Indian music director A R Rahman of Slumdog Millionaire fame, his Sri Lankan co-performer MIA of the hit 'O Saya' song A R Rahman (L) and Nandan Nilekani and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani have made it to the Time 100 list of the World's Most Influential People.
The new list to be published in the May 11 annual Time 100 issue is the pick of the magazine's editors and may not be confused with the popular choice in TIME.com's online poll.
What is the debt of Andhra Pradesh as on March 2009?
Rs 1.27 lakh crore
2009 Fortune 500: Who’s No. 1
Exxon Mobil
Special courts to try 2002 Gujarat riots (reuters)
The Supreme Court ordered on Friday the setting up of six special courts to speed up trials related to one of the country's worst religious riots seven years ago, court officials said.
The "fast-track" courts will hold daily hearings in the trials which have slowed amid complaints of witness intimidation in lower courts in Gujarat, where some 2,500 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in the 2002 riots.
India After Gandhi book by Ramachandra Guha
India, world's number one buyer of gold!
China produced 280.5 tons of gold in 2007, making it the world's number one producer of the precious metal.
Expand TARP
Troubled Asset Relief Program
Adiseshiah award for Chandrasekhar
The Dr. Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for the year 2009 will be presented to Dr. C.P. Chandrasekhar, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
The award is presented to an outstanding social scientist for his or her contribution in economics and development studies and carries a citation and Rs.2 lakh.
Swine flu roots traced to Spanish flu (cbc)
Swine Flu:-
Swine influenza (also called swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu) refers to influenza caused by those strains of influenza virus that usually infect pigs and are called swine influenza virus (SIV).
South Korean experts claim to have cloned glowing dogs
With the implementation of cloning techniques, a team of scientists in South Korea have engineered four beagles that allegedly glow in reddish hues.'' The same techniques, they propose, could aid in the development of cures for human diseases.'' Though they glow red in the presence of ultraviolet light, the dogs''' nails and abdomens appear red even to the naked eye because of their thin skins.'' Lee Byeong-chun, a professor at Seoul National University and head of the research team, termed them the world'''s first transgenic dogs carrying fluorescent genes, an accomplishment that exceeds the uniqueness of actually glowing.'' In a statement to the Associated Press.
1. Alphabetically, which is the last of the seven Emirates in the United Arab Emirates when written in English?
Umm al-Quwain
2. If Dolly was the first cloned sheep, Injaz is the first cloned…?
Camel
3. Which rodent is also called a woodchuck or land beaver?
Groundhog
4. Ambulophobia is the fear of which normal activity?
Walking
5. Which popular candy, a hit with kids, was/is named after a racehorse?
Lollipop
6. The fruit of which funnily-shaped tree is called ‘monkey bread’?
Baobab
7. What ‘first’ did English cricketer Claire Taylor achieve recently?
She became the first woman to be chosen a ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’
8. According to the nursery rhyme, whose garden grows thus: “…With silver bells and cockle shells/And pretty maids all in a row.”
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
9. On a standard computer keyboard, which number would be pressed with shift to produce the ‘hash’ sign (#)?
Three
10. Which famous sporting event traditionally finishes at the Champs Elysee in Paris?
Tour de France
11. If it is Sansad for India, for which European country is it ‘Cortes Generales’?
Spain
12. If one does a work ‘gratis’, how much is he/she paid?
Nothing!
13. Which EPL was founded as Dial Square in 1886 by workers in Woolwich?
Arsenal
14. Which common flower is considered the symbol of secrecy?
Rose
15. According to the Mayans, both good and bad fortune was tied to a planet’s orbit. Name the planet.
Venus
INCIDENT IN AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is garlanded at an election rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday. (Right) An engineering student identified as Hitesh Chauhan, who threw a shoe at Dr. Singh, being overpowered by a security personnel. The shoe landed in the security zone near the dais. He was pardoned by the Prime Minister.
Shoe hurled at Prime Minister in Ahmedabad (Hindu)
'First camel clone' born in Dubai
Scientists in Dubai say they have created the world's first cloned camel.
Injaz, a female one-humped camel, was born on 8 April, after more than five years of work, United Arab Emirates newspapers reported.
Scientists say DNA taken from a cell in the ovary of an adult camel was put into an egg from a surrogate mother.
Injaz, which means "achievement" in Arabic, was born after an "uncomplicated" 378-day gestation period, reports said.
BJP candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi with his mother Meneka Gandhi at a public meeting at Nawabganj in Bareilly, before filing his nomination papers
'Slumdog' star Rubina up for sale, father asks for 200,000 pounds
Slumdog Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali's father plans to get rid of poverty and become a millionaire by selling his nine-year-old daughter, a British news website reported after conducting a sting operation. Newsoftheworld.co.uk reports
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei reacts during an IAEA conference in Beijing, China, Monday, April 20, 2009.
In a surprising gesture of white knighthood, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to the aid of Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist detained in a Tehran prison on spying charges. Known more for being a regular sparring partner with the United States, Ahmadinejad made a rare intervention into Saberi's case on Sunday by declaring that she should have the legal right to defend herself.
PRECISE MISSION: The PSLV-C12 blasts off with RISAT-2 and Anusat on board from Sriharikota on Monday Apr 21,2009
n a flawless mission, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C12) on Monday put in orbit Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-2), a surveillance satellite, which could keep a watch on the country’s borders.
This is the first time the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is putting in orbit a RISAT in the micro-wave band. It can take images of the earth day and night, see through clouds and identify objects on the ground.
The 300-kg RISAT-2 has been procured from Israel. Anusat, built by Anna University, Chennai, was also put in orbit by the PSLV-C12.
It is an experimental communication satellite meant for storing and relaying information.
FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
The Other Half (The Hindu) – Kalpana Sharma
Firaaq is an Urdu word which means both separation dn quest
Which is the fastest bird? Peregrine Falcon
Vijaya Mallya buys Mahatma Gandhi’s five items for $ 1.8 million in the auction.
A Student at a medical college in Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, was beaten so brutally by his seniors in the name of ragging that he succumbed to his injuries.
AR Rahman has been dubbed "the Mozart of Madras"
The audacity of Hope – Barack Obama
Imagining India – Nandan Nilekani
Gone with the Wind book written by Margaret Mitchel
Retired judge of the Supreme Court BN Srikrishna probed the Madras High Court violence
First model E-court launched: The first model e-court in the country was launched in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on February 8, 2009.
India ranks 94th in the Global Hunger Index of 119 countries. The report was brought out by the United Nations World Food programme
Richard Holbrooke, US special envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Which prime minister was elected 10 times consecutively to the Lok Sabha? AB Vajpayee
ANI Asian News International
ISNA news agency – Iran
TERI : The Energy and Resources Institute
There are 109 listed backward classes in Andhra Pradesh
Anurag Kashyap’s Dev-D is a contemporarised retelling of the Sarat Chandra Chatterjee classic Devdas.
Covert fortnightly chairman and director of publications – MJ Akbar
DNA is a 50:50 joint venture between Essel, the company behind the Zee group, and the Bhaskar Group, the publisher of India’s second most read Hindi daily, Dainik bhaskar
Metro Now a tabloid style afternoon paper that was a joint venture between the Times of India and the Hindustan Times in New Delhi was closed down in 2009
iNews tagline : on your side
Teja telugu weekly editor: Dolendra Prasad
India, the fourth country after US, Russia and France to build a large aircraft carrier
Gandhiji dismissed Katherine Mayo’s Mother India as a ‘drain inspector’s’ report.
India’s first ever Rajdhani Express was launched in 1969 from Howrah to New Delhi
The world’s # 1 celebrity news magazine People is brought in India by Outlook group
First HDTV in India – Sakshi TV
Mahaa TV chief editor, MD : I Venkat Rao
HMTV chief editor & CEO : K Ramachandra Murthy
Promoters of HMTV: Vamana Rao of Kapil Chit Funds
V S Sampath is the next Election Commissioner
The Sunday Indian published from how many languages? 14
Colors TV channel is a joint venture between Viacom and Network 18
Who was the president of Indian National Congress when India attained freedom? JB Kripalani
French writer Marie Gustav Le Clezio was awarded the Nobel Literature Prize.
Finland’s former President Martti Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a long career of peace making around the world from Namibia to Kosovo
US Economis Paul Krugman was awarded the Nobel Economics Prize for his trade analysis theory
Aravind Adiga, the Chennai-born author wins 50,000 pound Man Boker Prize for his debut novel The White Tiger
Suvarnabhumi airport is in Thailand
Lord Swaraj Paul becomes the first Asian Deputy Speaker of the British House of Lords
TIME magazine names Barack Obama Person of the Year 2008
quiz (hindu young world)
1. What is the theme of World Health Day 2009?
2. According to WHO, which is the most common chronic disease among children?
3. Which Indian physician is considered the ‘Father of surgery’?
4. OTC drugs may be sold to a customer without a prescription. Expand OTC.
5. In a human body, what can be broadly classified into skeletal, smooth, and cardiac?
6. Which common infectious disease is caused by a one-celled parasite called a ‘plasmodium’?
7. One sees athletes usually eat a banana after a workout to basically replenish an element. Name it.
8. How many glasses of water a day is recommended?
9. Which form of alternative medicine was first expounded by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann in the late 18th century?
10. Which yogic asana’s name translates to ‘posture of the complete body’?
11. Who created the first effective vaccination against smallpox?
12. What in the human body is made up of tarsals, metatarsals and phalanges?
13. Which blood group is called the ‘Universal Donor’?
14. In medicine, which five-lettered word describes the throbbing of the arteries in humans?
15. According to WHO, what cause brought about by unhealthy environment is the largest killer of around two million children under five every year?
Answers
1. ‘Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies’;
2. Asthma;
3. Susrutha;
4. Over The Counter;
5. Muscles;
6. Malaria;
7. Potassium;
8. Eight;
9. Homeopathy;
10. Sarvangasana;
11. Dr. Edward Jenner;
12. Feet;
13. O;
14. Pulse;
15. Acute respiratory infections.
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1. On this date every year, in which European Capital city does a special bell called ‘Patarina’ ring from the Campidoglio to commemorate the founding of the city?
2. What is the new name of the new Formula One team that raced as Honda till last season?
3. Which global event, conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, is held on the last Saturday of March annually?
4. How many O tiles are there in Scrabble?
5. Who is the first female in the present line of succession to the British Throne?
6. Which insect is called ‘daddy longlegs’?
7. In Mary Shelley’s novel, what is the first name of Dr. Frankenstein?
8. In the G20, there are only 19 countries. So who is the 20th member?
9. What ‘manly feature’ did artist Marcel Duchamp add to the Mona Lisa?
10. Which family would one meet on Cemetery Ridge, Cemetery Lane?
11. Which animal, the largest in its Order, has the scientific name Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris?
12. In which musical ‘list’ is ‘Kanakangi’ the first and ‘Rasikapriya’ the last traditionally?
13. According to a recent Microsoft report, nearly 97 per cent of all e-mails sent over the net is spam. What did it identify as making up the majority of all spam mails?
14. In which U.S. state is the famous Mojave Desert?
15. Which large reservoir was created by the Akosombo Dam in Ghana?
Answers
1. Rome; 2. Brawn GP; 3. Earth Hour; 4. Eight; 5. Princess Beatrice of York; 6. Cranefly; 7. Victor; 8. The European Union, represented as a bloc; 9. Moustache and a beard; 10. The Addams Family; 11. Capybara; 12. The 72 Melakarta Ragas; 13. ‘Advertisements’ for drug/medicines; 14. California; 15. Lake Volta.
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In economics, a recession is a general slowdown in economic activity in a country over a sustained period of time, or a business cycle contraction. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way. Production as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, investment spending, capacity utilization, household incomes and business profits all fall during recessions.
Governments usually respond to recessions by adopting expansionary macroeconomic policies, such as increasing money supply, increasing government spending and decreasing taxation.
10 voyages that changed the world (cnn)
* The Pilgrims' voyage on the Mayflower to Plymouth Rock in 1620
* Charles Darwin's evolutionary discoveries on the HMS Beagle in 1831
* Hugo Vihlen's "micro-yacht" crossing of the Atlantic in 1993
Monday, August 6, 2012
3 Es of success: Excellence, Effort and Ethics
The Deccan Chargers, who won the tournament in 2009, receive the trophy from Jacob Zuma, the South African president
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference-- Winston Churchill
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” ~Dalai Lama
The Khajuraho temple grounds play host to an exhilarating Festival of Dances each year
"Always blow your own trumpet, because otherwise someone will use it as a spittoon." - John Torode
Seljalandsfoss waterfall on the south coast of Iceland
"Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you won't do anything with it." ~M. Peck
USAIN BOLT
Work, lead and live by "The 3 Es": Excellence (at every touchpoint), Effort (hard workers win) and Ethics (protect your good name) -Robin Sharma
ROGER FEDERER
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change - Buddha
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle- Albert Einstein
It's jubilation and euphoria for the Deccan Chargers team, Royal Challengers Bangalore v Deccan Chargers, IPL, final, Johannesburg, May 24, 2009
"Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
Winston Churchill
"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
Napoleon Hill
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