Selfie included in Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary included the word "selfie" to denote a self-taken photograph on a smartphone. A selfie is a type of self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone.

Pdf books online

So where are people buying books online?

Amazon, Kindle, Nook..

Got it wrong..

Check goodreads.com

Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. Our mission is to help people find and share books they love.  

Rent a Bike in Bangalore

"Bum on the Sadle" is the place you want to visit if you want to rent a bicycle in Bangalore. The site also provides you with inputs on accessories to buy in case you are shopping. At Rs.200 a day..you can ride a bicycle for few days before deciding if you really want to by those expensive bikes..or if it is just a fag like the treadmill being used as a cloths hanger at your home. Check it out before you take the plunge.

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HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP

HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:

Items needed:

200 ml water
50 grams of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
2-liter plastic bottle

Or US conversion:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar

HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)

Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.

The Art of Appraisal……………………………….. :)

 

Big Boss: This year your performance was good, excellent and outstanding. So, your rating is “average”.

Employee: What? How come ‘average’?

Big Boss: Because…err…uhh…you lack domain knowledge.

Employee: But last year you said I am a domain expert and you put me in this project as a domain consultant.

Big Boss: Oh is it? Well, in that case, I think your domain knowledge has eroded this year.

Employee: What???

Big Boss: Yes, I didn’t see you sharing knowledge on Purchasing domain.

Employee: Why would I? Because I am not in Purchasing, I am in Manufacturing.

Big Boss: This is what I don’t like about you. You give excuse for everything.

Employee: Huh? *Confused*

Big Boss: Next, you need to improve your communication skills.

Employee: Like what? I am the one who trained the team on “Business Communication”, you sat in the audience and took notes, you remember?

Big Boss: Oh is it? Errr…well..I mean, you need to improve your Social Pragmatic Affirmative Communication.

Employee: Huh? What the hell is that? *Confused*

Big Boss: See! That’s why you need to learn about it.

Employee: *head spinning*

Big Boss: Next, you need to sharpen your recruiting skills. All the guys you recruited left within 2 months.

Employee: Well, not my mistake. You told them you will sit beside them and review their code, and most resigned the next day itself. Couple of them even attempted suicide.

Big Boss:*stunned* (recovers from shock) Err…anyway, I tried to give you a better rating, but our Normalization process gave you only ‘average’.

Employee: Last year that process gave me ‘excellent’. This year just ‘average’? Why is this process pushing me up and down every year?

Big Boss: That’s a complicated process. You don’t want to hear.

Employee: I’ll try to understand. Go ahead.

Big Boss: Well, we gather in a large room, write down the names of sub-ordinates in bits of paper, and throw them up in the air. Whichever lands on the floor gets ‘average’, whichever lands on table gets ‘good’, whichever we manage to catch gets ‘excellent’ and whichever gets stuck to ceiling gets ‘outstanding’.

Employee: (eyes popping out) What? Ridiculous! So who gets ‘poor’ rating?

Big Boss: Those are the ones we forget to write down.

Employee: What the hell! And how can paper bits stick to ceiling for ‘outstanding’?

Big Boss: Oh no, now you have started questioning our 20 year old organizational process!

Employee: *faints* 

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Friday October 10, 2008

GM Says It's Not Headed for Bankruptcy

The day after General Motors' stock price plummeted to levels not seen since the 1950s, the country's top automaker dismissed speculation that it was headed toward bankruptcy.

"Clearly, we face unprecedented challenges related to uncertainty in the financial markets globally and weakening economic fundamentals in many key markets, but bankruptcy protection is not an option," GM spokesman Mike Meyerand told ABCNews.com this morning.

"GM considering bankruptcy would not be in the interests of our employees, stockholders, suppliers or customers," he said.

Shares of GM plunged to $4.76 a share Thursday, down from nearly $7 the day before, after the ratings agency Standard & Poor's said it was reviewing the automaker's credit rating for a possible downgrade. The company's share price was more than $42.64 about a year ago.

Meyerand said GM was taking steps to raise capital both through the sale of facilities that housed GM plants that closed earlier this year as well as through the possible sale of its Hummer brand.

Angelina Jolie Breastfeeds Twin on

W Magazine Cover

W Magazine features her on its November cover, breastfeeding one of her twins. The photo was one of several taken by her husband, Brad Pitt, while they were holed up in France at the Chateau Miraval.

Jolie says in the accompanying interview that they plan to add at least one more child to their family, which now includes six children.

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September 17, 2008

Pink slip is the practice of including a discharge notice in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her termination of employment or layoff. 

IT majors in India has also started the practice as Wipro laysoff 1000 employees, TCS laying off two times and now Satyam planning to layoff as much as 4500 employees.

What does that mean to an average job seeker?
More people in the job market
Tougher competition
Lesser jobs

With businesses failing to show progress, cost cutting is on the rise and the first to face the boot is the man power resource.

In February, information technology giants Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), IBM, and portal Yahoo flashed pink slips to hundreds of employees. Wipro Technologies has put about 4-5% of its workforce or about 2400-3000 employees, under the scanner for non-performance. tcs firing In February, TCS had given pink slips to 500 non-performers. There have been reports related to HP firing 24000 + employee over the next three years. 

ICICI shares were down 4.5 percent at 565 rupees in a weak Mumbai market, after falling as much as 10.4 percent earlier in the day. It is to take a $28 million hit on Lehman collapse. ICICI Bank has slumped 7.8% to Rs 545. Sterlite and Ranbaxy have plunged around 7% each to Rs 444 and Rs 378, respectively. ITC has shed 4.5% at Rs 185.

September 5, 2008

Toyota India Launches Corolla Altis, 10 pc Market Share Expected

Aiming to achieve a 10 per cent market share in the Indian passenger car market, Japanese auto major Toyota today launched an advanced version of its sedan, Corolla Altis, priced between Rs 10.83 lakh and Rs 12.86 lakh (ex-showroom)

A Wednesday Review

Nasudereen Shah and  Anupam Kher have teamed together once again to bring out another classic moviev "A Wednesday" today after a long time.

Teacher's Day

We celebrate birthday of renowned scholar and diplomat Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan as Teacher's day in our country. Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's dream was that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country". But how many bright minds of our country take teaching as a profession. How many after achieving so much in life take some time off to teach another individual. Read more: