Monday, June 29, 2009

Three dots...


How to insert the mathematical symbols ‘therefore’ and ‘since’ symbols using Microsoft Word

To insert the ‘therefore’ symbol in MS Word follow these steps: 


  1. click on ‘Insert’
  2. then click on ‘Symbol’
  3. ensure the tab is on Symbol
  4. in the drop-down box for font select ‘symbol
  5. locate, click and insert the symbol  \

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To insert the ‘since’ symbol in MS Word follow these steps:


  1. click on ‘Insert’
  2. then click on ‘Symbol’
  3. ensure the tab is on Symbol
  4. in the drop-down box for font select ‘MT Extra
  5. locate, click and insert the symbol  Q

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Under this label How to?? i hope to upload similer information related to different areas...

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sophisticated today ......... A Common scene Tomorrow

Below are some images from an article i read on solar energy... these have more to say...




Some of the 70,000 solar panels generating electricity for US Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Photograph: Airman 1st Class Nadine Y Barclay/US Air Force/Handout/Reuters






Image: Solar panels cover the roof of the Paul VI hall near the cupola of Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters





Image: A man checks the solar panel of a street light at a solar housing complex in Kolkata. The buildings are integrated with photovoltaic technology and the complex is constructed by West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency.

Photograph: Parth Sanyal/Reuters




Image: Solar panels are seen atop the roofs of the Nokia Theatre and Staples Center at LA.

Photograph: Fred Prouser/Reuters








Image: A view of a solar panel on the roof of Lamayuru Monastery in Laddakh.

Photograph: Reuters





Image: A Solio hybrid solar charger, which is being charged through its solar panels or the grid, is displayed at the GSMA Mobile World Conference in Barcelona on February 18, 2009.

Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters



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The sophistication may be rarity today, but than these are going to become a common sight soon.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Barefoot college




The German writings in the image say 

'Barefoot in the Future'


"Tilonia - where Gandhi's Vision is"









Tilonia, a remote village in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan is the place where Barefoot College is from.

Its founder Sanjit Roy also known as Bunker Roy set up the Barefoot College in 1972, this institution believes that solutions to rural problems lie within the community and trains people who often have had no or very little formal education and teach them skills through the process of learning by doing.

The College encourages practical knowledge and skills rather than paper qualifications through a learning by doing process of
 education. Engineers trained by the Barefoot College have solar electrified over 200 communities in India, bringing light to over 80,000 people.

Recently the village and the college which are electrified through solar panels designed and manufactured by the villagers was in news for this model is going to be used internationally. The Tilonia model has now spread to 10 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. 

Village Tilonia seems to stand firm in its belief that 
'An individual’s will to learn is more important than a formal degree.'

Friday, February 6, 2009

Tennis Time

This is how my desktop looked on Feb 4, 2009

Sania Mirza & Mahesh Bhupati won the Australian Open mixed doubles title on Sunday, Feb 1, 2009.The two Indian wildcards rebounded from their loss in last year's Australian Open final to beat Nathalie Dechy of France and Israel's Andy Ram 6-3, 6-1 at Melbourne Park. 

On Jan 31, 2009 Yuki Bhambri won the junior Australian Open, defeating German Alexandros-Ferdinandos in the final 6-3 6-1 in 57 minutes and thus becoming the world no.1 in the junior world tennis ranking. Also Yuki is the only Indian to win a Junior Grand Slam after Leander Paes won the Wimbledon in 1990 and the US Open in 1991.
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Also the Quote at the bottom reads 
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it -Goethe

Monday, January 26, 2009

My republic day speech at IPE on the eve of 56th Republic day in 2005


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Namaskar everybody!

           

            Today we all get together to celebrate India’s 56th Republic day. First I would like to I salute the founding fathers of this great nation and I pay my homage to the memory of those who laid down their lives in the defense of the Republic and all those who have made this nation proud.

 

We all must be very proud of being the citizens of this great republic. The word ‘Republic’ is no ordinary word. It is a commitment to the effect that, in our State, supreme power is exercised not by some remote monarch but by the people.

 

Let us celebrate the exceptional status we enjoy, the status of being the world’s largest democracy. Given the chequered career of democracies elsewhere, we can be grateful to be citizens of this Republic.

 

We have one of the world’s largest reservoirs of technical personnel, but also the world’s largest number of illiterates; the world’s largest middle class, but also the largest number of people below the poverty line, and the largest number of children suffering from malnutrition. Our giant factories rise from out of squalor; our satellites shoot up from the midst of the hovels of the poor. India is a rich country inhabited by poor

 

The world watches us with a combination of admiration and concern: admiration at what we have achieved despite great odds, and concern over the fact that, even with great investments of money and energy we remain far from our goal. Indians do well, they say; India does not. We must examine the import of that observation and try to rectify the situation.

Yesterday In his address to the Nation on the eve of the 56th Republic Day, Dr Kalam called for launching missions in specific areas like agriculture and food processing, education and healthcare, information and communication technology, infrastructure development and self-reliance in critical technologies for transforming India as a developed nation by the year 2020.  
           

The President said a new situation was emerging in the national scene in the year 2005.

           
India was now witnessing, all at one time, an ascending economic trajectory, continuously rising foreign exchange reserves, global recognition of technological competence, emergence of 540 million youth, both men and women, as a dynamic positive force for national development and umbilical connectivities of 20 million people of Indian origin in various parts of the planet.

            Pointing out that many developed countries had shown interest in investing in Indian engineers and scientists, including the setting up of new Research and Development centres, Dr Kalam said this was the time when the nation should launch series of missions in the five specific areas.

Giving a special thrust on education and employment, Dr Kalam asked the people to rededicate themselves on the occasion of the Republic Day to build India as a nation which provided employment to all, leading to economic prosperity.

Here we have important role to play, the role which we all aim at i.e., to become entrepreneurs.

By becoming entrepreneurs we can provide employment for many. What our country needs are leaders not just managers

 

We must aim to be leaders rather than just managers for management efficiency is in climbing the ladder of success; Leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall

 

Request:

Close your eyes for 1 minute and make a prayer to GOD to provide strength to our nation so that it can rise to glory and also to provide us with the needed strength to serve our nation in the rightful manner.

 

I once again extend my greetings to everybody. Remember one thing where ever you go

 

sāre jahāñ se achchā hindostāñ hamārā

ham bulbuleñ haiñ us kī vuh gulsitāñ hamārā

  Jai Hind.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Reasons many people don't become entrepreneurs

This is a mail i received from one of my friends Sreekanth!

Read this powerful article on why people fear failure & mistakes by Robert Kiyosaki.

One of the reasons so many people don't become entrepreneurs is because they're afraid of failing. They're afraid of making mistakes. They're afraid of losing money. But if people can't overcome these psychological fears, they'd be better off keeping their day jobs.

In the early 1980s, when my first major business failed, I thought I was the stupidest person in the world. Being flat broke and getting calls from creditors made me wish I had never wanted to be an entrepreneur. I even wanted my old job back.

But instead of condemning me for failing, my rich dad gave me one of life's most important lessons: *"You're fortunate to have failed. You now have the opportunity to learn how to turn bad luck into good luck. If you can do that, you'll have a life of more and more good luck."

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Here are three key points for turning bad luck into good luck:

*Don't blame.* When my rich dad asked me what went wrong, the first thing I did was blame my partners and the economy. He immediately said,* "Never blame anyone for your failures.""But it was their fault,"* I replied.Shaking his head, my rich dad said,* "If you blame someone else, you'll never learn from your mistake. If you blame, you give your power away." *Remember, there are no victims–only volunteers. And you volunteered to become an entrepreneur.

*Meet new partners.* My rich dad said*, "In every bad deal, I have always met good people. Some became new partners."* Still hating two of my partners, it was hard for me to understand this statement, yet I took my rich dad's advice and began sifting through the wreckage.Today, one of my best friends came from that business fiasco. In the ruins of other business failures, I met my current partner in real estate and another partner in my franchise business. If not for the failures, I wouldn't have met those fellow entrepreneurs and gone on to make millions of dollars with them.

*Study your mistakes.** "Mistakes are priceless,"* my rich dad told me. *"Study them, learn and profit from them." *Again, this lesson was hard to hear.
Being angry and broke, I wanted to run from my mistakes. But rather than run from my failure, I went back to my factory, studied my mistakes and resurrected the business.

This is how I turn bad luck into good luck. Remember, making mistakes and becoming smarter is the job of an entrepreneur; not making mistakes is the job of an employee.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Lets Keep Learning

Wish you a very happy new year!
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one thing i am sure is that year 2009 will bring in a lot of changes implies there is an increased need for us to learn more...
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lets keep learning