Best Places Ever To Celebrate Christmas

New York City, N.Y.

New York boasts of being one of the bestcities to experience a grand Christmas day

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 You will find here the perfect ingredients for an amazing Christmas experience.

Santa Claus, Indiana

A city named after Santa Claus has a lot to live up, and Santa Claus Indiana delivers Santa Claus Land of Lights.

Cologne, Germany

It's a City who boasts eight Christmas markets, each packed with all manners of gifts, foods, and holiday items.

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

With a 100 foot tall decorated tree and about two dozen Christmas markets .Its the city where you should definitely visit during Christmas.

  

‘Bigg Boss 8′: Pritam nominates Puneet Issar

‘Bigg Boss 8′: Pritam nominates Puneet Issar

5,000 buffaloes slaughtered in Nepal’s animal sacrifice ritual

5,000 buffaloes slaughtered in Nepal’s animal sacrifice ritual 

A Cute Story

They say it takes a minute to find a special person , an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.


A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.


The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.


They kept on walking until they found an oasis , where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.


The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?" The other friend replied "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone ! where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND T O CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

Leadership and Bossism Compared

Legendry Pran Get Honour

Legendary actor Pran Krishan Sikhand was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at his own residence in Mumbai by Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari.

Pran gets this award at age of 93. Pran could not attend the ceremony in New Delhi due to ill-health. This is probably for the first time that an artiste was given the Phalke award at his home.

Salman Khan is going to launch Katrina's sister ISABELLA KAIF

Isabella Kaif is Katrina Kaif's younger sister.Now she is all set to debut this year with Canadian film Dr Cabbie co-produced by none other than Salman Khan.


The shooting began in April 2013 and is directed by Jean-Francois Pouliot. It stars Vinay Virmani, Adrianne Palicki, and Kunal Nayyar besides Isabllea.

Shakira first baby boy Milan

Shakira first baby boy MILAN

Madhuri Dixit Dhak Dhak Girl

Madhuri Dixit and her Wax Statue..........

Salman Khan finally finds his new love

Salman Khan in Suzuki Hayate

Salman Khan has been single ever since his unconfirmed-girlfriend Katrina Kaif broke up with him. But now finally he has found love in a different place.

Instead of two leg beauties, he is too busy showering his love on two-wheelers.

The actor recently posted a picture of his blue Suzuki Intruder motorbike on his official Facebook page.

The actor could be seen scrutinizing it from all sides. Like every actor in tinsel town Salman too has a fetish for bikes.

As quiet often he is seen cycling his way to the film shoots. This Intruder will be joining his humongous fleet of bikes.

He is already the proud owner of a red Hayabusa which he dotes on. And to get his new love the actor had paid Rs. 14 lacs.

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Good Atiquettes,Good Manners

 

Good Greeting Manners:

1. Keep Smile
2. Repeat that person's name when introduced to you
3. Remember their name!
4. When people ask you how you are, tell them and then ask them how they are.
5. Answer your questions with positivity
6. Respect boundaries especially if it is a first time meeting
7. Do not interrupt grown-ups who are speaking with each other unless there is an emergency. They will notice you and respond when they are finished talking.
8. Say nice to meet you, lovely meeting you.
9. Never use foul language in front of adults. Grown-ups already know all those words, and they find them boring and unpleasant.
10. . Say sorry when you do something that hurts someone else

Eating, Dining Manners 

1. Sit with good posture
2. Lay the napkin on your lap
3. Start eating only when the host has started
4. If there is no obvious 'host', wait for everyone else before you start eating.
5. Keep your mouth closed when chewing.
6. Take small bites.
7. Eat quietly.
8. Keep your area clean and tidy.
9. Don't put your elbows on the dinner table
10. Don't talk about pooping, peeing, or farting while eating
11. Don't burp at the dinner table ,if you burp say excuse me
12. Say excuse me when you have to use the restroom

General Manners

1. Sit and walk straight. Maintain good posture at all times.
2. When asking for something, say "Please."
3. When receiving something, say "Thank you."
4. Laugh, smile, giggle, cry with dignity. Do not make a scene.
5. Do not slap your knees, jerk forward or roar with your mouth wide open when you laugh or bawl loudly at the sidewalk when you are sad.
6. See How to have Elegant Gestures and Poise.
7. Try to make as little noise as possible in all situations. (when you eat, walk, talk, sit, run etc.) No slurping, chewing noisily, crunching, e.g. cracking knuckles.
8. Mobile Phone Etiquette:
9. Do not be occupied with your phone when with people.
10. When you make a phone call, introduce yourself first and then ask if you can speak with the person you are calling.
11. Smile, be interested in the surroundings.
12. Dress appropriately.
13. Speak properly
14. If you do need to get somebody's attention right away, the phrase "excuse me" is the most polite way for you to enter the conversation.
15. Do not make fun of anyone for any reason. Teasing shows others you are weak, and ganging up on someone else is cruel.
16. Make it habit to pronounce your words and use correct grammar. Refrain from mumbling or speaking too fast. Avoid slang, calling people by their pet names or short forms unless you are close to them. Speak as grammatically correctly as you can.
17. Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze
18. Never assume anything about anyone.
19. Never touch another person's things or children unless invited to.
20.  Respect your elders
21.  Don't talk to strangers
22.  Don't hit other people

Salman khan as a brand ambassador

 Salman Khan will play a double role as the brand ambassador and an investor for travel portal yatra.com.
The Bollywood superstar will pick up less than 5% stake in the company, a company official said.
Yatra.com President Sharat Dhall said the company will launch a multimedia campaign featuring Salman Khan with a marketing budget in excess of Rs 30 crore within a few days, coupled with new product offerings such as instalment payment for air tickets.
“Salman will play the role of Mr Yatra and fits in perfectly as he is the only celebrity who cuts across masses and classes. This will help us further our brand reach to small towns,” he told ET.
Dhall refused to share financial details of the deal or to confirm if the company is paying its celebrity endorser in shares.
Salman Khan, who endorses brands such as Wheel, Mountain Dew and Chlormint, charges between 4-6 crore per year, according to estimates.

Kareena doing halkat jawani item number

Kareena kapoor to get ready for new item number 
 

Kareena kapoor the gorgeous actress of Bollywood, who has lately been doing many item numbers in Bollywood, is gearing up for her next item song in Madhur Bhandarkar's " Heroine". "We have a new item song called 'Halkat Jawani' which is a wonderful song that will be picturised on Kareena Kapoor.

Tourist places in india,state wise

Jammu and Kashmir	Himachal Pradesh	Punjab	Haryana
Delhi	Uttaranchal	Uttar Pradesh	Madhya Pradesh

SOUTH

Andhra Pradesh	Tamil Nadu	Pondicherry
Lakshdweep	Karnataka	Kerala

EAST

Orissa

Bihar

West Bengal

Andaman Islands

WEST

Rajasthan

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Goa

BMW - 2011 NAIAS

Attitude

Attitude is a psychological term that refers to a person’s prospective toward a specific target and way of saying or doing things. It represents an individual’s degree of like or dislike for an item. Attitudes are judgments. They simultaneously possess both positive and negative views of an individual towards as object.

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference” - Winston Churchill

Unlike personality, attitude is expected to change as a function of experience. Attitude can be changed through persuasion and we should understand attitude change as a response to communication.   

Positive Attitude: 

To achieve a success and lead a happy life, one should possess a positive attitude towards objects. These attitude objects can be anything ranging from things to circumstances.

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but will annoy enough people to make it worth the effect.”

Positive attitude helps to cope more easily with the daily affairs of life. Positive attitude helps in visualizing the bright side of life become optimistic and expect the best to happen in life.

Manifestations of Positive attitude:

• Positive , creative and constructive thinking

• Optimistic

• Motivation to accomplish ones goal

• Being inspired

• Choosing happiness

• Not giving up and looking at failures and problems as blessing in disguise

• Self-belief

• Displaying self-esteem and confidence

• Looking for solutions and being opportunistic. 

A positive attitude can lead to happiness and success and change your whole life. Benefits of positive attitude being:

• Helps achieving higher goals and achieving success

• Success achieved faster and more easily

• More happiness

• More energy

• Greater inner power and strength

• The ability to inspire and motivate yourself as well as others

• Fewer difficulties encountered along the way to achieve the goal

• Gaining respect from people

• Achievement of mental peace and a happy life.

If you are developing negative attitudes and expecting failures and difficulties in your endeavours, it is the time to change the way you think. It is the time to get rid of all negativities and odds in life and march towards a successful life with a positive attitude and self-confidence.

Following are some of the ways to develop a positive attitude:

• Choose to be happy

• Look at the bright side of life

• Stay optimistic and be affirmative

• Find reasons to smile more often

• Contemplate upon the futility of negative thinking and worries

• Associate yourself with happy people

• Read inspiring and motivational stories and quotes

• Don’t be a dreamer; instead be a visionary. Visualize only what you want to happen.

• Learn concentration and meditation

• Learn the art to master your thoughts.

Remember “wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”

According to Hugh Downs, a happy person is not the person in certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with certain sets of attitudes.

Hot Controversies in Bollywood

Bollywood can not be away from controversies for a long

Here are some controversies in recent years


1)In a press conference held for HIV-AIDS awareness, Hollywood star Richard Gere giving Shilpa Shetty a kiss on her cheek. Hell actually broke loose. Effigies were burnt, protests were carried out and a court in Rajasthan even issued a warrant for their arrests. Fortunately, nobody was arrested.


2)Amir Khan and Jessica : British journalist Jessica Hines claimed that perfectionist bollywood super star Aamir Khan was the father of her son, Jaan Harry Hines, who was born in 2003. Aamir denied the rumors.


3)Mika kisses Rakhi Sawant: In a party singer Mika grabbed Rakhi by her hair and kissed her straight on the mouth/lips. This gesture didn’t go down well with Rakhi and a drama queen that she is, filed a police complaint against him. Mika didn’t keep quite. He said he was prompted to kiss her coz of her flirtatious behaviour.

Steam rises from stricken Japan plant; Radiation concern persists

TOKYO — Smoke and steam rose from two of the most threatening reactors at Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant on Tuesday, suggesting the battle to avert a disastrous meltdown and stop the spread of radiation was far from won.
The world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years was triggered by a huge earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left at least 21,000 people dead or missing.
Technicians working inside an evacuation zone around the stricken plant on Japan's northeast Pacific coast have attached power cables to all six reactors and started a pump at one of them to cool overheating nuclear fuel rods.
Kyodo news agency said steam appeared to rise from reactor No. 2 and white haze was detected above reactor No. 3. There have been several blasts of steam from the reactors during the crisis, which experts say probably released a small amount of radioactive particles.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said later the smoke had turned to steam and it was deemed safe to continue work in bringing the plant under control. Japan's nuclear safety agency said steam was believed to be coming off a spent nuclear fuel pool at reactor No. 2.
"Things are beginning to trend in the right direction. TEPCO will need to get electrical power back on line to all six reactors and they will have to make sure that components are working," said Mark Prelas, director of research for the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute at the University of Missouri.
Reuters earlier reported that the Fukushima plant was storing more uranium than it was originally designed to hold and that it had repeatedly missed mandatory safety checks over the past decade, according to company documents and outside experts.
Questions have also been raised about whether TEPCO officials waited too long to pump sea water into the reactors and abandon hope of saving the equipment in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.
Away from the plant, mounting evidence of radiation in vegetables, water and milk stirred concerns among Japanese and abroad despite officials' assurances that the levels were not dangerous.
TEPCO said radiation was found in the Pacific Ocean nearby, not surprising given rain and the hosing of reactors with seawater. TEPCO officials have said some of the water from the hosing was spilling into the sea.
Radioactive iodine in the sea samples was 126.7 times the allowed limit, while caesium was 24.8 times over, Kyodo said. That still posed no immediate danger, TEPCO said.
"It would have to be drunk for a whole year in order to accumulate to one millisievert," a TEPCO official said, referring to the standard radiation measurement unit. People are generally exposed to about 1 to 10 millisieverts each year from background radiation caused by substances in the air and soil.
Japan has urged some residents near the plant to stop drinking tap water after high levels of radioactive iodine were detected. It has also stopped shipments of milk, spinach and a vegetable called kakina from the area. The plant lies 240 kilometres north of Tokyo.
Experts say readings are much lower than around Chernobyl after the 1986 accident in Ukraine.
Japan is a net importer of food but it also exports fruit, vegetables, dairy products and seafood, with its biggest markets in Hong Kong, China and the United States.
China said it was monitoring food imports from Japan and South Korea is expanding inspection of Japanese food. Australia's food regulator said the risk was negligible and no extra restrictions on Japanese food were in place.
Authorities in Taiwan were extending monitoring while Thai food authorities were making random checks.
Despite the concern about elevated radiation readings, Japan said there was no need to extend a 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the plant.
More than 170,000 people have been moved out of the zone since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and 10-metre tsunami smashed into the nuclear complex.
"At the moment, there is no need to expand the evacuation area," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told a briefing.
Latest available readings from an area 10 kilometres outside the evacuation zone show a level of 110 microsieverts per hour in the air, well below a level that would cause health risks but much higher than normal background levels.


PLANT SITUATION MAY BE STABILIZING


Experts have offered a glimmer of hope in Japan's darkest time since the Second World War, saying the situation appeared to be improving at the Fukushima plant, especially after more advances than setbacks in the past 48 hours.
The priority on Tuesday was patching up the No. 2 reactor so electricity, already connected, can be turned on. By Tuesday morning, reactor No. 1 was receiving power and No. 5 had both electricity and working cooling pumps.
Toshiba said it had sent 100 engineers to help and Australia was sending a remotely operated water canon system to help spray water on the plant.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said the crisis appeared close to stabilizing.
The prospects of a nuclear meltdown in the world's third-biggest economy — and its key position in global supply chains, especially for the automobile and technology sectors — rattled investors worldwide last week and prompted rare joint currency intervention by the G7 group of rich nations.
Investors in Tokyo stocks took heart from signs of progress at the plant, with the main index jumping more than 4 per cent after a holiday on Monday.
The yen edged up putting traders on heightened alert form more central bank intervention.
Damage from the earthquake and tsunami is estimated at $250 billion, making it the world's costliest natural disaster.
The official death toll exceeded 9,000 but with 12,654 people reported missing it is certain to rise. Police say more than 15,000 people probably died in Miyagi prefecture, one of four that took the brunt of the tsunami.
The quake and tsunami obliterated towns, which are now wastelands of mud and debris, leaving more than 350,000 people homeless.
Japanese are famed for resilience, though, and there was none of the chaos or looting that major disasters often spark.
In one devastated northern town, Rikuzentakata, rebuilding has begun. Steel structures, with walls and wood floors, have been erected at a hilltop school, to provide temporary housing.

 

Kareena Kapoor is Bollywood’sexiest Women

Kareena Kapoor, who off late is busy in signing and shooting films was spotted at the launch of Star Dust magazine which featured her as Bollywood’s sexiest women. Hosted by Rohit Roy, Kareena unveiled the latest edition of Star Dust along with Nari Hari. The actress was looking smoking hot in a red  gown.


The magazine’s March edition would be featuring 10 sexiest women of Bollywood and after an intensive reader response and wide research the magazine placed Kareena Kapoor at the top. Names like Deeepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Sonakshi Sinha were overtaken by the 3 idiot’s actress.


Last year, it was Katrina who topped the list of sexiest women in Bollywood

Salman's fitness funda

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Most of the popular Bollywood Actors like Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, Arjun Rampal and Aamir Khan take good care of their bodies. And probably that is the reason why they look much younger to than their age.

Salman Khan’s Fitness Trainer:

This is what Style and Fitness Guru - Salman Khan has to say.........

“I cycle, swim, go to the gym, eat the right kind of food and sleep late as I don’t get sleep easily and wake up early, that’s the secret behind my age.”

Salman's physic trainer, Manish Advilkar  , has this to tell all his fans across the world.

Manish Advilkar  also trained Salman over six tedious years. When he first call me , I concentrated on fine-tuning is exercise routine, making it more structured and streamlined,"says Advilkar.

Today,  of course his body speaks for his dedication. No matter how punishing his shooting schedule, Salman will find time to exercise...

He even calls me up at 3-4 am for a training session.

“He does unbelievable stuff like 1,000 push-ups a day or 2,000 sit-ups a day” says Manish Advilkar,  Discipline and dedication have been the two pillars of Salman’s fitness success.

 “His body structure is not like a body builder's but good muscles, perfectly in shape and no fat” says personal trainer D’Souza.

Work keeps Salman busy most of the times. Thus, at times he starts his workout as late as 2 am. Salman works out for at least two hours continuously. His workout includes one hour of cardio, concentrating on any two body parts each time- triceps, legs, back and biceps

He is very particular and serious about his workout and once in the gym, nothing affects his concentration. While in the gym, if someone approaches him for an autograph or a photograph, he asks them to wait until he is finished with his training. He has got perfect abs and works a lot to keep them in shape. “He does five hundred crunches, pull-ups and chin-ups” adds D’Souza.

PUNISHING ROUTINE:
Exercise releases endorphins ,those feel good hormones in the brain, and  riding the wave , trainer and pupil sculpt the body that earned bollywood star the moniker, "Shirtless Wonder".

While weights have gained for Salman the contours the camera captures so vividly, his cardiovascular routine is punishing too. When the mood overtakes Salman , he goes cycling three hours to panvel,"explains Advilkar."personally, I would find that a real challenge too."

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