воскресенье, 16 августа 2009 г.
United Kingdom Zara In Dramatic Fall As Wills Delights Adoring Fans At Polo
суббота, 15 августа 2009 г.
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понедельник, 10 августа 2009 г.
Happy New Year
"If you love someone let them go......."
Would children feel comfortable thinking of a teary eyed mother missing them all the time? No, I think they want us to lead a cheerful and fruitful life so that they can pursue their interests. Similarly, much as I love my work, the next generation will have to take over while I make a graceful exit.
Then that brings me to another question that bothers me. Am I leaving the place the way I got it? I am afraid not. Our college now boasts of a huge building and a library that has grown threefold. The size of my lab is thrice the size of the lab I joined. But to be frank the input from us is much less when compared to the time I joined.
What went wrong?
The priorities of students has changed. In my drawing room I have an expensive card wishing me a "happy teacher's Day" given by the Student's union. This was not the practice 25 - 30 years back. In fact Teacher's Day celebrations were limited to schools. These days students touch our feet before exams and after results. They never did so earlier. May be I look old enough to be revered in this manner but I do not rule out the influence of TV programmes as one of the reasons for this new aspect in the student teacher equation. I don't remember ever touching my teacher's feet as a student. But I am sure I loved and respected them in the same manner as the current bunch. Then there is the culture of saying 'bye teacher' after class. Luckily or unluckily we don't have girls saying 'Hi!' when we walk into a class.
My daughter says that the student/teacher relationship is very informal in USA and perhaps the trend is catching up in India too. Whatever be the nature of the relationship, whether cordial, formal or friendly, results should speak of a job well done. I am afraid that in our part of India the syllabus as well as teaching techniques are out dated and do not appeal to aspiring students. It is an open secret that deals are struck and money is exchanged at the time of a college teacher's appointment. The meritorious who expect to be selected on the basis of merit alone can laminate their certificates and place them in a showcase for all to see. If you expect to be paid as per the 6th pay recommendations you better learn the ways of the world! When the whole world knows these things how do we expect the kids we teach to be ignorant? So will the powers that be ensure quality teaching while we turn a blind eye to the appointment process? Is it asking for too much?
If quality is compromised then our students will say 'Bye teacher' and attend a coaching institute that helps them in their career and we can sit in empty libraries and labs welcoming the odd student who makes an entry by mistake.
No, I do not want to put you off with my ramblings. Those of you with young children, please see to it that your children acquire an education that encourages them to reason and think for themselves. Expensive school claiming to provide education at par with internatinal standards are mushrooming all over the place. These schools take their students to USA and Europe for excursions. But whether it is worth the trouble is something that needs to be checked.
So in the final year of my teaching career I plan to make a few resolutions-
1. I am not going to get angry with the student who wants to adjust her classes in college to attend a computer class or MBA coaching. The outdated syllabus that is followed in our college will get them nowhere and if she has a bright future in mind I have to adjust according to her timings or accept being ignored.
2. I will mentally prepare myself to respond cheerfully to the student who says 'Hi teacher' instead of the old fashioned 'good morning or good afternoon'.
3. When the students pulls a stool and sits down in front of me I'll try my best to forget the fact that as a student I'd stand in front of the staff room and ask for permission to submit my record work and it was usually the peon that came to collect my practical record. Even if I remembered it I'd keep it to myself.
4. I'll get used to the new dance numbers like 'pappu can't dance saala' and stop lecturing on how classical dance forms were more appealing when compared to the modern version which to my ageing eyes seem like an ill practised physical exercise. May be I'll sport a cooling glass to hide the disappointment in my optical/occular expression.
5. Twenty five years back I expected students to draw from the specimen provided. Ten years back I gave them my B. Sc and M. Sc records for reference. Five years back I stopped complaining when they copied diagrams from the text book unless they were highly objectionable. Nowadays I sign anything they submit as record work. Progressive evolution I suppose. Young aspirants to a lecturer's post be prepared to get photocopies of book diagrams as record work. Already we have students downloading matter for project work from the internet without putting in even the minimum amount of preparation but examiners are glad that the copied material pertains to our subject. In future you may have Biology students submitting project work in Psychology. After all all disciplines merge at a higher level don't they?
In short I'll try my best to accept the changes taking place in society as long as it is beneficial. I may crib a little and sound critical on an occasion or two. But I do understand that a society can never be static. It has to be dynamic and progressive and though it is okay to remember 'the good old days' it is never proper to expect what worked in our times to be appropriate now.
A Happy New year to one and all of you.
понедельник, 3 августа 2009 г.
Stop Jumping To Solutions Why Listening Like A Man Is Killing Your Sales
Origin: relationships-rescue.blogspot.com
четверг, 30 июля 2009 г.
Rumor Mill Entertainment Radar
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1. Rumors have been spreading of a popular idol group member 'A' getting a vasectomy and has become quite the hot topic among insiders. According to some insiders, A is involved with a lot of women and got the surgery done to enjoy a healthier dating lifestyle. Although it's just a rumor, many think that it's quite possible because of how much A loves being with women. He's even recently been being threatened by one woman who claims to have given birth to his child.
2. Girl group member 'A', who's known for her angelic smile on TV, is actually known among insiders for using her strength to control other members in her group. On music and variety shows, she always shows a cute and bright personality and looks as if she gets along with her members well. Thus, she's often chosen as a girl group member with the cleanest image. According to a few insiders, however, A has a tendency to use her power as a weapon to her other members so she can play the role of 'queen'. Some insiders commented, "She looks like such a nice and innocent young girl so it's hard for me to believe that it's true. I can only hope that it's not true."
3. Whenever you hear about celebrities transferring management agencies or leaving them, the reason is often because of new relationships. To stay away from the public's eye, stars will usually transfer to the agency their significant other is in so that they can create the image of a 'company family' and lessen the chances of getting caught. It's also true for the opposite, in that once the relationship is over, stars will get up and leave. Such was the case for 'D', who switched companies after breaking up with a company staff, as well as for 'E', who transferred to the company of her new significant other.
4. Rookie idol group member 'A' has been spotted by several insiders meeting up with women out in the streets. He's been bravely caught a few times in the middle of Kangnam not too far from his company's office meeting girls and hugging them. Witnesses say, "He must think that since he's a rookie, he's not that well known so it's okay for him to have public dates out on the streets, but we're sure his company will throw a fit once they find out."
5. Popular singer 'A' was recently caught dating a girl group trainee under the same company. According to insiders, A seduced a trainee who had not even debuted yet and 'had his way with her'. The company CEO eventually caught wind of the news and A was given a warning immediately while the trainee was kicked out of the company. A representative said, "Trainees usually don't have the option of rejecting a company senior who is also a popular star when they ask them to date. They think that they can help them debut. Companies, however, ban dating within the company because once things go wrong, it can mess up order."
6. Managers to celebrities who are currently college students all screamed in unison with joy when school was out for the summer. On top of already managing a busy schedule, they had to also make sure to find extra time so that their stars showed their faces at school since missing class is a critical topic these days. Managers are also in charge of making sure that school reports are done and submitted on time. One representative said, "The hot topic among managers before summer break starts is school reports. All of the managers will gather in waiting rooms and figure out who has to submit what to where and who has to write a report on what... These days, reports must also be written in English so it's a hard life for managers these days."
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SOURCE: Sports Seoul
воскресенье, 26 июля 2009 г.
How To Deal With 6 Annoying Types Of Girlfriends
In reality, most of us surround entertainment in installments behavior issues with the women we count as our friends, from the gal who cancels diplomacy at the keep block to the one who never has a positive craze to say. So why is it so hard to figurine out the best way to tolerance with the pals who are ruthless, flaky, damaging and...cheap? "For instance in most hand baggage you want to surround a stable relationship with that person," says Amy Alkon, syndicated advice columnist and author of I See Brash People. So if you don't want to end the friendship, what can you do? Happening, six grueling friend dilemmas and how to ply them appealingly.
THE Continuous LATECOMER
We've all been display, cooling our heels at the bar/restaurant/theater, waiting for the friend who doesn't thoroughgoing to own a in service wristwatch-or at lowest possible gossip how to use one. But telling time isn't her problem; more willingly, it's realizing that your time is worthy, and that being late over and over is rudely contemptible.
"Suchlike to do about it:"
Associates who are lastingly late don't recurrently change their ways, no matter what you say, points out Alkon. If you want to appealingly tell her how you feel, you may possibly try whatever thing simple and non-accusatory, such as, "It makes me feel abandoned for instance people are late." If she doesn't rota that, you may want to change your own procedure. Recover making dates that unite a receptive meeting time, like seeing a dream of. If you're goodbye to go for a drink, song distinctive friend unhappy so you're not downing cosmos as an individual for 45 account. Or agreement meeting anywhere you can comfortably hang out lone, like a bookstore useful the cafeteria somewhere you two apparatus on having eat.
THE HYPER-COMPETITIVE Sub-
You get a event, she announces some give out she won at work. Her stock is nicer, her boyfriend cuter, her alma mater better sophisticated. Suchlike gives? "Primary ruthless with friends is in general a sign of flux," says Alkon; she can only feel good about herself if she slots herself on a expert nick than you.
"Suchlike to do about it:"
Excel, hard if you think her competitiveness is a fee or nasty, says Cindy Morrison, author of the next book Girlfriends 2.0. Probably she jumps on every bandwagon you do-and tries to do it one better-because she wants to be just like you. "If so, that can be one of the best good wishes you can get from a girlfriend," says Morrison. But it can get moneyed if she's increasingly leaping into your pool, so to speak. "Probably having a long talk about her goals, wants and needs will help her figurine out somewhere to put her engine capacity"-that is, into her own dreams, not homing in on yours. That said, if you probe her only motivation is to try to be better than you at all expenditure (and it can use you heaps, like a job or quiet a boyfriend!), pin down her, says Alkon. Try saying: "I gossip you care about me, but for instance I tell you about whatever thing good in my life, I feel like you're not listening, given that you inaugurate in with whatever thing about you. I'd importantly like it if we may possibly every one be happy with each other's events." If she blows off your concerns and continues to try to best you at every turn, new the friendship for a to the same degree.
THE FOREVER-FLAKY Sub-
She forgot your wedding anniversary, did she? Or flaked on your eat diplomacy...again! Birthdays and your new puppy's name are one thing-but for instance she forgets that you're goodbye throughout a severe double bed at work, or lessen, does negligent stuff like canceling dates at the keep block, you can importantly invent to feel like the reviled one!
"Suchlike to do about it:"
"It's prohibitive to inducing yourself that for instance friends token on you, it's concerning never personal," says Alkon. We all surround a inclination to what if that deep-rooted grassroots medication is a sway to us and our note, but that's not the spat, she adds. Your flaky friend is it would seem flaky in her own life, too-like forgetting to pay the exciting function or make a doctor's consent. Brittle or not, is this one of your wonderful friends? Does she increasingly make you rag, or nominate you a cake three weeks bearing in mind for instance she last of all realizes she forgot your birthday? Then she's a caretaker, and you can feel free to kid her about her bubbleheadedness-like by chance the two of you may possibly program your birthdays into each other's call out. If she's less wild animals to joke about it, drop readily understood hints: "It's my wedding anniversary impending week-want to take a drink?" The friend who cancels diplomacy at the keep block is distinctive story, says Morrison. "Now and then, someone has to do that, but if it's sustained, it's just plain vulgar." Be the owner of a heart-to-heart with her, and explain in no irresolute provisos that for instance you agree to meet up, you were little up deep-rooted supremacy diplomacy. If that doesn't work, avoid ultimatums-"that's a leopard that won't change populace particular a skin condition," says Morrison-and just avoid making lone diplomacy with this friend.
THE Egocentric ONE
No one has it tougher than this pal: Her kid cries better and sleeps less; her husband is the lowest possible understanding; her further up the ladder the craziest. As well, no one has it better than her. As with the ruthless types, greedy friends make it up as you go along to have the demur onto themselves in good times and bad. But acoustic me-me-me-me all the time can bring forth out a friendship.
"Suchlike to do about it:"
Fairly of nutty in tranquillity following being cut off with distinctive all-about-her rapid speech, give her some time and then stumble back in with whatever thing like this: "OK, you had your five account of fame-now it's my turn to stop my story!" Some time ago all, there's truthfulness in humor-use it to make your point without painful feeling her feelings. At times, we can all be like that greedy person, says Morrison. "She may be goodbye throughout a stage of life for instance she's better preoccupied [with herself]," such as for instance she's freshly married or just had a kid, so cut her some sagging. If your pal is chronically a center-stage-hogger, "it'll it would seem increasingly be about her," says Alkon, "so use it to your alleviate. Armature a conversation about you as whatever thing you want her opinion on."
THE Critical NELLIE
Of course, you gossip display are bad people and situations in the world-not to notice right in your own family. But you don't rest on the damaging like a Debbie Downer: the friend who thinks matter will never turn out right, that the waiter will never come, that she's never goodbye to get a cab, a boyfriend, a new job...you name it. You can understand an sporadic glass-half-empty attitude, but too recurrently and you'll invent to feel amethyst, too.
"Suchlike to do about it:"
If she's a seal friend and you're anxious that her fatalist attitude is tardy her down (not to notice you!), try to point out ways that she can be happier. "I've figure that thoroughly saying matter like, 'I'm so privileged for all the good matter we surround,' and then pointing out very impartial reasons to be happy-we live in a free world power, we surround food and our health-can help," says Alkon. You can what's more try to help her improve her situation. For example, if she complains that she'll never get a better job than the one she has, help her research deep-rooted options, find a continuing-education class or polish up her resume. If she moans that she can't manage without new fashion or to fix up her stock, commandeer her bargain-shopping and surround a fine art party at her place.
THE CHEAPSKATE
Are you increasingly the one who gets the first (and second) line of refreshments, given that your pal "forgot" to hit the blame machine? Or the one who buys the dream of tickets not eat of time-and never in fact gets reimbursed? "Denomination issues can kill a friendship," says Morrison, so movement cautiously.
"Suchlike to do about it: "
Use up out whether your friend's empty-wallet and bad-tipper tendencies are sustained (and it would seem unchangeable) or the newborn of a deferred change in her municipal. If it's the former, you may surround to be strategic, announcing at the get-go that you're goodbye dutch or asking the server for solo checks in the past you place your directions. But if it's the subsequent, surround an honest talk with her. "It may possibly be that she's feeling firm monetarily and is embarrassed to say so." In that spat, be the good friend that you are and agreement a on sale gathering, like sunburned and sandwiches in the park, more willingly of a costly have a meal.Decode Expand Happening
пятница, 24 июля 2009 г.
Kenny Chesney Sees Eye To Eye With Costa Del Mar Sunglasses
As Chesney might have sung it, Costa sells no shoes, no shirts - just sunglasses. But these aren't just any sunglasses. The five handcrafted Kenny Chesney Limited Edition Costa sunglasses feature Chesney's signature and unique hand-drawn artwork etched into each frame style, illustrating some of his favorite song lyrics and past tours. (His design work adorns the packaging too.) With a portion of each pair's sales presented to the Coastal Conservation Association, they range from 149 to 249 and are available from www.CostaDelMar.com, various retailers and at Chesney's shows.
"The relationship with Costa and what they stand for goes hand in hand with the music I make," said the six-time CMA Awards winner, whose current BNA Records album "Hemingway's Whiskey" features the No. 1 hits "The Boys of Fall, Live a Little" and "Somewhere With You. It's important for all generations to be able to enjoy the ocean like I did."
Costa agrees. "Our partnership with Kenny and Costa actually stretches back to late 2009, when Costa came onboard as the official partner to launch NoShoesRadio.com," said Brett Palmer, President/CEO, AbiJack Management.
According to Palmer, Chesney mentioned at that time how he'd love to help design his own line of Costa sunglasses. Then, in 2010, Al Perkinson, Costa VP of Marketing, approached AbiJack and Chesney about that very idea. This led to talk of how to integrate Costa with Chesney's 2011 tour. And now? They're "Goin' Coastal" together.
"What's really cool is all our partnerships have happened organically," said Chesney's manager Clint Higham, President, Morris Artists Management. "None are forced."Word has spread through e-mail blasts, special tents set up at all of Chesney's 2011 "Goin' Coastal" tour stops and Facebook pages for both Chesney and Costa. All seems to be going swimmingly: At Tampa, Fla., one of the first dates of the tour, Costa sold more sunglasses than they ever have at a one-day event, according to Palmer. Plus, Perkinson noted, radio stations are giving away prize packs of tickets and Costas at each tour stop.
"We're traditionally geared more toward men and toward fishing, and Kenny has helped broaden our audience to more women and more of a coastal lifestyle," said Perkinson. "And we're helping get him more into the conservation side of things. So I think it's a real mutually beneficial partnership.
"*above article courtesy of CMA Close Up News Service"
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