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Willard Wigen - Microscopic Art

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Willard Wigen - Microscopic Art

Willard is a resident of
Birmingham, England.
The show is in Manchester.
He has a learning disability (Dyslexia),
but has talented hands.
He makes the sculptures out of
dust particles, sugar crystals, etc.
Works only around midnight,
and can only do some of the work
between heartbeats.

The Statue of Liberty in the eye of a needle





Elvis on a pin head



Boxing ring next to a match head



Girl with balloon is standing on an eyelash
glued to the top of a needle.



Snow White & The 7 Dwarfs in the eye of a needle
(Note the wicked witch on top)



Visitors view exhibits through a microscope



The Thinker on the head of a pin



Peter Pan & Tinkerbell etc. on a small fishhook



The royal court in the eye of a needle

Infy's First recruitment AD. in 1991..

Infy's First recruitment AD. in 1991..



Only 64 brilliant young engineers are destined to conquer the world of software. Find out if you are one of them this Saturday.

As Infosys moved to new markets and new clients came on board, recruitment had to keep pace. This ad, which appeared in 1991, created quite a buzz. Infoscion Ananth Vaidyanathan, who applied and joined, recalls, "Infosys was a little-known company. Most applicants were enthused by the ad. A huge crowd turned up, more than a 1,000 there was a virtual stampede." So much so that the glass doorway at the hotel, where the interviews were being conducted, came crashing down!



Ananth remembers that they were divided into batches of 100 for the test, and things were impeccably organized. Only a small number finally made it to the next round and finally, 16 candidates were selected. The interview rounds were conducted by Nandan Nilekani and N. S. Raghava.

TURNING TORSO

TURNING TORSO

A view of the 190-metre-tall, 54-floor Turning Torso apartment tower in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday. Offering a stupendous view over the Oresund Sound between Sweden and Denmark, the building turns 90 degrees around its own axis. Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava got the idea for the tower from observing the human body in motion.

I think you get airline frequent flier miles if you drive this bridge…..

The Millau viaduct is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336 meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.

This bridge is between Sweden and Denmark.

Picture taken from the side of Sweden. The bridge is half under the water, for ships to pass and then again, it comes out on the other side.

Truly a marvelous piece of Engineering!!! The bridge ( or should it be called tunnel ) goes under water to allow movement of ships.

Car Tower in Germany.

A Volkswagen Polo is loaded in the car towers of the VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, northern Germany. The Autostadt, situated next to Volkswagen's headquarter, is the company's theme park, and distribution centre where daily 5,500 visitors view Volkswagen brands like Bentley, Audi, Lamborghini.

Surpirsing Rock

A huge rock in a village of Al-Hassa region, SAUDI ARABIA raises 11 cms from the ground level once in a year during the month of April and stays elevated for about 30 minutes !!!

They say that 17 years ago, one terrorist was shot dead behind this rock as he was hidden there. This encounter happened in the month of April 1989. You can see the fresh blood stains on the rock. Most surprisingly, when the rock raises from the ground, these stains become darker, fresher and wet. Local residents tried to wipe off the stains several times, but after some time it appears again on the rock automatically..... isn't it astounding ?

Mangalore violence some more pics oct 5 - 2

Update 11.30 pm IST

Oct 5: Thursday October 4 could well go in the annals of Mangalore as the "Dark Day" owing to communal clashes that rocked the town and its surroundings.

People, who had gone to bed on Wednesday night without the slightest of hints of violence that was to follow, were in all kinds of difficulties owing to the sudden bundh.

While the transport system came to a standstill, schools, colleges and business concerns remained closed for the entire day. Despite tight police vigil, violence continued in some areas. It was only late in the evening that situation was brought under control and a few people dared to come on the streets.

The fresh reports from our correspondents who are still keeping a vigilant eye on the happenings said that as of now situation is slowly getting better if not normal. Yet police security is deployed in almost all areas. The worship places of both the communities have been provided with adequate security while SP B Dayananda and other senior officials are handling the situation admiringly well.

Police who were deployed in Baba Budangiri are said to have been summoned back to assist law and order situation in and around the city. KSRTC buses resumed plying in the evening while some small shops too were opened to cater to people's needs. However nothing is clear about Friday.

Though schools and colleges have not declared a holiday, it is quite clear that they would think twice before re-opening the schools on Friday.

It was after a long time that such intense incidents of violence occurred in the city. It was more than a year ago during the funeral procession of Polali Ananthu that city had witnessed these kind of ugly incidents. Something similar was happening on Thursday, as no one was willing to cooperate with police in maintaining law and order. Finally police had no other option than opening fire, caning the mobs and even bursting tear gas.

The incident has once again proved that the currently, the district remains as one of most sensitive areas in the state. While a well-organized and pre-planned Karnataka bundh had little response in the district, a non-planned, sudden bundh call had more effect in the city. Not a single private bus did ply on roads even in the early hours of Thursday.

Trouble-makers Get Cane Treatment at Bajalakeri – Several Arrested

Update 6.00 pm

Mangalore: In order to bring an end to the tension which prevailed in Car Street, the police in a quick operation arrested several persons who were involved in stone pelting in the evening.

Several squads of police marched into the narrow streets of Lower Car Street where groups were involved in rampage.

At Bajalkeri the police resorted to bursting tear gas when a mob grew violent and began pelting stones. A scooter was also set ablaze.

Police caned everyone and arrested several. However innocent people who were present there also had to bear the brunt of the police sticks.

Within a few minutes the road was cleared and several arrested. The fire brigade extinguished the fire.

Violence Abates – Situation Under Control

5.00 pm, IST

The situation now seems to be under control. From dawn the city and outskirts have been dotted with instances of violence. However pro-active policing by the DK police has brought the situation under control.

The dynamic DK SP B Dayanand had personally been on rounds to all the hyper-sensitive areas in and around Mangalore. The SP who has been tirelessly monitoring the situation from Wednesday night was seen at the spot of violence with his best efforts to bring the situation under control.

The major set back that several persons observed was that the police were not prepared to handle such a situation as a police platoon had been sent to Baba Budangiri.

After the major group clash in the Bunder area in Mangalore where the police resorted to bursting of tear gas no major untoward incident has been occurred.

One cannot ignore the role of rumors that have been widespread from Wednesday night in creating tension and fear. The city grew peaceful by 5 pm.

Section 144 will however be continued till Oct 7.

Mangalore: trouble-makers Tear-gassed at Bajilakeri

2.43pm, IST

An alarming development is the spread of violence in various parts of the city. A place of worship was attacked by miscreants which led to an violent upsurge.

Police resorted to light cane-charge in front of Mukyaprana Temple in Mangalore after which the situation was under control. But however within a hour fresh violence occurred which led to friction between people of different communities.

The entire Bunder area was gripped with tension. The police burst several rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowd.

A tempo was also set ablaze and two lorries have been damaged due to stone pelting.

Latest reports have been received of miscreants setting ablaze a shop at Pumpwell and at Old bus stand.

Mangalore: Mob Assaults Media Persons at Chokkabettu

2.15pm, IST

Fresh reports of violence have been received from several pockets of the district. The tension which took birth in Mangalore had its impact even in places like Karkala, Beltangady, B C Road and Bantwal.

Media persons too were beaten up by miscreants during the violence on Thursday. Two persons belonging to a local news channel were attacked by a mob of around 200 persons.

Shivaprasad the cameraman who was on his bike to cover the violence at Suratkal was attacked by a mob at Chokkabettu around 2 kms from Suratkal.

Places from Krishnapura, Chokkabettu, Belthangady, Kalladka also witnessed violent attacks.

A rickshaw was set on fire at Pumpwell while in several places stone pelting has been reported including Uppinangady, Thokottu, Bajalakeri.

CSRP, DAR forces are in action and DK SP B Dayananda has been personally inspecting the hypertensive areas.

Additional Police Force Deployed in Mangalore

Latest Update 1.30 pm

Mangalore: Additional police forces have been rushed to Mangalore to control the situation after violent attacks mushroomed in several places in and around the city.

While Mangalore city remains calm its suburbs have been witnessing instances of violence. Our man from Suratkal has informed us that tension has been brewing in the place.

Several instances of violence have come from Suratkal which are an indication that several groups have been actively involved in violence.

Police forces have been deployed from Udupi and Chikmaglur. A police platoon which was sent to Baba Budangiri has also been called back.

Fresh instances of violence have been reported from Donderkeri. Stones and bottles were thrown at buildings. Police rushed to the spot and controlled the situation.

Police vehicles with loudspeakers have been moving around the city informing people to stay indoors.

Updated at 1-00 pm

Section 144 Clamped in the City

Although no incidents have been reported in the city, Section no. 144 has been clamped within the Mangalore city limits. The district control room has informed Daijiworld that the same prohibitory orders have been promulgated in areas outside the city where disturbances have taken place, like Suratkal, Farangipet, Bantwal etc. for a period of three days.

* Mangalore Bundh - Earlier Updates (Upto 12 noon)

Puzzle of 4 Criminals !!

4 criminals are caught and are to be punished.

The Judge allows them to be freed if they can solve a puzzle.

If they do not, they will be hung. They agreed.

The 4 criminals are lined up on some steps (shown in picture).
They are all facing in the same direction.
A wall seperates the fourth man from the other three.

So to summarise :-
Man 1 can see men 2 and 3.
Man 2 can see man 3.
Man 3 can see none of the others.
Man 4 can see none of the others.

The criminals are wearing hats.

They are told that there are two white hats and two black hats.
The men initally don't know what colour hat they are wearing.
They are told to shout out the colour of the hat that
they are wearing as soon as they know for certain what colour it is.

They are not allowed to turn round or move.
They are not allowed to talk to each other.
They are not allowed to take their hats off.

Who is the first person to shout out and why?

PS: There is no trick to the question, just logical deduction

Ansar

Sex, drugs, rock & roll: Employees of BPO firms under scanner

SIN AND THE WORKPLACE: Some firms have sacked staff for sexual or drug abuse

Bangalore: Sex and syringes (read drug abuse) at the workplace have for quite a while been seen as issues in call centres and business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, where employees are mostly young and work at night.
Now, some companies are seen to be cracking down on these activities, as part of a clean-up operation, both to improve the image of the business, and in the fear that young drug users would be easily susceptible to data and information theft.
Several leading companies have sacked employees on grounds of sexual acts or drug abuse in the work premises in recent times. Some like Mphasis have gone to the extent of keeping conference rooms closed at night to prevent misuse of these facilities. Some are tying up with laboratories to do random tests on employees for drug use.
While most companies are reluctant officially to admit that they confront such problems in their own workplaces, one BPO official said on condition of anonymity: "Being part of a permissive community — in terms of age factor, financial independence, freedom and cover of the night — BPO boys and girls are quite susceptible and are easy prey to sex or drug abuses. Dozens of such cases are reported and action taken, but nei ther the employers nor employees are willing to talk about it, since no one wants to get a bad name."
Arun Sethuraj (name changed), who was working in a leading BPO company, was sacked two months ago along with two other colleagues for drug abuse. "Those two friends of mine were into drugs. But the company associated me with them and I too was sacked," he says.
Nobby Nazareth, president of employee verification company Evaluationz India, says that sexual acts at the work premises impact the 'personality' and brand of the company, creating a poor image of the company among clients and resistance in the minds of parents to having their children associate themselves with such companies (a huge issue today when talent is scarce). "As for drug abuse, it directly impacts the productivity of the employee and is also a big threat to BPOs dealing with sensitive data," he says, adding that the uncovering of several BPO frauds in recent months is building a sense of urgency to deal with such issues.
C Mahalingam, HR head of IT and outsourcing company Symphony Services, says these particular problems in call centres/BPOs are not as big as is often made out to be, but admits that companies need to do a lot more in terms of background checks of employees and conduct orientation programmes and have counsellors in place.