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The Debate on Phasing Out HCFCs from India

The usage of refrigerants is governed by two International agreements. Montreal Protocol (MP) - Aims to prevent ozone depletion by reducing ozone depleting gases emission. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Aims to control global warming by reducing green house gas emissions. As per UNFCCC developed nations are mandated to reduce their carbon foot print significantly in a phased manner and also required to fund the cost of transition of poor nations to technologies that have less impact on global warming. The carbon emission savings of individual industrialized nations are measured in percentage reduction. As a part of this design the carbon emission savings of poor nations achieved with the help of a individual industrialized nation can be accounted in the percentage reduction of that nation. As per Montreal Protocol(MP) all member nations are required to reduce the emission of ozone depleting gases in a phased manner. Unlike UNFCCC, MP doesn’t...

Remove Empty Music Tracks Created by Media Provider in Dev Tools of Custom Android ROM

For Pros : The solution is to reset the Data of ‘Media Storage’ under App Settings. For Others : Please tolerate the pain of reading through my post. I installed CyanogenMod custom ROM in my Sony Ericsson WT19i a couple months ago. Rest of my experience with my phone after that has been simply a honeymoon. Until I messed up with this option called ‘Media Provider’ under ‘Dev Tools’ in CyanogenMod. Media Provider is used to simulate music tracks in your music player. After tapping the ‘Insert 20 Albums’ it created some 20 tracks (as expected) with satanic Latin names. At that time I had two music players – Apollo and Google Music, both of which reflected these ghostly tracks and often irritated by interrupting the playlist. Every time I had to skip the tracks manually. After a deep web search I found the solution to remove the tracks. You may not find the audio files anywhere in your SD Card (But some people have removed it by deleting files inside a folder called ‘Media’. But le...

People and their goals

Just a thought for the day on how different people perceive their goals. Understanding the way people make their progress towards goals determines whether they will achieve it or not. Based on type of focus they make people can be classified under two categories. People focusing on ultimate goals These are the people that focus much on their goals. They can be inspired by often reminding of their ultimate goals. They get satisfied by sheer percentage of progress they make. There will always be procrastination in achieving goals. So they can be kindled by setting a little bit higher benchmark than actual goal. Most of the society thinks all the people are of this kind. People focusing on the stepping stones to ultimate goals These type of people in the first place had chose their goals for the love of work they do on the way to goals. They sometimes even forget about their goals but they simply focus on everyday tasks, accomplishment of which gives them satisfaction. Sometimes they...

How to apply for Tamilnadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA)?

  By the time I pen down this post the deadline for submitting TNEA 2013 applications is over. The deadline was on May 20th, 2013. Anyway I’d like to mention a few points which would be handy for those applying for TNEA 2014 next year. I was in a situation to apply for TNEA for my cousin exactly on the last date so I had learnt various methods of applying, which I would like to share now. 1. Applying by getting application from Sale Centres and Sending through mail TNEA websites published the list of Sale Centres, from where you can directly buy the application by paying the entire application fee. (Hopefully there wont be much change in the centers list for TNEA 2014. Anyway its better to check later once again). You will be provided with envelope of A4 size containing Application form in OMR format, information brochure and an acknowledgement card. Candidates from places away from and outside Guindy, Chennai can get the application from nearest centers by directly paying th...

Aadhaar Card Enrolment Process - A Quick Glance

Today I got enrolled for Aadhaar card provision in Kanchipuram. I just thought of coming up with a post on the procedure. Before that please ensure the below points while applying for Aadhaar card.: Male citizens wearing round neck shirts or t-shirts were not allowed to enroll. So you better get dressed up in a collared outfit. As a proof of identity and for easy processing the agents require you to have your Census receipt and Ration card with you. Each family will have a census receipt issued earlier during Census 2011 by the Government. The receipt will have NPR ( National Population Registry ) Number. This number has all the preliminary information like number of family members and their name, address and the contact number. The census receipts look like this. You can optionally provide your Bank account number during the enrolment process to be associated with your details. I will recommend this as it would help in future verification scenarios. So better have your bank acc...

How to remove zero values from Office Excel graph / chart?

  No matter in version of MS Office you are working with, this simple trick will always work. Lets get to the topic straight. Here is a table I have for which I need to draw a graph. We have zero values for two cities - Narnia and Atlantis (Assuming that everyone is wiped out in zombie apocalypse). City Population in Millions Chennai 243 Bangalore 527 Narnia 0 Atlantis 0 Mumbai 457 Delhi 23 Kolkata 10 Here is the typical graph we generated in excel for the above table. One thing that looks un-presentable in this chart is the zero values at the bottom of the pie chart. Here are the steps to remove the zero values. Right-click on any of the data labels (the numbers representing the population here) and select Format Data Labels . A Pop-Up for Format Data Labels will open. In that navigate to Number tab. In Number tab under Category , select Custom and enter the Format Code as below 0;;; Click Add and Close the window. Now your graph will ...

A Letter to Honda about Poor After Sales Service in Pratham Agencies

  I am one of the hundreds of frustrated Honda Customers from Kanchipuram. So I decided to write a mail to Honda about this. No matter in which city you are, if you are affected like me by the dealers who dont give a damn about customers, just write to Honda here http://www.honda2wheelersindia.com/contact.aspx . Here is my letter to Honda. Dear Honda, If you really want to sustain a customer base in Kanchipuram please switch over your dealership to someone other than Pratham Honda. This guys are simply being monopolistic. Like myself hundreds of Honda customers are frustrated with the customer care and after sales service support of this agency. Free services were done for name sake. I even wonder if they really change my engine oil every time I went for free service. I still remember the first day when I went to the showroom to enquire about Honda Twister, a frustrated customer was whining about the after sales service, I didnt take it seriously otherwise I would have gone to...