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Truly paradise

2012-11-15T13:05:00.000-08:00

I love such weather !!

2012-11-09T00:13:00.001-08:00

Good Morning !!

2012-11-09T00:10:00.002-08:00

Australia offers joint venture for development of Thar Coal

2012-11-06T06:23:00.003-08:00

ISLAMABAD: Australia has offered Pakistan joint venture for the development of Thar coal to exploit its energy potential that would help the country overcome its energy crisis.
“We can jointly exploit the gift of Thar Coal,” the Ambassador of Australia to Pakistan Peter Heyward said Tuesday in a meeting with the delegation of Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI).
The delegation members included President IWCCI Farida Rashid, Adviser IWCCI Malik Sohail, Naima Ansari and other officer bearers.
The Ambassador said that major Australian mining and oil and gas companies were keenly watching developments in Pakistan which would help them plan stepping in this promising market.
The Australian Ambassador said that his country was also interested in Pakistan’s matchless potential in human and natural resource.
Peter Heyward said that Australia can get access to energy rich central Asia and Gulf states by using Pakistan as an economic bridge and noted that both the countries can further strengthen bonds in education and agriculture sectors.
Pakistan fulfils every criterion to become a developed nation soon, he said, adding that no county can afford keep away women from taking part in the development of economy.
Underlining the importance of linkages, Heyward said that Pakistani and Australian businesswomen associations would be linked while his country will offer training, education, networking, information sharing and exchange opportunities to Pakistani women.
According to IWCCI press statement, speaking on the occasion,wife of the Ambassador, Ms Suzzane Heyward said that she will try best to infuse confidence in business women by encouragement and capacity building measures.
She offered her residence for exhibitions where wives of all Ambassadors would be invited which will help local women entrepreneurs find business and intercommunication opportunities.
President IWCCI Farida Rashid said that economies of Pakistan and Australia were compatible which is prerequisite for enhanced bilateral cooperation.
“We have a great consumer market and a competent workforce which is fourth largest in the world,” Farida informed.
Adviser IWCCI Malik Sohail also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the potential of Pakistani market for the international investors.

World wastes 1.3bn tons of food annually

2012-11-06T06:16:00.000-08:00

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Roughly one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, which amounts to about 1.3 billion tons per year, according to results of a study commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The study reveals that food is lost or wasted throughout the supply chain, from initial agricultural production down to final household consumption.
In medium- and high-income countries food is to a significant extent wasted at the consumption stage, meaning that it is discarded even if it is still suitable for human consumption.
Significant losses also occur early in the food supply chains in the industrialised regions. In low-income countries food is lost mostly during the early and middle stages of the food supply chain; much less food is wasted at the consumer level, it says.
The causes of food losses and waste in low-income countries are mainly connected to financial, managerial and technical limitations in harvesting techniques, storage and cooling facilities in different climatic conditions, infrastructure, packaging and marketing systems; in medium and high-income countries, the causes of food waste mainly relate to consumer behaviour and lack of coordination between actors in the supply chain.
The study says that food losses in industrial countries are as high as in developing countries, but in developing countries more than 40 per cent of the food losses occur at post-harvest levels, while in industrialised countries, more than 40 per cent of the food losses occur at retail and consumer levels. Food waste at consumer level in industrialised countries which amounts to 222 million tons, is almost as high as total net food production in sub Saharan Africa, stands at 230 million tons.
Per capita food wasted by consumers in Europe and North Africa is 95kg to 115kg a year, while this figure in Sub-Saharan Africa and South/ Southeast Asia is 6kg to 11 kg per year.
The study emphasised the need that food supply chains in developing countries should be strengthened by encouraging small farmers to organise and to diversify and upscale their production and marketing.
Investments in infrastructure, transportation, food industries and packaging industries are also required. Both the public and private sectors have a role to play in achieving this, the report stresses.
Food security is a major concern in large parts of the developing world. Food production must clearly increase significantly to meet the future demands of an increasing and more affluent world population.
In a world with limited natural resources – land, water, energy, fertiliser – and where cost-effective solutions are to be found to produce enough safe and nutritious food for all, reducing food losses should not be a forgotten priority, it concludes.

McDonalds is not lovin’ it

2012-10-21T07:25:00.003-07:00

NEW YORK: Tough competition in the US and the weakening economy abroad was a double whammy for McDonald’s in the third-quarter, sending the burger chain’s net income down nearly four per cent.
McDonald’s said Friday it was adjusting some of its plans to deal with the pressures, including stepping up advertising for its dollar menu and bringing back the popular McRib sandwich nationally in December to drive traffic into US stores.
The world’s largest hamburger chain with 33,000 locations worldwide has thrived in boom and bust times by selling cheap eats and constantly updating its menu. But global economic pressures and intensifying competition are wearing at the company, which does two-thirds of its business overseas.
”When economic crisis began in 2008, few people thought the environment would still be as uncertain and fragile as it is today,” said CEO Don Thompson in a call with analysts. ”It is clear however that this operating environment is the new normal. As such our near-term focus is on stabilizing and growing traffic and market share.”
Thompson said revenue in stores open at least 13 months, a key restaurant metric, is trending negative so far in October.
That news sent shares down $4.14, or 4.5 per cent, to close at $88.72. The stock had been down seven per cent since the beginning of the year.
”McDonald’s is facing a lot of pressure,” said Morningstar analyst R.J. Hottovy. ”They’re seeing more competition from their quick-service restaurants and fast-casual peers in the US and facing austerity measures and macro-economic pressures in Europe and Asia”
Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald’s said its net income fell to $1.46 billion, or $1.43 per share. That compares with net income of $1.51 billion, or $1.45 per share last year. Analysts expected net income of $1.47 per share, according to Fact Set.
The stronger dollar hurt net income by eight cents per share. When the dollar is strong, international sales translate into fewer dollars back at home.
Revenue was nearly flat at $7.15 billion from $7.17 billion last year. Analysts expected revenue of $7.17 billion.
Revenue in stores open at least 13 months rose 1.9 per cent globally, including a 1.2 percent rise in the US, where the company said it faced ”broad competitive activity.”
McDonald’s is facing stiffer competition from newer chains like Panera Bread Co., which offers higher-end food in a fast casual atmosphere. Long-time rivals such as Wendy’s Inc. and Burger King Worldwide Inc. are also reworking their menus, renovating restaurants and launching new ad campaigns to win back customers.
McDonald’s said it will step up advertising around its dollar menu rather than its more profitable extra value menu that includes items more expensive than $1. Fast-food chains usually lose money on dollar menus, but they’re used as a traffic driver in the hopes customers will spend more once they’re at McDonald’s. It’s also bringing back the always-popular McRib sandwich in December and introducing a new item, a cheddar bacon onion sandwich that will be available in both chicken and beef varieties.
Hottovy, the Morningstar analyst, said focusing on the value menu was a good move for McDonald’s: ”In this environment you have to give customers what they want, and across the globe consumers are squarely focused on value.”
In Europe, where McDonald’s does 40 per cent of its business, revenue in stores open at least 13 months rose 1.8 per cent, hurt by negative guest traffic.
In Asia/Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, the measure rose 1.4 per cent as the company promoted limited-time offers and traffic increased. In China, the measure rose 3.6 per cent. Many US companies are focusing on China for growth, but there is concern of a slowdown in the country. But Thompson said the country is a ”market with significant potential,” and that McDonald’s is on track to open 225 to 250 restaurants there this year, with the goal of having 2000 open by the end of 2013.
Janney Capital Markets analyst Mark Kalinowski said he expects tougher comparisons with a year ago will weigh on sales trends and lowered his estimates on McDonald’s for the current fiscal year as well as fiscal 2013 and 2014. He kept his ”Neutral” rating on the stock.
”We would not be buyers in the context of tougher year-over-year comparisons in the US to be lapped over October through May,” he wrote in a client note.

Tony Greig diagnosed with cancer

2012-10-21T07:22:00.001-07:00

SYDNEY: Former England captain and renowned cricket commentator Tony Greig revealed on Saturday that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
“I have had a few scrapes in my life and this is another one,” South African-born Greig, 66, told The Sunday Telegraph in Australia.
“Vivian (his wife) and I are going to put the boxing gloves on and fight this like we’ve never fought anything before.” Greig will undergo a biopsy next week on his lung to precisely diagnose the seriousness of the cancer.
Greig said that he first became aware that he had a problem when he was commentating on Australia’s series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in September.
On his return from the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, he said he had “a lot of fluid” removed from his right lung and tests revealed he had cancer.
As well as his spell as England skipper, Greig also became a leading figure in the Kerry Packer rebel World Series Cricket in 1977 which sent shockwaves through the sport.
Source: DAWN NEWS

Amazing Texture

2012-09-22T10:06:00.001-07:00

Amazing Speedometer !!

2012-09-21T11:33:00.001-07:00

Darsait Muscat

2012-09-21T11:10:00.000-07:00

Best place for boating..

Akmal assault wins it against hapless Indian bowlers

2012-09-17T06:54:00.003-07:00

A day before the World Twenty20 begins in Sri Lanka, India's bowlers failed to defend 185 in a warm-up game after R Ashwin had reduced Pakistan to 91 for 5. Kamran Akmal's sustained assault finished the game with nearly an over left. Barring Ashwin, Kamran toyed with India's bowling as he swung six after meaty six in the company of Shoaib Malik, who bettered even Kamran with a strike-rate over 200 for his 37. What will worry India further is that they lost despite the use of five frontline bowlers, the warm-up game effectively allowing them the Supersub.

Pakistan won't be complaining, though. after an indisciplined show from their bowlers, they had their task cut out when they came out to bat. They started in belligerent fashion, but lost two wickets in Ashwin's first over. Kamran, though, made sure the momentum was not lost. He began with a good-looking cover-drive for a couple first ball, and lofted the second ball he faced for a six.

Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh then suffered at Kamran's hands before Ashwin came back to turn it around it with a mid-innings spell. In the 10th over he had Hafeez and Shahid Afridi caught at the boundary, before diving full length to his right to catch Umar Akmal off his own bowling. At that stage it seemed Pakistan had messed the chase up by playing around too much with the batting order, but Malik and Kamran had other ideas.

Sensible batting followed before the turnaround started in the 15th over when Kamran swung Zaheer Khan for successive sixes over long-on, and Malik drove him for four over mid-off. While runs seemed all too easy, the key over remained Ashwin's. All Indian eggs seemed to be in his basket as Kamran and Malik basically had their way with the others. By the time Ashwin came on to bowl the 18th over, the equation had changed completely.

Pakistan needed 29 now, and they could afford to take it easy in Ashwin's over. They were content with risk-free seven runs off his over, knowing well they could hit the others. And hit others they did. Kamran walked way across to Balaji in the 19th over to sweep a low full toss for a square leg over six, and Malik matched it with a loft over long-off to leave only six to get off the last over. Irfan conceded it through one loopy full toss.

It wasn't all doom and gloom for India, though, as one of their main batsmen extended his golden form, and another found some much-needed form. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma powered to fifties in a century partnership that seemed to have given India enough. While Kohli's was just an extension of an incredible run, Rohit's showing in both warm-up matches - he made 37 against Sri Lanka on Saturday - will be a big relief for the management. The only downside of Kohli and Rohit's dominance was that Yuvraj Singh has now faced just 17 deliveries in both warm-up games put together.

Kohli's supreme touch was evident when he nonchalantly clipped his first delivery through midwicket for four in the fifth over. His confidence spurred him to step out consistently to the Pakistan spinners. Rohit found confidence as his innings grew, and even overtook Kohli on the scoreboard briefly. Their partnership of 127 came at close to 10 runs an over. Like Ashwin for India, the Pakistan bowling unit had Saeed Ajmal fighting a lone, losing battle. He went at under a run a ball while others bowled poorly under pressure.

Kohli and Rohit found a way around Ajmal quite appreciably, but they were to find out the same done to their bowling unit, only much more emphatically.

Courtesy: ESPNcricinfo

Should lunch breaks be mandatory?

2012-09-07T04:41:00.002-07:00

People are always being told that lunch is under threat from workaholism, but would a compulsory long break actually mean we achieved more. Former Wall Street trader Frank Partnoy thinks so.

Most of us rush through lunch. We might have a sandwich at our desk or grab a quick salad with a colleague. Or perhaps we skip lunch altogether. After all, breakfast is widely regarded as the most important meal of the day. Dinner is often the most enjoyable. Lunch gets short shrift.
Lunch also has suffered from the crush of technology. Email, social media, and 24-hour news all eat away at lunch. Even when we have lunch alone, we rarely spend the whole time quietly reading or thinking. We are more connected to our hand-held electronic devices than our own thoughts.
Given the fast pace of modern life, it is worth considering whether employers should require a substantial lunch break.
Or, if a mandatory lunch seems too draconian, perhaps employers could give workers incentives to take time off for lunch, just as in some countries they subsidise or reward regular visits to the gym or a physician. Would we benefit from a long intraday pause?

One obvious reason to do lunch is to slow down and gain some perspective. If we burrow into work, and don't come up for air during the day, we will have a hard time thinking strategically or putting our daily tasks into broader context.

By taking a lunch break, we can think outside the box. In the interviews I conducted for my book, I was struck by how many senior leaders stressed the importance of strategic "downtime" - lunch or some other block of an hour or more per day - to break up their thinking and spur them to be more strategic.
Where we have lunch can be almost as important as whether we have it. If we sit down at a real restaurant and take time to chat leisurely with colleagues, we are more likely to slow down than if we dash to a fast food chain. In fact, a fast food lunch can be more harmful than no lunch at all.
Although a mandatory lunch could generate substantial benefits, we are unlikely to do it on our own. When we have the choice, many of us see the salient costs of a leisurely lunch, but not the benefits.
To encourage people to enjoy the benefits of lunch, we need to change the lunch default rule with the kind of "libertarian paternalism" advocated by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein in their book Nudge. Just as they would impose a default rule requiring people to save money, while permitting them to "opt out," employers could do the same for lunch. People could skip lunch if they wanted, but they would have to take some action - fill out a form, or log on to a website.
And it wouldn't necessarily create an unproductive 90-minute block. Employers could ensure someone is on staff at all times by staggering lunch periods (11:30-13:00; 1200-13:30 and 12:30-14:00), like schools do.
Finally, lunch breaks could create new opportunities for part-time work by institutionalising two half-time shifts - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Parents with newborns might choose to work just one of those times. It might become easier and more acceptable to become a halftime employee if there were a clean, natural split between morning and afternoon.
If our leaders want to improve economic growth and productivity, they could start by experimenting with a policy tool that is simpler than fiscal spending and less risky than monetary stimulus. How about lunch?

Pakistani stocks hit four-year high

2012-09-02T00:08:00.002-07:00

KARACHI: Pakistani stocks closed at a four-year high on Friday after investors were encouraged by a slowdown in inflation, dealers said.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) benchmark 100-share index closed 0.90 per cent, or 137.87 points, higher at 15,391.58, on volume of 13.12 million shares.
Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 9.1 per cent in August from a year earlier, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Friday. The year-on-year rate was 9.60 per cent in July.
“A further slowdown in inflation numbers enticed investors to take fresh positions,” said Samar Iqbal, a trader at Topline Securities.
In the currency market, the Pakistani rupee ended slightly weaker at 94.56/94.61 to the dollar, compared to Thursday’s close of 94.48/94.54.
Overnight rates in the money market ended at 10.40 per cent compared with 7.50 on Thursday.
Source: Dawn News
Link: http://dawn.com/2012/08/31/pakistani-stocks-hit-four-year-high/

Paris plane passenger flown back to Lahore while asleep

2012-08-24T00:50:00.002-07:00

A Frenchwoman who flew from Pakistan, slept through her arrival at Paris and then flew back to Lahore, has finally arrived back in the French capital.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is investigating how ground crew at Charles de Gaulle Airport failed to notice Patrice Christine Ahmed during the plane's two-hour stopover.
By the time she woke up she was on her way back to Pakistan.
PIA later arranged for Mrs Ahmed to fly back to Paris.
However, it said that whoever was at fault would pay for the extra ticket.
Mrs Ahmed, who is married to a Pakistani national, left the Pakistani city of Lahore at noon on Tuesday to fly to Paris via Milan.
After having slept through landing and disembarkation at Paris, Mrs Ahmed did not mention her misfortune to cabin crew on the return flight.
The matter only came to light when she was stopped by immigration officials in Lahore on Wednesday morning, after a 12,000km (7,700 mile) round trip.
Inquiry launched PIA spokesman Sultan Hasan told AFP news agency that they were investigating the incident and also the French subcontractor responsible for passenger handling in Paris.
"We have put questions to this French firm about the incident but it is also the responsibility of the passenger to disembark at the destination," he said.
"It is a passenger's responsibility to check about the destination and disembark when the plane arrives at the particular airport."
PIA arranged to send Mrs Ahmed back to Paris with another airline as none of its own flights was available, but said that the party responsible for the incident should pay for the extra ticket.
"It depends who is at fault," Mr Hasan said.
"If it is a mistake by the local firm, they will pay and if the woman herself is responsible than she will have to bear the cost."

Apple is most valuable company ever at $622 bn

2012-08-21T08:15:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK: Apple on Monday dethroned longtime rival Microsoft as the most valuable company in history based on the value of its stock, which climbed to around $622 billion.
Apple’s stock began a steady rise late last week and hit a new high of $664.75 a share near midday Monday on the Nasdaq exchange amid rumors the tech giant is poised to release new versions of iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV devices.
Apple topped the record of nearly $619 billion set by software titan Microsoft in 1999, during the famed dot-com boom years.
Apple shares began a rapid ascent on Friday after Jefferies investment bank analyst Peter Misek predicted the stock will hit $900 and predicted that the arrival of the iPhone 5 “will be the biggest handset launch in history.”
Jefferies reasoned that Apple is positioned to take a significant portion of the profit to be generated by hot trends in smartphones, tablet computers, and gadgets linking to the Internet on latest-generation 4G networks.
The Internet has been abuzz with unconfirmed reports that Apple will introduce a new iPhone, perhaps with a larger screen, at a press event in September.
The Cupertino, California-based company is also believed to be readying a smaller version of its market-ruling iPad, and a revamped Apple TV box, referred to unofficially as “iTV,” that routes video or programming to televisions.
“We believe the iTV is in full production,” Misek said.
The surge in Apple’s stock price demonstrated the powerful expectations for the next generation of gadgets from the culture-changing company, according to Wedbush Securities managing director of equities trading Michael James.
Investors also see promise in hot new Apple gadgets hitting the market in time for year-end holiday shopping, when the company’s products typically shine, James added.

Live your dream.

2012-08-17T04:31:00.001-07:00

Live your dream and just latch on fulfilling it. It looks hard in a start but it gets easier by the lapse time. Never give up your dreams. :)

Are we facing population overload?

2012-08-17T03:54:00.004-07:00

Coutesy: BBC - Gaia Vince

Some 10,000 years ago, at the beginning of the Holocene geological age, there were only around five million of us on the planet. Although humans had a significant impact on the natural world – by using fires to clear forestry or hunting large mammals to extinction – their effects were localised.
Boy, have things changed. In 1900, there were 1.6 billion of us; by 2000 the global population had shot up to 6.1 billion. Last year, we passed the seven billion mark, and best estimates have us reaching the nine billion mark before 2050.
The sheer number of people has profoundly changed the global landscape, as we convert vast tracts of wild vegetation to agricultural or grazing areas, for example. Fishing on an industrial scale to provide for billions has dramatically altered marine diversity. Individual farmers breeding livestock or keeping chickens, when multiplied by millions, have caused biodiversity changes in which more than 90% of the weight of all terrestrial vertebrates is now made up of humans and the animals we've domesticated. The quest for resources to supply us all with materials and the trappings of life has depleted the forests, polluted rivers and soils and even carved the tops of mountains. And the fuels used by each of us for energy have produced combined emissions that are already altering the planet's climate.
By 2050, it is estimated that we could triple our resource consumption to a whopping 140 billion tonnes of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year. Our food requirement alone is expected to double by then.
Is our ever-increasing human population propelling us to our doom? Is there a limit to how many people can be sustained on a finite planet – and, if so, have we already passed it?
Grim predictions
It’s not the first time we’ve been presented with this doomsday scenario. More than two centuries ago, when the global population was around an estimated one billion, the British social economist Thomas Malthus issued dire warnings about the risk of population exceeding resource limits. In 1798, he advocated limiting family size and postponing marriage. (As one of seven children, he practiced what he preached by only having three of his own.)
Since Malthus, there has been no shortage of economists, environmentalists and demographers predicting humanity's collapse through famine, wars and epidemics, if we don't check our population. Some environmentalists even go as far as to say it is morally wrong to have children at all.
So far, the doomsayers have been proved wrong: tragedy has been averted through better technologies, the invention of artificial fertilisers, improved medicines and other rescuing remedies. Indeed, there are some examples of where population increase has led to resources being better conserved and managed. For example, Machakos in Kenya, whose population rose to 250,000 – with accompanying resource over-exploitation, denuded hillsides and soil erosion – actually improved when its population rose still further. The extra labour available meant hillsides could be restored and soil erosion tempered, and Machakos is now home to 1.5 million people.
However, whether this improvement can be solely attributed to the increase in population, and whether it can be replicated elsewhere, remains debatable. Examples like Machakos are few and far between – outweighed by the far greater number of societies that have collapsed due to unsustainable resource use, driven by overpopulation.

Phillips Exeter Academy Library / New Hampshire - USA

2012-08-11T06:20:00.000-07:00

Amazing sliced apple

2012-08-10T09:38:00.001-07:00

Why are we so curious ?

2012-08-06T09:51:00.001-07:00

Evolution made us the ultimate learning machines, and the ultimate learning machines need to be oiled by curiosity.

I hate to disappoint you, but whatever your ambitions, whatever your long-term goals, I'm pretty sure that reading this column isn’t going to further them. It won't stop you feeling hungry. It won't provide any information that might save your life. It’s unlikely to make you attractive to the opposite sex.
And yet if I were to say that I will teach you a valuable lesson about your inner child, I hope you will want to carry on reading, driven by nothing more than your curiosity to find out a little more. What could be going on in your brain to make you so inquisitive?
We humans have a deeply curious nature, and more often than not it is about the minor tittle-tattle in our lives. Our curiosity has us doing utterly unproductive things like reading news about people we will never meet, learning topics we will never have use for, or exploring places we will never come back to. We just love to know the answers to things, even if there's no obvious benefit.
From the perspective of evolution this appears to be something of a mystery. We associate evolution with ‘survival-of-the-fittest’ traits that support the essentials of day-to-day survival and reproduction. So why did we evolve to waste so much time? Shouldn't evolution have selected for a species which was – you know – a bit more focussed?
hild’s play
The roots of our peculiar curiosity can be linked to a trait of the human species call neoteny. This is a term from evolutionary theory that means the "retention of juvenile characteristics". It means that as a species we are more child-like than other mammals. Being relatively hairless is one physical example. A large brain relative to body size is another. Our lifelong curiosity and playfulness is a behavioural characteristic of neoteny.
Exploration bonus
In the world of artificial intelligence, computer scientists have explored how behaviour evolves when guided by different learning algorithms. An important result is that even the best learning algorithms fall down if they are not encouraged to explore a little. Without a little something to distract them from what they should be doing, these algorithms get stuck in a rut, relying on the same responses time and time again.
Obviously it would be best if we knew what we needed to know, and just concentrated on that. Fortunately, in a complex world it is impossible to know what might be useful in the future. And thank goodness – otherwise we would have evolved to be a deadly-boring species which never wanted to get lost, never tried things to just see what happened or did things for the hell of it.
Evolution made us the ultimate learning machines, and the ultimate learning machines need a healthy dash of curiosity to help us take full advantage of this learning capacity.
Or, as Kurt Vonnegut said, "We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different."
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I dream of that day

2012-08-03T03:19:00.003-07:00

A very special video.. I wish this happens one day..

"Super Moon" Sierra Nevada Sequoia National Park California USA

2012-08-02T07:10:00.004-07:00

"Super Moon" Sierra Nevada Sequoia National Park California USA

Amazing University TUM

2012-07-30T11:48:00.001-07:00

University life: stressful or fun?

In the Technical University of Munich, also known as TUM, they sure know how to make students enjoy their days at school. Instead of using regular stairs they have installed two giant tubes or better said slides from the 4th floor to the ground floor of their Faculty building for Math and Computer Science.

Mr Bean's Olympic appearance

2012-07-28T09:46:00.000-07:00

Rowan Atkinson's comic creation Mr Bean made an appearance as a keyboard player at the London 2012 opening ceremony.

Sir Simon Rattle conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a tribute to the film Chariots of Fire.

I love books which increase my knowledge

2012-07-20T12:00:00.001-07:00

I love which increase my knowledge.. Not all books are good to read, some can seriously misguide you. Be careful in choosing yours one and make sure you spend your time for the right one which enlighten you at the end rather misguide you.