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10 Tips to Overcome Negative Thoughts: Positive Thinking Made Easy

2015-11-06T10:00:00.004+05:30

“See the positive side, the potential, and make an effort.” ~Dalai Lama

Even though I’m a yoga teacher, I still find it’s easy to fall prey to negative thinking. Having negative thoughts play out like a movie can only bring you pain, something that I’ve experienced many times throughout my life.

Negative thoughts drain you of energy and keep you from being in the present moment. The more you give in to your negative thoughts, the stronger they become. I like the imagery of a small ball rolling along the ground, and as it rolls, it becomes bigger and faster.

That’s what one small negative thought can turn into: a huge, speeding ball of ugliness. On the contrary, a small positive thought can have the same effect blossoming into a beautiful outcome.

I’d like to share with you an example of how one small thought can turn into a very negative experience.

I have lived on my own for the last ten years. Obviously during this time, I’ve grown accustomed to living in a particular way; I have my routines with cooking, cleaning, and living happily in my place.

My boyfriend of two years, who I have had a long distance relationship with, will soon be moving here and we will be living together. Lately, I’ve had negative thoughts of moving in with him knowing that my living routine will have to change and we will have to create a new routine together.

Unfortunately, I’ve already jumped into the future and have had thoughts that we will not be able to come up with a living arrangement that will make us both happy. In my mind, I have seen myself already getting angry about our cooking and cleaning situation.

He came for a surprise visit this past weekend and boy, was it a surprise for him. We had a miserable weekend together.

I did not enjoy his company because I was already angry with him, and he was confused and equally frustrated with me. What could have been a really fabulous weekend ended up being a painful and heavy weekend.

When we start to have negative thoughts, it’s hard to stop them. And it’s much easier said than done to shift your focus to positive thoughts.But it’s the only way, especially if you want to avoid going down a path that is painful and unnecessary.

Here are ten things I did to help overcome my negative thoughts that you can also try:

1. Meditate or do yoga.

One of the first things I did was head to a yoga class. It took my focus away from my thoughts and brought my attention to my breath. Yoga is also very relaxing which helped ease my mind. Yoga helped me stay present to my experience so instead of jumping to what could happen, it brought me back to the now—the only moment, the most important moment.

2. Smile.

I didn’t do much of this during the weekend so I literally had to bring myself in front of a mirror and force myself to smile. It really does help change your mood and relieve stress. I also felt lighter because it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown.

3. Surround yourself with positive people.

I called a friend who I knew could give me constructive, yet loving feedback. When you’re stuck in a negative spiral, talk to people who can put things into perspective and won’t feed your negative thinking.

4. Change the tone of your thoughts from negative to positive.

For example, instead of thinking, “We are going to have a hard time adjusting to our living situation,” think, “We will face some challenges in our living situation, but we will come up with solutions that we will both be happy with.”

5. Don’t play the victim. You create your life—take responsibility.

The way I was thinking and acting, you would think I was stuck. Even if our living situation becomes unbearable, there is always a way out. I will always have the choice to make change happen, if need be.

6. Help someone.

Take the focus away from you and do something nice for another person.I decided to make a tray of food and donate it to the Salvation Army. It took my mind off of things and I felt better for helping someone else.

7. Remember that no one is perfect and let yourself move forward.

It’s easy to dwell on your mistakes. I felt terrible that I acted this way and that I wasted our weekend. The only thing I can do now is learn from my mistakes and move forward. I definitely don’t want to have a weekend like that again.

8. Sing.

I don’t remember lyrics very well and it’s probably the reason that I don’t enjoy singing, but every time I do sing I always feel better . When we sing, we show our feelings and this provides an amazing stress relief.

9. List five things that you are grateful for right now.

Being grateful helps appreciate what you already have. Here’s my list: My cats, health, a six-week trip to Asia, a new yoga class that I’ll be teaching, and for my mom’s biopsy coming out clean.

10. Read positive quotes.

I like to place Post-It notes with positive quotes on my computer, fridge door, and mirror as reminders to stay positive. Also, I’d like to share with you a quote by an unknown author that was shared in a meditation class that I attended:

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

Happy positive thinking!

Photo by Nasir Nasrallah

By Michelle Uy

Source: http://tinybuddha.com/blog/10-tips-to-overcome-negative-thoughts-positive-thinking-made-easy/

How to Improve Your Memory

2013-11-28T17:53:00.002+05:30

Tips and Exercises to Sharpen Your Mind and Boost Brainpower

A strong memory depends on the health and vitality of your brain. Whether you're a student studying for final exams, a working professional interested in doing all you can to stay mentally sharp, or a senior looking to preserve and enhance your grey matter as you age, there are lots of things you can do to improve your memory and mental performance.

Harnessing the power of your brain

They say that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but when it comes to the brain, scientists have discovered that this old adage simply isn’t true. The human brain has an astonishing ability to adapt and change—even into old age. This ability is known as neuroplasticity. With the right stimulation, your brain can form new neural pathways, alter existing connections, and adapt and react in ever-changing ways.

The brain’s incredible ability to reshape itself holds true when it comes to learning and memory. You can harness the natural power of neuroplasticity to increase your cognitive abilities, enhance your ability to learn new information, and improve your memory.

Improving memory tip 1: Don't skimp on exercise or sleep

Just as an athlete relies on sleep and a nutrition-packed diet to perform his or her best, your ability to remember increases when you nurture your brain with a good diet and other healthy habits.

When you exercise the body, you exercise the brain

Treating your body well can enhance your ability to process and recall information. Physical exerciseincreases oxygen to your brain and reduces the risk for disorders that lead to memory loss, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Exercise may also enhance the effects of helpful brain chemicals and protect brain cells.

Improve your memory by sleeping on it

When you’re sleep deprived, your brain can’t operate at full capacity. Creativity, problem-solving abilities, and critical thinking skills are compromised. Whether you’re studying, working, or trying to juggle life’s many demands, sleep deprivation is a recipe for disaster.

But sleep is critical to learning and memory in an even more fundamental way. Research shows that sleepis necessary for memory consolidation, with the key memory-enhancing activity occurring during the deepest stages of sleep.

Improving memory tip 2: Make time for friends and fun

When you think of ways to improve memory, do you think of “serious” activities such as wrestling with the New York Times crossword puzzle or mastering chess strategy, or do more lighthearted pastimes—hanging out with friends or enjoying a funny movie—come to mind? If you’re like most of us, it’s probably the former. But countless studies show that a life that’s full of friends and fun comes with cognitive benefits.

Healthy relationships: the ultimate memory booster?

Humans are highly social animals. We’re not meant to survive, let alone thrive, in isolation. Relationships stimulate our brains—in fact, interacting with others may be the best kind of brain exercise.

Research shows that having meaningful relationships and a strong support system are vital not only to emotional health, but also to brain health. In one recent study from the Harvard School of Public Health, for example, researchers found that people with the most active social lives had the slowest rate of memory decline.

There are many ways to start taking advantage of the brain and memory-boosting benefits of socializing. Volunteer, join a club, make it a point to see friends more often, or reach out over the phone. And if a human isn’t handy, don’t overlook the value of a pet—especially the highly-social dog.

Laughter is good for your brain

You’ve heard that laughter is the best medicine, and that holds true for the brain as well as the body. Unlike emotional responses, which are limited to specific areas of the brain, laughter engages multiple regions across the whole brain.

Furthermore, listening to jokes and working out punch lines activates areas of the brain vital to learning and creativity. As psychologist Daniel Goleman notes in his book Emotional Intelligence, “laughter…seems to help people think more broadly and associate more freely.”

Looking for ways to bring more laughter in your life? Start with these basics:

Laugh at yourself. Share your embarrassing moments. The best way to take ourselves less seriously is to talk about the times when we took ourselves too seriously.
When you hear laughter, move toward it. Most of the time, people are very happy to share something funny because it gives them an opportunity to laugh again and feed off the humor you find in it. When you hear laughter, seek it out and ask, “What’s funny?”
Spend time with fun, playful people. These are people who laugh easily—both at themselves and at life’s absurdities—and who routinely find the humor in everyday events. Their playful point of view and laughter are contagious.
Surround yourself with reminders to lighten up. Keep a toy on your desk or in your car. Put up a funny poster in your office. Choose a computer screensaver that makes you laugh. Frame photos of you and your family or friends having fun.
Pay attention to children and emulate them. They are the experts on playing, taking life lightly, and laughing.

Improving memory tip 3: Keep stress in check

Stress is one of the brain’s worst enemies. Over time, if left unchecked, chronic stress destroys brain cells and damages the hippocampus, the region of the brain involved in the formation of new memories and the retrieval of old ones.

The stress-busting, brain-boosting benefits of meditation

The scientific evidence for the mental health benefits of meditation continues to pile up. Studies show that meditation helps improve many different types of conditions, including depression, anxiety, chronic pain, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Meditation also can improve focus, concentration, creativity, and learning and reasoning skills.

Meditation works its “magic” by changing the actual brain. Brain images show that regular meditators have more activity in the left prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with feelings of joy and equanimity. Meditation also increases the thickness of the cerebral cortex and encourages more connections between brain cells—all of which increases mental sharpness and memory ability.

Depression and anxiety can also affect memory

In addition to stress, depression, anxiety, and chronic worrying can also take a heavy toll on the brain. In fact, some of the symptoms of depression and anxiety include difficulty concentrating, making decisions, and remembering things. If you are mentally sluggish because of depression or anxiety, dealing with the problem will make a big difference in your cognitive abilities, including memory.

Improving memory tip 4: Eat a brain-boosting diet

Just as the body needs fuel, so does the brain. You probably already know that a diet based on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, “healthy” fats (such as olive oil, nuts, fish) and lean protein will provide lots of health benefits, but such a diet can also improve memory. But for brain health, it’s not just what you eat—it’s also what you don’t eat. The following nutritional tips will help boost your brainpower and reduce your risk of dementia:

Get your omega-3s. More and more evidence indicates that omega-3 fatty acids are particularly beneficial for brain health. Fish is a particularly rich source of omega-3, especially cold water “fatty fish” such as salmon, tuna, halibut, trout, mackerel, sardines, and herring. In addition to boosting brainpower, eating fish may also lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. If you’re not a fan of seafood, consider non-fish sources of omega-3s such as walnuts, ground flaxseed, flaxseed oil, winter squash, kidney and pinto beans, spinach, broccoli, pumpkin seeds, and soybeans.
Limit calories and saturated fat. Research shows that diets high in saturated fat (from sources such as red meat, whole milk, butter, cheese, sour cream, and ice cream) increase your risk of dementia and impair concentration and memory. Eating too many calories in later life can also increase your risk of cognitive impairment. Talk to your doctor or dietician about developing ahealthy eating plan.
Eat more fruit and vegetables. Produce is packed with antioxidants, substances that protect your brain cells from damage. Colorful fruits and vegetables are particularly good antioxidant "superfood" sources. Try leafy green vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, romaine lettuce, Swiss chard, and arugula, and fruit such as bananas, apricots, mangoes, cantaloupe, and watermelon.
Drink green tea. Green tea contains polyphenols, powerful antioxidants that protect against free radicals that can damage brain cells. Among many other benefits, regular consumption of green tea may enhance memory and mental alertness and slow brain aging.
Drink wine (or grape juice) in moderation. Keeping your alcohol consumption in check is key, since alcohol kills brain cells. But in moderation (around 1 glass a day for women; 2 for men), alcohol may actually improve memory and cognition. Red wine appears to be the best option, as it is rich in resveratrol, a flavonoid that boosts blood flow in the brain and reduces the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Other resveratrol-packed options include grape juice, cranberry juice, fresh grapes and berries, and peanuts.

For mental energy, choose complex carbohydrates

Just as a racecar needs gas, your brain needs fuel to perform at its best. When you need to be at the top of your mental game, carbohydrates can keep you going. But the type of carbs you choose makes all the difference. Carbohydrates fuel your brain, but simple carbs (sugar, white bread, refined grains) give a quick boost followed by an equally rapid crash. There is also evidence to suggest that diets high in simple carbs can greatly increase the risk for cognitive impairment in older adults. For healthy energy that lasts, choose complex carbohydrates such as whole-wheat bread, brown rice, oatmeal, high-fiber cereal, lentils, and whole beans. Avoid processed foods and limit starches (potato, pasta, rice) to no more than one quarter of your plate.

Improving memory tip 5: Give your brain a workout

By the time you’ve reached adulthood, your brain has developed millions of neural pathways that help you process information quickly, solve familiar problems, and execute familiar tasks with a minimum of mental effort. But if you always stick to these well-worn paths, you aren’t giving your brain the stimulation it needs to keep growing and developing. You have to shake things up from time to time! Try taking a new route home from work or the grocery store, visiting new places at the weekend, or reading different kinds of books

Memory, like muscular strength, requires you to “use it or lose it.” The more you work out your brain, the better you’ll be able to process and remember information. The best brain exercising activities break your routine and challenge you to use and develop new brain pathways. Activities that require using your hands are a great way to exercise your brain. Playing a musical instrument, juggling, enjoying a game of ping pong (table tennis), making pottery, knitting, or needlework are activities that exercise the brain by challenging hand-eye coordination, spatial-temporal reasoning, and creativity.

The brain exercising activity you choose can be virtually anything, so long as it meets the following three criteria:

It’s new. No matter how intellectually demanding the activity, if it’s something you’re already good at, it’s not a good brain exercise. The activity needs to be something that’s unfamiliar and out of your comfort zone.
It’s challenging. Anything that takes some mental effort and expands your knowledge will work. Examples include learning a new language, instrument, or sport, or tackling a challenging crossword or Sudoku puzzle.
It’s fun. Physical and emotional enjoyment is important in the brain’s learning process. The more interested and engaged you are in the activity, the more likely you’ll be to continue doing it and the greater the benefits you’ll experience. The activity should be challenging, yes, it should also be something that is fun and enjoyable to you. Make an activity more pleasurable by appealing to your senses—playing music while you do it, or rewarding yourself afterwards with a favorite treat, for example.

Use mnemonic devices to make memorization easier

Mnemonics (the initial “m” is silent) are clues of any kind that help us remember something, usually by helping us associate the information we want to remember with a visual image, a sentence, or a word.

Mnemonic device	Example
Visual image – Associate a visual image with a word or name to help you remember them better. Positive, pleasant images that are vivid, colorful, and three-dimensional will be easier to remember.	To remember the name Rosa Parks and what she’s known for, picture a woman sitting on a park bench surrounded by roses, waiting as her bus pulls up.
Acrostic (or sentence) - Make up a sentence in which the first letter of each word is part of or represents the initial of what you want to remember.	The sentence “Every good boy does fine” to memorize the lines of the treble clef, representing the notes E, G, B, D, and F.
Acronym – An acronym is a word that is made up by taking the first letters of all the key words or ideas you need to remember and creating a new word out of them.	The word “HOMES” to remember the names of the Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
Rhymes and alliteration - Rhymes, alliteration (a repeating sound or syllable), and even jokes are a memorable way to remember more mundane facts and figures.	The rhyme “Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November” to remember the months of the year with only 30 days in them.
Chunking – Chunking breaks a long list of numbers or other types of information into smaller, more manageable chunks.	Remembering a 10-digit phone number by breaking it down into three sets of numbers: 555-867-5309 (as opposed to5558675309).
Method of loci – Imagine placing the items you want to remember along a route you know well or in specific locations in a familiar room or building.	For a shopping list, imagine bananas in the entryway to your home, a puddle of milk in the middle of the sofa, eggs going up the stairs, and bread on your bed.

Tips for enhancing your ability to learn and remember

Pay attention. You can’t remember something if you never learned it, and you can’t learn something—that is, encode it into your brain—if you don’t pay enough attention to it. It takes about eight seconds of intense focus to process a piece of information into your memory. If you’re easily distracted, pick a quiet place where you won’t be interrupted.
Involve as many senses as possible. Try to relate information to colors, textures, smells, and tastes. The physical act of rewriting information can help imprint it onto your brain. Even if you’re a visual learner, read out loud what you want to remember. If you can recite it rhythmically, even better.
Relate information to what you already know. Connect new data to information you already remember, whether it’s new material that builds on previous knowledge, or something as simple as an address of someone who lives on a street where you already know someone.
For more complex material, focus on understanding basic ideas rather than memorizing isolated details. Practice explaining the ideas to someone else in your own words.
Rehearse information you’ve already learned. Review what you’ve learned the same day you learn it, and at intervals thereafter. This “spaced rehearsal” is more effective than cramming, especially for retaining what you’ve learned.

Source: http://www.helpguide.org/life/improving_memory.htm

Fresher salaries in various companies in India 2011 – 2012

2012-08-06T23:54:00.000+05:30

Fresher salaries in various companies in India 2011 – 2012

Following is a freshers salary comparison table of various companies in India for year 2011 -2012. This information of pay packages is collected anonymously from freshers, college pass outs of various colleges across India, who got placed through campus recruitment and or walk-in / off-campus recruitment drives. Freshers Salary Comparison Table of Various Companies in India.

Freshers Salary Packages in India Year 2011 2012

Company Name	Fresher Salary Range Start	Fresher Salary Range End	Average Salary
Aricent India	325000	400000	362500
Alcatel Lucent India	250000	350000	300000
ABB India	550000	680000	615000
Accenture India	320000	380000	350000
Adp india	350000	375000	362500
Adobe India	550000	625000	587500
Amdocs India	425000	525000	475000
Amazon India	775000	1200000	987500
Birlasoft India	300000	350000	325000
CSC India	350000	400000	375000
Cisco Systems India	825000	1025000	925000
Computer Associates (CA) India	475000	550000	512500
DE Shaw India	800000	1000000	900000
Dell India	300000	325000	312500
Deloitte India	450000	525000	487500
Drdo India	400000	425000	412500
Perot Systems India	275000	300000	287500
Persistent Systems India	275000	325000	300000
Philips India	475000	525000	500000
Reliance Energy India	550000	600000	575000
Samsung India	425000	525000	475000
Fidelity India	375000	400000	387500
Siemens India	475000	525000	500000
Gci Solutions India	300000	325000	312500
Sapient India	425000	475000	450000
Fss India	625000	675000	650000
Evalue India	375000	425000	400000
Freescale India	525000	575000	550000
Schlumberger India	1025000	1250000	1137500
Schneider Electric India	325000	375000	350000
Futures First India	625000	675000	650000
Solidcore India	675000	725000	700000
GlobalLogic India	375000	400000	387500
Godrej India	275000	300000	287500
Sungard India	425000	475000	450000
Goldman Sachs India	525000	575000	550000
Syntel india	325000	350000	337500
T Systems India	225000	250000	237500
Harbinger India	275000	300000	287500
HCL India	300000	350000	325000
Tavant India	325000	375000	350000
Hexaware India	300000	350000	325000
Honeywell India	375000	425000	400000
TCS India	325000	375000	350000
Teradata India	325000	375000	350000
IBM (Global Business Services - GBS) India	325000	350000	337500
IBM (India Software Lab - ISL) India	525000	575000	550000
Tech Mahindra India	300000	350000	325000
Thoughtworks India	550000	575000	562500
Oracle Financial Services Software India	250000	275000	262500
Texas Instruments India	600000	650000	625000
iGATE Patni India	225000	275000	250000
Tisco India	425000	475000	450000
Impulsesoft India	300000	350000	325000
Torry Harris India	300000	350000	325000
Indorama India	675000	725000	700000
Toshiba India	375000	425000	400000
Infogain India	225000	275000	250000
Informatica India	525000	575000	550000
Trident India	575000	625000	600000
Infosys India	325000	375000	350000
US Technologies India	225000	275000	250000
Integra Fresher India	575000	625000	600000
IOCL India	675000	725000	700000
Verizon India	575000	775000	675000
ITC Infotech India	275000	325000	300000
Vestas RRB India	275000	325000	300000
IVY Comptech India	700000	750000	725000
Whirlpool India	275000	325000	300000
Jindal Steel India	300000	350000	325000
Wipro India	325000	375000	350000
Microsoft India	725000	1025000	875000
Naukri India	275000	325000	300000
Intelligroup India	175000	200000	187500
Collabera India	275000	325000	300000
Kennametal India	475000	525000	500000
Yahoo India	750000	1000000	875000
Zensar India	250000	275000	262500
Motorola India	375000	425000	400000
Robert Bosch India	300000	350000	325000
Polaris India	175000	200000	187500
Synergy India	175000	200000	187500
NCR Corporation India	300000	350000	325000
Jds Software Solutions India	325000	375000	350000
Era Group India	175000	225000	200000
Capgemini India	275000	425000	350000
Adsys India	150000	225000	187500
Avaya India	325000	425000	375000
Mahindra Satyam	300000	325000	312500
Unisys India	275000	325000	300000
Cognizant India	275000	350000	312500
Kumaran Systems India	175000	225000	200000
Via Technologies India	550000	600000	575000
QL2 Software India	150000	200000	175000
Thomson Reuters India	275000	325000	300000
Retina Software India	275000	325000	300000
Intel India	525000	825000	675000
Progressive Infotech India	275000	325000	300000
Infotech Enterprises India	225000	275000	250000
PRDC Infotech India	225000	275000	250000
FIS Global India	275000	325000	300000
3DPLM India	325000	425000	375000
HP India	250000	300000	275000
iWebleaf India	325000	375000	350000
Codepalm India	275000	325000	300000
Value Labs India	150000	200000	175000
Source Bits India	225000	275000	250000
Qualcomm India	375000	425000	400000
iGATE Patni india	250000	300000	275000
Oracle India	425000	825000	625000
Webyog India	325000	375000	350000
Mu Sigma India	325000	350000	337500
Google India	1025000	1250000	1137500
Nokia Siemens India	250000	325000	287500
Sasken India	300000	375000	337500
Huawei India	475000	525000	500000
Subex Azure India	475000	525000	500000
3i Infotech India	250000	325000	287500
L&T Infotech india	250000	300000	275000
NetApp india	425000	525000	475000
Juniper Networks India	575000	625000	600000

Methods to find Whether a Company is Real or Fake (Fraud)

2012-07-18T03:52:00.001+05:30

Methods to find Whether a Company is Real or Fake (Fraud)

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Steps to Know Whether a Company is registered or not ?

Step 1: Click on below link to Open the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Code:
http://www.mca.gov.in/DCAPortalWeb/d...operty&mode=16
Step 2: Enter the Company name (Don't try with Short Forms or half names)

Step 3: If the company is not registered you will get a Pop-up Like

Step 4: If the company is registered you will get information like

LLPIN/CIN/1A Ref No

Company or LLP Name

State

Registration Date

Company Status

Step 5: If you get the information like above that particular company is registered by Govt. of India.

Last edited by apple; 07-15-2012 at 12:39 PM.

source: jw jobs
link: http://jwjobs.net/showthread.php?7969-Methods-to-find-Whether-a-Company-is-Real-or-Fake-(Fraud)

101 Important Questions To Ask Yourself

2012-07-18T03:29:00.001+05:30

source: 101 Important Questions To Ask Yourself

Do I Need To Drop A Year For GATE Preparation?

2012-05-09T23:08:00.000+05:30

Do I Need To Drop A Year For GATE Preparation?

2012 MAY 4

by Zahid

tags: Admissions, M.Tech, Personals

It’s a very very common question every single student have in their mind before starting the GATE preparation and many still wonder after the GATE exam. As an average student, I was in similar situation many times right from engineering till PhD. In this post I would like to share my views and experience addressing this question.
I couldn’t make it good in Engineering Entrance exam of my state and at that time it was pretty hard to get into engineering. I decided to give it a try for one more year, but dad was against it. He asked me to go ahead with payment seat. Being a stubborn child I fought a lot for many days. We spent whole lot of time and money over phones in late nineties. The phone costs were so high at that time. Finally I gave up and joined engineering.
I always had in my heart that I haven’t given a right opportunity to prove my metal. This feeling also helped me to be focused during engineering. I always had the feeling that I paid to most so I should use resources more. I had a seat reserved in library and used to spend much of my time there. But when I came to end of engineering I desperately wanted to do M.Tech without delay, because I was sure that I may not be able to go abroad for higher studies, because lack of guidance and confidence to make bread at that early age and study.
Now when I stand see in past I feel my dad was right. I am just an average student and it was quite possible that other smart kids at that time would have dragged me down at that time. He always argued that what if you land in a similar situation next year too. You waste one year and stand on the same point. He was right in his thinking and today I feel damn happy for that decision.
You know yourself a lot better and also know the crazily growing competition. You can decide better whether a year drop is better or not. If you ask me personally I would say its not recommended to wait for year and waste time if you can afford join M.Tech this year in any recognized institute. If you cannot afford it, then it’s a different story.
A year saved in early stage of life would be as good as ten years in later life and we will realize it when we need those years. It brings more opportunities, open your mind and also give you a confidence to move ahead in life.
The whole idea is to not waste time in life whatever we have to pay for it. If we can buy a year with some money just go ahead and do it. We can earn a hell lot of money but not that year. On the same time it’s not just buying time, make sure you rock that time, because we paid for it, whereas others came with hard work and good luck.
I just suggest you to not to spend a year for GATE prep if you are an average student like me. If you already have good grip on subject and want to nail it to IITs, I would say go ahead. For average students one single good advice, leave the crap out of your mind, rush and join M.Tech wherever you get.
For more information on M.Tech do refer to Must Read Articles for M.Tech aspirants. Wish you all a great luck…

source: Inspire 'n' Ignite
link: http://www.inspirenignite.com/do-i-need-to-drop-a-year-for-gate-preparation/

Over 55,000 Twitter passwords exposed, posted online

2012-05-09T22:59:00.000+05:30

Regardless of whether your account was compromised, now may be a good time to change your password

If you're on the social networking site Twitter, now may be a very good time to log in and change your password. It was announced yesterday that tens of thousands of Twitter usernames and passwords were leaked and posted publicly on the internet.

Twitter has launched an investigation into the security breach. "We are currently looking into the situation," explained Twitter spokesman Robert Weeks. "In the meantime, we have pushed out password resets to accounts that may have been affected."

A number of the leaked passwords belong to spam accounts, and it appears some of the accounts may be duplicates. Surprisingly, many of the passwords which were hacked are considered to be "strong" — seemingly random strings of numerals, upper case, and lower case letters. It is unknown how the passwords were discovered, just that that the data first appeared online on Monday.

It's not known whether the list of 55,000 passwords are indeed the only Twitter passwords that were stolen, so if you're concerned about your own account's security, Twitter (and Tecca!) recommends you change your password to restore peace of mind. Read up on how to make your password as strong and safe as possible (or watch our video guide).

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This article was written by Fox Van Allen and originally appeared on Tecca

How to Be a Good Graduate Student

2012-04-26T15:35:00.001+05:30

There are attempts to raise some issues that are important for graduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for advisors who wish to help their students be successful. The intent is not to provide prescriptive advice -- no formulas for finishing a thesis or twelve-step programs for becoming a better advisor are given -- but to raise awareness on both sides of the advisor-student relationship as to what the expectations are and should be for this relationship, what a graduate student should expect to accomplish, common problems, and where to go if the advisor is not forthcoming.
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follow the link below:
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/how.2b/how.2b.html

Top Engineering Colleges in India

2011-11-14T16:01:00.000+05:30

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2011-05-26T02:16:00.000+05:30

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Wanna do something different in the holidays?

2011-05-24T11:08:00.000+05:30

Do some project works related to the subject. U can find interesting in some EFY (Electronics For You) projects. U can either gather them from magazines or u can surf through internet.

Try to learn the subject practically (field work).

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As we all know, our qualifications (what we are pursuing right now) isn't enough to live happily in the present society. I can say it is an upgrading society. So it also mandatory for a citizen to have other qualifications too...