Thursday, December 31, 2009

DO YOU KNOW?



YAHOO – Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle.
ADIDAS – All Day I Dream About Sports.
STAR TV – Satellite Television Asian Regions TV.
ICICI – Industrial Credit and Investments Corporation of India
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KEEP YOU COOL...


1. Increase your physical activity – exercise reduces stress hormones.
2. Break the stressful situation down into controllable components.
3. Behave assertively but not aggressively.
4. Find support by talking to a friend, a loved one, or a councilor.
5. Learn relaxation method that you like, such as meditation or prayer.
6. Make sleep a priority. When you’re rested, you can see more options within, and interpretations of any situation.
7. Seek out humor in your life. Laughter also reduces stress hormones. Read humor books, collect jokes that you like, and watch funny videos with friends.

WHAT IS MEMORY?



A memory is a stored pattern of connections between neurons in the brain. There are about 100 billion of those neurons, each of which can make perhaps 5,000 to 10,000 synaptic connections with other neurons, which makes a total of about 500 trillion to a 1000 trillion synapses in the average adult brain. Every sensation we remember, every thought we think, alters the connections within that vast network. Synapses are strengthened or weakened or formed anew. Our physical substance changes. Indeed, it is always changing, every moment, even as we sleep. – Joshua Foer

VIEWPOINT OF A VIP...


R. Narayana Murthy (President of the Board of Trustees, Infosys Science Foundation) : Not enough Ph. D graduates in India – be it in number or excellence – to meet the growing staff requirements of its Universities. As a result, even the quality of faculty has shown a declining trend and this is bound to have serious repercussions on the country’s intellectual edge. Add to this the issues of politicization of the Indian scientific establishment, particularly in according due recognition, the lack of adequate funding and infrastructure, and the disparity in research funds and facilities available to universities. Further, the long-term policy of target-oriented research in selected thrust areas, as against open-ended research, has often come at the cost of the basic sciences. It is common knowledge that research in basic sciences is a critical pre-requisite for the success of applied sciences and the bedrock of all technological advancement.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor!
Meet you next month – FEBRUARY, 2010

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