Archive for September, 2007
I found this interesting article. Enjoy and may be follow the principle.
Mahendra
The Law of the Garbage Trucks
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day?
Unless you’re the Terminator, for an instant you’re probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly she can get back her focus on what’s important.
I learned it in the back of a Harare City taxi cab. Here’s what happened. I hopped in a taxi and we took off for Westgate. We were driving when all of a sudden a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his
breaks, skidded, and missed the other car’s back end by just inches!
Here’s what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at us. How do I know? Ask any Zimbabwean, some words in Harare come with a special face.
Now, here’s what blew me away. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”
And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck.”
Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You’ll be happy you did. I guarantee it.
So this was it: The “Law of the Garbage Truck.” I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I
said, “I’m not going to do it anymore.”
I began to see garbage trucks. Like in the movie “The Sixth Sense,” the little boy said, “I see Dead People.” Well now “I see Garbage Trucks.” I see the load they’re carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my Taxi Driver, I don’t make
it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.
One of my favourite Football players of all times, Ronaldino, does this every day on the football field. With a smile he always jumps up as quickly as he hits the ground after being tackled. He never dwells on a hit. Ronaldino is always ready to make the next play his best. Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses.
Leaders and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at their best for the people they care about.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day.
What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by? You’ll be happier
May God Bless You With Health,Happiness and Prosperity Always
September 30th, 2007
VEHICLE
NEW WAY TO DO CAR JACKING
(NOT A JOKE)
Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating…
You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside.
You start the engine and shift into Reverse.
When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. So, you shift into Park, unlock your doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view.
When you reach the back of your car, that is when the car jackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off.
They practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.
And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car.
So now the car jacker has your car, your home address, your money, and your keys. Your home and your whole identity are now compromised!
BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS
NOW BEING USED….
If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just drive away.
Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read this e-mail.
I hope you will forward this to friends and family, especially to women.
A purse contains all kinds of personal information and identification documents, and you certainly do NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands.
Please keep this going.
Thank you.
Lieutenant Tony Bartolome
Bureau of Investigations
Florida Highway Patrol
September 29th, 2007
Dear Family,
believe it or not, its time to start planning for Medavo 2008, our next camping trip. To me it just feels like just last week we were doing Bhavnas in the cabins and playing frisbee golf in muddy woods. But its actually been almost two months. Summer is over and fall is here, the trees in our backyard are already shedding leaves.
The point is that we should start planning the next medavo camping trip. I have spoken a bunch of you on the phone and the general consensus is that the trip should be a 2 full days and three nights of camping, and during one of the early weekends of June.
I think we should have a conference call just like last time to discuss everything regarding the trip and finalize the details of the dates and locations of the trip.
Conference call
Saturday September 29th 2007
6:00 PM eastern time (5 PM CST, and 3 PM PST)
Conference Bridge number: (978) 431-1111
Pin Code will be: 928
Please check your calenders before you get on the conference call that way we can talk about and finalize on the dates.
Please call me with any new ideas or questions
Thanks,
Ashish
September 22nd, 2007
Dear Nilam,
Wishing you a very happy birthday! Enjoy your day today. May you find all the happiness in life. You are a very dear person to us and we hold a very special place in our heart for you. May you always keep smiling and spreading love to those around you.
Have a great day!
Love,
Priti & Dhiren
Happy Happy Nilam Mami! I love U… - Parthu
September 20th, 2007
Mitchchhami Dukkadam to all the Medavokars
If we have done anything wrong or given any pain or trouble to you by mind, words or body , we seek forgiveness from you please forgive us . I have forgiven all (khamo ane khamavo). We are going to do Pratikraman in about 15 min. we love you all.
Harakhneena
September 15th, 2007
Hi everyone! Currently I am at the NextFest conference in Los Angeles presenting the work I’ve done with Yahoo MapMixer, so I haven’t been able to respond to your questions quickly. So here we go!
First of all, let me say that I appreciate all of your love even though most of you didn’t know what the whole big deal was all about 
About 6 months ago I started working on a project code named Remaps. The idea then was that when we go to any normal map sites for places like college campus or parks or the similar, Yahoo or Google maps don’t have any detail for the area. However, for most of these places, there already exist tons of detailed maps that provide the missing data. So how do we take advantage of all these detailed maps? This is what Yahoo! MapMixer is all about.
Let me give you an example. Here is a map of a place dear to us all, Kutch. There is no detailed data for Kutch on any mapping platform:
You can view this map’s page on MapMixer too. See how it is overlaid on the same area on the Yahoo Map? Try to zoom, and drag the map. It behaves just like a normal map would. Make sure you also try the opacity slider on the top right hand corner. That will change the transparency level of the map and let you peek underneath easily.
So that is what the product is. You can access the public product here: http://maps.yahoo.com/mapmixer
In the few days after launch, it has been getting a lot of good press coverage from both the traditional news outlets, and also from bloggers. I was interviewed by BusinessWeek, Reuters, and am also scheduled with NPR (National Public Radio). Below is a list of some of those articles:
Reuters
Yahoo Freestyle Design Competitions Yield Pay-Offs
By Eric Auchard
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1233959020070913
CNET.com
Hack Days Spawn New Yahoo Travel, Shopping Features
By Elinor Mills
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9777339-7.html
BusinessWeek
Showtime for Yahoo Hacks
By Rob Hof
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/09/post_5.html
San Francisco Chronicle
New Today, From Yahoo
By Verne Kopytoff
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=20224
O’Reilly Radar
Yahoo Launches Map Mixer: Make Your Map
By Brady Forrest
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/09/yahoo_launches.html
TechCrunch
Hacks Make Their Way Into Yahoo Products
By Michael Arrington
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/12/hacks-make-their-way-into-yahoo-products/
Many other articles that you can see here: http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=mapmixer
There are also over a 100 other posts on blogs, you can view some of those here:
http://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/mapmixer
Also finally, I’d like to apologize that I have alienated myself the past few months from not only Medavo but from calling everyone, etc. Ami & Avi know how many of their calls I haven’t returned in time 
I also want to thank all of you for being the greatest, most supportive and loving family in the world. I worked on this just about every hour of the day I had, and most times of the night also. I have also learned a great, great deal about how to build a public product. I have loved every moment of it—every tiring, getting-2-hours-of-sleep, sleeping-under-my-work-desk, forgetting-to-eat moment of it. Now on to the next “shower” idea…
Love,
Nimit
September 14th, 2007
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO You Did IT!!!!! WE are all very proud of you as a CHIEF LEAD DEVELOPER OF MAPMIXER for Yahoo! and wish you all the best and HAPPY LAUNCH of the program on September 12th 2007. All the best for your presentation at NextFest. Thousands will now be able to get better directions in their life and may you be the MARG-CHINDHAK for all.
We LOVE YOU MAVO…….LADDOO…………..and more
Baiya, Mummy, Pappa, Kaka, Kaki and VasuFui
September 11th, 2007
You Can now log on and listen to Shree Rakeshhai Zaveri at their Website for his Paryushan Vyakhyan.
http://www.shrimadrajchandradharampur.org/publications/asp/video_login.asp
Enjoy
September 8th, 2007
happy birthday dear paras. n janu picture ke ke sending card aa to shabdo ma bhav puru chun beta jevo nam che teva thajo tevo che ne tevi unchaeye pahoche ava ashirvad. love u. May your gift basket be full of lots of love, laughter, Good health . Have a wounderful day.
September 8th, 2007
Hey everyone,
I came across something that I think most of you would like, about Paryusan. There is a live web-cast of a lecture series by Samani Param Pragyaji everyday in the evening at 8:15 pm est. The topics are
9-8-07 - Jain way of self purification
9-10-07 - Jain way of self solution
9-11-07 - Jain way of stress free life
9-12-07 - Jain way of optimum health
9-13-07 - Who is responsible for pain and pleasure?
9-14-07 - Your destiny is in your hands
9-15-07 - Paryusan: “Light of Life”
Here is the link to register for the web-cast
September 8th, 2007
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