Stop killing of Muslims in Burma....!!!

Burma has a population 75 million with the Muslim population being just 0.7 million. The Burmese Muslims have been under this affliction after 1962 when the Army usurped the power in Burma. It all started on 3rd June 2012 when 11 innocent Muslims were killed by the Burmese Army and the Buddhist mobs after bringing them down from a bus. A vehement protest was carried out in the Muslim majority province of Arakan, but the Protestants fell victims to the tyranny of the mobs and the army.

 Trying to elude capture and an imminent killing; Burmese Muslims thronged to the Bangladeshi border, but all they met was dismay. The Government of Bangladesh refused to offer them asylum.

 Over 500 Muslim villages have been incinerated hither-to. Thousands have been exterminated. The persecution of the Burmese Muslims at the hands of the Buddhist mobs is at its full swing. Yet all the human rights organizations have maintained a criminal silence up till now. Has the Muslim world become so callous that they remain undeterred by such genocide?

 This is not a new thing or an unprecedented massacre. Muslims have been a subject to such hostility even before. If we go through theannals of history we come to the very tenable conclusion that Muslims were always on the suffering side. Islam is a religion of peace andharmony. It doesn’t allow its followers to lay-waste any other tenet. This leaves behind a big question mark. Why are the followersof such a peaceful religion being oppressed from time to time?

 The fear stricken faces of the poor Burmese Muslims really cuts one apart. The glimpse of their bruised bodies is a heart rendingspectacle. Where is the UN now? Why isn’t the International media highlighting this issue? Why are the competitive authorities of theMuslim world procrastinating?

 Stop killing the Burmese Muslims. JI did a meritorious job by staging rallies against this brutality. The government of Pakistan shouldraise a voice in favor of the poor Burmese Muslims at the international forum. The whole Muslim world should join hands to getthe poor Burmese out of their distress and misery.

In lieu of launching into a tirade against the killings, something should be done on the ground. If we don’t help out our brothers there then we are equally responsible for their bloodshed. We won’t be able to satisfy our conscience, and the abrasive cries of the Burmese Muslims will keep on pinching us throughout our lives.

Heroic Spaniards....

Spain's Euro 2012 triumph delivered an historic third successive major title for La Roja and has everybody in football debating whether they can now be deemed the greatest international team of all time.

The bare numbers suggest they can. No team has ever won three significant tournaments in the row, and Spain's near total dominance since Euro 2008—a period in which they've not conceded a single goal in knockout matches—is unprecedented.

But any discerning football fan will tell you statistics and records are open to vast interpretation. How, for example, can we be sure this Spain team are not benefiting from an era in which international standards have dropped?

The answer is we can't. And neither can we factor in the changes in the game over the decades to draw a fair comparison between Spain and all the great teams to have come before them. But what we can say is Spain 2008-2012 have at the very least put themselves in the discussion of the greatest national side ever assembled.

Franz Beckenbauer's West Germany of the 1970s also belong in the conversation—having won the 1972 European Championships and 1974 World Cup. They too had a chance to make it three in a row but were denied by Czechoslovakia in 1976.

And then there's the France team that won back-to-back titles at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, inspired by Zinedine Zidane. Don't forget they too summoned a dominant final performance to beat Brazil 3-0.

But the team most people turn to in this debate is Brazil's iconic 1970 World Cup winners. It was they who not only triumphed, but also did so with a flair and exuberance that has become the holy grail of how football should be played since.

With that in mind, I thought I'd compare their starting lineups for major finals—Brazil's in 1970 and Spain's at Euro 2012—and try to compare the players in each position.

It won't answer the question, but it should at least further the debate in terms of which team was better.

LED Lights Future....

That small dot of light that one sees all around holds business potential that is only starting to ripen

For the longest time, incandescent bulbs, which replaced lanterns, reigned as the solution for lighting the world over. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) that consume less power to get as much lighting are slowly and steadily gaining acceptance in the market.

As a result incandescent bulbs will soon be shelved for good. However, even as CFLs are gaining momentum, they already have an emerging threat in the form of an even lesser power consuming and higher-efficiency technology—light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/led.htm

Enlightening factsLEDs consume less power and have higher energy efficiency than CFLs or incandescent light sources and have an extremely long lifetime, which means the product produces more or less no ‘waste’ in the form of spent light bulbs. LEDs do not contain any mercury. They can actually cut down that electricity bill manifold, even in comparison to compact fluorescent lamps (CFL).

The best thing about LEDs is that even though they are really small in size, the light emitted is really bright. This fact itself opens up a vast canvas for innovation in making products. The trick is to house LEDs in a variety of fixtures.

Further variations of LEDs include organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), polymer light-emitting diodes (PLED), light-emitting polymers (LEP), flexible OLED (FOLED), and phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED). These variants have been put to innovative use in apparel displays, etc.

According to a report by the International Energy Agency, the adoption of more energy-efficient lighting systems could prevent a cumulative total of 16 billion tons of carbon from being added to the world’s atmosphere over the next 25 years. Despite advances in lighting technology, between 67% and 75% of the world’s lights utilize older, less energy-efficient technology.

Purity Starts Here... (Qu'ran 24:26)

We find that in the Qur’aan Allah,, the Glorious, says,
{And He it is Who has created man from water; then He has made for him blood relationship and marriage relationship. And thy Lord is ever Powerful.} [Qur'aan 25:54]
{One of His signs is this: that He has created mates for you from yourselves that you might find tranquility in them, and He has put between you love and compassion. Surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.} [Qur'aan 30:21]
Allah, the Most High, also mentions how marriage was also practised by many of the Prophets who came before the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him),
{And surely We sent Messengers before thee and appointed for them wives and children.} [Qur'aan 33:38]
And in praising the habits of good believers, it reads,
{And those who say, “Our Lord, grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes . . .”} [Qur'aan 25:74]

Somalia is dying... U dunno who to blame...!!!

Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, devastated by over twenty years of conflict. Concern has been working in Somalia since 1986 responding to emergencies caused by conflict, drought and flooding. We also carry out longer-term development work which focuses on improving water facilities, nutrition, primary education, agriculture and ways to help people earn a living.


The UN in Somalia says tens of thousands of people will have died of starvation by the time the famine in the Horn of Africa ends.


The food crisis was declared in Somalia six months ago and levels of need are expected to remain high until July or August.
UN aid chief in Somalia, Mark Bowden, told the BBC malnutrition rates there were the highest in the world.
He said a quarter of a million Somalis were still suffering from the famine.
"We know that tens of thousands of people will have died over the last year," Mr Bowden, said, describing the rates of malnutrition as "amazingly high".


"Children will have suffered the most, malnutrition rates in Somalia were the highest in the world, and I think the highest recorded... up to 50% of the child population suffered from severe or acute malnutrition."


For Sake of Allah SWT or to whm evr u believe in, help dis ppl frm der suffering dis ramadan... Feedin a hungry person is equal to pryer... do the needful ...


various sites are der wer u cn donate...


i did my bit its ur turn...


http://www.hidaya.org/

Happiness... :)

Happiness !!!!Once upon a time ............ When people ask me what I want to do when I grow up, I say, "I want to change the world."That's a tough one, don't you think? In a world full of war, poverty and hatred, it's definitely not possible. Well, that's what some say...But you know what I think? There is hope. And you find it everywhere - old couples who've been together for a long time, little kids running around the playground, inspirational books, little babies, changing of the seasons, a brand new day - I find hope in everything single little thing. I find it every minute of everyday.Around me, I find people of my age, doing drugs, going to parties - just to 'fit in', just to gain attention. We're so busy being selfish, comparing ourselves to others, setting unrealistic goals for ourselves, wanting to look prettier or lose more weight; make more money, be more popular...But then I think, is that really what life's all about? There are innocent kids out there, being abused, murdered, raped, orphaned, and hungry. And here we all are, complaining about how tough our lives are, on us.Most of us self harm and are always depressed. Why do we always try to run away from our problems, rather than just facing them? I mean this is life! You cannot run away from it, and you can definitely not hide from it...All we can do is accept what life gives us, and face our problems, face our difficulties, face our frustrations. And maybe, just maybe, they'll turn into your best friends, your companions. They'll make you stronger, they'll help you face reality and they'll teach you to value the little things in life.Because we always fail to look at the brighter side of things, we always fail to find happiness in little things. There are so many beautiful things around which we seldom notice. Maybe that is why people don't find happiness; we keep looking for it in the wrong places - money, fame...'FIND' happiness - we all think it's some sort of destination. We keep "looking" for it; we wake up everyday wishing it would be the day where everything went right, wishing everything will turn okay, where we're completely happy and nothing upsetting would happen...What we all fail to understand is that happiness isn't really something that we can "find". It's not a destination, it's not something you find along the road of life; it's a choice, a feeling - you can be happy wherever, whenever, only if you CHOOSE to be. Happiness is something within you, waiting to be found, waiting to keep you company, waiting to help you escape from this harsh reality. :-)So here are your questions:Are you happy?Have you found what you were looking for?Do you think life is tough? :-)I hope you're happy with whatever you do. Life can be tough at times, so I hope you find the strength to face whatever it gives you...

In House Marketing...

Every fund conducts in-house marketing to varying degrees.  Herein, in-house marketing is defined as a directed, coordinated, and supervised effort with resource and time allocation, measurable progress criteria, and an expected ROI.

In recent years, fund managers who invested time and resources in in-house marketing have been the most successful in increasing the AUM of their funds.  Legal and political developments have increased the likelihood of success from internal marketing and have thrown up barriers to some forms of out-sourced marketing.

Infrastructure investment is minimal, often less than what a fund manager invests in a new analyst, trader, or junior partner.  Several infrastructure investments carry over into investor relations and so should be set up immediately on fund formation, regardless of a conscious decision to begin in-house marketing.

Fund managers are often reluctant to consider a structured in-house marketing program due to perceived time and personnel investment.  The majority of the time investment comes prior to going live with the Investor Contact Program.  Rather than planning from a blank slate, many fund managers engage a consultant to provide their funds with an integrated turnkey solution.  Although not recommended, some managers have even found the ability to have the same consultant provide ongoing supervision of the fund’s investor contact efforts.

Personnel investment is likewise more intensive in the pre-hire stage.  Smaller funds can make acceptable progress with a single internal marketer, but the quality and experience of that individual is crucial to the success of the plan.  Mid-sized funds can produce disproportionately larger results with a team of four marketers, with one marketer acting as the team leader and coordinating efforts of the team and liaising with fund management.  Larger funds, in excess of $1b AUM, can profitably employ as many as ten marketers, but often see diminishing returns beyond that number.

Verbal and written communication skills are a must for a prospective marketer.  Spelling and grammatical errors cannot be tolerated by the fund manager and members of the marketing team must adhere to correspondence styles established by the fund to distinguish their correspondence as professional, meriting attention, and containing valuable information.

A comprehensive, centrally managed contact management system is imperative for the effective operation of an Investor Contact Program.  There are several commercially available systems that allow a fund manager to track a prospective investor through the conversion process to closing and then transfer that investor into the fund’s Investor Relations Program.

High-quality databases of investor contacts have been the most difficult item for a fund manager to source.  In the past, purchase of multiple lists from a variety of sources, followed by conversion to a common format, and de-duplication of contact information was a time consuming and expensive task.  A fund manager could spend up to $75,000 and still have 100 man-hours required by a skilled database administrator to produce a viable list of potential institutional investors.  Luckily, Carpe Victoria has such a list it provides to its clients as the cornerstone of its consulting services.

Personnel management is an area where fund managers often encounter problems.  The first hurdle is to determine whether to bring on members of the marketing team as independent contractors or employees.  Due to the degree of direction required to successfully implement an in-house marketing program, it is recommended that marketers be brought on as employees, rather than independent contractors, to ensure operations in concert with both IRS and SEC guidelines.

Compensation structures vary in the same manner as with third-party marketers: commission only, draw plus commission, and salaried only.

Due to the lead time between introduction to allocation, the marketing team that is structured as commission only compensation will invariably suffer high personnel turnover.

Draw plus commission and salary only structures will help to ensure team continuity and allow the marketing team to develop rapport with potential investors.  For small to mid-sized funds, a draw plus commission structure is recommended, combining a livable salary deducted against lucrative future commissions.  This process allows a lower commission rate to be offered.  For large funds, a cost-benefit analysis between a well-compensated salaried team and a draw plus commission structure is warranted.  A salary only structure will attract and retain top quality talent, but the very best talent will often break out on their own in search of more lucrative compensation.