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CONTENT

1. Three Good Tips To Quit Smoking2. Can Honey Really Cure A Cough?3. Effective Ways To Quit Smoking4. What You Mean By "DEFLATION"5. Know About "Revenue Deficit"6. What Do You Mean By "DEVALUATION"7. Bail Out Package And Indian Economy8. A Bundle Of Contradictions In Article 16 Of the Constitution Of India9. Sit-Ups Exercise Is Not Useful For BELLY FAT Reduction10.ByPassing Windows with a Quick Boot [Presto - Review]11.Augmenting Farmers Income12.Medium Is The Message13.Secret Of Blogging!14.The Tasks Of A Leader15.An Upgrade For The Web [HTML 5]16.Privatisation Affecting Human17.How Twitter Could Bring Search Up To Speed18.What is Twitter? And Why People Use Twitter19.India Misleads On Inflation Figures20.How To Overcome This Recession21.How to Write With Confidence22.Microsoft Reveals Details Of Gazelle Browser23.Worst Movie Set Disasters (Part 1) | bench324.Worst Movie Set Disasters (Part 2) | bench325.

Santa and Banta Story | Chilling Story | bench3

26.The Begging Cat | bench327.Why 1 Is One And 2 Is Two? | bench328.Worst Movie Set Disasters (Part 3) | bench329.All About "Presence of Mind" | bench3
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bundle-of-contradictions-in-article-16.htmlhttp://www.bench3blog.co.cc/2009/03/bail-out-package-and-indian-economy.htmlhttp://www.bench3blog.co.cc/2009/03/what-do-you-mean-by-devaluation.htmlhttp://www.bench3blog.co.cc/2009/03/know-about-revenue-deficit.htmlhttp://www.bench3blog.co.cc/2009/03/what-you-mean-by-deflation.htmlhttp://www.bench3blog.co.cc/2009/03/effective-ways-to-quit-smoking.htmlhttp://www.bench3blog.co.cc/2009/03/can-honey-really-cure-cough.htmlhttp://www.bench3blog.co.cc/2009/03/three-good-tips-to-quit-smoking.html


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30.Importance Of Rural Economy In India - The New Mantra | bench331.Humours Nature Of Laloo Prasad Yadav | Laloo Makes Comedy32.Why Are Some People More Successful Than Others? | bench333.An Artificial Heart For Rs 1 Lakh34.Chennai Autos To Have Air Cooler - DVD Player | bench335.World's First Flying Car | bench336.Interim Budget 2009-10 Gives Importance To Rural Economy37.Now Your Pets Can Fly First Class38.What Is A Blog? [The Truth About Blogs]39.Joshua Bell Playing Incognito In The Metro Station40.Tips For Your First Date | bench341.No Impact Of Economic Slowdown On The Rural Economy | bench342.Do You Really Love Truth? | bench343.How To Detect A 2-Way Mirror ? | bench344.The Indian Premier League (IPL) | Re-Hyphenated45.The $2000 Car | Not So Nano

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Three Good Tips To Quit Smoking

With a million different companies, ads, and campaigns put together to get you to quit smoking the overall

journey and goal is lost, to quit smoking. For a few tips to quit smoking you should read on in this article and

get a few of the true remarkable processes that help millions quit all the time. These tips to quit smoking wont

allow you to stop overnight or making you become an overnight celebrity to promote a certain product, but

they could very well help save your life.

In the movie The Godfather there is a quote that could be one of the most important of the tips to quit smoking,

Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. The reason that this should be one of the tips to quit

smoking is because it should be used in reverse for those looking to complete this lifestyle change. Keep your

enemies, the cigarettes, close enough to remember the damage they caused, but keep your friends closer. In the

end, your friends will remind you why you made this change in the long run, keep them in your circle during

this difficult time, they will help you succeed.

Become part of a Community of people that have quit smoking or is attempting to quit smoking in order to

learn the tricks of the trade from the real survivors. This is one of the tips to quit smoking that the cigarette

companies and gimmick providers dont want you to know. The fact that you can get help from ordinary

people that are not looking to earn a dime from your success or failure is very powerful. Keep this tip at hand;

it is one of the biggest tips to quit smoking.

Ignore the urge to become part of the crowd at work or in a social setting by making it an opportunity to get a

leg up on the competition. If you are at work, use the time you previously spent smoking to do more research

or get ahead on your work. If you are at a party use the time to brush up your makeup or talk to somebody you

normally wouldnt. Dont just use this as an opportunity to quit something, use it as an opportunity to begin

something anew! These are some very important tips to quit smoking for you to utilize and succeed in riding

yourself of this filthy habit. Read more...

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Can Honey Really Cure A Cough?

I've heard that if you take a tablespoon of pure honey it's suppose to cure a cough? They say it's better than

taking the medicine. The way it coats the throat is soathing. Plus it tastes great! But try this...

Cut half lemon into slices(or use lemon juice) and put it in a mug of hot water. with this add 1/2 teaspoons of

honey(depending on how much you want). the honey and lemons are great if you have the symptoms of the
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flu, such as coughing etc. the honey has anti bacteria properties that will decrease the frequency of coughing

and is a great antioxidant. it has been used throughout history to cure bronchitis and other respiratory diseases

the honey doesn't always have to be mixed with lemon, it can also be mixed with brandy or ginger.

Effective Ways To Quit SmokingTrying to quit smoking is certainly not a new concept. The problem comes from the fact that it really is much

harder to quit smoking than most people ever anticipate. To help remedy this situation there are a few things

that you can do to really improve the chances that the next time you try to quit you are able to do so

successfully. Learning some of the secret tips that you can use is quite helpful to making sure that you really

do quit, after all you are setting out on a very difficult adventure so having some help is going to be a huge

asset in your quest.

You need to first really come to terms with the fact that stopping smoking is not easy. You may find that it

takes some time to actually quit smoking for good. This is not uncommon, but is something that can serve as a

huge disappointment if you are trying to quit in only a couple of weeks. If you are not able to quit when you

really want, but you are showing signs of serious progress you should still take this as a good sign of progress.

Any signs of progress should be celebrated no matter how small they are; of course, large signs of progress

should have a larger celebration though in order to be truly successful.

One mistake that many smokers make is trying to pick out a single approach to quit smoking. You probably do

not easily fit into a single category if you tried to describe yourself, so your smoking likely will not either. This

means you probably need to spend a good amount of time considering different options and techniques to help

you until you find the combination that works best. If something is not working you need to take advantage of

the ability to change. There are enough products on the market that finding something that suits your needs

really is possible, just be willing to look for something whenever necessary.

Always choose a non-stressful time to stop smoking. If you are already stressed out when you start trying to

quit you will find that it is much harder to quit. One example, would be attempting to quit smoking right as youare bringing a new baby home. While this might seem like a fabulous idea so that your child is not exposed to

the second hand smoke, it is also a very stressful time. You should instead try to quit before the baby is born,

or wait a while after the birth for the best chances at success at quitting for good.

One of the biggest secrets that people will not tell you is the fact that you really can quit smoking. In addition,

if you really are determined to quit you may not even need the expensive stop smoking aids that are on the
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market. Just the mere desire to quit for good is often all that is needed, but you need a super strong support

team in place to make this happen. What often happens is smokers become so determined that expensive stop

smoking aids are needed and they convince themselves that without these gadgets and contraptions that they

will not be able to quit. If you look beyond the attractive packaging, you are often left with nothing more than

something which will keep your hands occupied or help distract you during periods of strong urges to smoke.

Looking for alternatives can often be much cheaper, as well as just as effective in the end to your stop smoking

effort. Read more...

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What You Mean By "DEFLATION"

Inflation is a situation of persistent rise in the prices in any economy. The percentage of inflation measures the

relative increase in the price rise over the given period of time. Deflation, on the other hand, is a reverse

situation under which the price levels actually fall over the previous time unit. While functional inflation of 3

to 5 per cent per annum is good for the economy, deflation in any form affects the economy adversely.

Contrary to the belief that the dropping price levels should bring cheers to the people, the economists would

never like the country to encounter a situation of deflation, where the fall in prices discourage the investors and

the proposals for new investments are put on hold by investors, retarding the growth rate. Read more...

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Know About "Revenue Deficit"

Revenue deficit is a budgetary term which indicates a situation of deficit in the revenue budget. The budget

expenditure and revenues are divided in two main headsrevenue and capital. The day to day expenditures

which are recurring in nature, including the rent, rates and taxes as well as salaries and administrative expenses

are covered under the definition of revenue expenditure. Similarly, all the revenues earned by the government,

including the tax income, non-tax revenues, royalties, tolls and other incomes are called the revenue incomes.

Generally, the revenue expenditure is higher than the revenue incomes of the State and the gap between the

revenue expenditure and revenue income is known as revenue deficit. The quantum and percentage of

revenue deficit is one of the economic measures to gauge the budgetary health of a government. Read more...Labels:Economy,Money Market

What Do You Mean By "DEVALUATION"

Every nations currency has its relative value with relation to certain important currencies of the world. The

relative value keeps varying a bit every now and then, depending on the strength of the economy concerned,

which depends on various economic parameters. Devaluation of a currency makes the domestic currency
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cheaper against the foreign currencies and exports of that country become more competitive in the global

market. It turns out to be advantageous to the exporters and the imports under such a situation become more

expensive in terms of domestic currency.Read more...

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Bail Out Package And Indian Economy

Global economic meltdown during the last over one year has been a matter of great concern for the entire

world. Most of the economies of the world have been adversely affected by the crisis, which is likely to have

longterm implications. Despite the initial reaction of the Indian government that the crisis would not impact the

Indian economy much, there has been an admission of the seriousness of the problem when the government

conceded that the economic growth rate during 2008-09 would be around 7 per cent. That was when the need

for a bail out package was realized.

The economic problems of the global slowdown began to surface in India during the mid-2008 when a few

major investment banks in the USA collapsed and the US economy began to feel the heat of the meltdown.

After a phase of bullish euphoria in the financial markets in 2007, the Indian stock markets began to suffer

heavy setbacks after January 2008. While the markets were hoping to recover to some extent at the time of

Diwali, in October 2008, it turned out to be the other way around as the markets suffered major reverses. To

add to the woos of the common man, the inflation rate was hitting the roof. In addition to the exorbitant price

level, there was liquidity crunch in the market and the interest rates were very high, discouraging the investors

from making any investment. The grim market scenario forced the investors to put on hold even the most

viable projects. The banks were also shying away from funding the projects on one pretext or the other. By

October 2008, many companies, particularly in the IT and Aviation sectors, began to hand over pink slips to

quite a few of their employees. New recruitments were stopped and in many cases the salaries of the existing

staff were slashed. This was for the first time after the onset of the process of reforms that such a situation was

encountered in the country. Despite the brave face put up by the government, the feeing of recession in the

economy began to sink in. As the crisis loomed large over the world economy, the US government took thelead to save its investment banks through a bail-out package. The US government also considered the bailout

package for its three major automobile manufacturers. On the national front also, many corporate entities

began to announce salary cuts and reduction in the employee strength, forcing the government to announce a

package of unemployment doles for such employees. This was the time when the Indian government also

tightened its belt and came out with an economic package which was multi-faceted and encompassed areas like

indirect taxation, interest rate cuts, monetary policy measures and duty cuts. Focus of the package announced
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on December 6, 2008, was primarily on reducing the prime lending rates of the commercial banks. The aim

was to revive the economic activity by reviving the housing, infrastructure and automobile sectors. The

government tried to increase the availability of liquidity in the market by adopting various monetary policy

measures to trigger the downward trends in lending rates of various banks, including the house building

advances and car loans. The first bailout package was estimated to have pumped in additional funds to the tune

of Rs 40,000 crores into the Indian economy.

The second bail out package, announced in the beginning of January, 2009, provided the system with

additional liquidity to the extent of Rs 20,000 crore, taking the total additional fund availability to Rs 60,000

crores. As an automatic corollary to the above mentioned measures was the resultant easier credit at reduced

rates. With the RBI announcing reduction in the Repo Rate and the Bank Rates, most of the commercial banks

reacted positively and announced reduction in their prime lending rates, making it easier for the borrowers to

borrow at reduced rates. Hence, not only the availability of credit was enhanced, its cost was also reduced

considerably. Among the most important sectors is the automobile sector. During the last about one decade,

this sector has been the backbone of Indias industrial growth rate.

Reduction in the excise duties for most of the vehicles has helped this sector to cut the prices of the vehicles

significantly, protecting it from further slide. Reduction in the petrol and diesel also helped the auto sector to

tide over the difficult situation. The growth rate of the auto sector may not have improved greatly after these

measures, but the measures have certainly helped this crucial sector to survive the global scare. Civil aviation

is yet another important sector that had been fuelling the growth rate of the country in the recent years. But

after the rise in fuel prices and global slowdown, this sector came under immense stress. The government cut

the prices of the aviation fuel three times during the months of December and January, bringing down the costs

in the aviation sector drastically. Effectiveness and Future The measures taken by the government in India

were timely and apt. Any other government under such a situation would have reacted in the similar manner.

Certain visible improvements have been observed in the Indian economy after the measures were initiated.

The capital markets have stabilized even though at a lower level. The inflation rate, which had touched the

figure of 12 per cent, has come down to a comfortable level of less than 6 per cent. Despite the projection of 1

to 2 per cent growth rate of the global economy, the Indian economy hopes to post 7 per cent growth during

2008-09, which would be among the highest in the world. It is expected that after the first quarter 2009-10

things would begin to improve and the economy would again be back on the path of rapid development. One

of the classical criticisms of the fiscal and monetary policy measures can be summed up in a proverbial

expression that one can take the horse to water but cannot force it to drink. Government may provide a good


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environment for the investors but the investors may wait for the recession to be over before taking major

investment decisions. In other words, the government may provide the framework of revival but the revival

may actually take longer than expected. Further, the improvements in the global situation, particularly in the

USA, would certainly play a major role to bring the situation back to normal.

Many people feel that the attempts to add liquidity in the economy were too tentative and too less. Rs 40,000

crore is just about one per cent of the GDP of the country.

In a large and diverse economy like ours, this sum may have no significant meaning. It is also believed by

many that the liquidity added by various measures was sucked in by the oil bond operations of the government

and the net impact on the liquidity was virtually negligible. The government has made clear its intention to

encourage the private investment and step up the public expenditure to keep the economy buoyant. Mere

statement of the intention to invest is not sufficient and higher investment must happen quickly and effectively

and the routine delays in the government expenditure must be curbed. Infrastructure and social sector are two

such areas in which the government agencies can push up the investment rate significantly. Programmes like

the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Bharat Nirman, and Sarv Siksha Abhiyan are some of the

programmes having a lot of funds for investment in the rural areas and, if implemented properly, these would

keep the economy vibrant despite the global economic blues. Housing is another important activity in India.

There are many countries in the world that had grown rapidly by supporting their housing activities. With

about 4 per cent increase in population in the cities, half of which is due to large scale migration from the

villages to the cities, housing is going to be a basic need of the people in India. Affordable housing must be

encouraged by the government to counter the situation of economic slowdown. With a huge rural population

base, the policy makers must ensure that the real incomes in the rural areas of the country continue to rise.

With the economy offering a lot of scope for development and growth in the rural areas, increased income

levels in the rural areas would generate demand on sustainable basis. Besides, a large chunk of the Indian

population is still not adversely affected by negative growth of the Indian stock markets. In this way, India is

different from rest of the world.

Mere statement of the intention to invest is not sufficient and higher investment must happen quickly and

effectively and the routine delays in the government expenditure must be curbed.Read more...

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A Bundle Of Contradictions In Article 16 Of the Constitution Of India

Article 16 of the Constitution of India is a bundle of contradictions, as on the one hand it deals with equality

of opportunity in matters of public employment, and, on the other, it enables the government to provide for

reservation in public employment.

Article 16 of the Constitution is part of the Fundamental Rights and provides for equality in the matters of

employment in public employment. Many people feel that this Article, instead of equality in these matters,

perpetuates the inequalities and offers a framework of contradiction. The Fundamental Rights should ideally

provide the measures vide which the equality is ensured but the exceptions provided to this right overweigh the

right provided. Article 16 provides that there shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in the matters of

employment or appointment to any office under the State.

This Article also provides that no citizen shall be ineligible for any office or employment under the State on

grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth or any of them. After having stated the above,

several exceptions are also provided for. Place of residence may be laid down by the legislature as a condition

for particular classes of employment or appointment in any State or any local authority. Further, the State may

reserve any post or appointment in favour of any backward class of citizens, who, in the opinion of the State,

are not adequately represented in the services under that State.

In addition, the offices connected with the religious or denominated institutions may be reserved for the

members practicing that particular religion. The most important and controversial exception pertains to the

provisions of Article 16(4) relating to the claims of the members of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe

communities in the matters of appointment to the services and posts under the Union and the States, to be

consistent with efficiency in administration as far as possible (Article 335). The Supreme Court has held that

while the provisions of Article 16(4) are without any limitation upon the power of reservation, yet it has to be

read with the provisions of Article 335 for maintenance of efficiency in administration. The Apex Court also

held that the total reservation under Article 16(4) should not exceed 50 per cent.

Detailed study of the provisions of the Article 16 reveals that while originally this Article aimed at protecting

the rights of common man with regard to equality of opportunity but gradually, due to the need felt by the

government to extend the benefit of reservation to the other backward classes and also the political

considerations, its focus has now shifted to providing the benefit of reservation to the backward classes and the

SC/ST. But one thing has been confirmed that the extension of the benefit cannot be arbitrary. Various

pronouncements of the Supreme Court of India during the past almost six decades have plugged the gaps in the
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provisions of this Article and also provided a standard framework for extending the benefit of reservation in

future to any other categories. The measures that looked to be controversial initially have also been settled by

the judgments of the highest court of law in the country. Read more...

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Sit-Ups Exercise Is Not Useful For BELLY FAT Reduction

Many people who wants to burn BELLY FATS thinks that Sits-Ups exercise can work in fast away, but the

truth is that, it is not a good exercise for the stomach fat reduction purpose.

Any exercise can not burn fat from only a particular organ of human body, all exercise will cause reduction in

fat from the whole body uniformly.

Belly fat reduction by exercise can be achieved slowly and uniformly with fat reduction from other area of

body. It is useless to do only those exercises like Sits-Ups which causes much stress on stomach. This type of

practice may cause harm.

To reduce Belly fat, following thing required.

1. Proper dieting (not to much).

2. Consume more than enough Water.

3. Exercise and yoga. (any exercise will have similar effect)

Belly fat can not be reduced by any drug or medicine, and also it can not be achieved in days, it will take few

months to years.Source :http://www.hellogiri.com/

Read more...

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ByPassing Windows with a Quick Boot [Presto - Review]

Presto is a compact operating system that can be launched instead of Windows when a computer is switched

on. Presto loads a Web browser and other software in seconds. Thousands of hours are wasted every year

waiting for computers to boot up. A Windows machine can take a couple of minutes to get going and to shutdown again. In extreme cases, the entire process can take as long as 30 minutes, according to people who've

filed lawsuits claiming that their employers should pay for this boot-up and shut-down time.

Software called Presto could provide an alternative to waiting. Demonstrated this week at Demo, a tech

conference held in Palm Desert, CA, it joins a handful of products that have emerged recently in an effort to
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get people working on their computers faster. These products, offered by companies including Intel, HP, and

DeviceVM, generally allow a person to boot up in less than 30 seconds, and in some cases less than 10.

When a computer running Presto is first switched on, the user is given the option to load the Windows

operating system or Presto. If she chooses Presto, then the system launches within a few seconds, providing a

task bar and icons for several applications, including a Web browser, an instant-messaging application, and the

Internet phone system Skype. If the user wants to switch to Windows, she needs to log out of Presto and start

up the machine as usual. Presto, which will be made available in beta on March 16 and as a product on April

13 for $19.95, is built by software company Xandros, located in New York, and it's based on a slimmed-down

version of the open-source Linux operating system.

Presto differs from other instant-on products such as DeviceVM's Splashtop in that it doesn't need to be

integrated into the computer's hardware: it can simply be downloaded and installed. This also means that PC

owners can use Presto regardless of the hardware they have. Even old laptops and desktops can be turned into

quick Internet-access points using the software. Xandros also offers an online application store through which

people can download software for Presto, including games, media players, and other tools.

One of the main reasons why modern operating systems take so long to boot is that they are very bulky: a huge

amount of code needs to be read when a computer is first turned on. Consisting of far fewer lines of code than

Windows, Presto needs just a few hundred megabytes of memory, says Jordan Smith, product marketing

manager at Xandros. Microsoft's Vista operating system, in contrast, recommends at least 15 gigabytes of free

disk space to install.

Rahul Sood, chief technologist of HP's Voodoo brand, says that modern operating systems also spend time

establishing connections between hardware and software to help the system run faster when it's being used. But

there is hope that Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system will address this issue and "make a huge

difference," he says.

As Presto is installed on a computer, explains Smith, it inspects the machine, identifying the DVD player and

the network card for instance, to determine what type of hardware it has. "During installation, we figure out

what you have and install only the software that you need," Smith says, instead of software drivers for lots of

different devices. Since many applications now run over the Web, Smith argues that systems like Presto can

perform lots of tasks simply via the browser. "Ninety-five percent of what [users] do is check the Web," he


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says. If a person needs to read a document in an e-mail, Smith adds, he or she can download Open Office, a

free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Word.

"You need the browser and you need a network connection," Smith says. "You don't need the resources for running a first-

person shooter game."

Read more...Labels:Softwares,Technology,Web Technology

Augmenting Farmers Income

In what practical ways can the income of Indian farmers be augmented?

Despite the fact that the country has made many successful strides in the fields of science and technology,

agriculture still remains the backbone of Indian economy. Any neglect of agriculture, by design or default, can

land us in serious trouble. If the advocates of agricultural economy plead for due attention and priority to this

sector, it is both timely and tenable, to say the least. It is quite ironical to see that those who work day and

night in the fields/farms to feed us, are forced to live in penury and debt.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in its report-2007, brought out the startling figure that fortysix

farmers commit suicide every day in the country, even as packages are being rolled out in a bid to bailout the

debtridden community from crisis. Along with some right thinking and knowledgeable people and the

Consortium of Indian Farmers Association (CIFA), some practical proposals have been worked out, and if they

are implemented in letter and spirit, the lot of the Indian farmer could improve a good deal. Since

augmentation of income of Indian farmers is the key to ameliorate his hand to mouth existence, it is in the

fitness of things that farm produce is given fair price by taking into account the hard labour put in by the

farmer, high cost of inputs, uncertain weather conditions and so on. Enhancing of irrigation facilities and

storing and marketing facilities are the other major issues that need to be addressed. Besides, providing

opportunities for supplementary income by developing dairy, poultry, sheep rearing, piggery, etc, wherever

possible, also needs immediate attention.

Experience, knowledge and ground realities give out a simple and straightforward message to planners and

policy makers. Farmers livelihood is beset with umpteen problems and farming is the most risky profession. It

is time for all those who sit in legislatures/Parliament to legislate policies and measures which will ensure that

farmers get fair compensation for their toil and travails. India is predominantly an agriculture-dependent rural

economy. Making plans focused on sitting in accommodating them only in industries is not possible. The best

solution is to develop agriculture sustainability by providing huge resources in the years to come.
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Encouraging rural artisans, and the village and cottage industries as envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi is another

way to help the rural masses to enhance their income. Read more...

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Medium Is The Message

"role of the medium (like television) that becomes a strong for those who run the affairs of the State."

When McLuhan posted famously, in the 1960s, that the medium was the message he was reminding people

that they often tend to focus on the obvious, missing out the more subtle changes wrought in society and

culture by a new innovation. TV is certainly new to India, but one of the unintended consequences of the

traumatic events in Mumbai (26/11) was that the medium of television indeed became the message, as it

provided a handy vehicle for the public to vent its disappointment, anguish and outrage at the manner in which

they felt the powers-thatbe had let them down.

Enough is enough was the spontaneous outburst of their angst and anger as caught by the television cameras

covering the horrendous happenings. The messages deliver or disappear and perform or perish were not lost

on those who were at the helm of affairs, both at the State and Central levels. People may hold different

opinions on the role of television sending out live pictures of the terrible time that both the hostages and people

at large had to suffer, but one thing that came out very candidly was that the country was no longer in a mood

to hear platitudes but was demanding action tangible and credible that could secure their lives anywhere in the

country. The people were shocked to see a handful of terrorists holding the entire country hostage and those

entrusted with the responsibility of keeping the perpetrators at bay, shamed at their utter failure to prevent the

outrage. In such a trying and tormenting situation, like a diligent delivery boy, the medium of television, that is

known more for its live performances, reality shows, soap operas, news and views et al, delivered the most

meaningful message to the corridors of power. The message had its desired effect on the political class.

Heads began to roll, though not too many. A new more stringent Anti-Terror Law was passed and the National

Intelligence Agency created. Besides, Multi Agency Centre (MAC) was activated so that all loopholes and

communication gaps between various intelligence gathering agencies could be removed. In the tragic events of

26/11 (Mumbai) people discovered the potential of the medium of television, both as a message and amessenger.

This new found power should be taken a little further. In TV (and to a lesser extent in news papers) the people

of India now have a medium, not mean but monumental, which can not only carry messages far and wide but

can also serve to unite the masses in a common cause. Since we live in a democracy, and know that politicians

are indispensable to democracies, we should evolve an instrumentality to ensure that our politicians comply
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with some minimum levels of propriety, and perform the functions for which they have been elected. Surely

that instrumentality is the medium of TV, the carrier of message for now and future. Read more...

Labels:Media,Politics,Technology

Secret Of Blogging!For any blog to be success, it needs content. Content is the king of any blog. Without content, there are no

links. Content is the foundation of traffic. Everything starts with content. You have no content, you dont have

a blog. So lets take a look how to make a creative content.A

Source Of Content

There are many places and ways to get content. I write all the content for this blog myself and if youre doing a

blog then you should do most of the article like a blog with free articles on it. Many people have asked how to

keep up the level of content generation? Its really not that hard. This is how I go about it.

The Blog Comments

Much of my content ideas come from blog comments. This article is in answer to requests made in the

comments of the blog. Producing content this way is really the best because you know this is the content your

readers are looking for you cant get better targeting than giving the readers what they asked for. Chances

are, this article will lead to future articles as readers comment on it.

If you dont have a reader base yet, then your method of creating content will have to be based on what niche

your blog covers. When I wake up in the afternoon, I really dont have an idea on what Im going to write

about. The first thing I do is read the blog comments, as this is my best source for article ideas. After that, I

surf the list of sites in my bookmarks. This is my second biggest source of article ideas. I also get article ideas

from magazines and newspapers.

Surfing For Content :

When surfing, Im looking for stories which I think would interest my readers. The object is not to just repost

the stories, which would be too easy. I want to put my own spin on it. If I were to just repost a story with alink, I havent added any value to it. Blogging is about adding your personal touch to a story. While sites like

nytimes.com just report the story without emotion or opinions, bloggers are expected to get down and dirty

with it. Make the content your content. Dont be afraid to state your views or piss people off. We have the right

to say our opinions.Read more...

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The Tasks Of A Leader

There are several ways of defining a leader. The one who leads others is a simple and complete definition. But,

then, what are the tasks of a leader? Leadership is a much sought after quality and every organisation needs

good and effective leaders to lead the organisation to success and for achievement of its goals. Some persons

are born leaders, for others leadership gets thrust upon. In a given organisation, the Head of the Organisation or

the Chief Executive Officer is accepted as a leader irrespective of his or her possessing the quality of

leadership. Management Gurus, more or less, agree on the following tasks for the leader of any organisation,

irrespective of its nature and goals:

A leader must be able to:

1. Impart vision and direction to her/his organisation2. Affirm and articulate values that she/he cherishes for her/his organization3. Set high standards of performance and raise the level of expectations4. She/he must make herself/himself accountable5. Must be able to motivate others within the organisation6. Achieve unity in the organisation7. Involve others in decisionmaking.

The leaders most important task is to clarify the overall goals of the organisation. This is what transforms a

mere crowd into a community, a directionless mob into a group with a purpose. A crowd in a fair, for instance,

is joyous, free spirited but selfoccupied. In the same way, a gathering may have individually talented and even

highly motivated people but they will achieve nothing if they lack vision or goal to achieve collectively. The

success of leadership depends on personal characteristics that include experience, imagination, persuasiveness,

farsightedness, and astuteness in interpersonal dealings. The leader will not be able take his/her organisation

very far if he is not able to generate, manage and monitor the use of resources. Most organisations have

resources available, but seldom are they sufficient for everything that everyone wants to do. Resources do not

manage themselves; allocation and monitoring systems have to be established. Budget, timetables, staffing

plans, policies, procedures and priorities need to be set and worked out.

Empowerment and delegation of authority demands astute handling because human material is not like

machines or furniture that can be allocated in a fixed pattern. To select, develop, and share power with

subordinates/associates is an art that is not easy to learn or acquire. Winning trust and loyalty of disparate

persons can be demanding but is necessary for the task of assigning tasks to others. Decision-making and

responsibility need to be dispersed for accomplishing current tasks and preparing others for future leadership.
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Relations within and outside an organisation play an important role and this is yet another essential task for a

leader. Building relations and range of contacts require friendliness, wit, wisdom, negotiation skills, and the

ability to entertain or at least to hold the attention of a wide range of people. A leader also has to be

Enterprising because finding new opportunities and creating desirable change is also his/her task. Every

organisation has certain momentum that imparts it continuity yet, obsolescence is a constant challenge for a

leader. In large organisations this can require a massive refocusing of people and resources. Leaders are

needed at all levels but most people would want to follow rather than lead. Finally, a great leader creates more

leaders. Like Gandhi.Read more...

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An Upgrade For The Web [HTML 5]

We've come a long way from the flat documents that made up the Web in its early years. As Internet access

has expanded and bandwidth has increased, designers and programmers have figured out ways to build

sophisticated, interactive applications that run through the browser. Nowadays, these include Web-based word

processors, photo-editing software, money-management tools, and much more.

The next generation of HTML, the markup language that is used to build most Web content, promises to make

Web applications work even better. Some proposed features of this new standard--HTML 5--are already being

built into several popular browsers, offering a glimpse of an application-enabled Web.

As things stand, Web applications are hampered by the code used to build them because they were never

designed to make fullfledged desktop-style programs run. For example, most browsers can only run one piece

of JavaScript code--a scripting language that can run on top of HTML--at any one time, and this limits the

functionality of a Web application. To make matters worse, different browsers react differently to existing

Web standards, leaving developers to struggle to make sure that their application is compatible with different

browsers.

"We started to see a migration to doing more and more stuff on the Web," says Christopher Blizzard, open-source evangelist for the Mozilla Foundation, which maintains the Firefox browser. Blizzard says that most

browsers simply cannot access data stored offline, or perform complex graphical capabilities without the use of

a plug-in such as Flash or Java. "We're trying to find ways for people to be able to take the live, programmable

documents that make up the Web and start integrating them with all these other pieces outside the scope of the

browser."
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But guided by HTML 5, browsers are finally being reengineered to address many of these problems. hat the

most important part of the effort has been creating specifications to ensure that different browsers perform

more tasks in the same way.

To help browsers handle intensive Web applications, HTML 5 includes a feature called worker threads. These

allow a browser to deal with heavier computation by running JavaScript in the background, while a user goes

on interacting with the application as usual. This part of HTML 5 will be supported in the next release of

Firefox, and a similar technology is already part of the Google Chrome browser. Brian Rakowski, director of

product management for Chrome, says that Google's browser will move toward the technology described in

HTML 5.

HTML 5 will also bring new video and audio capabilities to Web pages. A feature called Canvas--now

supported by every major browser except Internet Explorer--lets developers create HTML graphics that match

those that they would build using Adobe's Flash software. Andreas Bovens, Web evangelist for Opera, says

that "developers are still exploring the richness of Canvas," but he believes that the feature could be used to

create sophisticated games and other graphical applications employing HTML and JavaScript alone.

The new standard also focuses on making Web applications work offline. Google Gears and Adobe AIR

already allow a Web-based application to access local storage and processing on a user's computer, but HTML

5 aims to make offline capability even easier for a browser to use, without requiring additional plug-ins.

Mozilla's Blizzard adds that it's not just about going offline: it's also about allowing a browser to access more

of the user's hardware. For example, he says, standards are starting to emerge for defining how a browser

running on a cell phone should access the location information stored on that device.

All the major browsers--Safari, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer--have started adopting

parts of HTML 5. But each browser has taken a slightly different approach. Apple's Safari, for example, has

focused on performance, incorporating new features only when they do not harm the browser's overall speed.

The latest version of the Opera browser includes many features of HTML 5, and an experimental version

supports HTML 5's video capabilities. Both Google Chrome and the beta version of Safari support HTML 5's

offline features.

For the features described in HTML 5 to become an official Web standard, they need to be incorporated into

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this respect. A Web page that uses the feature will then need to work just as well in both browsers. "There's no

way to speed it up," As it may take some time to make progress, since there are so many independent browsers.

Read more...

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Privatisation Affecting Human

It may sound harsh to some ears but the fact of the matter is that privatization and profiteering are the two sides

of the same coin. It is quite ironic and disquieting that the advocates of liberalisation, privatisation and

globalisation are more concerned about economic sustainability in the midst of global meltdown than about

human sustainability. If some right thinking people are agitated over the possible dangers in the form of global

warming, polluted rivers, excessive emission of carbon dioxide into the environment, it is time to sit back and

introspect.

Along with a few islands of prosperity represented by multiplexes, malls, skyscrapers, and the like, the issues

of under-nourishment of millions across the board and resource-depletion are some of the rigorous realities that

pose serious problems. We have come to such a precarious pass of rapid economic development versus hunger

malnutrition, rich-poor divide and so on as a result of our over-enthusiasm and over confidence on the so-

called visible successes of privatisation.

The resilience and sustainability of the capitalistic economic development based on market-led forces is

already facing a serious global recess, as a consequence of which millions of jobs are going to be lost across

the world. This dismal scenario may further add to the already prevalent high degree of diversity and economic

development process of the Asian societies, which requires revamping of the policy processes to enhance the

economic prosperity and overcome severe constraints in the light of increasing threats of food security and

environmental crisis.

Despite the highly publicized and propagated claims of privatisation having provided enough leverage to

enterprising and innovative entrepreneurs, even now nearly one-fourth of world population has no access tosafe drinking water. There has been a serious threat to agricultural land, air, water, forests and

marine resources that form the basic inputs and resources than can thwart the positive effects of privatisation,

adversely affecting human sustainability.Read more...

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How Twitter Could Bring Search Up To Speed

Some say that Twitter may be as important to real-time search as YouTube is to video.

When Twitter was introduced in late 2006, asking users to post a 140-word answer to the question "What are

you doing?," many criticized the results as nothing more than a collection of trivial thoughts and inane

ramblings. Fast-forward three years, and the number of Twitter users has grown to millions, while the content

of the many posts--better known as "tweets"--has shifted from banal to informative.

Twitter users now cover breaking news, posting links to reports, blog posts, and images. Twitter's search box

also reveals what people think of the latest new gadget or movie, letting visitors eavesdrop on often spirited

conversations and some insightful opinions.

Earlier this week, on The Charlie Rose Show, Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, was asked directly whether

Google might be interested in acquiring Twitter. He responded, somewhat coyly, that his company was

"unlikely to buy anything right now."

Nonetheless, as Twitter grows in size and substance, it's becoming clear that it offers a unique feed of real-time

conversation and sentiment. Danny Sullivan, editor of the blog Search Engine Land, compares this to the

unique real-time feed of new video content offered by YouTube, which Google acquired in 2006, and says that

Twitter could help improve real-time search. Notably, says Sullivan, this is something that Google isn't

particularly good at. Even by scouring news sites, Google simply can't match the speed and relevancy of social

sites like Digg and Twitter, he says.

Twitter's ability to capture the latest fad is evident from its "trends" feature, which reveals the most talked

about topics among Twitterers. At the time this article was written, Twitter users were discussing topics

including National Napping Day, DST (daylight savings time), and the new movie Watchmen. A quick search

also reveals that five people within the past half hour have posted tweets about last weekend's Saturday Night

Live skit called "The Rock Obama." The most recent tweet includes a link to the video and was posted just

three minutes ago.Bruce Croft, a professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, says that Twitter

search could perhaps help make news alerts more relevant. "If you could search or track large numbers of

conversations, then there would be the possibility of developing alerts when something starts happening," he

says. "And, of course, it's yet another opportunity to do massive data mining on people's activities to learn even

more about what they are doing and when they are doing it."
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An upswing in the number of marketers and companies that have joined Twitter over the past year also reflects

big interest in using Twitter to tap into the online trends. Sullivan admits that right now the average Twitter

user isn't turning to the service for the majority of its searches, but he says that marketers who want to track the

sentiment of their brands and products are finding it an indispensable tool. "Is it essential to search Twitter

because you're a brand manager?" asks Sullivan. "Yeah, it's becoming very important." He notes that outside

search engines, such as Google, cannot easily go through Twitter's data because it is not releasing it. "If I were

over at Google, I'd definitely be concerned about that," he says.

Meanwhile, Twitter is clearly thinking about ways to better mine its users' tweets. When you search Twitter, its

search engine looks for keywords in the most recent tweets, explains Biz Stone, one of the company's

cofounders. The results are then ranked based on the time when they were posted; for some popular topics, this

can mean just seconds ago. The search technology used for this was developed at a startup called Summize,

which Twitter acquired last July. Until recently, Twitter users needed to go to the address search.twitter.com to

use the technology: a link was buried at the bottom of a user's homepage. Twitter is now testing a "more

integrated" search box at the top of the page for a small number of users, says Stone.

As simple as it sounds, dealing with the volume of messages posted on Twitter in real time poses a big

challenge, according to Stone. "Our biggest technical challenge right now is not that exciting: it's just scaling

from an operations and engineering standpoint," he says. In other words, engineers have to make sure that the

system doesn't crash under the weight of all the messages that Twitter handles.

Summize was given access to a higher volume of tweets than most third-party developers. In the early days of

Twitter, it wasn't a problem to let developers use such a large volume of tweets, but as the service has grown,

the application programming interface (API) that allows for such access "requires special design and

attention," Stone says. Engineers at Twitter have also been working on a new, more scalable solution. "We'll

need to be thoughtful about how, when, and who we partner with to test this technology when it's ready," he

adds.

When asked whether Twitter and Google could work together to build a real-time search engine, Stone is a bit

more optimistic. "We're huge fans of Google," he says. "And we'd be delighted to partner or work with them in

the future."Read more...

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What is Twitter? And Why People Use Twitter

Twitter is instant messaging made available to the public, stated talk show host and authorHugh Hewitt. I

think thats a fair starting point. Ive heard others call Twitter a micro-blogging platform. Heres what you

need to know. According to theState of the Twitterspherereport, each day 5 to 10 thousand new people join

Twitter. Current estimates of total users top out around 5 million. Thats a lot of opportunity. Twitter allows

you to post updates (called Tweets) as often as you want (and limited to 140 characters). When you follow

other people on Twitter, you see their tweets. When they follow you, they see your tweets. Its a constant

stream of communication. The good news is you can turn it on or off as often as you like. Twitter also keeps a

public record of all updates, which can be mined withTwitter Search.

Why High-Profile People Use Twitter

Twitter is not just a fad. When very high profile folks begin evangelizing Twitter, its worth closer

examination. Heres what some of those gurus told me:

Duct Tape Marketing founderJohn Jantschidentified three big advantages of Twitter,

1. I get great insight when I ask questions,2. lets face it, I get traffic and3. people on Twitter spread my thoughts to new places.

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com said, Weve found that Twitter has been a great way for us to connect on amore personal level with our employees and customers. We use it to help build our brand, not drive direct

sales. Itd be like asking how does providing a telephone number for customer service translate into new

business when they are mostly non-sales-related calls. In the long term, Twitter helps drive repeat customers

and word of mouth, but were not looking to it as a way of driving immediate sales. Bestselling authorDavid

Meerman Scottsaid, I have personally connected with hundreds of people I otherwise wouldnt have, and I

booked an interview on NPR and a big daily newspaper using Twitter. Read more...

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India Misleads On Inflation Figures

A very big fraud has been happening right under our nose in India and we were all taking False Claims of

Indian authorities all this while.

Almost every Friday for the last 7 months we are cheering up that Indian inflation is coming down. Is it really

true? Prices are going up like anything.
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India calculates its official inflation based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rather than Consumer Price Index

(CPI) based inflation. WPI is never an indication of the inflation simply because the consumers do not buy

from wholesale markets. They buy at retail level. Most economies like US, UK, Japan, France, Singapore, and

China etc. have selected CPI as its official barometer to weigh its inflation. And hold your breath even

Pakistan follows CPI. (And all that while you laughed at high inflation in that country).

But our country, India, is amongst rare countries of the world, which uses WPI as its official scale to measure

the inflation in the economy. Simply because WPI is always lower than CPI, thereby painting a false picture to

the electorate that prices have fallen. So figures of 2.63% as claimed by Indian authorities are untrue. As per

CPI our inflation figures stand at 10.5% in January up from 9.7% in December. Now you can make out the

huge difference between WPI and CPI, 6.5%!

If that is the reason why CPI is being used by Indian authorities? I see two main reasons. Since WPI figures are

always lower than CPI, the innocent public is fooled into believing that prices are coming down and hide the

actual price rise on the pocket of consumer.

WPI index tells us about commodity producers, manufacturers, bulk sellers and market owners. A low WPI is

an indication to them that their selling prices rate is decreasing and gives them all good reasons to raise the

wholesale prices. After all money for elections come from these rich people.

If we see Academically also the WPI calculation in India is flawed.

1st Flaw - At least 1,918 quotations should be received for assessing changes in WPI but Indian authorities

invite not more than 1200 quotations. So price information is not even.

2nd Flaw From 435 commodities in WPI , more than 100 are no more important from consumer point of

view so the price fall in these 100 commodities does not really affect the Indian consumers.

3rd Flaw - There is a huge difference between the provisional and final index figure!! Once in April 12, 2008,

the provisional figure of inflation was 7.33, which were revised as final inflation figure of 7.95 what a healthy

error!!

4th Flaw - WPI measures the general level of price changes at the level of either the wholesaler or at the

producer and does not take into account retail margins. WPI does not reflect the actual price hike, which the

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5th Flaw - Service sectors are not duly accounted in WPI. Service sector like health and education are

important as consumers are increasingly spending more money on these items. So if educati

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