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ABCs of Friendship!!

Are you a true friend? Check out the ABCs of friendship A ccepts you as you are B elieves in "you" C alls you just to say "HI" D oesn't give up on you E nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts) F orgives your mistakes G ives unconditionally H elps you I nvites you over J ust "be" with you K eeps you close at heart L oves you for who you are M akes a difference in your life N ever Judges O ffers support P icks you up Q uiets your fears R aises your spirits S ays nice things about you T ells you the truth when you need it U nderstands you V alues you W alks beside you X -plains things you don't understand Y ells when you won't listen and Z aps you back to reality Courtesy: JVK

MyStery!!

Bill Gates still doesn't know why it happens, it was discovered by a Brazilian. Just test it....... Open MS Word and type... =rand(200,99) and hit ENTER.
Back from the depth!! The medical transcription sector is breathing again - reappearing on the scene after rising from the deep. What's fuelling the comeback? eWorld picks up the survival tracks. Once considered a booming sector, medical transcription went bust much sooner than expected, for various reasons. However, things are shaping up now to put the industry back on track. Two key factors are fuelling the recovery - a spurt in healthcare spending in the US and a simultaneous shrinking of MT skill sets in that country. Estimates indicate that the US healthcare market is growing at between 10-15 per cent annually as a result of increase in its ageing populace. At the same time, medical transcription skill sets are shrinking in the US at around five per cent. Cash-strapped US hospitals are looking to offshore medical transcription services so they can cut costs, thus throwing up a big growth opportunity for vendors from countries such as India, the Philippines and Pakistan.

Doctors grow new jaw in man's back!!

LONDON, England (AP) -- A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years -- a bratwurst sandwich -- after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an "ambitious'' experiment. According to this week's issue of The Lancet medical journal, the German doctors used a mesh cage, a growth chemical and the patient's own bone marrow, containing stem cells, to create a new jaw bone that fit exactly into the gap left by the cancer surgery. Tests have not been done yet to verify whether the bone was created by the blank-slate stem cells and it is too early to tell whether the jaw will function normally in the long term. But the operation is the first published report of a whole bone being engineered and incubated inside a patient's body and transplanted. Stem cells are the master cells of the body that go on to become every tissue in the body. They are

Man stabs gator to protect dog!!

GAINESVILLE, Florida (AP) -- A man jumped in a pond and stabbed a 6-foot alligator with a pocketknife to force the reptile to release his dog from its jaws. Matthew Goff, 29, said he was walking Sugar, a tan-colored bloodhound/Shar-Pei mix, in a park when the attack occurred Wednesday evening. The unleashed dog wandered to the edge of the pond, and the gator grabbed its head. "I couldn't stand by and watch it happen, and I had the pocketknife so I decided to try and save her," Goff said. The gator released Sugar when Goff stabbed the reptile in the eye. The dog then ran home, escaping with three teeth marks on and about her head. Goff had a few scratches. A state trapper planned to kill the gator if it's found. Source: Sumi!

La Tomatina Festival in Buñol

The world's biggest food fight takes place at the Plaza Del Pueblo in the small town of Buñol in eastern Spain. At least 20,000 people throng the streets of Bunol, in Spain, to participate in a giant tomato fight. Courtesy: Sumi!!
Dear brother, Greetings to respectful parents. I am hoping all is well with health and wealth. I am fine at my end. Hoping your end is fine too. With God's grace and parents' blessings I am arriving safely in America and finding good apartment near University. Kindly assure mother that I am strictly consuming vegetarian food only in restaurants though I am not knowing if cooks are Brahmins. I hope parents' prayers are residing with me. Younger brother, I am having so many things to tell you that I am not knowing where to sart. Most surprising thing about America is it is full of Americans. Everywhere Americans, Americans, big and white, it is little frightening. The flight from New Delhi to New York is arriving safely thanks to God's grace and Parents' prayers and mine too. I am not able to go to bathroom whole time because I am sitting in corner seat as per revered grandmother's wish. Father is rightly scolding that airplane is flying too high to have go

Effective Arguing

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. You too can win arguments. Simply follow these rules: * Drink Liquor Suppose you're at a party and some hotshot intellectual is expounding on the economy of Peru, a subject you know nothing about. If you're drinking some health-fanatic drink like grapefruit juice, you'll hang back, afraid to display your ignorance, while the hotshot enthralls your date. But if you drink several large martinis, you'll discover you have STRONG VIEWS about the Peruvian economy. You'll be a WEALTH of information. You'll argue forcefully, offering searing insights and possibly upsetting furniture. People will be impressed. Some may leave the room. * Make things up Suppose, in the Peruvian economy argument, you are trying to prove Peruvians ar

A new Software 2 make you BLINK!!

Onam Greetings!!

Santa & Banta

Once Banta Singh attended an Interview. Interviewer: Give me the opposite words. Banta Singh: Ok Interviewer: Made in India Banta Singh: Destroyed in Pakistan Interviewer: Keep it Up Banta Singh: Put it Down Interviewer: Maxi Mum Banta Singh: Mini Dad Interviewer: Enough! Take your Seat Banta Singh: Don't take my seat Interviewer: Idiot! Take your Seat Banta Singh: Clever! Don't take my Seat Interviewer: I say you get out! Banta Singh: You didn't say I come in Interviewer: I reject you! Banta Singh: You Appoint me Interviewer: ....!!!!!!! ============= Santa: What is another difference between a mosquito and a fly? Banta: A fly can fly but a mosquito cannot mosquito. ============== Banta: When did George Washington die? Santa: two days before his funeral. ============== Banta: Tell me five FERROCIOUS animals you can think of........ Santa: 3 Lions and 2 Tigers. =============== Ban

Corporate Lessons!!

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" Crow: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow & rested.... All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it. CORPORATE LESSON 1 To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up. A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung. He found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. After eating more dung, he reached the 2nd branch. After a fortnight, he was at the top of the tree Then a farmer spotted the turkey and shot it dow
Read Each One Carefully and Think About It for a Second or Two 1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry. 3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. 4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. 5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them. 6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you. 9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. 10. Don't cry becaus

The Best Way to Relive Your Stress!!

When Lightning Strikes!!

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Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn!! The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. We must polish the Polish furniture. He could lead if he would get the lead out. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time topresent the present. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. I did not object to the object. The insurance was invalid for the invalid. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. They were too close to the door to close it. The buck does funny things when the does are present. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. The wind was too strong to wind the sail. After a number of injections my jaw got number. Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear. I had to su
These are actual newspaper headlines gathered from papers across the world! * Miners Refuse to Work After Death * Stolen Painting Found by Tree * Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies * Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years * Drunken Drivers Paid $1000 in '84 * Dear Kill 17,000 * Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead * Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy * Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half * New Vaccine May Contain Rabies Source: Sathish N

Together Everyone Ate More!!

Courtesy: Sathish N
The corporate boat race An American automobile company and a Japanese auto company decided to have a competitive boat race on the Detroit River. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the big day, they were as ready as they could be. The Japanese team won by a mile. Afterwards, the American team became discouraged by the loss and their morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found. A Continuous Measurable Improvement Team of "Executives" was set up to investigate the problem and to recommend appropriate corrective action. Their conclusion: The problem was that the Japanese team had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, whereas the American team had 1 person rowing and 8 people steering. The American Corporate Steering Committee immediately hired a consulting firm to do a study on the management structure. After some time and billions of dollars, the consulting firm concluded that

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Transcription Woes!!

India's BPO woes never seem to end. The latest salvo comes from the Association of Medical Secretaries in Britain. Because of the shortage of medical secretaries, eight hospitals in London are taking the services of Indian BPO industry for the typing of consultants' letters. However, of late some glaring errors in letters have been brought to the notice of the Association of Medical Secretaries following which the association has warned that outsourcing work to India could be putting patients' lives in danger, BBC.com reports. Medical transcription is a major component of the Indian BPO industry and a number of UK hospitals use cheaply available staff in India to transcribe consultants' letters and case history of UK-based patients. BBC.com quotes Michael Fiennes of the Association of Medical Secretaries as saying that he has heard of a number of mistakes creeping into letters, some serious enough to result in patients being administered wrong medication.

India's population to overtake China's

Washington, DC, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Statistics indicate within 50 years, India will overtake China as the world's most populous nation as the global population swells past 9 billion. The Population Reference Bureau, based in Washington, said by 2050, India is expected to grow from 1.08 billion to 1.63 billion people, overtaking China, which is forecast to reach 1.44 billion from 1.3 billion currently. With the exception of the United States, which is expected to grow by 50 percent to 420 million people, other western developed countries will register population declines, the bureau predicted. If current trends continue in Eastern Europe, the decline will be marked, with Bulgaria facing a loss of 38 percent of its 7.8 million inhabitants, and Russia declining by 17 percent, or 25 million people. The projections are based on infant mortality rates, life expectancy, fertility rates and age structure, as well as factors like contraception and AIDS rates. The bureau acknowle

Designers Beware!! Your Job is @ stake!!

Source: Sumi!

BPO Kid!

Source: Sumi

When Harry met Sally!!

Source: Sumi

Lalu sells like hot cake!

A restaurant named after Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav is turning out to be a huge hit in Lucknow. Lalu Junction with an entire section on Lalu Prasad Yadav has been decorated to look like a typical railway junction. Complete with kiosks selling beetle leaves and cigarettes, the restaurant's waiters are dressed like coolies. Guests are served drinks in earthern cups and plastic plates. A live band performs popular Hindi film songs, which completes the look. Shamil Shamsi, the restaurant's manager, said they wanted to do something unique involving known personalities, and admits that though there are few Indians who are more shockingly famous than Yadav, the minister was still a major attraction from the public's point of view. "As Lalu Prasad Yadav is a very famous personality, we thought of opening a restaurant in his name and this food festival is getting popular because of him only. We have made the menu according to the names of various trains. We have

Boogie Woogie!!

It’s Friday night at a swish disc in Gurgaon. The dance floor is packed with nubile 20-somethings strutting up and down a makeshift ramp. The judges sit in a corner marking the contestants on beauty and brawn. The evening ends with a beaming Mr and Ms BPO taking a bow after being duly crowned and sashed. A little further down, another disc is throbbing to some gusty Punjabi pop as the entire team of a Fortune 500 ‘process’ bond over martinis and music. Welcome to the young and restless world of IT enabled service (ITeS) companies. With attrition rates reaching all-time highs, even in the most respected outfits (it’s as high as 45-50% in voice-based processes says Nasscom), companies are bending backwards to offer their employees some fun and frolic. Make no mistake, fun is serious business here. Heads of departments are busy dishing out movie tickets, throwing parties, arranging beauty contests, trips to the disc and even doling out coupons for pub crawlers, all to keep their f

The Peak Effect!!

Source: Sumi

Crystal Ball, Crystal Ball, What's my future?

It Still Hurts THE scar left by the pogrom directed at the Muslim minority in the Indian state of Gujarat in February and March 2002 has yet to heal. That is partly because not a single murderer has been convicted, although perhaps 2,000 people died. The state government is under pressure from local activists, human-rights groups and India's staunchly interventionist Supreme Court to see that justice is at last done. But it continues to act less like a scourge of illegal violence than its sponsor. This week, the Supreme Court rebuked the state government's prosecutor for his failure to secure the arrest of ten of 21 Hindus accused in an infamous court case arising from the violence: the burning to death of 14 Muslims in a bakery. The accused have already been acquitted once, after witnesses withdrew their evidence. Prosecutors appealed, but in April the Supreme Court ruled that a fair retrial was impossible in Gujarat and moved the case to the neighbouring state of Maharasht
7 Habits of Highly Influential People!! Habit 1 - Be Proactive Change starts from within, and highly effective people make the decision to improve their lives through the things that they can influence rather than by simply reacting to external forces. Habit 2 - Begin with the End in Mind Develop a principle-centered personal mission statement. Extend the mission statement into long-term goals based on personal principles. Habit 3 - Put First Things First Spend time doing what fits into your personal mission, observing the proper balance between production and building production capacity. Identify the key roles that you take on in life, and make time for each of them. Habit 4 - Think Win/Win Seek agreements and relationships that are mutually beneficial. In cases where a "win/win" deal cannot be achieved, accept the fact that agreeing to make "no deal" may be the best alternative. In developing an organizational culture, be sure to reward win/win behavior a

India begins tests for diesel-biodiesel blend

India has begun trial runs of buses and locomotives using diesel blended with biodiesel made from plants to reduce the energy-deficient country's growing dependence on imported crude oil, government officials said. Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar told parliament on Tuesday that the blended fuel was being tested in buses in Bombay and Haryana. "If the field trials establish the efficacy of biodiesel and diesel blend and indicate the possibility of economic pricing of these products, then large-scale oil seeds plantations would have to be undertaken before commercial production begins," he said. India, which imports 70 percent of its crude oil needs, began blending ethanol with petrol two years ago, but the savings are not substantial because petrol accounts for only seven percent of petroleum products sold in the country. Government officials say the country will gain much more with the use of biodiesel as diesel accounts for about 36 percent of the f

Lallooji Ki Jai!!

Lalloo Prasad's wife is off to England for a 2-week training program, and he is seeing her off at the airport. 'Have a good trip Rabri', says Lalloo. Rabri answers, 'Thank you ji! What would you like me to bring for you?' Lalloo laughs and says, 'An English girl!!! Rabri is quiet and leaves contemplating the meaning of his words. Two weeks later Lalloo picks her up in the airport and asks, 'Haanji, so how was the trip?' 'Very good, very very good ji!' Lalloo laughs and asks, 'And so, what happened to my present?' 'Which present?' 'What I had asked for, the English girl!' 'Oh haanji, that! Well, I've done what I could. Now we will just have to wait a few months to see if it's a English boy or a girl!!!' 'Satyanash' Courtesy: KTJ
Important Notice Dear Employee: As a result of the reduction of money budgeted for department areas, we are forced to cut down on our number of personnel. Under this plan, older employees will be asked to take early retirement, thus permitting the retention of younger people who represent our future. Therefore, a program to phase out older personnel by the end of the current fiscal year, via retirement, will be placed into effect immediately. This program will be known as SLAP (Severe Late-Aged Personnel). Employees who are SLAPPED will be given the opportunity to look for jobs outside the company. SLAPPED employees can request a review of their employment records before actual retirement takes place. This review phase of the program is called SCREW. SCREW (Survey of Capabilities of Retired Early Workers). All employees who have been SLAPPED and SCREWED may file an appeal with upper management. This appeal is called SHAFT (Study by Higher Authority Following Terminatio

It Happens Only in INDIA!!

How to Wash the Cat Thoroughly clean the toilet. Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water, and have both lids lifted. Obtain the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape). CAUTION!!!!! Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for any purchase they can find. Flush the toilet three or four times. Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids. The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside where he will dry himself. Sincerely, The DOG

Yeh Dil Maange More!!!

Courtesy: Sinoj!!
These are actual excerpts from students science exam papers: Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the organ of the species. Benjamin Franklin produced electricity by rubbing cats backwards. The theory of evolution was greatly objected to because it made man think. Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillers. The dodo is a bird that is almost decent by now. To remove air from a flask, fill it with water, tip the water out, and put the cork in quick before the air can get back in. The process of turning steam back into water again is called conve rsation. A magnet is something you find crawling all over a dead cat. The Earth makes one resolution every 24 hours. The cuckoo bird does not lay his own eggs. To collect fumes of sulfur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube. Parallel lines never meet, unless you bend one or both of them. Algebraical symbols are used when you do not know what you are talking about. Geometry

Brain Drain

Aug. 10, 2004 - A new study finds Alzheimer's Disease patients are more likely than healthy seniors to have had jobs with low mental demands. Researchers studied the job histories of 122 Alzheimer's patients and 235 healthy seniors. They found the healthy volunteers were more likely than the patients to have had mentally challenging jobs, and Alzheimer's patients were more likely to have had occupations with higher physical demands. Researchers aren't sure whether the finding is a sign that the disease impairs brain capacity years before symptoms are apparent or whether it adds to the "use it or lose it" theory about brain power. This study is from researchers at Case Western Reserve University. It is published in the Journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Life is short, enjoy it!! Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker. Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you forthe rest of the day. If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. If you lend someone Rs200/-, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it. Never buy a car you can't push. Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you don't have a leg to stand on. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer you live. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be t
Put the Glass Down A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?" The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm. "It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long youhold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes." "If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not beable to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier." "What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while beforeholding it up again." We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on. So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of w

Is this how we do Dial-in Calls???

Leadership The three skills that people in an organization have are leading, managing, and working. Every person has a combination of all three. I refer to a leader as someone who is strongest in leadership, a manager as one who is strongest in management and a worker as one who is strongest in workmanship. To understand better what leadership is, let us first discuss it in the context of what leadership is not. Leadership is not equivalent to managing others. A leader needs to manage the self while teaching and guiding others to manage themselves. Leadership is different from management in several aspects. While a person can be a good leader as well as a good manager, the two are two different talents. A President & CEO needs to be both a leader and a manager. The Chief Architect can just be a leader. A Project Manager can be just a manager. A programmer can just be a worker. A manager often needs to make others do things, but rarely needs to do those things her/himself.

Kudos to the Govt.!!

The Tamil Nadu government is showcasing Chennai and Coimbatore as major destinations in India for the booming BPO and IT-Enabled Services (ITES) sector. In a bid to woo the sector and attract investment in these two cities, the state government is organising "Connect 2004", the annual enterprise ICT (Information and Communications Technology) event, in Chennai Sep 22-25. The fourth edition of the mega event will demonstrate the government's commitment to play a catalytic role in transforming Chennai as the BPO hub of India with industry-friendly policies, world-class infrastructure, including ready-to-occupy built-up space, surplus power, terabit connectivity and efficient transport system. "Tamil Nadu has emerged as one of the top IT states in the country, thanks to the availability of growth-inducing infrastructure, wealth of talent, global connectivity and continuation of the state's IT policy," declared Tamil Nadu IT Minister D. Jayakumar Thursd