Monday, July 28, 2014

vocabulary

1. indentured servitude
2. postdocs
3. shrimping
4. in desperate situations.
5. "Child labor and slavery is exploding"
"The government's strategy of tracking down key traffickers and arresting them is missing the scale of the problem and the underlying issues driving them: the rapid destruction of wildlife."
6.it's a no-brainer for the world.

taken from here
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/07/28/334107989/how-protecting-wildlife-helps-stop-child-labor-and-slavery

People aren't in excruciating pain
Several studies have shown that patients who receive both palliative care and disease treatment actually live longer than those who receive only disease treatment.
"All hospice care is palliative care — but not all palliative care is hospice."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/28/336120433/getting-hospice-care-shouldnt-have-to-mean-giving-up

vocabulary july 29

1.reminiscence
2.swoon
3.evasive
4.curfew
5.concession

6. undermined 
7. incumbents
8. backers
9. dissidents 
10. symptomatic
11. overhaul
12. to vent their feelings
13. debacle
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/time-for-hard-decisions/article6246081.ece

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Vocabulary on July 23

abound - a lot
vintage - best
decorous -
discriminatory -
hoary -
sartorial -
prevalent - everywhere
coveted -
anachronistic -
discriminated -
prevails -
retorted -

1.exasperation -
2.reluctance -
3.rebuff -
4.desperate -
5.propellant -

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Vocabulary

words of the day 15th july 2014
1. agonising - pain
suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony

2. bustling -
to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about  ): He bustled about cooking breakfast

3. collateral
security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
 
4. buoyed  
to keep afloat or support by or as if by a life buoy; keep from sinking (often followed by up  ): The life jacket buoyed her up until help arrived.
life buoy- any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
 
5. demarcation - border

6. fraught -
filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
7. prowess 
exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength: his prowess as a public speaker.

words of the day 19th july 2014
1.envy
a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.
2.privation
lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
3.goof
to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
a foolish or stupid person. 
4.prance
to dance or move in a lively or spirited manner; caper
5.missive
 a written message; letter
 
 words of the day 20th july 2014
1.longing
strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.
2.lug
to pull or carry with force or effort: to lug a suitcase upstairs.

3.lunatic
an insane person
4.magnate
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
5.maim - injure
 

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Uninstall Programs Manually in Windows OS

Just because Windows XP has the Add/Remove Programs feature it doesn't mean your application will appear in the list. Furthermore, even if it does appear, it's no guarantee that the uninstall feature will work. When you run across one of these situations the items listed below will help in getting rid of the application. Be aware that these steps may not remove everything associated with the application and can impact other applications on the computer. Have a backup or restore point and use caution.
  • Find the directory for the application and delete all the files in the directory. Delete the directory.
  • Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
  • Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
  • To remove the application entry from Add/Remove Programs (if present) open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and find the folder for the application. Delete the folder.
  • Some applications have Services attached to them. If this is the case, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services, locate and delete the service.
  • In Windows Explorer, navigate to the individual user settings and delete program references. Common places to check would be:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]
C:\Documents and Settings\%YourUserID%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup and delete relevant entries.
[Do this for each User ID listed]
If no entries were found in the previous step and the application launches automatically, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
and delete the entry.

How to remove quotes from the string usig java

String replaceFirst method comes handy for removing quotes.
^regex - Finds regex that must match at the beginning of the line
regex$ - Finds regex that must match at the end of the line.

so you can use like below,
for eg,

                String withQuotes = "\"get me without quotes\"";
System.out.println("With Quotes="+withQuotes);
System.out.println("Without Quotes="+withQuotes.replaceFirst("^\"", "").replaceFirst("\"$", ""));

It prints,
With Quotes="get me without quotes"
Without Quotes=get me without quotes