Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish annoyed over Carling Cup schedule

Kenny Dalglish

 Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish said that the scheduling of Carling Cup quarter-final is "irresponsible".

Liverpool will play against Chelsea in the quarter-final match on Tuesday. Liverpool has just played against Manchester City on Sunday and beaten Chelsea a week ago.

"Forty-eight hours is a bit irresponsible for the people who've organised the dates of the matches," he said.

''To ask any team or any players to play two games of high intensity in 48 hours is a bit of a joke."

The Linearity of Logic

Linear Thinking is defined as,

a process of thought following known cycles or step-by-step progression where a response to a step must be elicited before another step is taken.

If a = b, and b = c, then a = c. The application of linear thinking can be found in the well known Socratic Method:

a form of inquiry and debate between individuals with opposing viewpoints based on asking and answering questions to stimulate rational thinking and to illuminate ideas

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print.
Laurell K. Hamilton

Reference:http://chuckslamp.com/index.php/2009/04/11/non-linearthinking/

Career Pakistan is searching for 3 Recruitment Executives

 3 Recruitment Executives for full-time work at the Islamabad office of Career Pakistan.

Number of positions: 3 

Position Location: Blue Area, Islamabad

Salary range: 10K to 20K per month (inclusive of transport allowance)

Phone allowance: Actual usage for office-work up to 2K per month

Office hours: 9 30 AM to 5 30 PM office hours Mon to Fri -- for work in Career Pakistan Blue Area Islamabad office

Essential requirements

-Excellent interpersonal communication skills (in English)

-Education at prestigious local or foreign schools/universities 

-Work experience: Fresh graduates -- Up to 3 years work experience

Scope of work

-Headhunting (Executive Search -- searching for candidates for various executive-level positions) 

-All other areas associated with Executive Search

Required
-You must have your own laptop


Deadline
-Applicants will be hired on a first-come-first-served basis

How to apply
-Please e-mail CV to:

Aisha Ommaya
aisha@careerpakistan.org


Company website
www.careerpakistan.pk

Body Language Of Empathy Is Genetically Wired Say Scientists

Scientists have researched over the roles our genes play in determining our social behaviour. From this very informative article on MNT I learnt that there's a hormone produced by our hypohlamuses (brain) called  oxytoxin. As reported, "It (oxytoxin) has targets or receptors all over the body and also within the brain and plays a key role in female reproduction. It has also been linked to trust, love, bonding, reducing the impact of negative responses, and social recognition".

Scientists fom University of  University of California studied this hormone's effect on different people and found out that those having the GG cpmbination of oxytoxin receptor (amongst the AG AA or GG) were" most able to interpret others' emotions and showed the most empathic ability, while those with AA and AG combinations were less able to put themselves in the shoes of others and also were more likely to become stressed under pressure"

Researchers from University of Toronto at Mississauga in Canada carried out a very interesting experiment. They filmed 23 romantic couples. One amongst the couple had to express his feelings while the other one was being observed by researchers as a "listener". They observed his body language, facial expreesions etc and then compared the results with their blood tests (exposing AA oxytoxin receptors).

Kogan, Saturn (the lead researcher) and colleagues found that listeners carrying GG versions of the oxytoxin receptor gene were rated as more prosocial than those carrying AG or AA versions.

"People can't see genes, so there has to be something going on that is signaling these genetic differences to the strangers," Kogan told the press. "What we found is that the people who had two copies of the G version displayed more trustworthy behaviors - more head nods, more eye contact, more smiling, more open body posture. And it was these behaviors that signaled kindness to the strangers."

All info collected from the article mentioned above

Planet's Population Needs More Food!

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has completed its first ever global assessment of planet's state.
According to report, farmers will have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to meet the needs of the world's expected 9 billion population. Which means they need to produce 1 billion tons more wheat, rice and other cereals and 200 million more tons of beef and other livestock, else poverty and hunger situations would be unbearable.

Nestle commits to end child labour

"Child labour has no place in our supply chain." -- Senior Nestle executive Jose Lopez.

Nestle, in collaboration with Fair Labour Association (FLA), has set out to eliminate child labour on cocoa farms supplying its factories. 

The firm signed a commitment to end child labour 10 years ago along with other international chocolate producers. In its statement it said that since the "cocoa supply chain is long and complex", food companies find it hard  "to establish exactly where their cocoa comes from and under what conditions it was harvested".

The FLA would examine Nestle's supply chains in Ivory Coast in January in order to determine where most of the cocoa comes from. The findings of the assessment will be published next year.

Contemporary Istanbul Brings Modern Art to Turkey

Contemporary Istanbul on celebrating its sixth anniversary, brings the most comprehensive contemporary to Turkey.

The premier art fair of the region gathered art lovers on November 24 - 27 at Istanbul Congress Center, Exhibition Area and Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Center, Rumeli Hall, showcased contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, installations and limited editions with the participation of national and foreign galleries. This edition brought together 90 contemporary art galleries from 20 countries, half of them international, featuring art initiatives, independent projects and publications along with art institutions in addition to exhibitions. 3000 contemporary artworks by 526 local and global artists were exhibited, more than 1000 collectors visited Contemporary Istanbul, more than 60.000 visitors were in CI 2011.

Liverpool draw with Manchester City, Mancini blamed Liverpool for Balotelli's send off

Balotelli argues with Mancini after the red card

The quest for the premier league title becomes more exciting as Manchester City draw with Liverpool to maintain their lead of 5 points over the champions Manchester United.

Captain Vincent Kompany headed at David Silva's corner to score the opening goal for Manchester City in 30 minutes. Just two minutes later Liverpool equalised when defender Joleon Lescott wrongfooted Joe Hart on Adam's shot from 25 yards.

Mario Balotelli was sent off on 82 minutes for putting his forearm into Skrtel's face as they contested for a high ball.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said that Liverpool's players tried to 'provoke' a red card from Balotelli.

"Mario has to pay attention because there are many players who will try to provoke him," he said.

“My impression is the referee gave a free kick and didn’t want to give the yellow card, but he did after all the Liverpool players went there.”

 A door was reported to be broken by the striker in the City dressing room after he was sent off. "If he damaged the door, he will pay for it, just like his house," Mancini said.

Stella McCartney Returns to London Fashion Week

Stella Nina McCartney also known as Stella McCartney is a 40 year old English fashion designer, daughter of former Beatles member "Sir Paul McCartney" and the late photographer and animal rights activist, "Linda McCartney".

The designer, who counts Hollywood stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet as fans, will show the range on February 18 during the unveiling of the 2012 autumn/winter 2012 collection, in London Fashion Week. However, she will still show her mainline autumn/winter 2012-13 collection in Paris on March 5 as planned.

It is sad that the next year will be a busy one for the label, as McCartney prepares for the 2012 London Olympics in her role as creative director for "Adidas" Team GB. And then from January 26 to February 14, the designer will be celebrating the World of Stella at Selfridges, which includes a new fragrance launch.

Kristen Stewart Joins "Snow White and the Huntsman"

Soon after wrapping up a whirlwind promotional tour for Breaking Dawn, Part 1 in the States, K-Stew is spotted back on the set of "Snow White and the Huntsman" in Surrey, UK. The 21 year old Kristen Stewart born "Kristen Jaymes Stewart", in the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman plays the role of the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron, Oscar winner) who is out to destroy her. But what she never imagined is that the young girl threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) who was dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power.

The film is directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Evan Daugherty, currently in production and is slated for release on June 1, 2012.

Alicia Keys Charity Work Against HIV/AIDS

Alicia Augello Cook better known by her stage name "Alicia Keys" is a 31 year old accomplished American singer, songwriter, actress and music producer raised by a single mother in Manhattan, New York. She became 11-time Grammy Award winner at the age of 27 and accomplished with more than 30 million albums sold worldwide, since 2001.

Alicia is a devoted AIDS activist, she along with Leigh Blake, longtime AIDS activist and film/TV producer, co-founded a non-profit organization Keep a Child Alive (KCA), a people’s movement that provides life-saving AIDS medicine and surrounding care to children and families in Africa and India. The organization also provides support to AIDS orphans left behind to keep the most vulnerable children out of harms way.

On this World AIDS Day, which takes place this Thursday, December 1st, Alicia will be airing her latest documentary on the subject Keep a Child Alive With Alicia Keys.

"Helping keep a child, or mother, or father or brother or sister alive means turning the worst epidemic of our lifetime into the greatest victory of our generation.” said Alicia in an article for CNN

How Many Healthy Fellows Do We Have On The Planet???

In 2001, chronic diseases contributed approximately 59% of the 56.5 million total reported deaths in the world and 46%of the global burden of disease. And 80% of them are from developing countries.
This is how world is suffering at large scale. Thanks to Bill and Malinda who dedicated their lived for others health. New and weird diseases are getting discovered. Some take years to get solved.

Going back to 1340s, The Black Death, or The Black Plague, was one of the most deadly pandemics in human history. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 75 million people; there were an estimated 20 million deaths in Europe alone. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between a third and two-thirds of Europe's population. Maybe an infected rat travelled from Asia thru Amazon forest and entered European port.

The point is, this planet is one no matter what boundaries we set. And the only way to fight it is to eradicate the threatening diseases from the globe. because it is all we all have ! :-)

Evidence for the Existence of a Hypnotic State

Eyes in the normal waking state (top) and under hypnosis (bottom). 

 

(Credit: Image courtesy of Suomen Akatemia (Academy of Finland)
A recent study made by a group of researchers from  Finland (University of Turku and Aalto University) and Sweden (University of Skövde) reveal the importance of 'glazed eyes' in a hypnotic state.They claim to have found the first evidence of the existence of a conscious state in humans.The study suggests that the glazed eyes are not just a mental imagery that takes place during normal wakening state but it has infact, much deeper meanings in terms of psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

"The researchers used high-resolution eye-tracking methodology and presented a set of well-established oculomotor tasks that trigger automatic eye behavior. They found the glazed stare was accompanied by objectively measurable changes in automatic, reflexive eye behavior that could not be imitated by non-hypnotized participants." , reports Science Daily.The person studied was a highly hypnotizable one, who  would just get hypnotized and dehypnotized by a single word cue.

Uptil this research, a hypnotic state had never been scientifically proven and researchers had considered it just a psychology myth.