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Friday, October 16, 2009
21 SEOs you must follow on Twitter
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the best way to get search engine ranking in short span of time. SEOs plays a vital role in a team. From last 5-6 years SEOs demand graph has increased across the world.
In this post I am sharing a list of some well known SEOs that you must have to follow on Twitter. These following list includes Matt Cutts, Mani Karthik, Rand Fishkin, Daron Babin, Andy Beal, Toad Malicoat etc.
Top 10 Ad Programs for Web Publishers
If you are a Blogger, Webmaster or a Web Publisher you always seeks to best ad programs for your website to earn good revenue. Running a TEXT or IMAGE ads is one of the most popular method. Text or Image ads are shown which match the content of the pages. Contextual ads are often displayed to the right or left of website, or as blocks within sections of the text.
Apart from Google's Adsense there are some good ad programs for Bloggers, Webmasters and Web Publishers. Here I am sharing some good and free ad programs for you:
Thursday, October 15, 2009
If you can't find it in google try JUSTDIAL.COM
I strongly recommend this website JustDial.com. It's a world class local search service & I've always found anything I've ever wanted.
You can find info on any company, product, or service in over 240 cities in India.
You can also call them up 24x7, on phone (69999999), a local call in 240 Indian cities.
Ask for anything, you'll get the info on the phone and/or by SMS within 30 secs, and this service is absolutely FREE!
For a change, it's an original Indian idea and an Indian company with world class service, and with a vision to spread all over the world.
You can find info on any company, product, or service in over 240 cities in India.
You can also call them up 24x7, on phone (69999999), a local call in 240 Indian cities.
Ask for anything, you'll get the info on the phone and/or by SMS within 30 secs, and this service is absolutely FREE!
For a change, it's an original Indian idea and an Indian company with world class service, and with a vision to spread all over the world.
Think before judging someone
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already,
three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis,
would you recommend that she have an abortion?
Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.
Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.
Here are the facts about the three candidates.
Candidate A associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists.
He's had two mistresses.
He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.
Candidate B He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.
Candidate C He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.
Which of these candidates would be your choice?
Decide first... no peeking, and then scroll down for the response.
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Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.
And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES . . .
.. . . you just killed Beethoven - Gr8 musician
Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone!
Etisalat - 19th biggest telecom service provider
Etisalat becomes worlds 19th biggest telecom service provide:
The number of etisalat subscribers around the world has crossed 85 million and the company is focused on raising the bar closer to 100 million, Mohammad Hassan Omran, chairman of etisalat, told Gulf News.
Abu Dhabi: The number of etisalat subscribers around the world has crossed 85 million and the company is focused on raising the bar closer to 100 million, a top etisalat executive said.
In an exclusive interview, Mohammad Hassan Omran, chairman of etisalat, told Gulf News that etisalat's contributions to the government budget since its inception have reached Dh52 billion, and its share last year was Dh9.6 billion.
Omran said 95 per cent of higher positions in the organisational structure have been filled in line with Emiratisation goals and the company is striving to raise the Emiratisation level in technical posts to 60 per cent over the coming years.
"Etisalat is currently introducing new technologies including the all-in-one cable for landline, internet and high-definition television," he said.
In the interview, Omran spoke at length of his company's current and future plans. Excerpts:
GULF NEWS: What is the future strategy of etisalat?
HASSAN OMRAN: The future strategy is based on expanding in global markets. Etisalat is proud to have 85 million subscribers now and is planning to increase the number to 100 million by next year.
What about etisalat's contributions to the government since it was set up?
Etisalat was established in 1976 with a capital of Dh100 million, out of which the government put in Dh60 million while Dh40 million was contributed by the two foreign companies managing etisalat both technically and administratively.
Ever since it was set up, etisalat was keen to have a real partnership with the government based on exchange of benefits. The company focused on investment in human resources to create national cadres through managing the largest Emiratisation project in the history of the UAE.
Its other contribution was providing financial support to the federal budget through a set share of the company's income.
How substantial has been the fin-ancial contribution?
Since etisalat was set up and until the end of the last fiscal year, the company contributed Dh52 billion to the federal budget. The figures have gone up over the past few years, reaching Dh30 billion in the last five years alone. Last year, etisalat contributed Dh9.6 billion out of the Dh40-billion federal budget, which means etisalat's contribution was almost a quarter of the country's budget.
What are the Emiratisation strategies followed by etisalat?
Since its establishment, etisalat focused on creating Emirati cadres in both administrative and technical fields. Besides the foreign scholarships sponsored by the company for distinguished high-school graduates, it also established the Etisalat College to prepare young Emiratis. The college has now become part of the Khalifa University for Technology and Research.
Today, etisalat is proud that it had raised the rate of Emiratisation in leadership positions to 95 per cent, while the overall Emiratisation rate in the company, except for technicians, reached 40 to 45 per cent of workers.
We also have plans to Emiratise technical positions, in which Emiratisation currently stands at 30 per cent of total technicians, but we hope to bring it up to more than 60 per cent in the next five years.
Did you face any difficulties in foreign markets?
We have faced a problem with increasing the number of subscribers in the Saudi market. Although we have about 10 million subscribers for mobile phone services, we still have tens of thousands of applicants on the waiting list.
Over 60,000 applicants wanted to subscribe but could not, due to reasons out of our control.
For example, transferring a subscriber's number to another operator takes only 24 hours in Hong Kong, but it can take two to three months in Saudi Arabia.
Where is etisalat's position on the regional and international maps?
Etisalat currently has a strong presence in the Middle East's largest three economies, namely Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE.
In Saudi Arabia, etisalat spent $3.5 billion (Dh12.8 billion) to set up the ‘Mobili' network, and today we are the kingdom's second biggest operator with about 15 million subscribers.
In Egypt, we have about 10 million subscribers and cover about 98 per cent of the country's total area. We were supposed to finish the five stages of network expansion in five years, but managed to do so in two years, during which we set up 4,600 transmission enhancement stations.
In short, we are the second biggest operator in Saudi Arabia, the fourth in Egypt and the eighth in India.
We are still expanding abroad, and our goals are based on available investment opportunities and the ease of obtaining licences from governments, population, market and consumers' buying capability, as well as the infrastructure provided by the country we want to invest in. We are currently negotiating with Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Libya to enter their markets.
Where does etisalat stand at the local level?
We have about seven million subscribers in our mobile network in the UAE, which shows the progress achieved in the past four decades. I don't want to talk about the company's position in the UAE, but would like to mention that when we first introduced mobile phone services to the UAE in 1982, we had a network of 5,000 lines, and we thought that would suffice for the UAE at least for the next five years. However, as we realised, we needed to double that number in less than six months!
Today, etisalat is ranked 19th among service providers around the world.
What are the services etisalat will provide in the future?
The most important service currently being introduced for subscribers in the UAE is the fibre-optics service, which is an all-in-one service, through which we can provide phone, internet, fax, electronic games and cable television through one cable.
We started connecting this service to houses and villas after completing the connections to buildings and apartments. We expect 90 per cent of homes and residences in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain to have this service by the end of 2011.
This will enable many services such as high-definition television feed, as well as electronic games and internet shopping.
Growing stature: Best practice
- Etisalat's foreign investments exceed Dh40 billion.
- Etisalat currently operates in 17 countries.
- Companies managed by etisalat have more than 85 million subscribers, while more than 1.6 billion people are covered by etisalat operations.
- Mobily, an etisalat arm, surpassed international performance indexes and took over 15 million subscribers in the Saudi market.
- Etisalat Egypt exceeded its own time-bound plan, reaching more than 10 million subscribers in two-and-a-half years.
- Etisalat has a working strategy in line with the world's best investment practices.
Emiratisation focus:
The company achieved positive results in Emiratisation and is now the largest national establishment providing jobs for UAE citizens.
The number of Emirati employees reached 3,600 at the end of the first half of 2009, a total of 36 per cent of its employees.
Emirati senior employees account for 75 per cent of all senior employees, and 95 per cent of the establishment's higher executives are Emiratis.
The number of etisalat subscribers around the world has crossed 85 million and the company is focused on raising the bar closer to 100 million, Mohammad Hassan Omran, chairman of etisalat, told Gulf News.
Abu Dhabi: The number of etisalat subscribers around the world has crossed 85 million and the company is focused on raising the bar closer to 100 million, a top etisalat executive said.
In an exclusive interview, Mohammad Hassan Omran, chairman of etisalat, told Gulf News that etisalat's contributions to the government budget since its inception have reached Dh52 billion, and its share last year was Dh9.6 billion.
Omran said 95 per cent of higher positions in the organisational structure have been filled in line with Emiratisation goals and the company is striving to raise the Emiratisation level in technical posts to 60 per cent over the coming years.
"Etisalat is currently introducing new technologies including the all-in-one cable for landline, internet and high-definition television," he said.
In the interview, Omran spoke at length of his company's current and future plans. Excerpts:
GULF NEWS: What is the future strategy of etisalat?
HASSAN OMRAN: The future strategy is based on expanding in global markets. Etisalat is proud to have 85 million subscribers now and is planning to increase the number to 100 million by next year.
What about etisalat's contributions to the government since it was set up?
Etisalat was established in 1976 with a capital of Dh100 million, out of which the government put in Dh60 million while Dh40 million was contributed by the two foreign companies managing etisalat both technically and administratively.
Ever since it was set up, etisalat was keen to have a real partnership with the government based on exchange of benefits. The company focused on investment in human resources to create national cadres through managing the largest Emiratisation project in the history of the UAE.
Its other contribution was providing financial support to the federal budget through a set share of the company's income.
How substantial has been the fin-ancial contribution?
Since etisalat was set up and until the end of the last fiscal year, the company contributed Dh52 billion to the federal budget. The figures have gone up over the past few years, reaching Dh30 billion in the last five years alone. Last year, etisalat contributed Dh9.6 billion out of the Dh40-billion federal budget, which means etisalat's contribution was almost a quarter of the country's budget.
What are the Emiratisation strategies followed by etisalat?
Since its establishment, etisalat focused on creating Emirati cadres in both administrative and technical fields. Besides the foreign scholarships sponsored by the company for distinguished high-school graduates, it also established the Etisalat College to prepare young Emiratis. The college has now become part of the Khalifa University for Technology and Research.
Today, etisalat is proud that it had raised the rate of Emiratisation in leadership positions to 95 per cent, while the overall Emiratisation rate in the company, except for technicians, reached 40 to 45 per cent of workers.
We also have plans to Emiratise technical positions, in which Emiratisation currently stands at 30 per cent of total technicians, but we hope to bring it up to more than 60 per cent in the next five years.
Did you face any difficulties in foreign markets?
We have faced a problem with increasing the number of subscribers in the Saudi market. Although we have about 10 million subscribers for mobile phone services, we still have tens of thousands of applicants on the waiting list.
Over 60,000 applicants wanted to subscribe but could not, due to reasons out of our control.
For example, transferring a subscriber's number to another operator takes only 24 hours in Hong Kong, but it can take two to three months in Saudi Arabia.
Where is etisalat's position on the regional and international maps?
Etisalat currently has a strong presence in the Middle East's largest three economies, namely Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE.
In Saudi Arabia, etisalat spent $3.5 billion (Dh12.8 billion) to set up the ‘Mobili' network, and today we are the kingdom's second biggest operator with about 15 million subscribers.
In Egypt, we have about 10 million subscribers and cover about 98 per cent of the country's total area. We were supposed to finish the five stages of network expansion in five years, but managed to do so in two years, during which we set up 4,600 transmission enhancement stations.
In short, we are the second biggest operator in Saudi Arabia, the fourth in Egypt and the eighth in India.
We are still expanding abroad, and our goals are based on available investment opportunities and the ease of obtaining licences from governments, population, market and consumers' buying capability, as well as the infrastructure provided by the country we want to invest in. We are currently negotiating with Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Libya to enter their markets.
Where does etisalat stand at the local level?
We have about seven million subscribers in our mobile network in the UAE, which shows the progress achieved in the past four decades. I don't want to talk about the company's position in the UAE, but would like to mention that when we first introduced mobile phone services to the UAE in 1982, we had a network of 5,000 lines, and we thought that would suffice for the UAE at least for the next five years. However, as we realised, we needed to double that number in less than six months!
Today, etisalat is ranked 19th among service providers around the world.
What are the services etisalat will provide in the future?
The most important service currently being introduced for subscribers in the UAE is the fibre-optics service, which is an all-in-one service, through which we can provide phone, internet, fax, electronic games and cable television through one cable.
We started connecting this service to houses and villas after completing the connections to buildings and apartments. We expect 90 per cent of homes and residences in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain to have this service by the end of 2011.
This will enable many services such as high-definition television feed, as well as electronic games and internet shopping.
Growing stature: Best practice
- Etisalat's foreign investments exceed Dh40 billion.
- Etisalat currently operates in 17 countries.
- Companies managed by etisalat have more than 85 million subscribers, while more than 1.6 billion people are covered by etisalat operations.
- Mobily, an etisalat arm, surpassed international performance indexes and took over 15 million subscribers in the Saudi market.
- Etisalat Egypt exceeded its own time-bound plan, reaching more than 10 million subscribers in two-and-a-half years.
- Etisalat has a working strategy in line with the world's best investment practices.
Emiratisation focus:
The company achieved positive results in Emiratisation and is now the largest national establishment providing jobs for UAE citizens.
The number of Emirati employees reached 3,600 at the end of the first half of 2009, a total of 36 per cent of its employees.
Emirati senior employees account for 75 per cent of all senior employees, and 95 per cent of the establishment's higher executives are Emiratis.
1 Egg 2 Mobiles what will happend?
A very important message to everyone, please read it carefully.
1 Egg, & 2 Mobiles
65 minutes of connection between mobiles.
We assembled something as per image:
Initiated the call between the two mobiles and allowed 65 minutes approximately...
During the first 15 minutes nothing happened;
25 minutes later the egg started getting hot;
45 minutes later the egg is hot;
65 minutes later the egg is cooked.
Conclusion: The immediate radiation of the mobiles has the potential to modify the proteins of the egg. Imagine what it can do with the proteins of your brains when you do long calls.
Please try to reduce long time calls on mobile phones and pass this mail to all your friends & Family you care for.
Free ATM access era ends tomorrow
Date 14/October/2009
Free ATM access era ends tomorrow Customers will be offered five free third-party withdrawals per month
Mumbai: From Tuesday, banks will start charging customers Rs 18-20 every time they withdraw money from another bank's ATM, and such withdrawals will also face a limit of Rs 10,000.
Customers will be offered five free third-party withdrawals per month from savings accounts and will be charged from the sixth transaction onwards.
However, all banks are not offering the same facility of five free withdrawals per month to current account and no-frills account customers. For instance, HSBC and HDFC Bank will charge current account customers for all third-party withdrawals.
Customers have been enjoying the flexibility of withdrawing cash from any banks' ATM free-of-charge since April 1, 2009 since a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directive to that effect came into force.
However, banks complained that the number of transactions had increased dramatically since April 1, 2009 while the ticket size of each withdrawal had reduced, resulting in increased interchange expenses for banks. Every time a customer uses another bank's ATM, the customer's bank has to pay the acquiring bank an interchange fee of Rs 18-20.
From October 15, customers will have to bear the interchange fee after they exhaust their quota of five free savings account transactions per month.
However, Axis Bank, which has the third largest ATM network in the country, has chosen to break ranks and not charge its customers for third-party withdrawals. Sources said this is part of the bank's strategy to attract current account and savings account (CASA) customers. The bank was seeing positive interchange flows even when the free ATM rule was in place and is thus is in a position to offer this facility to its customers.
Banks are required to inform customers about the charges one month in advance and claim they have been doing so through quarterly statements and advertisements at ATMs and branches.
Instead of charging all customers uniformly for third-party ATM use, some banks are framing their charges depending on the profile of the customer.
For instance, HDFC Bank is allowing its salary account and premium customers an unlimited number of free third-party ATM withdrawals while offering five free withdrawals to savings account customers. HSBC is also waiving ATM charges for its Premier and Power Vantage customers.
"This is likely to be the trend in the industry and I expect most banks to follow suit. Remunerative accounts will not be charged whereas no-frills and zero-balance accounts will be," said a senior executive of a private sector bank.
Monday, October 12, 2009
2012 - Movie on the End of the World
2012 - Movie on the End of the World – Releasing 13th November ’09
"2012 is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. "
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers (WGA): Roland Emmerich (written by) &Harald Kloser (written by)
Release Date: 13 November 2009 (USA)
Tagline: "We Were Warned."
The most awaited movie of the year…! SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS from around the world are predicting that 3 years from now, all life on Earth could well come to an end. Some are saying it’ll be humans that would set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it’ll be God himself who would press the stop button. The following are some likely arguments as to why the world would end by the year 2012 .
Reason one: Mayan calendar
The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things -- building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and sacrificing virgins.
Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the earth will end on December 21, 2012 . Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it’s likely they’ve got the end of the world right as well.
Reason two: Sun storms
Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery. Our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic and it’s supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the earth with lot of radiation energy. It’s been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse and calculations suggest it’ll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012 .
Reason three: The atom smasher
Scientists in Europe have been building the world’s largest particle accelerator. Basically, its a 27 km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it’s properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They’re predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012 , the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.
Reason four: The Bible says it
If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn’t bad enough, religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012 . The I Ching, also known as the Chinese Book of Changes , says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.
Reason five: Super volcano
Yellowstone National Park in United States is famous for its thermal springs and old faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple -- it’s sitting on top of the world’s biggest volcano and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we’re many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.
Reason six: The physicists
This one’s case of bog -- simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berkely University have been crunching the numbers.
They’ve determined that the earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they’re claiming that their calculations prove that we’re all going to die, very soon. They are also saying that their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 per cent; and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.
Reason seven: Earth’s magnetic field
We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that shields us from most of the sun’s radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call North and South have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so -- and right now we’re about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30 kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is under way, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.
Reason one: Mayan calendar
The first to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things -- building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and sacrificing virgins.
Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the earth will end on December 21, 2012 . Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it’s likely they’ve got the end of the world right as well.
Reason two: Sun storms
Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery. Our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic and it’s supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the earth with lot of radiation energy. It’s been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse and calculations suggest it’ll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012 .
Reason three: The atom smasher
Scientists in Europe have been building the world’s largest particle accelerator. Basically, its a 27 km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it’s properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They’re predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012 , the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.
Reason four: The Bible says it
If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn’t bad enough, religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012 . The I Ching, also known as the Chinese Book of Changes , says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.
Reason five: Super volcano
Yellowstone National Park in United States is famous for its thermal springs and old faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple -- it’s sitting on top of the world’s biggest volcano and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we’re many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.
Reason six: The physicists
This one’s case of bog -- simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berkely University have been crunching the numbers.
They’ve determined that the earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they’re claiming that their calculations prove that we’re all going to die, very soon. They are also saying that their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 per cent; and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.
Reason seven: Earth’s magnetic field
We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that shields us from most of the sun’s radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call North and South have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so -- and right now we’re about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30 kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is under way, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.
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Use of Seat Belt Safety
Why Seat Belts?
The figures are familiar: 40,000 people die each year in car accidents, the leading cause of death for people under the age of 35. Safety belts can prevent death in about half of these accidents. If you know this and are still not wearing a safety belt, you may need to ask yourself why not. But first, let's look at what happens when a car crashes.
The Human Collision:
Imagine running as fast as you can - into a wall. You'd expect to get pretty banged up. Do you think you could stop yourself if the wall suddenly loomed up when you were two feet away from it? This is exactly the situation you face when the front of your car hits something at only 15 miles an hour. The car stops in the first tenth of a second, but you keep on at the same rate you were going in the car until something stops you - the steering wheel, dashboard or windshield - if you're not wearing your safety belt.. Bad enough at 15 miles an hour, but a 30 miles you hit "the wall" four times as hard as you would at 15. Or to put it another way, with the same impact you'd feel as if you fell three stories.
A properly worn safety belt keeps that second collision - the human collision - from happening.
Wear It Right
"Properly worn" means with both straps snugly fitted to transfer the impact of the collision to the parts of your body that can take it - your hipbones and shoulder bones. With just the shoulder strap on, you can still slide out from under it and be strangled, while the lap belt alone doesn't keep your face from hitting the steering wheel.
What's Your Reason For Not Wearing One?
"I'm only going to the shopping center." Actually, this is the best time to wear a safety belt, since 80% of traffic fatalities occur within 25 miles of home and under 40 miles an hour.
"I won't be in an accident: I'm a good driver." Your good driving record will certaily help you avoid accidents. But even if you're a good driver, a bad driver may still hit you.
"I'll just brace myself." Even if you had the split-second timing to do this, the force of the impact would shatter the arm or leg you used to brace yourself.
"I'm afraid the belt will trap me in the car." Statistically, the best place to be during an accident is in your car. If you're thrown out of the car, you're 25 times more likely to die. And if you need to get out of the car in a hurry - as in the extremely tiny percent of accidents involving fire or submergence - you can get out a lot faster if you haven't been knocked unconscious inside your car.
"They're uncomfortable." Actually, modern safety belts can be made so comfortable that you may wonder if they really work. Most of them give when you move - a device locks them in place only when the car stops suddenly. You can put a little bit of slack in most belts simply by pulling on the shoulder strap. Others come with comfort clips, which hold the belt in a slightly slackened position. If the belt won't fit around you, you can get a belt extender at most car dealerships.
"I don't need a belt - I've got an airbag." Lucky you! An air bag increases the effectiveness of a safety belt by 40 percent. But air bags were never meant to be used in place of safety belts, since they don't protect against side impacts at all.
The Human Collision:
Imagine running as fast as you can - into a wall. You'd expect to get pretty banged up. Do you think you could stop yourself if the wall suddenly loomed up when you were two feet away from it? This is exactly the situation you face when the front of your car hits something at only 15 miles an hour. The car stops in the first tenth of a second, but you keep on at the same rate you were going in the car until something stops you - the steering wheel, dashboard or windshield - if you're not wearing your safety belt.. Bad enough at 15 miles an hour, but a 30 miles you hit "the wall" four times as hard as you would at 15. Or to put it another way, with the same impact you'd feel as if you fell three stories.
A properly worn safety belt keeps that second collision - the human collision - from happening.
Wear It Right
"Properly worn" means with both straps snugly fitted to transfer the impact of the collision to the parts of your body that can take it - your hipbones and shoulder bones. With just the shoulder strap on, you can still slide out from under it and be strangled, while the lap belt alone doesn't keep your face from hitting the steering wheel.
What's Your Reason For Not Wearing One?
"I'm only going to the shopping center." Actually, this is the best time to wear a safety belt, since 80% of traffic fatalities occur within 25 miles of home and under 40 miles an hour.
"I won't be in an accident: I'm a good driver." Your good driving record will certaily help you avoid accidents. But even if you're a good driver, a bad driver may still hit you.
"I'll just brace myself." Even if you had the split-second timing to do this, the force of the impact would shatter the arm or leg you used to brace yourself.
"I'm afraid the belt will trap me in the car." Statistically, the best place to be during an accident is in your car. If you're thrown out of the car, you're 25 times more likely to die. And if you need to get out of the car in a hurry - as in the extremely tiny percent of accidents involving fire or submergence - you can get out a lot faster if you haven't been knocked unconscious inside your car.
"They're uncomfortable." Actually, modern safety belts can be made so comfortable that you may wonder if they really work. Most of them give when you move - a device locks them in place only when the car stops suddenly. You can put a little bit of slack in most belts simply by pulling on the shoulder strap. Others come with comfort clips, which hold the belt in a slightly slackened position. If the belt won't fit around you, you can get a belt extender at most car dealerships.
"I don't need a belt - I've got an airbag." Lucky you! An air bag increases the effectiveness of a safety belt by 40 percent. But air bags were never meant to be used in place of safety belts, since they don't protect against side impacts at all.
Seat Belt Awareness:
Education alone is not enough to raise seat belt use. National seat belt use had remained level prior to last year despite regional, state and national education programs stressing critical health and safety messages relating to seat belt and child restraint use.
High-visibility enforcement of seat belt laws sends a powerful message. Unfortunately, the threat of serious injury or even death isn't enough to persuade some people - especially young people who believe they are invincible - to always buckle up. The only proven way to get these people to use seat belts is the real possibility of a ticket and fine.
Enforcement and publicity, together, get results. High-visibility enforcement combines periodic waves of stepped-up enforcement of seat belt and child passenger safety laws with aggressive publicity highlighting the enforcement.
The Campaign supports states in conducting high visibility enforcement programs to increase safety belt and child safety seat use. During 1996 - 1998, the Campaign funded seven such programs. Significantly increasing the number of people who buckle up and correctly use child safety seats is the most effective way to reduce the number of crash related injuries to drivers and passengers in all vehicles. Several high visibility enforcement projects have proven that high visibility enforcement significantly increases safety belt usage rates.
For more information, contact the Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign, National Safety Council, 1025 Conn. Ave., NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 625-2570 (tel.); (202) 822-1399 (fax); E-mail: airbag@nsc.org.
High-visibility enforcement of seat belt laws sends a powerful message. Unfortunately, the threat of serious injury or even death isn't enough to persuade some people - especially young people who believe they are invincible - to always buckle up. The only proven way to get these people to use seat belts is the real possibility of a ticket and fine.
Enforcement and publicity, together, get results. High-visibility enforcement combines periodic waves of stepped-up enforcement of seat belt and child passenger safety laws with aggressive publicity highlighting the enforcement.
The Campaign supports states in conducting high visibility enforcement programs to increase safety belt and child safety seat use. During 1996 - 1998, the Campaign funded seven such programs. Significantly increasing the number of people who buckle up and correctly use child safety seats is the most effective way to reduce the number of crash related injuries to drivers and passengers in all vehicles. Several high visibility enforcement projects have proven that high visibility enforcement significantly increases safety belt usage rates.
For more information, contact the Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign, National Safety Council, 1025 Conn. Ave., NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 625-2570 (tel.); (202) 822-1399 (fax); E-mail: airbag@nsc.org.
Flood situation eases in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
Bangalore/Hyderabad: Respite from rains on Sunday improved the situation in flood-hit north Karnataka but surging waters from an overflowing Krishna river threatened to inundate coastal districts of Krishna and Guntur in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, senior officials said.
"The ground situation in the 10 worst-affected districts is improving as we had a break from torrential rains that battered the northern region for three-four days," Karnataka disaster management authority member K.K. Pradeep told IANS.
Though rescue and relief operations are on in the affected districts of Karnataka, flood waters and severe damage to roads and state highways are hampering movement of food and shelter material to the marooned villages and towns.
"The death toll remains at 170 as earlier in the day. But a total of 4,595 cattle head, including cows, bullocks, goats and sheep, have perished in flash floods and rain havoc," state disaster management authority secretary H.V. Parashwanath said.
According to reports from the affected districts, a total of 204,268 houses have collapsed across the region. The number of villages still reeling under the rain havoc has gone up to 1,467.
"We have set up 1,211 relief camps in 12 districts, including Davangere in central part of the state to provide shelter to 356,769 people. Besides gruel and food packets, we are distributing blankets and clothes to the homeless people," Parashwanath said.
Inordinate delay in reaching relief materials - including food and drinking water - to several villages forced the affected people to turn violent and torch six government vehicles at Talamari, about 20 km from Raichur in north Karnataka.
In Andhra Pradesh, rumours about the Tungabhadra river dam at Hospet in Karnataka bursting caused panic in Mantralaya, forcing people to flee the temple town.
"The police and officials had tough time in spiking the rumours and restoring order in the town, where flood waters started receding," a police official told IANS on phone.
Though the deaths in the three districts of Mahaboobnagar, Kurnool and Nalgonda went up to 33 from Saturday's 26, the flood situation remained grim as three towns and about 200 villages in the worst-hit districts remained under water.
Dinesh Kumar, commissioner (disaster management), said 15 people were killed in Kurnool district while 13 died in Mahbubnagar. The remaining deaths were reported from Nalgonda, Guntur and Krishna districts.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah undertook an aerial survey of the affected districts and was monitoring the situation in Vijayawada and Guntur where thousands have been evacuated to safer places fearing submersion from the gushing Krishna waters.
"The administration has been put on high alert and people living in low-laying areas have been asked to shift to safer places, as heavy discharge of waters from Nagarjunasagar dam and Prakasam barrage are likely to submerge several villages in the next 12-24 hours," a senior official said in Hyderabad.
Most parts of Nandyal town in Kurnool district remained inundated due to the overflowing Kondu river.
The floods triggered by heavy rains under the influence of a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal inundated 400 villages and affected over 1.8 million people in five districts, rendering 400,000 people homeless and damaging thousands of houses. The floods also destroyed standing crops, civic infrastructure, electricity and telecom facilities and paralysed road and rail transport.
The water level at the Srisailam dam continued to be 10 feet above its capacity of 885 feet.
The state government has pressed eight Mi helicopters and six Chetak choppers of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in rescue and relief operations.
"About 22 tonnes of relief material consisting of foodgrain, blankets and medicines have been rushed to the affected areas so far," the senior government official added.
Though the deaths in the three districts of Mahaboobnagar, Kurnool and Nalgonda went up to 33 from Saturday's 26, the flood situation remained grim as three towns and about 200 villages in the worst-hit districts remained under water.
Most parts of Nandyal town in Kurnool district remained inundated due to the overflowing Kondu river.
The water level at the Srisailam dam continued to be 10 feet above its capacity of 885 feet.
APSRTC bus stuck in floods in Kurnool, AP, roads give way due to heavy inflows. More than 250 kms of high
APSRTC bus submerged in floods in Kurnool, AP
Temple in floods.
Flooded agricultural lands.
Heavy inflows from the rivers submerged the city bridges in Kurnool district.
The water level at the Srisailam dam continued to be 10 feet above its capacity of 885 feet.
Prakasham Barrage, Vijayawada. Heavy inflows from Krishna River.
Srisailam Dam, Srisailam, AP
Srisailam Dam Flowing at Danger level in Andhra Pradesh
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