RBI’s monetary policy inimical to real estate: ASSOCHAM

http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/innernews.asp?storyId=78450&lmn=1

Does ASSOCHAM mean Mumbai realty or Nagpur realty?

Palin is a pig who wears an expensive lipstick

Cain hardly cares coz his wife wears ultra-expensive ones.

Palin is a pig, when she wears lipstick and speaks things she hardlky believes in for example, abstinence.

Cain is a war fighter who wants more Palins to fight in the war, more women power except they must wear nice lipsticks.

Well Alaska had a dog fight for a governer , maybe pigs can now fight over White house 

Goa Kids will get free laptops to work in internet wired school classrooms

PANAJI: Kids in Goa could soon be going to school with laptops in hand with education minister Atanasio Monserrate announcing that PCs given under the cyberage scheme were being phased out from the next session. 

"All schools will be provided internet connectivity so that the student community can stay wired up," the minister said, adding that Goa will be the first state in the country to provide such a facility. 

About 12,000 students will benefit from the scheme. Monserrate has proposed to distribute laptops with the budget allocated earlier for personal computers. He is moving the finance department for a waiver of taxes on laptops procured for this ‘educational purpose". 

Education department sources said the government pays about Rs 23,000 for a computer-printer set given under the cyberage scheme. With a tax rebate, laptops can be procured for the same amount, the sources said.

Male babies are abandoned in India

BANGALORE: The abandoned babywhich was treated at Panacea Hospital was handed over to Shishu Palana Kendra on Tuesday. The baby boy was found on the Bangalore University campus with insects swarming all over him and bites on his body and face. 

According to hospital authorities, the baby's wounds are healing and he is ready for discharge. During his stay at the hospital, many persons came forward to adopt him. But the hospital decided to hand over the baby to the child welfare department. 

Mala, the Group D BU employee who rescued the baby and even named him Srinivasa, is still working on the legal formalities to adopt him. "Immediately after the hospital handed over the baby to Shishu Palana Kendra, I applied to adopt him," she said. 

Mala wants to Srinivasa to her daughter, who has been married for five years and is yet to have a child. 

what has WCD to do with Global action against Drugs?

Unless WCD acts at behest of UN funds and seeks money, why is Indian tax payers's money spent to send Renuka chowdhury to sweden and speak about drugs.

Indian women lack food, where is the money for drugs?

Ken Haywood arrives in India on eve of Indo-US deals

Ken Haywood, the US citizen linked to the Ahmedabad blasts terror email, who sneaked out of the country after hoodwinking the immigration authorities nearly a month ago landed in the city late night on Wednesday. 

Haywood was under the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) scanner for nearly a month after his Wifi account was used to send a terror email to a news channel five minutes before the August 26 Ahmedabad blasts. Sources said Haywood had boarded a British Airways flight (BA 139) from London's Heathrow airport and reached Mumbai after midnight. He will continue to work with Campbell White as communication expert. 

Sources said Haywood had fled the city as he was afraid of being put through a narco-analysis test. He underwent lie detector and brain mapping tests after the ATS failed to crack the origin of the mail. "He relaxed at his Arizona home. He wanted to be away from public gaze," the source revealed. 

Haywood's 15th floor flat in Guinina Apartments off Palm Beach Road, Sanpada, is reportedly being readied for the family's arrival. "The flat was cleaned in the morning," the source said. Though the flat had not been sealed, officials from the Navi Mumbai police commissionerate had been keeping a watch on it. 

On August 17, a day before he was to undergo another round of questioning at the ATS office, Haywoood and his family left for the US. They took a domestic flight to NewDelhi and left for the US at midnight. The family managed to sneak out despite a lookout notice issued against him at all international airports. 

Soon, a blame game began with the ATS accusing the immigration authorities of being lax. Questions were also raised about the ATS failing to keep a watch on his movements and not seizing his passport. Officials found it difficult to junk the theory that he was allowed to go with the knowledge of the government. An immigration official was suspended following the incident. 

But the ATS has lifted the lookout notice for Haywood and will not carry out any further probe into his role in the email. It's, however, learnt that the officials will question him on how he managed to fly out of the country. 

Meanwhile, investigations into the origin of the email have reached a dead end despite experts spending hours on his computer system hoping for a breakthrough. Forensic experts, too, have failed to crack the case. "In a Wifi system, it is difficult to trace the origin of the mail," an expert in e-security conceded. 

It's not clear if Haywood will continue his association with Door Christian Centre, a radical Christian group which is under the scanner. Soon after Haywood was probed by the ATS, the church discontinued its prayer services. The centre used to operate from two rooms at the Sanpada railway station complex, which also doubled up as the Campbell White office.

Wikipedia dresses up porn?

Wonder if porn was dressed and served, what a novelty?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Wikipedia_under_fire_for_showing_dressed-up_porn/articleshow/3462963.cms

Rahul Gandhi is a College Dropout and No degree Holder

http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/mar/23espec1.htm

The Rediff Special / George Iype

March 23, 2004

Rahul Gandhi is the latest in the Gandhi-Nehru family to enter electoral politics, but beyond the fact that he is the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the late Rajiv Gandhi, how much do you really know about him?

Not many do actually -- not the voters in Amethi and elsewhere, not his party cadre, or even senior Congress leaders. The few who have met him don't recall him saying much. The few who have heard him, say he is of a shy disposition.

So here's all you wanted to know about Rahul Gandhi, and didn't know who/where to ask.

How old is Rahul Gandhi?

Soon to be 34. Date of birth: June 19, 1970. That makes him a Gemini, and if you believe astrologers, this is what he is like: 'Communicator. Social, outgoing. Sees and blends opposites/both sides of an issue. Vivacious, quick, flexible, versatile, lively and changeable. Mentally ambitious.'

Which school did he go to?

His elementary and primary schooling was at Modern School, New Delhi. But because it was the height of Punjab terrorism (in October 1984, his grandmother, then prime minister Indira Gandhi, was shot dead by her Sikh bodyguards, and the family continues to live under a security blanket), Rahul and younger sibling Priyanka were mostly taught at home.

Unlike father Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul did not go to Doon School.

So did Rahul go to college in India at all?

He went to St Stephen's College, Delhi, for a year. He enrolled for history honours in 1989 and left in 1990. But here's the most interesting part: he was not admitted to St Stephen's on merit, but from the sports quota.

Really? So what sport was he good at?

He is good in rifle shooting, trap shooting being his speciality.

Like Anjali Bhagwat, you mean? So did he win any medals etc? Does he still shoot?

No, not a great shooter like Anjali; but like Rajiv Gandhi he trained at a shooting range in the Aravalli ranges near Delhi. He does not shoot these days.

Was Rahul any good at studies while at St Stephen's?

His academic performance is unknown, as Rahul did not complete his degree.

But Dr Anil Wilson, the principal of St Stephen's College, recalls him as a diligent student. "He had no airs about the famous family he belonged to," says Dr Wilson.

Rahul's security cover must always have been stifling, right? Also, celebrity children wear their parents' fame prominently. Was Rahul one of those Delhi kids?

Apparently not! Rahul was always embarrassed by the security cover the college was under because of him, is what Dr Wilson has to say: "I think he left college because of security concerns. We really did not get an opportunity to assess his academic brilliance."

So was it sayonara to studies for Rahul after that?

No. He went to the United States in 1990, to study economics at Harvard University.

Great! So did he complete his studies in Harvard?

A little bit of confusion there. He did complete the four-year AB course in economics, but did not get his degree since he did not get the required grades.

And here, may we point out that Rahul's dad, Rajiv Gandhi, did not complete his studies at Cambridge? Neither did his grandma Indira Gandhi at Oxford's Somerville College. But did the absence of a degree interfere with the late Mrs Gandhi's leadership abilities? We think not!

So between leaving Harvard and fighting the Lok Sabha election, what has he been doing?

Nothing really. An acquaintance of Rahul says, "He is a man of apparently no occupation." After Harvard, Rahul shifted base to London and worked as a financial consultant but even that is a bit unclear. Some say he worked as a manager in a financial consulting agency, the name of which is not known. But Congress leaders who know Rahul disclose that "he was whiling away time in Britain and the US."

Sounds so much like P G Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster!

In 1999 he kicked up his job to help mother Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka during that year's Lok Sabha election. Congress leaders say Sonia has been politically grooming Rahul over the last five years, and that she has now "initiated him into politics, fulltime."

So he has been based in Delhi since 1999?

Yes, he has been living in Delhi for the past five years. But unlike his rather flamboyant sister Priyanka, he has always kept a low profile.

Is Rahul married? There were some reports about a foreign girlfriend.

No, he is not married, but you are right, he has a Colombian girlfriend, Juanita.

So where and how did he meet her? Are they just good friends, or is it more serious?

Congress leaders in the know say he fell in love with Juanita at Harvard. She is the daughter of a Colombian businessman. She is said to be spending a lot of time in Delhi these days. Rahul traveled with her to Kerala's Kumarakom backwaters resort in January -- in the company of sister Priyanka and her husband Robert Vadra, so we guess the family is cool about the relationship.

But she does not stay at 10 Janpath, the Gandhis' home while in Delhi. Sources say she stays at the family farmhouse on the outskirts of Delhi.

Now back to politics. What do Congressmen think is Rahul's USP?

His looks. They say he resembles his late father. In fact, when he toured Amethi in January in the company of sister Priyanka, the villagers apparently went berserk over the resemblance to his late father.

And where was Rahul last seen in public?

In Karachi on March 13, at the India-Pakistan one-day game, on invitation from the Pakistan Cricket Board. His sister and brother-in-law were also with him. And no, Juanita was not there.

Sonia Gandhi's christian faith has sexual abusers: Nun commits suicide

Nun commits suicide, father alleges sexual abuse

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as controversy over the death of Sister Abhaya refuses to ebb, the death of a second nun in mysterious circumstances has pushed the Church in Kerala into a spot. The nun’s father on Tuesday alleged that she was sexually abused in the convent where she was living. 

Body of 22-year-old nun, Anupa Mary, was found hanging from the ceiling of the St Mary’s convent in Kollam district on Monday. A member of the Vimala Hrudaya Franciscan Congregation, Mary had joined the convent only three months back. Police said a suicide note recovered from the body mentioned her sufferings at the convent and her differences with the mother superior. 

The twist in the tale came on Tuesday with her father Pappachan accusing a senior nun in the convent of sexually abusing Mary. He claimed that the nun had made several advances towards Mary and when they were turned down, she forced Mary to work more at the convent. 

Pappachan, a cook in the Bishop’s house in Kollam, said when Mary had come home for leave some days back, she had told her mother that she could not take it any more. She had, however, not said anything to him as she feared being chucked out of the convent, he added. 

Singur way forward-> Land acquistions in India for Industrial use

As Rahul Bajaj pointed that if more than 10% of the farmers dont want to sell the land, the land acquisition cannot be forced on them. The days of 1960s / 1970s is over. In the new India, every significant protest needs to be heard and good resolutions must be arrived at.

In a densely populated country, land acquisitions must be seen as a win win deal than a one win or government deal. We live in a democracy and opposition, government, mia, bibi must be razi. Singur shows how a dialogue with both sides giving up stated positions make deals happen. Also Tatas must be accomodative to this last minute settlement. they must also give their vendors enough time as ancilliary units work is stopped for 1 month.

Nobody has win and it would be shameful is TMC or CPM or even Gopalkrishan Gandhi claim victory. these things are only relative and a combined Singur with a Nano victoious alongside with prospoerous vendor/farmers is what is the ultimate truth. 

Copycat Rahul wants to spread Grameen Bank's concept

Rahul wants to spread Grameen Bank's concept across India
Pallab Bhattacharya, New Delhi

India's ruling Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is impressed by Grameen Bank's 'huge success' in Bangladesh, and has said he wants to propagate the concept of micro financing and self-help groups across India.

Addressing more than 1,000 women and members of self-help groups, who have benefited from micro financing model in his poverty-stricken parliamentary constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh state on Friday, Rahul hoped the concept being implemented there gets due recognition and wins Nobel Prize as was the case with Grameen Bank.

"I had gone to Bangladesh recently. It (concept of micro financing and self-help groups) is a huge success there with workers saying they can win Nobel Prize for their efforts in this direction," he said.

The Indian lawmaker mentioned that women in Bangladesh have been empowered, and they are taking their own decisions. If India has to move forward, poverty has to be eradicated first, he added.

Son of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul urged Indian women to move out of the confines of their houses to ensure success of micro financing scheme and victory in the fight against poverty. 

Rahul, who had initiated the concept of micro financing in Amethi in 1990s, said, "A sapling has been planted which has grown into a tree in Amethi. Now, I want to create a jungle and spread it all over Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere in the country."

The scheme has now involved more than 20,000 women in Amethi.

joe biden or yo! bye then

Yo! Bye Then 

loves 

Indian accent

Joe Biden hilarious

ants

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/ant.html

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities. More than 10,000 known ant species occur around the world. They are especially prevalent in tropical forests, where they may comprise up to half of all the insects living in some locations.

Ants look much like termites, and the two are often confused—especially by nervous homeowners. However, ants have a narrow "waist" between the abdomen and thorax, which termites do not. Ants also have large heads, elbowed antennae, and powerful jaws. These insects belong to the order Hymenoptera, which includes wasps and bees.

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be located underground, in ground-level mounds, or in trees. Carpenter ants nest in wood and can be destructive to buildings. Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes.

Ant communities are headed by a queen or queens, whose function in life is to lay thousands of eggs that will ensure the survival of the colony. Workers (the ants typically seen by humans) are wingless females that never reproduce, but instead forage for food, care for the queen's offspring, work on the nest, protect the community, and perform many other duties.

Male ants often have only one role—mating with the queen. After they have performed this function, they may die.

Ants communicate and cooperate by using chemicals that can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source. They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus, or insects. However, some species have diets that are more unusual. Army ants may prey on reptiles, birds, or even small mammals. One Amazon species (Allomerus decemarticulatus) cooperatively builds extensive traps from plant fiber. These traps have many holes and, when an insect steps on one, hundreds of ants inside use the openings to seize it with their jaws.

Type: Bug
Diet: Omnivore
Average lifespan in the wild: Several weeks to several years
Size: 0.08 to 1 in (2 to 25 mm)
Group name: Army or colony
Did you know? Ants can lift and carry more than three times their own weight.
Size relative to a paper clip:

NSG meet : US FBI forces India to let Ken Haywood?

How did Kenwood escape the high secuity from Delhi airport? Surely Indian authorities were asked by FBI to let him through given NSG meet, India has made this a slip. Surely Ken haywood is not considered a terrorist in india but he is still wanted by authorites

American mutinational company official Ken Haywood, whose computer was used to send terror e-mail minutes before the Ahmedabad [Images] blasts, has fled from India.

Haywood's advocate Gopal Hegde said he last spoke to Haywood on Friday morning. Haywood had said that he was mentally tired and wanted to take rest.

The US national, whose computer Internet connection was used to send terror e-mail minutes before Ahmedabad blasts, left the country despite a Look Out notice issued by the Mumbai police.

Haywood, who underwent lie detector and brain mapping tests, fled from the Indira Gandhi [Images] International Airport in the wee hours of Monday to the US.

Mumbai police has blamed its Delhi [Images] counterparts for the goof up as he was allowed to pass the immigration despite a Look Out notice being issued against his name, official sources said.

They said he had cleared all tests, but had been summoned by the ATS of the Mumbai police following his allegation that a senior police official had demanded a bribe from him.

He did not turn up before the ATS despite summons, they said, adding a thorough inquiry would only lead to fixing of the responsibility for the goof up.

The CEO of a multi-national company in Mumbai, Haywood was questioned several times after the Internet Protocol address of Indian Mujahideen [Images] email, sent to various media houses minutes before Ahmedabad blasts, led to his flat in Navi Mumbai.

The entire building had wireless fidelity with Haywood being one of the users. He had claimed that his connection, which was not password protected, was used by the terror group to send the email.

The Gujarat police is already on a look out for a techie, who was working with Wipro company, as they claim that he could have possibly hacked his Internet connection. 

Haywood said that he had no fear about his involvement in this case and was ready for any test that the Anti-Terrorism Squad wanted, Hegde said.

Hegde last met Haywood on Friday and hasn't been in touch with him as he was in his farmhouse in Panvel since Friday.

Vir Sanghvi needs to remould his Giveup of Kashmir

Vir Sanghvi says" Think the unacceptable and drop KASHMIR from india, india cannot bleed". is it why we lost so many passionate kashmiris, pundits lost their homes, army men lost their youth, governments fell, india became nuclear, if it were not for Kashmir, India would never have been one. It is sad but true Kashmir unites India more than other things, sometimes more than cricket.

maybe we must elevate kashmir to another layer and seek azad kashmir and indian kshmir elections together thus a permanent solution , but India must retain right over Kashmir , a peaceful albeit.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=37ea1a37-c222-41e7-8b19-859b5fd34cbdHTColumnists_Special&&Headline=Think+the+Unthinkable

August 16, 2008

First Published: 22:55 IST(16/8/2008)
Last Updated: 23:15 IST(16/8/2008)

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Have you been reading the news coming out of Kashmir with a mounting sense of despair? I know I have. It’s clear now that the optimism of the last few months — all those articles telling us that normalcy had returned to Kashmir — was misplaced. Nothing has really changed since the 1990s. A single spark — such as the dispute over Amarnath land — can set the whole valley on fire, so deep is the resentment, anger and the extent of secessionist feeling. Indian forces are treated as an army of occupation. New Delhi is seen as the oppressor. There is no engagement with the Indian mainstream. And even the major political parties do not hesitate to play the Pakistan card — Mehbooba Mufti is quite willing to march to the Line of Control.

At one level, the current crisis in Kashmir is a consequence of a series of actions by the Indian establishment. New Delhi let the situation fester until it was too late. The state administration veered between inaction and over-reaction. The Sangh Parivar played politics with Hindu sentiment in Jammu, raising the confrontation to a new level.

But we need to look at the Kashmir situation in a deeper way. We can no longer treat it on a case-by-case basis: solve this crisis, and then wait and see how things turn out in the future. If the experience of the last two decades has taught us anything, it is that the situation never really returns to normal. Even when we see the outward symptoms of peace, we miss the alienation and resentment within. No matter what we do, things never get better, for very long.

It’s not as though the Indian state has no experience of dealing with secessionist movements. Almost from the time we became independent 61 years ago, we have been faced with calls for secession from nearly every corner of India: from Nagaland, Assam and Mizoram, from Tamil Nadu, from Punjab etc.

In every single case, democracy has provided the solution. We have followed a three-pronged approach: strong, almost brutal, police or army action against those engaging in violence, a call to the secessionist leaders to join the democratic process and then, generous central assistance for the rebuilding of the state. It is an approach that has worked brilliantly. Even in, say, Mizoram, where alienation was at its height in the 1970s, the new generation sees itself as Indian. The Nagas now concentrate their demands on a redrawing of state boundaries (to take in part of Manipur), not on a threat to the integrity of India. In Tamil Nadu, the Hindi agitation is forgotten and in Punjab, Khalistan is a distant memory.

The exception to this trend has been Kashmir. Contrary to what many Kashmiris claim, we have tried everything. Even today, the state enjoys a special status. Under Article 370 of our Constitution, with the exception of defence, foreign policy, and communication, no law enacted by parliament has any legitimacy in Kashmir unless the state government gives its consent. The state is the only one in India to have its own Constitution and the President of India cannot issue directions to the state government in exercise of the executive power of the Union as he can in every other state. Kashmiri are Indian citizens but Indians are not necessarily Kashmiri citizens. We cannot vote for elections to their assembly or own any property in Kashmir.

Then, there is the money. Bihar gets per capita central assistance of Rs 876 per year. Kashmir gets over ten times more: Rs 9,754 per year. While in Bihar and other states, this assistance is mainly in the forms of loans to the state, in Kashmir 90 per cent is an outright grant. Kashmir’s entire Five Year Plan expenditure is met by the Indian taxpayer. In addition, New Delhi keeps throwing more and more money at the state: in 2004, the Prime Minister gave Kashmir another $ 5 billion for development.

Kashmiris are happy to take the money and the special rights but they argue that India has been unfair to them because no free political process has developed. And, it is true that we have rigged elections in Kashmir. But, it is now nearly a decade since any rigging was alleged. Nobody disputes that the last election was fair. Moreover, even though the Congress got more seats than the PDP, the Chief Ministership went to Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as a gesture.

Given that Kashmir has the best deal of any Indian state, is there anything more we can do? Kashmiris talk about more autonomy. But I don’t see a) what more we can give them and b) how much difference it will make.

If you step back and think about it, the real question is not “how do we solve this month’s crisis”? It is: what does the Centre get in return for the special favours and the billions of dollars?

The short answer is: damn all.

As the current agitation demonstrates, far from gratitude, there is active hatred of India. Pakistan, a small, second-rate country that has been left far behind by India, suddenly acts as though it is on par with us, lecturing India in human rights and threatening to further internationalise the present crisis.

The world looks at us with dismay. If we are the largest democracy on the planet then how can we hang on to a people who have no desire to be part of India?

The other cost of Kashmir is military. Many terrorist acts, from the hijacking of IC 814 to the attack on parliament have Kashmir links. Our response to the parliament attack was Operation Parakram, which cost, in ten months, Rs 6,500 crore and 800 army lives? (Kargil cost us 474 lives.) Each day, our troops and paramilitary forces are subjected to terrorists’s attacks, stress, and ridicule.

So, here’s my question: why are we still hanging on to Kashmir if the Kashmiris don’t want to have anything to do with us?

The answer is machismo. We have been conned into believing that it would diminish India if Kashmir seceded. And so, as we lose lives and billions of dollars, the Kashmiris revel in calling us names knowing that we will never have the guts to let them go.

But would India really be diminished? One argument is that offering Kashmiris the right to self-determination would encourage every other secessionist group. But would it? Isn’t there already a sense in which we treat Kashmir as a special case? No other secessionist group gets Article 370 or so much extra consideration. Besides, if you take this line, then no solution (autonomy, soft borders etc.) is possible because you could argue that everybody else would want it too.

A second objection is that Indian secularism would be damaged by the secession of Kashmir. This is clearly not true. As history has shown, Indian Muslims feel no special kinship with Kashmir. They would not feel less Indian if some Kashmiris departed.

Moreover, too much is made of the size of Kashmir. Actually secessionist feeling is concentrated in the Valley, an area with a population of 4 million that is 98 per cent Muslim. (The Hindus either left or were driven out). Neither Jammu nor Ladakh want to secede. So, is the future of India to be held hostage to a population less than half the size of the population of Delhi?

I reckon we should hold a referendum in the Valley. Let the Kashmiris determine their own destiny. If they want to stay in India, they are welcome. But if they don’t, then we have no moral right to force them to remain. If they vote for integration with Pakistan, all this will mean is that Azad Kashmir will gain a little more territory. If they opt for independence, they will last for about 15 minutes without the billions that India has showered on them. But it will be their decision.

Whatever happens, how can India lose? If you believe in democracy, then giving Kashmiris the right to self-determination is the correct thing to do. And even if you don’t, surely we will be better off being rid of this constant, painful strain on our resources, our lives, and our honour as a nation?

This is India’s century. We have the world to conquer — and the means to do it. Kashmir is a 20th century problem. We cannot let it drag us down and bleed us as we assume our rightful place in the world.

It’s time to think the unthinkable.

Verizon Strike: Shameless comments on India

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/verizon_workers_to_rally_today.html
Members of the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers carried picket signs and shouted, "No contract, no work!"

I care less of USA but care more about of India.
It is appalling that India has to face shameless comments from Americans who cant solve their backdoor problems. India is an outsourcing destination at its own rights and not at the cost of stikes from Verizon.

Look at some of the comments , some are unfortunately disguised whites acting as Indians.
http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/07/28/verizon-strike/

JIm White One day ago
The shareholders should strike! Flat and diminishing returns caused by a management that is dazed and confused by inferior cable products which outsell and outpace Verizon quality products in growth and revenue. Why? because happy cable customers brag about the superior customer service from the “US reps and SIMPLE if NON EXISTANT computer girl that answers the phone”. VECTORING SYSTEMS which in and of themselves cause customers to become “detractors” and eliminate jobs. Why pay a US worker to answer the phone when a computer can kinda do it. Then there is the India answering connection. We all know that customers are much happier when their problems are address by someone who CAN’T SPEAK ENGLISH or SPANISH!!!!!!!!! Not to mention Verizon management or “lack there of” in marketing. These marketing people are totally incompetent vs. cables cutting-edge creative marketing. They came up with turtles, Verizon answered with a bucket guy.Lastly, BOB is fool if he thinks Verizon management has more university degrees that the union employees. Actually from what I have read BOB is simply a fool.

fios sales One month ago
Hey Bob you would not have job without union your job would be done by somebody in India. management should not only bow down to us they should be gratefull we are the reason they have jobs without union India would have it all. I will also assure you Verizon will give in and I will be laughing at you when I get free medical and full pension I allso willnot have to worry about job security when will they RIFF u

CWA1105 member One day ago
If it wasn’t for the CWA union, every single one of the utilities including Verizon will outsource every job to India. That is why our country’s economy is in the toilet.
So Florence, is you think management is so grand, why don’t promote yourself to management. SO we can then applaud when you are rift!!!!!


Kumar One day ago " The American white collar stooge"
Dank you verizon, TaTa consulting is waiting in the wings for all your jobs. We took over IT and work for 5 dollar an hour even though it takes us 3 times to get anything correct. We just nod our heads and say yes and smile.Notice your ceo get’s a raise every year event though the stock price has stayed basically the same.The I in verIzon stands for India!

Randy Pausch quotes

Randy Pausch quotes

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1 ) What I did was wrong. 2 ) I’m sorry that I hurt you. 3 ) How do I make it better? It’s the third part that people tend to forget…. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted…. I probably got more from that dream [of playing professional football] and not accomplishing it than I got from any of the ones that I did accomplish.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

The best piece of parenting advice I’ve ever heard is from flight attendants. If things get really tough, grab your own oxygen mask first.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

Be good at something; it makes you valuable…. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

We can’t change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I’m not as depressed as you think I should be, I’m sorry to disappoint you.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I’m sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It’s the third part that people tend to forget…. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

When you are doing something badly and no one’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones still telling you they love you and care.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

It is not about achieving your dreams but living your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

I’ve never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion. We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

No one is pure evil. Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

It’s very important to know when you are in a pissing match and it’s very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let ‘em do it.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

If you are going to do anything that is pioneering you will get those arrows in your back
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

I now believe that Wikipedia is a perfectly fine source for your information, because I know what the quality control is for real encyclopedias.
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

It’s really cool to meet your boyhood idol, But it’s even cooler when he comes to you to see what cool stuff you’re doing. (Speaking of meeting William Shatner)
- Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )

Is web education so mystical enough to pay

There are several sites like http://www.ebizel.com/ that charge Rs. 7585 for a year to provide basic web educationto the hapless masses. The question that needs to be reflected is the mysticness of the Web education.

As per http://www.ebizel.com/products.php
They say "eBIZ Educational and Web Package worth's much more than its cost. We always try to add more features, services and products. For buying eBIZ Educational and Web Package pay Rs. 7585 for a year, which includes cost of eBIZ Educational and Web Package Rs.5500, annual maintenance charge of Rs.1250, 12 % service tax and 3 % Cess Charge on Service Tax to Govt. of India. In US $ 250 (Package cost US $ 200 + annual maintenance charge of US $ 40 + handling charges US $ 10 )." Really so?

Lets do the math. What are they offering? I guess the package is confused target for people who are wanna be bloggers. The way to learn blogging is a mindset stuff than a one year web demystifying mission. Lets get smart and bust the "Demystifying web" theory. Thats the blogging theory isn't it

Inside Operating System
Inside BIOS -> Not needed to know
DOS -> Not needed to know
Windows 98 -> Not needed to know
Windows XP -> Yes, but the microsoft OS package is self learning
Windows Vista -> Yes, but the microsoft OS package is self learning
Linux Basics -> why?
HTML -> why? < html > < / html >
HTML DOM -> why?
DHTML -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in DHTML
CSS -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in CSS
JavaScript -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in Javascript
Java Server Pages(JSP) -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in JSP
XHTML -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in XHTML
DTD -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in DTD
RSS -> Self Learning
XSL -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in XSL
XML Schema -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in XML Schema
WAP/WML -> Yes, but many self learning tutorials in WAP/WML
PageMaker -> Self Learning
Flash -> Self Learning
CorelDraw -> Self Learning
Illustrator -> ?
Microsoft Publisher -> why?
Macromedia Flash 8 -> Self Learning
Core Java -> Self Learning
Fortran -> Self Learning
Visual Basic
C -> Can you learn it so quickly
C++ -> Can you learn it so quickly
JDBC -> Can you learn it so quickly
Advance C -> Can you learn it so quickly
Data Structure through C -> Can you learn it so quickly
MS Access -> Self Learning
PL/SQL -> Self Learning
MySQL -> Can you learn it so quickly
Computer Fundamental -> Self Learning
MS Excel -> Self Learning
MS PowerPoint -> Self LearningMS Word -> Self Learning
Networking -> No
Computer Hardware -> No
MS FrontPage -> Yes
Tally 5.4 ->Yes
Tally 8.1 -> Yes
Internet -> hmm
TCP/IP -> Self learning
MS Paint -> Self learning
UML -> Self learning

Randy Pausch : The Lessons I'm Leaving Behind

Though he died of pancreatic cancer, his story will be online . I also share his thoughts

"I could put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children"

The story of Randy Pausch must be retold: excerpts from Last lecture

Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University professor whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation, has died. He was 47. Pausch wrote the following story about his experiences for PARADE magazine. It originally appeared in the April 6, 2008 issue.
Watch Randy Pausch's Last LectureAt many colleges, professors are asked to give a “last lecture.” In this talk, they ruminate on what matters most to them. As they speak, audiences mull the same question: What wisdom would you impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance? Last year, I agreed to give a last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University, where I’m a professor in the computer science department. A few weeks later, I learned that I had only months to live—I was dying of pancreatic cancer. I knew I could cancel. I have three young children, I’m married to Jai, the woman of my dreams, and there were so many things to be done. But by speaking, I knew I could put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children, Dylan, Logan and Chloe. Here’s what I want to share.
Always Have FunBefore I spoke, Carnegie Mellon’s president, Jared Cohon, said to me, “Please tell them about having fun, because that’s what I’ll remember you for.”I came to an early realization. Each of us must make a decision, best captured in A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh characters. Am I a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? It’s clear where I stand.For my last Halloween, Jai, our kids and I dressed up as the Incredibles. I put a photo of us on my website and explained that chemo had not affected my superpowers. I got smiling e-mails in response.I won’t let go of the Tigger in me. Someone asked what I want on my tombstone. I said: “Randy Pausch: He Lived 30 Years After a Terminal Diagnosis.” I could pack a lot of fun into 30 years. If that’s not to be, I’ll pack fun into the time I have.
Dream Big I was 8 in the summer of 1969, when men first walked on the moon. I was at camp, and we campers were brought to the main house to watch the moment on TV. But the astronauts were taking a while, and it was late. The counselors sent us to our tents to sleep, and we missed the first walk.I was peeved. I thought: “My species has gotten off our planet and is in a new world for the first time, and you people think bedtime matters?”When I got home, my dad gave me a photo that he’d taken of our TV set the second Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. We still have that photo. Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids’ dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.
Ask for What You Want On a trip to Disney World, my dad and I were at the monorail with my son Dylan, then 4. Dylan wanted to sit in the nose-cone with the driver, and my father thought it would be a kick too.“Too bad they don’t let regular people sit there,” Dad said. “Actually, I’ve learned there’s a trick to getting to sit up front,” I said. “Do you want to see it?” I walked over to the attendant and said: “Excuse me. Could we please sit in the front car?”“Certainly,” the attendant said. He led us to the nose-cone. It was one of the only times I ever saw my dad flabbergasted. “I said there was a trick,” I told him. “I didn’t say it was a hard trick.”Now I’ve gotten even better at “just asking.” As we all know, it can take days to get medical results. Waiting is not how I want to spend my time, so I ask: “What’s the fastest I can get these results?”“Oh,” they often respond, “we might be able to have them for you within an hour.”Ask. More often than you’d suspect, the answer you’ll get is, “Sure.”
Dare To Take a RiskIn a virtual-reality course I taught, I encouraged students to attempt hard things and not worry about failing. At the end of the semester, I presented a stuffed penguin—“The First Penguin Award”—to the team that took the biggest gamble while not meeting its goals. The award came from the idea that when penguins jump in water that might have predators, well, one of them’s got to be the first penguin. In essence, it was a prize for “glorious failure.”Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted. And it can be the most valuable thing you have to offer.
Look for the Best In EverybodyI got this advice from Jon Snoddy, my hero at Disney Imagineering. “If you wait long enough,” he said, “people will surprise and impress you.” When you’re frustrated with people, when you’re angry, it may be because you haven’t given them enough time. Jon warned that this took great patience, even years. “In the end,” he said, “people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting. It will come out.”
Make Time for What MattersWhen Jai and I went on our honeymoon, we wanted to be left alone. Since my boss demanded a way for people to reach me, I recorded this greeting: “Hi, this is Randy. I waited until I was 39 to get married, so my wife and I are going away for a month. I hope you don’t have a problem with that, but my boss does. Apparently, I have to be reachable.” I then gave the names of Jai’s parents and the city where they lived. “If you call directory assistance, you can get their phone number. And then, if you can convince my in-laws that your emergency merits interrupting their only daughter’s honeymoon, they have our number.” We didn’t get any calls.Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.
Let Kids Be Themselves Because I’ve been so vocal about my childhood dreams, people have asked me about the dreams I have for my own kids. As a professor, I’ve seen how disruptive it can be for parents to have specific dreams for their children. My job is to help my kids foster a joy for life and develop the tools to fulfill their own wishes. My wishes for them are very exact and, given that I won’t be there, I want to be clear: Kids, don’t try to figure out what I wanted you to become. I want you to become what you want to become. And I want you to feel as if I am there with you, whatever path you choose.Adapted from the book The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow. Copyright © 2008 Randy Pausch. To be published by Hyperion. All rights reserved.AFTER THE LECTUREAfter I gave my lecture in September, I expected to go home and quietly spend time with my family. I never imagined that my talk would be viewed online by millions worldwide. The response has overwhelmed and moved me. Thousands of people have written to me about their life lessons. I’ve also been buoyed by former students who’ve told me how my teaching made a difference to them. There’s no greater gift for a teacher. I’ve used my unexpected fame to advocate for pancreatic cancer research. Last month, I testified before Congress to seek funding for my disease, which is considered the deadliest of cancers. I’ve had great fun too. In my lecture, I told of two childhood dreams: playing in the NFL and being Captain Kirk on Star Trek. Strangers fulfilled those wishes. I was invited to scrimmage with the Pittsburgh Steelers and got to say a line in a new Star Trek film. Both experiences were thrilling.I’m lucky to be living longer than I expected, allowing me more time with my kids. I’ve tried to do unforgettable things with them—such as swimming with dolphins—so they’ll have concrete memories of us and of my love for them. I am honored that my lecture will live on and that people have found it beneficial. Honestly, though, the talk was for my kids, and it gives me comfort to know that they will one day watch it.

Why are we political hungry Nation?

11 pm on 22and July. Some call it the blackest day in Indian Parliament. Some refer as the bloodiest day for Money power. Some call it the resurgence of Manmohan Singh.
The Indian internet google trends were also political. So will be the economic markets precitably tomorrow on the Bullrun Dancing political news and Smashhits and then the Sensex Bullrun.

Smashhits was the loner contender at distant 41. Why are we so political hungry antion, what drives us to the point of belief in democracy?

1.
trust vote
12% - Chennai, TN11% - Bangalore, KA10% - Mumbai, MH
2.
aajtak
18% - New Delhi, DL10% - Mumbai, MH5% - Delhi, DL
3.
ndtv
12% - Chennai, TN10% - New Delhi, DL7% - Mumbai, MH
4.
cnn ibn
14% - New Delhi, DL9% - Mumbai, MH8% - Chennai, TN
5.
live news
14% - New Delhi, DL9% - Mumbai, MH8% - Chennai, TN
6.
zee news
18% - New Delhi, DL9% - Mumbai, MH5% - Delhi, DL
7.
times of india
8% - New Delhi, DL7% - Mumbai, MH7% - Bangalore, KA
8.
news india
9% - New Delhi, DL8% - Mumbai, MH6% - Chennai, TN
9.
times now
16% - Chennai, TN13% - Bangalore, KA9% - Mumbai, MH
10.
star news
14% - New Delhi, DL9% - Mumbai, MH5% - Calcutta, WB
11.
ndtv.com
13% - New Delhi, DL9% - Chennai, TN7% - Mumbai, MH
12.
ibn live
9% - New Delhi, DL8% - Chennai, TN8% - Bangalore, KA
13.
vote of confidence
12% - Bangalore, KA11% - Chennai, TN9% - Mumbai, MH
14.
latest news
12% - New Delhi, DL7% - Mumbai, MH5% - Bangalore, KA
15.
dd news
16% - New Delhi, DL6% - Chennai, TN6% - Mumbai, MH
16.
india tv
21% - New Delhi, DL8% - Mumbai, MH6% - Delhi, DL
17.
dinamalar

31% - Chennai, TN5% - Bangalore, KA
18.
the hindu
19.
ndtv news
20.
aajtak.com

21.
lok sabha
22.
parliament news
23.
upa
24.
ndtv india
25.
upa government
26.
headlines today
27.
www.ndtv.com
28.
ndtv live
29.
ajtak
30.
manmohan singh
31.
indian express
32.
hindi news
33.
upa wins trust vote
34.
hindustan times
35.
cnn india
36.
upa govt
37.
indian parliament
38.
online news
39.
indiavision
40.
aajtak news

41.
smashits.com