Funny and Inspirational New Year's Day Quotes For 2011

Funny and Inspirational New Year's Day Quotes For 2011!

Here are some inspirational and sometimes funny quotes about the New Year and what lies ahead! may we all have a blessed and joyous 2011!

Charles Lamb

New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

Oprah Winfrey

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.

Mark Twain

New Year's Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.

Judith Crist

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bile-less New Year and leave it at that.

Anonymous

Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.

Joey Adams

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions!

Anais Nin

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.

Oscar Wilde

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

Robert Paul

I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.

Anonymous

A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.

Leonard Bernstein

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining.

G. K. Chesterton

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never existed before, it is quite certain that he will never exist afterwards. Unless a man be born again, he shall by no means enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Mark Twain

New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.

Brooks Atkinson

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

Bill Vaughan

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

P. J. O'Rourke

The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.

Jay Leno

Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average… which means, you have met your New Year's resolution.

James Agate

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

Eric Zorn

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.

Bill Vaughan

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

what is MMXI ?

Today marks the first day of 2011 (MMXI) in the GregorianGregorian calendar. It is the 2011th year of the Common Eraor the Anno Domini designation; the eleventh year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century, and the 2nd of the 2010s decade.

The events that are expected to happen this 2011 year

Today marks the first day of 2011 (MMXI) in the GregorianGregorian calendar. It is the 2011th year of the Common Eraor the Anno Domini designation; the eleventh year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century, and the 2nd of the 2010s decade.

The United Nations has designated 2011 the International Year of Forests and International Year of Chemistry.

Here are the events that are expected to unfold this year:

• California will open the world's largest solar power plant.
• Several electric vehicles are expected to enter the U.S. market, perhaps most notably the TeslaTesla Model S and BYD e6.
• Predicted solar maximum (also predicted by other research groups for 2012).
• The IPv4 unallocated address pool is projected to be exhausted.
• The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany will be completed.
• Blue Waters, a petascale supercomputer being designed and built as a joint effort between the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign andIBM is expected to be completed in this year.
• A new definition of the kilogram, based on universal constants, is likely to be announced at the 24th General Conference on Weights and Measures.
• Computer games on the subjects of climate change, medical innovation and women's rights will be developed in 2011

January

• January 1 – Start of the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union.
• January 1 – Estonia joins the Eurozone.

January

• January 9 – Southern Sudan will hold a referendum on independence.

February

• February 19 – April 2 – 2011 Cricket World Cup will be held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

March

• March 18 – NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is scheduled to arrive in orbit around Mercury.
• March 18 – NASA's Pluto probe New Horizons will cross the orbit of Uranus, after a five-year journey. This will be faster than Voyager 2, which took eight years.

April

• April 1 – The Space Shuttle will undertake its final mission before retirement.
• April 29 – 2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships will start in Slovakia.
• Pakistan will launch its first space satellite.
• The Universal House of Justice will announce the new Five Year Plan.

May

• Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Mars all visible within a roughly 6° area of sky.

June

• June 1 – Partial solar eclipse in the Arctic.
• June 15 – Total lunar eclipse, mainly visible in Africa, India, and the Middle East.

July

• The Dawn spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the minor planet 4 Vesta during July. The exact date remains uncertain.
• July 1 – Start of the Polish presidency of the European Union.
• July 1 – Partial solar eclipse off the coast of Antarctica.
• July 6 – The International Olympic Committee will decide the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• July 10 – Neptune completes its first full orbit since its discovery in 1846.[2][3]

August

• August 15 – The comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková will pass within 0.0601 astronomical units (about 5,589,300 miles (8,995,100 km)) of Earth.[4]
• August 15–21 – XXVI World Youth Day will be held in Madrid, Spain.

September

• September 9 – October 23 – New Zealand will host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

October

• October 13 – October 30 – 2011 Pan American Games.

November

• November 25 – Partial solar eclipse in Antarctica.

December

• December 10 – Total lunar eclipse, visible mainly in Asia, Australia and Alaska.
• December 31 – All United States troops are scheduled to leave Iraq

Beautiful Bible Qoute God's BlessingOn New Year

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father who does not change like shifting shadows.” James 1:17

You can count on God. He’s dependable, reliable. He is worthy of your trust.

Some of you know fathers who are unpredictable, unreliable, or fickle. They’re always changing, depending on the mood they’re in. Inconsistent fathers produce insecure children.

But the Scripture says God never has a bad day. He doesn’t wake up grumpy. He’s not moody. He doesn’t get up on the wrong side of the bed. He’s consistent and faithful.

2 Timothy 2:13 says, “If we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for He cannot disown Himself.” Even when I’m unfaithful, God is faithful. Even when I’m inconsistent, God is consistent. Even when I’m unreliable, God is reliable. No matter what else is changing in the world, there is one thing I can count on: God always acts the same way toward me. He is loving and He is consistent regardless of my mood. He loves me just as much on my bad days as on my good days.

God says it himself in Malachi 3:6, “I, the Lord, do not change.” That is good news!

The number one problem with children and parents – why more children rebel than any other reason, why there are more hurt feelings and damage done in relationships between parent and child – the number one cause of resentment between parent and child is broken promises. “One of these days … I promise”. And “one of those days” never comes.

But God is consistent. “What a God he is! How perfect in every way! All his promises prove true!” (Proverbs 18:30, LB) If God says it, count on it! He’s always faithful. He’s always just the same way.

Chinese horoscope predictions about New Year 2011

In ancient Chinese astrology, with its 5,000 years old, 2011 is the Year of the Hare or Rabbit Metal, and Taiwanese soothsayers predicting the end of the riots of 2010, the Year of the Tigre, and prospects for improvement. According to the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Hare begins on February 3, 2011, and will be under the influence of the characteristics of the rabbit, which will mean a radical change from the stormy year of Tigre in 2010. "There will be more quiet, but not total elimination of conflicts, wars and pressing problems of humankind, but help the advances in technology and communications," said Chen Tsung-ming. In an environment marked by economic crisis, the Year of the Hare brings hopes of greater stability and fewer negative surprises, but "the secret is to put into practice good common sense advice," says Chen. "It will be a year that will go far with good manners, sensitivity, intuition, good advice, concentration and patience," says the soothsayer Taiwan.

In the Chinese horoscope, predictions are different for each of the 12 animal signs that make up their zodiac, although there are commonalities as "the bad luck to the west and the good fortune to the north and south," says Chen. Those born under the sign of the Rat (1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008) will have a year with great prospects, activity and fate, and must not waste the opportunity. Those born under the sign of the Ox (1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009) should be patient and calm, because come many unforeseen and contradictions, which will delay the achievement of its goals. Those born under the sign of the Tiger (1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010) will face initial contradictions, but should avoid discouragement because persistence will eventually recover the lost ground, especially at the end of year.

Those born under the sign of the Rabbit or Hare (1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011) will reach thousands of job opportunities and personal, but must guard against slander and misunderstanding. Those born under the sign of the Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000) will have a year of radical and beneficial, but must start by winning the daily battles to improve and be careful for falls and accidents . Those born under the sign of the Snake (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001) face growing difficulties in the professional field that will help them learn and show one's ability, while the outlook is love very positive.

Those born under the sign of the Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002) are good winds for change and travel, and in some months will enjoy great opportunities to not waste love. For those born under the sign of the Goat (1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003) are waiting for positive changes, especially in the labor field, with opportunities to be discovered with courage. Those born under the sign of the Monkey (1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004) did not start the year well, due to labor difficulties, but with patience and effort, overcome and all will be well.

Those born under the sign of the Rooster (1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005) will receive good news and enjoy small improvements that will lead to major changes. Those born under the sign of the Dog (1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006) can say goodbye to bad luck and unrest, because with perseverance can achieve prosperity and serenity. Finally, those born under the sign of the Pig (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) faced uneven one year, with interesting perspectives and difficulties, so they must be cautious and make decisions wisely, says guess island.

Facebook Get More Serious About Account's Security Protection

Facebook, the world’s most popular online social networking organization is making strong efforts to increase account's security protection of millions of its users worldwide.

This is part of the report by John P. Mello Jr of PCWORLD adding that in other to increase its security, the social network is at present asking users for an alternative e-mail address, a mobile phone number, and an updated security question.

He stated: “You might be able to deduce what Facebook is up to by those requests. Its security protection warning isn't only about security protection at all, but enabling its members to regain access to their accounts should they be compromised

He noted that Facebook has been contacting its members for several weeks now with its "very low" security protection warnings. In the alerts, the company includes a link. “Click the link and you're taken to a page that requests additional personal information about you.”

"With fake antivirus, also known as scareware, attacks becoming an ever-growing problem, they attempt to trick you into believing your computer has a security problem when it doesn't, some security-conscious Facebook users might worry that this is a similarly-styled assault, designed to scare them into taking perhaps unwise actions,: he also stated.

Nepal's peace process at crossroads: UN chief

Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Prime Minister of Nepal's caretaker government, leaves the parliamentary office in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: Nepal's peace process is at crossroads, the head of the United Nations has warned, just two weeks before the planned closure of a UN peace mission in the troubled country.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon said the lack of progress in the peace process that began when Nepal's bloody civil war ended more than four years ago was a "growing concern".

"Nepal's peace process is at a crossroads," Ban said in a report to the UN Security Council published in New York on Thursday.

"The prolonged political deadlock that has hampered progress has become a growing concern for Nepalis and the international community alike as key timelines and deadlines approach in the coming months."

Ban said much had been achieved since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed in 2006, ending a decade-long war between Maoist rebels and the state that killed at least 16,000 people.

But he said key tasks had yet to be completed, including the drafting of a new national constitution and the integration of thousands of Maoist former fighters into the state security forces.

His comments came as the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) prepares to close on January 15 after officials complained it had been unfairly dragged into the political battles that have prevented the formation of a new government.

Nepal has been without a fully functioning government for six months after the prime minister resigned in June under pressure from the opposition Maoist party.

Ban blamed the stalemate on deepening rifts among and within Nepal's rival parties.

"They have in the past made major compromises, and they must soon do the same. None of them can afford to put the entire process and the fruits of their hard work at serious risk," he said.

UNMIN was set up in 2007 with a mandate to monitor the Nepal army and its rival, the Maoist People's Liberation Army, and their weapons.

It is not yet clear who will fulfill that role when UNMIN leaves. This week, the Maoist party formally requested a six-month extension of UNMIN's mandate, saying the body was needed until the peace process could be completed.

Karin Landgren, Ban's representative in Nepal, is due to present the report's findings to the Security Council in early January.

China restricts Skype Internet Video telephony !!

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China restricts Skype Internet telephony

The Chinese authorities want to limit the use of Internet telephony. According to People Day, can only provide this service certified public operators in the country. This would exclude, for example, the possibility that Skype could offer calls over the Internet. Some sources, however, require that the ban would amount to calls from a PC to a phone but no telephone connections made between two computers

According to a government statement is "start a campaign against the illegal services, Internet telephony. " Dominant operators in the country are Telecom and China Unicom and both the State is the majority shareholder.

The interruption of a service such as Skype would be a higher cost of international calls from China. Calls to Japan or South Korea via Skype cost almost six times less than those made through traditional service. The decision, made as a commercial regulation, has serious consequences for Chinese Internet users as it will limit their ability to connect. China already has, according to latest figures, with 450 million Internet users.

New Year 2011 celebrations images from around the world News & pics -wallpaper

New Year celebrations images from around the world

Hundreds of thousands of people are already on the streets of New York tonight at the city prepares to say goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011.

Thousands of people gathered tonight at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to welcome the New Year with a dazzling light show. And while the revelers bathed by the environment in the capital, thousands gathered in Red Square in Moscow that Russia welcomes the arrival of 2011.

The cold night sky was a sea of red and green as fireworks colors complement the domes of St. Basil's Cathedral.

Meanwhile, Dubai fireworks had an impressive display at the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building - the structure of 2,717 feet and apparently shoot fireworks from all floors. And this afternoon, Malaysia celebrates New Year's Eve with a light show by the Petronas Towers in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

Auckland, New Zealand was the first major city to celebrate the New Year before Australia, Singapore and China did the same later.

The roads had to be cordoned off in London as the capital prepared for their own fireworks display this evening.

Australia has welcomed 2011 with a fireworks display on Sydney Harbour. Despite losing the ashes of this week, thousands of Australians love party had camped for hours in the parks along the Sydney Harbour Bridge to gain the best view of the spectacular fireworks on New Year's Eve today.

As the clock ticked closer to 2011, Europeans were waiting for the celebrations that might help them forget their financial worries.

Japan and South Korea celebrated the New Year at 3 pm GMT - and India was preparing for celebrations in the coming hours.

In New York, close to a million revelers are expected to put in the streets around Times Square for the traditional midnight ball drop several hours after the United Kingdom marked the beginning of 2011. The blizzard of 20 inches that covered the city will be just a memory by teams and warmer temperatures.

At least 1.5 million people lined Sydney Harbour, the first major city in the new year comes after 2011 arrived in New Zealand. The celebrations began with the aerial displays of vintage aircraft and a parade of ships through the port.

In Christchurch, New Zealand, two minor earthquakes shake on Friday no plans for all-night celebrations.

"There is more reason than ever for people to meet and celebrate the beginning of a new year," said acting Mayor of Christchurch Ngaire Button, urging residents to celebrate at the Plaza de la Catedral, where workers were removing loose masonry after earthquakes.

A powerful 7. an earthquake that destroyed thousands of buildings in Christchurch on 4 September, but no one was killed.

This year marks the first time the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, officially celebrated the new year countdown to burst, with a light show and DJs from abroad ahead of the city's elegant opera house French colonial style .

Vietnam in the past paid little attention to schedule changes, instead of holding massive parties during Tet, the lunar new year which begins on 3 February. But in recent years, Western influence has begun to seep into the Vietnamese culture to teenagers, who have no memory of the war or poverty and are eager to find a new reason to celebrate in the communist country.

In South Korea, up to 100,000 people attended a bell ringing ceremony in downtown Seoul, officials and citizens in strike of the large bronze bell hanging in the pavilion Bosingak bell 33 times at midnight.

Some South Koreans also go to the mountains or beaches early Saturday to see the first sunrise of the new year.

At midnight in Taipei, Taiwan, fireworks form a dragon coiled up tallest skyscraper in the city. About 50 dancers drums in the freezing cold river in a dance to highlight how people should live in harmony with nature.

In Japan, New Year's Eve is usually goes home with the family, but those who venture to go to temples to pray for good luck in the new year. In Zojoji, a Buddhist temple 600 years old in central Tokyo, thousands of people are expected to release balloons at midnight taking notes with their hopes for 2011.

In Beijing, about 500 people are expected to gather at the Old Bell Museum for the opportunity to welcome the New Year in the bell of 46 tons. The city also is trying to start a new tradition, with an orchestra playing a "Hymn to China at the China Century Monument just two minutes before midnight.

While many Asian countries famous for its firework displays were planning to light up the night sky, the Myanmar military government banned all fireworks of this year and said that serious action be taken against anyone who sells or used.

A local news journal, modern, noted that last year 62 people were given sentences of six to 12 months imprisonment for violating this rule.

The government gave no reason for the ban, but in the past has said he feared "unscrupulous persons" could take advantage of the fireworks to create unrest.

In Europe, many people will party only to forget their economic problems after a year in which Greece and Ireland in need of bailouts and others, like Spain and Portugal, fighting speculation that will need similar support.

If you are at home or at private parties, the Spanish traditionally gather in main squares to eat 12 grapes one by one as the bell in the square marks the countdown to 2011.

In the Irish capital of Dublin, people go to the Christchurch Cathedral to hear the bells ringing in the new year.

In London, thousands will witness a display of music and fireworks in the 135 meters, the London Eye, located on the south bank of the River Thames. The eye, which celebrates its 10 th anniversary, is located almost opposite the clock tower of Big Ben in Parliament that the bell in 2011.

In Paris, tens of thousands of people are expected to pack the Champs Elysees and the area around the Eiffel Tower and the dazzling light and fireworks.