Rojana

Thesis Defense

2006-10-23T19:58:00.000-07:00

Well the time came for the defense of Thesis.
October 23rd 2006. Eid

Defense was scheduled at 4 pm in MSEC 105. It was attended by 10 persons including Professors. Everything went OK. Presentation was cool.

Dr. Fakhimi and Dr. Mojtabai have provided some suggestions for Thesis improvement. I am supposed to start over those corrections right now.

Soda and Cookies were served. Everybody were happy with thesis and presentation. Now I am kind of feeling relaxed. Yes. Now all set to make all the corrections and then go for trip to Elko, NV.

Happy Deepawali

2006-10-22T16:27:00.000-07:00

Well we did pooja in evening starting at 6:30 pm. It was about 20-25 minutes. AFter that we had prasadam.

1. Nariyal Laddoo
2. Payasam
3. Fruit salad
4. Mango Lassi
5. Lemon Rice

After that we enjoyed firecrackers. Lots of them. We purchased the same from firecrackers shop.

Happy Deepawali

2006-10-20T12:42:00.000-07:00

I am India

2006-10-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

Malgudi Days

2006-10-16T14:12:00.000-07:00

A beautiful serial. Loved it. A very simplet Yet hundred times more interesting than nowadays serials.

Title Song

How to download video from Google video or Youtube?

2006-10-16T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here is the way:

http://javimoya.com/blog/download-videos/

This is really cool. Just provide the video URL, The site will give you the Download URL.

YOu will need FLV player to play the file. If you like MPG etc format then just download software to convert FLV file format to the MPG format.

I guess it is worth it.

School Chale Hum

2006-10-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

A very good video -produced by Bharatbala Production.

Theme Spread the word for schooling.

Schoolk Chale Hum

Yeh Jo hain Jindagi - Song Lyrics

2006-10-16T13:46:00.000-07:00

Song : Ye Jo Hai Zindagi
Singer : Kishore Kumar & Chorus
MD : Ajeet Singh
Lyr : Vinod Sharma

Ye jo hai zindagi
thodi meethi, thodi khatti
thodi teekhi, thodi feeki
phir bhi isme hans kar
jeene ka aaaa
kuchh alag hi hai mazaa.aa

ye jo hai ye jo hai zindagi

mel milte yahan anmel
sadiyon se hai yehi khel
phir bhi isme fans kar
jeene ka aaaa
kuchh alag hi hai mazaa

koi akela koi dukela
kahin sukhdukh kahin jhamela
phir bhi isme hans kar
sang sang reh kar
jeene ka aaaaa

ik alag hi hai mazaaaa

ye jo hai ye jo hai zindagi
ye jo hai zindagi....

Remembering Old Doordarshan Serials

2006-10-15T18:51:00.000-07:00

To start with I would like to Thanks. I have borrowed lots of stuff from them to prepare this list. They are listed following. For details chek their sites.

http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~sundar/tp/serial.html
www.hamarabollywood.com
www.arjunprabhu.com/blog

Aa Bail Mujhe Maar,Comedy,E,Anu Kapoor,,,,
* "Cast : Amol Palekar, Harish Patel, Ajit Vachhani"
A 15-minute show every Saturday afternoon featuring Amol Palekar as a henpecked husband who never seems to stop inviting trouble

Adha Sach Adha Jhooth, P:Rajesh Khanna, M:Pancham

Aakhari Dao
Farukh sheikh and Deepati Naval

Adalat ... A serial on Court Cases

Ados Pados,Comedy,E,Vinnie Paranjape,,,,
*"Cast:Amol Palekar", "P& D Sai Paranjape"
A Sai Paranjpe sitcom about a bunch of neighbours in a chawl, featuring her typical group of Maharashtrian actors like Arun Joglekar. Not bad.

Air hostess,Drama,S,
Kitu Gidwani plays an air hostess on this show. She's a cutie
*Director : Vinod Pande

Aisa Bhi Hota hain,Reality,E,,,,,
"Anchor : Monika Laal"

Alice in Wonderland, L:Gulzar

Anand

Appu Aur Pappu: The 1984 Asian Games were held in New Delhi, and the mascot was Appu the Elephant. You guys remember Appu Ghar? Theme parks were a novelty at the time. The Jantar Mantar was also an associated logo, wasn't it? A lot of kids in my class spent a lot of time trying to make sure THEIR picture of Appu the Elephant was closest to the actual mascot. Appu Aur Pappu is a show from the mid- to late 80s involving a shikari (played by a magaan yinsaan whose name I forget - but he was a regular fixture on all the Delhi-based TV shows, and might have even featured in Ramayan and Mahabharat in one role or the other. He was definitely in Ramayan. Mahabharat had a higher production value and sucked a lot less.) who rescues a baby elephant named Appu. Shikariji adopts the pachyderm so that he can find a playmate for his son Pappu. Is it my imagination, or did the show have a detective bent to it? As in, Little Kid and Pet Elephant Solve Crimes? I'm sure there were poachers ALL the time on this show, threatening the elephant's life. This show was on Sunday mornings. The title song:

Appu aur Pappu ki dekho yaari
Kitni pyaari, kitni nyaari
Appu aur Pappu, Pappu aur Appu
Appu aur Pappu!

Bahadur Shah Zafar
- B.R.Chopra

Banate Bigadte, Paresh Rawal, Reeta Bhaduri, Rakesh Chaudhary

Basera
Mehmood as a lead role and Channa Ruparel.
Story about Tenants

Babaji ka bioscope (used to come on sunday morning , it was a show for kids)

Baigan raja(Childrens' Programme)

Bharat Ek Khoj,Historical,ED,Om Puri,,,,
"Director:Shyam Benegal"

Buniyaad,Drama,S,Alok Nath
"Director : Ramesh Sippy"

Byomkesh Bakshi

Chanakya,Historical,S,Dr. Chandra Shekhar
"Cast: Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, Dinesh Shakul", "P & D : Dr.
Dwivedi"

Chandrakanta
Nirja Guleri (Made khichdi of story) Yakku

Chhoti Badi Baatein,Comedy,E,Ashok Saraf
"Cast : Sulabha and Arvind Deshpande, Babloo Mukherjee"

Chunauti ,Youth,S,
Cast : "Rajeev Verma, Ajeet Vachhani"
Music : Sapan Jagmohan Director :Rakesh Chaudhari, Prod : Samvaad
Title : Man ek seepi hai, asha moti hai har pal jeevan ka ek chunauti hai Singer : Amit Kumar

Chunni: a story of two friends turned into foes set against the backdrop of Punjab,produced by B.R. Chopra

Chitrahaar

Chayageet

Circus,Drama,S,
Cast : Shahrukh, Renuka Shahane, Pawan Malhotra

Cricket with Mohinder Amarnath

Daane Anaar Ke,Family,E,Shailendra Yadav
Cast : Shailendra, Neena Gupta, Ajit Vachhani"
Music : Vishal Lyrics : Gulzar
Title : Kissa hai kahani hai paheli hai, zindagi ye moosa ki saheli hai"

Darpan - Serial showing stories
Title music

Dekh Bhai Dekh,Comedy,E,
Directed by Anand Mahendroo
Produced by Sarasvati A & V (Jaya Bachchan)
"Cast: Shekhar Suman, Naveen Nishchol, Fareeda Jalaal, Bhavna, Deven Bhojani, Liliput"
Title : Is rang badalti dunia me kya tera hai kya mera hai.. dekh bhai dekh..

Dada dadi ki kahaniya (used to come on sunday evening). Short stories for kids.Starring : Leela mausi aka Leela Mishra.

Dil Dariya(1990)
Shahrukh Khan as the lead role.Story about pre and post partition

Doosra kewal(1989)
Another Shahrukh khan serial.

Ek dil Hazaar Afsane

Ek Do Teen Char,Children,E,
Title : Ek do teen char, chaaro mil ke saath chale to karde chamatkar

Ek Kahaani,Literature,ED,
Anchor and Director Manju Singh
Debute serial of Pallavi Joshi

Ek Kahani Aur Mili, D:Gulzar

Ek tara bole,Stories

Farmaan,
starring Kanwaljit singh, Raja Bundela

Faster Fene

Fauji,Youth,S,Shahrukh Khan
P & D : Colonel Kapoor

Fool Khile hain gulshan gulshan
Host: Tabassum

Flop Show,Comedy,E,
Cast : Jaspal Bhatti, Vivek Shouq, Savita Bhatti
P & D : Jaspal Bhatti

Giant Robot
- Cartoon (Japenese dubbed in hindi)

Guchchhe

Guniram (”Guniram bhai guniram aa pahuche bambai dham”)

Gul Gulshan Gulfaam,Drama,S,Pareekshit Sahani
Cast : Pankaj Berry
Producer : Cinevista

Hum Log,Drama,S,
Cast : "Vinod Nagpal, Jayashree, Seema Bhargave, Rajesh Joshi, Renuka Israni, Divya Seth, Abhinav Chaturvedi, Kaamia Malhotra"
Producer : Doordarshan
Director : P Kumar Vasudev
Writer Manohar Shyam Joshi
Title : Aaiye haath uthaayein hum bhi.. hum bhi
Music : Anil Biswas
Wikipedia IMDB

He Man & Masters of Universe
- Cartoon (Any one with audio Clip…..????)

Hello Zindagi,Current Affairs,E,
anchor : Nalini Singh
Title Music and Singer : Jagjeet Singh
Title song : Hai lau zindagi, zindagi noor hai magar isme jalne ka dastoor hai

Himaalay darshan

History of Man
- Cartoon

Honee Anhonee - on super natural powers/ past life

Hum Paanchi Ek chaal Ke

Idhar Udhar,Comedy,E,"Deena Pathak, Supriya"
Cast include Ratna Shah, Ravi Vasvaani
Directed by Anand Mahendroo

Indradhanush,Sci-Fi,S,
Cast : Karan Johar (as Apu) and Akshay Anand
Directed by Anand Mahendroo

Intezar
The message of this serial was a mother waiting for her seperated son.This serial was exclusively shot on railway platform. The main characters were Rajendra Gupta,Sangeeta Naik,Pawan Malhotra etc.

Isi Bahane Directed by Anand Mahendroo
Isi Bahane,Drama-Comedy,"KJ,KTS, Mazhar Khan, Supriya, Ratna Pathak,
Sushmita Mukherjee, Liliput",late 80s,Anand Mahendroo

Jamai Raja,Comedy,E,
Directed by Anant Mahadevan

Jantar Mantar-starrring Vikram Gokhale

Kab Tak Pukaroon,Literature,S,Pankaj Kapoor
Directed by Sudheer Mishra

Kabir, Anu Kapoor, Anil Chaudhary

Kaka Ji kahin
- Om Puri (Chewing Pan and his Bihari Tone - Ka Kahat ho Kaka Ji), Shail Chatuervedi, Basu Chatterjee (satire)

Karam Chand,Detective,E,Pankaj Kapoor
Cast "Sushmita Mukherji, Deepak Qazir"
Directed by Pankaj Parashar
Music : Either Kersy Lord or Lesley lewis

Kashmakash - Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Javed Jaffery and Ali Khan

Katha Saagar,Literature,ED,
Producer : Cinevista

Khandaan,Drama,S,Jayant Kripalani
Directed by Sreedhar Kshirsagr
starring : Neena Gupta , Mohan Bhandari. This serial started the trend of mega family serials.

Khali Haath, Madan Jain

Khel Khel Mein

Khilti kaliyan-Adult Education Programme

Khoj, Suspence, Crime (Raat ko aata tha)

Kirdaar, Om Puri, D:Gulzar

Mulla Naseerudin,Literature,E,Raghuvir Yadav
Directed by Aman Allana

Kile Ka Rahasya,Mystery,E,
Directed by Seema Kapoor

Kshitij Yeh Nahin: a serial by late Actress Durga Khote on widow remarriage, it had an excellent performance by Supriya Pilgaonkar(the lady later on wasted in Tu Tu Main Main.)

Lohit Kinare
- Had title score from famous Assamese singer Bhupen Hazarika.??? is that correct????
(Short Stories)

Malgudi Days
- R.K.Narayan, Manjunath AKA Swami

Mamaji
Deven Verma.
Another Tenant story

Mirza Ghalib , based on the life of legendary poet/shayar Mirza Assadullah Khan Ghalib. Starring : Naseeruddin Shah , directed by : Gulzar.

Mitti ke rang based on short stories written by Mr. Mohan Rakesh

Mr. Yogi
- Mohan Gokhale - Yogesh Ishwarlal Patel AKA Y.I.Patel AKA Mr. Yogi
- Om Puri - Narrator
(satire on weddings)

Mrugnayani based on a novel written by Mr. Vrindavanlal Varma. Starring : Pallavi Joshi,Mohan Bhandari

Mungerilal ke haseen Sapne - Raghuvir Yadav

Muzrim Hazir hai

Nayi Dishayen - Vivek Vasvani as a drug addict.

Neem Ka Ped

Neev - About these kids living in a hostel

Nirmala written by Legandary Munshi Premchand (original name Dhanpat rai) , starring : preeti khare.

Nukkad - Mast serial

Nupur - with Hema Malini and Shekhar Kapur

Office Office
Pankaj Kapoor

Pachpan Khambe Laal Diwarein - with Meeta Vashisht Aman verma as Neel.

Palash ke phool

PARAM VIR CHAKRA

Parivartan (with Bina (Pradeep Kumar's daughter) as the matriach of a rich family)

Phatichar (”arrey yaar phatichar tu itna emotional kyu hai yaar?”)
Pankaj Kapoor

Philips top 10 (with pankaj kapoor & satish kaushik- of “vadda aaun?” fame)

Phir wahi Talash , starring : Ashwini Kumar , Neelima Azim, S.M. Zaheer .
Story about a village boy who comes to city for pursuing some professional degree and falls in love with the daughter of flat owner. quite a sentimental story.

Potali Baba Ki

Pratham PratiShruti

Quiz Time
- Siddartha Basu (Tan ki Shakti Man ki Shakti Bournvita) – (Quz Show)

Raja aur Rancho

Rajni
- Priya Tendulkar (Women rights)

Rangoli - Sunday Morning Songs

Rath chakra

Sauda: A classic story made by B.R.Chopra/Ravi Chopra

Sanjha Chulha

Shrikant

Sinhasan Battisi
Supposed to show 32 episodes - one for each doll on King's Sinhasan. But they just stopped after 11 episodes

Space City Sigma

Spider Man
- Cartoon (Spider Man... Spider Man does whatever spider can....)

Stone Boy

Street hawk
(english serial dubbed in hindi by the ddmetro)

Subah
Salim Gouse, Prem, R.D.Burman - Musical Score (Social issues)

Sukanya-Natasha Sinha and Harish Bhimani

Sunil Gavaskar Presents
- Sunil Gavaskar (Cricket)

Suraag
(soodesh berry)

Surubhi
Siddharth Kak and Renuka Sahane

Swavlamban-How to be self independent.

Tamas based on a novel written by Bhishm Sahani (brother of actor Balraj Sahani), starring : Om Puri, Deepa Sahi.

Tehkikaat
(vijay anand(dev anand brother))

Tiger (DD Metro - Kitu Gidwani)

The Adventures of Baron Trenck: A miniseries consisting of hour-long episodes, based on the two volumes The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck by Friedrich Freiherr von der Trenck. Even though I understood very little of the political climate of the mid-18th century from this show, and even though it was on at some ridiculously late hour (midnight, I think, for a reason), we would often stay up for the costumes - boobs that seemed to overflow, excessive cleavage, and women who, we thought, for some reason had opened umbrellas inside their skirts. Aired late Tuesday nights.

The Disney Show
- Micky, Donald Duck

The Sword of Tipu Sultan -
Sanjay Khan (almost burnt him to death)

Tehreer Munshi Premchand Ki [Director Gulzar]

Tenaliram

Thoda Saa aasman:Excellent performances by Nadira and Deepti Naval and a unique story of feminist revolution.

Turning Point
- Girish Karnad or Naseerudin Shah.?????? (Was about Science)

The World This Week
- Prannoy Roy (news Mag)

Udaan
Main cast-Lalita Choudhary,Vikram Gokhale,Uttara Baokar.

Vikram Betal , based on adventures of king of Ujjayaini , Vikramaditya and a ghost Betal. Starring : Arun Govil and veteran movie actor Sajjan.

Wah Janaab featuring Shekhar Suman

Wagle Ki Duniya: a satirical commedy produced by Durga Khote on modern society.

Yatra(1986)
This entire serial was based on the journey on Indian Railways.I think the message was how railways contribute to the national integration.Om Puri as the main anchor traverses the length of the country from Kanyakumari to Jammu.

Yeh jo hai zindagi , this was the first hit comedy serial. this serial gave fame to so many actors.Starring : satish shah, shafi inamdar, rakesh bedi , swaroop sampat, vijay kashyap, sulbha arya, tiku talsaniya

Zabhan Sambhal ke

Ramayana

2006-10-15T18:14:00.000-07:00

Doordarshan Oldie Goldie - Nostalgia

2006-10-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

Just Audio -> audio

MIT version:

SareGamaPa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_ZFshT_34

Baje Sargam Har Taraf Se - audio

Mahabharat Intro

Mahabharat War Song

Mahabharat last samay time

Mahabharat scene from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV_hCiCk53k

Fauji Serial (Title Music) - audio

A scene:

One More Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LZ7l7nwU60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghNdEMHipkI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSmd6cWuEnk

Mowgli - Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hain Pata chala hain - audio

Bharat Ek Khoj - audio

Ek Chidiya Anek Chidiya -

Free 411 calls

2006-10-15T17:18:00.000-07:00

Hi friends,

You might wonder that how to use the 411 service i.e. Directory service without paying for it. So I am just providing you a info about it.

Dial 1-800-FREE-411

What is 411?

It is directory service? If you call this number from your cell you will be charged? So WHy pay if you can get it for free. Only catch is that you need to litsen a 10 second advertisement.

www.free411.com

Secret combinations Logos

2006-10-14T22:55:00.000-07:00

Myth, Legend and Facts about an Owl

2006-10-14T22:33:00.000-07:00

The Twilight Zone (The Obsolete Man)

2006-10-10T20:17:00.000-07:00

ECHELON - a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network

2006-10-10T17:49:00.000-07:00

ECHELON is a name used to describe a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network run by the UKUSA Community (otherwise described as the "Anglo-Saxon alliance") that has been reported by a number of sources including, in 2001, a committee of the European Parliament (EP report^[1]). According to some sources ECHELON can capture radio and satellite communications, telephone calls, faxes, e-mails and other data streams nearly anywhere in the world and includes computer automated analysis and sorting of intercepts.

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/46776/
Echelon_The_Most_Secret_Spy_System_130M.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

Secret Society - Video

2006-10-10T13:06:00.000-07:00

Part 1:

Part2:

Part 3:

Secret Societies

2006-10-10T12:43:00.000-07:00

Knight Templar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_templar

Illuminati

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati

Free Mason

Bilderberg Group

The Bilderberg Group or Bilderberg conference is an unofficial annual conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of business, academia, media, or politics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg

Scroll and Key

The Scroll and Key Society was established by John Addison Porter and others at Yale University in 1842. "Keys," as it is known informally, is incorporated as the Kingsley Trust Association. Each year, the Society's members tap 15 members of the junior class to succeed them. Members meet Thursday and Sunday nights during their senior year in the Society's ornate, windowless "tomb," a Moorish temple built in 1869 and designed by noted Beaux-Arts Richard Morris Hunt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_and_Key

Council on Foreign Relations (Considered by many as Secret society)

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American foreign policy think tank New York City. It describes itself as being "dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy," and accomplishes this mainly by promoting constructive, closed debates and discussions, clarifying world issues through research and analysis, and publishing the noted journal Foreign Affairs and related content online.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations
www.cfr.org

Future Car - Hydrogen cell

2006-10-10T12:40:00.000-07:00

Send SMS through EMail..

2006-10-10T12:36:00.000-07:00

SMS through E-Mail: Cingular, Nextel, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Virgin Mobile

T-Mobile:phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile:phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular:phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint:phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number

Or use:
http://teleflip.com/services/servicesmain.htm

China Town

2006-10-08T17:08:00.000-07:00

What a movie man?

Rally loved the movie, acting and beautiful music. I am really loving the music till now. Damn Good.

Here is the link.
http://www.vh1.com/movies/movie/6034/29629/soundtrack_info.jhtml

I loved the Love Theme a lot. What a beautiful music.

The way you look tonight - Frank Sinatra

2006-10-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

Some day, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you...
And the way you look tonight.

Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.

Lovely ... Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it ?
'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.

Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm,

Just the way you look to-night.

Line of Liar

2006-10-07T16:42:00.000-07:00

Where to Invest 401 K?

2006-10-06T21:50:00.000-07:00

This is kind of issue comes in front of everybody start joining job. I am going to join a job. SO just was looking around for information about this that WHat the hack is this?

Looked around some blogs etc.

1. Max your employer match in your 401(k)
2. Max your Roth IRA
3. Remaining funds put in your 401(k)

http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2006/01/19/intro-to-401k-part-1/

http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2006/01/26/intro-to-401k-part-2/

http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2006/03/02/401k-redux/

Why 401(k)?

Taxes: you don’t have to pay federal income taxes on contributions made to your 401(k). Taxes are only paid when you finaly begin withdrawing money, after that money has been compounding for you. The Wikipedia article on 401k is a great read that covers the tax benifits particularly well.
Employer Match: If you have a decent employer, they will match some part of your contribution. Can you say “Free Money”? We’ll cover some examples of employer matching below.

God Exists

2006-10-05T07:23:00.000-07:00

This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen: A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.

As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:

"I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children?

If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things." The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist." "How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" . "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me."

"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help. That's! why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

Nice blogs

2006-09-26T22:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.mymoneyblog.com/
http://www.stopbuyingcrap.com/
http://www.creditslips.org/ - Discussions on Credit & Bankruptcy
http://pubcit.typepad.com/

Rubaroo Roshani ... Rubaroo Jindagi

2006-07-18T16:53:00.000-07:00

What a movie? Well Yes I did watched this very late. But yaar this is very touching movie. I really liked it. 10/10.

Am Kind of emotional and last scenes were really touching. The director is awesome. A movie with message.

A very brilliant movie with brilliant acting by one and all. All the best credits to all. All trhe word of praises for all the crew. A very nice gift to Bollywood viewer.

Keep it up.

Good guide for understanding retirement accounts

2006-07-13T18:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/archives/2006/05/the_worlds_easi.html

Nice piece of article. I really liked it.

Very simple and straightforward to understand 401 (k) plan and ROTH IRA.

Nice guide

Cool Websites links

2006-07-09T10:20:00.000-07:00

Courtsey: www.nevblog.com

- www.engadget.com - Gadgets and junk
- www.gizmag.com - Probably my favorite technology site.
- www.gizmodo.com - Gadgets and junk
- www.hackaday.com - I come across a lot of underground technology through this site.
- www.luxist.com - Luxury things, new trends.
- www.techcrunch.com - Technology related news, mostly about how "Web 2.0" no-revenue websites keep getting funding. However they always manage to report the LATEST tech news.

www.business-opportunities.biz - Business blog aggregation site. Stumble across some nice articles time to time.

www.entrepreneurs-journey.com - Yaro from Down Under talks about his business experiences....although lately he has changed his format to "Blogging about Blogging" which I'm not a fan of. He has managed to financial support himself with his own ventures, so I admire that.

www.okdork.com - Noah Kagan documents his own biz journey. I've actually met up with Noah when he came to Austin a while ago where we met at a coffee shop near the UT Campus. The second after we shook hands and said hello, he proceeded to find a magazine to read in the bathroom....then disappeared for a very, very long time while I waited. His website is different, kind of immature and I've got a feeling Noah will jump into all sorts of wacky internet ventures and at some point hit it big.

www.howtobepoor.com - Max documents some of his side projects in a personal finance style blog. One of the few blogs I still read time to time because 1.) It's different and 2.) He can actually think of a money-making idea and implement it himself because he's also a great programmer. I wish I could program.

www.blogmaverick.com - I think it's INCREDIBLY REFRESHING to read a blogger who has actually "Been there, done that." Generally advice and opinions on the internet are dispensed by people who have never had any direct experience with what they're talking about.....like those people who become millionaires only by writing a book ABOUT becoming a millionaire. Their advice will rarely help anyone. Mark Cuban however is a a busy-billionaire and still bangs out a great blog!

July 5th 2006

2006-07-05T18:30:00.000-07:00

This day also went same style.

Went to ISD gave the Defensive Driving Test certificate. Caroll was not present. She was on leave. Next went to Grad Office, met with Debbie Wallace , This was about OPT. I have to go tommorrow morning to meet her in her office again to get OPT form back from her

Got mails from Post office and back. Did some purchasing at Smiths- Brade, vegetable, ect.

Planning to work on writing macro in VBA, let see...

July 4th 2006

2006-07-05T18:27:00.000-07:00

What a day was this?

1. Italy won and Germany lost 2-0. I was supporting Germany. Well both played very well.
2. North Korea test fired 3 missiles first and then 4 more
3. It rained in Socorro, I enjoyed the natural shower.
4. In evening enjoyed annual fire cracker by EMRTC team. I went along with Raghav, Justin, Kirana and Sushama

So lots of events in a single day.

Rung De Butterr - Krrish ke sang

2006-07-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

3 tips for salesmen to succeed

2006-07-01T16:33:00.000-07:00

To succeed, a salesperson must have:

The hide of a rhino, to withstand constant rejection;

The stamina of a cheetah, to keep chasing a deal after all the others have given up, and;

The persistence of a hyena, to never take "no" for an answer;

Microsoft Outlook: Reminder of send email

2006-07-01T14:40:00.000-07:00

Do u forget to mention subject while writing an official mail and feel bad later??????? very common situation. Just follow the simple steps mentioned below and see the result, to ensure
it next time.

Here below are the steps
1. Open your outlook
2. Press Alt+F11. This opens the Visual Basic editor
3. On the Left Pane, one can see "Microsoft Outlook Objects" or
"Project1", expand this. Now one can see the "ThisOutLookSession

".
4. Double click on "ThisOutLookSession". It will open up a code pane.

5. Copy and Paste the following code in the right pane.(Code Pane)

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim strSubject As String
strSubject = Item.Subject
If Len(Trim(strSubject)) = 0 Then
Prompt$ = "Subject is Empty. Are you sure you want to send the Mail?"
If MsgBox (Prompt$, vbYesNo + vbQuestion + vbMsgBoxSetForeground, "Check for Subject") = vbNo Then
Cancel = True
End If
End If
End Sub
=======

Here it is. Now it won't sent blank mail/forward/reply at all. :-)

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)

Dim strSubject As String

strSubject = Item.Subject

If Len(Trim(strSubject)) = 0 Or Trim(strSubject) = "FW:" Or Trim(strSubject)
= "RE:" Then
Prompt$ = "Subject is Empty."
If MsgBox(Prompt$, vbOKOnly + vbQuestion + vbMsgBoxSetForeground,
"Error") Then
Cancel = True
End If
End If

End Sub

6. Save this and now close the VB Code editor and take a breath. From now
on, this macro will make sure you do not make the mistake of sending a
mail without a subject.

Does any1 know similar code for lotus notes?

First ever drive

2006-06-30T18:23:00.000-07:00

On June 28th 2006, I have travelled for the very first time driving myself. Well this is kind of nice thing to share with you all. On June 27th I recieved my Driving Licence. On the same day I also recieved Defensive Driving Certificate.

Journey on June 28th started from morning 7:00 am. It was me and Justin. We travelled from Socorro to C&E Concrete Inc. Limestone quarry at Grants.

Well to start with what is special about this. Truly speaking I am very new to Driving. I have never ever driven earlier before alone. In India I have never driven. Apart from that I have just recieved my Driving Licence just a day before. And also the Defensive Driving Test as mentioned above. And above all the one main thing is that my very first driving vehicle was Ford Pickup - A big vehicle. Yes dear it is very big.

http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/superduty/

Now one that it is big and also I am new driver so day before trip I drove a lot to get the feel of Truck.

Well journey was kind of pretty cool. We took brakes in our journey and it was kind of cool. I actually drove on slow speed, say 5 mph less than the speed limit. So it was kind of nice. No big hurry.

Night before journey I was kind of lill bit scared. I was just thinking about the journey. But by the grace of God everything went smooth.

Windows Media Photo out to beat JPEG?

2006-06-15T00:07:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has announced a new still image format called Windows Media Photo (with a WDP file extension). According to their white paper this new format offers compression ratios close to JPEG-2000 but with the computational requirements of JPEG (smaller files with the same image quality). The use of new algorithms are also claimed to reduce the visibility of 'objectionable spatial artifacts' (those mosquito JPEG artifacts). Windows Media Photo supports a wide range of image formats including both fixed and floating point numerical representations (think wide dynamic range), various color spaces, metadata (including EXIF) and even transparency. This new format will be supported in Windows Vista when it arrives and will be made available for Windows XP, there has been no word yet of support for the format in any hardware devices

Check this link for more detail.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0605/06052901windowsmediaphoto.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/wmphoto/default.aspx

Beauty of Maths

2006-06-15T00:06:00.000-07:00

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Movie Season

2006-06-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

Hi

It has been quite a long time that I have in reality blogged some stuff over here. Last semester i.e. Spring 2006 went pretty nice. Got lot of knowledge and good grades too.

Now in summer I am working on my Thesis work. Whenever I got time now I am exploring the net for unseen movies whether Hindi or English.

From last some days I had watched lot's of movies. I am trying to recall all the movies which I had watched till today and keep on updating as I am watching.

1. Indiana Jones (1, 2 & 3) 8.0
2. Back to Future (1, 2, & 3) 7.2
3. Chicken Little 7.5
4. The Chronicles of Narnia 8.0
5. Big Momma's House 2 7.5
6. Pitch Black - Chronicles of Riddick 5.0
7. Labyrinth 5.0
8. Da Vinci Code 6.5
9. Mission Impossible 3 7.5
10. Ice Age - The Meltdown 7.2
11. Eight Below 8.2
12 Notting Hill 8.0
13. X-Men: The Last Stand 6.3
14. Fantastic Four 6.5
15. Sahara 6.9
16. The Legend of Zoro 7.2
17. The Count of Monte Cristo 7.5
18. Easy Rider 7.0
19. Pale Rider 7.2
20. Lassie 7.8
21. Master and Commander: The Far side of world 8.0
22. The Italian Job - 1969 7.0
23. The Pink Panther- 2006 6.8
24. The Goonies 6.4
25. Medicine Man 7.4
26. Date 3.0
27. Firewall 6.8
28. Inside Man 7.0
29. Syriana 9.0
30. Serenity 4.7
31. 36 China Town 4.5
32. Phir Hera Pheri 7.6
33. Mr & Mrs. Smith 6.3
34. The Fast and The Furious 6.6
35. Kingdom of Heaven 7.0
36. Excalibur 5.5
37. The Hulk 5.6
38. Beverly Hills Cops 6.3
39. Hollow Man II 6.5
40. Big Fish 9.5
41. Lethal Weapon 1,2,3,4 7.2
42. United 93 6.2
43. American Beauty 4.4
44. American History 4.0
45. Hitch 6.0
46. The Firm 6.7
47. Jerry Mcguire 7.0
48. Catch Me If You Can 7.5
49. Escape from Alcatraz 6.8
50. Taxi Driver 7.2
51. Crimson Tide 7.2
52. Fanaa 8.2
53. The Usual Suspect 7.7
54. L.A. Confidential 8.2
55. Superman 1978 6.7
56. Trainspotting 4.6
57. To Kill a Mocking Bird 7.0
58. Rain Man 7.5
59. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 7.2
60. Shrek 2 7.0
61. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrel 5.0
62. Chup Chupke 6.1
63. Unforgiven 6.4
64. GoodFellas 7.2
65. As Good As It Gets 8.8
66. Superman Returns 6.2
67. Drohkaal 7.8
68. The Breed 5.6
69. Krrish 7.1
70. Sin City 6.5
71. Snatch 6.2
72. Ocean Eleven 7.0
73. Manufacturing Consent: Prof. Naom Chomsky 8.8
74. Golmaal 10.0
75. Top Gun 7.6
76. The Core 7.2
77. Saving Private Ryan 8.6
78. Bourne Supremacy 8.6
79. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 6.4
80. Pirates of Carrebaen: Dead Man's Chest 8.8
81. Rang De Basanti 10
82. Mr. Deeds 6.4
83. Holes 7.7
84. Lawrence of Arabia 8.8
85. Scarface 7.2
86. I,Robot 7.0
87. There's Something About Mary 7.0
88. Fight Club 7.2
89. Indian in the cupboard 5.6
90. Dances with Wolves 6.6
91. Blue Streak 6.9
92. House of Wax 5.4
93. Gomaal - Fun Unlimited 6.4
94. The Sting 8.4
95. HellBoy 6.5
96. Layer Cake 6.7
97. The Thief Lord 6.8
98. The 13th Warrior 7.6
99. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid 7.6 - Wild Wild West
100. Lost in Translation 8.1 - Tokyo - Man and lady from US feels lost in Tokyo
101. Angoor 9.5 - Comedy of errors - twins
102. The Fast and The Furious - Tokyo Drift 6.9 - Cars
103. V for Vendetta 8.2
104. Three 4.5
105. Oil Factor - A documentary 7.2
106. Omkara 7.4
107. Stealth 6.7
108. Once upon a time in America 7.0 Biggest Hollywood movie I have seen. 3:43 minutes
109. The Island 6.2
110. Kung Fu Hustle 8.4
111. Pirates of Silicon Valley 6.2
112. Troy 7.8
113. Chaos 6.6
114. Leon - The Professional 6.2
115. The Warrior5.2
116. Domino 5.2
117. Se7en 6.6
118. Bandidas 5.8
119. Spy Game 6.7
120. Lucky Number Slevin 7.1
121. Dragon Tiger Gate 5.2
122. Panic Room 6.6
123. Choti Si Baat 7.7
124. Don - Amitabh Bacchan 7.7
125. The Litsening 6.0
126. District 13 6.6
127. Lady in the Water 5.6
128. Hard Corps 5.0
129. Brothers Grimm 6.6
130. I am a sex addict 5.0
131. Animal House 5.2
132. The Illusionist 7.8
133. O Brother! Where Art Thou 6.2
134. In Hell 6.0
135. Sisterhood of travelling pants 6.2
136. The Secret Garden 6.8
137. It's a wonderful life (1946) 10.0
138. Lage Raho Munnabhai 9.6 Sept,10 2006
139. Darwaza Band Rakho 5.6
140. Apocalypse Now 7.3
141. The Princes Bride 7.6
142. Being John Malkovich 6.5
143. Monty Python and the holy grail 5.2
144. Kill Bill Vol I and II
145. House of flying dagger 7.8
146. Virtigo 8.3
147. Tootsie 6.9
148. Die Hard 1,2,3 7.2
149. The Great Escape 7.7
150. 2001: Space Odyssey 7.9
151. Chashme Buddor 8.3
152. Stand by Me 6.6
153. Falling down 6.2
154. The Conversation 7.4
155. The Sentinel 7.3
156. Ghostbuster 2 5.6
157. Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomby 7.4
158. Toy Story 6.9
159. Sunset Boulevard 8.1
160. Midnight Express 5.7
161. The Big Labowski
162. Gold Finger (007) 7.2
163. Diamonds are forever (007) 6.7
164. From Russia With Love (007) 6.5
165. The Full Monty 5.1
166. Touch of Evil 6.4
167. Licence to Kill (007) 6.0
168. Timeline 6.8
169. The Killing 8.0
170. The Medallion 6.4
171. The Man with the Golden Gun (007) 7.0
172. Ran 8.0
173. Thunderball (007) 8.8
174. The Time Machine 7.0
175. Naksha 4.8
176. Octopussy (007) 7.8
177. Charade 8.0
178. Strombreaker 7.1
179. Khosla Ka Ghosla 8.6
180. Never Say Never Again (Unofficial 007) 7.2
181. Beowulf & Grendel 8.0
182. Moonraker (007) 8.4
183. On her Majest's Secret Service (007)
184. Dr. No (007) 7.5
185. The Angrez 7.7
186. Chinatown 9.7
187. You Only Live Twice (007) 8.3
188. Twelve Monkeys 7.5
189. Live and Let Die (007) 8.4
190. The Departed 8.6 - 200th Movie
191. Rear Window 8.8
192. North by Northwest 9.3
193. The Spy Who Loved Me (007) 8.3
194. For Your Eyes Only (007) 6.1
195. The Neverending Story 6.2
196. Delicatessen 5.1
197. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
198. The Living Daylights (007) 7.2
199. Toy Story-2 8.4
200. Harvey 8.6
201. The Doom Generation
202. Pi 5.8
203. Confession of The Dangerous Mind 6.8 Oct 18 2006
204. A View To Kill (007) 7.6
205. Casablanca 7.8
206. The Third Man 6.8
207. Magnolia 6.8

Nice one

2006-06-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

2006-04-14T17:53:00.000-07:00

Hello this is a beatutiful video about German Engineer obsessed with Bollywood song.

India v/s England 3rd ODI - Dhoni Sixer

2006-04-04T13:56:00.000-07:00

Here are words of Graham Gooch from rediffmail.com article about Dhoni 'unbelievable' sixer

Dhoni missed a shot and 'keeper Geraint Jones threw down the stumps. The batsmen promptly ran a single and seeing Jones still on his haunches, they scampered back for another single -- or two leg-byes with the ball very much around the three stumps! The game's daddies will also debate how best to describe the six which Dhoni converted out of a yorker. It was madness at high noon.

Hu Jinto's virtue list

2006-03-17T17:04:00.000-08:00

Love, do not harm the motherland.

Serve, don't disserve the people.

Uphold science; don't be ignorant & unenlightened.

Work hard; don't be lazy and hate work.

Be united and help each other; don't gain benefits at the expense of others.

Be honest and trustworthy, not profit-mongering at the expense of your values.

Be disciplined and law-abiding instead of chaotic and lawless.

Know plain living and hard struggle, do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures.

Mahashivratri pooja

2006-03-12T19:04:00.000-08:00

South Africa v/s Australia- Historic Match

2006-03-12T18:26:00.000-08:00

What a match man? Once in lifetime of Cricket.. Thats what I can say..

Long live memories of this match.. I do not want to miss scorecard of this match so this thread is dedicated to this..

ODI # 2349
Australia in South Africa, 2005-06, 5th One-Day International
South Africa v Australia
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
12 March 2006 (50-over match)

Result: South Africa won by 1 wicket
Series: South Africa wins the 5-ODI series 3-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and BG Jerling
TV Umpire: KH Hurter
Match Referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Man of the Match: HH Gibbs and RT Ponting
Player of the Series: SM Pollock (SA)

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Hall             b Telemachus          55  68  44  9 0
SM Katich             c Telemachus       b Ntini               79 138  90  9 1
*RT Ponting           c Dippenaar        b Telemachus         164 154 105 13 9
MEK Hussey            c Ntini            b Hall                81  75  51  9 3
A Symonds             not out                                  27  23  13  3 1
B Lee                 not out                                   9  13   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 5, nb 10)                       19
Total                 (4 wickets, 50 overs, 234 mins)         434

DNB: DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis.

FoW: 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov),
   3-374 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-407 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ntini                        9      0     80      1 (1w)
Hall                        10      0     80      1 (2nb)
van der Wath                10      0     76      0 (1nb, 1w)
Telemachus                  10      1     87      2 (7nb, 3w)
Smith                        4      0     29      0
Kallis                       6      0     70      0
Kemp                         1      0      8      0

South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs)           R   M   B  4 6
*GC Smith             c Hussey           b Clarke              90 100  55 13 2
HH Dippenaar                             b Bracken              1   6   7  0 0
HH Gibbs              c Lee              b Symonds            175 142 111 21 7
AB de Villiers        c Clarke           b Bracken             14  43  20  1 0
JH Kallis                            c & b Symonds             20  22  21  1 0
+MV Boucher           not out                                  50  79  43  4 0
JM Kemp               c Martyn           b Bracken             13  20  17  0 0
JJ van der Wath       c Ponting          b Bracken             35  20  18  1 3
R Telemachus          c Hussey           b Bracken             12  10   6  2 0
AJ Hall               c Clarke           b Lee                  7   9   4  1 0
M Ntini               not out                                   1   3   1  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4)                   20
Total                 (9 wickets, 49.5 overs, 228 mins)       438

FoW: 1-3 (Dippenaar, 1.2 ov), 2-190 (Smith, 22.1 ov),
   3-284 (de Villiers, 30.5 ov), 4-299 (Gibbs, 31.5 ov),
   5-327 (Kallis, 37.4 ov), 6-355 (Kemp, 42.1 ov),
   7-399 (van der Wath, 46.3 ov), 8-423 (Telemachus, 48.2 ov),
   9-433 (Hall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lee                          7.5    0     68      1 (3nb, 1w)
Bracken                     10      0     67      5
Clark                        6      0     54      0
Lewis                       10      0    113      0 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds                      9      0     75      2
Clarke                       7      0     49      1

Australia full substitute: GB Hogg (unused).

South Africa full substitute: RJ Peterson (unused).

4th Umpire - M Erasmus
Australia 50 runs in 33 mins off 47 balls in 7.5 overs, 9x4, 0x6
Gilchrist/Katich 50 partnership in 33mins off 47 balls, 9x4, 0x6 (Contributions: Gilchrist 29, Katich 23, Extras 0)
Gilchrist 50 runs in 50 mins off 35 balls, 8x4
Australia 100 runs in 76 mins off 102 balls in 16.3overs, 14x4, 1x6
Katich 50 runs in 86 mins off 60 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Australia 150 runs in 103 mins off 143 balls in 23 overs, 21x4, 1x6
Ponting/Katich 50 partnership in 35 mins off 49 balls, 7x4, 0x6 (Contributions: Ponting 31, Katich 19, Extras 3)
Ponting 50 runs in 51 mins off 43 balls, 6x4, 2x6
Australia 200 runs in 127 mins off 178 balls in 28.5 overs, 25x4, 4x6
Australia 250 runs in 154 mins off 213 balls in 34.3 overs, 29x4, 6x6
Ponting/Hussey 50 partnership in 30 mins off 38 balls, 4x4, 2x6 (Contributions: Ponting 23, Hussey 28, Extras 2)
Australia 300 runs in 179 mins off 246 balls in 39.5 over, 34x4, 7x6
Hussey 50 runs in 49 minutes off 33 balls, 17x4, 1x6
Ponting/Hussey 100 partnership in 53 mins off 68 balls, 11x4, 2x6 (Contributions: Ponting 40, Hussey 56, Extras 4)
Australia 350 runs in 200 mins off 273 balls in 44 overs, 38x4, 10x6
Ponting/Hussey 150 partnership in 71 mins off 92 balls, 12x4, 7x6 (Contributions: Ponting 68, Hussey 79, Extras 5)
Ponting 150 runs in 145 mins off 99 balls, 11x4, 9x6
Australia 400 runs in 218 mins off 295 balls in 47 overs, 40x4, 14x6
South Africa 50 runs in 32 minutes off 45 balls in 7.1 overs, 7x4, 1x6
Smith/Gibbs 50 partnership in 28 mins off 39 balls, 7x4, 1x6 (Contributions: Smith 21, Gibbs 24, Extras 5)
South Africa 100 runs in 59 mins off 78 balls in 12.2 overs, 14x4, 1x6
Gibbs 50 runs in 57 mins off 46 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Smith 50 runs in 71 mins off 33 balls, 10x4
South Africa 100 runs in 86 mins off 115 balls, 21x4, 1x6
Smith/Gibbs 150 partnership in 80 mins off 108 balls, 21x4, 1x6 (Contributions: Smith 69, Gibbs 68, Extras 13)
South Africa 200 runs in 105 mins off 142 balls in 22 overs, 22x4, 5x6
Gibbs 100 runs in 104 mins off 79 balls, 11x4, 3x6
Gibbs 150 runs in 129 mins off 100 balls, 19x4, 5x6
Gibbs/de Villiers 50 partnership in 20 mins off 24 balls, 7x4, 2x6 (Contributions: Gibbs 44, de Villiers 6, Extras 2)
South Africa 300 runs in 152 mins off 199 balls, 36x4, 9x6
South Africa 350 runs in 183 mins off 256 balls, 37x4, 9x4
Boucher 50 runs in 78 mins off 43 balls, 4x4
South Africa 400 runs in 207 mins off 286 balls, 38x4, 12x6
Boucher 50 runs in 78 mins off 43 balls, 4x4

What does sustainable development means?

2006-02-23T23:24:00.000-08:00

The one created in 1987 through the Bruntland Study of the World Commission on Environment and Development. According to this definition, sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present withoutcompromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Cool quote

2006-02-23T23:23:00.000-08:00

Talk is cheap because the supply greatly exceeds the demand!

Sign of best audience

2006-02-23T22:37:00.000-08:00

The best audience is intelligent, well-educated … and a little bit drunk.

- Alben Barkley, who served as Harry Truman's vice president.

Quotes for success

2006-02-23T22:21:00.000-08:00

This is excerpt from speech of J. Steven Whisler, Chairman and CEO, Phelps Dodge Corp. in American Mining Hall of Fame Banquet, Tucson, Arizona on December 4, 2004

I tried to come up with a few eternal truths and rules for success to share with you tonight. The best I could do was five, and here they are:

• First, stay humble in the mining business. As the author Otis Young noted in his book Western Mining, “For every fortune made in mining, another fortune was spent ultimately to provide palatiallodgings for gophers.”

• Second, keep in touch with the latest in high tech. For example, even in the midst of confusion and frustration, always remember that hardware is the part of the computer that can be kicked or thrown.

• Third, don’t blindly follow conventional wisdom. Remember that Noah was an amateur … and the Titanic was designed and built by professionals.

• Fourth, never assume that everyone already understands the problem. As science and history have long since proved, the two most abundant elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

• Finally, always put safety first. As Mark Twain once said, “It is better to be careful 100 times than to be killed once.”

Now here is comment from Dwight D. Eisenhower:

“We succeed, only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.”

Reality Joke

2006-02-23T22:16:00.000-08:00

Before Dick Cheney became the vice president, in the 1980s he was a five-term congressman from Wyoming running for re-election. Well-known in the state, Cheney was out campaigning when he noticed a weather-beaten old cowboy leaning against a tree with his Stetson pulled down over his eyes. So he went over, grabbed him by the hand and said, “Hi, I’m Dick Cheney, I’m running for Congress, and I’d like your vote.”

To which the old cowpoke replied, “You got it. That stupid fool we got in there now is no damn good.”

:)

Cool Picture- Rock blessings

2006-02-21T17:29:00.000-08:00

Watch picture carefully. There is image of mother and son praying if seen with reflection in water.

Do you know software engineering?

2006-02-21T17:26:00.000-08:00

Phrase

2006-02-14T17:19:00.000-08:00

Knowledge is Power, Knowledge is money

That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done.
Solomon

The sage biblical and appropriate advice of Ecclesiastes : WISDOM EXCELLETH FOLLY AS FAR AS LIGHT EXCELLETH DARKNESS.
but Ecclesiastes also cautioned

I RETURNED, AND SAW UNDER THE SUN, THAT THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT, NOR THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG, NEITHER YET BREAD TO THE WISE, NOR YET RICHES TO MEN OFUNDERSTANDING, NOR YET FAVOR TO MEN OF SKILL; BUT TIME CHANCE HAPPENETH TO THEM ALL.

Titanic Newspaper news

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Books with price

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Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India (Paperback) by A.P.J Abdul Kalam $15.95
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam (Paperback) $22.95
Lonely Planet India (Lonely Planet India) (Paperback) by Sarina Singh $19.79India Unbound : The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age (Vintage) by Gurcharan Das (Paperback - April 9, 2002) $10.20
An Autobiography-The Story Of My Experiments With Truth, by M. K. Gandhi
The Moral Basis Of Vegetarianism, by M. K. Gandhi
Panchatantra: The Complete Version (Paperback) by Pandit V. Sharma USD 18
Mystical Stories from the Mahabharata: Twenty Timeless Lessons in Wisdom and Virtue (Hardcover) by Amal Bhakta $12.21
The Ninth Jewel of the Mughal Crown : The Birbal Tales from the Oral Traditions of India (Birbal Tales) (Hardcover) $16.47

Today- Feb 08, 2006

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Club Fare - Spring 2006

Today was club fare at East gym. This is the very first time I attended club fare. Well it was kind of fun and learning experience. INSA (Indian Student Association) for the very first time has put its stall in this Fair. I reached there early in morning with rajesh and set up the stall. Because of this fare i missed one of my class.

Well it was kind of good experience to know about other clubs and their activities. I signed for all of them. Best wishes to all clubs.

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Working on Homework @TCC

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This is an old pic of mine and Rus. We were working on our final HW problem of EM 549 - Shock Wave Theory calss. Photographer is Ismail. He had bought this camera during Thanksgiving from Wallmart.

Happy Repuclib Day

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Happy Republic Day. January 26 2006

January 26, 2006

December 5, 2005

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Well time is running very fast. Just a few days to go. Then I will be flying back to India. I am really waiting for that.

Today I had a presentation at IRIS-PASSCAL, regarding my software. The software which I had developed under guidance of Steve Azevedo. Texan-Soft. Presentation wnet pretty good. Every body liked and I too. That was kinda of cool. After that presentation I rushed back to home, got Blood Pressure Monitor back in mail and got Blood Sugar Monitor from SMITH.

Went to WALMART purchased jacket and grocery stuff. Today for the first time I cooked Cauliflower curry. It turned out to be good. Yup!

What is plan for tomorrow? Well to meet Brandon in morning, Class in afternoon, finishing up the homework and stuff and working on EMGT502 Project with complete dedication........

So have a good day. See ya.

December 1, 2005

2005-12-01T19:37:00.000-08:00

Today was again the same hectic kind of day. Thursday is my hectic day. In morning I went to department to collect my contract. I took the copy of contract to International Student Office and then to Graduate Office. Yesterday I had registered for Spring 2006. I registered in following courses:
1.0 Advanced Finite Element Analysis
2.0 Chemistry of Energetic Materials (Name sake)
3.0 Graduate English
4.0 Thesis Credits (Name sake)

Well I just selected these courses for name sake because I have to register for 12 credits. Well I will be looking for following courses in place of namesake stuff:

5.0 Detonation Theory
6.0 Impact Dynamics

Well I think that next sem will be tough one as lots of things to do. Course 1,5 & 6 will be kinda of pain, as I know that they will be full with Maths. Oh My God. But What I can do? I have to.

Thursday I am having two classes right from 2:00 in afternoon to 7:00 pm in evening. This is kinda of high dose. Some times things to be boring if it is in long stretch.

In evening I cooked Mixed vegetable curry and rice. I ate and rushed back to library and here am I typing this blog...

November 30, 2005

2005-12-01T19:32:00.000-08:00

Well I am kind of lazy fellow. Check this I have not posted any post during this period. Well to break the silence, I am writing about today. Time is running very fast. I have to rush up on most of the stuff nowadays as day to go to India came close just 13 days left i.e. December 12, 2005. And lots of things to do like Project, homework, etc etc.

I regsitered for Spring 2005 today. In evening I went to Smith for daily grocery purchasing. And after that I had dinner with Bala at Bala's apartment. We had special spicy hot sambhar cooked by Bala. I loved that one as I had that one after quite a long time with cole stuff 'Drumsticks'.

Friday Next to Thanksgiving- Shopping Day

2005-11-25T19:13:00.000-08:00

Well I slept in night at 2:00 am. I was surfing to find deals online. I woke up in morning at 7:40 a.m. I washed my face and went to Sai's place. We went to Walmart for purchasing. I purchased some dolls, vaccum cleaner and jackets.

During afternoon Sayi, Me and Tenzin cooked Cabbage curry and Tomato Kadhi. We ate and in evening we went again to Wallmart with Manoj and Abhirup to purchase. In evening I purchased one biscuit packet and 5 body wash lotion, each costed just 10 cent !!, Yes that's true.

Thanksgiving Day

2005-11-25T19:11:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day. I did not much just was in college and then I came to room ate food and then in evening I had dinner at Adnan's Place. Some Party sharty.

In night i was surfing to find some good deals to purchase. I purchased two watches from HSN.com and one webcam and mic with headphone to use during chatting.

Commander' Selvam donates $5 million for Atlanta temple

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From rediff.com
George Joseph in New York | November 25, 2005 15:33 IST
Last Updated: November 25, 2005 15:45 IST

Sri Sri Selvam Siddhar, also known as Dr Commander Selvam, is one of the few swamis who gives money away, as opposed to taking it from his devotees.

The Apple Valley, California-based swami, who claims to have assets worth $1.5 billion, recently donated $5 million to build a Shiva temple in Norcross, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta.

"The temple will be unique," the swami, who earlier was a police officer and a commander in the Home Guards in Chennai in the early 90s, said. "It will house 108 Shiva murtis, not Shiva lingas as in other temples.

"The main shape of Lord Shiva is in the form of the lingam – but his human form is not seen anywhere in the world. The panchaloha (five-metal) idol of Shiva as presiding deity will be seen in our temple."

The swami claims that it was only after several years of research that he came across the various human forms of Shiva, such as Sugasanamoorthy, Krodha Rudhrar, Akora Rudhramoorthy, etc; it is these forms that will be represented, in idol form, in the upcoming temple.

The Hindu Temple and Community Center of Georgia, a non-profit organisation, will take responsibility for construction of the temple. A ten-acre plot with a 45,000 square foot building that was formerly a Catholic church has been purchased for the purpose.

This facility will be converted into the temple; it is also proposed to construct a new, 100,000 square foot building on the land. There will be separate temples for Guru (Jupiter) and Shani (Saturn). Hindu goddesses like Jagan Mohini, Soolini, Neeli, Chandi, and Akora Bhairavi will also be housed in the temple complex.

The project is estimated to cost $20million, of which $3 million will be donated by the Sri Agasthiayar Siddar Peetam, based near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, of which the swami is the 26^th matathipathy (head). The rest will, he said, be contributed by his devotees worldwide.

The swami said he had decided to construct the temple following a revelation; the site was also shown to him then, he said. "Many people asked me why I could not build the temple in California or in major centers like New York or New Jersey. I told them about the darshan," he said.

A native of Palghat in Kerala, Siddhar was initiated to sanayas by his guru Maharishi Chinnappa Siddhar. He came to the US a decade ago with a few hundred dollars. He began speculating in real estate, and made a lot of money. "I am a good speculator. Every day, two or three properties are purchased or closed," he said.

Is money-making a fit activity for a sanyasi? "Without my life being successful, how can I make others successful?" he counters.

Though a 'swami' himself, he detests his tribe, especially those based in the US. "They all come for money. If they only want to help people, why should they come to the US? They pretend to solve problems. If they could do that, why can't they solve the problems in India?"

The 35-year-old swami is believed to be an expert in Atharva Veda, the fourth and most arcane of the Vedas. He has, he says, also been trained in Siddha Vaidya, an indigenous medical system like Ayurveda. At his Apple Valley ashram, he helps his devotees through jyothisha and tantric rituals. The ashram, which is valued at an estimated $83 million, has 48 priests who attend to the needs of devotees worldwide.

His main work, he says, is to use tantric rituals to solve people's problems – mental and material. He is, he claims, the only Indian spiritual parapsychologist in US who specializes in the occult sciences, and the only one qualified to solve problems such as the attack of evil sprits, the spirits of the dead attaching themselves to the living, voodoo, black magic, bad luck, and such.