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Jeppiaar Engineering College has an explicit mission of preparing its students for higher education to enrich them with the practical skills necessary to excel as future professionals and entrepreneurs for the benefit of Nation’s economy and lifelong learning, .i.e. equip them with values, ethics and skills needed to enrich their lives and enable them to contribute for the progress of society. Besides, they also want to excel in services such as teaching & learning, researc

In midwinter of 2000 I was conducting a seminar at a beautiful resort in southern Florida. The focus of the seminar was to break limiting beliefs and create new ones to bring prosperity and abundance into a person’s life.nnAt the end of the last day I went to my hotel room, and as I entered, I noticed that the red message light on my phone was flashing. I called the front desk, and there was only one message: it was from my business partner, telling me that a major snowstor

There are so many benefits to giving: personal satisfaction, mood improvement, and igniting the universal law of reciprocity - to name a few. The problem lies when you over-give. Here are some symptoms of over-giving: • You feel burdened, tired, resentful, or exhausted • You secretly hope the other person will give something back to you • You're starting to notice that you feel irritated around people whom you consistently give to, but whom you don't feel give back to y

I usually start my day with all that I’m grateful for in my life and this morning is no different. nnThis past week was an amazing milestone for InspireMeToday.com. In our 5th week after the launch we broke all our old records for visitors. We reached our greatest audience yet, received a lot of fan mail from folks that love what we’re doing, (including a custom song written about our site from a new member in Indonesia!). We had more new members join this week than the p

We are blessed to live in such a beautiful place. Most days I take Koda, our year-old Samoyed pup for a long walk in the mountains and truly enjoy the beauty of Colorado. Yesterday I was too busy with commitments and only had time to visit the dog park in North Boulder. Koda was excited to be there to play with the other dogs.nnI was struck by the simplicity of life at the dog park. Each time we enter, no matter if there are two dogs or twenty, Koda happily bounds up to each

Don’t your children get bored of the same old school routine? Attending the same classes in the same atmosphere everyday does become monotonous and starts to feel like a burden. And most of us will definitely relate to the feeling, having gone through the same phase once in our lives. So why not make learning fun for the young ones? Many educational events are being organized on a regular basis, to give children a new platform to learn and grow. Still not sure how they can

Maybe I’m just stuck on this title because I’m going on vacation in the morning. Maybe it’s because I’m going sailing in the Caribbean and I’m just getting into the attitude of the islands. Or, maybe it’s just what I need to hear right now too.nnJust a few days ago, I was walking on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder, CO. There’s a section of sidewalk in front of the courthouse with “jumping water”. This is where water jumps out of holes in the sidewalk and sh

My girlfriend Elaine has a business project she’s been working on for nearly a year. This morning when we spoke she voiced her frustration about how her project seems to be going in a different direction than what she anticipated. I smiled and shared an experience with her.nnRecently we drove from Seattle to Boulder, about 1500 miles. Our Prius has a GPS unit that makes life so easy. I just enter where I want to go and within seconds, I’m given the choice of three routes

I had my day all planned. It was going to be such a fruitful day. I woke up early, raring to go. With a cup of coffee in hand I dialed the first number on my "To Do" list. Success! However, that first call ended up rearranging the rest of my day. My "To Do" list ended up a total wash. Why? Because that first call was to a plumber and my schedule took the backseat to his. So there I was, sitting and waiting. My phone line needed to be clear for his call. And the place where I

Does someone else need to acknowledge your worth to make it real? Do you crave outside affirmation of your value? Did we get a disproportionate amount of so-called worth from the "powers that be" because we're females, or are we generally insecure by nature about this issue?nnIf we're basically insecure as a gender, we've been given reason to be. Imagine that you're a woman living in a country and society which denies you freedom of travel, forbids you to possess your own pas

There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit.nn“Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically.nn“We’ll see,” the farmer replied.nnThe next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses.nn“How wonderful,” the neighbors exclaimed.nn“We’ll see,” replied the old man.nnThe following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed

Muhammad walked slowly down the muddy road in Bangladesh, his heart breaking as starved faces gazed at him pitifully, their blank eyes begging for help. Children who should be playing in the streets were laying helplessly, their life ebbing away from starvation. He knew that most of them would die from starvation. His heart was ripped by the looks of desperation on the faces of parents who knew their children were dying but could do nothing to help them. Bangladesh, caught in

Every day I walk to work...to and from takes about a total of 40 minutes. This gives me a lot of one on one time with my IPod. I have over a thousand songs on my IPod...everything from Michael Jackson to U2 to Rihanna to Andrea Bocelli...you could say I have eclectic taste in music. There is a reason for this. Ever since I can remember, I have had a very strong, emotional bond with music. I've tried to explain this to people, and I can't say that everyone understands it. For

My husband Darryl and I are in the British Virgin Islands, enjoying a bit of vacation and writing time for me. We are blessed to have a beautiful sailboat named Abundance that is our home away from home.nnThe winter often brings northern swells, high seas and cooler temperatures. Yesterday I woke up after a stormy night on board the boat, moored in the Bight, off Norman Island. It was if Mother Nature was ridding herself of the last remnants of wind and rain from hurricane se

A logo is one of the most important elements of a company's image and corporate identity, but many entrepreneurs overlook it. Its significance and make a huge mistake. Why? It's simple. The secret of a successful logo Are you starting a business or planning to redesign an existing brand? An important part of this process is designing an attractive logo that will visually represent you in the long term. How to approach logo design, what to look for, and why should you invite a

With the proliferation of so many amazing technologies with which to create drum samples, the aspiring and sometimes even the professional musician may be at a loss to decide which is the best method for their music to use. If, like many musicians you are operating on a tight budget and already happen to own a keyboard, then the question of spending more for new gear may be prohibitive. While there are exciting new less expensive models of devices that create awesome drum sam

As a person in my late teens, when I used to hear people say that success and failure go hand in hand, it didn’t fascinate me much. Like all young people, I too had an idea, a concept in my mind that if you set your mind to something, all you will get is the success you want. You will keep on climbing a ladder, achieving new goals, accomplishing new things every step of the way. It was when I actually started climbing those steps, I realized that it’s not just climbing. I

We do not live our lives truthfully. We show a different face to the different people we interact with in accordance with the expectations of the situation. We act differently with our parents, with our friends, with our bosses, with the gardener, our spouses, homeless people, etc. We have secret agendas and do not express what we are truly thinking and feeling. We try to manipulate people instead of telling people what we want. Even our white lies damage our relationships an

If you want to be a proud log cabin owner, you have to think upon designing the inside of your wooden home as only then you will be proud of your wooden dwelling. While planning the interior design of log home you have to first take into consideration your final intent for your log home and beautify it according to that. If you think upon the decoration at the stage of buying and erecting your wooden dwelling it will have a remarkable influence on the charisma of your log hou

It’s one of the most familiar symbols in the world. The white flag flying high above the wreckage of disaster, its simple logo a sign of hope for those left wounded and devastated. It’s the Red Cross, and it was launched in America by Clara Barton. Clara was the youngest of five children, and was a young woman when the Civil War broke out. Though she had no prior nursing experience, when soldiers flooded into Washington after the Baltimore riots, Clara organized a relief

"I've given up shaking hands, forever!" announced my friend E.Dan. He said it to a small group of friends at a pre-wedding party yesterday. And he meant it. He no long shakes peoples hands. Instead, E.Dan gives hugs. For the past five weeks, he has been retraining himself to not reach out his hand when meeting people. Instead, he shares his new philosophy and offers a hug. Men seem to have the most difficulty with this, he says, - like a fish out of water - however, once they

Creating a professional executive workspace can be tough. Starting from scratch, as with any project, requires inspiration. That being said, this article will highlight some of the hottest product lines used in a variety of applications to spark your creative juices. Space 1: The Traditionalist A traditional workspace is typically composed of wood veneer office furniture. This collection, the Sorrento by Mayline is a top choice for this particular look. The Sorrento veneer de

Merri pulled the covers over her head hoping that if she wasn’t seen perhaps her adopted stepmother would ignore her. She could hear birds chirping outside the window. . . if Merri had only been a bird, she could have flown away from the torment a long time ago. This small soul began life as a loved little girl. However, the deaths of both her parents over a period of a few years resulted in her being adopted by her stepmom. Not only adopted, but also terribly abused. Feari

In each instance below, you will read about teenagers and the adults who believed in them, cooperating and working together to change the world. • Clifton, age 13, and other Wisconsin teens started out three years ago to make their disadvantaged farming town more kid-friendly. The community had hundreds of kids, many trash-spotted lots, but no playgrounds. During the first year, they cleared 40 cubic yards of litter. This year, it took 13 trips to the dump to haul away what

A successful online business isn't built ove ight; but is the result of many late nights. If anyone says that they can teach you to make a substantial amount of money without hard work, realize they are talking through "a hole in the head and are out of their trees".

Yesterday we visited the Bubbling Pool on the windward side of Jost Van Dyke, in the BVI. The Bubbling Pool is a natural rock formation along the coastline that creates the best Jacuzzi one could ever imagine. Add winter weather with northern swells and high tide, and we were set for an amazing experience. nnThe coastline breaks just enough to allow the full force of the water to come in through a sluice-like opening, that creates a very concentrated, very powerful blast of w

The future feels uncertain right now, but we may be able to glimpse it through a child's blue sweater. The child, a little girl, wore the same blue sweater to school every day. She loved it because of the African scenes with zebras in the front and mountains across the chest. The time came when the girl grew too big for the sweater. One day after she had been teased about wearing a sweater that was two sizes too small, her mother convinced her that it was time to let go. With

“To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German playwright, poet and novelist. Advice is everywhere. From political pundits to advice columns to social networking sites, advice is readily available and free for the taking. With such a selection, knowing who to take advice from is critical. Adults know that the words from some people should just be tuned out; they know that some people like to talk and have no real knowled

While we were recently in England we were invited to a dinner party that was also attended by Monica Lewinsky (yes, that Monica!). She struck us as being a beautiful, intelligent and confident woman, having attended the London School of Economics. As we left we thought about how tough it can be to move on in life beyond difficult or challenging times, such as Monica experienced when she had her mistakes played out in the glare of the media spotlight and became one of the worl

I have a friend named Jamie who lives in a medium sized city where she doesn’t feel like she belongs, but she can’t relocate yet because of her husband’s work. For the last two years she’s tried to meet people but is convinced that there are no “cool people like her” in the entire city. My good friend Tom, who is really great, lives in the same area so yesterday I introduced them on the telephone and they set up a time to meet for coffee. Jamie agreed to meet with

This weekend I had the pleasure of speaking on the topic of success at the Thin Air Summit in Denver. Part of the experience was a Q&A session where my friend Brian asked, “What do you do when you have a bad day? How do you get out of it?” Well, today is one of those times so I thought I’d answer the question best by sharing the process with you.nnMost mornings I wake up and write. This morning I woke up to an early telephone call and felt like someone not only threw th

Many people ask me, after reading Hurry Down Sunshine, how Sally is doing now. The book tells the story of Sally's first manic attack at the age of fifteen, during the summer of 1996 in New York City. My aim was to recreate the experience of Sally's astonishing leap into psychosis from both inside and out, and to show its effect on those of us who are closest to her. Writing Hurry Down Sunshine, I sometimes felt as if I was describing a great storm: an unexpected wind had com

Say you see your first frog and want to understand what it is. Not so much what it’s croaking about, (although that can be interesting too) but what the frog really is. Traditionally, Westerners like us would grab the little guy and drop him into a bottle of formaldehyde, a preservative that doubles as a deadly poison. Frogs respire through their skin, so your “specimen” would die a quick but agonizing death. Next step, take it out, pin the frog’s legs out wide on a t

As life proceeds, so to do our intentions change. My wish for you is that your dreams and goals change in favour of your deepening access to your true self. I have set many goals and many intentions in my life. I've had many desires, some have been fulfilled, some have not. Sometimes fulfilled desires have been like stripping layers of an onion, revealing the next desire, which is deeper and closer to my true spirit. My desires now are to live connected to Source, to discover

Radical self-acceptance means seeing yourself for all that you truly are - neither with rose-colored glasses nor with muddied glasses, but with a clean, clear accurate lens. There are 5 components to radical self-acceptance: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and sexual. Radical self-acceptance of your physical form. This means to see your body from a loving point of view. This is the place where you get to notice how beautiful and amazing your body is. Notice where your

When it comes to being a musician and trying to create their own music, it's a fact that not everybody has their own recording studio with the fanciest equipment that all the professionals use. It's just not practical for most people to have this. However, this does not mean that they should not be able to have access to some great software that allows them to create some amazing music right from their very own computer. For this reason, a lot of musicians who are starting ou

“The arrow that hits the bull’s eye is the result of a hundred misses” is a great saying and means that success is the result of much practice and never quitting. It's also a comforting saying for those of us who are pursuing dreams that aren't quite happening the way we envisioned them. There are many stories of people who refused to give up their dreams. One such person is Ray Charles. Ray lost his sight at the age of six and his mother told him, rn"Ray, you've lost y

If you’re anything like me, with Christmas behind us, our minds are now turning to the things we’d like to accomplish in the New Year and to our resolutions. With the close of one year it seems natural to look at our accomplishments and our outstanding goals and dreams. Sometimes that reflection can bring a feeling of excitement, and sometimes it can create a feeling of overwhelming proportion when the mountain ahead of us appears too large to summit.nnIt’s critical whe

This article is about the history of the radio. How it all started from the transmitting of waves and ended up in live radio play . The innovation of technology always been shaping things to provide more convenience to the human being in his or her daily life. Invention In the early 1800s when everyone was keen to invent something, people were thinking to develop something that required no wire in communication. Everyone was coming with different ideas, but no one could make

We all know inspiration when we feel it. It is a force that enlivens us and activates us to do something—we might dance, sing, paint the house, or envision a new career. We might call an old friend or plan a trip abroad. Whatever the case, doing what we do from a place of inspiration makes all things seem possible. Inspiration sometimes comes out of nowhere, landing unexpectedly in the midst of your life and lifting you out of your habitual mind and into a higher level of s

Selecting a open source ecommerce platform is difficult since there are a number of them available on the net. It requires in depth research and analysis so that the best open source ecommerce platform can be chosen by a company. The various platforms available for open source ecommerce have some unique feature in it that caters and suits to the needs of a particular user group only. The choice of platform is completely dependent on the requirements and the expectations of th

Let’s play a little game of word association. I’m going to say a word and I want you to think of the first thing that comes into your mind. You folks in the northeast are really going to enjoy this. Are you ready? Just after you read the word, close your eyes and feel the feeling… okay, ready? Here’s the word… summer. Are you smiling yet?nnI’m writing this on an airplane, flying to the Caribbean. I couldn’t help but notice the screen on the in-flight monitor of

So many times in our lives, we think we are “on our way”. Things are moving. We are moving. Then, all of the sudden, things stop! Where did my sense of direction go? Why don’t I know what to do? There has to be SOMETHING for me to do! Did I lose my purpose? Was I on the wrong track? What happened?! A sense of panic comes in. When there is no action, we feel lost and perhaps even stupid or useless. Our River of Life has reached a calm pool, and we’re busy freaking out! Sai

Are you so busy doing, doing, doing that suddenly the hour, day, month, year is gone and everything seems like a blur? Have you ever asked, "Why am I here? There’s got to be more to life than this." nnI asked those questions. In the hopes of finding some answers, I read books, took classes, meditated, and even became certified in several healing modalities. No matter what I did, something was missing! Some piece in the puzzle of life alluded me. I felt, whatever that missin

So yesterday I took my kids, Payton, Grace and Michael to the mall. Why? Yesterday was $1 Tuesday at Hot Dog on a Stick, which is a great excuse to not cook. We got our food and proceeded to eat, and something interesting occured. My youngest Michael is just twenty months old, and he hasn't quite figured out the process of eating. He has a tendency to stuff his mouth until he can't fit anymore in. Then he proceeds to chew, and sometimes he swallows and sometimes he spits it

Society often dictates how we perceive certain professions as well as how we define success. I'd like to challenge these ideals through the introduction of a couple of interesting characters. If you can identify with the qualities of these characters, please reflect for a moment on whether this is who you really want to be. A young man named Simon plays diligently on his mbira near the parking lot machine of an upmarket shopping centre in Northern Johannesburg. From what I ca

Wisdom comes from a variety of sources. It can come from experience, but it doesn't have to. Someone has said that an expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. However, as we all know, the smart thing is to learn from OTHERS' mistakes so we don't have to make those mistakes personally. Or, if you're like me, you get to make mistakes is LOTS of fields, so you neither get to claim the title expert, nor learn things the easy way. A

Diwali is a festival of dazzle of lights, colors, fireworks and prosperity which tantamount with festive celebrations around the world. The splendor of this festival is so great because many other cultures are also celebrated this Hindu festival with equal spirits and passion just like Hindu. The spectacle of diwali festival celebrations is widely merriment by the Indians throughout the globe with special enthusiasm and zeal. It's the foremost in way moreover as liked parade

The only currency that we all have the same amount of is time. Time is the ultimate currency and how you invest your time will determine your success. In order for you to attain your WHY in life, you need to realize that every minute wasted is currency/money you just lost. Every successful person that you see in life is simply someone who understands the power of waiting through the seasons of harvest time. “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,

What do you do when your mind is so full of stuff that you find it just zipping from one “to do” to another? Occasionally, I do something mindless, like play the game Bejeweled. In flying to my son’s college graduation on Friday, I had some time on the airplane and thought I’d get lost into a game. For those of you that don’t know the game, there are a series of 8 columns of colored gems, with about 8 gems in each column. You exchange the position of two different c