Fact With News

"Vinay kargaonkar became something of hero when he became the first Mumbai police officer to take a month's paternity leave in 2007. He was surprised to make headlines and went on record to wonder why no man had ever taken paternity leave in the 10 years since it was introduced in India" - a comical fact in a newspaper article.
For those who do know what is paternity leave : It is an employee benefit for Males that provided paid or unpaid time off work to care for/spend time with their new born child.

Here's a look at different countries' policies on paid leave from net.

India - 15 days

USA - None

Australia - None

Saudi Arabia - 1 day

France - 15 days

Germany - 12/14 months for married fathers and paid 67% of their salary.

Italy - 13 weeks and 80% salary paid

UK - Two weeks

Puzzled on seeing this data. Given the fact that pain of delivery, child birth,time and care required for mother and baby is same through out the world, why is the difference in this paternity and maternity leave policies across the geography ?

Traffic

Yesterday we saw many accidents and it is one accident then other accidents happened so you know that you need to be careful while driving. There four accidents on the road of different junctions. You need to watch where you are going, I find that the traffic cones are useful you can use it as a signed that there have been accidents.

I am sure everyone aware of safety products, you can many choices of safety products on this site. Some safety products are kept in the car boots, I am sure you not everyone having the warning flags. This traffic device is common use at the airport, if you are on board the plane you can see this warning flags used for airport traffic. I think parking signs play a significant role in helping out people so that accidents can be negated.

Heavy vehicles on the road might have the traffic barricade. If there is a traffic construction going on you can see that there will be traffic barricade so you need to avoid driver near them. I am driving every day I need to be caution where I am going.

If you are looking for traffic products you can check this site. With Internet access today you can find shopping online convenient. Think of your loved one, think of safety first.I would recommend all the people to buy traffic cones

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Crossroads of the world

Guessed it ? Huh h ? Wow !! Exactly. I am talking about Time square in Manhattan. Great spectaculars, jumbo trons, animated and digital advertisements !! Still remember how my eyes struggled to find things around in such a flashy street. Have seen this place in many movies. But real experience made me speechless.

The whole new york trip was good. I was very eager to see the Ground Zero. Realized how big it would have been just after hearing the news that the rebuilding of the world trade center with full occupancy again will take around 28 years more.

Think this week end was the most memorable one ever. Walked through my dreams :)

Characters

Are you a pogo and cartoon-network addict ? If so, have you ever dreamt of you living among those cartoon characters ?Huh h .Better fly to Orlando, Florida. Best option is to Land in to Disney land - Magic kingdom. Wow !!Amazing !! A world full of fun and joy. I am sure you will feel yourself a fairy inside this magic kingdom.

No wonder why they charge so much for the entrance fee. Each and every cent spent there is worth the money. Amazing planning. Beautiful castle, very creative buildings, joyful and fearless rides, techie exhibitions, fast pass concepts, cute cartoons around...more and more...creativity everywhere... no end to describe this awesome kingdom.

If you have been to disney and missed the night show there,please dont ever tell anybody that you have been there once.You will feel cartoons live in the real world with you , just after seeing this beautiful parade in the night at Disney.You will feel like going behind them like a cartoon.You will go speechless for around twenty minutes, watching the fireworks over Cinderella castle. It was unbelievable to know that all these shows and parade happens daily there. It was like a new year eve.Colorful and energetic ambiance. Will never feel like leaving the place.

Of course everyone will accept that its the business/money which actually drive the people to build such an impeccable fairy world. But something else is there in Disney which makes you live through it. Don't know whats that. May be you can feel too, when you are there once. Don't miss it.

Accessories

My dear friend Cleng just arrived from London last week. She went home to tie the knot with her boyfriend this weekend. And since the wedding is already this weekend, we took some time out (before everything gets crazy!) to go have dinner together last night. We were with Mike, the groom-to-be, Cleng’s younger sister (and her significant other) and our good, good friends, Cris and Joan.

With everybody’s uber-busy schedules, we met in Eastwood Mall later than what was planned. Anyway, our feet led us to Cyma for dinner and Cheesecake, etc. for coffee and dessert (deserves a separate post!).

Dinner was, as usual, filled with a lot of funny stories. The food was sumptuous and the company was great. These friends of mine are all definitely friends for life (and as Joan would joke – FFAE ~ friends forever and ever). It’s because no matter how long we have not seen each other, all is the same, as if we never really were apart for months and years. We can still talk about anything, from serious concerns to the most trivial things such as our crazy past lives, bags, ford accessories (except for Cleng, we all know how to drive, you see) and many other things.

I guess, as friends, we've reached the point that in spite of our differences (which were more pronounced when we were younger) and peculiarities, we love and accept each other as we are and there are no more biases and no more ill-feelings, only happy memories of our friendship which is already more than 25 years and counting.

Lapel Pins

I have seen many good Lapel Pins in my life. I consider them a great way of promoting, advertising, branding, or recognizing a company, charity, or a club. Life would not be the same without lapel pins. We see them everywhere we go: on the streets, in parks, in shops, and in various facilities. People choose to wear lapel pins for various reasons to not only promote or advertise something, but also to show that they belong to a certain distinctive group of people with some shared interest. I can think of many groups of people that can find lapel pins useful. They can be anything from charities and businesses to schools and associations. Even a little league team can choose to wear a Lapel Pin that will show its identity. Many clubs and associations make their own custom lapel pins in order to sell them or give them to their members, usually during annual meetings. Custom lapel pins are also a good way to make some money if you know that somebody would be willing to buy Pins with the logo of your group on it. I know that many baseball or soccer teams make money that way, because their lapel pins always sell. Another group of people that will find lapel pins useful are charities. While it is true that charities need to watch their expenses, custom lapel pins can be affordable and they can allow a charity to promote its cause. You will not be surprised if I tell you that many families use custom lapel pins to promote a family reunion, create unity, or to celebrate an event of a family member. Custom lapel pins can be a memorable gift that every family member will treasure for many years. Lapel pins can remind us of great moments in our lives.

luxury vacation rentals

Hi friends this post is for all those people who really value information. This post is really going to help all those people who are really interested in getting vacation rental.By staying in vacation homes instead of hotel rooms, you’re likely to get more space and more privacy. For families with children or groups of friends or relatives traveling together, vacation rentals can often result in great bargains. But if you have extra budget, you can also find many luxury vacation rentals offering the most desirable landscapes and five-star facilities. Yes, it is that easy to find thousands of vacation rentals in hundreds of great world destinations.

NFR 2010

It's been very long since my last post as I was busy with my work ethics. Everyone would have enjoyed their holidays for Christmas and New Year. I will make sure in the future in balancing both work and the post simultaneously. Recently when I was surfing through the Internet I came to know about an interesting piece of information. So I thought of sharing it with you people. So friends this post is for all those people who really value information. This post is really going to help all those people who are really interested in getting information about nfr-rodeo.com.Being someone who loves cowboy adventure, I would love to NFR 2010 finals. Among the competitive events include the timed events, “rough stock” competition, and of course others less common ones.

If one wants to attend the 2010 National Finals Rodeo on 4 or more nights, there are a lot of opportunity to buy a discounted NFR ticket package for the nights and also to choose the seating place that you desire.

Looking through the rodeo events and the stadium that holds the event, I would prefer to choose the seating place under SECTION 114 which is Row JJ even though it might be more expensive. The real price actually costs $561 each but the view and angle of it is awesome.

However, I would encourage those who would want a nice angle and view of the competition and yet on tight budget to go for the seating place in SECTION 224 in row M. Although the view is not as fantastic as the one in SECTION 114, it only costs $161 which is a worthwhile buy.

Decades later, split wide open

Read an intersting news again. "After 40 years a man and wife, a parsi couple is fighting a bitter divorce battle. A wife of age 74, has dragged her 80 year old husband to the parsi matrimonial court, saying she can no longer put up with the physical and mental harassment".A lawyer claims this is the first time in legal history that a couple has sought to get divorced after four decades of marriage.

Is this a sign of great social change underway ? Are Indians becoming more demanding about marital partnerships ? And is the change affecting our old generation too ?

Serious search and survey on this divorce among older couple,gives us the fact that most of the couples put up with each others harassment all their life for the sake of the children and now that they have settled, they wanted to get separated. Children are often the biggest glue in a marriage and the empty net syndrome is cruelly exposing the differences between the couple.

Where is the Indian culture turning to ? Of course Indians becoming more individualist and aware, is a good sign, but not in this way. Isn't it ?

Airlines

I was flying from India to Baltimore, U.S yesterday. It was my first long journey by air. The flight was too good but for the food. I am not used to these cheese and pastas much.Not just me, any south Indian will go for at-least up-ma than for a pasta/sandwich given the options. But I had no options other than tomato sauced pastas. Still, felt its better than beef and chicken from non veg category.

Just because i wrote three continuous sentences on food, don't think I am a foodie. Actually I am not. But the very first thinking of this flight journey reminds me, my bad experience with the flight food. That's it. But there are yet 100 good things to tell about my flight yesterday. The airlines service, crews etiquette,hospitality, movie libraries, shopping magazines..so many good services. I really appreciate all these airlines which try their best to render us a luxurious flight journey.Heard from my husband that the service will be more awesome when you travel by business class in all these airlines. Either I should become an executive in a company or my husband should get promoted to afford me a business class flight.Think the later one will be the best and easiest ;) Lets see.

Swinging with the mood

'It’s not just women, as is presumed, men have mood swings too. Similar to women, men have hormonal cycles too. However the changes in men vary with the age and testosterone levels. And these levels increase and decrease throughout the day, every day. But it is not yet scientifically determined whether men go through monthly physical mood - altering cycles similar to women.
Many men find it difficult to express to the spouse or family what's bothering them, because of the conditioning that happens over many years. Men think it is a sign of weakness to express their emotions, especially sadness, disappointments, anxiety, fear etc. However they open up to a counseller. This is because, usually a family member trying to intervene is viewed as nagging' says KumarBabu, a famous psychiatrist in one of his interview.

Many a times felt how poor our neighborhood men are, in expressing their thoughts. The above clippings from a psychiatrist’s interview reveals that it’s not just in our home, but everywhere men are less expressive. Being less expressive is not a good diet for a healthy relationship. When will they realize it? May be this blog will trip some of their thoughts.

Life is like that

Got a call from my friend this morning. Was not expecting those analog lines to decode a shocking news. But it did. My friend lost his job two days back. He was working in the same company of mine. What is really happening around the software industry ? Ofcourse recession, cost cutting, lack of outsourced projects can lead to Layoffs. But they cant do it just like that in random, isnt it? On what basis do they layoff a person ? Really felt bad on thinking my freind's situation.

During my leisure time thought of browsing on these layoffs in the industries and their reasons. Found this site funny. Thought of sharing it with you guys.

Got caught with an very intersting info on layoffs in that site. "How layoffs can feed talent to the competition, especially if the competition is creative and aggressive about it. When Yahoo! cut a chunk of staff at its headquarters in December, a small start-up company called Tokbox, which provides a free video chat service, set up a taco truck across the street from Yahoo!'s corporate headquarters. It gave any Yahoo! employee who stopped by--laid off or not--not only free tacos but a promise of five jobs to be considered for. Tokbox's vice-president of marketing, Micky O'Brien, says it was a sudden idea conceived the day before."

Moda sunglasses

Hi friends this post is for all those people who really value information. This post is really going to help all those people who are really interested in getting Moda sunglasses. Are you a business and looking for wholesale sunglasses? Moda Sunglass is the perfect place to find great prices on wholesale sunglasses.They have styles for men, women, kids, fashionable, reading glasses and many more.The also have displays to offer too. Great designer replica sunglasses for your business.Since they are the direct producer and the importer of the glasses they provide all glasses at low cost with no compromise on the quality. They have one year return policy and satisfaction guarantee. Seems Moda Sunglasses is out for satisfaction in all means like price, quality and guarantees. You can also compare quality of their sunglasses with name brand sunglasses on their website.

youtube to mp3

Hi friends this post is for all those people who really value information. This post is really going to help all those people who are really interested in getting a great converter. Yes i know the right place where you can get a converter which will help you in converting youtube to mp3. Have you ever watching an online video on youtube?? I'm sure that every people loves to watch an online video from youtube. we can watch almost anything in youtube, whether it's a movie trailer, music videos, news and the most interesting of all is a humor. You will be able to download all of them and also convert them into mp3. So what are you waiting for visit their website for more information.

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What do I write? Whats my first real blog going to be on ?

Shall I write my personal experience- past/present or reviews on the products I use or critisicm on current happenings across the globe which I read in the morning papers or the new person I met when I had been to a veggie shop near by or about an intersting article which I read recently ? The list goes on. Only after deciding that am going to write my thoughts somewhere , my mind realises that I have so many (really many) things to share with. Ofcourse they are just the things which I see/hear/feel in my day today life.

Hmmm true. I could write many. But right this moment, when I was thinking about what to start with, I could hear some advertisements from my next door television. And it striked me. My views on currents ads in televsions is going to be my first blog !! I am a great fan of all the creative ads !!Prefer watching ads than movies. Now a days most of them are creative , logical and well presented. Whats this infers is right brained people are increasing. Its true that frontal lobes of right brain is responsible for creativity, logic, intuition, new problem solving, synthesis of ideas, imagination, concepts of time, and planning as per this reference. I am very happy that the previous custom of ads have really changed to an extent. Big actor/actress catwalking and reciting/singing the tag line of the product which is zero percent relevant to them (mostly) was the "used to be" ads. Not denying the fact that that custom has changed fully, but still it has been minimised or made meaningful.

I should really mention the LIC jeevan varsha policy ad. I am totally a "zero" in the insurance field. Never understood a single policy by its brouchers. Never bothered to make me understand it too. My parents were taking care of my insurance and tax filing. But to my surprise that LIC jeevan varsha ad was so meaningfully picturised that I understood about the policy the instant I saw the ad. Even an illiterate person can understand whats that policy is all about.

Not just this ad, most of the ads today are equally competitive irrespective of the kinda porducts. Kudos to all those right brained persons behind these beautiful ads !

Adoption

Adoption is the act of legally placing a child with a parent or parents other than those to whom they were born. An adoption order has the effect of severing parental responsibilities and rights of the original parents and transferring those responsibilities and rights to the adoptive parents.

Attitudes and laws regarding adoption vary greatly. Whereas all cultures make arrangements whereby children whose own parents are unavailable to rear them to be brought up by others, not all cultures have the concept of adoption, that is treating children who are adopted as though they were the biological children of the adoptive parents.

The most recent adoption attitudes survey completed by the Evan Donaldson Institute provides further evidence of this stigma. Nearly one-third of the surveyed population believed adoptees are less-well adjusted, more prone to medical issues, and predisposed to drug and alcohol problems. Additionally, 40-45% thought adoptees were more likely to have behavior problems and trouble at school. In contrast, the same study indicated adoptive parents were viewed favorably, with nearly 90% describing them as, “lucky, advantaged, and unselfish.

Wondering why suddenly all definition and facts on Adoption in my blog ? Great. My brother has adopted a girl child recently. I Felt very proud of them. Suddenly had a curiosity to know how many people do so in India. Do our Indian culture encourages the concept of adoption? The statistics do not say so. The adoption rate in India is poor compared to many other countries like U.S, Sweden, Italy,Norway, England etc. But I should also mentioned that the adoption rate is better than Egypt and other muslim countries where they consider adoption is illegal.

Dont know whether we can change the mind set of the older generation, but we can surely change the attitude of our younger generation to increase the concept of adoption more in India. Lets do our best.

Nano

It’s not about Nano technology I am speaking about; it’s the "Nano" car from Tata group in India. Recent news says that there have been more than 50,000 bookings in the past 20 days, for this car which is yet to hit the market. They deliver a car for around 2000 to 2700 dollars with power steering, air-conditioning and central locking. Do they compromise in the quality? Huh? I don’t know. But the look of the car and the features sounds great for a basic four wheeler. Now I am really curious to drive both this nano and a real Benz/BMW to feel their cost and luxury difference. I am sure I will easily experience the first soon but not sure of the lateral. Let’s see. After all "Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended".

Blogging necessary ?

Many questions pokes me. Being in the software line, I have been reading others blogs for years and years. Whenever I do, I get the same question in my mind. Is blogging necessary ? In what way its useful ? Whats the factor which fantasize these blogging concepts and bloggers ? Is it not making your thoughts n experience public ? But whats wrong in doing so ? Is there someone getting benefit out of it ? Why do firms give out free domain space for blogging ? what do they get in return ? Does blogging really makes any change in a person's/company's/country's economy/attitude ? Is there been a real product/model/implementations of the innovative ideas written in these blogs ? Or they just float through the wires as 0's n 1's across the machines and never gets in to reality ? Oh my god !! so many questions!

But I know, just sitting in front of a notebook and asking these questions whenever I read some blog, is not going to answer me anything. Isnt it ? But, Hey after a serious thought, got an answer myself. Here it is.... "Join this blogging world, explore, share and experience it on your own. You will get your answers one by one".

lets me start seeing myself in words.

Pshycology of Acquisitions

Satyam has grabbed the title news in the media since December. For a third party like me it was just another interesting news. But how would an employee of that company would have reacted / felt? Insecure isn’t it? But at least now they can relax. Tech Mahindra gave a hand for them to play safe in their own company. Think it’s a positive move to the "company-Satyam", but is it so for its employees too? Will they feel relaxed with the new management too? Do acquisitions have a negative impact on employee behavior? Will the new management gain the acquired employees trust easily? Will it be easy for the employees to approach and communicate with the new colleagues and managers? Will there not be any cultural clashes between the two employees? Will the acquired company come up with new common culture? Will the career growth and implications of the employee affected when acquire by another company? If the above questions have negative answers, will it really add value to the acquiring company with such a huge investment in acquisition? Internet search on these gave me many theories and acquisitions and employee reactions. But they don’t interest me. I think hearing someone experienced will be much better than reading the theories. Are you such a person? Please share your experiences and feelings with me too. I am very curious.

O'Reilly : Really brain friendly

Remember when you were in kindergarten? No? Well, how about when you were first learning your ABCs?Can't think back that far ? Well, no matter.O'Reily will help you once again experience the fun in learning.You cannot live without O'Reilly publications especially if you are a java programmer. Its not an exaggeration.The truth. Poke any person in Java programming.You will know then, how important it is, next to Google.

"Reading O'Reily is a fantastic way to learn" one of my professor told long back. I didn't know its value that time, just like that neglected his comment. Regretted the denial later, when happened to read one of these publications. He was true. This publication comes out with a radically different approach to the text books . They make learning a joyful experience. Even the books meant for writing certifications were so carefully written and framed in such a way that it drags you forward from know-nothing in to exalted technical warrior status joyfully. They cover huge practical matters that other text leaves as the dreaded "exercise for readers" column.

Reading these publications is like sitting in the speakers lounge at a view conference, learning from and laughing with peers.Its my true experience.The publication's "Head First" series helped me to clear my java certifications in no time.

Super Singer

Super Singer is a talent show in one of the excellent television channel in Tamilnadu. You also must have heard about it or even watched it. My husband and me will try our best to wind up our work before 9 P.M everyday and sit in front of the television to watch the young dudes exposing their talents in music. I always admire how the competition adds spice to the work people do. The same way the tough competition that existed among the singers and their quality was attracting us every day. From around few lakhs the people were filtered to few tens down the year. Till then all these people were judged and filtered on the basis of few parameters for a singer like - shruthi, layam, thalam, breath control, sangadhi etc, by the established play back singers of the cinema industry. Good. So far everything went well. The last ten people were of good quality.

We were happy and making our own guesses of the winner of the title. But then came something called wild card rounds in the show. In which they called few of the already rejected people, made them sing again, selected few from them and clupped them with the ten who were waiting to participate in semi finals, thus by reducing the quality of the singers in the advance levels. Most of the audience at least my friends and family who were watching this program got irritated due to this wild card rounds which came once in every advancing rounds and added people who we thought were seriously not up to the mark of the cream ten, initial semi finalist people. What made this channel do like this? Was there any political pressure to include any of the rejected candidates to come back in to the show again? Or the channel wants to drag the show for another few months? Whatever it may be the channel has to seriously think before doing such a kind of thing in their show. In my known circle many people stopped watching this show in the recent past due to all this boring wild card rounds. Ok, at least this we can accept to some extent. But after the semi finals, there came another system called polling, which we thought is a real absurd. . Instead of a well known singer judging the candidate the program insisted the public to vote for the best singer in the round, to qualify to next levels. The major drawbacks of this polling-
The system of judgement which was transparent to the viewers were now hidden in the form of voting
Of course the public view on the singers is important, still most of them are lay mans in the music who do not know whether the singer performed well by sticking to all parameters like shruti, thalam and all. So the channel should have at least made the results based on public opinion-voting plus the judgment from the well known singers.
Since the result was based on the voting alone, the candidate who have big network among the participants will obviously qualify through, though he is a normal singer compared to few others in the competition.
The conclusion of this big story is, the channel has to think many a times before doing such a kind of things like wild card, voting etc, in the shows which has high TRPs. Even if they do, let it be transparent in some way to the people, so that the viewers at least will have feeling that in the name of voting there is no corruptions going around even in a television show.