Arguments by Philosophy

Has one ever noticed whether someone or oneself is making sense during the argument or in a discussion? Is there any better way to put the argument or to make it clear without any king of misunderstanding?

Of course, there is one – Critical Thinking.  We have centuries of philosophical concepts and ideas to ponder over.  HongKong University provides open and free course on Critical Thinking. I enjoyed revisiting these concepts, which I have come across from childhood and even have used many times in real life.

Critical Thinking mini-guide is neatly organized materials to start with.  The following are the important excerpts from the guide not to miss.

“Critical thinking is the ability to engage in reflective and independent
thinking, and being able to think clearly and rationally.”

“Critical thinking does not mean being argumentative or being critical of
others. Although critical thinking skills can be used in exposing fallacies
and bad reasoning, they can also be used to support other viewpoints, and
to cooperate with others in solving problems and acquiring knowledge.”

Real time satellite tracking

Recently I have come across this beautiful website which allows to track your location using the satellite. It checks the IP address and locates the Longitude and Latitude – nice home picture. It has hosted the latest CHANDRAYAAN-1 information too.

http://www.n2yo.com

Project10tothe100

Google has come out with a super initiative called a project10tothe100 to help people. It’s so simple, just come out with an idea which can affect lots of people on different categories. The best thing about this initiative is that Google commits to invest $10 million for different kinds of ideas.

Idea Submission date Oct 20. Submit your idea here

Ummmmm… what idea???? I must get one to help people.

How to start singing?

Most of people are interested in singing. Some are really good singers performing in public, but some are bathroom singers. I started with the latter and have sung in choir. It’s really amazing.

Without proper voice or hitting the right notes, singing looks raucous but there is always a  way to learn. I believe that we can train our body or part of the body for the desired function. Some people are gifted with good vocal sounds, and the others can train it.  I found this nice piece of videos on youtube.com which is really helpful who wants to learn the basics of singing. I hope it will be helpful to you. There are three parts and all of them are really good, especially the person has put the things in nice order.

Part1

Part 2

Part 3

English Phrases Came Across

I love readily newspaper and online news every day and it happens that I come across many good English phrases. The better way to remember them is to create a blog entry, so that I can share with other people too. Here I would like to share the same and keep updating it.

Explanations are taken from

2008-08-18

breathe down someone’s neck

to pay very close attention to what someone does in a way that annoys or worries them.

1. It’s awful having to work with a boss who’s breathing down your neck the whole time.

2. You love Visual Basic 6.0, but .NET is breathing down your neck.

spill the beans

to disclose/reveal the secret

The employees must not spill the beans about the company after leaving the organization.

pit against

to set in direct opposition or competition

1. a war that pitted brother against brother

2. In the game, the weaker was pitted again the stronger person

The World Master Festival – South Korea

South Korea hosted a World’s Master Festival during Oct 2007. I had privilege to attend and listen to carnatic music.

The following Indian master participated and awarded by the prestigious Master awards
Rudrapattana Keshavamurthy Prakash C. Chaluvaraju Dayananda Mohite

More Information can be found on http://www.mastersworld.org

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