Animal Cruelty
Help Animals Suffering in the Cruel Pet Trade
More than 26,000 animals, from tiny hamsters and turtles to wallabies and lemurs, were rescued from hellish conditions as a direct result of PETA’s shocking undercover investigation of the pet trade. But while the animals saved from U.S. Global Exotics (USGE) are safe and are now getting the care that they were so long denied, [...]
What is Animal Liberation ?
What Is Animal Liberation? Excerpts From Philosopher Peter Singer’s Groundbreaking Work
“Animal Liberation” may sound more like a parody of other liberation movements than a serious objective. The idea of “The Rights of Animals” actually was once used to parody the case for women’s rights. When Mary Wollstonecraft published her Vindication of the Rights of Women [...]
Please be an “angel” for a cold, lonely dog this winter
To most of us, the start of winter means that our warm clothes come out and the heater gets switched on. We can cope comfortably with the coming chill. But to neglected “backyard” dogs, the change of seasons means that they must endure many months of long, cold nights with nowhere to go to get [...]
It’s Time to Shut Down the Chinese Fur Industry
Right now, in cramped, filthy cages on fur farms throughout China, millions of vulnerable animals await a painful death. It may come from strangulation by a wire noose or a knife slash across the throat.
We need your help to stop the carnage taking place on fur farms around the world, including the slaughter of nearly [...]
Get the ‘Be Nice to Bunnies’ iPhone App
Ever been stuck at the store wondering if a product is cruelty-free? Well, iPhone users, your problem is now solved! The folks over at Hot Frog Creative have teamed up with PETA for what we think is one of the most useful iPhone apps out there: the “Be Nice to Bunnies” app.
We’ve come a long [...]
Deep into My Mind
Please be an “angel” for a cold, lonely dog this winter
To most of us, the start of winter means that our warm clothes come out and the heater gets switched on. We can cope comfortably with the coming chill. But to neglected “backyard” dogs, the change of seasons means that they must endure many months of long, cold nights with nowhere to go to get [...]
Ringling Case: Elephants Await Verdict
Today, lawyers gave their closing arguments in the court case involving Ringling’s use of steel-barbed bullhooks and shackles on the elephants it forces to perform. Over the course of the six-week trial, the following evidence was presented:
* Elephants are chained for an average of more than 26 hours at a time, [...]
How to help people succeed at work ?
This is a tricky question to me. I am an Engineering Director with mixed responsibilities. The primary focus is to make sure I meet the demands of the business unit(s) and also to make sure that the folks who work for me are in a happy place.
The main question for any leader is
“Are [...]
Slumdog Millionaire – Movie review
I finally managed to see the movie in DVD .There is no doubt that the movie is good and entertaining but for an average Indian movie buff this would be just another fairy tale story. The interesting aspect is that the world gets to see the bad side of a third world country and not [...]
ESPN2 sucks !
The producers of the Australian open on ESPN2 should ask their commentators to shut up. I was watching this really tight match between Federer and the talented Tomas Berdych and ESPN chose to show us a tease of the Australian open right at the beginning of the second set . Just to make things even [...]
Programming Concepts
Software Estimation – Is it really hard ?
Yes, it is hard.
Lot of folks do not understand why Software estimation is so hard. The problem is folks who don’t understand the difficulty in estimating software make it more harder. I would compare software estimation to using a camera. The objects are fuzzy to begin with and slowly they get into focus. it [...]
RSS/ATOM/GDATA/JSON/REST – Demystified
Information distribution is a key issue for any business and the buzz words in the title of this blog are associated with this key concept.
RSS
Really Simple Syndication is a popular mechanism for receiving and publishing content from websites.Syndication is when information is categorized and normalized in addition to being collected.
Here are some key aspects [...]
Session Management in Axis
There are different types of sessions, and the lifetime of the session may vary from one to another. Some sessions last for a few seconds while others last for the lifetime of the whole system. Axis2 architecture has been designed to support four types of sessions, and we observe that there are minor differences between [...]
Essential HTTP Headers
Age
Type: Response header
If the response entity-body does not come fresh from the server, the Age header is a measure of how long ago it left the server. This header is usually set by HTTP caches, so that the client knows it might be getting an old copy of a representation.
Cache-Control
Type: Request and response header
This header [...]
Essential HTTP Codes
200 (”OK”)
Everything’s fine. The document in the entity-body, if any, is a representation of some resource.
400 (”Bad Request”)
There’s a problem on the client side. The document in the entity-body, if any, is an error message. Hopefully the client can understand the error message and use it to [...]
Movies
Raavanan – Tamil Music Review
Raavanan (Tamil: ராவணன், English: Ravana) is a 2010 Tamil film written, produced and directed by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Vikram in the title role, with Aishwarya Rai and Prithviraj essaying the other leading roles as well as consisting of a strong supporting cast led by Karthik, Prabhu and Priyamani. Featuring dialagoues from Suhasini, music [...]
Baana Kathadi -Tamil Music Review
Baana Kaathadi (Tamil: பாணா காத்தாடி; English: Kite) is a forthcoming 2010 Tamil film written and directed by Badri Venkatesh. Adharvaa, son of Tamil actor Murali, makes his debut in the film as a lead actor, while Prasanna, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Karunas also play lead roles. Featuring music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by [...]
Mundhinam Parthane – Tamil Music Review
This movie is produced by Seventh Channel’s Manickam Narayanan and directed by Magizh Tirumeni, this film stars Sanjay as the male lead with three heroines-Pooja, Ekta and Lizna. Music is by Sai Thaman who has tuned six songs for the album.
Indre Indre (Ranjith)
A terrific song by the young composer. The flute composition by itself [...]
Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya – Tamil Music Review
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (English: Will You Cross The Skies For Me?) is a forthcoming Tamil romance film written and directed by Gautham Menon, starring Silambarasan Rajendar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles.The film, which has music scored by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman, teaming up with both Gautham Menon and Silambarasan for the first [...]
Theeratha Villayatu Pillai – Tamil Music Review
Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai is a forthcoming Indian Tamil romance film written and directed by newcomer Thiru, who earlier assisted directors Agathiyan and A. Rajasekhar. The film, produced by Vikram Krishna, stars his brother Vishal Krishna in lead role along with Neetu Chandra of Yavarum Nalam fame, Tanushree Dutta, former Miss India Universe debuting in Kollywood, [...]