दुई दशकअघिसम्म पनि ‘पानी बेच्ने’ कुरा असंभव लाग्थ्यो हामीलाई। धत्, पानी पनि बेच्छन्? कसले किन्छ ? यस्तै सोच्थे मानिसहरु। धार्मिक कारणले पनि पानी बेच्न हुन्न, प्यास लागेकालाई सित्तैमा दिनुपर्छ भन्ने मान्यता थियो शायद्। तर यो बीचमा जनसंख्या यति धेरै बढ्यो सहरहरुमा कि पानीको आपूर्ति पर्याप्त हुनै सकेन। अनि सुरु भयो प्लास्टिकका
बोतलमा पानी बेच्ने काम। एक बोतलको १५ रुपियाँ भए पनि मानिसले किनेरै खाए। अहिले त जारको पानी झन् सस्तो छ। ५/६ रुपियाँमा पाइने, १५ रुपियाँमा बेच्न पाइने भएपछि बेच्नेहरु पनि दङ।
निजी ब्याङ्कहरुको बढ्दो संख्यासँगै काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा एटिएमको संख्या बढ्दो छ। तर यहाँ भेन्डिङ मेसिन अर्थात् सिक्का खसालेपछि सामान खस्ने मेसिनहरु भने खासै प्रयोगमा आउन सकेको देखिएको छैन। यस्तै कुनै ‘एटिएम’ मा पैसा तिरेपछि शुद्ध पानी आउने स्थिति बन्यो भने कसो होला त ?
एउटा समूह काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा त्यही प्रयोग गर्न खोज्दैछ। उनीहरुको योजना छ- काठमाडौँका मुख्य मुख्य स्थानमा यस्तो मेसिन राख्ने। लोडसेडिङको कुरा पनि छ। त्यसैले उनीहरु यसलाई सोलार पावर बनाउने योजनामा छन्।
त्यसमा सिक्का घुसाउनुको साटो मोबाइल पेमेन्ट सिस्टम उपयोग गर्ने उनीहरुको योजना छ। एसएमएस पठाएर पैसा तिर्ने अनि एटिएमबाट पानी लिने। यसका लागि स्मार्टफोन एप्सहरु पनि बनाइनेछ।
स्टार्टअप परियोजनाहरु राखिने F6S मा अहिले यसको परिचय राखिएको छ। एलेन बैलोचन तुलाधर, नैरिशा श्रेष्ठ र सोनिका मानन्धरलाई टिम सदस्यका रुपमा चिनाइएको छ। तुलाधर माइक्रोसफ्ट इन्नोभेसन सेन्टर नेपालका कन्ट्री डाइरेक्टर हुन्। यो परियोजनाका लागि माइक्रोसफ्टको समेत सहयोग जुटाउने प्रयास उनीहरुले गरिरहेका छन्।
पानी शुद्ध कसरी पारिन्छ र प्लास्टिकको बोतलको साटो कसरी पानी वितरण गरिन्छ भन्ने चाहिँ परिचयमा खुलाइएको छैन।
तपाईँलाई के लाग्छ, के यो परियोजना काठमाडौँवासीका लागि उपयुक्त होला ?
साभार : माई संसार
बोतलमा पानी बेच्ने काम। एक बोतलको १५ रुपियाँ भए पनि मानिसले किनेरै खाए। अहिले त जारको पानी झन् सस्तो छ। ५/६ रुपियाँमा पाइने, १५ रुपियाँमा बेच्न पाइने भएपछि बेच्नेहरु पनि दङ।
निजी ब्याङ्कहरुको बढ्दो संख्यासँगै काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा एटिएमको संख्या बढ्दो छ। तर यहाँ भेन्डिङ मेसिन अर्थात् सिक्का खसालेपछि सामान खस्ने मेसिनहरु भने खासै प्रयोगमा आउन सकेको देखिएको छैन। यस्तै कुनै ‘एटिएम’ मा पैसा तिरेपछि शुद्ध पानी आउने स्थिति बन्यो भने कसो होला त ?
एउटा समूह काठमाडौँ उपत्यकामा त्यही प्रयोग गर्न खोज्दैछ। उनीहरुको योजना छ- काठमाडौँका मुख्य मुख्य स्थानमा यस्तो मेसिन राख्ने। लोडसेडिङको कुरा पनि छ। त्यसैले उनीहरु यसलाई सोलार पावर बनाउने योजनामा छन्।
त्यसमा सिक्का घुसाउनुको साटो मोबाइल पेमेन्ट सिस्टम उपयोग गर्ने उनीहरुको योजना छ। एसएमएस पठाएर पैसा तिर्ने अनि एटिएमबाट पानी लिने। यसका लागि स्मार्टफोन एप्सहरु पनि बनाइनेछ।
स्टार्टअप परियोजनाहरु राखिने F6S मा अहिले यसको परिचय राखिएको छ। एलेन बैलोचन तुलाधर, नैरिशा श्रेष्ठ र सोनिका मानन्धरलाई टिम सदस्यका रुपमा चिनाइएको छ। तुलाधर माइक्रोसफ्ट इन्नोभेसन सेन्टर नेपालका कन्ट्री डाइरेक्टर हुन्। यो परियोजनाका लागि माइक्रोसफ्टको समेत सहयोग जुटाउने प्रयास उनीहरुले गरिरहेका छन्।
पानी शुद्ध कसरी पारिन्छ र प्लास्टिकको बोतलको साटो कसरी पानी वितरण गरिन्छ भन्ने चाहिँ परिचयमा खुलाइएको छैन।
तपाईँलाई के लाग्छ, के यो परियोजना काठमाडौँवासीका लागि उपयुक्त होला ?
साभार : माई संसार
Kathmandu, Oct. 27: Employees have shown interest in being assigned in the polling booths in Kathmandu district under the upcoming CA election.
There are 10 constituencies and 311 polling booths in 742 centres in the district. The district has 259,352 women and 272, 736 men and 14 third gender voters.
Chief Election Officer Achyut Bista said the employees have shown interest and are requesting for polling booths closer for their residences.
He said selection of some 5,000 staffs has been started and training will start soon. On the other hand, the election officer’s office has been drawing the attention of the candidates for abiding by election code of conduct. There are 367 candidates here.
The office ordered UCPN-Maoist candidate Renu Dahal to remove her banner at Constituency No.1 saying it was against the code of conduct and monitoring is on, he said.
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At the same time that I was learning about making money online, I was learning how to be a new mom. I was breastfeeding and exhausted because my baby didn't sleep well. That's when I found Cafe Mom. It's a great social network that is just for moms. I saw other moms on the Cafe Mom forums talking about making money with GPT and paid survey sites. So many moms just like me were talking about making money with these sites and even showing screen shot proofs of their payment.
That's when I started experimenting with various opportunities and that's when I also started to get paid. If it was free to join and it paid, I gave it a try. I found that there are many affiliate programs that allow you to offer products and earn commission on the sales. If you have a blog (even a free Blogger blog) or write pages on sites like Squidoo, Huppages, etc, then you can offer products via your affiliate link and earn money. My favorite affiliate program is LinkShare. Through LinkShare, I'm doing well making money as a Walmart Affiliate.
Trading on the international exchange market Forex, you should keep to the 5 rules.
It means that you can divide your work in five main stages, so that three of them should be based upon the thorough data analysis and last two – on reflex. Let’s consider all five principles of trading operation.
First rule. Opportunities quest. The first rule of trading includes monitoring and analysis of charts in order to find the most appropriate moment for you to enter the forex market. Above all, it is the intellectual process, but emotions play a great role here. Every trader should determine his own process of opportunities quest and follow it closely.
Second rule. Opening position. This part of trading process should be exclusively based on reflexes. Since you analysed the market, you should spend only several seconds to open a position. The most important thing here is vigor, there should not be any delay in opening the position. You have to rely on your intuition, because only diffident trader is destined to failure on Forex.
Third rule. The third rule is the most difficult in trading because here you should not give free play to your emotions which are the main envy of successful and profitable trading. You should move forward, you should ignore your fear, greed and hope. Only if a trader realizes how to ignore his emotions, he will be successful on Forex.
Forth rule. Closing the position. Here you should bring everything up the automatism. You should act quickly.
Fifth rule. Is it really important? Asking any successful and experienced trader you will get a positive answer to this question.
If you strive to achieve the success on Forex market, you should keep a diary of all trading operations – only self-analysis will help you to make your trading at Forex market profitable.
And do not forget one very important factor, if you are newbie at Forex market, the first account you open should be opened on forex demo account because training within real market conditions but using virtual money will help you to realise what Forex market is and how you can earn money from it.
Working with real money you should be objective. In order to make your trading profitable you have to develop and gain experience, only hard work can help you to achieve success on the international currency market Forex.
It means that you can divide your work in five main stages, so that three of them should be based upon the thorough data analysis and last two – on reflex. Let’s consider all five principles of trading operation.
First rule. Opportunities quest. The first rule of trading includes monitoring and analysis of charts in order to find the most appropriate moment for you to enter the forex market. Above all, it is the intellectual process, but emotions play a great role here. Every trader should determine his own process of opportunities quest and follow it closely.
Second rule. Opening position. This part of trading process should be exclusively based on reflexes. Since you analysed the market, you should spend only several seconds to open a position. The most important thing here is vigor, there should not be any delay in opening the position. You have to rely on your intuition, because only diffident trader is destined to failure on Forex.
Third rule. The third rule is the most difficult in trading because here you should not give free play to your emotions which are the main envy of successful and profitable trading. You should move forward, you should ignore your fear, greed and hope. Only if a trader realizes how to ignore his emotions, he will be successful on Forex.
Forth rule. Closing the position. Here you should bring everything up the automatism. You should act quickly.
Fifth rule. Is it really important? Asking any successful and experienced trader you will get a positive answer to this question.
If you strive to achieve the success on Forex market, you should keep a diary of all trading operations – only self-analysis will help you to make your trading at Forex market profitable.
And do not forget one very important factor, if you are newbie at Forex market, the first account you open should be opened on forex demo account because training within real market conditions but using virtual money will help you to realise what Forex market is and how you can earn money from it.
Working with real money you should be objective. In order to make your trading profitable you have to develop and gain experience, only hard work can help you to achieve success on the international currency market Forex.
Uruguay's drug tsar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 a gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper.
The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and Uruguay's president, José Mujica, expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs.
Uruguayan president Jose Mujica President Jose Mujica: seeking alternatives in the war on drugs. Photograph: Andres Stapff/Reuters
The measure would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers.
Marijuana sales should start in the second half of 2014 at a price of about $1 a gram, drug chief Julio Calzada told Uruguay's El País, on Sunday – an eighth or less of what it costs at legal medical dispensaries in some US states.
Calzada said one gram would be enough "for one marijuana cigarette or two or three slimmer cigarettes".
He said the idea was not to make money but to fight petty crime and wrench the market away from illegal dealers.
"The illegal market is very risky and of poor quality," he said. The state was going to offer "a safe place to buy a quality product and on top of that, it's going to sell it at the same price".
In August, Calzada had estimated the price would be about $2.50 a gram. Sales would be restricted to locals, who would be able to buy up to 40g a month.
Smoking pot has long been legal in Uruguay, but growing, carrying, buying or selling it has been punishable by prison terms.
About 120,000 Uruguayans consume marijuana at least once a year, according to the National Drug Council. Of these, 75,000 smoke it every week and 20,000 every day.
In the US, the states of Washington and Colorado have legalised marijuana and adopted rules governing its sale. Unlike Uruguay, they will tax marijuana, seeing it as a revenue source, when it goes on legal sale next year.
In Washington, the state marijuana consultant has projected legal pot might cost $13-$17 a gram. Marijuana in the medical dispensaries typically ranges from $8-$14 a gram in Washington depending on quality.
The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and Uruguay's president, José Mujica, expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs.
Uruguayan president Jose Mujica President Jose Mujica: seeking alternatives in the war on drugs. Photograph: Andres Stapff/Reuters
The measure would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers.
Marijuana sales should start in the second half of 2014 at a price of about $1 a gram, drug chief Julio Calzada told Uruguay's El País, on Sunday – an eighth or less of what it costs at legal medical dispensaries in some US states.
Calzada said one gram would be enough "for one marijuana cigarette or two or three slimmer cigarettes".
He said the idea was not to make money but to fight petty crime and wrench the market away from illegal dealers.
"The illegal market is very risky and of poor quality," he said. The state was going to offer "a safe place to buy a quality product and on top of that, it's going to sell it at the same price".
In August, Calzada had estimated the price would be about $2.50 a gram. Sales would be restricted to locals, who would be able to buy up to 40g a month.
Smoking pot has long been legal in Uruguay, but growing, carrying, buying or selling it has been punishable by prison terms.
About 120,000 Uruguayans consume marijuana at least once a year, according to the National Drug Council. Of these, 75,000 smoke it every week and 20,000 every day.
In the US, the states of Washington and Colorado have legalised marijuana and adopted rules governing its sale. Unlike Uruguay, they will tax marijuana, seeing it as a revenue source, when it goes on legal sale next year.
In Washington, the state marijuana consultant has projected legal pot might cost $13-$17 a gram. Marijuana in the medical dispensaries typically ranges from $8-$14 a gram in Washington depending on quality.
What I did after experimenting with AdSense and pay per click...
One day I was researching AdSense and other pay per click programs and came across information about online money making opportunities. I thought that some of them sounded pretty interesting, but I was skeptical. I thought all free money making opportunities must be scams.
At the same time that I was learning about making money online, I was learning how to be a new mom. I was breastfeeding and exhausted because my baby didn't sleep well. That's when I found Cafe Mom. It's a great social network that is just for moms. I saw other moms on the Cafe Mom forums talking about making money with GPT and paid survey sites. So many moms just like me were talking about making money with these sites and even showing screen shot proofs of their payment.
That's when I started experimenting with various opportunities and that's when I also started to get paid. If it was free to join and it paid, I gave it a try. I found that there are many affiliate programs that allow you to offer products and earn commission on the sales. If you have a blog (even a free Blogger blog) or write pages on sites like Squidoo, Huppages, etc, then you can offer products via your affiliate link and earn money. My favorite affiliate program is LinkShare. Through LinkShare, I'm doing well making money as a Walmart Affiliate.
One day I was researching AdSense and other pay per click programs and came across information about online money making opportunities. I thought that some of them sounded pretty interesting, but I was skeptical. I thought all free money making opportunities must be scams.
At the same time that I was learning about making money online, I was learning how to be a new mom. I was breastfeeding and exhausted because my baby didn't sleep well. That's when I found Cafe Mom. It's a great social network that is just for moms. I saw other moms on the Cafe Mom forums talking about making money with GPT and paid survey sites. So many moms just like me were talking about making money with these sites and even showing screen shot proofs of their payment.
That's when I started experimenting with various opportunities and that's when I also started to get paid. If it was free to join and it paid, I gave it a try. I found that there are many affiliate programs that allow you to offer products and earn commission on the sales. If you have a blog (even a free Blogger blog) or write pages on sites like Squidoo, Huppages, etc, then you can offer products via your affiliate link and earn money. My favorite affiliate program is LinkShare. Through LinkShare, I'm doing well making money as a Walmart Affiliate.
Notice that ways to make money with a website are different from ways to make more money from it. Methods to increase your traffic or click-through rate will help you make more money, but they do not represent a method of making money per se.
For example, one could suggest that blending AdSense ads with the content is a way to make money from a website. In reality it’s not; it’s just a way to make more money by improving your ad click-through rate. The real monetization method behind it is a PPC ad network.
1. CPM Advertising Networks
CPM advertising networks behave pretty much as PPC networks, except that you get paid according to the number of impressions (i.e., page views) that the ads displayed on your site will generate. CPM stands for Cost per Mille, and it refers to the cost for 1,000 impressions.
A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.
You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).
List of popular CPM advertising networks:
Casale Media
Burst Media
Value Click
Advertising.com
Tribal Fusion
Right Media
A blog that generates 100,000 page views monthly displaying an advertising banner with a $1 CPM, therefore, will earn $100 monthly.
CPM rates vary with the network, the position of the ad and the format. The better the network, the higher the CPM rate (because they have access to more advertisers). The closer you put the ad to the top of the page, the higher the CPM. The bigger the format (in terms of pixels), the higher the CPM.
You can get as low as $0,10 and as high as $10 per 1,000 impressions (more in some special cases). CPM advertising tends to work well on websites with a high page views per visitor ratio (e.g., online forums, magazines and so on).
List of popular CPM advertising networks:
Casale Media
Burst Media
Value Click
Advertising.com
Tribal Fusion
Right Media
2.Premium Content
Some websites and blogs give away part of their content for free, and charge for access to the premium content and exclusive tools.
SEOMoz is a good example. They have a very popular blog that gives advice and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that visitors can decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material.
SEOMoz is a good example. They have a very popular blog that gives advice and information on wide range of SEO related topics. On top of that visitors can decide to become premium members. It costs $48 monthly and it grants them access to guides, tools and other exclusive material.
3. PPC Advertising Networks
Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code snippets on your website. The network will then serve contextual ads (either text or images) relevant to your website, and you will earn a certain amount of money for every click.
The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).
The source of the traffic can also affect the overall CTR rate. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines) tends to perform well because these visitors were already looking for something, and they tend to click on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand, presents terribly low CTRs because these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.
List of popular CPC advertising networks:
Google Adsense
Yahoo! Publisher Network (YPN)
BidVertiser
Chitika
Clicksor
The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. Ads placed abode the fold or blended with content, for instance, tend to get higher CTRs. The CPC, on the other hand, depends on the nice of the website. Mortgages, financial products and college education are examples of profitable niches (clicks worth a couple of dollars are not rare), while tech-related topics tend to receive a smaller CPC (sometimes as low as a couple of cents per click).
The source of the traffic can also affect the overall CTR rate. Organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines) tends to perform well because these visitors were already looking for something, and they tend to click on ads more often. Social media traffic, on the other hand, presents terribly low CTRs because these visitors are tech-savvy and they just ignore ads.
List of popular CPC advertising networks:
Google Adsense
Yahoo! Publisher Network (YPN)
BidVertiser
Chitika
Clicksor
4. Direct Banner Advertising
Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button.
The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.
Related links:
How to Find Advertisers for Your Website
Finding Advertisers for Your Blog
Direct Advertising Sales for Beginners
Openads Ad Server
OIO Publisher Ad Platform
The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.
Related links:
How to Find Advertisers for Your Website
Finding Advertisers for Your Blog
Direct Advertising Sales for Beginners
Openads Ad Server
OIO Publisher Ad Platform
5. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a very popular practice on the Internet. Under this system you have a merchant that is willing to let other people (the affiliates) sell directly or indirectly its products and services, in exchange for a commission. Sometimes this type of advertising is also called CPA (cost per action) or CPL (cost per lead) based.
Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.
In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.
List of popular affiliate marketplaces and networks:
Commission Junction
ClickBank
Azoogle Ads
Link Share
Affiliates can send potential customers to the merchant using several tools, from banners to text links and product reviews.
In order to find suitable affiliate programs you can turn to individual companies and publishers like Dreamhost and SEOBook, or join affiliate marketplaces and networks.
List of popular affiliate marketplaces and networks:
Commission Junction
ClickBank
Azoogle Ads
Link Share
6. Monetization Widgets
The latest trend on the web are widgets that let you monetize your website. Examples include Widgetbucks and SmartLinks. Some of these services operate under a PPC scheme, others behave like text link ads, others yet leverage affiliate links.
Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug and play the service on its website.
List of companies that provide monetization widgets:
WidgetBucks
ScratchBack
SmartLinks
Their main differentiator, however, is the fact that they work as web widgets, making it easier for the user to plug and play the service on its website.
List of companies that provide monetization widgets:
WidgetBucks
ScratchBack
SmartLinks
7. Text Link Ads
After Google declared that sites selling text links without the nofollow tag would be penalized, this monetization method became less popular.
Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.
The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.
Text link marketplaces and networks:
DigitalPoint Link Sales Forum
Text-Link-Ads
Text-Link-Brokers
TNX
LinkWorth
Many website owners are still using text links to monetize their sites, though, some using the nofollow tag and some not.
The advantage of this method is that it is not intrusive. One can sell text links directly through his website or use specialized networks like Text-Link-Ads and Text-Link-Brokers to automate the process.
Text link marketplaces and networks:
DigitalPoint Link Sales Forum
Text-Link-Ads
Text-Link-Brokers
TNX
LinkWorth
8. Sponsored Reviews
PayPerPost pioneered this model, with much controversy on the beginning (related to the fact that they did not require disclosure on paid posts). Soon other companies followed, most notably Sponsored Reviews and ReviewMe, refining the process and expanding the paid blogging model.
Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.
If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.
List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks:
PayPerPost
Sponsored Reviews
ReviewMe
BlogVertise
Smorty
Joining one of these sponsored reviews marketplaces will give you the opportunity to write sponsored posts on a wide range of topics. Not all bloggers are willing to get paid to write about a specific product or website (because it might compromise the editorial credibility), but the ones who do are making good money out of it.
If your blog has a big audience you could also offer sponsored reviews directly, cutting off the commissions of the middleman.
List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging networks:
PayPerPost
Sponsored Reviews
ReviewMe
BlogVertise
Smorty
9. Sponsors for Single Columns or Events
If you website has specific columns or events (e.g., a weekly podcast, an interview series, a monthly survey, a special project) you could find companies to sponsor them individually.
This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.
Mashable illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”
Problogger also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.
This method increases the monetization options for website owner, while giving advertisers the possibility to target a more specific audience and with a reduced commitment.
Mashable illustrates the case well. They have several advertising options on the site, including the possibility to sponsor specific columns and articles, including the “Daily Poll” and the “Web 2.0 Invites.”
Problogger also runs group writing projects occasionally, and before proceeding he publicly announce the project asking for sponsors.
10. RSS Feed Ads
With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.
Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.
Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.
Related links:
Feedburner
BidVertiser
Pheedo
Feedburber already has its own publisher network, and you can sign-up to start displaying CPM based advertising on your feed footer. Bidvertiser recently introduced a RSS feed ad option as well, with a PPC scheme.
Finally, some blogs are also opting to sell banners or sponsored messages on their feed directly. John Chow and Marketing Pilgrim are two examples.
Related links:
Feedburner
BidVertiser
Pheedo
It would be hard to find a person who never wondered how much money you can make by uploading videos to YouTube, especially if one of your videos go viral. That’s exactly what happened with the video below where little Charlie bites the finger of his brother:
The video is now the 6th most viewed all time, with close to 430 million views. If you exclude commercial videos this is the most viewed one. And how much money did the parents make by uploading it?
They didn’t reveal the exact number, but they said it was more than $150,000. Not bad for 57 seconds and a camera huh?
I know many of you want to make some good money with adsense right? But it’s not easy to get into adsense program now a days. You have to do few things before applying for adsense.
Adsense is world’s larges Ads Network and works at Pay Per Click system. It’s paying rates are better than all of other networks which is the biggest reason it is so popular to all Bloggers and Webmasters. But since everybody is running behind them, they have made the approval system very strict. You make little mistakes and get disapproved every time. So you need a complete guidance and list of thing that you need to do before applying for Google Adsense and supposing that you are ready.
Adsense is world’s larges Ads Network and works at Pay Per Click system. It’s paying rates are better than all of other networks which is the biggest reason it is so popular to all Bloggers and Webmasters. But since everybody is running behind them, they have made the approval system very strict. You make little mistakes and get disapproved every time. So you need a complete guidance and list of thing that you need to do before applying for Google Adsense and supposing that you are ready.
12 Things to Do Before Applying for Adsense
1. Privacy Policy :
One of the common mistakes that every Blogger makes and that I made many times before finally getting approved. Even though there are people out there who say that having a Privacy Policy for a Blog doesn’t makes sense but they are wrong.
A Privacy actually describes to your readers about what they will get on your Blog , what they should do and what they should not. So obviously there is nothing bad in having a Privacy Policy. While it can affect somehow on your Adsense Approval, you must give it a try. You can write it yourself or find Privacy Policy Generators online (You don’t need a lawyer anyway).
A Privacy actually describes to your readers about what they will get on your Blog , what they should do and what they should not. So obviously there is nothing bad in having a Privacy Policy. While it can affect somehow on your Adsense Approval, you must give it a try. You can write it yourself or find Privacy Policy Generators online (You don’t need a lawyer anyway).
2. About Page
An About has major role and importance if you don’t want to apply for Adsense. But when it comes to Adsense, they are about Zero chances of getting approved if you are not showing this page.About page simply describes about you and your Blog . This will not only help you establish a relationship with readers but it will also make them trust upon you.
3. Contact Us Page
It’s quite obvious that everyone has his/her own opinion. What one of your readers likes may be bothering someone else. Than it is better to give them opportunity to speak up to you and tell how they feel about your Blog, what they want to be edited , what they liked or hated.
It will also show the Google Adsense Team that is viewing your site that you actually care about your readers and not only the money and Adsense.
It will also show the Google Adsense Team that is viewing your site that you actually care about your readers and not only the money and Adsense.
4. Name/ Email Verification
Make sure to put you Name and Email address in some easily visible area like About Me and Contact Us pages. It will confirm to Google Adsense Team that it is the same person who applied for Adsense and not some spam, crappy bots.
5. Age Verification
Because this is where I encountered a problem. Instead of 18, I accidentally published my age as 17 while on Adsense Application Form, it was accurately 18.
Hence there started a problem . Because Google Adsense is not for under 18 people. I realized this problem after being disproved a few times without any legitimate reason. So I advice you to be accurate while typing your age.
Hence there started a problem . Because Google Adsense is not for under 18 people. I realized this problem after being disproved a few times without any legitimate reason. So I advice you to be accurate while typing your age.
6. Minimum Number of Posts
There is no exact answer. Not even one. Because I have seen very established Blogs with 400+ posts and their owner telling me that Google Adsense is rejecting them while somewhere ,people with 40,50 posts are enjoying making money. Exactly what I said that there is no actual answer. However, we can always predict things. According to my experience , you should only apply after you have more than 70 posts. Posts length should must be 500+ words too.
7. Top Level Domain
Those are gone far away when Adsense used to approve “Blogspot” and “WordPress.com” Blogs. As for today, you must have your own unique domain that specifies your Blog. If you don’t have one yet, stop dreaming about getting approved with Sub domains and go buy a Top Level Domain.Another important thing about domain is it’s age. Because for most of Asian Countries, Adsense has placed an age restriction. They don’t accept any sites before they are 6 months old.
8. Design
Your Blog is the biggest thing after Content. This represents your expertise ,experience and Professionalism. So be careful because anything can kill your Chances.
9. Content Type
Be careful with what type of content you are publishing. Because it is something that truly matters. Google Adsense is not for Pornographic, Illegal Items, Drugs or other Blogs / Sites like that. Also Adsense team won’t be willing to allow you to step in if you own a Non English Blog. Having posts shorter than 300 words in length is also Red Signal.
10. Providing Value
Don’t complain about not making money and don’t clearly state that your are Blogging for Money only and have no other interest in it. Because this will show them that you will not be providing values to your readers any day. Hence another Red Light glows up.
11. Other Ad Networks
If you have any other Ads placed like Chitika, Clicksor or anything, it’s time to drop them off.
Even Google Adsense allows you to use other Ad Networks along with them, it’s better to remove the ads before Applying and don’t put them back until you get a reply from Adsense Team.
Even Google Adsense allows you to use other Ad Networks along with them, it’s better to remove the ads before Applying and don’t put them back until you get a reply from Adsense Team.
12. Paid Traffic
Google hates the sites that are getting Paid traffic and mostly penalizes them so there is not a damn chance of getting Adsense Approval letter for a site that is getting paid traffic. You can bring traffic from Search Engines or any other way you want but if you want to earn via Google Adsense the right way, paid traffic is not a solution.
Nine years ago I started a fitness blog, wrote some articles, slapped on an Adsense unit or two and then a year later sold it for $30,000. I was pretty happy with myself. And while it was the right move for me at the time I can’t help but wonder how much I could have sold it for if I had ignored Adsense and done something totally different.
In this article I am going to talk about why I will never use Adsense on a blog again. I hope at least some of you pay attention.
In this article I am going to talk about why I will never use Adsense on a blog again. I hope at least some of you pay attention.
Why is Adsense is so attractive?
Let’s start the post by admitting that Adsense is very attractive to a lot of people. You just sign up for an account, write some blog posts and watch the money get paid into your account every month. It is quite alluring. I’ll never forget the feeling of my first $1 day, $10, $50 day and so on. Like a drug, I constantly checked my stats to see how many clicks I had got in the last ten minutes.
But while all this was happening I was losing money. Each Adsense click of between 10 cents and $5 represented a loss to my blog. I only wish that back then I had thought about the fact that there are much better ways to make money from a blog. Ways that perhaps aren’t as sexy in the short term, but work out to be a lot greater in the long run.
Why I will never use Adsense on a blog again
Now I want to get into the main bulk of this post and tell you why I will avoid Adsense on my blogs from now on. If anyone out there disagrees with me or has taken a similar course of action I would really love to hear about it.
1. Each click represents a lost reader
The purpose of blogging is to get readers. You craft headlines, opening paragraphs and content in order to catch people’s attention on social media and Google but then you send them off your blog by encouraging them to click Adsense ads. It is actually quite perplexing. I see hundreds of articles on how to increase Adsense CTR and get more clicks but no one ever seems to talk about the fact that maybe sending your hard earned visitors away is a very bad idea.
2. It dilutes your brand equity
When you place another advert on your website you are passing equity to that brand. For example, if Daniel put an advert for a spamming software on the side of Daily Blog Tips it means that he endorses that brand. So Daily Blog Tips’ brand is then associated with the spamming brand.
Adsense makes it hard because you do not have complete control over who advertises. Yes you can blacklist certain URLs but it would take a massive amount of time to make sure every brand that appeared on your site was a good one. I know the owner of a very large Luxury Watch blog who lost a lot of high profile Swiss contacts because his Adsense ads served up replica watch promotions.
So what should I do instead?
Now the question becomes about what one should do instead of Adsense. It is a very important question to ask. If I had asked it of myself ten years ago I imagine I would probably be earning five or ten times what I am today.
The answer is email subscribers
I have said it before and I will say it again. The money is in the mailing list. The most successful bloggers and web marketers all place an emphasis on capturing as many email subscribers as possible. Look at Problogger, Copyblogger, John Chow, Shoemoney and the rest; they all make millions of dollars a year because they have large lists of interested email subscribers who they can email to:
Promote new products
Any time you launch a new product you can send out an email or a series of emails designed to get people interested in and ready to buy. Darren Rowse did this recently when he launched his new book. Before it is even published he knows that he has close to 150,000 people that will look at the advert.
Launch new websites
What if you want to expand your website to something new or create a sister site? Well instead of doing all the ground work to get those initial users you just send out emails to your list. If it is relevant and related you will find that most of your fans follow you over.
Sell affiliate products
The last thing I will talk about here is the fact that niche email lists give you a massive opportunity to sell affiliate products to a very actionable audience. You can earn between 40% and 80% on affiliate sales by just sending out an email. You don’t even have to create the product, just promote other people’s.
Capturing email subscribers is a long term strategy that pays massive and ongoing dividends. Remember that visitor who clicked an Adsense ad and made you 30 cents? He could have subscribed to your list and be earning you hundreds of dollars a year by purchasing your products or ongoing affiliate offers.
What are your thoughts?
I’d really like to hear your thoughts on this matter as I know there are quite a few fans of Adsense here on Daniel’s site. Have you stopped using Adsense and tried something else with great success? Or do you think Adsense is the best earnings model and will never abandon it? Please drop a comment and let me know.
I thought it would be a good idea to write a post listing the top 10 ways to make money online since I get so many emails from people asking me what actually works out there.
Below I am going to go over each method and talk about how you can actually get started. I tried to list them in order, but honestly there isn’t one top way to make money because it all depends on your skills. Each person is unique, so what works for others might not work for you. Some people can make decent amount of money doing affiliate marketing while others can’t squeeze a dime and fail constantly at it.
So before you actually choose which money making method is right for you, make sure it’s something you totally see yourself doing or have passion for. These strategies work now in 2012 and will work in 2013, 2014, and for many more years to come.
1. Creating Mobile Apps –
There is a mobile app for almost everything these days. You can actually make a lot of money creating simple apps that people find useful, funny, or entertaining.
The business model is quite simple too. You want to create apps that people want to download on their smartphone. You can charge per download or sell advertising space inside your apps.
Some apps get downloaded millions of times and get major exposure. This not only creates a huge revenue stream but also builds a customer base that you could sell other apps to you will develop later on.
Here is an article from Time.com listing 50 of the most popular iPhone apps for 2011.
How can you start developing apps? It’s simple, just save up some money first because you will need to outsource it lol (unless you are a coder/graphic designer/marketer then go for it)
You can outsource small apps on sites like Odesk.com. Prices depend on the scale of your project. You could develop a simple game for about $2k-$5k.
I don’t know much about this so if I were you, I would do some extensive research on how to promote these apps and how to get them approved before you pull the trigger.
2. Selling Info Products & Software –
This is probably the most popular way to make money online because the cost of entry isn’t as high. You can create video courses using Camtasia studio and Powerpoint.
It doesn’t take long to write a nice 30-50 page ebook that you could start selling. There are places such as Warrior Forum (for IM niche only) where you can sell your info products without worrying about traffic.
The key is to find a niche full of impulse buyers. Info products sell very well to people who have problems. If you can solve their problem for them or show them how to get rid of it, then you will definitely make sales.
Software products are easy to sell. All you have to do is develop something that people want or need and show them on video how it works. It doesn’t get any easier than that.
You can hire a coder on Odesk.com, Freelancer.com, or Elance.com to develop a software application for you.
Here is an article I wrote about how to make money selling software.
3. Building Content Sites – I have always thought that the big money is in “producing content”. I am talking specifically about creating massive content sites. Some small affiliate sites do not fall into this category. Millions of dollars are being made from these content giants each year. Some of them sold for tens or even hundreds of millions.
Example:
AssociatedContent.com – sold for a cool $100 million to Yahoo…source link
HuffingtonPost.com – sold for a whooping $315 million to AOL…source link
TechCrunch.com – sold for a nice $20 million to AOL…source link
How would you like to work on a website for a couple of years and then turn around to sell it for tens of millions? You would not have to do anything for the rest of your life.
So how can you start a web property of this caliber? Well, for majority of people it’s not possible because in my opinion you need to invest funds into this project. Your $5k-10k won’t do it either. You need to hire writers, and have them post at least 10-20 well written and engaging articles per day.
Let’s just say it costs you $30/article. That’s a $600/day investment for a year. Of course, the site would start bringing in profits after a few months (if you know how to promote it right), but either way do you have $12k per month to throw at it?
Most people don’t have that kind of budget. Can you do it alone? I doubt it, you would burn out fast.
4. Publishing On Kindle –
This way of making money became very popular in 2011. It’s very simple too and anyone can do this.
Can you write a simple ebook? If yes, then you can publish on Kindle platform. Amazon will take care of everything for you.
You don’t need a payment processor, website, or a domain name. Just write your ebook and upload it to Amazon. Once approved it will automatically become available to millions of Kindle users.
There are a lot of resources online that you can read and even courses that you could purchase. I published an article on how to get started with Kindle publishing that you should check out.
The process is very simple. Write an ebook and design an ecover graphic for it. You could write something decent over one weekend. Then just decide what you want to charge for it and put it up on Amazon.
The big money is in volume. The more ebooks you have out there the more money you can make, although it’s possible to make a million dollars with just one Kindle book.
Here are some cool articles to read:
- How to make a million selling kindle ebooks – DailyMail.co.uk
- 99 Cent Kindle Millionaires – NathanBransford.com
Keep in mind that you don’t have to write fiction ebooks to succeed. Sell ebooks that solve problems. You could publish “How To” stuff and still do well.
5. Offline Marketing
– Believe it or not offline businesses are waking up to the fact they need an online presence. There are millions of businesses out there that don’t have a website or even a facebook fanpage.
You could take advantage of this and start offering your services for a fee and make some serious money.
It’s easy to rank sites for local businesses because they usually target keywords that are not very competitive and only in their local area.
Some marketers sell “do it for me” services that don’t even cost anything. A lot of businesses do not have a clue how to submit their listing to Google places. They are scared of technology and that creates an opportunity for you.
You could offer online marketing services not only in your local area but in many different cities.
A lot of brick and mortar business owners don’t know how to create a facebook fanpage. You could charge anywhere from $100 to $200 per setup and then even throw in some monthly fees for maintaining it every month for them.
There are many great opportunities here. If you are not afraid of contacting business owners and you know how to talk to them, then you might want to try this out.
6. Flipping Websites –
You can build websites for the sole purpose of selling them. It works and it’s one of the best ways to make money online quickly. Don’t confuse it with the number 1 method I talked about above. It’s different because here you go for volume rather than working on one web property for years.
You could build an affiliate site that makes $500/month in affiliate commissions and easily sell it for about $5k on Flippa.com.
The cool part is that with this strategy you can build up substantial capital in a short period of time for other bigger projects you want to jump into.
If you could sell 5 sites for $5k each that’s $25k in your bank account. Now invest into software development or build more sites to flip.
Once you have that kind of capital you can totally outsource the entire process. Flipping sites for profit is a solid business model.
Think about it…Would you rather own the site for 10 months to make the $5k, or would you rather sell it and get all that money upfront to start 2-3 more sites like that?
Here is a post I wrote about making money on Flippa a while ago.
7. Affiliate Marketing –
This is my favorite way to generate revenue online. It’s probably the easiest too. The concept basically works like this:
- Find a niche where people spend money
- Find good relevant products to promote in that niche
- Drive traffic to your landing page where you presell the product
From my experience majority of people fail at being able to drive traffic. Without targeted traffic you cannot make money with affiliate marketing.
You can either go for free traffic or buy it. Paid traffic can produce instant results and data that is required to scale your affiliate campaign.
The problem is that over 90% of newbie affiliate marketers are broke, so they can’t afford to spend thousands of dollars on testing and optimizing campaigns.
If you got some capital saved up you could get straight into media buying and start banking overnight. As soon as you turn on the traffic and you know what you are doing, the sales start rolling in. It’s a great feeling!
But if you are low on budget then there is another way. You can build smaller affiliate niche sites and try to rank them for product review keywords. This method takes a little bit of time sometimes and can be frustrating. The key to making a good affiliate review site is quality content that actually provides value. Some one page site with 500 words article won’t cut it.
I wrote many posts about affiliate marketing here on my blog that you might find interesting.
- Affiliate sites that make money
- Make money while building a list
- 10 Steps to become a super affiliate
8. Video Marketing –
Becoming a celebrity is now easier than ever. You got something funny to share? Got talent? Make a video and upload it to Youtube!
Youtube also offers their partner program that allows you to not only customize your channel, but also to earn revenue from ads being displayed inside your videos.
Obviously you would need millions of views to make any substantial money from it. There is more to it though, because the big profits might not come from ads but from your following and other possibilities that open up when you become a famous Youtube celebrity. That’s where the big money is at.
Don’t have any talents? No problem, you can still use video marketing to make money online. Some people review products from Amazon using video, or drive traffic to their own blog where they can sell stuff.
I am sure you can find something valuable to share that people search for or need answers to.
Here is a post I published a while back listing 3 ways to make money with Youtube.
9. Selling Stuff On Craigslist Or Ebay –
Got old stuff you don’t need? Sell them on Ebay or Craigslist. It’s a great way to earn some extra money when you are short on cash. You could actually make a full time income with this if you could find a source of products that you can sell over and over again.
One major drawback of making money this way is that you constantly need to ship stuff and you are ending up trading time for money.
Is it possible to build a stable business selling stuff on Ebay? Absolutely, but like I said you need to find things to sell that people actually want to buy.
I personally hate dealing with shipping and handling. For me to do this I would need to outsource the entire operation.
There are dropshipping companies out there, but it’s not easy to find something that someone else isn’t already selling at even lower prices.
You could go to garage sales and pick up stuff that people want to get rid off during summer time and list all that on Ebay. I know some folks that do that. They might not be making a killing from it, but still it’s extra money that can pay some bills.
10. Freelancing –
I listed this method of making money at the bottom because I would hate to do this. If you are a good writer you can write articles, ebooks, reports, or blog posts for other marketers. You could ghostwrite a book and get paid well for it, but it’s basically a job not a way to build wealth.
If you know how to code you can apply for projects on Odesk.com and get paid when you deliver a finished product.
Can you make a full time income by being a freelancer? Sure, but you will be working hours everyday just to make someone else rich.
Check out my previous post on how to get paid well for writing articles.
The money making methods listed above are proven to work and people actually do make money with them. You should choose the one that you feel is best for you.
What’s important to notice is that the ones that are designed to build wealth require a substantial investment to get things started. Yes, it takes money to make money!
I am sure you’ve already been exposed to claims on other sites that you could make easy money doing nothing. Well, it doesn’t work like that.
The 3 things required for success are: patience, persistence, and money(most of the time)
If you are unknown earning money online then you might have lots of question on your mind. Most probably you haven’t earned your first dollar yet.
The most important thing is your work. If you are consistent then money will flood into your pocket and people will think you are a drug dealer(because of huge money in your pockets).
Here are my quick tips to earn fast……
1. Have patience. It is hard to make a dollar online but once you earn that very first then being a millionaire is not that far away.
2. Have your blog and self host it. Read my other post to know more as it is better to have a complete mind map rather a quick decision.
3. Believe yourself and have patience.
4. Write atleast one article daily. Its not hard you can modify other articles from internet but make sure its unique.
If you want to know how to earn money online then you are at right place. Make money online is really fun, if you get safe and legit methods. It took me 3 years to know and list the exact methods to earn. I tried different methods but i got into the hands of brokers many times. About 95% of my works were for spam from which i didn’t get any money. But, at the end some methods really made me money and prepared this list of Top 10 free ways to make money online.
The methods listed here doesn’t cost you. So, feel free to try. But, before you read this i would recommend you to read Few things Everyone most know before earning online .
I urge you to read all the articles linked here to get the best result. Why not take some time and know more things. Have Patience you will get the result.
I) Google Adsence: It is the service provided by Google which allows the user to display ads on their blog/websites and get paid if it gets clicked. You can make huge amount with it. The more popular and bigger your blog the more you make money. Most popular websites are making money with this program. The earning varies from the blog to blog and the ads displayed.
II) Affiliate Marketing: Affiliate marketing is a very powerful tool to make money. It is the process of selling someone’s stuff or products by you. You get commission for selling their product. You can make million dollars with little effort and task. You can apply this method onto your blog to earn more. You can read more about it here.
III)Blogging: It is by far the best thing to get started with to make money online. To set up a blog it is Super easy. You can set up your blog with free platforms like Blogger or WordPress. You can apply many ideas into that single blog to earn. But, to succeed choosing the blog of right name and category is very important. Things to know before blogging.
IV) Guest writing: This is also a very cool technique. You will get paid for writing articles for other blogs or website. Your article must be related to their blog/website. If your article is food they will publish your article with your name and pay too. It will also help you to build a network.
V)Data Entry: Though this job doesn’t pay you much, it is much easier to start off and check whether you can make money online or not. You get paid for just few words or few click. As a beginner you can try this method easily. The task includes simple signup, Facebook like/comment,youtube like/comment,sharing,etc. It may sound crazy to you but it’s true. Some of them are Microworkers.com and Minuteworkers.com. I recommend you to sign-up for both of them.
VI)Writing eBooks: If you are good at writing then you may earn by writing an ebook about anything. It may tell about anything but the information must be true and systematic. There must not be any articles that tends to fool the reader. It may be of any length. It doesn’t mean that it should be long. It may even 10 pages or 100 pages but the content must be original and true. I will discuss about it more later. You can sell your eBook through your blog/websites and keep the full money.
VII) Squidoo: This is the method to make money with squidoo.com. you write an article and submit it in the form of lens. The secret is to keep your affiliate links inside so you can get paid. Also, you get paid by sharing the revenue of the adsence amount they get from your lens(article).
6)Freelancing: This is for those who are professional trained at their fields. If you are good at designing webpage,logo design, Writing articles, Correcting grammar,etc. You are paid high amount for doing the task. You get a task by bidding for the project. oDesk,Elance,Guru are some major websites.
VIII) Make software: Yes, if you have enough knowledge about coding then you can earn by selling a simple software you made. You can earn by selling it. Also, you can make money by giving the software for free but you should place some ads there. I’ll discuss about it later.
10)Upload files: Sharing files is growing as a business nowadays. People are making handsome amount by just sharing others stuff. You get paid if the file you shared is downloaded by others usually 1000 times. As, the earning is limited i don’t really recommend it now especially in Nepal.
The government’s failure to repair the Tribhuvan International Airport runway could cost the country’s election plans dear, with the Election Commission growing wary of a possible delay in importing around 500 tonnes of ballot-printing paper.
After the recent monsoon-induced damages in the runway, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has requested international airlines to restrict their load to 196 tonnes until September 30, when the whether gets drier.
According to experts at the TIA , the runway of the country’s only international airport develops cracks as it becomes soggy during the monsoons.
As a result, cargo planes loaded with 485 tonnes of the printing paper purchased by the UNDP and that were scheduled to land at the airport in the next two weeks are likely to not arrive in time.
Though CAAN officials have not ruled out possibilities of relaxing such a load ceiling for special flights, there has been no agreement to transport the ballot printing papers so far.
After the recent monsoon-induced damages in the runway, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has requested international airlines to restrict their load to 196 tonnes until September 30, when the whether gets drier.
According to experts at the TIA , the runway of the country’s only international airport develops cracks as it becomes soggy during the monsoons.
As a result, cargo planes loaded with 485 tonnes of the printing paper purchased by the UNDP and that were scheduled to land at the airport in the next two weeks are likely to not arrive in time.
Though CAAN officials have not ruled out possibilities of relaxing such a load ceiling for special flights, there has been no agreement to transport the ballot printing papers so far.
'We have communicated the load ceiling decision to the concerned authority,' General Manager at the TIA Dinesh Shrestha said.
The other alternatives, according to officials, are to double the number of flights for the consignment or import the paper via land. While the supplier plans to use five cargo planes, CAAN officials have suggested they use at least 10 under these circumstances. EC officials, however, fear that poll-opposing forces in the country could block the supply of the paper if brought via the land route.
EC officials said the election schedule could be adversely affected if the papers fail to arrive on time, as, according to them, formulating a ‘plan B’ would take a very long time.
“We are still hopeful that there is a way out to have the papers here as scheduled. Should that fail, the supplier will have to go for alternatives,” said Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety.
As part of its commitment to support Nepal’s elections, the UNDP, on behalf of all donors, has already purchased the paper from a Dubai-based company, which has its outlets in New Delhi, Copenhagen and Cape Town.
Sources said that if the TIA allows landing of fully-loaded cargo planes, it would take at least five aircraft to transport the paper to Kathmandu from the vendor’s nearest outlet in New Delhi.
However, CAAN officials also said that though they have issued a circular restricting wide-body aircraft over 196 tones, the restriction could be relaxed for special purposes.
The other alternatives, according to officials, are to double the number of flights for the consignment or import the paper via land. While the supplier plans to use five cargo planes, CAAN officials have suggested they use at least 10 under these circumstances. EC officials, however, fear that poll-opposing forces in the country could block the supply of the paper if brought via the land route.
EC officials said the election schedule could be adversely affected if the papers fail to arrive on time, as, according to them, formulating a ‘plan B’ would take a very long time.
“We are still hopeful that there is a way out to have the papers here as scheduled. Should that fail, the supplier will have to go for alternatives,” said Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety.
As part of its commitment to support Nepal’s elections, the UNDP, on behalf of all donors, has already purchased the paper from a Dubai-based company, which has its outlets in New Delhi, Copenhagen and Cape Town.
Sources said that if the TIA allows landing of fully-loaded cargo planes, it would take at least five aircraft to transport the paper to Kathmandu from the vendor’s nearest outlet in New Delhi.
However, CAAN officials also said that though they have issued a circular restricting wide-body aircraft over 196 tones, the restriction could be relaxed for special purposes.
A loaded Boeing 747-8 cargo aircraft weighs 448 tonnes at take off and that weight goes beyond the TIA limit if each of the five aircraft share the 485 tonnes of the paper along with other heavy printing machines and accessories.
After the papers arrive, the EC plans to print over 3 million ballot papers within a month. As per the laws, the EC must supply the ballot papers to all polling stations one month ahead of the election.
The price of gold has hit new record of Rs 63, 300 per tola on Wednesday, posting an overnight price rise of Rs 3,400 per tola.
The surge in gold price has hit consumers planning to purchase gold amid nearing festive season hard.
Gold dealers have attributed the hike in the bullion price to the depreciation of the Nepali rupees against the US dollar.
Despite the rise, there still lie supply crunch in the market.
The local market demands over 35 kg gold every day. However, the government provision allows supply of only 15 kg a day from commercial banks.
The surge in gold price has hit consumers planning to purchase gold amid nearing festive season hard.
Gold dealers have attributed the hike in the bullion price to the depreciation of the Nepali rupees against the US dollar.
Despite the rise, there still lie supply crunch in the market.
The local market demands over 35 kg gold every day. However, the government provision allows supply of only 15 kg a day from commercial banks.
This really is a story that involves hot guys, floral-scented shampoo and English lessons. But, you may be wondering, how did such an unlikely combination come about? Well, ladies and gentlemen, meet Ricky, Matt and Justin, the “hot English teachers” who are now promoting Herbal Essences shampoo in Japan by giving offbeat English lessons in a series of videos brought to you courtesy of P&G. And these most definitely are not your typical language lessons.
Believe it or not, there are seven English lesson videos in all, each on a separate theme. In each video, one of the three “hot teachers” introduces English phrases, mostly pick-up lines, that are related to the theme that women may (or may not) want to use in various situations when traveling abroad. Parts of it are in Japanese, but since they’re just explaining the English phrases, we think you’ll be able to get the gist of what they’re saying.
Sure, I know these guys are just doing their jobs, but these videos have to be some of the most hilarious stuff I have seen … EVER, and we just had to share it with you. Presenting: the “Hot-looking Teachers’ Dreamy English Lessons
Believe it or not, there are seven English lesson videos in all, each on a separate theme. In each video, one of the three “hot teachers” introduces English phrases, mostly pick-up lines, that are related to the theme that women may (or may not) want to use in various situations when traveling abroad. Parts of it are in Japanese, but since they’re just explaining the English phrases, we think you’ll be able to get the gist of what they’re saying.
Sure, I know these guys are just doing their jobs, but these videos have to be some of the most hilarious stuff I have seen … EVER, and we just had to share it with you. Presenting: the “Hot-looking Teachers’ Dreamy English Lessons
How weird and funny is that? Especially the introduction showing the three men striking crazy poses at the beginning of each video.
All right, maybe some of the phrases are worth learning if you’re studying English, and there’s no denying the three teachers are all good-looking and seriously ripped, but do they really have to give their lessons bare-chested? Well, according to P&G, they actually went through some serious physical training before shooting the videos, so I guess we have to at least give them credit for the effort they put in. It can’t be easy getting into that kind of shape, after all.
All right, maybe some of the phrases are worth learning if you’re studying English, and there’s no denying the three teachers are all good-looking and seriously ripped, but do they really have to give their lessons bare-chested? Well, according to P&G, they actually went through some serious physical training before shooting the videos, so I guess we have to at least give them credit for the effort they put in. It can’t be easy getting into that kind of shape, after all.
भिडीयो हेर्न को लागि माथि को बक्स मा क्लिक गर्नु होस्
साउदी अरब की उक तथाकथित राजकुमारीले प्रफ्र्युमा ८ करोड खर्च गरेको खुलासा भएको छ । उनी ग गर्ने बेलामा बिरामी हुन्छिन् तर उनले प्रफ्र्युम किनको लागी पछिल्लो दुई महिनामा १४ मिलियन डलर अर्थात ८ करोड खर्च गरेको बताएकी छन् । ्
दरअसल, सारा अल अमौदी नामकी यी महिलामा इथोपियाकी एक बेश्या भएको आरोप लगाएको छ । एजेन्सीले बताए अनुसार उनी राजकुमारी बनेर लंदनको सम्पति खान लागेकी छिन् । त्यसैले यि महिनालो पहिलो चोटी नै १४ मिलियन पाउड्स खर्च गरिदिएको खुलासा भएको छ ।
यस रहस्यमय राजकुमारीको विषय मुदा समेत परेको छ जुन सुनवाई हुन् बाँकी छ । उनलेआफु बेश्या नभएको विश्वास दिलाउन कोशिश गरिरहेकि छिन् उनी बारबार भन्ने गर्दछिन् कि म बेश्या होइन । उनको साथमा यति धेरै पैसा छ कि उनी हमेशा शपिग गर्ने गर्दछिन् । हाल उनको उमेर ३१ देखि ४५ बिचमा रहेको बताएकि छन् ।
यिनी सानले कारमा सवार गर्ने गर्दछिन् । उनको मुदा दर्ता गर्दा यस्तो लेखिएको छ । जसको कारको नम्बर प्लेट ज्च्ज् अर्थात हर राँयल हाइनेस लेखेको छ । उनले अदालतमा भनेकि छन् कि मैले शपिग गर्न डाक्टर संग जानु पर्दछ । किनकी म जहिले पनि शपिग गदा बिरामी हुन्छु त्यसैले म शपिग गर्न डाक्टरको साथ गएको थिए । पछिल्लो दूइ महिनामा मैले मात्र प्रफ्र्युम किनको लागी हो मैले १४ मिलियन डलर खर्च गरीदिए जुन तस्तविरमा पनि हेर्न सक्नु हुन्छ उनले भनिन् ।
उनी अदालतमा उपस्थित हुँदा उनले ५ इन्चको हिल र बुरका लगाएकी थिइन । न्याधिसले उनलाई भने कि तिमीले त आफ्नो हिजाब लगाउनु पर्ने हो तर खै त्यति बेला उनले आफ्नो अनुहार लुकाउने कोशिस गरीन ।
भिडीयो हेर्न को लागि माथि को बक्स मा क्लिक गर्नु होस्
बाटोमा हिँड्दा तपाईं महिलाको कुन अङ्ग हेर्नुहुन्छ ? ‘खै पर्टिकुलर, त्यस्तो हेर्ने गरिएको त छैन, तर पुरुषहरूको ध्यान सबैभन्दा पहिले स्तनमै जान्छ जस्तो लाग्छ, मेरो पनि त्यही नै हो,’ गायक निमा रुम्बाले साप्ताहिकको केवल एक प्रश्नका लागि सोधिएको प्रश्नमा दिएको उत्तर हो यो। युवतीलाई झट्ट हेर्दा स्तनमा आँखा जाने निमा एक मात्र पात्र होइनन्, एक अमेरिकी विश्वविद्यालयको अध्ययनअनुसार ७१ प्रतिशत पुरुष महिलाको स्तनमा पहिलो नजर लगाउँछन्। हजारौं पुरुषबीच गरिएको उक्त सर्वेक्षणमा सहभागीहरूले खुलेरै स्तन सौन्दर्यको प्रशंसा गरेका थिए।
उक्त अनुसन्धान अध्ययन भन्छ- ‘विश्वभरका अधिकाशं पुरुष महिलाको स्तनप्रति आकषिर्त हुन्छन्, महिलाका विभिन्न आकारका स्तनको दृश्य हेर्न पाउँदा पुरुषहरू खुसी हुन्छन्। खासगरी ठूला वा मध्यमस्तरका कसिला स्तन पुरुषको प्राथमिकतामा पर्छन्। स्तनपछि महिलाका आँखा र नितम्बले पुरुषलाई मोहित तुल्याउँछन्।’ अध्ययनअनुसार पुरुषहरूमा स्तन स्पर्श गर्ने चाहना पनि उत्तिकै पाइन्छ। चिकित्सकीय भाषामा नरम ग्रन्थि -सफ्ट ग्लान्ड) का रूपमा परिचित स्तनको प्राकृतिक भूमिका आफ्नो ठाउँमा छ तर नारीको सौन्दर्य बढाउन यसले निकै प्रभावकारी भूमिका निर्वाह गर्छ।
महिलाहरूलाई पनि राम्रोसँग थाहा छ, पुरुष नजर स्तनमा हुन्छ भन्ने कुरा। त्यसैले आफ्ना स्तनबाट उनीहरूलाई प्रभावित तुल्याउन महिलाहरू उत्तिकै प्रयास गर्छन्। केही समयअघि नायिका एवं गायिका पूजा लामाले साप्ताहिकसँग भनेकी थिइन्- ‘स्तन आकर्षक देखाउन सर्जरी गराउने योजनामा छु, सम्भव भए सर्जरी गराउनेछु।’ पूजा निकटस्थ स्रोतका अनुसार उनले सर्जरी गरेर स्तनको आकार बढाएकी पनि छिन्। नेपालको हकमा सर्जरी गरेर वा सिलिकन राखेर स्तन बढाउने कुरा अनौठो लागे पनि विश्वव्यापी रूपमै यो सामान्य कुरा भैसकेको छ।
स्तनलाई ग्लामरका रूपमा लिइनुको पछाडि यसप्रतिको आकर्षणले नै काम गरेको हुन्छ। पुष्ट स्तनको माथिल्लो भाग र ‘क्लिभेज’ देखाउने ट्रेन्ड पनि उत्तिकै प्रयोगमा छ। यसमा विदेशका मात्र होइन, स्वदेशका सेलिब्रेटीहरू पनि कम छैनन्। उत्कृष्ट सौन्दर्यकी धनी नायिका करिश्मा मानन्धर पनि क्लिभेज देखाउन पछि पर्दिनन्।
ब्रेस्ट सर्जरी गरेर स्तनको आकार बढाउने बलिउड नायिकाहरू बिपाशा बसु, सुस्मिता सेन, आयशा टाकिया, मल्लिका सेरावत, राखी सावन्त, पूनम पाण्डे, मनीषा कोइराला आदिका बारेमा थुप्रै समाचार आइसकेका छन्। चलचित्र वान्टेडमा अभिनय गर्नुअघि सिलिकन इम्प्लान्ट गरेकी आयशाले पछि ठूलो स्तनकै कारण काँध दुख्ने समस्या बढेपछि फेरि शल्यक्रिया गरेर बढाएको स्तनलाई पुरानै अवस्थामा ल्याउनुपर्यो। सिलिकन राखेर स्तनको आकार बढाउने पश्चिमी समाज खासगरी हलिउड अभिनेत्रीहरूको ट्रेन्डलाई बलिउड अभिनेत्रीहरूले पनि पछ्याए। यो क्रम अब नेपालमा पनि भित्रिने तयारीमा छ।
महषिर् वात्सायनले आफ्नो कृति कामसूत्रमा नारीलाई चार प्रकारमा वर्गीकरण गरेका छन्, जसमा स्तनको महत्व पनि उत्तिकै पाइन्छ। पद्मिनि, चित्रिणी, शङ्िखनी र हस्तिनी चार प्रकारका नारीमा पद्मिनीको गुणमा स्त्रीको शरीर न धेरै अग्लो न धेरै होचो। स्त्रीमध्येमा सर्वश्रेष्ठ वर्ग। यिनको आँखा हरिणको जस्तो, फूलजस्तो सलक्क स-साना पोरा भएका नाक, पुष्ट र ठाडा स्तन, केशराशि कालो, मुहार पूणिर्माको चन्द्रमाजस्तो चम्किलो र बोली विनम्र हुन्छ। यसले पूर्वीय सभ्यतामा स्तनको महत्वलाई झल्काउँछ।
‘प्लास्टिक सर्जरीभित्रको ‘कस्मेटिक सर्जरी’ गर्न थालिएको दुई-चार वर्ष मात्र भएको छ।’ नेपाल स्किन हस्पिटल, बुद्धनगर, बानेश्वरका कस्मेटिक सर्जन डा. जसवन शाक्यले भने- ‘कस्मेटिक सर्जरी महँगो र सौख पूरा गर्नेहरूको प्राथमिकतामा पर्ने भएकाले पनि यसले भर्खरै मात्र बजार पाउन थालेको हो।’ डा. शाक्यका अनुसार अहिले प्रतिदिन कस्मेटिक सर्जरीको बजार बढ्दो छ। नेपालमा उपलब्ध एक दर्जन प्लास्टिक सर्जनमध्ये झन्डै आधा दर्जनले मात्र कस्मेटिक सर्जरीको काम गर्छन्। ‘तीन करोड जनतामा ५-६ जना कस्मेटिक सर्जन हुनु केही नै होइन,’ डा. शाक्य भन्छन्- ‘तर कस्मेटिक सर्जरीमा चासो नै नभएको स्थानमा हामी नै धेरै जस्ता भएका छौं।’ सुष्मा कोइराला मेमोरियल अस्पतालका मेडिकल डाइरेक्टर डा. शाक्यका अनुसार आकर्षक देखिन चाहनेहरू कस्मेटिक सर्जरी गराउन थालेका छन्।
बजारमा स्तन बढाउने उपाय भनेर उपचारका थुप्रै विधिसम्बन्धी विज्ञापन पनि उत्तिकै आइरहेका हुन्छन्। स्तन सानो भएकालाई ठूलो बनाउन वा ठूलो भएकाहरूलाई सानो बनाउन आयुर्वेदिक तथा नन आयुर्वेदिक औषधीको प्रचार हुनुले पनि यो क्षेत्रको व्यवसाय फराकिलो हँुदै गएको प्रस्ट हुन्छ। डा. शाक्यका अनुसार विज्ञापन थरी-थरीका आए पनि स्तन बढाउन वा घटाउन सर्जरी गर्नुबाहेक अन्य कुनै उपायले काम गर्दैन। सर्जरीमा स्तन बढाउन त्यसको भित्री भागमा सिलिकन राखिन्छ।
नेपाल स्किन हस्पिटलकै छाला तथा यौन रोग विशेषज्ञ डा. ललन खतिवडाका अनुसार सौन्दर्य बढाउन गरिने कस्मेटिक सर्जरीमा पनि ९० प्रतिशत मानिस सौखका रूपमा आफुलाई अझ आकर्षक देखाउने चाहनाले आएका हुन्छन् भने १० प्रतिशतका निम्ति कस्मेटिक सर्जरी गराउनु बाध्यता हो। हस्पिटलमा सानो स्तन भएका कारण छोरीको विवाह नभएको भन्दै एक आमा आएको प्रसंग डाक्टर शाक्यले सुनाए। स्तन सानो भए वा आवश्यकभन्दा धेरै ठूलो भए सामाजिक रूपमै महिलालाई गाह्रो हुन्छ। चिकित्सकहरू यसलाई बाध्यताका रूपमा आउनेहरूको क्याटोगरीमा राख्छन्, तर अन्य महिलाहरू भैरहेको स्तनलाई कसिलो, ठाडो वा ठूलो बनाउन आउँछन्।
‘नेपाली चलचित्र एवं गायन क्षेत्रका सेलिब्रेटीहरू ब्रेस्ट सर्जरीका बारेमा बुझ्न आएका छन्, उनीहरूले यस विषयमा विस्तृत बुझेर के गर्ने भनेर परामर्शसमेत गरेका छन्,’ सेलिब्रेटीहरूको नाम गोप्य राख्दै डा. शाक्यले भने- ‘एक जना सेलिब्रेटीले मसँगको परामर्शपछि बैंककमा गएर शल्यक्रिया गराइन्।’ स्तन सानो भएका कारण कप वा भित्र फोम राखेर ठूलो देखाउँदै आएकी उनले ब्रेस्ट सर्जरी गरेपछि आकर्षक स्वरूप पाएको डा. शाक्यले बताए। ‘मैले नेपालमा ६ जनाको ब्रेस्टमा सिलिकन इम्प्लान्ट गरेको छु, तर मैले गरेकाहरू आममानिस हुन्, जो बाध्यता र सौख दुवै कारणले आएका थिए।’ डा. शाक्यले भने- ‘यो शल्यक्रिया उत्तिकै चुनौतीपूर्ण हुन्छ, एकपटक राखेको सिलिकन नमिलेको खण्डमा फेरी दोहोर्याएर राख्न मिल्दैन, नयाँ नै राख्नुपर्छ।’ स्तन बढाउन सिलिकन राखेर गरिने शल्यक्रियामा इन्फेक्सन हुने वा रगत जम्ने समस्या पनि उत्तिकै हुनसक्छ। अनुभवी शल्य चिकित्सकबाट मात्र यो उपचार गराउनुपर्छ। शल्यक्रियाका क्रममा सयमा ३ जनाको असफल हुने सम्भावना रहन्छ।
ब्रेस्ट सिलिकनको मूल्य नै १ लाखदेखि १ लाख ५० हजार रुपैयाँ पर्छ। चिकित्सकले शल्यक्रियाका लागि ५० हजार रुपैयाँ शुल्क लिन्छन्। यसरी हेर्दा १ लाख ५० हजार देखि २ लाख रुपैयाँसम्म खर्च हुने देखिन्छ। निम्न मध्यम वर्गका लागि खर्चिलो लाग्ने सिलिकन इम्प्लान्ट सबैको पहुँचमा नभएको विज्ञहरू बताउँछन्। ब्राजिल र अमेरिकामा बनेको सिलिकन गुणस्तरीय मानिन्छ तर नेपालमा प्रत्यक्ष सिलिकन भित्र्याउने व्यवसायीहरू नभएकाले भारतमा निर्भर हुनुपरेको छ। परिणामस्वरूप सिलिकनको मूल्य केही महँगो छ। ‘दुई छोराछोरी भएकी एक महिलाले आफ्ना साह्रै साना स्तनका कारण सम्बन्धविच्छेद हुन लागेको बताइन्,’ ब्रेस्ट सर्जन शाक्यले भने- ‘उनको अवस्था हेरेर सर्जरी गरियो, अहिले उनी एकदमै खुसी छिन्, परिवार र उनका श्रीमान् पनि खुसी छन्।’ यस्तै २१ वर्ष पुगेकी एक युवती आफ्नो सपाट छाती लिएर आइन् र समस्या सुनाइन्। भविष्यमा विवाह हुन नसक्ने आशंकाले भयभीत ती युवतीले स्तन लगभग नभएको अवस्थामा सामाजिक रूपमै खेप्नु परेको पीडा सुनाएको डा. शाक्यले सुनाए।
कतिपय युवतीको स्तनको टुप्पो -निप्पल) भित्र दबेको हुन्छ। यस्तो अवस्थामा शल्यक्रिया गरेर निप्पल निकाल्नुपर्ने हुन्छ। नेपालमा पनि निप्पलभित्र भएर समस्यामा परेका युवतीहरू प्रशस्तै भएको डा. शाक्यले बताए। शाक्यका अनुसार हालै मात्र उनले एक १८ वषर्ीया युवतीको यस्तै समस्या निराकरण गरेका छन्। सिलिकन राखेर ब्रेस्ट इम्प्लान्ट गर्ने इच्छा अमेरिका, युरोपमा बस्दै आएका नेपाली महिलाहरूले पनि जाहेर गर्न थालेको शाक्यले बताए। त्यहाँ एकदमै महँगो पर्ने भएकाले नेपाल आएको समयमा उपचार गर्ने योजना बनाएको उनीहरूले बताउने गरेका छन्। बेलायतमा बस्ने केही युवतीले कस्मेटिक सर्जरीका अन्य उपचारहरू नेपाल आएर गरेको अनुभव पनि डा. शाक्यसँग छ।
स्तन किन सानो वा ठूलो हुन्छ ?
स्तन सानो वा ठूलो हुनु नारीको शारीरिक विकासमा निर्भर हुन्छ। स्तन भनेको तन्तुहरू मिलेर बनेको एउटा ग्रन्थि हो, जसलाई चिकित्सकहरू ग्लान्ड भन्छन्। हार्मोनका कारण व्यक्तिपिच्छे स्तनको आकार घटबढ हुन्छ। हार्मोन बढ्दा स्तनको आकार ठूलो हुने र घट्दा सानो हुने हुन्छ। थाइराइडले पनि स्तनको आकार बढाउने वा घटाउने काम गर्छ। थाइराइड भएपछि तौल बढ्ने क्रममा स्तन पनि बढिरहेको हुन्छ, डा. शाक्यले भने, ‘त्यस्तो अवस्थामा हार्मोन विशेषज्ञको रायअनुसार काम गर्नुपर्ने हुन्छ। १७ वर्षकी एक नेपाली किशोरीको स्तन अत्यधिक ठूलो भएको अवस्थामा सबै जाँचपछि उनको स्तन घटाउने शल्यक्रिया गरिएको डा. शाक्यले बताए। उनको दुईवटा स्तनबाट १ किलो मांसपेशी हटाउँदा स्तन केही सानो भयो। उनको फेरी शल्यक्रिया गरेर उपयुक्त साइजमा ल्याउन सकिने उनको भनाइ थियो। यसरी स्तनको आकार घटाउँदा भने कुनै तन्तु काटिएर पछि ब्रेस्ट फिडिङका लागि दूध नआउने सम्भावना पनि हुन्छ। चिकित्सकहरूका अनुसार किशोर अवस्थादेखि युवावस्थाको मध्यसम्म स्तन कसिलो नै रहन्छ, तर त्यसपछि क्रमशः झोल्लिन थाल्छ, विवाह गरेर स्तन झोल्लिएका महिलाहरू स्तन कसिलो बनाउन चाहन्छन्। त्यसका लागि छाला काटेर कसिलो बनाइन्छ। स्तन क्यान्सर भएर स्तन काट्नु परेकाहरूले पनि पछि सिलिकन इम्प्लान्ट गरेर स्तनलाई आकार दिन सक्छन्। स्तन ठूलो भएका अधिकाशंलाई ब्याक पेन तथा काँधमा भारी अनुभव हुने चिकित्सकहरूले बताए।
हामीकहाँ जनता भोकभोकै मर्दा त सरकारले खासै चासो हुँदैन भने बढि खाएर मोटाए भन्ने चिन्ता कसलाई होस् ? तर हाम्रो सरकारलाई चिन्ता नभएर के भो त ? यो विश्वका केही देशका सरकारलाई जनता भोकाए भन्ने मात्र होइन बढि खाएर मोटाए पनि चिन्ता हुन्छ । युएइको दुबइमा यस्तै भएको छ ।
दुबइका जनता एकाएक मोटाउन थालेपछि स्थानीय सरकारलाई चिन्ता लाग्न थालेको छ । महानगरपालिकाले जनतालाई वजन घटाउन लोभ्याउने एउटा टि्रक निकालेको छ । उसले जनतालाई स्लिम बनाउनका लागि निकै अनौठो तर लोभलाग्दो स्किम सार्वजनिक गरेको छ । दुबइ बासीको लागि निकै सुनौलो अवसर यो छ की उनीहरु जति स्लिम बन्छन् उति नै सुन पाउँछन् । गएको मंगलबार सार्वजनिक गरिएको यो स्लिमको बदला सुन कार्यक्रम प्रति दुबइबासी निकै उत्सुक देखिन्छन् । महानगरपालिकाले नारा नै दिएको छ, तपाइँको वजन सुन हो ।
वजन कम गर्नका लागि ३० दिनको समय रहनेछ । जुन जुलाई १९ मा सुरु भएकोमा अगष्ट १६ मा सकिनेछ । यो वजन कम गर्ने योजनामा भाग लिने मानिसहरुले कम्तिमा पनि दुइ किलो वजन घटाउनुपर्नेछ, तबमात्र सुन पाइनेछ । यसका साथै लक्की ड्र समेत गरिनेछ र लक्की ड मा पर्ने ३ जना विजेतालाई करीब साढे ५ हजार डलर मूल्य बराबरको सुनको सिक्का पुरस्कार दिइनेछ । तौल घटाउने योजनामा सहभागी हुने व्यक्तिहरुको वजन योजना सुरु हुने दिनका साथै अन्तिम दिनमा लिइनेछ ।
दुबइ नगर निगमका निर्देशक जनरल नसीर लूताहका अनुसार दुबइमा मानिसहरुको वजन नियन्त्रणका लागि वर्षेनी विभिन्न कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गर्ने गरिएको छ ।
दुबइका जनता एकाएक मोटाउन थालेपछि स्थानीय सरकारलाई चिन्ता लाग्न थालेको छ । महानगरपालिकाले जनतालाई वजन घटाउन लोभ्याउने एउटा टि्रक निकालेको छ । उसले जनतालाई स्लिम बनाउनका लागि निकै अनौठो तर लोभलाग्दो स्किम सार्वजनिक गरेको छ । दुबइ बासीको लागि निकै सुनौलो अवसर यो छ की उनीहरु जति स्लिम बन्छन् उति नै सुन पाउँछन् । गएको मंगलबार सार्वजनिक गरिएको यो स्लिमको बदला सुन कार्यक्रम प्रति दुबइबासी निकै उत्सुक देखिन्छन् । महानगरपालिकाले नारा नै दिएको छ, तपाइँको वजन सुन हो ।
वजन कम गर्नका लागि ३० दिनको समय रहनेछ । जुन जुलाई १९ मा सुरु भएकोमा अगष्ट १६ मा सकिनेछ । यो वजन कम गर्ने योजनामा भाग लिने मानिसहरुले कम्तिमा पनि दुइ किलो वजन घटाउनुपर्नेछ, तबमात्र सुन पाइनेछ । यसका साथै लक्की ड्र समेत गरिनेछ र लक्की ड मा पर्ने ३ जना विजेतालाई करीब साढे ५ हजार डलर मूल्य बराबरको सुनको सिक्का पुरस्कार दिइनेछ । तौल घटाउने योजनामा सहभागी हुने व्यक्तिहरुको वजन योजना सुरु हुने दिनका साथै अन्तिम दिनमा लिइनेछ ।
दुबइ नगर निगमका निर्देशक जनरल नसीर लूताहका अनुसार दुबइमा मानिसहरुको वजन नियन्त्रणका लागि वर्षेनी विभिन्न कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गर्ने गरिएको छ ।
भिडीयो हेर्न को लागि माथि को बक्स मा क्लिक गर्नु होस्
एजेन्सी । तपाईले मोबाइल फोनबाट त्यो पनि सिम प्रयोग गरेर पक्कै फेसबुक चलाउने गर्नु भएको छ होला । यस्तै, कार्य गर्ने एक स्कुले किशोरीका लागी यो कार्य निकै महंगो साबित भएको छ । बाबु-आमासँग घुम्न निस्केकी एक १४ वर्षीय किशोरीले मोबाइलबाट फेसबुकमा फोटो अपलोड गर्दा करिब साढे ५ लाख रूपैयाँको मोबाइल बिल आएपछी ती किशोरीसहित उनका परिवार छक्क परेका छन् ।
१४ वर्षकी केसी स्नुकले आफ्ना साथीहरूलाई फेसबुकमा आफू घुमेको ठाऊँ देखाउन भन्दै फोटोहरू अपलोड गरेकी थिइन् । घुम्न गएको ठाऊँमा उनको फोनमा रोमिङ चार्ज लाग्ने भएपनि यति ठूलो रकम तिर्नु पर्छ भन्ने सोचेकी थिइनन् । सामान्य रूपमा मोबाइलमा फेसबुक चलाउँदा ७ हजार तिर्ने गरेका उनले रोमिङका कारण साढे ५ लाख तिर्नु पर्ने भएपछी उनीसहित उनका परिवार छक्क परेका हुन् ।
केसीकी आमा केट स्नुकले मोबाइल बिल सुन्दा आफू शारीरिक रूपमा नै बिरामी परेको अनुभव भएको बताएकी छिन् । उनले आफुले फोटोहरू अपलोड गर्दा यति ठुलो रकम तिर्नु पर्ने नसोचेको बताएकी छिन् । आफुहरूले मात्र ७ हजारमा मोबाइलमा फेसबुक चलाउने गरेको र रोमिङका कारण यति ठुलो रकम तिर्नुपर्छ भन्ने सोचाई कहिल्यै नआएको बताएकी छिन् ।
यता मोबाइल कम्पनी ओरेन्जले आफुहरूले केसीलाई आफुहरूले मोबाइलको बिल धेरै हुँदै गएको र अझै पनि डाटा प्रयोग गर्ने हो भनि मेसेज पठाएको बताएको छ । क्षमताभन्दा बढी डाटा खर्च भइसकेको भन्दै आफुहरुले केसीलाई थप डाटा प्रयोग गर्ने या नगर्ने भनेर मेसेज पठाउँदा उनले प्रयोग गर्ने भनेर मेसेज पठाएको बताएका छन् ।
एजेन्सी । तपाईले मोबाइल फोनबाट त्यो पनि सिम प्रयोग गरेर पक्कै फेसबुक चलाउने गर्नु भएको छ होला । यस्तै, कार्य गर्ने एक स्कुले किशोरीका लागी यो कार्य निकै महंगो साबित भएको छ । बाबु-आमासँग घुम्न निस्केकी एक १४ वर्षीय किशोरीले मोबाइलबाट फेसबुकमा फोटो अपलोड गर्दा करिब साढे ५ लाख रूपैयाँको मोबाइल बिल आएपछी ती किशोरीसहित उनका परिवार छक्क परेका छन् ।
१४ वर्षकी केसी स्नुकले आफ्ना साथीहरूलाई फेसबुकमा आफू घुमेको ठाऊँ देखाउन भन्दै फोटोहरू अपलोड गरेकी थिइन् । घुम्न गएको ठाऊँमा उनको फोनमा रोमिङ चार्ज लाग्ने भएपनि यति ठूलो रकम तिर्नु पर्छ भन्ने सोचेकी थिइनन् । सामान्य रूपमा मोबाइलमा फेसबुक चलाउँदा ७ हजार तिर्ने गरेका उनले रोमिङका कारण साढे ५ लाख तिर्नु पर्ने भएपछी उनीसहित उनका परिवार छक्क परेका हुन् ।
केसीकी आमा केट स्नुकले मोबाइल बिल सुन्दा आफू शारीरिक रूपमा नै बिरामी परेको अनुभव भएको बताएकी छिन् । उनले आफुले फोटोहरू अपलोड गर्दा यति ठुलो रकम तिर्नु पर्ने नसोचेको बताएकी छिन् । आफुहरूले मात्र ७ हजारमा मोबाइलमा फेसबुक चलाउने गरेको र रोमिङका कारण यति ठुलो रकम तिर्नुपर्छ भन्ने सोचाई कहिल्यै नआएको बताएकी छिन् ।
यता मोबाइल कम्पनी ओरेन्जले आफुहरूले केसीलाई आफुहरूले मोबाइलको बिल धेरै हुँदै गएको र अझै पनि डाटा प्रयोग गर्ने हो भनि मेसेज पठाएको बताएको छ । क्षमताभन्दा बढी डाटा खर्च भइसकेको भन्दै आफुहरुले केसीलाई थप डाटा प्रयोग गर्ने या नगर्ने भनेर मेसेज पठाउँदा उनले प्रयोग गर्ने भनेर मेसेज पठाएको बताएका छन् ।