Boot option of Windows 10 missing after installing Ubuntu alongside Windows on HP.

Follow the below instructions to add " Windows 10 " in the boot menu

1. Login into the Ubuntu
2. cd /etc/grub.d/
3. sudo gedit 40_custom

4. # add following lines in 40_custom file: menuentry "Windows 7" { set root='(hd0,1)' chainloader +1 }

5. # after edit save file and run following command : grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Note: it might be grub-mkconfig and grub only instead of grub2-mkconfig and grub2 in the point 6. check in your Ubuntu OS.

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fCA7ToywoY

Backups of Configuration in API Connect / Management

Backups of Configuration in API Connect / Management

Every Client who uses API Management / Connect plans to take a regular backup of the configuration. The following is a procedure to take backups using CLI commands.

Procedure

1. Log in to the CLI for the Management server through a Secure Shell (SSH). For information on logging into, and using the CLI, see The Command Line Interface.
2. To create a backup of an API Management configuration and user data, and store the file on an FTP server, you can use either FTP or SFTP.
   For FTP, enter the following command:
   

   config save apiconfig ftp  <host> [port <portnumber>] [user <username>] [file <filename>]

   For SFTP, enter the following command:
   

   config save apiconfig sftp  <host> [port <portnumber>] user <username> [file <filename>]

   Where
   

   • host - the name of the host where FTP is running and where the backup configuration file is stored.
   • port - the port number that you are accessing.
   • user - the user name that is used to log in to FTP.
   • file - the absolute path or relative path to the stored file on the FTP server.
   Restriction: When you use SFTP, you must specify a user name. Anonymous logins are not allowed with SFTP.
   To view the CLI help about the config commands, enter config help.
3. Make a note of the user ID or password of your Management servers at the time of the backups.
   If you change your credentials in the future, you must know the correct login details when you restore the configuration. You might have to update the servers by using the API Management cloud console. Otherwise, the cloud console cannot communicate with the servers.

More on the above could be found @ https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSWHYP_4.0.0/com.ibm.apimgmt.overview.doc/overview_backupcli_apimgmt.html 

Note: If you are aiming at having a scheduled backup option in API Connect which takes a regular backups , as of today, there is no such option available. The only way is to use the above commands and developing scripts / cron jobs to work for your. Also, kindly note to insert the credentials into the scripts 

Decoding the Code books

As part of a Data Analysis & Interpretation Course, I had to zero on a Code book to further explore data deep into a relation between associates.

Two out of the 5 Code books caught my interest. The two are : 

1) One year data of numerous country-level indicators of health, wealth and development : This Code books is by GapMinder, a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. GapMinder collects data from a handful of sources, including the Institute  for Health Metrics and Evaluation, US Census Bureau’s International Database,  United Nations Statistics Division, and  the World Bank. 

And the Second one, 

2) Data from survey related to Political and Social Attitudes from a popular country : The 2012 Outlook Surveys, conducted by GfK Knowledge Networks on behalf of the University of California Irvine, were designed to study political and social attitudes in the United States. The project included two surveys fielded between August and December 2012 using a sample from an Internet panel.

After looking through the codebook of the GapMinder, I have decided that I am particularly interested in breastcancer and I would like to explore further if BreastCancer, the Female employ rate and alcohol consumption are anywhere associated in increasing cases of Breast Cancer from the dataset provided. 

My Research Question:
Are Employ rate in women & alcohol consumption increasing causes for Breast Cancer in women ?

Hypothesis:
Psychological Stress in the Workplace leads to higher chances of Breast Cancer in Women

While breast cancer dependence is a good starting point, I need to determine what it is about breast cancer and employrate that I am interested in. Going through the wikipedia, I found out that,  Worldwide, breast cancer is the leading type of cancer in women, accounting for 25% of all cases which I consider to be huge.  In 2012 it resulted in 1.68 million cases and 522,000 deaths. It is more common in developed countries and is more than 100 times more common in women than in men.

I decide that I am most interested in exploring the association between alcohol consumption, employ rate and breast cancer. With some exploration over the internet, I could find few resources and published articles which are researched on Job Stress and Breast Cancer and as well the Alcohol consumption and risk of Breast Cancer. Although, the Job stress is not mentioned as the Risk factors, but growing stress levels might be associated to changes in the body and that thought led me to make a thorough search towards the Job Stress & Breast Cancer link.

The following are the reference articles, I am currently looking at to find more information :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer  : gives me an overview on what actually is Breast Cancer and few stats

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=373223 : A Meta-analysis of Alcohol Consumption in Relation to Risk of Breast Cancer

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/160/11/1079.short : Job Stress and Breast Cancer Risk

http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Abstract/2001/01000/Increased_Breast_Cancer_Risk_among_Women_Who_Work.13.aspx : Increased Breast Cancer Risk among Women Who Work Predominantly at Night

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/149/2/127.short : Psychological Stress in the Workplace and Menstrual Function

This is from a preliminary exploration that had gone through and more inputs would continue to flow in as I make progress.

Comments are definitely welcome.!! 

Nikki's Dream

Nikki's Dream. How she plans to achieve

----- Dream big., Its only 1 lyf U have

A Sunday afternoon preparing for her 1st semester exams on her bed . It's English subject and she is trying to get over it.... after getting some munching and trying to get back onto the revision, says to  herself, NO more junk food. I should get down. Reads for sometime about Sachin through a chapter and continued to read through his biography, interesting such an young age and how well he was inspired. Slowly this reading turned    her thoughts towards inspiration and her dreams. Ahha finally into her day dreams, she started to fly into the dreamland thoughts on how she was brought up, her schooling, a dad's kid, how she is a pampered girl, a princess who got what she desired  even before she expressed and now, how she is very excited about getting her new notebook,  dad had ordered from the states. 

Running through all these thoughts, she swam into the dreamland and wishing how she wants to be in the next 10years starting now. She thought hmm, I wanted to be a what after finishing my btech? A software engineer,  a govt job, maybe IAS...great can't I dream a little bigger than the usual big? Yeaaa of course,   I should have a 2 storey building parked with 3 cars (each costing not less than 2cr inr, aah that will be a common price by 2024), the roof of my villa is reserved for a pool and a private tea space, greenary surrounded my villa. 

Everything I have in my home should be branded and only top brands get to steal the space  in my home. As the saying goes "great roles comes with great responsibilities, similarly,  "I say great status comes with greatest brands that you go with" And now to achieve my vision 2024, will being a software engineer or civils would help me? I dare to answer No. Then how, what are the other careers available?  I know, i should be a CEO, yes, a CEO of my own firm. Wohooo!! Entrepreneur.  Good to lock my role, but how and where can I get more details,  obviously I donot want to study any further. Studies are so boring , I wonder who had created exams.

God!!!! 5pm already :-0 . I am just done with two chapters,  now Mr. M Jackson's life, good god only 2 pages, umm less of life, he enjoyed when compared to Sachin and Kalaam, both had a biography of 6 pages each. My life will not be just so less, I covered many movies and places, the list itself should take 14pages.  For the company, what technology should I go, what ideas could we think of?  Software, fashion , food. Watelse, lets watch tv for 5mins. Scrolling different channels,  stumbled upon devotional channel, an old saint is answering questions to young audience.  Something curious struck my mind. Quickly got my mobile, enabled wi-fi, started to google with his name. Wohoaa, what a man he is, sacrificed his youth,  travel led to all temples by foot, guru for meditation,  respects his teacher. 

Lot many good qualities for this century guy. But what interests me more are his trips abroad, invites he received to talk in big big universities,  to give away awards and blessings on important occasions. Careerwise, i'm loving it. Yea, how would it be if I become a a a Mathaaji, I'am now going to be a Maatha, a women with Power. Power comes in here so easily, lot of followers, gifts, VVIP status and what not, I have to sacrifice few but once, I get all I need, will calmly miss and jump. 

Plan to become a saint is my next task. 1yr of calm and no social life, visit temples, revise my bagwat geeta lessons I had learned and after one year will go to a small temple , start speaking an hr daily. Aim to deliver 12 - 14hrs of talks.  Within 2nd year , I should target few temples and local schools.

From Student to Saint... The Journey follows :-) 

45 ways to avoid using the word 'very'

45 ways to avoid using the word 'very'

Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain
'Very' is the most useless word in the English language and can always come out. More than useless, it is treacherous because it invariably weakens what it is intended to strengthen. ~Florence King
So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays. ~N.H. Kleinbaum

Ganapathi Slokam

Slokam

తొండము నేకదంతమును తోరపు బొజ్జయు వామహస్తమున్‌మెండుగ మ్రోయు గజ్జెలును మెల్లని చూపుల మందహాసమున్‌.కొండొక గుజ్జురూపమున కోరిన విద్యలకెల్ల నొజ్జయైయుండెడి పార్వతీ తనయ ఓయి గణాధిపా నీకు మ్రొక్కెదన్‌. తలచెదనే గణనాథునితలచెదనే విఘ్నపతిని దలచినపనిగాదలచెదనే హేరంబునిదలచెద నా విఘ్నములను తొలగుట కొరకున్‌ అటుకులు కొబ్బరి పలుకులుచిటిబెల్లము నానుబ్రాలు చెరకురసంబున్‌ నిటలాక్షు నగ్రసుతునకుబటుతరముగ విందుచేసి ప్రార్థింతు మదిన్‌.

వినాయక చవితి పద్యములు

తొండము నేకదంతమును తోరపు బొజ్జయు వామహస్తమున్‌మెండుగ మ్రోయు గజ్జెలును మెల్లని చూపుల మందహాసమున్‌.కొండొక గుజ్జురూపమున కోరిన విద్యలకెల్ల నొజ్జయైయుండెడి పార్వతీ తనయ ఓయి గణాధిపా నీకు మ్రొక్కెదన్‌. 

తలచెదనే గణనాథునితలచెదనే విఘ్నపతిని దలచినపనిగాదలచెదనే హేరంబునిదలచెద నా విఘ్నములను తొలగుట కొరకున్‌ అటుకులు కొబ్బరి పలుకులుచిటిబెల్లము నానుబ్రాలు చెరకురసంబున్‌ నిటలాక్షు నగ్రసుతునకుబటుతరముగ విందుచేసి ప్రార్థింతు మదిన్‌.

వినాయక మంగళాచరణము:

ఓ బొజ్జగణపయ్య నీ బంటు నేనయ్య ఉండ్రాళ్ళ మీదికి దండు పంపు
కమ్మనినేయుయు కడుముద్దపప్పును బొజ్జవిరగ గదినుచు పొరలుకొనుచు - జయమంగళం నిత్య శుభమంగళం

వెండి పళ్ళెములో వేయివేల ముత్యాలు కొండలుగ నీలములు కలయబోసి
మెండుగను హారములు మెడనిండ వేసుకొని దండిగా నీకిత్తుఘనహారతి - జయమంగళం నిత్య శుభమంగళం

శ్రీ మూర్తి వ్యందునకు చిన్మయానందునకు భాసురోతునకు శాశతునకు
సోమార్కనేత్రునకు సుందరాకారునకు కామరూపునకు శ్రీగణనాథునకు -
జయమంగళం నిత్య శుభమంగళం

ఏకదంతమును ఎల్లగజవదనంబు బాగైన తొండంబు కడుపుగలుగు
బోడైన మూషికము సొరదినెక్కాడుచు భవ్యముగ దేవగణపతికినిపుడు - జయమంగళం నిత్య శుభమంగళం

చెంగల్వ చామంతి చెలరేగి గన్నేరు తామర తంగేడు తరచుగాను
పుష్పజాతూ దెచ్చి పూజింతు నేనిపుడు బహుబుద్ధీ గణపతికి బాగుగాను - జయమంగళం నిత్య శుభమంగళం

Rishi Panchami by Chaganti Koteswara Rao garu

రుషి పంచమి (ఆగష్టు 30, 2014, శనివారం)

వ్రతాలన్నింటిలోనూ అత్యుత్తమైనది ఏదో చెప్పమని ధర్మరాజు కోరినప్పుడు, అందుకు సమాధానంగా శ్రీ కృష్ణుడు చెప్పినదే 'రుషి పంచమి' వ్రతం. స్త్రీ దోషాలకు పరిహారంగా జరుపుకునే ఈ వ్రతాన్ని 'భాద్రపద మాసం'లో 'శుక్ల పక్ష పంచమి' రోజున ఆచరించాలి. ఈ రోజున నదీ తీరానికి వెళ్లి దంతావధానం ... పరిమళ ద్రవ్యాలతో మంత్ర పూర్వకంగా స్నానం చేయాలి. ఆ తరువాత ఆ నదీ జలాన్ని తీర్థంగా తీసుకుని, అక్కడ హోమం చేయాలి.
ఇంటికి చేరుకున్న తరువాత వ్రతానికి సంబంధించిన వేదికను పూజా సామాగ్రిని సిద్ధం చేసుకోవాలి. మట్టితో గాని రాగితో గాని కలశం పెట్టుకుని అందులో నీటిని పంచ రత్నాలను ఉంచాలి. అష్టదళ పద్మం వేశాక సంకల్పం చెప్పుకోవాలి.
గణపతిని పూజించి గంగా యమున కృష్ణ తుంగభద్ర తదితర నదుల నామాలను మహర్షుల నామాలను స్మరించుకోవాలి. సప్తరుషులను అరుంధతిని పూజించాలి. ఆ తరువాత కథ చెప్పుకుని వాయనదానాలు ఇవ్వాలి. ఇలా 7 సంవత్సరాల పాటు క్రమం తప్పక ఈ వ్రతాన్ని చేసుకుని ఆ తరువాత ఉద్యాపన చెప్పుకోవాలి.
ఇక ఈ వ్రతం జరుపుకోవడానికి కారణంగా చెప్పబడుతోన్న కథ గురించి తెలుసుకుందాం. పూర్వం విదర్భ దేశంలో సుమిత్రుడు - జయశ్రీ అనే దంపతులు నివసించేవారు. వేదశాస్త్ర పండితుడైన సుమిత్రుడు భార్యా విధేయుడు ... అందువలన ఆమె రుతు దోషాలను పట్టించుకోకుండా నడచుకుంటున్నా చూస్తూ ఊరుకునే వాడు. 'సుమతి' అనే కుమారుడు జన్మించిన కొంత కాలానికి వాళ్లు కాలం చేశారు.
సుమతికి చంద్రావతితో వివాహం జరిగింది ... నియమ నిష్టలను పాటిస్తూ వాళ్లు అన్యోన్యంగా కాలం గడపసాగారు. అలాంటి పరిస్థితుల్లో రుతుదోషానికి పాల్పడిన కారణంగా కుక్కగా జయశ్రీ, ఆ విషయంలో అడ్డు చెప్పనందుకు ఆమె భర్త సుమిత్రుడు ఎద్దుగా జన్మించారు. కొడుకు పట్ల తీరని ప్రేమానురాగాల కారణంగా వాళ్లు సుమతి ఇంటికి చేరుకున్నారు.
ఒక రోజున సుమతి తన ఇంట్లో పితృ కార్యాన్ని నిర్వహిస్తూ వుండగా, ఒక పాము వచ్చి పాయసం తాగేసి అదే పాత్రలో విషంకక్కి వెళ్లిపోయింది. కుక్క రూపంలో ఉన్న జయశ్రీ ఈ దృశ్యం చూసి, మిగిలిన పాయసాన్ని బ్రాహ్మణులకు వడ్డిస్తే ప్రమాదమని భావించి, చంద్రావతి చూస్తుండగా వాటిని తాకింది.
ఆవేశంతో ఆమె కర్రతో ఆ కుక్కను కొట్టి మళ్లీ పాయసాన్ని సిద్ధం చేసింది. ఇక సుమతి ఒకవైపున పితృ కార్యాన్ని శ్రద్ధగా నిర్వహిస్తూనే, మరో వైపున బాగా పొద్దుపోయేదాకా ఎద్దుతో పొలం పనులు చేయించాడు.
ఆ రాత్రి ఎద్దు ... కుక్క రెండూ కూడా తమకి ఎదురైన అనుభవాన్ని గురించి చెప్పుకుని కన్నీళ్లు పెట్టుకున్నాయి. నియమ నిష్టల కారణంగా తనకి సంక్రమించిన కొద్దిపాటి శక్తితో, ఆ ఎద్దు ... కుక్కల ఆవేదనను సుమతి అర్ధం చేసుకున్నాడు.
తపోబల సంపన్నులను కలుసుకుని విషయాన్ని వివరించాడు. పూర్వ జన్మ పాప ఫలితంగానే తల్లిదండ్రులు అలా జన్మించి అవస్తలు పడుతున్నారనీ, పాప విముక్తి కోసం 'రుషి పంచమి' వ్రతం చేయాలని తెలుసుకున్నాడు.
సుమతి ఈ వ్రతం ఆచరించగానే కుక్క - ఎద్దు రూపాలలో ఉన్న ఆయన తల్లి దండ్రులు తమ దేహాలను వదలి పుణ్య లోకాలకు తరలి పోయారు. ఆనాటి నుంచి ఈ వ్రతాన్ని ఎందరో ఆచరించి తగిన ఫలితాలను పొందినట్టుగా పురాణాలు చెబుతున్నాయి.

Collected from https://www.facebook.com/PravachanaChakravarti 

Android Installation

Successful installation of Android sdk in eclipse


After couple of days of struggle, I could install the Android sdk for eclipse bypassing the IBM Java which is already existing in my Laptop. But why could not the IBM SDK compile is to be explored.

what Happiness did I gain today?

Every day, we read lot of inspirational stories, share some inspirational videos, documentaries, or even quotes. But How many of us or How many of the read articles or the shared videos are we actually implementing ourselves. Change is so good and did "I" try to inherit the good change before I tell my friends and the globe?

Here, starting today, I shall share whatever little I do that gives me "Happiness"

Construction a House in Hyderabad a Step by Step Guide

                                      Sometime in Jan 2013, I was fed up of searching for Apartments , Plots to Invest and then one day we decided to demolish our present residence and construct here itself. Recently, in Oct 2011 the GO s changed and so there are lot of changes which I came to know when applying for the Building Approval Plan @ Moosapet Municipal Office.

Here goes the steps you follow:

1. Building Plan Approval
Things Needed: Construction Plan approved by a Authorized Civil Engineer/Architect
                         DD for the respective Amount &
                         Get ready to Bribe Ofcourse

You would also start your search for a building contractor (If you would like to give it completely to a contractor) or a Mason Contractor ( You would be supplying material and also you take responsibility of Electrician , Plumber)

2. Demolition of existing house if any
      Dont get into a Hurry and demolish as soon as you submit your application for the building construction approval. Since you never know it might even take months for the approval to be given. So until then, you might want to extend your rentals or any other happenings that are taking place in the premises. This is a caution.
     Sometimes, even the loans that you are trying for might also get delayed or the financial adjustments before you actually jump into the construction.

       So kindly make your financial calculations, basic architectural plans and building approvals ready before you go ahead with demolition

3. Borewell
      It is now an essential for water and the borewell. There are mandatory rules where in you need to get permission to get the borewell work done. Sometimes the Borewell guy will take care of this. You need to check with them about the same. Check about the different pipes, rate slabs on different depths before you go ahead.

4. Now that you are ready with water, building approvals, and ofcourse an empty and plain land right now. You will get to visualize the space and borders well. Now is the time, you get your mason contractor to lay the boundaries and mark them before they kickstart of the works. ( I chose Mason contract)

More to go....
                     

Tips during House Construction

With a very minor exposure in the construction and right now getting my house constructed, I felt the following tips will help other owners who are planning to get a house ( which is a Big Dream ever irrespective of the size of the house ) Constructed. I am based from Hyderabad and so, if any places are mentioned will be in and around Andhra Pradesh.

• Sand is the requisite without which your project (house) skeleton cannot be completed. At various stages, you will need different variety of sand. Lets talk :
• For Slab Construction, you will need Rough Sand. Too rough sand (fat) is also not Good for slab construction. Usually, the proportion is 1:6:7 ( 1 for Cement bag, 6 for Sand Gampas, 7 for 20mm metal stone gampas). I got the sand from Bodhan, Karimnagar, Kurnool loads. Bhodhan was Good most of the times
• For Brick Work, lesser rough sand when compared to Slab is used
• For Plastering, Soft sand is used which is so soft and not as soft as a talcom powder (if that is what you observe, then that might be filtered sand which is not good for construction)
• For 2nd Coating of Plastering, sand should be filtered for any stones and other similar stuff
• Beware, during Sand load Weighment, ensure that all the tyres of the truck are on the weighing bridge, According to my experience, a 12 tyre empty lorry or truck is about 10500kgs and can be higher. 
• Make sure that mud presence in sand is minimal or nothing. Mud presence will weaken the slabs which causes to leak and so same with the brick walls
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•  Centring is related to Steel rods organizing before slab construction
• Make sure the rods are locked as L shaped at the corners, this usually the labor does not do, but at later stage it allows cracks to form in the walls
• There are (ohms symbol) representing couplings which are put in between two layers of rods. These two layers are usually seen in the corridor and balcony places and the coupling are put so that they two layers are having gap between each other, else the purpose is not solved.
• Ensure no mud or any other waste particles are left in the gaps. 
• Ensure that there are no gaps for water to leak between the joins and under the rods. You will find tapes to cover the centring boxes gaps. 
• Overlapping of Rods will have a specific calculated size that the rods to be overlapped.
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•  Curing  for the construction is very much needed. The more water curing you do the better and strong house you build and the less chances for leakages too.
•  Bricks as we think is not a easy task to count or order. The brick sample you see might not be same as what you get. It is very much good for you to calculate or count the number of bricks as the labor is unloading the load. Else the gaps between the bricks and the rows might make you fall into a trap that you are given with promised number or even more. In the first load I lost about 800 bricks (approx. 5600 INR). Thanks to my Mason contractor who gave me the tricks and showed me all the tricks the labor could play. Brick counting is fun game

more later