Most of us can’t go an hour without cell, and usually our battery seems to be losing the ability to hold juice. So we carry the charger around with us, asking for an outlet in some of the most inappropriate places, like restaurants etc. If only you had known when your battery was new about the precautions that would help preserve its life. Unfortunately, there's no bouncing back for a worn-down battery, other than buying a new one, adding it to the expanding cell phone parts and accessories waste stream, but here are a few tips to help save your cell phone battery from a similar fate.

1. Stop charging overnight! The longer a battery is charging, the longer it's exposed to heat, which can wear it down. Most cell phone batteries fully charge in under two hours, so as soon as all bars have been restored, unplug your phone. And while you're at it, unplug the charger, which constantly drains power even when it's not juicing up your phone.

2. All heat sources--not just the charger--can damage the battery, so whenever possible, keep your phone out of the heat. Put it in your pocket instead of on the table on hot days. Avoid parking it on the dashboard of your vehicle.

3. Adjust to power-saving settings. Lighting the screen drains the most battery power, so cut the LCD brightness down as far as you can without causing eye strain, and, if your eyes can take it, turn down the backlight setting so that it dims in just a few seconds.

4. During periods when you'd rather not be bothered, like in the movie theater or while sleeping, turn the phone off completely.

And keep in mind that power is draining whenever the phone is in use, even if it's not for a phone call, so only play Tetris when you absolutely have to.

An effective ‘change manager’ is a person who can demonstrate, repeat, correct, encourage, cajole, motivate, and has great powers of persuasion. He/she is less of a boss and more of a negotiator. Great change managers have a lot of markers to call in. Markers come from favors done and confidence earned in the past. They have built a reservoir of trust and tap into it to entice their people to embrace change. Change managers have to come from within the organization, a stranger has no markers to call in, except just a little `honeymoon capital'.
The best time to introduce change is in a period of growth. Decline causes anxiety and makes people more resistant to change.

Most body odor is caused by gram-POSITIVE bacterium... a simple way of reducing underarm odor is to use aftershave or deodorant... not only does the scent mask the odor short term but the alcohol kills the odor forming bugs.

A short film from India ‘Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke’ has been selected in the ‘Short Film Corner’ section of Cannes Film Festival, 2008. The film has been written and directed by Manoj Srivastava and jointly produced by him with Naresh Sain.

The nine-minute duration film is mostly a silent film capturing contrasting life style of children of the streets in New Delhi.

Match 37 - Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers on 15th May 2008

Delhi Daredevils (probables): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag (capt), 3 Shikhar Dhawan, 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6 Manoj Tiwary, 7 Rajat Bhatia, 8 Amit Mishra, 9 Farveez Maharoof, 10 Pradeep Sangwan, 11 Glenn McGrath.

Deccan Chargers (probables): 1 Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Venugopal Rao, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Ravi Teja, 6 Scott Styris, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sanjay Bangar, 9 Pragyan Ojha, 10 RP Singh, 11 P Vijaykumar.

Before the claim of responsibility, Mr. Gill said on Wednesday, “The intention obviously was to create communal disturbances.” Nothing of the sort had materialized, he added. “It’s totally peaceful.”

India on Tuesday had quickly blamed “foreign terrorists" for the bombings, a phrase that usually refers to Pakistan, India’s neighbor and nuclear rival. Pakistan, however, offered swift condemnation.

The blasts stand to test the peace process under way between the countries, particularly under the stewardship of Pakistan’s newly elected government. The Indian foreign minister, Pranab Mukherjee, is scheduled to visit Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, next week.

The dead and wounded included both Hindus and Muslims.

The police said – “nearly 40 funerals were expected on Monday, and the curfew was imposed so that communal passions would not be inflamed.”

Onlookers wande
red through the lanes to gawk at the bloody remains, only to be chased away when the curfew took effect.

“Hey, brothers, why are you crowding around?” Ram Babu Agarwal, the member of a peace committee, shouted.

Anwar
Shah, a burly member of the Johri Bazaar mosque committee, patrolled the streets of this neighborhood, hectoring people to stay inside. “There is no communal thinking, only human sympathy,” he declared.

No foreigners were killed or wounded in the blast, according to police and hospital officials here.

The curfew kept foreign tourists off the streets. A Spanish tour group was instructed to spend the day inside Le Méridien, a hotel on the edge of town, before being taken by bus to another hotel in the evening for dinner. David Manzanares, a tour leader, said the 104 people in his charge had been taking the events in stride. “We are Spanish people; we are used to having these kind of events,” he said. “Enjoy the pool. Have a samosa. See what happens.”

AUSTRALIAN crick
et stars Shane Warne and Shane Watson are considering quitting the Indian Premier League after terrorist bombings in Rajasthan killed scores of people.

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh while expressing grief over the loss of lives in the Jaipur serial bomb blasts has sanctioned an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to the next of kin of each of the deceased. An ex-gratia of Rs.50,000 has also been sanctioned to those seriously injured in the terrorist attack

Saddam Hussein's Prison Diary – 10 top points…

10. Favorite aspect of prison life? The delousing.

9. Often called into The Howard Stern Show as "Stuttering Abdul"

8. Even when things were bleakest, still dotted his I's with little hearts

7. Thanks to ideas from "Better Homes and Gardens," cell went from drab to fab

6. He and Cheney used to exchange torture tips

5. Only regret: not living to see Late Show Magician Week

4. Claimed real weapon of mass destruction was the prison meatloaf -- booyah!

3. Only contact he had with Osama bin Laden was brief exchange of erotic text messages

2. Planned to leave all of his earthly possessions to his camel, Gary

1. Had a torrid affair with Barbara Walters

-- Brent Baker

5.13.2008 8:55 AM Pandas Survive China Earthquake As Human Death Toll Mounts, a Rare Bit of Good News from the Epicenter

As the human death toll mounts from the massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, here's a rare bit of good news: 60 giant pandas, one of the world's most endangered species, have survived.

The good news comes from the Chengdu research center, one of two national protected areas for pandas near the epicenter of the quake. There's no word yet from the other, Reuters reports.

Found only in China, the giant panda is the subject of one of the world's most extensive and cooperative rehabilitation efforts. Zoos all over the world are in the business of trying to breed pandas in captivity, for re-release in the wild. With only 1,600 living in the wild, the survival of these 60 bears amounts to saving 4% of the population, a significant amount.

Meanwhile, the human death toll reveals no good news. Tens of thousands of people remain buried in rubble, according to the New York Times, and already about 12,000 are known to have died. Only two in 10 buildings remain standing in many towns.

Stymied by decimated roads, rescue workers have yet to reach some of the more remote and mountainous areas most affected by the earthquake, and a steady rain punctuated by more than 300 aftershocks is complicating the effort.

Meanwhile, the world's relief organizations are stretched somewhat thin, with the struggle to help Myanmar in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Nargis and the volcanic eruption in South America. In the United States, wildfires in Florida and tornadoes across the South would be natural disasters worthy of round-the-clock coverage if not for the severity of calamities around the world.

...Which is why it's good to focus for a moment on the survival of a few pandas in the Chinese wilderness.

1.      Be prepared

2.      Arrive early

3.      Dress smart

4.      Breath deeply to relax

5.      Give a strong hand shake

6.      Ensure eye contact

7.      Listen carefully

8.      Think before speaking

9.      Accentuate your voice

10. Laugh at the right times

11. If you’re feeling confident, ask if you’ve got the job!

Jason
Westland

, CEO, Method123

Younis Khan: “Warne has been a great bowler and a opponent to respect and admire. His success I think has a lot to do with the way he picks up weaknesses in a batsman so quickly and the good thing he is not afraid to back his players. He is in good control of the situation and always thinking ahead which are signs of a good captain”