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Turmeric Dyeing of Silk Fabric
IntroductionIn recent years the usage of natural dyes and colors for fabric dyeing has witnessed its revival due to hazardous experience due to effects of synthetic dyes and chemicals. The natural dyes are eco-friendly, harmless and non-toxic in nature. Also, the usage of renewable sources of energy in textile and apparel industry has been increased due to many advantages associated with it. Solar energy usage for dyeing purpose is a cost effective method. In hot countries like India, the sun shines bright for 60% of the day, using solar energy to dye silk fabric with turmeric dye is cheap and environment friendly method.Things requiredThere are certain things required in order to dye the silk with turmeric dye which are listed as follows- turmeric plant stems, raw silk fabric yarn, dilute

sure content on Wikipedia is latest and accurate. So even if you enter the wrong data, in some time or worst case in a couple of days you will see the information corrected. The magic of user driven content.

The concept of wikipedia has become so popular that the term ‘wiki’ is now used to refer to any website the visitors can edit the content of the site.

2. digg.com – This is one of my personal favourites. Just a site which allows you to pull news from anywhere on the web and the digg community can vote for the news posted. The greater the number of posts the higher the chances of it getting listed on the front page of digg.com. Simple, concise to-the-point and well thought out site. But I still can’t relate the site design to the traffic digg has managed to generat

Just Go Out There and be Yourself - Yeah, Right!
I've come across this advice in quite a few places over the years, and while it sounds good, it's somewhat limited (and occasionally even just plain wrong). I know it's usually meant well - spoken by a friend just before a terrified speaker goes up on stage to make their business presentation in a last minute attempt to reassure them that all will be well: sadly the truth is that being a good presenter requires more than that. You need to "be yourself" and you need to "perform" at the same time. Tricky? Of course; if it wasn't tricky we'd all be doing it!Think of the techniques to help you 'perform' as being like walking. Once you're passed the toddler stage, you don't really think about the mechanics of walking, you just use them - without thinking about it - to do the important stuff of getting from A

Why Web 2.0 is a Big Deal

From the time the internet started it has been touted as the one of the greatest inventions of all times. What started off as a network of machines has grown into a phenomenon and continues to do so at the “speed of thought”.

The web which started off serving customers with purely static pages has been continuously moving to a more dynamic and interactive environment. The recent transition has been in moving from a website owner driven web to a user driven one. More and more power is being given to the user to drive things the way he/she wants on the web.

The current wave which we are witnessing – although not intentional has been aptly called Web 2.0.

Web 2.0 is the name given to the array of new age websites which are popping up that are more focussed on bringing people together to one place and allowing them to them to share, discuss, post, vote, form communities etc. – basically be able to express themselves on the web like they have never been able to do so before.

If you have to go by definitions, Wikipedia – one of the leading new age Web 2.0 site defines the term Web 2.0 as:

“Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a supposed second-generation of Internet-based services — such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies — that let people collaborate and share information online in previously unavailable ways. O'Reilly Media, in collaboration with MediaLive International, used the phrase as a title for a series of conferences and since then it has become a popular (though ill-defined and often criticized) buzzword amongst certain technical and marketing communities.”

Well, then again Web 2.0 might mean different things to different people. Most of the dedicated techies can be heard saying – a plain social networking site alone is not good enough, it has to support AJAX as well for it to qualify to be a Web 2.0 site. Although AJAX was a starting point of the newer web sites, I think the “social networking and collaboration” bit is the key differentiator.

Although O’Reilly coined the term “Web 2.0”, the intention was not to suggest a newer version of the web instead this term was formed to be a part of the core attractive punch-line to be used in of one of the conferences they were going to organize about the web.

Let’s talk about some of the Web 2.0 sites that’s changing the way we use the web right now. This would ideally give a better understanding of what’s being done on the web in the Web2.0 paradigm.

Web 2.0 top sites

1. Wikipedia.com – Wikipedia is a web based encyclopedia which is free. Well the surprising part is not that it is free. It can be edited by anyone not necessarily a registered user, which means absolutely anyone. Please try it.

This really epitomizes the beauty of the web. With multiple users editing this site all the time, it only makes us wonder how on earth does this site provide accurate information. Its just like life, the good over evil theory. Works on the web too. There are the good people working tirelessly towards making sure content on Wikipedia is latest and accurate. So even if you enter the wrong data, in some time or worst case in a couple of days you will see the information corrected. The magic of user driven content.

The concept of wikipedia has become so popular that the term ‘wiki’ is now used to refer to any website the visitors can edit the content of the site.

Retired Government Super Stars Turning Consultant
The United States federal government is having quite a difficulty as superstars retire from large government agencies. Many times these retired government workers are needed so bad that the end up starting private professional consulting businesses and contracting with the government to do what the government is unable to do in their absence.There are many reasons for this and one of the biggest reasons is that there is no one trained to take their position and the training takes too long and the government has projects they are working on that they must complete now.If there is a long training period in a government job to fulfill a position many government workers choose not to do this and look for a similar paying job somewhere else in the agency without the ongoing educational requirements o

hat are more focussed on bringing people together to one place and allowing them to them to share, discuss, post, vote, form communities etc. – basically be able to express themselves on the web like they have never been able to do so before.

If you have to go by definitions, Wikipedia – one of the leading new age Web 2.0 site defines the term Web 2.0 as:

Web 2.0 top sites

The concept of wikipedia has become so popular that the term ‘wiki’ is now used to refer to any website the visitors can edit the content of the site.

What? You're Saying NO To My Opportunity And Becoming My Customer?
I know most of you reading this newsletter have been told NO by your family and friends and maybe on occasion your t wo-year-old. Not to mention cold prospects. NO is a serious word. We tell our kids NO when they are going to do something that will harm themselves or just going to do something that is just not a very good idea. Remember saying NO to a child and the reaction you got? Either they would ignore you, appear shocked or give you a look to imply confusion or at times defiance. Now, what if you attach a slap of the hand to that NO. Well, it becomes something altogether different at that point, right?So, what is the word NO? The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary has several definitions of the word. The dictionary states NO is used as a function word to express the negative o

has become a popular (though ill-defined and often criticized) buzzword amongst certain technical and marketing communities.”

Web 2.0 top sites

The concept of wikipedia has become so popular that the term ‘wiki’ is now used to refer to any website the visitors can edit the content of the site.

Create More Poor Then Crush 'Em
Anyone familiar with the book of Proverbs knows that it has a lot to say about the everyday issues of life, including things said about the poor. In Proverbs 14:31 of the Bible, we find that anyone who oppresses the poor shows contempt for God their Maker. Certainly, only someone truly cold hearted would systematically oppress them.The problem with the poor being oppressed has been with us since the beginning of time. The only difference now is that those who are on the leading edge of this oppression can recruit the help of unsuspecting participants who do not realize they are helping in an evil scheme. They may even refuse to believe it if they are told because no decent person would want to do that.Suppose this were actually happening. What if millions of people were unintentionally participat

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Web 2.0 top sites

The concept of wikipedia has become so popular that the term ‘wiki’ is now used to refer to any website the visitors can edit the content of the site.

Top Ten Tips For Great Sound Bites
If you're an online business using public relations (PR) to help increase traffic at your site, you've found a great way to gain exposure at little cost. And before you know it, the day will come when you are invited to do an interview with a reporter. It's exciting, but scary. What do you do? How do you prepare?First, be prepared when the telephone rings. If you sent out a release recently, have it at your fingertips.Get some information yourself before you answer any questions: Ask the reporter:* his or her name? * the name of the news outlet? * his or her phone number? * what exactly is the story they are working on? * are they coming on-site to do the interview or will this be a phone interview?Then buy yourself some time. If this is an onsite interview, it

The concept of wikipedia has become so popular that the term ‘wiki’ is now used to refer to any website the visitors can edit the content of the site.

3. youtube.com – Iam quite sure by now everyone has heard about this one. Basically a video sharing website where users can upload videos, view other videos and share videos with other users. Just started in Feb 2005 has managed to create such a huge user base that Google has decided to buy them out for $1.6 billion

4. flickr.com – What youtube is to videos, flickr is to photos. By the way this is now a Yahoo company.

5. myspace.com – This is a social networking site where you can create your own space, add friends, share music, videos, photos etc. You can post personal profiles and also blog using myspace. They claim to have 106 million accounts. In July 2005 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation bought out myspace.com for $580 million.

6. del.icio.us – A social bookmarking site which organizes content based on user defined tags. Once registered a user can bookmark any site and tag and share bookmarks with the del.icio.us user community.

New Web 2.0 terms

Wiki – A term given to any website which allows users to directly edit the content of the website and in some cases sometimes without even being a registered user.

Voting – digg.com gave a new meaning to this word in the Web2.0 world. These days users can vote to show their like or dislike for a specific content on a website. It is an important way for a user to exercise his views on the web.

Tagging – Users can now submit a posting and associate tags or keywords with them. Users can define their own tags. Other users who search for a tag and find all relevant postings with that specific tag. Again a user driven way of labelling and searching. This is basically metadata. If the author wants to reclassify the page at a later time, this can easily be done by changing the list of tags. This process is also referred to as Folksonomy. This concept has been popularised by sites like del.icio.us and technorati.com.

With so many new websites coming up and more and more users flocking to them basking in the new found freedom and power to throw their views, this looks like only the beginning of the very many innovative ways in which users are going to play a bigger role in developing the future of the web.

The arena is open for anyone to network, share views or even start a social networking website and who knows maybe get bought out someday.

( I have used this article purely to put across my thoughts and to share knowledge)

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That is about to end and now they will have to hire American citizens to do the work and that might require paying them a little more and making a little less profits and even perhaps raising the price of the car wash one or two dollars

Do you feel like one in a million at work – and not in a good way? When you run into your boss in the hallway, do you get the impression she isn’t sure who you are? Are the juicy projects always going to someone else? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to raise your work profile. Here are some tips to get you started...

All marketing research falls into two basic categories: secondary and primary. Secondary research involves literature searches, article reviews and analysis of existing, available data. While secondary research is limited to the information you have on hand, it is usually much cheaper than primary research and can be conducted by small businesses themselves.

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