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A landmark residence gets a new lease of life
It is the second largest private residence ever built in the United States. Yet the 109,000-square-foot French chateau-style castle known as Oheka, which stands high on a hill here off Jericho Turnpike, is in so secluded a setting that even many local residents are unaware that it's there. Now, after years of uncertainty and controversy, this 126-room Long Island landmark, which Otto H Kahn, a financier and patron of the arts, built in 1917, also has a more hopeful future.
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Communication design: A lucrative career
Have you ever wondered why the gaudy, ungainly film posters have suddenly disappeared? Or what makes the larger-than-life hoardings and posters of Hindi films such a visual treat these days? New technology in the poster making industry has replaced the manual mode which included the routine cut and paste job that used little imagination. For digital graphics, video programming and animation are being used in a big way.
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The performance appraisal
A performance appraisal is a formal review of employee performance. At a performance appraisal, objectives or targets are agreed between manager and employee. At each subsequent appraisal, current and past performance is compared and targets are reviewed.
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Tourists fighting shy of Buddhist circuit in UP
Tourists from the Middle East, America and south-east Asian countries are giving this holy city the go-by due to the paucity of five-star hotel facilities and the poor infrastructure. Even rail and air tickets are not freely available causing a phenomenal decline in the number of tourists on the Buddhist circuit in the state.
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