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Teaparty Welcome All Who Desire Liberty And Happiness

Sunday 7 March 2010 @ 12:04 pm

Well the main two parties have really screwed up this time. Not only have they shattered any semblance of freedom for the current generation, they have buried the next 2 generations so deep in debt, that only some of our grandkids will ever know what quality of life feels like. This has caused a major backlash in America. It has resulted in the tidal wave of support for a fresh party. This new party is collectively being identified as the national tea party.

Why did we end up like this? The revolutionary war was a result of people who had been pushed to their breaking point with regulations and ever rising taxes. Sound familiar? This began with the Boston teaparty in which the tea was dumped into the harbor. Individuals then as now do not like to have the wages from their sweat taken from them and then spent on things they don’t believe in. It was that way then and it is that way currently. You cannot change human nature. People are endowed with rights by the creator and one of those rights is liberty. The founding fathers had no clue that the totalitarianism of King George would ever be able to rot America ever again. They cautiously wrote our constitution to prevent it from happening.

What they didn’t comprehend is that the country would move away from the grace of God to a humanist philosophy of elites determining what is best for the masses. As excellent as the constitution was, no document is any good if the leaders sworn to uphold it simply ignore it. That is what has occurred. Every year little by little, we lose more of our freedoms. Every year more new laws and policy are imposed on us that can imprison us should they be enforced. The undermining of our free market system started after world war II when soviet spies were given positions in our government. Read a great book by Ann Coulter called Treason for an in depth history of how that happened.

Which brings us to today and the proliferation of the tax day tea party april 15 events everywhere. These aren’t the kooks and extremists that the evening news would have you believe. No these are truly the traditional normal Americans who know what freedom and liberty are, and see it slipping away. They are not from any one party. They include members from no less than 5 parties from all walks of life, race and religions. When a community hospital closes it’s doors because some law demands them to treat for free non individuals, that isn’t racist, that is a genuine hardship to people. When it is taught in schools that abortion is a choice yet wearing a seat belt is not a choice, there is something amiss. When legislation is going through capitol hill that something a person says can land that person in jail under the label of hate speech, then something is wrong.

Massachusetts is known as the most socialist sympathetic state as a whole in America. It is nicknamed Taxachusetts. Since the present government with super majorities in both houses can do whatsoever it wants in theory, this makes millions of people nervous. When it was learned that this government was going to bankrupt the country with socialized health care, in which each citizen would be required to buy no matter how needy, the rising of the teaparts even reached into taxachusetts. Scott Brown, a liberal republican promised to halt the hated health care takeover and he won the election by a sizeable margin.




Pharmaceutical Politics

Wednesday 3 March 2010 @ 3:35 pm

My Dad & I had a good laugh at this commercial the other day about this pill that claimed could help folks quit smoking, the sales pitch was 5 seconds long, the warning about how it could destroy your health, cause suicidal thoughts etc.. was about 5 minutes!

That was the funny thing, the sad thing is how these Pharmaceutical Co.?s are so profitable they can afford these 5 minute ads to pedal this junk while folks are struggling to afford health insurance.

But the really sad thing is how people are so defiant against any efforts in trying to make things right and provide care to those that need it.

Well as long as they can express their misinformed and misguided anger resulting from not acknowledging or not understanding why the country is in this horrid condition is all that matters right? These hypocritical fools are the same folks that accuse ?B. Hussein O.? of being un-American, not doing anything to help anyone. They completely ignore the facts and reasons as to why the Country is in such bad shape, mocking the President and scapegoating him for these problems, when it?s the failed policies and practices of the past that they adamantly wish to perpetuate, that caused this mess. How much failure is needed for these people to learn from these bad decisions and poor judgment calls?

Want a job?, move to India or China, that?s where George W exported them to, and gave large corporations huge tax breaks for doing so. Is that American? National Security Hero?, who?s watch did 9/11 happen on and what?s the deal with a fruitless war where years later the words ?Mission Accomplished? don’t mean anything? You say President Obama is a some kind of intellectual that doesn?t have the guts, will or strength to be our Commander in Chief?, who just sent 30,000 plus troops to try and finish a war that the last President failed to win? You say he?s all talk?, give one example of a fight or challenge he hasn?t embraced.

You want less Government? Well if the Government continued to be as incompetent and ignorant as it?s been in the past, I wouldn?t blame you! Less Government?, how much more than a failed Auto, Mortgage and Banking Industry do you need to realize what less Government yields? The Auto Industry is decades behind implementing hybrid technology. Why?, because of greed. Why? because people had to have their big fuel hogging SUV’s and so that?s what they were produced. And whom does some of this fuel consumption money end up in the hands of?, terrorists. Vicious cycle wouldn?t you say folks? Your freedoms come at a price. Wake up.

So as we destroy natural resources, fund terrorism, wonder where the jobs are, and vomit hypocritical BS about the economy, be sure to mock and scapegoat the NEW President for trying to fix this mess. Your illogical thoughts and beliefs are pathetic, truly ignorant and cowardly.

I never witnessed such an honest and good willed effort to try to help as many people as possible while trying to get our Country back on track. And you know what else is not free?, fixing the failures of a previous lack of Government.

I think less than half of the people in this country need to wake up, that?s change we could all use!

God Bless America!

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The History Of New York City

Wednesday 3 March 2010 @ 11:49 am

The ball got rolling with Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Italian explorer employed by French Crown in 1524. Giovanni gave the place the name of Nouvelle Angouleme. Then, the Dutch people came over to this part of America and colonial Director General of Holland, Peter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan from Lenape for 60 guilders in 1626. Now a days the equivalent would be around $1000.

Initial Phase of Evolution -1626-1700

While Dutch and others traded for a considerably long period in the area known as New York today, it was conquered by British in 1664. They renamed the city as New York after the English Duke of York and Albany. During the period the city experienced many epidemics, especially that of yellow fever between 160-1670 causing great loss of lives.

Growing Trade Center 1701-1776

New York City became one of the growing trading centers under British rule. With the establishment of freedom of Press in 1735 after the John Peter Zenger trial, media also became prominent in promoting trade and commerce in the city. Education took a jump-start with the founding of Columbia University in 1754. However there were several skirmishes between the Sons of Liberty and British troops in the city during 1765-74.

American Revolution and Aftermath-1776-1790

After the Battle of Fort Washington in 1776, New York turned out to be one of the major British military and political bases in North America. Military occupation came to an end in 1783. At the same time a fire broke out destroying nearly 30% of the city. From 1783 to 1790 the city remained the capital of United States and also the seat of United States Congress and the Supreme Court. By 1790 it had become the largest city in United States surpassing Philadelphia.

Immigration and Development 1801-1860

The city completely transformed with heavy immigration and development during the 19th century. With the Commissioner?s Plan of 1811, the city grid was expanded and further expansions were made when the Erie Canal connecting the Atlantic port was opened to encompass the entire Manhattan. During 1857 the first landscaped park entitled Central Park was established. Huge number of free black population also resided in the city during 1827. Irish people were highest in number among immigrants and around 200000 such immigrants were residing in the city by 1860.

American Civil War and Birth of Modern City

American Civil War of 1861-65 and also the Draft Riots in 1863 that was one of the worst Civil War experienced ever by United States. Finally in 1898 the modern city was born by the addition of Brooklyn, Richmond, and Bronx.

New York City in 20th Century

The City Subway was opened in 1904 basically to help the blind people. During the first half of the twentieth century the city continued to be one of the largest centers for industry, commerce, and communication in the world. By the year 1920, New York City had one of the largest African American habitations in America. Huge skyscrapers came up all over the city giving it a feature of a concrete jungle. Eventually by 1930 it became the first mega city in the world. In the post world war II period the City experienced an economic boom and also became the virtual world capital becoming the UN Headquarters in 1950. Going through various phases of economic problems during 1960s and 1970s, fiscal resurgence in 1980s, and all time high population by 2000, it became the trade center of the world by the end of the twentieth Century.

New York City- 21st Century

21st Century started with the human made disaster of September 11, 2001 attacks with nearly 3000 people losing their lives with the destruction of World Trade Center. Replacement of the tower will only be completed by 2013. Despite the unfortunate incident, New York still remains one of the leading trade centers of the world and destination of millions of visitors yearly.

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Rilli (Quilt) Ancient Handicraft Of Sindh

Sunday 28 February 2010 @ 8:04 am

Handicrafts sort of arty and creative works have been manifestation of ancient and modern ceremonial practices of any region and the populations engaged in such handiworks can be counted as communal and enlightened possessor of such hierarchies. Such artisans have been appreciated by rank and file among sophisticated societies. Splendid region of Sindh has nourished thousands such stunning skills and crafts in her humble loam. Among such handy arts which have been historically & traditionally rooted into fertilized society of Sindh is Rilli (the quilt) a coverlet made of cloth.

Rilli is a cloth sheet made up with different colorful pieces of fabrics and can be used as bedspread. Its snobbery is that Rilli can be used to reduce the temperature in hot season whereas during summer it works to warm the wrapper. Rillies made in Sindh are thickly double layered than modern fancy bed sheets while are thinner than quilt. Amazing fact about Rilly is that since its evolutionary dawn these have been formed into human hands.

Birth place of Rilli quilt Handicrafts- ceremonial Research cloth
A question has constantly been asked from historians, artisans and Rilli makers that what is the native region of Rilli? For a while this query formulate the man all at sea since thumbs are down regarding that among historical scripts, books or commandments therefore proper answer has not been given in this connection but in my view point this subject is not much knotty as has been well thought-out by all. Nevertheless we don?t have any information about the indigenous place of Rilli but we do know about parental constituency of it.
It?s established truth by history that among three majestic civilizations of the world viz: Sumerian civilization of Mesopotamia, Egyptian civilization of Nile valley and Indus valley civilization, only from the ruins of Mohenjodaro the city of Indus valley civilization pieces of cloth/fabric material, knitting machines and dyeing places has been founded. Imports of cloth from Sindh have also been verified by ancient Sumerian and Egyptian scripts.

Whole of the Rilli has been assembled by different pieces of new and old clothes while cutting in particular form and again stitch all parts in a sequence while it developed into the outward appearance of a Rilli. If all chronological sciences approved the origin of cloth is Sindh than the idea grew to be sure that not only handy craft of Rilli has also taken its beginning into society of this terra firma but needles and very first suture of needle must have been stitched by Sindhi sewer. Innumerable kinds of textile shown on various statues founded from Mohenjo daro demonstrate the dying shops must have been here there fore historians called this metropolis as ?city of brightly colored dresses?.

Although for the period of five thousand years cloth category of objects could not live to tell the tale into brackish soil in the region of Mohenjo daro but excavators founded many golden, silvery, earthen and ceramic pots covering and wrapper with superior feature of fabric which with by touching had turned into ashes. Indian Central Cotton Inquiry Committee in 1929 observed the ashes of that stuff and testified in the report that ?This cloth is made of best kind of cotton and Indus knitters were superlative at their work and they had fashioned numerous techniques of cloth weaving??. Residents of Mohenjo daro have been used fiber of different types and colors. The excavators founded fishing hook wrapped with black colored thread. With such undeniable facts research world believe that ?Sindh has been ostentatious manufacturer of cotton commodities in ancient world?.

This actuality is also distinguished that cotton has been called ?Sindhu? in Sanskrit language while same was the name for cotton in primordial Sumerian scripts. In olden Greek scripts ?Sindhoon or Sindhin? has been written for cotton and in Arabic lingo and in holy Bible is written ?Satin?. These all words been used for cotton in ancient languages belongs to the family of the word Sindh which bear witness that along with those regions not only the cloth of Sindh has been sent around those but they must not have technique of weaving or knitting cloths. For that reason their dictionaries were blank with the word could be used for cloth/fiber/yarn therefore they put the name of cloth imported from this region as Sindh which according to accents their languages and with the passage of time corrupted the pronunciations.

The proofs for the assets like Quilt, Blanket, Ajrak and other such type of cloth expanses and bed sheets customary expected among Mohenjo daro residents can not be denied while watching carefully the things founded from the ruins of this city. Such as the statue of King Priest has wrapped the Ajrak type of textile piece which surely belongs to family of Quilt or blanket which proves that residents of this constituency in olden times used Quilt type of textile sheets as body cover. Keeping this fact in mind it will not be out of point they must use such sheets but thicker one as bedspread or coverlet which might be assembled by sewing different pieces of cloth in particular shape which must be evolutionary appearance of the quilt (Rilli).

Mohenjo Daro

The earliest imprints of human activities in Sindh go back to the Paleolithic age, roughly between/before 400,000 and 200,000 B.C. Stone implements and cave paintings from this period have been discovered in many parts of the Sindh. Evidence of domestication of animals, the adoption of agriculture, permanent village settlements, and wheel-turned pottery dating from the middle of the sixth millennium B.C. has been found from many parts of Sindh.
The Indus culture blossomed over the centuries and gave rise to the Indus Valley Civilization around 3000 BC and spread as far south as the Arabian Sea coast of India in Gujarat, as far west as the Iranian border, with an outpost in Bactria. Among the settlements were the major urban centers of Mohenjo-Daro, Harrapa, Jhookar jo daro, lakhain jo daro etc: Among those all cities of Indus Mohenjo-daro ruins was the major centre of this civilizations which at its peak have had a population of over five million. The buildings of the city were particularly advanced, with structures constructed of same-sized sun dried bricks of baked mud and burned wood. Well-defined structures of old drains were discovered along with certain old artifacts during the digging. In all, these homes in city of Mohenjo-Daro daro were designed for privacy, introspection, family life, and for insulation from the outside bustle of the city streets. The overall impression is that Mohenjo-Daro was inhabited mainly by artisans and traders who collectively composed a large and successful middle-class society.

Fabric Material Founded from Mohenjo daro
quilt Handicrafts -ceremonial Research dying

History has various proofs to believe the Textile, Industry, Technical/printed Textile, Dyes & Chemicals, Machinery, Fashion, Apparel Technology, Retail, Leather, Footwear, beads, weights & measurement, Jewelry and General technologies rooted into soil of Sindhi centuries back. Indus Valley civilization thought to have mastered the art of making cotton fabrics as early as 3000 BC where the Cotton was spun, woven, and dyed for clothing. Block printing of fabric by hand is an art practiced by Sindhi artisans for the enjoyment of owners of those fabrics throughout the world, perhaps therefore historians called Mohenjo daro as ?city of brightly colored dresses?. The thin bronze needles of different sizes founded from Mohenjo Daro are believed to have meant for embroidery, sewing, needlework, stitching, striping, edging, needlecraft needlepoint on cloth which can be traced to ancient roots in the Sindh because the world?s earliest known woven cotton cloth was found at 5000 year old Mohenjo daro site in Sindh where cotton cultivation is still a major farming practice. As the cotton trade was very important in the Indus Valley so perhaps hand woven fabrics became the leading industry and export for Mohenjodaro inhabitants. It was second only to the farming that thrived around Mohenjo-Daro.

The most frequents motifs were fruits, geometrical designs, crossing lines, boats and birds used in Sindhi fabrics shown in terracotta figurines, pottery and other things. Inspiration comes from the observation of the exuberant vegetation and fauna in Sindh. For instance grenada is a very common motif in chintz: grenada is a symbolic fruit meaning prosperity and wealth. Chintz from Persia use often different motifs: Tigers, lions and eagles (symbol of strength and power), camels, peacock (symbol of wealth), doves (symbol of peace), rats and goats. Many Sindhi textile designs influenced other civilizations.

The pieces of the cloth founded from Mohenjodaro have been undertaken to examination by Indian Central Cotton Inquiry Committee who said in their report that ?This cloth is made of best kind of cotton and Indus knitters were superlative at their work and they had fashioned numerous techniques of cloth weaving??. Historian has many other undeniable proofs about this fact that cotton was first grown and been used by Mohenjodaro inhabitants such as that ?Avara?s seal, a horned bull founded from Mohenjo daro looked very fine resting against his colorful cotton robe? of the bust of a king priest excavated from this city shows him draped over one shoulder in a piece of cloth. It is decorated with a trefoil pattern (like a three leafed clover) interspersed with small circles, the interiors of which are filled with a red pigment. The same trefoil pattern has been discovered in cities of Sumerian civilization whereas on the royal couch of Tutankhamen was also inscribed (of the ancient Pharaohs). The trefoil is a symbol of three sun-disks amalgamated together to symbolize the harmony of the gods of the Sun, water and earth.
Not only through ancient world but it is also confirmed that before 1000 AD: India and China trade fabrics. Around 1300 AD: Chou Ta-kuan, the Chinese observer of life at the Khmer capital of Angkor wrote that ?preference was given to the Indian weaving for its skill and delicacy.? 1550 AD: Indian printed cotton fabrics were sold to Japan by Portuguese. The Aztec civilization used naturally colored brown cotton as a principal form of payment. Greek and Roman civilizations used cotton for awnings and sails as well as clothing. Australia and Egypt produce the best quality cotton in the world but later on Sindhis.

Species of Cotton

There are 43 species of cotton among which 37 cotton species are from the old world viz: Asia, Africa and Australia whereas six from the new world viz: North and South America, Hawaii and the Galapagos Islands. Four cotton species have been domesticated around the world among which Gossypium herbaceum was cultivated by the Indus Valley civilization in South Asia, Gossypium hirsutum by the Maya civilization in Central America, Gossypium barbadense by the Inca civilization in South America and fourth Gossypium aboreum was disciplined by the Egyptian civilization in North Africa.

Process of Block printing

The process of block printing takes time, team work and, especially, skill. The three main tools of a block printed fabric are the wooden blocks, the fabric and the dye. It can take five carvers up to three days to create an intricate design in a block of teak for use as a printing block. The printers may use up to 30 blocks to complete a design. Separate blocks are required for each of the colors used in a design and it is not unusual to have four or five colors in a professional design. It can take twenty people, each doing a separate task, up to eight hours to prepare a single block printed garment. With all this, the results can only be unique and it seems this process of block printing has been used for centuries and is still in vogue.

The process of block printing begins with the wooden blocks. Wood carvers cut designs into blocks of different shapes and sizes. The top of the block has a handle for the printers to grasp. Each block has two or three cylindrical holes through it to permit the passage of air and to allow excess dye to squeeze out. There are also various points carved into to block which the printers use as placement indicators as they pick the block up and move it to the next patch of fabric. Each block is soaked in oil for one and one half to two weeks to soften the wood. The next step in the process is the arrangement of the fabric. Workers stretch 24 layers of jute taut over a long rectangular table. The jute serves as a pad to provide resiliency to the printing surface. The workers secure the fabric to the jute pad with pins, keeping it tightly in place.

When the printers are ready to do the printing, they select from three approaches. In the first method, called discharge printing, the printer dyes the fabric first. Then the printer chemically removes the dye from the portions of the cloth which will take the design. The bleached sections are treated, and then dye is reapplied to create the block print design. In the second method, also known as direct block printing, the cloth is bleached, and then dyed whole. The background color remains as the printer proceeds to print designs onto the dyed fabric using the wooden blocks. Finally, in resist printing, the block is used, not to apply dye, but rather to apply an impermeable resist, which can be made of clay, resin or wax. When the cloth is dyed, the portions covered by the resist do not take the dye. The resist is removed and the design has been created in reverse.

Printing is done from left to right. When the printer is using the discharge or direct block print methods, the printer dips the block into the dye then presses it onto the fabric. The printer slams the back of the block hard with the fist to create a clear impression. Then the printer moves the block to the next portion of fabric to be dyed, using points on the block to serve as a guide for the placement of the block. As they work, the printers pull a wooden cart bearing their blocks along with them. The wooden blocks can be interchanged from one piece of fabric to another, creating different patterns. Custom designs and different colors can be used from one fabric to another, creating still more individual work.

Each color of a design is done by a different printer, coming behind the one before and repeating the process. The process requires teamwork, as each subsequent printer must place the block accurately to create a beautiful, whole pattern. Once the pattern is finished on the whole length of fabric, the piece is treated to fix the dyes. First, the fabric is dried in the sun. Once dried, the fabric is rolled in newspapers and steamed in special boilers. After steaming, the fabric is washed, dried in the sun again, and ironed. Each of these steps contributes to fixing the pigment and making the colors rich and vibrant.

Dyeing and its process

Dyeing is the method of imparting colors to textile stuff in loose fiber (yarn) a long incessant length of interlocked fibers, appropriate to textile, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, needlework and rope making production. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Dye can usually be described as a colored material that has a similarity to the substrate to which it is being applied. The dye is commonly applied in an aqueous solution, and may necessitate a caustic to develop the fastness of the dye on the fiber
It is provide as true by historians that from thousands of years dyeing has been used by human being for them selves to decorate clothing, a wide variety of material that cover the human body. Volumes of anthropology, history and archaeology reveals that very first use of cloth occurred in Indus Valley civilizations where traces and pieces of cloths have been founded while excavation of Mohenjodaro.
The most important resource is nature which in the broadest sense is comparable to the natural, physical, or material world. ?Nature? refers to the phenomenon of the physical world and also to life in general. As the dyes being took out from animals a major group of mostly multicultural, eukaryotic organisms of Animalia or Metazoa kingdom. Their body plan ultimately became fixed as they develop, although some undertaking of metamorphosis later on in their life.
There are many forms of yarn dyeing. Common forms are: at package form and at hanks form. Cotton yarns are mostly dyed at package form, and acrylic or wool yarn are dyed at hank form. In continuous filament industry, polyester or polyamide yarns are always dyed at package form, viscose rayon yarns are partly dyed at hank form because of technology.

Early evidences of dyeing came from Sindh bordered by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal, where a piece of cotton dyed with a vegetable dye has been recovered from Mohenjo-Daro an archaeological site of 3rd millennium BC, where the form of dye used was madder. Mohenjo-daro was one of the largest city-settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization of south Asia situated in the province of Sind, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BCE, the city was one of the early urban settlements in the world, existing at the same time as the civilizations of ancient Egypt,Rubia is a genus of the madder family Rubiaceae, which contains about 60 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and sub-shrubs native to the Old World, temperate Asia, Africa, and America.

Dying in Mohenjodaro

Dyeing cotton fabrics is an ancient Sindhi art and the technique of dyeing cotton fabric and the patterns are traditional which has been used fabric trade which goes back to the Phoenicians who are believed to be the first foreign merchants to come here and what attracted them most were Sindhi cotton fabrics.
This proves that cotton cultivation has begun in subcontinent, but it spread over a wide geographical region. From early times this silk was regarded as a sumptuous fabric, while cotton played a more utilitarian role in Indus societies. The major problem with silk is that it requires delicate handling during the process of reeling so as to get a uniform thickness. With cotton the problem involves bonding the dye to the fiber. To absorb the dye, cotton fiber has to be treated with a variety of substances, so that the desired color ingredients can penetrate the fiber and become permanently insoluble.
Mordanting techniques Treatment of a fabric before it is dyed is known as mordanting and Sindhi mastery over this process gave Sindhees finished products dominance in the trade. Some of the major mordanting centers in subcontinent were in Mohenjo daro, Gujarat and at Masulipatnam, Kalahasti, Pulicat and the Tanjore region on the Coromandel Coast. At these centers Indian artisans developed and perfected various techniques of dyeing decorative patterns on cotton using vegetable colors.

There are more than hindered kinds, patterns, samples, classes, types and verities of Rillies (quilts) which have been made by Sindhi women. Sindhi women in this link is praiseworthy that after winding household work up they don?t desecrate their leisure time in worthless thoughts and spitefulness rather they sitting on any central courtyard or underneath a thick tree blissfully stitch the quilts. In this way their moral, psychological, financial and economical situation improved but their honesty, reticence and importance also enhanced. To save from the harm the Rillies has been stitched in other cloth sheets which are called ?A bunch of Quilts? in which ten to twenty quilts has been set aside. To maintain quits in that bunch in a particular order is an exceptional cleverness without knowing which quilt creator Sindhi women can not be standard as gifted.
If due sponsorship has been given to the manual labor of Sindhi women on personal and national level than the quilt making along with other handiwork skills of Sindh can advance speedy because such type of thousand handicrafts are existing into length and breadth of this region. It will not be out of mark to say in panorama of manual craft that from prospect of skill and expertise every home of Sindh is a training institution and each woman an expert.
Striking quilts made by Sindhi women has been given to friends, guests, relatives and brethren on meticulous occasions such as marriages and other ceremonies like wise. Ruling since centuries on hook and corner of rural economics of Sindhi society the quilt has now become legendary amongst global communities. Where is the question of its prominence around its birth place if sufficient to say that there will narrowly be any house in the region of Sindh without ten to fifty quilts because this is such uninterrupted ingredient of Sindhi culture and civilization to which mist of long period and cruel hands of modernity seem failure to separate both.

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Planned Luck And At Age 42 Still Believes In Serendipity

Saturday 24 October 2009 @ 11:31 am

H. Saripa D. Ampatua at 42 still believes in serendipity.

She got married at 19 and for more than 30 years of marriage, she encountered a lot of difficulties being a mother and a wife. Yet, she is still hopeful since she knows that there will come a time that they will surmount
every downfall. This principle enabled her to live harmoniously amidst the poverty they are in, residing in the Philippines.

She has five children aged 25, 22, 17, 14 and 9. Her eldest daughter is already married while the second child works as a company driver. The rest of her children are in Third Year High School and Grade 4.

Saripa on the other hand, only attained the fifth grade and since she married a farmer, she never had a chance to continue her studies. They presently live at Purok 1, Barangay Rebucon, Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines.

According to Saripa, “Murag wala gyapo’y nabag-o sa among kinabuhi kay magdadaro gihapon akong papa sauna ug isa lang sa pito namu ka mag-igsoon ang nakahuman ug eskwela. Pero wala gihapon siya nakatrabaho kay naminyo man.” (It seems that nothing has changed in our lives since my father was also a farmer and only one of my six siblings was able to finish her studies. However, she did not get a chance to work since she married afterwards)

Saripa’s husband is only earning P5,000 (about $100) every three months. With this, the family could hardly carry on each day. They are even burdened with the expenses for the children’s education and health.

Unexpectedly, Saripa learned that she is one of the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

It is a poverty alleviation program which provides cash subsidies to the poorest households so that they can improve their health, nutrition and education.

The 4Ps is patterned after the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) offered in some countries in Latin America that aims to address certain human development goals.

She was notified that she will be receiving P800 per month starting on November 2008 which she will use for her children’s health and education.

When she received the second payment of their cash grant, Saripa emotionally said, “Nalipay ko kay nadungagan ang binulan namu nga pangita. Karon ang kita sa akong bana mapadulong na gyud sa among konsumo.” (I am very joyful because we have additional money for our monthly income. Now, the earnings of my husband will go directly to our food consumption).

The grateful mother also shared that it is only with 4Ps where she saw a payroll and she hopes that the Program will be continued until they can finally stand on their own.

As far as I know, 4Ps is the only Program that really helps those who are struggling in life. This is our luck which is planned by the government.

Saripa is among the 1,537 beneficiaries in Nunungan, Lanao del Norte who like any other mothers believe that they are destined to have a better life if these opportunities will be nurtured with hard work and willpower.

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FBI Arrests Airport Shuttle Driver In Al Qaeda Investigation

Friday 23 October 2009 @ 9:00 am

Just when concern about Al Qaeda seemed to be dying out a new plot has come to light, followed by arrests in Denver and New York. The main suspect in the plot, Najibullah Zazi, is a 24 year old Afghan national, who was living in Aurora, Co, and working as an airport shuttle driver at nearby Denver Internatinal Airport. Zazi has been arrested, and has admitted to having ties to Al Qaeda.

According to the FBI, the terrorists, including Zazi were plotting to blow up a major center of transportation, such as a subway or railroad station. Based on evidence turned up in the investigation, New York, an urban center, with large public crowds, was considered the most likely target. Police raided the Aurora home of the 24 years old Zazi and carted away his computer, and 6 boxes of material. Inside his computer they found information about how to create bombs, shopping places for the chemicals needed to create the bombs, and pictures of some airports.

Of concern to Police is the fact that Zazi worked as an airport shuttle driver for Denver International Airport. While New York City was considered the most likely target for the terrorist cell, Police were also concerned that Zazi might have been plotting to attack Denver Airport as well.

Zazi’s attorney has denied that Zazi had anything to do with any type of terrorist plot, and people who worked with him, at the airport describe him as an affable kid, who has been a hard working supporter of his family.

The concern that a limousine might be used in terrorist attack has sparked FBI investigation into other limousine companies. Within the past several days, the FBI has been questioning a number of limousine companies in Las Vegas.

Zazi received his license to drive limousines in April, and had lies on his papers claiming residence in Aurora since 1999. In truth, he had immigrated to America from Pakistan with the last year, was working on a green card, and has had plans to bring his wife to America. With his recent alleged admission to having ties to Al Qaeda, it is difficult to know how the case will go, although according to local sources Zazi was released on his own custody pending investigation.

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1 Cent Tax Per Ounce

Thursday 22 October 2009 @ 6:45 pm

Okay so I don’t know what planet I’ve been on, but I can’t grasp what these experts are thinking. They want a sales tax on sodas in order to try and battle obesity. Congress wants to lay a 1 cent tax on every ounce of soda and sweetened beverages you purchase.

This especially rubs me the wrong way and makes me angry. First of all, one cent per ounce is ridiculous. In any case where I live that means the tax is going to be between 25% and 30% of the cost of my soda as it is now but that means there will be an even larger jump if it were implemented. This not only affects soda consumers but also sports and energy drinks.

For myself, but I know many other people that feel the same way, I am really bothered that experts and the government feel it’s their privilege to babysit me. Let people gulp what they want. Why does government worry about such stupid things instead of worrying about the important things? Frankly the government is a waste of time and capital 80% of the time. Why don’t they focus on things that will actually improve the lives of their citizens?

Now I understand that they are trying to lessen obesity rates, but this is not the way to do it. Soda drinks are part of the customs and lifeblood of America. Any time people want to just relax, have a barbeque, or watch sports games a can of soda usually goes along with that. If certain individuals decide to be obese, punishing everyone isn’t fair. Preferably, obese individuals should work on lowering their weight and moderating their cuisine, but ultimately they have a right to live the way they want. Regrettably, the more government tries to get involved the more defiant the people are going to get.

In other words the more government tries to bring to a halt the sales of these sugary drinks; the more people will purchase them. Just like with alcohol, when the government started taking action against it before prohibition, it became a flourishing business and I think that will also happen here.

Plus, how would the government take into account diet drinks and low sugar energy drinks? They can’t fault obesity on diet drinks? So would they still tax it or not? Because if they didn’t that would make some people feel a little bit better, but ultimately that would be a blow for gas stations and fast food restaurants everywhere. Especially when you go to a restaurant and get no cost refills.

Now that I have presented my arguments and frustration with this, I better just say that if the government does try to approve this tax I think there will be a general outcry all over the nation. Congressman will be receiving more telephone calls, emails, and letters from their constituents than they have on many past issues.

I will be one of the first to be calling and writing my representative because this is an issue that the government does not belong in. People have the right to drink what they want and mark my words if this tax is ratified, it won’t be long before they raise the taxes on alcohol, cookies, candy, ice cream, juices, chips, fast food, which comes down to essentially everything. The government will nickel and dime us all in the name of fighting obesity, when that should be a personal concern.

Diane Johnson earned a bachelor?s degree in Political Science from the University of Utah. She likes to write about the news, politics, college degrees, online education, and the college experience.




The FBI Background Verification

Monday 19 October 2009 @ 8:00 pm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a big agency in the United States that caters to different security purposes of the country and its individual people. The criminal justice and enforcements of the law in the country are also performed by the FBI. This serves as a good way for background checking for many various purposes giving rise to the Federal background check (FBC).

Given that the FBI is the centralized body that handles the inter-state documents of all persons in its large array of records, receiving a federal background check can provide the party that requires it with detailed and complete information about the individual. Even international illegal records can be available from the agency at times. The reasons for this kind of background check are also numerous; it can be for employment, relocation purposes and even for clearing criminal worries of an individual. The agency of the FBI also assists in many investigative body of the country in assistance with other government body like the immigration, criminal and state government. You want to test your own or anyone elses background, then you can start from this search engine, that is superior for free telephone search.

The federal background check can supply entire information for each person based on the fingerprint records, person’s name check and foreign records that are kept in a protected database they have. This type of check done on an individual is sometimes mandatory for certain jobs. The FBI?s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) can be accessed for this reason. Some jobs may even need wide investigations that may need the database that the federal agency can provide.

One motivation for having the Federal Bureau of Investigation process the check is to have relevant information from a reliable source. What can regularly be provided in the background checks are information like social security number, driving records, property ownership, bankruptcy, motor vehicle registration, education records, employment records, military records, personality references, personal references, court records, credit records, neighbor interviews, state licensing records, incarceration records, illegal records, workers? compensation, drug test records, health records and sex offenders lists. As you can see, the federal background check can provide all these records that are not all from public sources. This is because the FBI that is performing the personal history check is officially entitled to them, so any of the above information may be given when a request is approved. Need to know more about other background checks, then follow and study a lot of other tutorials related to people search email address.

The investigation of the federal background check follows the rules in receiving and reporting only necessary information. The individual being investigated in this procedure needs not to be afraid of getting harmful reports on their records compared to other private companies that are from time to time hired to do the investigation. It can really be an awkward feeling knowing that people are poking around your private or personal information. The correctness of information is trustworthy in this process; there will be no need for you to worry when you know that there is nothing negative in your record that was made just recently. However, when some harmful information was unearthed from several years ago with negative impact on your record, this may just produce you further investigation and may not affect your employment request especially when the nature is petty. It may still be unusual though when you are applying for a loan given that the records on bankruptcy will be considered as long as 10 years ago.

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The Implications Of Identity Fraud

Monday 19 October 2009 @ 7:30 pm

Identity artifice is authentic as admission to addition person’s claimed annual advice that leads to fraud.

Identity artifice is the abomination that best bodies fear. If you do not apperceive abundant about character artifice and character theft, you should accomplish abiding you apprehend and apprentice about this blazon of bent activity. You cannot assure yourself, if you do not accept the crime!

Around the apple bodies are alpha to accede that admitting a analogously new anatomy of bent action the instances of analyze artifice are on the increase. Every year there are added cases of character fraud.

According to the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) character artifice is amid the fastest growing crimes in the USA and is additionally accepting accretion media attention. The instances of Character Artifice has created over 27 actor victims and the accident of billions of dollars to businesses and banking institutions from 1998 to 2006.

Identity Artifice is growing at an alarming bulk in the UK and it is predicted to get abundant worse. Character artifice has been articular as costing the UK billions of pounds a year, and is one of Britain’s fastest growing crimes, yet bodies are still not accomplishing abundant to assure themselves.

Not aloof in the USA and the UK is character artifice causing affair but in every above country about the world. Character artifice is a advance industry and as fast as law administration agencies, government departments and banking institutions move to bung gaps and loopholes, the abyss acquisition new means to accomplishment a fundamentally awry arrangement based on ancient cardboard and cumbersome, apathetic bureaucracies.

The appellation character artifice has become absolute accepted over the aftermost 10 years. There are abounding explanations on what character artifice is but I accept it is best accurately declared as the abomination committed aback someone’s acceptable name and character is baseborn and acclimated for actionable purposes.

Identity artifice is a far added botheration than the accepted compassionate that abyss accept addition person’s character to access cash, acreage or services. Unfortunately, thieves are absolute able and they can abduct your advice absolute calmly and use it any bulk of altered ways. Some of the possibilities include:

- By rifling through your domiciliary debris to try and acquisition important claimed capacity (receipts, coffer statements etc). You would be afraid what bodies put in their rubbish.

- By artlessly accepting a acclaim agenda cardinal or the absolute acclaim agenda can acquiesce abyss to accomplish unauthorised accuse to your account. Acclaim agenda numbers are on any receipts you accept for purchases made. Additionally on your account statements you accept in the mail. If you lose a acclaim agenda for some acumen your cardinal is on it and can be acclimated fraudulently. Acclaim agenda artifice can action at a merchant or over the blast or the Internet area you do not charge to be present to acquirement goods. Who knows what is accident at the added end ? we tend to assurance bodies too much.

- By Skimming ? this is anatomy of acclaim agenda artifice that occurs in the advance of a normal, accepted transaction and involves artful the alluring band from a 18-carat acquittal agenda and appointment the advice to a acting affected card.

- Hacking into claimed computers and databases. With the technology that is accessible today alike abyss with the basal technology abilities can drudge into computer systems.

- By accepting the assurance of the biting victim to arm-twist their claimed advice from them. This is frequently accepted as Social Engineering or Pretexting. These are actionable practices were your advice is acquired by apocryphal pretences.

- By accepting apocryphal affidavit (birth certificates, passports, drivers licenses etc).

Identity artifice is not absolute to one accurate blazon of bent activity. Character artifice is now acceptable big business and it encompasses best of the above bent sectors in some anatomy or other, including, actionable immigration, biologic trafficking, money laundering, agent annexation and artifice adjoin the accessible and clandestine sector.

Identity artifice is acceptable a bright and growing blackmail to all forms of our society. Everywhere you look, character artifice is authoritative account these days.

Though frequently referred to as a “privacy” problem, character artifice can be added accurately declared as a banking crime. The actuality is, coffer and acclaim agenda character artifice is big business these canicule and you can get bent out in several altered ways.

One of the better problems in the action adjoin character artifice is the growing composure of the methods actuality used, which in best cases break advanced of apprehension methods. The addition of Chip and PIN to action acclaim agenda artifice has fabricated fraudsters about-face to new scams and character artifice is proving decidedly lucrative.

While “true name character theft” is a absolute absolute problem, the absoluteness is that consumers never address the majority of character artifice because consumers are never anon victimised. Unfortunately, in abounding areas character artifice is not accustomed and is not as a abomination and is rarely prosecuted.

One of the arch means of endlessly character artifice is education, and apprenticeship comes in the anatomy of knowledge. The best defence best bodies accept adjoin character artifice is aboriginal detection.

Preventing character artifice requires a censor change in behaviour that makes you active and acquainted of the way you administer your claimed advice on a circadian basis. It is easier to anticipate a botheration arising rather than accepting to array it out. As it can booty abounding arresting buzz calls to accord with banks, acclaim agenda companies and added lenders if you accept been a victim to character fraud.

One approach of abbreviation the abeyant for character artifice is to acquaint civic character agenda schemes throughout the above countries of the world. An International/National Character Register, application biometric technology to able bottomward on assorted identities and defended claimed abstracts on account of the individual, would aback these.

The botheration with that affectionate of arrangement is its accomplishing on a all-around calibration additionally in some abode it is “Big Brother” acquisition all your advice and actuality able to accumulate a watch on your every move.

The alarming affair about character artifice is how accessible it absolutely is to get the bare information, YOUR information.

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The Legend Of Chinese New Year’s Monster Nian

Sunday 18 October 2009 @ 10:17 pm

An ancient Chinese legend tells of a man-eating predatory beast called Nian, extremely fierce, with a long head and sharp horn. Nian dwelled deep in the sea the whole year long, but on every Chinese New Year’s Eve it would climb onto the shore to devour livestock and harm humans in a near-by village. Therefore, every Chinese New Year’s Eve, all the villagers would take their old and young deep into the mountains to hide from Nian.

One Chinese New Year’s Eve a grey haired man appeared in the village. He asked permission to stay for the night and assured everyone that he would chase away the beast. No one believed him. In addition, the old man steadfastly refused to go to the mountains to hide. Seeing that he could not be persuaded, the villagers departed without him.

When the beast arrived at the village to wreck havoc as usual, it was met with a sudden burst of exploding firecrackers. Startled by the noise, the flashes of light, and red banners flying about, it hastily turned and fled!

The following day, as the people returned from the mountains, they found the village intact and safe. The old man had left, but they found the remains of the three precious items he had used to chase the beast Nian away. They all agreed that the old man must be a deity who had come to help free them of the beast.

From then on, every Chinese New Year’s Eve, families would hang red banners, set off fire crackers, and light their lamps the whole night through, awaiting the Chinese New Year. The custom spread far and wide and became a grand traditional celebration of the “Passing of Nian” (”Nian” in Chinese means “year”).

So celebrating the Chinese New Year should be called ?passing of Nian? or ?Guo Nian? in Chinese. However the term was gradually changed to ?Spring Festival? after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949. Gradually people have forgotten the legend behind these Chinese New Year traditions. It is merely one small example of how the CCP has robbed the Chinese people of their rich traditional culture.

New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) is working hard to reverse this loss. In its 2006 Chinese New Year Global Gala it actually put the ancient story of the Nian monster on stage. NTDTV’s Chinese New Year shows are a unique opportunity to experience the magic of traditional Chinese culture. Marvelous music, ancient instruments, magnificent backdrops, splendid costumes, and first class performers–altogether make for outstanding entertainment reflecting China’s 5,000 years of civilization and traditional culture–a culture rich in myths and legends worth cherishing and preserving.

Between January and March the 2007 NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectacular will be touring Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and major cities in Canada, Europe and Asia. http://shows.ntdtv.com

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