tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138423112024-03-13T14:03:55.288+04:00My MusingsMuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-18407152837066113242017-03-22T00:33:00.001+04:002017-03-22T00:40:09.535+04:00PCC for Canada Immigration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you are within Canada and you need to get background check done in India to apply for your PR, I hope the below information is helpful.<br />
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The Consulate General of India is located at 365 Bloor Street East, 7th Floor, Toronto ON M4W 3L4. The closest intersection is Bloor and Sherbourne. The nearest subway is Sherbourne station (http://www.cgitoronto.ca/)<br />
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Visa and consular applications are handled by BLS International Services Canada Inc. (BLS). NOTICE. Applications for Visa, Passport, Surrender Certificate, Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO), Certificate of Birth and Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) should be submitted at the BLS Visa Application Centres (VACs) at :<br />
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Toronto – 1448 Lawrence Avenue E, Unit 6 A, ON, M4A2V6<br />
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Brampton - 10 Gillingham Drive , Unit 201 , ON, L6X5A5<br />
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Winnipeg – 1806, 201 Portage Avenue, 18th Floor, MB R3B3K6<br />
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BLS International Services Canada Inc. Helpline number is 647-846-8141 and their website http://www.blsindia-canada.com.<br />
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Submission : 8.00 am to 2.00 PM<br />
Collection : 3.00 am to 5.00 PM<br />
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The Consulate does not accept any applications directly, except for Emergency Visa, Emergency Passport (Tatkaal), and Attestation. These services are available at the Consulate from Monday to Friday:</div>
MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-382229969737040662017-01-21T07:15:00.000+04:002017-01-21T08:12:26.785+04:00Demonetization : RBI Chennai NRI deposit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last couple of months have
been very turbulent for Indians as we try to get a grip on the demonetization
wave. While people residing in India
seem to have come to an understanding with the new normal, Indians abroad are
still confused and trying to make sense of what this means to them and how do
they convert/exchange the devalued SBNs (1000 and 500 Rs Notes) with the new
ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can claim that I am one of the
few NRIs who have successfully submitted my old currency notes at RBI and while
I wait for the money to be deposited to my account, I wanted to share my
experiences that may be helpful for others who are looking for pointers
/directives online but don’t find any useful information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I visited RBI Chennai on 18<sup>th</sup>
Jan 2017. I had Rs 18,500 that I carried with me when I landed in India almost
a week before. Below, I try to provide as much information as possible. If I commit
any mistakes in this post, please help me to correct it by leaving a comment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: yellow;">I would like to clarify that this
is my personal experience and this is not authorized by RBI or the government,
nor supported by any opposing legal or illegal agencies/bodies. This article doesn’t
guarantee that the same process is followed at each RBI branch or within RBI
Chennai for everybody. The process may
change based or person to person, day to day, branch to branch and also based
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Without further Ado, let’s get
started.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>While Landing at any Indian Airport.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please note that you are allowed
to carry a maximum of Rs 25,000 per person when you enter India. My port of
entry was at Bangalore International Airport. After security clearance and
collecting your luggage at the carousel, you hit the Customs desk. Please ask
for a form for currency declaration.
This is a one page form collecting details such as Passport Number,
Flight Number, Resident Status, currency denominations et all. Once you have
filled in the form, hand it over to the customs officer along with the currency
and you passport. They make entries, count the currency, take it backdoors to
get it signed and sealed by the police officer. And Voila! You are done. The airport
formalities are done. Please make sure to collect the currency, the form and
the passport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Key Points to Remember<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, before I proceed further,
let me highlight some key points that you need to be aware of.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->You
are allowed to carry a maximum of Rs 25,000 per person into India that needs to
be declared and validated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->However,
there is no limit on the deposit amount, if you can prove to the government
that this is your legal money that you had left at home / office / wherever
when you were out of India.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->You
would also need to prove that you were out of India Between Nov 2016 till Date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Please
note that you can exchange currency only during your first visit to India after
Nov 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->This
facility is only for Indian passport holders. If you are a PIO / OCI with
non-Indian passport, then you are not eligible to exchange the currency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Even
if you are an Indian Passport holder but if you reside in Pakistan, Nepal or
Bangladesh, you are not eligible to exchange the currency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">7)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->You
need an NRO account to deposit the money into. Carry documentation for the
account details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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importantly, the cut off time to enter the premises is 2:30 PM. If you are not
inside the premises before 2:30 PM then you would be asked to return the next
day or whenever convenient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don’t need to book an appointment to visit RBI, just make sure that RBI branch
is operational on the day you plan to visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Documents to Carry<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You are expected to carry the
originals as well as photo copies of the below listed documents. Please note
this is not the final list. You may be asked for more documents. It is better
to carry other documents as well. Better Safe than sorry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Original
documents</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Passport<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Card<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Aadhar
Card<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Driver’s
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Account PassBook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Customs
certified currency declaration form<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Statement from Nov 2016 till Date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You will also need to submit the
photocopies to the desk officer. There is a photocopier in RBI office but there
is a huge queue. It is better carry the photocopies to speed up the process<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Photocopies</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– a) Front page b)Back Page c) Pages with the last India exit and India entry
stamps <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Card Photocopy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Card / Driver’s license photocopy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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/ statement photocopy clearly stating your name, account number, Branch
address, IFSC code.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you don’t have a PAN Card, an
additional form will be provided to you that need to fill and submit with the documentation.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now to the actual process</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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will be queued outside the RBI office. Start early. It pays to be among the
first few when everybody at the bank is fresh and not frustrated <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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opens at 10 AM. An officer at the gate validates your documents and lets you
into the RBI premises and you are seated near the security entrance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you go through the security process. You handover your passport and will be
asked for Indian residential address. You will be photographed, a RBI Visitor
ID card is provided to you along with a paper slip of appointment confirmation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you will be directed to the floor where it all happens. You again go through
the musical chair process until you are called up by the front desk staff, who
validate your documents, and then ask you to visit the photocopier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5)<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->If
you already carry the photocopies then you are given a deposit form to fill,
else you will have to queue up at the photocopier and return back to the front
desk with your documents. Once they validate that your documents are in order,
you are provided the deposit form and a token number to see the desk officer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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form has all the details such as passport number, bank account details, India
and abroad residential details, contact details and currency denomination
details. Take your time to fill the form. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you fill the form, you again are fed into the musical chair process and the
token roll call. When your token is called for you carry all your documentation
to the desk officer who fills more documents and sends you to a verification
officer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wait in a queue for verification officer who when free will pick your case,
validate your documentation and redirect you to a deposit counter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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again, you are back at the familiar queues at the counter and when you reach
the counter, you pass your documentation and money to the clerk at the counter
who fills more forms, takes your money, validates all the currency details,
seals your currency in an envelope and provides you with a tender receipt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you have missed any documents, you are provided an email address to which you
need to send the softcopies quoting your tender receipt number. Please note
that the soft copies need to be submitted within a week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you are done!! You can get out of the RBI and breathe a sigh of relief. Next
steps are to wait for three weeks until your money is deposited to your bank account.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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waiting for the money to be deposited in my account. Until then I cannot
confirm if this was a futile waste of time or successful adherence to the
process investing our total trust in the appointed government and supporting
them in the measures to make India a better country !!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Book Review: </b>The Shadow
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<b>Author: </b>Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spanish)<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Genre : </b>Fiction, Mystery<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The Shadow of the
winds is the story of Daniel and his quest to locate the author of a book that
he has found and adapted at a secret book society called the Cemetery of
Forgotten books. The plot is based in Barcelona, 1945 that is reeling through
the aftermaths of the Spanish Civil War and throughout the book you will
realize the impact these aftermaths have on the life of the main characters of
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To sum it up, Daniel,
a 10-year old, son of bookseller is lamenting the loss of his mother. His
father takes him to Cemetery of the forgotten books to get him a hobby and in
turn a new life. Cemetery of forgotten books is a place known by a few and
visited by far lesser people where in everybody picks a book, adapts it and
makes sure its passed on to a new
generation. Daniel picks a book titled “The shadow of the winds” by an obscure
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This book and the
quest to locate the author and his other works changes Daniel’s life forever.
Julian Carax is an author who is supposedly killed in Barcelona and someone is
trying to erase all his works from the face of the earth. Daniel has his own
love interests that keep him away from the quest for a while but a few years
later he follows up on the quest again. The book then convolutes the stories of
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This is one of a kind
gothic quest that details the life in Barcelona and the pains of the civil war.
The author Zafon, has a way of telling things that anchors your interest till
then end. Talking about the end, it becomes kind of obvious. But otherwise it
is a great book and I am looking forward to read other of his works.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;">The one you need for CEC is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>CELPIP-General </b>or
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<li><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">CELPIP-LS</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> is for Canadian Citizenship </span></li>
<li><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">CELPIP-Academic</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> is for Academics as the name suggests.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The test comprises of </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">FOUR</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> Categories similar to IELTS (Reading,
Writing, Speaking, and Listening)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The registration cost for CELPIP is $250CAD + Tax and is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">comparatively</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> cheaper than IELTS.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The test is quite new, created by UBC with
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<span style="background-color: white;">The total length of all three sections is 180
minutes:</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Listening: 30 minutes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Speaking: 30 minutes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Reading and writing: 120 minutes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: red; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Listening</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<b><span style="background: white;">The listening section measures an
individual's level of understanding spoken English in everyday situations. It
includes the following parts:</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Part 1: Matching Statements to Pictures</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Part 2: Answering Questions</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Part 3: Identifying Similar Meanings</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Part 4: Comprehending Dialogues</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Part 5: Listening to Conversations</span><br />
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</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: red; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Speaking</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<b><span style="background: white;">The speaking section measures an individual's
ability to communicate orally in English. It includes the following parts:</span></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 1: Answering General Questions</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 2: Interpreting Graphic and/or Tabular
Materials</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 3: Telephone Role Play, Conversation, and
News Item</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 4: Oral Response to a Topic</span><br />
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reading and writing</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<b><span style="background: white;">The reading and writing section assesses an
individual's general reading comprehension and composition skills. It includes
the following parts:</span></b><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 1: Reading and Responding to a Letter</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 2: Reading Diagrams and Tables</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 3: Completing a Paragraph</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 4: Reading Passages and Answering Questions</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Part 5: Writing Guided Compositions</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-British Columbia</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Vancouver - Columbia College</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Surrey - Kwantlen Polytechnic University</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Richmond - Kwantlen Polytechnic University</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Victoria - Sprott Shaw Degree College</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-Alberta</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Edmonton - Grant MacEwan University</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Calgary - Bow Valley College</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Fort McMurray - Keyano College</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-Saskatchwan<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Regina - SIAST Wascana Campus</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Saskatoon - McKay Career Training</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-Manitoba</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Winnipeg - Herzing College Winnipeg</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-Ontario</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Downtown Toronto - Herzing College Toronto</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Metro Toronto - Seneca College (York Campus)</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Kitchener - Conestoga College</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Ottawa - Algonquin College</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-Quebec</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Montreal - Herzing College Montreal</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-Nova Scotia</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Halifax - Mount Saint Vincent University</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;"><b>-Yukon</b></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Whitehorse - Yukon College</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Please read the below posts for more Information on CELPIP</b></span><br />
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you can still customize the text and image of the post. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Make sure to use as few words as possible which attract the viewer's attention.</span></div>
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Watches</span></a>, a company that creates mix-and-match watches, asks
customers for input on product designs and names, and builds ongoing watch
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interested and to drive online sales. Include call to actions with links to the
most relevant page on your website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In Action:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/barkbox"><span style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> BarkBox</span></a> creates
posts with promotional codes. They found that valuable offers like
buy-1-get-1-free or discounts over 20% were more likely to be shared and it
helped them spread the word about their business.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To improve engagement with your promotions, include clear calls
to action, redemption details, and when the promotion ends to add a sense of
urgency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Reward people who are connected to your Page and drive loyalty
and online sales by providing them with exclusive information. Make them feel
special by sharing exclusive product news, contests and events.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In action: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/myPhotoBarn"><span style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">PhotoBarn</span></a> created
a Mother’s Day 10-Day Giveaway of PhotoBarn products on their Page<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your audience will be more likely to engage with posts when
they’re related to subjects that are top of mind, like current events or the
holidays<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Timeliness is also important when replying to comments on your
posts. The faster you reply, the more likely fans will engage with you in the
future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tip: Post a daily sneak peek of upcoming product sales 2
weeks prior to Black Friday or Cyber Monday<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The easiest way to stay in regular contact with fans is by
creating a conversational calendar with ideas about what to talk about each
week or month<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A content calendar will not only help you post regularly, but
will ensure your content is well planned, interesting, and that you don't miss
major business events and news. Find a frequency that works for you and your
audience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8. Schedule your posts<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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advance and plan for upcoming holiday events and specials<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To schedule your posts, simply click the clock icon on the lower
left-hand corner of your Page's sharing tool<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Schedule your posts when most of your fans are online. You can
find out when your fans are online by visiting your Page Insights and going to
the posts tab<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After you've scheduled a post, you can manage your scheduled
posts by going to the top of your Page and choosing Edit Page and then
selecting Use Activity Log<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #141823; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9. Target your posts<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #6a7181; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If your posts are meant for specific groups of people, you can
target your post in your Page’s sharing tool by clicking on the target icon at
the bottom left corner and selecting Add Targeting. You can target your post
based upon gender, relationship status, educational status, interests, age,
location, and language.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gory scenes of blood, intestines and organs falling out and weird walking dead bodies - Z.O.M.B.I.E.S. !!</div>
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Yes!! now imagine the fun when you get to spend a good part of the day with these weird characters and caricatures. It was like Dawn of the dead characters attacking Toronto.</div>
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I have had this luck. Twice!! I have been a part of Toronto Zombie walk 2012 and 2013 and I am here to share my experiences from this year.<br />
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Although this year it was all rainy, soggy and wet, the zeal of the participants didn't damp down.</div>
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Approximately 10,000 resident of Toronto dressed in great real life make up of various zombified characters paraded the streets of downtown Toronto.From Mario to Game of thrones, you will find it all.</div>
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Toronto Zombie walk begins with assembling and registration of all participants at Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall.</div>
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We had a stage performance by Zombie bands followed by zombie parade where the Zombies took to downtown Toronto hunting for fresh bodies (figuratively ;) ). The day ended with a Closing performance and some fun memories.</div>
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MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-25174639958836172632013-01-13T03:37:00.002+04:002013-01-13T03:37:40.822+04:00What Kind of spender are youI came across this amazing graphic and wanted to share with you all
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MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-67896232246299972862012-08-16T03:26:00.000+04:002013-11-25T11:25:58.150+04:00How to Apply for Canada LMO work permit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Now they are atlast breaking out of the Angry birds stance and avoiding oblivion by challenging new horizons. <span style="background-color: white;"><b>Amazing Alex</b> is the latest offering from ROVIO, a physics game that requires the player to apply the basics of physics to achieve the goals at every level such as knocking out something or land the ball in particular basket.</span></div>
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My first impressions said that this game was similar to <a href="http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Gravity_Master.html">Gravity Master</a>, one of my all time favorites. <span style="background-color: white;">I dug a bit further and now I can say that this game was previously known as <b>Casey's Contraptions</b>. They improvised upon it and here we are with our very own brand new Amazing Alex. </span><span style="background-color: white;">It is also claimed that the game is a copy of the 1992 PC game "<b>The incredible Machine</b>".</span></div>
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Well, I hope you now have a good idea of the game. Personally speaking, I enjoyed playing Gravity Master, I felt it was a real puzzle with the simplest possible interface.However, Amazing Alex is all glammed up Rovio style and is easier to play than Gravity Master.</div>
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The first few levels are simply knock over but when the difficulty levels raise, the fun begins. <span style="background-color: white;">The objectives are anything like knocking over a pile of books or getting a bowl into a basket, so on and so forth. And then there are balls and balloons, A tennis ball would require different force than that of a golf ball, a snooker ball or a football.</span><span style="background-color: white;">And when it is balloons, it is an entirely different ball game. </span></div>
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I am sure this is not the first and definitely not the last post on this topic. Many others will write and touch open more details. My idea was to let you know about Amazing Alex, introduce you to the game and give a sneak peek into it. I hope I have done that.</div>
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When I was drafting this article, Amazing Alex was priced $1.01 and I say it is worth it.</div>
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Now, why should one shell out the pennies to buy this game? I will give you two reviews one from the person who has the full game and another who played the free version.</div>
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Great graphics and sound. Game play is very addictive, its hard to stop playing. I love the ability to create own levels. Works flawlessly on nexus -<b>Jarno on </b><b style="background-color: white;">Google Play Store 7/12/2012</b></div>
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Now the decision is yours. But REMEMBER!! this is not angry birds so don't compare with. Just enjoy the game. Cheers to the developers!!</div>
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</div>MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-63652593451712679352011-10-16T16:23:00.000+04:002011-10-16T16:23:16.393+04:00Blog Action Day 2011 for food<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Why Food is the topic this year?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year Blog Action Day coincides with World Food Day, a time that focuses the world’s attention on food, something we all have in common.There is so much to say about food.We use food to mark times of celebration and sorrow. Lack of access to food causes devastating famines, whilst too much is causing a generation of new health problems. It can cost the world, or be too cheap for farmers to make a living.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The way we companies produce food and drinks can provide important jobs for communities or be completely destructive to habitats and local food producers. Food can give us energy to get through the day or contain ingredients that gives us allergic reactions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogjunta.com/images/stories/bad2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://blogjunta.com/images/stories/bad2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Food can cooked by highly skilled chefs with inventive flair, or mass produced and delivered with speed at the side of road. It can be incredibly healthy or complete junk and bad for your health. It can taste delicious or be a locals only delicacy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Food is important to our culture, identity and daily sustenance and the team at Blog Action invite you to join us to talk about food.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some topics suggestions for your Blog Action Day post.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"> My favorite food</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"> The famine in East Africa</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"> To be organic or not to be, that is the question.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Hunger and poverty.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"> Best and worst food memory</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"> Slow Food, Fast Food: What does it actually mean</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Malnutrition</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Conflict over Food: Will new wars be about arable land?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Is your hamburger hurting the environment?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">It takes 24 liters of water to produce one hamburger. That means it would take over 19.9 billion liters of water to make just one hamburger for every person in Europe.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Vegan, Vegetarian, Meat eater – Which one are you and why?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Trading in the future of food. What is the impact of food speculation?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Will we be able to feed 9 billion people in 2050?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">How does Fair Trade food help farmers and communities get out of poverty?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"> Freeganism – eating the things others throw away.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The scandal of food waste.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">What is the best way to farm food?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Growing your own – the joys and heartache of growing what you eat?</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Too much or too little taking food to extremes.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Strangest thing you have ever eaten.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">What food means to your culture.</li>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I recently received this E-mail from a group claiming to be google security team and that they are mailing all accounts to confirm if they IDs are active and if you do not reply to the mail your account will be shut down. And when you reply back to initial mail, an automated mail delivery services delivers you another mail asking you to compulsorily share your account details including your PASSWORD. Now now why would google do that.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I did my bit of research and found that there have been mails from other Ids as well .</div><div style="text-align: justify;">First they started with<b> gmailteam_cs@inbox.lv, </b>and to make it look more genuine the same mails are now sent by<b> gteamsecurity01@gmail.com</b> and few others. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So my dear fellas BEWARE!! do not reply to any such mails. Hope Google realizes this at the earliest and takes an action.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In any case, below is the entire text of the mail</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Date: Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:19 PM</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Subject: Gmail! Account Update Re: Gmail! Account Update</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Thanks for replying to the Security Alert Update message . Following</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">customer care and we are sending it to every Gmail accounts owner for</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Q was sitting handcuffed in the federation police car. He stared out the window of the car.It was raining heavily. His overcoat soggy and wet made him feel cold. A shiver ran up his spine. He was reminded of a similar scene, but different times and a different place. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">His sordid and nonchalant father had returned home drunk, lost money on betting and the frustration was being shown on his mother. What started with a blow or two ended into his father battering his mother to death. Many things happened in succession, he was too young to comprehend. His father was unaware that his better half had breathed her last, there were police and medical people. A kind hearted monk had taken him to the car waiting outside. It was raining heavily.He had stared through the mist and water droplets on the car window as he was driven out .... and .... and next... the dream ended in he waking up sweating and breathing heavily.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He has had this dream for about 30 years and he was going crazy. He wanted to put an end to it , to the dream; to see what happens once the car moves. The sole reason he committed the crime today for an otherwise decent and regular Joe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He had drunk, lost lot of money in poker, hired a call girl and then beaten her to death! Just to see beyond the point when he woke up and now was the time. He was seated in the car looking through the dew drops on the window pane, eagerly waiting and hoping to see what is to come next? </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is it! The end to his trauma and troubles. He will at last see the end of his dream, end of his nightmares. He will be able to sleep peacefully again. He waited and waited.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing spectacular happened! Nothing at all. The car was driven to the state penitentiary and he was thrown in to a solitary cell</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was lost for words. Sitting in a secluded cell in one of the most guarded prison he retrospected....</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Did his father really kill mother? Was his father a drunkard? By the way, who was his father?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He had never known his parents at all..... Then why was he lured into the dream for the past 30 years? thinking all the while that his father had killed his mother?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Was it his father or he himself who killed the woman in his dream? Was it a premonition?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Was the dream planted into him? Did he really dream of it for 30 years or was he drugged to believe that?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How can he find out? Only one way....</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once released from the prison he will have to do it again...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kill another innocent person on rainy day and stare <b>Through the window pane</b>..... again !!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<strong>Genre</strong>: Historical, thriller, adventure, action <br />
<strong>Original Title</strong>: The Venetian Betrayal<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Steve Berry’s plots generally pick a historical legend – a man or place and the story revolves around it. In this case, the title <em>TheVenetian Betrayal</em> misleads you to think that this book is all about Venice. This book has a Venetian connection but the central theme is all about Alexander the great.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the third book in the series featuring Cotton Malone, a retired US justice department employee now running a book store in Copenhagen. Malone with his friends Cassiopea Vitt and Henrik Thorvalsden take on another villain bent on world domination, Irina Zovastina, supreme minister of the Central Asian Federation, and her friends who are plotting to use a bioweapon to destroy Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Malone races around the globe trying to find the means to foil the minister.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is so much in this book that will keep you hooked – the Greek fire that can burn down the buildings in minutes, the Venetian council and how they have been controlling world finances, Alexander’s life and death, the manuscripts, the turbulent history of central asia, Alexander’s posthumous Greek kingdom and of course, the intelligence agencies from USA who at times are silent watchers and at times the ones calling shots that add to the thrills and frills of this book.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So this is what i did : Rename the file C:\ProgramFiles\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\NeVideo. ax to NeVideo.ax.bak and NeVideoHD.ax to NeVideo.ax.bak </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please Note that these files are the root cause for the issue, so you can rename them any which you like it. Once renamed the issue is resolved and can have relief for a long time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>This post has been published by me as a part of the <b>Blog-a-Ton Season 2 edition 18</b>; the eighteenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <a href="http://blogaton.in/"><b>Blog-a-Ton</b></a>.</blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1Gb02WFvoDF6nLlYxCiHUtwyIf1nWFypcGNNxVVTYvojgRhUW4BZFVe0-h-AIU33A3UJZ1rWUTcyAGnr2SEERyYfNmVowwVoHz7f4f0AdqobhCHA51rba0T-KChf4c1TfQdcWQ/s1600/chnage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1Gb02WFvoDF6nLlYxCiHUtwyIf1nWFypcGNNxVVTYvojgRhUW4BZFVe0-h-AIU33A3UJZ1rWUTcyAGnr2SEERyYfNmVowwVoHz7f4f0AdqobhCHA51rba0T-KChf4c1TfQdcWQ/s320/chnage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Do you know who he is Sir?” Said chambi the constable, sipping his tea.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Yeah, He is the famous Mr. Ravinder” Replied a thoughtful inspector Sharma.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“You don’t mean the <b>Founder of Ravinder & Ravinder Group of Industries</b> ?” Senior constable Ravi kumar asked raising his eyebrows to inspector Sharma’s Nod<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“He is the richest man of the country, why would he want to rob the minnow jewellery shop?” Chambi continued sipping his tea.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“It is all over the news channels and News papers, <b>Richest Man of the country caught trying to Rob a petty jewellery shop</b>. Want me to read the front page story from Times of India”? volunteered Sub-inspector Imtiyaz taking a seat besides Ravi Kumar at the Police canteen, holding a folded copy of Times of India Newspaper.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Well, here I go” sub-inspector Imtiyaz started reading the front page news<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Mr Ravinder Pradhan, the founder of Ravinder & Ravinder group of Industries, the richest man of the country was caught in the act of trying to break into a small jewellery shop at Juhu two nights ago. Yesterday in a dramatic move he pleaded guilty in the Bombay high court and refused to take lawyer representation. What had everyone’s attention was his request to be sent to Bellary Central Jail and the judge honoured his request. Mr. Ravinder has been sentenced for three month period. His family and friends were not available for a comment. Mr. Ravinder retired from all his official posts in Ravinder & Ravinder group a week back when he turned 60 and handed the reins to his kith and kin. This chain of events had the attention of our reporter Siksha Desai; she started digging around and what she has found is simply amazing. A tale that will touch your hearts and shake your belief in the system and scheme of things.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Mr. Ravinder has spent the first 30 years of his life in Bellary Central Jail</b>. Yes! you read it right. Some say he was born there and some others say his mother was imprisoned after few days of his birth. In either case, she died after a month she was sent to jail and from then on it is history. Ravinder was brought up in the jail – Fed, educated and employed. His eyes never saw the world outside the jail in first 30 years of life. But his mind was full of stories he heard from the employees and prisoners about the wonders and vanities of the world. He always wanted to see it, feel it and be a part of it. His wishes came true when his mentor, the jailer was to retire after serving a full term of 38 years. An adult Ravinder was relieved of his duties to the jail and accompanied the Jailer to Bombay where he setup a small canteen from his savings working at the jail canteen. From then, there was no looking back, Mr. Ravinder made all the right business moves and in the next ten years he owned chains of three star hotels and a retail stores. By the end of next decade, he also added automobiles, constructions, investments and real estate to his business group and by the time he retired last week, Ravinder & Ravinder Group had 42 companies under their cap and from the grand plans of his children, the group is bound to grow.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">So why did such a successful man try to rob a jewellery shop? Isn’t it obvious now? Probably </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;">in the twilight days of his life,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;"> he wanted to spend some time at the place where he started his life. How human mind works is simply amazing. ‘<i>Having achieved everything on this earth and with no milestone to reach, Mr. Ravinder could have gone crazy, anyone would. That is the reason, the last few months he has been saying that he needed a change, do something very different</i>’ says a source close to Mr. Ravinder on condition of anonymity.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Imtiyaz finished reading and looked around the table for responses. Inspector Sharma was the first to leave the table muttering under breath “Freak that one”. Chambi left to pay for his tea. He screamed at the top of his “ Crazy old fag. There were better things to do than go to jail for change”. RaviKumar stared at Imtiyaz, he added “ That was very sentimental, ofcourse anyone would like to go back to the place of birth and life, atleast once before you die.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">After exchanging few glances Imityaz added “If I were he, I would commit a bigger crime and make sure I die where I was born” Smiles exchanged and Inspector Sharma returned to retort “ Get moving you lazy slugs. We aren’t grant children of Mr. Ravinder, nor is he our father in law. We have duties to attend to and earn our daily Bread”. They all shared a laugh and went out for their daily routines.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sitting in his cell at the Bellary Jail, Mr. Ravinder finished reading the article. He thought to himself “There is more to this jail than you could possibly now. I lived, laughed and fell in love here. This is my rightful place and this is the change I wanted. To get back to where It all started. And for all those of you who think I will be out in 3 months, I have been here long enough and know tricks to stay in jail than get out. This is my final change in life and It all ends here”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>The <b>fellow Blog-a-Tonics</b> who took part in this Blog-a-Ton and links to their respective <b>posts</b> can be checked <a href="http://www.blogaton.in/2011/03/rules-and-reminder-for-blog-ton-18.html#comments"><b>here</b></a>. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following <b><a href="http://blogaton.in/">Blog-a-Ton</a></b>.</blockquote></div></div>MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-69913607589404796422011-03-01T20:10:00.003+04:002011-03-01T20:15:55.698+04:00Scope of RTI Act, India 2005<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Thomas Jefferson, 3<sup>rd</sup> President of USA(1801-09) and author of the Declaration of Independence says “<b><i>A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine</i></b>”. A thought provoking statement with lot of depth to it. It just doesn’t talk of majority in the parliament but about all those wrong-doers who wish to grow their wealth at the expense of everyone else.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATK5yeub7l8IQrjU9UWnq0k7OJqOAQStmIcOgUB6d9K5djM7Rc0rzfGaM494S5PIvXR_Wg5CsOu0_4XkKJHubJtzzUXtXHYHvEKdFS6mLFrbRC40I9xI1KMoapDfNc_C6P65R3w/s1600/RTI-SCOPE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATK5yeub7l8IQrjU9UWnq0k7OJqOAQStmIcOgUB6d9K5djM7Rc0rzfGaM494S5PIvXR_Wg5CsOu0_4XkKJHubJtzzUXtXHYHvEKdFS6mLFrbRC40I9xI1KMoapDfNc_C6P65R3w/s320/RTI-SCOPE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Right to Information Act, was brought on the table and made a reality just to counter such elements of the society. RTI guarantees transparency of Information that is vital to its functioning and to contain corruption. In other words, it aids to hold governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">We will try and understand more about the SCOPE of RTI, What information is accessible and what isn’t.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>SCOPE of RTI</b><br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">The following Governments, Organizations and bodies are covered under RTI and are subject to it.<br />
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<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Central, State and Local Governments.</li>
<li>All bodies owned, controlled or substantially financed by these governments.</li>
<li>NGOs (Non Government Organizations) substantially financed directly or indirectly by appropriate government funds.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Executive, Judiciary and legislature wings.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir - which is covered under a State-level RTI law.</li>
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Information that can be seeked under RTI</b><br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Act specifies that citizens have a right to:<br />
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Request any information (as defined).</li>
<li>Obtain copies of documents.</li>
<li>Inspect documents, works and records.</li>
<li>Take certified samples of materials of work.</li>
<li>Obtain information about material held in any form (Electronic Media included) such as</li>
</ul></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Records</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Documents</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Memos</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Opinions & Advices</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Press Releases</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Circulars, orders & logbooks</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Contracts</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 72.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New';">o<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Reports, paper samples & models</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
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<b>PARTIAL DISCLOSURE under RTI</b><br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;">The act also enforces non-disclosure of some Information which may be vital to the Country’s security and other related Information. Thus, those part(s) of the requested records which are not exempt from disclosure and which can reasonably be severed from parts containing exempt information are to be provided to the Requestee under RTI.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal">This brings us to an important questions as to what information is not open to disclosure.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">The following information is exempted from disclosure (S.8)</span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"></span></b>Information which would prejudicially <br />
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Affect the sovereignty and integrity of India</li>
<li>Affect the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Affect the relation with foreign State.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Leads to incitement of an offence.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>Information forbidden to be published by any court of law or tribunal or the disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Cause a breach of privilege of parliament or the state legislature.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Affect commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of a third party.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, competent authority if satisfied that the larger public interest can allow the disclosure of such information;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Information received in confidence from foreign government.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;">This comprehensively covers the scope of RTI, what information could be seeked and what is forbidden. Inshaallah, in the coming posts we will talk more about sample case studies of RTI and other related details.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope this information was helpful to all.</div></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Facebook has grown into a power to reckon with no doubt about it, but its mass approach, to sweep every possible person into its molds is something that worries me. I am afraid it will end up becoming another Orkut. Or it may not. But this post is not to discuss where facebook is going but an afterthought based on yesterday’s facebook plan to upgrade the fan pages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some experts say this was coming, this was expected. Facebook is retiring FBML, the reason? We can all only guess. One of the quotes I heard on a tweet meet was that facebook got jealous of people making more money using the FBML fan pages than facebook could itself make. To some extent this is true. A recent survey shows that around 8000 businesses were successfully thriving on facebook fan pages and FBML and many many Individuals. From designing FBML fan pages, to plugins, polls, contact form, CSS layouts, tabs, analytics and much more. Companies like Poll daddy, Iwipa and many other big names will get a blow and will need to redesign their business that were tailored for facebook.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">“People were getting too comfortable with FBML and facebook is not going to give it out to people” says a friend of mine who is newbie social media addict but a very good critic and a born analyst. This is very true. Others also say that the day facebook announced changes to user profiles, they guessed that fan pages and groups will be next.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a positive side to this. Facebook will grow from being a markup language based web to a more structured and organized IFrames oriented system. These changes also come in the wake of the newly announced Facebook mail. Technical analysts and bloggers say that facebook wants to include fb mail and possibly be integrated with facebook fan pages there by giving a chance to the development on Mini sites and inbuilt websites for businesses. If this analysis is true, google is in for a huge blow. For if this comes true, then facebook will monopolize the web; at least the business end of it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All I can say is that I find us to be at another interesting turn of history. All we can do is wait and watch and may be even contribute when history is being made. For all we know, a new power may rise and take away the glory from the facebook, apple, google and others of their sort.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #f1c232; text-align: justify;">This post was originally written for <a href="http://www.blogjunta.com/">Blogjunta </a>and has been reproduced here with permission.</div></div>MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-59723615117048085752011-02-13T16:18:00.003+04:002011-02-13T17:28:12.939+04:00Falling in love is not a one time affair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div mce_style="text-align: justify;" style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;">This post has been published as a part of <b>THE GREAT DEBATERS No 1</b>; the first edition of the Bloggers Debate; If you like this post then FAVE it <a href="http://blogjunta.com/index.php?option=com_tpdugg&task=category&id=134&Itemid=107" mce_href="/index.php?option=com_tpdugg&task=category&id=134&Itemid=107"><b>here and read other entries as well</b></a>. <img alt="The Great Debaters at Blogjunta" border="0" height="32%" mce_src="/images/stories/thegreatdebaterss.jpg" src="http://blogjunta.com/images/stories/thegreatdebaterss.jpg" width="200" /> </div></blockquote></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Well, I am not the right person to write on this topic. Because I do not believe in the pre-marriage romance the much celebrated love of the youth and all that non-sense. But then the topic asks us to support or oppose the stand that love is a one time affair. I will try and write something meaningful. But be warned. I am very pathetic with this stuff. If you get bored some where, then I suggest you stop reading.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Jayanth, the author of the kick off post writes:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">To love someone means to hold your partner at a special place and according the highest concern and regards. The passion for the partner never reduces and the feeling is eternal. The special one is placed above self and their position is irreplaceable</span></b>"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Very true. But then it is a circumstantial statement, not true in all cases. Love and its depth have been time and again redefined depending upon the people and age. For example in the current period, we have the college kids in the age group of 15-22, the young employees 22-28, the married youth 28-34, the middle age 34-45 and the old 46 and above. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the current day scenario every age group has its own definition of love. In the first two age groups, especially love is more about physical relationship, short term flirtations, break-up and move on to a new crush. Please underline the point that they are in majority. For such a group, do you think the point highlighted in blue stands true. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">No I don't think. For some, in the age groups of married youth, middle age and the old, I firmly believe that the highlighted point stands true for some. There are still people who are true lovers and for them the first love would mean everything in heart and mind that cannot be dethroned. The nurture their feeling for the first love through out the life. But the Gen-X, cunning mean and with their shoe lace morality wouldnt stand the tests of time, give in to the stress, turn to wrong means and then end up getting a new person to replace the X. Next some Y will replace the X so on and so forth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So My thoughts are that</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><b>For a majority in the current day, Love is not a once in life time affair</b></span>"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div>MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-51775605650737515272011-01-18T14:10:00.001+04:002011-01-18T14:11:01.625+04:002011 Internet resolutions<div style="text-align: center;">I could not resist the temptation of sharing this with you all. All credits to the creator.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-85374328824097315082011-01-10T08:23:00.005+04:002011-06-11T22:57:03.377+04:00The Lincoln Lawyer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: #666666;">________________________________________________</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><strong>Author:</strong> Michael Connelly </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><strong>Genre:</strong> Court Room Drama, thriller, adventure, action </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><strong>Original Title:</strong> The Lincoln Lawyer </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><strong>Series:</strong> Micky Haller </span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #666666;"><strong>Setting:</strong> United States </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #666666;">________________________________________________</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Introducing Michael Connelly...</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrC586vEr9KbVL_PeSTiZtKJHNJQ3Ga_XQOAbveEcbTxneyqhfxw7cSXwDQ9TCAM40mzAajQcq268MNH8slrjysGme6XXlQh4dPKTbued1ICbBCUZMQaNHmp_R0Dye4MS3tvbAQw/s1600/lincolnlawyer.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrC586vEr9KbVL_PeSTiZtKJHNJQ3Ga_XQOAbveEcbTxneyqhfxw7cSXwDQ9TCAM40mzAajQcq268MNH8slrjysGme6XXlQh4dPKTbued1ICbBCUZMQaNHmp_R0Dye4MS3tvbAQw/s320/lincolnlawyer.JPG" width="217" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Michael Connelly</strong> (born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">-------------</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, have you read John Grisham? I am sure, most of you did. Next question, have you read Jeffrey Archer? I will get more Ayes for this question than the previous. Now the killer..</div><div style="text-align: justify;">How many of you want to read a book which is a mix of the talents of both these great authors? I won’t guess the answer this time. I’d simply suggest you read Michael Connelly Books.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This book, the Lincoln lawyer is a story of Criminal Defense Attorney Micky Haller who operates out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind, mostly on the wrong side of the law. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers — they're all on Mickey Haller's client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence — it's about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it's even about justice. And it is one of those times when he wants justice that this story is all about</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Micky Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a dream come true to have such a franchisee case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But all doesn’t seem to be right. A close friend of Micky is murdered and his search for truth leads him to uncomfortable corners. Uncomfortable for all the stake holders who do not mind to kill Micky to keep their secrets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was a golden find, when my friend recommended me this book. An edge of the seat, nail biting thriller. Keeps you engaged all the time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Trivia:</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><br />
</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>This book is being made into a movie by director Brad Furman starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei and Ryan Phillippe. This Movie is scheduled for 2011 release.</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>ISBN:</strong> 1-4555-0023-2 / 978-1-4555-0023-9</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Publisher:</strong> Grand Central Publishing, PaperBack</span></span></span><strong><br />
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_________________________________________________</div>MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13842311.post-50653530062858004262011-01-01T19:23:00.005+04:002011-01-01T19:35:05.698+04:00New year Wish list<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This Post has been written for <a href="http://anubhooti.com/">Anubhooti</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/BLOGESHWAR/111091628943297">Blogeshwar</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaHAMINqVJPVbtiTe8kjJgfF0DB8msvAgc-6FXeDjXHY72X_iZNBcOnoSVWJ5W4SfN_s00zFq7wHyWZVXo7IVnoIyKOSzxxyxkaCa7YANELime42W_CThblNBrE1559jaPh6ZiA/s1600/10wishes2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaHAMINqVJPVbtiTe8kjJgfF0DB8msvAgc-6FXeDjXHY72X_iZNBcOnoSVWJ5W4SfN_s00zFq7wHyWZVXo7IVnoIyKOSzxxyxkaCa7YANELime42W_CThblNBrE1559jaPh6ZiA/s320/10wishes2011.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Every year I go through these feeling on this particular day. However hard I try, I fail to name these feelings.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am not sure if it is something happy or sad. I don't know If I pound my fist in the air to cheer myself or I place my palm on my heart and console myself.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To avoid all this confusion, I look for a diversion. I ransack my cupboard, my shack and my junk yard; catch hold of a pen, pick up a notepad and start thinking.....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What should my new year resolutions be? Should I have resolution(s)? Let me see the last time I was resolute about the resolutions?? ....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think blank, in particular about nothing. Shooting in the dark I successfully manage to kill the early hours of the morning when everyone is sleeping tight after partying hard the previous night. Bored of this futile attempts to bring some sanity in an otherwise directionless life, I get busy doing nothing, more often I sit and watch TV and disturb the rest.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is how I generally spend the first morning of Every New year.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ok enough of the gibberish, that doesn't concern this post. I plan to do something different this year. Now, I have caught hold of a text editor and a key pad and I am keying in the 10 things I would like to be AMENed this year (Inspired by my friend Khalid's post). So without much ado, here I go</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">First and foremost, Less and less of bollywood flops. Movies worth watching and the ones that make a difference.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">India wins the ICC world cup - Yes despite all the cricket bashing I do for having killed the rest of sports and games, I am an Indian and I would love to watch India win the world cup with Sachin and with(out) Dhoni :) </span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our Country India being Inducted in the UNO security council.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More and better books from Indian authors and Diaspora.</span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Arsenal and Nadal to rise to glory and become the ultimate champions.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Better Bureaucrats and politicians who can steer our country to be the world leaders.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Responsible media who stop running behind TRPs; putting journalism to shame and making mockery of news reporting - <i><u>Aishwarya ke billi ko sardi lag gayi</u>-</i> No more of such nonsene.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Put my camera to use and pursue wild life photography.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pursue dreams to be an entrepreneur or atleast change the job; get a life :)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Committed Blogging - Write more and read much much more, follow more blog(ger)s.</span></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hope I get all my wishes granted.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"><b>I hope you get all your wishes granted too :)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Wishing you a prosperous and eventful year, may you rise in glory and glam and be successful in all your endeavors.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy New year 2011 !!!!</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------------------------------</div></div>MuddassirShahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06386928371778049873noreply@blogger.com27