Joseph Amrith Raj's Blog

Man United!

2011-09-10T01:05:00.001+05:30

URL: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/man-united/

Million dollar players come and go, but the success of the world’s greatest sports club is the work of Sir Alex Ferguson..

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Copa America 2011 fixtures

2011-07-04T00:18:00.001+05:30

Copa America 2011 fixtures, originally uploaded by josephamrithraj.

Copa America 2011 - Fixtures, teams, and time in GMT and PST

Hotdog king Federer drops set on way to win #fb

2011-06-28T05:19:00.001+05:30

URL: http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/match_reports/2011-...

Mikhail Youzhny did what no other player has done this tournament - namely, take a set from Roger Federer. The problem for the Russian was that Federer breezed through the next three to take the match 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. That's pesky six-time Wimbledon champions for you. They have a habit of winning.

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Rapid Response by WordPress.org Nips Hack Attack in the Bud

2011-06-23T21:19:00.001+05:30

http://technology.inc.com/2011/06/22/rapid-response-by-wordpre...

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Manchester United new Home Kit 2011/12 #MUFC

2011-06-03T09:23:00.001+05:30

URL: http://store.manutd.com/stores/manutd/products/kit_sele...

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Carlo Ancelotti is sacked as #Chelsea manager #CFC

2011-05-23T06:28:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13494528.stm

Chelsea have sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti after he ended his second season at the club without a trophy.

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Record income but record losses for Premier League #MCFC #AFC #CFC #LFC #MUFC

2011-05-20T03:08:00.001+05:30

URL: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/55741334

In his annual analysis of Premier League finances guardian's award-winning writer looks into the game's black hole

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Antonio Valencia overcomes injury to sparkle at #MUFC

2011-05-13T22:13:00.001+05:30

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/13/ant...

From gobbling toothpaste to demolishing Chelsea - the winger has shown a rare drive to succeed

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Real and Barcelona charged by UEFA

2011-04-28T22:19:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13226012.stm

Uefa has charged Real Madrid and Barcelona over incidents in their Champions League semi-final, including Jose Mourinho's post-match outburst.

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#MUFC : Rooney explains swearing mistake

2011-04-13T20:46:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_ut...

Wayne Rooney has admitted he lost control when he swore into a live TV camera after scoring against West Ham at Upton Park, and that it was wrong.

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Wayne Rooney swore – so what? #MUFC

2011-04-05T21:09:00.001+05:30

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/05/way...

Wayne Rooney swore – so what? It's the response that's offensive

The furore over Wayne Rooney's language is part of the self-serving circle of greed and conceit that's ruining football

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#Blogger Views #Google

2011-04-01T20:56:00.001+05:30

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/03/blogger-views.html

Blogger added five dynamic templates that transform blogs into interactive apps. Just add /view to the URL of a blog that offers full feeds

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April Fools' Day 2011

2011-04-01T20:46:00.001+05:30

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/04/google-april-fools-da...

This year, Google's hoaxes are less inspired and some of them aren't original either, but they're still funny. Here are some of them:

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How Is Japan's Nuclear Disaster Dfrnt

2011-03-24T23:53:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/03/...

How Is Japan's Nuclear Disaster Different?

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Wud a New NuclearPlant Fare Better than

2011-03-24T23:50:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/03/...

Would a New Nuclear Plant Fare Better than Fukushima?

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First North Pole Ozone Hole Forming?

2011-03-24T02:03:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110321-...

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Best Shots of #supermoon

2011-03-22T04:43:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/picture...

Best Shots of Biggest Full Moon

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New in #Gmail:SmartLabels &Click to cal

2011-03-21T22:26:00.001+05:30

URL: http://www.googletutor.com/new-in-gmail-smart-labels-an...

The two new Gmail features – Smart Labels and Click to Call, are pretty good in my opinion and can come in handy in certain situations

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Satellite Pictures Reveal Damage #Japan

2011-03-19T00:28:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/03/...

Japan Reactor Crisis: Satellite Pictures Reveal Damage

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#Supermoon: Biggest Full Moon in 18 Yrs

2011-03-19T00:26:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110318-...

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#Arsenal are close to signing #Lehmann

2011-03-15T05:36:00.001+05:30

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/12735013.stm

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2011-03-14T23:27:00.001+05:30

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2011-03-14T23:24:00.001+05:30

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What’s new with Blogger

2011-03-14T23:23:00.001+05:30

URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/whats-new-with-b...

What’s new with Blogger ?

- new post editor

- new profile page

- new dashboard

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The Power of Google

2010-12-02T22:56:00.001+05:30

Google vs Microsoft, originally uploaded by josephamrithraj.

How google chrome was made ?

Heights of Miscommunication

2010-11-25T00:16:00.001+05:30

Heights of Miscommunication , originally uploaded by josephamrithraj.

A great communication in an organization from Top level to bottom... isn't what we do see often?

Gmail's Security Checklist

2010-10-08T00:01:00.000+05:30

Cross posted from Google Blog using send to Blogger option of Google Reader

Gmail's Security Checklist: "Gmail's support site has a security checklist that's useful if you want to make sure that your Gmail account is secure. There are some obvious tips like updating your operating system and your browser, but Google also posted some advanced tricks:

1. 'Check the list of websites that are authorized to access your Google Account data. Make sure that the list of authorized websites are accurate and ones that you have chosen. If your Google Account has been compromised recently, it's possible that the bad guys could have authorized their own websites to access your account data.' To edit the list of authorized websites, go to this page.

2. 'Check your browser for plug-ins, extensions, and third-party programs/tools that require access to your Google Account credentials. Plug-ins and extensions are downloadable computer programs that work with your browser to perform specific tasks. For example, you may have downloaded a plug-in or extension that checks your Gmail inbox for new messages. Google can't guarantee the security of these third party services. If those services are compromised, so is your Gmail password.'

3. 'Confirm the accuracy of your mail settings to ensure that your mail stays and goes where you want it to. Sign in to your account and click on the Settings link at the top to check the following tabs:

* General: Check Signature, Vacation Responder, and/or canned responses for spammy content
* Accounts: Verify your Send Mail As, Get mail from other accounts, and Grant access to your account are all accurate.
* Filters: Check that no filters are sending your mail to Trash, Spam, or forwarding to an unknown account.
* Forwarding and POP/IMAP: Ensure your mail isn't sent to an unknown account or mail client.'

4. 'Check for any strange recent activity on your account. Click the Details link next to the 'Last Account Activity' entry at the bottom of your account to see the time, date, IP address and the associated location of recent access to your account.'

5. 'Use a secure connection to sign in. In your Gmail settings, select 'Always use HTTPS.' This setting protects your information from being stolen when you're signing in to Gmail on a public wireless network, like at a cafe or hotel.'

Eye Of The Beholder Lyrics - Metallica

2010-09-19T23:06:00.000+05:30

Do You See What I See?
Truth Is an Offense
You Silence for Your Confidence
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Doors Are Slamming Shut
Limit Your Imagination, Keep You Where They must
Do You Feel What I Feel?
Bittering Distress
Who Decides What You Express
Do You Take What I Take?
Endurance Is the Word
Moving Back Instead of Forward Seems to Me Absurd

Doesn't Matter What You See
Or into it What You Read
You Can Do it Your Own Way
If It's Done Just How I Say

Independence Limited
Freedom of Choice
Choice Is Made for You My Friend
Freedom of Speech
Speech Is Words That They Will Bend
Freedom with Their Exception

Do You Fear What I Fear?
Living Properly
Truths to You Are Lies to Me
Do You Choose What I Choose?
More Alternatives
Energy Derives from Both the plus and Negative
Do You Need What I Need?
Boundaries Overthrown
Look Inside to Each His Own
Do You Trust What I Trust?
Me, Myself and I
Penetrate the Smoke Screen I See Through the Selfish Lie

Doesn't Matter What You See
Or into it What You Read
You Can Do it Your Own Way
If It's Done Just How I Say

Independence Limited
Freedom of Choice
Choice Is Made for You My Friend
Freedom of Speech
Speech Is Words That They Will Bend
Freedom with Their Exception

Do You Know What I Know?
Your Money And Your Wealth
Your Silence Just to Hear Your Self
Do You Want What I Want?
Desire Not a Thing
I Hunger after Independence Lengthen Freedom's Ring

Doesn't Matter What You See
Or into it What You Read
You Can Do it Your Own Way
If It's Done Just How I Say

Independence Limited
Freedom of Choice
Choice Is Made for You My Friend
Freedom of Speech
Speech Is Words That They Will Bend
Freedom no longer frees you

Doesn't Matter What You See
Or into it What You Read
You Can Do it Your Own Way
If It's Done Just How I Say

The Unforgiven Lyrics - Metallica

2010-09-15T23:02:00.000+05:30

New blood joins this earth
And quickly he's subdued
Through constant pained disgrace
The young boy learns their rules

With time the child draws in
This whipping boy done wrong
Deprived of all his thoughts
The young man struggles on and on he's known
A vow unto his own
That never from this day
His will they'll take away-eay

What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

They dedicate their lives
To RUNNING all of his
He tries to please THEM all
This bitter man he is
Throughout his life the same
He's battled constantly
This fight he cannot win
A tired man they see no longer cares
The old man then prepares
To die regretfully
That old man here is me

What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

Never Free
Never Me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
You labeled me
I'll label you
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
Never Free
Never Me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
You labeled me
I'll label you
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
Never Free
Never Me
So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN

How to Use Priority Inbox in Gmail: A Very Cool New Feature!

2010-09-04T00:41:00.000+05:30

How to Use Priority Inbox in Gmail: A Very Cool New Feature!: "

Today you might have noticed a new link in the top righthand corner of your Gmail inbox: “New! Priority Inbox”. Google announced Priority Inbox yesterday, and here is why you should use it:

Priority inbox lists important messages at the top of your inbox, so you see them right away and they will stand out to you first.

Priority inbox in Gmail is a “smart” feature, as you use it it will learn which messages (or type of messages) are important to you based on how you interact with your inbox. As it learns, it will filter out important messages better and better.

How does Gmail’s Priority Inbox work?

When messages come in to your Gmail inbox, Gmail might automatically flag some of them as important. It does so based on who you email the most, who you reply to right away, etc. For example, if you receive many messages from Suzie, and you email Suzie back right away, then Gmail will think her messages are important.

How you can start using Gmail Priority inbox

Once you see the Priority Inbox link at the top of your screen, click on it.

A small window will open and you can click on “try it now”:

Now Gmail will open a window with some suggestions of messages that are important, and some that are less important:

If Gmail did not hit it right on, you can mark some messages as important and not important with the or buttons.

If Gmail hit it right on with what messages matter most to you, you can click “That looks right. Go to Priority Inbox!”

How you can help make Priority Inbox Smarter

Once you set up priority inbox, you can help it get smarter about what messages are important to you by clicking the or buttons at the top of the inbox to mark a message as important or not important.

Gmail is rolling out this new feature to all users over the coming week, so if you didn’t see the “New Priority Inbox” link yet on your inbox, keep an eye out for it and give it a try once you do! I’d love to see what you think in the comments!

Got a question about Google? Ask me in the forums: http://www.googletutor.com/forums/

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2010-08-04T11:20:00.002+05:30

Hello All

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Single Rose

2010-08-03T22:12:00.000+05:30

A single rose is my garden
doesn’t matter, Yellow or Red.
Blest with it by god
hope, my affluence never wizen.

It took some time to get the rose i waited
pure at heart and clear at thoughts
Magnetic,Affectionate,Natural,Jovial,Ultimate
in the end, my wait and hope got a live shape.

Then and there, many roses are around
but i’ll stick to my long waited rose
I know, it is unique and exquisite
and we are born not made, for that rapport

Every moment i spent, is a memory
which i store in my heart’s fancy files.
Scrolling through the memories
there is much more to feel.

Even when we are apart on trips
it flutters in my mind, every minute.
EVerytime i drink from pot, i could see
that reflected sweet smiling face.

I pray for it before my sleep,daily
but always the same two requests
To keep the same reliance for future,
To keep us same and safe for tomorrow.

Happy Friendship day!!

2010-08-02T00:55:00.000+05:30

Picasa Web Albums – unlisted gallery

2010-07-19T22:11:00.000+05:30

Picasa Web Albums added a link at the top of the page that lets you share most of your albums: “unlisted gallery”.

As per Google:

“Albums set to the most private visibility setting – ‘Sign-in required to view’ – will not be displayed unless the person viewing is included on an individual album’s ‘Shared with’ list. Your unlisted gallery has an authorization key in the web address; this key is a combination of letters and numbers which makes the web address very difficult to guess.”

While the standard/Public gallery only includes public albums, the unlisted gallery displays both public and unlisted albums. That means if you share the URL of unlisted Albums with with your friend, they can see all your albums at once.

Try it:

1. Login to picassa web albums

2. Check the Public albums

3. Check Unlisted Albums [you'll be able to see all of your albums]

4. Now see the link/URL in the browser bar.

5. Open another browser [if you using IE, then FireFox or vise versa]

6. Paste that URL and check, you can see all your albums

7. Be careful, if you are sharing that URL with someone…because they can see all your picassa web albums.

under settings section of picassa web, you can customize your unlisted albums URL

That means, under settings…now you’ve two URLs

1. Your gallery URL – Contains public albums

2. Your unlisted gallery URL – Contains all your albums.

Nothing else matters Lyrics - Metallica

2010-07-19T22:08:00.000+05:30

Metallica is my favorite music band. And this is one of the songs I love…also the first song of Metallica i learned on Guitar.

Lyrics:

So close, no matter how far
Couldn’t be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don’t just say
and nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn’t be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don’t just say

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they say
never cared for games they play
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
and I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn’t be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No, nothing else matters

Motivation factors for Using SOA (part-2) - Cost Saving

2010-07-14T18:55:00.001+05:30

In the first part of the SOA motivation factors, we discussed how Agility can bring effectively increase an organization's profit and savings. In this article let us see how SOA will do the savings for an organization.

Motivation factors for Using SOA - Cost Saving

Earlier on this blog, we discussed the key concepts of the SOA as Services, interoperability and loose coupling. These are the factors that do the cost saving and a motivation factor for using SOA in an organization. These cost cuttings/savings will be at both Business level and IT infrastructure and maintenance level. At business level the cost savings will come from the Agility.

Many times even though a product is cheaper we will go for it as it was difficult to integrate into our existing system. SOA solves this problem since it is loosely coupled and interoperability. This it allows you to choose the cheapest product that can offer the same kind of functionality and stability.

Then as we have seen the Agility of the SOA will make you streamline the Business process. Which means, now your business process support ever changing market and demand. Also one of the key SOA concepts Service, will enable you to reuse any component with in your SOA setup. Together these enables an organizations to use its internal resources more effectively. Hence the cost requited to adopt to a new change or rapid change in the business are less compared to the traditional approach.

Another factor that helps organizations while using SOA is, Reporting. Using this reporting you can the dynamic reports from any where in you SOA setup. Say for example, we are monitoring a business process and getting the reports on a daily basis from this SOA reporting functionality, If there any is any change is required to improve the business functionality of that business process.. we can take decision after seeing the daily reports. Thus you don’t need to wait for your quarterly results and annual sheets to check how well your business process is performing.

In summery: due to improved business Agility, it is possible to improve the revenue by adopting quickly to new business models and by offering innovative/timely products for the end user.

The above are only some of the ways of how SOA can reduce the costs with in my understanding as an IT engineer. From a core business view, you may found more ways to reduce the cost after implementing SOA. If you have a new point to add to this..please leave in comments section of this post.

Its not just the cost savings from Business level but SOA can also reduce the costs at IT infrastructure level.

One of the biggest problems with the large IT projects is the cost required to build and maintain them. SOA''s concept of service means you can reuse it and can call it from anywhere and use it. This is one of the key factor in reducing the cost of getting a IT project up and running. For example, when you want to build a new application which needs a functionality that is already existing in your IT environment, you can use it again by exposing it as a service.

Another concept of SOA is interoperability, which makes the integration easy. This means the cost required to integrate a new product or existing legacy applications is less. As a whole, a new business process can be developed easily or the existing can be modified easily with out putting more money and efforts on to how they will be implemented.

By isolating the implementation aspects from the services, SOA enables the usage of existing legacy systems. By enabling a pool of shared services, SOA enables reuse of them at various levels. This eliminates the re-occurring costs in IT systems management. It also reduces the duplication of code, applications, storage for the same functionality and hence reduces the maintenance cost.

Summery:

Reduces Total cost of Ownership[TCO] and increase Return Of Investment [ROI] on evolving systems.
Add value to core investments by leveraging existing legacy assets/systems into SOA.
New systems can be built faster for less money because existing services can be more easily reused.
Built for flexibility hence enables plugging new services when required, which reduces the time to deliver the new functionality.
Long term value of interoperability, your SOA infrastructure will be ready for future.

Motivation factors for using SOA (part-1) - AGILITY

2010-05-31T18:13:00.001+05:30

Agility, on an organizational level, refers to efficiency with which an organization can respond to change. Increasing organizational agility is very attractive to corporations, especially those in the private sector. Being able to more quickly adapt to industry changes and outmaneuver competitors has tremendous strategic significance.

Before understanding how SOA can bring the agility to your organization, you need to get an idea of where the present complexity is and how it is effecting the agility in your organization. Some of the factors that effects agility are:

1. Technology :

We generally spend months and years to get our IT systems stabilized. We bring in a lot of software and different versions of them into out network. Sometimes for every new functionality we need, we may have to get a new software product. In the end we may face a situation where in it is difficult to find the skilled people to work on those systems. Hence the technology we use to implement our business is complex.

2. Business Process:

If you have a complex business system, obviously the implementation is complex. Many times we realize this complexity only when we started to implement it. Business functionality also contains conflicting elements due to different perspectives or applications.

3. Integration

We tend to use and combine functionality from existing systems/applications. Even if our individual systems/applications are working good, when we integrate them is a complex work and surely we get many issues.

4. Maintenance

After we go past the technology. business and integration complexities, we need a way to manage this complex environment. Updating the components we used to implement out business logic and adding new functionality is always a tedious task.

SOA can help addressing all these issues of complexity. SOA is more agile in order to react as quickly as possible to changing business environments and offer new services to customers, suppliers and partners.

SOA can be understood without any knowledge technology used to implement it.
SOA decomposes large systems into services and application frontends.
The granularity of the service is well suited to gain a high level understanding of the entire system.
SOA encourages the reuse which streamlines the code and reduce redundancies.
in SOA every service is documented, which add the comprehensibility of SOA