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Amy Smith, MIT, Engineer Instructor shows Alex Quade the benefits of everyday items.
>> I watched this video news on CNN where Amy shows easy inventions to help people to do things efficiently in developing countries <<

Amy Smith, MIT, Engineer Instructor shows Alex Quade the benefits of everyday items.
>> I watched this video news on CNN where Amy shows easy inventions to help people to do things efficiently in developing countries <<

R&D problem? Just post it on the Net- The Economic Times: "Interestingly, of the 110,000 registrations at InnoCentive Inc, 17% are from India, which along with America (46%) and China (28%), comprises the top three leaders. But when it comes to solutions, India is number two, ahead of China and Russia. In 2005, 20% of the solutions were submitted from India ; US, with 36%, topped the chart. ‘‘ It’s like solving a quiz question and for a scientist sitting in a small university , it’s a huge challenge,’’ says Chandra Shekhar.

Besides InnoCentive, there are other forums too, like YourEncore, a service that connects the technology and product development needs of member companies with retirees who have scientific backgrounds, and NineSigma that connects innovators around the world using NineSigma’s Managed Exchange process."


>> Independent researchers around the world selling their inovations to the big brokers to earn green papers so that the powerful brokers can patent the same inovations in their name to earn more green papers.. and further exploit the individual researchers... >>

R&D problem? Just post it on the Net- The Economic Times: "Interestingly, of the 110,000 registrations at InnoCentive Inc, 17% are from India, which along with America (46%) and China (28%), comprises the top three leaders. But when it comes to solutions, India is number two, ahead of China and Russia. In 2005, 20% of the solutions were submitted from India ; US, with 36%, topped the chart. ‘‘ It’s like solving a quiz question and for a scientist sitting in a small university , it’s a huge challenge,’’ says Chandra Shekhar.

Besides InnoCentive, there are other forums too, like YourEncore, a service that connects the technology and product development needs of member companies with retirees who have scientific backgrounds, and NineSigma that connects innovators around the world using NineSigma’s Managed Exchange process."


>> Independent researchers around the world selling their inovations to the big brokers to earn green papers so that the powerful brokers can patent the same inovations in their name to earn more green papers.. and further exploit the individual researchers... >>

The Last Days of the Dollar: Why the Rich Get Richer - Yahoo! Finance: "In 1966, I was traveling the Pacific aboard a freighter. I was 19 years old at the time and attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y.

As part of my academy education, I spent a year as a student officer on freighters, passenger liners, oil tankers, and even tugboats. It was a great way to see and study the world.


An Instructive Exchange


One of the earliest lessons I learned at sea was about currency exchange rates. Even though currency valuation was not a subject taught at the Merchant Marine academy, my ship constantly traveled from one country to the next, so my education in what is today called FX -- or foreign exchange -- began.


Back then, the formal exchange rate in the banks was 360 Japanese yen to one U.S. dollar. On the black market in Hong Kong, I could get 366 yen to the dollar.


This made me aware of the games banks and countries play with their currencies: In 1966, the six-yen difference told me that Japan was buying more from Hong Kong, which is why yen was cheaper in the then-British colony.


A six-yen difference might not seem like much, but for a student earning just $105 a month every little bit counts. So I would wait for my ship to stop in Hong Kong and then trade U.S. dollars for yen. Then I would travel back to Japan and go shopping with the yen. Although the money I saved wasn't substantial, the lessons it offered in currency exchange were priceless.


The End of the Golden Age


It was pretty easy to understand foreign exchange back in the mid-‘60s, since much of the world was following the Bretton Woods Agreement. Enacted in 1944, this agreement made the U.S. dollar the global medium of exchange.


Because the U.S. dollar was pegged to gold, figuring exchange rates was a cinch. If we purchased too much from Japan, then the Japanese could ask us for gold. If we had less gold, we had less money.


In 1971, President Richard Nixon changed everything by removing the U.S. dollar from the gold standard. Suddenly, the dollar was still the world's currency, but now it was backed by nothing. The United States was free to print as much money as it wanted, and the world went along.


Want to see what the dollar is worth in other currencies?
Check out the Yahoo! Finance Currency Converter



Because of this change, understanding foreign exchange became a bit more complex. Today, to understand the world of currency, you need to think a little differently -- essentially because things don't make sense.


For example, today, the United States is perceived to be the richest country in the world. In reality, though, we're the biggest debtor nation in the world. And who are we indebted to? What many consider to be a Third World country: China.


For Richer and Poorer


The irony is that many Americans think we're rich and China is poor. Exactly the opposite is true. This is because the removal of gold's backing from paper money has created a virtual explosion in credit and liquidity. The sheer amount of liquidity around the globe is incalculable.



This excess funny money causes people to feel rich and almost everything to be more expensive. Today, stocks, real estate, automobiles, and gasoline become more expensive as the dollar becomes cheaper.


While some people do become richer in this system, funny money actually punishes working people who save money. It devalues the value of your work and your savings, even though you may feel wealthier.


In overly simplistic terms, China and many countries in the world today lend us billions of dollars to buy their goods. They send us products like computers, televisions, cars, candies, and wines, and we send them funny money in return.


Since they can't spend those dollars at home, they simply lend them back to us so we'll buy more of their products. That would be like me going to my local grocery store and asking them for a loan so I could buy their tomatoes. A logical person would say, "That makes no sense." Yet it's exactly what happened after 1971, and to many highly educated people -- bankers and politicians, for instance -- it somehow does make sense.


An Uneven Trade


You can find current smaller examples of such financial insanity. For example, many people refinance their homes to pay off their credit cards. This makes no sense; you and I know that someday that debt will have to be paid.


Yet getting deeper into debt does make sense as long as you can repay your lender with cheaper dollars, and as long as your lender is willing to take those cheaper, less-valuable dollars. To use my earlier analogy, it would be like buying an orange for $1 on credit and then paying him back for it a year later with 80 cents. As long as the grocer is happy with this arrangement, things are fine.


In real-world terms, one of the reasons the U.S. dollar only buys approximately 110 yen instead of 360 yen today is because the Japanese allowed us to continually devalue the dollar -- that is, to pay our debts with cheaper dollars.


Over the years, the yen got stronger and the dollar got weaker simply because we, as a nation, printed more and more money, all the while consuming more and producing less. Japan would lend us money and we would buy their products. Japan's economy boomed, and so did ours.


Game Over?


The problem today is that China isn't willing to play the game the way the Japanese did. If we drop the purchasing power of the dollar, the Chinese, by pegging their currency to the dollar, also drop the value of their currency. The United States then pays back its debt with a cheaper dollar.


The irony is that we accuse China of playing games with their money. It's more honest to say that China just isn't willing to play the game we want to play.


But an even bigger problem is looming: It seems like the rest of the world is less willing to play our money game. That's why the European Union introduced the Euro. If China creates an Asian equivalent of the Euro (which, admittedly, is a long shot) then the U.S. dollar could be in real trouble.


If the oil-producing nations stop accepting the dollar and switch to gold or the Euro, things will definitely get sticky. The world might be tipped into a global recession and possibly even a depression.


For now, though, this funny money game continues. How long will it last? I don't know. I do know that throughout history, all paper money has eventually come back to its true value, which is zero. That's when the game truly ends, and a whole new cycle of pass the buck begins.

The Last Days of the Dollar: Why the Rich Get Richer - Yahoo! Finance: "In 1966, I was traveling the Pacific aboard a freighter. I was 19 years old at the time and attending the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y.

As part of my academy education, I spent a year as a student officer on freighters, passenger liners, oil tankers, and even tugboats. It was a great way to see and study the world.


An Instructive Exchange


One of the earliest lessons I learned at sea was about currency exchange rates. Even though currency valuation was not a subject taught at the Merchant Marine academy, my ship constantly traveled from one country to the next, so my education in what is today called FX -- or foreign exchange -- began.


Back then, the formal exchange rate in the banks was 360 Japanese yen to one U.S. dollar. On the black market in Hong Kong, I could get 366 yen to the dollar.


This made me aware of the games banks and countries play with their currencies: In 1966, the six-yen difference told me that Japan was buying more from Hong Kong, which is why yen was cheaper in the then-British colony.


A six-yen difference might not seem like much, but for a student earning just $105 a month every little bit counts. So I would wait for my ship to stop in Hong Kong and then trade U.S. dollars for yen. Then I would travel back to Japan and go shopping with the yen. Although the money I saved wasn't substantial, the lessons it offered in currency exchange were priceless.


The End of the Golden Age


It was pretty easy to understand foreign exchange back in the mid-‘60s, since much of the world was following the Bretton Woods Agreement. Enacted in 1944, this agreement made the U.S. dollar the global medium of exchange.


Because the U.S. dollar was pegged to gold, figuring exchange rates was a cinch. If we purchased too much from Japan, then the Japanese could ask us for gold. If we had less gold, we had less money.


In 1971, President Richard Nixon changed everything by removing the U.S. dollar from the gold standard. Suddenly, the dollar was still the world's currency, but now it was backed by nothing. The United States was free to print as much money as it wanted, and the world went along.


Want to see what the dollar is worth in other currencies?
Check out the Yahoo! Finance Currency Converter



Because of this change, understanding foreign exchange became a bit more complex. Today, to understand the world of currency, you need to think a little differently -- essentially because things don't make sense.


For example, today, the United States is perceived to be the richest country in the world. In reality, though, we're the biggest debtor nation in the world. And who are we indebted to? What many consider to be a Third World country: China.


For Richer and Poorer


The irony is that many Americans think we're rich and China is poor. Exactly the opposite is true. This is because the removal of gold's backing from paper money has created a virtual explosion in credit and liquidity. The sheer amount of liquidity around the globe is incalculable.



This excess funny money causes people to feel rich and almost everything to be more expensive. Today, stocks, real estate, automobiles, and gasoline become more expensive as the dollar becomes cheaper.


While some people do become richer in this system, funny money actually punishes working people who save money. It devalues the value of your work and your savings, even though you may feel wealthier.


In overly simplistic terms, China and many countries in the world today lend us billions of dollars to buy their goods. They send us products like computers, televisions, cars, candies, and wines, and we send them funny money in return.


Since they can't spend those dollars at home, they simply lend them back to us so we'll buy more of their products. That would be like me going to my local grocery store and asking them for a loan so I could buy their tomatoes. A logical person would say, "That makes no sense." Yet it's exactly what happened after 1971, and to many highly educated people -- bankers and politicians, for instance -- it somehow does make sense.


An Uneven Trade


You can find current smaller examples of such financial insanity. For example, many people refinance their homes to pay off their credit cards. This makes no sense; you and I know that someday that debt will have to be paid.


Yet getting deeper into debt does make sense as long as you can repay your lender with cheaper dollars, and as long as your lender is willing to take those cheaper, less-valuable dollars. To use my earlier analogy, it would be like buying an orange for $1 on credit and then paying him back for it a year later with 80 cents. As long as the grocer is happy with this arrangement, things are fine.


In real-world terms, one of the reasons the U.S. dollar only buys approximately 110 yen instead of 360 yen today is because the Japanese allowed us to continually devalue the dollar -- that is, to pay our debts with cheaper dollars.


Over the years, the yen got stronger and the dollar got weaker simply because we, as a nation, printed more and more money, all the while consuming more and producing less. Japan would lend us money and we would buy their products. Japan's economy boomed, and so did ours.


Game Over?


The problem today is that China isn't willing to play the game the way the Japanese did. If we drop the purchasing power of the dollar, the Chinese, by pegging their currency to the dollar, also drop the value of their currency. The United States then pays back its debt with a cheaper dollar.


The irony is that we accuse China of playing games with their money. It's more honest to say that China just isn't willing to play the game we want to play.


But an even bigger problem is looming: It seems like the rest of the world is less willing to play our money game. That's why the European Union introduced the Euro. If China creates an Asian equivalent of the Euro (which, admittedly, is a long shot) then the U.S. dollar could be in real trouble.


If the oil-producing nations stop accepting the dollar and switch to gold or the Euro, things will definitely get sticky. The world might be tipped into a global recession and possibly even a depression.


For now, though, this funny money game continues. How long will it last? I don't know. I do know that throughout history, all paper money has eventually come back to its true value, which is zero. That's when the game truly ends, and a whole new cycle of pass the buck begins.

CNN.com - Yale University to post courses on Web for free - Sep 20, 2006

CNN.com - Yale University to post courses on Web for free - Sep 20, 2006

Steps To Maximize Efficiency

Jack Trout, Forbes | August 09, 2006

Good marketing strategy requires a clarity of thinking. And in today's
connected world, it is increasingly more difficult to think that way.

Consider what William James, a renowned psychologist and philosopher had

to say on the subject: "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what

to overlook." Since this is such an important subject, I will devote two

columns to it.

Business complexity is fed by the ever-increasing amount of information
that is being piped into the business world in as many ways as Silicon
Valley can invent. There's no escaping what David Shenk described in his

book, Data Smog, as the "noxious muck and druck of the information age."

Slideshow: 11 Steps To Maximize Efficiency
Slideshow: How To Motivate Bad Employees
Currently, information processing accounts for one-half of the gross
national product. A lot of it ends up on paper that someone has to read.

The following statistic might threaten you, but today's business
managers are expected to read one million words per week. (Can you
afford the time to read this much?)

11 ways to maximize efficiency

1
Mastering Mental Hurdles

2
Be Ruthless

3
What's Critical?

4
Belonging

5
Boiling It Down

6
Use Your Assistant

7
Be Economical

8
Synposize

9
What's Hot?

10
Challenge Each Paper

11
Summarize, Synthesize

The information age began with the first computer, which was about the
size of a living room. Today, we have more powerful machines that are
laptops, palm tops, finger tops--you name it. And they're all out there
spitting out information that we feel isn't helping matters.

The late management guru, Peter Drucker, agrees, "Computers may have
done more harm than good by making managers even more inwardly focused.
Executives are so enchanted by the internal data the computer
generates--and that's all it generates so far, by and large--that they
have neither the mind nor the time for the outside. Yet results are only

on the outside. I find more and more executives less and less well
informed (about the outside world)."

In support of Drucker's observation, a study out of Australia indicates
that the human mind can only process four variables at a time. Once this

number is exceeded, the mind goes into "tilt," and we have to begin
again. Today's modern high-technology communications tend to generate
more variables than we can handle.

It's no wonder that USA Today did an article entitled "Boomer Brain
Meltdown," which describes how this generation faces more frequent
memory lapses.

Some believe that it's not age that is the main cause of memory loss.
They argue it's a problem of information overload. Their premise is that

our minds are like the memory of a computer, and our disks are full.

Slideshow: How To Deal With a Stinky Employee
Slideshow: How To Handle The Office Dingbat
Consider the numbers. In years gone by, all you needed to remember were
your telephone number and address. Today, you need to keep track of
burglar alarm codes, a social security number, e-mail addresses, fax
numbers, calling card numbers and PINs for ATMs. The digits are crowding

out the words.

Some people even believe that information overload will become a medical

problem. Len Riggio, CEO of Barnes & Noble, predicts that in the 21st
century, people will be popping pills to help empty their minds. "Losing

thoughts and forgetting will be the equivalent of shedding pounds and
dieting," says Riggio.

But if you want your mind to operate at maximum efficiency and speed
right now, we have some less drastic suggestions to reduce information
overload.

There are at least 11 good steps to take in order to fight through the
fog while still trying to see what's happening in the world around you.

With more than 40 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Jack

Trout is the acclaimed author of many marketing classics, including
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, Marketing Warfare, The 22
Immutable Laws of Marketing, Differentiate or Die, Big Brands, Big
Trouble, A Genie's Wisdom and his latest, Trout on Strategy.

He is president of marketing consultancy Trout & Partners and has
consulted for such companies as AT&T, IBM, Southwest Airlines, Merck,
Procter & Gamble and others. Recognized as one of the world's foremost
marketing strategists, Trout is the originator of "positioning" and
other important concepts in marketing strategy.

Steps To Maximize Efficiency

Jack Trout, Forbes | August 09, 2006

Good marketing strategy requires a clarity of thinking. And in today's
connected world, it is increasingly more difficult to think that way.

Consider what William James, a renowned psychologist and philosopher had

to say on the subject: "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what

to overlook." Since this is such an important subject, I will devote two

columns to it.

Business complexity is fed by the ever-increasing amount of information
that is being piped into the business world in as many ways as Silicon
Valley can invent. There's no escaping what David Shenk described in his

book, Data Smog, as the "noxious muck and druck of the information age."

Slideshow: 11 Steps To Maximize Efficiency
Slideshow: How To Motivate Bad Employees
Currently, information processing accounts for one-half of the gross
national product. A lot of it ends up on paper that someone has to read.

The following statistic might threaten you, but today's business
managers are expected to read one million words per week. (Can you
afford the time to read this much?)

11 ways to maximize efficiency

1
Mastering Mental Hurdles

2
Be Ruthless

3
What's Critical?

4
Belonging

5
Boiling It Down

6
Use Your Assistant

7
Be Economical

8
Synposize

9
What's Hot?

10
Challenge Each Paper

11
Summarize, Synthesize

The information age began with the first computer, which was about the
size of a living room. Today, we have more powerful machines that are
laptops, palm tops, finger tops--you name it. And they're all out there
spitting out information that we feel isn't helping matters.

The late management guru, Peter Drucker, agrees, "Computers may have
done more harm than good by making managers even more inwardly focused.
Executives are so enchanted by the internal data the computer
generates--and that's all it generates so far, by and large--that they
have neither the mind nor the time for the outside. Yet results are only

on the outside. I find more and more executives less and less well
informed (about the outside world)."

In support of Drucker's observation, a study out of Australia indicates
that the human mind can only process four variables at a time. Once this

number is exceeded, the mind goes into "tilt," and we have to begin
again. Today's modern high-technology communications tend to generate
more variables than we can handle.

It's no wonder that USA Today did an article entitled "Boomer Brain
Meltdown," which describes how this generation faces more frequent
memory lapses.

Some believe that it's not age that is the main cause of memory loss.
They argue it's a problem of information overload. Their premise is that

our minds are like the memory of a computer, and our disks are full.

Slideshow: How To Deal With a Stinky Employee
Slideshow: How To Handle The Office Dingbat
Consider the numbers. In years gone by, all you needed to remember were
your telephone number and address. Today, you need to keep track of
burglar alarm codes, a social security number, e-mail addresses, fax
numbers, calling card numbers and PINs for ATMs. The digits are crowding

out the words.

Some people even believe that information overload will become a medical

problem. Len Riggio, CEO of Barnes & Noble, predicts that in the 21st
century, people will be popping pills to help empty their minds. "Losing

thoughts and forgetting will be the equivalent of shedding pounds and
dieting," says Riggio.

But if you want your mind to operate at maximum efficiency and speed
right now, we have some less drastic suggestions to reduce information
overload.

There are at least 11 good steps to take in order to fight through the
fog while still trying to see what's happening in the world around you.

With more than 40 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Jack

Trout is the acclaimed author of many marketing classics, including
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, Marketing Warfare, The 22
Immutable Laws of Marketing, Differentiate or Die, Big Brands, Big
Trouble, A Genie's Wisdom and his latest, Trout on Strategy.

He is president of marketing consultancy Trout & Partners and has
consulted for such companies as AT&T, IBM, Southwest Airlines, Merck,
Procter & Gamble and others. Recognized as one of the world's foremost
marketing strategists, Trout is the originator of "positioning" and
other important concepts in marketing strategy.

Listen to Tom Friedman, the author of the book "The World is Flat"

MIT World � : Play: The World is Flat

Listen to Tom Friedman, the author of the book "The World is Flat"

MIT World � : Play: The World is Flat

BrainReactions:



Innovation generation (a.k.a. Brain Reactions brainstorming on-demand): "BrainReactions CEO One of BusinessWeek Online�s Top Young Entrepreneurs

We are proud to announce BrainReactions CEO Anand Chhatpar was named one of BusinessWeek Online�s �Top Entrepreneurs Under 25� in the list released last week. This acclaimed honor is bestowed to the most innovative, creative and business savvy young entreprenuers in America."

BrainReactions:

Innovation generation (a.k.a. Brain Reactions brainstorming on-demand): "BrainReactions CEO One of BusinessWeek Online�s Top Young Entrepreneurs
We are proud to announce BrainReactions CEO Anand Chhatpar was named one of BusinessWeek Online�s �Top Entrepreneurs Under 25� in the list released last week. This acclaimed honor is bestowed to the most innovative, creative and business savvy young entreprenuers in America."

Vipassana Meditation Website: "



Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art of Living. For those who are not familiar with Vipassana Meditation, an Introduction to Vipassana by Mr. Goenka is available.





The technique of Vipassana Meditation is taught at ten-day residential courses during which participants learn the basics of the method, and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results.



There are no charges for the courses - not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation. All expenses are met by donations from people who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the opportunity to also benefit.



There are numerous Centers in India and elsewhere in Asia; eight Centers in North America; two Centers in Latin America; seven Centers in Europe; seven Centers in Australia/New Zealand; and one Center in Japan. Each Center maintains its own schedule of regular ten day Vipassana courses. In addition, ten day courses are frequently held at other locations outside of Centers as they are arranged by local students of Vipassana in those areas. An alphabetical list of worldwide course locations is available as well as a graphical interface of course locations worldwide and in India and Nepal.



After reviewing the Code of Discipline for the courses in Vipassana Meditation and checking the schedule of courses in your area, you may then make an Application for a course at that location."

Vipassana Meditation Website: "

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art of Living. For those who are not familiar with Vipassana Meditation, an Introduction to Vipassana by Mr. Goenka is available.


The technique of Vipassana Meditation is taught at ten-day residential courses during which participants learn the basics of the method, and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results.

There are no charges for the courses - not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation. All expenses are met by donations from people who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the opportunity to also benefit.

There are numerous Centers in India and elsewhere in Asia; eight Centers in North America; two Centers in Latin America; seven Centers in Europe; seven Centers in Australia/New Zealand; and one Center in Japan. Each Center maintains its own schedule of regular ten day Vipassana courses. In addition, ten day courses are frequently held at other locations outside of Centers as they are arranged by local students of Vipassana in those areas. An alphabetical list of worldwide course locations is available as well as a graphical interface of course locations worldwide and in India and Nepal.

After reviewing the Code of Discipline for the courses in Vipassana Meditation and checking the schedule of courses in your area, you may then make an Application for a course at that location."

A great blogger



http://o3.indiatimes.com/uptowngirl/

A great blogger

http://o3.indiatimes.com/uptowngirl/

A great blogger

http://o3.indiatimes.com/uptowngirl/

A BEAUTIFUL ANALOGY!



A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.

As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.

They talked about so many things and various subjects.

When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:

"I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.

"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God

doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick

people?

Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be

neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would

allow all of these things."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just

after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long,

stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and

unkempt.

The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.

"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"

"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they

did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed

beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! " answered the barber. " What happens, is,



people do not come to me. "



"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES



exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for



Him.

That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."



If you think God exists, forward this on to other people---If you



think God does not exist, just delete it!

God Bless You

A BEAUTIFUL ANALOGY!

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God
doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick
people?
Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be
neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would
allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just
after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long,
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and
unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they
did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed
beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! " answered the barber. " What happens, is,

people do not come to me. "

"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES

exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for

Him.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

If you think God exists, forward this on to other people---If you

think God does not exist, just delete it!
God Bless You

I got this email very in the morning... Its touching...

Here is the email as it is ...



This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.



It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in

the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.



SLOW DANCE



Have you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.



Do you run through each day

On the fly?

When you ask How are you?

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.



Ever told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say,"Hi"

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over.

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FORWARDED

E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.



Dear All:



PLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know -

even to those you don't know!



It is the request of a special girl who



will soon leave this world due to cancer.



This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish,



She wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live



their life to the fullest, since she never will.



She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high



school, or get married and have a family of her own.



By you sending this to as many people as possible,



you can give her and her family a little hope,



because with every name that this is sent to,



The American Cancer Society



will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and recovery plan.



One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can



at least send it to 5 or 6 ---

(just think ,it could be you one day).

It's not even your money, just your time!



PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST



Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor



Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology

1300 Morris Park Avenue

Bronx, New York 10461

I got this email very in the morning... Its touching...
Here is the email as it is ...

This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital.

It was sent by a medical doctor - Make sure to read what is in
the closing statement AFTER THE POEM.

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
--------------------

FORWARDED
E-MAILS ARE TRACKED TO OBTAIN THE TOTAL COUNT.

Dear All:

PLEASE pass this mail on to everyone you know -
even to those you don't know!

It is the request of a special girl who

will soon leave this world due to cancer.

This young girl has 6 months left to live, and as her dying wish,

She wanted to send a letter telling everyone to live

their life to the fullest, since she never will.

She'll never make it to prom, graduate from high

school, or get married and have a family of her own.

By you sending this to as many people as possible,

you can give her and her family a little hope,

because with every name that this is sent to,

The American Cancer Society

will donate 3 cents per name to her treatment and recovery plan.

One guy sent this to 500 people! So I know that we can

at least send it to 5 or 6 ---
(just think ,it could be you one day).
It's not even your money, just your time!

PLEASE PASS ON AS A LAST REQUEST

Dr. Dennis Shields, Professor

Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461

Recently read a book Longitudes and Attitudes authored by Thomas L Friedman..

Few good stuff made me smile and ponder for a while....



there was a panel discussion about 21st century corporations at Davos world economic forum

Some of the chilling statements, The key to winning in business is adapt or die,

get wired or get killed, work 24/7 from every where or left behind. At the end, Howard Stringer,

chairman of Sony, stood up and said: "doesn't any one here sounds like a vision of hell ? while

we are all competing or dying, where will there be time for sex or music or books ?

stop the world, I want to get off."



Sometimes I feel, Has the growing technology made life easier or the opposite. A man with cell phones,

PDA, pagers, beepers, players, hanging on his belt, looks more like a telephone repairman..

the number of gadgets is increasing every day, So is the the social stress attached with them..



A new phrase in the air, "device creep", machines don't serve us, we serve them and my identity

is now less important than the data that is stored about me. Have a nice day.



Jeffrey Garten, dean of Yale school, said: "May be its not time for us to adapt or die, but for

the technology to adapt or die...

Recently read a book Longitudes and Attitudes authored by Thomas L Friedman..
Few good stuff made me smile and ponder for a while....

there was a panel discussion about 21st century corporations at Davos world economic forum
Some of the chilling statements, The key to winning in business is adapt or die,
get wired or get killed, work 24/7 from every where or left behind. At the end, Howard Stringer,
chairman of Sony, stood up and said: "doesn't any one here sounds like a vision of hell ? while
we are all competing or dying, where will there be time for sex or music or books ?
stop the world, I want to get off."

Sometimes I feel, Has the growing technology made life easier or the opposite. A man with cell phones,
PDA, pagers, beepers, players, hanging on his belt, looks more like a telephone repairman..
the number of gadgets is increasing every day, So is the the social stress attached with them..

A new phrase in the air, "device creep", machines don't serve us, we serve them and my identity
is now less important than the data that is stored about me. Have a nice day.

Jeffrey Garten, dean of Yale school, said: "May be its not time for us to adapt or die, but for
the technology to adapt or die...

92% of the world's wealth is stored in hard drives in the form of binary codes 01010101 .... subject to the risk of crash..



Economists estimate that only 8 percent of the world's currency exists as physical cash. The rest exists only on a

computer hard drive, in electronic bank accounts around the world.

Just wondering, if everybody goes to bank to withdraw all his or her deposits, banks all over the world will fail instantly......



Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman rightly puts it, "the pieces of green paper have value

because everybody thinks they have value."



So who would you prefer, cow or cash ?... Of course cow, cow can give milk but cash cannot.... in extreme scenarios..

92% of the world's wealth is stored in hard drives in the form of binary codes 01010101 .... subject to the risk of crash..

Economists estimate that only 8 percent of the world's currency exists as physical cash. The rest exists only on a
computer hard drive, in electronic bank accounts around the world.
Just wondering, if everybody goes to bank to withdraw all his or her deposits, banks all over the world will fail instantly......

Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman rightly puts it, "the pieces of green paper have value
because everybody thinks they have value."

So who would you prefer, cow or cash ?... Of course cow, cow can give milk but cash cannot.... in extreme scenarios..

A Bunch of good sites............ ................


A great blogger ------------ widdershins A great Blogger

A cool site on economics ------------- Arnoldkling

Again economics del.icio.us/mg/economics

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Dollar (Neither you want to live with Nor you can leave it :)
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The future of the dollar The passing of the buck? Economist.com

Arundhati Roy..... Awesome Site.... Must see
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Arundhati Roy


I love economics....
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International Trade Theory & Policy Analysis

U.S. WEAPONS AT WAR 2005:
PROMOTING FREEDOM OR FUELING CONFLICT?U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers Since September 11
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Report: U.S. WEAPONS AT WAR 2005

Your existence has more meaning now ........ what do u say...

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A Bunch of good sites............ ................


A great blogger ------------ widdershins A great Blogger

A cool site on economics ------------- Arnoldkling

Again economics del.icio.us/mg/economics

How to write a resume How to Write a Resume

Dollar (Neither you want to live with Nor you can leave it :)
----------------------------------------------------------------
The future of the dollar The passing of the buck? Economist.com

Arundhati Roy..... Awesome Site.... Must see
--------------------------------------------------

Arundhati Roy


I love economics....
--------------------------------
International Trade Theory & Policy Analysis

U.S. WEAPONS AT WAR 2005:
PROMOTING FREEDOM OR FUELING CONFLICT?U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers Since September 11
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Report: U.S. WEAPONS AT WAR 2005

Your existence has more meaning now ........ what do u say...

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What exactly is the Fiscal Deficit?

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The fiscal deficit is the difference between the government's total expenditure and its total receipts (excluding borrowing).



The elements of the fiscal deficit are (a) the revenue deficit, which is the difference between the government’s current (or revenue) expenditure and total current receipts (that is, excluding borrowing) and (b) capital expenditure.



The fiscal deficit can be financed by borrowing from the Reserve Bank of India (which is also called deficit financing or money creation) and market borrowing (from the money market, that is mainly from banks)

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What exactly is the Fiscal Deficit?
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The fiscal deficit is the difference between the government's total expenditure and its total receipts (excluding borrowing).

The elements of the fiscal deficit are (a) the revenue deficit, which is the difference between the government’s current (or revenue) expenditure and total current receipts (that is, excluding borrowing) and (b) capital expenditure.

The fiscal deficit can be financed by borrowing from the Reserve Bank of India (which is also called deficit financing or money creation) and market borrowing (from the money market, that is mainly from banks)
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Upanishad, Bhagavad Gita, Ramcharitmanas, Vishnu Sahasranam, .....



Download great Hindu scriptures

Download great Hindu scriptures in PDF format
Upanishad, Bhagavad Gita, Ramcharitmanas, Vishnu Sahasranam, .....

Download great Hindu scriptures

VIEWPOINTS: THE WORLD AROUND US AND DAILY RANTS


Donelson Research & Publishing


Impressive collection of facts and thoughts..... Read at leisure

World, balance of power, super power's challenge in curtailing emerging powers,
Self Declared Monitor of the world, Democracy, What you say, what you actually mean, and what you actually did, misleading yourself and the world. Selling F-16 to A and telling B to help becoming more powerful. Few people, in the name of national interest, misleading their own people, for the sake of their own political goals.... how the common man would understand history 50 years down the line, the invasion in the name of project freedom, hiding the fact of being second highest oil reserve in the world.. the real cause... A game of chess...
Once who bombed each other and created history, are best friends of current times.... Isnt it ugly .... well nothing is permanent and so is the relationship... so are the interests, so are the acts.......... Interesting times to be living in....

VIEWPOINTS: THE WORLD AROUND US AND DAILY RANTS


Donelson Research & Publishing


Impressive collection of facts and thoughts..... Read at leisure

World, balance of power, super power's challenge in curtailing emerging powers,
Self Declared Monitor of the world, Democracy, What you say, what you actually mean, and what you actually did, misleading yourself and the world. Selling F-16 to A and telling B to help becoming more powerful. Few people, in the name of national interest, misleading their own people, for the sake of their own political goals.... how the common man would understand history 50 years down the line, the invasion in the name of project freedom, hiding the fact of being second highest oil reserve in the world.. the real cause... A game of chess...
Once who bombed each other and created history, are best friends of current times.... Isnt it ugly .... well nothing is permanent and so is the relationship... so are the interests, so are the acts.......... Interesting times to be living in....

"Unlearn what B-school taught you"





Unlearn what B-school taught you:



Business is fundamentally simple. It's we who make it complicated. When you are able to cut to the core, say, peel away the layers to get to the essence, business is quite straightforward. It is essentially about how you create value for the customer and how you are able to capture that value, as much of it, at as low a cost as possible.



What happens over a period of time is that we put several layers around the core essence of business, whether it is at the workplace or a B-school. As a result, we tend to get into a complexity that is our own creation. If you look at some of the great business leaders, they have stuck to or built the core proposition.



They know what value proposition they want to give the customer and single-handedly drive their business towards it in an extremely focussed manner. If you are able to do that, I think half your problem is solved. So cut out all the power points -- if you have something to say, be precise, clear and simple. Take the example of telegrams for which we pay by the word.



Every extra word has a cost to it. Similarly, I strongly believe that there is a cost you pay for complexity. At B-schools or the workplace, people somehow feel that if you are able to complicate things, you are able to create more reason for your existence.



There is a tendency to get seduced by the methodologies and tools and lay on a lot of theories and jargon that complicates matters. You should not fall in love with the tools just because you are using them. Ask yourself: how are these tools going to enable me? Will they assist me in creating and capturing value proposition? If they don't, throw them out.



Having said that however, B-schools do have lessons to teach. The most important thing that a good B-school helps you with is that it brings you in close contact with the best talent in the country. This enhances your mental faculties and stimulates your thinking. If you look at a business, it is fundamentally about theoretical experiences, sitting back and reflecting on those experiences and learning from them.



What you need to do, however, is focus on what value you derive from what you are taught. Often, a lot of students -- or even young professionals, for that matter -- get a high level of comfort in living with the latest buzzwords and jargon. That often holds you back from the truth.



So often in the first 10 years of your career you keep filling ditches. But it's only after you empty those ditches, that is, unlearn a lot of things you have been taught, that you manage to get to the core proposition.



So what is it that we need to succeed in business? First comes hunger; that is, how hungry you are to get to your goal. Even if you are not outstandingly brilliant, but have the hunger to succeed, it makes a lot of difference. As Martina Navratilova put it -- and you don't always have to learn from the Tom Peters and Peter Druckers -- "People who talk about there being no winners or losers are losers themselves."



Whenever I recruit people, I try to find out how hungry they are -- for the job, achieving certain objectives or changing the world. If that drive is there, half the battle is already won. Training, investing in the person and giving him a clear direction come later.



We often talk about the four Ps in business, that is, product, price, place and promotion. It is a standard theme in B-school education -- you learn it everyday. I have realised that there are two more Ps. The fifth P is "people".



According to David Ogilvy, "If you hire people who are better than you, then over a period of time, you will be in the company of giants." On the other hand, if you hire someone smaller than you, and if he hires someone smaller than him, and so on, you'll soon be running a company of pygmies! So to build a sound business, you need to get the best people, both in terms of quality and their hunger to succeed.



The sixth P is "pace". This is particularly relevant when we look at the technology business where products get obsolete every three months. A new technology comes out almost every other year and it changes the playing field. In this industry, the people who succeed are those who unlearn the past quickly and move on to adapt to what the future offers.



It may take two years to get to the point where you think you are absolutely right -- by when you realise that the market has passed you by. So, it is essential that you change all the time, and the faster you change the better it is. That means that you probably need to make some trade-offs in terms of educated guesses and risks.



But then business is all about taking risks. You calibrate the risk to the pay-off. While B-schools talk a lot about risk management, at the end of the day it's the decision (risk) that you take in the real world that counts. These decisions have consequences -- for you, your employees, your company and so on.



But if you don't take those decisions, it can often be a bigger risk. For instance, Intel was initially into memory chips, but then it realised that its business was taking a beating since the technology was fast becoming obsolete. It took a risk and entered the microprocessor business. The risk paid off.



When you are working in large organisations, one of the biggest skills that stands you in good stead is not only knowing how to sell ideas but also sell yourself in the right way.



All B-schools teach you how to sell products -- everything from chewing gum to cars. But no B-school really tells you how to sell yourself. But if you want to be taken seriously, you need to sell yourself to the organisation, to your customers and to the people who work for you.



In a few months of joining an organisation you are branded, which probably stays with you as you climb up the ladder. You must be clear about what kind of brand you want to be.



Ravi Swaminathan is vice president, HP , Personal Systems Group. He is an alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, from where he graduated in 1977



As told to: Amit Ranjan Rai





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"Unlearn what B-school taught you"


Unlearn what B-school taught you:

Business is fundamentally simple. It's we who make it complicated. When you are able to cut to the core, say, peel away the layers to get to the essence, business is quite straightforward. It is essentially about how you create value for the customer and how you are able to capture that value, as much of it, at as low a cost as possible.

What happens over a period of time is that we put several layers around the core essence of business, whether it is at the workplace or a B-school. As a result, we tend to get into a complexity that is our own creation. If you look at some of the great business leaders, they have stuck to or built the core proposition.

They know what value proposition they want to give the customer and single-handedly drive their business towards it in an extremely focussed manner. If you are able to do that, I think half your problem is solved. So cut out all the power points -- if you have something to say, be precise, clear and simple. Take the example of telegrams for which we pay by the word.

Every extra word has a cost to it. Similarly, I strongly believe that there is a cost you pay for complexity. At B-schools or the workplace, people somehow feel that if you are able to complicate things, you are able to create more reason for your existence.

There is a tendency to get seduced by the methodologies and tools and lay on a lot of theories and jargon that complicates matters. You should not fall in love with the tools just because you are using them. Ask yourself: how are these tools going to enable me? Will they assist me in creating and capturing value proposition? If they don't, throw them out.

Having said that however, B-schools do have lessons to teach. The most important thing that a good B-school helps you with is that it brings you in close contact with the best talent in the country. This enhances your mental faculties and stimulates your thinking. If you look at a business, it is fundamentally about theoretical experiences, sitting back and reflecting on those experiences and learning from them.

What you need to do, however, is focus on what value you derive from what you are taught. Often, a lot of students -- or even young professionals, for that matter -- get a high level of comfort in living with the latest buzzwords and jargon. That often holds you back from the truth.

So often in the first 10 years of your career you keep filling ditches. But it's only after you empty those ditches, that is, unlearn a lot of things you have been taught, that you manage to get to the core proposition.

So what is it that we need to succeed in business? First comes hunger; that is, how hungry you are to get to your goal. Even if you are not outstandingly brilliant, but have the hunger to succeed, it makes a lot of difference. As Martina Navratilova put it -- and you don't always have to learn from the Tom Peters and Peter Druckers -- "People who talk about there being no winners or losers are losers themselves."

Whenever I recruit people, I try to find out how hungry they are -- for the job, achieving certain objectives or changing the world. If that drive is there, half the battle is already won. Training, investing in the person and giving him a clear direction come later.

We often talk about the four Ps in business, that is, product, price, place and promotion. It is a standard theme in B-school education -- you learn it everyday. I have realised that there are two more Ps. The fifth P is "people".

According to David Ogilvy, "If you hire people who are better than you, then over a period of time, you will be in the company of giants." On the other hand, if you hire someone smaller than you, and if he hires someone smaller than him, and so on, you'll soon be running a company of pygmies! So to build a sound business, you need to get the best people, both in terms of quality and their hunger to succeed.

The sixth P is "pace". This is particularly relevant when we look at the technology business where products get obsolete every three months. A new technology comes out almost every other year and it changes the playing field. In this industry, the people who succeed are those who unlearn the past quickly and move on to adapt to what the future offers.

It may take two years to get to the point where you think you are absolutely right -- by when you realise that the market has passed you by. So, it is essential that you change all the time, and the faster you change the better it is. That means that you probably need to make some trade-offs in terms of educated guesses and risks.

But then business is all about taking risks. You calibrate the risk to the pay-off. While B-schools talk a lot about risk management, at the end of the day it's the decision (risk) that you take in the real world that counts. These decisions have consequences -- for you, your employees, your company and so on.

But if you don't take those decisions, it can often be a bigger risk. For instance, Intel was initially into memory chips, but then it realised that its business was taking a beating since the technology was fast becoming obsolete. It took a risk and entered the microprocessor business. The risk paid off.

When you are working in large organisations, one of the biggest skills that stands you in good stead is not only knowing how to sell ideas but also sell yourself in the right way.

All B-schools teach you how to sell products -- everything from chewing gum to cars. But no B-school really tells you how to sell yourself. But if you want to be taken seriously, you need to sell yourself to the organisation, to your customers and to the people who work for you.

In a few months of joining an organisation you are branded, which probably stays with you as you climb up the ladder. You must be clear about what kind of brand you want to be.

Ravi Swaminathan is vice president, HP , Personal Systems Group. He is an alumni of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, from where he graduated in 1977

As told to: Amit Ranjan Rai


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From TOI, Need water...

From TOI, Need water...

Macro Economics stuff.. Growth, Oil, money, exchange rate, GDP, deficit, Infrastructure... Well a big complex science, bottom line

money changing hands, resulting in growth at one place and depression at other... Why 1 dollar is equal to 43 INR, not the other way round, How many total dollars and total INR around the world, all in paper form or part in virtual form, how and who controls the production/influx of dollar and INR in to the world system, when you transfer 1000$ dollars from USA to India, does this transfer happens in real physical form or it is just a data transfer, stored on a hard disk, subject to crash. I paid 100$ to a lawn keeper for his services, and after few days he paid the same 100$ to bestbuy for a camera, and after a few days, bestbuy pays me the same 100$ for my supply chain consulting services, money has changed hands and resulted in to growth.........seems interesting... I thought that one is rich if he has the abilty to generate more value (not paper money in a printing press..:)..} than what he consumes, but it seems its the other way round... with huge deficits.... :)



comments welcome as always



Transcript of the World Economic Outlook Press Conference, April 13, 2005

Macro Economics stuff.. Growth, Oil, money, exchange rate, GDP, deficit, Infrastructure... Well a big complex science, bottom line
money changing hands, resulting in growth at one place and depression at other... Why 1 dollar is equal to 43 INR, not the other way round, How many total dollars and total INR around the world, all in paper form or part in virtual form, how and who controls the production/influx of dollar and INR in to the world system, when you transfer 1000$ dollars from USA to India, does this transfer happens in real physical form or it is just a data transfer, stored on a hard disk, subject to crash. I paid 100$ to a lawn keeper for his services, and after few days he paid the same 100$ to bestbuy for a camera, and after a few days, bestbuy pays me the same 100$ for my supply chain consulting services, money has changed hands and resulted in to growth.........seems interesting... I thought that one is rich if he has the abilty to generate more value (not paper money in a printing press..:)..} than what he consumes, but it seems its the other way round... with huge deficits.... :)

comments welcome as always

Transcript of the World Economic Outlook Press Conference, April 13, 2005

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The United States tried in mid-October to build on Foreign Minister Singh's assurance that India would not initiate hostilities by proposing that both sides withdraw their forces from the border to the nearest military bases. (168) Pakistan accepted the proposal but India hedged and said that such a move would leave India at a disadvantage in that Pakistan's bases were closer to the border. Nixon put this proposal to Indira Gandhi when she visited Washington on November 4 as part of her tour of foreign capitals to try to generate support for India's position. He also told her that the United States would find the initiation of hostilities between India and Pakistan to be totally unacceptable. In a stiff meeting, Gandhi denied sponsoring the Mukti Bahini guerrillas and denied that Indian forces were poised to initiate a conflict. In this and in their subsequent meeting on the following day, she failed to respond to Nixon's proposal for a mutual withdrawal. (179, 180) Nixon and Kissinger subsequently discussed the exchanges with Gandhi. Kissinger's assessment was that "the Indians are bastards anyway. They are plotting a war." He felt that Nixon had given her a warm enough reception that she could not complain that the United States was anti-Indian. Nixon agreed. (180)




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Check out the history ...

The United States tried in mid-October to build on Foreign Minister Singh's assurance that India would not initiate hostilities by proposing that both sides withdraw their forces from the border to the nearest military bases. (168) Pakistan accepted the proposal but India hedged and said that such a move would leave India at a disadvantage in that Pakistan's bases were closer to the border. Nixon put this proposal to Indira Gandhi when she visited Washington on November 4 as part of her tour of foreign capitals to try to generate support for India's position. He also told her that the United States would find the initiation of hostilities between India and Pakistan to be totally unacceptable. In a stiff meeting, Gandhi denied sponsoring the Mukti Bahini guerrillas and denied that Indian forces were poised to initiate a conflict. In this and in their subsequent meeting on the following day, she failed to respond to Nixon's proposal for a mutual withdrawal. (179, 180) Nixon and Kissinger subsequently discussed the exchanges with Gandhi. Kissinger's assessment was that "the Indians are bastards anyway. They are plotting a war." He felt that Nixon had given her a warm enough reception that she could not complain that the United States was anti-Indian. Nixon agreed. (180)




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A rocking and kickin ..... Union IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran



Intel picks India for $400 mn unit: "Union IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran"



Global chip manufacturer Intel will set up its assembly test manufacturing (ATM) facility in India with an approximate investment of $400 million.



Intel has shortlisted Chennai, Bangalore and Noida as possible locations for setting up of the ATM facility.



"The company will be announcing the decision and the location in the next one month, we expect an investment of about $400 million for Intel's ATM facility," Union IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Tuesday after his US visit earlier this month to woo IT and telecom majors to set up manufacturing base in India.



American mobile handsets and telecom equipment manufacturers, Flextronics and Solectron are likely to follow Intel in establishing manufacturing bases in India shortly.



An estimated $1-$1.2 billion worth of investments are expected to be pumped into India in the coming months by these three companies alone, Maran said.



He said Intel was previously considering China and Vietnam as possible locations for the facility.



"But after my discussion with Craig Barret, the CEO of Intel said they have finalised on India," he said, adding that he was able to impress upon the chip giant to decide on India over China and Vietnam by presenting the country as a booming market with investor-friendly policies.



"The government policy on special economic zones which gives a 15-year tax-free income, market access, policy of the government to promote computers (at present we have 16 million computers and we are aiming at 75 million computers in the next four years) clinched it in our favour," he said.



In addition, UT Starcom, which supplies switches and modems to BSNL, has also shown interest in setting up a manufacturing unit in India, while Cisco is focussing on extending its R&D operations to India, Maran, who returned from the United States on Saturday, said.



Maran also met Cisco chief John Chambers "who has agreed to explore the option to increase the presence of the company in India."



The minister was keen that semi-conductor fabrication units come up in India, which would be a major growth driver for the Indian hardware industry. His idea was that the country should facilitate the setting up of a 'fab city', a concept about which he plans to write to the states.



He had a meeting with world's biggest semiconductor equipment company -- Applied Material -- as well as IBM, India Electronics Manufacturing Corporation and India Semiconductor Association to set up 90nm/65nm fab in India.



If this idea materialises, it alone could bring in investments worth $3 billion to India, he said.



Hector Ruiz, CEO & Chairman of AMD, also had a detailed meeting with Maran where AMD's plans to bring in low-cost computers in India was discussed.

A rocking and kickin ..... Union IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran

Intel picks India for $400 mn unit: "Union IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran"

Global chip manufacturer Intel will set up its assembly test manufacturing (ATM) facility in India with an approximate investment of $400 million.

Intel has shortlisted Chennai, Bangalore and Noida as possible locations for setting up of the ATM facility.

"The company will be announcing the decision and the location in the next one month, we expect an investment of about $400 million for Intel's ATM facility," Union IT and Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Tuesday after his US visit earlier this month to woo IT and telecom majors to set up manufacturing base in India.

American mobile handsets and telecom equipment manufacturers, Flextronics and Solectron are likely to follow Intel in establishing manufacturing bases in India shortly.

An estimated $1-$1.2 billion worth of investments are expected to be pumped into India in the coming months by these three companies alone, Maran said.

He said Intel was previously considering China and Vietnam as possible locations for the facility.

"But after my discussion with Craig Barret, the CEO of Intel said they have finalised on India," he said, adding that he was able to impress upon the chip giant to decide on India over China and Vietnam by presenting the country as a booming market with investor-friendly policies.

"The government policy on special economic zones which gives a 15-year tax-free income, market access, policy of the government to promote computers (at present we have 16 million computers and we are aiming at 75 million computers in the next four years) clinched it in our favour," he said.

In addition, UT Starcom, which supplies switches and modems to BSNL, has also shown interest in setting up a manufacturing unit in India, while Cisco is focussing on extending its R&D operations to India, Maran, who returned from the United States on Saturday, said.

Maran also met Cisco chief John Chambers "who has agreed to explore the option to increase the presence of the company in India."

The minister was keen that semi-conductor fabrication units come up in India, which would be a major growth driver for the Indian hardware industry. His idea was that the country should facilitate the setting up of a 'fab city', a concept about which he plans to write to the states.

He had a meeting with world's biggest semiconductor equipment company -- Applied Material -- as well as IBM, India Electronics Manufacturing Corporation and India Semiconductor Association to set up 90nm/65nm fab in India.

If this idea materialises, it alone could bring in investments worth $3 billion to India, he said.

Hector Ruiz, CEO & Chairman of AMD, also had a detailed meeting with Maran where AMD's plans to bring in low-cost computers in India was discussed.

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3HO, the Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization, was founded in 1969 by Kundalini Yoga Master Yogi Bhajan. The mission of this non-profit organization is simple and powerful: share the lifestyle, yoga and meditation practices of Kundalini Yoga in a non-sectarian way as a method for helping people live healthy, happy, and holy lives.

“ Yoga with its every system is going to prevail. By the year 2013, forty to sixty percent of the people will be practicing yoga. People will see that people who practice yoga are bright and beautiful, calm, quiet and blissful. They will recognize that the yogic community is sincere, dependable, serving and giving. In the chaos of the information age it will be difficult for people to cope with their day-to-day lives. The body, mind and spirit will have to be organized to meet these challenges The word is going to spread that 'Yoga is the way.'“ - Yogi Bhajan





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YOGA, Meditation, ..........

3HO, the Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization, was founded in 1969 by Kundalini Yoga Master Yogi Bhajan. The mission of this non-profit organization is simple and powerful: share the lifestyle, yoga and meditation practices of Kundalini Yoga in a non-sectarian way as a method for helping people live healthy, happy, and holy lives.
“ Yoga with its every system is going to prevail. By the year 2013, forty to sixty percent of the people will be practicing yoga. People will see that people who practice yoga are bright and beautiful, calm, quiet and blissful. They will recognize that the yogic community is sincere, dependable, serving and giving. In the chaos of the information age it will be difficult for people to cope with their day-to-day lives. The body, mind and spirit will have to be organized to meet these challenges The word is going to spread that 'Yoga is the way.'“ - Yogi Bhajan


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The next two years will be crucial for software giant Microsoft: Under attack on numerous fronts, it could falter - or it could fight back to become even more dominant.



"Microsoft is in its most vulnerable moment in history, just like IBM in the 1990s," says George Colony, the chief executive of technology research firm Forrester.



Vulnerable? The company whose software powers more than 90% of all the world's personal computers?



BBC NEWS | Business | The assault on software giant Microsoft

The next two years will be crucial for software giant Microsoft: Under attack on numerous fronts, it could falter - or it could fight back to become even more dominant.

"Microsoft is in its most vulnerable moment in history, just like IBM in the 1990s," says George Colony, the chief executive of technology research firm Forrester.

Vulnerable? The company whose software powers more than 90% of all the world's personal computers?

BBC NEWS | Business | The assault on software giant Microsoft

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An inventor goes to the patent office, sees the patent officer and says, 'I've got an invention; it's a folding bottle. I call it a fottle, get it? Folding bottle - fottle.'



'Very nice, sir,' the patent officer says. 'Do you have any other inventions?'



'Yes, I do. I also have a folding carton; I call it a farton,' replies the inventor.



'I'm sorry, sir,' the officer says, 'but that is an inappropriate name; it's disgusting.'



'Oh,' groans the inventor, 'then I guess you wouldn't be interested in my folding bucket.' "

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An inventor goes to the patent office, sees the patent officer and says, 'I've got an invention; it's a folding bottle. I call it a fottle, get it? Folding bottle - fottle.'

'Very nice, sir,' the patent officer says. 'Do you have any other inventions?'

'Yes, I do. I also have a folding carton; I call it a farton,' replies the inventor.

'I'm sorry, sir,' the officer says, 'but that is an inappropriate name; it's disgusting.'

'Oh,' groans the inventor, 'then I guess you wouldn't be interested in my folding bucket.' "

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Vaishnavi and Vandana were barely out of their teens when they set out on a life of service.



In 1992, a crazed, nude woman ran up and down a Chennai street under the mid day sun. As people either gawked or walked on, two young women hugged her and took her to their college nearby. They cleaned her, clothed her and calmed her down. When they tried to find an organisation in the city that would take the woman in, they realised how hard it was to find one. It was a defining moment. A moment when Vaishnavi and Vandana decided they can't wait any longer. The two close friends were both 22 years old then -- they had made a pact with each other while still in their teens, that they would qualify as professional social workers and dedicate themselves to service. They now knew they had to act right away. 'The Banyan' --their vehicle of expression-- was soon registered as a Trust.





The Banyan in Chennai shelters women in strife.