Tuesday, June 30, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Society

"In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning."

- Carl Sandburg

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Dinshaw Maneckji Petit

"Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 1st Baronet (30 June 1823 – 5 May 1901), Parsi entrepreneur and founder of the first textile mills in India. He was also the grandfather of Rattanbai Petit Jinnah, who later became the wife of the founder of Pakistan, Mr. Mohammed Ali Jinnah."

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The Contrarian Effect: Why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite (Hardcover) by Michael Port

Monday, June 29, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Achievement

"If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day."

- Johan A. Wheeler

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

"Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, FRS (Bangla: প্রশান্ত চন্দ্র মহলানবিস) (29 June 1893–28 June 1972) was an Indian scientist and applied statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure. He made pioneering studies in anthropometry in India. He founded the Indian Statistical Institute, and contributed to the design of large scale sample surveys. "

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Organization Theory: Selected Classic Readings edited by Derek S.Pugh

Saturday, June 27, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Imagination

"Some stories are true that never happened."

- Elie Wiesel

TOPIC OF THE DAY

R.D.Burman

"Rahul Dev Burman (Hindi: राहुल देव बर्मन) (June 27, 1939 – January 4, 1994), commonly known as R. D. Burman and nicknamed Pancham da (पंचम दा) or simply Pancham, was an influential Bollywood music composer. "

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Organization Theory: Selected Classic Readings edited by Derek S.Pugh

Friday, June 26, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Invention

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."

- Alexander Graham Bell

TOPIC OF THE DAY

International Day on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

"Illicit drugs destroy innumerable individual lives and undermine our societies. Confronting the illicit trade in drugs and its effects remains a major challenge for the international community."

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Dietetics by B.Srilakshmi

Thursday, June 25, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Work

"I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. "

- Buddha

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Management By Objectives

Management by Objectives (MBO) is a process of agreeing upon objectives within an organization so that management and employees agree to the objectives and understand what they are in the organization.
The term "management by objectives" was first popularized by Peter Drucker in his 1954 book 'The Practice of Management'.

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Dietetics by B.Srilakshmi

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Winning

"Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half. "

- Paul Bryant

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Guru Gopinath

Guru Gopinath (Malayalam:ഗുരു ഗോപിനാഥ്)(June 24, 1908 - October 9, 1987) is an Indian classical dancer, Kathakali master and mentor of a relatively new creative modern dancing style, Kerala Natanam. A dance museum is comig up as his memorial at Trivandrum . The cultural department Kerala Govt. has already established a dance village named 'Guru Gopinath Natanagramam'

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Microeconomics by B.Douglas Bernheim and Michael D. Whinston

Monday, June 22, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Truth

"Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. "

- Aesop

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Amrish Puri

Amrish Lal Puri (Punjabi: ਅਮਰੀਸ਼ ਪੁਰੀ, Hindi: अमरीश पुरी, Urdu: اَمریش پُری, June 22, 1932 – January 12, 2005) was an iconic Indian actor who appeared primarily in negative roles in Hindi movies. His most remembered roles are Mogambo in Mr India (1987) and Mola Ram in the Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

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Microeconomics by B.Douglas Bernheim and Michael D. Whinston

Friday, June 19, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Success

"Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result."

- Oscar Wilde

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi (Hindi: राहुल गांधी) (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress. He belongs to the Nehru-Gandhi family, the most prominent political family in India. He has been widely credited with Congress's big win in 2009 general elections. His tactics are game-changing: insisting on grassroots activism, building deep connections to rural India and trying to democratize the hierarchical Congress party itself. He turned down a cabinet post in the Manmohan Singh government and is concentrating on strengthening the party at the grassroots.

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Capital Markets of India

Thursday, June 18, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Opportunity

"If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd."

- Edward de Bono

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Syed Mushtaq Ali

Syed Mushtaq Ali pronunciation (help·info) (December 17, 1914 – June 18, 2005) was a former Indian cricketer, and an aggressive Test batsman. Ali holds the distinction of scoring the first Test century by any Indian overseas, when he hit a ton for the team in 1936 at Manchester in England.

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Capital Markets of India

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Friend

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."

- Arnold H. Glasow

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Leander Paes

Leander Adrian Paes (born June 17, 1973) is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. He is one of the most successful professional Indian tennis players and also the former captain of the Indian tennis team. He has won various doubles and mixed doubles events at the Tennis Grand Slam events. He is also the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1996–1997 and the Padmashri award in 2001 for his contribution to Tennis in India.

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Capital Markets of India

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Life

"It is not length of life, but depth of life."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Chittaranjan Das

Chittaranjan Das (C.R.Das) (Bengali: চিত্তরঞ্জন দাস Chittorônjon Dash) (popularly called Deshbandhu "Friend of the country") (November 5, 1870 - June 16, 1925) was a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement.

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Capital Markets of India

Monday, June 15, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Faith

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

- Mother Teresa

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Lakshmi Mittal

Lakshmi Mittal, or Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (Hindi: लक्ष्मि मित्तल; b. 15 June 1950), is an Indian industrialist based in the United Kingdom. He was born in Sadulpur village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and he resides in Kensington, London. He is the founder of Mittal Steel and has been the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal since the merge. He also serves as a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs, EADS and ICICI Bank.

As of 2009, Mittal is the world's 8th richest person and richest person in the U.K with personal wealth of US$19.3 billion.

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Starting Out with Java: Early Objects

Sunday, June 14, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Anger

"Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep."

- Mohandas Gandhi

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Nikolai Brashman

Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman (June 14, 1796 – May 13, 1866) was a Russian mathematician of Czech origin. He was a student of Joseph Johann Littrow, and the advisor of Pafnuty Chebyshev.

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Starting Out with Java: Early Objects

Saturday, June 13, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Dreams

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

- Paul Valery

TOPIC OF THE DAY

E. M. S. Namboodiripad

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad, (Malayalam: ഏലങ്കുളം മനക്കല്‍ ശങ്കരന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരിപ്പാട്) (June 13, 1909 – March 19, 1998), popularly known as EMS, was an Indian Communist leader and the first Chief Minister of Kerala. He was also the first non-Congress chief minister in independent India. He was renowned as a socialist and a Marxist theorist.

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Starting Out with Java: Early Objects

Friday, June 12, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Experience

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."

- Oscar Wilde

TOPIC OF THE DAY

George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) and Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) under Gerald R. Ford.

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Starting Out with Java: Early Objects

Thursday, June 11, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Peace

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

- Mother Teresa

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav (Devanāgarī: लालू प्रसाद यादव) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He was the Minister of Railways - from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the president of the political party, Rashtriya Janata Dal.

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Starting Out with Java: Early Objects

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Peace

"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

- Mohandas Gandhi

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Henry Darcy

Henry Philibert Gaspard Darcy (June 10, 1803 – January 3, 1858) was a French engineer who made several important contributions to hydraulics.

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Starting Out with Java: Early Objects

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Business

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business."

- Henry Ford

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi (Hindi: किरण बेदी) (9 June 1949) is an Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. She became the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972, and was last posted as Director General , BPR&D (Bureau of Police Research and Development, Ministry of Home Affairs). She retired from IPS in December, 2007, after taking voluntary retirement. She is also the author and director of Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo.

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Modern Financial Markets: Prices, Yields and Risk Analysis
by David W. Blackwell, Mark D. Griffiths, and Drew B. Winters

Monday, June 08, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Education

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."

Will Durant


TOPIC OF THE DAY

World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day was officially declared by the United Nations as June 8th each year beginning in 2009. The concept was proposed on 8 June 1992 by Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and it had been unofficially celebrated every year since then as World Ocean Day.

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Modern Financial Markets: Prices, Yields and Risk Analysis
by David W. Blackwell, Mark D. Griffiths, and Drew B. Winters

Saturday, June 06, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Life

"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

- Friedrich Nietzsche

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Regiomontanus

Johannes Müller von Königsberg (6 June 1436 – 6 July 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus, was an important German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer.

His full Latin name was Joannes de Regio monte, which abbreviated to Regiomontanus (from the Latin for "Königsberg", "King's Mountain").

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Alive and Clicking

Friday, June 05, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Anger

"Expressing anger is a form of public littering."

- Willard Gaylin

TOPIC OF THE DAY

World Environment Day

World Environment Day (WED) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972.[1] WED is hosted every year by a different city and commemorated with an international exposition through the week of June 5. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), also created in 1972, uses WED to stimulate awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and public action.

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Alive and Clicking

Thursday, June 04, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Humor

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious."

- Peter Ustinov

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Robert F. Furchgott

Robert Francis Furchgott (June 4, 1916 – May 19, 2009) was a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist.

Furchgott graduated with a degree in chemistry in 1937 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received his Ph.D in biochemistry at Northwestern University in 1940. He was faculty member of Washington University School of Medicine from 1949 to 1956. From 1956 to 1988, he was professor of pharmacology at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.

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Alive and Clicking

Wednesday, June 03, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Work

"All things are difficult before they are easy."

- Thomas Fuller

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Otto Loewi

Otto Loewi (June 3, 1873 – December 25, 1961) was a German pharmacologist whose discovery of acetylcholine helped enhance medical therapy. The discovery earned for him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936 which he shared with Sir Henry Dale. He has been referred to as the "Father of Neuroscience."

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Alive and Clicking

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Success

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.

- Henry Austin Dobson

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam (Tamil: மணி ரத்னம்) (born June 2, 1956 in Madurai, Madras State, India) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He is known for directing critically acclaimed films such as Mouna Raagam (1986), Nayagan (1987), Anjali (1990), Iruvar (1997), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Yuva (2004), and his "political trilogy" consisting of Roja (1992), Bombay (1995) and Dil Se (1998).[1][2] He has won many awards, including five National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards (South), four Filmfare Awards (Hindi), and ten international film festival awards.

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Alive and Clicking

Monday, June 01, 2009

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Technology

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the
obstacles which he has overcome. "

- Booker T. Washington

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (Telugu: నీలం సంజీవ రెడ్డి ) (May 19, 1913 - June 1, 1996) was an Indian statesman. He was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982 and was the only person to be elected President of India unopposed.

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