Yes, again! As the popular social networking website, Facebook continues its makeover policy, a “Change Facebook Back to Normal” group at the website claimed slightly more than a million members urging the social networking giant to change back.

On Friday, Facebook modified its news feed feature to let members of the world’s leading social-networking service catch up on tidbits they may have missed while away from the website. However this change, as like the previous times, yet again triggered ire amongst the millions of users that prefer things remain the same.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” a Facebook user with the screen name Carlos Deleon wrote on a protest group chat page clearly stating the preference for the former page and in protest against the company’s policy to continuously introduce changes in its homepage.

The Facebook’s new feature enables the users to switch between getting real time streams of news or activities taking place and the highlights of what their friends have shared in the preceding 24 hours. The new concept of Live Feed option funnels updates and news about online friends’ activities to Facebook home pages.

Twitter and Facebook! That’s how you keep in touch with your numerous friends and well wishers across the world. Touted as two of the most popular and the fastest growing social networking sites, these are known to be the best way to keep yourself updated about the every minute happening around the world.

However, the British economy might not appreciate this cult. According to a new survey, popular social networking sites including Twitter and Facebook are actually costing British businesses 1.38 billion pounds a year in wasted time.

The figures in the survey reveal a rather sad figure. According to the figures, more than half the office employees have admitted using these social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook for personal use during the working day. Reportedly, they have admitted wasting as much as a good 40 minutes on average a week each!

According to the report published in The Daily Telegraph, one in every three of the 1460 office employees surveyed also admitted having seen sensitive company information posted on social networking sites, leading to fears about how workers use the Internet.

One of the major financial services providers, Citigroup has reportedly dropped its USD 4.5 million renovation plan of the company’s headquarter in Brazil.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the New York based company wanted to renovate portions of its main office, headquartered in Brazil. This included an area for entertaining clients and a landscaped terrace called a “suspended garden.

Reportedly, this was an estimated USD 4.5 million plan and the company had already hired corporate-architectural firm Athie Wohnrath Associados for the same. The renovations were expected to begin soon and expected to be over by early 2010. This also included a a 1,000-square-foot office with a panoramic view for Citigroup’s top executive in Brazil.

However the company has shelved its renovating plans for the time being!

Biscotti, Calzone, Fettuccini, Foccacia, Lasagna, Pasta Primavera, Risotto, Spaghetti, Tiramisu and the world-famous Pizza! Do these names ring a bell? The cuisines belong to a traditional country where it all starts with food and wine and claim its roots going back to 4th century B.C. With centuries of different influences, both social and political, Italian cuisines have now dominated the premier places in the whole world.

Italians believe in using herbs in cooking like oregano, basil, thyme, parsley, rosemary, and sage. While cheese holds equal importance in the process. Italy produces itself, 400 types of cheese, with Parmesan, Mozzarella, and Asiago among the best known worldwide. As you move around the whole country it would be evident that food greatly varies depending upon the region you are in. The first time visitors to Italy may be surprised, as the restaurants serves much more variety than Spaghetti and meatballs or Pizza.

Though Italian believes, for tasting “GOOD FOOD” regional specialities with a wine produced locally at countryside, is essential and mandatory.

Mamma mia!

Bagging a Nobel peace prize by U.S president Barack Obama has left common mass awestruck. The name of the peace prize winner has left many puzzled about why he deserved the award. The announcement of the result declared on Friday quickly became the top discussions amongst the bloggers and twitter community. Most of the users presented their state of shock by posting comments such as “They wanted to give him an honor I guess but I can’t think what for”, “OBAMA WON?”, “It would be wonderful if I could think why he won”, “He deserves it I guess, he is the president”.

An online straw poll by MSNBC asked a question, whether Obama deserved the prize or not, 62% of more than 194,000 said No, 24% said yes and rest surly said the decision was premature.

The award was considered as political. While many others were happy to flow with the stream despite of the fact they couldn’t answer “the why”. Well! Deserving or not, the declaration has shown that U.S is still the prevalent power and it does really matter.

Patience and tolerance are the most difficult attributes earned by very few people. It is very well said that patience is counting down without blasting-off. Situation and circumstances always determine how a person reacts. But the one, who keeps patience and perseverance intact, can win in every condition and following hardships. It is the shortest shortcut to success, master this art and find an essential part of learning how to use power of failure. Connecting short term success to long term success, patience + tolerance proves to be a perfect duo.

No one knows how much time it may take while achieving what your heart desires the most and in such case “this secret” can work as a magic potion. It has also proved itself to be the medicine for anger control. The patience game is not an easy task but when you know how to use your cards justly, within no time it can make a win-win situation for you in a game called life. Patience cannot be purchased but yet we have to develop, use and earn it. It’s rather funny, every time you want to increase or test your patience level; the only way to determine it, is to be in a worse condition. The art exist within you, the only thing is to determine where.

Well! Winning traders are always patient.

After many failed bidding attempts for hosting Summer Olympics for 1936, 1940, 2004 and 2012, Rio de Janeiro has finally got the chance. Missing the shortlist for two times, this time everything fell into the right place and now 2016 games will be held in Rio de Janeiro. Owing the vote was not easy with tough competitors like Chicago with Obama, Tokyo with $4 billion bank strength and Madrid standing along with powerful friends. But at the deciding day, the mad love of 400 millions fans for sports defeated every thorn placed in the way.

It is the first time that South America has been awarded as a hosting country for the Olympics. This city was chosen as a candidate city to host Summer Olympics and Paralympics during its Annual Assembly on September 1, 2006.

The estimated games cost is US $2.005 billion (an additional US $4 billion will be invested in infrastructure). The moment Rio de Janeiro won the most awaited bid; Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s eyes were drenched in tears.

Rio’s organizers have structurally and financially profound organized plans in making the 2016 Olympics a grand success.

With an ancient history, Leros is a mountainous island with high cliffs painted in green color. Sustaining its fresh and calm environment in this increasingly polluted surrounding, it is bestowed by Mother Nature. Leros Island depicts and stands for the astonishing beauty of life with typical little white houses with blue doors and windows, built in Italian style scattered all over the place. Beaches always help to make you stay there for longer period of time. The most famous beach of Leros is Alinda, whereas Panagies and Dyo Lisgaria are very close to it, having nice restaurants and café. Being a natural port, it’s a popular hub for sailing with a capacity of thousands of luxurious yachts.

Leros don’t only astound others by its marvelous creation but also by its history and related myths. Going via mythology, Leros was firstly populated by the goddess Artemis. She had sent Calydonian Boar to Aetolia, where the King’s son murdered it. The goddess became so angry that she killed him. Now, looking at his sister’s grief she turned them into hens and took them to Leros where the soil was so fertile that they would never die of hunger.

Archaeologists believe that the first residents of the island were peoples from Asia Minor and Phoenicia. They took part in the Trojan War, and also fought the Persians by the Athenian side in the 5th century BC. It was then ruled by Macedonians and Romans.

Starting from traditional culture to rocking nightlife, from beaches to delicious food, from sailing to popular café’s, you can have it all in one shot (city life +beaches). Enjoy, folks

On an average of more than 16 women per minute die out of cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes. According 2005, roughly half of the 17.2 million victims of heart diseases (world’s biggest killer) were women. Women are more likely to be underdiagnosed and untreated. They are considered as the pillars of society and family, hence their health should be given utmost priority. Many foundations are working and taking actions to reduce the number of deaths and disabilities from cardiovascular diseases.

With the speeding and distorted lifestyle, huge intakes of junk foods, inefficiency towards health, smoking and other unhealthy ways of living has undoubtedly increased the number of affected victims. The symptoms usually seen are chest or stomach pains, nausea, breathlessness and unexplained tiredness. But by daily exercise, drinking loads of water, eating proper diet,reducing salt intake,controlling and monitoring cholestrol and quitting smoking can bestow you with a longer life. Maintaining healthy weight is essential. Obesity and overweight can pump up the heart risks. Staying on right track is important.

We are given one life, why to waste it.

 The Manchester United as they are popularly and justly known as red devils, are once again all set for the Premier League’s trophy for 2009 season. The club is one of the most successful Premier League champions to retain the trophy for 10 times. It took 26 years long wait for Man U to hold the charismatic trophy and after that there was no looking back for the team. They romped to further titles in 1994, 1996,1997,2000,2001 and 2003. Chelsea nearly broke their dominance over the title in year 2005 and 2006 but the red devils once again claimed the throne in 2006/07 season and where the alone triumphant winners of the Barclay’s Premiership.

The champions are setting the fields on fire this season too, by their outstanding performance holding the maximum of 18 points in their hands. Initially called Newton Heath L&YR F.C formed in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United. Under the shadow of extremely talented, long-serving Scotsman Sir Alex Ferguson, club has won 10 titles.

Manchester is perhaps doing really well this season even at the loss of a former key player Cristiano Ronaldo. His place was very easily recovered by Wayne Rooney. Sir Alex believes that there are very good player in this decade like Kaka, Ronaldo and Messi and thinks Rooney can match their levels if he progresses as he is doing.

All fans are waiting for a mind-blowing final match with Man U as insurmountable champions.