11 Jan 10 What is a payday loan?
A payday loan has many names. Some call it a cash advance loan. Some call it a check advance loan. Another name is a post-dated check loan. Payday loans are popular for a number of reasons. (more…)
05 Jan 10 New Year Resolutions
New Year’s resolution or a commitment is done to make your new year a better one. If someone makes resolutions to reform a habit, then there are people who want to make changes in their lifestyle. These promises are made on New Year’s Day, the first day of a brand new year. These resolutions are supposed to be either fulfilled or abandoned by the end of that year.
Popular New Year Resolutions
- Donate to the poor more often
- Become more environmentally responsible
- Lose weight
- Get Fit
- Concentrate more on studies
05 Jan 10 To attract business and expand business
Custom Website design is a striking combination of design and web contents to deliver the right identity of the company. With custom web design a company can place their products and services strategically to attract business and expand business. (more…)
30 Dec 09 Unique New Year Traditions
Here are some unique and different new year traditions celebrated world over for you to check out:-
Burning “Mr. Old Year” (Colombia)
In some cities of Colombia, burning “Mr. Old Year” is a New Year’s tradition. They fabricate a big stuffed male doll that represents the old year. Then they stuff the doll with different materials. Then, on New Year’s Eve at midnight, they set the doll on fire. This symbolizes burning the past and getting ready to start a happy New Year without bad memories of the past.
Set that letter on fire (Venezuela)
In Venezuela, many people think this day brings good luck, so they write a letter asking for many wishes. Then, when the New Year comes, they put all those papers together and burn them to make sure that nobody can read what they wrote!
Watching the sun rise (Korea)
Every New Year’s Eve in Korea, the bell is struck 33 times. This is in memory of 33 fighters who died for the restoration of Korea. On New Year’s Day a lot of people go to the sea to watch the sunrise. On seeing the sun rise, people make their new year wishes.
Jump seven waves and throw flowers in the sea! (Brazil)
In Brazil, most New Year’s Eve customs are related to good luck or fortune. For example, if they are in a beach city, after midnight, people go to the beach, jump seven waves and throw flowers in the sea while making a wish. This will bring them good luck and fortune. They say that the goddess who protects the sea will make their wishes come true! (more…)
25 Dec 09 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
We wish all our readers a
Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.
Somehow, not only for Christmas
But all the long year through
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.
19 Dec 09 Celebration of mankind
Christmas is the celebration of mankind, of brotherhood and of love for all religion. It celebrates the birth of Christ, who was believed to be the savior of mankind. Christmas has always been one of the favorite times of the year for everyone through out the world. (more…)
13 Dec 09 Italian Prime Minister doodled women’s underwear at EU climate summit
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made doodles of women’s underwear at a recent European Union summit and then passed them around to shocked leaders. (more…)
11 Dec 09 Woods taking ‘indefinite break’ from golf
Golf superstar Tiger Woods announced on Friday he was taking an “indefinite break”from the sport as he admitted for the first time being unfaithful to his wife and asked for forgiveness. (more…)
09 Dec 09 Pick the best shelves and accumulate your things in an organized and tidy manner
If you are running some business or simply a homemaker, certainly the need to store and organize things properly can be overwhelming. From keeping the kitchen shelves tidy to arranging the racking for office stationery or warehouse, the necessity for storage racks for properly amassing your professional lives and homes is something that cannot be ignored, in any way. (more…)
07 Dec 09 World’s top 10 polluters
These are the world’s top 10 polluters, ranked by their absolute greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. Absolute emissions (carbon dioxide equivalent — million tonnes per year.
1. China - 6,027:-
Although, China officially overtook the US as the world’s biggest CO2 emitter, research has shown that almost a third of Chinese carbon emissions are the result of producing goods for export.
2. United States - 5,769 :-
USA drew worldwide criticism for failing to adopt the greatest international agreement for the reduction of greenhouse gases, The Kyoto Protocol, accepted by nearly every other country. The US has 4% of the world’s population but produces about 25% of all carbon dioxide emissions.
3. Russia - 1,587 :-
Russia has increased its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an encouraging development before United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his country would try to reduce greenhouse emissions by 25 percent by 2020, not by 15 percent as was planned before.
4. India - 1,324 :-
Four days prior to the Copenhagen climate summit, India announced that it will reduce its emission intensity by 20-25 percent by 2020 from the 2005 level. India’s emissions intensity is already lower than other emerging economies and had decreased 17.6 percent between 1990 and 2005.
5. Japan - 1,236 :-
Japan, the world’s fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, announced in June this year that it will target a cut in emissions by 15 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels.Japan has one of the strictest environmental protection laws in place. (more…)
