Archive for January, 2008

15.01.08

Three Important Medicinal Herbs

When it comes to herbs for women, that is to specifically address women’s problems, there are three important medicinal herbs, each of which have a long track record of use and effectiveness.

Black Cohosh

Firstly there is Black Cohosh, cimicifugae racemosae – commonly referred to as the menopause herb.

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09.01.08

Art of Photography

Photography is the art of reproducing pictures of people, objects or places in their exact likeness. These images can be transferred on any photosensitive material. Photography includes taking and printing pictures.

The backbone of photography is the camera, the instrument or device that works on the principle of optics. The camera and photographic techniques have undergone phenomenal changes since the time the first camera was made. The earlier model did not contain the film; instead, it had a small light-shield box with lens and translucent screen on either side. The image that traveled through the lens was stored on the screen. Known as ‘camera obscura,’ it was no more than a sketching device for artists.

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03.01.08

Effective Mechanism to Deal with the Absence

Absence it is said makes the heart grow fonder. But, when an employee absents himself or herself this is definitely not going to be the case. Absence of employees causes the loss of millions of dollars to the economy. Millions of work days are also lost as a result of employee absence.

Absence is genuine in two third of the cases while the others just do it for non-genuine reasons. While employee abstention cannot be prevented according to management training programs and management training courses, there should be an effective mechanism to deal with the absence. Therefore there is scope for organizations to improve their attendance. But, how to go about it, is another matter altogether.

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