Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

Some ways to avoid the common mistakes that can hold you back from a rewarding career Since you started at your company a year ago, several positions of responsibility have opened up. You could have easily slipped into one. Instead, other internal candidates got the nod. The last person who was hired in your company (just two months ago) was even promoted. You seem to have missed the bus. There must be some way to prevent another opportunity from passing you by? Study these solutions to the four common myths that might have held you back from a rewarding career. People should just know I am a hard worker: being a hard worker does not mean you will reap the rewards due to you. Every now and then, find a way to toot your own horn. Did you recently receive kudos for a job well done? Find a way to get your boss to acknowledge your success in the compa ny newsletter or up on the bulletin board. Buy yourself a nice scarf, pin or tie as a reminder of that success. When people comment on the i

WOODSTOCK, Conn. - Here's the naked truth about nude recreation: The people who practice it aren't getting any younger. To draw 20- and 30-somethings, nudist groups and camps are trying everything from deep discounts on membership fees to a young ambassador program that encourages college and graduate students to talk to their peers about having fun in the buff. "We don't want the place to turn into a gated assisted living facility," said Gordon Adams, membership director at Solair Recreation League, a nudist camp in northeastern Connecticut that recently invited students from dozens of New England schools to a college day in hopes of piquing their interest. The median age is 55 at Solair, where a yearly membership is $500 for people older than 40, $300 for people younger than 40 and $150 for college students. The Kissimee, Fla.-based American Association for Nude Recreation, which represents about 270 clubs and resorts in North America, estimates that more than 9

SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. is set to unveil a mobile phone with full-motion video display and the means to play feature films on small removable storage cards, Chief Executive Ed Zander said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Software 2007 conference in Silicon Valley, Zander briefly described one of the several devices the world's second-largest mobile phone maker has said it plans to announce at an event next Tuesday. "We are going to show a device next week," Zander told several hundred attendees of the business software conference, saying it would show 30 frames-a-second, full-motion video. "It is a media monster." The new device would initially be targeted at the European market, where faster, so-called "third generation" (3G) networks are more widely available than in Motorola's home U.S. market. Zander also said Motorola has partnered with another company that can fit feature-length movies on so-called Secure Digital (SD) c

These pictures are taken in Shirdi, Maharashtra in April 2007. You will See Baba's Chavdi, Dwaraka Mai and surroundings and Shani Shinganapur Temple. Babas Chavadi , Sai Baba use to take rest at this Place. Dwaraka Mai Wall Sculpture Near Baba's Chavadi and Dwaraka Mai Beautiful Sunset in Shirdi taken from the Hotel where i was staying Shani-Shinganapur is a famous pilgrim centre near Nashik in Maharashtra, which is also known for its doorless mystery. The unique feature of Shani-Shinganapur is that there is neither any image of specific deity nor any particular idol, but there is a stone pillar, which is supposed to embody the image, which is worshipped with deep respect and reverence The speciality of this temple is that there is no image or Pandit who performs the puja. Male devotees before entering into the temple take a head bath in the holy waters close to the temple and wear saffron cloth. The puja i

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New Delhi: A Sudanese man who married a goat was in mourning after his wife (goat) died of swallowing a plastic bag. Charles Tombe shot to fame last year when he tied the knot with Rose, his domestic goat, said the Daily Mail. A court ordered him to marry the beast "to save her honour" after he was caught making amorous advances toward the mother-of-one in the middle of the night. Tombe and Rose are believed to have lived happily ever after until her life was cruelly cut short. The story, which became one of the world's best read tales, began in Juba, southern Sudan, in February last year when the BBC reported that the then owner of the goat, Alifi, was awoken in the night by a strange noise. Walking out of his traditional hut, he was confronted by the sight of Tombe and Rose in a passionate embrace. The Times quoted Alifi as saying, 'When I asked him "What are you doing there?" he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied him up." When Tomb

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top world cell phone maker Nokia unveiled a thin "Barracuda" phone and six other handsets priced under 100 euros ($135.65) on Thursday, including its cheapest 1200 model expected to sell for 35 euros. The Finnish firm, which sells more than a third of all cell phones across the world, repeated it expects the global market to grow this year by up to 10 percent from a year ago level of 978 million handsets. Nokia(NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile , Research) has a strong position in emerging markets, but in developed markets Motorola (MOT.N: Quote, Profile , Research) and Samsung (005930.KS: Quote, Profile , Research) have attacked it with popular thin phones. The Barracuda, or Nokia 2630, is slightly below 10 millimeters (0.4 inch) thick, comparable with most rival thin phones. The handset will hit the shelves next quarter, with an estimated retail price of 85 euros, excluding operator subsidies and taxes. "At these prices, the largest volumes are sold -- on