thomas elva edison

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Thomas Edisons bright ideas

• The life and times of an inventor and businessman

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An important Thursday
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Thomas Edison was born on Thursday February the
11th, 1847 in the town of Milan, America.

When Thomas was seven his teacher finally lost
his patience with his constant questions.



He noticed that Tom's forehead was unusually wide
and his head was bigger than normal. He made no
secret of his belief that Toms brains were
scrambled!
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What do you do when you get home from school?
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Edisons first important invention was the
phonograph. A machine that could record and
reproduce sound. But his greatest success was
the development of the electric light. So when
you turn on the light and listen
to music think of Thomas Edison.
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I turn the lights on and play Eminem!

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Money and fame
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As electricity spread around the world. The
success of his electric light brought Thomas
Edison to new heights of fame and wealth.
Edison's electric companies continued to grow
until in 1889 they were brought together to form
Edison General Electric.
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Home sweet home
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• In 1884, during this period of success,
  Tom's wife Mary died. A year later, while on
  holiday at a friends house in New England, he met
  Mina Miller and they fell in love.
• The couple married in February 1886

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The first movie star
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While working on the phonograph, Thomas began
working on a device that, "does for the eye what
the phonograph does for the ear", this was to
become motion pictures.
Thomas first demonstrated motion pictures in
1891, and began making "movies" two years later.
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It is very beautiful over there.
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Thomas Edison died on Sunday October the 18th,
1931. He was 84 years old. Shortly before passing
away, he awoke from a coma and quietly whispered
wife Mina, who had been keeping a vigil all night
by his side  "It is very beautiful over there...
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Was Thomas Edison a genius?
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• This is what he had to say about it..

"Genius is 1 inspiration and 99 perspiration.
A 'genius' is often simply a talented person who
has done all of his or her homework.
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Thomas Alva Edison
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1847 - 1931
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SWAMI VIVEKANAD

• TAKE RISKS IN YOUR LIFE
• IF YOU WIN,YOU CAN LEAD
• IF YOU LOOSE,YOU CAN GUIDE

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Role of Teachers in imparting Man-making and
Nation-building Education
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Let me start with a
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• When a plant is withering and dying is it better
  to water the leaves or the roots?

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• Life withers when truth is lost and society
  decays when dharma is lost.
• We have to enliven truth and dharma through
  proper educational and religious activities and
  aspirations

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Dharma sustains universe and all that is in it.

• In scientific terms if Dharma upholds the
  interconnectedness
• Interrelatedness
• and
• interdependence

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• Dharma is responsible for an individuals
  Abhyudaya
• (achievement in individual material life)
• and
• Nishreyas
• (establishment of awareness of Truth in oneself)

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Swami Vivekananda's definition of Education

• Education is
• the manifestation of perfection
• already in man

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Swami Vivekananda's concept of Education
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• Education is not the amount of information that
  is put into your brain and runs riot
• there undigested all your life. We must have
  life-building, man-making, character making
  assimilation of ideals. We want education by
  which character is formed, strength of mind is
  increased, the intellect is expanded, by which
  one can stand on ones feet.

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• What we want is Western science coupled with
  Vedanta, Brahmacharya as the guiding motto and
  also Shraddha and
• faith in ones own life.

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1.INDIVIDUAL

• Build up our individual potentialities
• and talents to the best extent by
• incorporating time tested spiritual values satya
  and dharma in our lives.
• Our sashtras give all guidance in this
• connection (yoga, meditation etc,)

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2.NATIONAL

• Learn to link our life harmoniously with our
  nations values and traditions. For teachers
  involved in
• Man-making Nation building programmes
  patriotism must have this deeper and fuller
  meaning, that

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3.UNIVERSAL

• when our identification with the truth reaches
  its zenith there is an expansion of personality
  touching on the divine that is when small man
  grows into universal being a Zagat guru,
• a viswatma.

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• Sacrifice,
• Love
• Service

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THNKIG YOU