Learned helplessness March 25, 2013

They put the conditioned dog into a shuttlebox, which consists of a low fence dividing the box into two compartments. The dog can easily see over the fence, and jump over if it wishes. So they rang the bell. Surprisingly, nothing happened! (They were expecting the dog to jump over the fence.) Then, they decided to shock the conditioned dog, and again nothing happened! The dog just pathetically laid there! Hey, what’s going! When they put a normal dog into the shuttlebox, who never experienced inescapable shock, the dog, as expected, immediately jumped over the fence to the other side. Apparently, what the conditioned dog learned in the hammock, was that trying to escape from the shocks is futile. This dog learned to be helpless! This result was opposite to that predicted by B.F. Skinner’s behaviorism, which argued that the dog must have been given a positive reward (like a yummy dog biscuit) to just lie there. (In order to salvage their position, they even went so far as to suggest that the cessation of pain acted as the reward for the dog to sit, but this was not a very good argument. One could alternately argue that when the shock went on while the dog was sitting, it was being punished for sitting. Reminds me of that old joke, “Q: Why did the man pound his thumb with a hammer? A: Because it felt so good to stop.) These observations started a scientific revolution resulting in the displacement of behaviorism by cognitive psychology. What you are thinking, determines your behavior (not only the visible rewards or punishments).

Source: http://www.noogenesis.com/malama/discouragement/helplessness.html

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness

Love in air October 23, 2012

Statement: Our love is like a wind… I can’t see it.. bt sure.. can feel it..!!

Gosay: One has to downgrade it to see it. like giving gifts, expressing verbal/action that we love…etc….same is the case with the wind…image a windstorm…it has a shape, direction…etc.

We always do the best October 16, 2012

this post is in reflection to the post here: https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121015160025-554288–i-am-trying-my-best

the original post says the follows:

One evening I was having a “tiger dad” moment with my daughter as we worked together on a math problem. Suddenly she turned towards me and said in an exasperated voice, “Papa, I am trying my best.”

Embedded in those words is one of life’s most important axioms. Most people do not wake up in the morning and say, “Today, I am going to be the biggest screw up I can be.”

So, why do we encounter so many situations in everyday life where we get upset with others for not meeting our expectations?

Is it because they approach situations differently than we do?

Is it because we have trained ourselves to be problem solvers and hence our first instinct is to look for issues in any situation as opposed to what’s working?

Is it because we are liberal with criticism and stingy with praise?

Whatever the reason, it demoralizes the person on the receiving end of our “problem solving.”

Let’s try to find the goodness in others’ actions.

I posit that our teams will be inspired, energized, and ultimately more successful if we do this consistently and with authenticity.

It’s hard, but I guarantee that the outcome will be worth the effort!

Are you ready to try your best?

Without pressure there is no pleasure, this is a fundamental law.
One could deal with situations to apply pressure or pleasure.
when pressure triggered, it is important that we accept or surrender  randomness, chaos and diversity, since they are majestic. Hence one should come to reflect, that people act or behave to the best of their abilities, and one should react to see what best can be done from our end.

Youngsters enthrall with soulful notes August 9, 2012

Youngsters rendered Annamacharya keertanas consummately at the Sangeetha Sammelanam held at Satya Sai Nigamagamam on Sunday.The talent show for young students was organised by Saran Incorporation and Bhavan’s Public School. The participants, all from Bhavan’s School, mesmerised the audience. Annamacharya keertanas rendered by Master Anudeep Adiraju, Master Prachethan and Master Prabhat awed the gathering. They held the audience in rapt attention with their soulful numbers.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan vice-chairman S Gopala Krishnan appreciated the youngsters for their interest and industry in learning traditional music. The talent show, titled ‘Young Fusion’, began with Anudeep Adiraju, a Class X student, performing ‘Narayanathee namo namo’ keerthana. He followed it up with a series of Annamayya keerthanas like ‘Ahobileswarudu’, ‘Indariki Abhayamichu’, ‘Anthayu Paramathmudu’ and ‘Kadilenu Narasimhudu’.

He received several rounds of applause from the gathering. A 33-strong troupe performed a musical jugalbandi, fusion of Carnatic and Western notes, and took the tempo of the evening to its crescendo. Other keerthans, ‘oka pari oka pari’ by Master Prabhat and ‘Nagumomu’ by Master Prachethan won the admiration of the
gathering.

Anudeep performed the complex range of Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna – Thillana – which enthralled the people present. Later, Anudeep told media persons that he had been learning Carnatic music from D V Mohana Krishna for the past 10 years. He was recently honoured with ‘Kalabharati’ award by well-known music director Madhavapeddi Satyam.

Happy feet June 29, 2012

Happiness is a process of realization which you can association an event to an emotion called happy.
reiterating the act, that create an event of happy is pursuit of happiness.
light is absence of dark, dark exists even before light arrives…so is happiness and sadness.
If one doesn’t go through a warm day, the pleasure of a tree shade is not truly appreciated.
Happiness is a spectrum, that we can define the perceivable and numb zones. So one who should be wise enough to know thy art.
Happiness is a lifestyle, character and nurtures the purpose of the material life.

Buying Guide for Android phone 2012 April 5, 2012

Sites to find deals:

Site 1: Desidime.com – click here this is one place where you can get more deals across the other sites.

Site 2: Deals on ebay: http://deals.ebay.in/deals/

Site 3: Deals on Sulekha: http://deals.sulekha.com/hyderabad

Items to look out for when getting an Android Phone:

1. Screen size(inches) & Screen density (PPI) = this will give you an overview of the screen quality
2. Screen type: Gorilla screen, which means scratch proof is a must or best.
3. Screen technology: I am not very good at this, but I think Super-Amoled is supposed to be good, and I think only Samsung device use this, and Sony uses Bravia- LED/LCD… but it’s a tricky area. Hence i resort to PPI and batter impact. Since battery will a lot of power to keep the screens live.
4. Processor: Single Core vs Dual core: Safe side try opt for dual core: 1GH and above is a good deal
5. RAM: Minimum 512MB, but best to have 1GB – Since ICS (android 4.0) is still little slow on 1GH processor and 1GBRAM.
6. Camera: Anything above 5MP is good, I would suggest get 8MP
7. HDPI output: if you want to connect your mobile to TV and work from TV only then you would need it.
8. Battery: anything above 1650mah is good
9. OEM preference: Few will have preference to specific OEM and their UI, ex – many like Sense UI of HTC compared to the rest.
10. Video calling: Not quite required, but upto you.
11. Front camera: Girls will love to use this as a mirror, but otherwise it is intended for video calling.
12. NFC: I love to have this on my device, to make sure the device hardware is keeping to the trends.
13. OS: Android will continue to release latest versions, and they are all free updates. Hence to take advantage of this make sure your device is upgradable. Check if the device you plan to buy has a OEM update roadmap for ICS scheduled.
    1. Motorola: https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c

How to test a device:

1. There are some standard benchmarks done on a device to evaluate its profile: http://smartphonebenchmarks.com/here is a list of score of each device running different operating systems and their score. This will give an idea on where you device score rank stands compared to other.
   1. This information is helpful when you have two device to choose, and use these values to make a decision.
   2. GSMAreana has comparison tools, so do check the device offerings.

Happy buying and if I missed some good site, please let know.

Comfortably Dumb March 21, 2012

To a post of my friend which said:

Comment by 15 year old cousin:

“u need a creative mind which is soft enough to get the impression that the writer wants to give
and ur brain has become hard now”

And i titled it as “Comfortably Dumb”

Mother is not a commodity – Mind it! March 21, 2012

these days everything sounds like that… you should buy this product because you will benefit this….the propaganda on “benefit” oriented is so aggressive, it kills people relations. Few days ago i saw “Sach ka samna” where he asked ” do you make friends because you will benefit from them?” WTF then what if i ask the same will you love your mother and father because you will benefit from them??? >> this undigested thought motivated me to comment.