The tools of a mathematician are pencil, paper and waste paper basket. The waste paper basket distinguishes him from a philosopher

Via North Denver News - Surgically alters thumbs to better use iPhone Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is a big guy. So he has a hard time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices like his new iPhone. At least, he did, until he had his thumbs surgically altered in a revolutionary new surgical technique known as “whittling.” “From my old Treo, to my Blackberry, to this new iPhone, I had a hard time hitting the right buttons, and I always lost those little styluses,” explains Martel.

One of the popular hospitals in Bangalore is Narayana Hrudayala founded by Dr. Devi Shetty.This hospital is known for cardiac and neuro surgerical treatments. The one thing that strikes markedly different from other hospitals is a special counter for ppl who communicate in bengali. The hospital is said to attract many patients from bengal, Bangladesh etc. A simple act of creating a separate front desk with bengali speaking personnel is sometimes all it takes for a hospital to show it is looking at a bigger picture.

You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.  - Olin Miller

Cafe Coffee Day in India Siddhartha’s family comes from chikmagalur in karnataka , and has grown coffee for generations. Most of the coffee plantation owners were facing tough times as the market prices were not at all commensurate with the effort that goes in to making coffee. The prices an year forward can never be predicted with certainty and plantation owners face a tough time selling their produce. The world wide coffee market is 120 million bags and about $ 7 billion market.