DO not stick with one job for a long time!!!

A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.
The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop window.

For a second everything went quiet in the cab, then the driver said:

"Look mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the hell out of me!".

The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't realize that a little tap would scare you so much."

The driver replied, "Sorry, it's not really your fault. Today is my first day as a cab driver - I've been driving a van carrying dead Bodies for last 25 years...


MORAL:

Do not stick with one job for a long time!

Pain of a married man!!!!

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in bed.

She goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him.

He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.

"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into the room. "Why are you down here at this time of night?"

The husband looks up from his coffee, "Do you remember 20 years ago when we were dating, and you were only 18?" he asks solemnly. "Yes I do" she replies.

The husband pauses; the words were not coming easily. "Do you remember when your father caught us in the garden?"

"Yes, I remember" said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.

The husband continued.. "Do you remember when he showed the shotgun in my face and said, 'Either you marry my daughter, or I'll send you to jail for 20 years?"

"I remember that too" she replied softly.

He wiped another tear from his cheek and said, "I would have been released today!"

Workstations of most Think Tanks!!!

Whether you prefer the clean minimalism of Steve Jobs and 37 Signals or the creative chaos of Tina Fey and Pixar, there's a lot to learn from the workspaces of the well-known. We present nine such spaces here for inspiration.

Al Gore

If nothing else, former Vice President Al Gore's office helps anyone who needs that extra little push to convince themselves that, yeah, having three monitors is necessary for important work. Why noted environmental speaker Gore would go for a paper sketch pad over whiteboards, we can't quite say.

David Allen

PopoutAs Jason put it in his original post, Getting Things Done originator David Allen is a man who practices what he preaches, especially when it comes to capturing his thoughts and "Oh yeah" moments. Two of the unique but fitting items on his desk are a label maker and a sand timer. The producers of the clip note that this was shot hastily, at the end of Allen's time commitment for an interview, but the essence of his David Allen Co. office comes through.

Bill Gates

He's since left this space, and his title of chairman and chief software architect at Microsoft, but Gates apparently had a mind for working clean while on the Redmond campus. These days, Gates is rocking three monitors and OneNote for his work needs, and we'd love to see that home office setup as well.

Steve Ballmer

When the Microsoft CEO looks straight ahead, there's a single monitor, a (Microsoft) mouse and keyboard, a phone, and a little space to eat lunch. When he looks to the side or reaches for files, it's a whole shelf and wall full of family and friend pics, along with his children's creative endeavors. Easy to forget these folks are human, no?

Steve Jobs

Apple's head honcho had only just begun working on the Macintosh computer and was living the single life when Diana Walker snapped this picture at his apartment. Easy to see where the focus on minimalist functionality comes from. The cutline: "I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that's what I had."

37 Signals

Another team of minimalist-minded tech thinkers, the team behind Basecamp, Campfire, and web coding language Ruby on Rails doesn't work in empty white rooms, but keeps the decoration lean and the spaces open.

Martin Amis

The British author shares a picture of his rather stunning outpost office, in a small building off his garden. He also explains why every worker needs a "shed" of some sort: "I used to have the attic in the house and Isabel, my wife, was meant to have this office, but I didn't think she used it enough so I reclaimed it. It's ideal - you can't hear the children and you can smoke."

"Dilbert's Ultimate Cubicle"

Dilbert creator Scott Adams knows about repressive, uncomfortable working conditions, so he set out with the design firm Ideo to try and change things, if only by example. Garnering feedback from thousands of Dilbertfans, Adams and Ideo designed "Dilbert's Ultimate Cubicle," a modular framework that changes the orientation of a light source to match the time of day, allows for snap-in hammocks and adjustable seat/computer/desk configurations, and even offers up hamster wheels and aquarium modules, if one wants to commune with similarly trapped creatures. Dilbert doesn't actually work here, but if he could let his mind go free, he probably would.

Tina Fey

It was shot for an American Express ad, so the seriously cluttered look ("Too busy to use any other card!", the thinking might have went) might be a bit exaggerated. But we tend to believe that the 30 Rock writer/producer does organize her days and ideas with Post-It Notes—check out the oddly organized grid on her corkboard, and semi-organized notes on the wall further back. A messy mind, perhaps, but then again, she writes a show with about a half-dozen plot lines going at once.

Pixar

If it wasn't rewarding enough to work at what most critics would say is the most dependably creative and rewarding film studio operating today, the Pixar team gets some serious free reign in how they work. Past project memorabilia is ever-present, creative lighting is the norm, dorms have been turned into tiny 1950's-style houses, and there's lots and lots of wide-open space around the campus. In case they get too distanced from what really earns their paychecks, though, the server racks are right around the corner for a quick reminder.

Some things in life cannot be expressed in words nor in actions. Hmmm..When you think of this, you can imagine hitting your head on a wall which you never expected. That's when your mind starts reeving up. And then BLING!!!

You start thinking of doing something new.
But now you start thinking, Hmm ....What should i Think about thinking of doing something new?

Well, why not I take some photographs!!! ( Woohoo-- this can strike a mind which has an IQ of say > 120 .... [:)] ...Others would have thought, Watching cartoons would be something creative ...yeahhh)

Huh!! That's not the case over here...

Photography is something that is what you see around. It is something the way you feel your surroundings. It is something the way you see it. I am sure not everybody see's the way i see things. It is quite common with most of them (99% humans) as well. Some nuts see things which are not to be seen or See things which are not there...That's absolutely GOING NUTS!!!!

Therefore, When i said " Somethings in life cannot be expressed in Words or Actions... ", Photography is the best way to express the one's which were impossible to explain in words.

But here's a catch, Why not mix up everything i.e Words, Action, Photography.....
Nothing can be as powerful as a combination of these three things... I bet, and that's what i am set for with this Blog of mine named "VABINOMICS" .... Which merely means " My Philosophies of Economics of LIFE" or "Philosophies of Lesser God - Vrandesh"

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

What Say!!!!!

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What are the 14 Principles of Management?

The 14 Management Principles from Henri Fayol (1841-1925) are:

1. Division of Work. Specialization allows the individual to build up experience, and to continuously improve his skills. Thereby he can be more productive.
2. Authority. The right to issue commands, along with which must go the balanced responsibility for its function.
3. Discipline. Employees must obey, but this is two-sided: employees will only obey orders if management play their part by providing good leadership.
4. Unity of Command. Each worker should have only one boss with no other conflicting lines of command.
5. Unity of Direction. People engaged in the same kind of activities must have the same objectives in a single plan. This is essential to ensure unity and coordination in the enterprise. Unity of command does not exist without unity of direction but does not necessarily flows from it.
6. Subordination of individual interest (to the general interest). Management must see that the goals of the firms are always paramount.
7. Remuneration. Payment is an important motivator although by analyzing a number of possibilities, Fayol points out that there is no such thing as a perfect system.
8. Centralization (or Decentralization). This is a matter of degree depending on the condition of the business and the quality of its personnel.
9. Scalar chain (Line of Authority). A hierarchy is necessary for unity of direction. But lateral communication is also fundamental, as long as superiors know that such communication is taking place. Scalar chain refers to the number of levels in the hierarchy from the ultimate authority to the lowest level in the organization. It should not be over-stretched and consist of too-many levels.
10. Order. Both material order and social order are necessary. The former minimizes lost time and useless handling of materials. The latter is achieved through organization and selection.
11. Equity. In running a business a ‘combination of kindliness and justice’ is needed. Treating employees well is important to achieve equity.
12. Stability of Tenure of Personnel. Employees work better if job security and career progress are assured to them. An insecure tenure and a high rate of employee turnover will affect the organization adversely.
13. Initiative. Allowing all personnel to show their initiative in some way is a source of strength for the organization. Even though it may well involve a sacrifice of ‘personal vanity’ on the part of many managers.
14. Esprit de Corps. Management must foster the morale of its employees. He further suggests that: “real talent is needed to coordinate effort, encourage keenness, use each person’s abilities, and reward each one’s merit without arousing possible jealousies and disturbing harmonious relations.”

Undefined Simplified

Anil Ambani was the fastest growing Billionaire of the year 2008 according to Forbes. Do you know that how can you become a fastest growing Billionaire? Well, you will think that to become a fastest growing Billionaire, you MUST need a unique and amazing Business idea right?

But well…. It is not so…. If you want to be a fastest growing Billionaire than you should have an art of creating new wealth in the economy. If you want to be a fastest growing billionaire than you should have an art of printing new money in the economy legally.

So How to create new Wealth in the Economy?

How to print new money in the Economy legally?

Well, the answer of both of the above questions is – Develop a Successful Business around any Business idea in this world and take that Business to the Public.

Yes, taking a Business to the public is the one and only surest way to become a Billionaire. Anil Ambani became fastest growing Billionaire in the year 2008 because in the year 2007 his Net Worth increased to US $ 18 Billion in 1 single year….!!!

Now Nobody in this world (Individual or Business) can earn this much amount of money in the economy. But you have to print this money legally.

So How Anil Ambani printed this much amount of money in the economy legally? Well, by taking Reliance Power Limited public.

After Reliance Power going public, the Net Worth of Anil Ambani boosted to US $ 18 Billion in just 1 single year.

Ambani Brothers are not in the Business of Textile, Energy, Crude oil, Insurance, Telecommunication or anything else…. But Ambani Brothers are in the Business of Selling Businesses (Promoting a Business, taking it to public & selling the shares (Ownership) of those Businesses to the public).

So if you also want to be a fastest growing Billionaire, Do the same thing…!!!!

Nike Boycott

Nike Boycott
Seems like everyone is on the boycott Nike bandwagon ... Nike has become the symbol of the New World Order - $2 per day workers in foreign countries make the product, pay tens of millions of dollars to sports stars to promote it. Nike factories report that the cost of a lunch is 27 cents; the factories pick up 2/3 of this cost, and deduct 9 cents from the worker's paycheck.

WTF?

WTF?

Hey, what happened to acronyms all of a sudden? SAT no longer stands for anything, we are informed. Neither does AT&T, KFC, or AARP. Their meanings are obsolete, but their organizations keep using them. The whole thing is vaguely Orwellian.

Good acronyms are useful because they’re simple and memorable. But for every perfect flower (BASIC = Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) there’s a misbegotten weed (USA PATRIOT = Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism).

Deeper in the muck are bureaucracy-spawned monsters like ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC, Navy-speak for “Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command.”

And only the Soviet Union could have produced this:

NIIOMTPLABOPARMBETZHELBETRABSBOMONIMONKONOTDTEKHSTROMONT

It stands for “The laboratory for shuttering, reinforcement, concrete, and ferroconcrete operations for composite-monolithic and monolithic constructions of the Department of the Technology of Building Assembly Operations of the Scientific Research Institute of the Organization for Building Mechanization and Technical Aid of the Academy of Building and Architecture of the USSR.”

Even proper abbreviations can have sadly unintended meanings. In 1945 Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, founded the Association of Los Alamos Scientists, or ALAS. They stressed the first syllable, understandably.

And I think the American Symphony Orchestra League must be very careful in training its receptionists. You can’t have them saying, “Good morning, ASOL.”

Understandable

Understandable

Massachusetts’ Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg has the longest place name in the United States.

Locals call it Webster Lake.

Gesundheit!

Gesundheit!

Sneezes around the world:

• France: Atchoum!
• Finland: Atsiuh!
• Iceland: Atsjú!
• Sweden: Atjo!
• India: Akchhee!
• Denmark: Atju!
• Netherlands: Hatsjoe!
• Lithuania: Apchi!
• Germany: Hatschie!
• Hungary: Hapci!
• Poland: Apsik!
• Russia: Apchkhi!
• Italy: Etciù!
• Spain: ¡Achís!
• Portugal: Atchim!
• Romania: Hapciu!
• Philippines: Hatsing!
• Japan: Hakushon!
• South Korea: Achee!
• Vietnam: Hát-xì!

See also “Lides to Bary Jade.”

Pieces of Pi

Pieces of Pi

Posted in Science & Math, Trivia by Greg Ross on September 7th, 2009

In the decimal expansion of π:

• the digits 27182818 — the first eight digits of e — appear at position 1,526,800.
• the digits 14142135 — the first eight digits of the square root of 2 — appear at position 52,638.
• the first eight digits of π itself — 31415926 — reappear at position 50,366,472.
• 16470 appears at position 16470.
• there are seven 7s at position 3,346,228, eight 8s at position 46,663,520, and six 9s at position 762.
• The White House switchboard number (456-1414) is at position 3,193,808, the population of France (65,073,482) is at position 98,709,092, and Disneyland’s zip code (92802) is at position 41,112.

Write out the alphabet starting with J:

JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHI

Erase all letters that have left-right symmetry (such as A) and count the letters in each of the five groups that remain. (Martin Gardner)

How to Soften Up Harsh Flash Lighting

How many times have you taken a photo and regreted that you used the on camera flash? The result is glaring highlights, shiny foreheads, and beady eyes, from the powerful direct hit of the small built-in flash. In this blog we share some tips on how to avoid this.

There are a few ways that you can soften up that flash and make it look more natural, even the tiny little built-in flash on a compact point and shoot camera. If you soften your on camera flash, or bounce it off the ceiling, you will take away the harsh hard-edged shadows.

1. Create a Bounce Card

A technique used by press photographers for years. Take a small white index card, tape or rubber band it below the flash so that it bounces the flash onto the ceiling and fills the room. This can be a bit more tricky with the small little on camera built in flash and may require some McGuyver like duct tape technique. But the result is worth the work. You get a nice even fill to the light. How you create the card will depend on how your flash is built into your camera.

See the two photos (above and below). A white post-it note is a good way to create a bounce card on the go. You can see that I cut and modify one for the compact Canon G9 (above) or for my Canon 430EX Speedlite (below), just stick it on the front and go.

2. Make a Tissue Soft “Box”

Simply take a piece of tissue and put it over the flash on your camera. If you prepare this in advance you can neatly tape it in place, but you can always turn this option into a grab and go technique. Grab a tissue or thin paper napkin and hold it over the flash, point and shoot. It works best if you use a double layer tissue or fold it in two. This softens the light of your flash in your photos, even though the light is still direct.

There are more expensive tools that you can buy to soften your flash.

With any of these techniques you may need to play around with the settings on your camera a bit. In essence you may need to trick your camera into the right exposure. With all of the automatic functions of cameras these days, you need to learn how to out smart the auto functions.

?It could be as simple as fidgeting with the exposure modes or overexposing the photo by a half to a full stop. This is going to vary based upon the camera and the model that you have. Try different techniques in the same scene and see what works best for your camera.

Think of these techniques as making a little lampshade for your camera flash. Try either of them or fiddle around with techniques of your own. The key is to spread out and diffuse the light and to bounce it off of something more broad than your camera flash (like an entire ceiling).

Just remember if you have a ceiling that isn’t white, or use a paper or card that isn’t white, that color will effect the color of the light and will tint your entire photo.

Courtesy: http://digital-photography-school.com/