BUDDHA’S LESSON ON WASTING

A disciple of Buddha, said, “Oh Master! I have a request to make.”
Buddha: “What is it; tell me?”
Disciple: “My robe is worn out. It is no longer decent enough to wear. Please, may I have a new one?”

Buddha looked at the disciple’s attire and found that the garment was absolutely in tatters and really needed replacement. So he asked the store-keeper to give a new robe to this disciple. The disciple offered obeisance to the great master and left the room.
Buddha kept thinking about the incident and felt that He had perhaps missed an opportunity to teach a valuable lesson to the disciple. So he went to the disciple’s quarters to talk to him.

Buddha: Are you comfortable in your new robe? Do you need anything else?
Disciple: Thank you Master. I am very comfortable and do not need anything else.

Buddha: Now that you have a new one, what have you done with the old one?
Discipl e: I have used it to replace my worn out bedspread.

Buddha: What did you do with the old bedspread?
Disciple: Master, I am using it as a curtain on my window.

Buddha: Did you discard your old window curtain?
Disciple: Master, I tore it into four pieces and am using them as napkins to handle the hot pots and pans in the kitchen.

Buddha: What about the old kitchen napkins?
Disciple: We are using them as mops to wash and wipe the floor.

Buddha: Where is the old mop?
Disciple: Lord, the old mop was so tattered that the best we could do was to take all the threads apart and make wicks for your oil lamp. One of them is presently lit in your room.”

Buddha was content. He was happy that His disciples realized that nothing is useless. We can find a use for everything, if only we want to! Nothing should be wasted; not even time!
If all of us were to practice the habit of thrift, we can preserve the non renewable resources for our children, our g randchildren and our great grand children  as our forefathers so thoughtfully did for us. Let us vow together to leave at least one monument for our children  the Earth!

 

thanks & regards,

BHAI.

plagiarism

 Plagiarism என்றால் இன்னொருவர் எழுதிய வார்த்தைகளை காபி செய்து தன்னுடைய வார்த்தை என்று ப்ரெசென்ட் பண்ணுவது.  2010 ஜனவரி இல் பிலிப் அவருடைய கணக்கு specialty  இல் உள்ள latest ஆராய்ச்சிகளை வாசிக்கும்  போது சில வார்த்தைகள்ளேல்லாம் தெரிஞ்ச மாதிரி இருக்குதே என்று யோசித்து வாசித்து கொண்டே இருந்தார். பாதி article வாசிக்கும் போது அந்த எழுத்துக்கள் எல்லாம் அவருடைய Ph.d. Dissertation இல் இருந்து வந்தது என்று அறிந்து கொண்டார். அந்த article உடைய author யார் என்று பார்க்கும் போது, அவர் கூட படித்த இன்னொரு Ph.d. classmate என்று உணர்ந்து கொண்டார். உடனே திஹைத்து விட்டார். இந்த ஆளு இப்போ துருக்கி நாட்டில் ஒரு கல்லூரியில் பெரிய chair of the department/professor (he will be referenced as the திருடன் in the rest of the blog)". இப்படி ஒரு professor கேவலமாக தன்னுடைய classmate வேலையை plagiarize செய்தது பயங்கரமான விஷயம். இந்த ஊரில் மிக ஸ்ட்ரிக்ட் copyright சட்டங்கள் இருப்பதால், இப்படி plagiarize யாரவது செய்தார்கள் என்று கண்டுபிடித்தால் அவர்களை வேலை இல் இருந்து dismiss செய்வர், அவர்களுக்கு ஏதும் grant பணம் இருந்தால் அதை  நீக்கி விடுவர், அந்த subject இல் இருந்து அவர்களை censure செய்து விடுவர். 
So when பிலிப்பு found out that part of his dissertation was plagiarized he contacted the editor and never heard back from him. His dissertation contains enough material to publish at least 3 papers. பிலிப்பு  got one article published and this திருடன் plagiarized and got another one published last January 2010. So பிலிப்பு decided that before this திருடன் gets any more stuff published from his dissertation that he was going to write his manuscript and get it ready to submit to the journal. But he was waiting to hear back from the editor of the original journal where his dissertation got plagiarized. Well guess what happened yesterday? The திருடன் plagiarized AGAIN! பிலிப்பு gets an e mail from his advisor yesterday asking him to check out a manuscript written by this திருடன் but it has not yet been published. We don't know why his advisor got this, we are thinking that perhaps that this திருடன் sent the article to some journal and they may have sent it to பிலிப்பு's advisor for refereeing the paper. I believe in Math the refereeing process or peer review as we call it in the sciences takes a good 6 months or so. Well பிலிப்பு looks at the manuscript and realizes that the திருடன் has copied word for word from the second half of his dissertation!! But this time he gave credit to பிலிப்பு's work and referenced him in the reference section. However he gives credit for only one theorem when in fact he has copied the whole section. And then the icing on the cake is - in the reference section there is one manuscript listed as "to appear". This manuscript has the same title as the last section of பிலிப்பு's  dissertation!!! So now we are convinced that he is probably lifted complete sections of other people's papers too. பிலிப்பு is currently trying to find that information out. Here are some essential differences between subjects like ours and Math. In the sciences more than 80% of the research done in every nook and corner of the world, and published in every scientific journal is available on Pubmed or Medline or Web of Science. So today if one of you is a reviewer of a journal and  you received a manuscript, you could write in the keywords and figure out if that research has already been done and published. Unfortunately not every research done in every part of the world in mathematics is available on MathSci net or the equivalent of Medline in Math. So if I was a reviewer/referee for a journal and received a manuscript in Math there is no way for me to find out if it has already been published. We are perplexed and trying to figure out what is the best plan of action. One can't just e mail the திருடன் and give him a piece of one's mind which would be ideal but definitely not professional. There are no international copyright laws that have  jursidiction over some university in துருகி;  if that was the case, this guy would have to be stripped of his professor title, his reputation maligned and completely discarded from the Mathematical society. But that is not going to happen. However,
if the editors do make the திருடன் retract the article, then I am not sure if பிலிப்பு would still be able to publish his work since it has already been out. Right now all of பிலிப்பு'ச doctoral research is completely scooped!!
Gujili

இவனுக போட்டோவை,நான் போட வேண்டிஇருக்கிறது

பாய்.

PHOTOS FROM OUR GET TO GETHER

 திருமதி.சுரேஷ் குமார், உமா  அண்ட் சுசன்

திருமதி வைரவசாமி, விஜயஸ்ரீ, விஜயஸ்ரீ அவர்களின் மகள், சுசன் மற்றும் சுசன் அவர்களின் மகள்.

கரையான்.

indraikku yengallukku pallikoodam vidumurai - yippee yippee yeah ah ow!!

எங்கள் ஊரில் இன்றைக்கு ice storm; அதனால் university விடுமுறை. (கால்நடை கல்லூரியில் நமக்கு strike இர்ருக்கும் போதெல்லாம் IDC நினைவிற்கு வருகிறது ). இங்கு விடுமுறை என்றால்  மாணவர்களை விட என்னக்கு தான் பெரும் சந்தோசம். Cell phone இல் விடுமுறை என்று text message பார்த்தவுடன், குதி குதி என்று குதிச்சேன்.  Snow இருந்தால் எப்போடியோ வாகனத்தை ஒட்டி வேலைக்கு சென்று விடலாம். ஆனால் ice என்றால் வெளியே எங்கும் செல்ல இயலாது. வாகனங்கள் ஓட்டினால் உயிருக்கு தான் ஆபத்து.  வெளியே கால் வைத்தால் நன்றாக சறுக்கலாம். பார்பதற்கு சிர்ரிபாக இருந்தாலும் சறுக்கி உளுந்து மண்டையை உடைக்கும் போது நன்றாய் இருக்காது. வீட்டிற்குள் உட்கார்ந்து வெளிய பார்த்தல் எல்ல கூரை கலீல் இருந்து அழகான icicles தொங்கும். சாயங்காலம் மழை எதிர்பார்த்து கொண்டிருக்கிறோம்; ஒரு வேளை இந்த ice எல்லவற்றையும் உருகினால் நல்லது. என்னக்கு ஒரு நாளிற்கு மேல் வீட்டிற்குள் உள்ளே இருக்க முடியாது.  அது வரைக்கும்  இந்த நேரத்தை பயன் படுத்தி கொள்ள வேண்டும் - அதாவது  catch up time on class preparation. அதற்கு பதிலாக முக்கியமான வேலையில் தற்போது ஈடு பட்டு கொண்டிருக்கிறேன் - அதாவது ப்ளோகில் எழுதுவது; One needs to have their priorities in order!
Gujili

இச்ற்றைக்கு என்ன இச்ற்றைக்கா?

இச்ற்றைக்கு என்ன இச்ற்றைக்கா?
MSK  உக்கு விரைவில் சம்பளம் உயர்த்தப்படும்.உடன் ப்லொக்கிற்கு ,திரும்பவும்.
டைரக்டர் ,
பாய்.

G.K.

1.Stewardesses  is the  longest  word 
typed with only the left   hand. 
 And  'lollipop'    is the longest word typed with your right  hand.  (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)  
2.No word  in the  English language rhymes with  month,  orange, silver,  or  purple. 3.' Dreamt'  is the  only English word that ends in the letters   'mt'.   (Are  you  doubting this?) 
4.our eyes are always the same size from birth,
but our nose and ears  never stop growing.  ++++If one has to live to the age of 150 years would he look like an elephant?????

5.The sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' uses every letter of the alphabet.  (Now, you're going to try this out for accuracy,  right?) 
6.The words  'racecar,'     'kayak'   malayalam    and 'level'  are the same  whether they are read  left to right or right to left   (palindromes).    (Yep, I knew you were going to 'do'  this one.)
7.There are only four  words in the English language which end in   'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.  (You're not  possibly doubting  this, are you ?)
8.There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious'  and  'facetious.' 
(Yes, admit it,  you are going to say, a e i o  u) 
9.TYPEWRITER  is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out) 
10.A  cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 
  11.A goldfish  has a memory span of three seconds 
(Some days that's about what my memory span is.) 
12.A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a   second. 
13.A shark is the only fish  that can blink with both eyes. 
14.A snail     can sleep for three years.    (I  know Anandan could do this too!) 
15.Almonds are a member of the peach     family. 
16.An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some  people like that also for sight seeing.  Actually I know  A  LOT of people like this!) 
17.Babies are born without kneecaps.   They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.  
18.February  1865 is the only  month in recorded history not to have a  full  moon.  
19.In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. [Is it true Karayan?]
20.If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast,
the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. You are asking what about India]21.Leonardo Da Vinci  invented  the scissors [Das invented Katthi]
22.Peanuts     are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
23.Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. 
24.The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 
25.The  cruise liner, QE  2,moves  only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it  burns.

26.The microwave  was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. 
(Good thing he did that.I am using one in my office for eating])27.The winter of 1932 was so cold that  Niagara Falls        
froze completely solid  .[Gujili and GFK has to authenticate]
28.There are more chickens than people in the world.++++Does this include men who chicken out ???[Yenna Das sariyaa?]
29.Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. [Naan Veettil]
30.Women  blink  nearly twice as much as men. [Yennai yaarum appadi paarpadhillai]
Now you know more than you did before!! 

Poadhumaa?

பிரியமுடன்,

பாய்.