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Message For The Day… Remember The God with Love ….

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Lord Jesus Christ gave the following example while teaching His fishermen disciples: ‘In a river the water is flowing in a swift current. But the tiny fishes are able to swim in it and move about merrily, despite the speed of the current. In the same river, a huge elephant caught in the rapids, is likely to get washed away or drowned in spite of its enormous size. The elephant just cannot survive there! The reason is: What you need for survival in a river is not being large, but the ability to swim. Likewise a person who is caught up in the ocean of worldly existence needs, not so much metaphysics, scholarship or wealth, as much as the grace of Divine love.’ Without any knowledge of Vedanta, one can still surmount all the problems of life if one is blessed with God’s love. Hence, remember the Lord with Love, worship Him with Love and sanctify your life with Love.

source::::excerpts from divine discourses of Swami Satya Sai..

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Message For the Day…Anger Hurts Oneself Than Others….

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Scriptural Philosophy

Om Sri Gurubhyo Namaha

“When we attack others in anger, we are hurt more than those we wanted to hurt.”

– Sri Maha Periyavaa

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Adjunct Philosophy

Anger hurts oneself more than others. Solitude and silence subdue anger.

source>>>>Mahaperivaa proboards.org
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Will Computers Have Sensory Powers ?

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Nandagopal Rajan in BUSINESS TODAY….

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Will computers have sensory powers in the near future? Well, IBM thinks so.

The “IBM 5 in 5”- a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years – lists touch, sight, hearing, taste and smell as the next big things in computing. The list is based on market and societal trends as well as emerging technologies from IBM’s R&D labs.

“We have already witnessed the benefits of cognitive systems for advancing numerous aspects of the human experience – from agriculture and healthcare to utility management and weather forecasting. We envision a day when computers make sense of the world around them just like human brain relies on interacting with the world using multiple senses,” said Ramesh Gopinath, Director – India Research Lab and Chief Technology Officer, IBM India/South Asia.

Here are IBM’s five predictions:

Touch: IBM thinks within five years we will have mobile device that will allow you to touch and feel products, thus redefining retail business across the world. IBM says its scientists are developing applications for the retail, healthcare and other sectors using haptic, infrared and pressure sensitive technologies to simulate touch, such as the texture and weave of a fabric – as a shopper brushes her finger over the image of the item on a device screen. Utilising the vibration capabilities of the phone, every object will have a unique set of vibration patterns that represents the touch experience, said a release.

Sight: In the next five years, systems will not only be able to look at and recognise the contents of images and visual data, they will turn the pixels into meaning, beginning to make sense out of it similar to the way a human views and interprets a photograph. So if a future computer sees a red light it will understand that this means stop. A precursor to this can be seen in the form of the Google Goggles app that recognizes products from photographs and gives you info on the same. But IBM says that in five years, these capabilities will be put to work in healthcare by making sense out of massive volumes of medical information. For instance computers will be able to differentiate healthy from diseased tissue.

Sound: A distributed system of clever sensors will detect elements of sound such as sound pressure, vibrations and sound waves at different frequencies and interpret to predict when trees will fall in a forest or when a landslide is imminent. Similarly, by learning about emotion and being able to sense mood, systems will pinpoint aspects of a conversation and analyze pitch, tone and hesitancy to help us have more productive dialogues that could improve customer call center interactions, or allow us to seamlessly interact with different cultures.

Taste: IBM researchers are developing a computing system that experiences flavor. It works by breaking down ingredients to their molecular level and blend the chemistry of food compounds with the psychology behind what flavors and smells humans prefer. By comparing this with millions of recipes, the system will be able to create new flavor combinations that pair. The computer will be able to use algorithms to determine the precise chemical structure of food and why people like certain tastes.

Smell: During the next five years, tiny sensors embedded in your computer or cell phone will detect if you’re coming down with a cold or other illness. By analyzing odors, biomarkers and thousands of molecules in someone’s breath, doctors will have help diagnosing and monitoring the onset of ailments such as liver and kidney disorders, asthma, diabetes and epilepsy by detecting which odors are normal and which are not. IBM scientists are already sensing environmental conditions and gases to preserve works of art.

Meanwhile, Intel says sensors that ad more security to your device as well as facial analysis and gestures will become a part of daily computing by the end of 2013.

The Man Who has Not Read a Newspaper for 5 Years !!!!!

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The man who hasn’t read a newspaper for 5 years

by churumuri…..in sans serif….

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Nikhil Pahwa, the editor and publisher of the media website Media Nama, is among the “37 Indians of tomorrow” in India Today magazines’s 37th anniversary issue.

The 29-year-old digital journalist paints a scary picture of the future for dead-tree media professionals who still latch on to the innocent belief that their word is gospel.

“The pace of growth and the spirit of the community in the digital industry is like a drug to me. I haven’t read a newspaper in the past five years. Twitter is my breakfast, Google is my lunch, and Facebook is my dinner,” says Pahwa.

India Today says Pahwa joined the website Freshlimesoda.com12 years and made 22 friends, none of whom he met. The site closed down in 2003 and Pahwa says he is still in touch with all of them.

Photograph: courtesy Pinterest

Butterfly to Keep Apple Away !!!!!!

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 source:::::silicon india net..

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 At HTC, a Butterfly a day is keeping Apple away. The new Smartphone from HTC is all set to take on the iPhone. Though it’s pricing has been kept under wraps, its features and looks have already got the tech pundits lauding about it. It stands out in its design which is similar to Apple, yet with a bigger 5 inch screen.

And talking about the screen, you can watch and share videos with 1080p full HD display. The screen resolution, as many reviewers agree, is better than iPhone’s.
The Apple iPhone 5 does weigh a little less. Infact, in terms of apps, memory storage and well, because it’s an iPhone, it does offer some tough competition. But then, the operating system and RAM also matter. HTC runs on Google’s reliable Android platform with 1.5 GHz RAM, with Quadcore. Simply put, you can simultaneously run multiple apps at the same time and easily multitask.

Google maps are much more reliable with features such as transport facility shown, while Apple maps lack this feature. Moreover, accuracy is much higher in Google maps.
The Butterfly can flutter even in rain, shine or sand. The makers claim that the phone is waterproof, which is definitely a welcome feature. Cameras are provided both in front and back, including the 88 degree ultra wide angle lens. Let us not forget that Apple’s scan and click feature, as shown in the ad with cutely dressed children, doesn’t work horizontally. This gives HTC an edge.
HTC also has included a built-in amplifier with BeatsAudio. This essentially means you’ll be blown away by the audio quality. But the real icing on this cake is the way it is built on the inside. The makers of the Smartphone have placed the battery first and the components on top on it, making it unique and compact in design.

Message For the Day…Think Before Act….

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source::: Excerpts from Swami SATYA SAI”s Divine Discourse
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Be steady, make a firm resolution. Do not commit one fault or take a false step and then repent. Be very intentional, faithful to your resolve, every single day. Before you act, deliberate and make a decision. That is better than taking a weak step and regretting and losing the way. In the Mahabharatha, Arjuna had the foresight to pause and think about the consequences of the war even before the battle began. So he asked Lord Krishna to advise and guide him. Hence, take every step in spiritual practice, or in your day to day affairs, only after deep deliberation and satisfying yourself that it will be for your good and well-being. Reason out, discriminate; do not rush to conclusions or be led away by mere hearsay.

Famous Indians in Silicon Valley…..

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source:::::silicon india net….

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Indians have played a prominent role in developing Silicon Valley as the leading hub for high-tech innovation and development. Their successful contributions in diverse fields have helped them to establish themselves in Silicon Valley quite effortlessly. Here is a list of some noteworthy Indian Americans in Silicon Valley-

Vinod Khosla

Khosla is a business enterprise entrepreneur and influential personality in Silicon Valley who was recently included in the Forbes’ list of Indian-American Billionaires, with a net worth $1.3 billion.

Khosla, who was one among the co-founders of Sun Microsystems worked as its first CEO and Chairman and later on he got into a venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a general partner. He came up with his own firm Khosla Ventures in the year 2004 and is currently heading it.

According to Forbes, he is a rare Silicon Valley venture capitalist who has the potential to produce profits from a clean tech portfolio.

Khosla holds a degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Amit Singhal

Singhal is a top ranking software engineer in Google who was honoured with the title ‘Google Fellow’ (a title meant for most talented engineers) for his work on Google’s Algorithm.

Singhal joined Google in the year 2000 after leaving his post as a researcher at AT&T Labs (the former Bell Labs).He leads the core ranking team of Google and works to better up the accuracy, speed, and thoroughness of Google search.

He was named in the list of smartest people in tech by ‘Fortune’ and ‘India Abroad’ recognized him as one of 50 most influential Indian Americans.

Singhal received a B.Tech degree in computer science from IIT Roorke and an M.S. from University of Minnesota in 1991. He continued his studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and received a Ph.D. degree in the year 1996.

Romesh Wadwani

Wadwani is the chairman and CEO of Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm. According to a survey by Forbes, he is the richest Indian American, with a net worth of 2 billion dollars.

Wadhwani has been successful in raising the revenue of the company. With his leadership and management experience he has taken the company to greater heights in the technology industry with a total employee count of 15,000 in less than a decade. This California based company specializes in acquisition, growth capital, and turnaround transactions.

Wadwani is one among the two Indian Americans who pledged to give away half of his wealth to philanthropy, as a part of the campaign, ‘’ Giving Pledge’.

Wadhwani holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of technology, Bombay. After moving to U.S in the year 1969 he received an M.S and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University based in Pennsylvania.

Kanwal Rekhi

Kanwal is a managing partner of Inventus Capital Partners, a venture firm investing in technology-powered companies. He has been associated with more than 50 start-ups in the Silicon Valley, including prominent ones such as Exodus Communications, Versata and Instantis.

Rekhi has completed Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay and masters from Michigan Technological University. In the year 1997, Rekhi was honored with a Doctorate in Business and Engineering from Michigan Tech.

Rob Chandra

Rob Chandra is a partner in Bessemer’sMenlo Park office who mainly focuses on consumer internet investments, particularly in upcoming markets such as India.

Chandra started his career with IBM. He has also served as a general partner with Commonwealth Capital Ventures and as an engagement manager with McKinsey & Co.

Rob holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Forbes Magazine recognized him as a top dealmaker in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Padmasree Warrior

Padmasree Warrior is the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer of Cisco Systems, and the former CTO of Motorola.

At Cisco, her duty includes aligning technology development and corporate strategy to facilitate the company to foresee, shape and lead chief market transitions. She is also in charge of strategic partnerships; mergers and acquisitions, incorporation of new business models, incubation of new technologies; and the development of world-class technical talent.

Warrior has been honoured with numerous prestigious awards such as the United States Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce’s Excellence Award and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago’s Outstanding Woman of Achievement Award. She was inducted into the Women in Information Technology International Hall of Fame in the year 2007.

Warrior holds a degree in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and masters in chemical engineering from Cornell University.

Sundar Pichai

Pichai is an Indian-American computer engineer, who currently serves the post of Senior Vice President of Google chrome. He is the person who gave the first demonstration of Google Chrome OS in the year 2009.

Pichai directs the innovation team which concentrates fully on Google’s search products, which includes Google Toolbar, Chrome, Desktop Search, Gadgets, Google Pack, Google Gears, Firefox extensions and Mac products.

Many prominent firms including Twitter have tried to make Pichai a part of their company, but Google rewarded him with an amount of $50 million to stop him from quitting. He has earlier worked for ‘Mc Kinsey & Company’ and ‘Applied Materials’ before joining Google in the year 2004

Sundar Pichai completed his engineering from IIT Kharagpur and he holds an MS and MBA from Stanford University and Wharton school respectively.


Vivek Wadhwa

Vivek Wadhwa is a technology entrepreneur and academic.

Wadhwa plays a prominent role in instituting start-up visa, which will help entrepreneurs with proven job creation and company size obtain long-term visas. According to Wadhwa if this movement is not executed skilled immigrants will be gone. He also adds, ‘’they’ll be back home building the next Googles and Intels in other countries, and we will wake up five years from now and wonder how we let this happen.”

Wadhwa was honoured with the title “leader of tomorrow” by Forbes magazine in the year 1999 and he received the “2012 Outstanding American by Choice” award by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Wadhwa holds a B.A. in Computing Studies from the University of Canberra, in Australia, and an MBA from New York University.  He is founding president of the Carolinas chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TIE), a non-profit global network intended to foster entrepreneurship.

Vish Mishra

Vish Mishra is a venture capitalist with Clearstone Venture Partners since 2002.

Mishra is an advisor to Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at College of Business, San Jose State University and he also serves as a director of India Community Center in Silicon Valley.

Vish holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Technology at Benares Hindu University, an MS in Electrical Engineering from North Dakota State University and MBA from the University of Minnesota.

Anand Rajaraman

Rajaraman, a web and technology entrepreneur is the co-founder of Cambrian Ventures and Kosmix.

He has also co-founded former Junglee Corp. and played a major role at Amazon.com in the late 1990s.

Anand received his master’s and doctoral degrees in computer science from Stanford University and he completed his graduation in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

 

 

$100 Laptop….A Reality !!!!!!

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MIT Professor’s $100 Laptop A Reality, Thanks To Google

: Another milestone towards bridging the digital divide has been reached. And the credit goes to a man’s belief in his vision of providing low cost computing for the masses.  Google has made John Negroponte’s dream, a reality.

 
John Negroponte is the co-founder of MIT Media laboratory and the One Laptop per Child foundation. Initially, he was criticized for his idea, some saying that it was a market ploy to sell laptops to third world countries. But his determination paid off as a laptop can now be bought at $99.

 
Google has said that the laptops, Series 5 Chromebooks from Samsung, will be available through Dec 21, under the 12/21 program. The laptop doesn’t use traditional and bulky software such as Windows. Instead it uses entirely web based applications, saving money and cutting down hardware costs. All you need is a basic internet connection.
Inside a classroom with Wi-Fi, it is a fabulous tool for learning. Students can access research material and teachers can utilize online classroom instructions and assignments, for example Google apps for Education. They can also be used to write collaborative documents and assignments. The laptops can be personalized with individual login ids, and even come with anti-virus protection. You can also choose to block certain websites. In a nutshell, it taps into the power of the web for an effective and interactive classroom teaching.

 
The best part is that you can place an order for your classroom on DonorsChoose.org and a donor will fund your purchase, if it is upto 30 laptops. The laptops can also be purchased from Lakeshore’s eschoolMall catalogue.

 

source:::::siliconindianet…

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Silence is Self-Experience!!!!!

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source:::::unknown…. input from my friend….

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Speech needs company;
silence needs solitude

Speech wants to conquer others;
silence helps conquer oneself

Speech demands respect,
silence commands it

Speech is self -expression;
silence is self-experience

Speech is mind bound,
silence is soul bound

Speech asserts ego;
silence effaces it

Speech dissipates ego;
silence conserves it

Speech is human;
silence is divine

Speech receives appreciation;
silence receives adoration

Great works are inspired by speech
but written in silence

Life is a flower;
silence is its fragrance

We surround ourselves with noise,
because we are uncomfortable with silence.

We fill our lives with distractions,
because we are reluctant to confront

An Interaction With a Visiting NRI !!!!!

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Do Not Miss To Read The Summary at the end

A typical conversation with a visiting NRI…..

Self: Hi! Home for a holiday? Are you going back…..or…?

NRI: Yes…yes…I am going back as soon as possible.

Self: But…your parents are here. There are also many new malls now where you can get everything you want. Its even cheaper than in the US, Europe or Canada or Australia.

NRI: Yes…..things are real cheap here in India….products are very good……the malls are also very good…..restaurants are excellent. But….the roads and the traffic are so terrible….I can’t wait to get back.

Self: Yes…I agree….but….that’s only one relatively small factor….surely you can adjust and put up with that. The situation would improve once the Metro is operational.

NRI: No…No. Why should I put up with the traffic and the crowds and the garbage? Why should I adjust?Its impossible.

Self: OK….lets change the subject. How are your parents? I heard your mother had some health problem. Is she ok now?

NRI: Oh… yeah…she’s ok! Doctors have given her some medicines. Dad is there to take care of her.

Self: But he is old ……how will he manage? Besides, both will be missing all of you so much. Loneliness is terrible. That itself can lead to so many diseases.

NRI: He’ll manage. He has to adjust, I guess.

Self: OK…..how is life in America? What do you eat at home?. The usual Idlis, Dosas Upma etc. that you like so much? Indian food, particularly South Indian food is considered the healthiest! It contains all essential nutrients in a very balanced way.

NRI: Well…no…not really. We normally eat cereals for breakfast….straight from boxes. I carry sandwiches for lunch or eat some salad at the cafeteria (everything is so expensive). For dinner we take out some food stored in the freezer and heat it in the microwave….and that’s it. Its difficult to cook every day, you know….so we cook once a week and store it in the freezer.

Self: But that’s not healthy. Also, eating packaged & processed food every day could lead to many diseases. We read about this every day.

NRI: Oh…. no problem. We adjust. We sometimes eat meat to make up for the proteins.

Self: But you are traditionally a vegetarian, I thought. Vegetarianism is considered a better option for general health, animal rights and for spiritual reasons….. and many westerners are now becoming vegetarians. So…why have you switched to non-veg?

NRI: Well…its no big deal really. One has to adjust.

Self: It must be cold where you live…..you have lived all your life in warm South India.

NRI: Yes…its terribly cold out there with months of snow….but we have central heating. We don’t go out much….but its…ok. We learn to adjust.

Self: How is your wife? Does she also work? What about the children?

NRI: Of course…! She has to work! We can’t manage with one person working. We have mortgages to pay. We both leave our home at 8 am and are back at 6 pm. We have only one child who comes from school and stays alone till we come home. He watches TV and eats something from the freezer. Some of our friends are even opting not to have any children….so that they could save all the trouble. God!…..Children are such a responsibility!

Self: Yes…that they certainly are.

NRI: Children are also very expensive. Their clothes, food, eating out, vacations….buying new stuff every few months just to keep up with their peers in school….its terrible!

Self: So how do you manage? What about the culture? The sexual freedom and so on? Aren’t you worried about these adverse influences on your children?

NRI: No one bothers about all that. Its part of life. If my son adopts that lifestyle…that’s ok with me. We need to adjust and get on with life.

Self: I understand that due to the recession and its aftermath there is a subtle antagonism towards foreigners and immigrants. Is that true?

NRI: Well….yeah…sometimes you do sense a mild discrimination and bigotry. Recently in fact, someone shouted out an abuse at my wife when she was out shopping. Someone at school called out ‘Paki go home’ to my son. But these things are rare…. because…. by and large, we keep to ourselves. We rarely interact with the whites or the other immigrants. Even they prefer to keep to themselves. We have our own small Indian groups with whom we socialize. So…such racist incidents are kept to the minimum. We adjust and learn to manage.

Self : What about entertainment? Do you get Indian TV channels and programs? Do you eat out often?

NRI: Indian channels are usually pay channels and very expensive. So…we don’t have them. We manage with the local english programs. We do see Indian movies sometimes. They are expensive and you need to drive for an hour to get to the cinema hall. So….we don’t do it very often. Eating out is very expensive. Indian food is even more expensive.

Self: Where do you live in the US and do you own a house?

NRI: We live in a locality with lot of Hispanics, Koreans and Chinese. We have bought a house on mortgage recently. Its not very big actually. Just a two bedroom twin home of about 1000 sq ft. Unfortunately prices have dropped recently. But we like it.

Self: But you have a fairly big home in India………

NRI: Yes……but…..what have I got in India? Nothing!

Self: What do you do if one of you is ill? Do any neighbors help?

NRI: Actually….one of my neighbors is a Korean man who lives with his girlfriend. On the other side are two….er…..too. We have to help ourselves most of the time. Our Indian friends live some distance away…..and no one will help if we are ill. Everyone is so busy with their own work.

Self: What sort of work do you do in the US? Is it some highly specialized cutting edge work……. for which you cannot get a job in India?

NRI: Actually…..I am a software engineer. I had a good job till recently, but I got laid off and had a terrible three months. I have recently been called for an interview for a temporary contract position. I may get it. Things are looking good…yeah…..I am ok!

Self: But you would be able to get a very good…highly paying job in India. India’s booming with a very high rate of growth!

NRI: Yes…I know. I’ll probably get a much better salary than what I get in the US…. and maybe I’ll be able to save much more too….but…it’s so difficult to adjust to the traffic and the crowds in India…you know. Its impossible to come back.

Self: OK then….. goodbye and good luck!

(I think to myself as I say goodbye)……Yeah.. right! You can adjust to packaged food and poor health, small dark wooden home, heavy mortgages, terrible weather conditions, lack of family, lonely parents, bad cultural environment, racial abuse, loss of dignity & self respect, job insecurity and even your basic principles……but you can’t adjust to simple traffic conditions in India! )

source:::::unknown…..input from one of my NRI friends !!!!
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