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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68897298880004966712018-05-28T23:41:41.735-07:00In Want of Being MeSometimes, everybody at various different circumstances crave to be themselves.To not wear a mask and just be themselves. This place is one such attempt.In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-32553291837788212402010-12-03T01:58:00.001-08:002010-12-03T01:58:18.741-08:00National Anthem in Fame Cinemas.I don't understand the logic behind playing the national anthem in a cinema theatre.

Honestly, I don't have a problem standing up and respecting our national anthem. It's annoying to see people still walking, balancing their pop corn and coke and children in their limited hands and still trying to locate their seats, some of them sitting, and the last time I saw 3 foreigners confused between standing and sitting.

Is there really any need ? I really don't think the theatre is the right place for our national anthem.

Inox, PVR doesn't do it. Other multiplexes don't do it. Only Fame ? Why ?In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-57564562678628993372010-11-28T22:35:00.000-08:002010-11-28T22:35:22.208-08:00The Social Network.

A brilliant watch. Wonderful story telling. From start to the end was fast paced. Didn't know somebody could do that with a tech. movie. and show people sitting in front of a laptop and click away on the keyboard look that interesting. Must read the book to see how somebody has done that.

One thing is it is a movie for users of web 2.0, blogs and social networking and the likes. I think it worked because it is about Facebook which is a big hit and a rage with users worldwide.

Another reason is it is amazing what happened in truth. I had no clue until I watched this film about what really happened with Facebook and how and where it was made. It is amazing to know that some college kid, did this and to see the kind of growth that is to it today. Interesting revelation about Victoria's secret as well.

Few things I think about....

Seems MySpace, and Friendster were available from even before, but why didn't they become as big as Facebook..? Orkut was created around the same time and also went on to become a rage, it was a big hit, but why not now ? I know many of my friends who hardly even login to Orkut these days. They are more in FB. So why is FB so popular ?

It's also great to note how they opened it up, first in Harward and then slowly onto other Ivy Leagues such as Standford, Yale etc. They made it much sought after until they opened it up to the rest of the world.

Ok, back to movie itself now. I think the things I enjoyed the most were the dialogs, rapt intelligent dialogs, though Mark comes across as the arrogant, bundled with superiority complex and chauvinistic, it is hard not to admire him for his intelligence and what he does it with it.

A wonderful film and a definite watch. Brilliant performance by all actors.

In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-84746066005636658312010-08-06T04:39:00.000-07:002010-08-06T04:47:16.970-07:00Motorola Milestone.

Got a chance to play around with the Motorola Milestone for a few days and here are my initial impressions.

THE GOOD STUFF:

-> A nice gmail interface that comes with the device.

-> A nice gtalk interface that comes with the device.

-> A nice email interface to configure your corporate email, yahoomail accounts.

-> Inbuilt corporate directory, that gets configured automatically as you configure your corporate email.

-> A nice facebook interace that comes with the device.

-> A nice youtube interface that comes with the device.

-> Good Contacts and Messaging app with conversation view, for calls and texting.

-> Most importantly integarated contacts, that is once you sync in contacts from facebook, twitter etc, it integrates all contact information into one contact.

-> Nice visuals with live wallpaper. - ofcourse it drains battery.

-> Notifications of incoming email on all your accounts, be it corporate, yahoomail, gmail, everything is live and instant.

From the Android Market,

-> Twitter app. - Really neat app, very good experience, following and tweeting.

-> Blogger client - I also posted my previous blog from there and it was a very comfortable and neat experience.

-> Google Reader - A neat app which syncs up the feeds from your google reader.

-> Engadget app - I follow engadget on and off for news about mobile phones and gadgets, now this a real neat app, that keeps you upto date about news from engadget, ofcourse you don't really need this app. if you are subscibed to engadget from google reader.

Then there's fun stuff,

-> Guitar app. - This is real good, am convinced somebody who could play a guitar can actually make some good music.

-> Piano app - Didnt' try much personally, but was convinced.

-> AK 47 - Yes, an ak47, where you can load a magazine with 30 rounds and actually fire shot by shot.

-> Shotgun - Yes, a realshot gun experience, where you load and shoot.

-> Fitness & Health apps - shows you a video representation of how to a exercise, so you can customise your workout, or you can just launch the app, learn how to do an exercise, fire your personal trainers !

Then the works ofcourse, bikini girls, sex wiki, truth or dare, it's all there.

In summary, andoid market has lots of cool stuff for free.

THE BAD STUFF:

-> Now, with a phone that has so much to offer drastically need better battery life. If you are running gtalk, corporate email, gmail, facebook and twitter in always on, then the battery dies down in less than 12 hours. If you are running them intermittantly and only have gmail and corporate email in always on, then it lasts for about 1 and half days.

-> The hardware is a bit clunky, heavy and not convenient to use. The slider keyboard doesn't slide out smooth, requires some effort and usually works well only when used with both hands.

-> Basic functionality such as making a phone call, for a non-smartphone user is not so easy, as there is no dial / disconnect button in the hardware. You have to launch the phone app, and launch dialpad or go to last dialled list. My wife had a difficult time, unlocking keypad and finding a phone app to making a call, involves too many steps.

-> The phone restarted about 4 times in a total of 4 days use. For no particular reason, I have no clue what action of mine caused it.

-> Doens't come inbuilt with a task manager to launch and switch between tasks, or even see which ones are currently open and exit them. It remembers and runs the last six used apps and one of those apps continue to use up battery, as there is no specific direct way to exit them.

-> The camera experience was disappointing.

Overall, I would give it a 6 on 10. The software on a better looking and more usable hardware would be a killer device!

Will have to wait and watch.

ps: I am already conviced I wouldn't so much like the Nexus One as it doesn't come with a physical qwerty keypad.

In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-18877783214685733212010-07-28T08:55:00.001-07:002010-07-28T08:55:38.234-07:00Android.
It's been a couple of hours since I laid my hands on the motorola milestone, based on android 2.0.

 I have set up my corporate email, gmail accounts, yahoomail accounts and all of them always on. I am signed into my gtalk, facebook and twitter accounts.

 I am also signed into my google reader and writing this blogpost from the blogger client I installed from android market.

 I am totally liking it. Now I have to see how long the battery lasts for a device that is bundled with features like this.

 I only wish it had a better form factor such as the Nokia N97. I know I wont be happy with a full touch Nexus One, as am a full fledged qwerty keypad person.

 Will have to wait and watch.

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In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-56370685314821235202010-05-13T06:39:00.000-07:002010-05-13T06:43:50.513-07:00IrritatedYou stay back at work late, because it's quite and you can work peacefully. Now you have someone sitting 2 cubicles away and is playing ringtone after ringtone to choose his own and he's been doing it for 20 minutes.

When will people learn basic work etiquette ?

In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-66835572320195714032010-03-29T02:47:00.001-07:002010-03-29T02:50:16.853-07:00An interesting insight about product managment.Here

In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-34950322915329340412010-02-23T06:08:00.000-08:002010-02-23T06:13:55.620-08:00100 %What follows is in my opinion some really high motivation stuff. I think I got marvelous piece from a weight loss forum, don't remember now which one, but I think the writer's name is Krishna.

Read on:

Day in and day out we hear all kindsa stuff, the media frenzy targeting celebrities, the government making rulings and laws based on commercial gains. Not only the US government, but governments in general, including our home country. Then we celebrate our Independence day. Independence from what? From slavery? From bondage to your masters?

NO WE ARE NOT FREE!

The greatest freedom man can EVER wish for is the freedom on one's mind. Now, we are being MADE to think. MADE to form opinions. Tell me this, who influences whom? Does politics influence the media or does media influence politics. What is the bigger drug? Does fortune feed the fame or does fame feed the fortunes? What is it in our human psyche that makes us want to know more about people who we THINK we can become, whom we look up to. These larger than life individuals, celebrities, politicians, why do we want to know more about them?

Is it because we are lacking something from within? Is it because our minds are craving for entertainment to satisfy our own discrepancies? What makes them tick we wonder. But then why are'nt we there, are all of us not capable of being the top, in whatever we do? No need to make a big show out of it, but still why is it that sometimes, we don't excel? Why is it that we don't give our 100% potential even though we have it within us. Take for example even a tough squat, why dont we push that extra rep? Even though its very much within us?

Why is it that when 3/4 of the country is suffering a government is hell obsessed about a few shipments of anabolic steroids coming in and out? Why is it that when an entire nation is at war with its neighbor, an up and coming nation is worried about its "image"? What defines a people of a nation? a race? a tribe? what defines these groups that have been knit because of geographical location, beliefs, religions, anatomy, skin color ..... what does it?

In this world where everyone is supposed to be free, we are more chained than EVER. We are dependent morons, dependent on our internet, on our email, on our cars, dependent on everything but OURSELVES. The weakness in the body may never show however if the mind is weak, its like building a skyscraper with a bad foundation.

Maybe we can walk free, talk our mind but what happens when that mind itself is enslaved to what "THEY" show us. Who is "THEY"? The THEY is us, rather the THEY was US, at least once upon a time, till capitalistic ways totally took over.

MONEY is not wrong. Hell I love money, my 10 hour work days are all about money. I am proud of what I do. However, OBSESSION is wrong. Not about money. Being obsessed about one's physique, one's family is acceptable, but when materialistic modes take over, its more than VANITY, its downfall.

Till then, never be enslaved by anyone, your only freedom is YOUR MIND. Exercise it, THINK. Let NO ONE influence you. Advise is great, points of view are great but in the end, IT IS YOUR decision and you and ONLY you are responsible for it. Be it your body, love, money ...... life ...whatever. ITS ALL ABOUT YOU. So what ever you do, do it giving it your 100%, be it bodybuilding, or work, or family , or love ... hell even sex, tear it up ... 100% each time .... every time.

DO IT FOR YOU!
EVERY TIME
EACH TIME
100%

Always ON
Always Strong
There is no OFFseasonIn Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-45622535896398005302009-10-06T23:15:00.000-07:002009-10-06T23:33:17.183-07:00Naked BabaLast Saturday as we were driving back from MG Road, there was heavy standstill traffic and I sat twitching and wondering why. It was only then, we observed that a group of people were walking in a procession of some sort and approaching us.

There were both men and women in the group, carrying flags. The colors in the flag looked similar to the ones on the Indian flag, just that amber was replaced with yellow.

In the middle of it, was a middle aged man, walking completely stark naked. He was chatting up with the person walking beside him who looked like his disciple of some sort.

They were followed by a police patrol too !

He was probably a baba, who had no interest in materialistic form of life ;)

But to come to think of it, I assumed, nudity in public in India was banned. But here there was someone walking naked and having a bunch of cops following him too. I wonder what his theory to preach would be.In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-11576383470643010282009-05-28T12:09:00.000-07:002009-05-28T12:16:19.280-07:00Oh no !
Archie is going to marry Veronica. !

I'v grew up reading and living in a visual world of Riverdale High. The lives of Archie, Vernoica, Betty, Jughead, Moose, Dilton, Chuck Clayton, Reggie Ronald revolved around me.

I liked Betty and Jughead the best. I liked Reggie too. Infact in school we had an Archie's club and each one of us played a character. It was fun.

Going to pop-tate's, having that sundae. Archie's Jalopy. All those dates and Archie goofing up with Mr. Lodge.

Oh, I so wanna go back to soaking into bed with Archies comics and no worries in the world !In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-19237557560504885432009-05-27T09:56:00.000-07:002009-06-05T05:07:55.274-07:00Respect she deserved.

Here's a quote from an send off e-mail sent out by top management.

Quote:

<beep>Beep was one of the first people I met when I joined <beep> beep - and that first discussion was indicative of her attitude ever since: exceptional personal and ethical standards, a search for a positive solution and a focus on what was best for the business.

In later times she has brought those same virtues to the eep Leadership Team meetings and also to the Beep Supervisory Board where she was our Company Secretary, working with all shareholders to manage their shareholder interests and ultimately sell the business. I am sure the SLT were always grateful for her strict regime…
</beep></beep>

UnQuote:

Note: Names have been beeped to protect privacy

I don't know the woman personally, but respect her for the person that she has been ! Wishing her well.

In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-90938348057822019772009-05-20T04:10:00.001-07:002009-06-05T05:10:53.009-07:00Sunday Bath.
It was a lovely Sunday afternoon. I thought instead of lazing around and getting a shower just before venturing out in the evening, let me go get a nice shower and feel fresh while at home and lazing around.

So, I was looking out for a particular shorts with nice soft linen, which is so comfy to wear and a particular tee, both of which I couldn't find.

I realised that it must be buried somewhere underneath in my pile of clothes in my cupboard. So I decided to clean it up, assort it and put it back as I do once every single time, I get frustrated like this, which is say once in 3 to 4 months.

Then I realised there were lot of junk clothes that I don't wear anymore, which I thought I'll move to the Godrej almirah in another room, say room 2. Now I go and open the Godrej almirah and observe there is too much of junk there ranging from old work documents (which I haven't once referred in the last 4 years atleast) and also a bunch of old magazines such as Readers Digest etc.

I decided this had to be cleared out and moved to the documents cupboard, so as to make space for the old clothes. Now the documents cupboard is in another room, say room 3.

I go and open the documents cupboard, and realise that it was also full and had a a bunch of gadgets and CDs, which I realised had to be moved to the computer table cupboard in the same room. Now the computer table cupboard was also flowing with too much junk and had to be cleaned up and space made for junk from documents cupboard.

So, ideally I had to start with the computer table's cupboard and make some space, to move CDs and gadgets in here from the documents cupboard, to make some space there, to be able to move all old docs and stuff from the godrej almirah, to make space there to move old clothes from my current wardrobe !

Phew ! Even the very thought burdened me. But nonetheless, I started thinking let's do one at a time. I started with 1 rack from the documents cupboard thinking, I'll finish only the documents cupboard off that day, and ended up cleaning up just one rack for the next 2 hours and left it unfinished too, coz, I got so tired and impatient and bugged !

Don't know when am going to go back next and work on it ! But then now I know, that I should never venture out for an early shower on Sunday !
In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-81654071585299104522009-04-04T04:13:00.000-07:002009-04-04T04:24:45.461-07:00Why is god laughing ? Why is God Laughing, By Deepak Chopra, A book I bought purely because the cover page looked good. The title got me curious, and a quote from some random page gave me the feel that it would be a good read.

I liked the book. It talks about spiritual optimism, I mean it largely talks about it. Deepak has tried to put forward in a nice way three things that we have to understand and be aware of.
1. Fear
2. Ego
3. Addiction

I am sure, if I read it a second time, I'd probably have new things to interpret. I liked the way the book was structured, with anecdotes of humour inserted generously. Nice large print. Fast readers must take more than a couple of hours to finish it.

I would give it a 5 on 10.In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-27773432427854698932009-03-02T21:43:00.000-08:002009-03-02T22:29:08.211-08:00I met Kamal Hassan.
As I was getting off the shuttle in the airport, I noticed Kamal hassan get off before me. I can't

explain in words the feeling that ran through me at that moment. I had never planned this, I never thought, I'd run up to him and speak to him, if I ever met him in person.

But yes, I sprang up, ran up to him, took his hand, shook it and told him, 'Sir, I am a very big fan of yours and am completely am in love with your work'. He smiled and said 'Thank you'.

Then the conversation went for a full five minutes, as I walked along with him uptil the baggage claim and mostly it went something like this,

Me: Sir, I have just taken up acting and am part of this acting workshop, and now I am able to understand the kind of belief system that you have to be in to be able to do what you do and what comes out on the screens.

Kamal Hassan: {smiling} I think, I come off as a reluctant actor.

Me: Oh no no, you are just being humble and modest.

Kamal Hassan: That's what happens when you know more than you should. So where is this workshop ? <beep> ?

Me: No sir, this is in <beep>.

Kamal Hassan: What's the name of the production company ?

Me: <beep>

Me: Amongst the many of your films I like, I want to mentions sir Anbe Shivam, I think came off as a brilliant movie. Every time I watch it, I mature and grow with it.

Kamal Hassan: {smiling} Thank you. So what do you do otherwise ?

Me: I am with <beep> in their software division. But, I wouldn't say I am very happy with my job. Am not even sure, if I should pursue something else that my heart desires. Actually I am in a confused state where, I am still searching for what is it that my heart desires.

Kamal Hassan: {Smiles}

By this time, we had reached the baggage claim area.

Me: Ok sir, sorry to have barged in and taken so much of time. It was a pleasure meeting you.

Kamal Hassan: {Smiling} Pleasure is mine.

Me: Thank you Sir. Bye.

He walked away to the exit, where 3, 4 people waited to receive him with a bouquet and all of them immediately dropped in quick succession to touch his feet.

I just stood there watching, with my mind racing, what did I do, why did I even stop here, I should have walked with him to his car or whatever, is my baggage so important now ? Oh, I forgot to take a picture and then I realised my camera phone had already died on low battery and he was already disappearing in a distance.

The next 20 mins, I remained high, as if I were high on cocaine ! That instant rush, that energy, oh it was brilliant. The 1st of March 09, a day that will be remembered and cherished.

In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-5507857571174079532009-02-12T22:14:00.000-08:002009-02-12T22:47:55.655-08:00Discovering thy self.
Ok here's something I consciously want to do,

I am going to identify the patterns, of when I am happy and when I am sad, when I am going through intense emotions or when I don't emote at all.

What gets me there, in the sense what makes me happy, what makes me sad, what really drives me ?

I know these things to a certain extent, but I do a lot of stuff subconciously. So I am going to take note and keep track. No particular goals, I would say this is just a start in the journey of discovering myself.

Wow, now, I sound philosophical.

Ok, on that note, here's a few things that made me happy and sad.

-> I lost 27 kilos in the last 6 months. But that's not enough, I still need to lose 7 more kilos to reach my ideal weight. Now, that's happy. It gives me confidence in a lot of ways.

-> I didn't clear the certification, that I took up for the 3rd consequtive time, no actually 4th I think. It's not a very difficult test, just tricky with negative marking and all that. I didn't put in enough effort. I felt a little bad about myself, for wasting a lot of time and rushing in at the last minute. But I did learn quite a bit and decided not to take up the certification again ;)

-> I read 2 books, though I did take a lot of time, I managed to complete them. I enjoyed reading them. That made me happy.

-> Every visit to home, where I meet up with the boys and V, gives me immense happiness, can't

explain in words. My wife A feels why I don't feel that way about her these days ! I keep telling her, darling, we live together, I can't be exited all the time, but with the boys and V it's different, I meet them once in a while. It's like I have this blood gush in my body, as I get closer to V's place, till the moment I see him, the 2 or 3 days I spend there with them is electric !

-> I'v taken up acting, yes, I'v joined an acting workshop, with a production group who specailise in English theatre. Now, that's a lot of fun. I am learning a lot. The peer interaction is brilliant. I am enjoying it totally.

Ok, that's for now, will write, as and when life happens :)

In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-49759611976994654912009-02-12T21:30:00.000-08:002009-02-12T21:31:19.936-08:00Can I get a little water please ?
Ok, for the sake of this post, both wifey dear and I are working and infact, there are times when she has to put in longer hours at work. Apart from this she makes my breakfast every day.

Now, I am a person who hurries up with my breakfast.

Now, I eat very fast, atleast my breakfast, that's the way I do, so 4 or 5 spoons down my throat, I'll be close to choaking and will need water. Now there isn't always water on the table alongwith breakfast.

So, I had a request to make. I said something like, "I know you are already taking care of work and also the cooking part, which is already a lot, I don't mean to burden you more, but I have a request to make. It would be great if you could keep a half bottle of water so that I don't have to run to the water dispenser when I have food stuck through my food passage and need water to wash it down." Ofcourse, I did add, words like kanna, thangam in between.

She comes back instantly with something like, "It's all about sharing work and things would be a lot easier if we could share work." And she also went on to press, "In the west, you don't even have housemaids, people have to get all the work done on their own."

Now, that upset me. I was not even demanding and am remotely close to a chauvinistic male partner. I don't cook, nor do I help in the kitchen. But, am definitely not the kind who guzzles beer and sleeps on the couch, watching cricket !

Also, clearly she likes to take care of the kitchen work on her own, doesn't expect me to help around in the kitchen or cook even.

All that I asked her was for some water along with breakfast. So, as usual, it went on a downward spiral, like any argument would take.

Well, it didn't end up quite nice.

Now, question is, was it too much to ask, for some water ?
In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-60886884288661245992009-02-12T01:10:00.000-08:002009-02-12T01:11:53.267-08:00Smiling on the highway.
Last week, I was riding back on my faithful Royal Enfied Bullet from a neighbouring state, solo. It is a great feeling to be riding on the highway, gives me a great high. The steady thump of my bullet always in the background overpowering the music that are already plugged into my ears.

When I open my visor, the wind gushing through the helmet onto my face. Lost in thoughts, sometimes pensive. Sometimes, the brilliant feeling of warmth, when I imagine so many good things or even as I reminisce the past.

This time around, I saw this really really huge truckers, carrying 'windmill blades'. I'v never seen something that monsterous in length in person. Wanted to pull over and take a picture, but I knew I wasn't carrying the right gear for that.

As I overtook the trucker, I turned around quickly and lifted my visor and looked at him, manning the wheel. He looked back, I smiled and waved out, and instaneously a big smile broke out on his face, as he waved back in all happiness and vigour.

Now, I liked that, and I was smiling to myself as I rode on.
In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-72912128439931200942009-02-12T00:57:00.000-08:002009-02-12T01:10:42.352-08:00ID Card.
Everyday, I flash my id. card to this security guard at my work entrance and over a period of time, it's like we know each other personally. That familiar nod and acknowledgement has definitely become routine.

However, he still makes it a point to ask me to flash my id. card, which I also do, knowing fully well that it's his duty. Though, I might claim not, I think somewhere in the back of my mind, I was mildly annoyed that he insisted on seeing my ID card every single day.

This morning as, I pulled out my ID card to show him, he came close and gently whispered in my ear ' Sir, Security camera hai, isi lea, galath math manoo' {There's a security camera, that's why, don't mistake me} and flashed a big broad smile, back at me :)

I liked that.
In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-6650820374291811372009-01-27T04:16:00.000-08:002009-01-27T04:17:50.081-08:00Project Manager.
I am part of this mailing list, of which my manager is part of too. There was an e-mail asking whoever had a device with a specific serial number to respond. I read it, checked the devices we had, and didn't respond because we didn't own the device with that particular serial number.

Now, 10 mins later, I see the same e-mail in my inbox again, this time around, forwarded by my project manager, asking me if we had the device with that serial number. I replied, No.

Now, the point is, he sits right next to me !!, all he had to do was, turn around, and ask me if I had checked. But, he felt comfortable e-mailing me instead, sitting not even a foot away from me ?

Now, this leaves me thinking, does he have to re-confirm to himself that he is manager(who sits right next to me), by e-mailing me and asking ? rather than trusting me that I'd have responded if we had it in the first place ! or is it technology has him spoilt so much, that he'd rather write than talk.

Whatever, it annoys me, when managers take so much interest in following up with trivial things, rather than try to provide solutions and follow-up with things that really demand it.
In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-6861095076343390192009-01-06T19:40:00.000-08:002009-01-06T19:43:34.456-08:00One day in the life of Niniane Wang.Niniane currently works as an Engineering manager for Google. This was when she was working as a developer as part of the Google Desktop product. You can read more fun stuff here.

  March 2004

 One day, we are sitting at lunch, and I'm eating a slice of chocolate pecan pie.

 Me: Pie is so great! If I had pie every day for the rest of my life, I would be a happy person.

 Steve: If you fix all of your bugs, I will give you one thousand pies.

 Me: Don't make promises you can't keep, Steve.

 Steve: Hm, yes, I should restate. If you fix all of your bugs by tomorrow, I will give you one thousand pies. Wait, how much do pies cost?

 Me: 10, 15 bucks.

 Steve: [does some mental computations] Ten pies. If you fix all of your bugs by tomorrow, I'll give you ten pies.

 Me: Oh really?

 Steve: [slightly concerned] How many bugs do you have?

 Me: Fifteen.

 Steve: [confidently] Yes, ten pies.

 Me: Okay, you're on.

 Chris: Wait, now, it shouldn't be all-or-nothing. We should say that if Niniane fixes 5 bugs in one day, you give her 1 pie. 10 bugs, 2 pies. All 15, then you give her 10 pies.

 Steve and me: Okay, that sounds reasonable.

 Omar: What about new bugs that come in?

 Steve: Those don't count.

 Me: Okay, it's 1pm right now. The bet ends at 1pm tomorrow. Let's shake on it. [shake hands with Steve] Okay, I'll see you guys later! I have some bugs to fix!

 I dash off. The next 24 hours are a steady progression of bug fixing. By dinnertime (8pm), I've fixed about 6 bugs. A few of us are discussing the bet.

 Chris: You should fix the easy ones first, so that you can be guaranteed 2 pies.

 Me: No, I should fix the hard ones first, when I'm not as tired.

 Chris: Oho! That must mean you're going for all 10 pies!

 Everyone begins to leave work. By 2am, I am the only person left. From 4am to 7am, I took a nap in the massage room down the hall. When I emerge, bleary-eyed, Steve is already back at work and shocked to find me.

 Steve: Niniane! You're here so early!

 Me: No, I didn't leave. Don't you see I'm wearing the same clothes?

 Steve: [looks at the bug count] Oh no! I better take longer to do the code reviews!

 By noon, I'd fixed all 15 bugs. Two new "non-pie" bugs had come in during the 24 hours, and I fixed them too for good measure, for a total of 17 by 12:50pm.

 Steve had a graph that tracked everyone's bug count over time. Because it didn't handle the case where the bug count is 0, my graph line disappeared from the chart. So the next bug fix immediately following the bet was from Steve, to fix his script to handle 0.

 Over the next months, Steve bought me a number of pies:

 Pie #1: berry 	#2: apple 	#3: pumpkin 	#4: custard 	#5: pumpkin for Hallowen

In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-18124916442425501212008-12-04T01:45:00.001-08:002008-12-04T01:47:26.881-08:00Breakup.A breakup or a divorce doesn't always have to be between a man and a woman. A break up also happens between friends.

Sometimes, it turns out to be so difficult to get over the relationship, the friendship, the warmth, the love, the affection, that you once shared for each other. Sometimes, there's guilt, and then there's hate.

The thoughts don't go away. It keeps haunting you, sometimes, the good memories surface and you smile, but eventually it makes you sad, thinking it had to turn out this way. The bad memories makes it all the more numb. It brings about this I don't care, I don't want to see anyone, I don't want to do anything, I don't want to talk to anyone attitude.

You know very well, it's not the right feeling, that you have to get over it, move on, you know very well, you have a life to live and want to do exactly that. But somehow, invariably you do otherwise.

You think, It's sad it had to turn out this way. You try to introspect. You wonder why ? Who was responsible ? Was it me or was it otherwise ? Nothing helps. The numbness comes back.

You come to learn, that the friend has moved on, and seems to be leading a peaceful, normal life, maybe even forgotten you completely. Now should this affect you ? Yes, it does. You wonder why ? Why ?

It's going to be a good few years now. You have to move on. You think, time will heal, or atleast time will help reduce the pain. But how much more time ?

The mire of inconsistent feelings and emotions, keep coming back. You try to fight it. You will. In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-44692860465388055782008-12-02T09:55:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:57:50.566-08:00Interesting Problem.Two colleague's were sitting next to me and were working on launching an app, and they wanted to redirect the logs into a txt file, instead of printing them all on the console.

They were doing all the right things, and still it wasn't working right. They were at it for quite some time, and I was trying to do my bit to help. After a while, we ran out of options, and frustration was setting in.

I realised I had given up, and was getting defeated, when V uttered 'Hmm...Interesting Problem'.

I was already bogged down with the issue, while he was enjoying tackling the problem. He got up and went away, saying, let's think it over.

Day got over, we went home.

This morning I went into work, thinking, I must do this and that and this and that. I went to my desk to realise that it had already been fixed. V had apparently found out that some buffer had to be flushed. He had applied the fix, and it was working now.

I truly admire these guys, who don't get bogged down with issue, but strive and solve them, no matter what. This might have been a relatively easy issue to tackle. But, the confidence, and his attitude to think about how to solve the problem, rather than getting bogged down with it.

I like that.In Want of Being Mehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-81375751642686329962008-11-15T04:05:00.000-08:002008-11-15T04:07:30.568-08:00The Story of StuffStuff that we all should know about stuff.In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-75897607466278779482008-11-15T03:42:00.000-08:002008-11-15T03:52:10.000-08:00About blogging.
I was a reader and follower of blogs for a long time, before I had one of my own. There were few blogs, that I passionately followed. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them, and spent hours reading their entire archives. Sometimes, it's like I know them in person.

Some of them are Priyamanaval, Jikku, Sleepless-In-IIMA, Sine-Qua-Non, Gapp, Sudhish and few others. Then there are many others, I discovered recently, such as debum, thamizhachi, english-tamil, niniane and many others. I think these guys are brilliant bloggers, with whom you can strike a chord, in one way or the other. I was able to relate with what they wrote. I could see, how much, I felt similarly too, it was beautiful when you see someone write thoughts, that run in your mind.

There have been times, when I have taken printouts of 'Sleepless-In-IIMA' to read during train journeys.

Then I created my first blog. My intention was to write, like the ones, I enjoyed reading, and to also be able to write about what I felt, and to get honest opinions from people about what they felt, about what I felt.

I went about writing whatever that came to my mind, and about stuff that was happening in my life. A few friends and fellow bloggers started visiting my blog and became regulars. I started getting few positive comments. As time went by, I started watching the number of hits I was getting, and it felt good, to know that I have some readership. It felt good to know that few people liked what I wrote.

Sometime later, I got my first negative comment, an 'anonymous' friend rubbished whatever, I wrote. It wasn't even logical disagreement to what I had written, doesn't matter, however critical. It was just some silly sarcasm and names calling. That pissed me off a bit. Then, then there were comments, that supported me, and bashed Mr. Anonymous and that felt nice.

But what was actually happening was, a limitation, some kind of a wall had developed in my mind. I knew I had a readership now, which I didn't want to disappoint. I wanted the same kind of positive comments. I didn't feel comfortable writing about stuff, that would bring in negative comments. There were a set restrictions now. I didn't like that.

People in the real world who knew me, started developing an impression on me, based on what I wrote on my blog. People at work, who barely knew me for couple of months, drew opinions and impressions from what I had written in the past. I was getting uncomfortable with that.

Then, I went through a rough phase, had to part ways with two of my close friends. We shared the same set of friends. It was getting difficult for me to be in the same group, and hang out in social gatherings, where they were present, being in part of the same mailing lists, where they were present. I wanted them to vanish from my life, and similarly I didn't want them to know about anything that was happening in my life, be it good or bad.

Invariably, I stopped blogging.

Life went on, many things happened, I wanted to write, I wanted a space, where I could just be somebody with an online presence, and have no real-life connection, and most important of all, where I could comfortably, and totally be myself. InWantOfBeingMe was born.

Writing or Blogging is driven by many things, to share with the world about something that you are passionate about, be it technical or just a passtime, to entertain people, to gain more readership, to share with the world what you think, and get an opinion about what others think about what you think, etc, etc...

I was just thinking about all this, and trying to be honest with myself and identify with why I really blog.

I blog for myself, I blog about things which I find real, which I think is humorous, memories that are special to me, all of which I can look back after a few years and smile at how much I have changed, or not changed.

I want to make a sincere effort at that, I will.
In Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-12186921405466024782008-11-13T06:22:00.000-08:002008-11-15T03:53:12.223-08:00Calorie burning alcohol.A friend (who has gained a few extra kilos from alcohol consumption during an extended vacation) and I were having a discussion about how working out and alcohol don't mix and that alcohol actually slows down the BMR.

He's working out, but is finding it hard to lose weight amidst his rich social life. He suggested, 'There are so many medicines, and operations to lose weight. Why can't they invent an alcoholic variant that can burn a lot of calories, so the more you drink, the more weight you lose !, and you get high anyway !'

We laughed a bit and succumbed in agreement that, no way is that going to happen, there's no easy way out. If you have to lose weight, you have to cut the alcohol, eat healthy and work out regularly. There's no other easy way out !

Then he went on to point out, that 'Ecstacy' was originally invented and sold legally as an appetite suppressant. Similarly, Viagra was originally invented to treat cardio-vascular diseases and all folk, who ingested it for treatment, ended up being hard and durable :D

He sincerely hopes, someday there will be an alcoholic variant that'll help burn calories. :DIn Want of Being Mehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889729888000496671.post-68455795778530169822008-11-13T03:59:00.000-08:002008-11-13T04:05:57.807-08:00To smile or not to smile.
Both your eyes meet. A sense of familiariy ensues, you'v seen each other few many times at the gym, have cycled on stationary bicycles next to each other, have ran couple of miles on treadmills next to each other.

You contemplate between smiling and and mouthing a 'Hi'. A half smile begins to emerges out of doubt, she looks at you for a moment, then turns her glare elsewhere and walks away. You are thinking, "damn !" and walk away, hoping your half smile emerged only after her glare shifted elsewhere.
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My mom calls this an "Italian Pancake" – I have no idea what makes it Italian (Google 'Italian pancake' and this does not come up)! But with this super easy, über-basic recipe you can definitely give it whatever cultural spin you want. This savory pancake is similar to vegetable fritters (less crispy and oily) or Korean zucchini pancakes called Hobak Buchim. When my mom made this years ago, I was blown away and asked her for the recipe. As a true home cook, she never used precise measurements but attempted to give me some guidance:
You'll need:
- 1 zucchini
- 2 eggs
- chopped deli ham (optionally of course)
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
- 1 cup of water (or broth for extra flavor!)
- a large shallow pan
- large spoon or small soup ladle
- spatula
- 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
Makes about 2-3 pancakes about 6″ in diameter
Start off by washing, peeling and grating the zucchini with a medium cheese grater- you don't want it to be too fine or else it starts getting mushy.
Combine the flour, eggs, broth or water in a large bowl then add your vegetable or meat ingredients last. Make sure it is well mixed and the zucchini is coated with the batter.
Heat the pan to medium and add the oil, wait until the pan is nice and warm-hot and drop about 3/4 cup of the mixture into the pan and cook like you would a breakfast pancake.
When you start seen bits of golden brown (after about 5-6 minutes) you can flip the pancake over and cook for about another 5-6 minutes.
These pancakes are delicious and best served piping hot. You can eat it by itself or get creative and eat it like a crepe! Below I made zucchini pancakes and added ham afterwards for a quick lunch!
You can go crazy with the recipe and substitute or add other vegetables or experiment with different types of squash. I would, however, avoid vegetables that have a high water content, cheese, or extra sauces so the pancake does not get soggy. Some ideas for additions:
- bell peppers
- jalapeños (for a KICK!)
- mushrooms
- fresh herbs
- thinly sliced onions
- sun-dried tomato slices
- artichoke
- julienned carrots
- spinach
- hashbrowns (!!)
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Rapper Dogg Poop ♥'s Obama
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After the debate debacle in Denver, rapper Dogg Poop (born Calvin Coolidge Brohaus, Jr.) has taken to Twitter to affirm an as-yet unrequited man love for U.S. President Barack Obama.
The well-known rapper was first introduced to the idea of Obama man love by fellow acolyte (and ironically, winner of the celebrity Mitt Romney look-alike contest) George Clooney while the pair was under house arrest in Beverly Hills on a shoplifting-and-conspiracy charge. Dogg Poop later met the President at a 2008 fund raiser for the then-candidate at the home of media mogul Harvey Weinstein.
The rapper, best known for his promotions with Grape Nuts, the WNBA, and Pepsi Absolute Zero, made a list of how he loves the President and of his animosity towards Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Rap experts and handwriting specialists say the list is authentic and representative of Dogg Poop's work (the following is, of course, a transcription of the tweeted photograph of Dogg Poop's hand-written list):
- Obama may only be half-white but Romney's all white.
- Romney thinks a ho is a gardening tool.
- Obama blows smoke and smokes blow.
- Obama got them Obama phones.
- Obama reminds me of a dude I met at Akbar.
- Romney reminds me of my probation officer.
- Michelle got a big old booty.
- My agent said this would be an edgy thing to do even if Katy Perry already did it.
- Romney can't go to his left; Obama can go to his left.
- When Obama's got nuthin to say, he says nuthin.
Most political analysts say this Dogg Poop endorsement is just the re-boot the President needs to get his campaign back on track, put economic and foreign policy issues behind him, and win the next two presidential debates decisively.
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Tomorrow Tomorrow, I'll love ya tomorrow..
Sorry, I have that, and Somewhere over the Rainbow stuck in my head LoL
Speaking of tomorrow, I have an interview at the Impound again. yay!
Cross your fingers please!
It's further away, but the hours are NOT m-f 8-5. Which I prefer.
Washing/drying some clothes now so that I have something to wear tomorrow.. I'm thinking grey pants with grey booties.. not sure which shirt yet though.. we'll see.
We won another $40 at bingo Saturday night yay! Then we went to Scooters afterwards… and there was some hippie live band playing, it was really lame. We were not amused. But we all left with out any fights breaking out so that's good. Got to see Sean finally and flirted a lil when no one was looking, and josh's gf tasha didnt come either so that was nice lol. However I still have not gotten any alone time with Sean.
He did CALL me twice this weekend, weird, he never calls we always text. I was giving him a hard time for flaking on me and not coming over… and he says "well at least i call and let you know whats going on! see i'm a good boyfriend!……..; pause ; errr… boyfriend material………. cept no one wants to be with me *fake cry*. I was just like Ö ooooooook then.
I realized earlier that if i get the impound job, i'll never see my customer crush \=
Even though he's on FB, he never USES FB. sadness.
I tried to get up and go to the gym this morning, but it didnt happen. Had a hard time falling asleep last night i knew it was gonna happen….
We'll see if it'll happen tomorrow that way i'll be up, energized, focused and ready for the interview.
People are starting to get my xmas cards, Cindy called me Sunday and said she loved it and also invited me to xmas dinner if I dont have any other plans I may take her up on it. My mom said she got hers today so my grandma should have also and possibly my dad. The rest went out in the mail today so hopefully they get to their destinations by xmas!
Oh so Chan is/was/maybe still coming out for NYE we had plans to go to the strip club, but now she says she doesnt want to, she may not come at all, or if she does she may just go to a house party with Christine. Really? Drive 800 miles for a house party? ::shakes head:: now i remember some of the lil reasons we stopped being friends and why she annoys me… but im just gonna bite my tongue… if she comes out, i'll see her, but i'm not going out of my way.
OooOo Lane bryant is having buy 2 get 2 free bra's through Jan 11th…. i could use some new ones…ill have to check out what the store has.. cuz sometimes the website is better.
Ok enough rambling from me.. gotta go sort my clean clothes..


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BloomFilter is a well known technique that has an interesting fact, you can have false positives but no false negatives.
I came across this tool in development of a web service that serves tons of requests for some user keywords based lookups. The storage uses MongoDB, and the service itself is based on Jersey, all in all, the service runs amazingly fast. Nevertheless, as a developer, I was looking for chances to optimize it. One thing bugs me most is the failure requests, as users' keyword lookup doesn't exist in our MongoDB. And in general such MISS scenarios cost almost the same cpu time as in a HIT scenario.
The 1st thought was to use BloomFilter to record the MISS keywords at each client, so that, when the next time it happens, no http roundtrip is required, a check in the BloomFilter would suffice. Or would it? The problem wasn't really solved given the chance of false positives from BloomFilter. 2nd time it might be a miss, but can we afford to trust it? Another question is how large the BloomFilter is supposed to be? As user requests in theory could be an infinite set of keywords. Well, this doesn's work. And no surprise, coz I was using BloomFilter wrong!
I shouldn't have used BloomFilter in the negative cases, but positive cases. And in my case, I shall generate a BloomFilter upon the keywords that I have in MongoDB, and send this BloomFilter to all my clients. Each client should check against the BloomFilter before it calls the service about this suspicious keyword, if the BloomFilter said it's not there, as no false negative exists, we're fully confident of saving this roundtrip, also, as the keywords are enumerable, our BloomFilter's size could be anticipated.
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|Como Lake
We have enjoyed this last two weeks the most. The high alpine lakes, creeks, rivers, forests and awesome mountains towns of the San Juans are really what we love the most.
|Some Snow
I have done a handfull of GREAT runs in the last few weeks. Brendan Trimboli came up from Durango and camped with us for a night and we did a great run from just a few miles up the road from our camp on Cement Creek. We dropped over a pass down to where highway 550 runs and tried our best to find a non-road route to Red Mountain Pass where we were going cross back into the drainage we were camped and parked. Unfortunately we got a little confused, couldn't find a good trail up to the pass and we made our way back via pipeline trail and up Corks Screw pass.
|Going Up
After the run with Brendan, we hit Velocity Basin and the lake at the foot of the awesome chute "The Great One" at Silverton Ski Area. The lake is at just over 11,000 feet, the water perfect for soaking and an impressive place, just miles up from our camp.
|Velocity Basin with "The Great One" in view
|Hanging out at Velocity Basin
|Brendan attempting to kick his anemia...
|Had to both run and drive this one! The toilet wasn't that impressive though.
|Falls in Maggie's Gulch
|The Taco does it all
|The frequent Marmot
|Looking down Ophir Pass
|The road down to Ophir
|My wonderful wife!
We are really having a blast. We went to the "Taste of Silverton" where we enjoyed some food, music, dancing and fun out on Blair Street in Silverton. We have been hanging out with Dakota Jones along with some running. I am in taper mode for my race this weekend in Lake City, the San Juan Solstice 50 Mile. I am really, really excited for this race. First off, the loop race will be amazingly fun, beautiful, challenging (12,000+ feet of climbing) and I can't wait.


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Problem Solving in Geometry
Problem solving For Quadrilaterals:Example 1:
70˚, 70˚, 40˚, what is the missing angle?
Proving your answer:
- 1st you need to know what the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral equals.
- You know that a Quadrilateral equals 360 degrees
- So then you add 70+70+40 which equals 180
- Now you subtract 360 – 180 = 180 and that would be your answer.
- The missing angle is 180˚.
A quadrilateral has a 145˚ angle and a 16˚ angle. The remaining angles are congruent. What is the measure of both remaining angles?
Proving your answer:Step 1: First you add 145+16= 176.
Step 2: So now you do 360-176= 184.
Step 3: Now you do 360-184= 176
Step 4: Now you do 176/2= 88
The missing angles are both 88˚.
Check your work!
Step 5: Now you do 145+16+88+88=360
Problem Solving for Triangles
Jack drew an Isosceles triangle. One of the angles is 90 degrees, and another is 45 degrees. What is the other angle? So, first we know that one angle is 90 degrees and another is 45 degrees. So, the first step is to add 90 plus 45 which equals 135. Next, you have to subtract 180 from 135 which is 45. So, the last angle must be……45! So than that means that it is a acute triangle.
Another problem that you might see is maybe this one…Zack has three different sized sticks. He puts them in the shape of a triangle. one of the sides is 38 inches and another is 105.What is the last side? OK! so we know that our magic number for triangles is 180.We know that one side is 38 inches and another is 105 inches. First we have to add 105 and 38 which is 143. Next you have to subtract 180 from 143 which is 37. So that means the last side must be…….37! So, that means that it is also a acute triangle.
Another you might see is one like this one…Kristine has some clay and she formed it into the shape of a triangle and all the sides are equal. One side is 60 inches. What are the other two sides? Okay dokey! We know that one side is 60 inches. So if all the sides are the same that must mean that the other two sides are also 60 inches! So now that means that it is also acute but remember not all problems they will turn out acute just these.
Here's another...Samantha has a triangle like this one here. Classify this triangle by sides and angles! We know by looking at the picture that one side is 50 inches. So first we need to subtract 180 from 50 which is 130. Next you have to divide it by 2 which is 65 so the other 2 sides are 65 inches! So that means that it is also acute. Now, we have to classify it by sides. OK, it has two equal sides and one that is different than the other two sides. So that must means that it is a isosceles triangle.


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Online security giant Symantec released stats this week that children under seven, tweens and teens all have 'sex' or 'porn' in their top 10 web searches.
Symantec is getting a ton of coverage with this right now. Revealing statistics that appeal to the masses is something even small brands can leverage.
If you let your children surf the internet unsupervised, this is me punching you in the head. Please cherish the next generation.
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Linguistics Minor
Six courses required for the Linguistics minor (LINGMIN):
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I. LING 201 Foundations of Linguistics
The systematic study of human language, surveying the fields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, child language acquisition, and historical linguistics.
II. LING 101 History of the American Languages
An examination of the historical use of various languages and geographical and social dialects in American society.
LING 401 Language, Mind, and Society
Survey of topics including the foundations of language, the relationship between mind and language, and the relationship between langauge and society. Readings drawn from classic works and contemporary research.
III. Two Elective Courses in Linguistics
IV. Two Foreign Language Courses
- Two courses in one foreign language at the 200-level or above OR
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Today's Daily Om has a good message -- not that I'm necessarily having a bad day, mind you, but it does help to put a perspective on things.
Nobody gets through life without pain and suffering. Just flat nobody.
The level of pain and suffering differs. Sometimes there is physical pain, which can sap everything in you, take joy right out of you. Sometimes there is mental pain -- which does the same. We can get trapped in our own heads, in our business, and it's hard to see any way out. There's grief, fear, anger -- all cause pain, all cause suffering.
The only thing we can really control is how we react to it. Drugs and alcohol may take away physical or mental pain, at least temporarily.
In the end, it's what we do with what we have, where we are, that makes the difference.
Pain and suffering can't stand up too long to gratitude. Even if the pain is still there, gratitude lessens it. Sometimes even the smallest gratitude makes the difference -- a hot cup of tea, a heating pad, a phone call or e-mail from a friend.
Sometimes it's calling the pharmacy and learning that your insurance will only pay for a limited number of tablets for the month -- and it's the exact number that you need until your next doctor visit (when you'll get a prescription change anyway).
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Got to see big sis today, she is looking so beautiful. So much better than this time last week.
She is still gracing the ICU with her presence, and has them wrapped around her little finger.
Who can not but love her....
She had her own little ICU salon (Laura style ) today with, head massage and wash, legs shaved, and an all over nutrametics apricot moisturising (Thank Maxine!).
Laura is doing well although.......she was a little restless today, but nothing a good nights sleep won't fix. The seizures are defiantly slowing (I didn't see one in the 4 hours I spent with her). Doctors are happy with her progress.
Oh an Linda, she loved seeing the quilt. It put a huge smile on her face.
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The forces that shaped modern Brazil made the rise of a figure such as Lula da Silva all but inevitable. Conditions in Brazil today mean his imprisonment is certainly not the end of this chapter in the nation's story. Pablo Gentili, Executive Secretary of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), analyses the parallel between Brazil's history and the story of its most charismatic leader.
In preparation for the ERPI 2018 Conference: "Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World", we have compiled a set of papers submitted by researchers and scholars across the world.
In preparation for the ERPI 2018 Conference: "Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World", we have compiled a set of papers submitted by researchers and scholars across the world.
A push by 39 WTO members, including China, Russia, the EU, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico to reintroduce formal discussions on investment facilitation at the 11th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial conference has failed.
As Trade Ministers from 164 countries meet in Buenos Aires, Argentina this week for the 11 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial conference,
the Transnational Institute has published a new report that analyses the 234 known investment arbitration lawsuits against Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) states.
Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are among the most affected by the investment arbitration system worldwide, representing 28.6% of all known investor-state disputes around the world. In particular, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru accounts for 77.3% of the total number of claims against LAC countries. Investors have won in 70% of the cases brought against LAC countries. As a result, LAC States have already had to pay foreign companies 20.6 billion USD, which could cover Bolivia's budget for health and education for four whole years.
Together with the Cannabis News Network, Martin Jelsma travelled to Colombia to report on the newly emerging medical cannabis industry in the country, specifically looking at the impacts of private investment and licensing on farmers and indigenous communities.
In a letter to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), a global network of 177 NGOs, expresses strong support for the Peace Accord signed by the Colombian government and the FARC, while also expressing deep concern regarding intensified, and increasingly militarized, forced coca eradication efforts, especially in areas where communities have already signed crop substitution agreements.
Cannabis (or marihuana) is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances in the world. According to the United Nations World Drug Report, 183 million people, or 3.8% of the world's population, used cannabis in 2014. Its cultivation was also reported by 129 countries. Cannabis is subject to the United Nations System for International Control of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (hereafter "drugs") and is the most widely consumed of all the drugs. According to that control system, cannabis is among the substances with the strictest legal status; they are the most prohibited, supposedly because of the harm they cause and their lack of medical usefulness.
Paraguay is the principal producer of cannabis in South America. Despite its importance as a supplier of cannabis in South America, there has been a surprising absence of serious studies of its impact on its own society, and on the play of offer and demand in neighbouring countries.
The current crisis of the Bolivarian project is due to its failure to question the rentier petro-state model. Far from accepting that an alternative to capitalism necessarily had to be a departure from the destructive development model of unlimited growth, the government of President Chávez intensified it to extremes unknown in the country's previous history.
The Panama Papers, a massive leak of confidential documents from Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in Panama that helped wealthy clients and money launderers for drug trafficking organisations set up anonymous shell companies in tax havens, should open the outcome document of the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS 2016) on the world drug problem, that will take place on April 19-21 in New York.
Mexico City — Today, the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (Colectivo de Estudios Drogas y Derecho, CEDD) will release a series of new studies showing that mass incarceration for nonviolent drug offenses has increased across the region.
Focusing on the Caribbean region, the thirteenth Informal Drug Policy Dialogue in Latin America, was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 23-25 April 2015.
After three decades of privatization and anti-state rhetoric, government ownership and public management are back in vogue.
Despite efforts by governments in Latin America, illicit drugs continue to provide one of the largest incomes for criminal organizations, enabling them to penetrate and corrupt political and social institutions.
Between the 26th and 28th of January 2013, the CELAC Summit (EU-LAC) will be held in Santiago, Chile. A Peoples Summit will be held in parallel from 25-27th of January.


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On the morning of September 21, Xu Dazhe, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Governor of Hunan Provincial Government, announced the opening of Shimen-Changsha Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains in Changsha, which marks the EMU trains opened among Changde, Yiyang and Changsha.
Governor Xu Dazhe (right in the front), with other leaders took the EMU train.
The first EMU Shimen-Changsha train designed with "Lovely Changde, A City of Romance".
At 08:15 am of September 21, the first EMU Shimen-Changsha train passed by Xiangjiang Bridge along Moon Island, Changsha. (Photo/Guo Liliang)
The Shimen-Changsha Railway operates eight pairs of EMU trains every day.
The passenger Yang Yu took the first EMU train from Changsha to Changde.
The carriage is spacious, bright and tidy.
The pattern is designed for delicious food and beautiful scenery of Changde and Shimen.
Power plug socket is available on the side of seats next to the aisles.


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Air temp: 70 degrees
Humidity: 70% Barometer: 1024 mb and steady
Speed: 3.5 knots Course: 075 degrees True
Noon to noon distance made in nautical miles for the last 24 hours: 74 miles
Point of Sail: Port Close reach
Wind speed: North at 8 knots
Swells: Northeast at 2-3 ft.
Noon Latitude: 41 deg 2.3′ N (Same latitude as Eureka, CA, but 1500 miles west of it) Noon Longitude: 154 deg 02.9′ W
Camanoe's fish count since Maui: Flying fish – 7 Squid – 0
Breakfast today: Oatmeal
Lunch today: Spaghetti
Dinner tonight: Organic Whole Mac'n cheese with ham, with dried fruit on the side
It's about that time. Today has been cold, I had to find my pants. Well, pajama bottoms actually. It is a sad day.
We have been steadily heading Nor-east by east since 0800 this morning when the wind returned. It disappeared yesterday evening so we had to drift through the night with all sails secure. It was nice to not have to deal with sail changes in the middle of the night. On the other hand, it was fairly rolly as we didn't have the sails to stabilize us.
Around midnight I visually spotted a Japanese fishing vessel off my stern about five miles. Unfortunately, they weren't running their radar, so my radar detector was useless. I had heard them throughout the day on Ch. 16 on the VHF. I attempted to make contact on the VHF but was ignored, or more then likely they didn't speak English. Which is probably a good thing because I have a bone to pick with them anyway. 90% of the trash out here is fishing related. Mostly old nets and fishing net floats. Next time, they better hope they see me before I see them, or it's right in the face!


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Buhari blames aide for plagiarising Obama
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed an "overzealous" staff member for plagiarising parts of a speech by Barack Obama.Several passages of a speech Mr Buhari made on September 8 overlapped with President Obama's address after winning election in 2008. His office admitted the sentences were "too close to be passed as coincidence". Buhari: "We must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that have poisoned our country for so long." Obama: "Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long." Buhari used the copied extracts in launching a campaign called "Change Begins With Me", part of a bid to tackle corruption in Nigeria. The irony was not lost to some online, who mocked Mr Buhari.On the BBC Africa Facebook page though, others were more sympathetic.


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1. I will get a Kimmy Jin roommate. Trust me. It happens. My mom had a college roommate like that. Her name was Mi Fung Chu (I probably butchered that). My mom thinks she was from Malaysia. She also said that she had an absolutely ginormous bag of rice in their kitchen and would literally eat it for every meal.
2. I won't be a good note-taker, and will miss important information. I am a really slow writer…
3. I won't be able to adjust to sharing a dorm room. I have always, as long as I can remember, had my own room. I don't know how easy it will be for me to adjust to living in such a small area with someone else.
4. I will get homesick. I have never been away from my parents for extended periods of time. I'm worried that I will get very homesick, especially when I'm stressed. When I'm stressed the only person who can calm me down and reassure me is my mom.
5. I won't get accepted to the colleges I want to go to. I feel like there's going to be one person who does just a smidge better than me and earns the acceptance instead of me.


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Despite Ryuuji Takasu's gentle personality, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent. Class rearrangements on his second high school year put him together with his best friend, Yusaku Kitamura, and his hidden crush, Minori Kushieda. Along with these two comes Kushieda's best friend, Taiga Aisaka. Her delicate appearance contrasts with her brutal personality. Secretly in love with Kitamura, Taiga agrees to help Ryuuji with his love interest as long as he helps her get closer to hers.
(Source: ANN)
Toradora! has been one of my favorite romance anime. Also, I think this was my first romance anime that I watched that has a tsundere girl (Taiga Aisaka). Ok, I'll write here what a typical tsundere would say. "It's not like I want to write a blog about this anime or anything, B-B-Baka!", I guess you guys know what a tsundere is now, right?
Now back to the story, Ryuuji Takasu is the main protagonist of this anime. His eyes made him look like a delinquent, so the other students of his school were afraid of him. There's also another person who also make the students get scared of her. She is The Palmtop Tiger or also known as Taiga Aisaka. Ryuuji and Taiga met at some point, but it was not really kinda a nice greeting to each other. But they got to get along in the later episodes, bust not that too much nice.
So the other characters that I will introduce is the love interests of Ryuuji and Taiga. Yusaku Kitamura is Ryuuji Takasu's best friend, he is also the love interest of Taiga. Minori Kushieda is Taiga Aisaka's best friend, she is the love interest of Ryuuji. Taiga and Ryuuji both agreed that they will help each other to win over their love interests. But guys I have a question, do you think that they actually won over their love interests? I don't want to spoil you guys because this is a really good anime. But I think you guys already know what will happen because it's obvious on who will be paired to each other.
This anime has 25 episodes but my heart says it needs to have a second season, well you'll know why I want a second season if you watch the ending. In all, this anime is great if you want some laugh and if you like to feel some romance in your life. Not romance in real life (forever alone). I guess each of you guys who watched this anime already have different shippings. The SHIP has set sail!
-SPOILER ALERT- A simple clue here. Toradora in English is, Tora = Tiger, and Dora = Dragon. So, Tiger x Dragon. Basically the tiger is Taiga and the dragon is Ryuuji. You might guess it already on who will be paired to each other.


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Arsene Wenger has admitted he was stunned by Robin van Persie's move
to Fenerbahce and.that English football will feel his absence.
Van Persie has made a £4.7million switch to the Turkish Super Lig
three years after leaving Arsenal for Manchester United.
'It was a big surprise,' said Wenger.
'He is a loss for English football because he's an exceptional
player, one of best I've managed, with an exceptional technique. 'I
don't know what happened why he leaves but he's a loss to the Premier
League.'.Wenger lured Van Persie to England in 2004, when Arsenal,
then champions, paid Feyenoord £2.75m.
The Dutch striker struggled for years with injuries before maturing
into the most
consistent striker in the country.
Arsenal banked £24m when he moved to United and he completed his
ambition of winning the Barclays Premier League title in his first
season at Old Trafford.
It has quickly turned sour, however, under Louis van Gaal who told Van
Persie his opportunities to play in the season ahead.would be limited.
Fenerbahce produced a lucrative deal for the 31-year-old worth £240,000 a week.
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Android platform is dominating the digital world with its innovation and power. The apps developed for Android have unique and influential features, which seamlessly functions on feature filled Android operating system.
The Android apps generally have adaptive icons that smoothly take on the screen of the mobile devices. It can display the variety of shapes across different device models. As Android icons take the shape as per the device display and screens, icons can be either circular shape or square or squircle. Each device Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) provides a mask. The system uses this mask to uniform provides all adaptive icons with the same shape. The adaptive launcher icons are used in shortcuts, the setting app, sharing dialogs and the overview screen. The Android API ensures the most adaptive and dynamic icon for the Android devices.
2. Variety of visual effects is also supported by adaptive icons.
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As the adaptive icons support the variety of mask that differs from devices to devices, hence for each device icons can be designed in a way that would functions flawlessly for the devices. The adaptive icons support the variety of visual effects that ensures that the icons can be designed with fair amount of effects, which will be visually impressive. The adaptive icon is defined using 2 layers and a mask which a mask that ensures that the icon is distributed with uniform shape across all the devices.
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Now that dog adoption is imminent, I keep thinking about the ways in which I'll have to alter my daily life to fit her in too. A trip to Portland will now have to include a stop at the dog park or lunch outside. I'm really excited for a pup in my life and I think it'll make me a bit more thoughtful about my daily routine. In turn, that will help me appreciate life more and not spend too much time shopping or running unnecessary errands.
Simply put, dogs have a much bigger impact on a person's life than anticipated and I can't wait for this game changer!


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Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice,[a][6] for the "boom-chicka-boom" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for a rebelliousness,[7][8] coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor;[5] for providing free concerts inside prison walls;[9][10][page needed] and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black".[b] He traditionally began his concerts with the phrase "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."[c], followed by his standard "Folsom Prison Blues".]
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Virgin has announced plans to close all Virgin Music Megastores in the US by this summer:
The remaining six Virgin Megastores in the United States will shut their doors this summer.
To buck declining music sales, the chain broadened its offerings in the last few years to apparel, books and electronics. The six remaining stores took in about $170 million in revenue a year, down from the $230 million from 23 stores at its peak in 2002.
The lack of expansion plans and a recent decision to close the Times Square location in New York, which had been on track to make $56 million last year until the financial collapse began in September, made supporting the rest of the chain untenable, Wright said.
"Our six best stores from a retail point of view are also our six best stores from a real estate point of view," Wright said.
It looks like the corporate record store may soon be a thing of the past.
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Let's Play Street Fighter II Turbo on the SNES – Mark VS Jamie – Battle 2
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Creative juices flowing at local businesses as workers get ready for solar eclipse
OMAHA, Ne (FOX42KPTM) - The solar eclipse, as of August 11th, is just ten days away and local businesses are gearing up. Workers, even in Omaha, are stocking up on everything from food to alcohol to make sure they're ready for the crowds.
"We're going to take all of our tall cocktail tables out in the patio area," said Alzuri, the head bartender at Aksarben's Spirit World.
For Alzuri, the countdown is on. Getting the tables and chairs ready is the easy part. Now, he must nail down new drink recipes, which will take a little more time. He already has a few ideas in mind like a drink called the Midnight Sky. It comes with a stronger flavor and a color like what people will see outside.
"Just a little bit of a twist so it's something different," said Alzuri.
Alzuri isn't the only one preparing. Near Midtown Omaha, FOX 42 News found one business stocking up on local craft beer.
"Which is a big deal for us here," said Zach Ferguson, the general manager at Corkscrew Wine and Cheese.
Ferguson knows most will head south for the path of totality, but with a partial eclipse in Omaha he's banking on it being busy.
"I'm banking on a lot of people hanging out in the area."
With Blackstone being so new, he thinks it could attract people looking for something a bit more unique.
"We want to be ready for whoever shows up," said Ferguson.
That's a big reason why the boxes full of local craft beer arrived at Corkscrew Wine and Cheese Friday.


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Cosmology meets Machine LearningNIPS 2011 Workshop, December 16th, Sierra Nevada, Spain
Cosmology aims at the understanding of the universe and its evolution through scientific observation and experiment and hence addresses one of the most profound questions of human mankind. With the establishment of robotic telescopes and wide sky surveys cosmology already now faces the challenge of evaluating vast amount of data. Several projects will image large fractions of the sky in the next decade; for example the Dark Energy Survey will culminate in a catalogue of 300 million objects extracted from peta-bytes of observational data, while the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is designed to image the entire observable Southern sky every few nights for 10 years. The importance of automatic data evaluation and analysis tools for the success of these surveys is undisputed.
Many problems in modern cosmological data analysis are tightly related to fundamental problems in machine learning, such as classifying stars and galaxies and cluster finding of dense galaxy populations. Other typical problems include data reduction, probability density estimation, how to deal with missing data and how to combine data from different surveys. An increasing part of modern cosmology aims at the development of new statistical data analysis tools and the study of their behaviour and systematics often not aware of recent developments in machine learning and computational statistics.
Therefore, the objectives of this workshop are two-fold:
The workshop is held as a one-day workshop organised jointly by experts in the field of empirical inference and cosmology. The target group of participants are researchers working in the field of cosmological data analysis as well as researchers from the whole NIPS community sharing the interest in real-world applications in a fascinating, fast-progressing field of fundamental research. Due to the mixed participation of computer scientists and cosmologists the invited speakers will be asked to give talks with tutorial character and make the covered material accessible for both computer scientists and cosmologists.
SponsorsThe workshop is funded as a PASCAL core workshop.
Header ImageThe header image is a image collage by Michael Hirsch composed of a neural net imaged by Two-Photon Excitation Microscopy by Jochen Herms in collaboration with the Bioimaging Zentrum at the LMU München and part of a simulation of dark matter structure with new techniques for following the formation and evolution of the visible components (courtesy of Volker Springel).


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