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The Special One:Jose Mourinho

Lloyd — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:34:27 +0000

Jose Mario dos Santos Felix Mourinho is a Portuguese name very familiar in the football world. Mourinho born in 1963 was the son of portuguese footballer and started his career as a football player. But later switched his profession to managing clubs and now one of the most envied managers in the world. He is got a nick name “The Special One“, self proclaimed.Mourinho started his new passion as an assistant coach under the veteran Sir Bobby Robson in the portuguese club FC Porto.This was in early 90’s. In the crack of new millenium he startd to coach teams by himself and his first teams were Benefica & Uniao de Leiria.

Eventhough for a short span he turned out to be impressive. But the real fame was yet to come when he returned to FC Porto, this time as head coach in 2002. His achievments at FC Porto from 2002-04 include Cup of Portugal, Portugues Liga, UEFA cup and also the biggest European club football title UEFA champions League in 2004.Jose Mourinho is said to be an ambitious guy, he left Porto in search of glory and reached the EPL camp.This time Chelsea was at the recieving end of his talent. He guided chelsea to consecutive Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006. By this time he really became one amoung the most successfull managers in club football both in name and work. His time at Chelsea was very much controversial, one can just love him or hate him, there won’t be an intermediate state. When its about football he is always aggresive and outspoken, whether its to get an edge over opponents or to squeeze better out of his players. The comments like:

1. “They have to enjoy playing for me and Chelsea but they don’t have to be in love with me.” – Referring to his Chelsea players.
2. “Why drive Aston Martin all the time, when i have Ferrari and Porsche as well? That would just be stupid” – When asked about rotating Joe Cole, Arjen Robben and Damien Duff
3.“I saw their players and manager go for a lap of honour after losing to us in their last home game. In Portugal if you do this, they throw bottles at you.” – on Manchester United
4.“Maybe when I turn 60 and have been managing in the same league for 20 years and have the respect of everybody I will have the power to speak to people and make them tremble a little bit.” – On Sir Alex Ferguson – January 2005
5. “We have top players and, sorry if I’m arrogant, we have a top manager.”- About himself.

were treated as his arrogance and always attracted some contraversy.

The special one reminds us about kings and warriors fighting to conquer countries. He left Chelsea in 2007, and moved to Serie A League. He signed a 3 year contract with Inter Milan in mid 2008 and within 3 months he won Supercoppa Italiana(Italian Super Cup is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Italy. It is a curtain raiser to the new season.) and finished his first season in Italy with the Serie A title. Next year he got hold of Serie A, Coppa Italia & the UEFA Champions League beating his former club Chelsea. With this victory he became the 3rd manager in history who won UEFA Champions League title with 2 different clubs. His thirst for glory persists, the proof is, he left Milan to join Real Madrid in May 2010, may be to achieve a personal goal in career, the first manager in history to grab UEFA Champions League title with 3 different teams.

World’s Slimmest USB Drives launched by Moser Baer

Vivek — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:16:44 +0000

Moser Baer has launched the “Knight” USB Flash drives, which is claimed to be the world’s slimmest 8GB USB flash drive. The USB Device measures just 2.3mm in width and weighs only 1.3 grams! The USB flash drive comes with embedded LED and is just 29.4 x 12.4 x 2.3mm in size. These micro USB Flash drives are equipped with an advanced “Chip-on-Board technology” which allows 8GB of flash storage on its very small case. It also comes with the “MyZone” option which allows the users to customize their own private and public storage space which can be secured by using a password.

Other Specs:

USB Support
USB 1.1/2.0

Compatible OS
Windows, Linux, Mac

Colors available
Red, Yellow, Green, Pink and Orange

Price
4GB: Rs. 750 8GB:Rs. 1,150

Other Features
Embedded LED, Lanyard,5 Year warranty, Dust and water resistance, password enabled customized storage options

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Epl transfer news-2010-11 Season

Vivek — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:21:54 +0000

The start of the 2010/11 EPL seson is just a week away and the Premier league has still not done an eye catching move so far, even though there has been no dearth in speculations.Its Manchester City who is doing all the spending. They have spend nearly 80 million already. Manchester United and Liverpool have done a bit of business while the London clubs Chelsea,Arsenal and Tottenham have so far not made any big signings.

City’s biggest signing so far has been David Silva from Valencia. Cash-strapped Valencia finally had to let their players go, but they would not complain as they got £25 million for Silva and a further £35 million for David Villa who moved to Barcelona. David Silva is a very talented winger and at just 24 years, one can expect the best phase of his career coming up. The adition of Silva would probably mean that Craig Bellamy will be surplus to requirements at the Eastlands and may join formar Coach Mark Hughes at Fulham.

City also signed Yaya Toure from Barcelona. The defensive midfielder is a very good addition to the squad and joins brother Kolo Toure at the club. Yaya Toure is reported to have cost aroud £20 million for the Citizens. The Citizens have also signer German defender Jerome Boeteng from Hamburg for £11 million and Alexander Kolarov from Lazio for £17 million.That is already £73 million that City has spend. City are also expected to completed the signing of 19 year Inter Milan forward Mario Baloteli. The deal would cost them nearly £30 million, or more. City are still interested in Aston Villa’s James Milner, who is valued at more than £20 million. If these signings are also completed, City would have spnd in the region of £140 million by the end of the transfer window. Also, with Fernando Torres still not having pledged his future to Liverpool, City would be ready to pounce anytime. One wonders how many of these players would actually play this season. A new rule has been imposed limiting the number of players per club to 25 ,with 8 home grown players. One wonders, where is this 8 home grown players are going to come for City!!

Done Deals :

David Silva Valencia £25 million
Yaya Toure Barcelona £20 million
Alexander Kolarov Lazio £17 million
Jerome Boateng Hamburg £11 million

Javier Garrido, Benjani,Sylvinho and Martin Petrov have already been released or sold by City. Bellamy, Roque Santa Cruz and Stephen Ireland may also fnd new clubs before the window closes.

Rumoured:

Mario Baloteli Inter Milan £30 million Deal almost done
James Milner Aston Villa £20 million Probability-60%
Fernando Torres Liverpool >£60 million
May lose out to Chelsea if at all Liverpool agree to sell him

XMLDOM Parser:ATG

Sam — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:20:23 +0000

The code below explains how to get the value of a particular node from an XML. Dont forget to take a look into the imports in the class as the XMLToDOMParser and ApacheXMLToolsFactory are two very important packages you can’t forget for this code to work. “xPath” gives the node we have to find. The string variable “xPath” is defined in a particular way. The path in the eg: file(testParsingXML.java) will lead you to the node named “category“. Here is another example to know how to write the xPath:= /root/son[@name=\"firstchild\"]/grandson[@name=\"gs1\"]

This xpath will lead you to grandson node. All other things in the code are self explanatory. An xml specified in the code is also provided., make sure you copy the xml(test.xml) in the same path mentioned in the java code. Hope the code snippet helps. This code will work fine within an ATG environment. I tried successfully.

Drawback:

This code will definitely help you find the value of known node, but wont help you in finding a dynamic node.Which means you need to specify the node name to get the value.Eg: you can’t read all “category” nodes of “granddaughter” just by specifying xpath till “granddaughter”.

1 . “testParsingXML.java”

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.util.Enumeration;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import atg.xml.tools.XMLToDOMParser;
import atg.xml.tools.apache.ApacheXMLToolsFactory;

public class testParsingXML{
public static void main(String[] argS){
		XMLToDOMParser xtdParser;
		ApacheXMLToolsFactory axtFactory = new ApacheXMLToolsFactory();
		xtdParser = axtFactory.createXMLToDOMParser();
		File xmlFile = null;
		FileInputStream fis= null;
		xmlFile = new File("E:\\test.xml");

		try {
			fis = new FileInputStream(xmlFile);	 // Should wrap with try catch block
			byte fileContent[] = new byte[(int)xmlFile.length()];
			fis.read(fileContent); 	// Should wrap with try catch block
			ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(fileContent);
			Document document = xtdParser.parse(bis ,false ,null);
			String xPath ="/root/daughter[@name=\"secondchild\"]/granddaughter[@name=\"three2tango\"]/category[@name=\"c1\"]";
			Enumeration nodes = axtFactory.createXSLQueryEngine().select(xPath, document, null);
			Node node = nodes.nextElement();
			if (node.hasAttributes())
			{
			NamedNodeMap attributes = node.getAttributes();
			System.out.println(attributes.item(1));
			System.out.println(attributes.getNamedItem("name").getTextContent());
			System.out.println(attributes.getNamedItem("value").getTextContent());
			}
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

2. “test.xml”

Hiking:Tips for a beginner

Lloyd — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:18:41 +0000

The objective of the article is not just to create a taste towards hiking but also to make awareness on the various aspects. Of course the word itself creates some interest but it requires some prep and knowledge as well. It is always the back packer’s responsibility to acquire the necessary info about the terrain, distance, directions etc. Hiking simply refers to an outdoor activity in natural environments on foot. Hiking in its height will be always in touch with a thick vegetation say mountains, forest, hilly areas etc. And it always includes a backpack. Enthusiasts say it’s the best way to know the pulse of nature and also many beautiful places are reachable only on foot. Hiking helps in evading the noise of vehicles and even other fellow tourists. As the hiking has a close relation to nature, it has some wild aspects to be taken care of. For e.g.:- personal safety threats, threats to the nature itself etc.
Risks, Precautions & Necessities:
Accidents, natural calamities, losing the trail or path, illness due to unfamiliar lifestyle etc are a few risks we can predict and there will be handful of unpredictable risks also. Hikers do follow an itinerary, which is usually referred to as “ten essentials”. A backpacking trip must include at least one overnight stay in the wild. Although most hikers prefer a light back pack one can’t ignore food, water, shelter and cloths. The “ten essentials” were coined by a mountaineering club back in 1930s. It includes:
1. Extra Food & Water
2. Extra clothes
3. Sleeping bag / Tent.
4. Flashlight/Torch
5. First Aid
6. A fire starter(lighter/match box)
7. Knife
8. Compass
9. Map
10. Sunglass.

Though seasoned hikers skip a few from the list, this list is considered to be the one authentic list of necessities.
Impact on environment:
Deforestation and loss of natural habitat are the two very common words we come across now days. A hiker should make sure he is not disturbing the nature for his own happiness. Usually such beautiful vegetations are very fragile. A large flow of hikers to a particular area will gradually abate the beauty knowingly or unknowingly. So many hikers follow a philosophy “Leave No Trail”. They won’t leave behind anything they brought with them, so that a future hiker will never find a trail of the one came before. If every responsible hiker took out one small bag of garbage left by others our scenic beauty will remain forever or otherwise it will perish. The motto of a responsible hiker should be “Leave nothing but footprints. Take nothing but photos. Kill nothing but time. Keep nothing but memories.”

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iPhone vs Android

Vivek — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:45:27 +0000

Which is the best mobile operating system? Well, a year ago , this would have been a senseless question to ask as the iPhone OS was so much above the rest in terms of performance and mainly the IPhone Apps.The case is however very different after the launch of the Android Operating system.The Android phones are a stiff and worthy competition to the IPhone. The Android is not just going to be a threat for the iPhone , but also the iPad, with a number of Android based tablets that is being launched.

Android can be a worthy competitor to the iPhone. The Droid devices provides true multi tasking and this is one feature people would like to see on their smart phones and certainly a tablet is not worth it if it does not support multi tasking. True that the iPhone OS 4 has multi tasking capabilities, but that too is very limited. good for Apple that they have provided some thought to the idea of multi tasking at least now.

Apple’s biggest advantage has been the thousands of iApps available through the app store. Apple controls this whole store and there is no dearth of applications in the app store. But ,the Android is fast catching up with the IPhone in this front also. Also, the users are able to use only the applications available through the app store.There are no such restrictions imposed on the Droid devices, and also large number of applications are being made for the Android devices.Also,with many prominent mobile phone manufacturers turning to Android OS, the number of applications could still rise. The number of Android apps is already around 100,000.Also, the Droid will support Adobe Flash. As hundreds of web sites still use Flash prominently, the lack of Flash support on the iPad may prove decisive. Android 2.2 is going to be released soon, meaning that Google is still trying to improve the OS. The Android 2.2 release will be the seventh platform released since the launch of the Android 1.0 in September 2009.The Android 2.2 will be faster and will also feature rich set of new API.

So which is the best OS for mobile phones and tablets? As of now, Apple leads the race but the “Droids” are fast catching up.With more and more manufacturers looking to make Android devices, as an OS for mobiles, the future of Android looks bright.

Volkswagen Vento-Another winner from the VW Group

Vivek — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:29:53 +0000

The Volkwagen Polo was well received by the Indian markets, even though the price was a bit on the higher side compared to other small cars. The good response from the markets prompted the German manufacturers to launch its next car without wasting much time. The new Volkswagen Vento is a sedan variant of the Polo and has been launched at a price tag of around 7-9 lakhs ( again a bit high). The sedan variant would compete against the likes of Swift Dzire, Hyundai Verna Transform , Ford Fiesta and other sedans in the same category.

Feature wise the Volkswagen Vento includes all the primary features of the Polo.The front end looks exactly like the Polo. The interior is more comfortable though,and presents a good ambiance. The wheelbase of the Vento has been stretched by around 50mm compared to the hatchback variant,for better legroom.Other features available on the Vento would be height-adjustable front seats,Dual SRS airbags, ABS with EBD support,Front and rear arm rests in the center, door opening warning.Anti-theft system among others.

The Vento will get two engine options-a petrol and a diesel, The 1.6 Litre petrol engine produces 105Bhp of power and torque of 153Nm. The petrol version gets a 6 speed automatic transmission option along with the manual 5-speed transmission.The Diesel variant comes with a manual 5 speed transmission but the stand out feature of the Diesel engine is that it is not less powerful tahn the Petrol variant(@105BHP itself) and also provides a torque of around 250Nm, much higher than the Petrol variant.

Volkswagen Vento will be available in 3 petrol variants- Vento Trendline, Vento Highline and the Highline AT, and 2 Diesel variants-Vento Diesel Trendline and the Vento Diesel Highline.

The Volkswagen group sales increased by more than 100% during the first six months of the year.Whether the Vento will be as successful as the Polo remains to be seen. well. if the sales are increasing so much, may be ,sooner or later, Volkswagen may begin production of the Beetle also in India.*Currently the Beetle i imported as CBUs to India and hence costs more than 20 lakhs.

Installing a Decompiler plugin(JAD) for Eclipse

Lloyd — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:58:35 +0000

A decompiler does the reverse of a compiler, a lowel byte code into a high level language.Java decompiler will help you decompile a byte code file so that you can see the java code.
Steps in installing JADClipse(An eclipse plugin for decompiling)
1. Create a folder parallel to the eclipse installation named “JAD”, place the “jad.exe” file inside the folder.
2. Run the “jad.exe”.
3. Copy the jar file to the plugins folder in eclipse.(“jadclipse_3.2.2.jar”)
4. Restart your eclipse.
5.Go to window –>preferences–>Java–>jadeclipse. (Check the Picture below)

6.Set the “Path to Decompiler” as your “jad.exe” location.
7.Set the “Directory for temperary files “ as “D\.jadeclipse”
8. Restart eclipse once more to use JAD.

The decompiler will come handy when you are moving back and forth through ATG Out of the Box components. If JAD is there OOTB components and can be read and understood easily. Click ToDownload JAD Utility.

Devanagari & Indian Rupee Font

Sam — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:44:26 +0000

A special proportion of Devanagari and Roman letter “R” gave Indian Rupee a symbol of status. With this symbol, one of the world’s fast growing economy’s currency will get a unique identity. As countries like Pakistan, SriLanka and Nepal share the same currency name abbreviated either as Re or Rs this symbol will be of significant importance. The symbol reflects the ethos and culture of our nation. Devanagari is from Brahmic family of script and is the descendant of Gupta script, which means it forms the baseline of almost all Indian languages like hindi, marati, gujari etc. Its the most commonly used script used for writing sanskrit, one of the ancient languages.

The amalgamation of Devanagari with the Roman letter paved the way to a global positioning. The symbol was coined / designed by an IIT ian Mr.Udaya Kumar. He is a PhD-holder from IIT-Bombay. It was selected from a short listed set of 5 entries. Mr.Udaya is pursuing a very rare art called typography for the last 5 years and probably this helped him designing the symbol. The idea of a unique symbol for Indian Rupee was announced in 2009 March. Indian Govt announced the competition inviting design from Indian residents for representing the Indian Rupee in simple form.

The fonts for using the symbol are already available.Just copy the font Rupee foradian.ttf file to the Fonts folder in control panel. Select the font in your word application and use the tilde button to use the symbol. Do it yourself to get the feel of it.

Download Font

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FIFA 2010:Grand Finale & Golden Awards

Lloyd — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:47:21 +0000

Yet another fabulous tournament came to end with sunday’s grand finale and soccer city witnessed a fine competition between Spain and Netherlands. It was suspense till 116th minute when Andres Iniesta scored the winning goal for spain. Till then the expectation was a penalty shoot out or even a sudden death as both Iker Casillas & Maarten Stekelenberg where doing perfect job. The game witnessed as much as 12 yellow cards and a red card as a result of 2 yellows to John Heitinga. If you would have watched the game you surely have felt the tension in the air and it produced 3 yellows card within first ten to fifteen minutes. The climax gave a feel like Spain was destined to win. Both teams missed a handfull of chances. Remarkable ones among them are Sergio Ramo’s header, Arjen Robbens’ was blocked by Casillas twice, Villa also lost a few chances. After the Spain squad kissed the cup, there came the golden fifa awards. Golden shoe, ball, glove where awarded to Thomas Muellar, Diego Forlan, Iker Casillas respectively. Muellar also got the Best Young player of the tournament award.

Golden shoe is given maximum number of goals in the tournament and it was a tight competition with Villa and Sneijder also with 5 goals. But 20 year old Muellar got an upper hand with his 3 assists in goals.Best young player award was almost sure for him as his performance helped the germans reach the semi-finals. Forlan was selected the outstanding player of the tournament by the media personnal and was given the golden ball. Iker Casillas guarded the Spanish net with just 2 flaws and thus managed the golden glove.

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