Social SKY DIVE
Felix Baumgartner, the Australian dare devil jumped from a staggering 24 miles above the Earth beating the record of the Mexican Joe Kittinger of 19.5 miles set in 1960. Felix with his jump has broken the speed of sound and is the first man to do so. He on the other hand made new records in the world of social networking as well, after he landed to Earth.
Streamed by more than 130 digital outlets, over 7.3 million viewers were watching as Felix sat on the edge of capsule just before the jump. Before the jump when he was ascending in to space, the viewers on YouTube ascended with him to watch him live when the streaming links were heavily shared on Facebook and Twitter at the same time.
Facebook reported that after Felix landed, within 40 minutes, his image on his knees after the landing was shared 29000 times generating 216000 likes and 10000 comments just as fast as his jump.
Facebook was not the only site; Twitter showed that Felix’s jump was the most trending topic all over the world crossing Justin Beiber and seven National Football League games played at the same time. Celebrities, athletes from all over the tweeted on Felix and congratulated on his record breaking jump.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Happy Birthday Professor
On 22nd October one of the living legends of modern managing football, Arsene Wenger was born. Wenger when appointed by Arsenal FC in 1996 as the first foreign manager got criticism from the British media and the Arsenal squad of “Where did this schoolteacher come from?” and “Arsene Who?” was so not surprising.
The first of many things that Wenger changed was the diet of footballers. Players, who previously had steak before match and a bar of Mars after the match was removed from the menu. The Frenchman emphasized on having boiled vegetables, fish and rice which he got to know was the healthiest diet after spending two years in Japan.
The changes in diet was followed by squad, Wenger brought in the likes of Patrick Viera, Petit, Overmars and more French players to join the team was a stroke of genius and something that would eventually lead the side away from the 'Boring, Boring, Arsenal' and '1-0 to the Arsenal' chants of old. Much success would follow.
The first season under Wenger had nothing in it except some changes in expectations for the fans for the next season to come. Arsenal finished third and had no trophy. The next season was a massive turn around. Arsenal were already crowned the champions without playing the last two matches and won the FA cup two weeks later. Wenger’s plane had taken off. Today after 16 years Arsene Wenger has won three titles with Arsenal including an unbeaten season of Invincibles, four FA cups and Champions League qualification every year. His records and hard work with Arsenal FC has made him one of the best managers in England and around the world. The most successful manager in the history of Arsenal Fc is no birthday man. But as fan of Arsenal and Wenger I dedicate my blog to the Frenchman who made me love football. Happy Birthday Sir. In Arsene We Trust !
On 22nd October one of the living legends of modern managing football, Arsene Wenger was born. Wenger when appointed by Arsenal FC in 1996 as the first foreign manager got criticism from the British media and the Arsenal squad of “Where did this schoolteacher come from?” and “Arsene Who?” was so not surprising.
The first of many things that Wenger changed was the diet of footballers. Players, who previously had steak before match and a bar of Mars after the match was removed from the menu. The Frenchman emphasized on having boiled vegetables, fish and rice which he got to know was the healthiest diet after spending two years in Japan.
The changes in diet was followed by squad, Wenger brought in the likes of Patrick Viera, Petit, Overmars and more French players to join the team was a stroke of genius and something that would eventually lead the side away from the 'Boring, Boring, Arsenal' and '1-0 to the Arsenal' chants of old. Much success would follow.
The first season under Wenger had nothing in it except some changes in expectations for the fans for the next season to come. Arsenal finished third and had no trophy. The next season was a massive turn around. Arsenal were already crowned the champions without playing the last two matches and won the FA cup two weeks later. Wenger’s plane had taken off. Today after 16 years Arsene Wenger has won three titles with Arsenal including an unbeaten season of Invincibles, four FA cups and Champions League qualification every year. His records and hard work with Arsenal FC has made him one of the best managers in England and around the world. The most successful manager in the history of Arsenal Fc is no birthday man. But as fan of Arsenal and Wenger I dedicate my blog to the Frenchman who made me love football. Happy Birthday Sir. In Arsene We Trust !
Record
Breakers !
Watching the news all day in Pakistan is sad and depressing, the recent incident of Malala and the target killings of Karachi seem to never end. But in this darkest of screens Pakistani media was able to find some light. Pakistan may not be successful when it comes to Olympics but they sure were in breaking and making not one but 5 Guinness World Records.
It all started on Saturday 20th October 2012 when in Lahore Hockey Stadium a massive population of 42,813 gathered to sing the National Anthem of Pakistan. By doing so they set a new world record beating India who previously had the record of 15,243.
This wasn’t the end. On Sunday, a 12 year old girl, Mehak Gul, with her one hand set a new world record of arranging a chessboard in 45 seconds. Pakistani’s also showed why chapatti belongs to them. Mohammed Mansha while mixing, kneading, spinning and cooking took only three minutes and 14 seconds set a new world record of making chapatti breads. These records set by Mansha and Mehak were attempted for the first time so let’s hope they remain unchallenged and unchanged.
The current Pakistan smashed the previous Pakistan record when Ahmed Amin was able to land martial arts kicks in the punching bag 616 times. Previous record set by Pakistan was 612 kicks.
Daniel Gill and Mohammed Rizwan with their heads high, down, left, right and everywhere were able to manage 335 consecutive football headers between them to set a new world record in just 3 minutes and 45 seconds.
Engineering has been one of the strengths of Pakistan after its birth and the nation who faces load shedding everyday produced a talent like Mohammed Nauman who was able to light a household plug in just 35 seconds, new world record.
All these events were a part of Lahore Youth festival and were held under the watchful eye of the adjudicator of Guinness World Records, Gareth Deaves. He was shocked to witness the ignored Pakistani talent with no exposure.
Well done Pakistan, congratulations Pakistanis you have shown to the world that all is not wrong here. 99.9% of the Pakistanis are peace loving and contributing to the peace and welfare of the world.
Watching the news all day in Pakistan is sad and depressing, the recent incident of Malala and the target killings of Karachi seem to never end. But in this darkest of screens Pakistani media was able to find some light. Pakistan may not be successful when it comes to Olympics but they sure were in breaking and making not one but 5 Guinness World Records.
It all started on Saturday 20th October 2012 when in Lahore Hockey Stadium a massive population of 42,813 gathered to sing the National Anthem of Pakistan. By doing so they set a new world record beating India who previously had the record of 15,243.
This wasn’t the end. On Sunday, a 12 year old girl, Mehak Gul, with her one hand set a new world record of arranging a chessboard in 45 seconds. Pakistani’s also showed why chapatti belongs to them. Mohammed Mansha while mixing, kneading, spinning and cooking took only three minutes and 14 seconds set a new world record of making chapatti breads. These records set by Mansha and Mehak were attempted for the first time so let’s hope they remain unchallenged and unchanged.
The current Pakistan smashed the previous Pakistan record when Ahmed Amin was able to land martial arts kicks in the punching bag 616 times. Previous record set by Pakistan was 612 kicks.
Daniel Gill and Mohammed Rizwan with their heads high, down, left, right and everywhere were able to manage 335 consecutive football headers between them to set a new world record in just 3 minutes and 45 seconds.
Engineering has been one of the strengths of Pakistan after its birth and the nation who faces load shedding everyday produced a talent like Mohammed Nauman who was able to light a household plug in just 35 seconds, new world record.
All these events were a part of Lahore Youth festival and were held under the watchful eye of the adjudicator of Guinness World Records, Gareth Deaves. He was shocked to witness the ignored Pakistani talent with no exposure.
Well done Pakistan, congratulations Pakistanis you have shown to the world that all is not wrong here. 99.9% of the Pakistanis are peace loving and contributing to the peace and welfare of the world.
Trick or Treat
Halloween comes at the end of October and celebrated by millions throughout the world. Dressing up in costumes is amazing but for kids the Trick and Treat candy is the highlight.
It all started from 1911, Ontario, Canada when there was a publication which asked for kids to dress up, go to house by house and sing to ask for candies and nuts. Similar reports emerged from Chicago, it wasn’t called the trick or treat but the ritual had begun.
The Trick or Treat tradition was influenced by number of European immigrants that came to America in 19th century. In medieval times, poor individuals would go door to door and beg for food in return of prayers to the family’s dead relatives. They were given ‘soul cakes’ (bread with currants), this day was called Hallowmas, practiced as early as 14th century.
In England, children go door to door to collect pennies which they later spend it on fireworks. In Sweden children wear costumes to trick-or-treat on the Thursday before Easter, while Danish children do so on Shrove Monday, and Norway children do so between Christmas and New Year’s.
As reported by the National Confectioners Association there are currently about 80 percent of adults in the United States buy candy in anticipation of children trick-or-treaters on October 31st, and 94 percent of children participate in the ritual.
Halloween comes at the end of October and celebrated by millions throughout the world. Dressing up in costumes is amazing but for kids the Trick and Treat candy is the highlight.
It all started from 1911, Ontario, Canada when there was a publication which asked for kids to dress up, go to house by house and sing to ask for candies and nuts. Similar reports emerged from Chicago, it wasn’t called the trick or treat but the ritual had begun.
The Trick or Treat tradition was influenced by number of European immigrants that came to America in 19th century. In medieval times, poor individuals would go door to door and beg for food in return of prayers to the family’s dead relatives. They were given ‘soul cakes’ (bread with currants), this day was called Hallowmas, practiced as early as 14th century.
In England, children go door to door to collect pennies which they later spend it on fireworks. In Sweden children wear costumes to trick-or-treat on the Thursday before Easter, while Danish children do so on Shrove Monday, and Norway children do so between Christmas and New Year’s.
As reported by the National Confectioners Association there are currently about 80 percent of adults in the United States buy candy in anticipation of children trick-or-treaters on October 31st, and 94 percent of children participate in the ritual.
The Modern Superpower
Intelligent, Well-dressed, agile, independent and sharp-witted; The women of today is the new Super Power. Women have changed the world upside down and given competition to men in all departments since they have ‘come out’. Those women who still are tied to traditional responsibility of family and kids, kitchen and culinary can counter this men-dominant world where woman has to suffer. The dictum, ' women should be seen and not heard' is still very much alive! Men still find it very difficult to accept new ideas when it originates from a woman.
Women are now commonly found on two-wheelers especially in Asian countries like China and Malaysia in the past few years. Look at their economy and growth. However it is not possible for woman to reach on time to office after getting the kids ready to school and husband to work but it is possible for husbands to go to work on their own and help wife with kids if small for school to create enough time space for the woman of the house to reach office on time.
Women are happy to go out and compete with men while sharing the same stage then only will the differences in wages, equal opportunities and acceptance of women will decrease. The advantages for these women are that they are able to find the kind of man who after being her husband becomes not only a partner in marriage but also in life. And when every other woman is like that, it will be the Men who will have to change their backward ideas about women in order to have them, and have them happy.
The modern woman can easily handle the pressure between her family and her career interests. She can easily treasure both roles of wife and mother if given a chance. Today we need the women to step out since I believe they are the ones’ who can bring a change this world needs. Only mothers can make an army which man cannot.
Intelligent, Well-dressed, agile, independent and sharp-witted; The women of today is the new Super Power. Women have changed the world upside down and given competition to men in all departments since they have ‘come out’. Those women who still are tied to traditional responsibility of family and kids, kitchen and culinary can counter this men-dominant world where woman has to suffer. The dictum, ' women should be seen and not heard' is still very much alive! Men still find it very difficult to accept new ideas when it originates from a woman.
Women are now commonly found on two-wheelers especially in Asian countries like China and Malaysia in the past few years. Look at their economy and growth. However it is not possible for woman to reach on time to office after getting the kids ready to school and husband to work but it is possible for husbands to go to work on their own and help wife with kids if small for school to create enough time space for the woman of the house to reach office on time.
Women are happy to go out and compete with men while sharing the same stage then only will the differences in wages, equal opportunities and acceptance of women will decrease. The advantages for these women are that they are able to find the kind of man who after being her husband becomes not only a partner in marriage but also in life. And when every other woman is like that, it will be the Men who will have to change their backward ideas about women in order to have them, and have them happy.
The modern woman can easily handle the pressure between her family and her career interests. She can easily treasure both roles of wife and mother if given a chance. Today we need the women to step out since I believe they are the ones’ who can bring a change this world needs. Only mothers can make an army which man cannot.
Humor is Happiness
Humor not only makes you happy and gives you laughs for a short time but it’s a necessity or an addictive drug we cannot live without. Imagine waking up early, going to university/office, reading/working for 8 hours with breaks, going back to home, having dinner and going back to sleep. Well, probably that’s a life millions of people share in life but what makes it interesting on daily basis is the humor in life to entertain even the dullest form of life.
One thing is for sure that I can’t spend a day without laughing and cracking some jokes around. Life without jokes has no meaning to it and I would prefer dying than living if you take all the humor out of my life. I will love you if you put some more of humor in it. We all have a friend who is the clown of the group. Why not be that clown? Because the humor that clown provides is the unifying force between friends, even if the group has just one clown, because of him/her all the persons can have a good time as long as nobody is hurt.
If you are able to discover the everyday humor life has to offer, I bet you will start loving it despite all of its ups and downs. Life isn’t fair but it definitely is worth living but if we learn to see and discover things through humor it isn’t that bad after all. Take some time and think when the last time you laughed your tummy to pain was?
Humor not only makes you happy and gives you laughs for a short time but it’s a necessity or an addictive drug we cannot live without. Imagine waking up early, going to university/office, reading/working for 8 hours with breaks, going back to home, having dinner and going back to sleep. Well, probably that’s a life millions of people share in life but what makes it interesting on daily basis is the humor in life to entertain even the dullest form of life.
One thing is for sure that I can’t spend a day without laughing and cracking some jokes around. Life without jokes has no meaning to it and I would prefer dying than living if you take all the humor out of my life. I will love you if you put some more of humor in it. We all have a friend who is the clown of the group. Why not be that clown? Because the humor that clown provides is the unifying force between friends, even if the group has just one clown, because of him/her all the persons can have a good time as long as nobody is hurt.
If you are able to discover the everyday humor life has to offer, I bet you will start loving it despite all of its ups and downs. Life isn’t fair but it definitely is worth living but if we learn to see and discover things through humor it isn’t that bad after all. Take some time and think when the last time you laughed your tummy to pain was?
Rise and Fall
Not so long ago, let’s say five years back, BlackBerry also known as BB had its name right ahead in one of the most sophisticated, prestigious and sought after mobile phone company in the world. The BB targeted the business class people with elegancy, ultra-posh-ness and classy touch to it. Things were going pretty smooth for the RIM Ltd. (developer of BlackBerry) until Apple launched its Iphone followed by the powerful operating system of Android. The wars between Android and Iphone gained momentum but who suffered the most was the ultra-hot BlackBerry. BB who got no attention felt left out.
According to comScore RIM Ltd had an amazing 43% share of the market three years ago which soon was dominated by Apple and Google owned Android. Today Apple has a staggering 33.4% market share and Android continues to dominate the world by its 52.2% market share. BB is somewhere lost in its own bubble of attraction of the BBM, The BlackBerry Messenger. This is the only application from where RIM is earning profits from. Even that is being replaced by Applications like Whatsapp and Viber which are much cheaper than the BB services.
The fall of BB was because of two main reasons.
Firstly, the new smartphones in the form of Iphone and Android were so powerful that they easily took the place between the companies who offered BB to their employees to maintain a business relationship inside the firm. In case where the companies did offer only BB, employees used another smartphones to satisfy their requirements of leisure time which made the companies to come up with “any-phone policy”.
Secondly, BB lacked innovation and evolution of the period of time where Android and Apple had done wonders with their technology. Blackberry phones remained highly traditional with the same old design, same old interface and same old functionality. It did not evolve as per expected. All the BB users might feel sad but honestly there is nothing left in BB now what used to be the best brand at one time. I prefer a Nokia over the BB who has come up with the Windows Phone operating system where as I am still not sure what BB will come up with from which the people can use and say “yes, that’s something new and amazing”.
Not so long ago, let’s say five years back, BlackBerry also known as BB had its name right ahead in one of the most sophisticated, prestigious and sought after mobile phone company in the world. The BB targeted the business class people with elegancy, ultra-posh-ness and classy touch to it. Things were going pretty smooth for the RIM Ltd. (developer of BlackBerry) until Apple launched its Iphone followed by the powerful operating system of Android. The wars between Android and Iphone gained momentum but who suffered the most was the ultra-hot BlackBerry. BB who got no attention felt left out.
According to comScore RIM Ltd had an amazing 43% share of the market three years ago which soon was dominated by Apple and Google owned Android. Today Apple has a staggering 33.4% market share and Android continues to dominate the world by its 52.2% market share. BB is somewhere lost in its own bubble of attraction of the BBM, The BlackBerry Messenger. This is the only application from where RIM is earning profits from. Even that is being replaced by Applications like Whatsapp and Viber which are much cheaper than the BB services.
The fall of BB was because of two main reasons.
Firstly, the new smartphones in the form of Iphone and Android were so powerful that they easily took the place between the companies who offered BB to their employees to maintain a business relationship inside the firm. In case where the companies did offer only BB, employees used another smartphones to satisfy their requirements of leisure time which made the companies to come up with “any-phone policy”.
Secondly, BB lacked innovation and evolution of the period of time where Android and Apple had done wonders with their technology. Blackberry phones remained highly traditional with the same old design, same old interface and same old functionality. It did not evolve as per expected. All the BB users might feel sad but honestly there is nothing left in BB now what used to be the best brand at one time. I prefer a Nokia over the BB who has come up with the Windows Phone operating system where as I am still not sure what BB will come up with from which the people can use and say “yes, that’s something new and amazing”.
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