I work as a software engineer in a multinational but hold the designation of a consultant. I earn Rs 8,000 per month and my company deducts 5% as TDS.
I was told that after completion of the financial year, the company would issue me a TDS certificate and I would be able to claim a refund from the income tax department.
If my salary does not fall in the tax slab (since my annual income is less than Rs 1,00,000) then why must I pay 5% as TDS?
- Sachin Gohil
The status of an individual is different when he/she is on the payroll of a company. You are a contractual employee and, hence, technically not on the rolls of the company. Based on the nature of services being rendered and the skill set, you will be treated as a professional or otherwise.
So the benefits available to a salaried employee will be different than those offered to a contractual employee. This includes the authority given to the employer to increase, decrease or waive tax to be deducted based on estimated tax liability of the employee.
The Income Tax Act stipulates that tax should be deducted from the payouts of contractual payments at a specified rate.
In your case you have two options.
1. Allow the tax to be deducted and thereafter claim refund from the Income Tax authorities.
2. Approach your assessing officer and make an application in Form 13. The officer could then issue a certificate authorising the payer to either reduce the tax deduction or not to deduct any tax.
Paying college fees? Check tax benefits
Some restaurants levy Value Added Tax on the food bill as well as a service charge, while others don't levy both. Why?
- S Kapur
The details provided by you are incomplete. But based on what you have said, there is a possibility that the restaurant that did not levy VAT may have been covered under the "Composition Scheme" of VAT.
In order to relieve some businesses of the need to keep detailed records, a composition scheme has been introduced. This allows for a simpler method of accounting for and calculation of VAT.
Problems with your home loan?
I am a software engineer based in Nagpur. I want to take a home loan for the revival of my home in Trivandrum. My account department says that I have to take the loan in the city I am working in to avail of the tax benefit. Is that so?
- Abhijith V R
Based on the facts provided by you, you would be eligible to get the tax deduction on a loan availed for the purpose of revival of your home at Trivandrum.
However, no other monetary benefit should be derived from such house property and it should be used for residential purpose of self and parents. In other words, you cannot rent or lease it out.
The maximum interest deduction eligible would be Rs 30,000 per annum as the loan is for revival of the house and not for construction/purchase.
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
consultant and his TAX burden
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
consultant and his TAX burden
I work as a software engineer in a multinational but hold the designation of a consultant. I earn Rs 8,000 per month and my company deducts 5% as TDS.
I was told that after completion of the financial year, the company would issue me a TDS certificate and I would be able to claim a refund from the income tax department.
If my salary does not fall in the tax slab (since my annual income is less than Rs 1,00,000) then why must I pay 5% as TDS?
- Sachin Gohil
The status of an individual is different when he/she is on the payroll of a company. You are a contractual employee and, hence, technically not on the rolls of the company. Based on the nature of services being rendered and the skill set, you will be treated as a professional or otherwise.
So the benefits available to a salaried employee will be different than those offered to a contractual employee. This includes the authority given to the employer to increase, decrease or waive tax to be deducted based on estimated tax liability of the employee.
The Income Tax Act stipulates that tax should be deducted from the payouts of contractual payments at a specified rate.
In your case you have two options.
1. Allow the tax to be deducted and thereafter claim refund from the Income Tax authorities.
2. Approach your assessing officer and make an application in Form 13. The officer could then issue a certificate authorising the payer to either reduce the tax deduction or not to deduct any tax.
Paying college fees? Check tax benefits
Some restaurants levy Value Added Tax on the food bill as well as a service charge, while others don't levy both. Why?
- S Kapur
The details provided by you are incomplete. But based on what you have said, there is a possibility that the restaurant that did not levy VAT may have been covered under the "Composition Scheme" of VAT.
In order to relieve some businesses of the need to keep detailed records, a composition scheme has been introduced. This allows for a simpler method of accounting for and calculation of VAT.
Problems with your home loan?
I am a software engineer based in Nagpur. I want to take a home loan for the revival of my home in Trivandrum. My account department says that I have to take the loan in the city I am working in to avail of the tax benefit. Is that so?
- Abhijith V R
Based on the facts provided by you, you would be eligible to get the tax deduction on a loan availed for the purpose of revival of your home at Trivandrum.
However, no other monetary benefit should be derived from such house property and it should be used for residential purpose of self and parents. In other words, you cannot rent or lease it out.
The maximum interest deduction eligible would be Rs 30,000 per annum as the loan is for revival of the house and not for construction/purchase.
Got a question for Relax With Tax? Please write to us!
I was told that after completion of the financial year, the company would issue me a TDS certificate and I would be able to claim a refund from the income tax department.
If my salary does not fall in the tax slab (since my annual income is less than Rs 1,00,000) then why must I pay 5% as TDS?
- Sachin Gohil
The status of an individual is different when he/she is on the payroll of a company. You are a contractual employee and, hence, technically not on the rolls of the company. Based on the nature of services being rendered and the skill set, you will be treated as a professional or otherwise.
So the benefits available to a salaried employee will be different than those offered to a contractual employee. This includes the authority given to the employer to increase, decrease or waive tax to be deducted based on estimated tax liability of the employee.
The Income Tax Act stipulates that tax should be deducted from the payouts of contractual payments at a specified rate.
In your case you have two options.
1. Allow the tax to be deducted and thereafter claim refund from the Income Tax authorities.
2. Approach your assessing officer and make an application in Form 13. The officer could then issue a certificate authorising the payer to either reduce the tax deduction or not to deduct any tax.
Paying college fees? Check tax benefits
Some restaurants levy Value Added Tax on the food bill as well as a service charge, while others don't levy both. Why?
- S Kapur
The details provided by you are incomplete. But based on what you have said, there is a possibility that the restaurant that did not levy VAT may have been covered under the "Composition Scheme" of VAT.
In order to relieve some businesses of the need to keep detailed records, a composition scheme has been introduced. This allows for a simpler method of accounting for and calculation of VAT.
Problems with your home loan?
I am a software engineer based in Nagpur. I want to take a home loan for the revival of my home in Trivandrum. My account department says that I have to take the loan in the city I am working in to avail of the tax benefit. Is that so?
- Abhijith V R
Based on the facts provided by you, you would be eligible to get the tax deduction on a loan availed for the purpose of revival of your home at Trivandrum.
However, no other monetary benefit should be derived from such house property and it should be used for residential purpose of self and parents. In other words, you cannot rent or lease it out.
The maximum interest deduction eligible would be Rs 30,000 per annum as the loan is for revival of the house and not for construction/purchase.
Got a question for Relax With Tax? Please write to us!
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Why discuss Rainwater Harvesting in India?
In India, rainwater harvesting is an ancient tradition. From as far back as 4500 BC, the simplest of earthworks in Thar Desert and Rajasthan, would harvest water from the falling rain. These simplest forms of rainwater harvesting would evolve in accordance to the eco-regions within India’s borders. Using rivers, floods, monsoon, underground rivers, surface water and the earth itself, the ancient cast of pallar (water managers) have been respected for thousands of years. Rainwater harvesting in India is more than an age old tradition that varies from region to region, rainwater harvesting is an integral part of Indian identity and cultural history, that without, India would never have been.
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Zeta Potential in Water Treatment Process Control
Physical processes such as sedimentation, flotation and filtration remain at the heart of most process trains for the treatment of water and wastewater. All these processes depend on the principles relating the size, density and the charge of the particles to be removed. The relative importance of the particle charge on the process efficiency is strongly dependent on the size of the particles under investigation.
Once the particles reach a certain size their mass causes a rate of sedimentation due to gravity that is sufficiently large to outweigh any effects due to the surface chemistry of the particles. However, within the range of sizes normally encountered within water and waste water processes (less than 1000 µm), there will be a fraction of fine material, less than a few tens of microns, where understanding charge interactions between the particles will assist in determining the optimum treatment regime.
The surface charge, or more strictly speaking, the zeta potential (z), is determined by measuring the particle velocity induced when a potential difference is applied across a capillary cell containing the sample (Zetasizer, Malvern Instruments Ltd.).
Zeta potential is known to be a key determinant in understanding physical processes such as flocculation and sedimentation.
Once the particles reach a certain size their mass causes a rate of sedimentation due to gravity that is sufficiently large to outweigh any effects due to the surface chemistry of the particles. However, within the range of sizes normally encountered within water and waste water processes (less than 1000 µm), there will be a fraction of fine material, less than a few tens of microns, where understanding charge interactions between the particles will assist in determining the optimum treatment regime.
The surface charge, or more strictly speaking, the zeta potential (z), is determined by measuring the particle velocity induced when a potential difference is applied across a capillary cell containing the sample (Zetasizer, Malvern Instruments Ltd.).
Zeta potential is known to be a key determinant in understanding physical processes such as flocculation and sedimentation.
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Friday, September 02, 2005
low cost arsenic fluoride filters using activated alumina
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Reverse Osmosis (RO) is the most comprehensive water filtration system in that it removes the most contaminants, including flouride, arsenic,but like you said, it does mess with the PH. I bought this activated alumina filter to the line up. Activated alumina decreases the flouride and arsenic levels in water. Other than reverse osmosis, Activated alumina filters are the only filters that I know of that remove flouride and arsenic...
Drinking Water Treatment - Activated Alumina
Activated Alumina Arsenic filter
“Nirmal Filter” also exists in India. It uses arsenic adsorption on an Indian-made activated alumina and it is followed by filtration through a ceramic candle. It is less expensive than a Magc-Alcan filter ($10-15 capital cost) but it needs to be regenerated every 6 months. Efficiency: 80-90% arsenic removal.
Costs
Adsorption: Magc-Alcan filter
| Treatment Efficiency | Production | Cost | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magc-Alcan: 80-85% arsenic removal. Nirmal: 80-90% arsenic removal | 100 litres/hour | $35-50 capital cost | 6 months to 1 year |
Home Arsenic filter by DNGM RESEARCH FOUNDATION :
Read about a very simple filter for your home here:
http://www.dngmresfoundation.org/content_details.php?left_menu=43
Fluoride filter by INREM Foundation,Ahmedabad
About Activated Alumina
Activated alumina is a filter media made by treating aluminum ore so that it becomes porous and highly adsorptive. Activated alumina will remove a variety of contaminants including excessive fluoride, arsenic and selenium. The medium requires periodic cleaning with an appropriate regenerate such as alum or acid in order to remain effective.
Activated Alumina
The granular activated alumina used in the evaluations discussed in this report is 14 X 28 grind activated alumina (AA). This is a transition alumina with a high surface area (>300 m2/g), which makes it especially suited for adsorption of certain species. It is a fairly high purity alumina with a pore volume of ~0.5 cc/gm and a bulk density of 46 lbs./ft3. The 14 X 28 S product is a similar activated alumina but in a spherical form. The granular alumina has the advantage of being available in smaller sizes, making the internal active surface of the alumina more readily available. However, the spherical alumina has the advantage of a lower pressure drop in packed bed (i.e., down flow) systems. The fluoride removal data described were obtained with laboratory scale experiments using 14 x 28 mesh size granular alumina in a packed column.
Regeneration Methods
Most arsenic and fluoride removal applications are long term and necessitate regeneration of the alumina. There are three known methods for regeneration: (1) NaOH/H2SO4, (2) Al2 (SO4)3 and (3) H2SO4.
Regeneration of saturated alumina is carried out by exposing the medium to 4% caustic soda (NaOH), either in batch or by flow through the column resulting in high-arsenic-contaminated caustic waste water. The residual caustic soda is then washed out and the medium is neutralized with a 2% solution of sulfuric acid rinse. During the process about 5–10% of the alumina is lost and the capacity of the regenerated medium is reduced by 30–40%. The activated alumina needs replacement after 3–4 regenerations.http://www.tramfloc.com/tf133.html
ARSENIC REMOVAL TECHNOLOGIES
http://www.sswm.info/content/arsenic-removal-technologies
Activated Alumina
Activated alumina (Al2O3) has a good sorptive surface, in the range of 200-300 m2/g. The large surface area gives the material a very large area for adsorption of arsenic. When water passes through a packed column of activated alumina, the impurities including arsenic present in water are adsorbed on the surfaces of activated alumina grains. Eventually, the column becomes saturated, first at its upper zone and later downstream towards the bottom end, and finally the column gets totally saturated. Regeneration of saturated alumina is carried out by exposing the medium to 4% caustic soda (NaOH) either in batch or by flow through the column resulting in highly arsenic-contaminated caustic wastewater. Arsenic removal by activated alumina is controlled by pH and the arsenic content of water. The efficiency drops as the point of zero charge is approached and at pH 8.2 where the surface is negatively charged, the removal capacities are only 2-5% of the capacity at optimal pH (CLIFFORD 1990). Some examples of activated alumina based sorptive media are: the “BUET Activated Alumina”, the “Alcan Enhanced Activated Alumina” and the “Apyron Arsenic Treatment Unit”.
Important Weblinks
http://techtv.mit.edu/ [Accessed: 04.01.2010]
Video produced by Global Water Trust (2008), showing arsenic scenarios and the implementation of KanchanTM Arsenic Filter.
http://web.mit.edu/ [Accessed: 04.01.2010]
This weblink provides information on WATSAN and researches on Household water treatment technologies including KanchanTM Arsenic Filter by MIT.
http://www.eng-consult.com/ [Accessed: 23.10.2010]
This web link contains different articles and an overview of several arsenic removal methods with their advantages and disadvantages.
http://www.who.int/ [Accessed: 20.10.2010]
This web link contains a general discussion on different arsenic removal options for controlling risk.
http://www.youtube.com/ [Accessed: 13.01.2011]
This web link connects to a video on arsenic treatment by coagulation/filtration processes.
FOUR KALSHI FILTER AT VILLAGE( Removes Iron, Fluoride, Arsenic)
Description
A homemade, four-pitcher filter unit, one of the simplest and most inexpensive ways treat drinking water. The first pitcher contains coarse sand. The second contains activated alumina, third pitcher contains activated carbon, and the fourth collects the filtered water.
A sari cloth is sometimes used as an additional filter between the top 2 kalshi.
A sari cloth is sometimes used as an additional filter between the top 2 kalshi.
Benefits
- Simple
- Excellent microbial removal, Iron Removal,Fluoride and Arsenic Removal
- Can be constructed of local materials
- Cost:Minimum
Drawbacks
- Fragile
- Low flow (1-2 litres / hr.)
- Irregular flow rate, requires frequent cleaning
- Availability of activated alumina
Cost :Rs.500/=
Operating & Maintenance: replacement of activated alumina after two months
CONTACT : Saleem Asraf Syed Imdaadullah, 09899300371(Delhi)
Rakib Hussain (Mobile: 9859171561,Guwahati.)
ENVO PROJECTS,NEW DELHI. www.saleemindia.blogspot.com
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Friday, July 08, 2005
YOU CAN BE MY BUSSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AT YOUR LOCAL AREA.
Hi,
Its Envo Consultancy Services (ECS) from Delhi, India.
Subject: Proposal for Partnership. YOU CAN BE MY BUSSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AT YOUR LOCAL AREA.
Dear Sir,
I am saleem from Delhi, India. Professionally consultant for the last TEN years for Drinking water treatment, Waste water treatment, Sewage Treatment Plant, Air Pollution Control Systems, Noise Control Systems in DG Sets, Rain Water Harvesting systems and other environmental issues.
Industries, Residential colonies, Municipalities have a real need for the product/service that I’m dealing with.
It’s a very big service sector with lakhs of potential customers out there.
Presently I am operating in NCR of Delhi, UP, Haryana and Assam.
How Do I reach the others?
That’s where you come into the big picture. YOU CAN BE MY BUSSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AT YOUR LOCAL AREA. I will handle all technical things.Your background should be atleast Diploma holder in any branches of Engineering.
Awaiting your prompt and positive response
Yours Truly,
Saleem Asraf Syed Imdaadullah
Director
Envo Consultancy Services,311/22, Zakir Nagar, New Delhi-110025
Tel: 91-011-26987150
Mobile Number: 9899300371
Email address:envoconsult@gmail.com
BLOG: http://saleemindia.blogspot.com
Its Envo Consultancy Services (ECS) from Delhi, India.
Subject: Proposal for Partnership. YOU CAN BE MY BUSSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AT YOUR LOCAL AREA.
Dear Sir,
I am saleem from Delhi, India. Professionally consultant for the last TEN years for Drinking water treatment, Waste water treatment, Sewage Treatment Plant, Air Pollution Control Systems, Noise Control Systems in DG Sets, Rain Water Harvesting systems and other environmental issues.
Industries, Residential colonies, Municipalities have a real need for the product/service that I’m dealing with.
It’s a very big service sector with lakhs of potential customers out there.
Presently I am operating in NCR of Delhi, UP, Haryana and Assam.
How Do I reach the others?
That’s where you come into the big picture. YOU CAN BE MY BUSSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AT YOUR LOCAL AREA. I will handle all technical things.Your background should be atleast Diploma holder in any branches of Engineering.
Awaiting your prompt and positive response
Yours Truly,
Saleem Asraf Syed Imdaadullah
Director
Envo Consultancy Services,311/22, Zakir Nagar, New Delhi-110025
Tel: 91-011-26987150
Mobile Number: 9899300371
Email address:envoconsult@gmail.com
BLOG: http://saleemindia.blogspot.com
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Sunday, July 03, 2005
ETP CHECK LIST
CHECK LIST –ETP ( INDUSTRIAL WASTE/DOMESTIC )
Introduction : Waste water is a combination of liquid and solid waste from residences,industries, commercial buildings, Instituions, together with any surface water which may be present.
Purpose of treatment : To reduce public health hazard of waste water by preventing pathogenic organisms and hazardous waste materials from entering water bodies from which potable water supply is taken out and to minimise the harmful impact of the waste water on the receiving stream and environment.
Sr No Description of item Observations
1 Type of waste ---
a) Domestic----- Municipal sewage water
b) Industrial--- Dyeing,paper,automobile,fertilizer,food processing, electroplating, and others
2 Manufacturing process sheet of concerned industry showing different sources of waste water release and qty
3 Waste water test report
BOD,
TSS,
PH,
TDS,
COD,
Oil & Grease
Detergents
Toxic elements (Chrome, cyanide,nickel etc)
Coliform bacteria
3 Quantity of waste water generated per day
4 Working hours per day
5 Flow rate= Qty/ working hours = liter per hour
6 Location plan of industry showing possible location of ETP/STP
7 If any ETP/STP already exists ? Yes/No
8 Project report of the existing ETP/STP
9 Problems encountered in the existing ETP/STP
10 Waste Water test report of existing ETP/STP at inlet and outlet point
11 Actual sizes of the different units of the existing ETP/STP
12 Whether reuse of treated waste water required ? Yes/No
13 Paper work like Consent application etc Done/ Not Done
14 If not done , whether to apply for
a) Consent to establish
b) NOC
15 Any other information
Contact person : Mr. Phone Number : Office = Res:
Address of Contact person :
Date of our visit :
Introduction : Waste water is a combination of liquid and solid waste from residences,industries, commercial buildings, Instituions, together with any surface water which may be present.
Purpose of treatment : To reduce public health hazard of waste water by preventing pathogenic organisms and hazardous waste materials from entering water bodies from which potable water supply is taken out and to minimise the harmful impact of the waste water on the receiving stream and environment.
Sr No Description of item Observations
1 Type of waste ---
a) Domestic----- Municipal sewage water
b) Industrial--- Dyeing,paper,automobile,fertilizer,food processing, electroplating, and others
2 Manufacturing process sheet of concerned industry showing different sources of waste water release and qty
3 Waste water test report
BOD,
TSS,
PH,
TDS,
COD,
Oil & Grease
Detergents
Toxic elements (Chrome, cyanide,nickel etc)
Coliform bacteria
3 Quantity of waste water generated per day
4 Working hours per day
5 Flow rate= Qty/ working hours = liter per hour
6 Location plan of industry showing possible location of ETP/STP
7 If any ETP/STP already exists ? Yes/No
8 Project report of the existing ETP/STP
9 Problems encountered in the existing ETP/STP
10 Waste Water test report of existing ETP/STP at inlet and outlet point
11 Actual sizes of the different units of the existing ETP/STP
12 Whether reuse of treated waste water required ? Yes/No
13 Paper work like Consent application etc Done/ Not Done
14 If not done , whether to apply for
a) Consent to establish
b) NOC
15 Any other information
Contact person : Mr. Phone Number : Office = Res:
Address of Contact person :
Date of our visit :
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Fat and Cholesterol
Fat and Cholesterol
Healthy lifestyle changes such as exercising <00000384.htm> regularly and quitting smoking can reduce your risk of heart disease, but another important change is one in dietary habits. Reduction in the certain types of fat and cholesterol are very important. Lipids are the fats that circulate in your blood stream. Two types of these fats that are closely watched by your physician are cholesterol and triglycerides. Cholesterol is a fat-like substance found only in animal products. The highest sources of cholesterol comes from organ meats (example: liver) and eggs, but other common sources are any type of meat, poultry, cheese, and butterfat. Americans currently consume 400-500 milligrams of cholesterol a day, but the recommended amount is only 300 mg per day for the average person. By changing your eating pattern you can reduce your fat intake to the recommended level of not exceeding 30% of your daily calories.
Cholesterol: Good and Bad
Cholesterol is essential for life to make strong cell membranes and hormones. The body manufactures about 1,000 mgs of cholesterol daily. Too much cholesterol can cause fatty plaques on arterial walls which narrows the artery. This condition is known as atherosclerosis. The build up of fat on the vessel walls can occlude and in some case totally block the flow of blood to organs like the heart. When atherosclerosis occurs in heart vessels, also known as coronary heart disease, chest pain and heart attacks can result. The method of cholesterol transport in the blood separates cholesterol into "good" and "bad" types. The harmful type of cholesterol is known as low-density lipoproteins (LDL's). Lipoprotein is a combination of fat (lipo) and protein. LDL's are the most common type of cholesterol in your blood stream and are known as bad cholesterol because excessive amounts of this lipoprotein stick to vessel walls forming plaques. High density lipoproteins (HDL's) are known as good cholesterol because high levels of HDL's are associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. HDL's unstick LDL's from vessel walls and transport cholesterol out of the arteries.
Cholesterol Test
A home test is available in your pharmacy to test your total cholesterol levels. Follow the instructions supplied with the test to be sure you get the most accurate measurement. It is a good idea to take the test first thing in the morning after you have not eaten (water is O.K.) past 8:00 p.m.the night before. If this measurement is high, see your physician. Through your physician a more definitive panel of tests are available which measures your total cholesterol and triglycerides and measures the components of LDL and HDL in your blood. Depending on your age and some medications you may be taking the desired level of total cholesterol in your bloodstream should be under 200 mg/dl. A cholesterol and fat reduced diet combined with regular physical exercise can help lower cholesterol in the blood. However, some people need medication as well so if your screening test is high from your pharmacy, be sure to see your physician.
Diet and Cholesterol
Your fat intake should not exceed 30% of your daily calories. There are two main types of fats which you may have read about. Saturated fats tend to increase your LDL's and are found mostly in animal products. These fats are solid at room temperature. Two vegetable oils are high in saturated fats and should be avoided, palm and coconut oil. To reduce the amount of saturated fat, cut back on items such as butter, lard, and cheese. Polyunsaturated fats such as corn, soy, sunflower, and safflower oils reduce the amount of LDL's but also reduce the amount of HDL's in your blood. Polyunsaturated fats remain liquid at room temperature. The best fats to use are monounsaturated fats from peanut oil, canola oil, or olive oil which reduce LDL's but do not reduce the "good" HDL's. A single egg yolk contains 250 mg of cholesterol which is about the maximum daily intake recommended (300 mg) and eggs are high in fat. But the egg white is a good source of protein. Thus the best recommendation on eggs is to use them in moderation and where possible use an egg white product as an egg substitute. Try to limit egg consumption to approximately three a week in all items you eat (including baked goods). Try to bake, broil, steam, microwave or poach your foods and avoid fried foods. Use vegetable cooking sprays instead of greasing pans. For protein in your diet eat more fish, dried peas and beans, and skinless poultry. If you do eat meat, trim off all excess fat and be sure on all meats to limit your portions to approximately 3-6 ounces per day. To reduce fat in dairy foods, use skim or lowfat milk(<2%) and yogurt. Try the reduced fat cheese and when possible look for the cheeses lower in butterfat such as uncreamed cottage cheese or partial-skimmed ricotta. Whole grains in breads, cereals, and pastas are a good choice. Oatmeal and oatbran is a good choice since it appears to have some cholesterol lowering effect. be sure to read any commercial baked products carefully since many may be prepared with the "bad" oils such as palm or coconut. Eat all of the fruits and vegetables you want. They are naturally low in saturated fat, but avoid avocados and coconuts which are exceptions to the rule. When eating out avoid fast food chains and be sure to look for heart healthy items on the menu. Do not be afraid to ask how an item is prepared and ask if changes are possible to make it healthier for you. Most restaurants are becoming aware of the need for heart healthy items and if one refuses your request, consider eating somewhere else. Remember you are the customer. These are general guidelines which can help you to a healthier lifestyle. Last Modified: 7/27/97, Copyright © 1994, 1995 University of Texas - Houston All rights reserved.
Healthy lifestyle changes such as exercising <00000384.htm> regularly and quitting smoking can reduce your risk of heart disease, but another important change is one in dietary habits. Reduction in the certain types of fat and cholesterol are very important. Lipids are the fats that circulate in your blood stream. Two types of these fats that are closely watched by your physician are cholesterol and triglycerides. Cholesterol is a fat-like substance found only in animal products. The highest sources of cholesterol comes from organ meats (example: liver) and eggs, but other common sources are any type of meat, poultry, cheese, and butterfat. Americans currently consume 400-500 milligrams of cholesterol a day, but the recommended amount is only 300 mg per day for the average person. By changing your eating pattern you can reduce your fat intake to the recommended level of not exceeding 30% of your daily calories.
Cholesterol: Good and Bad
Cholesterol is essential for life to make strong cell membranes and hormones. The body manufactures about 1,000 mgs of cholesterol daily. Too much cholesterol can cause fatty plaques on arterial walls which narrows the artery. This condition is known as atherosclerosis. The build up of fat on the vessel walls can occlude and in some case totally block the flow of blood to organs like the heart. When atherosclerosis occurs in heart vessels, also known as coronary heart disease, chest pain and heart attacks can result. The method of cholesterol transport in the blood separates cholesterol into "good" and "bad" types. The harmful type of cholesterol is known as low-density lipoproteins (LDL's). Lipoprotein is a combination of fat (lipo) and protein. LDL's are the most common type of cholesterol in your blood stream and are known as bad cholesterol because excessive amounts of this lipoprotein stick to vessel walls forming plaques. High density lipoproteins (HDL's) are known as good cholesterol because high levels of HDL's are associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. HDL's unstick LDL's from vessel walls and transport cholesterol out of the arteries.
Cholesterol Test
A home test is available in your pharmacy to test your total cholesterol levels. Follow the instructions supplied with the test to be sure you get the most accurate measurement. It is a good idea to take the test first thing in the morning after you have not eaten (water is O.K.) past 8:00 p.m.the night before. If this measurement is high, see your physician. Through your physician a more definitive panel of tests are available which measures your total cholesterol and triglycerides and measures the components of LDL and HDL in your blood. Depending on your age and some medications you may be taking the desired level of total cholesterol in your bloodstream should be under 200 mg/dl. A cholesterol and fat reduced diet combined with regular physical exercise can help lower cholesterol in the blood. However, some people need medication as well so if your screening test is high from your pharmacy, be sure to see your physician.
Diet and Cholesterol
Your fat intake should not exceed 30% of your daily calories. There are two main types of fats which you may have read about. Saturated fats tend to increase your LDL's and are found mostly in animal products. These fats are solid at room temperature. Two vegetable oils are high in saturated fats and should be avoided, palm and coconut oil. To reduce the amount of saturated fat, cut back on items such as butter, lard, and cheese. Polyunsaturated fats such as corn, soy, sunflower, and safflower oils reduce the amount of LDL's but also reduce the amount of HDL's in your blood. Polyunsaturated fats remain liquid at room temperature. The best fats to use are monounsaturated fats from peanut oil, canola oil, or olive oil which reduce LDL's but do not reduce the "good" HDL's. A single egg yolk contains 250 mg of cholesterol which is about the maximum daily intake recommended (300 mg) and eggs are high in fat. But the egg white is a good source of protein. Thus the best recommendation on eggs is to use them in moderation and where possible use an egg white product as an egg substitute. Try to limit egg consumption to approximately three a week in all items you eat (including baked goods). Try to bake, broil, steam, microwave or poach your foods and avoid fried foods. Use vegetable cooking sprays instead of greasing pans. For protein in your diet eat more fish, dried peas and beans, and skinless poultry. If you do eat meat, trim off all excess fat and be sure on all meats to limit your portions to approximately 3-6 ounces per day. To reduce fat in dairy foods, use skim or lowfat milk(<2%) and yogurt. Try the reduced fat cheese and when possible look for the cheeses lower in butterfat such as uncreamed cottage cheese or partial-skimmed ricotta. Whole grains in breads, cereals, and pastas are a good choice. Oatmeal and oatbran is a good choice since it appears to have some cholesterol lowering effect. be sure to read any commercial baked products carefully since many may be prepared with the "bad" oils such as palm or coconut. Eat all of the fruits and vegetables you want. They are naturally low in saturated fat, but avoid avocados and coconuts which are exceptions to the rule. When eating out avoid fast food chains and be sure to look for heart healthy items on the menu. Do not be afraid to ask how an item is prepared and ask if changes are possible to make it healthier for you. Most restaurants are becoming aware of the need for heart healthy items and if one refuses your request, consider eating somewhere else. Remember you are the customer. These are general guidelines which can help you to a healthier lifestyle. Last Modified: 7/27/97, Copyright
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
7 great strategies to success
Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Nicholas Piramal India Limited, reveals how he achieved phenomenal corporate growth in a new industry by implementing a differentiated strategy.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You cannot fool yourself, reality will strike.
Five years ago, my management style was radically different from what it is today. I was a hands-off manager and had entrusted the running of the company to a professional manager.
However, over a period of time I realised that though the company was profitable it was not performing to its fullest potential. Delving deeper into the issue I recognised that the company was not moving in the right direction in terms of sustainability of profit levels, quality of people and retaining market share.
The first thing I did was to change the CEO and personally get involved in the management of the company. I took a step back, understood the basics, hired McKinsey to evaluate our strategy and then implemented it. My top management was restructured and we improved the quality and depth of management across the company.
We got out of unprofitable businesses and worked on maximising the value of the assets we owned. This was a huge challenge for me and it made me more detail-oriented and quantitative. I spend a fair amount of my time now in planning and thinking in order to identify performance levers, growth engines and the root causes of poor performance.
1. You have to think big. Because ultimately you are what you think you are.
For a good organisation to become great it should first have the courage to think big and challenge the rules. In 1988 when nobody was investing in the pharmaceutical sector we acquired Nicholas.
We were a product of what the strategists would call 'unrelated diversification' -- a textile group diversifying into pharmaceuticals with no apparent 'synergies.' However, I pressed ahead because of my conviction in my actions.
Another myth we debunked is that an acquisitive strategy cannot be sustainable or value-adding. We defied the market rules in every possible way and went ahead with our strategy and that has enabled NPIL to attain its current position.
We rewrote the recruitment rules of the pharmaceutical industry by handpicking our senior management members from varied fields such as management consulting and FMCG, in addition to the pharmaceutical industry. This has brought in diversified, out-of-the-box thinking and varied perspectives into the organisation.
Secondly integrity of the top is vital. According to me integrity is demonstrated when management says what it thinks and does what it says. And unless you find this integrity across the organisation you cannot get superior performance.
It is the responsibility of the leadership team to set the tone of integrity and ensure that it seeps across the company.
Third comes execution. It is not enough if a company just has a great vision and a strategy - it is equally essential to build a system that enables focus on excellent execution.
The human factor comes fourth. It is essential to choose the right people for the right jobs. I believe that it is the people of the organisation who actually differentiate a good company from a bad one.
2. The values of the employees should be harmonious with those of the organisation.
The biggest change that has occurred over the last few years at Nicholas Piramal is improvement in the quality of the people. To be a world-class organisation we felt that we needed better managers.
So we have raised the bar across the board -- in our recruitment, performance management and compensation systems.
Getting the right person is really a difficult process. It is difficult to understand or assess a person in the one, two or three interviews that we usually get. When recruiting a person I usually try to find out the basic value systems of the person because for us integrity is important.
I then try to judge the person's attitude: 'Is he a risk taker? Does he have the hunger to achieve more?' This is essential to us because we are an organisation with a healthy appetite for taking calculated risks. We believe in looking for the big breaks.
Our policy is to get the best people, pay them best-in-class salaries and demand superior performance from them. Thus, we have not only increased compensation levels, but also increased our performance expectation. We have a more rigorous performance evaluation system to measure and deal with the consequences of both good and bad performance.
Feedback is usually given across the table. If a person is not performing well then we give him clear feedback. We explain what was expected out of him and where he has fallen short of the mark. If we find no change in his performance after some time, then he may be asked to leave.
3. You must keep stretching your employees more and more.
I believe that you should give greater responsibilities to your employees and then judge their performance. I have found that talented people like being given more responsibility -- that is the way they learn and develop their professional skills.
Given the spiraling cost of good talent, it has become imperative to embrace the concept of lean management that says, "Hire the second person when you need the third." Though it is a risky proposition I have found this exercise worth experimenting.
I have been in the business for the past 27 years and I have made my share of misjudgments with people. But it has also served as a process of learning and growth for me.
4. It is essential to break barriers.
We are now working towards a more focused organisation. We have discontinued peripheral ventures and pumped in more resources-human, technological and financial - in areas that we found are really important to the future of the organisation.
We always look out to share and implement best practices from the industry. In order to keep up the flow of ideas, we recruit people from different backgrounds. As they are from different companies they bring in their own set of ideas.
We interact with different people from different industries and also organise management learning programs. During the course of these programs different people from varied industries are invited to share their ideas with us.
A programme called 'Breaking Barriers' has been designed for this purpose. In fact, we have asked each of our strategic business unit to look at the best practices of other companies (from pharmaceutical as well as other industries) and find out the feasibility of adapting them into our company.
5. Every company reinvents itself over a period of time.
When we acquired Nicholas we were in the early stage of growth. Having come thus far, I believe that we are in the early growth stage of another horizon. We have attained a certain size over the last sixteen years and keeping up the same growth rates is now a greater challenge.
In the last three years we have evolved into a company that is quite different from what it was twelve years ago. For a company to grow it needs a healthy mix of all four routes: organic, diversification, alliances and acquisitions at all stages.
In the last sixteen years, we have consistently maintained a sales growth of 37 per cent and profit growth of 39 per cent per annum. To be able to maintain this pace in the future, we have to not only grow organically but also through acquisitions and alliances.
6. Believe in your strategy and stick to it even if you are criticised for it.
Since inception as well as in the recent past, we have stuck to the strategy that we found convincing, even though other people insisted that we were not in the right space. We have always followed a differentiated strategy and are now convinced more than ever before that we are on the right path.
For instance, everybody in the pharmaceutical space looked at generic exports as a way of growth. We were hammered down by the analysts, consultants and journalists for not looking at the generic market and leaving out a big export opportunity.
Our international strategy is to collaborate with the innovator pharmaceutical companies in process development and custom manufacturing rather than compete with them in their home markets -- something that other Indian companies of our size are actively doing. This was not looked upon as a great strategy at that time.
But now people appreciate that this strategy offers greater sustainability and growth potential in the long run, with lower risk levels compared to other export strategies.
The same is true of our domestic strategy. When we talked about M&A in the domestic market, earlier people did not think that it was right. But now people are moving around it. So we have had a differentiated strategy in every sphere and our experience of the last three years shows that we are on the right path.
7. It is important to have milestones to motivate your employees.
All our strategies are drawn up for the long term and will easily need a 3-5 year time frame to yield results. In such a situation it is essential to have annual milestones to sustain the employee morale.
For example, in the collaborative model of exports when we get a large order from a big company today it is clear that we are on the right track. It may take two or three years for the first shipment to move after the order, but at least employees and the management knows that we have a firm order and the strategy is working.
Or for instance if you take research, it may take many of years to launch our own molecule. But there are clearly defined milestones in between, and if we measure not just the 'big bang' output, but also the interim milestones, we know if we are on the right track and people also get motivated to continue to work on the project.
I feel that people today are more convinced within our organisation that the strategy is right -- more than ever before. When we developed our international strategy, there was not complete belief from all quarters of the organisation because we were all victims of what we read and heard from the outside world.
And when it was differentiated not many believed that this was the right thing to do. So we had to do a big process of concentration, communication and information. And now as they see results coming through, they also believe that this is indeed the right strategy to follow.
The author is Managing Editor, The Smart Manager.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You cannot fool yourself, reality will strike.
Five years ago, my management style was radically different from what it is today. I was a hands-off manager and had entrusted the running of the company to a professional manager.
However, over a period of time I realised that though the company was profitable it was not performing to its fullest potential. Delving deeper into the issue I recognised that the company was not moving in the right direction in terms of sustainability of profit levels, quality of people and retaining market share.
The first thing I did was to change the CEO and personally get involved in the management of the company. I took a step back, understood the basics, hired McKinsey to evaluate our strategy and then implemented it. My top management was restructured and we improved the quality and depth of management across the company.
We got out of unprofitable businesses and worked on maximising the value of the assets we owned. This was a huge challenge for me and it made me more detail-oriented and quantitative. I spend a fair amount of my time now in planning and thinking in order to identify performance levers, growth engines and the root causes of poor performance.
1. You have to think big. Because ultimately you are what you think you are.
For a good organisation to become great it should first have the courage to think big and challenge the rules. In 1988 when nobody was investing in the pharmaceutical sector we acquired Nicholas.
We were a product of what the strategists would call 'unrelated diversification' -- a textile group diversifying into pharmaceuticals with no apparent 'synergies.' However, I pressed ahead because of my conviction in my actions.
Another myth we debunked is that an acquisitive strategy cannot be sustainable or value-adding. We defied the market rules in every possible way and went ahead with our strategy and that has enabled NPIL to attain its current position.
We rewrote the recruitment rules of the pharmaceutical industry by handpicking our senior management members from varied fields such as management consulting and FMCG, in addition to the pharmaceutical industry. This has brought in diversified, out-of-the-box thinking and varied perspectives into the organisation.
Secondly integrity of the top is vital. According to me integrity is demonstrated when management says what it thinks and does what it says. And unless you find this integrity across the organisation you cannot get superior performance.
It is the responsibility of the leadership team to set the tone of integrity and ensure that it seeps across the company.
Third comes execution. It is not enough if a company just has a great vision and a strategy - it is equally essential to build a system that enables focus on excellent execution.
The human factor comes fourth. It is essential to choose the right people for the right jobs. I believe that it is the people of the organisation who actually differentiate a good company from a bad one.
2. The values of the employees should be harmonious with those of the organisation.
The biggest change that has occurred over the last few years at Nicholas Piramal is improvement in the quality of the people. To be a world-class organisation we felt that we needed better managers.
So we have raised the bar across the board -- in our recruitment, performance management and compensation systems.
Getting the right person is really a difficult process. It is difficult to understand or assess a person in the one, two or three interviews that we usually get. When recruiting a person I usually try to find out the basic value systems of the person because for us integrity is important.
I then try to judge the person's attitude: 'Is he a risk taker? Does he have the hunger to achieve more?' This is essential to us because we are an organisation with a healthy appetite for taking calculated risks. We believe in looking for the big breaks.
Our policy is to get the best people, pay them best-in-class salaries and demand superior performance from them. Thus, we have not only increased compensation levels, but also increased our performance expectation. We have a more rigorous performance evaluation system to measure and deal with the consequences of both good and bad performance.
Feedback is usually given across the table. If a person is not performing well then we give him clear feedback. We explain what was expected out of him and where he has fallen short of the mark. If we find no change in his performance after some time, then he may be asked to leave.
3. You must keep stretching your employees more and more.
I believe that you should give greater responsibilities to your employees and then judge their performance. I have found that talented people like being given more responsibility -- that is the way they learn and develop their professional skills.
Given the spiraling cost of good talent, it has become imperative to embrace the concept of lean management that says, "Hire the second person when you need the third." Though it is a risky proposition I have found this exercise worth experimenting.
I have been in the business for the past 27 years and I have made my share of misjudgments with people. But it has also served as a process of learning and growth for me.
4. It is essential to break barriers.
We are now working towards a more focused organisation. We have discontinued peripheral ventures and pumped in more resources-human, technological and financial - in areas that we found are really important to the future of the organisation.
We always look out to share and implement best practices from the industry. In order to keep up the flow of ideas, we recruit people from different backgrounds. As they are from different companies they bring in their own set of ideas.
We interact with different people from different industries and also organise management learning programs. During the course of these programs different people from varied industries are invited to share their ideas with us.
A programme called 'Breaking Barriers' has been designed for this purpose. In fact, we have asked each of our strategic business unit to look at the best practices of other companies (from pharmaceutical as well as other industries) and find out the feasibility of adapting them into our company.
5. Every company reinvents itself over a period of time.
When we acquired Nicholas we were in the early stage of growth. Having come thus far, I believe that we are in the early growth stage of another horizon. We have attained a certain size over the last sixteen years and keeping up the same growth rates is now a greater challenge.
In the last three years we have evolved into a company that is quite different from what it was twelve years ago. For a company to grow it needs a healthy mix of all four routes: organic, diversification, alliances and acquisitions at all stages.
In the last sixteen years, we have consistently maintained a sales growth of 37 per cent and profit growth of 39 per cent per annum. To be able to maintain this pace in the future, we have to not only grow organically but also through acquisitions and alliances.
6. Believe in your strategy and stick to it even if you are criticised for it.
Since inception as well as in the recent past, we have stuck to the strategy that we found convincing, even though other people insisted that we were not in the right space. We have always followed a differentiated strategy and are now convinced more than ever before that we are on the right path.
For instance, everybody in the pharmaceutical space looked at generic exports as a way of growth. We were hammered down by the analysts, consultants and journalists for not looking at the generic market and leaving out a big export opportunity.
Our international strategy is to collaborate with the innovator pharmaceutical companies in process development and custom manufacturing rather than compete with them in their home markets -- something that other Indian companies of our size are actively doing. This was not looked upon as a great strategy at that time.
But now people appreciate that this strategy offers greater sustainability and growth potential in the long run, with lower risk levels compared to other export strategies.
The same is true of our domestic strategy. When we talked about M&A in the domestic market, earlier people did not think that it was right. But now people are moving around it. So we have had a differentiated strategy in every sphere and our experience of the last three years shows that we are on the right path.
7. It is important to have milestones to motivate your employees.
All our strategies are drawn up for the long term and will easily need a 3-5 year time frame to yield results. In such a situation it is essential to have annual milestones to sustain the employee morale.
For example, in the collaborative model of exports when we get a large order from a big company today it is clear that we are on the right track. It may take two or three years for the first shipment to move after the order, but at least employees and the management knows that we have a firm order and the strategy is working.
Or for instance if you take research, it may take many of years to launch our own molecule. But there are clearly defined milestones in between, and if we measure not just the 'big bang' output, but also the interim milestones, we know if we are on the right track and people also get motivated to continue to work on the project.
I feel that people today are more convinced within our organisation that the strategy is right -- more than ever before. When we developed our international strategy, there was not complete belief from all quarters of the organisation because we were all victims of what we read and heard from the outside world.
And when it was differentiated not many believed that this was the right thing to do. So we had to do a big process of concentration, communication and information. And now as they see results coming through, they also believe that this is indeed the right strategy to follow.
The author is Managing Editor, The Smart Manager.
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Monday, June 27, 2005
GROUNDWATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
International Conference - GROUNDWATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
Problems, Perspectives and Challenges (IGC-2006)
Jawarlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
February 1-4, 2006
National Geophysical Research Institute
Hyderabad, India
Jawaharlal Nehru University
School of Environmental Sciences, New Delhi, India
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi, India
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, India
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) KTH-International Groundwater
Arsenic Research Group
Stockholm, Sweden
International Technical Cooperation Programme, CIM (GTZ/BA)Frankfurt,
Germany
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), UNE, PySA
San José, Costa Rica
Aims of Conference IGC-2006
Groundwater is the most important source of the domestic, industrial,
and agricultural water supply in the world. There is an overwhelming
need for information related to exploration, protection, and qualitative
and quantitative evaluation of groundwater resources. In many parts of
the world, especially in the developing countries, the population growth
has created an unprecedented demand for water for industrial,
agricultural and drinking water purposes, competing for the same a finite
resource. The presence of geogenic contaminants in groundwater for example
arsenic and fluoride in toxic levels has posed major environmental health
risks of the present century. Several million people depend on arsenic-
and fluoride contaminated groundwater for drinking purposes that
endangers public health. Urgent solutions are required that are based on
quality research and sound scientific principles. Over 99% of the world's
fresh, available water is groundwater; yet, the vast majority of
financial resources are directed to surface water found in rivers and lakes.
This serious imbalance requires urgent redress. Significant financial
support is required for basic groundwater research if sustainable
development is to be a realistic goal. As a fresh water resource, groundwater
has major advantages over surface water.
These advantages will never be realized without the commitment of world
governments to exploration programs that can delimit and characterize
aquifers, perform water balances, map water quality, and provide for
long-term monitoring. Many aquifers extend across political boundaries.
There is a critical need to promote intergovernmental coordination for
developing joint management strategies. Ultimately, groundwater can
deliver major socio-economic and ecological benefits but the aquifer systems
that sustain the resource need to be adequately understood and
responsibly managed. We require new technologies, and management policies that
include effective strategies for water quality protection. Meeting
these challenges requires a serious commitment of funds by governments and
aid agencies.
The goal of the international conference "IGC-2006" is to provide a
platform bring together earth scientists, professionals from chemical and
engineering science disciplines, public health professionals and social
scientists involved with the sustainable development of groundwater
resources.
TS-1 Sustainable water resources assessment
- The role of remote sensing techniques and Geographic Information
System (GIS) in groundwater resource assessment.
- Recent advances in geological/geophysical/ geochemical/geotechnical
methods in terms of methodology and interpretation techniques for
exploration, exploitation of groundwater resources and assessment of
groundwater contamination.
- New techniques on monitoring levels of groundwater and contamination,
watershed development, parameterization, assessment and management of
groundwater resources in hard rock aquifer system.
- Geo-statistical techniques in estimation of hydrological variables in
space and time.
- Application of Information and Communication Tools (ICT) for
assessment and development of groundwater resources.
TS-2 Recharge process and artificial recharge
- Recharge process in arid and semi-arid regions.
- Application of isotope techniques in hydrogeological studies.
- Groundwater dating
- Artificial recharge methods, including Aquifer Storage and Recovery
(ASR) for augmentation of groundwater resources to improve its quantity
and quality and impact assessment of artificial recharge on
environmental system and management of aquifer recharge.
- Impact of wasteland development on the hydrological cycle due to
dwindling of surface water in the lower reach as well on the sustainability
of the already existing groundwater structures.
TS-3 Water and environment
- Environmental problems in coastal watersheds (surface and groundwater
and contamination interaction) due to human activities.
- The impact of human activities, climate changes and urbanizations on
groundwater system.
- Soil water chemistry and its role in understanding groundwater
contamination.
- Assessment of groundwater contamination and mapping of aquifer
vulnerability in porous and hard rock aquifer system and remedial measures in
controlling contaminant migration in soils and groundwater system.
- Natural disasters (tsunami etc.) and their impact on groundwater
quality.
TS-4 Modeling and its application in soft and hard rock aquifer systems
- Characterization of fracture geometry and its properties for
understanding the flow mechanism in hard rocks with special reference to
multi-scale level parameters (local scale to extended scale through
up-scaling procedure) approach.
- Lake and aquifer interaction studies and conjunctive use of surface
and groundwater for sustainable development of aquifer systems.
- Groundwater Flow and Mass Transport modeling for the assessment and
management of groundwater resources and contamination in porous and
fractured medium.
- Issues related to model calibration and validation when models are
used as decision-making tools.
- The role of models, modelers and managers in decisions making
processes.
TS-5 Arsenic and fluorine in groundwater
- Occurrences of arsenic and fluoride in sedimentary and hard-rock
aquifers
- Biogeochemistry of Arsenic and fluoride in soil and groundwater.
- Arsenic and fluoride in the food chain.
- Environmental health effects and risk assessment.
- Assessment of social and economic impacts.
- Remediation and management of As- and F-rich groundwaters.
TS-6 Management aspects of groundwater
- The impact of inter-basin water transfer and interlinking rivers on
groundwater regime with special reference to ecology and environment.
- Management of groundwater resources through scientific and community
participation approach with special reference to over exploited regions
in developing countries.
- Gender issues in management and use of groundwater resources.
- The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social
scientists in creating awareness among user community on the sustainable
development and management of groundwater resources
For the details of pre-registration and submission of abstracts please
visit the official conference website:
http://www.lwr.kth.se/personal/personer/bhattacharya_prosun/IGC-2006.htm
Conference Chairs (IGC-2006)
Dr. M. Thangarajan, NGRI, Hyderabad-500007, India Tel: +91-040-23434698
(O) or +91-040-27175156 (H) E-mail: mthangarajan @ hotmail.com or
mthangarajan @ eth.net
Dr. AL. Ramanathan, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU,New
Delhi-110067, India Tel: +91 (0) 11-26704314 or 26704316; Fax: +91 (0)
11-26106501 E-mail: alr_jnu @ yahoo.co.in
Dr. Prosun Bhattacharya, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research
Group, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Ph: +46 8
790 7399; Fax: +46 8 411 0775 E-mail: prosun @ kth.se
Conference Co-Chairs (IGC-2006)
Prof. D. Chandrasekharam, Department of Earth Sciences, Centre of
studies in Resources Engineering and Department of Earth Sciences, Indian
Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai-400076 E-mail: dchandra @
geos.iitb.ac.in
Dr. A.K. Keshari, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology-Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India E-mail: akeshari
@ civil.iitd.ernet.in or akeshari @ hotmail.com
Prof. Dr. Jochen Bundschuh, International Technical Co-operation
Programme CIM (GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany - Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad ICE, San José, Costa Rica; Universidad Nacional de Santiago del
Estero, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. E-mail: jochenbundschuh @
yahoo.com
Problems, Perspectives and Challenges (IGC-2006)
Jawarlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
February 1-4, 2006
National Geophysical Research Institute
Hyderabad, India
Jawaharlal Nehru University
School of Environmental Sciences, New Delhi, India
Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi, India
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai, India
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) KTH-International Groundwater
Arsenic Research Group
Stockholm, Sweden
International Technical Cooperation Programme, CIM (GTZ/BA)Frankfurt,
Germany
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), UNE, PySA
San José, Costa Rica
Aims of Conference IGC-2006
Groundwater is the most important source of the domestic, industrial,
and agricultural water supply in the world. There is an overwhelming
need for information related to exploration, protection, and qualitative
and quantitative evaluation of groundwater resources. In many parts of
the world, especially in the developing countries, the population growth
has created an unprecedented demand for water for industrial,
agricultural and drinking water purposes, competing for the same a finite
resource. The presence of geogenic contaminants in groundwater for example
arsenic and fluoride in toxic levels has posed major environmental health
risks of the present century. Several million people depend on arsenic-
and fluoride contaminated groundwater for drinking purposes that
endangers public health. Urgent solutions are required that are based on
quality research and sound scientific principles. Over 99% of the world's
fresh, available water is groundwater; yet, the vast majority of
financial resources are directed to surface water found in rivers and lakes.
This serious imbalance requires urgent redress. Significant financial
support is required for basic groundwater research if sustainable
development is to be a realistic goal. As a fresh water resource, groundwater
has major advantages over surface water.
These advantages will never be realized without the commitment of world
governments to exploration programs that can delimit and characterize
aquifers, perform water balances, map water quality, and provide for
long-term monitoring. Many aquifers extend across political boundaries.
There is a critical need to promote intergovernmental coordination for
developing joint management strategies. Ultimately, groundwater can
deliver major socio-economic and ecological benefits but the aquifer systems
that sustain the resource need to be adequately understood and
responsibly managed. We require new technologies, and management policies that
include effective strategies for water quality protection. Meeting
these challenges requires a serious commitment of funds by governments and
aid agencies.
The goal of the international conference "IGC-2006" is to provide a
platform bring together earth scientists, professionals from chemical and
engineering science disciplines, public health professionals and social
scientists involved with the sustainable development of groundwater
resources.
TS-1 Sustainable water resources assessment
- The role of remote sensing techniques and Geographic Information
System (GIS) in groundwater resource assessment.
- Recent advances in geological/geophysical/ geochemical/geotechnical
methods in terms of methodology and interpretation techniques for
exploration, exploitation of groundwater resources and assessment of
groundwater contamination.
- New techniques on monitoring levels of groundwater and contamination,
watershed development, parameterization, assessment and management of
groundwater resources in hard rock aquifer system.
- Geo-statistical techniques in estimation of hydrological variables in
space and time.
- Application of Information and Communication Tools (ICT) for
assessment and development of groundwater resources.
TS-2 Recharge process and artificial recharge
- Recharge process in arid and semi-arid regions.
- Application of isotope techniques in hydrogeological studies.
- Groundwater dating
- Artificial recharge methods, including Aquifer Storage and Recovery
(ASR) for augmentation of groundwater resources to improve its quantity
and quality and impact assessment of artificial recharge on
environmental system and management of aquifer recharge.
- Impact of wasteland development on the hydrological cycle due to
dwindling of surface water in the lower reach as well on the sustainability
of the already existing groundwater structures.
TS-3 Water and environment
- Environmental problems in coastal watersheds (surface and groundwater
and contamination interaction) due to human activities.
- The impact of human activities, climate changes and urbanizations on
groundwater system.
- Soil water chemistry and its role in understanding groundwater
contamination.
- Assessment of groundwater contamination and mapping of aquifer
vulnerability in porous and hard rock aquifer system and remedial measures in
controlling contaminant migration in soils and groundwater system.
- Natural disasters (tsunami etc.) and their impact on groundwater
quality.
TS-4 Modeling and its application in soft and hard rock aquifer systems
- Characterization of fracture geometry and its properties for
understanding the flow mechanism in hard rocks with special reference to
multi-scale level parameters (local scale to extended scale through
up-scaling procedure) approach.
- Lake and aquifer interaction studies and conjunctive use of surface
and groundwater for sustainable development of aquifer systems.
- Groundwater Flow and Mass Transport modeling for the assessment and
management of groundwater resources and contamination in porous and
fractured medium.
- Issues related to model calibration and validation when models are
used as decision-making tools.
- The role of models, modelers and managers in decisions making
processes.
TS-5 Arsenic and fluorine in groundwater
- Occurrences of arsenic and fluoride in sedimentary and hard-rock
aquifers
- Biogeochemistry of Arsenic and fluoride in soil and groundwater.
- Arsenic and fluoride in the food chain.
- Environmental health effects and risk assessment.
- Assessment of social and economic impacts.
- Remediation and management of As- and F-rich groundwaters.
TS-6 Management aspects of groundwater
- The impact of inter-basin water transfer and interlinking rivers on
groundwater regime with special reference to ecology and environment.
- Management of groundwater resources through scientific and community
participation approach with special reference to over exploited regions
in developing countries.
- Gender issues in management and use of groundwater resources.
- The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social
scientists in creating awareness among user community on the sustainable
development and management of groundwater resources
For the details of pre-registration and submission of abstracts please
visit the official conference website:
http://www.lwr.kth.se/personal/personer/bhattacharya_prosun/IGC-2006.htm
Conference Chairs (IGC-2006)
Dr. M. Thangarajan, NGRI, Hyderabad-500007, India Tel: +91-040-23434698
(O) or +91-040-27175156 (H) E-mail: mthangarajan @ hotmail.com or
mthangarajan @ eth.net
Dr. AL. Ramanathan, School of Environmental Sciences, JNU,New
Delhi-110067, India Tel: +91 (0) 11-26704314 or 26704316; Fax: +91 (0)
11-26106501 E-mail: alr_jnu @ yahoo.co.in
Dr. Prosun Bhattacharya, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research
Group, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Ph: +46 8
790 7399; Fax: +46 8 411 0775 E-mail: prosun @ kth.se
Conference Co-Chairs (IGC-2006)
Prof. D. Chandrasekharam, Department of Earth Sciences, Centre of
studies in Resources Engineering and Department of Earth Sciences, Indian
Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai-400076 E-mail: dchandra @
geos.iitb.ac.in
Dr. A.K. Keshari, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology-Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India E-mail: akeshari
@ civil.iitd.ernet.in or akeshari @ hotmail.com
Prof. Dr. Jochen Bundschuh, International Technical Co-operation
Programme CIM (GTZ/BA), Frankfurt, Germany - Instituto Costarricense de
Electricidad ICE, San José, Costa Rica; Universidad Nacional de Santiago del
Estero, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. E-mail: jochenbundschuh @
yahoo.com
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
ARSENIC , BANGLADESH
APSU studies and reports
This page provides a list of different studies and reports supported by APSU. To find out details of each study please follow the links below. Where reports are available, you can download these from the activity page in pdf file format. The activities are organised by type (study, workshop or study tour) and classified as to whether completed or ongoing.
This page provides a list of different studies and reports supported by APSU. To find out details of each study please follow the links below. Where reports are available, you can download these from the activity page in pdf file format. The activities are organised by type (study, workshop or study tour) and classified as to whether completed or ongoing.
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Sunday, June 26, 2005
three ways of increasing bussiness
The fact is, there are only three ways to expand business...
Option #1 – Increase the number of customers
You increase the number of customers you have by reaching new customers 1) with your existing offering or 2) developing a new offering. Ideally you will leverage the offering you have to enter a new market or expand the reach in your exisiting market. Three key questions to answer to increase the number of customers are:
Who has a real need for the product/service I’m selling? Does my product meet that need in a manner that either saves money or provides additional value?
How much, if anything, are they spending to address that need today?
How many of those potential customers are there? How do I reach them? Answering these questions meaningfully necessitates market research. Sponsored Links
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Market research is a prelude to selling. It teaches you a great deal about what you will need to know to effectively reach these new customers such as what to say, how to say it and to whom.
For example, our company just completed a national market research study that provided our client with the issues and challenges facing its target market. Using the research, which provided a keen understanding of the needs and wants of its customers, our client developed messaging and marketing materials that resonated not only with existing customers, but with new customers as well. Response rate to their lead-generating events have doubled.
Option #2 – Increase the frequency of purchase
The quickest path to increasing the frequency of purchases is by making it as easy as possible for your existing customers to do business with you repeatedly. Another way to look at this is providing additional customer value – and ultimately building customer loyalty. If you make it easier for customers to buy from you, relative to your competition, then you will continue to win their business. This, of course, assumes your products or services are comparable or superior to your competitors.
Outside of customer loyalty programs, here are a few areas to consider improving:
Responsiveness to requests, calls, emails
Accessibility to the customer’s primary contact
Consistency in offering
Follow-up and follow-through on meetings
Accurate and timely billing.
While these may seem like common sense, consider how many vendors you no longer use because they were too difficult to do business with. Don’t become one of them to your customers.
Option #3 – Increase the number of units sold
By default you will increase the number of units sold when you increase the number of clients and frequency of purchase. But you can also increase the number of units sold by understanding how to add value. If you want to sell more products or bill more hours, providing a value-add benefit or solution will begin to strengthen your customer relationship. If you are to consistently add-value to the customer relationship, you need to fully understand how your customers interpret, define, and quantify the value they receive from your products and services.
Here is a consumer example: A restaurateur offered existing customers 20 percent off for parties of 4 during lunch and early dinner. The idea was to add value to his existing clients by providing them with a benefit they could share. Result: His lunch business went up by 88% in one month and by 53% over the campaign. On the frequency side, he experienced 71% retention of his customers when he dropped the campaign after 3 months.
Finally, don’t forget, to see real results, you must start with what you already know about your customers. It is the market research, customer knowledge you already have, that is literally a hidden goldmine of profit that can grow your business and increase your company's top line. It is this customer-focused information that will provide the foundation for generating more sales, retaining and cross-selling customers, and acquiring new customer business. Armed with customer-focused information, you will know which is the best way to grow your business.
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Option #1 – Increase the number of customers
You increase the number of customers you have by reaching new customers 1) with your existing offering or 2) developing a new offering. Ideally you will leverage the offering you have to enter a new market or expand the reach in your exisiting market. Three key questions to answer to increase the number of customers are:
Who has a real need for the product/service I’m selling? Does my product meet that need in a manner that either saves money or provides additional value?
How much, if anything, are they spending to address that need today?
How many of those potential customers are there? How do I reach them? Answering these questions meaningfully necessitates market research. Sponsored Links
Small Business Trends
Top 2005 trends for small business. Free newsletter.
www.SMBtrends.com
Entrepreneur
Attend a Free Seminar and Start your own Consulting Business!
americanbusinessconsultantscorp.com
Industrial Consultants
Market research & analysis Distribution & sales.
www.consultsindustry.com
Market research is a prelude to selling. It teaches you a great deal about what you will need to know to effectively reach these new customers such as what to say, how to say it and to whom.
For example, our company just completed a national market research study that provided our client with the issues and challenges facing its target market. Using the research, which provided a keen understanding of the needs and wants of its customers, our client developed messaging and marketing materials that resonated not only with existing customers, but with new customers as well. Response rate to their lead-generating events have doubled.
Option #2 – Increase the frequency of purchase
The quickest path to increasing the frequency of purchases is by making it as easy as possible for your existing customers to do business with you repeatedly. Another way to look at this is providing additional customer value – and ultimately building customer loyalty. If you make it easier for customers to buy from you, relative to your competition, then you will continue to win their business. This, of course, assumes your products or services are comparable or superior to your competitors.
Outside of customer loyalty programs, here are a few areas to consider improving:
Responsiveness to requests, calls, emails
Accessibility to the customer’s primary contact
Consistency in offering
Follow-up and follow-through on meetings
Accurate and timely billing.
While these may seem like common sense, consider how many vendors you no longer use because they were too difficult to do business with. Don’t become one of them to your customers.
Option #3 – Increase the number of units sold
By default you will increase the number of units sold when you increase the number of clients and frequency of purchase. But you can also increase the number of units sold by understanding how to add value. If you want to sell more products or bill more hours, providing a value-add benefit or solution will begin to strengthen your customer relationship. If you are to consistently add-value to the customer relationship, you need to fully understand how your customers interpret, define, and quantify the value they receive from your products and services.
Here is a consumer example: A restaurateur offered existing customers 20 percent off for parties of 4 during lunch and early dinner. The idea was to add value to his existing clients by providing them with a benefit they could share. Result: His lunch business went up by 88% in one month and by 53% over the campaign. On the frequency side, he experienced 71% retention of his customers when he dropped the campaign after 3 months.
Finally, don’t forget, to see real results, you must start with what you already know about your customers. It is the market research, customer knowledge you already have, that is literally a hidden goldmine of profit that can grow your business and increase your company's top line. It is this customer-focused information that will provide the foundation for generating more sales, retaining and cross-selling customers, and acquiring new customer business. Armed with customer-focused information, you will know which is the best way to grow your business.
_______________________________________
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
small bussiness and internet marketing
In continuing my series on internet marketing, I want to share with you some of the best places to submit your articles to get results.
1. Lists.
There are three sites that currently have lists that are very popular, and will get you included in these highly popular sites:
Yahoo Groups
MSN Groups
Google Groups
To find groups to list your articles, I recommend that you do a keyword search on each one using the keyword of your topic plus “article lists”. This should yield you good results as this is what I do.
You can also browse the categories.
I’ve had the best luck with Yahoo Groups, so here are some groups that I recommend:
The Write Articles - This is a group that I own that I am the moderator for. A top ranked site recently contacted me, and our RSS feed will be featured on their site, and this will give the writers on this list a lot of free publicity. This group accepts small business, internet marketing, copywriting, website building, computer, and writing articles.
These highly popular groups belong to Shelley Lowery. They get a lot of traffic, and she focuses on different topics. Please make sure you read the guidelines. Otherwise, Shelley will reject your articles.
Article Announce - Writer & Publisher Exchange is the first and ORIGINAL article announcement list. This announcement list includes all article submissions.
Article Announce Home - Home and Family oriented articles.
Article Announce Health - Health and Fitness oriented articles.
Article Announce General - General Interest oriented articles.
Article Announce Internet - Internet oriented articles.
There are many others. These will get you started and put your articles in front of thousands of publishers.
2. Article Directories
With article directories, it’s as simple as doing a search in your favorite search engine to find these directories. Here are some of my favorites, and they’re all highly ranked:
Article City
Go Articles
Click for Content
Ezine Articles
Idea Marketers
Many of these sites require an account, but it’s free.
3. Forums
Forums are often overlooked as a place to promote your articles, but they can be very effective. Like article directories, all you have to do is a search in your category combined with the search term “forums”, to help you find what you are looking for.
Here are a couple of forums I recommend that deal with internet marketing, and they accept articles:
Warrrior’s Forum
Profits.cc
Forums normally require that you sign up for an account, but it’s free.
4. Individual Sites
Finally, if you surf as much as I do, you’ll find a ton of sites out there that accept articles. The important thing here is to do your research, keep a bookmark file, and every time you find a site that you can submit articles to, bookmark it.
Read the publisher’s guidelines. You are more likely to get your article accepted if you study the guidelines before posting.
Remember, this technique will not only help you with the search engines, but it will brand you as an expert in your field, and it will drive traffic to your site, as well as building relationships, which will make you sales.
1. Lists.
There are three sites that currently have lists that are very popular, and will get you included in these highly popular sites:
Yahoo Groups
MSN Groups
Google Groups
To find groups to list your articles, I recommend that you do a keyword search on each one using the keyword of your topic plus “article lists”. This should yield you good results as this is what I do.
You can also browse the categories.
I’ve had the best luck with Yahoo Groups, so here are some groups that I recommend:
The Write Articles - This is a group that I own that I am the moderator for. A top ranked site recently contacted me, and our RSS feed will be featured on their site, and this will give the writers on this list a lot of free publicity. This group accepts small business, internet marketing, copywriting, website building, computer, and writing articles.
These highly popular groups belong to Shelley Lowery. They get a lot of traffic, and she focuses on different topics. Please make sure you read the guidelines. Otherwise, Shelley will reject your articles.
Article Announce - Writer & Publisher Exchange is the first and ORIGINAL article announcement list. This announcement list includes all article submissions.
Article Announce Home - Home and Family oriented articles.
Article Announce Health - Health and Fitness oriented articles.
Article Announce General - General Interest oriented articles.
Article Announce Internet - Internet oriented articles.
There are many others. These will get you started and put your articles in front of thousands of publishers.
2. Article Directories
With article directories, it’s as simple as doing a search in your favorite search engine to find these directories. Here are some of my favorites, and they’re all highly ranked:
Article City
Go Articles
Click for Content
Ezine Articles
Idea Marketers
Many of these sites require an account, but it’s free.
3. Forums
Forums are often overlooked as a place to promote your articles, but they can be very effective. Like article directories, all you have to do is a search in your category combined with the search term “forums”, to help you find what you are looking for.
Here are a couple of forums I recommend that deal with internet marketing, and they accept articles:
Warrrior’s Forum
Profits.cc
Forums normally require that you sign up for an account, but it’s free.
4. Individual Sites
Finally, if you surf as much as I do, you’ll find a ton of sites out there that accept articles. The important thing here is to do your research, keep a bookmark file, and every time you find a site that you can submit articles to, bookmark it.
Read the publisher’s guidelines. You are more likely to get your article accepted if you study the guidelines before posting.
Remember, this technique will not only help you with the search engines, but it will brand you as an expert in your field, and it will drive traffic to your site, as well as building relationships, which will make you sales.
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Little Agreement on Spyware Guidelines
By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer
1 hour, 38 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Many anti-spyware programs scour computer hard drives for those data-tracking files called cookies that we often get from Web visits. Microsoft Corp.'s tool does not. And there are disputes aplenty about whether certain widely used advertising programs circulating on the Internet are clean of spyware.
ADVERTISEMENT
No surprise, then, that there's little agreement on what should be considered spyware, and what adware is exactly. Or on whether adware, which delivers ads, is a form of spyware or a breed apart.
Consumers are confounded. Is their computer-cleaning overzealous or not thorough enough? Are they removing useful programs with the dreck?
No less vexed are makers of anti-spyware software. They're beset by legal headaches, constantly challenged for what their products define and target as malware.
"It certainly distracts us from the job at hand," said David Moll, chief executive of Webroot Software Inc.
Help may be on the way. Led by the tech-advocacy group Center for Democracy and Technology, the anti-spyware industry is crafting definitions and plans to eventually set up dispute-resolution procedures. A draft is expected by late summer.
"A definition is the foundation," said Ari Schwartz, the center's associate director. "If a consumer's going to make a decision in the marketplace about what they have and what software they are going to use, it's helpful to have a basis to do that on."
Similar efforts, however, have failed before.
Part of the challenge stems from how the term "spyware" evolved.
"It started out as being called spyware because a lot of it was spying on people and sending personal information," said Dave Methvin, chief technology officer with tech diagnostic site PC Pitstop. "It's a catchy, quick word that is always easy for people to understand and say."
But the term stuck even as some of these programs, in response to consumer complaints, began sending back less data and became less sneaky.
In some people's minds, spyware came to include programs that change Web browser settings without asking or trick users into racking up huge phone bills by making the equivalent of "900" calls to foreign porn sites.
"`Spyware' has sort of become the euphemism for any software I don't want," said Wayne Porter, co-founder of SpywareGuide.com.
The result is chaos.
Microsoft, for instance, chose not to scan cookies because many sites need them to remember passwords and otherwise customize a surfer's experience. Cory Treffiletti of the online ad agency Carat Interactive says cookies help sites identify repeat visitors so the same ads aren't shown over and over.
But other spyware hunters flag cookies on the grounds that they help advertisers track behavior. EarthLink Inc.'s Scott Mecredy says anti-spyware programs have gotten sophisticated enough to distinguish good cookies from bad.
Then there's the question of whether "spyware" includes adware.
Claria Corp., formerly known as Gator Corp., has sued several anti-spyware companies and Web sites for calling its advertising software "spyware." PC Pitstop rewrote some of its materials as part of a settlement.
Even "adware" isn't good enough for some.
Joseph Telafici, director of operations for McAfee Inc.'s security research unit, says the company now gets one or two complaints a week, compared with two or three per quarter last year from companies whose programs it has dubbed spyware or adware.
McAfee is in the process of assigning a full-time lawyer.
Symantec Corp. sought to pre-empt a lawsuit by filing one itself, asking a federal court to declare that it had the right to call Hotbot.com Inc.'s toolbar adware. Hotbot did not respond to requests for comment.
Symantec still faces a lawsuit by Trekeight LLC, whose product Symantec brands adware.
Though it has yet to sue, 180solutions Inc. takes issue with "adware," preferring "searchware" or "sponsorware." "Adware" has become too linked with bad actors, and the industry needs more differentiation, said its chief executive, Keith Smith. Most anti-spyware vendors, however, still put 180solutions in that category.
Aluria Software LLC says one company, WhenU.com Inc., has changed its practices enough that it is now spyware- and adware-safe.
But America Online Inc., though it uses Aluria's technology, prefers a different test: What its users think.
AOL found that users overwhelmingly choose to rid their computers of WhenU's SaveNow application when anti-spyware scans uncover it, so AOL continues to list as adware.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that many legitimate programs — including Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system and Web browser — send out data without making the user fully aware, one of the common attributes of spyware.
And many programs that spy do have legitimate functions — people may run a keystroke recorder to monitor spouses whom they suspect of cheating. Or they may willingly accept adware in exchange for a free game or screensaver.
Anti-spyware software companies say they leave removal decisions to customers, though many users simply follow their recommendations, failing to distinguish the mild from the malicious.
"If an anti-spyware company recommends that the software (gets) blocked, consumers will typically block it," said Keith Smith, chief executive of 180solutions. "It doesn't matter how good an experience they have with it."
Alex St. John, chief executive of WildTangent Inc., says anti-spyware companies have an incentive to overlist programs: It makes their products appear effective. Better definitions, he said, would help clear his company's game-delivery product.
"We want to do anything under our power to be clearly defined as a legitimate, upright consumer company," he said. "We would love to have something to adhere to."
Guidelines could give anti-spyware vendors a better defense.
For consumers, said Tori Case of Computer Associates International Inc., "if we start using the correct terminology, we can demystify it a bit and help people understand what the real risks are."
1 hour, 38 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Many anti-spyware programs scour computer hard drives for those data-tracking files called cookies that we often get from Web visits. Microsoft Corp.'s tool does not. And there are disputes aplenty about whether certain widely used advertising programs circulating on the Internet are clean of spyware.
ADVERTISEMENT
No surprise, then, that there's little agreement on what should be considered spyware, and what adware is exactly. Or on whether adware, which delivers ads, is a form of spyware or a breed apart.
Consumers are confounded. Is their computer-cleaning overzealous or not thorough enough? Are they removing useful programs with the dreck?
No less vexed are makers of anti-spyware software. They're beset by legal headaches, constantly challenged for what their products define and target as malware.
"It certainly distracts us from the job at hand," said David Moll, chief executive of Webroot Software Inc.
Help may be on the way. Led by the tech-advocacy group Center for Democracy and Technology, the anti-spyware industry is crafting definitions and plans to eventually set up dispute-resolution procedures. A draft is expected by late summer.
"A definition is the foundation," said Ari Schwartz, the center's associate director. "If a consumer's going to make a decision in the marketplace about what they have and what software they are going to use, it's helpful to have a basis to do that on."
Similar efforts, however, have failed before.
Part of the challenge stems from how the term "spyware" evolved.
"It started out as being called spyware because a lot of it was spying on people and sending personal information," said Dave Methvin, chief technology officer with tech diagnostic site PC Pitstop. "It's a catchy, quick word that is always easy for people to understand and say."
But the term stuck even as some of these programs, in response to consumer complaints, began sending back less data and became less sneaky.
In some people's minds, spyware came to include programs that change Web browser settings without asking or trick users into racking up huge phone bills by making the equivalent of "900" calls to foreign porn sites.
"`Spyware' has sort of become the euphemism for any software I don't want," said Wayne Porter, co-founder of SpywareGuide.com.
The result is chaos.
Microsoft, for instance, chose not to scan cookies because many sites need them to remember passwords and otherwise customize a surfer's experience. Cory Treffiletti of the online ad agency Carat Interactive says cookies help sites identify repeat visitors so the same ads aren't shown over and over.
But other spyware hunters flag cookies on the grounds that they help advertisers track behavior. EarthLink Inc.'s Scott Mecredy says anti-spyware programs have gotten sophisticated enough to distinguish good cookies from bad.
Then there's the question of whether "spyware" includes adware.
Claria Corp., formerly known as Gator Corp., has sued several anti-spyware companies and Web sites for calling its advertising software "spyware." PC Pitstop rewrote some of its materials as part of a settlement.
Even "adware" isn't good enough for some.
Joseph Telafici, director of operations for McAfee Inc.'s security research unit, says the company now gets one or two complaints a week, compared with two or three per quarter last year from companies whose programs it has dubbed spyware or adware.
McAfee is in the process of assigning a full-time lawyer.
Symantec Corp. sought to pre-empt a lawsuit by filing one itself, asking a federal court to declare that it had the right to call Hotbot.com Inc.'s toolbar adware. Hotbot did not respond to requests for comment.
Symantec still faces a lawsuit by Trekeight LLC, whose product Symantec brands adware.
Though it has yet to sue, 180solutions Inc. takes issue with "adware," preferring "searchware" or "sponsorware." "Adware" has become too linked with bad actors, and the industry needs more differentiation, said its chief executive, Keith Smith. Most anti-spyware vendors, however, still put 180solutions in that category.
Aluria Software LLC says one company, WhenU.com Inc., has changed its practices enough that it is now spyware- and adware-safe.
But America Online Inc., though it uses Aluria's technology, prefers a different test: What its users think.
AOL found that users overwhelmingly choose to rid their computers of WhenU's SaveNow application when anti-spyware scans uncover it, so AOL continues to list as adware.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that many legitimate programs — including Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system and Web browser — send out data without making the user fully aware, one of the common attributes of spyware.
And many programs that spy do have legitimate functions — people may run a keystroke recorder to monitor spouses whom they suspect of cheating. Or they may willingly accept adware in exchange for a free game or screensaver.
Anti-spyware software companies say they leave removal decisions to customers, though many users simply follow their recommendations, failing to distinguish the mild from the malicious.
"If an anti-spyware company recommends that the software (gets) blocked, consumers will typically block it," said Keith Smith, chief executive of 180solutions. "It doesn't matter how good an experience they have with it."
Alex St. John, chief executive of WildTangent Inc., says anti-spyware companies have an incentive to overlist programs: It makes their products appear effective. Better definitions, he said, would help clear his company's game-delivery product.
"We want to do anything under our power to be clearly defined as a legitimate, upright consumer company," he said. "We would love to have something to adhere to."
Guidelines could give anti-spyware vendors a better defense.
For consumers, said Tori Case of Computer Associates International Inc., "if we start using the correct terminology, we can demystify it a bit and help people understand what the real risks are."
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Mass worm attack could be imminent
Mass worm attack could be imminent
By Joris Evers, Special to ZDNet
24 June 2005 Add your opinion
Forward in Format for
A surge in scanning on a port associated with a Windows flaw patched last week suggests that a mass worm attack may be imminent, experts have said.
A rise in activity on TCP Port 445 could be a sign that hackers are trying to exploit a flaw in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, Gartner analyst John Pescatore said Thursday in the US.
"Increased scanning does not always mean an attack will happen, but it greatly increases the odds that one will," Pescatore said. "I don't think this has a high probability of a worm, but if people get lax about patching the odds of worms goes way, way up."
Like would-be burglars knocking on doors looking for a likely target, Internet intruders sometimes scan random computers to see if a particular network port is available, as a precursor to attack.
TCP Port 445 is used by SMB, which Windows uses to share files, printers, serial ports and also to communicate between computers. Microsoft recently released a fix for the "critical" vulnerability in the protocol as part of its monthly patch cycle.
Increased port scanning has preceded major worm outbreaks in the past, Pescatore said. Alfred Huger, a senior director at Symantec Security Response, also said that a worm could be on its way.
Users should patch their systems as soon as possible, they both said.
However, Pescatore and Huger also noted that port scanning by suspected hackers is common after Microsoft discloses vulnerabilities. Furthermore, this particular Windows flaw is not easy to exploit, so the scanning may not be an ominous sign at all.
Symantec saw a spike in scanning on TCP Port 445 last week, but the probing of the port has since gone back to normal levels, Huger said. "I don't think we should be screaming the barn is burning by any means," he said.
Microsoft is not aware of any active attempts to exploit any Microsoft vulnerabilities via TCP Port 445, a company representative said Thursday in the US. Also, the software maker has not received any indication of malicious activity
By Joris Evers, Special to ZDNet
24 June 2005 Add your opinion
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A surge in scanning on a port associated with a Windows flaw patched last week suggests that a mass worm attack may be imminent, experts have said.
A rise in activity on TCP Port 445 could be a sign that hackers are trying to exploit a flaw in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, Gartner analyst John Pescatore said Thursday in the US.
"Increased scanning does not always mean an attack will happen, but it greatly increases the odds that one will," Pescatore said. "I don't think this has a high probability of a worm, but if people get lax about patching the odds of worms goes way, way up."
Like would-be burglars knocking on doors looking for a likely target, Internet intruders sometimes scan random computers to see if a particular network port is available, as a precursor to attack.
TCP Port 445 is used by SMB, which Windows uses to share files, printers, serial ports and also to communicate between computers. Microsoft recently released a fix for the "critical" vulnerability in the protocol as part of its monthly patch cycle.
Increased port scanning has preceded major worm outbreaks in the past, Pescatore said. Alfred Huger, a senior director at Symantec Security Response, also said that a worm could be on its way.
Users should patch their systems as soon as possible, they both said.
However, Pescatore and Huger also noted that port scanning by suspected hackers is common after Microsoft discloses vulnerabilities. Furthermore, this particular Windows flaw is not easy to exploit, so the scanning may not be an ominous sign at all.
Symantec saw a spike in scanning on TCP Port 445 last week, but the probing of the port has since gone back to normal levels, Huger said. "I don't think we should be screaming the barn is burning by any means," he said.
Microsoft is not aware of any active attempts to exploit any Microsoft vulnerabilities via TCP Port 445, a company representative said Thursday in the US. Also, the software maker has not received any indication of malicious activity
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
chat with mehdi from bangladesh, I DONT HACK
tuhin127 is using a different version of Yahoo! Messenger.Certain features may be unavailable.
saleemasraf: hi how r u?tuhin127: hituhin127: finetuhin127: u?saleemasraf: u added me as friendtuhin127: yessaleemasraf: i also dont know who are u?saleemasraf: am saleem from delhituhin127: ya i know about usaleemasraf: how?saleemasraf: thats really surprisingtuhin127: well i have seen ur web pagesaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: which one?tuhin127: actually i was finding yahoo hacking then ur tips comesaleemasraf: i dont think they workstuhin127: yes they dont worksaleemasraf: why u want to hack>?saleemasraf: learning ?tuhin127: just for funtuhin127: yessaleemasraf: i lost my password of one of ids, thats why i tried those methodstuhin127: it workssaleemasraf: but they dont worktuhin127: yahsaleemasraf: one of my friends played with mesaleemasraf: he sent those tipstuhin127: hmmmm yah real hacker is raresaleemasraf: how do u find my blogtuhin127: there was option of ur full biodatatuhin127: when i check it i found ur blogsaleemasraf: which biodata?tuhin127: urssaleemasraf: actually i simply forget which onetuhin127: hahahahatuhin127: u wok in water supply or like thatsaleemasraf: u mean to say the yahoo profilsaleemasraf: i have my profil in rediff connextions, friendster, and many moretuhin127: no no pic of ur dream home or wifesaleemasraf: web ring is also theresaleemasraf: assa geocitiestuhin127: yessaleemasraf: thats the earliest one saleemasraf: i almost forgot about thattuhin127: hmmmmsaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: will u tell about utuhin127: i am very ordinary personsaleemasraf: wher from , what u do, male -femal etc etcsaleemasraf: ORDINARY?tuhin127: studying in MBAtuhin127: BANGLADESHsaleemasraf: u call that ordinarytuhin127: MALEtuhin127: 25 YEARS OLDsaleemasraf: hi againsaleemasraf: whats ur real nametuhin127: MEHEDI HASANsaleemasraf: aami bangla bolte pari naasaleemasraf: hi mehdituhin127: WOW EI JE BOOLLEsaleemasraf: ektu ektusaleemasraf: parineeta dekhen nituhin127: AB TAK NAHIsaleemasraf: sunesi saif darun ekting karesessaleemasraf: i hope i am not killing bengalituhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: suicide toh nahin karogesaleemasraf: loltuhin127: nahisaleemasraf: u people are sensitive regarding ur languagetuhin127: may utna nahisaleemasraf: iska matlab thorasa haituhin127: yeh to sah loke may kuch hota haisaleemasraf: so mehdi, i work for water treatmentsaleemasraf: i am looking forward to doing some bussiness in bangladesh alsosaleemasraf: pls go to my web site at www.envo.8m.comsaleemasraf: u have problem with arsenictuhin127: hmmm really big problemsaleemasraf: also fluride and irontuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: we are a group of people working on water treatmentsaleemasraf: do u know anybody who can work with us theretuhin127: i am afraid nosaleemasraf: oktuhin127: whats ur age nowsaleemasraf: can i get any industrial diary ?tuhin127: yah u may cansaleemasraf: howtuhin127: i think ttrying any websitesaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: done thattuhin127: so u dont know about yahoo hackingsaleemasraf: there is a software named brutussaleemasraf: try thatsaleemasraf: it almost hacks anythingsaleemasraf: i dont hacktuhin127: ok thanks i will try thatsaleemasraf: also i dont help otherssaleemasraf: to hacksaleemasraf: its not legaltuhin127: good saleemasraf: bhaat kheyesotuhin127: hmmmtuhin127: apni?saleemasraf: tumisaleemasraf: ami ekhoni khabotuhin127: apni to amar borosaleemasraf: ami to bahut borotuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: almost ten yrstuhin127: apnar chele meye aachesaleemasraf: asay saleemasraf: tumar biye kobe hobetuhin127: chakri pelei korbosaleemasraf: assatuhin127: apnar wife ki chakri korensaleemasraf: na natuhin127: aapni ki khub religioussaleemasraf: tumi korabesaleemasraf: khub religious matlabtuhin127: eecha nai ekto conservative amituhin127: mane islam kemon manensaleemasraf: matlab there are many ways in islam?tuhin127: i mean rules and regulationsaleemasraf: see there are five obligatoiory thingssaleemasraf: FARZ bolte hai jiskosaleemasraf: without it u r not a muslimsaleemasraf: thats itsaleemasraf: simpletuhin127: aapni ki paach wakto namaz porensaleemasraf: jee haansaleemasraf: yeh pusneki baat haituhin127: there r many muslim who donttuhin127: oksaleemasraf: its their problemsaleemasraf: its their personal lifetuhin127: ok goodsaleemasraf: murgi bhaja kaun hobesaleemasraf: jahannum main suna hai murgi bhaja hota haisaleemasraf: chicken fry without and with OILsaleemasraf: waise aaj kaal dilli main chicken and omlet fry waisehi ho raha haisaleemasraf: its 2 hot heresaleemasraf: hows d weather theretuhin127: very hotsaleemasraf: its 45 degree heretuhin127: here 38/39saleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: brishti hoyese ki ukhanetuhin127: hasaleemasraf: goodtuhin127: apni bangla kibhabe sikhlen bolen nasaleemasraf: just abhi toh sikha aap sesaleemasraf: kaun si muskil kaam haisaleemasraf: i know chinese alsotuhin127: u r very talented i guesssaleemasraf: upor theke bartan giraado, woh chinese haisaleemasraf: simpletuhin127: hahahahtuhin127: u know urdusaleemasraf: yahsaleemasraf: kiyon nahinsaleemasraf: ek dafa urdu bola tha, mirja ghalib behoos ho gaye thesaleemasraf: u know urdu?tuhin127: no but want to learnsaleemasraf: mereko ustaad banaosaleemasraf: abhi sikhataa hoontuhin127: hmm manasaleemasraf: aise kaisesaleemasraf: fes wees dosaleemasraf: MBA kar rahe hotuhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: am also a bussineewss mantuhin127: goodsaleemasraf: free main kus nahi miltasaleemasraf: hawa bhi nahintuhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: kisiko dhundo bhai mere saath kaam karne ke liyesaleemasraf: i am really interested to work in your countrytuhin127: i will trysaleemasraf: are bhai, try nahin bolte, tuhin127: actually what u needsaleemasraf: bolna sahiyee i will insa aalllah do ITsaleemasraf: I WILL MAKE IT HAPPENsaleemasraf: i NEED A BUSSINESS DEVELOPEMENT MANAGERsaleemasraf: he will b my partnertuhin127: and who will investsaleemasraf: it does not require investmentsaleemasraf: i hope u r stil sitting in ur chairsaleemasraf: gire toh nahin hosaleemasraf: bussinewess without investmenttuhin127: it will not be easy saleemasraf: not easy to digestsaleemasraf: my work is purely technicalsaleemasraf: but bussiness developement is the same for all bussinessessaleemasraf: marketingsaleemasraf: will b handled by somebodysaleemasraf: technical part will b minetuhin127: what will u do recommend solution saleemasraf: its always case to case basissaleemasraf: its always diffrent from industry to industrytuhin127: yah saleemasraf: its highly technicalsaleemasraf: i have done my masters degree in engineering in ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGsaleemasraf: and i am working for the last eight yearstuhin127: look its already identified by many scholar in our country and they propose many solutionsaleemasraf: i am not talking about arsenic onlysaleemasraf: am talking about industrial pollutionsaleemasraf: am talking about industrail process water treatmentsaleemasraf: am talking about making mineral water plantsaleemasraf: bottled mineral watersaleemasraf: its a huge bussinesstuhin127: do u have any research paper published ?saleemasraf: reasearch for whatsaleemasraf: i am not searching for jobsaleemasraf: i actuaally do the work and all methods are there for the last 40 years in bookssaleemasraf: there is nothing newtuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: so whats the big dealsaleemasraf: u only isto have practical knowledgesaleemasraf: there are a lot of things that u will not find in bookstuhin127: yah i know thatsaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: i gotta gotuhin127: oksaleemasraf: bhaat maasch daal ready haituhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: yah reallytuhin127: maga kiyesaleemasraf: my wife knows bengalituhin127: thats the pointsaleemasraf: she is from ASSAMtuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: byetuhin127: now i understandtuhin127: oksaleemasraf: if u think somebody can work with me, pls let me knowtuhin127: oksaleemasraf: khuda haafeeztuhin127: ALLAH HAFIZsaleemasraf: this chat will b pasted in d blogsaleemasraf: off course with some editingtuhin127: HA HA HAtuhin127: OK
saleemasraf: hi how r u?tuhin127: hituhin127: finetuhin127: u?saleemasraf: u added me as friendtuhin127: yessaleemasraf: i also dont know who are u?saleemasraf: am saleem from delhituhin127: ya i know about usaleemasraf: how?saleemasraf: thats really surprisingtuhin127: well i have seen ur web pagesaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: which one?tuhin127: actually i was finding yahoo hacking then ur tips comesaleemasraf: i dont think they workstuhin127: yes they dont worksaleemasraf: why u want to hack>?saleemasraf: learning ?tuhin127: just for funtuhin127: yessaleemasraf: i lost my password of one of ids, thats why i tried those methodstuhin127: it workssaleemasraf: but they dont worktuhin127: yahsaleemasraf: one of my friends played with mesaleemasraf: he sent those tipstuhin127: hmmmm yah real hacker is raresaleemasraf: how do u find my blogtuhin127: there was option of ur full biodatatuhin127: when i check it i found ur blogsaleemasraf: which biodata?tuhin127: urssaleemasraf: actually i simply forget which onetuhin127: hahahahatuhin127: u wok in water supply or like thatsaleemasraf: u mean to say the yahoo profilsaleemasraf: i have my profil in rediff connextions, friendster, and many moretuhin127: no no pic of ur dream home or wifesaleemasraf: web ring is also theresaleemasraf: assa geocitiestuhin127: yessaleemasraf: thats the earliest one saleemasraf: i almost forgot about thattuhin127: hmmmmsaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: will u tell about utuhin127: i am very ordinary personsaleemasraf: wher from , what u do, male -femal etc etcsaleemasraf: ORDINARY?tuhin127: studying in MBAtuhin127: BANGLADESHsaleemasraf: u call that ordinarytuhin127: MALEtuhin127: 25 YEARS OLDsaleemasraf: hi againsaleemasraf: whats ur real nametuhin127: MEHEDI HASANsaleemasraf: aami bangla bolte pari naasaleemasraf: hi mehdituhin127: WOW EI JE BOOLLEsaleemasraf: ektu ektusaleemasraf: parineeta dekhen nituhin127: AB TAK NAHIsaleemasraf: sunesi saif darun ekting karesessaleemasraf: i hope i am not killing bengalituhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: suicide toh nahin karogesaleemasraf: loltuhin127: nahisaleemasraf: u people are sensitive regarding ur languagetuhin127: may utna nahisaleemasraf: iska matlab thorasa haituhin127: yeh to sah loke may kuch hota haisaleemasraf: so mehdi, i work for water treatmentsaleemasraf: i am looking forward to doing some bussiness in bangladesh alsosaleemasraf: pls go to my web site at www.envo.8m.comsaleemasraf: u have problem with arsenictuhin127: hmmm really big problemsaleemasraf: also fluride and irontuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: we are a group of people working on water treatmentsaleemasraf: do u know anybody who can work with us theretuhin127: i am afraid nosaleemasraf: oktuhin127: whats ur age nowsaleemasraf: can i get any industrial diary ?tuhin127: yah u may cansaleemasraf: howtuhin127: i think ttrying any websitesaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: done thattuhin127: so u dont know about yahoo hackingsaleemasraf: there is a software named brutussaleemasraf: try thatsaleemasraf: it almost hacks anythingsaleemasraf: i dont hacktuhin127: ok thanks i will try thatsaleemasraf: also i dont help otherssaleemasraf: to hacksaleemasraf: its not legaltuhin127: good saleemasraf: bhaat kheyesotuhin127: hmmmtuhin127: apni?saleemasraf: tumisaleemasraf: ami ekhoni khabotuhin127: apni to amar borosaleemasraf: ami to bahut borotuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: almost ten yrstuhin127: apnar chele meye aachesaleemasraf: asay saleemasraf: tumar biye kobe hobetuhin127: chakri pelei korbosaleemasraf: assatuhin127: apnar wife ki chakri korensaleemasraf: na natuhin127: aapni ki khub religioussaleemasraf: tumi korabesaleemasraf: khub religious matlabtuhin127: eecha nai ekto conservative amituhin127: mane islam kemon manensaleemasraf: matlab there are many ways in islam?tuhin127: i mean rules and regulationsaleemasraf: see there are five obligatoiory thingssaleemasraf: FARZ bolte hai jiskosaleemasraf: without it u r not a muslimsaleemasraf: thats itsaleemasraf: simpletuhin127: aapni ki paach wakto namaz porensaleemasraf: jee haansaleemasraf: yeh pusneki baat haituhin127: there r many muslim who donttuhin127: oksaleemasraf: its their problemsaleemasraf: its their personal lifetuhin127: ok goodsaleemasraf: murgi bhaja kaun hobesaleemasraf: jahannum main suna hai murgi bhaja hota haisaleemasraf: chicken fry without and with OILsaleemasraf: waise aaj kaal dilli main chicken and omlet fry waisehi ho raha haisaleemasraf: its 2 hot heresaleemasraf: hows d weather theretuhin127: very hotsaleemasraf: its 45 degree heretuhin127: here 38/39saleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: brishti hoyese ki ukhanetuhin127: hasaleemasraf: goodtuhin127: apni bangla kibhabe sikhlen bolen nasaleemasraf: just abhi toh sikha aap sesaleemasraf: kaun si muskil kaam haisaleemasraf: i know chinese alsotuhin127: u r very talented i guesssaleemasraf: upor theke bartan giraado, woh chinese haisaleemasraf: simpletuhin127: hahahahtuhin127: u know urdusaleemasraf: yahsaleemasraf: kiyon nahinsaleemasraf: ek dafa urdu bola tha, mirja ghalib behoos ho gaye thesaleemasraf: u know urdu?tuhin127: no but want to learnsaleemasraf: mereko ustaad banaosaleemasraf: abhi sikhataa hoontuhin127: hmm manasaleemasraf: aise kaisesaleemasraf: fes wees dosaleemasraf: MBA kar rahe hotuhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: am also a bussineewss mantuhin127: goodsaleemasraf: free main kus nahi miltasaleemasraf: hawa bhi nahintuhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: kisiko dhundo bhai mere saath kaam karne ke liyesaleemasraf: i am really interested to work in your countrytuhin127: i will trysaleemasraf: are bhai, try nahin bolte, tuhin127: actually what u needsaleemasraf: bolna sahiyee i will insa aalllah do ITsaleemasraf: I WILL MAKE IT HAPPENsaleemasraf: i NEED A BUSSINESS DEVELOPEMENT MANAGERsaleemasraf: he will b my partnertuhin127: and who will investsaleemasraf: it does not require investmentsaleemasraf: i hope u r stil sitting in ur chairsaleemasraf: gire toh nahin hosaleemasraf: bussinewess without investmenttuhin127: it will not be easy saleemasraf: not easy to digestsaleemasraf: my work is purely technicalsaleemasraf: but bussiness developement is the same for all bussinessessaleemasraf: marketingsaleemasraf: will b handled by somebodysaleemasraf: technical part will b minetuhin127: what will u do recommend solution saleemasraf: its always case to case basissaleemasraf: its always diffrent from industry to industrytuhin127: yah saleemasraf: its highly technicalsaleemasraf: i have done my masters degree in engineering in ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGsaleemasraf: and i am working for the last eight yearstuhin127: look its already identified by many scholar in our country and they propose many solutionsaleemasraf: i am not talking about arsenic onlysaleemasraf: am talking about industrial pollutionsaleemasraf: am talking about industrail process water treatmentsaleemasraf: am talking about making mineral water plantsaleemasraf: bottled mineral watersaleemasraf: its a huge bussinesstuhin127: do u have any research paper published ?saleemasraf: reasearch for whatsaleemasraf: i am not searching for jobsaleemasraf: i actuaally do the work and all methods are there for the last 40 years in bookssaleemasraf: there is nothing newtuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: so whats the big dealsaleemasraf: u only isto have practical knowledgesaleemasraf: there are a lot of things that u will not find in bookstuhin127: yah i know thatsaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: i gotta gotuhin127: oksaleemasraf: bhaat maasch daal ready haituhin127: ha ha hasaleemasraf: yah reallytuhin127: maga kiyesaleemasraf: my wife knows bengalituhin127: thats the pointsaleemasraf: she is from ASSAMtuhin127: hmmmsaleemasraf: byetuhin127: now i understandtuhin127: oksaleemasraf: if u think somebody can work with me, pls let me knowtuhin127: oksaleemasraf: khuda haafeeztuhin127: ALLAH HAFIZsaleemasraf: this chat will b pasted in d blogsaleemasraf: off course with some editingtuhin127: HA HA HAtuhin127: OK
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
RIEKI CHAT WITH MINU BAITY
saleemasraf:: having problem with my heartsmhsab: dr dekhaisa naisaleemasraf: today also i went to MAX healthcare for checkupsmhsab: ki hoisesaleemasraf: its d same problem that plagued me three yrs backsmhsab: blockage?saleemasraf: angina pain and suffocationsaleemasraf: yah blockagesmhsab: u were operated nasaleemasraf: so i am not going out anywhere smhsab: oksaleemasraf: i am not operated yetsmhsab: oksaleemasraf: and pls pray that operation never takes place on mesmhsab: oksmhsab: reiki koribo paru nesmhsab: tumartu bishakh naisaleemasraf: i am on strict diet and life style change 4 d last 3 yrssaleemasraf: i believe in REIKIsaleemasraf: and TOHSIN DID SOMETHING TWO YRS backsmhsab: tetiya hole koribo paru nesaleemasraf: and he told me that there is no problem in my heartsmhsab: what he saidsaleemasraf: minu baity, if u try something for me, i will b highly obligedsaleemasraf: he said there is some problem in the throat regionsmhsab: then can i start from tomorrowsaleemasraf: not in d heart regionsaleemasraf: he also took permission from me two yrs backsaleemasraf: also he took help from his master some pankajsaleemasraf: they tried distant reikismhsab: so now may i try?saleemasraf: yah suresaleemasraf: definitelysaleemasraf: what i should dosmhsab: if u agree be ready to receive at 9:30pm tomorrowsaleemasraf: yah sure, at that what i should dosaleemasraf: at that time what i should dosaleemasraf: anything specialsmhsab: u need not do anything just be at home and think that minu baity is doing reiki on me and I am cured whole and completesmhsab: think tht ur getting well baassaleemasraf: any asana ?saleemasraf: tohsin told me to lie down at the time and relax smhsab: nothing, just relax, if u want go to sleepsaleemasraf: oksmhsab: time is given coz mostly people feel sleepy so they should not be driving or they should not be near hazardous areasaleemasraf: oksaleemasraf: than i will save money on my sleeping tabletssaleemasraf: smhsab: 9:30pm is ur receiving time , it may not be my sending timesmhsab: reiki can be programmedsaleemasraf: wowsaleemasraf: computer kahan se aa gayasmhsab: ok i am going now, saleemasraf: byesmhsab: hungrysaleemasraf: so when u come 2 chat tomorosmhsab: u know reiki is an intelligent energysaleemasraf: yahsaleemasraf: also know that u r good at itsmhsab: reiki is never given by mesaleemasraf: my mother says sosmhsab: it is you who draws itsaleemasraf: how?smhsab: u just hv to be in the accepting modesaleemasraf: whether u do something or not?smhsab: better still , u sleepsmhsab: i will do onlysaleemasraf: ok u pls go 2 eatsmhsab: i always dosmhsab: oksmhsab: gud nitesmhsab: byesaleemasraf: byesmhsab: Whaaadddup?!
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Monday, June 13, 2005
VENTILLATION ----FAN REQUIREMENT
Calculation for EXTRACT FANS:
FANS ARE PROVIDED TO EXTRACT AIR FROM INSIDE THE ROOM AND THROWN OUT SIDE. USUALLY FANS ARE NOT PROVIDED FOR FRESH AIR SUPPLY TO THE ROOM. SUCTION POINTS ARE KEPT OPEN JUST OPPOSITE THE EXTRACTION FAN ON THE OPPOSITE WALL BUT FRESH AIR FANS CAN BE PROVIDED TO SUPPLY COOL AIR TO THE HOT POINT OF THE MACHINARY IF REQUIRED TO COOL OFF THE MACHINE.
SITUATION
AIR CHANGE PER HOUR
Volume OF ROOM (Cu Mtr)
AIR CHANGE TAKEN
AIR MOVEMENT (cu mtr/Hr)
Model Of Fan
Number of FANS
Factory/workshop/cinema/hospital/canteen/restaurant
6-10
30x20x8=4800
10
10x4800=48,000
GPN45043,18 inch dia,372 watt,7000 cu mtr/hr
7 nos
Boiler houses/kitchen/dark rooms/
15-30
20x15x10=3000
30
30x3000=90000
BVN61063,24 inches,500watt,10450 cu mtr/hr
9 nos
Foundries
30-60
30x10x8=2400
50
50x2400=120000
BVN61063
12 Nos
Laboratory/office/bank/assembly hall
4-6
10x8x4=320
6
6x320=1920
GPN30061,12 inch,1200 cu mtr/hr
2 Nos
CAPACITY OF EXTRACT FANS (ALSTOM INDUSTRIAL FAN)
DIA (INCHES)
SPEED(RPM)
INPUT(WATT)
FREE AIR FLOW(cu mtr/Hr)
COST(Rs.)
12
900
50
1200
12
1400
80
2000
15
900
85
2500
15
1400
180
4200
18
900
132
4500
18
1400
372
7000
24
900
500
10450
24
700
240
7900
36
700
1200
28000
36
550
700
22100
FANS ARE PROVIDED TO EXTRACT AIR FROM INSIDE THE ROOM AND THROWN OUT SIDE. USUALLY FANS ARE NOT PROVIDED FOR FRESH AIR SUPPLY TO THE ROOM. SUCTION POINTS ARE KEPT OPEN JUST OPPOSITE THE EXTRACTION FAN ON THE OPPOSITE WALL BUT FRESH AIR FANS CAN BE PROVIDED TO SUPPLY COOL AIR TO THE HOT POINT OF THE MACHINARY IF REQUIRED TO COOL OFF THE MACHINE.
SITUATION
AIR CHANGE PER HOUR
Volume OF ROOM (Cu Mtr)
AIR CHANGE TAKEN
AIR MOVEMENT (cu mtr/Hr)
Model Of Fan
Number of FANS
Factory/workshop/cinema/hospital/canteen/restaurant
6-10
30x20x8=4800
10
10x4800=48,000
GPN45043,18 inch dia,372 watt,7000 cu mtr/hr
7 nos
Boiler houses/kitchen/dark rooms/
15-30
20x15x10=3000
30
30x3000=90000
BVN61063,24 inches,500watt,10450 cu mtr/hr
9 nos
Foundries
30-60
30x10x8=2400
50
50x2400=120000
BVN61063
12 Nos
Laboratory/office/bank/assembly hall
4-6
10x8x4=320
6
6x320=1920
GPN30061,12 inch,1200 cu mtr/hr
2 Nos
CAPACITY OF EXTRACT FANS (ALSTOM INDUSTRIAL FAN)
DIA (INCHES)
SPEED(RPM)
INPUT(WATT)
FREE AIR FLOW(cu mtr/Hr)
COST(Rs.)
12
900
50
1200
12
1400
80
2000
15
900
85
2500
15
1400
180
4200
18
900
132
4500
18
1400
372
7000
24
900
500
10450
24
700
240
7900
36
700
1200
28000
36
550
700
22100
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
PC TO PC THROUGH CAT5
elina
Oct 20, 2003, 09:33 PM
Help911, usually, with no TCP/IP internet connection such as through a DSL modem and/or router, you can connect 2 pcs together using a cross-over CAT5 RJ45 cable or a hub with an uplink port to connect a non cross-over CAT5 cable.A pre-made CAT5 cross-over cable is much easier to use (and buy, too, rather than making it yourself), which you can easily buy at your local computer store. And it's pretty INexpensive, too. ;)
Oct 20, 2003, 09:33 PM
Help911, usually, with no TCP/IP internet connection such as through a DSL modem and/or router, you can connect 2 pcs together using a cross-over CAT5 RJ45 cable or a hub with an uplink port to connect a non cross-over CAT5 cable.A pre-made CAT5 cross-over cable is much easier to use (and buy, too, rather than making it yourself), which you can easily buy at your local computer store. And it's pretty INexpensive, too. ;)
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
connecting PC to laptop
snprasanna
Sep 9, 2003, 12:34 AM
I would like to connect my LAptop to my Desktop at home.I know we should use a cross-over cable to connect the Ethernet ports. But i have no clue as to what are the steps / procees i should follow to mak this connection happen.I would like to have the step by step procedure as what is to be done in each of the units to connect the PC to Laptp.If ther is any website which tells the same pls direct me to the same.
hi ,usually in cat5E cable there are four pairs of cable.colours are as follows:(orange & white orange)(brown & white brown)(green & white green)(blue & white blue)take the rj45 connector and the splice one end of cat5 cable insert into the connector according to the colour code given below either from left to right or from right to left.1)white orange2)orange3)white green4) blue5)white blue6)green7) white brown8) brownwith the other spliced end of the cable ,just interchange the cable connections i.e1)white green2)green3)white orange4)blue5)white blue6)orange7)white brown8)brownnow ur cross cable is ready to transfer data and communicate between two pc's without any modem or hub or any wirless communication device.
Metamorphousthe
May 29, 2004, 07:40 AM
go to radio shack and purchase a cross-over cable (they shouldn't be more than about $10 for a simple 5' cable. if you know how to SOHO network a few compputers to a hub, then the idea is the same except you are not using a hub and you are limited to just two computers. connect the two computers and decide which will be the gateway, run the netwoprk setup wizard on that first and it should be assigned the 192.168.0.1 automatically, if not the r click the network icon and choose properties and manually set it's address as such, and subnet should read the default 255.255.255.0 and the gateway will read back to itself if you input 192.168.0.1 after that is done then you do the same with the other computer but make sure the address is 192.168.0.2 and reads from the gateway of 192.168.0.1 if you are using ME or other then you might have to input the name of the computer for the gateway, xp won't ask you that. if you have any firewalls, you might want to manuall;y configure to allow for the two IPs (192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2) if you still have trouble check your firewall setting for trusted zones (networked computers not internet zones) and also check your internet options securities. if you still get problems then email at: communications@sunbeach.net and I will walk you through it. I like to build my own cat5 but if you are not used to doing it often with success you are better off buying one that is professionally made so that you know that your problems with connecting are not because you messed up on the rj45 plug.YWAM Barbados
Sep 9, 2003, 12:34 AM
I would like to connect my LAptop to my Desktop at home.I know we should use a cross-over cable to connect the Ethernet ports. But i have no clue as to what are the steps / procees i should follow to mak this connection happen.I would like to have the step by step procedure as what is to be done in each of the units to connect the PC to Laptp.If ther is any website which tells the same pls direct me to the same.
hi ,usually in cat5E cable there are four pairs of cable.colours are as follows:(orange & white orange)(brown & white brown)(green & white green)(blue & white blue)take the rj45 connector and the splice one end of cat5 cable insert into the connector according to the colour code given below either from left to right or from right to left.1)white orange2)orange3)white green4) blue5)white blue6)green7) white brown8) brownwith the other spliced end of the cable ,just interchange the cable connections i.e1)white green2)green3)white orange4)blue5)white blue6)orange7)white brown8)brownnow ur cross cable is ready to transfer data and communicate between two pc's without any modem or hub or any wirless communication device.
Metamorphousthe
May 29, 2004, 07:40 AM
go to radio shack and purchase a cross-over cable (they shouldn't be more than about $10 for a simple 5' cable. if you know how to SOHO network a few compputers to a hub, then the idea is the same except you are not using a hub and you are limited to just two computers. connect the two computers and decide which will be the gateway, run the netwoprk setup wizard on that first and it should be assigned the 192.168.0.1 automatically, if not the r click the network icon and choose properties and manually set it's address as such, and subnet should read the default 255.255.255.0 and the gateway will read back to itself if you input 192.168.0.1 after that is done then you do the same with the other computer but make sure the address is 192.168.0.2 and reads from the gateway of 192.168.0.1 if you are using ME or other then you might have to input the name of the computer for the gateway, xp won't ask you that. if you have any firewalls, you might want to manuall;y configure to allow for the two IPs (192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2) if you still have trouble check your firewall setting for trusted zones (networked computers not internet zones) and also check your internet options securities. if you still get problems then email at: communications@sunbeach.net and I will walk you through it. I like to build my own cat5 but if you are not used to doing it often with success you are better off buying one that is professionally made so that you know that your problems with connecting are not because you messed up on the rj45 plug.YWAM Barbados
Environmental Entrepreneur,Green Biz.NRN Murthy of Infosys says that we Indians are weak in execution.We need to realize the need and practice of gud project management. Form a group of competent Managers,Give them responsibilities and review the project from day One.
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