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Amma Says. Vol. 1, no. 6

Amma Says

Love and beauty are within you. Try to express them through your actions and you will definitely touch the very source of bliss. – Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)

Nobel Peace Prize 2009

The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 “ for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” goest to Barack Obama 44th President of the United States of America.

Barack Obama, 44th President USA

To learn more about the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 visit: http://sn.im/peace_nobel2009

Read the Nobel Peace Prize Announcement: http://sn.im/nobelpeace

Read the Press Release from the Nobel Prize committee: http://sn.im/nobelpeace_pr

Read about the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 from the Hindu: http://bit.ly/ZwdbE

BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3936013.stm

Happy Birthday Bar code

Today October 7th is the 57th Anniversary of the Bar code patent. Google celebrated the event with a Bar code doodle logo on its home page.

Read about the commemoration in the following article in the Telegraph newspaper of uk: http://sn.im/barcode_article. Another article about the Bar code on Techcrunch.com: http://sn.im/barcode_article1. Read about the history of the Bar code on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode.

Read about the Google Barcode FAQ from GoogleTutor: http://sn.im/barcodefaq_gt

ASASLibrary Barcode

Here is an interesting website to generate a free online Barcodes: http://sn.im/barcodesinc like the one given above.

Nobel Prize 2009 in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize 2009 in Chemistry “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome” goest to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath.

To learn more about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 visit: http://sn.im/chemistry_nobel2009

Excerpt from the Citation on Los Angeles Times: http://sn.im/sdivw

Learn about all Nobel Laureates in Chemistry: http://sn.im/sdiwm

Nobel Prize 2009 in Physics

The Nobel Prize 2009 in Physics “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication” goes to Charles K. Kao and “for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor” goes to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith.

Nobel Prize Laureates in Physics 2009

To learn more about the Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 visit: http://sn.im/physics_nobel2009

Nobel Prize 2009 in Medicine

The Nobel Prize 2009 in Physiology or Medicine “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase” goes to Ms. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Ms. Carol W. Greider and Mr. Jack W. Szostak of USA.

Nobel Prize Laureates in Medicine 2009

To learn more about the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 visit:                                      http://sn.im/medicine_nobel2009

Amma on Freedom Sans Values…

Students and Staff members of our College had the great fortune of having Darshan of our Beloved Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi) on her 56th Birthday celebrations held at Amritapuri.

For a detailed report of the Celebrations, Amma’s Messge visit Amritapuri website here:

http://www.amritapuri.org/5165/56-bday/

http://www.amritapuri.org/5688/pada-puja/

Also The New Indian Express dated 29-09-2009 has carried a report of Amma’s Message on her Birthday. Read the full report here (courtesy The New Indian Express):

Amma’s 56th Birthday Message

Ask for It by Name…

Here is a interesting website “Ask for It by Name!” written by Evan Morris, this site traces the stories behind the names of popular products. The products are categorized into Cars, Clothing, Consumer Goods and Technology, Drugs and Cosmetics, and Food and Drink.

Journal Alert Service. Vol. 1, no. 5

Journal/ Magazine Alert Service Vol. 1, No. 5

The Following Journal has just arrived at the Library…

Linux For You

LINUX For You Vol. 7, Issue Number 7. September, 2009 (Monthly) EFY Enterprises pvt. ltd., New Delhi

Table of Contents:

Regular Features:

• Editorial p. 6
• You Said it p. 8
• FOSS Bytes p. 10
• Q & A Section p. 16
• Tips & Tricks p. 94
• Linux Jobs p. 106
• FOSS Yellow Pages p. 108

For You & Me

• Linux Gamers, Unite! It’s Time to Frag!! P. 18
• A Studio to Edit and Roll Out Your Appliance p. 26
• The perfect Desktop p. 30
• KDE 4.3; It’s the Desktop You Need, Almost p. 33
• Who Says Linux is Not (in) Rocket Science? p.36
• The GoI is Just Not that into Freedom p. 41
• Video Editing on GNU/Linux. It’s Easy with Kdenlive p. 50
• Shenoy Systems: Addressing the Linux Talent Shortfall p. 53
• GIMP for Beginners, part 3: Toolbox Demystified p. 64

ADMIN

• Tiered Storage Infrastructure: Storage, Server and Application levels p. 60
• Performance Tuning and Monitoring – part 1 p. 70
• The Art of Guard – SELinux Logging part 5 p. 84

DEVELOPERS

• Sneak Into Your Thumb Drive from the Cloud p. 88
• Python for Research: an initiation p. 91

GEEKS

• Play with Your Partitions p. 44
• Develop a Simple Download Scheduler p. 56
• Save Bandwidth by Setting up a Fedora Mirror p. 78

COLUMNS

• The Joy of Programming: Typo Bugs p. 96
• CodeSport p. 97
• A Voyage to the Kernel – part 16: Segment: 3.5, day 15 p. 100

LFY DVD: Live Linux Gamers 0.9.5

The DVD contains a collection of 34 Linux games! Popular titles like Battle of Wesnoth, Extreme Tux Racer, Frets on Fire, Glest, Armagetron, Frozen Bubble and many more.

LFY CD: KDE 4.3

The CD contains OpenOffice 3.1, Firefox 3.5, with OpenSUSE 11.1 as base, and codecs fetched from Packman. A modern desktop with an office suite, multimedia codecs, wireless support and more.

Journal Alert Service. Vol. 1, no. 4

Journal/ Magazine Alert Service Vol. 1, No. 4

The Following Journal has just arrived at the Library…

Career 360 Magazine September 2009

Career 360 Vol.1, Issue Number 6. September, 2009 (Monthly)

Pathfinder Publishing pvt. ltd., (Outlook Publishing (India) pvt. ltd., New Delhi)

Table of Contents:

• Regulars:
  • Letters p. 4
  • In the News p. 6
  • Motivation: Acres of Diamonds p. 14
  • Teachers’ Talk: Regulation but not control p. 69
  • Book Review: Assessing your Career p. 77
  • Campus Review: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham p. 78
  • Scholarship Review: Charles Wallace India Trust p. 80
  • Ask Us: Career Guidance p. 83
  • Ready Reckoner p. 85
  • Up Close: Rahul Dravid p. 88

• Advisory:
  • Multitask and Save your Job p. 12
  • Cracking Bank PO p. 24
  • Cracking US Admissions p. 32
  • Dressing up for an Interview p. 70

• Features:
  • CAT Coaching p. 26
  • Executive Education p. 36
  • The Librarians p. 72

• CEO Speak:
  • Chanda Kochhar p. 16
  • Shekhar Gupta p. 42

This particular Issue of Career 360 Magazine features our University, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, in the Campus Review column on  p. 78. To read the article in Career 360 magazine about Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University follow the link: http://sn.im/avvp_article