I killed the girl I used to be! Do you ever miss the way you used to be, the way you use to dress, the way you used to view life around you or the way you used to love or the way you use to hold onto things and the way you used to think and maybe the way you used to accept love. I mean I miss my old self sometimes. I had some habits I miss them. I miss that bit about myself. I have heard this actually a lot depression and anxiety changes you, depression and anxiety changes you inside out when I was in that phase it was insomnia which resulted in me being staying up all night until sunrise. I miss those late night sessions of music and writing and reading and studying. but the fact that if you miss a toxic thing it does not mean you need it back in your life. of course insomnia needed and presented me amazing things like the all night reading sessions and also taught me the bitterness of your coffee starts settling in once you actually start to feel it instead of just drinking it. But if I ever wanted them back that dark phase would also come back. I also told a certain person sometime that don’t judge me by past because I don’t live there anymore. it is very truly said the depression and anxiety causes a lot of things and that you do get stuck in your own body. And it did kill some parts of me. when Taylor Swift said that her old self could not come to the phone because she was dead, I got it, I felt it. The old me doesn’t exist anymore which doesn’t mean that I have changed entirely, but sometimes the little things inside you that changed are kinda like a small death. I have mourned the loss of the person who used to wear beach tropical dresses and black flats, but now I don’t mind being in black and sturdy sneakers.but I also celebrated the death of the girl who used to play amazing sports,but when someone made fun of her in a bad way she stopped, who made terrible choices, who got into relationships, broken one’s because she craved for love and then broke her self. though she collected her pieces and walked away well being very strong. I truly had changed. Five years ago, I probably would have let you walk all over Me and I would have been fine by it. Four years ago, I would have made fun of you even if I would have been guilty for doing the same thing, being a hypocrite. three years ago I refuse to believe that everyone has their own problems everyone is going to the same hell just on different levels dealing with the different demons. I always thought my problems were the worst. 2 years ago, I would have never opened up to you the way I will now because believing that the fact no one deserves to know me like that. and a year ago I wouldn’t have the courage to tell people I overcame depression just in the fear that they would judge me. I’ve always said this to everyone in my posts that we need to be accepting we need to be welcoming and we need to be kind because it takes nothing instead just saves some lives. I am not the same person a year ago and i am more than okay with it because I know I have grown, not just by age, but with mind, and ethics and value and ideas, my believes and everything inside me. And it is wonderful. So yes I killed the girl I used to be. But also I love the new me. And do not apologize for evolving, all that a stagnant pool of water does is it spreads sickness. And you don’t want to be sickening do you. Ciao for now.
Most of us have trouble executing a proper exercise routine. Despite our failed attempts, we try our best to get back into shape.
There are so many reasons to exercise. To remain fit and healthy. To have your mental health in perfect balance. Where the topic of mental health is concerned, exercise can help people during the trying times of stress and anxiety. At the same time, exercise can help elevate mood and attract peaceful sleep.
Hitting the gym was quite common before. But due to the lockdown blues, it’s best to fit a perfect schedule for a workout.
Here are some useful tips for a perfect lockdown workout
Morning time
The best time to get on the mat and shake your muscles is after the sunrise. When the mind is fresh, it becomes easy to concentrate on what one is eventually indulged into.
The beats
Exercising to the perfect beats makes thing a lot better. Don the hat of a ’house dancer’ where barely anyone watches over you. Shut the door of your bedroom and flow with the beats.
Proper attire
Whenever one is about to work out, make sure the clothes you put on the body is quite loose. Such clothes don’t seem to blend in with your sweat. In short, refrain from choosing outfits that will attract sweaty germs in the air. You can even opt for cotton vets or pants.
Focus on the muscles
Working out during the lockdown can burst stress. To make things even more intriguing, focus on which part of the body you want to lose that extra fat.
Hydrate enough
90% of our bodies is made up of water. Working out during the summery monsoon increases our water intake. This steamy weather is meant to flush more thirst.
Maintain social distance at home at all times. Enjoy working out at the comfort of your homes. Without anyone hampering you, do your thing. Be occupied.
The music day is celebrated every year on June 21, over 120 countries including its country of origin France where it is known as ‘Fete de la Musique’ meaning ‘festival of music’ to honour both amateur and professional musicians. In cities across the word, musicians perform for free in public places. The best thing about World Music Day is that it is completely free to celebrate. You can enjoy any type of music you love with your family members. This day is celebrated to promote peace and spread goodwill through music.
Music is very beneficial for us and have a great importance in our lives. According to Author Victor Hugo, “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
Apart from entertainment, according to experts music reduces the symptoms of anxiety, depression and other mood disorders. It lower stress and helps people to sleep better. According to Elton John, “Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours”. Music serves as meditation for great musicians.
Music is often used as a therapy for it’s soothing power. According to experts, music helps children with leaning disorder. Therapist use music to treat people with mental health issues. Music helps us to be happy. When you listen a particular song, it can bring a happy memory or make you feel energized. Studies suggest that music enhance your performance of exercise and it can also provide a huge amount of comfort. Music makes you feel happy. It also enhances your mind and creativity and helps in increasing your memory.
WAYS HOW MUSIC CAN BE THERAPEUTIC FOR YOUR BODY, MIND AND SOUL
It improves the quality of life for the patients who suffer memory loss i.e., if they are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
It reduces the side effects of cancer therapy. It reduces anxiety associated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy and it also suppress nausea and vomiting for patients receiving chemotherapy.
It helps to restore lost speech.
It improves visual and verbal skills.
Music helps to alleviate your mood.
Music enhance learning.
Singing together bring us together.
Music can affect your judgements. It affect the way people feel about a situation or about other which impact their judgements.
Music can motivate people and even increase the productivity level.
So in thjs World Music Day, add music to your life and see how your life becomes awesome.
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Benefits
Let us know about the various benefits Velofel South Africa provides us with-
It produces nitric oxide which increases blood flow to the penis and helps keep it erect.
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It causes no side effects as it only contains natural and herbal ingredients.
It consists of no chemical or toxic ingredients.
It increases the body’s stamina to perform longer and strenuous sessions.
It prevents occurrence of erectile dysfunction by improving blood flow to the penile area.
It controls early ejaculation.
It boosts libido levels, which promote the quality of experience.
It maintains an overall sense of energy and vigour in the body.
As it boosts testosterone, it empowers muscle building.
It increases self-confidence.
It improves sexual immunity by provision of nutrients.
It provides harder erections solving the problem of brokenness.
It provides a 100% satisfactory climax.
It increases length, girth and size of penis.
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Pros of Velofel South Africa
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Cons of Velofel South Africa
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Side effects
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Coronavirus has made life very tough for us in real life. People from different fields are facing challenges in their own ways. Doctors and frontline health workers are facing the challenges head on to save the infected since day 1. There is no proper vaccine for cure. Police departments are fighting to keep public inside their houses and to make them wear masks. Workers are losing jobs and businessmen are facing losses. Migrant workers faced challenges while going back to their villages. Sellers in various markets have incurred huge loss due to lockdown for around three months. Students are yet to know when examinations and admissions will be held. The lockdown has also affected mental health of people for suddenly arrived stress in life. But the scenario is totally opposite in various social media platforms. The virtual world challenges are quite different from the real world.
People around the world have taken to social media to get over insecurity that comes with staying home for prolonged hours. It is known as the FOMO syndrome (Fear Of Missing Out). The insecurity arises out of a fear that I am being left out while others are coping with the challenges facing us. People have started showing off their artistic skills in varying domains like cooking, drawing, singing dancing, reciting. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter are being used for the performance. There are whole lot of creativity and innovations in social media as people do not have jam-packed schedule thanks to the pandemic. Celebrities have also joined the group to have fun with their fans. Some such virtual challenges are:
#DalgonaCoffee: It was the number one viral challenge in Facebook and WhatsApp in 2020. It seems everyone loves coffee and knows how to make it. It is a traditional way of preparation by beating the milk and coffee together for a few minutes and put it as cream on milk. But suddenly it became viral among people. Everybody participated and uploaded their ‘masterchef’-style videos and pictures to prove how good they were.
#UntilTomorrowChallenge: This was started in Instagram. People started posting their weird, funny or embarrassing pictures with this hashtag and nominated their pals. The picture were to be in their accounts for twenty four hours. In posting such pictures and sharing those around people would overcome the anxiety of being left behind.
#SareeChallenge & #DhotiChallenge: Girls in Facebook started putting their pictures wearing saree. After this went viral boys would also start sharing pictures in dhotis. One person has to upload his/her best picture and ‘nominate’ friends to do the same. Everyone’s account would be full of people in saree and dhoti. This challenge went on for a while.
#BingoChallenge / #ThisorThatChallenge/ #BucketlistChallenge: These three types of challenges became most viral in Instagram. Students and those working in offices made their personalized bingo challenge depicting the quality time spent in educational institutes and workplaces. People would have to tick activities done in a specified place or time. It is like a questionnaire template and answers must be given with stickers or check marks.
#GibberishChallenge: It is still now trending in Instagram among youth, celebrities and stand-up comedians with their personalized touch. This is a game where some gibberish words will be there and one has to mention the correct sentence or word or phrase. It is funny and interesting to play. It checks one’s mind and knowledge in an interactive way.
#PassTheBrushChallenge: This was again most common and viral challenge among girls in Facebook and Instagram. Here a person starts with a natural look without any makeup on and then she reveals a glamourous look after briefly covering the camera screen with a makeup brush. She has to pass the brush to the next participant in the challenge. They also made their own personalized themes like Bollywood style, Celebrations style, Comics style and many more. Artists also started this challenge while showing off their artistic skills in painting and drawing while passing the paint brush. Some of them passed food and snacks while feeding stray animals on roads.
One finds that TikTok has been the source of the highest number of fun challenges for people during the lockdown. Even with the Unlockdown 1.0 people are still participating in new challenges. The challenges have covered the world after becoming viral. They helped lot of people to remain active and escape boredom and insecurity to a certain extent. The challenges reveal that when physical mobility is restricted we can remain mentally alert by taking the virtual route.
In 2020, many locations will see a rare solstice annular solar eclipse on the same day as the June solstice. This will happen only twice this century, in 2020 and on June 21, 2039.
The Moon Eclipses the Sun
An eclipse of the Sun happens when the New Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, blocking out the Sun’s rays and casting a shadow on parts of Earth.
The Moon’s shadow is not big enough to engulf the entire planet, so the shadow is always limited to a certain area (see map illustrations below). This area changes during the course of the eclipse because the Moon and Earth are in constant motion: Earth continuously rotates around its axis while it orbits the Sun, and the Moon orbits Earth. This is why solar eclipses seem to travel from one place to another
Types of Solar Eclipses
There are 4 different types of solar eclipses. How much of the Sun’s disk is eclipsed, the eclipse magnitude, depends on which part of the Moon’s shadow falls on Earth.
Solar Eclipses Mainly Look Partial
Partial Solar Eclipses occur when the Moon only partially obscures the Sun’s disk and casts only its penumbra on Earth.
Annular Solar Eclipses take place when the Moon’s disk is not big enough to cover the entire disk of the Sun, and the Sun’s outer edges remain visible to form a ring of fire in the sky. An annular eclipse of the Sun takes place when the Moon is near apogee, and the Moon’s antumbra falls on Earth.
Total Solar Eclipses happen when the Moon completely covers the Sun, and it can only take place when the Moon is near perigee, the point of the Moon’s orbit closest to Earth. You can only see a total solar eclipse if you’re in the path where the Moon casts its darkest shadow, the umbra.
Hybrid Solar Eclipses, also known as annular-total eclipses, are the rarest type. They occur when the same eclipse changes from an annular to a total solar eclipse, and/or vice versa, along the eclipse’s path.
Solar eclipses are only visible from within the area on Earth where the Moon’s shadow falls, and the closer you are to the center of the shadow’s path, the bigger the eclipse looks.
Solar eclipses are usually named for their darkest, or maximum, point. The exception is the hybrid eclipse.
The darkest point of solar eclipses is only visible from a small area. In most places and for most of the duration, total, annular, and hybrid eclipses look like a partial solar eclipse.
There are so many facts about camels that make them a unique animal. All we know about camels is only limited till that they are found mostly in deserts and they carry weight.
Here are some interesting facts about camels that not many of us know.
Camels are of two types viz. One humped or “dromedary” camels and two humped Bactrian camels.
Dromedary or one humped is of enormous size. That is because their weight ranges from 400 to 650 kilograms, height is easily over two meters and the body length measures more than three meters. The hump is an adaption of the desert life and stores fatty tissues which is used for their nourishment as they travel long distances. Some people believe that the hump of the camel is used to store water which is not true. Their lifespan is about 40 years. They do not have thick coat of fur. Dromedaries naturally range in the North and North-Eastern Africa through the Middle East countries up to Pakistan and India. They do not have any subspecies.
Two humped Bactrian camels have subspecies. They have long thick coat of fur. camels (especially Bactrian camels) together have a natural range in the Central Asian regions of China and Mongolia.
Water Storage
Even though camels do not store water in their hump but they have sufficient amount of water in their body for their survival in the desert. they can go without drinking water for nearly a week. This is partly because of the unique shape of their blood cells, which are oval. Oval-shaped blood cells allow camels to consume large amounts of water (up to 30 gallons in one go ) since the cells are more elastic and can change shape more easily. This shape also allows their blood to flow more easily when water is scarce, which is common in a desert.
A camel’s humps is very important for its survival in a desert. Without its humps, a camel would be more likely to overheat and produce sweat but it’s the oval-shaped blood cells that help the camel retain so much water, not the humps.
Nostrils
The design of the nose of the camel is very efficient for their survival in the desert. The loss of body water is minimized due to their nostrils. Their nose acts as humidifier and dehumidifier both in one. When an animal breathes, they exhale air along with water vapor. In the dry areas like desert, water is scare and the water loss through breathing increases. This happens because dry desert air that is inhaled is exchanged for the moisture-laden air that is exhaled causing loss of body water. When the large amount of water vapor is exhaled, it is trapped by the nostrils and returned to the body fluids. Therefore, the cooler the air is, the less moisture it will absorb.
Camels can completely shut their nostrils during sandstorms.
Mouth
The lips of the camel are fat, the mouth is very sturdy that makes them able able to chew thorny desert plants.
Eyes
Camels have three sets of eyelids and two rows of eyelashes. Two of the eyelids have eyelashes that protect their eyes from sand. The third is a very thin lid which works as a sort of “windshield wiper” to clean off their eyes. It opens and closes sideways instead of up and down. So in a sandstorm or otherwise windy day where sand is being stirred up, they can close that lid to protect their eyes from the sand, but still see where they are going.
Temperature Tolerance
Camels have thick pads of skin on their chest and knees, camels can comfortably sit in very hot sand. Its thick coat reflects sunlight instead of absorbing it. A shaved camel has to sweat 50% more to avoid overheating. It also insulates them from the intense heat that radiates from hot desert sand. Camels are able to withstand changes in body temperature and water content that would kill most other animals. Their temperature ranges from 34°C (93°F) at night up to 41°C (106°F) in the day and only above this threshold will they begin to sweat. This allows them to preserve about five liters of water a day. Camels can withstand at least 25% weight loss due to sweating.
Legs and feet
The long legs of the camel keep them further from the hot ground. Camels have tough feet so that they can endure the scorching desert sands. Camel have been known to swim if given the chance. The foot of a camel is made up of a large leathery pad, with two toes at the front, the bones of which are embedded in the foot. Camels can travel at up to 40 miles per hour.
The colour of their skin is sandy for them to camouflage in the desert to protect themselves from the predators which other than humans, are only tigers. The kidneys of a camel are very efficient. Urine comes out as a thick syrup. The female camels can carry their calves for upto 14 months before giving birth to them.
When a camel is angry they spit. So whenever you are around a camel and if they spit, consider it as a threat.
All these characteristics makes a camel very efficient for survival in desert areas and unique from other animals.
Solar Eclipse 2020: The moon covering the sun formed a celestial event “Ring of Fire” today, 21 June, being the longest day of year.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth. When this happens, the moon blocks the light of the sun from reaching the earth. The shadow of the moon falls on the earth.‘The solar eclipse of 21 June, however, is an annular eclipse.This happens when the moon is farthest from the earth, according to NASA blog ’.
What is Ring of Fire?
When solar eclipse occurs, a bright light of Sun is observed around the moon at the height of annual solar eclipse that beautiful ring is called “Ring of Fire”. “ Annular solar eclipse is a particular case of the total solar eclipse. Like the total solar eclipse, the moon is aligned with the sun. However, on that day, the apparent size of the moon happens to be a wee smaller than the sun. Hence the moon covers the central part of the sun, and the rim of the sun appear like a ‘ring of fire’ in the sky for a very brief moment” Samir Dhurde of The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics said.
“Ring of Fire”
Today, a beautiful celestial event, an annular solar eclipse, which is popularly known as the “ring of fire” eclipse, was visible on Sunday in parts of India.It has been spotted in Delhi, Haryana, Uttrakhand, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Social media and TV news channels were flooded with pictures of beautiful ring by sunlight. This was the first solar eclipse of 2020 which coincided with the Summer Solstice, being the longest day. The eclipse started around 10:30 am and ended at 3:05 pm. .
‘Ring of Fire’ observed at Dehradun (Uttrakhand) ‘Ring of Fire’ at Kurukshetra (Haryana)
Due to covid-19 pandemic, a large number of people could not able to observe this event at planetariums as large gatherings are banned.
People looking for Solar Eclipse with masks on face, due to covid-19
Observing Solar eclipse event, one must have proper eye protection because looking directly at the Sun can cause permanent damage to the eye’s retina. However many people could not step out and watch the eclipse, many watched it online on their YouTube using NASA tracker. The eclipse was also visible in other countries such as Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman.
When we listen to the term narcissists the first thing that strikes in our mind about that person is someone who likes to be the center of attention, likes to dominate etc
The psychiatric literature defines narcissists as possessing specific traits, such as having a sense of entitlement or requiring excessive admiration. characterized especially by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, persistent need for admiration, lack of empathy for others, excessive pride in achievements, and snobbish, disdainful, or patronizing attitudes
BLAME SHIFTING
Narcissists like to externalize blame. It’s a fundamental feature of their modus operandi. As the theory goes, it would internally decimate them to fault themselves. It would cause emotional pain for them to bear which they cant and it could crush their “fragile” egos. So, their unconscious mind puts up defenses, Particularly, defenses of refutation and projection. They may know a mess has been made, but it can’t be because of them. It has to be someone or something else’s fault. These defenses keep them from feeling anxious or despise themselves. But are these really the reasons why narcissists blame others?
Narcissists always have to be right. That means others have to be wrong, until or unless one agree with them. Some narcissists solidly believe in their superiority. Accordingly, they always try to assert it. They want only validation and vindication.
It’s easy to call out the faults of others. We’re all flawed creatures. But narcissists go on the attack for a reason. They know how others really regard them. More importantly, deep down, they know how character-deficient they are. So, they build themselves up by tearing others down.
People with strong narcissistic traits are unwilling or unable to reflect on their shortcomings and destructive behaviours. As a result, they project, blame, and manipulate others to cope with their shallow and shaky self-esteem.
Manipulation tactics include diverting, attacking and putting others into defense mode, lying about others being worse and themselves being better, victim-blaming, and playing the victim.
They have unrealistically high expectations of life.Beneath the narcissist’s disguise are layers and layers of fallacious pretenses they’ve fabricated through the years.
As a consequence of their false sense of grandeur, overcompensation, unrealistic expectations and demands become a constant part of their life equation. They then nurture the image of an overgrown baby who thinks the world owes them everything while clothing themselves in an appearance of superiority.
Knowing how the narcissist thinks can help you understand toxic individuals. But we all have toxic people in our lives who can’t be avoided, whether it be a parent or parent-in-law, a sibling or a sibling’s spouse, a friend of a friend, or a co-worker whom you just can’t stand.
You can’t blame someone for having narcissistic personality which can be caused by genetic factors, environmental factors which suggests that people with narcissistic personality disorder have a damaged capacity for emotional regulation and emotional empathy.
Their mental condition is not by choice. But how they choose to act upon it is their choice — and they usually choose not to do anything about it.
India boycotting Chinese products has been trending these days . And it has been observed that civilians are reacting to the recent act which happened on the Indo-China border. The loss of our 20 brave soldiers is hitting the minds of people across the country. Defence and our political leaders are finding the best way out to fight these back. But current happenings arise, the big question which needs to be addressed which is to continue trade with them. Losing lives of our country men and still continuing trade with the same country is a shame for us as a response to those brave souls. Common man is filled with anger and in the steps to take revenge and show their aggression, they have decided to boycott these products and their import.
But “How difficult and how bad it could be for us to stop trade with these Chinese companies right away”. The major area to focus before discussing the Chinese products and their usage in India would be the export and import of products in and by India. The import percentage is almost double the amount of export we generally do.This surely defies our dependencies not only on China but also on other countries for more of our products. India lacks in their productivity growth which means the lack of raw material for manufacturing any product. Thus India is dependent on other countries for even the raw material. India along with that does not have better skilled labour due to lack of literacy around the country. This leads to rise of manufacturing cost of products and surely rise in their sale cost also. Which countries like China, have a plus point with. They have highly skilled labour, and due to high populations , work is a priority so they hire these skilled people at much lower cost and thus earn better profits than other international companies.
Comparing China and also enlisting India’s dependency on it. India is dependent on china for most of its products and components which include:
Automotive parts
Electronic material and parts
Pharmaceutical ingredients
Consumer durables
And many more raw materials.
These components and their share is hide in importing from other countries and especially china for cost effectiveness. Along with that all the countries are shifting towards sustainable forms of energy and one of the forms is solar energy, but the interesting fact is that most of the components in it are made in China.
India technology as compared to China lacked in the time-period along the years as they invested most of their resources in creating resources which India focused on just importing and buying them. Many schemes like Make in India and a recent Atma Nirbhar bharat as launched by Prime minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi, which purely focuses on developing their product and manufacturing most of them india. The main area we lack is raw material, India to manufacture products has to import most if raw material from other countries especially china. So India should try to shift to some other source for their raw material and on coming years must focus on there technology and production of these raw material and ingredients in our country only.
It’s hard to believe and accept but yes India is dependent on china for most of its product and boycotting them and this stage could result in high lack of these resources especially in pharmaceutical industry, as many medicine especially paracetamol and ingredients used in it comes from china, so boycotting chinese product and its use could be harmful especially in today’s era if pandemic.
“India should surely learn from this and focus and initiate more towards encouraging people to come up with their ideas of startup which include manufacturing and production of products within the country only, relying less on foreign imports rather focused on foreign exports in near future. India can develop its own market of products and raw material by focusing more on the inputs available in the country itself, and surely in future, India would see a hike with its products being exported all over the world, leaving with us a higher economy and growth capacity and independence from major exports from other countries”.
As a Mac IOS user I use Siri extensively, what a wonderful companion. I am sure many of you would even talk to her when you feel lonely because I do that a lot, especially in these quarantine days when I am bored and want to have a conversation with some one ,Siri is there for me. Though a short conversation but yes I do enjoy it. One day I realized that I don’t know any thing about this friend of mine , how she was made and developed so in the search of that I ended up learning many things about her.
The full form of Siri is speech interpretation and recognition interface. It is a virtual assistant rather an intelligent virtual assistant developed and released by apple on 2010, in iPhone 4S . Siri enables users to give sound commands and it gives audible confirmation. There are many uses of Siri like
Set reminder of your meetings
search things
post something on facebook or twitter using sound commands
Instruct Siri to book a restaurant seats for you
Ask siri for the live scores of the match
create a contact book and ask to add people
Find how your stocks are going. and many more……… voice of siri is given by Susan Bennett, after some years the company gave many other accents to the Siri voice. Susan Bennett is the American accent voice for Siri then they developed British, Australian,Irish and South African voices of Siri, Also male voices were made available. When Siri was released in 2010, it got mixed reviews, some thought it was good but some thought it can be improved more , like it could not perceive different accents of the language. Also it interprets many commands wrongly, like if the users asks about the locations of abortion centres rather it gave the locations of NGO’s which counsels pregnant women. These problems lead the consumers to file complaint against Siri, but as it was just a beta version when it was first introduced Siri had the room to actually upgrade its qualities and to get better in the next versions of the upcoming Apple product. Siri is now 10 years old and many other virtual assistants have been developed like google assistant and Amazon’s Alexa which is said to be much more user friendly than Siri. If we made the comparison between three of these assistants, then according to the surveys Google assistant is the smartest as it understood 90% of the commands and also navigated rightly most of the time. Surprisingly though Alexa claimed itself to be the most user friendly but the survey said that Siri was better than Alexa. As Alexa lagged much more than siri not only that the navigation system is actually something to be worked upon. If you ask about reliability, Siri has the least because Google assistant and Alexa gets better overtime but siri updates only with the release of new iPhone product that means only once in a year. It is time that Apple actually uPdates Siri throughout the year. Though many virtual assistants would be created in the future but Siri was revolutionary which as it enabled this idea of virtual assistants so it would always be an important part in the history of technologies and its development .
The 1999 and 2008 crises were certainly high impact, but neither was as global as the 2020 correction that was felt in every nation due to the first simultaneous worldwide lockdown.
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has led to large-scale anxieties about the future of the arts. Many livelihoods rely upon the performing and visual arts. It is just not the fraternity of artistes but their support staff, co-workers and an entire ecosystem that is sustained through their practice. We are the largest film-making nation in the world. The film industry offers jobs to several thousands.The lockdown will be eventually relaxed at some point as can be seen in different parts of the world but many are of the opinion that this pandemic will significantly impact our film-viewing behavior and other economic decisions around it. We might stay away from film theatres to avoid large gatherings. This could also indicate a shift towards viewing films on online platforms which have already made a dent during the lockdown.
Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc., have witnessed a record surge in subscriptions during the lockdown. This doesn’t mean that everybody has suddenly turned a film lover, but that these platforms offer a plethora of entertainment options for people locked inside their homes. The content and range of programmes on these portals is also far superior to what is available on regular television. There are films and TV series which are especially commissioned by and released exclusively on these platforms.
For over two months now, cinemas across India—around 10,000 single-screen ones and 3,000 multiplexes—have remained shut as most of the country is under lockdown to curtail the spread of coronavirus. This shutdown is estimated to have cost the Indian film industry over $130 million (Rs984 crore) in box office revenue. Meanwhile, even as the government has started a partial withdrawal of the lockdown, reopening cinema halls isn’t high on its agenda. And even if the government allows theatres to reopen, experts believe, not many people will take the risk of going to the movies.
Wooing audiences again
The “movie theatre experience”—complete with surround sound, visual effects, flavoured popcorns and colas, and even recliners in some cases—has thrived in India despite the touch competition from OTT segment in recent years. But this time, the fight is harder as cinema owners need to deal with consumers’ psyche, which is hard to change, experts said.
To begin with, there’s a need to create an environment that feels hygienic and safe. For instance, cinema hall operators must try to remove all human contact by making it mandatory for customers to book tickets online. “Cine-goers could be encouraged to book their snacks online to avoid crowds at food stands,” suggested Neeraj Roy, founder and CEO of Mumbai-based Hungama Digital Media.In line with cinemas in the US, which are opening up with “social distancing seating,” Indian theatres are bracing for less than half the occupancy. On May 20, the Multiplex Association of India put out a plan detailing measures they were willing to take, including deep cleaning of halls at regular intervals, use of body temperature detectors, making masks compulsory while watching movies, and grilling health check-ups of staff.
These steps will need higher spending by cinema hall owners, who will eventually need to charge customers more. This might become a major roadblock to attracting crowds as thousands of Indians are faced with pay cuts and job losses, which leaves less scope for discretionary spending and instills caution against reckless expenditure. Cinema owners have also been struggling to convince producers to stall releases instead of taking the OTT route. “We were hoping that the producers would accede to our request to hold back their film’s release till cinemas reopen,” said Kamal Gianchandani, CEO of one of India’s leading multiplex chains, PVR. “That said, this is not the first time films are being premiered on streaming platforms. Cinema exhibition has regularly faced competition from new emerging distribution platforms.”
Bypassing the censors
Also, you could bypass many of the problems of censor certification if you release films on these platforms. Amidst the ongoing pandemic, many film festivals are moving online. Britain’s most famous socialist filmmaker, Ken Loach, has made some of his best films available for free on YouTube. Other film streaming platforms are making foreign and documentary cinema available at a nominal fee for a limited time span. With increased awareness about films, will we go back to theatres and settle for the same content that mainstream cinema peddles after the lockdown?
However, there is also a grave danger. Access to these platforms is largely limited to an urban demography that can afford an Internet connection, along with the subscription fees which also determines the class character of its potential viewers. If this were to become the norm, it would exclude a large majority of the film-viewing population. That will be a denial of cinema to those who have been its utmost supporters.
First ebook was created by Michael Hart in the year 1971 while proceeding to establish Project Gutenberg. The first eBook created by Michael Hart was downloaded by six people, the title focused on the declaration of independence.
A past couple of years have seen an upsurge in presence of eBooks and the number of prints is decreasing though registering its presence in the reading fraternity. The youth of today prefer eBooks in digital format and prefer to read them at the same time some of us are still in love with the printed books. The authors and publishers want to explore the niche of eBooks. The eBooks offer flexibility of reading the way you like it.
Print books can be given as gifts that can be cherished for over a long period and becomes a memory for lifetime. The underlining with the colour of our choice makes it more personal. The eBooks also promote reading with different fonts and highlighting the sections for reading them later i.e. they add to the uniqueness of the eBooks. The print books smell good and establish a personal bond with the reader.
The print books have a longer life compared to that of eBooks because the regular digital upgrade over an interval time makes the older version of digital content obsolete. Hence, the life of the gadget holding the eBooks and the readability options of eBooks always are at a disadvantage due to this factor. We have seen the development of many eBook readers like Kobo, Kindle, Nook and Sony to name a few, and all these had undergone major developmental changes within a short period rendering older versions obsolete.
All book lovers take pride in showcasing their books in possession, it is like a treasure for them and they enjoy showing it to their friends and families. Sometimes we may find the bookshelves in the kitchen too. The collection of books is a hobby of many and they are always in search of new print in the market.
Readers get attached with the print books and develop an emotional bond with it. Building a library at home or sometimes at the workplace is the dream of many and that can be achieved through print books. However, due to long term storage of books at one place the quality of the book gets deteriorated and here the advantage of having books in digital format cannot be overruled.
Though it is easy to share and show the print text to the guests visiting the homes, sharing your digital gadget to allow them to explore the books that you have read has to come in vogue for acceptance. The question that arises is as to why the people tend to prefer one mode of reading over the other, this aspect can be addressed if we see the aim of the reader and his requirement of satisfying his need of reading a book.
The answer to learning more about the preference of reading through eBooks or printed text can be related to economics as has been noticed the eBooks are less expensive compared to that of the printed ones. Readers nowadays are more exposed to media and have developed a knack of skimming through the books by turning over the sample pages provided to the readers.
The online websites selling books are hosting books in digital format and print ones for selling and thus are offering a choice to the readers to choose the books they want. Parents prefer printed books over eBooks for their kids as it does not strain their eyes and are also cost-effective over purchasing a gadget first and then going for eBooks.
We are accustomed to reading printed books over a period now and love to feel the text and the paper. Carrying of books is a difficult task and requires some or the other support if we want to carry several books at a time, whereas the eBook readers don’t require much of the carrying cost expenses as one eBook reader can accommodate thousand of books. It makes life easier when we are going out of the station.
The publishing industry also has got an opportunity to reduce the cost of editing, printing and making books available at remote places. Hence, it is confirmed that the eBooks help in cutting the cost of publication for the publishers as many processes get reduced. The e-readers also pose certain disadvantages like we keep on recharging them regularly, screen glare and visibility issues are present which restricts the reader to use it in daylight.
The digital book store provides an opportunity for the reader to download certain good titles without even paying a penny and at the coziness of home. The portability factor gives more freedom to the reader while purchasing the eBooks. The inbuilt dictionaries add to the reading and grasping speed of the reader. Access to the books of various languages also helps the reader in achieving a variety of reading the overview.
The increase in the sale of eBooks has also extended the opportunity to the authors who want limited publishing and need some cost-effective publishing by doing away with the formalities and processes involved. This is essential for them as these budding authors have less number of titles and the material that is to be published is less. The eBook can be read during the night with ease if the e-reader has a backlit option.
Nowadays the eBooks are also released along with the print one and digital launches of books are becoming a trend of the town. The companies selling the books also offer a huge discount on the eBooks to promote their widespread reading. The eBooks can be stored in a device, which makes carrying of eBooks easy that saves the precious space of the bookshelves at home and office. The cloud feature offered by some companies like Amazon provides real-time sharing possible.
Audio books are also catching the sale speed in the market that makes all the books easily accessible to visually and hearing challenged people. The environment friendliness can be enhanced by protecting the cutting of trees for producing paper, reduction in transportation cost. Adapting to new technology would create new avenues for readers. The eBooks are going to stay and print books though have a section of readers present today can avail a variety of reading experience.
The annular solar eclipse, popularly known as the “ring of fire” eclipse, has become visible in India, with social media flooded with pictures from the rare celestial event. This is the first solar eclipse of 2020. Skywatchers living within a narrow band covering parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttarakhand will be able to see the “ring of fire” with much clarity.
The first solar eclipse of this year which coincides with the summer solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere has the longest day, will be an annular eclipse. Apart from India, the eclipse will be visible in Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, and China. The eclipse started around 10:20 am and is expected to ended around 2:20 pm. It is also known as Surya Grahan in India. Annular solar eclipse is a particular case of the total solar eclipse. Like the total solar eclipse, the moon is aligned with the sun. However, on that day, the apparent size of the moon happens to be a wee smaller than the sun. Hence the moon covers the central part of the sun, and the rim of the sun appear like a “ring of fire” in the sky for a very brief moment”.
Total solar eclipses occur when the New Moon comes between the Sun and Earth and casts the darkest part of its shadow, the umbra, on Earth. A full solar eclipse, known as totality, is almost as dark as night. Eclipses are normally named after their darkest phase. If a solar eclipse is total at any point on Earth, it is called a total solar eclipse, even though it’s seen as a partial solar eclipse in most areas.However, there is an exception, the hybrid solar eclipse. This type of eclipse is also known as an annular-total eclipse because it changes from an annular to a total solar eclipse, and/or vice versa, along its path.
Complete Solar Eclipse Has 5 Phases
There are 5 stages in a total solar eclipse:
Partial eclipse begins (1st contact): The Moon starts becoming visible over the Sun’s disk. The Sun looks as if a bite has been taken from it.
Total eclipse begins (2nd contact): The entire disk of the Sun is covered by the Moon. Observers in the path of the Moon’s umbra may be able to see Baily’s beads and the diamond ring effect, just before totality.
Totality and maximum eclipse: The Moon completely covers the disk of the Sun. Only the Sun’s corona is visible. This is the most dramatic stage of a total solar eclipse. At this time, the sky goes dark, temperatures can fall, and birds and animals often go quiet. The midpoint of time of totality is known as the maximum point of the eclipse. Observers in the path of the Moon’s umbra may be able to see Baily’s beads and the diamond ring effect, just after totality ends.
Total eclipse ends (3rd contact): The Moon starts moving away, and the Sun reappears.
Partial eclipse ends (4th contact): The Moon stops overlapping the Sun’s disk. The eclipse ends at this stage in this location.
Unique Sights around Totality
Certain phenomena can only be seen during a total solar eclipse:
Shadow bands: About 1 minute before totality, moving wavy lines of alternating light and dark can be seen on the ground and along walls. These shadow bands are the result of Earth’s turbulent atmosphere refracting the last rays of sunlight.
Diamond ring: Seen about 10 to 15 seconds before and after totality, the solar corona (the outer atmosphere of the sun) becomes visible; seen together with a single jewel of light from the sun, this creates a diamond ring effect.
The Sun’s corona: As the diamond ring fades, the Sun’s corona becomes more prominent and is visible as a faint ring of rays surrounding the silhouetted Moon. The corona is the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, and it is around 200–300 times hotter than the Sun’s surface. The corona’s temperature can reach over 1 million °C (1.8 million °F).
Baily’s beads: About 5 seconds before totality, Baily’s beads appear. They are little bead-like blobs of light at the edge of the Moon. They are created because gaps in the mountains and valleys on the Moon’s surface allow sunlight to pass through in some places but not others.
The Sun’s chromosphere: A lower layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, the chromosphere, gives out a reddish glow which can only be seen for a few seconds after totality sets in.
Baily’s beads: The beads grow and merge into a crescent as the Moon continues to move away.
Diamond ring and corona: As the diamond ring grows brighter, the corona fades.
Shadow bands: The moving wavy lines reappear on the ground shortly before the crescent Sun becomes visible again and nature recovers.
The Science of Total Solar Eclipses
The Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned
Only viewers located in the path of the Moon’s full shadow, its umbra, can see a total solar eclipse. The Moon’s umbra travels eastward at about 1,700 km/h (1,056 mph).
A total solar eclipse can last for several hours. Totality can range from a few seconds to 7.5 minutes. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century took place on July 22, 2009 when the totality lasted 6 minutes and 39 seconds.
On average, there’s approximately one total solar eclipse every 18 months, when:
It is New Moon.
At the same time, the Moon is at (or very near) a lunar node, so the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun are aligned in a straight (or nearly straight) line.
The Moon is near perigee.
Not Every New Moon
Lunar nodes are the locations where the Moon crosses the Earth’s orbital plane.
The Moon’s orbital path around Earth is inclined at an angle of approximately 5° to the Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun (ecliptic). Without this slant, we would be able to see two eclipses per lunar month—a solar eclipse at every New Moon and a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon. In reality, solar eclipses happen only about 2—5 times a year.
For a solar eclipse to take place, the New Moon must be at or very close to one of the two points where the orbital planes meet. These locations are called lunar nodes.
If the Moon is not near a lunar node during New Moon, the Sun, Moon, and Earth do not align in a straight or almost straight line and a solar eclipse cannot take place. Seen from Earth, the Moon passes just above or just below the Sun (see image).
Moon Phases
Near Lunar Perigee
The Moon’s path around Earth is elliptical, with one side of the orbit closer to Earth than the other. The side closest to Earth is called the perigee and the side farthest from Earth is known as the apogee.
Earth’s orbit around the Sun is also elliptical, with the Sun closer to one end, the perihelion of the orbit than the other aphelion.
Earth’s and the Moon’s elliptical orbits mean that Earth’s distance from the Sun and the Moon’s distance from Earth varies throughout the year. It also means that from Earth, the Sun’s and Moon’s apparent sizes change during the year.
When the Moon is about 400 times closer to Earth than the Sun, the Moon’s and the Sun’s apparent sizes roughly match. Because of this, total eclipses of the Sun can only occur when the Moon is near perigee – it is the only time when the disk of the Moon looks big enough to cover the entire disk of the Sun.
Global financial management application software (GFMAS) facilitates the process of monitoring and streamlines all assets for increasing profits and gaining sustainability. Many tools are available for improving the financial management in a company with scores of features uploaded in it. However, it is important to consider the exact need of the company; the facilities offered by the financial management software and ponder over all the points required for the company. Financial Management Application Software can provide a range of services right from capital management, day to day transaction management, the support system for improvement of the portfolio and above all the risk management.
Benefits, importance & requirement of (GFMAS)
These software’s help in keeping a track of day to day transaction, analysis of financial growth and stability and forecasting the financial achievement by incorporation and implementation of planned strategies of growth and management. Helps in supervision and management of assets, income and expenditure aligned with the profit generation and regular income. Maintenance of record of all the transactions is also facilitated by this software. They help in taking decisions for investment and progress in a calculated way. The accuracy of analysis can provide details for processing the forecasted demand for a better investment opportunity. They help in assessing the financial health of the company.
Current global trends & developments in the GFMAS software category
Financial services act as a catalyst for the development of any enterprise. Provision of data-driven and meeting user requirement gives a wide scope of improvement and market to this industry. Globalization has already increased the scope and area of the market for carrying out financial transactions. Automation of the processes of audit, planning contingencies, analysis, feedback of customer, surveys makes financial software’s an essential part of the growth of the economy.
Global competition and top GFMAS products in the market
Global competition among the leading players of the world is based on the initial demand and subsequent growth of the enterprise for which the financial software’s are provided. Some companies have made a good fortune and reached a million and at the same time, some could not explore the benefit of growth. However, the implementation of online banking across the globe has provided the business opportunity to financial firms. The top products in the market are:-
USU Software.
ACCIOD
Upland Software
PMCS
Nicus
Servicenow
Clausmark
Digital Fuel
Apptio
ClearCost
Future growth prospects of GFMAS in the next few years
User-friendly financial management software has a positive scope of growth as the companies can delve upon the analysis provided by the software and forecast the development plan systematically. All financial aspects about the procurement process, billing, payment, error-free accounting, more scope of organized record-keeping, addressing the taxation part effectively and above all the capacity to admit changes suggested by the user. The demand for Global financial management application software (GFMAS) is increasing as the users are more interested to plan the growth of their business.
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