"Believe it or not, Britain’s “Facebook generation” — the 16 to 24-year-olds — are lonelier than any other age group, a survey has revealed"
In the survey, one in three said they were bored with their lives compared to just 8% of pensioners and 28% complained loneliness was making them unhappy and so they are taking to drinking. More than a quarter of the Facebook generation revealed they turned to alcohol for comfort, and half admitted to using junk food as an emotional crutch, found the poll into national happiness levels, conducted for BBC.
Asked what made them unhappy, 70% of the 16 to 24 year olds said finances topped their list of concerns. More than a third were worried about holding down a job, compared to a quarter of middle-aged respondents. One in three said they were tormented by family or relationship problems, and they were also the age group that were most likely to struggle over their social status. Overall money was the biggest cause of unhappiness across all age groups, above work, relationships and loneliness.
But while older age groups shared the Facebook generation’s finance fears, they were more fulfilled in other areas of their lives. Almost a third of youngest generation reported they had relationship problems which dropped to eight per cent among 55 to 64-year-olds. And one in three of the Facebook generation said they wanted to move abroad in search of happiness.
Networking site to block pics of users’ exes
Social networking website Facebook keeps a record of users’ former lovers, if they had typed in the data earlier, but has now been forced to change a feature which caused their photos to appear when they logged in. After users reacted over the Photo Memories sidebar, which gave users an “unpleasant surprise” by dredging up old photographs of ex-wives or husbands, Facebook has now blocked such photos. However, in order to successfully block the “hurt-inducing” snaps, the site is now keeping a record of its users’ ex-partners — those who have used the site.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Think Global, Think Strategic
" This excitement for President Obama’s visit is not surprising. His life is one that Indians and Americans directly relate to and embodies many of the shared values that make the US-India strategic partnership so strong"
Through hard work, dedication, education and commitment, President Obama rose above the difficulties that life presented him. His multiracial heritage and childhood in many cultures have given him a strong belief in tolerance, a trait commonly seen in India. As an admirer of Gandhi, he worked to empower people in underdeveloped neighbourhoods of his hometown of Chicago and, after graduating from two of America’s most prestigious universities, he spurned more lucrative career opportunities to defend the civil rights of ordinary citizens. So it is not surprising that he is highly thought of by many Indians. His story of hard work and education, hope and opportunity, is the story of the American dream. It is also a shared value and story in India.
President Obama’s visit will be marked by excitement, pomp, and ceremony. Underlying this excitement is the opportunity to make the US-India relationship what he has called “one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century”. To do so, his visit will focus on expanding trade and commerce; infusing the relationship with new innovations; and partnering with India as a rising and responsible global power.
Through hard work, dedication, education and commitment, President Obama rose above the difficulties that life presented him. His multiracial heritage and childhood in many cultures have given him a strong belief in tolerance, a trait commonly seen in India. As an admirer of Gandhi, he worked to empower people in underdeveloped neighbourhoods of his hometown of Chicago and, after graduating from two of America’s most prestigious universities, he spurned more lucrative career opportunities to defend the civil rights of ordinary citizens. So it is not surprising that he is highly thought of by many Indians. His story of hard work and education, hope and opportunity, is the story of the American dream. It is also a shared value and story in India.
President Obama’s visit will be marked by excitement, pomp, and ceremony. Underlying this excitement is the opportunity to make the US-India relationship what he has called “one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century”. To do so, his visit will focus on expanding trade and commerce; infusing the relationship with new innovations; and partnering with India as a rising and responsible global power.
India a Part of Supercontinent
"A new and exciting piece of research from IISc has confirmed what has long been believed: that India was part of a supercontinent that later broke away into smaller physical entities and transformed into small continents and countries as we know them now"
Geological research conducted recently by assistant professor Sanjeev Krishnan of the Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc, has revealed that certain rock crusts or granulites in Sri Lanka, southern India and Madagascar have properties that demonstrate India as being part of a supercontinent.
“The ancient supercontinent of Gondwana once consisted of what are now the smaller continents of South America, Africa, Madagascar, southern India, Sri Lanka, Antarctica and Australia. Our research reveals that massive tectonic activity had occurred 600 million years ago and had brought together all the earth formations into a supercontinent,”.
Krishnan deduced the tectonic activity from the massive underground temperatures rock crusts in Sri Lanka, parts of Antarctica and southern India were exposed to and withstood over a period of 500 million years. The high temperatures, especially at the lower crust of the rocks, reveal the chemical composition of the crusts from which the tectonic activity has been deduced. These crusts/rocks, which go back 500 million years ago, are now visible in the form of granules and crust deposits on the surface.
Geological research conducted recently by assistant professor Sanjeev Krishnan of the Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc, has revealed that certain rock crusts or granulites in Sri Lanka, southern India and Madagascar have properties that demonstrate India as being part of a supercontinent.
“The ancient supercontinent of Gondwana once consisted of what are now the smaller continents of South America, Africa, Madagascar, southern India, Sri Lanka, Antarctica and Australia. Our research reveals that massive tectonic activity had occurred 600 million years ago and had brought together all the earth formations into a supercontinent,”.
Krishnan deduced the tectonic activity from the massive underground temperatures rock crusts in Sri Lanka, parts of Antarctica and southern India were exposed to and withstood over a period of 500 million years. The high temperatures, especially at the lower crust of the rocks, reveal the chemical composition of the crusts from which the tectonic activity has been deduced. These crusts/rocks, which go back 500 million years ago, are now visible in the form of granules and crust deposits on the surface.
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