- You can catch up on all the reading you’ve wanted to through the library.
- You can spend more time with your family.
- Be sure to exercise; you’ve certainly got enough time.
- Check out the free and/or low-cost museums and art galleries in your area.
- If you can swing financial aid or scholarships, it’s a great time to go back to school.
- You can learn a new language.
- Become a part of local community programs and youth programs.
- You can volunteer more at your local church.
- Become politically active and help a local candidate with their needs.
- You can learn to play an instrument.
- Catch up on your social networking; if you’re lucky, it could turn into employment networking, too.
- You can write a book.
- You can start a blog.
- You can take up phoography.
- You can return to an old hobby.
- You can become an expert online gamer.
- You can study philosophy; what IS the meaning of life?
- You can take MIT'S free online courses.
- You can begin correspondence (online and/or offline) with old friends and family.
- You can become a Big Brother/Big Sister to a kid in need.
- You can plant a garden.
- You can take up roller skating.
- You can volunteer at your local library.
- You can volunteer at an animal shelter.
- You can volunteer for the red cross.
- You can join the peace corps.
- You can play board games with your significant other, friends or children.
- You can visit old friends.
- You can spend more time with your pet(s).
- You can keep your lawn immaculately maintained.
- You can clean out your car.
- You can re-organize your closets.
- You can learn new things from TV channels like discovery and pbs.
- You can contact old professors and see if they’ll let you sit in on their classes.
- You can learn meditation techniques.
- You can make peace with those you have a grudge against.
- You can become a part of local theatrical productions.
- You can explore somewhere new each day.
- Try cooking through the items in your pantry and trying new things.
- You can join a choir or other musical group.
- You can do lots of free reading/people watching at the bookstore.
- You can research your family genealogy at the library.
- You can spend lots of time with your pooch at the local dog parks.
- You can start a band.
- You can go on mission trips with your church.
- Look up an old flame and see how they’re doing.
- You can learn to play tennis.
- You can learn to paint.
- You can begin scrapbooking.
- While not quite as productive, you can watch a whole lot of youtube.
- You can join a book club, on or offline.
- You can start a Web site.
- You can create videos and put them up on youtube.
- You can visit your alma mater and see all of your favorite professors.
- You can visit your parents.
- You can go bowling.
- You can take dancing lessons.
- You can practice swimming.
- Go window shopping as an extra incentive to land some work.
- You can become a history expert.
- You can take up bike riding throughout the town.
- Take up jogging/running.
- Embrace your inner child and take up skateboarding.
- Check to see if any local theatre productions could use an extra.
- Keep a journal of what you do each day.
- You can learn about the history of art
- You can learn about the history of music.
- Deliberately go back to the hard books you never finished and read them cover to cover.
- You can help your friends who are at-home parents take care of their children.
- You can become really great at chess.
- You can hone your concentration by putting models together.
- You can become really good at a variety of puzzles, such as Sudoku.
- You can begin recycling.
- You can challenge yourself to learn one new thing a day.
- You can map out goals for the next week, month, and year, to give yourself some free-time guidance.
- You can clean up the house.
- Have a potluck cook out with some friends.
- You can re-arrange your home furniture to be more to your liking.
- You can, of course, polish your resume until it is perfect.
- You can organize your music collection.
- It’s never too late or early to spring clean your computer, deleting files and organizing them as needed.
- You can mow your lawn.
- Catalogue what you liked and disliked about your previous job, and use that in your search for a new job.
- Attend local lectures around your community.
- Enjoy the season—sit on the porch in spring and by the fire in winter, and just enjoy the moment.
- Have movie marathons with friends and family.
- If you’ve never been good at cooking, there’s no better time to learn.
- Write editorials to your local paper to become more involved in the community.
- Take the time to go paperless—enroll in electronic billing wherever possible.
- Take the time to talk to your parents every day.
- Begin taking public transit wherever possible; it’s good for your wallet and good for the environment.
- Take the time to get to know your neighbors.
- Begin a dream journal and figure out what your mind is telling you.
- You can attend your local bingo night.
- You can hold a garage sale to help clean the house out and get some pocket money.
- Take more time to play with your kids or your nieces and nephews.
- Take the time to become closer to your spouse.
- Dust off that telescope and practice your astronomy.
- Be sure to volunteer for activities that have the potential to blossom into career opportunities.
- Go treasure hunting by renting a metal detector. You never know what you’ll find.
- Whatever you do, have fun.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
101 tis to make yourself busy
india, china and pakistan
white cement
White cement has become the part and parcel of each house.It has become an essence and necessity for an outstanding look.White concrete in all three aspects of economic, social, and environmental has shown an outstanding sustainable development resulting in greatest popularity with an increasing graph.It increases the durability,reduces the permeability and enhances the overall durability of the concrete. This, in turn, enhances the lifespan. White cement has its unique properties and uses. White cement is produced from raw materials low in coloring elements such as iron, manganese and chromium, normally utilizing high grade limestone, white clay and pure silica as raw materials .Now in this modern world it has a wide spread of uses.Mostly it is used in terrazzo,glass fibre reinforced concrete,as a concrete countertops,roof tiles,cold weather construction,sound walls swimming pools and spas ,etc.It has created wonders in aesthetic purposes. Greater reflectivity will increase visibility,hence it reduces the level of artificial lightning ,enhancing road safety,increase popularity of monumental beauty,dams and bridges. larger surface area and fineness adds to its superiority by making its use in repair works and tile formation and floors It reflects the heat and prevents the seepage ,used to produce Highly adhesive dry-mixes with low shrinkage and no efflorescence.contribute to a better environment by reducing the "Heat Island" effect* economic characteristic makes it unique by Reducing long-term maintenance costs.It doesn't easily fade,eliminates the need for vibration for settling, reduces air pollution,used to make prefabricated pavers and tiles ,adhesive,paints and dry mixes.the unique properties and wide variety uses has created a greater demand of it and price.though its price is very high but overall comparatively it is economic and sufficient in cost saving in future.Its classic features and capability not only has surprised the people but has resulted in greater production Recent data reveals that India is lagging in the rapid supply and profit market.ADITYA BIRLA group is one of
the major manufacturers having base in rajasthan.through Correct initiatives production as well as
demand can be increased to 15 to 25%.Demand for white cement is linked to the economic activity in
any country. Broadly, it can be categorized into demand for housing construction and infrastructure
creation and government projects. The real driver of cement demand is creation of infrastructure,
hence cement demand in emerging economies is much higher.
The production of White Cement requires exact standards and temperatures around 1500+
degrees.Hence,the manufacture costs much.India is lagging behind the consumption due to several
reasons,less buying because of cost, labours/mason/contractors are to command on the material of
supply and hence mostly they prefer to use grey cement because of lack of awareness or mentality of
gaining money,white cement is very expensive compared to foreign countries and competition
factor.Effective methods like use of bulk bags,increase production to decrease the overall
price,spreading awareness ,encouraging more export through the ship , encouraging usage in
infrastructures and government projects and etc ,will help to reach the milestone.
maintaining contacts with tile,aesthetic related companies for more diversification and etc
share market and crazy bulls
2. check out the income per share and annual growth.
3 .return on equity should be greater than 20%.
4.check out the P-E ratio...it should be reasonable.
5.check out for availability of any new stock but before investing wait and see the movement of the stock.(atleast wait for two days)
6.try to invest in the company having less number of shares(example: company of 5 billion and company of 50 million shares ....prefer the one having 50 million shares) .
7.check out the balance sheet and see the debt of the company.
8.sell all your stock before there is announcement of the splitting of stocks.
9.buy stocks having little bit a reasonable price like 80 to 90 rupees.
10.buy the stocks which are rated as "A".
11.buy the stocks which have less number institutional sponsorship.
12.see the market direction and take the average of all the prices of the particular stock by dividing the duration day into three halves.
13.before the bear market you can find that many company's(usually low grade) will rise suddenly.
14.check out the graphs of each day movement of market.
15.Don't waste your money by having an emotional attachment with any stock.
16.don't buy the stock having less price.
17.always move your decision on the basis of budget declaration.
18.Be cautious when lower rated and defensive stocks start rising.
19.check out the companies who provide IPO.have a detail of their production and manager. 20.buy convertible stocks.
21.Invest in real estate but at the real opportunity.
22.Not to invest in tax shelters and tax securities.
23.Donot invest in futures.
24.Donot buy warrants.
25.No need to indulge in foreign stocks. 26.Avoid low price securities.
27.Always invest in mutual funds.
28.Buy open end funds
29.You may indulge in income funds
30.Don't be swayed away by news,do your research and invest on your own.
31.If interested then invest in commodity and etf
NEVER BELIEVE ANYONE.DONOT FIGHT WITH THE MARKET. ONLY FORMULA TO SUCCED IN SHARE MARKET IS .." BUY RIGHT AND SIT TIGHT" DO your own research and invest......ALL THE BEST