The players of the IPL (Indian Premier League) Delhi team is given the table below. The countries which they represent for international cricket is also given.
Sr. No.
Player Name
Team
Country
1
AB DeVilliers
Delhi
South Africa
2
Tilakratthne Dilshan
Delhi
Sri Lanka
3
Dinesh Karthik
Delhi
India
4
Gautam Gambhir
Delhi
India
5
Farveez Maharoof
Delhi
Sri Lanka
6
Mohd Asif
Delhi
Pakistan
7
Manoj Tiwary
Delhi
India
8
Daniel Vettori
Delhi
New Zealand
9
Virender Sehwag
Delhi
India
10
Shoaib Malik
Delhi
Pakistan
11
Glen Mcgrath
Delhi
Australia
The experiment here was to see how tables are represented in the blog. The above table was copied from a Word File in the HTML Format given.
In case the table is represented correctly then in future copying of tables is possible from Word Format to HTML Format for the purpose of representing in your blogs.
Those of you who are interested in knowing more about the IPL, the players and the team can visit my other blog at
http://www.cricket-itsallaboutcricket.blogspot.com/
The above experiment has not worked. We will need to try another method.
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Showing posts with label experiments. Show all posts
Friday, February 22, 2008
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Learning from Mistakes
This is a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others ?
He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor — a veritable sea of milk !
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said, “Robert, I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up ?” Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that ? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer ?” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.
What a wonderful lesson ! This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about.
Even if the experiment “doesn’t work,” we usually learn something valuable from it. Make mistakes, you learn from them . .. . . but never repeat mistakes . . . .
He responded that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor — a veritable sea of milk !
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said, “Robert, I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up ?” Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that ? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you prefer ?” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.
What a wonderful lesson ! This renowned scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about.
Even if the experiment “doesn’t work,” we usually learn something valuable from it. Make mistakes, you learn from them . .. . . but never repeat mistakes . . . .
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