Kids stop believing in Santa Claus by age of eight, youngsters pretend belief

Boyle received 1,200 responses from all around the world to his The Exeter Santa Survey, the only international study of its kind, mainly from adults reflecting on their childhood memories. The findings show that 34 per cent of people wished that they still believed in Santa with 50 per cent quite content that they no longer believe. Around 34 per cent of those who took part in the survey said believing in Father Christmas had improved their behaviour as a child whilst 47 per cent found it did not. The average age when children stopped believing in Father Christmas was 8, according to the study. About 65 per cent of people had played along with the Santa myth, as children, even though they knew it was not true. A third of respondents said they had been upset when they discovered Father Christmas was not real, while 15 per cent had felt betrayed by their parents and ten per cent were angry. Around 56 per cent of respondents said their trust in adults hadn't been affected by their belief in Father Christmas, while 30 per cent said it had. A total of 31 per cent of parents said they had denied that Santa is not true when directly asked by their child, while 40 per cent had not denied it if they are asked directly. About 72 per cent of parents are quite happy telling their children about Santa and playing along with the myth, with the rest choosing not to. "During the last two years I have been overwhelmed by people getting in touch to say they were affected by the lack of trust involved when they discovered Santa wasn't real," said Boyle. "It has been fascinating to hear why they started to believe he is fictional. The main cause is either the accidental or deliberate actions of parents, but some children started to piece together the truth themselves as they became older," he said. "As much as this research has a light-hearted element, the responses do show a sense of disappointment and also amusement about having been lied to," he added. Dailyhunthttps://able2know.org/user/kizaaakrizz/

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RBI reserve should be used to fix financial system: Subramanian

"Also, it should be done cooperatively, not adversarily," he added. He further said the government could have found a way to solve its differences by setting up a panel, which hopefully would have shared the belief of not using the RBI reserve for deficit financing. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Rs 9.59 lakh crore reserves and the government, if reports are to be believed, wants the central bank to part with a third of that fund -- an issue which along with easing of norms for weak banks and raising liquidity has brought the two at loggerheads recently. Responding to a PTI query on the comments on RBI Board Member Swaminathan Gurumurthy's induction, he said: "I think, he (Gurumurthy), amongst others, has articulated new alternative conceptions. I think, we have to engage with that to run an economy. All of us, me included, would plan to engage with that vision. I promise I will engage with that". Gurumurthy should try avoiding being a party to build a perception of politicising RBI board appointments, the former CEA said. Subramanian was in the city to read some the excerpts from his book - Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy. On the Swadeshi vs Videshi debate, he said both extremes should be avoided because finance theory talks about diversification. "India needs a portfolio. You get your Swadeshi and Videshi economists, but evaluate them on their merits. Finance theory talks about diversification," the former CEA said. ... Dailyhunthttps://www.sbnation.com/users/meekneekitto

Kakinada: Geotube wall to prevent sea erosion breached

Cargo handling at Kakinada's deep water port and anchorage port have been suspended and ships anchored in safe places. The East Godavari administration rescued two fishing boats and 13 fishermen. Seven fishermen of Parlopet in Kakinada had ventured into the sea on December 11 and were stranded while returning home. They rang the call centre and alerted officials who informed the Coast Guard who traced the boat and attached it to the ONGC rig in the Bay of Bengal near the Kakinada coast. ... Dailyhunthttps://justpaste.it/54zyi

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AAP sources say talks are on with Congress for a tie-up in Delhi

nterestingly, the AAP and the Congress have been at loggerheads in Delhi and Punjab. Until August, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had said that voting for the Congress was akin to voting for the BJP. The AAP had boycotted the poll for electing the deputy chairman to the Rajya Sabha in August, stating that it was upset over the Congress not asking for its support for the joint Opposition candidate fielded by it. The bone of contention is believed to have been the number of ]seats the Congress wants to contest in Delhi. Of the seven seats in Delhi, the AAP is not ready to cede more than two to the Congress, the sources said. Of the seven seats, the AAP has announced constituency in-charges for six. These in-charges will eventually be declared the candidates. This means, the AAP has to ask one or two of its candidates, who have already started campaigning, to withdraw from the fray. Interestingly, the local leadership of the Congress is not keen on tying up with the AAP, but the top brass is understood to not have been averse to the idea.The AAP and the Congress have more or less the same voter base in the national capital.Since the 2013 Assembly polls in Delhi, the vote share of the AAP and the Congress had oscillated, but the BJP's vote percentage remained the same. In 2013, the BJP bagged 31 seats and secured 33.07 per cent of the vote share while the Congress got 24.55 per cent with eight seats. The AAP, in its debut performance got 29.49 per cent of votes and bagged 28 seats.In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP swept the elections scoring 7-0. The AAP came second while the Congress stood third in vote share. However, in six seats, the votes of the AAP and the Congress combined were much more than that of the BJP. In 2015, the AAP registered a stupendous victory, winning 67 seats and 54.34 per cent vote share while the Congress drew a blank and got only 9.65 per cent of the vote share. However, the BJP's vote share remained more or less the same to 32.09 per cent, despite the drubbing. In the April 2017 Rajouri Garden bypoll, though the BJP wrested the seat from the AAP, the Congress came second and the AAP candidate lost his deposit.In the 2017 MCD polls in June, the Congress's vote share rose sharply to 21.28 percent, while the AAP bagged around 26 per cent, less than half of what it got in 2015 Assembly polls. Dailyhunthttp://www.tripntale.com/profile/132216

UP assistant teacher recruitment 2018 for 69000 posts, here is how to apply

Interested candidates can visit the official website upbasiceduboard.gov.in to check the notification. The teacher recruitment exam will be conducted by UP Basic Education Board on January 6 at various cities across the state of Uttar Pradesh to fill up the vacant posts. The last date to register for the 69000 teacher jobs is December 21. The admit cards for UPTET will be released on December 31. UP assistant teacher recruitment: Post wise description Allahabad 900 Badaun 1750 Balia 1600 Barabanki 1500 Sitapur 2000 Gorakhpur 1350 Kushi Nagar 1600. UP assistant teacher recruitment 2018: Steps to apply online Step 1: Visit the official website, upbasiceduboard.gov.in Step 2: On the official website, click on the online registration link Step 3: Log in with your registration number, date of birth Step 4: Enter 'required' details, as mentioned in the notification Step 5: Once the application process completes, click on 'Submit' Step 6: Download it, and take a print out for further reference. UP assistant teacher recruitment 2018: Eligibility criteria Candidate should be graduate with two years of B.T.C training or, Candidate should be graduate or post graduate with 50 per cent marks from recognised university and also must have two years B.D/B.D (Special) diploma. Candidate should hold a graduate/post graduate degree with 50 per cent marks from NCTE recognised institute. or Candidate should be graduate with 50 per cent marks from recognised university. They should have two years B ED/ Special B ED diploma or, They should have secured 50 per cent marks in Class 12 standard and four years diploma in B.EL.ED. or They should have secured 50 per cent marks in Class 12 and 4 years diploma in B.S.C.D or should have secured 45 per cent in graduation (SC/ST/OBC/PH/Ex-serviceman). Dailyhunthttps://www.openlearning.com/u/sreensgreense

Call for museum to keep 'dyeing' Sungudi art alive

In 2005, 'Madurai Sungudi' became the first product from the city to be conferred the Geographical Indication (GI) mark by the Geographical Indications Registry. On Sunday, the platinum jubilee celebration of the association was organised during which Collector S Natarajan said that the district administration would initiate steps to revive the annual commemoration of Sungudi Day to popularise the art, especially among the youth. Meanwhile, Madurai South MLA S S Saravanan felicitated veteran sungudi weavers who have had kept the dying art alive for more than seven decades. Addressing the gathering, Sreemathy said that the authentic manually tied and dyed sungudi art form was long gone with the gradual entry of sungudi variations like wax-printed and screen-printed sungudi textiles and that the traditional sungudi dots were no longer finer. She further said, "Finer sungudi dots should be revived and it can be best done by teaching the art to school children who can easily master the knack of achieving finer dots with their tender fingers than when done by adults. A museum of sungudi must be set up to document the rich heritage of the art form and to carry it forward for generations to come." Also, the youth must indulge in sugundi textile making with a sense of pride and commercialism, she insisted. Dailyhunthttps://forums.ubi.com/member.php/3443712-meekneekitto

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View from the neighbourhood: Lessons from 1971

The reluctance of the political and military leadership in present-day Pakistan to abide by the results of the 1970 general election also helped accelerate the crisis." And to learn lessons from the past, for present conflicts, there must be a fair assessment of erstwhile mistakes. The December 14 editorial in Dhaka Tribune recalls the day in 1971 when "the Pakistan Army and its local collaborators systematically murdered an entire generation of our greatest thinkers in the most brutal way imaginable." Calling it "one of the worst days in our nation's history", the editorial says "over 200 intellectuals perished on this day, and the repercussions are still being felt in our nation". It then reminds the people of Bangladesh that "while the Pakistan army and their local collaborators have taken from us our best and brightest. they have not succeeded in destroying our spirit". It asks for a commitment to free speech as a way to honour those that perished all those years ago. No peace required Imran Jan, a political analyst and regular writer for The Express Tribune in Pakistan, asks in his polemical article on December 13 whether the peace overtures made by Prime Minister Imran to India Khan are "worth the effort". The article tries to dismantle New Delhi's "laughable excuses" at not engaging in talks with Pakistan. First, Sushma Swaraj's claim that "terror and talks cannot go together" do not stand Jan's test as he accuses India of fomenting violence in Pakistan and Kashmir. Second, Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat's (unsolicited) advice to Pakistan to become secular if it wants peace is countered thus: "Let me ascertain that Jinnah had envisioned a secular Pakistan. Nevertheless, even superpower states do not ask other countries to go secular as a precondition for achieving peace, let alone a hungry, naked, extremist, and rape-and caste-infested nation like India. The United States does not ask Saudi Arabia to go secular for peace between the two countries. India and Israel are allies and Israel is by no definition a secular state." The article then tries to dismantle the notion that India is a secular state, citing reports in US media about the lynching and assault on Dalits and the rampant existence of caste hierarchies: "There are endless stories of abuse and discrimination against Muslims, Sikhs and low-caste Hindus. Last month, there was a New York Times story titled "'Tell Everyone We Scalped You!' How Caste Still Rules in India". In late October, a 14-year-old Dalit girl was beheaded by an upper-caste man. Dalit men aren't allowed to ride horses. In March, one Dalit man broke with the tradition and rode one, causing higher-caste men to kill him. Avatthi Ramaiah, a sociology professor in Mumbai, said, "You may talk about India being a world power, a global power, sending satellites into space but the outside world has an image of India they don't know. " Jan then goes on the question the idea that Islamabad's peace overtures have been rebuffed because of the upcoming general elections in India, as the BJP does not want to be seen as being "soft". "The fact that the Indian leadership needs anti-Pakistan credentials for winning the election speaks volumes about how futile these peace overtures would prove to be even after the election. Imran Khan himself said that the BJP had an 'anti-Muslim, anti-Pakistan approach'," he writes. But for Jan, the problem is not merely with the Indian government but the Indian people: "the problem is not merely with the BJP but rather more with the constituency of the BJP which happens to be the majority of the Indian population. It is not just the BJP, it is this anti-Pakistan mindset that won't just disappear even if a different party is voted to power." Dailyhunthttps://www.zintro.com/profile/ziabccab10?ref=Ziabccab10

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