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Latest office clichés and what they mean

September 8, 2010. Tags: , ,  •  10 Comments

As per Accountemps, which conducts the office jargon survey only once every five years, new office clichés or buzzwords are springing up all the time. As reported in BNET MoneyWatch, I am listing some of the “niche” buzzwords and what they actually mean:

 

·         In transition. A change from one state of being to another; recession variation: collecting unemployment compensation. …

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Top 10 Wii Games (2)

January 18, 2010. Tags: , , , ,  •  9 Comments

<< Nintendo Wii Top 10 Games (# 1-5)

Here is the list of TOP 10 most preferred Wii games…

6) “Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition”
My Rating: 91 (out of 100)
Published: 2007
The Wii is one of the most family-friendly consoles around. Sometimes, however, you want to put the kids to bed and hack and slash your way through an old-fashioned horror fest. “Resident Evil 4″ delivers that in a game that adapts beautifully to the Wii’s motion-sensitive controls.

7) “Okami”
My Rating: 90
Published: 2008
A modern …

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Top 10 Wii Games (1)

January 15, 2010. Tags: , , , ,  •  4 Comments

When it debuted, the Nintendo Wii – Shigeru Miyamoto’s baby – was hit with a lot of skepticism. After all, the slim white console didn’t have the kind of processing horsepower boasted by heftier consoles hawked by Microsoft and Sony. Worse yet, the console relied on a quirky, motion-sensitive controller that required developers to rethink the way they designed games if they wanted players to get the most out of the console. At a gaming conference in 2007, one developer …

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How to achieve your dreams (6)

January 5, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

<< continued from PART 5 of this series…

I have recently penned down a few pointers that will help all of us to achieve what we dream with relatively less pains. Note that these are based on my own experience…

Is Swine Flu really a threat to humanity?

August 12, 2009. Tags: , , , , ,  •  1 Comment

I want to tell that you should be aware of the symptoms of Swine Flu. But there is no need to panic and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception than to spread scientific information. These are few facts about swine flu which discussed with the leading epidemiologists:

Swine flu (also known as H1N1 flu) is not new. It was first detected in 1987.
Infective stage of swine flu is 5 days: 1 day …

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