Finance, Forex and Investments

Which Indian banks are supported by PayPal? I have a paypal account . I would like to link my bank account with it. Can i get a list of Indian banks supported by paypal? I tried looking on the site but couldn't find it.

What is the list of Top 10 Banks in India? I am asking about Indian banks...NOT foreign banks operating in India....what is the list of top 10 Indian Banks.

can i get a list of financial IT firms providing treasury software for Indian Banks? i would like the details of the companies doing the development,implementaion and coding for treasury software for indian banks. treasury software would include Fixed Income securites,mutual funds,Equities,etc the top most includesI-flex,TCS,Wipro but i need more names. i hope some one answers my questions.

How many indian banks recruit clerk with eligibility +2 50% plz list them.? I know about four bank i.e. Bank of india, oriental bank, indian bank, central bank. Any else? And also wil thre eligibility same in ibps recruitment?

Why government of India is silent and they are not exposing list of account holders in swiss banks? It seems even Jawahar Lal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi etc. etc. are also holdiung accounts and we can say that some people from BJP are also in and that is the reason when BJP was in power they did not disclose the list nor they ever tried to bring back that money to Indian banks.

tell me the list of logo and their meaning of all indian banks?

Listing target price of Indian Bank? Hello All, What should be target price of listing of Indian Bank? Thanks, Sandeep G.

Can you please tell me How many scheduled banks are there in south india and the list? and a website address where i can get the complete details of indian banking industry including NBFC microfinance Kindly help me........ Thanks........

Indians: Do you agree that lots of Indians are still living below the poverty line because of politicians? To get huge amount of votes from the poor Indians, many politicians do not want them to be richer. At the time of election, these leaders speak very nicely/gently to these poor people, they make lots of false promises. After election, their first work is to start drinking the blood of these poor people in many ways, for example: there is not a single Indian Bank listed among the top 10 banks in the world but lots of Black Money (the blood of poor Indians) are there in Swiss bank deposited by few Indians. This money must be kept in Indian banks as white money and be utilized towards the growth of all the Indians equally. What is your opinion?

When will the results of wwe money in the bank 2011 be listed online according to indian STD time ? Pls tell and do list the results here whenever mitb 2011 ends in Chicago USA Thanks in advance

One German Bank has disclosed the list of Indians who has money with them? http://in.yfittopostblog.com/2011/02/04/black-money-list-revealed/ See the above sight. After two years of debates and controversies the list of eighteen Indians who have stashed ‘black money’ in the LGT bank of Liechtenstein is out.The list which was officially handed over to the Indian Government on March 18, 2009 includes 12 trusts and 26 beneficiaries. Are we going to get the list of swiss bank also ? Even if we get the list what our government would be able to do !!

Why are PSU banks showing rise in NPA and decline in Net Profit? In the quarter ended June 2010 Indian Bank posted unexpected spurt in NPA, in the quarter September 2010 banks like U Co bank and Union bank has exhibit unparallel growth in NPA and in coming quarter many more banks will follow the way to register addition of maximum bad assets in NPA portfolio to include their bank in the list of best performing banks. Government in USA realized the guilt after much damage and Obama openly admitted that banking culture in USA was not as good as it was portrayed by financial experts. Similarly Indian government will also realize after losing lacs of crores in NPA and when most of the banks will face survival crisis. Already government of India has infused lacs of crores as capital in PSU banks to keep them healthy during last one decade. Now CMD of the bank which has shown abnormal fall in profit and abnormal increase in Non Performing Assets (NPA) should introspect and assess policy of allowing recruitment of direct officers in scale II,III and scale IV and even scale V or VI superseding and humiliating several working officers who have been devotedly working in the bank for last two three decades but who are not having any God father to ensure promotion and good posting .Such high profile CMD and ED should get the work of existing executives assessed from unbiased honest team of officers of other banks and also ascertain how much NPA has been added by existing team of executives only due to their malicious intention. The outcome of such inquiry will make it clear that selection of executives was also wrong and judgment of such executives is also ill motivated. Top executives are mostly indulged in corrupt practices and hence stinking and polluted water is flowing from the top. It is top officials who have inculcated bad practices in the bank and are mainly responsible and punishable for wide spread frustration and depression in officer community. Employees in general are not interested to give their all to the bank. They think it better to keep patience till the corrupt lobby is exposed or kicked out. “Na Nau Man Ghee Hota Hai Aur Na Radha Nachti Hai” this is why entire talk of growth of Bank appears Bakwas to the banker who works at ground level. However, even now, If bank’s big bosses are still not ready to accept their guilt, bank should prepare a list of Regional Heads and rank their performance on the basis of total amount of NPA they have added during last three year or five years. Regional Head who contributed maximum NPA should be ranked as number one star performer as per tradition of the Bank. Gold medal should be given to the Regional Head who has contributed maximum NPA in last one decade. Hitherto officers mobilizing maximum deposits were treated as Star Performers even though they indulged in bad quality of lending. Now the time has come to identify officers who contributed maximum NPA. Time has come to identify Top ten Regional Heads whose selection of BM and whose ‘Kabile Tarif’ management helped in addition of maximum NPA in the bank .gold medal should be given to those Branch Manager who have contributed maximum NPA in shortest span of time and also to those BMs who have a track record of generating NPA in branches. Special prize should be given to BM (and regional head) who has produced crores of NPA in one year of opening of Branch. Human Resource Department should now prepare History of each executive at least for last ten years which can precipitate the name of executives and Branch Managers who have contributed maximum bad assets to bank. Similarly list of Branch Heads (scale wise and regional wise) should be prepared to know the top one hundred Branch Head who contributed maximum amount of NPA during the period under review. These top performers should then be promoted to higher scale as per whims of CMD or ED of the bank because they are the real adventurer and they can do whatever instruction is given by GM or by orders on phone. Such star performers can only arrange costly gifts for bosses and government top officials to tap handsome deposits. Regional Heads, zonal Heads or General Managers or ED or CMD who had selected above hundred Branch Heads (who contributed maximum NPA) should now be awarded with golden gifts and cash prize and promoted to higher scale and made ED. Because such officers contributed their best in making it possible for the bank to become number one in banking industry at least on the parameter called as “growth of NPA” It is difficult to make a list of corrupt officers because there is no proof written or verbal to establish the charges of corruption. Birds of same feather flock together. It is therefore better to award those officers whose contribution in rise in bad assets is considerably good.

How does an NRI invest directly in Indian market equities like State Bank of India that do not have ADRs? I would like a complete list of Indian equities that an NRI can invest in directly through a US Brokerage company. Thanks

Which are the Japanese investment banks?? please post a list of all of them. Only investment banks. thanks? Hi!! I am a fund manager in India and looking to raise fund to invest in Indian markets so i am considering to raise fund from Japan as the interest rates are low in Japan. So please suggest me some Japanese Investment banks that could provide me capital for my company to invest in Indian Stock Market. thanks in Advance

Indian calendar for the year 1998...plzzz help...? i need 1998 INDIAN calender WITH PUBLIC AND BANK HOLIDAYS list.... i had googled it but i can only find the plain calender...but i need with occasion...plzzz sumbody gimme a link...an important work is pending becoz of this...help...thnx in advance......

Indians working in Australia-based call centres face problems? Unpleasant publicity following Australian companies plans to offshore jobs to India has led Indians working in Australia-based call centres to face a tough time. "We are facing lot of problems being Indian following recent off shoring of jobs to India as decided by few Australian companies," said Harmeet, a call centre worker in Melbourne. "Australian customers get very angry the moment they hear an Indian accent without knowing the origin of the call," she said, adding "They sometimes hang up saying we don't want to talk to someone from India. They abuse and tell us we have eaten up their jobs." "They don't believe us that we are based in Australia," said another call centre worker, adding she was once quizzed by a customer on local issues of Australia when she informed him that she was calling from Melbourne. National Vice chairman of Australia-India business council Harish Rao admits Indians working in Australia-based call centres are facing a tough time following reports of companies planning to offshore Australian jobs to India. "I can't understand what is the issue if jobs are going to India. It's a part of globalisation and it should be accepted. Australia benefits in the two way trade as it exports more to India and India has never made that an issue," he told PTI. "Comparatively, China that has most of its activity in manufacturing arena attracts less publicity," Rao said. He said by off shoring jobs Australian companies can get over 30 per cent cheap labour in India. In addition, companies are unable to fill up job requirements, specially in IT sector. He said none of the Australian banks were running call centres in India and most of the jobs transferred to India were IT related, he said. The debate is not so mature in the US, where there is still a lot of knee-jerk reactions to off shoring jobs. Some states are even legislating against it for Government work. But the US IT industry is supporting the practice, because of increased efficiency and lower costs, he said. Recently a media report said while ANZ planned to retain all its Australian call centres amid public concern about banks sending operations offshore, Qantas announced axing 300 IT jobs in Australia and off shoring to India. The airlines said it was impossible to find enough high-tech expertise in Australia to carry out computer systems maintenance and short listed two Indian companies to take over the work. Other banks, including St George, Westpac, National Australia Bank are also shifting many Aussie jobs overseas.

Why not Fortune magazine also publish a list of first hundreds of Billionaires in Evangelism and Politics? I am an Indian and do not have much to the credit of my country to boast of unlike citizens of other countries. But if Fortune magazine publishes a list as I requested above India will have the highest score although money is deposited in fraud trusts and Swiss banks. My country is the only one in the whole world where Evangelists and Politicians enjoy a free run at the cost of its meek citizens.

Can i provide a school transfer certificate in lieu of proof of birth document for applying an indian passport? I want to apply for an Indian Passport. I have my +2 Mark Sheet along with my Degree certificate and mark list, School Transfer certificate (Duplicate) and 1 year running bank account statement with bank letter. Can i get a passport? I dont have my 10th Mark List and my Driver License and ration card has my old address.

How free and fair is Indian Media, why they blacked out a critical news about Sonia? Corruption suspect Sonia morphs into a crusader - The New Indian Express, Sunday, 01 May 2011 “All across India, people are saying enough is enough. And suddenly the unthinkable is starting to happen. People considered above reproach or at least untouchable, are coming under the judicial crosshairs. And the latest high-profile target is one of the biggest fish of all, Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, currently No. 9 on the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People..” Says, Cleo Paskal writing in the online news website Huffington Post on the corruption charges against Sonia Gandhi. Award-winning journalist, Paskal writes for Sunday Times, Telegraph and the Economist. Her books have won multiple awards. An Associate Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, the US Department of State, those consulting her include US Department of Energy, US Army War College, UK Ministry of Defence, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Defence Academy, EU, NATO, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the heads of many major corporations, and intelligence professionals from over 30 countries. She blogs in Huffington Post, the world’s third most popular news website that commands over 38 million visitors viewing half-a-billion pages every month. Founded in 2005, it became instant success. In February this year, AOL acquired it for $315 million (`1,450 crore). In 2008, the Observer, London, rated Huffington Post, the winner of several awards, as the worlds’ best blog! Paskal notices the “growing, persistent murmurs about questionable business deals and inexplicable exponential jumps in the personal wealth of her and her family. Paskal recalls “the ground-breaking articles” that M D Nalapat, a senior journalist, had written about Sonia in 1995 in “the Times of India”.. Paskal also emphasises Nalapat’s view that “her desire for power wasn’t simply altruistic and that the wealth not only of her, but of her Italian relatives, rose stratospherically after Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister in 1984”. Paskal points out that while his articles were undisputed; Nalapat was forced out of journalism in 1998 when, as he had predicted, Sonia took over the Congress. Paskal cites the “public questions from another highly reputed source, Sten Lindstrom, Sweden’s special prosecutor”, who investigated the Bofors pay-off scam. Paskal points out Lindstrom’s interview in 1998 in which he had said that “the Gandhis, particularly now Sonia, should explain how Quattrocchi-owned companies got such fat sums as payoffs from the Bofors deal. “But the most serious threat to Sonia,” warns Paskal, “is now lying on the desk of the Prime Minister of India.” That is Dr Subramanian Swamy’s written request to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for sanction to prosecute Sonia for corruption. In a meticulously researched 200-plus page submission, Dr Swamy alleges Sonia Gandhi has been involved in corruption in India since 1972 and personally benefited from the Bofors scam (1986), has held billions in non-Indian bank accounts since at least 1991, illegally profited from the Iraqi oil-for-food deals (2002), and even accessed KGB payoffs during the Cold War.” Obviously Paskal has read the complaint thoroughly. Finally, the mainstream media has blacked out Dr Swamy’s “meticulous” complaint against Sonia. A reader’s gratitude to Paskal for “shedding light on an issue that is taboo in Indian mainstream media” tells the true story. ---------- Now how fair and free the Indian Media that complained of a petty bribe by BJP for the rath yathra? Do you believe they are objective in their reporting ethics? Sanjay you are right that front line media would not like to annoy the rulers by exposing too much about leaders at the helm or even celebs in public life, because the motto of journalists had long ceaased to be objective reporting. It is full time business. So journos in the employ of the major media do not like to embarrass the bosses normally with things that may hurt their ''business'' ! Also they see the writing on the wall: What happened to M D Nalapat, a senior journalist, for writing about Sonia in TOI, when her party came to power? I had told it in the poser above in the words of Paskal already! We also know how The Hindu stopped the stories on Bofors from their Reporter Chithra Subramaniyam at some stage due to obvious pressures, wherefore she opted to leave the Daily and join the IE group to continue her series on Bofors! So the Reporters are also cautious. All are not made of sterner stuff after all! See even the above clip cited in my poser did not appear as a News item contd.. News item in the elite Daily, but as an article from Gurumurthy a freelancer! Actually IE is also known for bold exposures, but they also seem to play safe as times change! The Sonia story is in a internationally highly visited blog of Paskal already who can not be called RSS or BJP supporter! The aggressive campaign against Modi and the RSS or the Hazare / Ramdev etc by the rulers and the softness to more dangerous divisive elements like Arundadi Roy who speak against the courntr's integrity or the radicals of Kashmir, the Maoists and radicals among minorities are pointers to the perversion galore! Their bold scandals and the even more bold defense of the culprits and the open subjectivity of apex investigation agency (that shudder to book PC) etc show the total breakdown of any figment of ethics in the congress! But the media are not directly threatened yet, but are made to toe their line suggetively! The option to be fair is still with them. But their own ethics is also s contd.. also shaky, more in favour of an erring govt than the journalist ethics! When things have come much to public notice (like CAG report and the DR Swamy case in the Spectrum) then they would all sell stories! A proactive education of the public is shied away more by option than compulsion in my view! also shaky, more in favour of an erring govt than the journalist ethics! When things have come much to public notice (like CAG report and the DR Swamy case in the Spectrum) then they would all sell stories! A proactive education of the public is shied away more by option than compulsion in my view!

getting best exchange rate for maximum gain for Indian rupee? I wish to transfer 1000USD to my US bank account from my Indian bank account(where the funds are in Indian Rupees). How can I find when the rupee is strong(or 1USD = 40something INR) so that I can do it to get the maximum benefit out of my Indian rupee? Today, 1USD = 48INR. How can I know when 1USD = 41 or 42INR. Is there a site's mailing list I can subscribe to for such news? Can someone please advise? Thanks

what are the avenues of earning income online -working from home and earning a decent income to sustain? I am Indian with a CPA ;have a vast domain knowledge in areas like Income Tax,audit of listed companies,banks etc;besides this I have a baccalaureate in law and can handle conveyancing and drafting;But now,I am faced with a near-loss of job situation;I have a child still in 9th whom I aspire to push through medical school or engineering;hence I need a decent income but due to constraints,I am not able to move away from home.What online opportunities are available for my kind of credentials?Please tell me any one quickly.I still believe in what Jesus said-if one door closes another shall open unto you.

unaccounted money in Swiss banks- India? there are numerous letters appearing in the newspapers that over the years corrupt Indian politicians and bigwigs have been depositing huge amounts of public money into Swiss Banks. Why the Indian Govt is not taking any steps to recall that amount. Is there a list of people available who have huge deposits? What is the solution?

Why the Banks are in India refuse to pass loan to the peo ple those who work in Police department and advocate? Is there any law that the Bank should not pass loans for the police people and advocates? Or Are they not Indians? or Do they have no any rights to ask loan at Banks in India? Or Are the Banks are treating them under Terrorist list? Why the educated people in Banks are not concerning about their hard works? As we all aware the police department people have to work in very dangerous places too while taking place bomb blast and during strikes by politic parties.They put hard works. In case even banks being looted the first information is sent to the police department in order to save the money from stealing by mobs and protect the life of the bank people. Advocates also they have to put more efforts and have to work hard.As we all aware the advocate services is needed for banks while their services needed during documents are required and arising any disputes with the people those who are tryingto cheat the banks. So while the Banks are getting well services from police department people and from the advocates why they refuse to pass loan to them? Kindly advise, Best Regards, V.Christian Gnana Durai.

"No Honey without Money".Are NGO Foundations(their offer is Honey) used for money laundering in Swiss banks? http://www.timesnow.tv/articleshow/4363721.cms While tracking India's black money stashed in Swiss banks, TIMES NOW learnt that Indians might be using offshore NGOs for money laundering. What is worse is that sources tell TIMES NOW that no matter what treaty India signs, the Swiss will never reveal names of Indian account holders. When TIMES NOW traveled to Frankfurt, the German government official refused to share more information on the Liechtenstein list. However, in a startling revelation, sources in the German Embassy told TIMES NOW that money laundering by Indians is being done via so called foundations, but the chances of the Swiss cooperating in this issue seem slim.

Do u think our politicians will allow this hybrid car drama to survive in Indian market? Every news website u hit on the internet u are likely to read a column about newly relesed Eco friendly hybrid sedan cars, hydrogen fule based cars , Ethanol fuel cars and list goes on .But in reality these cars are far from a bulk production and I suppose at least it will take another 5 to 10 years to hit the road ( though some are avilable in the market with sky high prize) . On the other hand , fuel prize is soring and majority of the gas stations (petro banks) are owned by MPS ,MLAs and their relatives . Can u imagine politicians supporting such a move of subsidizing the prize of the new cars which would be affordable for a common man ? Do u think our politicians give a f%%% about reducing the Co2 emmision? If not, then whats the whole point in this drama which is far from reality at least in Indian market?

I need help with my summer reading list? I have to pick 2 of these books to read, but i've never heard of any of them. Can anyone make any recommendations?? Please and Thank you The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Generation Dead by Daniel Waters Gym Candy by Carl Deuker Homeboys by Alan Lawrence Sitomer (Mature Themes) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Last Exit to Normal by Michael B. Harmon Little Brother By Cory Doctorow The Market by J. M. Steele Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham Shift by Jennifer Bradbury Suck It Up by Brian Meehl Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter Unwind by Neal Shusterman

I have a summer reading list and I need to choose 3 from the following list, any suggestions? he Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Generation Dead by Daniel Waters Gym Candy by Carl Deuker Homeboys by Alan Lawrence Sitomer (Mature Themes) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Last Exit to Normal by Michael B. Harmon Little Brother By Cory Doctorow The Market by J. M. Steele Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham Shift by Jennifer Bradbury Suck It Up by Brian Meehl Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter Unwind by Neal Shusterman I'm a guy.

Which is richest Indian family ? Have you noticed Yahoo is being censored ? A couple of months ago, a website named wikileaks has announced some sensational information regarding the men in power in India. It did not spare Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and some other key personalities in the country. The facts shocked the entire country. The Wikileaks has again fallen in the news. The reason is that a former Swiss private banker yesterday said that he was going to handover the details of hundreds of the bank account holders to the Wikileaks site. The list of account holders contains the persons from US,Britain, Asia, Germany,etc. That means almost all the persons across the globe. http://www.iretireearly.com/sonia-gandhi-and-congress-secret-billions-exposed.html

Do you think this is possible to revise the list of communities fit for reservation? Dr. Ambedkar suggested reservations about 60 years ago in Indian constitution for a period of 10 years, for the upliftment of totally deprived and suppressed castes. At that time only few castes were there in the Reservation schedule. Now every caste wants to be in the list of SC or ST. This reservations split the society based on status, economy, vote bank and so on. Now is the time to wake up, to revise the lists of communities in the Scheduled Caste. Among the Schedule, some of the castes have attained substantial progress, socially, officially, economically, politically and all grounds. It is true that they claim superiority over the other SC castes. Do you think this is possible to revise the list of communities fit for reservation?

Citizenship Card is compulsary for all Indian Citizen covering Passport, Voter ID Card, PAN Card, Land Assets? Indian Govt should initiate to prepare Compulsory Citizen Card to all citizen of India. This should cover Passport, Voter ID Card, PAN Card, Land & Assets Card. This Card will help to travel -ID card, Income Tax department for collection fair Tax of land & assets, Opening of Bank Account, Travelling Movement, electronic Voting from anywhere in india & abroad, Transparent Sail & Purchase of any land & assets, house tax, development tax,. This will also help to stop heavy expenditure on preparing of Voter ID card for MP election, State Assembly election, Municipality election & Panchayat Election. This will also help to stop black money & Income tax. This will also help to defence department & check out of travelling of terrorist activity because reservation ticket of Air, train & bus will be got through this card only. All the taxes will automatically sub mitt to line department. Income & Expenditure A/C will always updated in the software for all citizen of India. Vulnerabilities of all section of the societies will be updated. Govt Programme/Schemes of all beneficiaries will be automatically updated. Black Money will be arrested.Transparency in all schemes will be updated. Land & Assets Records will be updated so the court cases will be minimize. Floating Population can be calculated for preparing future plans. List of unemployed youth will be updated & bonafied candidate can be selected through this list. Opportunities prevailed by Reserved candidates of SC,ST & OBC will be updated. List of religionwise castewise population will be updated. This will also resolved the Naxalite Problems. Crime List & decision of court cases will also be updated in the Citizenship Card.

I am a Italian national girl going to marry with an Indian guy..? I am a 23 years old Italian national girl going to marry with an Indian guy in 2 years. My both parents are Italian national. For this marriage my parents are willing to give me and my future husband an amount of money by transfering it to my future husband's bank account. Stated that if "gifts received by an individual exceeds Rs. 50,000, then the entire amount is taxable as income", and stated that the exeptions to this law are for gifts: 1. Received from relatives (see List of Relatives), 2. Received on the occasion of the marriage, 3. Received by will or inheritance, 4. Received from local authority, 5. Received from any foundation, university or educational institution, hospital or medical institution, or any trust or institution referred to in section 10(23C), and 6. Received from a charitable institution registered under section 12AA. List of Relatives. Gifts from following relatives are not considered income: *spouse, *brother or sister of individual, spouse or parents (of individual or spouse), and *any linear ascendant or descendant of the individual or spouse. what is the procedure they have to undertake not to have the whole amount taxed? Will a document that states they are transfering the amount to their daughter's future husband's bank account in view of their wedding be enough? Or shall they procede by presenting all the documentation for a will gift?

Lets ban above product to save Indian crickets future? Rahul Dravid Bank of Baroda, Pepsi, Max New York Life, Sansui, Britannia, Citizen Sachin Tendulkar Canon, Sun-Fiest, Pepsi, Fiat, Adidas, Airtel, TVS Yuvraj Pepsi, Virendra Sehwag Pepsi, Adidas, Reliance Dhoni Bharat Petrolium, 7 up, Pepsi, Mysore Sandal, Reebok, Videocon, Reliance, Brylcreem, Kiwi. Saurav Ganguly Emami Sona Chandi Chyavanprash My request to all cricket lovers : In the interest of Indian cricket, stop buying all products endorsed by cricketers PLEASE BOYCOT THESE PRODUCTS FOR EVER (ps. Additions in above list are welcome)

Recieved a call from Indian sounding people telli g me i owe money to a loan office but never recieved money ? The number is (856) 823-0398 and (253) 363-9006. The 253 number when called back asks if I want my number removed from their call list which seems a little suspicious to me. Also I checked my bank statements for the date I supposedly received the money and there is no indication of a transfer of any money or direct deposit for the date in ? Or 2 months prior and after as well. I never received email or mail notifications to pay back this company. I filled out an app for a loan but didn't follow through and canceled the order without receiving money. The people have all my info and when notified about my findings from my bank told me I Dnt have enough proof and would loose the case if it goes to court. The only way to postpone the case is to pay them 250 dollars so they can investigate more. I dnt knw if this is real or a scam all I knw is my bank has no indication of it and I have never received money from any loan office.

Questions about Indian wanting to get Canada PR? Hi there, I'm 23..from India..planning to get a PR for Canada soon (I will qualify for the Skilled Worker Program)..but I will be looking for a job once I'm in Canada with the PR since it's so difficult to find a job in Canada from India....my main questions are: 1) will I be able to open a bank a/c in Canada WITHOUT a job if I have PR? 2) how long am I permitted to stay in Canada WITHOUT a job if I have PR? 3) what is the average processing time of Skilled Worker Immigration Appl's from India? i heard from canadian immigration agencies here that it's very less now (ie. 4 to 5 months) 4) what are the warmest/best places to live in Canada? 5) i heard that the "29 high-demand occupations" list keeps changing every year on July 1st? what if I apply after July 1st this year but my occupation is already gone from the list? isn't this policy a little stupid? if I spend one full year of full-time job specially in one of these 29 high demand occupations JUST to get a Canadian PR, and then by the time I apply, the job is gone from the list, what should I do? btw, does anyone have the previous years' ('08,'09,'10) high-demand occupations lists for the Skilled Worker category, so that maybe I can predict a trend/pattern to estimate if my occupation will stay on the list or not? Thanks so much in advance!! :) Cheers.. one last question sorry lol :D let's assume that my app gets rejected and i don't get a PR, then i would need to look for a job offer in Canada (from India) and find someone to hire me..let's say i manage to do this and get the job/work permit, etc. and go to canada....but the work permit will be only of 1 or 2 yrs i suppose....so after the work permit gets over (including extensions if any) how would i then have to go about be able to get a PR?

Here is the list of countries in Asia (showing capitals) People from these countries are ASIAN- agree? Asia: Afghanistan – Kabul Armenia – Yerevan Azerbaijan – Baku Bahrain – Manama Bangladesh – Dhaka Bhutan – Thimphu British Indian Ocean Territory (overseas territory of the United Kingdom) Brunei – Bandar Seri Begawan Cambodia – Phnom Penh China, People's Republic of – Beijing China, Republic of (commonly known as Taiwan) – Taipei Christmas Island (overseas territory of Australia) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (overseas territory of Australia) Cyprus – Nicosia Georgia – Tbilisi Hong Kong (special administrative region of the People's Republic of China) India – New Delhi Indonesia – Jakarta Iran – Tehran Iraq – Baghdad Israel – Jerusalem Japan – Tokyo Jordan – Amman Kazakhstan – Astana Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (commonly known as North Korea) – Pyongyang Korea, Republic of (commonly known as South Korea) – Seoul Kuwait – Kuwait City Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek Laos – Vientiane Lebanon – Beirut – Bishkek Laos – Vientiane Lebanon – Beirut Macau (special administrative region of the People's Republic of China) Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur (seat of government at Putrajaya) Maldives – Malé Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) – Naypyidaw Nepal – Kathmandu Oman – Muscat Pakistan – Islamabad Palestinian territories (collectively the territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) Philippines – Manila Qatar – Doha Saudi Arabia – Riyadh Singapore – Singapore (city-state) Sri Lanka – Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte Syria – Damascus Tajikistan – Dushanbe Thailand – Bangkok Timor-Leste (commonly known as East Timor) – Dili Turkey – Ankara Turkmenistan – Ashgabat United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi Uzbekistan – Tashkent Vietnam – Hanoi Yemen – Sana'a

Philippines visa for Indian national [ tourist visa ]? Just got big list of requirement for Philippines visa from travel agent. I reside in India only right now in Maharashtra state near Mumbai. I have filipino friend who can send me invitation letter. Do I still need to submit 3 years ITR and 6 months bank statements? My bank balance isn't in six figures. Can this reject my visa application? Via fees are also high i.e. 3500/- rs. Any suggestions/comments? How many of your's visa ever rejected?? I am going to meet some friends in Manila & in Cebu. I am going via Kuala Lumpur by Air Asia. So cheap air fare which makes me to go to Manila from KL this time.

What country/autonomous region is not on this list? Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo - Democratic Republic of, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia - Federated States of, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

regarding choice of partner? what u think is the top feature on an indian girl's list while selecting her life parter in today's scenario 1.looks 2.money 3.high profile background 4. sort of combination of all things but more tilt towards money etc etc what ever u want to add i am asking this coz i have seen few grls i knew getting married to a person whose only main feature seems to be his bank balance ,so i am bit confused

Query related to Indian stock market? Hi I am a small investor from India, and invested in shares of Reliance Power Ltd. for the first time. I want to know that if I get any shares allotted, how do I sell them off for listing gains? I applied for the shares through a syndicate member [Kotak Mahindra Bank], and at the time of application, I had no online trading account. I just had a demat account with my local bank. Now, I have an online trading account directly linked with the demat account with which I applied for the shares? So if I get shares allotted, do I need to visit Kotak Mahindra Bank to sell them off, or do I have to follow any other process? Please reply back. Thanks.

Is this possible?e india will bring back swiss bank black money? Is this possible india can bring back swiss bank black money. will indian political people do something for that. even before some days wikileaks get out list of 15 to 20 peoples but it couldnt effect any one

Do you think our Govt can request appropriately to Swiss Govt to get Swiss Bank A/Cs of Indians? Swiss Govt is ready to reveal the list now. India Today. Please see the offer: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/black-money-switzerland-ready-to-reveal-list-of-indians/1/152143.html

Why does the courts in Chennai, do not recognise the value of time, money and efforts of the petitioner? ? From : seafarersman@indiatimes.com Subject : Senior Citizen’s plight for justice and protection of the Sanctity of Courts. To : supremecourt@nic.in Cc : presidentofindia @rb.nic.in, vpindia@nic.in Bcc : pri04 ja pri04_ja@yahoo.com Fri, Aug 01, 2008 09:56 AM From : seafarersman@indiatimes.com Subject : Senior citizens cry for justice.To: hcourt@tn.nic.in Wed, Jul 30, 2008 06:36 PM 1 attachment Through Honourable Selvi R.Mala, Registrar General, Madras High Court, Tel : 91 - 044 -25340410 ________________________________________ Honourable Chief Justice A K Ganguly. 29-07-2008. His Excellency, The Chief Justice of Madras High Court, Senior Citizen’s plight for justice and protection of the Sanctity of Courts. Case Study. Cheque bounce case. CC827/06, with Saidapet XXIII Court, Chennai. Most Respected Sir, We expect fair and timely delivery of justice, Sir. Those who drag the case cunningly with extended times to be severely punished. If we literates and enlightened citizens don’t value “ TIME ” The accused, meanwhile, multiplies the innocents hard-earned money. Please have mercy on the innocents who have no political link gets neglected, continues to incur money, effort, time to recover our hard-earned money. CASE STUDY 10th September 2004. Rupees One Lakh Cash paid to Mr. R Ramamurthy, to meet his emergent needs, friendly help extended after breaking my Fixed –Deposit. He promised me to pay cash earlier itself and take back his Post Dated Cheque No. 542212 dt. 20-03-2005, of Indian Bank, Raja Annamalaipuram East, Chennai-600028, assuring that he can never forget this kind help but a friendly betrayal. After lapse of six long months i.e. 3 days prior to cashing the cheque, Mr.K R Ramamurthy approached me ( i.e. 16th March 2005 ) asking me not to present the cheque for realization but for upto 14th April 2005, for which I did ask him to put a written request, accordingly he gave me a written letter of request dated the 17th March 2005. Subsequently, he sent me an e-mail, asking me to present on the 19th April 2005. Despite the waiting, the same when presented for realization, bounced back for insufficient funds. The same notified to Mr. Ramamurthy, who regretted for the same in words and promised to make payment soon, as he said, “ expecting the settlement of his partition dues, pertaining to his parental property at Madurai”, and a flat for his disposal in Kodambakkam, while his wife is the President of the Flat owners association where he lives. After which he was only giving dates and alas I was constrained to recover my hard-earned money through the court of law. Later on from verification of credentials, I came to know that whatever he said were all false. His family is on rent and therefore the question of his wife being the President of the Flat owners Assoc. doesn’t at all arise. My earlier vision of Mr. Ramamurthy being from a respectable Brahmin-family turned out to be a well planned cheat, trying to earn in short cuts, making use of the loopholes in the system. He has his own specialized advocate, influencing with politicians of the ruling government (previous and at present) etc. He gets exempted from attending courts, availing all means of delay tactics, which includes delaying in the listing of the file suit onwards, use of liberal adjournments, applying for quash petition(which was dismissed by the Honorable Justice K N Basha Crl.O.P. No.25241 of 2006 and M.P.No.1 of 2006 (Re-Criminal Original Petition filed under Sec.484 of Cr.P.C. to call for the records and quash the proceedings in C.C. No.827 of 2006, on the file of the learned XXIII Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai-600015). The case was at the defence stage admittedly the complainants witness was over, no justification for entertaining the quashing petition. QUASHING PETITION IS DISMISSED AS DEVOID OF MERITS. The learned XXXIII Metropolitan Magistrate was further directed to expedite the trial as expeditiously as possible and more particularly within a period of five months from the date of receipt of this order (24-07-2007). Then on, the advocates of either side colluded. Adjournments continued liberally as the accused was exempted from attending court hearing dates, while self a heart patient declared hyper-tension and lost his job on medical grounds in 1993, while with the Govt.’s, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd; and continue to be under treatment from then on. Regularly attending courts to recover my hard-earned money, put into hardships by the harassment and caused humiliation, during the course of my attempts to recover my money. On 30-11.2007, my Case No. CC No.827/06, referred to LOK ADALAT saying for instant order. Both sides present. The matter settled at Rs.1,05,000/- only towards full and final settlement with initial payment of Rs.50,000/-and balance of Rs.55,000 (rupees fifty fivethousand only), on or before 26-02-2008,

India- Fixed Income Portfolios? List some advantages & dis-advantages of investing in Rated Bonds with reference to FDs with Banks/ Corporates in the INDIAN context in term of absolute yields and pattern of interest rate volatility and frequency of change over the last 3 to 5years. FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO SPECIALISTS ONLY PLEASE !!

Would Wall Street like protests break out in India too some day? The Congress led UPA govt had in the name of Reforms, enriched the elite segment of the Indian community, the corporate, who virtually rule the policies of govt itself. Apart from them, the corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and big business people who had siphoned off the wealth generated by people under them to foreign tax havens, are now under close scrutiny and their spoils are hotly discussed across the country. Thanks to the calculated delays in booking the culprits among whom their own political bosses fall, the moneys are now being brought back under equally dubious ways, posing a threat to our economy and security as well. A few samples: “This could be the mother of all scams in India” – yahoo news On Friday 14 October 2011 .. in 2010-11 foreign investor flows added up to US$ 22 bn, according to official data. The Kotak analysts did a cross-check with international sources like exchange-traded funds and EPFR Global. Their analysis shows that not more than US$ 4.5 bn came in to India. So, where did the other US$ 17.5 come from? (Is it difficult to guess even for a school student that the Swiss deposits are getting diverted back?!) “Corporate socialism's 2G orgy” - Article dated March 7, 2011 in The Hindu In six years from 2005-06, the Government of India wrote off corporate income tax worth Rs.3,74,937 crore — more than twice the 2G fraud — in successive Union budgets. The figure has grown every single year for which data are available. Corporate income tax written off in 2005-06 was Rs.34,618 crore. In the 2010-11 budget, it is Rs.88,263 crore — an increase of 155 per cent! Unlike the illicit fund flows, this plunder has a fig leaf of legality. Unlike those flows, it is not the sum of many individual crimes. It is government policy. It is in the Union budget. And it is the largest conceivable transfer of wealth and resources to the wealthy and the corporate world “Indian Black Money: The Swindler’s List” - From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 8, Issue 6, Dated February 12, 2011 It is almost two years since the German Government had passed on the names and bank account details of eighteen Indians who had stashed their alleged ill-gotten wealth in the LGT bank of Liechtenstein.. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee have since said more than once that this list cannot be disclosed to the Indian people.. However, once the government launches prosecutions, the name would be made public, he had said. But the cases are still to be filed on the guilty! ---------- Would there be a Wall Street type protest in India also if the dare devils continue in their ways to protect the looters of our national wealth? Please share your critical views!

History Essay Wording Help? This is my essay prompt... Campaigning for President, Andrew Jackson presented himself as a "man of the people" with a strong belief in states' rights and other strict Jeffersonian principles. As president, to what extent did he follow the way he presented himself and his principles? Choose three actions from the list below to support the thesis a. The unusual character of Jackson's inauguration day b. Indian Removal Act c. Veto of National Bank/Pet Banks d. Nullification crisis I don't really understand what the prompt is asking me to do. By the way it is suppose to be a persuasive essay.

Are phone scammers really a form of funding for terrorists? I recived a phone call from a man with a heavy east indian accent and the mouthspeed of a really good auctioneer his phone set to low volume trying to convince me his comany www.grants4u.com was legit while I had www.ripoff report.com up right in front of Me and read to him word for word fron that site. He claimed then to be from www.government grants.com also listed on rippoff reports .com! I had read on www.truepatriot.com that foreign telescammers were fronts for drug Cartels and terrorists. and funded the deaths of thousands everyday! But the money this guy was holding out to bait me with $12,500.oo, too good to be true. even confronted by the evidence this man insisted he was legit. He even tried to bait me, telling Me he could tell my bank account and routing numbers. I cringe to think any one has that information or could get it! And I have relatives in iraq with our military. These people hide outside our borders and call preying on the over burdened person with a lot of debt!

what should i do???? i am working in a share broking firm for last two years ,basically the work is in back office i.e data entry and looking after banks work .i want to know more about indian stock market and want to make career in that .but i dont know what to do next can uu please help me in regarding this and can u give me list of career opportunites in this sector

Proof of Funds, Canadian Immigration application as Skilled worker ? I am preparing to submit my Canadian Immigration application for federal skilled worker ( Registered Nurse ) and I want to know that How much amount I have to show ? I am including my spouse and my 3 years old kid. What documents should I collect in order to prove my settlement funds? Can you please gave the list of documents? (I am an Indian working as a nurse in Bahrain, I have a Bank account in Bahrain as well as in India, which bank statement I should show?) Alternatively, can I show a joint bank statement with my Husband? Would I have to show the settlement funds at the time of submitting my application, or at a later date? At what point of the application process , they ask for proof of settlement funds? Please help me on this ...Thanking you

Is it true the Indians have contributed the most to mankind out of all races? races/ethnicities... Has India contributed the most to the continuation of the human species on this planet? YES Almost everything known to mankind in the area of science, maths, medicine, metaphysics and astronomy came out of India. for eg: Indians were the first to conduct surgeries & use anesthesia, Indians came up with the concept of zero and the number system, Indians invented algebra, trigonometry and other areas of mathematics, Indians invented Yoga and martial arts, (even though it is wrongly depicted in the west to be a Chinese invention! The Chinese themselves acknowledge that they learnt it from India!) Indians built the first university, invented the first school of medicine - ayurveda, discovered the art of navigation; The list goes on and on and on!! Indians have, by far, made the most inventions and discoveries! Here is a quote from Einstein. "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!" In fact, on doing further research, I have found out that some of the Europe's greatest inventions and discoveries were actually made in India thousands of years before Europe ever existed! For example, gravity! Isaac Newton did NOT discover gravity, it was discovered at least 2000 years before the British empire existed by an Indian astronomer by the name of Brahmagupta! (I hope I got the spelling right) "The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine and Meyer (used in the 19-th century). The Indian tables give the same annual variation of the moon as the discovered by Tycho Brahe - a variation unknown to the school of Alexandria and also to the Arabs who followed the calculations of the school... The Hindu systems of astronomy are by far the oldest and that from which the Egyptians, Greek, Romans and - even the Jews derived from the Hindus their knowledge." - Jean Sylvain Bailly (French astronomer) Where can we look for sages like those whose systems of philosophy were prototypes of those of Greece: to whose works Plato, Thales and Pythagorus were disciples? Where do I find astronomers whose knowledge of planetary systems yet excites wonder in Europe as well as the architects and sculptors whose works claim our admiration, and the musicians who could make the mind oscillate from joy to sorrow, from tears to smile with the change of modes and varied intonation? -Colonel James Todd (American pioneer) It will no longer remain to be doubted that the priests of Egypt and the sages of Greece have drawn directly from the original well of India, that it is to the banks of the Ganges and the Indus that our hearts feel drawn as by some hidden urge. -Friedrich Mejer (English statesman) "I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, - astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis,.. It is very important to note that some 2,500 years ago at the least Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganges to learn geometry...But he would certainly not have undertaken such a strange journey had the reputation of the Brahmins' science not been long established in Europe..." -Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire (French writer and philosopher) Which civilization was the centre of human existence for the longest period of time? DEFINITELY India! India is the world's largest, oldest, and oldest continuous civilization. India was also the wealthiest civilization on the planet for ALL of human history, (except for the 19th and 20th century, of course!) Was it the one land that all men desired to see? YES! "India is the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the world combined." -Mark Twain "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border." BQ: Are Indians caucasian? It's funny how Europeans (Westerners) think they are the best and have contributed the most and everything when in fact, India and China have contributed more to mankind than ANYBODY ELSE. India and China have been the foundation. We are back again, in the 21st century! Ancient Greeks contributions are mostly limited to the West. It has greatly influenced the West, but that's it. The East has had their own things...And don't say the Romans either, they copied mostly from the Greeks. And if India isn't the oldest continuous civilization, who is? The award should go to Indo-Europeans? What have they done? lol.

for Indian cricket fans ..will congress govt DELIBERATELY make India loose at Mohali to appease pakis? this Q is a genuine attempt to understand the ICC CUP in context of India Vs Pak politics.Not an insult to anyone. Its based on below mentioned facts. If you choose to interpret it otherwise its your own problem. I suggest you don't read this Q any further , if you plan to misinterpret it . I had the impression that India is playing pretty well, with just 1 loss. i was feeling confident about its performance against pakis...UNTIL ..alas ...there took a different turn... manmohan singh called on pak pm. ( forgot this name ..whatever ) and his political troupe to mohalli to see this team perform. Now time has witnessed that Congress govt HAS always sold itself to islamic interests to bring about peace and complimented terrorism with mercy petitions ..like - delaying the hanging of kasab and acquitting all others involved in 26/11 - mercy petition for afzal - muslim personal law - congress intervention in shah bano case. - reinstating article 370 that discriminates against indians citizens rights on Kashmir. - allowing the genocide of 5 millions kashmiri pandits in pok, some 20K of which today survive in rehab camps in delhi . - making reservations for moslems ( terrorist quota ) - 3G scam insolvents go scott free after hog wash investigation, because it finally traces to D Company-pakistani isi the list goes ON..... and ON. My concern is ..could the india vs pakistan match be "Fixed" by the indian govt ...so that INDIA SHOULD loose to please the visiting pakistani dignitaries ? I kind of feel that could happen...because its hard to imagine who a vote banking appeaser like congress would , bring in paki dignitaries and make them loose in front of them. So the match would be politicized to fulfill the present govt.'s agenda ..make peace at the cost of selling out india's own interests to paks. After all the present congress govt is financed to power by none other than d-Company-paki-isi nexus.

I used to donate blood? Till six years ago I was donating blood (with a rare group A2B+) I have donated for about17 times at various hospitals in the city. Lastly, I donated at Indian Red Cross Society blood bank after which I stopped getting calls for donation. My name was on donors' date base and I used to get calls regularly from various people and hospitals. Once the calls were abruptly stopped, it caused me a lot of tension and I worred whether there is something wrong with my blood or if I had some health problemdue to which my name was taken off donor's list. What hurt me more is the attitude of the blood bank. If they found anything wrong, they should have informed me. Isn't it? Thereafter, I did not make any attempt to contact anyone in the matter. However, at times, the thought comes to my mind that if I continued with donation, in all these years, I could have donated several times benefiting many more patients as mine is a rare group. Thereafter, I got my blood tested several times on various occasions but I have not been so far told about any abnormalty in my blood. Can someone comment.

What are some proper and original salutations to a group of international business colleagues? Hello! I'm working on a project as an independent business consultant. I write emails to groups of business colleagues frequently and sometimes struggle with the salutation and closing. Currently I work with people in 15 different Caribbean Countries and Indian resources in the Banking industry. I'm the only American on the team. Tonight I am writing an email to a large group of staff in 2 different Caribbean islands and cc management to communicate a change to their process. I haven't been able to find a good list of semi-formal to formal greetings to international groups. My team members use many different salutations (i.e. Hello Everyone!, All, Dear X members, Colleagues, Team, etc.) and Regards is typically used as the closing. I'm thinking of using Greetings! as the salutation since it's a group of people and I don't know the majority of the group. Also, if anyone can list business email salutations and greetings to project team members. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks! Amanda The Sr. Mgr that reviewed the email changed "Greetings" to "Good Day" and removed "Regards". LOL Thanks for your answers!

If India is country of slums, where should it be placed according to Happy Countries Index? USA, UK and Canada also have large slums. Check this list of Happy Planet Index: India 53.0 United Kingdom43.3 Canada39.4 United States30.7 http://www.answers.com/topic/happy-planet-index http://www.happyplanetindex.org/ The Indian rupee has been among the most stable currencies against the US dollar compared to its Asian peers. Relatively low dependence on the US, and a lesser impact of rising global crude prices along with exchange rate controls, have prevented the Indian rupee from appreciating as much against the dollar as many other Asian currencies, said forex analysts. http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe_archive_full_story.php?content_id=74800 The fifth and the sixth currency systems — managed float and full float — each account for 22 per cent of the world's currencies. Currencies in managed float are more stable than those in full float. The Indian rupee is the world's most famous managed float currency. The US dollar and the British pound are in full float. Currency stability is an issue that these floating systems have to reckon with. Their central banks are not charged with the responsibility of setting the strength. The currency markets set the strength. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/bline/2007/02/24/stories/2007022400050800.htm Get ready for the Indian rupee - Forex - Futures Magazine http://www.futuresmag.com/Issues/2006/5/Pages/Get-ready-for-the-Indian-rupee.aspx

Hi, What are the usual expatriate benefits that can be expected in Bahrain? Position: Senior IT Project Manager in a Bahrain Bank Nationality: Indian Experience: 16 years Education: B.E. Current Location: Singapore. Pl. help me by listing out the various benefits that can be expected/negotiated with the employer (other than basic salary). Please provide me an indicative range in BHD for each benefit 1. Housing 2. Transport 3. Child education 4. Health Care 5. Yearly paid vacation with return airticket 6. Bonus 7. End of service award 8. Any other benefits? Thanks in advance

What are the common dishes should I make for an entertainment for my friends? They are people from ? They are English, French, German, Portuguese, Spaniard, people come from Holland; and Indian, Japanese, Sri Lanka people, including Christians, Moslem, Buddhist, Ladies and Gentlemen, Bankers, Businessmen, Monks, Clergymen, diplomatist, fortune-teller, street huckster, and you who see my comments. I plan the entertainment will be held on a big steam ship which I will buy very soon after I get the loan as the bank loan is now easy to be consented. Your list of manual Please!!!! And I speically invite shoeses makers because they very good industry people, especially come from Italy, they make ladies look nicely walk , gentlemen handsomely waling with pipes in their mouth, ah, great!!!

Bharat Ratn for whom? I have two deserving candidates for India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratn. I have listed my views why I think these are most deserving candidates for Bharat Ratn. I do not consider any politician of any party deserving candidate for Bharat Ratn. Can you add more to this list? Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala: A firm believer that India needs Indian solutions, this professor at IIT, Madras goes beyond just teaching. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is an entrepreneur who has founded seven companies centering around new technology or innovations in existing technology. His TeNet group has incubated many telecom and banking products for rural markets, like a low-cost ATM and a remote medical diagnostic kit. Inventor of Wireless Local Loop. Advised government to purchase the under water sea cable when was on the VSNL board thus today India is self dependent in the field of Internet. And the interesting part about this person is, he is still an IIT Madras professor living in IIT Madras campus, uses Bajaj super for commuting withing campus, not a CEO of a Multi National Company or a millionaire. He does not own a car. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Jhunjhunwala http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0415_india_most_powerful/14.htm http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/mar/27inter.htm http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2089147957292061314 Murlidhar Devidas Amte or Baba Amte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Amte Life long worked for Leprosy patients. He found several asharms for leprosy patients including anandwan. Some awards: Awarded by the Government of India Padma Shree, 1971[19] Padma Vibhushan, 1986 Welfare of the Disabled Award, 1986 Gandhi Peace Prize, 1999 Dr. Ambedkar International Award for Social Change, 1999: In recognition of outstanding work done in pursuing the cause of the exploited and the underprivileged, reconciling differences among conflicting social groups and contributing significantly to social change International Awards: Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, Philippines, 1985 Damien-Dutton Award, USA, 1983: Highest international award in the field of leprosy United Nations Human Rights Prize, 1988: For outstanding achievement in the field of human rights (to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) International Giraffe Award, USA, 1989 The Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, USA, 1990 Global 500, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 1991: The Roll of Honour for Environmental Achievement The Right Livelihood Award, Sweden, 1991 (often described as the "alternative Nobel prize",[17][18] jointly awarded to Baba Amte and Medha Patkar for the Narmada Bachao Andolan):"...for their inspired opposition to the disastrous Narmada Valley dams project and their promotion of alternatives designed to benefit the poor and the environment" Other awards Dalit Mitra Award, 1974: Government of Maharashtra Rashtriya Bhushan (Pride of the Nation), 1978: F.I.E. (India) Foundation Jamnalal Bajaj Award, 1979 N.D. Diwan Award, 1980: National Society for Equal Opportunities for the 'Handicapped' (NASEOH), Bombay Ramshastri Award, 1983: Ramshastri Prabhune Foundation, Maharashtra, India Indira Gandhi Memorial Award, 1985: Government of Madhya Pradesh for outstanding social service Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award, 1986: Delhi Fr. Maschio Platinum Jubilee Award, 1987: Bombay G.D. Birla International Award, 1988: For outstanding contribution to humanism Mahdeo Balwant Natu Puraskar, 1991, Pune, Maharashtra Adivasi Sewak Award, 1991, Government of Maharashtra Kusumagraj Puraskar, 1991 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Dalit Mitra Award, 1992, Government of Maharashtra Shri Nemichand Shrishrimal Award, 1994 Fr. Tong Memorial Award, 1995, Voluntary Health Association of India Kushta Mitra Puraskar, 1995: Vidarbha Maharogi Sewa Mandal, Amravati, Maharashtra Bhai Kanhaiya Award, 1997: Sri Guru Harkrishan Education Trust, Bhatinda, Punjab Manav Sewa Award, 1997: Young Men's Gandhian Association, Rajkot, Gujarat Sarthi Award, 1997, Nagpur, Maharashtra Mahatma Gandhi Charitable Trust Award, 1997, Nagpur, Maharashtra Gruhini Sakhi Sachiv Puraskar, 1997, Gadima Pratishthan, Maharashtra Kumar Gandharva Puraskar, 1998 Apang Mitra Puraskar, 1998, Helpers of the Handicapped, Kolhapur, Maharashtra Bhagwan Mahaveer Award, 1998, Chennai Diwaliben Mohanlal Mehta Award, 1998, Mumbai Justice K. S. Hegde Award, 1998, Karnataka Baya Karve Award, 1998, Pune, Maharashtra Savitribai Phule Award, 1998, Government of Maharashtra Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Award, 1988: FICCI, for outstanding achievements in training and placement of disabled persons. Satpaul Mittal Award, 1998, Nehru Sidhant Kendra Trust, Ludhiana, Punjab Adivasi Sevak Puraskar, 1998, Government of Maharashtra. Maharastra Bhusan, 2004, Government of Maharastra [20] [21] Bharathvasa award,2008 प्रिय हिन्दू, मै डॉक्टर झुनझुनवाला के विषय में १९९९ में जानने लगा, मैंने उन्हें एक सेमिनार में सुना और लगा की इस व्यक्ति के पास भारत के लिए एक सपना है, और तब से मैंने निरंतर इनका अध्ययन किया| और मेरे जो समझ आया की, इस व्यक्ति की क्षमता और दूरदृष्टि से भारत का अत्यधिक फायदा हो चुका है और होता रहेगा| एक उदहारण मै और देना दूंगा, इन्होने, IIT के सहयोग से IIT के पूर्व छात्र छात्रों के साथ कुछ टेलिकॉम कंपनी शुरू की, जिससे भारत के ये प्रतिभाशाली छात्र भारत में ही रहे| कुछ ऐसी कंपनी MIDAS COM, BANYAN NETWORK, NILGIRI, NMS WORKS और ऐसी कुल ९ कंपनी है| Dear Mukul, There are many more such people who work for no selfish cause but for the nation and humanity. Like Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Mother Teresa. Then less meda fame Sunderlal Bahuguna of Chipko Andolan, Famous Indian nuclear experimental physicist Dr. Harish Chandra Verma. I was trying to collect suggestions from the Yahoo users, because I want to send ONE name to Presidnet and Prime Minister through my not for profit social cause organization as a request. So far these two names are on the top of the list. FRIENDS, REQUEST TO PLEASE SUGGEST ONLY NON-POLITICIANS. THANK-YOU FOR YOUR HELP. AND ALSO PLEASE POST YOUR VIEWS WHY THAT INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE AWARDED WITH BHARAT-RATN WITH FACTS. WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS DONE FOR THE NATION? Thank-you gayemala and ap, Mr. Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy is defienetely a potential candidate. Thanks Let the world live in peace, for your suggestion on Mr. Ratan Tata. But I think you have given the answer yourself. Most of the projects for social cause are started by JRD not by Mr. Ratan Tata. And I also think, Mr. Ratan Tata will be anyways awarded by Bharat Ratn, in future by Indian government as he is a big media fame too. I admire him a lot personally. SO FAR I HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SUGGESITONS, MR NARAYAN MOORTHI AND MR. RATAN TATA. GUYS, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

Daily History Question (DHQ)? This is for my Daily History Question... Yes, this is homework. I need you to just list where I can find the answer, it is optional to tell me the answer. As president, Andrew Jackson did all, but which of the following? A. removed appointed officeholders who had supported the former president of party B. gave more power to his vice president since he was busy with the War of 1812 C. supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 D. vetoed the bill that would extend the charter of the Bank of the United States

mortgage deduction for a home purchased outside U.S? I am a resident for US tax purposes, but am a citizen of India. If I buy a home in India, am listed as one of the co-owners of the house and use my US income to pay off the mortgage for the home, 1. Can I get tax breaks in US for the interest paid on mortgage? If so, what are the documents I would need for receiving that tax break? 2. If I use my Indian unearned income(from bank interest, mutual fund dividends) to pay off the mortgage interest, will that Indian income be exempt from US taxes since it is used to pay mortgage interest? tax lady, Thanks for the response 3. For getting the deductible on schedule A, what documents would I need? And, is only the mortgage interest deductible or principal amount and interest are deductible. 4. Currently, my mother and brother would be living in the house in India after we get it through a mortgage. I plan to move into it after I retire. So, will the house still be considered my home? I don't have a house in US and living in rental apartments.

Guys(Or Girls) What Type Of Women Do You Prefer and Why (Pics Included)? In terms of looks, which ethnic group of women do you prefer, and WHY? I have listed most groups, with an image link of a celebrity/familiar face who falls in that category attached next to each group. > White Brunette American Actress; Megan Fox http://www.palzoo.net/file/pic/user/MeganFox.jpg > White Blonde Canadian WWE Wrestler/Model; Maryse http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3345925236_242eb47f6c.jpg > Read Head American TNA Wrestler/Model; Christy Hemme http://www.pwpix.net/superstars/c/christyhemme/images/christy-hemme-2.jpg > Black American Model Tyra Banks; http://topnews.in/light/files/Tyra-Banks336.jpg > Asian Indian (Type 1- Sun kissed skin) Indian Actress Bipasha Basu; http://www.hindustantimes.com/images/bipasha.jpg >Asian Indian (Type 2- Very fair skin) Indian Actress Aishwarya Rai ; http://s.chakpak.com/se_images/2717_-1_564_none/aishwarya-rai-wallpaper.jpg > Asian South Korean American Actress Brenda Song; http://www.blog-city.info/en/img2/2947_brenda-song-300a100606.jpg >Latina/Mixed race Singer Shakira; http://www.yorkblog.com/artist/shakira.jpg I hope the images work, I made sure that all the images contain no unappropriated material. And Girls you can answer this question too. Please Give your reasons Sorry If the images and everything is too much.

Is the cast system in Indian another example of the fruit of the spirit of the NWO? Is the prejudicing against the dalit and other ethnicities, mostly Christians, in Indian just one more sign of the NWO / Illuminates 666 / Satan's presence through out history and the world? How many "Gods" do they have 1000's? Has Satan been exposed so much that he hides behind the colors of false "Gods" such as the NWO is doing? Does it lead to in just prejudices against humanity? Is this why altered states of consciousness / transcendental meditation the method for the secret ceremony is of epidemic proportion for their "Religion"? Have you been processed through the NWO / Illuminates secret ceremony performed through altered states of consciousness / transcendental meditation and been forced through methods of witchcraft to accept the worship of one of the NWO's many "Gods" / Demons yet? How many people have experienced the Illuminates witchcraft / demonology? Have you been approached by members of a secret society who worship Satan and or one of the many other demons of the New World Order? Did this Satanic Mafia try to seduce and or force you to worship their Lord lucifer and or one of their many other demons? Did they use witchcraft to try and force you to worship the Devil along with subversive acts of terrorism? Did this satanic cult use magic to summon the dead to attack you while you slept? The Illuminati has placed occult material into society in the form of games and or practices to spiritually enslave society. These practices are strictly forbidden by God, documented in the Bible, and cause spiritual bondage / captivity Revelation 13,10. Many people are unaware of this but are in for an evil surprise. Some of the occult practices include Ouija boards, tarot cards, mirror gazing, even the eight ball with the pyramid in the center, role playing games such as dungeons and dragons and magic art which is the precursor to transcendental mediation which is the method for the secret ceremony used to enslave society. The list is endless and these are but a few. Through said spiritual bondage the victims of this satanic mafia are being forced to go through a secret ceremony performed through altered states of consciousness / transcendental meditation assisted with witchcraft. The victim is tortured by methods of witchcraft / demonology until he she consents to go through said ceremony. While in said state the victim is instructed to accept the worship of one of the NWO's many Gods. They say using methods of witchcraft / telepathy, that in accepting the worship of one of their Gods you accept the worship of them all. One of their Gods is Satan, another one they call Jesus, but they seem to have a demon for every occasion. Is this how the Devil and his Illuminati is going to bring all religions of the world together under one banner of 666 spiritually enslaving the people of the world Revelation 13,10? Do members of this “Secret” Society recognize their own by the unholy baptism / spirit of witchcraft they receive through their initiation? The Illuminati is a large octopus with many tentacles reaching into small & large corporations, banking, large construction projects, education, drug cartels, biker gangs, and all branches of government just to name a few. Has this secret society threatened you and your family? Did they use drug dealing cartels to terrorize you and try to force you in to the “Secret” Society? Where you threatened by members with law enforcement? Did they use their members covertly to get you fired from your Job making false accusation about you? Is this why they establish their members in management positions? My list is endless. Is your’s about to begin? BEWARE OF THE NWO / Illuminated ones into the deep teachings of Lucifer 666!!!! What do you get when you put the "Free" Masons & associates, Mafia & associates, New Age & associated witchcraft cults together? Do you get a sick, sick, sick family reunion and fuel for the fire? When was the last time you where burned with fire? Do you think your hand placed in the fire would open your eyes and set you free from spiritual bondage to the Devil and his minions / Illuminated ones into the deep teaching of the Devil Revelation 13,10? Top contributors to what membership in the Thule society?

can someone please advice me on my loans and credit cards in uae. please i beg of help? dear friends, i have made desperate attempts to repay all my loans and credit cards in uae, but failed miserably. all the money i pay has gone only gone in interest or late payment fees. now i have huge mountain of loans in front of me. my income is not even half of what i have to pay each month. i am trapped in most difficult situation in the world. long back people advised me to run away from uae and escape all this problems but i haven't done that since my intention is fair to repay all my loans and credit cards. now i have got a good job opportunity in another gulf country with good salary, but for that to happen i need to go and attain an interview in my home country (india). my actual problem now is that i am afraid that if i go to airport dubai airport immigration will catch me and put me in jail. as i am not able to pay 3 banks since 8 months now. i am sure that i might be black listed in dubai immigration and will be caught at airport once i try to go out of uae. if i get the chance of attending that interview which is on 15th januray in india i hope i can repay all my loans slowly. also that job is not in emirates but another gulf country. i am really afraid to travel to airport as it is almost certain that i will be detained and land up in jail. i am very worried as what to do now. during my good days i gave advices to many people which helped them but now my situation is i am asking for advice on internet.... i never imagined that i might be in such severe problem. can someone please please please advice me what best i can do in this situation. can someone suggest me any lawyer (preferably indian) who can help me out of this problem. or can someone please please please suggest me to any charity organization in uae who can help me. please i beg u all please advice me to overcome this extremely difficult situation of my life in which i am trapped. my mail id is ghani_m331@yahoo.com please i beg once again please someone help me.

can someone please advice me on my loans and credit cards in dubai uae. please i beg of help? dear friends, i have made desperate attempts to repay all my loans and credit cards in dubai uae, but failed miserably. all the money i pay has gone only gone in interest or late payment fees. now i have huge mountain of loans in front of me. my income is not even half of what i have to pay each month. i am trapped in most difficult situation in the world. long back people advised me to run away from uae and escape all this problems but i haven't done that since my intention is fair to repay all my loans and credit cards. now i have got a good job opportunity in another gulf country with good salary, but for that to happen i need to go and attain an interview in my home country (india). my actual problem now is that i am afraid that if i go to airport dubai airport immigration will catch me and put me in jail. as i am not able to pay 3 banks since 8 months now. i am sure that i might be black listed in dubai immigration and will be caught at airport once i try to go out of uae. if i get the chance of attending that interview which is on 15th januray in india i hope i can repay all my loans slowly. also that job is not in emirates but another gulf country. i am really afraid to travel to airport as it is almost certain that i will be detained and land up in jail. i am very worried as what to do now. during my good days i gave advices to many people which helped them but now my situation is i am asking for advice on internet.... i never imagined that i might be in such severe problem. can someone please please please advice me what best i can do in this situation. can someone suggest me any lawyer (preferably indian) who can help me out of this problem. or can someone please please please suggest me to any charity organization in uae who can help me. please i beg u all please advice me to overcome this extremely difficult situation of my life in which i am trapped. my mail id is ghani_m331@yahoo.com please i beg once again please someone help me.

the rates of interest for savings bank account in different indian banks? a would like to find the perfect website which offers to me a list of the various rates of interest for savings bank account in different indian banks

Is representative democracy doing well in India?Is there any other type of dmorcy which can better suit India? Is representative democracy doing well in India?Is there any other type of democracy which can better suit India? if yes how it can be taken into practice? In India(many other countries too) where political parties first priority is to increase vote bank then if some scope remains for nation progress or not at all in the priority list. where people are divided so badly into religion , caste , subcaste etc leaves very less scope to think about nation as first priority of any of the party.To survive all party has to advertise to attract max number of voters at any cost(pathetic). If a party claims in his election manifesto that it will solve Kashmir issue while other party says that they will fight to provide reservation for certain caste , the later will attract more votes. If Samajwadi Party(SP) start educating its own voter that rather increasing population they should think for quality of life not quantity , but by this way they can only make it's vote bank account lower in number. while in the interest of nation (as well as for personal social and economical life of its own major vote bank Muslims)SP should advocate to lower the pace of population growth they are contributing. similar example can be given for each party like congress , BJP etc .. If political parties can only get benefits if they keep on dividing us ( the easy way ) rather then uniting us, even if now at least young people slowly forgetting division of caste, subcaste even religion but these parties will not let us forget us at any cost they can go to any level so create more divisions. so at the end I see this representative democracy can only worsen the situation of nation.. I am not targeting politician rather i see it as failure( or less effective) of representative democracy in Indian society Pl suggest?

Why do republicans want to hurt small business? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/ap_on_bi_ge/us_small_business_lending WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's election-year jobs agenda suffered a new setback Thursday when Senate Republicans blocked a bill creating a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending for credit-starved small businesses. The fund would be available to community banks with less than $10 billion in assets to help them increase lending to small businesses. The bill would combine the fund with about $12 billion in tax breaks aimed at small businesses. Democrats say banks should be able to use the lending fund to leverage up to $300 billion in loans, helping to loosen tight credit markets. Some Republicans, however, likened it to the unpopular bailout of the financial industry. Democrats had wanted to pass the bill before Congress leaves town for summer vacation, enabling them to reassure anxious voters back home that they were addressing the sluggish economy. Senate leaders continued to negotiate changes to the bill Thursday, but time was short. The Senate is in session for another week; the House is scheduled to adjourn Friday. Congressional Democrats started the year with ambitious plans to pass a series of bills designed to create jobs. But unless they reach a breakthrough on the small business lending bill, they will have little to show for it just a few months before midterm elections that will determine whether Democrats keep their majorities in the House and Senate. Congress has extended unemployment benefits for people who have been out of work for long stretches and passed a measure that gives tax breaks to businesses that hire unemployed workers. But many other initiatives stalled, in part because of concerns they would add to the growing national debt. Obama lobbied for the small business lending bill during a trip Wednesday to Edison, N.J. But Senate Democrats fell short of the necessary 60 votes Thursday to end a Republican filibuster. The vote was 58 to 42, with all 41 Republicans voting to continue the filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., also voted to continue the filibuster, but only as a procedural step that allows him to call up the bill again. Much of the bill had bipartisan support, but Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Democrats were blocking GOP amendments. Reid said Republican demands kept changing. "It takes a lot of effort to make a partisan issue out of a bill that should have broad bipartisan support," McConnell said. "But our friends on the other side have managed to pull it off. They've outdone themselves." Reid said he offered to hold votes on some Republican amendments, only to see the list of GOP demands grow. "What we are simply trying to do is pass a bipartisan bill that will help small business owners create jobs," Reid said. "We went to great lengths to address what Republicans claimed were their concerns." GOP amendments included measures to beef up border security, impose a government spending cap and lower the estate tax, which is scheduled to return next year with a top rate of 55 percent on estates larger than $1 million. One Republican amendment would repeal a new tax reporting requirement for businesses that was included in the massive health care overhaul enacted last spring. Democrats, meanwhile, have added about $1.5 billion in disaster relief for farmers who lost crops in 2009, a measure sponsored by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. Democrats also wanted to add an amendment to settle long-running class-action lawsuits brought by black farmers and American Indians. One lawsuit concerned the government's management and accounting of more than 300,000 trust accounts of American Indians. The other is a discrimination lawsuit brought by black farmers against the Agriculture Department. The cost of settling them both: about $4.6 billion. The small business tax cuts in the bill include breaks for restaurant owners and retailers who remodel their stores or build new ones. Other businesses could more quickly recover the costs of capital improvements through depreciation. Long-term investors in some small businesses would be exempt from paying capital gains taxes. Much of the bill would be paid for by allowing taxpayers to convert 401(k) and government retirement accounts into Roth accounts, in which they pay taxes up front on the money they contribute, enabling them to withdraw it tax-free after they retire. Taxpayers who convert accounts this year would pay the taxes in 2011 and 2012, generating an estimated $5.1 billion.

What on earth are we celebrating? August 15th, 2010. India will be celebrating its 64th Independence Day. The radio will be blaring ‘Aye mere watan ke logon’. TV channels will alternate between ‘Roja’, ‘Rang de Basanti’, ‘Border’ and ‘Lakshya’. Schools across the country will compel their students to shed Sunday morning sleepiness and partake in flag-hoisting ceremonies. Milestones will be recounted, leaders glorified and saffron, white and green will dominate the landscape . Indians across the country will wear patriotism on their sleeve. what are we actually celebrating? Are we rejoicing over how corrupt officials choose heftier bank balances over national pride? Or maybe we’re happy about how our elected representatives decide to put the country’s security at risk to further their own agendas. Elsewhere in India, an eight-year-old girl was mercilessly beaten up by her teacher for failing to contribute Rs 2 to an Independence day function. This is the kind of ‘freedom’ kids in this country enjoy, where corporal punishment is an everyday occurrence that rarely comes to the fore. Kashmir continued to boil this week with this summer’s death toll from violence rising to over 50. The Indian establishment has been unable to win over the Kashmiri population through overwhelming force and the protests in the valley are directed against the military presence. Bunkers and security forces symbolise India for most Kashmiris. Nature’s fury hasn’t left us unscathed either. The cloudburst and subsequent floods in Leh, has turned entire towns to slush and has left the area to appear like a war ravaged battleground. The death toll is at 183 and mounting while over 200 people are still missing. The oil spill off the coast of Mumbai last Sunday after two cargo ships collided has brought up severe environmental concerns. Marine life and migratory birds have been affected and the livelihood of thousands has been hampered with estimated losses above Rs 85 crore per day. This environmental hazard occurred even as 25 years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the Congress party faced allegations of letting off the guilty under political pressure. Victims of the tragedy have till date not been provided adequate compensation and health care. The Indian cricket team, on whom lies the brunt of the nation’s collective aspirations, has also let us down this time with a humiliating 200-run defeat in Tuesday’s ODI against New Zealand. Industrial growth is at the lowest its been in 13 months even as inflation has returned to double digits.Petrol and diesel prices seem to be hiked every month. Prices of commodities like milk, cereals and fruits have touched an all-time high. Soaring expenses means that even the middle class are crossing out essentials from their grocery list and the poor are going hungry. This is even as surplus foodgrains lie rotting in godowns. Like the line from a song in ‘Peepli Live’ goes: Sakhi Saiyan khoob hai kamaat, Mehngai daiyan khaye jaat hai (Friend, my husband earns a lot, but the inflation is a witch that eats it all up). Sources: IBN Live,yahoo news, Hindustan times Are all the above reasons, cause enough to celebrate? The optimist in me will still search for those odd success stories and attempts to overcome calamities. I too love my country and wish to be proud of what I see happening in it. To my misfortune, events of the recent past are making my wish seem like just wishful thinking.

i have an home take exam due to couple hours please help!!? 1.List the 5 elements of the Basic Story. (5 points) a. b. c. d. e. 2.Write the opening description for a scene set in Williams Café in Leddy Library in which the main character sits, typing on a laptop and a friend arrives and joins the main character. (5 points) 3. What is theme? How does theme differ from basic story? Select a major release feature film. Identify and write the basic story (using paragraph form). Identify and write the theme. (10 points) 4. In the space provided, critique the following documentary synopsis and then write a strong documentary synopsis on the topic of racism. (5 points) “This documentary is about racism. It will look at how racism impacts people and communities. It will also discuss possible solutions.” 5. You have just finished a 15-minute documentary examining the issues related to the proposed new border crossing between Canada and the United States in the Windsor area. In the space provided, list 4 basic markets for film/video productions. Explain what steps you would take to market, distribute and exhibit this program? Consider local opportunities as well as national and international venues. (5 points) 6. You have been hired by XYZ Corporation as Production Manager for their new fiction film titled Beyond The Pale. Read the following scene and fill in the blocks appropriately on the attached Breakdown Sheet. (5 points) EXT – ST. MARK’S RIVER – DAY PAULA MCKINNEY, 13, is up to her shoulders in the water. She takes four slow BREATHS then quickly ducks under the water. INDIAN SITAR MUSIC fades in as the water settles into a placid surface. Paula emerges from the water, out of breath. Dense woods draped in moss align the river’s edge. Nearby is a small dilapidated wooden dock. A large yellow dog sniffs through the hyacinths on the bank. Paula wears a bathing suit, a pair of beat-up sneakers and scrapes and scabs on both her knees. She holds up a piece of a jawbone, the teeth still intact. She places it in an old cigar box where a fading black & white photograph of a young couple lays alongside some rocks, an old whistle and a pack of chewing gum. Code: Breakdown Sheets/Strips Day Ext - Yellow SCRIPT BREAKDOWN SHEET Night Ext – Green Day Int – White Night Int – Blue CAST (Red) Stunts (Orange) Extras/Atmosphere (Green) Extras/Silent Bits (Yellow) Special Effects (Blue) Props (Violet) Vehicles/Animals (Pink) Wardrobe (Circle) Make-up/Hair (Asterisk) Sound Effect/Music (Brown) Special Equipment (Box) Production Notes: 7. This is a multiple part essay question. Read all segments before beginning. You have been hired to direct the following scene. INT - CADILLAC - NIGHT GEOFFREY slides into the driver's seat and JULIE scrambles into the backseat through the passenger door. Before she settles into the seat, he squeals into a U-turn, the passenger’s door slams shut with his spin. Small red taillights fishtail up ahead. The pursued car churns up fine snow. Geoffrey takes the cigarette from his mouth and stubs it in his ashtray. We hear the churning of the car wheels and the pinging of snow clods and salt on the car's underside. In the back seat, Julie screams. Geoffrey is not gaining on the taillights. He fights with the wheel as his car swims on the road. The red taillights ahead start to turn. With a distant crunching sound, they disappear. The headlights now show only empty road. The headlights arc, starting to turn. Geoffrey frowns and slows the car. His headlights show the car up ahead off the road, crumpled around a telephone pole, having failed to hold the turn. Geoffrey brakes. Julie slides off the back seat and thumps onto the floor. Geoffrey sweeps his gun off the front seat, throws open his door and gets out. 7.A. What is the main character’s objective in the scene? (2 points) 7. B. What is the other character’s objective in the scene? (2 points) 7.C. Write a brief (no longer than one page) character bio or character history for the main character of the scene. (5 points) 7.D. What are the major dramatic beats in this scene? Explain why you believe these are the dramatic beats. (6 points) 7.E Explain specifically and clearly how you will dramatize on the screen (audio and/or visual) each dramatic beat identified in 23.D. (5 points) 7.F. Determine and describe the visual style you would use in directing this scene. (5 points) guys im not stupid of course i did some parts but i wanna make sure that im doing the right thing!!! if u have any answers share with me

Which country is good for immigration, australia or canada? I am in networking professional (system support/ helpdesk support)since last 3 years, before that working in bank in credit department, now looking to migrate from pakistan due to uncertainity and low income and other issues. so in this regard can some one advise out of the aus and canada which one is best in context of child education, health care, secure life and job prospects. i myself prefer australia due to pleasent weather, but heard lot of issues of racism specially for asians from indian subcontinent, also heard child education and health care is free in canada, but in aus only healthcare is supported by gov, where as there are lot of rumers that to find office or white color job in canada is very difficult, the immigration process in new policy is both same (less then year) either in MODL in aus or new profession list in canada. So plz someone can advise in this regard.

Will Obama ban the Patriot Act? The following is a list of known terror plots thwarted by the U.S. government with the Patriot Act, since Sept. 11, 2001. • December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami. • May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking “dirty bomb,” convicted of conspiracy. • September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin convicted of supporting Al Qaeda. Five of six were from Lackawanna, N.Y. • May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with trying to topple the Brooklyn Bridge. • June 2003, Virginia Jihad Network: Eleven men from Alexandria, Va., trained for jihad against American soldiers, convicted of violating the Neutrality Act, conspiracy. • August 2004, Dhiren Barot: Indian-born leader of terror cell plotted bombings on financial centers (see additional images). • August 2004, James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj: Sought to plant bomb at New York’s Penn Station during the Republican National Convention. • August 2004, Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain: Plotted to assassinate a Pakistani diplomat on American soil. • June 2005, Father and son Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat: Son convicted of attending terrorist training camp in Pakistan; father convicted of customs violation. • August 2005, Kevin James, Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson and Hammad Riaz Samana: Los Angeles homegrown terrorists who plotted to attack National Guard, LAX, two synagogues and Israeli consulate. • December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up refinery in Wyoming, convicted of providing material support to terrorists. • February 2006, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Zand Wassim Mazloum: Accused of providing material support to terrorists, making bombs for use in Iraq. • April 2006, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee: Cased and videotaped the Capitol and World Bank for a terrorist organization. • June 2006, Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augstine: Accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower. • July 2006, Assem Hammoud: Accused of plotting to hit New York City train tunnels. • August 2006, Liquid Explosives Plot: Thwarted plot to explode ten airliners over the United States. • May 2007, Fort Dix Plot: Six men accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey. • June 2007, JFK Plot: Four men accused of plotting to blow up fuel arteries underneath JFK Airport in New York. • March 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Mastermind of Sept. 11 and author of numerous plots confessed in court in March 2007 to planning to destroy skyscrapers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

Doesn't this woman know that nobody gives a crap about this psychotic woman and her everchanging BS story? She cannot decide her age, where she is from, when the last time she saw her known terrorist father, what her story is about one minute talking about soldiers coddling her and in the next article stating that they were shooing at her...can't decide if she is married or not - doesn't seem to correct even the name of her own child in a read through of an article. I like this latest compilation where she states she only saw her father 3 times in a period of years when she a foreign citizen was living in Sri Lanka. Neither her mother or father were born in Sri Lanka but were Indian citizens that came to Sri Lanka to take part in a separatist and terrorist revolution. Her father was responsible for the bombing of the Central Bank in Sri Lanka and is still wanted for questioning in the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. If she cared about Tamils in Sri Lanka she would have asked her uncle Pabraharakhan to release the people of all ethnicities including Tamil that he was holding under force and duress. If she was for the Tamil people she would have asked her Aunty Adele who has for years been teaching women and children to be suicide/homicide bombers (Adele also a foreign citizen)to cease such behaviours, Her own bandmates have contradicted her very statements in interviews and so has her family. It is laughable that this woman who has never spoken for even the rights of people to not be held against their will by terrorists such as her father whose organization was repeatedly involved and then dis-involved with the LTTE with her own parents sometime members of the LTTE(at some of the most violent stretches of utter destruction and terror including suicide bombings, political assassinations, cruxifictions of villagers, the interparty killings of EROs's own leaders and a list of arms trafficking, kidnappings, drug trafficking and mercenary actions. Since MIA was pictured in the company of her "long lost" father just last year touting her solidarity with hiim the peoples of Sri Lanka take her sudden image makeover also with a grain of salt instead of the load of BS she tries to feed the public. Many of us have family that have studied in Russia, whose relations have either been born or lived in the UK, are of muli "ethnic" compositions of ALL the human components in Sri Lanka but we do not either kill people, smuggle drugs, train in terrorist camps or espouse terrorism. We also won't forget the sound bytes of MIA defending the LTTE use of human beings as human shields and cannon fodder and most certainly NEVER forget the fact that even on the last day of the conflict she did not ask for the release of innocent civilians. CHECK DRAFTS NOW BEN B CHECK DRAFTS NOW HARPER/SILVIO/HU CHECK DRAFTS NOW EMPRESS CHECK DRAFTS NOW BEN B CHECK DRAFTS NOW THERO CHECK DRAFTS NOW HU CHECK DRAFTS NOW HOLDER/KING ABDULLAH/SULTAN QABOOS CHECK DRAFTS NOW EMPRESS CHECK DRAFTS NOW BEN B

Which is the Safest driving-(keep left with right/left hand drive)-(keep right with right/left hand drive)? Scientifically which combination is ideal for SAFE DRIVING. Drive on the right-hand side of the road (and mostly the driver sits on the left side of the car). Drive on the left-hand side of the road (and mostly the driver sits on the right side of the car). The list of countries with L- Left and R-right drive. R Afghanistan R Albania R Algeria R American Samoa R Andorra R Angola L Anguilla L Antigua and Barbuda R Argentina R Armenia R Aruba L Australia R Austria R Azerbaijan L Bahamas R Bahrain L Bangladesh L Barbados R Belarus R Belgium R Belize R Benin L Bermuda L Bhutan R Bolivia R Bosnia and Herzegovina L Botswana R Brazil R British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego Garcia) L Brunei R Bulgaria R Burkina Faso R Burundi R Cambodia R Cameroon R Canada R Cape Verde L Cayman Islands R Central African Republic R Chad R Chile R China, People's Republic of (Mainland China) L Christmas Island (Australia) L Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) R Colombia R Comoros R Congo L Cook Islands R Costa Rica R Croatia R Cuba L Cyprus R Czech Republic R Denmark R Djibouti L Dominica R Dominican Republic L East Timor R Ecuador R Egypt R El Salvador R Equatorial Guinea R Eritrea R Estonia R Ethiopia L Falkland Islands R Faroe Islands (Denmark) L Fiji R Finland R France R French Guiana R French Polynesia R Gabon R Gambia, The R Gaza Strip R Georgia R Germany R Ghana R Gibraltar R Greece R Greenland L Grenada R Guadeloupe (French West Indies) R Guam R Guatemala L Guernsey (Channel Islands) R Guinea R Guinea-Bissau L Guyana R Haiti R Honduras L Hong Kong R Hungary R Iceland L India L Indonesia R Iran R Iraq L Ireland R Israel L Isle of Man R Italy R Ivory Coast L Jamaica L Japan L Jersey (Channel Islands) R Jordan R Kazakhstan L Kenya L Kiribati R Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea) R Korea, Republic of (South Korea) R Kuwait R Kyrgyzstan R Laos R Latvia R Lebanon L Lesotho R Liberia R Libya R Liechtenstein R Lithuania R Luxembourg L Macau R Macedonia R Madagascar L Malawi L Malaysia L Maldives R Mali L Malta R Marshall Islands R Martinique (French West Indies) R Mauritania L Mauritius R Mayotte (France) R Mexico R Micronesia, Federated States of R Midway Islands (USA) R Moldova R Monaco R Mongolia L Montserrat R Morocco L Mozambique R Myanmar (Burma) L Namibia L Nauru L Nepal R Netherlands R Netherlands Antilles (Curacao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, Saba) R New Caledonia L New Zealand R Nicaragua R Niger R Nigeria L Niue L Norfolk Island (Australia) R Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) R Norway R Oman L Pakistan R Palau R Panama L Papua New Guinea R Paraguay R Peru R Philippines L Pitcairn Islands (Britain) R Poland R Portugal R Puerto Rico R Qatar R Reunion R Romania R Russia R Rwanda R Saint Barth�emy (French West Indies) L Saint Helena L Saint Kitts and Nevis L Saint Lucia R Saint Martin (French West Indies) R Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) L Saint Vincent and the Grenadines R Samoa R San Marino R Sao Tome e Principe R Saudi Arabia R Senegal L Seychelles R Sierra Leone L Singapore R Slovakia R Slovenia L Solomon Islands R Somalia (a part of Somalia trying to assert independence, Somaliland, also drives on the right) L South Africa R Spain L Sri Lanka R Sudan L Suriname R Svalbard (Norway) L Swaziland R Sweden R Switzerland R Syria R Taiwan R Tajikistan L Tanzania L Thailand R Togo L Tokelau (New Zealand) L Tonga L Trinidad and Tobago R Tunisia R Turkey R Turkmenistan L Turks and Caicos Islands L Tuvalu L Uganda R Ukraine R United Arab Emirates L United Kingdom R United States R Uruguay R Uzbekistan R Vanuatu R Venezuela R Vietnam L Virgin Islands (British) L Virgin Islands (US) R Wake Island (USA) R Wallis and Futuna Islands [Fr.] R West Bank R Western Sahara (ex Spanish Sahara) R Yemen R Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) R Zaire L Zambia L Zimbabwe

Do u know these things?? Wish u all HAPPY INDENDANCE DAY.? ·The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at more than 6,000, is second only to NYSE. ·Four out of 10 Silicon Valley startups are run by Indians. ·With 800 movies per year , India's film industry overshadows Hollywood. ·The organized lottery market in India is US$7bn (2% of GDP) ·India consumes a fifth of the world's gold output. ·Indians account for 45% of H1-B visas issued by the US every year ·Growing at 6%, in 25 years Indian GDP(on a PPP basis) will be at the same level the US is at today ·Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years. ·Bank deposits in India roughly equal 50% of its GDP C again, among the highest in the world. ·Indian Railways is the largest railway network in the world under single management ·India has the third largest army in the world, nearly 1.5 million strong. ·India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world, accounting for more than 30% of global production and 25% of consumption. ·India is the world's premier center for diamond cutting and polishing. Nine out of every 10 stones sold in the world pass through India. ·India has the highest number of annual bulk drugs filings (77) with USFDA. ·India is home to the largest number of pharmaceutical plants (61) approved by USFDA outside the US. ·India's Hero Honda is the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer, with 2002 production of 1.7m units. ·Other than US and Japan, India is the only country to have built a super computer indigenously. ·Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, with a staff of 1.6 million people. ·India is the second largest cement producing country in the world, producing more than 110 m tones. ·Of the fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software-related work to India . ·There are 8,500 Indian restaurants in the U.K.15% of the country's total dining-out establishments. ·India is the largest democracy in the world, with nearly 400m voting in the last national elections. ·India has the second-largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world. ·India has the third largest investor base in the world ·According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds. ·The Kumbh Mela festival, held every 21 years in the city of Allahabad, attracts 25 million people CE more than the population of 185 of the 227 countries in the world. ·The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Banaras , is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world today. ·There are 3.22 million Indians in the US. ·Indians are the richest immigrant class in the US, with nearly 200,000 millionaires. ·India is ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of satellite launches. ·There are over 70,000 bank branches in India - among the highest in the world. uffs...sorry..I mean to say INDEPENDANCE. uffs...sorry..I mean to say INDEPENDENCE.

Did I just lost my 5 points to post it?!? 21 Economic Models Explained SOCIALISM You have 2 cows.You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows.The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows.The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows.The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows.The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away. TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows.You sell one and buy a bull.Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.You sell them and retire on the income. SURREALISM You have two giraffes.The government requires you to take harmonica lessons. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows.You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows.You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank,then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States , leaving you with nine cows.No balance sheet provided with the release.The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows.You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows.You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow andproduce twenty times the milk.You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows.You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows.You count them and learn you have five cows.You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.You count them again and learn you have 2 cows.You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you.You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows.You have 300 people milking them.You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity.You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows.You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows.Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows.You tell them that you have none.No-one believes you, so they bomb the crap out of you and invade your country.You still have no cows, but at least you are now a Democracy. AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows.Business seems pretty good.You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows.The one on the left looks very attractive. ? ???

y does the govt not catch tax evaders who withdraw black money using their atm debit card of non-india banks? Why does the govt. not catch tax evaders who withdraw black money using their atm debit cards of non-indian banks? i mean, the atm stores card numbers, and the govt can monitor all atm transactions over the year and make a list of all card numbers(especially those belonging to non-indian banks) who withdrew a total of say 20 lakhs or more over the year...because those cards likely belong to the richest of the richest, who could possibly be withdrawing black money stored in hidden a/cs... does the govt do this? why not?

understanding economics in the present global crisis? Understanding the various Economic Models comes in handy in our Present Global Economic Crisis. 21 Economic Models explained with Cows - 2008 update SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away... TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government re quires you to take harmonica lessons AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CO RPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy.... AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left ! looks ve ry attractive. A SOUTH AFRICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are stolen. ----------------------------------------------------- star if u like it.

Which of these economic models is the best? SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away... TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead. ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the sh#t out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy... AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive..

Have you heard of global cowconomics? Cowconomics: A little fun, with a little bit too much truth. What model are we? SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. The State leaves you one cow and gives one to your cowless neighbor. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away… TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States , leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called ‘Cowkimon’ and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy… AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive. Happy Independence day fellow Americans!

What do you think of these definitions of political idealism's? SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRAT ISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away... TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead. WALL ST VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States , leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy... AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive..........

Best countries to invesi in the World? China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Turkey's economies are the most powerful engines to drive the global economy to stability said Sahit Muja the President & CEO of Albanian Minerals in New York. Mr Sahit Muja said "China, India, Indonesia and Brazil were able to keep growing throughout 2008 and 2009. China´s economic growth is estimated to record 10 - 11% percent annually on an average between 2010-2015" "The Indian economy is poised to grow by double digits annually from 2011-2015. Brazil's central bank this week upped its growth forecast for 2010 to 7.3 percent. Indonesia' economy is expected to grow 6.5 % this year. Gross domestic product in Turkey increased an annual 11.7 percent, compared with 6 percent in the previous three months. Turkey have second fastest growing economy in the world in 2010". Mr Sahit Muja said "China´s 1.32 billion population is a huge market for international and domestic demand for food, energy, oil, natural gas and metals. China have a strong driving demand for housing to meet the needs of 100 million people. Real estate demand in China will continue to grow because of migration of rural population to urban this will continue to drive housing demand, rather than a growing population as in countries like India, Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey and large parts of the Middle East. India's population in 2010 is around 1.15 billion people. Currently, India is second largest country in the world after China in terms of population. Population of India at the time of Independence was only 350 million. Indonesia's population is 235 million and growing. Brazil's population is 193 million and Turkey's population is 73 million one of fastest growing in the world". Mr Sahit Muja said "Booming economy in China, India, Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey will help economies in The US, EU, Canada, Australia, Africa, Russia, Middle East and Latin America. From 2010 to 2015 more than 500 million new families will need new housing in the world. The 250 million new homes needed in China, India, Indonesia and Brazil. Growing economy and population will drive the demand for new roads, railways, airports, hospitals, schools. banks, infrastructure, water projects, energy projects, courts and legal system, new factories, houses, buildings, oil and natural gas refineries, power plants, wind energy turbines, solar power, cars, trucks, airplanes, ships , machinery and much more". Mr Sahit Muja said "Growing demand for everything will create opportunity for new jobs in all sectors of economy. Agriculture sector in US and Latin America will grow as demand for food will rise. Financial, telecommunication and new technology's sectors will continue to grow and improve driven by strong demand and competition. The emerging global economy needs more energy, oil, natural gas, metals. cement, rubber, iron, glas, steel, copper, silver,nickel, gold, aluminum, chrome ore, wood, agricultural products, urea, phosphate and other materials". Mr Sahit Muja said "China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, Albania and Kosovo will be on my top list to have Albanian Minerals & Bytyci SHPK are joint ventures and sister companies to trade and invest in the world's powerful emerging economies. I have been working with partners in China, India, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia and Albania the to move and capture the tremendous opportunity in the metal markets. It will be perfect for any investor to invest in major industries in China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey in real estate, energy sector, food industry, tourism, IT, automobiles, cement, chemicals, consumer electronics, food processing, machinery, mining, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, steel, transportation equipment, and textiles. Textiles, jewelry, engineering goods and software , insurance sector, banking, stock markets. energy projects". Mr Sahit Muja said "Many attractions to invest in China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, Albania and Kosovo have been well-chronicled, but they can´t be emphasized enough. The US have a huge advantage in the global marketplace. The US Government and hard working American people need to move fast to capture the tremendous opportunity in global emerging markets. Now the game rules have change in world's markets. Is not true anymore, the big fish eat the small fish. Now in new world the fast fish will emerge as a winner in the top league of the world's emerging economies".

Spiritually Speaking, which Economic Model would Jesus approve of? Economic Models explained with Cows SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away... TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead. ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States , leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy.... AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left looks kinda cute. :) You guys are Hilarious! Hugs to everybody!!!

Is this true? Filed under the wring topic earlier? Your Open QuestionShow me another » Is this a true reflection of the cultures referred to? 21 Economic Models explained with Cows - 2008 update SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away... TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead. ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of Democracy.... AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left looks VERY attractive.

Can you help me with some / any of these economic Indices / Statistics please ? Not All, Any will do? I would like economic statistics of the indices given below in a tabular form so that I can make charts on them. What I want is links to daily weekly monthly or quarterly data ( absolute numbers, or percentages or increase decrease over earlier periods ) from 2003 ( or even a lesser period ) Even if there is no historical data available I would like some links from where I can get these numbers starting now. First point – I am Indian, so I am interested in data of India and USA, next all important world indices like Japan, Europe, China, S Korea. Another point – the indices are listed randomly, in no particular order, ignore any indice that does not make sense, – I may have made a mistake ISM non manufacturing index Purchase managers Index Durable Goods orders ( this is a proxy for business inventory ) IMS Manufacturing data Producer Prices Retail sales Factory Orders US Factory activity Factory and home sales sales of new homes sales of existing homes Nationwide House Prices Supply Demand Gap Japanese Industrial production Total Vehicle Sales Consumer confidence index Current situation index Futures expectation component index Employment confidence index Consumer spending index Euro Zone Economic sentiment Supply manufacturing factory index …. unemployment rate non farm payroll citizen unemployment US workers cut Eurozone unemployment Initial Jobless Claims US Continuing Claims US Challenger Job Cuts WORLD INDICES nasdaq dow nikkei hangseng shanghai msci world index msci india index msci em index msci ac pacafic index Nomura's Composite leading index Growth and GDP Wholesale Price Index Consumer Price Index Inflation figure - consolidated Inflation figure - food fy09 provisional average inflation new car sales industrial production Index of Industrial Production - Consolidated Index of Industrial Production - Mining Index of Industrial Production - manufacturing Index of Industrial Production - electricity 10 year bond yield 10 years gilt 10 year g sec yield 1 year g sec yield 91 day Treasury Bills Libor - us uk eur Mibor Fiscal stimulus ( % of GDP ) Credit Supply Federal Funds Rate Money Supply MS1 MS2 MS3 Government Purchases RBI / FED Policy Rate BANK RATE REPO Reverse Repo CRR SLR Agricultural Credit ECB Interest Rates Corporate Earnings growth Construction spending MBA Mortgage Applications EPFR ( this tracks funds flows ) Indicator of NPL Net Performing Assets ( NPA ) Sub BPLR loan Bank purchasing manufacturers index ( the above is a key barometer from 500 cos) US Fed Rate ECB rate Consumer credit India specific (& USA / International where applicable ) Swap Rates Dollar and Other Currencies fiscal deficit imports & exports - % & absolute & yoy oil & non oil import bill net outflow, inflow Overall / quarter balance of payment Defecit Fiscal BOP defecit Current A/c defecit Merchandise trade def Trade def numbers Capital account defecit total reserves Foreign current assets Gold SDR Reserves in IMF External debt FII, DII inflows Mutual Funds

Is there a deptt which can track all foreign money poured in for the donation to political parties ? I know money will come in the acct of Modi, Jaya , Mamta , BJP ,Congress or such others . But is it impossible to trace the money link through bank or HAWALA for the ultimate recipients . We know india so called respected business Houses dole out donation to almost all outfits graded to their importance (or degree of impotency ).Is it impossible to get the list made public. We are accustomed to accuse politicians , what about honesty meter for the BAJAJ, MOHINDRA, GODREJ , TATA , BIRLA , AMBANIES, and their SOUTH SILENT COUNTERPARTS . We the folish indians must know who is who . And how money will get transfer to the defectors , fence sitters and rebels in the post poll scenario. Where is the FOURTH RATED MEDIA ? Are they busy still with those RAM LALLA kahani. You do not have to either HATE BJP or love Muslim ' to quench your thirst to make you aware what's happening around you.

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The worst list? I want all fellow indians to list down the worst in the following category: Bank Mobile Instrument Cellular operator Mutual Fund Govt department

If the World was so Safe before Bush took Office,How do you Explain this List??????? American Victims of Mideast Terrorist Attacks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is a listing of incidents in which Americans are known to have been killed by Middle East-based terrorists. The list will be updated as more information becomes available. The exact number of American casualties is difficult to calculate because of incomplete news reports regarding numbers and nationalities of those injured. The toll from the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center is also uncertain, but current figures place the number of dead above 3,000. The number of dead at the Pentagon and on the hijacked airliners numbered approximately 385. Since Yasser Arafat "renounced" violence in the Oslo Peace Accords on September 13, 1993, at least 53 Americans have been murdered and at least another 83 Americans have been injured by Palestinian terrorism. Excluding the September 11 attacks, approximately 700 Americans have been killed and 1,600 wounded in terrorist attacks since 1970. This list also includes injured Americans since Oslo 1993. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 23, 1970, Halhoul, West Bank. Palestinian Liberation Organization terrorists open fire on a busload of pilgrims killing Barbara Ertle of Michigan and wounding two other Americans. March 28-29, 1970, Beirut, Lebanon. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) fired seven rockets at the U.S. Embassy, the American Insurance Company, Bank of America and the John F. Kennedy library. September 14, 1970, En route to Amman, Jordan. The PFLP hijacked a TWA flight from Zurich, Switzerland and forced it to land in Amman. Four American citizens were injured. May 30, 1972, Ben Gurion Airport, Israel. Three members of the Japanese Red Army, acting on the PFLP's bbehalf, carried out a machine-gun and grenade attack at Israel's main airport, killing 26 and wounding 78 people. Many of the casualties were American citizens, mostly from Puerto Rico. September 5, 1972, Munich, Germany. During the Olympic Games in Munich, Black September, a front for Fatah, took hostage 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team. Nine athletes were killed including weightlifter David Berger, an American-Israeli from Cleveland, Ohio. March 2, 1973, Khartoum, Sudan. Cleo A. Noel, Jr., U.S. ambassador to Sudan, and George C. Moore, also a U.S. diplomat, were held hostage and then killed by terrorists at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. It seems likely that Fatah was responsible for the attack. September 8, 1974, Athens, Greece. TWA Flight 841, flying from Tel Aviv to New York, made a scheduled stop in Athens. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the Ionian Sea and all 88 passengers were killed, including 32-year-old Steven R. Lowe, husband Jeremiah Michel and wife, Kathrine Hadley Michel of Poughkeepsie, NY, Frederick and Margaret Hare of Bernardsville, NJ, Ralph H. Bosh of Madison, CT, Seldon and Etan Bard of Tuckahoe, NY, Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Stohlman of Newton, MA, Don H. Holiday of Mahwah, NJ, and Jon L. Chesire of Old Lyme, Ct; all of which were Almerican citizens. An investigation of the crash conclusively established that it was caused by explosives set in the rear cargo department of the plane. June 29, 1975, Beirut, Lebanon. The PFLP kidnapped the U.S. military attaché to Lebanon, Ernest Morgan, and demanded food, clothing and building materials for indigent residents living near Beirut harbor. The American diplomat was released after an anonymous benefactor provided food to the neighborhood. November 14, 1975, Jerusalem, Israel. Lola Nunberg, 53, of New York, was injured during a bombing attack in downtown Jerusalem. Fatah claimed responsibility for the bombing, which killed six people and wounded 38. November 21, 1975, Ramat Hamagshimim, Israel. Michael Nadler, an American-Israeli from Miami Beach, Florida, was killed when axe-wielding terrorists from the Democrat Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a PLO faction, attacked students in the Golan Heights. August 11, 1976, Istanbul, Turkey. The PFLP launched an attack on the terminal of Israel's major airline, El Al, at the Istanbul airport. Four civilians, including Harold Rosenthal of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were killed and 20 injured. January 1, 1977, Beirut, Lebanon. Frances E. Meloy, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, and Robert O.Waring, the U.S. economic counselor, were kidnapped by PFLP members as they crossed a militia checkpoint separating the Christian from the Muslim parts of Beirut. They were later shot to death. March 11, 1978, Tel Aviv, Israel. Gail Rubin, niece of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff, was among 38 people shot to death by PLO terrorists on an Israeli beach. June 2, 1978, Jerusalem, Israel. Richard Fishman, a medical student from Maryland, was among six killed in a PLO bus bombing in Jerusalem. Chava Sprecher, another American citizen from Seattle, Washington, was injured. May 4, 1979, Tiberias, Israel. Haim Mark and his wife, Haya, of New Haven, Connecticut were injured in a PLO bombing attack in northern Israel. November 4, 1979, Teheran, Iran. After President Carter agreed to admit the Shah of Iran into the U.S., Iranian radicals seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took 66 American diplomats hostage. Thirteen hostages were soon freed, but the remaining 53 were held until their release on January 20, 1981. May 2, 1980, Hebron, West Bank. Eli Haze'ev, an American-Israeli from Alexandria, Virginia, was killed in a PLO attack on Jewish worshippers walking home from a synagogue in Hebron. July 19, 1982, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah members kidnapped David Dodge, acting president of the American University in Beirut. After a year in captivity, Dodge was released. Rifat Assad, head of Syrian Intelligence, helped in the negotiation with the terrorists. August 19, 1982, Paris, France. Two American citizens, Anne Van Zanten and Grace Cutler, were killed when the PLO bombed a Jewish restaurant in Paris. March 16, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. Five American Marines were wounded in a hand grenade attack while on patrol north of Beirut International Airport. The Islamic Jihad and Al-Amal, a Shi'ite militia, claimed responsibility for the attack. April 18, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. A truck-bomb detonated by a remote control exploded in front of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 employees, including the CIA's Middle East director, and wounding 120. Hizballah, with financial backing from Iran, was responsible for the attack. July 1, 1983, Hebron, Israel. Aharon Gross, 19, an American-Israeli from New York, was stabbed to death by PLO terrorists in the Hebron marketplace. September 29, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. Two American marines were kidnapped by Amal members. They were released after intervention by a Lebanese army officer. October 23, 1983, Beirut, Lebanon. A truck loaded with a bomb crashed into the lobby of the U.S. Marines headquarters in Beirut, killing 241 soldiers and wounding 81. The attack was carried out by Hizballah with the help of Syrian intelligence and financed by Iran. December 19, 1983, Jerusalem, Israel. Serena Sussman, a 60-year-old tourist from Anderson, South Carolina, died from injuries from the PLO bombing of a bus in Jerusalem 13 days earlier. January 18, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Malcolm Kerr, a Lebanese born American who was president of the American University of Beirut, was killed by two gunmen outside his office. Hizballah said the assassination was part of the organization's plan to "drive all Americans out from Lebanon." March 7, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah members kidnapped Jeremy Levin, Beirut bureau chief of Cable News Network (CNN). Levin managed to escape and reach Syrian army barracks. He was later transferred to American hands. March 8, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Three Hizballah members kidnapped Reverend Benjamin T. Weir, while he was walking with his wife in Beirut's Manara neighborhood. Weir was released after 16 months of captivity with Syrian and Iranian assistance. March 16, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped William Buckley, a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Buckley was supposed to be exchanged for prisoners. However when the transaction failed to take place, he was reportedly transported to Iran. Although his body was never found, the U.S. administration declared the American diplomat dead. April 12, 1984, Torrejon, Spain. Hizballah bombed a restaurant near an U.S. Air Force base in Torrejon, Spain, wounding 83 people. September 20, 1984, Beirut, Lebanon. A suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy in East Beirut killed 23 people and injured 21. The American and British ambassadors were slightly injured in the attack, attributed to the Iranian backed Hizballah group. September 20, 1984, Aukar, Lebanon. Islamic Jihad detonate a van full of explosives 30 feet in front of the U.S. Embassy annex severely damaging the building, killing two U.S. servicemen and seven Lebanese employees, as well as 5 to 15 non-employees. Twenty Americans were injured, including U.S. Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew and visiting British Ambassador David Miers. An estimated 40 to 50 Lebanese were hurt. The attack came in response to the U.S. veto September 6 of a U.N. Security Council resolution. December 4, 1984, Tehran, Iran. Hizballah terrorists hijacked a Kuwait Airlines plane en route from Dubai, United Emirates, to Karachi, Pakistan. They demanded the release from Kuwaiti jails of members of Da'Wa, a group of Shiite extremists serving sentences for attacks on French and American targets on Kuwaiti territory. The terrorists forced the pilot to fly to Tehran where the terrorists murdered two passengers--American Agency for International Development employees, Charles Hegna and William Stanford. Although an Iranian special unit ended the incident by storming the plane and arresting the terrorists, the Iranian government might also have been involved in the hijacking. June 14, 1985, Between Athens and Rome. Two Hizballah members hijacked a TWA flight en route to Rome from Athens and forced the pilot to fly to Beirut. The terrorists, believed to belong to Hizballah, asked for the release of members of the group Kuwait 17 and 700 Shi'ite prisoners held in Israeli and South Lebanese prisons. The eight crewmembers and 145 passengers were held for 17 days during which one of the hostages, Robert Stethem, a U.S. Navy diver, was murdered. After being flown twice to Algiers, the aircraft returned to Beirut and the hostages were released. Later on, four Hizballah members were secretly indicted. One of them, the Hizballah senior officer Imad Mughniyah, was indicted in absentia. October 7, 1985, Between Alexandria, Egypt and Haifa, Israel. A four-member PFLP squad took over the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, as it was sailing from Alexandria, Egypt, to Israel. The squad murdered a disabled U.S. citizen, Leon Klinghoffer, by throwing him in the ocean. The rest of the passengers were held hostage for two days and later released after the terrorists turned themselves in to Egyptian authorities in return for safe passage. But U.S. Navy fighters intercepted the Egyptian aircraft flying the terrorists to Tunis and forced it to land at the NATO airbase in Italy, where the terrorists were arrested. Two of the terrorists were tried in Italy and sentenced to prison. The Italian authorities however let the two others escape on diplomatic passports. Abu Abbas, who masterminded the hijacking, was later convicted to life imprisonment in absentia. December 27, 1985, Rome, Italy. Four terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization attacked El Al offices at the Leonardo di Vinci Airport in Rome. Thirteen people, including five Americans, were killed and 74 wounded, among them two Americans. The terrorists had come from Damascus and were supported by the Syrian regime. March 30, 1986, Athens, Greece. A bomb exploded on a TWA flight from Rome as it approached Athens airport. The attack killed four U.S. citizens who were sucked through a hole made by the blast, although the plane safely landed. The bombing was attributed to the Fatah Special Operations Group's intelligence and security apparatus, headed by Abdullah Abd al-Hamid Labib, alias Colonel Hawari. April 5, 1986, West Berlin, Germany. An explosion at the "La Belle" nightclub in Berlin, frequented by American soldiers, killed three--2 U.S. soldiers and a Turkish woman-and wounded 191 including 41 U.S. soldiers. Given evidence of Libyan involvement, the U.S. Air Force made a retaliatory attack against Libyan targets on April 17. Libya refused to hand over to Germany five suspects believed to be there. Others, however, were tried including Yassir Shraidi and Musbah Eter, arrested in Rome in August 1997 and extradited; and also Ali Chanaa, his wife, Verena Chanaa, and her sister, Andrea Haeusler. Shraidi, accused of masterminding the attack, was sentenced to 14 years in jail. The Libyan diplomat Musbah Eter and Ali Chanaa were both sentenced to 12 years in jail. Verena Chanaa was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Andrea Haeusler was acquitted. September 5, 1986, Karachi, Pakistan. Abu Nidal members hijacked a Pan Am flight leaving Karachi, Pakistan bound for Frankfurt, Germany and New York with 379 passengers, including 89 Americans. The terrorists forced the plane to land in Larnaca, Cyprus, where they demanded the release of two Palestinians and a Briton jailed for the murder of three Israelis there in 1985. The terrorists killed 22 of the passengers, including two American citizens and wounded many others. They were caught and indicted by a Washington grand jury in 1991. September 9, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Continuing its anti-American attacks, Hizballah kidnapped Frank Reed, director of the American University in Beirut, whom they accused of being "a CIA agent." He was released 44 months later. September 12, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped Joseph Cicippio, the acting comptroller at the American University in Beirut. Cicippio was released five years later on December 1991. October 15, 1986, Jerusalem, Israel. Gali Klein, an American citizen, was killed in a grenade attack by Fatah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. October 21, 1986, Beirut, Lebanon. Hizballah kidnapped Edward A. Tracy, an American citizen in Beirut. He was released five years later, on August 1991. February 17, 1988, Ras-Al-Ein Tyre, Lebanon. Col. William Higgins, the American chief of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization, was abducted by Hizballah while driving from Tyre to Nakura. The hostages demanded the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon and the release of all Palestinian and Lebanese held prisoners in Israel. The U.S. government refused to answer the request. Hizballah later claimed they killed Higgins. December 21, 1988, Lockerbie, Scotland. Pan Am Flight 103 departing from Frankfurt to New York was blown up in midair, killing all 259 passengers and another 11 people on the ground in Scotland. Two Libyan agents were found responsible for planting a sophisticated suitcase bomb onboard the plane. On 14 November 1991, arrest warrants were issued for Al-Amin Khalifa Fahima and Abdel Baset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi. After Libya refused to extradite the suspects to stand trial, the United Nations leveled sanctions against the country in April 1992, including the freezing of Libyan assets abroad. In 1999, Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi agreed to hand over the two suspects, but only if their trial was held in a neutral country and presided over by a Scottish judge. With the help of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah, Al-Megrahi and Fahima were finally extradited and tried in Camp Zeist in the Netherlands. Megrahi was found guilty and jailed for life, while Fahima was acquitted due to a "lack of evidence" of his involvement. After the extradition, UN sanctions against Libya were automatically lifted. January 27, 1989, Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Three simultaneous bombings were carried out against U.S. business targets--the Turkish American Businessmen Association and the Economic Development Foundation in Istanbul, and the Metal Employees Union in Ankara. The Dev Sol (Revolutionary Left) was held responsible for the attacks. March 6, 1989, Cairo, Egypt. Two explosive devices were safely removed from the grounds of the American and British Cultural centers in Cairo. Three organizations were believed to be responsible for the attack: The January 15 organization, which had sent a letter bomb to the Israeli ambassador to London in January; the Egyptian Revolutionary Organization that from out 1984-1986 carried out attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets; and the Nasserite Organization, which had attacked British and American targets in 1988. June 12, 1989, Bosphorus Straits, Turkey. A bomb exploded aboard an unoccupied boat used by U.S. consular staff. The explosion caused extensive damage but no casualties. An organization previously unknown, the Warriors of the June 16th Movement, claimed responsibility for the attack. October 11, 1989, Izmir, Turkey. An explosive charge went off outside a U.S. military PX. Dev Sol was held responsible for the attack. February 7, 1991, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Dev Sol members shot and killed a U.S. civilian contractor as he was getting into his car at the Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Turkey. February 28, 1991, Izmir, Turkey. Two Dev Sol gunmen shot and wounded a U.S. Air Force officer as he entered his residence in Izmir. March 28, 1991, Jubial, Saudi Arabia. Three U.S. marines were shot at and injured by an unknown terrorist while driving near Camp Three, Jubial. No organization claimed responsibility for the attack. October 28, 1991, Ankara, Turkey. Victor Marwick, an American soldier serving at the Turkish-American base, Tuslog, was killed and his wife wounded in a car bomb attack. The Turkish Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. October 28, 1991, Istanbul, Turkey. Two car bombings killed a U.S. Air Force sergeant and severely wounded an Egyptian diplomat in Istanbul. Turkish Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. November 8, 1991, Beirut, Lebanon. A 100-kg car bomb destroyed the administration building of the American University in Beirut, killing one person and wounding at least a dozen. October 12, 1992, Umm Qasr, Iraq. A U.S. soldier serving with the United Nations was stabbed and wounded near the port of Umm Qasr. No organization claimed responsibility for the attack. January 25, 1993, Virginia, United States. A Pakistani gunman opened fire on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees standing outside of the building. Two agents, Frank Darling and Bennett Lansing, were killed and three others wounded. The assailant was never caught and reportedly fled to Pakistan. February 26, 1993, Cairo, Egypt. A bomb exploded inside a café in downtown Cairo killing three. Among the 18 wounded were two U.S. citizens. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. February 26, 1993, New York, United States. A massive van bomb exploded in an underground parking garage below the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six and wounding 1,042. Four Islamist activists were responsible for the attack. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the operation's alleged mastermind, escaped but was later arrested in Pakistan and extradited to the United States. Abd al-Hakim Murad, another suspected conspirator, was arrested by local authorities in the Philippines and handed over to the United States. The two, along with two other terrorists, were tried in the U.S. and sentenced to 240 years. April 14, 1993, Kuwait. The Iraqi intelligence service attempted to assassinate former U.S. President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait. In retaliation, the U.S. launched a cruise missile attack two months later on the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. July 5, 1993, Southeast Turkey. In eight separate incidents, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) kidnapped a total of 19 Western tourists traveling in southeastern Turkey. The hostages, including U.S. citizen Colin Patrick Starger, were released unharmed after spending several weeks in captivity. December 1, 1993, north of Jerusalem, West Bank. Yitzhak Weinstock, 19, whose family came from Los Angeles, CA, was killed in a drive-by shooting. Hamas took responsibility for the attack Sometime in 1994: near Atzmona, Gaza. U.S. citizen Mrs. Sheila Deutsch of Brooklyn, NY injured in a shooting attack. October 9, 1994. Nachshon Wachsman, 19, whose family came from New York, was kidnapped and then murdered by Hamas. October 9, 1994: Jerusalem, Israel. Shooting attack on cafe-goers in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens Scot Doberstein and Eric Goldberg were injured. March 8, 1995, Karachi, Pakistan. Two unidentified gunmen armed with AK-47 assault rifles opened fire on a U.S. Consulate van in Karachi, killing two U.S. diplomats, Jacqueline Keys Van Landingham and Gary C. Durell, and wounding a third, Mark McCloy. April 9, 1995, Kfar Darom and Netzarim, Gaza Strip. Two suicide attacks were carried out within a few hours of each other in Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. In the first attack a suicide bomber crashed an explosive-rigged van into an Israeli bus in Netzarim, killing eight including U.S. citizen Alisa Flatow, 20, of West Orange, NJ. More than 30 others were injured. In the second attack, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in the midst of a convoy of cars in Kfar Darom, injuring 12. The Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Shaqaqi Faction claimed responsibility for the attacks. U.S. citizens Chava Levine and Seth Klein were injured. June 15, 1995: Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. citizen Howard Tavens of Cleveland, OH was injured in a stabbing attack. July 4, 1995, Kashmir, India. In Kashmir, a previously unknown militant group, Al-Faran, with suspected links to a Kashmiri separatist group in Pakistan, took hostage six tourists, including two U.S. citizens. They demanded the release of Muslim militants held in Indian prisons. One of the U.S. citizens escaped on July 8, while on August 13 the decapitated body of the Norwegian hostage was found along with a note stating that the other hostages also would be killed if the group's demands were not met. The Indian Government refused. Both Indian and American authorities believe the rest of the hostages were most likely killed in 1996 by their jailers. August 1995, Istanbul, Turkey. A bombing of Istanbul's popular Taksim Square injured two U.S. citizens. This attack was part of a three-year-old attempt by the PKK to drive foreign tourists away from Turkey by striking at tourist sites. August 21, 1995, Jerusalem, Israel. A bus bombing in Jerusalem by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) killed four, including American Joan Davenny of New Haven, CT, and wounded more than 100. U.S. citizens injured: Chanoch Bleier, Judith Shulewitz, Bernard Batta. September 9, 1995. Ma'ale Michmash. American killed: Unborn child of Mrs. Mara Frey of Chicago. Mara Frey was injured. November 9, 1995, Algiers, Algeria. Islamic extremists set fire to a warehouse belonging to the U.S. Embassy, threatened the Algerian security guard because he was working for the United States, and demanded to know whether any U.S. citizens were present. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) probably carried out the attacks. The group had threatened to strike other foreign targets and especially U.S. objectives in Algeria, and the attack's style was similar to past GIA operations against foreign facilities. November 13, 1995, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A car bomb exploded in the parking lot outside of the Riyadh headquarters of the Office of the Program Manager/Saudi Arabian National Guard, killing seven persons, five of them U.S. citizens, and wounding 42. The blast severely damaged the three-story building, which houses a U.S. military advisory group, and several neighboring office buildings. Three groups -- the Islamic Movement for Change, the Tigers of the Gulf, and the Combatant Partisans of God -- claimed responsibility for the attack. February 25, 1996, Jerusalem, Israel. A suicide bomber blew up a commuter bus in Jerusalem, killing 26, including three U.S. citizens, and injuring 80 others, among them three other U.S. citizens. Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing. U. S. citizens killed: Sara Duker, of Teaneck, NJ, Matthew Eisenfeld of West Hartford, CT, Ira Weinstein of Bronx, NY. U.S. citizens injured: Beatrice Kramer, Steven Lapides, and Leah Stein Mousa. March 4, 1996, Tel Aviv, Israel. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside the Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv's largest shopping mall, killing 20 persons and injuring 75 others, including two U.S. citizens. Both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bombing. U.S. citizens injured included Julie K. Negrin of Seattle, WA. May 13, 1996, Beit-El, West Bank. Arab gunmen opened fire on a hitchhiking stand near Beit El, wounding three Israelis and killing David Boim, 17, an American-Israeli from New York. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, although either the Islamic Jihad or Hamas are suspected. U.S. citizens injured: Moshe Greenbaum, 17. June 9, 1996, outside Zekharya. Yaron Ungar, an American-Israeli, and his Israeli wife were killed in a drive-by shooting near their West Bank home. The PFLP is suspected. June 25, 1996, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A fuel truck carrying a bomb exploded outside the U.S. military's Khobar Towers housing facility in Dhahran, killing 19 U.S. military personnel and wounding 515 persons, including 240 U.S. personnel. Several groups claimed responsibility for the attack. In June 2001, a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, identified Saudi Hizballah as the party responsible for the attack. The court indicated that the members of the organization, banned from Saudi Arabia, "frequently met and were trained in Lebanon, Syria, or Iran" with Libyan help. August 17, 1996, Mapourdit, Sudan. Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) rebels kidnapped six missionaries in Mapourdit, including a U.S citizen. The SPLA released the hostages on August 28. November 1, 1996, Sudan. A breakaway group of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) kidnapped three workers of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), including one U.S citizen. The rebels released the hostages on December 9 in exchange for ICRC supplies and a health survey of their camp. December 3, 1996, Paris, France. A bomb exploded aboard a Paris subway train, killing four and injuring 86 persons, including a U.S. citizen. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but Algerian extremists are suspected. January 2, 1997, Major cities worldwide, United States. A series of letter bombs with Alexandria, Egypt postmarks were discovered at Al-Hayat newspaper bureaus in Washington, DC, New York, London, and Riyadh. Three similar devices, also postmarked in Egypt, were found at a prison facility in Leavenworth, Kansas. Bomb disposal experts defused all the devices, but one detonated at the Al-Hayat newspaper office in London, injuring two security guards and causing minor damage. February 23, 1997, New York, United States. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State building in New York, killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claimed this was a punishment attack against the "enemies of Palestine." July 30, 1997, Jerusalem, Israel. Two bombs detonated in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, killing 15 persons, including a U.S. citizen and wounding 168 others, among them two U.S. citizens. The Izz-el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. citizens killed: Mrs. Leah Stern of Passaic, NJ. U.S. citizens injured: Dov Dalin. September 4, 1997: Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Yael Botwin, 14, of Los Angeles and Jerusalem. U.S. citizens injured: Diana Campuzano of New York, Abraham Mendelson of Los Angeles, CA, Greg Salzman of New Jersey, Stuart E. Hersh of Kiryat Arba, Israel, Michael Alzer, Abraham Elias, David Keinan, Daniel Miller of Boca Raton, FL, Noam Rozenman of Jerusalem, Jenny (Yocheved) Rubin of Los Angeles, CA. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. October 30, 1997, Sanaa, Yemen. Al-Sha'if tribesmen kidnapped a U.S. businessman near Sanaa. The tribesmen sought the release of two fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several public works projects they claim the government promised them. The hostage was released on November 27. November 12, 1997, Karachi, Pakistan. Two unidentified gunmen shot to death four U.S. auditors from Union Texas Petroleum and their Pakistani driver as they drove away from the Sheraton Hotel in Karachi. Two groups claimed responsibility -- the Islamic Inqilabi Council, or Islamic Revolutionary Council and the Aimal Secret Committee, also known as the Aimal Khufia Action Committee. November 25, 1997, Aden, Yemen. Yemenite tribesmen kidnapped a U.S citizen, two Italians, and two unspecified Westerners near Aden to protest the eviction of a tribe member from his home. The kidnappers released the five hostages on November 27. February 6, 1998, Jerusalem, Israel. Stabbing in Jerusalem. U.S. Citizen Yosef Lepon, 17 injured. April 19, 1998, Maon, Israel. Dov Driben, a 28-year-old American-Israeli farmer was killed by terrorists near the West Bank town of Maon. One of his assailants, Issa Debavseh, a member of Fatah Tanzim, was killed on November 7, 2001, by the IDF after being on their wanted list for the murder. June 21, 1998, Beirut, Lebanon. Two hand-grenades were thrown at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. No casualties were reported. June 21, 1998, Beirut, Lebanon. Three rocket-propelled grenades attached to a crude detonator exploded near the U.S. Embassy compound in Beirut, causing no casualties and little damage. August 7, 1998, Nairobi, Kenya. A car bomb exploded at the rear entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. The attack killed a total of 292, including 12 U.S. citizens, and injured over 5,000, among them six Americans. The perpetrators belonged to al-Qaida, Usama bin Ladin's network. August 7, 1998, Dar es Sala'am, Tanzania. A car bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Sala'am, killing 11 and injuring 86. Osama bin Laden's organization al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the attack. Two suspects were arrested. November 21, 1998, Teheran, Iran. Members of Fedayeen Islam, shouting anti-American slogans and wielding stones and iron rods, attacked a group of American tourists in Tehran. Some of the tourists suffered minor injuries from flying glass. December 28, 1998, Mawdiyah, Yemen. Sixteen tourists--12 Britons, two Americans and two Australians--were taken hostage in the largest kidnapping in Yemen's recent history. The tourists were seized in the Abyan province (some 175 miles south of Sanaa the capital). One Briton and a Yemeni guide escaped, while the rest were taken to city of Mawdiyah. Four hostages were killed when troops closed in and two were wounded, including an American woman. The kidnappers, members of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, an offshoot of Al-Jihad, had demanded the release from jail of their leader, Saleh Haidara al-Atwi. October 31, 1999, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the U.S. coast killing all 217 people on board, including 100 Americans. Although it is not precisely clear what happened, evidence indicated that an Egyptian pilot crashed the plane for personal or political reasons. November 4, 1999, Athens, Greece. A group protesting President Clinton's visit to Greece hid a gas bomb at an American car dealership in Athens. Two cars were destroyed and several others damaged. Anti-State Action claimed responsibility for the attack, but the November 17 group was also suspected. November 12, 1999, Islamabad, Pakistan. Six rockets were fired at the U.S. Information Services cultural center and United Nations offices in Islamabad, injuring a Pakistani guard. September 29, 2000. near Jerusalem Israel. Attack on motorists. U.S. citizens injured: Avi Herman of Teaneck, NJ, Naomi Herman of Teaneck, NJ. September 29, 2000, Jerusalem, Israel. Attack on taxi passengers. U.S. citizens injured: Tuvia Grossman of Chicago, Todd Pollack of Norfolk, VA, Andrew Feibusch of New York. October 4, 2000, near Bethlehem, West Bank. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified American tourist. October 5, 2000: near Jerusalem, Israel. Attack on a motorist. U.S. citizens injured: Rabbi Chaim Brovender of Brooklyn. October 8, 2000, Nablus, West Bank. The bullet-ridden body of Rabbi Hillel Lieberman, a U.S. citizen from Brooklyn living in the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh, was found at the entrance to the West Bank town of Nablus. Lieberman had headed there after hearing that Palestinians had desecrated the religious site, Joseph's Tomb. No organization claimed responsibility for the murder. October 12, 2000, Aden Harbor, Yemen. A suicide squad rammed the warship the U.S.S. Cole with an explosives-laden boat killing 13 American sailors and injuring 33. The attack was likely by Osama bin Ladin's al-Qaida organization. October 30, 2000, Jerusalem, Israel. Gunmen killed Eish Kodesh Gilmor, a 25-year-old American-Israeli on duty as a security guard at the National Insurance Institute in Jerusalem. The "Martyrs of the Al-Aqsa Intifada," a group linked to Fatah, claimed responsibility for the attack. Gilmor's family filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in Washington against the Palestinian Authority, the PLO, Chairman Yasser Arafat and members of Force 17, as being responsible for the attack. December 31, 2000, Ofra, Israel. Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, 34, and his wife, Talia Hertzlich Kahane, both formerly of Brooklyn, NY were killed in a drive-by shooting. Their children, Yehudit Leah Kahane, Bitya Kahane, Tzivya Kahane, Rivka Kahane, and Shlomtsion Kahane, were injured in the attack. March 28, 2001, Neve Yamin. Bombing at bus stop. U.S. citizens injured: Netanel Herskovitz, 15, formerly of Hempstead, NY. May 9, 2001, Tekoa, West Bank. Kobi Mandell, 13, of Silver Spring, MD, an American-Israeli, was found stoned to death along with a friend in a cave near the Jewish settlement of Tekoa. Two organizations, the Islamic Jihad and Hizballah-Palestine, claimed responsibility for the attack. May 29, 2001, Gush Etzion, West Bank. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for a drive-by shooting of six in the West Bank that killed two American-Israeli citizens, Samuel Berg, and his mother, Sarah Blaustein. U.S. citizens injured: Norman Blaustein of Lawrence, NY. July 19, 2001, Hebron, West Bank. Shooting attack. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified woman from Brooklyn, NY. August 9, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. A suicide bombing at Sbarro's, a pizzeria situated in one of the busiest areas of downtown Jerusalem, killed 15 people and wounded more than 90. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. U.S. citizens killed: Judith L. Greenbaum, 31, of New Jersey and California, Malka Roth, 15, whose family was from New York. U.S. citizens injured: David Danzig, 21, of Wynnewood, PA, Matthew P. Gordon, 25, of New York, Joanne (Chana) Nachenberg, 31, Sara Shifra Nachenberg, 2. August 18, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Shooting at a bus. U.S. citizen injured: Andrew Feibusch of New York. August 27, 2001, near Roglit, Israel. Shooting attack. U.S. citizen injured: Ben Dansker. September 11, 2001, New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, United States. During a carefully coordinated attack, 19 Islamist extremists hijacked four U.S. jetliners and forced them to crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In all, 266 people perished in the four planes, and more than 3,000 people were killed on the ground. U.S. investigators determined on the basis of extensive evidence that Usama bin Ladin's al-Qaida group was responsible for the attack. The first plane, American Airlines Flight 11 en route from Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into the World Trade Center's north tower at 8:48 a.m. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, also headed from Boston to Los Angeles, smashed into the World Trade Center's south tower. At 9:40 a.m. a third airplane, an American Airlines Boeing 757 that left Washington's Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles, crashed into the western part of the Pentagon where 24,000 people worked. The fourth plane, a United Airlines Flight 93 flying from Newark to San Francisco, crashed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, most likely before it could hit its target. Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other rescue workers who arrived in the site after the first plane crash were killed or injured. November 4, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Shoshana Ben-Yishai, 16, of Queens, NY was killed in a shooting at a bus station. U.S. citizen injured: Shlomo Kaye. December 2, 2001, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on Ben-Yehuda Street, Jerusalem. U.S. citizens injured: Ziv Brill, 17, of West Hempstead, Long Island, NY, Temima Spetner, 19, of St. Louis, MI, Jason Kirshenbaum of New Rochelle, NY, Israel Hirschfield, 18, Joseph Leifer, 29, of Borough Park (Brooklyn), NY. December 18, 2001, shooting on the Jerusalem-Shilo road. U.S. citizens injured: David Rubin, 44, of Brooklyn, NY, Asher "Ruby" Rubin, 3. January 15, 2002, Bethlehem, West Bank. Avraham Boaz, 71, of New York, a dual Israeli-American citizen, was kidnapped at a PA security checkpoint in Beit Jala and murdered. January 18, 2002: Shooting in Hadera. U.S. citizen killed: Aaron Elis, 32, son of Chicago family. January 22, 2002: Shooting in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. citizen injured: Shayna Gould, 19, of Chicago, IL January 27, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. A Palestinian woman triggered a massive explosion in downtown Jerusalem killing one elderly Israeli and injuring more than 150, including American Mark Sokolow, his wife, and 16 and 12-year-old daughters. Sokolow had earlier survived the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, escaping from his law office on the 38th floor of the South Tower before it collapsed. February 8, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Stabbing in Abu Tor Peace Forest Jerusalem. U.S. citizen killed: Moranne Amit, 25 February 15, 2002, near Ramallah, West Bank. Lee Akunis was shot to death. February 16, 2002: Bombing in Karnei Shomron. U.S. citizens killed: Keren Shatsky, 14, of Brooklyn, NY and Maine, Rachel Thaler, 16, of Baltimore, MD. U.S. citizens injured: Lior Thaler, 14, of Baltimore, MD, Hillel Trattner of Chicago, IL, Ronit Yucht Trattner of Chicago, IL, Chani Friedman of New York. February 19, 2002: Shooting near Neve Dekalim. U.S. citizens injured: Moshe Saperstein of New York. February 25, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moran Amit, 25, was stabbed to death in Abu Tor Peace Forest in Jerusalem. March 7, 2002, Eshel Hashomron Hotel, Ariel, Israel. A Christian tourist from Arkansas lost her right eye in an attack by a suicide bomber. March 21, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Bombing on a Jerusalem street. U.S. citizens injured: Alan Joseph Bauer, 37, of Chicago, Yonathon Bauer, 7 (dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship). March 24, 2002, Ofra, Israel. Shooting near Ofra. U.S. citizens killed: Esther Kleinman, 23, formerly of Chicago, IL. March 27, 2002, Netanya, Israel. U.S. citizen Hannah Rogen, 90, was killed in a suicide attack at a Passover Seder. March 31, 2002, Efrat, Israel. Bombing in Efrat. U.S. citizens injured: An unidentified American citizen. June 18, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Moshe Gottlieb, 70, of Los Angeles, CA was killed in a bus bombing in Jerusalem. June 19, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel. Gila Sara Kessler, 19, whose family came from New York, was killed in a bombing at a bus stop. July 31, 2002, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Nine people were killed when a bomb exploded in the main cafeteria at the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem. Five were U.S. citizens: Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of MA; Marla Bennet, 24, of San Diego, CA; David Gritz (also a French citizen), 24, of Peru, MA; Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, PA; and Dina Carter, 37, of NC. Israelis David Ladovsky, 29, and Levina Shapira, 53 also died in the bombing. U.S. citizens injured: Spencer Dew, 26, of Owensboro, Kentucky; Zeev Spencer; Harris Gershon; Jamie Harris. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. March 5, 2003: Bus bombing in Haifa. U.S. citizens killed: Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire. March 7, 2003: Shooting in the victims’ home. U.S. citizens killed: Rabbi Eli Horowitz, 52, who grew up in Chicago; Dina Horowitz, 50, who grew up in Florida April 30, 2003: Bombing at a Tel Aviv pub. U.S. citizens injured: Jack Baxter, 50, of New York City. June 11, 2003: Bus bombing in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Alan Beer, 47, who grew up in Cleveland. U.S. citizens injured: Sarri Singer, 27, daughter of New Jersey State Senator Robert Singer. June 20, 2003: Shooting attack on a car driving through the West Bank. U.S. citizens killed: Tzvi Goldstein, 47, who grew up in New York; U.S. citizens injured: Eugene Goldstein, Tzvi’s father, of Long Island, New York; Lorraine Goldstein, Tzvi’s mother, of Long Island, New York; Michal Goldstein, Tzvi’s wife, who grew up in New York. August 19, 2003: Homicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem. U.S. citizens killed: Goldie Taubenfeld, 43, of New Square, New York; Shmuel Taubenfeld, 3 months, of New Square, New York; Mordechai Reinitz, 49; Yitzhak Reinitz, 9. Tehilla Nathanson, 3, of Monsey, New York; U.S. citizens injured: Mendel Reinitz, 11. September 9, 2003: Homicide bombing at a cafe in Jerusalem. David Applebaum, 51, and his daughter Nava, 20, originally of Cleveland were killed. October 15, 2003: Bombing of American convoy in the Gaza Strip: John Branchizio, 37, Mark Parson, 31, and John Martin Linde, 30, were on contract to the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv through the defense contracting company Dyncorp.U.S. citizens injured: One as-yet-unnamed U.S. citizen (reportedly a diplomat). September 24, 2004: Mortar strike on a housing community: Tiferet Tratner, 24, (dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship). April 17, 2006: Homicide bombing at the Rosh Ha'ir restaurant in Tel Aviv: Daniel Wultz, 16, of Weston, Florida, died one month after receiving his wounds in this bombing. Compiled by Caroline Taillandier, a research assistant at the GLORIA center and student at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Mitchell Bard, and Alden Oreck, Avi Hein, and Elihai Braun, research assistants at the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, and Paul Teller, Deputy Director, House Republican Study Committee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: Chronology on Terrorist Incidents 1961-2001, State Department; "Patterns of Terrorism" reports 1995-2000; State Department Institute for Counter-Terrorism Database; Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya; Peacewatch, The Washington Institute for New East Policy; AIPAC; Ha'aretz, Republican Study Committee

Multipurpose empanelment Form (MEF) No.00094 - for 2008-2009 - R. Balachandran - M.No.014304 .Unique Code No .? My Unique Code Number is : 171309 . I was having Bank Audit during last year . I did Indian Overseas Bank Branches in 2007-2008 . Why my name is not appearing in the draft list prepared by Reserve Bank for the year 2008-2009 . My application number is : MEF00094 . Please clarify.

Was I too paranoid and overreacting? Ok, I have a blogger where I have a public profile that and left a preference open where "fans" can contact me. As a result for leaving my email open, this guy who goes by the name of "Kumar" is from India and has been trying to contact me and have a fun online chat. He was hitting on me by asking how old I was and if I had a boyfriend. I told my friends and mom about this online Indian guy, and they said be wary cause I never know if he's a criminal or not and NO, I didn't give out any personal info, all I said was my first name and what state and city I live in...hard to track, but still, I'm scared that he'll track me down getting my SSN and bank info. So I panicked and jumped online having the following conversation with him earlier tonight: ME: hi, are you a criminal?? your not from india, I heard about you people on Oprah. I've done my research, next thing I know your gonna want my personal info, well **** you!! I was an idiot to even chat with you last night! your a ******* piece of ****!!!! a criminal!!!! YOU ARE CRAZY!!! KUMAR: ha ha ha u are really crazy and u do not have sense it seems, i never lied to u .. and u wrote me all these words ME: YOU ARE NOT FROM INDIA, WHERE ARE YOU FROM??? KUMAR: well thanks, www.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com and at the bottom i have my contact details and this is my site ME: GOD I'M SUCH A FOOL KUMAR: now i can think of how an american speaks ..i never found any one else like u so far i have respect for americans i have served tehm 18 months with microsoft ME: it's just that I told my friends about this chat and they said that you might be a criminal and a *** ****** out to steel my info, so I panicked!! I WAS REALLY STUPID TO CHAT WITH YOU!!! KUMAR: u know i love to talk in english and my accent is totally american and i love to speak .. this is my profession ME: HAH HA HA YOUR A CREEP YOU PROBABLY LIVE 30 MILES AWAY FROM ME AND I'M FREAKING OUT!!!! KUMAR: ok u can report better to police .. and give them mycontact number and tell them that u chatted with a criminal from india ..i will wait for their call okay ! happy, it make is laugh and funny how you guys think ..now i think that you are a criminal .. lol 20 minutes later after driving to my friend’s place… KUMAR: have you reported to police about me .. ME: NOT YET BUT I WILL KUMAR: ok .. I am a bit afraid now ..lol ME: sorry I don't know who you are, talking to someone you don't know over the internet is dangerous KUMAR: yes .. may be .. they can cheat you ME: whats your address? KUMAR: why should i give you my address ..? ME: cause I wanna report you KUMAR: you are going to report me and you as asking my address from me .. hows is that possible cant you report without the address ..? ME: I know how you people work, you pray off others like me asking me to send money to fund your plane ticket or whatever and then you want my full name, and blah, blah, blah and then eventually you'll track down to my tax info and steal my identity and basically ruin my life then wa-la my identity is stolen and then I kill myself KUMAR: ha ha ha ME: you're a criminal, your not getting anything from me!!! KUMAR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bil... Indians are not poor today ... look top 4 5 6 and 9 richest men in this world are Indians…i think you have its common in USA to cheat pple over the internet .. and next is me ME: so what, those so called billionaires are rich cause they stole that money, they didn't earn it! ok whatever, i'll take a look at that stupid site KUMAR: wow! what a concept you have, ok ME: how do you change social security numbers?cause I have a feeling your after mine Offline message from KUMAR: i think you afraid too much ... dont worry i will not bug you until you show some intereset to talk to me; take care bye So do I need to let my guard down a little more? or was I smart to defend myself?

Shocking revelation about Swiss Bank Accounts? I received the following e-mail from a friend. Read and answer the following question. 1) Can this be true ? 2) If yes, what we as ordinary citizens can do to book the culprits. Revelation of Swiss bank accounts This is so shocking.......If black money deposits was an Olympics event.... India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. U.S. Is not even there in the counting in top five! India has more money in Swiss banks than all the other countries combined! Recently, due to international pressure, the Swiss government agreed to disclose the names of the account holders only if the respective governments formally asked for it. Indian government is not asking for the details.......no marks for guessing why? We need to start a movement to pressurise the government to do so! This is perhaps the only way, and a golden opportunity, to expose the high and mighty and weed out corruption! Please read on......and forward to all the honest Indians to.....like somebody is forwarding to you.......and build a ground-swell of support for action! Is India poor, who says? Ask the Swiss banks. With personal account deposit bank of $1,500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country? DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS, IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $1500 billion, which have been misappropriated by them. This amount is about 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor people can get Rs 1,00,000 each. This huge amount has been appropriated from the people of India by exploiting and betraying them. Once this huge amount of black money and property comes back to India , the entire foreign debt can be repaid in 24 hours. After paying the entire foreign debt, we will have surplus amount, almost 12 times larger than the foreign debt. If this surplus amount is invested in earning interest, the amount of interest will be more than the annual budget of the Central government. So even if all the taxes are abolished, then also the Central government will be able to maintain the country very comfortably. Some 80,000 people travel to Switzerland every year, of whom 25,000 travel very frequently. 'Obviously, these people won't be tourists. They must be traveling there for some other reason,' believes an official involved in tracking illegal money. And, clearly, he isn't referring to the commerce ministry bureaucrats who've been flitting in and out of Geneva ever since the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations went into a tailspin! Just read the following details and note how these dishonest industrialists, scandalous politicians, corrupt officers, cricketers, film actors, illegal sex trade and protected wildlife operators, to name just a few, sucked this country's wealth and prosperity. This may be the picture of deposits in Swiss banks only. What about other international banks? Black money in Swiss banks -- Swiss Banking Association report, 2006 details bank deposits in the territory of Switzerland by nationals of following countries: TOP FIVE INDIA............................................... $1,456 BILLION RUSSIA.............................................. $470 BILLION U.K..................................................... ....$390 BILLION UKRAINE.................................................... $100 BILLION CHINA........................................................ ....$96 BILLION Now do the math's - India with $1,456 billion or $1.4 trillion has more money in Swiss banks than rest of the world combined. Public loot since 1947: Can we bring back our money? It is one of the biggest loots witnessed by mankind -- the loot of the Aam Aadmi (common man) since 1947, by his brethren occupying public office. It has been orchestrated by politicians, bureaucrats and some businessmen. The list is almost all-encompassing. No wonder, everyone in India loots with impunity and without any fear. What is even more depressing in that this ill-gotten wealth of ours has been stashed away abroad into secret bank accounts located in some of the world's best known tax havens. And to that extent the Indian economy has been stripped of its wealth. Ordinary Indians may not be exactly aware of how such secret accounts operate and what are the rules and regulations that go on to govern such tax havens. However, one may well be aware of 'Swiss bank accounts,' the shorthand for murky dealings, secrecy and of course pilferage from developing countries into rich developed ones. In fact, some finance experts and economists believe tax havens to be a conspiracy of the western world against the poor countries. By allowing the proliferation of tax havens in the twentieth century,

Is Islam - A Religion of Terror ? A bomb goes off in a marketplace in Jerusalem. A suicide bomber launches himself into a bus full of women and children in Tel Aviv. Foreign tourists get massacred at a holiday resort in Luxor, Egypt. Villages upon villages get annihilated in Algeria. The list of events worldwide which have come to symbolise the 'Islamic terror' are endless. From the times in the 70's and 80's when Pan Am and TWA aeroplanes would be highjacked, to the mid 80's in war torn Lebanon where Americans and Europeans would be held as hostages for years; all such incidents have come to be identified with the religion of Islam. Such incidents from past and present have undoubtedly affected Muslims worldwide and more so in the West. Any Muslim, who wants to practice his/her religion and expresses the pious desire to live under the banner of Islam, is labelled a fundamentalist or extremist. Any Muslim man who walks down a busy street in London or Paris (and Paris moreso) with a beard and a scarf on his head, is looked upon as being a terrorist who's probably got an AK47 stashed somewhere on his person. Muslim women who are veiled can't go anywhere in the Western world without being taunted as being oppressed or being mad (for covering up). However, are such beliefs and opinions about Islam really justified? Exploding the myth One of the many short comings which has arisen in the West, is judging Islam by the conduct of a minority of its people. By doing this, segments of Western society have deliberately played off the desperate actions of many Muslims, and have given it the name of Islam. Such behaviour is clearly not objective and seeks to distort the reality of Islam. For if such a thing was done - judge a religion by the conduct of its people - then we too could say that all Christianity is about is child molesting and homosexuality [1] whilst Hinduism was all about looting and breaking up mosques [2]. Generalising in such a manner is not seen as being objective, yet we find that the Western world is foremost in propagating this outlook on Islam. So what is the reality of Islam? How does one dispel the myths which have been created and spread so viciously? The only way to examine Islam is to simply examine its belief system. Look at its sources, the Qur'an and Sunna, and see what they have to say. This is the way to find the truth about what Islam says about terror, terrorism and terrorists. One who is sincerely searching for the truth, will do it no other way. The very name Islam comes from the Arabic root word 'salama' which means peace. Islam is a religion which is based upon achieving peace through the submission to the will of Allah. Thus, by this very simple linguistic definition, one can ascertain as to what the nature of this religion is. If such a religion is based on the notion of peace, then how is it that so many acts done by its adherents are contrary to peace? The answer is simple. Such actions, if not sanctioned by the religion, have no place with it. They are not Islamic and should not be thought of as Islamic. Jihad The word jihad sends shivers down the spines of many Westerners. They readily equate this term with violence and oppression. However, it must be said that the meaning of jihad, as a 'holy war', is something which is totally foreign and not from Islam. If anything, such a description belongs more so to Christianity and its adherents. It was terms like this which were used to justify the slaughter and pillage of towns and cities during the crusades by the Christians. By simply looking into the sources of Islam, one is able to know that the true meaning of jihad is to strive/make effort in the way of Allah. Thus striving in the way of Allah can be both peaceful and physical. The Prophet Muhammed (saws) said: "The best jihad is (by) the one who strives against his own self for Allah, The Mighty and Majestic" [3] In the Qur'an, Allah also says: "So obey not the disbelievers, but make a great jihad (effort) against them (by preaching) with it (the Qur'an)" (Surah Al-Furqan 25:52) By controlling and fighting against ones desires, the Muslims can then also physically exert themselves in the path of Allah. It is this physical or combative jihad which receives so much criticism. Because of the sheer ignorance of this type of jihad Islam is regarded as terror, and Muslims are regarded as terrorists. However, the very purpose of this physical jihad is to raise the word of Allah uppermost. By doing this, it liberates and emancipates all those who are crying out for freedom all over the world. If the likes of the pacifists of this world had their way, then the world would indeed be full of anarchy and mischief. The combative jihad seeks to correct this as Allah says in the Qur'an: "And if Allah did not check one set of people by means of another, the Earth would be full of mischief. But Allah is full of bounty to the worlds" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:251) Such would be the corruption on this Earth if there had never been a combative jihad that Allah says: "For had it not been that Allah checks one set of people by means of another, monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is mentioned much, would surely have been pulled down. Indeed Allah will help those who help His (cause). Truly Allah is All strong, All mighty" (Surah Al-Hajj 22:40) This combative jihad being both defensive and offensive, is something which is commanded by Allah upon the Muslims. Through this command the oppressed and weak are rescued from the tyranny of the world: "And what is the matter with you that you do not fight in the cause of Allah and for those weak, ill treated and oppressed among men, women and children whose only cry is; 'Our Lord, rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors and raise for us from you one who will protect and raise for us from you one who will help" (Surah An-Nisa 4:75) Anyone who knows the early history of Islam, will know that all those nations and empires which came under the fold of Islam were indeed previously oppressed. When the companions of the Prophet Muhammed (saws) went out for the offensive jihad against the Egyptians, the Persians and the Romans, we find that the people did not resist against them at all. Rather, they accepted Islam on such a scale, that it is inconceivable that the jihad of Islam could be anything other then a liberation for these people; a liberation from centuries of tyranny. In fact, with the Byzantine Egyptians and the people of Spain, the Muslims were even beckoned to come and liberate these lands from the oppression of their kings. This is the glorious track record of the Muslim jihad. Compare this with the brutal track record of warfare in the Western world over the centuries. From the crusades against the Muslims to the days of colonial warfare, the Western world has killed, destroyed and plundered everything which has come in its way. Even today this merciless killing goes on by the Western nations. While claiming to be about world peace and security, Western nations are ready to bomb innocent civilians at the drop of a hat. The classic example of this is the recent bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan. Whilst claiming that Sudan and Afghanistan were havens for Islamic terrorists, the bombings of these two nations could not have come at a better time for the American president Bill Clinton. The destruction of innocent lives which were a result of these bombings clearly seem to have been an attempt by Clinton to avert attention away from his sexual misdemeanours; [4] something which he so often gets caught up in. Without doubt this was the reason for such terror from the American military upon innocent people. This is the same American military which claims to enter the worlds trouble spots under the guise of being peace keepers. But "… when it is said to them; 'Make not mischief on the Earth', they say; 'We are only peace makers'. Indeed they are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive it not" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:11-12) The hypocrisy of the West is indeed astounding. By looking at the rules and regulations of this combative jihad it will be clear to any sincere person that this is indeed the religion of truth. When fighting an unjust enemy, no matter how unjust they are, it is forbidden by Islam that their retreating forces are mutilated, tortured or slaughtered. The treacherous violation of treaties and carrying out assassinations after a cease fire, are also prohibited. Allah says in the Qur'an: "And fight in the way of Allah those who fight you. But do not transgress the limits. Truly Allah loves not the transgressors" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:190) Not transgressing the limits means not to kill women and children, for the Messenger of Allah (saws) "forbade the killing of women and children" [5]. Not transgressing the limits means that the elderly, the sick, monks, worshippers and hired labourers are not attacked. Not transgressing the limits means not killing animals wantonly, burning crops and vegetation, polluting waters and destroying homes, monasteries, churches and synagogues: "Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion, nor drove you out of your homes. Indeed, Allah loves those who deal with equity" (Surah Al-Mumtahinah 60:8) After reading such passages from the Qur'an and knowing about what Islam commands and prohibits in jihad, the rules of warfare are given a new meaning; a meaning of justice. How sad it is then, that whilst Islam is condemned for striking terror into the hearts of the people, the likes of the Serbs, the Indian army in Kashmir and the Israeli soldiers in Palestine are left untarnished for the atrocities they have committed in the name of warfare. So what about suicide bombing, is this too a part of jihad in Allah's path? From what has already been stated above, it can be deduced that this is not from the religion. However, unfortunately many Muslims have taken suicide bombing as being a virtuous act by which one receives reward. This could not be further from the truth. The Prophet (saws) said: "Those who go to extremes are destroyed" [6]. Suicide bombing is undoubtedly an extremity which has reached the ranks of the Muslims. In the rules of warfare, we find no sanction for such an act from the behaviour and words of the Prophet Muhammed (saws) and his companions. Unfortunately, today (some misguided) Muslims believe that such acts are paving the way for an Islamic revival and a return to the rule of Islam's glorious law. However, we fail to bear in mind that the Prophet (saws) said: "Do not be delighted by the action of anyone, until you see how he ends up" [7] So, for example what is the end of a suicide bomber in Palestine?, a leg here, an arm there. Massive retaliation by the Israeli's in the West Bank and Gaza. More Muslims killed and persecuted. How can we be delighted with such an end? What really hammers the final nail in the coffin of this act, is that it is suicide; something which is clearly forbidden in Islam. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "He who kills himself with anything, Allah will torment him with that in the fire of Hell" [8] Some are under the misconception that by killing oneself for an Islamic cause, one commits an act which deserves Paradise. Once when a man killed himself, the Prophet (saws) said: "He is a dweller of the Fire". When the people were surprised at this, the Prophet (saws) said: "A person performs the deeds which to the people appears to be the deeds befitting the dweller of Paradise, but he is in fact one of the dwellers of the Fire" [9] The taking of ones life which Allah has given as a trust to the human, is a great sin. Likewise the taking of other lives (which is so often the case with suicide bombing) is also forbidden, as human life is indeed precious: "...If anyone killed a person not in retaliation for murder or to spread mischief in the land, it would be as if he killed the whole of mankind. And (likewise) if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the whole of mankind" (Surah Al-Maaida 5:32) Thus, all other types of extremities such as hostage taking, hijacking and planting bombs in public places, are clearly forbidden in Islam. The Media By going through the teachings of Islam, it is clear that such a religion has only come to benefit mankind - not to destroy it. So why is there so much hatred for this noble religion in the West? The answer is simple, the media. It is the Jewish influenced media of the West which has portrayed Islam to be something that it is not. During the 70's and 80's when the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) were carrying out daring highjacks on the worlds airways, the media in the West portrayed it as being Islamic. When the Shi'ite suicide bombers of the 80's were causing so much havoc in the Lebanon and in the Gulf region, the media in the West portrayed it as a part of Islam. However, it is known by the heads of the media that the likes of the PLO were not an Islamic organisation, and that according to Islam, Shi'ites are outside the fold of Islam [10]. Yet such facts are never portrayed by a media which seeks to cover the truth of this religion. A number of years ago, when the Oklahoma City bomb went off, a headline in one of the newspapers, 'Today' [11], summed up this attitude. With a picture of a fire fighter holding a dead child in his arms, the headline read: "In The Name of Islam" Time has of course proven that this bigoted assumption was incorrect, as Timothy McVeigh, a right wing radical now faces the death penalty for the crime [12]. Likewise the bombs which went off in the Paris metro in 1995, were also blamed on Muslim fanatics. It has now emerged that the Algerian secret service who having routinely bribed many European journalists and MPs, were actually behind it. The desire to throw a veil over Islam is immense by these people: "They intend to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will complete His light even though the disbelievers hate (it)" (Surah As-Saff 61:8) Whilst trying to destroy Islam through this instrument of the media, the Jews clearly try to portray an image of themselves as being the oppressed people. Every year, we are reminded as to how many Jews perished under the Nazis in World War II. We are made to feel sorry for these same people who have gone on to commit so many crimes upon the Palestinian people. Some may say that this is a racist and biased viewpoint. But we say; If this media was not run and orchestrated by the Jews and was truly neutral, then why are Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, two former Israeli prime ministers, not held aloft as being terrorists? Anyone who knows about the history of the Palestinian occupation will tell you that these two men were members of the Stern Gang and Irgun, two notorious Jewish terror groups who killed many innocent people [13]. If this media was truly impartial, then why does it not tell about the extent of the Israeli bombardment and illegal occupation of Southern Lebanon and its people? [14] And if this media really had nothing against the religion of Allah, then why does it not inform the people that every day hundreds are entering the religion of Islam? Such things will never be highlighted in the Western media, simply because to do so would be against their very interests. With such immense pressure against it, it is indeed a blessing from Allah that Islam goes from strength to strength. It continues to grow faster then any other religion in the Western world, conquering the hearts and minds of thousands. All this should not even surprise us though, for Allah has promised us that this religion will prevail: "It is He who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it victorious over all other religions, even though the disbelievers detest it" (Surah As-Saff 61:9) It is a must that humanity comes towards the religion of Islam. Without it, we will continue to slip down the road of inequity and darkness. With it we can establish a society of justice and peace. Religion of terror? ... no. The way forward? ... yes. "There is no compulsion in religion. The right path has indeed become distinct from the wrong. So whoever rejects false worship and believes in Allah, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break. And Allah is All Hearing, All Knowing" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:256) Footnotes [1] By using the many cases of child abuse and homosexuality by priests, Such a generalisation about Christianity could be made [2] By using the incident of the destruction of the Babri mosque in Ayodya, India in December 1992 by Hindu zealots, such generalisations could be made about Hinduism [3] Authentic - Reported by At-Tabaranee [4] Years of sexual liaison with a White House aide, Monica Lewinski, has been proved against Mr Clinton. Since this time, a number of other women have also claimed that they have had affairs with the president. And this is the same man who propagates family values and to whom millions look up to! [5] Reported by Bukhari - Eng. Trans, Vol.4, p. 160, No. 258 [6] Authentic - Reported by Ahmed [7] Authentic - Reported by Ahmed [8] Reported by Muslim - Eng. Trans, Vol. 1, p.62, No.203 [9] Reported by Muslim - Eng. Trans, Vol. 1, p.64, No.206 [10] The beliefs which are contained in the books of the Shi'ites places them outside of the fold of Islam generally. However, upon the individual Shi'ite, the proofs need to be established before one can say that he or she is a disbeliever [11] This newspaper no longer exists [12] It is strange indeed that whilst the Western media criticises Islamic law for being barbaric and harsh, not a word is said about the fact that McVeigh too will be executed just as someone would in an Islamic state [13] These two groups killed Arabs, Jews and the British. They are accredited with the massacre at the village of Deir Yassin, in which many innocent people were butchered [14] Despite the fact that the UN has even made a resolution against Israel for this illegal occupation, no 'democratic peace loving nation' (like the USA!) has bothered to implement it

History help? 10 Points.? 1. All of the following helped bring on the market revolution except a. trains b. telegraphs c. more farmers d. better roads 2. All of these elements are important to the market revolution except a. cash transactions b. cash crops c. distant markets d. skillful apprentices 3. What was a benefit of the household economy that the Joneses lived in before the market revolution? a. The family set its own hours of work. b. The family could buy products from all over the country. c. The family wore comfortable cotton clothes which it made for itself. d. The family could use cash for its purchases, which was more convenient than trading. 4. By 1850, what was the most-used way to move freight? a. trains b. canals c. steamboats d. roads 5. By 1850, New England was most likely to import a. manufactured products from the West b. cotton from the South c. tobacco from England d. clothing from the West 6. John Quincy Adams was a. the grandson of the second president b. poorly prepared by his experiences in life to be President of the United States c. a supporter of Jackson after losing the election of 1828 d. among the most intellectually gifted individuals to become president 7. Which of these are the best signs that a president will be able to get a lot of things done? a. He makes a deal with another strong leader and passes a high tariff. b. He promises to advance national education and transportation. c. He has strong support in Congress and receives a high percentage of the popular vote. d. He comes from the East and acts on his principles. 8. When no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote, and the election is sent to the House of Representatives as happened in 1824, a. it is more open to individual plots b. it is more democratic since the elected representatives of the people decide the winner c. any of the top four candidates can win d. the Senate usually plays a significant role in the outcome 9. The factors for an effective president listed in this section show that a candidate who has these factors a. has higher character than the other b. is more likely to get things done as president c. has positions with which you are more likely to agree d. will almost always win the election 10. Why did politicians change their campaign tactics in the late 1820s? a. The old tactics never worked that well. b. The old tactics were out of touch with the times, since they hadn't been used since before the Era of Good Feelings. c. There was a new type of voter that politicians had to appeal to. d. Political planners felt that they had to appeal to the upper classes more forcefully. 11. How did people respond to the new campaign strategies of 1828? a. They came in record numbers to vote. b. They were repelled by such low tactics. c. They enjoyed the entertainments that one party threw, but voted more strongly for the other party. d. They demanded more intellectual campaigning and less fluff. 12. Which of these was not an accurate difference between Jackson and the first six presidents of the United States? a. He was from the West. b. He was the first to own slaves. c. He carried two bullets inside him to the White House. d. He was not from an aristocratic family. 13. What was a major benefit of the "spoils system" to Jackson? a. It usually put the most-qualified person into government office. b. It persuaded members of Congress to vote for his programs. c. It ruined the campaign strategy of the opposing party. d. 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This is from the Washington Post! And you wonder why? Georgetown's Hidden History First, it was a slave port. Later, it was a thriving center of black life. Today, it's a virtually all-white enclave. Why? Georgetown's Hidden History First, it was a slave port. Later, it was a thriving center of black life. Today, it's a virtually all-white enclave. Why? By Andrew Stephen Sunday, July 16, 2006; B01 Two negro men $300 One ditto woman $150 Four ditto girls $150 Two horses $200 Two cows $30 It was a shocking discovery . Flipping through files at the local library a few months ago for a school project, my 16-year-old son chanced upon the deeds of the house in which we live. He already knew it was one of the oldest in Georgetown; now he learned that in 1807, it was owned by a Thomas Turner and valued at $3,500. But it was the valuation of this other property, listed so matter-of-factly in the records, that stopped him cold: Slaves, he realized, had once lived in our house. This awful knowledge set him on a quest for the hidden history of Georgetown, exposing unpalatable truths that had been lost, if not willfully forgotten, over the decades: that the supposedly chic Georgetown of today had once been the center of a thriving slave trade, a significant port of call for traffickers in human flesh transported in from Africa and plantations in Maryland and Virginia. Yet so obscured has this history become that not even most Washingtonians are aware of it. Nor are they aware of the flourishing black community, mostly descended from those slaves, that once occupied a large portion of Georgetown -- until a combination of legislative, social and economic pressures gradually forced nearly all the black people out, turning the neighborhood into the wealthy, effectively all-white enclave it is today. My son's research unearthed one part of this forgotten narrative of our neighborhood. A second hint lay in a curious Georgetown phenomenon that had always puzzled us: the continuing existence of several thriving black churches, filled every Sunday morning with African Americans who do not actually live here. The history of our own house, though, still seemed surreal -- until, that is, very recently. Deep in the bowels of our house, there is a crude crawl space beneath the basement, a darkly mysterious place in which it is impossible to stand upright. It is filled with an ancient cesspit, cavities, brickwork and ledges that I had vaguely assumed served some long-forgotten purpose; one of my least-favorite tasks is crawling into it to remove the bodies of our share of the huge Norway rats that swarm all over the neighborhood. A month or so ago, an electrician had to crawl into the space, and afterward I apologized that he'd had to do so. "No problem," he replied. "You can see that was where slaves did the cooking." For me, at least, the penny suddenly dropped. In that space below my house where only rats now live, we concluded, fellow humans had almost certainly cooked for Mr. Turner and his family -- and may even have slept there, too. This thought brought home to my family and me some realities of U.S. history that so many white Americans choose either not to know or to forget: the roots of racial animosity and why their legacy persists to this day. Lest we forget, there were neither blacks nor whites in Georgetown -- then known as Tahoga -- before British settlers came ashore around 1696. It was a peaceful village inhabited by the Nacotchanke Indians. Straightforward facts and precise dates of Georgetown history are difficult to establish; much of the subject is undocumented, and accounts differ. But the basic story is indisputable. The Indians were soon expunged by the settlers. Then, in the 18th century, white entrepreneurs realized that huge sums of money could be made from the insatiable demand -- in both Europe and the United States -- for the tobacco cultivated in Virginia and Maryland (of which Georgetown was then a part). Because of its position on the Potomac, Georgetown provided an ideal port from which ships laden with tobacco could sail to Europe; by the end of the 18th century, it was just about the largest tobacco port in the United States, an economic powerhouse to which slaves were brought to provide labor and to service the households of the tobacco merchants. Slavery, of course, is as old as humanity. European powers -- first Portugal, followed by Spain, France and Britain -- began abducting men and women from Africa to work as slaves in the New World. To its everlasting shame, Britain, my own country, was responsible for the transport of probably more than a million slaves, many of them to work in the sugar fields of the Caribbean. But at the point when English abolitionists were finally forcing an end to my country's slave trade, America's exploitation of slaves on its soil had not even reached its zenith. The year of Britain's Abolition of the Slave Trade Act -- 1807 -- has a special resonance for me, as it is the very year when Thomas Turner owned those seven slaves. I shudder to realize that just a two-minute walk from my house, a white man named John Beattie conducted a highly successful slave-trade business on what is now O Street, just east of Wisconsin Avenue, that flourished well into the second half of the 19th century. Blacks thus became essential economic tools for the development of Georgetown, but were simultaneously feared and rejected socially. The first Georgetown law to oppress them came as early as 1795, forbidding them to congregate in groups of seven or more. The 1800 Census showed that, in a population of 5,120 in Georgetown, there were already 1,449 slaves and 277 "free blacks." There was a lone exception to the congregating law: Blacks could go to church on the Sabbath. But they were still kept rigidly separate from whites. St. John's Episcopal Church, established in 1816 at 33rd and O streets NW, had an outdoor staircase built especially for blacks; it's still there today. That same year, hardly surprisingly, a handful of free black men managed to start their own tiny church -- which was to become Mount Zion United Methodist Church, one of the churches that remain a potent black force in Georgetown today. It was another half-century, though, before Mount Zion was allowed to have its own black minister. Its burial crypt, still visible at the church's cemetery at 27th and Q streets NW, was reputed to be a hiding place for escaped slaves fleeing to the North via the Underground Railroad. I imagine that at least the girls who formed part of the property of my house in 1807 were still alive when the 1848 "Black Code; Ordinances of the Corporation of Georgetown" was introduced. It is hard to convey the viciousness of the laws, so I will confine myself to just three examples: The code decreed that any black person swimming in the Potomac or Rock Creek at night "shall be publicly whipped"; that any black person who watched a cockfight could be punished with as many as 39 lashes; and that even flying a kite was punishable by whipping. That same year, 77 slaves tried to escape this kind of oppression on a ship called the Pearl; furious owners sent a posse on a steamer called the Salem to recapture them, and it caught up with the Pearl 140 miles downriver. The black flight from Georgetown was already beginning. But blacks were still being bought and sold here as late as November 1861. The next year, President Abraham Lincoln signed a local law that freed slaves eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation. Furious white merchants demanded compensation, and an "expert examiner of slaves" was brought in. After examining their teeth and general health, he assessed the overall value of the slaves of Georgetown, D.C., at $300,000. Georgetown's whites then voted against a Negro Suffrage Bill by 712 to 1, passing a motion describing it as "wholly uncalled for, and an act of grievous oppression." Blacks from the South, anticipating freedom, nonetheless poured into Georgetown. Between 1865 and 1870, its black population increased from 1,935 to 3,271. Over the next two or three decades, a skilled black working class started to emerge alongside a handful of black professionals. But countless laws and regulations that continued well into the 20th century prevented true economic and social emancipation: Only white passengers were allowed to ride on Georgetown's new electric streetcars, for example, enabling them to commute to Washington for well-paying jobs that were effectively denied to blacks. Then came a series of economic blows that began to seal the fate of Georgetown's blacks. The Potomac silted up, virtually ending the industrial effectiveness of Georgetown's harbor. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which flowed through Georgetown and was crucial to many businesses such as flour and paper mills, flooded disastrously in 1889. Blacks were the first to lose their jobs when countless firms went bust. By 1910, the black population of Georgetown had peaked, and when the Great Depression struck 19 years later, more and more blacks found themselves displaced by whites taking menial jobs. Perversely, FDR's New Deal then began to work against blacks in Georgetown. Thousands of well-paid white government workers poured into Washington, creating further demand for housing and pushing property prices ever higher in Georgetown. "The dispossession of the Negro resident [of Georgetown]," the Conference on Better Housing Among Negroes reported, "is jointly managed by the city's leading realtors and their allied banks and trust companies." Two pieces of legislation passed in the 20th century by none other than Congress itself, though, were the final straws for Georgetown's blacks. The ostensible purpose of the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act of 1934 was to get rid of slums; but I suspect that to a House with only one black member and a Senate with none at all, slums and blacks were synonymous. Then, in 1950, Congress passed the Old Georgetown Act "to preserve and protect places of historic interest," but it had the effect of making Georgetown's gentrification legally enforceable. It was pushed through despite fears from "Negro groups," The Washington Post reported at the time, that it "might drive them from the area." Less than a decade later, Georgetown's black population had dwindled to fewer than 3 percent, and in 1972 The Post noted that fewer than 250 remained, "so few that some Georgetown residents are unaware they are there." Blacks were thus becoming invisible by the time the likes of Democratic doyenne Pamela Harriman started creating Georgetown's all-white "social salons" of such ludicrous legend. Indeed, racism was so entrenched in the nation's capital that even the glamorous young Sen. John F. Kennedy voluntarily signed a deed containing a "restrictive covenant" when he bought his house on N Street NW in 1957, agreeing that the home should not "ever be used or occupied or sold, conveyed, leased, rented, or given to Negroes or any person or persons of the Negro race or blood." Which brings us full circle to 2006. My son and I went to Mount Zion church on a recent Sunday morning and met an 84-year-old black parishioner named Carter Bowman, who was born in Georgetown but who long ago moved out. With neat serendipity, we met three generations of Bowmans because his son and grandson, who attends university in England, happened to be visiting. But if you go three generations in the reverse direction, you find that all of Carter Bowman's great-grandparents were born and raised when slavery was at its most intense in Georgetown. For all I know, they could have resided in that crude basement in my house, or someplace like it. Knowing what I know now, I found it strangely moving when the Rev. Robert Slade, chief pastor at Mount Zion -- who doesn't live in Georgetown -- told my son that "when we didn't have anything, the church was our everything. . . . When there was nothing and no place to go, [it] was the one place to go." Slade's words, to us, explain why the emotional bonds to the black churches in Georgetown remain so strong. It took a 16-year-old to bring all these realities of life in Georgetown, past and present, home to me. As a foreigner who remains deeply attached to America, I find it bewildering how so self-reverential a country can proclaim that all men are created equal but then proceed to implement racist oppression that manifestly expresses the reverse. The truth that my son and I discovered is that for many decades, blacks in Georgetown were treated little better than rats. He will never forget that, and neither will I. newstatesman@usa.net Andrew Stephen is the U.S. editor of the New Statesman magazine.

plz comment on the following.? N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and chairman of the board, Infosys Technologies, delivered a pre-commencement lecture at the New York University (Stern School of Business) on May 9. It is a scintillating speech, Murthy speaks about the lessons he learnt from his life and career. We present it for our readers: Dean Cooley, faculty, staff, distinguished guests, and, most importantly, the graduating class of 2007, it is a great privilege to speak at your commencement ceremonies. I thank Dean Cooley and Prof Marti Subrahmanyam for their kind invitation. I am exhilarated to be part of such a joyous occasion. Congratulations to you, the class of 2007, on completing an important milestone in your life journey. After some thought, I have decided to share with you some of my life lessons. I learned these lessons in the context of my early career struggles, a life lived under the influence of sometimes unplanned events which were the crucibles that tempered my character and reshaped my future. I would like first to share some of these key life events with you, in the hope that these may help you understand my struggles and how chance events and unplanned encounters with influential persons shaped my life and career. Later, I will share the deeper life lessons that I have learned. My sincere hope is that this sharing will help you see your own trials and tribulations for the hidden blessings they can be. The first event occurred when I was a graduate student in Control Theory at IIT, Kanpur, in India. At breakfast on a bright Sunday morning in 1968, I had a chance encounter with a famous computer scientist on sabbatical from a well-known US university. He was discussing exciting new developments in the field of computer science with a large group of students and how such developments would alter our future. He was articulate, passionate and quite convincing. I was hooked. I went straight from breakfast to the library, read four or five papers he had suggested, and left the library determined to study computer science. Friends, when I look back today at that pivotal meeting, I marvel at how one role model can alter for the better the future of a young student. This experience taught me that valuable advice can sometimes come from an unexpected source, and chance events can sometimes open new doors. The next event that left an indelible mark on me occurred in 1974. The location: Nis, a border town between former Yugoslavia, now Serbia, and Bulgaria. I was hitchhiking from Paris back to Mysore, India, my home town. By the time a kind driver dropped me at Nis railway station at 9 p.m. on a Saturday night, the restaurant was closed. So was the bank the next morning, and I could not eat because I had no local money. I slept on the railway platform until 8.30 pm in the night when the Sofia Express pulled in. The only passengers in my compartment were a girl and a boy. I struck a conversation in French with the young girl. She talked about the travails of living in an iron curtain country, until we were roughly interrupted by some policemen who, I later gathered, were summoned by the young man who thought we were criticising the communist government of Bulgaria. The girl was led away; my backpack and sleeping bag were confiscated. I was dragged along the platform into a small 8x8 foot room with a cold stone floor and a hole in one corner by way of toilet facilities. I was held in that bitterly cold room without food or water for over 72 hours. I had lost all hope of ever seeing the outside world again, when the door opened. I was again dragged out unceremoniously, locked up in the guard's compartment on a departing freight train and told that I would be released 20 hours later upon reaching Istanbul. The guard's final words still ring in my ears -- "You are from a friendly country called India and that is why we are letting you go!" The journey to Istanbul was lonely, and I was starving. This long, lonely, cold journey forced me to deeply rethink my convictions about Communism. Early on a dark Thursday morning, after being hungry for 108 hours, I was purged of any last vestiges of affinity for the Left. I concluded that entrepreneurship, resulting in large-scale job creation, was the only viable mechanism for eradicating poverty in societies. Deep in my heart, I always thank the Bulgarian guards for transforming me from a confused Leftist into a determined, compassionate capitalist! Inevitably, this sequence of events led to the eventual founding of Infosys in 1981. While these first two events were rather fortuitous, the next two, both concerning the Infosys journey, were more planned and profoundly influenced my career trajectory. On a chilly Saturday morning in winter 1990, five of the seven founders of Infosys met in our small office in a leafy Bangalore suburb. The decision at hand was the possible sale of Infosys for the enticing sum of $1 million. After nine years of toil in the then business-unfriendly India, we were quite happy at the prospect of seeing at least some money. I let my younger colleagues talk about their future plans. Discussions about the travails of our journey thus far and our future challenges went on for about four hours. I had not yet spoken a word. Finally, it was my turn. I spoke about our journey from a small Mumbai apartment in 1981 that had been beset with many challenges, but also of how I believed we were at the darkest hour before the dawn. I then took an audacious step. If they were all bent upon selling the company, I said, I would buy out all my colleagues, though I did not have a cent in my pocket. There was a stunned silence in the room. My colleagues wondered aloud about my foolhardiness. But I remained silent. However, after an hour of my arguments, my colleagues changed their minds to my way of thinking. I urged them that if we wanted to create a great company, we should be optimistic and confident. They have more than lived up to their promise of that day. In the seventeen years since that day, Infosys has grown to revenues in excess of $3.0 billion, a net income of more than $800 million and a market capitalisation of more than $28 billion, 28,000 times richer than the offer of $1 million on that day. In the process, Infosys has created more than 70,000 well-paying jobs, 2,000-plus dollar-millionaires and 20,000-plus rupee millionaires. A final story: On a hot summer morning in 1995, a Fortune-10 corporation had sequestered all their Indian software vendors, including Infosys, in different rooms at the Taj Residency hotel in Bangalore so that the vendors could not communicate with one another. This customer's propensity for tough negotiations was well-known. Our team was very nervous. First of all, with revenues of only around $5 million, we were minnows compared to the customer. Second, this customer contributed fully 25% of our revenues. The loss of this business would potentially devastate our recently-listed company. Third, the customer's negotiation style was very aggressive. The customer team would go from room to room, get the best terms out of each vendor and then pit one vendor against the other. This went on for several rounds. Our various arguments why a fair price -- one that allowed us to invest in good people, R&D, infrastructure, technology and training -- was actually in their interest failed to cut any ice with the customer. By 5 p.m. on the last day, we had to make a decision right on the spot whether to accept the customer's terms or to walk out. All eyes were on me as I mulled over the decision. I closed my eyes, and reflected upon our journey until then. Through many a tough call, we had always thought about the long-term interests of Infosys. I communicated clearly to the customer team that we could not accept their terms, since it could well lead us to letting them down later. But I promised a smooth, professional transition to a vendor of customer's choice. This was a turning point for Infosys. Subsequently, we created a Risk Mitigation Council which ensured that we would never again depend too much on any one client, technology, country, application area or key employee. The crisis was a blessing in disguise. Today, Infosys has a sound de-risking strategy that has stabilised its revenues and profits. I want to share with you, next, the life lessons these events have taught me. 1. I will begin with the importance of learning from experience. It is less important, I believe, where you start. It is more important how and what you learn. If the quality of the learning is high, the development gradient is steep, and, given time, you can find yourself in a previously unattainable place. I believe the Infosys story is living proof of this. Learning from experience, however, can be complicated. It can be much more difficult to learn from success than from failure. If we fail, we think carefully about the precise cause. Success can indiscriminately reinforce all our prior actions. 2. A second theme concerns the power of chance events. As I think across a wide variety of settings in my life, I am struck by the incredible role played by the interplay of chance events with intentional choices. While the turning points themselves are indeed often fortuitous, how we respond to them is anything but so. It is this very quality of how we respond systematically to chance events that is crucial. 3. Of course, the mindset one works with is also quite critical. As recent work by the psychologist, Carol Dweck, has shown, it matters greatly whether one believes in ability as inherent or that it can be developed. Put simply, the former view, a fixed mindset, creates a tendency to avoid challenges, to ignore useful negative feedback and leads such people to plateau early and not achieve their full potential. The latter view, a growth mindset, leads to a tendency to embrace challenges, to learn from criticism and such people reach ever higher levels of achievement (Krakovsky, 2007: page 48). 4. The fourth theme is a cornerstone of the Indian spiritual tradition: self-knowledge. Indeed, the highest form of knowledge, it is said, is self-knowledge. I believe this greater awareness and knowledge of oneself is what ultimately helps develop a more grounded belief in oneself, courage, determination, and, above all, humility, all qualities which enable one to wear one's success with dignity and grace. Based on my life experiences, I can assert that it is this belief in learning from experience, a growth mindset, the power of chance events, and self-reflection that have helped me grow to the present. Back in the 1960s, the odds of my being in front of you today would have been zero. Yet here I stand before you! With every successive step, the odds kept changing in my favour, and it is these life lessons that made all the difference. My young friends, I would like to end with some words of advice. Do you believe that your future is pre-ordained, and is already set? Or, do you believe that your future is yet to be written and that it will depend upon the sometimes fortuitous events? Do you believe that these events can provide turning points to which you will respond with your energy and enthusiasm? Do you believe that you will learn from these events and that you will reflect on your setbacks? Do you believe that you will examine your successes with even greater care? I hope you believe that the future will be shaped by several turning points with great learning opportunities. In fact, this is the path I have walked to much advantage. A final word: When, one day, you have made your mark on the world, remember that, in the ultimate analysis, we are all mere temporary custodians of the wealth we generate, whether it be financial, intellectual, or emotional. The best use of all your wealth is to share it with those less fortunate. I believe that we have all at some time eaten the fruit from trees that we did not plant. In the fullness of time, when it is our turn to give, it behooves us in turn to plant gardens that we may never eat the fruit of, which will largely benefit generations to come. I believe this is our sacred responsibility, one that I hope you will shoulder in time. Thank you for your patience. Go forth and embrace your future with open arms, and pursue enthusiastically your own life journey of discovery!

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Options open for an NRI Investment into India? What is the straight forward procedure with least complications for a (NRI)legal person (non-institutional) to invest into ANY Market Instrument(s) available within the Indian markets (Debt/Bonds or as Equity/Private participation in a third party business as Private equity in non-listed entity,including a proprietary entity) on privately negotiated terms and repatriate profits as and when necessary.What are the respective Procedures per regulation and respective taxation applicable.Please provide detailed specifics as to the type of routing bank account to the approximate costs and charges involved to any case.Pro's please also clarify: How does a ADR differ from ADS ?

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Bank Draft Making Charges ? Which Indian National Bank take minimum Draft making charges / service charges ? Name the Bank please......... How many Nationalise Banks in India. Here i am giving the some list if any bank missing please add the name of the bank. Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank Of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Oriental Bank Of Commerce Punjab & Sind Bank Punjab National Bank Reserve Bank Of India Sate Bank of Saurashtra State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of India State Bank of Indore State Bank Of Mysore State Bank Of Patiala State Bank Of Saurashtra State Bank of Travancore Syndicate Bank UCO Bank Union Bank Of India United Bank Of India Vijaya Bank

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