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	<title>Abraham Durairaj &#187; Thoughts</title>
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		<title>Looking back at 2009</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2010/01/looking-back-at-2009.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Year 2009 was quite challenging.  I was able to do lots of new things at 2009.   Here are the list of things I have learnt over 2009.  First I have started with iPhone programming and for that I have bought a new macbook for working in iPhone programming.  I had a Canon FS100 camcorder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Learn</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/09/learning-to-learn.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lazy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is hard for people to learn if something is hard for them. &#160;All the way people generally feel lazy to learn. &#160;Only a few come forward voluntarily to learn new things and they excel in their lives. &#160;I have seen people learning as much as they can and wondered how ever in the life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you have a minute?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/09/do-you-have-a-minute.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t time even to breathe says a man to his wife. &#160;Yes, I am a perfectly normal human being and I do understand that these days are one of the toughest period to live. &#160;The cities are crowded and busy and have no time to think. &#160;I thought about this for a minute and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Tensed?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/09/getting-tensed.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was speaking to my sister today, I learned a new thing about &#8220;Getting Tensed!&#8221;. &#160;However people might have come across the same and this post might look stupid. &#160;However it is worth getting an update / refresh something on this topic. &#8220;What to do?&#8221; this is the general attitude of people who gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/08/wysiwyg-what-you-see-is-what-you-get.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/08/wysiwyg-what-you-see-is-what-you-get.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pervert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whysiwyg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/?p=64</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the IT world there is a terminology which says WYSIWYG which stands for &#8220;What you see is what you get&#8221;. Take for instance any Word Processor, you will get the same as you see while typing.  I would like to coin a new term as if English is in short of words.  Anyways the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survival of the fittest!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/07/survival-of-the-fittest.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I got myself reminded about a lesson which I studied at early school days about the Jungle. &#160;It would say that the Lion is the &#8220;King of the Jungle&#8221; and only the fittest can survive in the Kingdom. &#160; How true is that in the real life! &#160;To survive it is really hard these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presence of Mind</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/05/presence-of-mind.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2009/05/presence-of-mind.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 08:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[help]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to wonder about the presence of mind that people mostly elder would always say.&#160; But yesterday I found that to be different from what people say.&#160; I would term that &#8220;Gods Lead&#8221;.&#160; Let me go on and explain what happened to me yesterday. I wished that I could get a own house for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power of Fasting &#8211; Success</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2007/03/power-of-fasting-success.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2007/03/power-of-fasting-success.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fasting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/?p=30</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people do advice me that I should not fast at this age. Dont think that I am too old (Just 29!). Here is my explanation. Many a times Fasting made me identify the real wolf in sheep clothing. Got answer for long pending sufferings. Was able to get the guidance of the Almighty. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning never dies</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2007/01/learning-never-dies.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2007/01/learning-never-dies.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To followup with my post on SQL Tip &#8211; Row-by-row processing (http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2006/12/sql-tip-row-by-row-processing.html) I have learnt a cool technique offlate. It is the use of COALESCE function in SQL server. You can use this function to get quicker progress in fetching &#38; processing records row-by-row. Quick Sample DECLARE @EmployeeList varchar(100) SELECT @EmployeeList = COALESCE(@EmployeeList + ', [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Problems are stepping stones for success</title>
		<link>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2006/11/problems-are-stepping-stones-for-success.html</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.abrahamdurairaj.info/2006/11/problems-are-stepping-stones-for-success.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 05:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stepping stones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practically speaking&#8230; let me start with a proverb ..&#8221;Failure is the stepping stone for success&#8221;&#160; I want add a topping to that ..Also problems are the stepping stones for success. Some time back I heard a sermon on how to overcome difficulties in life.&#160; It was really great &#8230;It is simply because of that I [...]]]></description>
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