House Boat Experience on Lake Shasta

Summer is almost done and am sure most of you have had your share of beautiful California coastline and lakes. Lake Tahoe is the most popular destination for Bay Areaites. Quick getaway, moderate weather, beautiful beaches. However this time we tried Lake Shasta. We rented a houseboat for 3 days. …

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America the beautiful quarters

In 2010, the United States Mint began issuing 56 quarter-dollar coins featuring designs depicting national parks and other national sites as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. Tanvi is collecting these and so far she has 8 (all of 2013). If you happen to have …

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Jainism and Physics

The purpose of this post is only to generate a little curiosity 🙂 ——————— I recall that the real reason why I got interested in jainism ~20 years ago was actually physcis for the most part. Here is why?…. Just like many other folks who love science, I have always …

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If you are not there tomorrow

Recent events have shown us that life is very unpredictable. Your world can change in a matter of seconds. While the inevitable cannot be avoided, you can better prepare your family for such an eventuality. Listed below are some things which come to mind. Feel free to add to this …

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Skin donation

The intent of this post is to create awareness regarding skin donation. As most of you aware that recently my Dad passed away. He wanted to donate every organ but based on the circumstances/situation, we could only donate his eye and skin. I had not heard about skin donation before. …

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We miss you Samir !!

Samir Shah – our dear friend and an important cog in the KV family – unexpectedly left us for his heavenly abode on Jul 11 2014. An avid runner that Samir was, he passed away while doing one of his favorite activities – training for the marathon in the wee …

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