Anyone can have a blog but learning the basics of blogging is what makes a blog successful out of the crap. However, starting a blog can seem overwhelming, but in truth, it's one of the simplest ways to join the online community. So feel free to follow these tips to ensure your blog is positioned for success.

1.  Define Your Goals

Before you start a new blog, it's essential that you define your goals for it. Your blog has a greater chance of success if you know from the beginning what you hope to accomplish with it. Are you trying to establish yourself as an expert in your field? Are you trying to promote your business? Are you simply blogging for fun and to share your ideas and opinions? Your short and long term goals for your blog are dependent on the reason why you're starting your blog. Think ahead to what you'd like to gain from your blog in six months, one year and three years. Then design, write and market your blog to meet those goals.



2.  Know Your Audience

Your blog's design and content should reflect the expectations of your audience. For example, if your intended audience is teenagers, the design and content would be quite different than a blog targeted to corporate professionals. Your audience will have inherent expectations for your blog. Don't confuse them but rather meet and exceed those expectations to gain reader loyalty.

3.  Be Consistent and Persistent

Your blog is a brand just like brands such as Coke or Nike, and represents a specific message and image to your audience. Being consistent allows you to meet your audience's expectations and create a secure place for them to visit again and again that rewards reader loyalty.

A lively blog is a useful blog. Blogs that are not updated frequently are perceived by their audiences as static web pages. While it's important not to publish meaningless posts else you may bore your audience, it's essential that you update your blog frequently. The best way to keep readers coming back is to always have something new (and meaningful) for them to see.


4.  Be Social

One of the most unique aspects of blogging is its social impact. Therefore, always welcome your readers and invite them to join a two-way conversation. Ask your readers to leave comments by posing questions than respond to comments from your readers. Doing so will show your readers that you value them, and it will keep the conversation going.

Much of your blog's success relies on your efforts outside your blog. Those efforts include finding other bloggers to discuss and inviting them on your blog, joining social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.


5.  Take Risks

Beginner bloggers are often afraid of the new blogging tools and features available to them. Don't be afraid to take risks and try new things on your blog. From adding a new gadget to changing the template, it's important that you keep your blog fresh by implementing changes that will enhance the reader’s interest in your blog. However, avoid extreme changes like changing the niche to which blog doesn’t compel or adding contents that is restrictive like have age restriction. Instead, review each potential enhancement in terms of how it will help you reach your goals for your blog and how your audience will respond to it.

6.  Ask for Help and Keep Learning

Even the most experienced bloggers understand the blogosphere is an ever-changing place and no one knows everything there is to know about blogging. Don't be afraid to reach out to fellow bloggers for help. Remember, the success of the blogosphere relies on networking, and most bloggers are always willing to expand their networks regardless of whether you're a beginner blogger or seasoned pro.

It seems like every day there are new tools available to bloggers. The Internet changes quickly, and the blogosphere is not an exception to that rule. As you develop your blog, take the time to research new tools and features, and keep an eye on the latest news related to your niche. You never know when a new tool will roll out that can make your life easier or enhance your readers' experiences on your blog.



7.  Be Yourself

Be your own on your blog, and make it an extension of you and your brand, and your loyal readers will keep coming back to hear what you have to say. People don't read blogs simply to get the news. They could read a newspaper for news reports. Instead, people read blogs to get bloggers' opinions as people think bloggers are more social, and know something that is not covered by others. Blog from the core of your heart and brain.

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Tuesday, May 03, 2016

These are the points that one must know, rehearse and check before appearing for an interview.10 interview points to check.

1. Review the original ad and job description. Refamiliarize yourself with your CV, application form, covering letter and notes.

7 Points to Follow for a Professional CV Outlook

2. Find out what the company’s interview process is. Get in touch with personal contacts in the organization and ask about interview procedures. Get a brief from the recruitment consultant- interview style, selection process, type of candidates they are seeking.


3. Be ready to talk about your knowledge, experience, abilities and skills, in the context of this vacancy. Prepare responses for common interview questions that illustrate your suitability.


4. Review examples of the questions you may be asked during a behavioral job interview and how you would answer them. Be ready for the scenario questions with at least three strong points about yourself that you can relate to the job on offer, and anecdotes to back them up.

5. Research the company. Search the organization’s website - look at the company’s vision and objectives, news, policies. Look at websites, the press, annual reports. Look at social media links of the company.


6. Be aware of new and existing products. Visit the premises if applicable.

7. Consider the 5 key points you and the company need to establish about each other. Prepare your own questions to ask and be ready to give them the information you need them to know

8. Research the salary you should ask for.


9. Compile a list of all the points you want to make, and your questions, to take with you.

10. Carry out mock interviews with a friend-and rehearse your answers. Get them to ask you tough questions and give you feedback.


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Wednesday, April 27, 2016


Here is a list that one must kept in mind while drafting a CV to apply for a job.

1. Is the CV neat and legible? Have you checked font, formatting, grammar and spelling?

2. Have you customized the CV to the job specification?

3. Have you outlined specific skills you have to offer the employer, and experience you have in the specific field?

4. Does the CV specifically demonstrate that you have an understanding of the job requirements and meet the job description?

5. Does it make a good impression in a clear and positive way?


6. Does the personal profile sell yourself and your qualities?

7. Have you used power words to make your CV powerful among other’s?

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016


Consider a strategy and then make a start with parts you are comfortable with.

1. Look at the hidden job market. Identify companies that match your target, make contact and introduce yourself. Join or visit formal Business Networking groups.



2. Stop focusing on e-mail as your main communication technique. Step it up a level and use in-person or phone conversations. Find contacts on LinkedIn and call them.

3. Find people inside the company to talk to. Develop a professional relationship with gatekeepers.

4. Develop your contact list –ask your relatives, friends and business contacts who might have an opportunity for you. Find internal champions.


5. Follow up, but don’t annoy.

6. Review your personal information-ensure it doesn’t sabotage your job search.

7. Look at small and medium sized companies as well as huge conglomerates.


I wish you get the fruit of your doings.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016

There are many things that need to be noted when one talks about the pros and cons of nuclear weapons. Whatever the reason(s) for acquiring arms, every country needs to defend its soil. In the race to do so, some countries have gone way ahead of others, and thus find a place in the list of top 10 nuclear weapons countries in the entire world.

The race for arms among the top 10 military powers of the world has been hot since the past 60 - 70 years. There are other countries too that are believed to possess nuclear arms and warheads, but that remains a secret or unconfirmed.

For now, let us have a look at the top 10 nuclear power countries around the world. This list is arranged according to the years in which each country kick-started their respective nuclear programs.

1. United States of America

First Test: 1945
Code Name: Trinity
Active Warheads: 2,100
Total Warheads: 4,800
Status: NPT

During World War II, it was feared that the Nazi regime would strive to develop nuclear weapons. As such, the United States started the Manhattan Project along with Canada and the United Kingdom. Trinity was first developed in 1945. The US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 2 Japanese cities, and is the only nation till date to have used nuclear weapons against any other country.

2. Russia

First Test: 1949
Code Name: RDS-1
Active Warheads: 1,600
Total Warheads: 4,500
Status: NPT

After the World War, Russia needed to restore some balance of power during the Cold War era. They were desperate and scrambled to develop their own nuclear weapons program, to be on level terms with the US. It is also believed that Russia made use of many spies to help develop their projects. Russia has the distinction of detonating the most powerful device by humans, the Tsar Bomba (50 megatons).

3. United Kingdom

First Test: 1952
Code Name: Hurricane
Active Warheads: 160
Total Warheads: 225
Status: NPT

Hurricane was first tested by the UK in 1952. A lot of its resources and data were taken from the Manhattan Project that was done in collaboration with the United States. The UK's main aim was that its project acts as a deterrent to Russia. It did not want to rely completely on the US for help, and wanted to be an independent nuclear power itself.

4. France

First Test: 1960
Code Name: Gerboise Bleue 
Active Warheads: 290
Total Warheads: 300
Status: NPT

Now the French did not want to be lagging behind either. It wanted to be a power to reckon with, at least in Europe, if not around the world. A commendable fact is that most of the project was carried out on indigenous data. Gerboise Bleue was tested in 1960.

5. China

First Test: 1964
Code Name: 596
Active Warheads: 180
Total Warheads: 250
Status: NPT

China was wary of both the US and Russia. 596 was first tested in 1964. But once the Chinese got started, they worked hard and fast, and were striving to be at par with the two superpowers of the world, Russia and the US. It also serves as a deterrent for the Indian aggression in the region.

6. India

First Test: 1974
Code Name: Smiling Buddha
Active Warheads: NA
Total Warheads: 110
Status: Non-NPT

India tested Smiling Buddha in 1974. India maintained that it was a peaceful nuclear program, but it was alleged that dual-use technology was apparent, where civilian nuclear technology could be secretly channeled to weapons technology. India's aim was to be at par with China, and also make sure that its neighbor Pakistan was aware of its capabilities.

7. Israel

First Test: 1979
Code Name: Vela Incident
Active Warheads: NA
Total Warheads: 110
Status: Undeclared

Israel has never officially declared that it is a nuclear weapons state, and has always maintained that whatever it does is related to its civilian nuclear program. Though, images of bunkers for weapons, mobile missile launchers, and launch sites have been captured through satellite photography on numerous occasions.

8. Pakistan

First Test: 1998
Code Name: Chagai-I
Active Warheads: NA
Total Warheads: 120
Status: Non-NPT

Not wanting to be left behind by India, Pakistan started its own nuclear program. But it was only in 1998 that Pakistan tested Chagai, and is believed to be a nation in hot pursuit of increasing its stockpile because of Indian hegemonic emotions in the region.

9. NorthKorea

First Test: 2006
Code Name: 2006 Test
Active Warheads: NA
Total Warheads: 20
Status: Non-NPT

The first test by North Korea was as recently as 2006. North Korea was a member of the NPT until 2003. Not much is known about the tests and subsequent projects, as North Korea is one of the most secretive countries in the world.

10. Others

Germany/Belgium/Canada/Greece/Italy/Netherlands/Turkey: These are NATO countries, and as a result of the NATO nuclear weapons sharing program, these nations have deployed and stored nuclear weapons that have been provided by the United States. This program is believed to be compliant with the NPT, as the US possesses absolute custody and control of these nuclear weapons.


Besides these top 10 nuclear weapons countries, there were a few countries that were considered nuclear powers earlier. Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine became nuclear powers when they inherited weapons due to the fall of the USSR, but they have given these weapons of mass destruction back to Russia and have joined the NPT. Lastly, countries such as South Africa, Argentina, South Korea, Libya, Brazil and Taiwan have all had nuclear weapon programs earlier, but have shelved them eventually due to varied reasons.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Humans are social animals. They are brazen adventurers willing to go to any length to seek out the resources necessary to not just survive, but thrive. On the other hand, they can also be lazy and unimaginative, contented with little effort and the creature comforts of civilization. These opposing facts, taken together, can't sufficiently explain why the following metropolises exist.

These are cities in areas of the Earth where humankind clearly was not meant to be. Some are quite successful - heralded as exemplar world cities both as destinations and as places to live. In others, residents and visitors still constantly face the threat of death by dehydration, isolation, or exposure.

Cities aren't always located in the most comfortable locations. These are the wettest, driest, coldest, hottest, highest, most isolated, least accessible & windiest.

These are the cities in the world’s most inhospitable locales:

1. Yakutsk, Russia – World’s Coldest City


Yakutsk, located in Russia’s SakhaRepublic, has a yearly mean temperature of -8.8o C. That number is deceiving as summer in Yakutsk brings several relatively warm months during which life thaws (though the ground doesn’t – Yakutsk is also the largest city built on permafrost) and temperatures can exceed 30o C. This means that during Yakutsk’s long winter the thermometer often dips below -40o C (the mean lows in December and January are -40.4o C, and -41.5o C respectively), with the coldest temperature ever recorded being -64.4o C.

In the winter months, the 269,000 people in Yakutsk (understandably) spend as little time outside as possible. When they do venture into the cold, they are bundled in insulated clothing and/or animal furs, and possibly sipping vodka from a thermos. When they need to use a vehicle in the extreme cold, they will keep it running all day to prevent the battery from dying, making steering wheel locks a must. Vehicle exhaust, in addition to factory smog, and the breath of residents creates an ethereal haze that cloaks the city throughout the season.

2. Kuwait City, Kuwait – World’s Hottest City


Kuwait City has a metropolitan population of 2.4 million who can somehow stand the blistering heat and sandstorms that plague this middle-eastern capital city each year. The city has an annual mean high temperature of 34.3o C, with the months of June, July and August averaging highs between 45-47o C. In 2012, nearby Sulaibya set the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Asia at 53.8o C (128.8o F).

Kuwaitis beat the heat during the summertime by going to the beach; visiting ‘Aqua Park’, the largest water park in the Persian Gulf region; or hanging out at ‘The Avenues,’ the largest shopping mall in Kuwait, where you’ll find western chains such as Dolce & Gabbana, FatBurger, Footlocker, and Texas Roadhouse.

Unrelenting heat to this degree can be deadly. The government imposes an outdoor work ban June through August from 11am to 4pm. However, the ban is rarely enforced for foreign workers who make up nearly a third of Kuwait’s population. Kuwait has also been criticized for systemic abuse of foreign domestic workers, who have reportedly been forced into slavery. Because of this, countries like Indonesia, Nepal, and Sierra Leone have banned its citizens from conducting domestic work in the Middle Eastern nation.

3. Aswan, Egypt – World’s Driest City


Aswan is the world’s driest city with less than a millimeter of rainfall annually. Despite a dearth of precipitation, there is access to water. Aswan is located on the Nile and just south of the city lies the world’s largest rock-filled dam (High Dam, or commonly referred to as the Aswan Dam) which creates one of the world’s largest man-made bodies of water, Lake Nasser.

The city's name reeks of irony, as "Aswan" is an old Nubian word which roughly translates "too much water". This isn't intentionally funny; it was named due to the flood cycle of the Nile River.

4. Buenaventura, Colombia – World’s Wettest City


More than twenty feet of rain (6,275.6 mm) falls annually on Colombia’s largest port city; Buenaventura. Many neighborhoods on the waterfront of Golfo Tortugas (Turtle Gulf) are primarily comprised of shacks built on stilts. Buildings located away from the bay, around the city’s undulating hills, are an array of weather worn concrete, corrugated steel roofs and awnings, and the occasional crumbling wooden façade, rotted through due to non-stop rain and consistent moisture in the air. Rain has become a way of life in Buenaventura. As Colombia’s largest port city it is one of South America’s largest hubs for drug trafficking.

5. Wellington, New Zealand – World’s Windiest City


At 29 km/h, ‘Windy Wellington’ has average wind-speeds 11 km/h higher than America’s better known ‘Windy City’, Chicago. Wellington is located in the ‘Roaring Forties’ or the ‘River of Wind’, a meteorological phenomenon which occurs between 40 and 50 latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere. Here, hot air from the Equator meets the polar vortex with the only land masses present to break the gusts being the southern tip of South America, and, Wellington (as well as the rest of New Zealand’s South Island).

6. El Alto, Bolivia – World’s Highest City (Altitude)


Located 4,150 meters (more than 2 ½ miles) above sea level, the city of El Alto is located in the Altiplano plains region of Bolivia. It started out in the early 20th century as an inconveniently located slum of Bolivia’s administrative capital La Paz, located in the valley below. It has since surpassed La Paz in size and population, and is now the second largest and fastest growing city in Bolivia with 1.18 million residents.

7. Perth, Australia – World’s Most Isolated City


To drive from Perth to the next (relatively) large city in Australia, you would need to make a two day trek through desert climate, along one of the most desolate stretches of road in the world across the Nullarbor (no tree) Plains to Adelaide, South Australia. It is such a feat that there are bumper stickers which commemorate the accomplishment.

It is home to the headquarters of the world’s largest diamond mine, boasts a 4.3% unemployment rate, and is routinely named one the best cities in the world to live in.

8. Iquitos, Peru – World’s Least Accessible City


The only way to get to the Peruvian ‘Capital of the Amazon’ Iquitos is by boat or plane. Small ships can reach the city from the Atlantic Ocean, some 3,600 km of travel up the Amazon River, or short flights from Lima, Peru, or Panama City, Panama service the city most days of the week. The city is so remote, very few cars have been transported here, so the city relies on buses, and smaller, motorized rickshaws for transportation.

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Does your hair seem to look lifeless and unattractive? Learn easy ways to make your hair look gorgeous!


1. Visit your hairstylist
Your hairstylist is a professional who can always share a piece of wisdom. Visit your favorite NYC Hair Salonfrom time to time to inspect your locks and assess the condition of your hair.

2. Eliminate signs of damage
Hopefully, you will never hear things like split ends, hair breakage, or thermal damage. If you do, you should make every possible effort to eliminate damage and restore a healthy beauty of your locks.

3. Maintain hydration level
According to experts from NYC Hair Salon, rich hydration is the key to attractive and gorgeous hair. Moisturized locks look extremely alluring and attract everyone’s attention. The conditioner is the best way to maintain proper hydration level, so don’t forget to use it!

4. Prevent bad hair days
There is nothing to be ashamed of because it happens to everyone. The only difference is what you do to prevent and fix bad hair. You can combat greasiness, for example, by avoiding heavy products, lack of volume, over-washing, and too much touching. Everything is in your hands!

5. Play with heated tools
Heated appliances can become your friends if you use them wisely. Try changing your hair texture with the help of curling iron or straightener. Warning: you should never style with heat without thorough thermal protection.

6. Experiment with hairstyles
If you want your hair to look more attractive, you should try out different hairstyles. Nowadays, it’s very easy – you just go online and pick a hair tutorial you like the most. Arm yourself with patience because the first attempt isn’t always successful.



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Sunday, April 24, 2016
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