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      Earn money by reading positive news of your interest

      Earning money online is the current buzz everywhere. It is very popular among youngsters as they use online earning programs to earn the extra pocket money every month. There are many online revenue generating sites which requires either little or no money to sign in and start earning money on various plans.

      Some of the common programs which we would have heard of are based on Paid for Clicks. The logic behind this is very simple. When you put up an ad on the web, it definitely costs you and you need to gain something out of it. The products needs recognition and this can be achieved when they are placed on popular sites like Google. When these ads are clicked, the Google automatically generates income.

      Likewise, there are sites which take in these ads and gets money when each ad is clicked on, also paying the one who clicks on those ads. This way both the user as well as the site owner earns and so does the product owner (in terms of recognition). These ads can be on any product or service. It just requires few minutes for you to sign in and click on then as you are done.

      Online earning has been profitable to many and there are many such ways of doing so. The common earning method from the online medium is through blogging. All you need is a catchy title with attractive content. But in order to be able to write that much of attractive content you need to have that much of information for writing on interesting topics. There are sites which provide you different means of making money online, but are there any sites which pay you for learning?

      Yes, there are sites which pay you to read useful news and increase your IQ. Here, one earns money by reading positive news of their interest. All you need to do is to sign in your account on the site, and click on the day’s positive news. This step is an initiative to educate the youth with positive and valuable news, along with an advantage of earning simultaneously.

      The news covers topics on current issues of concern around the world and positive quotes, with the motive of sending out positive thought to their users. This is a high-tech world where everyone is busy just earning and making their lives better with money which has taken over the youths completely as internet has become as easy way means of quick money.

      Also, the news which is given by the sites is of the user’s interest. They depend on what the users like to read according to the profile filled by them while signing in. This way, if one is interested in education, travel, technology or anything, then they will get news related to these fields, which will not only interest them but they will be paid to read it. What more can you ask for? Now this called fun, to earn while you learn.

      What can be the easiest way to earn money than by viewing ads online? Join viewbestads.com for free and make money by clicking on ads and you can get 1/3 of the amount as money and the remaining 2/3 as potential gifts. Also Get certified at your negotiated price and get benefited from those who join in through your reference.


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      What does anchorwomen usually say when they start reading the news?

      What are their opening words when they started to get into the main news or headline news?
      and what for closing after finish reading the news?

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      Reading Health News Articles

      If you want to stay up to date with the current trends in health, it would help to read at least one or two health news articles daily. Even if you are under the care of a good general practitioner, you can never be sure that he is aware of all the latest in health news. Health articles sometimes need months, even years, before they generate enough popularity for people to take note of them. It seems that people who read health newsletters, health bloggers, and health pioneers are the only ones able to keep abreast of the most recent developments.


      Regular reading of health articles is beneficial especially if you are dealing with any chronic health problem. Scientists researching on the many different diseases are on the verge of finding a cure. Reports are made almost everyday about a new radical treatment for AIDS, cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. There are diseases deemed hopeless just a few years ago that can now be treated with newly formulated drugs and other unconventional methods.


      Needless to say, caution is necessary when reading any health article particularly if the item was penned by a journalist without any scientific or medical background. Health articles are usually slanted towards promises of miraculous cures, which would only be disproved later. An ordinary reporter may reference the health article on complicated research studies that are often times beyond his comprehension. Thus, it comes as no surprise if the report will focus on the therapeutic claims scientists make while remaining silent on the veracity of such claims. Even preliminary findings are presented as if they are already the conclusions and recommendations.


      Therefore, you need to make sure before following any of the recommendations given in a health article. When you are able to distinguish the good from the bad, you will find that there are many health articles that include sensible advice. You can learn on ways of getting the best workout, choosing the foods to eat or avoid to alleviate seasonal problems, and similar things. However, be wary about health articles that sound too good to be true. If you are interested about a miracle cure mentioned in a health article, it is best that you talk with your physician before experimenting with it. Being skeptical is good once in a while if only to be realistic. It will also prevent you from trying every new thing that comes out. On the other hand, if a health article sounds really convincing, logical and right, you may do test it out. Health article recommendations are, at the very least, unlikely to be harmful. For all you know, it could be the miracle cure you are waiting for.

      Reading health news articles can keep you upto date with the latest advances in health. Stay informed with the latest health news at http://www.healthintense.com


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      Reading the Online Poker News Will Help you Become a Pro

      Online poker is undoubtedly a popular recreation for hundreds of thousands of people today. However, if you want to become a serious poker player, you need to continually educate yourself with strategies, expert tips as well as online poker news. You should strive to improve your game through all these information.

      If you see yourself earning consistent income through poker and exactly want to be one, know that there is a considerable amount of effort you have to exert to be one. Just like in any other profession or expertise, you need to work at going to the top. Poker players rarely ever become instant stars. Any poker pro will tell you how they have spent hours and hours on end in poker rooms to gain the experience they have. This is exactly what you need to do if you want to gain the same level of expertise. In fact you should pay attention to the poker rooms you decide to play in because poker rooms hold a very important role in your success.

      Online poker experts also learn a number of effective tips and strategies away from poker rooms that have helped them succeed. The Internet has a wealth of very useful resources, articles, online poker news and other educational materials that discusses each and every aspect of the game. You will surely not have problems looking for them – they are literally everywhere on the Internet.

      Online poker news usually contains a lot of useful and updated information about the most recent happenings in the online poker community. There is no better channel to learn about the latest important issues from law and legality, to bonuses and promotions, to warnings, and other related topics than through online poker news. Part of the daily habit of a poker pro is reading online poker news, so it should be part of yours, too!

      On the other hand, there are also great educational materials that come in the form of books written by the most successful poker pros. Teachings on how to improve the game and your skills should come from the best. Poker pros have the best tactics in poker, and learning how they do it will give you better chances to succeed.

      As you can see, there is definitely no excuse for you not to improve your game. With the multitude of available resources, websites, online poker news sites, books and other educational materials, you have all the means to help you succeed in your game. There is still no better way to improve your game than to spend as much time as you can in poker rooms, but educating yourself as well will give you a further edge over the others.

      Poker is a straightforward and fairly simple game. However, when it comes to the math and to effective strategies, you will need to give yourself some edge over your opponents. In the same way, you should always strive to improve your online poker game by educating yourself. By reading and finding out information, you can make that successful transition from a regular losing poker player to a very successful one.

      Knowledge is the key to success in all poker rooms. If you want useful and comprehensive strategies to improve your poker play, read all the online poker news as well as recent updates in the online poker industry!


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      News Paper Reading Habit Among the Professional College Staff Members for Various Points of View: a Survey

      INTRODUCTION

      News papers have collected information from all directions. It helps to improve reading habit, knowledge skills and current awareness about world. Most of the people wish they read more. It is an activity that is both fun and enlightening. It can help us be more knowledgeable and successful. However, it is an activity that many people don’t engage in very much. According to the 1999 National Household Education Survey, 50% of the U.S. population aged 25 and over read a newspaper at least once a week, read one or more magazines regularly, and had read a book in the past 6 months. What does this mean? It means that 50% of the population hasn’t read a book in the last six months! And most of the staff members read the news papers for various purposes it’s clearly defined this article. So now a day news papers reading habit important for all the staff members because more information’s exist and to identify the latest development in their subject or field.

      REVIEW OF LITERATURE

      Begum and Ramesh (1991) investigated the Factors inhibiting the public library use; A case study of city central library, Mysore. This article “Factors inhibiting the public library use” analyzed the responses gathered from the users of the City central library, Mysore, India. Assesses the reading interests, factors inimical to the use of City central library, availability of reading materials and the necessary improvements suggested by the users to the existing conditions of City central library ., Mysore.

      Somsong(1999), Reading habit promotion in ASEAN libraries. This paper described the different activities that ASEAN Libraries had undertaken to promote reading by increasing awareness among their people. Firstly, factors limiting reading habit in ASEAN Libraries had been approached. Secondly roles of local institutes or organizations in helping libraries conducting reading habit promotion had been acknowledged. Finally some suggestions on effective methods and successful programs of reading habit promotion by ASEAN Libraries had been collected

      Bndaka(2007) investigated the using newspaper articles to develop students’ Reading skills in senior high school that the aim of this paper is to present a reading lesson which was initially designed for the students of Peiramatiko Senior High School (Experimental Senior High School) of Patras, Greece and more specifically for class A of Senior High School. The main aim of the lesson was to develop the students’ reading skills using a newspaper article and help student’s gain confidence when faced with authentic texts. The planning of the lesson was based on the belief that students should be exposed as much as possible to authentic reading texts so that they are given the chance to encounter real language and not only the language made up of course books

      RESEARCH DESIGN

      This topic deals with the content and the meaning of the undertaking study in terms of objectives and process of analyzing the formation of hypothesis. It also explains the methodology of study with respect to sampling from interview schedule, sources of data, method of data analysis and limitation of study.

      Objectives

      The main aim of the study is to analyze the News paper reading habit among the professional college staff members for various points of view: A survey. The following are the subsequent objectives:

      1. To study the socio economic conditions of professional college staff members.

      2. To study the news reading habit among the professional college staff communities.

      3. To observed the professional college staff members read the news paper for various purpose

      4. To make suggestions for the effective reading of news papers in the professional college staff community.

      Methodology

      For realizing the objectives of any study data, it is required and in turn, for the collection of data, a field is selected to realize the objectives of the study to collect data required for the purpose, the researcher choose News paper reading habit among the professional college staff members for various points of view: A survey

      Method of data collection

      For collecting the data the researcher has prepared interview schedule for the users and distributed to them. The empirical research design and random sampling technique was applied to select the sample.110 questioners were distributed to the sample and 105 were received back. Out of the 105 samples taken from professional college staff members in Einstein college of Engineering, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. 11 samples were from professor and 24 samples were from Asst. professor. 39 samples were from lecturer, 28 samples were from Non teaching staff and 3 samples were from others staff community.

      Data Analysis

      The collected data were entered in the master table and sub-tables were created. The statistical tools like average and weighted percentage have been used.

      ANALYSIS

      SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF THE STAFF MEMBERS

      Table.1

      Distribution of professional college staff community according to Sex.

      S.No Occupation Male Female Total

      1 Professor 6

      (54.5)

      5

      (45.5) 11

      (10.5)

      2 Asst. Professor 14

      (58.3) 10

      (41.7)

      24

      (22.8)

      3 Lecturer 31

      (79.5)

      8

      (20.5) 39

      (37.1)

      4 Non teaching staff 22

      (78.6)

      6

      (21.4) 28

      (26.7)

      5 Others 2

      (66.7)

      1

      (33.3) 3

      (2.9)

      Total 75

      (71.4) 30

      (28.6) 105

      (100)

      Note: * Source computed

      ** Entries within parenthesis denote percentage

      The data in table 1 indicate the distribution of professional college staff members according to sex. Out of all the respondents, 71.4 percent are male followed by Female (28.6).

      Among all the professional staff members, more than 75 percent of the respondents from male are seen in Lecturer (79.5) and Non teaching (78.6) staff communities and more female respondents are seen in Professor (45.5) and Asst. Professor (41.7) staff communities.

      It is clearly seen from the above discussion that the more than 75 percent of male staff members in lecturer and Non teaching staff are reading the news paper then female.

      Table.2

      Distribution of professional college staff community according to their occupation wise.

      S.No Occupation No. of Response No response

      1 Professor 11(10.5) -

      2 Asst. Professor 24(22.8) -

      3 Lecturer 39(37.1) -

      4 Non teaching staff 28(26.7) -

      5 Others 3(2.9) -

      Total 105(100) -

      Note: * Source computed

      ** Entries within parenthesis denote percentage

      The data in table 2 indicate the distribution of professional college staff according to their occupation wise. Out of all the respondents, Most of the respondents are lecturers (37.1) and followed by the non teaching staff (26.7), Asst. Professor (22.8), Professor (10.5) and few respondents (2.9) are others staff member

      NEWS PAPER READING HABIT

      Table.3

      Distribution of professional college staff members according to the habit of reading news papers.

      S.No

      Professional college staff Habit of reading news papers

      Total

      Yes No

      1 Professor 7

      (63.6) 4

      (36.4) 11

      (10.5)

      2 Asst..Professor 19

      (79.2) 5

      (20.8) 24

      (22.8)

      3 Lecturer 30

      (76.9) 9

      (23.1) 39

      (37.1)

      4 Non teaching staff 26

      (92.8) 2

      (7.2) 28

      (26.7)

      5 Others 1

      (33.3) 2

      (66.7) 3

      (2.9)

      Total 83

      (79.0) 22

      (21.0) 105

      (100)

      Note: * Source computed

      ** Entries within parenthesis denote percentage

      The data in table 3 indicate the distribution of professional college staff members according to the habit of reading news papers. Out of all the total respondents, 79.0 percent are having the habit of reading news papers and (21.0) respondents do not have the habit of reading news papers.

      Among all the professional college staff members , majority of respondents are from non teaching staff who are having the habit of reading news papers followed by Asst.Professor (79.2), and Professor (63.6). More respondents from others (66.2) do not have the habit of reading news papers.

      Table.4

      S.No Frequency Response Percentage

      1 Daily 35 33.3

      2 Twice or Thrice per week 31 29.5

      3 Once in a week 22 21.0

      4 Very rarely 17 16.2

      5 Never 0 0.0

      Total 105 100

      Distribution of professional course staff members according to frequency of reading news papers

      Source: computed

      The data in table 4 indicate the distribution of professional course staff members according to the frequency of reading news papers. Among all the total respondents, 33.3 percent are to read the news papers ‘daily’ and followed by the persons are Twice or thrice per week (29.5), once in a week (21.0), very rarely (16.2) and no one (0.0) never read the news papers.

      Table.5

      Distribution of professional college staff community according to the reading habit of news papers from various points of view.

      Professional college staff Reading News papers for various point of view

      Total

      Main heading Important news Political news Employment

      news Entertainment news

      Professor 2

      (28.6) 2

      (8.6) 2

      (28.6) 1

      (14.2) 0

      (0.0) 7

      (8.4)

      Asst..Professor 5

      (26.3) 4

      (21.1) 0

      (0.0) 10

      (52.6) 0

      (0.0) 19

      (22.9)

      Lecturer 7

      (23.3) 2

      (6.7) 6

      (20.0) 15

      (50.0) 0

      (0.0) 30

      (36.1)

      Non Teaching staff 0

      (0.0) 0

      (0.0) 2

      (7.7) 16

      (61.5) 8

      (30.8) 26

      (31.3)

      Others 0

      (0.0) 0

      (0.0) 0

      (0.0) 0

      (0.0) 1

      (10.0) 1

      (1.3)

      Total 14

      (16.9) 8

      (9.6) 10

      (12.1) 42

      (50.6) 9

      (10.8) 83

      (100)

      Note: * Source computed

      ** Entries within parenthesis denote percentage

      The data in table 4 indicate the distribution of professional college staff members from various points of view. Out of all the total respondents, 50.6 percent read news papers for employment news, followed by the Main headings (16.9), Political news (12.1), Entertainment (10.8) and important news (9.6).

      Among all categories of the college staff members, more than half of respondents are lecturers (50.0), Ass. Professors (52.6) and Non teaching staff community read the news paper for employment news. Others staff community read entertainment news only. Few respondents who are professor (28.6) and Asst.Professor (26.3) read main headings and important news in the news papers.

      FINDINGS, SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSION

      SOCIO ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF THE STAFF MEMBERS

      The findings on distribution of professional college staff members according to sex revealed the following facts. The staff members from male read the news papers than female.

      NEWS PAPER READING HABIT AND VARIOUR PURPOSE

      The findings on distribution of professional college staff members according to habit of reading news papers revealed following facts. More than 75 percent of the professional college staff members are having the habit of reading news papers. More Non teaching staff communities have the habit of reading news paper. More others group staff community do not have the habit of reading news paper.

      The findings on distribution of professional college staff members according to frequency of reading news papers revealed following facts most of staff members read the news papers daily and twice or thrice per week. Some staff members read the news papers once in a week and very rarely.

      The findings on distribution of professional college staff members according to the reading habit of news papers from various points of views revealed following facts. More than half of the staff members are Non teaching, Asst. professor and lecturer read the news papers for employment news purpose .Others staff community read only entertainment news from the news paper.

      Constraints:

      Most of the staff members have felt that news papers must be read completely but time is too short for them to read the news paper.

      SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

      In order to maintain and raise the News paper reading habit among the professional college staff members for various points of view the following suggestions may be found useful.

      1. To promote news paper reading habit among the others staff community in professional college.

      2. Electronic news papers are more help to read all information very short period.

      3. Online news papers may help to find out latest development in various field, employment news, and other important news.

      4. Now day’s professional college staff members must read the news papers for improve their knowledge skills.

      5. The educational institutions should motivate and give opportunity to the professional college staff members for read online news papers and improve their knowledge skills.

      6. The following are some suggestions to help you strengthen your reading habit ways to find and make more time for reading, always have a book around, set a reading goal, keep a log, keep a list, turn off the television, listen when you can’t read, Join a reading group or book club, Join a reading group or book club, build your own strategy and drop everything read

      CONCLUSION

      In this study the researcher concluded that the staff members from male read the news papers than female. More than 75 percent of the professional college staff members are having the habit of reading news papers. More Non teaching staff communities have the habit of reading news paper. Majority of the staff members read the news papers for employment and entertainment news only.

      REFERENCES

      BOOKS

      Allen, Harrell.T. New methods in Social Science Research. New york: Praeger Publishers, 1978

      Kothari, C.P. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Delhi: Wishwa prakashan, 1990.

      Kumaresan, S.C and Swaminathan,S. Library science unleashed. Trichy: Rock City Publications, 2003

      JOURNALS

      Begum, Khaiser Jahan and Ramesh, C.P. “Factors inhibiting the public library use: A case study of city central library, Mysore.” Library Review. (1991): 332-350.

      Bertot,John Carlo, Mcclure, Charles R and Ryan ,Joe Statistics. “Performance Measures for Public Library Networked Services.” Library and Information Science Research.23 (3)2001:299-300

      Bndaka ,Eleni. “Using newspaper articles to develop students’ Reading skills in senior high school”. The Reading Matrix 7 (1)(2007)

      Somsong, Sangkaeo . “Reading habit promotion in ASEAN libraries.” 65th IFLA Council and General Conference Bangkok, Thailand. 28August1999.

      Yilmaz ,Bülent. “Reading and library usage habits of the students whose mother tongue is Turkish in Vienna, Austria.”66thIFL council and General conference Jerusalem, Israel. (2000): 13-18.

      Arulraj, R is working as Librarian in Department of Library and information science of Einstein college of Engineering, Tiruneveli District (Tamil Nadu). He has completed

      BSc (Botany), MLIS and Mphil (Library and Information science). Now he is doing PGDLAN (Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking) course. He has three years experience in Library professional. His research interest includes reading habit, performance evaluation, Knowledge management, users study and information seeking behaviors in library and information science. He is also involved in writing more research articles on different topics. He is the member of SALIS (Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science and Librarian world.com.

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