I came across this news item in the Chennai edition of The Times of India of July 27, 2012 under the section, TIMES TRENDS, which I would like to share here. Scientists have discovered the first exoplanetary system which has planets lined up in aligned orbits similar to those in our solar system. At the centre of this system is Kepler 30, a star as bright and as massive as our sun.
For more on this topic:
On the Same Plane by Sid Perkins (July 25, 2012)
Science Now, News.ScienceMag.Org
Grateful thanks to The Times of India and Science Now.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit - Harry Truman, 33rd President of the USA
Some Important events during his Presidency:
1. Dropping of Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki2. Formation of the UNO3. Recognition of Israel4. Berlin Airlift5. Formation of NATO6. Chinese Civil War7. Korean War
Biographical sketch of Harry Truman from Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
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Grateful thanks to Karthik for providing the photo
All I'm saying is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we're caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that - Martin Luther King Jr.
Biographical sketch Dr Martin Luther King Jr from Wikipedia:
Full Text of his famous speech, "I have a dream" from Chicago Tribune:
Grateful thanks to Chicago Tribune and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Grateful thanks to Karthik for the photo, which he took in Australia
during a picnic with his colleagues.
During my FASOHD days, we organized a Training Program for School Teachers on Value Education at CECRI, Karaikudi. About 150 teachers of various schools in the district participated. The Program organized thru Sahaj Marg Research and Training Institute, Chennai. Here in the picture Shri Y Mahadeva Iyer, who presided over the function and Shri K.Nakkeeran, the then President of FASOHD.
Here I would like to record my sincere and grateful thanks to Mr.Nakkeeran, who readily gave consent and supported in every idea I wanted to implement thru FASOHD. With his unstinted support, I was able bring to reality many of my dreams and ideas.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit – Aristotle
A biographical sketch of Aristotle from Wikipedia:
Full Text of Some Selected Works of Aristotle from Project Gutenberg:
POLITICS: A TREATISE ON GOVERNMENT BY ARISTOTLE:
THE POETICS OF ARISTOTLE:
THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE:
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Fight for yourself using every drop of blood from your body. Muster every effort within you and fight: sure you will win.
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Red Monkey
Grateful thanks to Ashok for the photo.
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting - Alan Dean Foster, American author of fantasy and science fiction, especially the Star Trek series.
A brief biographical sketch of Alan Dean Foster from Wikipedia:
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Baby Alligator
Grateful thanks to Ashok.
Ashok with kids who take care of Anaconda
The value of an idea lies in using it - Thomas Alva Edison
