Nokia Reading Available In the Windows Phone Marketplace - pocketnow.com
Sorry folks, it’s not available in the U.S.! With that one now out of the way we will remind you that Nokia Reading is the Finnish manufacturer’s digital reading app and library for Windows Phone with e-book reading feature as well as RSS reader functionality which even allows you to pin publications to the home screen.
Russia, U.K., Germany, Italy, France and Spain were rumored to be among the first regions to get the application and it is now available in the Marketplace’s Nokia Collection section on Lumia 900, 800, 710, and 610 Windows Phones. If you have one of the aforementioned phones and live in a country which is not part of the initial availability markets (except for the U.S.), Nokia Reading will definitely be available in other markets over the rest of the year.
Source: Marketplace
Via: WPCentral
BJP missing a leader in Vajpayee mould; leaders admit growing factionalism could have repercussions - Economic Times
Gadkari was appointed president at the behest of BJP's parent organisation, RSS, which seized its opportunity to control the party after Atal Bihari Vajpayee faded from the scene and LK Advani fell from grace after his pro-Jinnah remarks.
RSS gave the party a choice of three names as replacement - Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Manohar Parrikar and Nitin Gadkari. When Gadkari was chosen for the job, the Sangh directed him to ensure two things in particular - to make all decisions collectively and to focus on strengthening the party's various organisational wings and state units.
RSS is believed to have given its nod for retaining Gadkari as BJP president, even as several party leaders have complained about the lack of communication in the decision-making process. The Sangh's rationale, according to a few persons familiar with the decision, was to avoid any disturbance within the party ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
In any case, factionalism, party watchers say, predates Gadkari's appointment as president. "The role of RSS has remained the same all through, as that of guide and father figure, but the requirements of the party have changed," RSS leader Ram Madhav told ET.
Though Gadkari is set to continue as BJP president, the party's prime ministerial nominee for the next general elections appears far from decided.
"The Congress-led UPA is yet to decide its candidate for the presidential election, which is less than two months away, and you expect the BJP to announce its prime ministerial candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, which are more than two years away," Gadkari quipped and added the party had enough capable people. "Let me make one thing clear: there is no race in BJP for prime ministerial candidate for 2014 polls," he said.
Yet, party leaders admit the growing factionalism could have serious repercussions, especially in the states where elections are due. The party's unit in Rajasthan, which is headed for polls next year, was on the verge of falling apart just a fortnight ago, when former chief minister Vasundhara Raje led a revolt against the RSS-backed BJP MLA Gulab Chand Kataria for proposing a 28-day yatra. Raje was peeved that Kataria had the party high command's backing.
Similar feuds rocked the party's state units not long ago in Uttarakhand, where the party lost the recent polls by a wafer-thin margin, and Himachal Pradesh, where elections are due this winter.
"Effective mechanisms have been put in place to resolve the issues concerning the state units as well as the governments where we are in power," said Gadkari. He said he was confident that the party would return to power in Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka, three states where elections are due in less than a year.
RSS ticks on Gandhi list - in.news.yahoo.com
New Delhi, May 20: State-sponsored awards have a habit of leaving the prize-givers with a headache.
The Gandhi Peace Prize, an honour named after the Father of the Nation and which carries a cash award of Rs 1 crore, has not been given since 2006 for various reasons.
The Centre is caught in a bit of a dilemma this time, too, because among the many names proposed is that of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Nothing prevents a social organisation from being given the prize. However, although the RSS has never accepted any association with Nathuram Godse, the great irony will not be lost on anyone if the organisation is chosen for an award named after Gandhi.
The RSS's name was proposed by an MP, whose name sources declined to divulge because of the confidential nature of the selection process.
The problem for the UPA government, which normally should not have any qualms about overlooking the RSS, lies in the composition of the committee that picks the winner.
The final recipient is decided by a five-member jury that includes the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, a post now held by the BJP's Sushma Swaraj. The other members are the Prime Minister, who chairs the panel, the Chief Justice of India and two other eminent persons.
The Union culture ministry, which merely works as the administrative office, had recently forwarded a list with 65-odd names to the Prime Minister's Office. This was the second list the ministry had sent.
"The list of nominations had been sent last year itself. The PMO had sent it back saying there were not enough nominations," said a senior official.
The culture ministry then wrote to 1,500 individuals and institutes who can propose the names of potential recipients.
These include members of Parliament, heads of both the Houses, vice-chancellors of universities, heads of Gandhian trusts or research institutes and heads of Indian missions abroad. Heads of international peace organisations can also propose names.
The MP is thought to have proposed the RSS's name during this round.
According to rules, the nomination for every year has to be finalised by April 30 and the award accorded by October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's birthday or Gandhi Jayanti.
Last year, too, the Centre had to grapple with one nomination ' that of Anna Hazare. The ruling UPA was then locked in a battle of nerves with the activist. Since his name could not be rejected outright, the government tried to delay the process till matters cooled down a bit, the sources said.
This year's April 30 deadline has already passed. The last time the honour was given was seven years ago ' in 2005 ' when it was conferred on South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu.
Among those who figure on the ministry's revised list are former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh, agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan, the late singer Bhupen Hazarika and Myanmarese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Past recipients include Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, in 1995, the first year the prize was awarded; the Ramakrishna Mission (1998), Baba Amte (1999), and Nelson Mandela (2000).
12 Reasons Why Blogging Is The #1 B2B Marketing Tactic - business2community.com
B2B companies who blog are able to increase awareness, credibility, search engine rankings and leads – all while linking marketing efforts back to business goals.
The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) describes blogs this way:
What is a ‘Blog’? Shorthand for “Weblog,” a blog offers an easy way to present brief chunks of frequently refreshed Web content. Backed with easy-to-use technologies for syndication (e.g., RSS), comments and trackbacks, blogs are often the blazing centers of social media solar systems that can incorporate sophisticated SEO strategies and community-building campaigns.
Company use of blogs is on the rise. According to CMI, blogging is the 3rd most common content marketing activity, surpassed only by social media and articles.
In terms of blogging by company size, 68% of companies with 10-99 employees maintain a blog, while only 55% of the largest companies employ this tactic.
In an eBook on blogging by CMI, the benefits of blogging are outlined. Here’s my summary of the 12 reasons a blog is the #1 marketing tactic for B2B marketers:
- Blogs are inexpensive, easy to use and can be updated quickly.
- YOU own the blog, as opposed to other third-party and social media outposts like Facebook. And the blog can be integrated into your website, or even serve in lieu of a website.
- Blogs provide a branded context for your content. You can extend your brand without paying for third-party media.
- Blogs convey a personality with a unique voice and the opportunity to write in a conversational tone that makes your company appear “human”.
- Blogs improve search engine rankings via keyword-rich content, fresh content and additional indexed pages.
- Blogs are a 24/7 communication platform where you can quickly publish favorable content about your company or respond to evolving issues.
- Blogs support an array of media formats and simplify the uploading and management of text, photographs, graphics, videos, audio, presentations and PDFs.
- Blogs facilitate content distribution through multiple channels such as social media, RSS feeds and email newsletters.
- Blogs supply content for social media campaigns. Content is the fire, social media is the gasoline.
- Blogs provide a targeted location to direct prospects, customers and the public via a URL or QR code with specific information.
- Blogs are flexible and can help companies achieve a variety of corporate goals, such as providing product-related content, answering customer questions, attracting new prospects and hosting an executive platform.
- Blogs provide metrics that you can use to track marketing back to business goals.
Click here to download a copy of CMI’s “Ultimate Guide to Blogging.”
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Ajay wants cases against two saffron leaders - zeenews.india.com
Bhopal: Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh on Sunday demanded registration of cases against an RSS and a BJP leader for allegedly trying to encroach upon land belonging to tribals in Satna district and the murder of a tribal.
Cases should be registered against the RSS leader and the BJP MLA, Ajay demanded in a statement here. While alleging that BJP and RSS leaders had become "mafia" and "killers" for power, he said it was unfortunate that those ruling the state had donned this mantle at the cost of SC/ST and other deprived sections of the society.
Ajay alleged that on Friday, saffron party leaders set ablaze 25 hutments of tribals to encroach upon government land during which a tribal identified as Jaganpal died.
He demanded the registration of a case of murder and conspiracy against the two leaders and the son of one of them.
He also demanded compensation of Rs five lakh and a government job for a kin of Jaganpal.
However, BJP MLA Shankarlal Tiwari, one of the leaders against whom Singh has levelled the allegations, accused the Congress of trying to mislead the people ahead of elections.
Gulf Watchers Group - DAILY KOS
I have always been interested in the names for small towns and communities. Some simply come from the founders surnames, and are usually rather conventional - the name, with ville or berg/burg/burgh or town/city attached.
Other names might reflect who occupied (notice I do not say "owned") the land first...until it was, er...shall we say, stolen by someone else... Sometimes the original names stay. Sometimes those names are replaced by the names of the second set of occupiers.
I live in Mississippi. We have many unusual place names. Some cover the obvious, as stated above - founder's surname, or sometimes his wife's name (always his wife, never her husband...), with something else attached, and the usual historical figures.
We have Flowood (a Jackson suburb) from founder Mr. Underwood's wife Florence, hence "Flowood". Or Mr. Hardy's wife, Hattie, which gives us "Hattiesburg".
Names with history aren't really strange, but intensely interesting. Here we have many Choctaw/Houma/Ofo/Chickasaw/Quapaua/Biloxi/Tunica/Natchez names that remain, and are attached to the respective towns of Natchez, Tunica, and Biloxi. Add to that lots of county names such as Chickasaw, Choctaw, Coahoma, Copiah, Issaquena, Itawamba, Neshoba, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Yalobusha, and Yazoo.
And then there's Leflore County...I'm not really sure how I feel about it's namesake, Greenwood LeFlore (or actually, LeFleur). He is an enigma to me. Was an advocate for US citizenship for Native people (being of mixed race himself) but also signed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, and helped facilitate the subsequent Removal...
BTW, the state capitol, Jackson (yeah, thanks a lot, Andy...) was originally named LeFleur's Bluff.
Speaking of conquerors, I am choosing to pointedly ignore county names like Lamar or Forrest - where I grew up - because they have names of nasty-assed people, and sadly, their influence can still be felt...
We've got other folk's names attached also... Bolivar County (yep, it's that Bolivar; and as such, sort of one of the good guys) and De Soto County, and Lafayette County...
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