23 Jun 2012Editorial

Twitter is baffling – why don't I have more followers?

For all the talk of 'joining the conversation', it's a bit like hearing the noise from a neighbour's party without being able to join inMonitoring follower numbers with a Twitter app can be reassuring – or frustrating. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAManagement guru Peter Drucker once wrote: "The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers." How apt, given that I have just vaulted the 200...

Source : Guardian | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

From the archive, 23 June 1960: What's wrong with refrigerators?

'Thank God we are not ruled by intellectuals,' said an observer at the end of the Congress for Cultural Freedom"Thank God we are not ruled by intellectuals," said an observer at the end of the Congress for Cultural Freedom. He had been patiently listening to the intellectuals of the over-developed world, whose fears about the "good life" and "mass culture" dominated much of the proceedings.These fears...

Source : Guardian | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

Karen Klein bullying video shocks residents of Rochester suburb

Bus monitor's treatment by Greece teenagers inspires calls for punishment – and nearly $500,000 in donations so farThis small suburb of Rochester, largely unknown until this week, is now internationally famous after a 10-minute video titled "Making the bus monitor cry" appeared online."Oh my God you're so fat," one youngster says to the bus monitor, whose identity was revealed as Karen Klein.Forty-eight...

Source : Guardian | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

US hopes election of new Pak PM will improve ties

Obama administration has welcomed the election of a new prime minister in Pakistan, and has expressed hope that the move would help improving ties between the two countries."We are pleased that the leadership issue appears to have been settled," US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said."We obviously look forward to working with the new prime minister and hope that this will open space to...

Source : News Track India | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

Ferdinand believes end of club-based groups in England team reason behind their 'unity'

defender Rio Ferdinand has said intense club rivalries used to disturb the unity of the previous England squads, but believes no such club-based groups exist in the Three Lions squad at present, which is the main reason behind their unity.The Manchester United star, who made his England debut back in 1997, has been heartened by the way the squad has mixed so well with one another, showing no divisions...

Source : News Track India | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

Mukherjee seeks support for Prez poll

Kolkata, June 23 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is the UPA's presidential candidate, on Saturday made an earnest appeal to the leaders of various political parties to back his candidature in the race for Raisina Hill."We are waiting for the presidential poll. The election will take place on July 19. am the UPA's candidate. Other than the UPA's own members, everybody else in the government,...

Source : News Track India | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

It’s no laughing matter

MARK TWIN believed that “against the assault of laughter nothing can stand”. He, obviously, hasn’t seen the Indian judiciary at work.In Mumbai, the High Court has frowned upon a group of laughter club members for causing “mental agony, pain and public nuisance” by laughing out loud in front of the petitioner’s home.The court, for sure, is not against laughter. It is about the discomfort that laughing...

Source : Khaleej Times | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

Lifestyle changes key in diabetes care

Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes that occurs in adult population after 30-40 years of age, says Dr Shahid Alam, Specialist Internal Medicine, Zulekha Hospital, Dubai.Type 2 diabetes is an important contributor to premature vascular disease (like heart attack and strokes), kidney failure and lower limb amputation.Approximately 19.2 per cent of the UAE population has been diagnosed...

Source : Khaleej Times | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

Care for a cuppa Indian paradox?

THERE WAS this man earlier this week who thought I was from Delhi. I smiled and told him I did not have the privilege. He smiled back but there was a hint of mock in his reply when he answered: “There is no privilege in being a native of Delhi. Half of the population there are crooks.”And that was the end of our brief introduction. He picked his bag and walked away as if he was disgusted with his self....

Source : Khaleej Times | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

Biting the Apple

ABOUT 10 YEARS ago, a restless Bill Gates, unhappy with his company’s early experiments with pen-based computing, promised that he would fulfil a dream that he and others had “for years and years” about a new tablet device.ABOUT 10 YEARS ago, a restless Bill Gates, unhappy with his company’s early experiments with pen-based computing, promised that he would fulfil a dream that he and others had “for...

Source : Khaleej Times | 361 Day(s) AgoCategory : Editorial

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