[silk] algaculture researchers
It's a long shot, but can any of you help me to connect with local algaculture researchers/practical grower (preferrably, published and/or accredited) people either in India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Brasilia or Thailand? This is for-profit, and not just an idle query. Thanks! -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [silk] Booze lovers unite in Kerala
LOL!!! I saw this on TV. with the Spokesperson standing in front of a country liquor shop. Talking something like this The plight of an average malayali.. Booze contributes 2nd highest income after tourism in kerala On 3/22/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalid=102373 Booze lovers unite in Kerala Nandagopal Tuesday, March 20, 2007 (Thiruvananthpuram): Alcohol consumers from across Kerala have come together to form the All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Association. The association has acquired over 68,000 members from across the state within just two months of its formation and the numbers are growing. With a per capita alcohol consumption of 8.3 litres, Kerala has the dubious distinction of being India's liquor capital. The association has a list of 15 demands for the state government. Its a tall order on most counts asking for liquor through ration shops, bar homes where people can have a drink without police harassment, pension for the liquor consumer's family, no dry days and a crackdown on adulteration of liquor. Earlier we used to get country liquor for Rs 10. We would get intoxicated and be happy. Now even if we pay Rs 200, we don't get a kick. What sort of liquor is that? It is not good at all, said Adinad Sashi, President, All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Associaion. Source of revenue The response to the association has been overwhelming with over 68,000 members in just two months. It now plans to go international for the benefit of expat Malayalis. People are calling us from Dubai, Bahrain and Kuwait to set up units of our association there. They are willing to meet all our expenses, said Vauvakavu Basheer, Convenor, All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Association. After tourism, alcohol is the second biggest source of revenue for the state government and for a state with debts to the tune of Rs 50, crore, it is difficult to do away with the drinking habit. -- Ramakrishna Reddy GPG Key ID:31FF0090 Fingerprint = 18D7 3FC1 784B B57F C08F 32B9 4496 B2A1 31FF 0090
Re: [silk] algaculture researchers
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 04:33:24PM +0530, Aditya Kapil wrote: http://www.ablbiotechnologies.com/. We considered these guys, at one time, for an investment but . So you may have to approach them yourself. Having said that they have a fairly impressive organism library and culture techniques (at small and large scale). They also have good links with marine biology academia. Thanks. Another question: assuming one wants to do a large-scale pilot somewhere in South India, which requires controlled eutrophication of a body of water (ordinarily quite safe, but you *can* get an uncontrolled toxic algal bloom, of course) -- getting this approved though the regular channels without bribes is out of question, right? -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [silk] Booze lovers unite in Kerala
Ah, a boozeness organization. I can see worldwide chapters. Deepa. On 3/22/07, Ramakrishna Reddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL!!! I saw this on TV. with the Spokesperson standing in front of a country liquor shop. Talking something like this The plight of an average malayali.. Booze contributes 2nd highest income after tourism in kerala On 3/22/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalid=102373 Booze lovers unite in Kerala Nandagopal Tuesday, March 20, 2007 (Thiruvananthpuram): Alcohol consumers from across Kerala have come together to form the All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Association. The association has acquired over 68,000 members from across the state within just two months of its formation and the numbers are growing. With a per capita alcohol consumption of 8.3 litres, Kerala has the dubious distinction of being India's liquor capital. The association has a list of 15 demands for the state government. Its a tall order on most counts asking for liquor through ration shops, bar homes where people can have a drink without police harassment, pension for the liquor consumer's family, no dry days and a crackdown on adulteration of liquor. Earlier we used to get country liquor for Rs 10. We would get intoxicated and be happy. Now even if we pay Rs 200, we don't get a kick. What sort of liquor is that? It is not good at all, said Adinad Sashi, President, All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Associaion. Source of revenue The response to the association has been overwhelming with over 68,000 members in just two months. It now plans to go international for the benefit of expat Malayalis. People are calling us from Dubai, Bahrain and Kuwait to set up units of our association there. They are willing to meet all our expenses, said Vauvakavu Basheer, Convenor, All Kerala Liquor Consumers' Welfare Association. After tourism, alcohol is the second biggest source of revenue for the state government and for a state with debts to the tune of Rs 50, crore, it is difficult to do away with the drinking habit. -- Ramakrishna Reddy GPG Key ID:31FF0090 Fingerprint = 18D7 3FC1 784B B57F C08F 32B9 4496 B2A1 31FF 0090
Re: [silk] khadi vs. open source
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 01:46:16AM +0100, Dave Long wrote: So, apart from the former being atoms and the latter being bits, what are the differences between khadi and open source software? most people who wear khadi today neither spin their own cotton, weave their own cloth, or have any clue as to how that is done. most people buy khadi from large shops such as khadi gramudyog, and the production while not mechanical is pretty industrial in its structure. given that the end-product is a cloth with no more malleability (source code) than any industrially produced cloth, i can't see what's similar between open source and the real production of khadi (as opposed to some arbitrary imagined form). -rishab
Re: [silk] khadi vs. open source
most people buy khadi from large shops such as khadi gramudyog, and the production while not mechanical is pretty industrial in its structure. Many people who use software based on open source, have no idea about open source . They download because others do, and because it's free. It has little to do with their ideology, and more to do with what is functional. -- Neha Viswanathan +44(0) 77695 65886 London, UK http://withinandwithout.com | http://globalvoicesonline.org
Re: [silk] expat in india...
did you mean white or phoren? one of the (handful of) infosys's foreign interns is my cousin, who is not white. i didn't get the impression that all the others were white, though they were recruited in the US. On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 10:14 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: And just to be cynical -- it's amazing how in India a white person's skills will be more advanced than those of an Indian with exactly the same skills. Or at least, that's the impression I get from all the press that Infosys's foreign intern programme has been getting. \
Re: [silk] expat in india...
the infosys foreign intern programme was apparently designed so that infosys could benefit from the closer links (cultural, etc) the interns had with the target (foreign) markets. the interns spend some months at infosys in india, then they're sent back to the US to work for infosys there. my cousin said that one key difference they felt was that ui design in india was quite different from what end-users in the US expected. On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 11:54 +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote: My impression was more of Look, this is an Indian company which has grown so big as to recruit US techs. This is news solely because of the flood of people who used to join MNCs rather than Indian companies.
Re: [silk] khadi vs. open source
On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 07:52:01AM -0700, Thaths wrote: Perhaps Khadi is more like farmers market or Fair Trade markets. People feel that a sizable portion of the money they spend goes to the producer. there is nothing that specifically guarantees this. khadi is handmade cloth. lots of other things are hand made, with intermediaries getting the biggest share of the retail sale price.
Re: [silk] khadi vs. open source
On Thursday 22 Mar 2007 9:51 am, Charles Haynes wrote: Khadi seems like a perfect vehicle for that. Handmade, by individuals, it should be perfect for throwing the hypocrisy of politicians back in their faces. I don't know. I visit a hospital close to the Karnataka State legislature and frequently see people from there - including legislators and their drivers. It is very difficult to differentiate one from the other because they are always dressed in all white. But I think drivers wear polyester and politicians khadi. shiv
Re: [silk] khadi vs. open source
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 shiv sastry said the following on 22/03/2007 19:19: But I think drivers wear polyester and politicians khadi. And the society housewives wear Fabindia khadi or _linen_. Pay through the nose for it too - for badly stitched stuff that loses colour everytime you put it in the wash. I'm all for directly paying the producer, but why on earth do outfits like Fabindia (which rake most of the loot in) exist? Ram -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) iD8DBQFGAsExRQoToz9njMgRCKpsAKDRGIGjw9S5qoVV+8AwkdvIau5cyACgzG6W Os3HhWJVx1z0Tx6YjtYmBPQ= =KgTw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [silk] expat in india...
On 3/16/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] All that might well be history real soon, given the change this year in Infy's strategy to hiring from Indian B-schools. By (a) doubling salary they offered last year, (b) recruiting directly for onsite engagement manager positions, and (c) recruiting selectively (about 15-20 grads across Indian B-schools) they have certainly shaken up things a bit, and it's no longer true that they 'cant find enough intelligent people in India who would care for them' I'd like to meet the sucker(s?) who signed up to work for Infy last year only to see the next class make double right out of college and go on to better jobs. Cheeni
Re: [silk] khadi vs. open source
Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: [ on 11:17 PM 3/22/2007 ] And the society housewives wear Fabindia khadi or _linen_. Pay through the nose for it too - for badly stitched stuff that loses colour everytime you put it in the wash. I'm all for directly paying the producer, but why on earth do outfits like Fabindia (which rake most of the loot in) exist? I paraphrase what Bruce Sterling said when he launched the whole viridian design thing several years ago: The only way that social movements will succeed is if you make them *cool* (i.e., fashionable). Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] expat in india...
On 3/16/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I'd like to meet the sucker(s?) who signed up to work for Infy last year only to see the next class make double right out of college and go on to better jobs. Surely last year's MBAs will have seen a salary hike so that they are not making less than people a year below them? And more responsibility as well? If not, there will be a riot..
Re: [silk] expat in india...
On 3/22/07, Badri Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/16/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I'd like to meet the sucker(s?) who signed up to work for Infy last year only to see the next class make double right out of college and go on to better jobs. Surely last year's MBAs will have seen a salary hike so that they are not making less than people a year below them? And more responsibility as well? Show me a company that will be that fair...it's usually a 10-20% increase once you are collared. If not, there will be a riot.. You'd think! Cheeni
Re: [silk] expat in india...
Surely last year's MBAs will have seen a salary hike so that they are not making less than people a year below them? And more responsibility as well? Show me a company that will be that fair...it's usually a 10-20% increase once you are collared. I think it depends a lot on how the company hires. For companies that do a lot of hiring of fresh graduates who progress in a structured way (law firms, consulting firms, even Infosys for its programmers), I don't see how they can have a salary structure where the junior person is earning more than the senior person - it's just a recipe for tension and all kinds of craziness. I have literally never heard of it happening in that kind of situation. However, perhaps there are so few MBAs and they're all doing different things that it is possible to get away with paying the new MBAs more than the existing ones. In any case - we don't know for sure what the old MBAs are being paid, right? They may well have benefited from the same salary hike (job responsibilities are a different issue). Badri
