Google Plus - A New Era in Social Networking

Google, known for its search engine has just launched Google plus which is expected to diminish the use of Facebook with the passage of time. At the start, Google Plus has sent only few invitations for Beta Testing and the invitation option is now closed for a moment. But it is expected that it will be open soon and everyone will be able to join the new Google Plus through invitations. If anyone wants to join Google Plus, just post your email in the Comments Box and I will send you the invitation as soon as Google allows it.




UPDATE: Invitations are open again, please give me your email and I will send you invitation :) And also follow my blog please :)

Pakistan Navy Jobs (Short Service Commission)

Jobs in Pakistan Navy

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PAF 108 Non GD Course Jobs

Pakistan Air Force 108 Non GD Course Jobs Announced

SPSSC: Special Purpose Short Service Commission in Education, Engineering and Medical Branches.

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A Reappraisal of Probabilistic Risk Analysis

Its basically an abstract of the article written by John Whitaker from University of Alberta.

In this article, the author come up with critical assessment of fault – tree analysis, concept of probability calculus and concept of acceptable risk to address issues of public safety. To demonstrate the technological hazards’ safety, introduction of probabilistic risk analysis into public debate is done. In this method, fault – tree techniques of reliability engineering are used together with probability theory for calculating the rate of failure for an engineered system. In Probabilistic Risk Analysis, conventional engineering and scientific fields; mechanical engineering, atmospheric diffusion, toxicology etc are used for predicting the consequences of failure. However, the ability of Probabilistic Risk Analysis is questioned whether it is applicable or not because of the serious flaws in analysis’ methodology.  The main flaws that are addressed include inaccuracy, inappropriateness and incompleteness. The probability calculation using fault – tree is not accurate even if all the possible failures could be foreseen and diagrammed. Fault – tree thinking, which is fundamentally linear thinking, is not likely to include many interaction effects. There are several acts and situations addressed in the article that cannot be diagrammed using fault – trees. Due to its concentration technological and scientific causes, fault – tree analysis ignores the human errors/factors which are main cause of system misfortunes. These errors are indicated as Emotional stress, illness, fatigue, etc. The use of Fault – trees is questioned to evaluate system safety in a satisfactory manner because of the system requirements of all failure modes to be expected which is actually not possible. So, for the purpose of illustrating the above flaws, different examples are used from recent accidents. The author has given the reasons for the abandonment of the theory of the probability risk analysis and concentrating on refinement and development of the traditional hazard improvement procedures of mitigation and redundancy.

Short Articles on Web Designing

Multidisciplinary Requirements of Website Plan

Web design crosses various disciplines of information systems, information technology, communication, and marketing design. Website is a complete information system whose constituents are sometimes classified as the back-end and front-end. Page layout, user interface, text, graphics, audio and video are observable contents that are known as front-end. The other side is back-end that is basically the efficiency and organization of source code, server side components, and invisible scripted functions that process the results (outputs) from the front-end on the web design. Considering the size and requirements of the web development project, it can be carried out by some multi-skilled web master or the project manager can oversee the collaborative design between team members acquiring specialized skills. 

Web design includes multiple intersections among different technical and social understanding layers, demanding creative direction and designing element structure. Different methods lead to successful deployment of software, education and team management throughout the design process. However, there are many competing platforms that challenge acceptance, completion and the continuity of design product.

Website Development Process

Web design is term that is used broadly to encompass the way by which the content (generally hypertext or hypermedia) can be delivered to the end user through World Wide Web by using different web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Mozilla Firefox and many other web-enabled software’s in order to display the contents of the web page in the best possible manner. The main intent is to develop a website which is a collection of the content including applications and documents that are placed on the web server(s). A website may consist of text, images, audio, videos and other content and can also be interactive. So, it is a web design that basically embeds all these into a website. It involves the structure of a website that includes information structure (naming conventions and the navigation schemes), the pages and their layout (page schematics or wireframes are created for the consistent placement of items), and conceptual design with branding.

 

New Programs and Utilities Enabling Improved Methods of Website Development

As the concept of web and web design shown progress, the languages have become more complex and also flexible providing the facility to add different objects like tables and images to websites. Features such as tables were originally meant to be used for the purpose of showing tabular information, were subverted for usage as different invisible layout devices.  Table-based layout is now regarded as outdated after the development of Cascade Style Sheets (CSS). Database integration technologies, for instance, service-side scripting and the design standards such as W3C has further changed the way of developing a web design for different web pages. With the passage of time, the inside codes and visual designs of websites are changing with the help of new programs and utilities available.

There are now hundreds and thousands of companies established around the world that provide the services of developing a web design for you. There are many companies that are opening their offices in countries like Romania, Russia and India due to lower labor rates.

Planning As the Basis of Website Development

To plan web design is a difficult and complex task but an essential ongoing activity. It is important to think deeply and take some time on planning about the requirements and what you need in the website before you start creating and upload the website. It is extremely important to consider the target market thoroughly and defining the main purpose and deciding that content to be developed.  

Web design can be similar but in a very simplistic manner to traditional print publishing. Each and every website is a container of information display just like a book; and each web page is just like a page in book. However, websites contain framework based on the digital code as well as display technology to construct the environment for the purpose of distribution of the information in different formats. It will not be wrong to say that web design is the now the most sophisticated and the complex method to support the communication channels in the today’s world.

Use of HTML, XML, and XHTML Tags in Web Pages

Web design can be defined as the creation of websites and pages using HTML, JavaScript, CSS and other web languages. It is just like a design in general that is a combination of lines, textures, shapes and colors to create an aesthetically striking and pleasing look. Elements such as texts, forms, images (JPEGs, PNGs, and GIFs), audio and videos can be placed at the web page using HTML, XML, XHTML tags. So, web design is the concept of creating a design for web pages using different types of languages and tags to show your content in the required manner. Some of the browsers may require different plug-ins such as QuickTime, Java run-time, Adobe Flash etc in order to display some media that is embedded into the web page using HTML /XHTML tags.

After the improvement in different browser’s compliance with the W3C standards, it prompted a widespread usage and acceptance of HTML/XHTML tags in combination with the CSS in order to position and manipulate the web page elements.

Layout Types of Websites

The outcomes of the web design layout are visual content frameworks which can be fixed, or can use measuring units that are relative, or even they provide fluid layout consisting proportional dimensions. The content layout must be addressed by the deployment flowchart that is a useful tool for any design project. There are many measuring units that exit in web design layout, but following are the popular dimension formats:

• Results of pixel in static or fixed content
• Measuring proportional content results relative to font-size

Proportional, hybrid and liquid layout are also referred as dynamic designs. Hybrid layout as its name suggest, is any combination of proportional, fluid or fixed elements within a single web page. The digital internal conventions that are generally prescribed by W3C have made possible the concept of hybrid web design framework. If the layout doesn’t conform to the standard design principles, then it will not be appearing as it should be. It is important to know the current standards for effective hybrid design.

Clear Concepts, Conceptualize and Make Points before You Start

As you plan to start a web design, you first must create some outlines in mind. You are required to have abstract of the design of your website. You must have a clear concept of what you want to generate out of your thoughts and how you are going to craft it into a website. For creating a web design, you must have a blueprint of your idea either on your mind or on paper. This makes you to use your own ingenious ideas for an attractive and striking website. Then if you are obvious of what you want to do with your website, then you should move further and formulate it.

When it comes to software for designing a website, one doesn’t have much choice. But Adobe’s Photoshop is one of the best choices available. It has all the equipments required for making an eye-catching web design. On the other hand there are also other tools available that you can use to create a perfect website.

Creating a Good Website

With the passage of time, creating a web design is becoming more easy and interesting. Few years back, it was a common thought that only computer nerds can develop a website. But after the introduction of new languages, software, XHTML and PHP content management systems, it has now become much easier to create different blogs and websites for a common man also. 

But on the other hand, creating a good web design is still a very difficult task to do as there are too many things to be considered from the Search Engine Optimization and visitors’ point of views. You will find different types of websites on internet including static and dynamic websites. So, it is important to design the right type of website for your business or any other purpose which is not at all an easy task to do these days. There is wide range of CMS solutions available to you and you can make the best choice out of them.

Buck Current Web Trends

A Web design is the depiction of trends: subtle 3D effects, Gradients, textures, glows and shadows. They all are trends but if one wants to be exclusive and different one must add diversity in his work. Stand out of the line and set your own style and manner!

The basics of web design and print design are identical. You are required to deal with colors and fonts, look for space and design, and then place your layout in a manner that can put your message across. An excellent web design is like an excellent design. If you are aware of the essentials and requirements of creating a good website, then you will have a website that is rewarding and worthy. The basics of a fine web design is concerned everywhere, whether it’s a web page, t-shirt or a business card. And you can be an exclusive designer if you are known of the basics of a fine and best design.

Clean Design - Attractive Design

In a web design, more you use exuberant graphics and styles; the less likely you are to be noticed. Unsullied and unblemished designs are always worth noticing and appealing to the visitors of your website. One must look for not messing up the things and go for easy and uncomplicated approach while developing his website. The ease and simplicity in web design provides an edge and makes it more user-friendly.

 Throughout the world, experts use the straightforward approach of Keep it Simple, Stupid (KISS) in making a web design. If your website is more easy and straightforward to use, then it is obvious that the users will be more comfortable in using your design. Also, there must be recurrent gaps in your web website. So you must be cautious about keeping the property of adding spaces in your web design.  This approach has both the long term and short term benefits and is gaining popularity among the designers as the time progresses.

Creating Front-End of a Website

Web design is commonly used term used to describe the various tasks that are involved in developing a web page. More particularly, it refers to the tasks that are focused on creating the front-end of the website.

A website consists of numerous pages that present information by using technologies and are linked together with hyperlinks. When you are creating a web design, there are two aspects to consider. The first one is presentation that user interacts with and the other is information for the browsers called “back-end”.

The basic language that is used to present information on a browser is called HTML. XHTML is also widely used language which is a stricter version of the HTML. By using HTML or XHTML, the web designers can tell browsers how to present the web page. In the recent years, CSS has changed the underlying structure of web pages (using HTML tags) from the visual appearance of the site. This approach has both the short term and long term benefits in web designing field.

How to Make Your Work Stand-Out among Others

All the programmers want their web design to stand out among other the only question arises here is,” What does that take?”

It is really easy and tempting to fill the web page with excessive information. But if you have left with some space on your web page, you shouldn’t be afraid of that. We are so much used to see web pages that are packed with information and if we find some space in a web design, it looks strange to us. Space is good and let your website breathe.

Always try to use graphics in your website but only the relevant graphics can make your web page attractive and appealing for users. For example, if you are developing a website for a mobile company, then it is good to use mobile phone images at the headers of your website. But that doesn’t mean you start overdoing this. Excessive graphics may lead to complicated web design that is worst thing for web designers.

Making Your Website Search Engine Friendly

Most of the companies want their web design be SEO friendly.  This allows the web site to load faster and also, ensures the inclusion of website in the search engines. When you are developing a website, try to make sure that you aren’t using heavy materials such as big graphics. Also, you must keep the size of your web design as low as possible. The visitors always want the faster website that loads in quick time and so the companies do like them. You can use optimizer tools that are available to you by the graphic editing software. For most of the websites, the basic aspects of the design are as follows:

• The content: The information on the website should be relevant and should be according the target market.
• The usability: The interface and navigation should be simple in order to make the website user friendly.
•  The appearance: There must be consistency in the text and graphics to show professionalism
• The overall structure: of website.

Making a Website at Lower Costs

Few years back if a person intended to make a website, he has to look for and rely on web designers who were expensive to afford for developing a web design for their website. But this not of the big issue these days because of the available information on the internet one can easily make its own inexpensive website. It’s not necessary that you must have enough money to create an outstanding website of your own, all you need is time.

 The best way of making a good quality and affordable web design is to learn the approach and then formulate it using your own skills and ideas. The availability of online tutorials is good source of doing it.

 Accessibility of online free web builders is also a feature that could be considered in making your website. Learning notions involves issue of spending of money but on the other hand one can save a lot of money by not hiring practitioners and using do it yourself approach.

What Makes a Difference When You Develop a Website?

Careful thought and planning always leads to a great web design. It doesn’t matter if it is your first time in making a website, or you are inexperienced webmaster, or you are using a small program like WYSIWYG HTML editor or notepad – the thing which really makes a difference is the plan. You must decide what should be included and how it should be presented in the website. If you spend good time thinking about the web design prior to start building it, then you are going to create an excellent website that visitors will like to visit again and again.

But when you start making your website, keep in mind that your website should be quick to load, easy to navigate and nice to look. People will bounce back to your website if you have useful information at your website. Also, try not to use pop-up windows as it irritates the visitors and they avoid visiting these types of websites.

Small Articles on Sectional Sofas

Small Room? Big Solution!

Try to save the space especially when you are in shortage of it and for this purpose, buy a small sectional sofa. These types of sofa sets generally consist of multiple components and can be arranged in different types of designs. In most of the cases, each sofa component is sold separately so that you can choose the best component according to your needs and looks you want to create for your room. This will allow you to use the space efficiently and you can easily create the best and different look of the room by using sectional sofa.

For instance, you can buy a small sectional sofa along with an open chaise end. This will allow you to have more seating space and you can easily put your feet up. There are some other sectionals that will offer you the flexibility of additional cushions allowing you to move in between chaise and sofa for your convenience and ease.

Myth of Embellishing a Home

 If you plan to decorate your home and utilize the maximum space available in your home, then you can include sectional sofa in your living or family room. This type of sofa contains a long couch which is a long sitting area joined together. You will get this sofa in pieces and then you will have to bolt it together after you get it delivered at your home. Usually, a sectional sofa is about ten feet, or even sixteen feet in length. The longer a sofa is, the more immobile it will be.

If you have children in your home, then you definitely need more space in your areas of living. This type of sofa will provide at least three seats without making you feel overcrowded. If you have even bigger family, then you can also buy some matching loveseat in order to create more sitting space in your room. Sectional Sofa can comprise of even eight seats if it is arranged properly.

Decorating a Small Room

Sectional sofa is the best option when it comes to decorate a small room because of its flexibility to move and structure according to your needs. By using a sectional, you can easily accommodate 5 people in place of three or six people in a space where you normally fit 4 people. This will make it quite easier for you to accommodate more guests in your small room. You can use different configurations of sectional sofa like attaching or detaching the ottomans or opening the sofa ends to make chaise ends in order to bring more people adjusted in the equivalent amount of space you have got in your room.

In order to use the space efficiently, measure out the dimensions of your room and the find the ideal spot that suits your room space and your needs. But here, you must look for the best design also that will create a good look for your room as space in not always the priority for everyone.

Enjoying Living Spaces at Home

Sectional sofas are designed for your living spaces so that you can enjoy them. It can include ice chest in-between seats, or there could be an armrest as a beverage holder. Now, there are some sectional sofas available that have two to three inclining chairs included in the same sofa. In this way, you can really enjoy and relax in your home without having different types of recliners in the room.

A regular will not provide you same big cushions or the space that sectional sofa can provide you. Sectionals will provide you more seating areas without taking your space along the wall. In case of setting a table among two regular sofas, you will have to place in in-between them. But sectional sofa will provide you the facility to have a corner connected table to save your space in such a way that you can also use that as another sitting area for people and specially kids at your home.

Flexible Way to Occupy Home Spaces

Modular sectional sofas are the type of sofas that include individual sectional pieces to be joined together according to the needs and requirements.  Even though, these kinds of sofas suit more to stylish homes, but there are new models coming to the market that can also work well with traditional homes too. Therefore, if you plan to buy modular sectional sofa for your home, then you will be enjoying many advantages for these types of sofas.

You can arrange it at any style you want to cover up the space in your home. Due to availability in individual pieces, you can buy your required number of pieces according to your requirements.  It means that if you have limited space, then you should go for small number of pieces and vice versa. Furthermore, sectional sofas allow extra flexibility in terms of arrangement patterns you want for your seating and place them at any part of the room easily.

Make the Best Choice While Having Different Options

When you plan to buy a new sectional sofa for your home, then you will find many options in terms of material and the costs associated with them. You will be different choices like microfiber, leather, vinyl or velvet made sofas. There is certainly a difference in the prices of these fabrics too. Modular sectional sofa with leather fabric will usually be of higher price as compared to the microfiber ones. These types of sofas also provide you the choice of different colors to be blended with your existing decors.  Also, there are some sofas that will come with some additional features such as removable cushions, bottom shelves and some of them will even have down-seat upgrade facility that will provide you the extra sleeping space in case you need it.

If you consider their flexibility and customizability, then you will find these sofas as a sensible and practical choice, other  than being a stylish and elegant addition to your home.

A Brief History of Sofa

The sectional sofas which we see in our homes are basically a modern connotation of couch. In the past, the couch was used to keep in the drawing room or the living room. In modern days, the couch which is basically a comfortable seating arrangement has taken the shape of sofa. And sectional sofa is further a modern type of sofa with multiple sections. It is usually made up of two to four sections that are joined at the angle of 90 degrees. These sofas are relatively at the higher level of prices as compared to the traditional sofas. There is wide variety of sectional sofas that is available in the market. These sofas can be made up of leather, cloth, microfiber and even they can be designed according to your requirements.

The market competition is getting very tough which has resulted in providing you the required sofa at your doorstep. If you are ordering your sofa online, then it can take up to 4 or 5 weeks for delivery.

Making Your Living Room a Luxurious Lounge

Sectional sofa is made up of fiber, leather or regular upholstery. This classification is widespread amongst many sofa lovers. 

How you can convert your living room into a comfortable and luxurious lounge is not anymore a difficult task to do. Sectional sofas carry unique characteristics that can change the entire outlook of the room. The arrangement of various pieces of sectional sofa in a variety of designs and patterns can bring astounding look to the room. It becomes much easier to clean the spaces in between them due to their individual pieces that can be separated. The seats can be arranged in any shape according to the seating arrangement you need in the room and using the required number of seats for that specific arrangement.

Also, try to split your sectional sofa which will cause drawing valuables and heartache into the rift. You can also remove the centre piece if there is any and pull out the pieces of sofa to get ample free space.

Making Your Small Room Look Stylish and Comfortable

Do you plan to buy a stylish sofa for your home but the space of your apartment or house is cramped not allowing you to make a fit? Then you can buy a curved sectional sofa which will best suit your small living room or a studio apartment. With this sofa, your house or apartment will not become too much narrow and give a comfortable look. 

You can place the Sectional Sofa at the middle or corner of your living room to make your room look more spacious. So, setting up the positions of the sofa in a small living room has great importance in order to create a comfortable atmosphere. There are other things that can be considered such as the thickness of the sofa. If you have a cramped space in your living room, then you should go for a rather thin curved sectional sofa so that your room doesn’t look much crowded. This way, your room will look much spacious and comfortable.

Making the Right Choice While Buying Furniture

Sectional Sofas are the ideal seating solutions for both single as well as the group visitors for accommodation in any size of room without blocking the spaces. Usually, people don’t find much choice of designs when they are buying furniture for their homes. They mostly choose more fashionable and stylish single unit daybeds that can fit the setting of the room resulting in jamming the space in the room and causing potential annoyance for the users. There is availability of Sectional sofas in the market that can fit to any décor. 

Reclining chairs, futons and love seats are the requirements of a living room that can actually accommodate more visitors. However, you can use sectional sofa to provide separate comfortable seats to your visitors without cluttering the space of room with additional use of love seats.  By this, you will make your guests sit together with sufficient free space to socialize. They are an ideal choice for the odd shaped rooms where the space is really constricted. 

Efficient Arrangement of the Room

Sectional sofa can become the main constituent of any room. The ability of sectionals to fit together will have a huge impact on the placement of it in the room in order that you can watch television comfortably and can talk to each other when there are several people in the room at the same time. Think hard before moving the furniture in your room and trying different things to save the time and efforts. The first option that most of the people consider is to place their sectional sofa in the best suited corner. 

Sectional that consists of one short side and one long side can easily be fitted at any corner of your room. Corner placement is the best thing to do as it leaves sufficient space for people to move around in the room. But if you have a large room, then you shouldn’t place it in the corner because the room will look too much empty if you place it along the wall. 

Modern Engineering and Design

The more you think of sectional sofas, the more you will get excited, right? These really are wonder of the “Modern Engineering and Design”. There are many options such as upholstered fabric, leather or even plastic top and many other options for the arrangements to make in a room. Sectional sofas can fit into any décor and have many options to choose from.

Previously, you had to bear the irritating bar that used to create pain at your back due to cheap mattress and so, nobody wanted to sleep on those monstrosities. But now, the manufacturers have discovered the science of including a decent mattress in the sofa without using metal bars at the back. But hide-a-bed options are not available with every sectional sofa, and that is good too because not everyone wants to have an extra built-in bed. Some of them are just a configuration of sofa, recliner or a love seat. Many models even have pull-down tables or more than one recliner.

Freedom of Different Seating Arrangements

If you have big innovative ideas to decorate your room but don’t find much space in it, then you should go for a sectional sofa. It will let you to try different seating arrangements whenever you want to do so. You may arrange these sectionals at any position that suits your requirements and taste. A small sectional sofa stands out from many other furniture like country, classic, retro, modern, contemporary and traditional furniture styles. 

Due to the availability of sectional sofas in different sizes and shapes, they can really give you an advantage to make a right choice. When it comes to a sectional sofa, small doesn’t mean that it is really very small; they can fit perfectly in any size of the room. You have the facility to make a selection from different patterns available to you such as end piece with left or right arm, a middle piece, a corner piece, a chaise, an ottoman or a recliner sofa.

Don’t Have Enough Money to Buy Furniture? Here is the Solution

If you don’t have the ability to buy a sofa at one time, then sectional sofa is the best option to opt for in a way that you can build your sofa by buying a single piece at a time. Some people don’t find themselves to be able to save enough money and afford to buy a new sofa. In that situation, they can purchase their sofa piece by piece each month until their sofa set is completed. But one must always consider the color patterns and designs of sectional sofa to match the décors for making the perfect outlook of the living room or a home.

A sectional sofa which is also referred as a "sectional" is made up of multiple sections (usually two to four) and generally includes the least of two pieces that can be joined at 90 degrees which is used to wrap around the walls or other furniture items. It is also known as a “Corner Sofa” in UK.

Buying Furniture Online

Sectional sofas and traditional sofas can be a bit tricky while buying them online. The reason behind all this is that you would like to test them first. You might want to see how comfortable and relaxing they are and feel them out if they are too hard or too soft and the similar attributes. But now, it can be done if you shop online. Most of the online stores are now providing the money back guarantee on sectional sofas if you are not satisfied with them. In this way, you can check them when they are delivered to you at your home and you can thoroughly check them out. Here, one problem arises that you would never like to test many sofas delivered at your doorstep as it may be overkill. So, you can visit numerous communities on internet where different people share their experiences and you can Google the discussion topic about the sectional sofa you intend to buy and make decision after having a careful review.

A Perfect Selection for a Living Room

Talking about sectional sofas, they never run out of style and fashion. This is one defining attribute that makes it as ideal furniture for a living room. Its external features may change and designs and styles may vary from one to another. Yet, this furniture still remains a stalwart for living rooms. You can get superior comfort from sectional sofas that other pieces of furniture can never provide you. Sectionals are also considered as highly utilitarian sofas. They can be used as single piece sofas or they can be break down into different sections to act as standalone sofas. 

You will find these sofas with two matching end section that can be with or without arms. You can configure the additional sections like the recliners complete with some useful attachments. Some of the popular accessories that you will find with this type of sofa are built-in compartment for a TV remote control or a beverage holder. You can choose the sectional that perfectly meet your requirements.