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Scrum - Length of a Sprint

2020-04-27T08:40:00.000+08:00

Question: The length of a Sprint should be:
1/ Short enough to keep the business risk acceptable to the Product Owner.
2/ Short enough to be able to synchronize the development work with other businesses.
3/ No more than four weeks.
4/ All of these answers are correct.

Answer: [4]
Why all the 3 answers are correct?
[1] It is also important to consider business needs such as the two mentioned (risk and synchronization). Time isn't the only consideration. Note that Development Team capabilities may constrain the optimal Sprint length, although they should not be a driving concern.
[2] Learning Scrum is much more than memorizing the answers to questions. It also involves understanding why the answers are correct.

Explanation:
Site: https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#events-sprint

Confluence - Tutorial

2019-02-15T02:31:00.002+08:00

Confluence - Tutorial

Getting Started With Confluence - Webinar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1YTsMTrC7c

Cheers
Vijay

Source: Confluence 101: Getting Started With Confluence - Webinar
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1YTsMTrC7c]

iobeya - Visual Management - Recommended for Lean/Scrum/Agile Organizations

2018-04-19T23:17:00.001+08:00

iobeya

Recommended for Lean Organizations

iObeya helps organizations who already practice visual management take their visual boards online so they can be shared across locations.

A program manager at a local agile development shop pointed us to iObeya, and asked for our opinion on whether it would be a good tool for managing retrospectives. It could be, but this is not a tool for casual use. This is big, powerful software that you should use to enhance your meetings if you have it. In general, though, this isn't a first choice for businesses or teams who are still figuring out how they want to operate.

In the past year, iObeya added support for brainstorming and voting, making it now possible to fully support the KJ technique using this software. iObeya now enables collaborative creativity sessions. As the session leader, you can set the duration for the brainstorming and voting sessions, and actively participate throughout them. Because iObeya doesn't assume you'll do all your brainstorming and voting in real time, all participants are notified when a voting session is starting soon, and when it ends.

While we don't recommend iObeya as a first choice for groups looking to run a strategic planning or other one-time workshop, iObeya is one of our top recommendations for groups looking to run Dan Prock's Value Stream Mapping workshop with a remote team.

Also, check out this sweet demo video.

Reference: www.iobeya.com

Reference: https://blog.lucidmeetings.com/blog/25-tools-for-online-brainstorming-and-decision-making-in-meetings

5 Best Home Remedies For White Hair

2016-01-05T09:45:00.001+08:00

5 Best Home Remedies For White Hair

Do you have white hair? It is a great thing to have full crop of hair but if you have grey hair then it isquite embarrassing. White hair which is also known as grey hair is not considered desirable by the society.

If you have white hair, people will call you old and will crack jokes on you. You do not want that, right? There are many hair dyes and other techniques of getting jet black hair but they cost a fortune.

Looking young has become an expensive affair these days. Having grey/white hair can be an embarrassment. If you are going out with your wife and her hair is jet black and yours is white, people will make fun of her. Your wife may be proud of having you but you should think about yourself too. Do you want to come across as someone who is really old? We would assume that the answer is a big no!

However, you can treat white hair by following some simple and inexpensive ways. How about trying some effective home remedies for white hair? Home remedies are excellent and do not have any side effects. You can look young, vibrant and desirable again by following some of the simple home remedies. They will not cost you a bomb and will make you feel good about yourself. Why don't you take a look at the best home remedies that we have jotted down for you? Read on to find out!

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EFFECTIVE HOME REMEDIES FOR WHITE HAIR

Lemon Juice And Gooseberry

Gooseberry is a really famous fruit in India which treats almost every ailment in this world. If you want to fight obesity, stomach problems skin infection, hair problems, etc. then you should definitely go for Indian gooseberry.Gooseberry is known as 'amla' in Hindi and you can easily find it in a vegetable shop or in the form of juices and pickles. You would need to buy powderedgooseberries for treating white hair. Mix powdered gooseberry with lemon juice and apply it on your hair. Apply it on your scalp as well. Massaging the scalp with this mixture will make your hair black in few days. Do this on a daily basis for best results.

Onion Paste

Onion may burn your eyes but you can use the paste to treat white hair. All you would need to do rub it on your scalp and let it dry some. Your grey/white hair will turn black in few days. However use this remedy on a daily basis to get desired results.If you do it once in a week, you will see no progress. Make sure that you do it everyday! You would need to peel off the onion skin and grind the onions. Apply the paste on your scalp and let it be for a while. Wash it off after 30 minutes or so. You can shampoo your hair too because onion leaves an unpleasant smell.

Coconut Oil And Lemon Juice

White hair is irritating and unpleasant. If you want to get rid of it and turn it into black thenmassage and oil your hair with a mix of lemon juice and coconut oil. This is an effective home remedy and it works wonders! You should do this each and every day to get desired results. This will surely treat your white hair problem and will also make your hair healthy and beautiful.

Carrot Juice

Carrot juice is healthy as well as tasty. If you want to prevent and cure white hair then drink a glass of carrot juice on a daily basis. Your hair will not turn white and you will get rid of the problem too. It also helps in keeping your hair healthy and strong.You can make fresh carrot juice at home as well. Do not apply it on your hair because this works best when you consume it. Drinking carrot juice can be very health for your overall health as well. So, drink lots of carrot juice because it will not hurt you at all!

Sesame Seeds And Almond Oil

Grind sesame seeds and mix it in almond oil. Apply this on your scalp for few weeks as it will help in preventing your hair from turning white. According to experts, it can also help in reversing the process.Your hair will turn black if you use this solution. This combination works really well! Make sure to grind the sesame seeds properly. After applying this combination on your hair and scalp, you should leave it for about 20-30 minutes. Wash off with plain water.Say goodbye to white hair and say a big hello to a young you. If you use these home remedies, you will surely get great results. Try them and thank us later. Stress could be another cause for getting white hair and so, do not take much of stress and live a happy life.

Take care of you hair.

Source : http://www.healthexpertgroup.com/5-best-home-remedies-for-white-hair/

Glycemic Index

2015-09-13T23:32:00.001+08:00

What Is the Glycemic Index (GI)?

Glycemic Index (GI) is a measurement carried out on carbohydrate-containing foods and their impact on our blood sugar. GI is a relatively new way of analyzing foods. Previously, most meal plans designed to improve blood sugar analyzed the total amount of carbohydrates (including sugars and starches) in the foods themselves. GI goes beyond this approach, looking at the impact of foods on our actual blood sugar. In other words, instead of counting the total amount of carbohydrates in foods in their unconsumed state, GI measures the actual impact of these foods on our blood sugar. We rank our WHFoods as being very low, low, medium, or high in their GI value. You can find a GI value for each individual food in its food profile. Just go to any food profile and take a look at the DRI%/DV% bar chart that is located towards the beginning of the article. At the top right-hand side of the chart you will find the food's GI value.

Why Is GI Important?

Over the past 15 years, low-GI diets have been associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, stroke, depression, chronic kidney disease, formation of gall stones, neural tube defects, formation of uterine fibroids, and cancers of the breast, colon, prostate, and pancreas. Taking advantage of these potential health benefits can be as simple as sticking with whole, natural foods that are either low or very low in their GI value. We've ranking all of our WHFoods as being either high GI, medium GI, low GI, or very low GI to make it easier for you to focus on foods whose GI values fall into the low or very low range (we've also done this for the herbs and spices we include on the website).

How Is GI Measured?

Typically, a food is consumed in whatever serving size will provide 50 grams (about 1.8 ounces) of available carbohydrates. Available carbohydrates (or avCHOs) are carbohydrates that get readily digested, absorbed, and metabolized by our body. These carbohydrates have a much greater impact on our blood sugar level than carbohydrates in general because carbohydrates in general include substances that aren't readily digested, absorbed, and metabolized. Insoluble fibers, for example, are carbohydrates that do not have an immediate impact on our blood sugar level because they cannot be readily digested. As a very general way of estimating available carbohydrates in a serving of food, researchers take the total amount of carbohydrates and subtract out the total amount of fiber. Available carbohydrates are what's left.
After 50 grams of available carbohydrates have been consumed, blood sugar levels are measured over a period of 2 hours. The results are plotted on a graph and summarized in what is called glucose AUC, or "area under the curve." Glucose AUC shows the immediate impact of the food on our blood sugar.
Measuring GI also requires a second step. In this second step, 50 grams of available carbohydrate are consumed, but this time the food involved is one of two reference foods: either white bread or pure sugar (glucose). Once again, blood sugar levels are measured over a period of 2 hours, and the glucose AUC is calculated. At this point, it is possible to compare the two results. The impact of the first food on our blood sugar is compared to the impact of either white bread or glucose itself. When these two results are compared, the impact of the white bread or glucose is arbitrarily given a value of 100 to make the comparison easier. As an example, let's say that researchers are trying to establish a GI for green peas and they decide to compare the impact of green peas on blood sugar to the impact of white bread. And in this example, let's say that a person consumes a starchy vegetable like green peas, and the glucose AUC (area under the curve) is 48% as large the glucose AUC when white bread is consumed. In this case, the GI for green peas would be established at 48% of 100, or 48. (In fact, this is precisely the GI that we use for green peas at WHFoods.)

WHFoods GI Rating System

Most healthcare organizations use a "high," medium" and "low" rating system for GI. Using this system, foods get classified in the following way:

Low GI	Medium GI	High GI
0-55	56-69	70 or greater

We like this rating system. It's also the one we used as the foundation for our own rating system at WHFoods. We kept each of these same categories (low, medium, and high). But we used the concept of avCHO (available carbohydrate) to establish a fourth category called "very low" as well as to rank some of our WHFoods as "low" even though they did not have a published GI value. Since over one-third of our WHFoods are vegetables that often contain very small amounts of avCHO, we thought that the addition of a "very low GI" category would be helpful for sorting out our vegetables in terms of their GI value. To qualify as "very low" our foods needed to have an avCHO of less than 5 grams. (We calculated avCHO by setting a standardized food serving size of 100 grams, recording the food's total carbohydrate content in grams, and subtracting out its total fiber in grams.) To qualify as "low" our foods needed to have an avCHO of 5 grams or more but less than 12 grams. Finally, we ended up classifying a few of our foods as low-GI even when they did not meet our avCHO criterion. While researching the GI values for our foods, we came across research evidence for some particular foods that showed those foods to have a beneficial impact on blood sugar. When the preponderance of research studies for any food showed a beneficial impact on blood sugar, we classified that food as low-GI even if it did not meet our avCHO criterion. Here is a summary chart showing our WHFoods rating system criteria.

WHFoods Glycemic Index Rating System

	Very Low GI	Low GI	Medium GI	High GI
Criteria for Classification	No established GI value and an available carbohydrate (avCHO) of less than 5 grams OR an established GI of less than 20 and an avCHO of less than 7 grams	Either an established GI value of 55 or less OR an available carbohydrate (avCHO) value greater or more than 5 grams but less than or equal to 12 grams OR a beneficial impact on blood sugar in a preponderance of research studies	An established GI vale of 56-69	An established GI value of 70 or greater

Why Do Some GI Values Seem Surprising?

One of the most interesting aspects of GI involves its relationship to the unique features of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are definitely not the same with respect to their immediate impact on our blood sugar. For example, non-whole grain breads and pasta noodles both contain similar amounts of starch, and their starches are similarly composed of long chains of the simple sugar, glucose. But the 3-dimensional structure of bread allows more of the starch to be exposed to enzymes in our saliva and in our digestive tract. This greater exposure to enzymes allows more of the starch to be broken down into sugar and gives non-whole grain breads a generally higher GI value than non-whole grain pastas. Similarly, two basic types of starch found in many foods - amylose and amylopectin - also influence their GI values, even if the foods have identical amounts of total starch.
With respect to their GI, foods are also differently impacted by cooking. Many legumes, for example, have cell structures that are fairly resistant to disruption and help prevent breakdown of the starches inside their cells. For this reason, legumes tend to have lower-than-expected GI values, provided that they have not been overcooked. Before they have been ground into flour, whole grains also tend to have lower GI values due to the sturdiness of their cell structures. But after being ground into flour, their starches become more susceptible to breakdown and their GI value tends to increase. Of course, these descriptions are generalizations and can be different for specific legumes, specific grains, and specific flours. Still, they reflect a general pattern and principle: namely, that for a carbohydrate-containing food, the more its natural integrity becomes disrupted by processing or overcooking, the more its GI value is likely to be increased. Minimal disruption of whole foods from their natural, unprocessed state is one of our key principles at WHFoods, and it is a principle 100% aligned with promotion of lower GI values.

GI Ratings for the World's Healthiest Foods

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Food Group	Very Low GI	Low GI	Medium GI	High GI

World's Healthiest Foods

Vegetables	asparagus	carrots	beets	potatoes
	avocados	eggplant	corn
	beet greens	garlic	leeks
	bell peppers	green peas	sweet potatoes
	bok choy	onions
	broccoli	sea vegetables
	Brussels sprouts	winter squash
	cabbage
	cauliflower
	celery
	collard greens
	cucumbers
	fennel (bulb)
	green beans
	kale
	mushrooms, crimini
	mustard greens
	olives
	olive oil
	Romaine and other lettuce
	spinach
	summer squash
	Swiss chard
	tomatoes
	turnip greens

Fruits		apples	apricots
		bananas	cantaloupe
		blueberries	figs
		cranberries	papaya
		grapefruit	pineapple
		grapes	raisins
		kiwifruit	watermelon
		lemons/limes
		oranges
		pears
		plums
		prunes
		raspberries
		strawberries

Nuts & Seeds	flaxseeds	almonds
	sesame seeds	cashews
		peanuts
		pumpkin seeds
		sunflower seeds
		walnuts

Beans & Legumes	soybeans	black beans
	tofu	dried peas
	tempeh	garbanzo beans
		kidney beans
		lentils
		lima beans
		navy beans
		pinto beans

Seafood	cod	scallops
	salmon
	sardines
	shrimp
	tuna

Meats	beef, grass-fed
	chicken-pasture-raised
	lamb, grass-fed
	turkey, pasture-raised

Dairy		cheese, grass-fed
		eggs, pasture-raised
		cow's milk, grass-fed
		yogurt, grass-fed

Grains		barley	millet
		brown rice
		buckwheat
		oats
		quinoa
		rye
		whole wheat

World's Healthiest Spices and Herbs	black pepper
	chili pepper
	cilantro & coriander seeds
	cinnamon
	cloves
	cumin seeds
	dill
	ginger
	mustard seeds
	oregano
	parsley
	peppermint
	rosemary
	sage
	thyme
	turmeric

Where Can I Find Out More About GI?

Much of the pioneering work on glycemic index was carried out by Professor Jennie Brand-Miller,PhD, Personal Chair in Human Nutrition in the Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. The glycemic index website at the University of Sydney provides extensive information about her work as well as a searchable database for GI values.
Another resource we like is the website established by medical writer David Mendosa and devoted to issues involving glycemic index, glycemic load, and diabetes management. The Mendosa site also provides comprehensive lists of foods and their GI values.

Source: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=32

You Have About 20 Pounds Of Poison In Your Colon – Here is What You Can Do!

2015-09-13T23:21:00.001+08:00

You Have About 20 Pounds Of Poison In Your Colon – Here is What You Can Do!

The master cleanse program was developed in 1940 by Stanley Burroughs – alternative health practitioner. The process takes 10-16 days for total cleansing of organism.

Ingredients:

Ten ounces of filtered water
1/10 tsp cayenne pepper powder
2 tbsp of organic maple syrup – grade b
½ freshly squeezed lemon

Instructions:

The preparation of this powerful remedy is really easy. You only have to mix all the ingredients and to consume the mixture at least 10 days – 5-8 times a day.

Symptoms of toxic colon:

Immune system

Skin rashes, bladder or recurrent vaginal infections, weak immune system

Behavioral symptoms

Poor memory, mood swings, grain fog, anxiety, fatigue, depression

General health

Muscle pain, joint pain

Digestive symptoms

Stomach pain, indigestion, gas, diarrhea, bloating, constipation.

The colon has one of the most important roles in the human body. It maintains the water balance in the organism, regulates your immune system and helps in digestive process. For functioning and healthy body, colon is a vital part. The toxic waste will not be removed from the body – it will be absorbed by the wall of the colon, if the colon is not working properly.

24 hours are needed for food to transit through your body. Processed foods that lack of nutrients, fibers and enzymes) slow down the process to 70 hours. The final result of this unpleasant situation is 30 pounds of accumulates waste.

Condition called constipation is the most common sign for waste in your body. You have painful or infrequent elimination of the waste material during constipation.

Source: http://www.losingweightdone.com/have-about-20-pounds-poison-in-your-colon-here-what-you-can-do/

Cheers

Vijay

‘Discover’ feature from Snapchat -Has Content From ESPN, CNN, Food Network And Others

2015-01-29T18:26:00.001+08:00

Snapchat has launched a new content service called “Discover.” Snapchat Discover enables media companies to engage with users by posting summarizations of their content. Swiping your finger left or right changes the story and sliding your finger up shows the full video or news article posted by the brands. The content is refreshed every 24 hours and older content is not accessible, which is consistent with Snapchat’s ephemeral nature.

According to BI Intelligence, Snapchat’s user base is mostly female between the ages of 13 and 25. Snapchat Discover gives brands a way to connect with a younger audience. Snapchat Discover’s launch partners include CNN, Comedy Central, Cosmopolitan, Daily Mail, ESPN, Food Network, National Geographic, People, Vice, Yahoo! News and Warner Music Group.

“Social media companies tell us what to read based on what’s most recent or most popular. We see it differently. We count on editors and artists, not clicks and shares, to determine what’s important,” said Snapchat in a blog post. “Discover is different because it has been built for creatives. All too often, artists are forced to accommodate new technologies in order to distribute their work. This time we built the technology to serve the art: each edition includes full screen photos and videos, awesome long form layouts, and gorgeous advertising.”

Snapchat is a free ephemeral messaging app that reportedly turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook. Snapchat co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy decided to continue raising funds for their company instead. This past summer, Snapchat raised a round of funding at an approximate $10 billion valuation. That round of funding put Spiegel and Murphy into Forbes’ billionaires rankings with an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion each.

Before Snapchat Discover, the company seemed to focus on user growth instead of monetization. Snapchat’s users are now sending over 700 million photos and videos per day and Snapchat Stories are being viewed 500 million times per day. Snapchat Discover’s integration of content and ads in their app seems to be their first real attempt to make money. Snapchat Discover media partners will be sharing ad revenue with the ephemeral messaging app company. Initially Snapchat required users to request permission to send content back-and-forth. Snapchat launched a feature called Stories in October 2013, allowing users to collaborate at live events by sharing snaps that can be viewed by people all over the world.

What’s my take on Snapchat discover? A majority of my friends and colleagues are on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram so I decided to avoid Snapchat until I heard about the Discover feature. The cornucopia of brands offered by Snapchat Discover really appeals to me because I enjoy staying up-to-date on current events, sports and music. The format that Snapchat Discover presents the content from its media partners helps digest a large amount of information efficiently. And the ephemeral nature of Snapchat Discover will make me want to use it every day. Here is a video about how to use Snapchat Discover:

Reference: http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/01/28/snapchat-discover/

Lenovo Launches New QHD Yoga Pro 2 Tablet With Built-In Projector - Forbes

2014-10-10T21:57:00.001+08:00

Lenovo has launched a new Yoga Pro 2 tablet that features a built-in projector and 8 watt sound system today.

The headline feature is the tablet’s built-in Pico projector, which can project a 16:9 50-inch high-resolution image on to any surface. This is coupled with an 8 watt sound system and a mini subwoofer for bass.

The downside is that the tablet will only give you three hours playback in this mode, so keep your charger handy if you’re planning on watching anything directed by Peter Jackson.

Lenovo argues that it included a projector because consumers are moving towards larger – but mobile – screens. Lenovo’s own research found that 88% of US users are consuming most of their content via a tablet at home, and more than half watch TV “several times a week” on their tablet.

The idea that consumers are adopting bigger screens in large numbers dovetails with research from Adobe last month that showed that browsing and usage of smaller devices (4-inches or less) has dropped 11% year-on-year.

The tablet itself has some decent specifications, including; a 13-inch QHD screen, 8MP rear camera, expandable memory, LTE and 15 hours battery life when used for regular tablet functions. And, as with previous models, the tablet will come equipped with the now traditional Yoga stand.

The new tablet is one of three new devices launched at a central London event today, including a new laptop – the Yoga Pro 3 and affordable tablet, the Yoga Tablet 2.

The Yoga Pro 2 will be available this month, with the 32GB model starting at $499.99.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor/2014/10/09/lenovo-launches-new-qhd-yoga-pro-2-tablet-with-built-in-projector/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

OSMA

2014-09-12T14:18:00.000+08:00

A Peek into Osmo’s Reflective AI Technology
Osmo has a magical ability to turn physical objects and interactions into digital game elements. The technology that makes this possible is called Reflective Artificial Intelligence (AI), a phrase we created to describe the process that allows the iPad to make sense of what it sees. There are two main components of Reflective AI: the red Osmo reflector (a mirror), and the computer vision algorithms that process the data. Working together, the reflector and our computer vision software give the iPad the ability to integrate physical objects into our games in real time.

OSMA

How it works:

1. The reflector redirects the iPad’s front facing camera towards the playing surface, which allows the iPad to see the entire surface in front of the Osmo stand.

2. We obtain a digital image of the playing surface. Before we start processing the image, it’s just an array of numbers that has no meaning in its raw form!

3. The computer vision transforms the raw image into a collection of recognized objects. This is by far the hardest part of the process - getting the vision process to work quickly, accurately and in a variety of environments has been quite a challenge.

4. The game engine integrates the objects recognized by computer vision into the game. This is how physical objects you put in front of the screen become digitally connected game pieces in real time!

Perfecting the Reflective AI technology has been one of the greatest challenges in creating Osmo. Not only does the computer vision have to work accurately, but it needs to work almost instantaneously. We have worked tirelessly to improve our vision software for all iPads, from second generation to iPad Air, so that everyone who owns an iPad with a front facing camera can enjoy their Osmo experience!

Ref: http://blog.playosmo.com/

5 All-Natural Ways To Beat Acne For Goo

2014-02-19T00:04:00.000+08:00

5 All-Natural Ways To Beat Acne For Good

Nowadays I spend most of my time out in the world makeup-less, but this wasn't always the case. I used to have horrible skin, with rash-like acne covering my forehead and cheeks. As an actress and model, it was seriously getting in the way of my professional success, and wreaking havoc on my self-esteem.

After trying the traditional solutions doctors and infomercials tell you to try — including topical creams, on-the-spot treatments, tonics, solutions, face washes, etc. — one day I got so frustrated that I marched into my bathroom and threw out every last one of the chemical products that were supposed to be my salvation in the trash. Right then and there I decided that I didn’t want a short cut; I was going to do whatever it took to stay acne-free forever, and this time I would attack from the inside out.

Here are five simple but effective ways you can achieve and maintain glowing skin the natural way. Warning: sometimes the issue initially gets worse during your initial detoxification phase as toxins are trying to make their way out of your system. If you can stick it out when the going gets rough, at the end of your journey you'll most likely find yourself with an all-natural glow you never thought you'd have, with onlookers clamoring to know your secret.

1. Eliminate processed foods, gluten, and dairy.

That means no junk food, no chips, no sodas, no refined sugar, and no hydrogenated or saturated fats. If you have acne, you have to recognize that it's a disease and is pointing to the fact that you’re out of balance. You may have a toxic body from your diet, your organs could be overworked, and to make the kind of progress that lasts forever, you need to detoxify and consume alkaline foods. Period. There's no getting around it, sorry. I'm telling you this now to save you the money you would have spent on the latest infomercial miracle solution destined to take your acne away.

2. Take a chill pill.

Meditate, do yoga, take a walk, or just plain BREATHE deeply daily. Stress can also play a factor in acne, mostly because when our emotional state is out of whack it can throw our hormones even more out of balance, which eventually creates disease. Negative emotions are toxic to our bodies’ just like processed foods are, so it’s important to find whatever discipline works for you and tap into that inner Zen.

3. Clean your colon.

This is huge when it comes to staying acne free. Once I understood this principle, I never had an issue with acne again. Most of the time, acne happens when our colons are clogged up and we're constipated, meaning our bowel movements have not caught up with the amount of food we're eating. When this happens and waste piles up, the body responds by trying to push toxins out through the skin in the form of pimples. Why waste your time piling chemicals on your face, when a little tender loving care for your colon goes a long way?

4. Find nutritional balance.

Very frequently, people with acne are nutritionally out of balance in some way. Just like any other disease, the condition can stem from too much of something, in this case perhaps refined sugar, carbs, etc. or too little of important nutrients like: zinc, sulfur, or omega-3 fatty acids. So, it is very important that you begin to eat a wide range of whole foods that are fresh and nutrient dense that give your body what you need, and that you also incorporate super foods or supplements to rectify any long-standing nutritional deficiencies and boost your immune system.

5. Stop putting chemicals on your face!

I know when you're dealing with the annoying fact that your face is covered with pimples it's only natural to jump for anything that could be a quick fix. Unfortunately, the majority of the quick fixes don't really work, or if they do work for the moment, they don't address the root cause. As hard as it may be, it's better to take a good look at what you're using on your skin and make sure you understand what every ingredient is in your products. What you put on our skin should be virtually edible and natural so as not to aggravate your acne or add more toxicity to your system.

Ref: http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-12641/5-all-natural-ways-to-beat-acne-for-good.html

How to Embed a YouTube in a Blogger Blog - Steps

2013-10-09T00:02:00.000+08:00

Posting a video from YouTube

YouTube has added the ability for its users to "link" just about any content on the web and have that video posted to the users' webpage. This facility lets you share video more readily and also gives you a chance to showcase your readership your creativity. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to add the "YouTube" video to your Blogger (BlogSpot) blog, one of the more commonly used blogging services.

Steps

1

Go to the YouTube website.

Go to the YouTube website.
2

Search the video you want to add to Blogger.

Search the video you want to add to Blogger.
3

Once you found the video, click on 'embed video' button.

Once you found the video, click on 'embed video' button. After making your selection, copy the embed code. The code changes based on your selection.
4

Now go to your blog at Blogger.

Now go to your blog at Blogger.
5

Sign in and go to posting section and in Edit HTML mode, paste the embed code as provided by YouTube.

Sign in and go to posting section and in Edit HTML mode, paste the embed code as provided by YouTube. Press compose button to see the look and feel of video. That's it, you are done.
6

Now see preview and publish your post.

Ref: http://www.wikihow.com/Embed-a-YouTube-in-a-Blogger-Blog

Cheers
Vijay

2013-10-08T23:56:00.000+08:00

1. Vijay ...The dance without practice...instant dance 01...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMFlQSMkxs

2. Vijay ...The dance without practice...instant dance 02...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry-4IOHLHsI

3. Vijay Dinner and Dance Practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzvDvgBBLhA

4. Vijay Dinner and Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENDI-hCZzR8

Thanks and Cheers
Vijay

NAULI KRIYA

2013-10-08T23:45:00.000+08:00

Advanced Yoga Shat Kriya Demonstration - Jala Neti, Sutra Neti, Vamana Dhauti, Danda Dhauti

2013-10-08T23:42:00.000+08:00

What is Anatomic Therapy - The Art of Self Healing

2013-08-29T17:18:00.001+08:00

Our body contains a gland that secretes a fluid inturn possesses the ability to cure all ailments within our body. On an average our gland continues to secrete this fluid for as long as 120 years of our lifespan.

What is this Gland? Where this gland placed in our body? What this phenomenal fluid called? How we make our body to secrete this fluid with ease? Irrespective of your gender, religious beliefs, and social status Healer's Baskar will enlighten you how you can make 'your body work for yourself' to generate this fluid thus walking through a healthy living.

This treatment as preached by 'Healer Baskar' does not require you undergo any medication, painful injections, processes nor any form of yoga, acupuncture or reiki. All you would learn at the end of this treatment is that following Baskar's guidance you can make this gland secrete this fluid the next 48hours which can help relieve from any form of physical ailment within 120 to 360 days.

This treatment of curing any of your physical illness diseases though own body defense mechanism is what 'Healer's Baskar' calls 'Anatomic Therapy' also known as 'Sevi Vazhi Thodu Sigichai' in its native origin of Tamil language. Entire treatment would take as less as 6 hours and most pleasing is at the end of the treatment you are free for intake any form of your favorite food without any hesitation and infact neither would you be required to undertake any of second session of this treatment.

REF: http://anatomictherapy.org/WAT.html

GM Diet Plan - Full Details

2013-08-20T12:31:00.001+08:00

DAY ONE

All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consists of all fruits you want. It is suggested you consume lot of watermelon and rock melon (cantaloupe).

Note: And drink lots of water [At least 20 cups/12 glasses of water –> 3L to 4L].

DAY TWO

All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the new and

Cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the account or type. Avoid oil

And coconut while cooking vegetables. Have large boiled potato/sweet potato for breakfast.

Breakfast: One [IF BIG], Two [If small] potato/sweet potato – boiled and cooked in frying pan

Lunch: Broccoli fry with onion and little bit oil salt [very very less oil].

Dinner: Make a soup using Cabbage, Broccoli and baby corn.

Snacks (Vegetables) - Carrots, Lettuce, cucumber, beetroot slices, Baby corn

Note: And drink lots of water [At least 20 cups/12 glasses of water –> 3L to 4L].

DAY THREE

Any mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No

Bananas yet and no potatoes today.

Breakfast: Eat 2 apples and 1 pear and some water melon/rock melon

Lunch: Broccoli fry with onion and little bit oil salt [very very less oil]. And some fruits

Dinner: Make a soup using Cabbage, Broccoli and baby corn.

Snacks (Vegetables) - Carrots, Lettuce, cucumber, beetroot slices, Baby corn

Snacks (Fruits) – Grapes, apple bits, pear bits, cherry, blue berries,

Note: And drink lots of water [At least 20 cups/12 glasses of water –> 3L to 4L].

DAY FOUR

Bananas and milk. Today you will eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. You can also have I bowl of vegetables soup.

Breakfast (around 7 to 8 AM): Eat 2 red banana (Sevvalai) and 1 tumbler boiled milk (Use Meji milk)

Lunch (around 12 to 12:30 PM): Eat 2 red banana (Sevvalai) and 1 tumbler boiled milk (Use Meji milk)

@ 4 to 4.30 PM: Eat 2 red banana (Sevvalai) and 1 tumbler boiled milk (Use Meji milk)

Dinner (around 7 to 8 PM): Eat 2 red banana (Sevvalai) and 1 tumbler boiled milk (Use Meji milk) and also have a cabbage soup

Snacks – Strictly nothing

DAY FIVE.

Today is a feast day. You will eat 1 cup of rice. You also have to eat six whole tomatoes and drink 12 glasses of water today to cleanse your system of the excess uric acid you will be producing.

Breakfast (around 7 to 8 AM): Take 4 tomato cut in to round slices. Fry in a pan with few drops of sun flower oil and little bit salt. And cool it and have half of it. And keep the remaining half for lunch with rice.

Lunch (around 12 to 12:30 PM): Eat 1 cut of rice and tomatoes slice gravy [same.

@ 4 to 4.30 PM: Eat 2 raw tomatoes

Dinner (around 7 to 8 PM): Eat 2 raw tomatoes and have a veg soup [less quantity]

Snacks – Strictly nothing

DAY SIX

Today is another all vegetables day. You must eat 1 cup of rice today and eat all the

Vegetables you want cooked and uncooked.

Breakfast: Raw or cooked vegetables

Lunch: 1 cup rice and vegetables (raw or cooked)

Broccoli fry with onion and little bit oil salt [very very less oil].

Dinner: Make a soup using Cabbage, Broccoli and baby corn.

Snacks (Vegetables) - Carrots, Lettuce, cucumber, beetroot slices, Baby corn

Note: And drink lots of water [At least 20 cups/12 glasses of water –> 3L to 4L].

DAY SEVEN

Today your food intake will consist of 1 cup rice, fruit juice and the vegetables you care

to consume.

Breakfast: Drink water melon/rock melon [Fresh cut fruit or juice]

Lunch: 1 cut rice with Vegetables [very very less oil]. Cooked or raw vegetables

Dinner: Make a soup using Cabbage, Broccoli and baby corn.

Snacks (Vegetables) - Carrots, Lettuce, cucumber, beetroot slices, Baby corn

Snacks (Fruits) – Grapes, apple bits, pear bits, cherry, blue berries

Tomorrow morning you will be five to eight kgs. Lighter than 1 week ago. You have your system under control now and it will thank you for all the purging and cleansing you just gave it. Even more than a diet program it is good to follow this diet once in a while to clean your digestive system and remove toxic substances that have a accumulated in the system.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

· The most important element of the program is the 10 tall glasses of water a day.

· You can also flavor the water will some lemon to make the drink easier.

· While on the program, take only black coffee and never more than one teaspoon of oil.

· Preferably do not use oil because the high calorific content.

· No fruit juices before day seven.

Here is what happens to your body while you are on this program and how and why it Works.

Day 1: You are preparing your system for the upcoming program. Your only source of Nutrition is fresh fruits. Fruits are nature's perfect food. They provide everything You can possibly want to sustain life except total balance and variety.

Day 2: Starts with a fix complex carbohydrates in the form of a boiled potato. This is taken in the form of a boiled potato and taken in the morning to provide energy and balance. The rest of the day too consists of vegetables which are virtually calories free and provide essential nutrients and fiber.

Day 3: Eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from fruits. Your system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will have cravings, which should start to diminish by day four.

Day 4: Bananas and milk. You are in for a surprise. You probably will not be able to eat all the bananas allowed. But they are there fore the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the last three days. You will notice a definite loss of desire for sweets and you will be surprised at how easy this day will go.

Day 5: Rice and tomatoes. The rice is for the carbohydrates and the tomatoes are for the digestion and the fiber. Lots of water purifies your system. You should notice colorless urine today. Do not feel you have to eat one cup rice, you may eat less. But you may eat six tomatoes.

Day 6: It is similar to five. Vitamins and fiber from the vegetables and carbohydrates from the rice. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination.

There should be a noticeable difference in the way you look today compared to day one. Motor than one cup of coffee with milk is especially forbidden.

Milk and oil add empty calories to your diet. Avid coffee lovers can console themselves with black coffee.

However, after the first week, it will help your digestion and set your stomach. The key think to remeb4er is that if you are hungry at any time, then you are not following the diet correctly. Almost all people give up the diet when they are hungry because of dieting. The secret of this program is that you should never hungry. If it is a vegetable day, eat so much vegetables so that you are never hungry. If it is a fruits day, eat so much fruits that you are never hungry. You may be bored of eating vegetables all day, but you should not be hungry.

You can take any amount of General Motors wonder soup on any day.

GENERAL MOTORS WONDER SOUP

The following soup is intended as a supplement to your diet. It can be eaten any time of the day in virtually unlimited quantities. You are encouraged to drink large quantities of this soup.

23 oz water

06 large onions

02 green peppers

03 whole tomatoes

1 cabbage

1 bunch celery add herbs and seasoning as desired.

This program is highly recommended for women and men above 40 for whom excess weight is especially dangerous. Excess weight for women aggravates arthritis problems and leads to rapid joint decay. Pain and joint deterioration can be lessened by weight loss as weight loss removes the stress on the knee joint. Excess weight is the most critical factor in keeping good health and excess weight is responsible for the most problems including coronary diseases, heart problems, arthritis and cancer among other serious life threatening diseases. Most serious health problems can be avoided by the single function of maintaining an ideal weight. Daily mild exercise of 20 minutes is also essential. Do not tire yourself out, but being regular in your exercise and maintaining an ideal weight goes a long way in ensuring a happy, healthy and long life.

Enjoy...Happy Healthy Living.....Vijay

The pocket guide for Social Recruiting

2013-07-05T17:06:00.001+08:00

The pocket guide for Social Recruiting

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A tale of two smartphones SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 Vs APPLE IPHONE 5

2013-05-29T17:55:00.001+08:00

Smart: The screen reacts to movement, and a video will automatically pause if you're not looking at the phone

Ref: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2331480/Samsung-accidentally-reveals-new-mini-version-Galaxy-S4-handset-OWN-website.html

3 Ways Social Media Can Help You Land a Job (And Keep It)

2013-05-29T17:51:00.001+08:00

Currently, at my company, our HR team receives an average of 850 applications a month, and that number just keeps rising. Although recent reports suggest that the US job market is bouncing back, the reality is that many talented people out there are still struggling to land the careers they want.

Hitting wall after wall in the job hunt can be especially frustrating for new graduates and those in the early stages of their careers, who are chomping at the bit for the chance to channel their passion and ambition into something real.

While traditional tactics for boosting hireability are still invaluable, (like attending networking events and polishing up your resume), an increasingly critical tool for standing out from the crowd is social media. If you're not incorporating Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn into your job search, you're missing out on a key competitive advantage.

Here are three ways to put social media to work for you:

1. Use social networks to boost your networking power ... and your chances of getting that foot in the door.

It's common knowledge that most jobs come about as a result of networking, not through responding to job ads or sending out countless resumes. Nothing will ever beat a face-to-face meeting for instant rapport.

But what social networking has done is open up access to key decision makers who used to simply be out of reach. As Lars Schmidt, head of talent acquisition & innovation at NPR recently told me, "You can imagine social media as a big virtual conference where you have an opportunity to start making connections."

Perhaps the best way for job seekers to take their traditional networking efforts to the next level is to start following people in their industry on Twitter and to connect with them on LinkedIn. Through these networks, research employers and reach out to them through trusted friends and colleagues who might be able to make introductions. In particular, LinkedIn Groups are a great way to start conversations with like-minded people. Look for groups that focus on job searching and career topics to expand your own knowledge and contact base. Also, find your desired employers' Twitter profiles or company blogs and follow them, or like their Facebook and LinkedIn company pages. This way, you'll have a chance to connect more intimately with them and can show off your knowledge and passion when the opportunity rises.

Overall, I find it's helpful not to expect a set outcome from these encounters, rather to be open-minded. Learn things; get to know people. The best part is that communication doesn't have to be all that formal. Even just talking about common interests or sharing an interesting article can build trust and open doors.

2. Leverage social media to create a professional and attractive brand online and woo prospective employers.

A 2012 study showed that more than one-third of employers (37%) now use social networks to screen potential job candidates. This means many companies are now making hiring decisions based on what peoples' online personas say about them.

The great thing about social media, of course, is that you control what others see and know about you. Start with LinkedIn. At my company, we like it when candidates invest time in their LinkedIn profiles. Highlighting team projects or emphasizing volunteering and sports shows you can work well in groups. Recommendations are also great ways to add credibility. Ask people who've seen you shine—whether former teachers, bosses or colleagues—to write one out for you. On Twitter, share information and links to resources that you think will be interesting or valuable to others in your desired field, and have meaningful public exchanges.

Another integral part of using social media to build a professional personal brand is to, well, stay professional. A few years ago, a promising candidate for a job here tweeted this from his personal Twitter account: "going to a phone interview with @hootsuite and I am drunk after a few hours in the #congress2012 beer tent." Needless to say, he was not hired.

3. Become a social media skills guru.

At HootSuite, all 300-plus employees are actually encouraged to use social media at their desks, on the job. And this isn't just because we're a social media company. It's because social media enables people to do work better, whatever department they're in.

Our salespeople are using social networks like Twitter and LinkedIn to research and reach out to people more effectively. Our HR department uses social media to hire better, including having a dedicated Twitter profile to connect with candidates. Our customer support team connects with users on Twitter and Facebook, allowing for much faster responses than via phone or email. And the list goes on.

My point is that as social media becomes incorporated more fully into business (and it will!) being savvy about Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn will become a critical skill set. In today's business landscape, jobs are becoming less specialized and more general; the more you know, the more hireable you become.

That's part of the reason we created a program called HootSuite University, which helps graduates and young professionals grow their social media skills and gain formal certification. Courses range from 'The Dos and Don'ts of Social Media Etiquette,' to 'An Introduction to Social Media Across an Organization.'

Social media isn't just for sharing funny cat photos with your friends, or telling them what you had for breakfast. In the right hands, it's a powerful tool — in the job hunt and on the job.

Ref: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130528194312-2967511-3-ways-social-media-can-help-you-land-a-job-and-keep-it?trk=tod-posts-art-

Big Data?

2013-05-28T18:39:00.000+08:00

Big Data?

Big Data is THE biggest buzzwords around at the moment and I believe big data will change the world. Some say it will be even bigger than the Internet. What’s certain, big data will impact everyone's life. Having said that, I also think that the term 'big data' is not very well defined and is, in fact, not well chosen. Let me use this article to explain what's behind the massive 'big data' buzz and demystify some of the hype.

Basically, big data refers to our ability to collect and analyze the vast amounts of data we are now generating in the world. The ability to harness the ever-expanding amounts of data is completely transforming our ability to understand the world and everything within it. The advances in analyzing big data allow us to e.g. decode human DNA in minutes, find cures for cancer, accurately predict human behavior, foil terrorist attacks, pinpoint marketing efforts and prevent diseases. Take this business example: Wal-Mart is able to take data from your past buying patterns, their internal stock information, your mobile phone location data, social media as well as external weather information and analyze all of this in seconds so it can send you a voucher for a BBQ cleaner to your phone – but only if you own a barbeque, the weather is nice and you currently are within a 3 miles radius of a Wal-Mart store that has the BBQ cleaner in stock. That's scary stuff, but one step at a time, let's first look at why we have so much more data than ever before.

In my talks and training sessions on big data I talk about the 'datafication of the world'. This datafication is caused by a number of things including the adoption of social media, the digitalization of books, music and videos, the increasing use of the Internet as well as cheaper and better sensors that allow us to measure and track everything. Just think about it for a minute:

When you were reading a book in the past, no external data was generated. If you now use a Kindle or Nook device, they track what you are reading, when you are reading it, how often you read it, how quickly you read it, and so on.
When you were listening to CDs in the past no data was generated. Now we listen to Music on your iPhone or digital music player and these devices are recording data on what we are listening to, when and how often, in what order etc.
Today, most of us carry smart phones and they are constantly collecting and generating data by logging our location, tracking our speed, monitoring what apps we are using as well as who we are ringing or texting.
Sensors are increasingly used to monitor and capture everything from temperature to power consumption, from ocean movements to traffic flows, from dust bin collections to your heart rate. Your car is full of sensors and so are smart TVs, smart watches, smart fridges, etc. Take my new scales (which I - as a gadget freak - love!), they measure (and keep a record of) my weight, my % body fat, my heart rate and even the air quality in our bed room. When I step on the scales they automatically recognize me, take all the measurement and then send them via Bluetooth to my iPhone which gives me stats on how my Body Mass Index etc. is changing. This information is then also synced with the data collected by my Up band, which tracks how many calories I have consumed and burnt in a day and how well I have slept at night.
Finally, combine all this now with the billions of internet searches performed daily, the billions of status updates, wall posts, comments and likes generated on Facebook each day, the 400+ million tweets sent on Twitter per day and the 72 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute.

I am sure you are getting the point. The volume of data is growing at a freighting rate. Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt brings it to a point: “From the dawn of civilization until 2003, humankind generated five exabytes of data. Now we produce five exabytes every two days…and the pace is accelerating.”

Not only do we have a lot of data, we also have a lot of different and new types of data: text, video, web search logs, sensor data, financial transactions and credit card payments etc. In the world of ‘Big Data’ we talk about the 4 Vs that characterize big data:

Volume – the vast amounts of data generated every second
Velocity – the speed at which new data is generated and moves around (credit card fraud detection is a good example where millions of transactions are checked for unusual patterns in almost real time)
Variety – the increasingly different types of data (from financial data to social media feeds, from photos to sensor data, from video capture to voice recordings)
Veracity – the messiness of the data (just think of Twitter posts with hash tags, abbreviations, typos and colloquial speech)

So, we have a lot of data, in different formats, that is often fast moving and of varying quality – why would that change the world? The reason the world will change is that we now have the technology to bring all of this data together and analyze it.

In the past we had traditional database and analytics tools that couldn’t deal with extremely large, messy, unstructured and fast moving data. Without going into too much detail, we now have software like Hadoop and others which enable us to analyze large, messy and fast moving volumes of structured and unstructured data. It does it by breaking the task up between many different computers (which is a bit like how Google breaks up the computation of its search function). As a consequence of this, companies can now bring together these different and previously inaccessible data sources to generate impressive results. Let’s look at some real examples of how big data is used today to make a difference:

The FBI is combining data from social media, CCTV cameras, phone calls and texts to track down criminals and predict the next terrorist attack.

Facebook is using face recognition tools to compare the photos you have up-loaded with those of others to find potential friends of yours (see my post on how Facebook is exploiting your private information using big data tools).

Politicians are using social media analytics to determine where they have to campaign the hardest to win the next election.

Video analytics and sensor data of Baseball or Football games is used to improve performance of players and teams. For example, you can now buy a baseball with over 200 sensors in it that will give you detailed feedback on how to improve your game.

Artists like Lady Gaga are using data of our listening preferences and sequences to determine the most popular playlist for her live gigs.

Google’s self-driving car is analyzing a gigantic amount of data from sensor and cameras in real time to stay on the road safely.

The GPS information on where our phone is and how fast it is moving is now used to provide live traffic up-dates.

Companies are using sentiment analysis of Facebook and Twitter posts to determine and predict sales volume and brand equity.

Supermarkets are combining their loyalty card data with social media information to detect and leverage changing buying patterns. For example, it is easy for retailers to predict that a woman is pregnant simply based on the changing buying patterns. This allows them to target pregnant women with promotions for baby related goods.

A hospital unit that looks after premature and sick babies is generating a live steam of every heartbeat. It then analyses the data to identify patterns. Based on the analysis the system can now detect infections 24hrs before the baby would show any visible symptoms, which allows early intervention and treatment.

And these examples are just the beginning. Companies are barely starting to get to grips with the new world of big data. In conclusion then, big data will change the world. In terms of language I prefer to talk about the ‘datafication of the world’ in relation to the ever-growing amounts of data and ‘large-scale analytics’ (or simply ‘analytics’ because what is large now will be normal tomorrow) in relation to our ability to analyze and harness big data.

At the moment I am spending a lot of my time helping companies understand the massive potential as well as big threats of big data. I work with executive teams of companies spanning all sectors and sizes to help them develop strategies to harness big data and find each of these discussions and projects amazingly fascinating because they all open up new opportunities. Here, I would love to hear from you. Do you see opportunities for yourself or your business? Does this new world of big data scare you or excite you? Have you already started harnessing big data? Or have I failed to convince you and do you believe big data is just hype? Please share your views...

Ref: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130527063838-64875646-what-the-hell-is-big-data

How Google Search Engine Works?

2013-05-28T17:35:00.004+08:00

How Google Search Engine Works?

Ever wondered how Google works? How does it shows the most relevant results when you type in the query? The web has billions of web pages and websites so how the search engine gets us the result within fraction of seconds? Wouldn’t it be interesting to know how it searches for our query from such a huge repository of data? Google came out with a couple of good resources including a infographics and a video by Matt Cutts. So lets get started into world of “How Google works”.

1) Crawling and Indexing

The journey of a query starts before you ever type a search, with crawling and indexing the web of trillions of documents.

Whenever you search for something on internet(web), search engines (eg:Google) send out bots which are kind of algorithmic software to browse through its huge index to search for the most relevant result as per your query. This process is called Crawling.

Google use software known as “web crawlers” to discover publicly available webpages. The most well-known crawler is called “Googlebot.” Crawlers look at webpages and follow links on those pages, much like you would if you were browsing content on the web. They go from link to link and bring data about those webpages back to Google’s servers. —– Google definition

These crawlers create a copy of the websites that are most relevant to specific keywords (entered by the user). It creates an index of all the web pages relevant to specific keywords to reduce the amount of time if the same query is entered again by some user. This process of indexing sites on basis of keywords is called Indexing.

Google essentially gathers the pages during the crawl process and then creates an index, so we know exactly how to look things up. Much like the index in the back of a book, the Google index includes information about words and their locations. When you search, at the most basic level, our algorithms look up your search terms in the index to find the appropriate pages.

Process

Google navigates the web by crawling.
It follows links from page to page.
Sort the pages by their content and other factors.
Keep a track of all things in index.

2) Algorithms

You want the answer, not trillions of webpages. Algorithms are computer programs that look for clues to give you back exactly what you want.
For a typical query, there are thousands, if not millions, of webpages with helpful information. Algorithms are the computer processes and formulas that take your questions and turn them into answers. Today Google’s algorithms rely on more than 200 unique signals or “clues” that make it possible to guess what you might really be looking for. These signals include things like the terms on websites, the freshness of content, your region and PageRank.

Process:

User types a query to search.
Algorithms get to work looking for clues to better understand what you mean.
Based on these clues it pulls relevant documents from the index.
Rank the results based on various factors (like: safe search, site quality, user context etc.)

3) Fighting Spam

Every day, millions of useless spam pages are created. We fight spam through a combination of computer algorithms and manual review.
Spam sites attempt to game their way to the top of search results through techniques like repeating keywords over and over, buying links that pass PageRank or putting invisible text on the screen. This is bad for search because relevant websites get buried, and it’s bad for legitimate website owners because their sites become harder to find. The good news is that Google’s algorithms can detect the vast majority of spam and demote it automatically. For the rest, we have teams who manually review sites.

Google is always looking to fight spam to keep the results as relevant as possible.The majority of spam removal is automatic. Google examines other questionable documents by hand. And if they find spam they take manual action which is followed by a informing to the site owner. So site owners can fix and let Google know.

Conclusion

Overall a great resource from Google for people who are new to this. This gives the very basic idea about how search works. It can be very helpful for people who just want an overview of the process instead of going deep into technicalities.

Ref: http://etechdiary.com/how-google-search-engine-works-get-to-know/

How Google Works

2013-05-28T16:24:00.001+08:00

How Google Works

Ref: http://ppcblog.com/how-google-works/

5 Money-Saving Tools for the Cheap Traveler

2013-05-22T10:42:00.001+08:00

5 Money-Saving Tools for the Cheap Traveler
Take a look through them below. Are there any must-use tools we missed? Share your favorites with us in the comments!

1. CouchSurfing

CouchSurfing.org is a hospitality sharing platform that's been around since 2003. Its goal is exactly what it sounds like: to set you up with a couch to "crash" on. To use it, you need to register and fill out a basic profile, with your name, location, hobbies, etc. Once your profile's public, you can indicate how many travelers you're willing to accommodate (it's a rule that you need to be open to hosting if you'll be surfing.)
If you're looking to travel out of town for a week — say, to London — you can search the city for hosts who's accommodation information lines up with your request. From there, it's up to you to contact them and set up and time and place to meet.
There are, of course, understandable hesitations about meeting and staying with complete strangers. The website allows users to leave comments on a host's page — generally speaking, then, the more positive comments a user has, the more likely it is that they're trustworthy. But still be cautious and use your best judgment.
Other sites, like Global Freeloaders, Servas and The Hospitality Club are similar to CouchSurfing, just on a lesser-known scale.

2. WorkAway

We told you about WorkAway back in November, but it's worth mentioning again. In short, it's a website that connects you to participants abroad who are willing to provide food and accommodation in return for work. The site's database consists of more than 4,500 participants from 115 countries. The type of work varies — building, gardening and teaching all pop up on the front page — but the understanding is that you'll work four or five days each week, then be free to travel on the weekends. If you find work in a city you'd like to explore, it gives you the opportunity to save on costs while still experiencing both the environment and culture.
3. WWOOF
Similar to WorkAway, the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) is an exchange program that pairs volunteers with hosts in different parts of the world. The niche here is "organic farm," which is where you'll be working. The typical workload consists of 4-6 hours a day for a full day's worth of food and accommodation, so like with WorkAway, there will still be time to travel.

4. HelpX

Similar to the previous two, HelpX is an online platform that connects travelers to hosts willing to provide food and board for work. Locations include farms, bed-and-breakfasts, ranches and hostels, among others.

5. WeHostels

This iPhone app describes itself as a "combination of CouchSurfing and Airbnb." It's free to download, and you can use it to find hostels and book beds at the last minute wherever you're traveling. Once you check in, you can use it to meet other travelers who are staying at the hostel as well.

Ref : http://mashable.com/2013/05/20/traveling-tools/