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Movie reviews

2011-03-14T19:51:00.000+05:30

These are not posts to rate or judge a movie. Instead,what have I seen,learned,liked,loved,hated in the movie that I watched will be posted.I think nobody works to fail and in movies, people invest time,money and lives.So I feel every movie has something for those who can see that.

Pippa Passes by Robert Browing.

2011-03-14T19:44:00.002+05:30

The Year's at the spring,
and the day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing,
The snail's on the thorn,
God's in his heaven,
All's right with the world!!

The Story of duckworth and Lewis.

2011-01-22T22:24:00.002+05:30

I know how it came into existence. Here's the thing that happend,

scene1,an old english study.Camera moves for a top from the back of an desk with a grey head delved into a hardbound book.He closes it suddenly and runs out of the room.
Scene2,a grey head watching Ashes LIVE in his hall.Room's door slams open suddenly. and this man is scared to hell. 'Hey Duckworth mate,what's the matter with you?Why are u in a hurry.You look like Archemides just out of his tub when he found that solution to the famous problem'.
DW:Yes mate Levis,I think I found one.
L: For which problem? I don't mind what ever it is.Only thing I am thinking now is how to decide who wins in a rain hit match? I bit ur also thinking abt the same.boz we are such thick mates.We think alike. (a proud grin on his face)
DW:Yeah mate.I did that.I was going tru this old Indian epic called 'The Mahabharatha'.Before starting the war,both sides decide to fit only till the dusk.Once the sun sets they go back home.
L: So? What has that to do with cricket?
DW:'Match will be played only for X hours,even when the rain plays.'
L:then how do u decide the winner?
DW:After that stipulated time,we both decide the winner. somehow I felt we are like Lord Krishna.
L: Lord who?
DW:Lord krishna.U remember the name we were chanting yesterday at the Hare Krishna matt?
L:Yeah.got him. SO u mean, we will decide the winner like he did? U mean we count the number of sins each team committed and the one with lesser count after those x hours will be the winner?
DW: you got me mate.
L:But how shall we count?
DW:I read that krishna counted beetle nuts for shishupala,some demon king.
L:so we buy them this weekend?
DW: U dumb head. We count runs and wickets.But I see this little problem. God forgives a man if this heart becomes a good one even at the last breath.
L: hmmm,we are not god. so we cannot consider that heart factor. but I am loving this god thing.so u mean we are going to be GOD of cricket.? we will calcuate the winner. (A loud laugh,the kinda one that duryodhana,keechaka,Ravana and all other demon kings usually give in our movies.)

the namesake

2010-09-08T23:27:00.001+05:30

Life feels like a string of accidents,unforseen,unintended,one incident begetting another.There were things for which it was impossible to prepare but which one spent a lifetime looking back at,
trying to accept,interpret,comprehend.Things that should never have happened,that seemed out of place and wrong,
these were what prevailed,what endured,in the end.

Watch Shakira's Waka Waka(It's time for Africa)

2010-06-11T11:09:00.002+05:30

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Shakira's Waka Waka Song

2010-06-11T11:08:00.000+05:30

You're a good soldier
Choosing your battles
Pick yourself up
And dust yourself off
And back in the saddle

You're on the frontline
Everyone's watching
You know it's serious
We're getting closer
This isnt over

The pressure is on
You feel it
But you've got it all
Believe it

When you fall get up
Oh oh...
And if you fall get up
Oh oh...

Tsamina mina
Zangalewa
Cuz this is Africa

Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka Waka eh eh

Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa

Listen to your god
This is our motto
Your time to shine
Dont wait in line

Y vamos por Todo

People are raising
Their Expectations
Go on and feed them
This is your moment
No hesitations

Today's your day
I feel it
You paved the way
Believe it

If you get down
Get up Oh oh...
When you get down
Get up eh eh...

Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa

Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka Waka eh eh

Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa aa

Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka Waka eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa

India's part in FIFA World Cup 2010

2010-06-11T11:07:00.000+05:30

*Indian music composers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant also collaborated with South African singers Loyiso Bala and Eric Wainaina to record the anthem for FIFA World Cup 2010.

*Mahindra Satyam has got the deal worth 100 Million USD with FIFA for sponsoring FIFA World Cup in the IT Services Category. Mahindra Satyam is the first India IT player who has achieved the feat of associating with football, the most popular game on the earth, on such a large scale.

Listen to FIFA World Cup 2010 Theme...

2010-06-11T10:51:00.001+05:30

The song is amazing...

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FIFA WorldCup 2010 Official song Lyrics...

2010-06-11T10:49:00.000+05:30

When i get older, they'll call me freedom
Just like a Waving Flag.

[Chorus]
When I get older, I will be stronger,
They'll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag,
And then it goes back, and then it goes back,
And then it goes back

Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
but Violent prone, poor people zone,
But it's my home, all I have known,
Where I got grown, streets we would roam.
But out of the darkness, I came the farthest,
Among the hardest survival.
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,
Except no defeat, surrender retreat,

So we struggling, fighting to eat and
We wondering when we'll be free,
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day,
It's not far away, so for now we say

[Chorus]

So many wars, settling scores,
Bringing us promises, leaving us poor,
I heard them say, love is the way,
Love is the answer, that's what they say,
But look how they treat us, Make us believers,
We fight their battles, then they deceive us,
Try to control us, they couldn't hold us,
Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers.

But we struggling, fighting to eat,
And we wondering, when we'll be free
So we patiently wait, for that faithful day,
It's not far away, but for now we say,

[Chorus] 2x

(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And everybody will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And you and I will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And we all will be singing it
(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)

[Chorus] 2x

When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag,
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag
Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag

Durg Dhakoba

2010-06-06T20:40:00.000+05:30

Not known to many, this is one of the best treks in Pune. While Durg is a fort, Dhakoba is a small mountain. The scenary around the fort is simply amazing. The two are situated at the origin of Kukdi River.Standing on these two places, you can take overview of the Bhimashankar forest , Ahope and Amboli Ghat,Gorakhgad Macchindragad and siddhagad.

Distance: 130 kms
How to get there: Pune- Khopoli-Pali

Ratangad

2010-06-06T20:34:00.000+05:30

*This fort is around 400 years old and overlooks Bhandardara,one of the oldest artificial catchement area. It has a rocky peak with a cavity atop which is called Nedhe(Eye of the Needle) formed by natural erosion.
*From Bhandardara, trekk around 45 mins for the base village,Ratanwadi and start trekking towards the fort.It takes around 4 hrs in worst case to reach the top of the fort.
*Be careful on steps.

How to reach:67 kms from sangamner which is on NH-50 Pune to Nasik.

Martini Trivia

2010-06-06T20:28:00.001+05:30

* The martinis mentioned in this blog were thought up especially by Dimi Lezinska for Grey Goose when the vodka brand associated itself with BAFTA, Oscars and Cannes film festival.
* Though they aren't martinis,some of them come close. Martinis,made with gin and vermouth and garnished with an olive,can more popularly have a vodka base instead of gin. While variations are many,a standard modern martini is an approx four to one ratio,made by combining apporx two ounces(or 55ml) of gin and approx half an ouce(or 15ml)of dry vermouth.
*Martini & Rossi created Martini Rosso dry vemouth in 1863. When the drink arrived in US a bartender may have mixed some gin with the Martini brand vermouth and simply called the drink a martini.

Try this Martini - Part IV

2010-06-06T20:19:00.001+05:30

L Orange
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Descriptor: The tangy citurs flavours of Grey Goose l'Orange and Orange.

Ingredients:
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1 1/2 parts Grey Goose L'Orange
1/3 part orange curacao
1/2 part raspberry syrup
1/2 part fresh squeezed lemon juice.

Try this Martini - Part III

2010-06-06T20:16:00.001+05:30

Le Beauty Rouge
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Descriptor: As toast to fashion Grey Goose with Martini Rosso, and fresh pomegrante juice for those who sip in style.

Ingredients:
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1 1/2 parts Grey Goos
1/2 part Martini Rosso
5 leaves of fresh Rosemary
2 spoons of fresh pomegranate seeds
3ml of home made clove syrup

Try this Martini

2010-06-06T20:13:00.001+05:30

La Palme da Cannes
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A highly prized cocktail with the world's most expensive spice- saffron.
Vodka,saffron infusion,fresh strawberries and passion fruit are harmonized and poured into a chilled cocktail glass and garnished with an edible flower to create a taste experience which must be sipped and savoured.

Ingredients:
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2 1/2 parts vodka
1 part saffron syrup
1 part passion fruit puree and garnish with an edible flower.

Try these Martinis

2010-06-06T20:09:00.001+05:30

Goose d Azur
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Mix 2 Parts Vodka,1 part curacao,few drops of orange bitters and dash of sugar syrup and serve with a topping of lemon foam created using fresh locally-grown Menton lemons.

female world leaders in politics

2010-06-04T16:12:00.002+05:30

Today the world has 14 women leaders .

Name	Country	Position
Jadranka Kosor	Croatia	Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina Wajed	Bangladesh	Prime Minister
Angela Merkel	Germany	Chancellor
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf	Liberia	President
Mary McAleese	Ireland	President
Pratibha Patil	India	President
Johanna Sigurdardottir	Iceland	Prime Minister
Roza Otunbayeva	Kyrgyzstan	Interim government leader
Laura Chinchilla	Costa Rica	President
Tarja Halonen	Finland	President
Kamla Persad-Bissessar	Port of Spain	Leader of Opposition
Dalia Grybauskaite	Lithuania	President
Doris Leuthard	Swiss	President
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner	Argentina	President

2010-05-27T10:00:00.003+05:30

Ah! That I were dark and nightly! How I would suck at the breasts of light.”- Friedrich Nietzsche

2010-05-27T10:00:00.001+05:30

Like the camel is man. He kneels down and lets himself be well laden with burdens of commitments and expectations and then he says ‘Yeah! Life is hard to bear!’ But man himself is hard to bear as all he has to do is to shrug the load and gallop free.”- Friedrich Nietzsche

2010-05-27T09:59:00.005+05:30

A lion wakes up everyday and starts running after a deer to survive. A deer wakes up everyday and starts running from a lion to survive. So the point is that it does not matter whether you are a lion or a deer. You just have to keep running

2010-05-27T09:59:00.003+05:30

You close your eyes and go to sleep and the world ceases to exist. – Philosopher Schopenhauer in his book “The World as Will and Idea”

2010-05-27T09:59:00.001+05:30

There always will be a confused soul in an existing system who will think that he can change the system. The only way is to convince him otherwise is to kill him. – Ned Beatty’s character in the film “The Shooter”.

Mid-Level

2010-05-25T18:38:00.002+05:30

Mid-Level .NET Developer

Describe the difference between Interface-oriented, Object-oriented and Aspect-oriented programming.
Interface-oriented programming means defining and working strictly through interfaces.
Object-oriented programming means defining defining a program using relationships between objects a classes (inheritance, polymorphism etc.)
I’ve heard the buzz about AOP (aspect-oriented programming) but I have yet to study what exactly does it mean…
Describe what an Interface is and how it’s different from a Class.
An interface defines a contract without implementation. A class implements an interface.
What is Reflection?
Reflection is used to query .NET assemblies and types for information. It can also be used to create type instances, invoke methods and even emit .NET code at runtime (Reflection.Emit).
What is the difference between XML Web Services using ASMX and .NET Remoting using SOAP?
I’ve never used .NET remoting but I assume the difference is that remoting is not as interoperable as web services.
Are the type system represented by XmlSchema and the CLS isomorphic?
No.
Conceptually, what is the difference between early-binding and late-binding?
When using early-binding the call information is known at compile time.
When using late-binding the call information is only known at runtime.
Is using Assembly.Load a static reference or dynamic reference?
Dynamic reference.
When would using Assembly.LoadFrom or Assembly.LoadFile be appropriate?
For loading assemblies from given file or folder (such as plugins etc).
What is an Asssembly Qualified Name? Is it a filename? How is it different?
The Assembly Qualified Name contains the assembly name, version and public key token and thus allows
versioning and singing as opposed to a simple filename.
Is this valid? Assembly.Load(“foo.dll”);
No because “foo.dll” is not an assembly qualified name.
How is a strongly-named assembly different from one that isn’t strongly-named?
Strongly-named assemblies are signed using a privatepublic key pair which helps with code verification.
signed assemblies could be placed in thee GAC.
Can DateTimes be null?
No because it is a structure and not a class.
What is the JIT? What is NGEN? What are limitations and benefits of each?
JIT means Just In Time compilation which means the code is being compiled just before it is supposed to run.
This means longer startup time (because the code takes some time to compile) but more efficient compilation (since the compiler has more information about the target system etc.).
NGen is used to pre-JIT code which yields faster startup time but the compiler produces less efficient code because it has less information.
How does the generational garbage collector in the .NET CLR manage object lifetime? What is non-deterministic finalization?
It divides the objects into three generations.
The first generation is used for short lived objects and is collected often (its cheap to collect it).
The other two generations are used for longer term object.
Non-deterministic finalization means that it is not known when the object’s finalizer is called since it is called when the GC decides to collect the object and not when the object falls out of scope etc.
What is the difference between Finalize() and Dispose()?
Finalize() is called by the runtime (the GC) and Dispose() is called by the user.
How is the using() pattern useful? What is IDisposable? How does it support deterministic finalization?
The using statement defines a scope at the end of which a given object will be disposed.
Using the ‘using statement’ helps not to forget disposing of a disposable object.
IDisposable is an interface used to define a way to dispose of objects in a deterministic manner.
When the ‘using statement’ scope ends the Dispose() method is automatically called on the given object.
What does this useful command line do? tasklist /m “mscor*”
It shows all the processes that loaded a DLL with a name matching the given pattern. In this case we will see all the processes using the .NET framework.
What is the difference between in-proc and out-of-proc?
out-of-proc requires marshaling between two processes and thus slower.
What technology enables out-of-proc communication in .NET?
Remoting.
When you’re running a component within ASP.NET, what process is it running within on Windows XP? Windows 2000? Windows 2003?
The ASP.NET worker process.

James Whitaker's blog on testing...very good on

2010-05-24T12:55:00.001+05:30

http://googletesting.blogspot.com/search/label/Whittaker

The Test Test...very good page on testing as a career...

2010-05-24T12:11:00.001+05:30

http://blogs.msdn.com/alanpa/archive/2008/07/31/the-test-test.aspx