:: Tanvier's Time Machine ::

I have discovered a social networking site today. The site is www.perfspot.com . Apparently it is the fastest growing social networking site right now. I am not entirely convinced that this can overtake facebook and become the number one just yet with its current look and networking facilities. It offers most of the usual features of social networking, including newsfeeds, customisable profile options and the option of linking photos to other users' profiles plus unlimited space to upload images and videos. It also provides an URL for the user which is also common features in hi5, myspace and the likes. It does, however, have some extra features which are not available in facebook. For example, it lets the user create his/her own network which wasn’t available in the facebook. This gives the users outside the developed world to include their education and work networks in the site.

Shakira visits Bangladesh to meet the victims of cyclone Sidr.

আজ পবিত্র ঈদ উল আজহা। বিলেতের সবাইকে ঈদের শুভেচ্ছা জানাই। বোনাস হিসেবে একটি কৌতুক। কৌতুকটি আজ মেহের এর কাছ থেকে শুনলাম। যখন 'নাসা' প্রথম মহাশুন্যে নভোচারী পাঠানো শুরু করলো, তখন তারা আবিষ্কার করলো যে শুন্য 'ভর' এ (Zero gravity) বলপেন কাজ করছে না। এই সমস্যা মোকাবিলা করার জন্য নাসার বিজ্ঞানীরা ১০ বছর এবং $১২ বিলিয়ন ব্যয় করে একটি কলম আবিষ্কার করলো যা শুন্য ভর, পানির নিচে, উল্টা করে এবং ৩০০ ডিগ্রী সেলসিয়াস পর্যন্ত তাপমাত্রায় লেখা যায়। কিন্তু রাশিয়ান বিজ্ঞানীরা শুধু পেন্সিল ব্যবহার করেই কাজ চালিয়ে যায়।

An account of events chronicled by the commander of Pakistani occupying forces in 1971 renders rather untrue Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh 's vehement claim that they were not involved in anti-liberation activities, by categorically saying that the Army of Razakars was formed by the erstwhile Pakistan government itself to fight against the liberation forces of Bangladesh. Lt Gen Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi , who led the Pakistani occupation forces as the chief of the eastern command of Pakistan Army in 1971, in his book titled 'The Betrayal of East Pakistan' described the formation of the Army of Razakars, their training, procurement of weapons and other logistics, and the deployment of the paramilitary vigilante force. To train the Razakars, military schools were set up, a separate Razakars Directorate was established, they were provided with machine guns, sten guns, and with intelligence against the Bangalee freedom fighters, and against their supporters and sympathisers. Accor...

1. Introduction Globalisation of organisations is a phenomenon that has received much attention and been extensively discussed at cultural levels as well as at market and business levels. A company is considered global when more than half of its revenue comes from outside its home continent. (Gabrielsson, 2006) In any globalisation process, distribution of goods and services between and within international industrial and consumer markets is of great importance. Globalisation removes the tangible and intangible borders. The intangible borders being the cultures and norms. Globalisation of markets and reorganization of distribution are mutually dependent processes that involve changes in market structures. Contemporary examples of this are the emergence of global supply chains, internationalisation of wholesale, retail and transportation firms and the development of sales via the Internet. In this discussion, the nature of the challenges in creating and maintaining interdependence betwe...

Introduction: ‘Lean production system’ is a very popular generic mass production management system. It is also known as ‘Toyota Production System’. Lean system develops highly responsive systems whereby companies produce “goods and services exactly when they are needed: not before they are needed so that they wait as inventory, nor after they are needed so that it is the customers who have to wait”. (Slack, 2001) It is based on three key principles, eliminate waste, involving everyone and continuous improvement. The lean system was developed by Taiichi Ohno at Toyota in the 1950s. Taiichi was a manufacturing manager and was facing difficulties because of poor supply conditions. He couldn’t plan ahead as he couldn’t predict the supply of raw materials. This was causing cash flow problems as the plan was making more and more unfinished vehicles that couldn’t be sold. To identify which parts were missing he developed a system for linking production stages together very closely a...