Growing Plants in Containers Needs More Attention

My friend grows plants in containers and there is nothing extraordinary to do so. However, you should follow some aspects to grow them in container. If you place them in greenhouse, it needs more attention. Greenhouse keeps the constant and controlled temperature to grow the plants.

Many aspects are to be taken care if you place the container inside the greenhouse. Surfaces of the container should be clean, sanitation of the water should be proper. With the clean surface, the chance of bacteria in plants is minimal. Treat pathways, stands, or hanging devices is good idea to keep plants healthy in containers.

Clean the surface of the container with some form of sanitizing solution. This helps in maintaining moisture level in plants in containers. Also prevents from saturating with too much moisture and in summer the water evaporates quickly by leaving the required quantity to the plant. Select the container that creates good space for the roots of the plants to grow better. Drain water regularly from container for increase the growth of the plants.

Moving Into New Apartments: Few Tips for Moving

Moving into new apartment is tedious process and exciting. Planning can make the moving process smooth and fast. Some take help of their friends and some go for professional help to move into new apartment.

Pack everything in boxes before hand, and mention about the items on the top of the box, that helps in finding the items very easily in new apartment while arranging them.

Mail your new address to your friends and to others. Take help of postal department to deliver your mails that are delivered at your old address to new address, with few charges. Book the vehicle in advance and verify whether the size of vehicle is suitable for your luggage or not.

Check whether basic services like those that Internet connection, phone etc are working in new place and do not forget to off basic services before you lock the house. You can also uses the services of the companies that provide services to help you in moving for smooth move to new apartment, without much effort from your side.

Putin Paints 37 M Rubles for Charity

No matter how dire your painting is, the best way to sell it for good amount is by becoming a celebrity. “How do you spend that amount” issue comes next.

Vladimar Putin, the former President and present Prime Minister of Russia has painted a good painting and put into the auction.

Let’s look at the painting first. It features a window. Behind the window you can view the frost. The window is framed with curtains on three sides, and the Russian letter U. It also shows that Putin is not as good at painting as he is at martial arts.

So, it is this painting that fetched a staggering 37 million Rubles ($1.14 million). This amount is 10 times the officially conveyed wealth of Putin, i.e.3.7 million rubles. This amount will be given to Charity to restore two hospitals and a church in Putin’s hometown.

If you think you missed the opportunity to buy his painting, don’t worry. He has 30 pictures more.

Taxpayers Don't Claim Tax Relief worth $280m

The charity and fund raising has declined with the economic turmoil.

Amid such gloomy environment, I don’t understand how to respond to this news which says that people don’t know or not interested in claiming tax relieves for their charity. According to a study, the higher rate taxpayers, who can claim back the extra 20 percent, are not doing that. Thus, they are leaving a hefty amount of $280 millions (£200 m) unclaimed.

It is the complex process of Self-assessment forms and all that stuff keeping them away from claiming back. So it is high time for the charities to start awareness programs regarding this tax claiming process so that they can drive themselves out of tough times easily.

Not only high tax payers, health professionals like Nurses, doctors and all other professionals who come under health sector are eligible to claim tax relieves on their expenses related to their work.

Christmas Appeals Show Mixed Results

Recession hits charities very hard. They showed mixed results in terms of funds rising.

According to a survey, it was found that 34 percent of the charities raised less funds compared to that of the funds raised in previous year.

It also said that 29 percent of them could raise the same amount of funds as they did the previous year. The other 29 percent were successful in raising more funds than that of the funds raised the previous year.

This is not as bad as what is going on with many of the sectors during recent times.

In another survey, it was said that younger people are trying to increase their donations while older ones are trying to cut theirs.

The CEO of the loF, a charity organization, said that the overall results are positive. The success behind a good fund rising will depend on the approach of the charities towards people.

The example of the BBC raising one million pounds in donations, serves as the best example for this.

Tech Industry’s Dealing with the Ailing Economy

What remains the major challenge now for the tech industry is marketing their products amid the severe economic turmoil.

The industry seemed to resist the economic slowdown, but finally had to succumb to it.

People were crazy after buying hi-tech gadgets till they realized in what condition they are. Now they have to deal with pending bills, finding new jobs (or at least source for income), and avoid foreclosure.

While videogames, market seems to do well, what about other industries?

I am not ready to buy even a hundred dollars for a new laptop. It doesn’t make sense if I bought it with my pending credit card bill.

The situation is similar with many people.

The major step the tech companies took to cope up with the situation is lay-offing employees as many as they can. And the rest we know.

They have to come up with ideas like “loan for buying a digital camera”.

A Boring Journey: From Geek to Nerd

In my odd life, I come across many odd people. Some meet me, some don’t. Some make good friends, some don’t. It all depends upon the environment.

And one day I came across a guy was very desperate about taking a nick name for him. “Some call me Nerd and some call me Geek”, he said,” though both sound good, I want to take only one of them”

It’s true; many people get confused with these two teaser-words. But Geek has rather negative image compared to Nerd. So I said to take Nerd.

But all that I didn’t understand was how would he manage to get that image. If I were him I could have asked, begged each and every person to call me Nerd. That is the only plan I could think of.

But this fellow had a Plan-B. He started wearing T-Shirts which were labeled “I am Nerd”.

And you know what? People started to call him Dunce.

The big moral of this small story is that don’t mess up with what you are not good at.

Why Should We Thank?

If you think yourself to be a well morale person with good manners and knowledge of social behavior, then you must be using these three magical words at least once a day. “Thank you”, “Sorry” and “Please”.

Now let’s talk about Thanks that most people use in a very formal way. The negative thing about formal thanks is that the person is not really so thankful to you. He just spells it.

What is the purpose of saying thanks? Why do people say thanks?

Your thanks is a recognition of some act by the person; he doesn’t have to do it with so much effort but still he does it. Your thanks either encourages to continue doing such a good job or gives a feeling that he doesn’t have to regret for wasting his time on that work (you know, time is so precious these days).

Whenever you thank God every day, it means,” Dear God! You don’t have to regret for sending me to earth. Good job and please continue sending people like me”