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Taking all predictions to end, Prince Narula won the title of Roadies X2, beating the strong contender Gurmeet in the breathtaking finale. The finale round replayed almost all the tasks previously held during the journey in parts. Prince during a journey task at Ayodhya - Prince was selected in Pune Auditions of the latest season of roadies. The main content of this show was task and the one who completes the task became the winner. The task was hosted by four judges this time namely Esha deol, Ranvijay singh, Karan Kundra ,Vijender singh who were all set to judge the current season of the popular reality show. Raghu and Rajiv were thrown out of the show for unknown reasons.  Earn free car rides to anywhere in the city and around, with Uber, sign up here:  https://www.uber.com/invite/sanjayv59. Who is your winner for the season? Share in comments. 

The so called 'Rockstar Baba', 'The Godman', and fondly 'Papaji' by over 50 million, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is on his way to become the new king of bollywood, as his film MSG - The Messenger (of God) has broken all records of 2015, and is strongly leading to a new height. If the sources were to believed, the film has earned whooping 126 crores on box office till 10th day. People are still finding tough to buy tickets because of huge demand, and online movie ticket website BookMyShow has temporarily removed the listing from its website because of unavailability of tickets. The film was released on 13th of February in around 4000 screens across the country, and since its release, all shows are going packed and there has been a constant demand of ticket since then. The film was expected to be hit even before the launch because of very good music, and good trailer. One big factor of film's success is believed to be ...

1.  Consider static factory methods instead of constructors Static factory methods are the methods which simply return an instance of the class. public static Boolean valueOf(boolean b) { return b ? Boolean.TRUE : Boolean.FALSE; } Advantages: a. They have names Static factory methods have names, constructors do not. So it becomes easier for the user to know the purpose of these methods. b. Objects can be cached Unlike constructors, static factory methods can return the same objects (e.g. See Boolean class example above), which is memory efficient. c. Static factory methods can return the subtype of their class type With the same interface, which is a good practice. d. They reduce the verbosity of creating parameterized instances, Example, Map<String, Boolean> map = new HashMap<String, Boolean>(); versus Map<String, Boolean> map = Hashmap.newInstance();  Though after Java 1.7, this problem has been solved, you can use...

Congratulations on the decision to quit. Your first day without cigarettes can be difficult, but having a plan will make it easier! Don't rely on willpower alone to keep you smokefree.  Prepare  so that you can feel confident in your ability to stay quit today. Step One Tell your friends and family that today is your quit day.  Ask them for support  during these first few days and weeks. They can help you get through the rough spots, but make sure to tell them how they can support you. Be specific; they aren't mind readers. Step Two Get the support you need—either by  developing your own quit plan  or finding a quit program that works for you. A quit plan combines strategies that help you stay focused, confident, and motivated to quit. You might decide to use a quit program like  SmokefreeTXT , or a  quitline  like 1–800–QUIT–NOW (1–800–784–8669), to get started. If you're not sure exactly which quit methods are right for you, v...

World knows, what an innovator he was, and how fast his mind used to work. There was a recent rumor that he was still alive, and was in Brazil, but it turned out to be a rumor only. But closely examining the life of Steve reveals that, it is probable he might still be alive. Some call him a saint, one of the coolest mind he had, and how he out-paced his competitors with his unique design abilities, everybody knows. Whatever his company created, he even knew the minutest details of the product. Once he visited India, in search of answers to quests of his own. He was always biased towards finding his inner self. He visited many places, and wondered why there were so many poor people despite the lessons of the great preachers the country had. He met many of the great saints, studied Hindu-shastras, and found the unique something he always wanted to find. In fifty-six years of his life, he achieved everything, but there was always a desire to achieve something else. Something that he al...

Time is changing, so is technology. With the evolution of Xolo and Xiaomi like companies, the electronics market is seeing new heights with improved performances at low price, and that too almost daily. Here we will see the best tablets in budget range with very impressive specifications. Xolo Play Tab 7 Tablet - Rs. 5000 WIth 1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core processor and 1GB RAM, Xolo Play Tab 7 is the clear winner of this range. This comes at just a price of Rs. 5000 from Amazon. It has received a lot of attention and appreciation from the customers. Below are the full specifications. 2MP front facing camera 7-inch LCD Capacitive touchscreen with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution and 16M color support Android v4.1 Jelly Bean operating system with 1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad core processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal memory expandable up to 32GB 4000mAH battery providing charging time up to 3.3 hours and music playback time up to 8 hours 1 year manufacturer warranty for device ...

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