Hans Rosling, a 61-year old professor of global health at Swedens Karolinska Institute, forecast that India and China will overtake United States and Great Britain in terms of income per person by July 2048.Rosling, who uses analyzes data through moving bubbles and other objects that bring some of the most complex trends to life presented his latest findings at the recent TED conference.In his speech, which was serialized in The Economic Times,...more
Mr. Obama is traveling from November 11 to 19, with stops in Singapore, China, Japan and South Korea.The visit indicates the regions importance to the United States specifically East Asia since Beijing is the largest foreign holder of U.S. treasury certificates with 24 percent followed by Japan with 20.6 percent. The United States also shares important issues with Beijing regarding trade, North Korea, Iran, climate change and the global economic...more
Unusually early snowfall in Beijing that worsened traffic and grounded flights out of the citys international airport yesterday was the second snowfall in eight days to be artificially induced says China Daily.The first snowfall occurred on October 31 when authorities shot 186 doses of silver iodide into the sky resulting in more than 16 million tons of snow and flights out of Beijing Capital International Airport to be delayed. Yesterday, the airport was shutdown for four hours because of the snowstorms while airlines were forced to cancel hundreds of flights. Authorities dispensed 6,000 tons of thawing agent to de-ice the roads and relieve traffic.The National Meteorological Center (NMC) says the snowfall was induced to alleviate drought in the south and water shortage in the north.No one can tell how much weather manipulation will change the sky. Past experiments showed that it can bring about 10 percent to 20 percent of additional rain or snow, Xiao Gang, professor from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told China Daily.Xiao added: We should not depend too much on artificial measures to get rain or snow, because there are too many...more
Common shelving systems have a number of limitations, e.g. top and bottom shelves are hard to reach, difficult to visually see the contents of each shelf, lighting is often poor within the shelf compartments themselves and there is usually unused or 'dead' space between shelves.High Density storage cabinets avoid these problems. Items, parts and...more
A great idea can hit you anywhere. It can wake you at 2:00 a.m., so compelling that you jump out of bed, put on a pot of coffee, and begin outlining your business plan.Remember, though, in the heady rush of dreaming up the business, to build a launching pad for it. In other words, a presence on the Internet. Because in today's...more
So you have decided that you will do online marketing. It is one of the most sought after occupations with so many people working part time, and others who have found success and given up their jobs to devote themselves to online marketing full time. Now that decision is perhaps the only clear one that you had, and now you are confused. This is unsurprising. There are so many online businesses each of them being hyped as the one that will make you earn more in one month than you made in two years. So you would like to know what is hot, and what is not.Well there are many online business opportunities but when you are going to shortlist the top business opportunities, you would have to consider what are the trends these days. The trends will let you know what people are interested in buying into. Given below is a list of the top business opportunities for the current year. 1. Information publishing business. Yes, this is a lucrative and growing field. You can sell reports, ebooks, audio products, make movies and sell them. The list is endless. There are ways to start coaching programs online, hold tele-seminars about things that you have an expertise in. And if your target niche...more
Before a business plan is presented to funders, they would like to see that at least some low cost steps have been taken by the founders. One of these is to choose a legal structure for the business and to incorporate it, a process which generally...more
It is a characteristic of human nature that people would rather do business with people that they like, all else being equal. If the rapport is strong enough then they will even do business with that person despite the fact that others are offering a...more
DAILY RFID, a Chinese leading producer of RFID tags and RFID readers, has announced a new kind of 125KHz RFID Disc tag which gets a user-friendly upgrade recently. It is designed in adhesive form and can be easily integrated into many projects with...more
Often those who start non profits do so with a keen disinterest in the for profit business world and the focus on revenues and bottom lines this world generally entails. Because of this mindset, non profit directors often are not well prepared for...more
Using electrical appliances is not an easy task and one should pay attention to the safety guidelines and tests that have been done. The PAT test labels will help you in deciding the levels of safety for different equipment and the guidelines for use...more
The process of testing, which applies to instruments, machines or any form of electrical device is called as PAT or Portable Appliance Testing. It incorporates examination of internal circuitry and operating environment of the above-mentioned...more