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I write before in my blog google is always produce such things which are useful for their users.. This time Software Developers are the Hey users... and Go is sounding gud with its features...\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI again say , google must develop an Operating System also..may be it is in the row.... let us see..\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ekey features\u003c/b\u003e of Go are...\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1\u0026gt;It is simple to write and understand by any level of developer....\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e2\u0026gt;It is fast to run..fast compilation and execution..gud performance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3\u0026gt;It is secure,,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4\u0026gt;u can run concurrently many programs without any trouble...\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5\u0026gt;It has all gud features of dynamic language and speed and performance of static language..\u003c/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e6\u0026gt;But obvious the best feature is that it is open source...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's how Google describes Go in its blog post:\u003c/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eGo attempts to combine the development speed of working in a dynamic language like Python with the performance and safety of a compiled language like C or C++. In our experiments with Go to date, typical builds feel instantaneous; even large binaries compile in just a few seconds. And the compiled code runs close to the speed of C. Go is designed to let you move fast.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe're hoping Go turns out to be a great language for systems programming with support for multi-processing and a fresh and lightweight take on object-oriented design, with some cool features like true closures and reflection.\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e For more information please visit  \u003ca href\u003d\"http://golang.org/\"\u003ehttp://golang.org\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI must say..Google is the Best...\u003cbr\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-7795064186447147852?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/7795064186447147852/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/11/googles-go-new-programming-language.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/7795064186447147852"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/7795064186447147852"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/11/googles-go-new-programming-language.html","title":"Google's go : A new Programming Language"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-3270950386824746416"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-11T03:36:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-11T03:36:49.680-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Video Conferencing -- Google's New Attraction"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv dir\u003d\"ltr\"\u003eSearch Giant Google after setting many goals now set to launch free Video Conferencing for Gmail users. Currently only one to one Video Chatting is possible in Gmail..But now google thinking of multiuser Video Conferencing.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eGoogle is the one company who reaches to this position without advertisement... Google provides so many useful application which are user friendly and usable.. Gmail is the first one provide chat in mailbox..Google docs, iGoogle, Google Calender are other good applications of google..\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eGoogle Search Engine is the one huge success for google... Google providing their user those things which are necessary to them..and user friendly..Google Crome is freely available light browser.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery Time something good is there from Google for there users..n this is the good thing...\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eGoogle must launch there their Operating System..or might be possible that they r working on it..\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e So, Happy Googling......\u003cbr\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-3270950386824746416?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/3270950386824746416/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/11/free-video-conferencing-googles-new.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3270950386824746416"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3270950386824746416"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/11/free-video-conferencing-googles-new.html","title":"Free Video Conferencing -- Google's New Attraction"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-2093193703203844429"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-10T21:59:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-10T22:00:08.204-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Charger Exchange Program for Nokia 7210 Supernova Now in India.."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv dir\u003d\"ltr\"\u003eAfter having detected a manufacturing defect in a charger meant for Nokia 7210 Supernova handset, Nokia has announced an exchange program for the charger in the Indian market also. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis exchange for free is limited to Nokia 7210 Supernova set Chargers only within the duration ,the company said that only one model of charger - AC-3E - manufactured by a third-party supplier between June 15 and August 9, 2009 falls within the scope of the latest global exchange program.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring a routine quality control process, Nokia identified a potential product quality issue with certain chargers manufactured by one of its third-party suppliers. The plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, charger may cause electric shock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe related information published in all known local newspapers n also available on Nokia website..\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheck ur Nokia 7210 Supernova Charger.\u003c/b\u003e(Exchange program limited to Nokia 7210 models bought after June 15 and AC-3E charger models.)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; height: 1%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003eVisit \u003ca href\u003d\"http://chargerexchange.nokia.com\"\u003ehttp://chargerexchange.nokia.com\u003c/a\u003e and fill in charger details to verify if the charger is included in exchange program.\u003c/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003e\u003cfont style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; height: 1%;\"\u003eWalk-in to Nokia Care Centers and Nokia Priority Dealers to get your charger checked and then exchanged if included in this exchange program.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u0026gt;By SMS\u003cbr\u003e    1\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/font\u003eCheck the 27-digit code printed on the back of the charger like - 4956279274091613752;0675370. Then type out message: \u003cfont style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; height: 1%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       space \u0026lt;27-digit code on back of your charger here\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e    Type only the characters in \u0026lt; \u0026gt; brackets and not the word space in the SMS.\u003c/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e   2\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003eSend it to number: 55555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e   3\u0026gt;\u003c/b\u003eNokia Care Center will reply that message by SMS informing of the charge is eligible for Exchange program or not. \u003cfont style\u003d\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; height: 1%;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c/font\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' 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not????\u003cbr\u003eIf u know answers of these questions please share with us....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eif u  have ur own question regarding this issue...please ask....\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-5033220875413999642?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/5033220875413999642/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-recognize-fake-currency.html#comment-form","title":"0 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It gives you a general idea about whether most of the stocks have gone up or most of the stocks have gone down.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eSensex\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003e (SENSITIVITY INDEX) is an indicator of all the major companies of the BSE(Bombay Stock Exchange).Sensex consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eNifty\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003e (NATIONAL FIFTY) is an indicator of all the major companies of the NSE(National Stock Exchange). Nifty consists of 50 stocks ie. it has 50 listed companies.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003eIf the Sensex goes up, it means that the prices of the stocks of most of the major companies on the BSE have gone up. If the Sensex goes down, this tells you that the stock price of most of the major stocks on the BSE have gone down.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003eJust like the Sensex represents the top stocks of the BSE, the Nifty represents the top stocks of the NSE.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe BSE is situated at Bombay and the NSE is situated at Delhi. These are the major stock exchanges in the country. There are other stock exchanges like the Calcutta Stock Exchange etc. but they are not as popular as the BSE and the NSE.Most of the stock trading in the country is done though the BSE \u0026amp; the NSE. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 0, 0);\"\u003e.................................\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-6908838040715019529?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/6908838040715019529/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/08/sensex-nifty.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/6908838040715019529"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/6908838040715019529"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/08/sensex-nifty.html","title":"Sensex \u0026 Nifty"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-378293480426206133"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-22T06:34:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-22T07:04:31.376-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Knowledge Bank"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What is Solar Eclipse?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Today 22nd July 2009 is the day of solar eclipse..Timing was approx 5:30AM to 7:30AM....\u003cbr /\u003eNature has its own secrets and interesting phenomenons... SOLAR Eclipse is one of them...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e solar eclipse\u003c/span\u003e occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth or say an \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eeclipse of the sun\u003c/span\u003e occurs when the moon\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Smcb9VYUEHI/AAAAAAAAC4k/9dFp0eKSlIY/s1600-h/gfgfgfgf.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 76px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Smcb9VYUEHI/AAAAAAAAC4k/9dFp0eKSlIY/s400/gfgfgfgf.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361284621932957810\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e revolving in its orbit around the earth comes between the sun and the earth. The moon blocks the light of the sun and a shadow of the moon is cast over the earth's surface..\u003cbr /\u003eAt least two and up to five solar eclipses can occur each year on Earth, with between zero and two of them being total eclipses.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDuring a solar eclipse, the moon actually casts two shadows towards earth. One shadow shaped like a cone is called the umbra. This becomes narrower as it reaches the earth. No direct sunlight penetrates into this area. The path of this is called the path of totality. If you are positioned in this area than you can see a complete blocking of the sun and view a total solar eclipse. Total eclipse is observable only within a narrow strip of land or sea over which the umbra passes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe second shadow is called the penumbra which spreads out as it reaches the earth. The penumbra is spread over a large area. People viewing the eclipse from this area of the earth's surface will see only a partial blocking of the sun.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere r 4 type of possible solar eclipses....\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003d\u003eA \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003etotal eclipse\u003c/span\u003e occurs when the Sun is completely obscured by the Moon. The intensely bright disk of the Sun is replaced by the dark silhouette of the Moon, and the much fainter corona is visible.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003d\u003eAn \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eannular eclipse\u003c/span\u003e occurs when the Sun and Moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun. Hence the Sun appears as a very bright ring, or annulus, surrounding the outline of the Moon.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003d\u003eA \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ehybrid eclipse\u003c/span\u003e transitions between a total and annular eclipse. At some points on the surface of the Earth it is visible as a total eclipse, whereas at others it is annular. It is very rare.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003d\u003eA \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003epartial eclipse\u003c/span\u003e occurs when the Sun and Moon are not exactly in line and the Moon only partially obscures the Sun. This phenomenon can usually be seen from a large part of the Earth outside of the track of an annular or total eclipse. However, some eclipses can only be seen as a partial eclipse, because the umbra never intersects the Earth’s surface.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTotal solar eclipses are nevertheless rare at any location becoz during each eclipse totality exists only along a narrow corridor in the relatively tiny area of the Moon’s umbra. Total Solar Eclipse has always been an interesting phenomenon.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSolar eclipse can be harmful when see it with naked eyes.. so take proper precautions...\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-378293480426206133?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/378293480426206133/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-is-solar-eclipse.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/378293480426206133"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/378293480426206133"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-is-solar-eclipse.html","title":"What is Solar Eclipse?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Smcb9VYUEHI/AAAAAAAAC4k/9dFp0eKSlIY/s72-c/gfgfgfgf.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-1770107170571971615"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-19T07:16:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-19T07:17:57.809-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Health hazards of using CellPhones(Mobiles)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Widespread use of CellPhone technology is a growing concern for medical researchers who believe that there could be both short-term and long-term health hazards associated with it.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMobile phones communicate with base stations using radio frequency radiation and RF radiation at a significant level has a thermal effect, which means that it raises body temperature. And this electromagnetic RF radiation from the cell phones even to some extent heats up brain tissue and may even damage them as the cell phone is usually kept close to ear, which is very near to the brain. Research has also shown that along with the increase of the temperature of the brain, it is also possible that the radiation raises blood pressure thus acting on the whole central nervous system.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eHealth hazards of CellPhones(Mobiles) \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eRadiation absorption\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the radio waves emitted by a cellphones are absorbed by the human head.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rate at which radiation is absorbed by the human body is measured by the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), and its maximum levels for modern handsets have been set by governmental regulating agencies in many countries. In the USA, the FCC has set a SAR limit of 1.6 W/kg for most parts of the body.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"\u003eThermal effects\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne well-understood effect of microwave radiation is dielectric heating, in which any dielectric material (such as living tissue) is heated by rotations of polar molecules induced by the electromagnetic field. In the case of a person using a cell phone, most of the heating effect may occur in the head surface, causing its temperature to increase by a fraction of a degree. The level of temperature increase is an order of magnitude less than that obtained during the exposure of head to direct sunlight. The brain's blood circulation easily disposes of excess heat by instantaneously increasing local blood flow. However, the cornea of the eye does not have this temperature regulation mechanism. Premature cataracts is known as an occupational disease of engineers who work on high power radio transmitters at similar frequencies. Cataracts have not been reported to occur in users of mobile telephones, even heavy users.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt has been claimed that some parts of the human head are more sensitive to damage due to increases in temperature, particularly in anatomical structures with poor vasculature, such as nerve fibers. Continuous use of a mobile phone for a decade or longer can lead to a small increase in the probability of getting acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor. The increase was not noted in those who used phones for less than 10 years.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"\u003eMobile phones and cancer\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAccording to Kjell Hansson Mild, who led the study, heavy users of mobile phones have a 240 percent increased risk of developing a malignant tumor on the side of the head where they press the phone to their ear.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"\u003eSleep Effects\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe research also found that those exposed to mobile phones during their sleep appear to have more headaches, than those not exposed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003eRadiation from mobile phones delays and reduces sleep, and causes headaches and confusion.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"\u003eElectromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMany users of mobile handsets have reported feeling several unspecific symptoms during and after its use, such as burning and tingling sensations in the skin of the head and extremities, fatigue, sleep disturbances, dizziness, loss of mental attention, reaction times and memory retentiveness, headaches, malaise, tachycardia (heart palpitations) and disturbances of the digestive system. Some researchers, implying a causal relationship, have named this syndrome as a new diagnostic entity.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eCellular Tower Health Hazards\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe deal seemed to be good, including physical upgrades such as hiding the antennas in the residential Area  and a monthly lease payment. Yet many in the congregation expressed concern about the risk of exposure to harmful levels of RF radiation. They questioned whether it would be safe to live while antennas, literally right over their heads, pumped out hundreds of watts of radio power.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs more people choose to rely on cell phones for their primary phone service, coverage in residential areas is becoming a key competitive issue. That means more towers located near homes, schools , and more parents worrying about how exposure to resulting RF radiation might be damaging their children.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne way to do that might be to put some hard numbers behind our general assertions that cellular towers pose no risk. As a worst-side in terms of exposure to RF radiation, consider a mobile tower located only 30 meters away \u0026amp; transmitting a total of 500Watt effective radiated power. Of course, if you are only 30 meters from the transmitting antennas, you also are likely well below their horizontal beam centers even if severe down tilt is used. But for the sake of our worst-case analysis, let's assume that the full 500W is aimed right at you.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the next post I'll tell you what precaution should take when we use cell phones...\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-1770107170571971615?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/1770107170571971615/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/07/health-hazards-of-using.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/1770107170571971615"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/1770107170571971615"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/07/health-hazards-of-using.html","title":"Health hazards of using CellPhones(Mobiles)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-8524530666278740487"},"published":{"$t":"2009-07-01T01:21:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-01T02:08:43.860-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hangzhou Bay Bridge-World’s Longest Sea Bridge"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);\"\u003eHangzhou Bay Bridge\u003c/span\u003e, is a bridge with cable-stayed bridge portion across Hangzhou Bay off the eastern coast of China. It was linked up on June 14, 2007 and connects the municipalities of Shanghai and Ningbo in Zhejiang province. The bridge is the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world, although it does not have the longest cable-stayed main span. The opening ceremony was held on June 26, 2007 with great domestic media publicity, though after the opening ceremony, the bridge would only be used for test and evaluation purposes. It was opened to the public on May 1, 2008.\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SksnbBasF4I/AAAAAAAACXU/crsU4mK6BMY/s1600-h/fgdfg.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 152px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SksnbBasF4I/AAAAAAAACXU/crsU4mK6BMY/s400/fgdfg.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353415927250294658\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBuilt to withstand typhoons that hit the eastern Chinese seabord near Shanghai, as well as shifting soil conditions, the concrete-and-steel bridge took three years to complete and was one of China's most challenging construction projects.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWith three lanes in each direction and a rest and refuelling area at its middle, the bridge links Cixi City in Zhejiang province with Jiaxing City to the north, shortening the journey between Shanghai and the major port of Ningbo by 120 km (75 miles).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIts unique design combines the use of both viaducts and cables and serves as a dual purpose. It will still allow large ships to be able to pass underneath while traffic passes over them. It is a long anticipated addition to the communities. For years, there has been a problem connecting the two busy industrial hot spots because of the many miles that separate them. With the bridge in full action soon, the two communities can join forces and combine efforts to build the commerce and boost industries and resources.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe bridge will no doubt attract sight seers from all around the world. Anyone who is a bridge lover will certainly be drawn to the bridge and are anxiously awaiting the opening. Businesses in China are equally as eager for the bridge to open as it will draw in billions of dollars from tourism and mark a new spot on the map for attracting visitors to China.\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-8524530666278740487?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/8524530666278740487/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/07/hangzhou-bay-bridge-worlds-longest-sea.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/8524530666278740487"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/8524530666278740487"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/07/hangzhou-bay-bridge-worlds-longest-sea.html","title":"Hangzhou Bay Bridge-World’s Longest Sea Bridge"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SksnbBasF4I/AAAAAAAACXU/crsU4mK6BMY/s72-c/fgdfg.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-2975477784388449800"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-29T09:22:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-29T09:29:58.564-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Knowledge Bank"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Levels"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;\"\u003eCapability Maturity Model (CMM)\u003c/span\u003e in software engineering is a model of the maturity of the capability of certain business processes. A maturity model can be described as a structured collection of elements that describe certain aspects of maturity in an organization, and aids in the definition and understanding of an organization's processes. The CMM has been superseded by the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI).\u003cbr /\u003eThe Capability Maturity Model for Software (also known as the CMM and SW-CMM) has been retired, and CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) replaces it.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003eCMM Level\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere are five levels defined along the continuum of the CMM, and, according to the SEI: \"Predictability, effectiveness, and control of an organization's software processes are believed to improve as the organization moves up these five levels. While not rigorous, the empirical evidence to date supports this belief.\"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkjrG6cTdvI/AAAAAAAACUQ/Va061bgluz4/s1600-h/p-cmm-levels.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 345px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkjrG6cTdvI/AAAAAAAACUQ/Va061bgluz4/s400/p-cmm-levels.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352786661129549554\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLevel 1 - Ad hoc (Chaotic)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is characteristic of processes at this level that they are (typically) undocumented and in a state of dynamic change, tending to be driven in an ad hoc, uncontrolled and reactive manner by users or events. This provides a chaotic or unstable environment for the processes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLevel 2 - Repeatable\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is characteristic of processes at this level that some processes are repeatable, possibly with consistent results. Process discipline is unlikely to be rigorous, but where it exists it may help to ensure that existing processes are maintained during times of stress.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLevel 3 - Defined\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is characteristic of processes at this level that there are sets of defined and documented standard processes established and subject to some degree of improvement over time. These standard processes are in place (i.e., they are the AS-IS processes) and used to establish consistency of process performance across the organization.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLevel 4 - Managed\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is characteristic of processes at this level that, using process metrics, management can effectively control the AS-IS process (e.g., for software development ). In particular, management can identify ways to adjust and adapt the process to particular projects without measurable losses of quality or deviations from specifications. Process Capability is established from this level.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLevel 5 - Optimizing\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is a characteristic of processes at this level that the focus is on continually improving process performance through both incremental and innovative technological changes/improvements.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAt maturity level 5, processes are concerned with addressing statistical common causes of process variation and changing the process (for example, shifting the mean of the process performance) to improve process performance. This would be done at the same time as maintaining the likelihood of achieving the established quantitative process-improvement objectives.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOther important terms are\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);\"\u003eCMMI :\u003c/span\u003e Capability Maturity Model for Integration if the companies are producing\u003cbr /\u003eIT and Non-IT products then it is CMMI\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);\"\u003eCMMP : \u003c/span\u003eCapability Maturity Model for People these companies give more benefits to people so people will work more satisfaction.\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-2975477784388449800?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/2975477784388449800/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/capability-maturity-model-cmm-levels_29.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/2975477784388449800"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/2975477784388449800"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/capability-maturity-model-cmm-levels_29.html","title":"Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Levels"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkjrG6cTdvI/AAAAAAAACUQ/Va061bgluz4/s72-c/p-cmm-levels.gif","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-2230087246810161894"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-28T22:22:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-28T22:58:49.009-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Knowledge Bank"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"AIDS and it's prevention..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e                                                                                                                                                                  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAcquired immune deficiency syndrome\u003c/span\u003e or \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eacquired immunodeficiency \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkhU4Y8f4cI/AAAAAAAACPo/I5CGf_Ut5x4/s1600-h/aids.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 78px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkhU4Y8f4cI/AAAAAAAACPo/I5CGf_Ut5x4/s400/aids.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352621484875440578\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003esyndrome\u003c/span\u003e (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ehuman immunodeficiency virus\u003c/span\u003e (HIV).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eYou can get AIDS by:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e* blood transfusions ( not very common anymore).\u003cbr /\u003e* being born with it.\u003cbr /\u003e* having unprotected sex with someone who has AIDS.\u003cbr /\u003e* finding a used needle on the ground, picking it up, and\u003cbr /\u003egetting the infected blood into an open wound.\u003cbr /\u003e* getting blood from someone else's cut who has AIDS, into yours.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eHere are some tips to help you prevent this disease.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e-\u003e\u003c/span\u003eAvoid having unprotected sex with multiple partners. Never reuse condoms.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e-\u003e\u003c/span\u003eBe careful to take only HIV free blood, if you ever need to take blood at all.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e-\u003e\u003c/span\u003eNever pick up any needle from the ground and never let it enter your body.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e-\u003e\u003c/span\u003eAlways use disposable needles and syringes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e-\u003e\u003c/span\u003eBe careful not to share needle at the time of body piercing or tattooing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e-\u003e\u003c/span\u003eIn the salon, never share razor.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e-\u003e\u003c/span\u003eYou can kiss an AIDS patient in the cheek, but do not go for deeper kiss, as AIDS virus can sometimes found in the saliva.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eDo you think you could get AIDS by...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e* sharing a bathroom?\u003cbr /\u003e* eating food that was cooked by someone that has AIDS?\u003cbr /\u003e* giving blood at a blood drive?\u003cbr /\u003e* coughing or sneezing?\u003cbr /\u003e* shaking hands?\u003cbr /\u003e* being bitten by a mosquito or a tick?\u003cbr /\u003e* touching someone who is sweating that has AIDS?\u003cbr /\u003e* swimming in a pool?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNO. You can't get AIDS by doing any of these things, although many people think you can. You can't get AIDS by being near or touching someone who has AIDS. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is spread through the blood. HIV does not travel as tears, air, or sweat. If you find a used needle on the ground, don't touch it. Especially if you have an open cut. The blood from the needle might have HIV in or on it. You can kiss a person infected with HIV on the cheek, but you shouldn't do any big, deep kissing since small amounts of HIV have been found in saliva.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRight now there isn't a cure for HIV and AIDS, but a lot of scientists and doctors are working very hard to find one!  \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSo prevention is the best defense\u003c/span\u003e...\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-2230087246810161894?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/2230087246810161894/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/aids-and-its-prevention.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/2230087246810161894"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/2230087246810161894"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/aids-and-its-prevention.html","title":"AIDS and it's prevention..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkhU4Y8f4cI/AAAAAAAACPo/I5CGf_Ut5x4/s72-c/aids.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-3989253231914492763"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-28T21:54:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-28T22:13:48.983-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Celebrity"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Michael Jackson and controversies around his personal life.."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"These are the controversies about Michael Jackson's Personal Life...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e1993 child molestation allegations against Michael Jackson\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e                    In 1993, Jackson was accused of child molestation by Jordan Chandler. The case was\u003cbr /\u003e         settled out of court and Jackson was not charged.\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkhMdleMKhI/AAAAAAAACPg/HAblvgUrCZc/s1600-h/efb72c994e9e2ea1_m.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 169px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkhMdleMKhI/AAAAAAAACPg/HAblvgUrCZc/s400/efb72c994e9e2ea1_m.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352612228288490002\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e2002 Berlin controversy involving Michael Jackson\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e                   In 2002, Michael Jackson briefly suspending his youngest son\u003cbr /\u003e         over a balcony railing in Berlin, Germany.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e2005 trial of Michael Jackson\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e                 In 2005, Michael Jackson was tried and acquitted of child\u003cbr /\u003e        molestation charges brought against him in 2003.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003eMichael Jackson finances\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e                   Michael Jackson's finances have been a controversial topic since he purchased the ATV\u003cbr /\u003e                  catalogue in 1985.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003eMichael Jackson home, recreation, friends, charity\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e                   Michael Jackson's lifestyle, high-profile friends, and charity work are topics which are\u003cbr /\u003e                  regulary discussed in the media.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003eMichael Jackson marriages and children\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e                   Michael Jackson has been married twice and has three children. The biological parentage of\u003cbr /\u003e                  his children is uncertain and often speculated.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003eMichael Jackson physical appearance\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e          Michael Jackson is widely believed to have transformed his physical appearance through\u003cbr /\u003e                  extensive use of plastic surgery and/or because of a skin condition called vitiligo.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003eReligious beliefs of Michael Jackson\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e                   It has often be reported that Michael Jackson was brought up as a Jehovas Witness but left\u003cbr /\u003e         the religion in his adulthood. It is now speculated that he has converted to Islam.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eVisit \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson\"\u003eWikipedia for more details\u003c/a\u003e....\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-3989253231914492763?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/3989253231914492763/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-and-controversies.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3989253231914492763"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3989253231914492763"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-and-controversies.html","title":"Michael Jackson and controversies around his personal life.."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkhMdleMKhI/AAAAAAAACPg/HAblvgUrCZc/s72-c/efb72c994e9e2ea1_m.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-8733240893980279879"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-27T01:35:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-27T02:20:58.334-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Knowledge Bank"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What is Copyright?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca style\u003d\"font-family: arial;\" onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkXf_Lt5R1I/AAAAAAAACJw/aoIFeSvxDGg/s1600-h/cp.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 79px; height: 78px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkXf_Lt5R1I/AAAAAAAACJw/aoIFeSvxDGg/s400/cp.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351930008769742674\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eCopyright\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003egives the author of an original work exclusive right for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation, after which time the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete and fixed in a medium. Some jurisdictions also recognize \"moral rights\" of the creator of a work, such as the right to be credited for the work. Copyright is described under the umbrella term intellectual property along with patents and trademarks.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCopyright\u003c/span\u003e                    is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States                    (Title                    17, U.S. Code) to the creators of “original works                  of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic,                  and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available                  for both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976                  Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive                  right to do and to authorize others to do the following: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e         \u003cul  style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eTo               reproduce the work in copies or phono records;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eTo                prepare derivative works based upon the work;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eTo                distribute copies of the work to the public by sale or other transfer                of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eTo                perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic,                and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eTo                display the copyrighted work publicly, in the case of literary,                                musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of                     a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eIn                the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by                means of a digital audio transmission.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e         \u003cp  style\u003d\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eIn addition to copyright, certain authors of works of visual art            also have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in            section 106A of the 1976 Copyright Act. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e         \u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by            the copyright law to the copyright holder.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;\" \u003eWho Owns Copyrights?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cp  style\u003d\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eCopyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in            fixed, tangible form. The copyright in the work of authorship immediately            becomes the property of the author who created the work. Only the            author or those deriving their rights through the author can rightfully            claim copyright.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e         \u003cp  style\u003d\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eIn the case of              works “made for hire”, where an artist            has created the work while in his/her capacity of employee, the              employer and not the employee is considered to be the author and              copyright            holder. Where a work was created jointly by more than one artist,            the authors of a joint work are all co-owners of the copyright              in the work, unless there is an agreement to the contrary. Copyright            in each separate contribution to a periodical or other collective            work is distinct from copyright in the collective work as a whole            and vests initially with the author of each contribution.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e         \u003cp  style\u003d\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eThe mere ownership of a book, manuscript, painting, or any other work does not give the possessor of that work its copyright. The law provides that transfer of ownership of any material object that embodies a protected work does not of itself convey the copyright or any interest in the copyright. This remains in the possession of the creator and is often referred to as the underlying artist’s copyright, distinct from the physical object which embodies it. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e                      \u003cp  style\u003d\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eAny                or all of the copyright owner's exclusive rights or any subdivision                of those rights may be transferred to another party, but the transfer                of exclusive rights is not valid unless that transfer is in writing                and signed by the owner of the copyright or such owner's duly authorized                agent.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-family: arial;\"\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-8733240893980279879?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/8733240893980279879/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-is-copyright.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/8733240893980279879"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/8733240893980279879"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-is-copyright.html","title":"What is Copyright?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkXf_Lt5R1I/AAAAAAAACJw/aoIFeSvxDGg/s72-c/cp.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-7068713647059549415"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-26T23:47:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-01T02:10:41.318-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Incident"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Michael Jackson has died from cardiac arrest"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkXSkviJsrI/AAAAAAAACJo/ne6y2CgiKUM/s1600-h/4b001feb1503de43_m.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 159px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkXSkviJsrI/AAAAAAAACJo/ne6y2CgiKUM/s400/4b001feb1503de43_m.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351915260876534450\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eJune 25, 2009-A 911 call was received at 12:21pm and EMS arrived at the Jackson home at 12:30pm.  Para Medics confirmed that Michael Jackson did not breathe and performed CPR.  Michael Jackson had  apparently suffered cardiac arrest.  He was rushed to the UCLA Medical Centre.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eParamedics tried to revive him.  When they arrived at Michael's home, Michael had no pulse and they were not able to get his pulse back.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHis home in Bel Air is 2 minutes from the UCLA Medical Center.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eUCLA Medical Center is to give a news conference shortly.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eUPDATE:  Los Angeles Times and AP report that Michael Jackson has been pronounced dead at 3:15pm PDST.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHis family has been arriving at UCLA hospital to pay their final respects.  His mother arrived 10 minutes after Michael was pronounced dead.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHis long time friend Elizabeth Taylor was also rushed to the hospital to pay her last respects.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMichael Jackson's brother confirmed during a statement that Michael died at 2:26pm PDT, 25 June 2009.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe body of Michael Jackson left by helicopter from UCLA Medical Centre at 6:35pm to move to the coroners office.  They have expedited the autopsy, which took place between 7 am and 3 pm on 26 June, 2009.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJackson, 50, died as he was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn May, The Times reported that Jackson had rented the Bel-Air residence and was rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena. Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called \"King of Pop\" back on stage.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHis backers envisioned the shows at AEG's O2 as an audition for a career rebirth that could have ultimately encompassed a three-year world tour, a new album, movies, a Graceland-like museum, musical revues in Las Vegas and Macau, and even a \"Thriller\" casino. Such a rebound could have wiped out Jackson's massive debt.\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-7068713647059549415?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/7068713647059549415/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-has-died-from-cardiac.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/7068713647059549415"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/7068713647059549415"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-has-died-from-cardiac.html","title":"Michael Jackson has died from cardiac arrest"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SkXSkviJsrI/AAAAAAAACJo/ne6y2CgiKUM/s72-c/4b001feb1503de43_m.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-6253918552161885600"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-21T22:23:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-01T02:09:39.455-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Incident"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"IT"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Satyam Scandal"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sj8cLxaECBI/AAAAAAAACIg/LLgb3416q68/s1600-h/_45352549_ramalingaraju_226ap.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 170px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sj8cLxaECBI/AAAAAAAACIg/LLgb3416q68/s400/_45352549_ramalingaraju_226ap.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350025870906230802\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eOn \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e7 January 2009\u003c/span\u003e, company Chairman Ramalinga Raju resigned after notifying board members and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) that Satyam's accounts had been falsified.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRaju confessed that Satyam's balance sheet of 30 September 2008 contained:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003einflated figures for cash and bank balances of INR 5,040 crore (as against INR 5,361 crore reflected in the books).\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003e  \u003cbr /\u003e* an accrued interest of INR 376 crore which was non-existent.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e* an understated liability of INR 1,230 crore on account of funds was arranged by himself.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003e   * an overstated debtors' position of INR 490 crore (as against INR 2,651 crore in the books).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRaju claimed in the same letter that neither he nor the managing director had benefited financially from the inflated revenues. He claimed that none of the board members had any knowledge of the situation in which the company was placed.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRaju stated that\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eWhat started as a marginal gap between actual operating profit and the one reflected in the books of accounts continued to grow over the years. It has attained unmanageable proportions as the size of company operations grew significantly (annualised revenue run rate of Rs 11,276 crore in the September quarter of 2008 and official reserves of Rs 8,392 crore). As the promoters held a small percentage of equity, the concern was that poor performance would result in a takeover, thereby exposing the gap. The aborted Maytas acquisition deal was the last attempt to fill the fictitious assets with real ones. It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eConsequences:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRaju had appointed a task force to address the Maytas situation in the last few days before revealing the news of the accounting fraud. After the scandal broke, the then-board members elected Ram Mynampati to be Satyam's interim CEO. Mynampati's statement on Satyam's website said:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eWe are obviously shocked by the contents of the letter. The senior leaders of Satyam stand united in their commitment to customers, associates, suppliers and all shareholders. We have gathered together at Hyderabad to strategize the way forward in light of this startling revelation.\u003c/span\u003e\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn 10 January 2009, the Company Law Board decided to bar the current board\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sj8dkHJ7CbI/AAAAAAAACIo/3n4tViE_zM0/s1600-h/Satyam-comp_AFP.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 185px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sj8dkHJ7CbI/AAAAAAAACIo/3n4tViE_zM0/s400/Satyam-comp_AFP.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350027388572600754\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e of Satyam from functioning and appoint 10 nominal directors. \"The current board has failed to do what they are supposed to do. The credibility of the IT industry should not be allowed to suffer.\" said Corporate Affairs Minister Prem Chand Gupta. Chartered accountants regulator ICAI issued show-cause notice to Satyam's auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on the accounts fudging. \"We have asked PwC to reply within 21 days,\" ICAI President Ved Jain said.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn the same day, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) team picked up Vadlamani Srinivas, Satyam's then-CFO, for questioning. He was arrested later and kept in judicial custody.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn 11 January 2009, the government nominated noted banker Deepak Parekh, former NASSCOM chief Kiran Karnik and former SEBI member C Achuthan to Satyam's board.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnalysts in India have termed the Satyam scandal as India's own \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eEnron scandal\u003c/span\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eImmediately following the news, Merrill Lynch (Now with Bank of America) terminated its engagement with the company. Also, Credit Suisse suspended its coverage of Satyam.[citation needed]. It was also reported that Satyam's auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers will be scrutinized for complicity in this scandal. SEBI, the stock market regulator, also said that, if found guilty, its license to work in India may be revoked. Satyam was the 2008 winner of the coveted Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance under Risk Management and Compliance Issues, which was stripped from them in the aftermath of the scandal. The New York Stock Exchange has halted trading in Satyam stock as of 7 January 2009. India's National Stock Exchange has announced that it will remove Satyam from its S\u0026amp;P CNX Nifty 50-share index on January 12.The founder of Satyam was arrested two days after he admitted to falsifying the firm's accounts. Ramalinga Raju is charged with several offences, including criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, and forgery.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSatyam's shares fell to 11.50 rupees on 10 January 2009, their lowest level since March 1998, compared to a high of 544 rupees in 2008. In New York Stock Exchange Satyam shares peaked in 2008 at US$ 29.10; by March 2009 they were trading around US $1.80.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Indian Government has stated that it may provide temporary direct or indirect liquidity support to the company. However, whether employment will continue at pre-crisis levels, particularly for new recruits, is questionable.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn 14 January 2009, Price Waterhouse, the Indian division of PricewaterhouseCoopers, announced that its reliance on potentially false information provided by the management of Satyam may have rendered its audit reports \"inaccurate and unreliable\".\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOn 22 January 2009, CID told in court that the actual number of employees is only 40,000 and not 53,000 as reported earlier and that Mr. Raju had been allegedly withdrawing INR 20 crore rupees every month for paying these 13,000 non-existent employees.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eWhat went wrong?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe controversy has got many in corporate circles here wondering whether it was India's new found love affair with capitalism that led to Satyam's downfall.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the letter to his shareholders, Mr Raju says that he was trying to cover up the losses at Satyam, and in doing so got caught up in a vicious cycle of lies and debts.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHe says this attempt to hide the losses from investors and shareholders was like \"riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten\".\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAccording to Mr Raju's statement, about $1bn (£0.65bn), or 94% of the cash on the company's books, was made up - and analysts say it was the manipulation of the cash flow which could have been one reason why the deceit was undetected.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMany analysts also say that the chase for huge profits, and the desire to keep up with the break-neck speed of India's $50bn outsourcing industry's growth rates that may have been behind Mr Raju's motivation in fudging the accounts at his firm.\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-6253918552161885600?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/6253918552161885600/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/satyam-scandal.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/6253918552161885600"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/6253918552161885600"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/satyam-scandal.html","title":"Satyam Scandal"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sj8cLxaECBI/AAAAAAAACIg/LLgb3416q68/s72-c/_45352549_ramalingaraju_226ap.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-2727421881968034528"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-20T07:36:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-20T08:00:44.582-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Business"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Inflation and your Money..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sjz5FES13hI/AAAAAAAACFw/xSVn5L6NlpY/s1600-h/inflation-for-blog.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 211px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sjz5FES13hI/AAAAAAAACFw/xSVn5L6NlpY/s400/inflation-for-blog.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349424322856738322\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eInflation \u003c/span\u003eis an upward movement in the average level of prices. Its opposite is deflation, a downward movement in the average level of prices. The boundary between inflation and deflation is price stability.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eThe Link Between Inflation and Money\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBecause inflation is a rise in the general level of prices, it is intrinsically linked to money, as captured by the often heard refrain \"Inflation is too many dollars chasing too few goods\". To understand how this works, imagine a world that only has two commodities: Oranges picked from orange trees, and paper money printed by the government. In a year where there is a drought and oranges are scarce, we'd expect to see the price of oranges rise, as there will be quite a few dollars chasing very few oranges.This scenario is \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eINFLATION\u003c/span\u003e. Conversely, if there's a record crop or oranges, we'd expect to see the price of oranges fall, as orange sellers will need to reduce their prices in order to clear their inventory. This scenario is \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDEFLATION\u003c/span\u003e.  though in the real world inflation and deflation are changes in the average price of all goods and services, not just one.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eInflation is caused by a combination of four factors: \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe supply of money goes up.  \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe supply of other goods goes down.  \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDemand for money goes down.  \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDemand for other goods goes up. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ol\u003eIn Other words....to understand this phenomenon of INFLATION..we take an \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eExample\u003c/span\u003e..\u003cbr /\u003emy dad decided in his childhood to save 50paise thinking, that one day when he becomes big, he will go for a movie. Many years pass. The year now is 2006. My dad goes to the theater and asks for a ticket. He offers the ticket-booth-guy at the theater 50paise and asks for a ticket. The ticket booth guy says, “I am sorry sir, the ticket is worth Rs.50. You will not be able to even buy a “Chocolate” with the 50paise!!”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe moral of the story is that, the worth of the 50paise reduced dramatically. 50paise could buy a whole lot when my dad was a kid. Now, 50paise can buy nothing. This is inflation. This tells us two important things.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eCONCLUSION\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);\"\u003eFirstly:\u003c/span\u003e Do not keep your money stagnant. If you just save money by putting it your safe it will loose value over time. If you have Rs.1000 in your safe today and you keep it there for 10years or so, it will be worth a lot less after 10 years. If you can buy something for Rs.1000 today, you will probably require Rs.1500 to buy it 10 years from now. So do not keep money locked up in your safe.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAlways invest money.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf you can’t think where to invest your money, then put it in a bank. Let it grow by gaining interest. But whatever you do, do not just lock your money up in your safe and keep it stagnant. If you do this, you will be loosing money without even knowing it. The more money you keep stagnant the more money you will be loosing. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);\"\u003eSecondly:\u003c/span\u003e When investing, you have to make sure that the rate of return on your investment is higher than the rate of inflation.\u003cbr /\u003e.....................................................................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eWhat is the rate of inflation?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs we said earlier, the prices of everything goes up over time and this phenomenon is called inflation. The question is: By how much do the prices go up? At what rate do the prices do up?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe rate at which the prices of everything go up is called the \"rate of inflation\". For example, if the price of something is Rs.100 this year and next year the price becomes approximately Rs.104 then the rate of inflation is 4%. If the price of something is Rs.80 then after a year with a rate of inflation of 4% the price go up to (80 x 1.04) \u003d 83.2\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, when you make an investment, make sure that your rate of return on the investment is higher than the rate of inflation in your country. In our county India, for the year 2005-2006 the rate of inflation was 4% (Which is really low and amazing!).  This rate keeps changing every year. The finance minister generally gives the official statement on the inflation rate of the country for a particular year.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eWhat is the rate of return?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe rate of return is how much you make on an investment. Suppose you invest Rs.100 in the market and over a year, you make Rs.120, then you rate of return is 20%.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e If you invest Rs.100 in the market today and you make money at a 3% \"rate of return\" in one year you will have Rs.103. But now, since the rate of inflation is at 4%, an item costing Rs.100 today will cost Rs.104 a year from now. So what you can buy with today’s Rs.100, you will only be able to buy with Rs.104 a year from now.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e But the Rs.100 that you invested has grown only at a 3% rate of return and so it is worth Rs.103. In effect, you are loosing money!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e So in conclusion, the rate of return on your investments, have to be higher than the rate of inflation.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e From the above paragraphs you can note how silently, inflation eats into your money. You would not even know about it an your money would sit loosing value for no fault of yours.\u003cbr /\u003e.........................................................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-2727421881968034528?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/2727421881968034528/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/inflation-and-your-money.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/2727421881968034528"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/2727421881968034528"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/inflation-and-your-money.html","title":"Inflation and your Money..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sjz5FES13hI/AAAAAAAACFw/xSVn5L6NlpY/s72-c/inflation-for-blog.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-3776260759981762939"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-18T22:56:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-18T23:05:19.836-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Yoga and its Benefits"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsqiPXkZyI/AAAAAAAACBs/HrQAgzhPZFA/s1600-h/yogainsun.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 112px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsqiPXkZyI/AAAAAAAACBs/HrQAgzhPZFA/s400/yogainsun.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348915750161901346\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eEveryday people are reporting their wonderful experiences on \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003ehealth benefits of Yoga\u003c/span\u003e, the transformation of being, taking you beyond the here and now. In one wonderful session of Yoga, people get to practice a number of things, some \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eYoga poses (asanas)\u003c/span\u003e breathing exercises (pranayama), meditation and chanting. In Yoga you get to learn basic terms like Mudras, Bandhas and Chakras. Best of all, Yoga is fun and relaxing while, at the same time, being delectably challenging to beginners.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe intermediate and advanced students, who insist on continuing their practices, get more and more of the taste of this great 5000+ year old wondrous way of life. Yoga is for the body, mind and spirit. You learn to use your body, breath and mind to stretch, relax and energize yourself. So get up and go!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYoga is all about feeling good; feel the blood surging through your veins, the energy pulsating through your nerves, the bliss coursing through your whole being.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBest of all, Yoga is apt for all, regardless of age, color, caste, creed or religion; from the healthiest to the sickest, from the richest to the poorest, from the whitest to the blackest. And here are some of the specific – and immense – \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003ebenefits of yoga:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2 style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" class\u003d\"sub_heading\"\u003eBenefits of Yoga\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eBrings down stress and enhances powers of relaxation\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBoosts physical strength, stamina and flexibility\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBestows greater powers of concentration and self control\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eInculcates impulse Control\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHelps in rehabilitation of old and new injuries\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntensifies tolerance to pain and enhancing mental clarity\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBoosts functioning of the immune system\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eEnhances posture and muscle tone\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eImproves blood circulation \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eResults in healthy, glowing skin\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCleanses and improves overall organ functioning\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBestows peace of mind and a more positive outlook to life\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eInfuses a sense of balance and internal harmony\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003eBest of all, Yoga is highly therapeutic. Some of the ailments proven to be relieved, reversed and even healed through the practice of Yoga are acidity , allergies, alzheimer disease, anemia, anger, anxiety, arthritis, asthma, back pain, bronchitis, cancer, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue, colitis, common cold, constipation, depression, diabetes, epilepsy, eye problems, facial wrinkles, gastro-intestinal disorders, headaches, heartburn, hemorrhoids, hepatitis, high blood pressure, hypertension, immune-deficiency, impotence, menopause, menstrual cramps, migraines, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, nervous tension, obesity, osteoporosis, prostate, enlargement, sciatica, skin problems, sleep apnea, slipped disk, sterility, stiffness, stress, insomnia, intoxication, thyroid problems, kidney stones, stuttering and stammering, urinary tract disorders for women, vaginal infections and many more...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo,\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eif Yoga has varied and immense\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e physical benefits\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e, what exactly is Yoga?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYoga is a 5000 year old science whose teachings were first imparted not in a classroom or Gurukul, but on the battle field. In the epic Mahabharata, the sage, Lord Krishna is first said to have imparted the teachings of Yoga to his despondent student Arjuna. Around 1500 years later, another sage, Patanjali, went on to enunciate, for the benefit of humankind and eternity, the way to reach the summom bonum of life through a series of 195 aphorisms (sutras) in his epic treatise The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDerived from the Sanskrit root “Yujir Yogey” meaning to unite, to yoke, to join, to put together, Yoga is not about mind over body. On the other hand, Yoga is about developing harmony between them. In Yoga, you use your mind to perceive (diagnose) and guide (heal) your body. Never control, let alone force it!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYoga is a way of life, a conscious act, not a set or series of learning principles. The dexterity, grace, and poise you cultivate, as a matter of course, is the natural outcome of regular practice. You require no major effort. In fact trying hard will turn your practices into a humdrum, painful, even injurious routine and will eventually slow down your progress. Subsequently, and interestingly, the therapeutic effect of Yoga is the direct result of involving the mind totally in inspiring (breathing) the body to awaken.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eContrary to popular – or unpopular – perception, Yoga positions are not about how far you can reach to touch your toes or how many repetitions you can perform. It is all about paying attention to how your body feels; how it moves without that excruciating pain or agony! Yoga is all about breathing correctly about integrating that breath into your being. Conscious Yoga doesn’t call for you to force or strain your never or sinew. Meaning to say, right Yoga is learning how to do things right, do less that gets you more!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIronically, by doing less – correctly – Yoga enhances your strength, energy, vitality, flexibility and levels of endurance. Accordingly, your body and mind start to become more balanced until, eventually, you find it takes so much less energy to move through the day. Yes, any and everyone can do less…and get a lot, lot more!\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-3776260759981762939?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/3776260759981762939/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/yoga-and-its-benefits.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3776260759981762939"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3776260759981762939"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/yoga-and-its-benefits.html","title":"Yoga and its Benefits"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsqiPXkZyI/AAAAAAAACBs/HrQAgzhPZFA/s72-c/yogainsun.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-6492409756865240787"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-18T21:27:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-18T21:49:09.747-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Incident"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Terrorism"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"26/11: 59 Hours in Terror-Mumbai Taj Hotel Attack"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsU3macSHI/AAAAAAAACBE/guCOQDRf-4M/s1600-h/taj4home.345104128_std.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 178px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsU3macSHI/AAAAAAAACBE/guCOQDRf-4M/s400/taj4home.345104128_std.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348891927869409394\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe first event was detailed at 20:10 IST on 26 November:\u003c/span\u003e a boat carrying around ten terrorists with several large bags docked at Macchimar Nagar, Mumbai's Cuffe Parade neighbourhood, where six of the men disembarked and the rest continued sailing along the shore. When local residents asked about their occupation, the group responded that they were students. At 20:30 another such incident played out in Colaba, when 10 Urdu-speaking men in inflatable speedboats came ashore. They reportedly told local Marathi-speaking fishermen to mind their business before they split up and headed two different ways; the fishermen's subsequent report to police received little response. The attacks began around 21:20, when two terrorists armed with AK-47 rifles entered the passenger hall of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) railway station, opened fire and threw grenades, killing at least ten people. Two terrorists held fifteen hostages, including seven foreigners, in the Taj Mahal hotel.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFacade of the Taj Mahal hotel where hostages were held Several motorcycles lie in a pool of blood.CNN reported at 23:00 that the hostage situation at the Taj had been resolved and quoted the police chief of Maharashtra state as saying that all hostages were freed; however, it was later learned that there were still hostages in the hotel. Forty people were being held as hostages in the Oberoi Trident hotel. Six blasts were reported to have taken place at the Taj hotel and one at the Oberoi Trident. The Taj Mahal Hotel was reported to be completely under government control at 04:22 and Indian commandos killed two gunmen inside Oberoi hotel and took control of the building.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBoth hotels were on fire and were surrounded by Rapid Action Force and Army personnel. About 400 Army commandos and 300 National Security Guards (NSG) commandos and 36~100 MARCOS commandos were sent to the spot. Reports emerged of terrorists receiving live feeds broadcast by television stations; feeds to the hotels were subsequently blocked. All terrorists were out of the Taj hotel, and police and firefighters were working to rescue the estimated 50 people trapped inside. Low-intensity blasts were reported in Vile Parle and a grenade attack in Santa Cruz. Two blasts were reported in the Nepean Sea Road area of south Mumbai. Local Mumbai Suburban Railway trains on the Western Railway were running, whereas those of the Central Railway were suspended. More blasts were reported at the Oberoi as the siege continued. Meanwhile, police seized a boat filled with arms and explosives anchored at Mazgaon dock off Mumbai harbour.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eInterior of Oberoi Trident hotel where forty hostages were heldA number of European Parliament Committee on International Trade delegates were staying in the Taj Mahal hotel when it was attacked, but none of them were injured. British Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim (who was in the lobby when gunmen initially opened fire there) and German Social Democrat MEP Erika Mann were hiding in different parts of the building. Also reported present was Spanish MEP Ignasi Guardans, who was barricaded in a hotel room. Another British Conservative MEP, Syed Kamall, reports that he along with several other MEPs left the hotel and went to a nearby restaurant shortly before the attack. Kamall also reported that Polish MEP Jan Masiel was thought to have been sleeping in his hotel room when the attacks occurred. He did not leave his room for a long time, but he finally managed to safely leave the hotel. Kamall and Guardans report that a Hungarian MEP's assistant was shot.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlso caught up in the shooting were the President of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, while checking in at the Oberoi Trident, and Indian MP N. N. Krishnadas of Kerala, while having dinner at a restaurant in the Taj hotel.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe New York Times reported that terrorists held several hostages at the Mumbai Chabad House (also known as Nariman House) in Colaba, owned by Chabad Lubavitch. It was reported in the early morning of 29 November that Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka Holtzberg, who was six months pregnant, were tortured and murdered with other hostages inside the house. Times Online reports about Sir Gulam Noon - MBE's experience on how he escaped the bombed Taj Mahal Hotel.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMaharashtra state home secretary Bipin Shrimali later announced that the police killed four gunmen when they attempted to flee in cars in two separate incidents, and state home minister R. R. Patil has said that nine suspects were also arrested.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe army was reported to have secured one of the hotels, and eight hostages have been freed at the Jewish outreach group. On 29 November The Times of India reported that the battle for Mumbai has ended after 60 hours of operation by Indian security forces. The final operation at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel was completed at 08:00 on 29 November. The security forces rescued 250 people in Oberoi, 300 in Taj and 12 families of 60 people in Nariman House. A total of 172 people were reported to be killed by the terrorists.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eDAY 1 -\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eWednesday, Nov 26, 2008\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eTerrorists strike across Mumbai, opening indiscriminate fire and throwing grenades and killing people at will. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe places that come under attack are Oberoi Hotel at Nariman Point, Taj Mahal Hotel \u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsVgSajvII/AAAAAAAACBM/-JBZHxuFBEE/s1600-h/day01_01.338140619_std.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 164px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsVgSajvII/AAAAAAAACBM/-JBZHxuFBEE/s400/day01_01.338140619_std.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348892626875825282\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eopposite Gateway of India, Café Leopold in Colaba, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Nariman House, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai headquarters opposite CST, Gokuldas Tejpal Hospital and Cama Hospital near CST, Metro Cinema. Bombs go off in Vile Parle, Mazgaon and Napean Sea Road. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eOwing to the heavy firing, security agencies first misinterpret the attacks as gangwar. Within a few hours, it is clear that it's a terrorist strike. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSecurity forces engage the terrorists at several places, killing some of them. Meanwhile, the civilian casualties are rising fast. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMaharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare dies in one of the gunbattles with the terrorists. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommandos of the National Security Guards, army and navy are roped in for the operations. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFinally, some terrorists take hostages at Oberoi, Taj and Nariman House. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe dome of the Taj hotel catches fire. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eDAY 2 -  \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eThursday, Nov 27, 2008\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommandos lay siege at Taj and Oberoi hotel and Nariman House, where the terrorists are keeping hostages and firing. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe fire at Taj rages on. \u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsV6aULoAI/AAAAAAAACBU/fVdn-Ppr0-8/s1600-h/day02.338141036_std.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 160px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsV6aULoAI/AAAAAAAACBU/fVdn-Ppr0-8/s400/day02.338141036_std.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348893075673161730\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFirefighters struggle to douse the flames. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommandos engage the terrorists in an exchange of fire at Taj and Oberoi. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eLarge explosions are heard from the hotels from time to time. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSome guests are evacuated from inside the hotels, but the terrorists remain in control. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eDAY 3 - \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eFriday, Nov 28, 2008\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis is the most decisive and eventful day of the anti-terror operations. \u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsWQoPi5gI/AAAAAAAACBc/iiEm4TSwY3c/s1600-h/day03.338141935_std.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 174px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsWQoPi5gI/AAAAAAAACBc/iiEm4TSwY3c/s400/day03.338141935_std.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348893457368933890\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommandos kill two terrorists and take full control of Oberoi Hotel. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAround 200 hostages, including many foreign nationals, are rescued from the premises. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA part of the hotel catches fire. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAt Nariman House, security forces intensify operations. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommandos are airdropped on the building's roof. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA prolonged gunbattle and explosions later, the commandos enter the house and kill both the terrorists. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAll five hostages are found dead; one NSG commando is killed in the operation. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eLate into the night, Nariman House is secured and handed over to the authorities. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eBut the terrorists at Taj hotel stay put. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAt least 25 big and small explosions, along with heavy gunfire, are heard from the Taj throughout the day. Even the media comes under fire. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eHowever, by the end of the day, the commandos take full control of the new wing of the hotel. It's now clear the terrorists are holed up somewhere in the old part of the building.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eDAY 4 - \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);\"\u003eSaturday, Nov 29, 2008\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eGunbattle at Taj hotel intensifies in the morning. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe three terrorists holed up are finally killed. \u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsWsMHg3II/AAAAAAAACBk/Q2Mng8goD-A/s1600-h/20.338142641_std.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 157px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsWsMHg3II/AAAAAAAACBk/Q2Mng8goD-A/s400/20.338142641_std.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348893930855390338\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCommandos set afire two retail stores in the hotel to successfully smoke out the terrorists and kill them. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSecurity forces run a security check to sanitise the hotel complex. Live bombs, grenades and several kilos of RDX recovered.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMaharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare, NSG commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan and NSG Constable Gajender Singh, three of the many security personnel killed in the terror attacks, are cremated. Thousands attend their funerals.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e.............................................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-6492409756865240787?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/6492409756865240787/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/2611-59-hours-in-terror-mumbai-taj.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/6492409756865240787"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/6492409756865240787"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/2611-59-hours-in-terror-mumbai-taj.html","title":"26/11: 59 Hours in Terror-Mumbai Taj Hotel Attack"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjsU3macSHI/AAAAAAAACBE/guCOQDRf-4M/s72-c/taj4home.345104128_std.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-6150291539736953524"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-17T21:31:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-17T21:58:55.190-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Health"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What Is Swine Flu? Symptoms \u0026 How Is Swine Flu Treated?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cb\u003eSwine flu (swine influenza)\u003c/b\u003e is a disease of pigs. It is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by one of many Influenza A viruses. Approximately 1% to 4% of pigs that get swine flu die from it. It is spread among pigs by direct and indirect contact, aerosols, and from pigs that are infected but do not have symptoms. In many parts of the world pigs are vaccinated against swine flu.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost commonly, swine flu is of the H1N1 influenza subtype. However, they can sometimes come from the other types, such as H1N2, H3N1, and H3N2.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe current outbreak of swine flu that has infected humans is of the H1N1 type - this type is not as dangerous as some others.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat is the risk for human health?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOutbreaks of human infection from a virus which came from pigs (swine influenza) do happen and are sometimes reported. Symptoms will generally be similar to seasonal human influenzas - this can range from mild or no symptoms at all, to severe and possibly fatal pneumonia.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs swine flu symptoms are similar to typical human seasonal flu symptoms, and other upper respiratory tract infections, detection of swine flu in humans often does not happen, and when it does it is usually purely by chance through seasonal influenza surveillance. If symptoms are mild it is extremely unlikely that any connection to swine influenza is found - even if it is there. In other words, unless the doctors and experts are specifically looking for swine flu, it is rarely detected. Because of this, we really do not know what the true human infection rate is.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHow does a human catch swine influenza?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFrom contact with infected pigs (most common way) \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFrom contact with infected humans (much less common way) \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e In cases when humans have infected other humans close contact was necessary with the infected person, and they nearly always occurred in closed groups of people.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat are the signs and symptoms of swine influenza in humans?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThey are similar to those of regular flu, and include: \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eFever, which is usually high, but unlike seasonal flu, is sometimes absent  \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBody aches\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eChills\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCough\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003erunny nose or stuffy nose  \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDiarrhea (less common) \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHeadache \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSore throat\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTemperature (fever) \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTiredness (fatigue) \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eVomiting (less common) \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDo we have a specific swine flu vaccine?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNo - not  for humans.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat can I do to protect myself?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eWash your hands regularly with soap\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTry to stay healthy\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGet plenty of sleep\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDo plenty of exercise\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTry to manage your stress\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDrink plenty of liquids\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eEat a well balanced diet\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eRefrain from touching surfaces which may have the virus\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDo not get close to people who are sick\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eStay away from crowded areas if there is a swine flu outbreak in your area\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIf I am infected, how can I stop others from becoming infected?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eLimit your contact with other people\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDo not go to work or school\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhen you cough or sneeze cover your mouth with a tissue. If you do not have a tissue, cover your mouth and nose. \u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePut your used tissues in a waste basket\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWash your hands and face regularly\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eKeep all surfaces you have touched clean\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFollow your doctor's instructions\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat You Need To Know\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSwine flu likely spreads by direct contact with respiratory secretions of someone that is sick with swine flu, like if they were coughing and sneezing close to you.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePeople with swine flu are likely contagious for one day before and up to seven days after they began to get sick with swine flu symptoms.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDroplets from a cough or sneeze can also contaminate surfaces, such as a doorknob, drinking glass, or kitchen counter, although these germs likely don't survive for more than a few hours.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAnti-flu medications, including Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir), are available to prevent and treat swine flu.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe latest swine flu news from the CDC includes advice that students should stay home if they have swine flu symptoms, but schools do not need to close unless they have large clusters of cases that are affecting school functioning. Schools that closed based on previous recommendations, such as if they had a single confirmed case or probable case, can now likely reopen. \u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhat is Swine Flu - Video \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Influenza Division has produced a video all about swine flu.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis video includes information on the signs and symptoms of swine flu, how swine flu is transmitted, what medicines are available to treat it and steps that people can take to help protect themselves from it. 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Symptoms \u0026 How Is Swine Flu Treated?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-9086349152413332334"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-17T12:39:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-07-01T02:09:57.382-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"IT"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Indian IT cos look at Japan for offshoring"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjlIQZJ4tdI/AAAAAAAAB_0/8Un6Rb76o8M/s1600-h/6a00d8356fb76c69e200e5522956b18834-800wi.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 218px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjlIQZJ4tdI/AAAAAAAAB_0/8Un6Rb76o8M/s400/6a00d8356fb76c69e200e5522956b18834-800wi.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348385478946633170\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eIndian IT companies depend overwhelmingly on the US and European markets. Between 80 and 90 per cent of revenues is typically accounted for by just these two regions. With these markets slowing down dramatically, IT outsourcing firms are looking at new geographies for growth.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne big focus is Japan, the world’s second largest economy. Japan will drive the next phase of growth for the Indian offshoring industry, says a report by Zinnov Management Consulting. The government and IT industry body Nasscom are developing trade relations with the country.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“Japan was a closed economy to us,” says Som Mittal, president of Nasscom. “But with the recent economic conditions they are looking to outsource work, in order to cut costs and remain competitive. They are already partnering with China but are facing major intellectual property issues there.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJapanese companies could also potentially offshore a lot of R\u0026amp;D to India. Japan is home to 191 of the top 1,000 global R\u0026amp;D spenders of which only 21 currently have an international R\u0026amp;D presence.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“Companies such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro already have a presence in Japan,” says Praveen Bhadada, engagement manager in Zinnov. “But the focus on the region is a recent phenomenon.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe demand from Japanese companies for R\u0026amp;D offshoring is expected to be in key verticals such as electronic equipment (22 per cent) and automotive (13 per cent). “India is a R\u0026amp;D hub for 281 of the top 1,000 global companies, giving the country the necessary know-how and experience,” says Bhadada.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut working with Japanese companies poses challenges. Cultural issues, and especially the language barrier, are big. Content needs to be highly localised. You would need Japanese language software, keyboard and processes. Moreover companies will have to develop different business and operating models to work in the country.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“One way for Indian companies to penetrate the Japanese market would be to partner with global IT giants that are already there,” says Diptarup Chakraborti, principal research analyst in Gartner.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut India will have to move fast. The Chinese are already making big advances in the region. “There are 75,000 Chinese students studying in Japanese universities, but there are only 500 Indian students,” says Mittal.\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-9086349152413332334?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/9086349152413332334/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/indian-it-cos-look-at-japan-for.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/9086349152413332334"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/9086349152413332334"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/indian-it-cos-look-at-japan-for.html","title":"Indian IT cos look at Japan for offshoring"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjlIQZJ4tdI/AAAAAAAAB_0/8Un6Rb76o8M/s72-c/6a00d8356fb76c69e200e5522956b18834-800wi.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-5032886075669173184"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-15T14:01:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-15T14:18:07.484-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Incident"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Issues"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Racial Attacks on Indians in Australia"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sja5j_2CXjI/AAAAAAAAB6I/MdEbmqSw4EI/s1600-h/A1-1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 294px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sja5j_2CXjI/AAAAAAAAB6I/MdEbmqSw4EI/s400/A1-1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347665635633684018\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eTHE RECENT attacks on Indian students studying in Australia have attracted global attention. This rabid cultural and racial menace has attracted worldwide condemnation. One Sravan Kumar Theerthala was hit with petrol bottles by some unidentified teens while he was reading book in his house at Melbourne.\u003cp\u003eBaljinder Singh, another student from India studying in Melbourne, was robbed and stabbed in his abdomen. Both are struggling for life in hospitals. Sravan’s condition is reported to be very critical, he is still in coma.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a separate incident, four students were attacked and burgled by racist elements in Australia. One Suketu Modi, a businessman from Surat, was attacked in train by a group of students when he had gone there for IT business. According to student’s organisations, these racist attacks have been taking place in Australia for quite some time; most of them went unreported. According to a report, about 20 racial attacks on Indians have taken place last month in Sydney alone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia, interestingly, is not the only country where rabid faces of racism have been raising heads. Such dastardly incidents have been taking place in countries like UK, Germany, France and some African and Gulf countries.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis incident has raised a very perturbing question, which every one of us would like to ponder about and like to find consolable if not acceptable answers.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReasons of such attacks\u003c/strong\u003e:  It is too simplistic a proposition to categorically brand them as acts of criminal or opportunistic activities as uttered by Australian High Commissioner and DCP Melbourne, John McCarthy. The former has, however, not denied that some racist elements might have been involved in what he called Shameful criminal acts.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf not the global society, Indian civil society must quest reasons behind it; after all why Indians are being attacked everywhere? It seems that the existence of these vestigial racial elements even in cultural, plural societies does have other hidden reasons apart from ostensible causes. Chagrin does not prevail in Australia; and even Australian media lamented only after vociferous diplomatic and societal protests at home.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003eEconomic\u003c/span\u003e:  \u003c/strong\u003eIndia has written stories of astounding success in economic fields; thanks to flooded brilliant young brains in fields of science and technology, management and other frontier areas. Our IITs, IIMs, and plethora of business and other schools have produced best brains in the world. The campus selections by MNCs and TNCs over a couple of decades have been a matter of concern to the students of those countries, which have been destinations of our ‘smart English speaking IT-BPO guys’ for obvious reasons. Many of them feel that their job opportunities are being eaten up by Indians. Many guys working in MNCs and TNCs in countries like the US, the UK, Australia, Germany and a host of other such developed countries have faced similar acts of discrimination. Many of such incidents go unreported for simple reason; as the victims have to run from pillar to post once FIR is registered.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudent community particularly do not like to be involved in legal wrangles because they think that they have come here not to fight legal battle but to complete their studies and make careers. They are also tormented by the lackadaisical, callous and sometimes, ignorant attitude of police. For instance, in Australia, the police did not act till the matter was blown out of their capacity to hold. According to Forbes; about US$ 13 billion is spent by Indian students abroad annually. Australia alone has a US$ 15.5 billion business with foreign students and as many as 1 lakh Indian students study in Australian at present.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to an estimate about 8.3 lakh Indian students are studying in countries like the US, the UK, Russia, France, Australia, etc. Needless to say, those going abroad for higher studies belong to affluent class of the society. The number of High Net Income (HNI) individuals in India has swelled for some years. Like many other areas, the lopsided development in the field of education has created a dangerous in-equilibrium. The affluence of these students studying abroad or working guys, who earn handsome salaries in MNCs, betrays in their lifestyles and attracts opportunistic activities by teens, who have been already suffering from a sense of inferiority complexes. These complexes find expression in such opportunistic acts blended with racism.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003eSociological and educational:\u003c/span\u003e  \u003c/strong\u003eWith the passage of time, the colonies have gained independence from colonial powers. The European countries are finding their erstwhile colonies rubbing shoulders in gatherings at International forums. The sense of hatred unconsciously precipitates in their mind and find expression in such abhorable acts of racial attacks. History has tough us to be proud of our past. Their past had been excellent but future is full of intense competition which extra-individualistic. In the present global financial regime, every one, may it be individual or nation, has to find a place for itself not on the basis of its past but on the basis of its present.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe economic hegemony of the US is all set to nosedive. The American Tsardom in financial market is likely to be over. The global financial crisis (GFC) has bashed the US, the pain of which is still emanating. Asian giant China has purchased US$ 1.3 trillion worth US Treasury Bills. A sense of chagrin prevails in USA, what a travesty; once lender has become a borrower. The Chinese export juggernaut into the US has changed the entire economic power structure. Protectionist measures taken by the USA and host of developed nations have these social and psychological dimensions also. The sense of frustration is obvious in younger minds because their economic future is not as secure as it had been decades ago.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003eEthical and moral:\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/strong\u003eThere is no denying the fact that economic development in India has changed our lifestyles and cultural traits to a great extent. Still then, our social, family, and religious ethos, which have deep roots, have not eroded to the extent of disappearance. Religious tolerance and non-violence are still way of our lives. When our boys go abroad we preach them to be adherent to these ethos. In spite of state of attacks, students in Australia decided to take out a peace march rather than taking to streets. Normally such incidents meet violent backlashes. But the kind of restraint, which has been showed by Indians in Australia and abroad, is suggestive of the fact that ethos of non-violence and satyagraha are still alive in our soul and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi are inculcated in our way of life. These characteristics of ours have been taken by many nations as timidity and cowardice. After all, what explains when two teen attacked four students and went un-retaliated, physically they could have not only been overpowered but thrashed also.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProgress and affluence of students studying abroad do manifest in their lifestyles, which tempt these racist elements to attack that serves twin purpose; on the one hand they snatch something from them and on the other it satiates their hidden desire of inferiority complex. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRole of embassies\u003c/strong\u003e:\u003c/span\u003e  The role of embassies in this regard has particularly been callous. According to reports available in public domain, hundreds of such attacks have taken place on Indian students in different parts of the world. When the students approach the authorities in embassies, they are treated with callous and cool attitude. This has emboldened the morale of such lumpen elements, who indulge in acts of such vandalism and at the same time, it leaves students at the mercy of their fate. In this case also, the Indian Embassy could take up the issue only after matter was reported in Indian media and the prime minister and External Affairs Minister talked to Kelvin Rudd and Julia Gillard in strongest possible diplomatic over tune and conveyed their frowning over the issue. This approach of our diplomatic \u003cem\u003ebabus\u003c/em\u003e needs to be changed.\u003cp\u003eTo sum up, we can say that these incidents are rooted in sociological, economic, historical and ethical soil of developed cultural, pluralistic societies. The lasting and amicable solution therefore can only be found in the roots and not in stems.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-5032886075669173184?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/5032886075669173184/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/racial-attacks-on-indians-in-australia.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/5032886075669173184"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/5032886075669173184"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/racial-attacks-on-indians-in-australia.html","title":"Racial Attacks on Indians in Australia"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/Sja5j_2CXjI/AAAAAAAAB6I/MdEbmqSw4EI/s72-c/A1-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-5078653721661836386"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-15T09:44:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-15T09:45:44.462-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Puzzle"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Puzzle: A Cabbage, a Goat, and a Tiger"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In this logic puzzle, a man is traveling with a tiger, a goat, and a cabbage.  I have no idea why he would be travelling with such a strange assortment, but there he is anyway.  At one point in his journey he comes to a river which is too deep to wade across, and too wide to swim across so he is in a quandry on how to continue.  He notices a small boat tied to the near shore, but the boat is too small to fit all his belongings into, but it is large enough so that he can safely row across with one belonging at a time.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe problem is that if he rows across with the tiger first, then the goat will eat the cabbage, and if he rows across with the cabbage first, the tiger will eat the goat.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHow can he safely cross the river with all his things intact?\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-5078653721661836386?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/5078653721661836386/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/puzzle-cabbage-goat-and-tiger.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/5078653721661836386"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/5078653721661836386"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/puzzle-cabbage-goat-and-tiger.html","title":"Puzzle: A Cabbage, a Goat, and a Tiger"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-3810636928750589904"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-15T04:25:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-15T04:34:52.470-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Puzzle"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Your Child is Kidnapped..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Guys we have a situation..\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e   Suppose you work in a highly Sensitive organization which have some means to national security and some people kidnapped your child..\u0026amp; In return they wanted a highly sensitive confidential information about organization from you...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhat shall you do in this condition???\u003cbr /\u003eCall to POLISH...or  Something else..\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePlease reply your answers in comments....\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e.................................\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-3810636928750589904?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/3810636928750589904/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/your-child-is-kidnapped.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3810636928750589904"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/3810636928750589904"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/your-child-is-kidnapped.html","title":"Your Child is Kidnapped..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-8642183940426207651"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-15T02:08:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-18T21:51:06.652-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Incident"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Terrorism"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"9/11 World Trade Center Attack"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSeptember 11 attacks\u003c/span\u003e  were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjYUaAMg1vI/AAAAAAAAB3s/EniUJKby1DE/s1600-h/911wtc.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 233px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjYUaAMg1vI/AAAAAAAAB3s/EniUJKby1DE/s400/911wtc.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347484044510680818\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e2,974 victims and the 19 hijackers died in the attacks. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 90 different countries. In addition, the death of at least one person from lung disease was ruled by a medical examiner to be a result of exposure to dust from the World Trade Center's collapse.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe United States responded to the attacks by launching a \"War on Terrorism\", invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists, and enacting the USA PATRIOT Act. Many other countries also strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded law enforcement powers. Some American stock exchanges stayed closed for the rest of the week, and posted enormous losses upon reopening, especially in the airline and insurance industries. The destruction of billions of dollars worth of office space caused the economy of Lower Manhattan to grind to a halt.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bSfXQ2LXigg\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bSfXQ2LXigg\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe damage to the Pentagon was cleared and repaired within a year, and the Pentagon Memorial was built on the site. The rebuilding process has started on the World Trade Center site. In 2006 a new office tower was completed on the site of 7 World Trade Center. The 1 World Trade Center is currently under construction at the site and at 1,776 ft (541 m) upon completion in 2011, will become one of the tallest buildings in North America. Three more towers were originally expected to be built between 2007 and 2012 on the site. After the late-2000s recession, the site's owners said that construction of new towers could be delayed until 2036.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/7tm_UsssULM\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/7tm_UsssULM\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-8642183940426207651?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/8642183940426207651/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/911-world-trade-center-attack.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/8642183940426207651"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/8642183940426207651"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/911-world-trade-center-attack.html","title":"9/11 World Trade Center Attack"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjRyOMDTYLg/SjYUaAMg1vI/AAAAAAAAB3s/EniUJKby1DE/s72-c/911wtc.gif","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073803882161091969.post-4707588851726148792"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-15T01:10:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-21T23:18:09.149-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Terrorism"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Issues"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How to tackle terorrism??"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cp\u003eTERRORISTS CAN appear anytime and anywhere and commit heinous crimes against humanity. Now the question is what compels a particular community to think and organise itself to act against humanity? The simple answer is conservativeness. When a community wholly rejects and discards the liberal concepts laid down by religion, it compels the people to live conservatively. Conservatives do not accept modernity and thus try to emphasise the traditional lifestyle. Conservative leaders are responsible for propagating against liberalisation of religious concepts. \u003c/p\u003e        \u003cp\u003eThe best example is provided by the Taliban culture in Afghanistan. Taliban wants the entire community to go back to the Dark Ages. Everybody knows that terrorism originates from such pockets alone. Terrorist camps are organised for young men where they are imparted intensive training in use of weapons, brainwashed and finally sent in different directions to commit horror just to fulfil the ambitions of conservatives.\u003c/p\u003e        \u003cp\u003eIn Afghanistan, the Taliban has destroyed hundreds of schools and banned women from pursuing education. All the declarations of Taliban in Afghanistan are against humanity. But unfortunately the whole world is viewing it helplessly. No one is able to eradicate such elements. Terrorists are attacking and killing people and destroying property all over the world.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTackle Terrorism\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e        \u003cp\u003eThe ultimate question is what the solution to terrorism is. How can terrorist activities be stopped? There is no concrete answer to this question with any government. But there are many options to get rid of terrorism in future. The \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"\u003efirst \u003c/span\u003eoption is to educate the conservatives and enlighten them. \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eSecondly\u003c/span\u003e, a complete ban on child labour is needed .\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eThirdly\u003c/span\u003e, free education for boys and girls up to the 10th standard should be enforced. \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eFourthly\u003c/span\u003e, a ban on religious activities and propaganda on the part of the conservatives should be imposed. \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eFifth\u003c/span\u003e; all the operational terrorist camps should be destroyed irrespective of their religious and state leanings.\u003c/p\u003e        \u003cp\u003eTheoretically the said options seem to be a simple and ideal solution to terrorism. But practically it is not possible in the near future. Again the question how to get rid of terrorism without delay arises. Again the answer is ’\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003enot known\u003c/span\u003e’.\u003c/p\u003e        \u003cp\u003eEven then there is the ultimate way left to tackle the problem. Only the ’United Nations’ can authoritatively take action against any state encouraging terrorism. Without delay, the UN must take military action and destroy all terrorist camps around the world and enforce the international law strictly. This is the only way to avoid criticism, because when a state takes military action against terrorists, it comes under criticism from various quarters. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e      \u003cdiv id\u003d\"otherbycj\"\u003e       \u003cstrong class\u003d\"org\"\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e      \u003c/div\u003e For example, after the 9/11 incident, US attacked Afghanistan to destroy terrorist camps but it could not eradicate the Taliban and the other terrorists organisations in Afghanistan and Pakistan. On the other hand, the US came under criticism for various reasons. In the same way, if India takes military action against Pakistan or Afghanistan or PoK to destroy terrorist camps, other powerful countries including US will counsel peace. They will try to mediate, call upon the two sides to cease fire and undertake other measures. The problem will remain unsolved. \u003cp\u003eThe very intention behind forming UN is to maintain peace globally and protect humanity. Whenever there was a crisis the UN has not come forward practically except for arranging discussions in the Security Council and the General Assembly. That will not work any more. Nations like US, China, Russia, Japan, Germany and England who strongly advocate fight against terrorism should come forward and send their troops under the joint command of the UN to attack and demolish terrorist camps wherever they are. Thus UN must act and act now. Nobody can question its action. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge2.in.js\" badgetype\u003d\"medium-votes\"\u003eARTICLEURL\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://2smallsizemovie.blogspot.com/';\u003c/script\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5073803882161091969-4707588851726148792?l\u003dmiscella.blogspot.com'/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/feeds/4707588851726148792/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-tackle-terorrism.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/4707588851726148792"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5073803882161091969/posts/default/4707588851726148792"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://miscella.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-tackle-terorrism.html","title":"How to tackle terorrism??"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gaurav Sharma"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00095445469793934003"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"00447175465776789582"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});