A professional will do work that is difficult for others but easy for them. A professional will figure out the routine activities and figure out a system /method to do that very accurately and quickly. Once a great artist drew a beautiful portrait of a woman in 15 minutes and charged certain amount. The lady pointed out that the amount is too high since it took only 15 minutes to do the portrait. The artist replied, “Madam, It took me 15 years of effort to be able to do this in 15 minutes”.

Unprofessional behavior is probably one of the biggest reasons for business failure. An unprofessional can only do business when he is in a monopoly situation or there is acute shortage of people. Both these situations are unlikely to last for long in a typical work life of a person. Even among the blue-collar workforce, such as the Detroit Auto Industry workers, if the focus is on financial benefits at the cost of satisfying a customer, they have to face hard and difficult times. A business exists by a primary cause of serving a customer. When an unprofessional employee shortchanges the customer often, the business has to pay the penalty.

An unprofessional exhibits other key characteristics. They are not knowledgeable in their area or they advise something but the facts are different. In the later case, they knowingly cause you harm. This is the ‘expertise’ side of unprofessionalism.

Another aspect is the attitude part which is – ‘I don’t care for you the customer. First let me take care of all my needs and then I will think about you.’ This has already been covered in detail earlier. An attitude is a deep-rooted behavior that is difficult to change. Another aspect of unprofessionalism is to antagonize/harass a customer who is disengaging their service. When a customer wants to part ways, it means he does not believe that the person is adding value. Whatever the reason maybe, any disengagement hints- things are not going in the right direction!

It is important to recognize these negative behaviors while dealing with service providers as early as possible. Especially, figuring out ahead if a person or service provider is unprofessional can greatly save time, frustration, and money later.

Many unprofessional people look attractive, talk and dress well and have fancy offices. Don’t mistake appearances for professionalism, as some professionals may not look and dress well besides they may be very modest and simple. However, they could actually turnout to be very competent in their area of expertise and genuinely care for their customers’ well being.

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·    Plasma screen sizes generally ranges from 32 to 84 but some offer screen sizes up to 100.
·    Plasma pixel, technology provides a brighter picture with more contrast between the blacks and whites than standard TV.
·    In general, plasma TVs viewing angle is 160 to 180 degrees and picture can be viewed from any angle.
·    On an average, Plasma TVs have a half lifespan (50% of brightness) of 50,000 to 70,000 hours (20 years of viewing 6 hours a day to 50,000 hours).
Some plasma TVs are provided with upgradeable video cards that helps to match with future technology.

HDTV:
HDTV or High-Definition Television is a digital television broadcasting system offering a higher resolution compared to regular television systems. HDTV is digitally broadcast unlike earlier analog broadcasting, because digital television (DTV) signals require reduced bandwidth because of digital video compression.

HDTV will not have standard TV problems, like low quality sharpness, troubles with brightness or contrast, spots, other visual, or audio imperfections, problems like double images (ghosting), and weak signals. HD television provides clearer pictures with excellent sound quality, a wider viewing screen and up-to-date scanning. HDTV will provide more and superior channels provided by regular satellite or cable television with theater system experience.

LED TV:
LED (Light Emitting Diode) TV is an LCD TV that uses LEDs for back lighting, instead of using the fluorescent lights (as it creates more black spots). They are ideally used for low-energy indicators, as substitutes for traditional light sources in general lighting and automotive lighting.
·    LED TV currently costs more than a standard LCD or plasma TV.
·    LED TV has got great looks and very easy to Install.
·    Edge-lit LED television will consume 30-40% of less power than LCD or plasma TV. But backlit LEDs will consume more power.
·    Brighter picture can be viewed with LED television compared to a standard LCD TV.
·    LED TV that is backlit, with local dimming and RGB LEDs, will have an enhanced picture and better contrast ratio and colour accuracy compared to standard LCD TV.
It has a long lasting life and also eco friendly.

OLED TVs:
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) TVs depend on light emitting polymer technology. Its features including,
·    In OLED TVs, there is no need for backlights or extra heaters or coolers, so there is less power consumption.
·    As OLED materials has the capacity to support full spectrum of visible light, so there will be higher contrast and it has high-speed refresh rates.
·    OLEDs are much faster than LCDs. Fast motion and quick eye movement pictures are more realistic. And OLED TVs will make virtual images to look realistic and can be viewed easily for longer periods.
·    It has larger viewing angle and for near-eye applications, it provides more pleasant viewing without distortion.
One disadvantage with OLED TVs is the limited lifespan of the organic materials used in its manufacturing. In addition, blue light degrades quickly with a lifespan of 14,000 hours (when used 8 hours per day for five years) on flat-panel displays.

Before purchasing a television, know the difference between each technology and purchase the one, which has your desired features and suits your budget.

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Mainly, there are three types of Internet banking.

·    Informational banking: This is primary (basic) level of Internet Banking used to know the information of bank’s products and services.
·    Communicative banking: In this type of Internet banking some communication (interaction) is possible between bank’s system and customer through email to know account details (statements), loan applications and to update static files (name and address changes).
·    Transactional banking: This level of Internet banking helps in performing transactions like accessing account, paying bills, transferring funds, etc.

Benefits of Internet banking:
Internet Banking provides benefits to both banking systems and customers
·    Fast: Normal banking is slow and time consuming, as customer needs to wait in tiresome queue for request of statement or transaction. But in Internet banking transfer of money (funds) from one account and other can be done in minutes.
·    Convenient: Customers can access many accounts in a bank efficiently. They can carry out financial transactions comfortably from home, if they have Internet.
·    Cost effective: Bank can handle thousands of customers at a time through Internet Banking. The administrative (official) work of bank can be reduced highly as bank operations can be performed by less number of cashiers and clerks.
·    All time accessibility: Bank account can be accessed any time (24 hours of a day and 7 days of a week) and from anywhere (at any location). Customers can easily transfer money from their accounts or receive money in their accounts electronically. Acceptability of digital signatures in all banks is of great advantage.
·    Flexibility: Customers can easily apply for loan and get it without going to local bank. Bank accounts can be used to buy or sell stocks and securities through Internet banking. Without any paper work and without visiting bank, new accounts can be created and old accounts can be closed through Online.

Disadvantages of Internet banking:
Though Internet banking is very helpful for users, it has certain disadvantages.
·    Security: If customers are not careful, then computer hackers can easily hack the account information for unauthorized use.
·    Identification: It is an inconvenience for customers if asked for photo identification.
·    Customer service: As there is no face-to-face interaction with bank employee and account holder, when problem arises, often there may be slow response as mail is used to discuss about the problem.
·    Internet accessibility: If the Internet goes down at the customers end or at the banking office, then account cannot be accessed.

In order to have safe and secure Internet banking, customers should maintain their computers high secured and should not reveal any personal information like password, user name and pin number to anyone. This can avoid risk of scams and fraud to a large extent. When security procedures are taken care, Internet banking is easier, faster, and pleasant to both customers and bankers.

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The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive in their respective fields. The Nobel Prize consists of a document confirming the prize amount, a Nobel Prize medal, and a personal diploma.

How the Nobel Prize materialized
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist, industrialist, author, pacifist, and inventor of the high explosive dynamite. He obtained a patent for Dynamite in 1867 as an industrial explosive. He earned a lot of money through the explosives business. His invention (dynamites) was later used in wars, which spread a lot of violence and killed many people. So to reciprocate this, he established the Peace Prize. It is believed that Bertha von Suttner, Alfred Nobel’s secretary, also influenced his interest in a donation to the promotion of world peace. It was a great international sensation when his 1895 will disclosed that Alfred Nobel established a special peace prize, as his name was always connected with explosives and inventions useful in the war and not with peace.

The Nobel Prize has been honoring outstanding achievers in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, Literature and who work for peace since 1901. In the will, he bequeathed 94% of his total assets to establish and upkeep the five Nobel Prizes. It took five years to establish the Nobel Foundation and the first prizes were awarded on 10th December 1901.

Nomination and selection process
The nomination and selection process for the Nobel Prize is long and rigorous compared to other prizes. This is one of the key reasons for the Nobel Prize to become so popular and important one.

In the first stage, the respective Nobel Committees send thousands of individual invitations to members of academies, university professors, scientists from different countries, members of parliamentary assemblies, previous Nobel Laureates, and others asking them to nominate candidates for the coming year. Later, these names are thoroughly scrutinized and discussed by experts in their specific fields and vote for a winner.

The concerned Nobel Prize awarder holds a press conference immediately after the voting and announces the Nobel Laureates and the Laureates in Economic Sciences for the year.

Fields in which the prizes are awarded
The Nobel Prize is awarded to the outstanding performers in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economic Sciences and for the Peace. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences selects the Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry, and Economic Sciences and awards the prizes. Karolinska Institute selects the Laureates and awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The award in Literature is given by the Swedish academy. A Committee of five persons elected by the Norwegian Parliament awards Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economics, except the Nobel Peace Prize are presented at the annual Prize Award Ceremony on 10th December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway on the same day.

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·    PaaS: Platform-as-a-service products provide some softwares and development tools also. Users can create their application in provider’s infrastructure at any place, e.g. GoogleApps.

·    IaaS: Infrastructure-as-a-service products provide virtual server and memory. Users have to use providers API to start stop access and configure their virtual server, e.g. Amazon web services.

·    DaaS: Desktop-as-a-service enables us to use our desktop virtually from anywhere.

The Pros and Cons
The pros:
·    Lower computer costs: Not necessary to have high-powered computers to access web applications. Even with cheaper computer also can give efficient results because data is stored in the web not with us.
·    Improved performance: Everything is run in cloud so our computer doesn’t have to take much effort to run applications. As a result, performance will be improved automatically.
·    Unlimited storage capacity: Storage is also one kind of service provided by the Cloud, so there is no limit to store data (based on the service provider).
·    Device independence: The actual documents are in the Cloud, so you can access it wherever you are.

The cons:
·    Requires a constant High speed Internet connection: To get benefit from this we need to have always a high speed Internet connection.
·    Stored data might not be secure: There is no guarantee that your data stored is in cloud is securely protected. Intruders may access to your vital data at any time.

Who will get maximum benefit from the cloud?
·      Managers or Collaborators: Whoever requires to share and edit documents in real time between multiple users.
·    The cost conscious user: Whoever wants to invest less on hardware such as harddisks and processor.
·    Who wants more storage space: Whoever wants to store huge amount of data with low maintenance costs.

Though there are many advantages of Cloud Computing, we cannot ignore the drawbacks. It is being compared with Centralized systems of the 50′s and 60′s that crippled the freedom of the users. However, if the apprehensions raised are properly addressed, there is no doubt that Cloud Computing can transform the way we do computing in the future that is not so far.

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