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2009-07-11T08:08:00.000+07:00

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RIM BlackBerry 7520 Phone

2009-01-17T20:33:00.003+06:00

I just got this old PDA at my hand now. Dont know if my SIM or RIM will work or not. Still have to fix the charging system.
The BlackBerry 7520 delivers access to email, corporate data and voice services while roaming in many countries and destinations around the world. The handheld also features Bluetooth support for wireless headsets and car kits, 32MB flash memory, a brighter LED backlight, as well as an updated QWERTY keyboard style with highlighted number keys for easy dialing and typing. It also features cradle-free wireless email synchronization, integrated attachment viewing, and remote address look up in addition to secure, push-based wireless connectivity for corporate users.

RIM BlackBerry 7520 Specs

Technical Specifications
Network:	iDEN 800
Form Factor:	PDA
Dimensions:	114 x 74 x 28 mm
Weight:	173 g
Antenna:	Stub / Extendable
Navigation:	QWERTY Keypad
Battery Type:	1000 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	2.92
Standby Time:	75
Memory:	32 MB
Expandable Memory:

Imaging
Main Screen:	65000 colors (TFT) 240 x 160 px
External Screen:
Camera:

Audio
MP3 Player:
FM Radio:
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:

Multimedia
Wallpapers:	240 x 160 px
Screen Savers:	240 x 160 px
Ring Tones:
Themes:
Games:	J2ME
Streaming Multimedia:

Messaging
SMS:
EMS:
MMS:
Email:	Microsoft Exchange / Lotus Domino
Chat:
Predictive Text:

Applications
Phonebook Capacity:
Calendar:
To-Do List:
WAP:	BlackBerry Browser
Voice Commands:
Calculator:

Connectivity
Bluetooth:
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:
Wi-Fi:
GPS:
PC Sync:

More Information
Website:	RIM BlackBerry 7520 Website
Discussion:	Smartphone / PDA Forum

Jewish people vs Muslim people : Who are smarter?

2009-01-12T21:08:00.003+06:00

Demographics:
o World Jewish Population. 14 million
o Distribution: 7 m in America
5 m in Asia
2 m in Europe
100 thousand in Africa
o World Muslim Population: 1.5 billion
o Distribution: 1 billion in Asia/Mid-East
400 M in Africa
44 M in Europe
6 M in the Americas
o Every fifth human being is a Muslim.
o For every single Hindu there are two Muslims
o For every Buddhist there are two Muslims
o For every Jew there are 107 Muslims
o Yet the 14 million Jews are more powerful than the entire 1.5 billion Muslims
Here are some of the reasons.

Movers of Current History
o Albert Einstein Jewish
o Sigmund Freud Jewish
o Karl Marx Jewish
o Paul Samuelson Jewish
o Milton Friedman Jewish

Medical Milestones
o Vaccinating Needle: Benjamin Ruben Jewish
o Polio Vaccine Jonas Salk Jewish
o Leukaemia Drug Gertrude Elion Jewish
o Hepatitis B Baruch Blumberg Jewish
o Syphilis Drug Paul Ehrlich Jewish
o Neuro muscular Elie Metchnikoff Jewish
o Endocrinology Andrew Schally Jewish
o Cognitive therapy. Aaron Beck Jewish
o Contraceptive Pill Gregory Pincus Jewish
o Understanding of Human Eye. G. Wald Jewish
o Embryology. Stanley Cohen Jewish
o Kidney Dialysis Willem Kloffcame Jewish

Nobel Prize Winners
o In the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 180 Nobel prizes whilst 1.5 billion Muslims have contributed only 3 Nobel winners

Inventions that changed History
o Micro- Processing Chip. Stanley Mezor Jewish
o Nuclear Chain Reactor Leo Sziland Jewish
o Optical Fibre Cable Peter Schultz Jewish
o Traffic Lights Charles Adler Jewish
o Stainless Steel Benno Strauss Jewish
o Sound Movies Isador Kisee Jewish
o Telephone Microphone Emile Berliner Jewish
o Video Tape Recorder Charles Ginsburg Jewish

Influential Global Business
o Polo Ralph Lauren Jewish
o Coca Cola Jewish
o Levi's Jeans Levi Strauss Jewish
o Sawbuck's Howard Schultz Jewish
o Google Sergey Brin Jewish
o Dell Computers Michael Dell Jewish
o Oracle Larry Ellison Jewish
o DKNY Donna Karan Jewish
o Baskin & Robbins Irv Robbins Jewish
o Dunkin Donuts Bill Rosenberg Jewish

Influential Intellectuals/ Politicians
o Henry Kissinger , US Sec of State Jewish
o Richard Levin, PresidentYaleUniver sity Jewish
o Alan Greenspan , US Federal Reserve Jewish
o Joseph Lieberman Jewish
o Madeleine Albright , US Sec of State Jewish
o CasperWeinberger , US Sec of Defence Jewish
o Maxim Litvinov , USSR Foreign Minister Jewish
o DavidMarshal , Singapore Chief Minister Jewish
o Isaacs Isaacs, Gov-GenAustralia Jewish
o Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman Jewish
o Yevgeny Primakov, Russian PM Jewish
o Barry Goldwater , US Politician Jewish
o Jorge Sampaio, President Portugal Jewish
o Herb Gray, Canadian Deputy - PM Jewish
o Pierre Mendes, French PM Jewish
o Michael Howard, British Home Sec. Jewish
o Bruno Kriesky, Austrian Chancellor Jewish
o Robert Rubin , US Sec of Treasury Jewish

Global Media Influential
o Wolf Blitzer, CNN Jewish
o Barbara Walters ABC News Jewish
o EugeneMeyer , Washington Post Jewish
o Henry Grunwald, Time Magazine Jewish
o Katherine Graham , Washington Post Jewish
o Joseph Lelyeld, New York Times Jewish
o Max Frankel, New York Times Jewish

Global Philanthropists
o George Soros Jewish
o Walter Annenberg Jewish

Why are they powerful? why are Muslims powerless?
Here's another reason. We have lost the capacity to produce knowledge.

o In the entire Muslim World (57 Muslim Countries) there are only 500 universities.
o In USA alone, 5,758 universities
o In India alone, 8,407 universities
o Not one university in the entire Islamic World features in the Top 500 Ranking Universities of the World
o Literacy in the Christian World 90%
o Literacy in the Muslim World 40%
o 15 Christian majority-countries, literacy rate 100%
o Muslim majority - countries , None
o 98% in Christian countries completed primary
o Only 50% in Muslim countries completed primary.
o 40% in Christian countries attended university
o In Muslim countries a dismal 2% attended.
o Muslim majority countries have 230 scientists per one million Muslims
o The USA has 5000 per million
o The Christian world 1000 technicians per million.
o Entire Arab World only 50 technicians per million.
o Muslim World spends on research/developmen t 0.2% of GDP
o Christian World spends 5 % of GDP

Conclusion.
o The Muslim World lacks the capacity to produce knowledge.

Another way of testing the degree of knowledge is the degree of diffusing knowledge.

o Pakistan 23 daily newspapers per 1000 citizens
o Singapore 460 per 1000 citizens.
o In UK book titles per million is 2000
o In Egypt book titles per million is only 17

Conclusion.
o Muslim World is failing to diffuse knowledge

Applying Knowledge is another such test.
o Exports of high tech products from Pakistan is 0.9% of its exports.
o In Saudi Arabia is 0.2%
o Kuwait , Morocco and Algeria 0.3%
o Singapore alone is 68%

Conclusion.
o Muslim World is failing to apply knowledge.

What do you conclude? no need to tell the figures are speaking themselves very loudly we are unable to listen

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2008-12-04T01:05:00.001+06:00

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ANNIS BLOGS CENTER: Connecting Nokia Phone to Computer as a Modem Through Infrared

2008-10-07T11:03:00.000+06:00

An article to get your Nokia 6020 or other phones connect through the IrDA in Windows XP using the phone as EDGE/GPRS modem
ANNIS BLOGS CENTER: Connecting Nokia Phone to Computer as a Modem Through Infrared

কাজের লোক - সুকুমার রায়

2008-09-09T11:03:00.001+06:00

কাজের লোক

প্রথম।
বাঃ - আমার নাম 'বাঃ',
বসে থাকি তোফা তুলে পায়ের উপর পা!
লেখাপড়ার ধার ধারিনে , বছর ভরে ছুটি,
হেসে খেলে আরাম ক'রে দুশো মজা লুটি।
কারে কবে কেয়ার করি , কিসের করি ডর?
কাজের নামে কম্প দিয়ে গায়ে আসে জ্বর।
গাধার মতন খাটিস্ তোরা মুখটা করে চুন-
আহাম্মুকি কান্ড দেখে হেসেই আমি খুন।

সকলে।
আস্ত একটি গাধা তুমি স্পষ্ট গেল দেখা,
হাস্‌ছ যত, কান্না তত কপালেতে লেখা।

দ্বিতীয়।
'যদি' বলে ডাকে আমায় নামটি আমার যদি -
আশায় আশায় বসে থাকি হেলনা দিয়ে গদি।
সব কাজেতে থাকতে যদি খেলার মত মজা,
লেখাপড়া হত যদি জলের মত সোজা -
স্যান্ডো সমান ষন্ডা হতাম যদি গায়ের জোরে,
প্রশংসাতে আকাশ পাতাল যদি যেত ভরে -
উঠে পড়ে গেলে যেতাম বাজে তর্ক ফেলে।
করতে পারি সবি - যদি সহজ উপায় মেলে।

সকলে।
হাতের কাছে সুযোগ, তবু যদির আশায় বসে
নিজের মাথা খাচ্ছ বাপু নিজের বুদ্ধি দোষে

তৃতীয়।
আমার নাম 'বটে' আমি সদাই আছি চটে-
কট্‌মটিয়ে তাকাই যখন, সবাই পালায় ছুটে।
চশমা পরে বিচার ক'রে চিরে দেখাই চুল-
উঠ্‌তে বস্‌তে কচ্ছে সবাই হাজার গন্ডা ভুল।
আমার চোখে ধুলো দেবে সাধ্যি আছে কার?
ধমক শুনে ভূতের বাবা হচ্ছে পগার পার।
হাসছ? বটে ভাবছ বুঝি মস্ত তুমি লোক,
একটি আমার ভেংচি খেলে উল্টে যাবে চোখ।

সকলে।
দিচ্ছ গালি, লোকের তাতে কিবা এল গেল?
আকাশেতে থুতু ছুঁড়ে - নিজেই গায়েই ফেল।

চতুর্থ।
আমার নাম 'কিন্তু' আমায় 'কিন্তু' বলে ডাকে,
সকল কাজে একটা কিছু গলদ লেগে থাকে।
দমটা কাজে লাগি কিন্তু আটটা করি মাটি,
ষোল আনা কথায় কিন্তু সিকি মাত্র খাঁটি।
লম্ফ ঝম্ফবহুৎ কিন্তু কাজের নাইকো ছিরি-
ফোস করে যাই তেড়ে - আবার ল্যাজ গুটিয়ে ফিরি।
পাঁচটা জিনিস গড়তে গেলে দশটা ভেঙে চুর -
বল্ দেখি ভাই কেমন আমি সাবাস বাহাদুর!

সকলে।
উচিত তোমায় বেধে রাখা নাকে দিয়ে দড়ি,
বেগারখাটা পশুকাজের মূল্য কানাকড়ি।

পঞ্চম।
আমার নাম 'তবু' তোমার কেউ কি আময়ি চেনো?
দেখতে ছোট তবু আমার সাহস আছে জেনো।
এতটুকু মানুষ তবু দ্বিধা নাইকো মনে,
যে কাজেতেই লাগি আমি খাটি প্রাণপণে।
এম্নি আমার জেদ, যখন অঙ্ক নিয়ে বসি,
একুশ বারে না হয় যদি বাইশ বারে কষি।
হাজার আসুক বাধা তবু উৎসাহ না কমে,
হাজার লোকে চোখ রাঙালে তবু না যাই দ'মে।

সকালে।
নিস্কম্মারা গেল কোথা,পালাল কোন দেশে?
কাজের মানুষ কারে বলে দেখুন এখন এসে।
হেসে খেলে, শুয়ে বসে কত সময় যায়,
সময়টা যে কাজে লাগায়,চালাক বলে তায়।

10 Tips to Earning Respect at Work

2008-06-23T12:44:00.001+06:00

Looking for more respect at the office? Here are 10 tips to earning it:

1. Consistently complete projects on time
2. Refrain from complaining or criticizing
3. Follow through on your commitments
4. Speak up in meetings, but don't dominate the discussion.
5. Know your stuff
6. Be willing to engage in difficult conversations
7. Communicate with confidence
8. Stay off the grapevine (gossip)
9. Take time to genuinely connect with people
10. Treat people the way you want to be treated

How to Earn Respect at the Office. [Relational Advantage, Inc.]

Also see: Gaining Office Respect is Key to Your Career. original link

Transliteration : When in Bangla?

2008-04-22T19:07:00.001+06:00

Google recently added four more Indian languages in transliteration mode for blogger.com/blogspot.com blogs. So, as a whole it became 5 of them. Hindi was the only language in blogspot which was default language if transliteration is enabled. This tool will help blogging in Hindi, Kannada, Malaylam, Tamil & Telugu easier for even novice bloggers.

It is a matter of regret that we still didn't succeed adding our language Bangla in the list. Had this been done we could just write "Aami Tomake Bhalobaasi" to automatically show this –

Some of the beloved sons of Bangladesh started blogging in Bangla like www.somewhereinblog.com and www.pechali.com . But we really need to add the aid to blogspot to let people write bangla in their blogs in this highly popular blogging engine.

Phishing lines more clever, more prevalent

2008-04-21T03:50:00.001+06:00

By John Wilkens

PHISHING LINE

Fishing is all about tricking the prey into taking a bite at something it thinks is real. So is phishing.

Many of us have seen the bait float past in recent years. It arrives via e-mail, with an official-looking logo from a bank or credit union or retail company:

"We recently reviewed your account, and suspect it has been accessed by an unauthorized third party. As a result, your account has been frozen. To regain access, please take these steps ...

Our Technical Services Department has installed new security software. To upgrade your account, please do the following ...

There is a pending charge on your account. If you dispute this charge, you must ... "

The e-mail then instructs you to click on a link that will take you to a Web site - again, very official looking - where you're asked to log-in with your password, verify your date of birth and social security number, and so on.

Take the bait and you're well on your way to having your identity stolen, a potentially costly and time-consuming aggravation.

Financial institutions, government agencies, computer experts and the media have been warning people about phishing for several years. There's even a global consortium, the Anti-Phishing Working Group, to combat the problem.

But it persists. A record 20,109 unique phishing "attacks" - each involving e-mail sent to thousands of potential victims - were reported in May to the Anti-Phishing Working Group. That was up from 17,490 attacks in April.

About 80 percent of the May attacks involved attempts to mimic e-mail from 20 major "brand" companies, such as Bank of America, Washington Mutual, Chase Manhattan, PayPal and eBay. (In all, a record 137 brands were "hijacked" in May.)

Paul Stephens, a policy analyst with the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a consumer-protection agency, said phishers use well-known companies because more people are likely to have relationships with those firms, and therefore are more likely to take the bait.

"If enough e-mails go out, chances are they'll hit you with something that seems like it belongs to you," he said. "They just keep getting more and more clever."

Peter Cassidy, secretary general at the Anti-Phishing Working Group, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., said "what keeps us up at night" is the increasing use of "crimeware" by identity thieves.

"Crimeware" is a tracking program that gets secretly installed on a computer when the victim clicks on a link in a phishing e-mail and is directed to a fraudulent Web site. The tracking program enables thieves to learn passwords and account numbers when the victim later visits legitimate sites.

Cassidy said the best way to prevent being phished is "to use all that stuff people have been yelling at you about for years: anti-virus programs, spyware blockers, firewalls. They really matter now. And make sure they're updated."

Other tips:

- Be wary of e-mail with urgent requests for personal financial information. Call the company on the telephone to verify that the e-mail is legitimate.

- Be careful using links in e-mail to get to Web pages, especially those involving financial accounts. Use your Web browser to make sure the site is genuine.

- Always make sure you're using a secure Web site when transmitting credit card numbers or account information - look for "https://" in the address bar, not just "http," and look for the padlock icon in the lower right corner.

- Regularly check your bank and credit-card statements to make sure transactions are legitimate.

More information is available from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (antiphishing.org) and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (privacyrights.org). To test your phishing IQ, Mailfrontier, a computer security company, offers a quiz at survey.mailfrontier.com/survey.

How to remove Win32/NSAnti, d.com virus (Autorun virus, AVMO virus, Hidden Files problem)

2008-04-13T02:54:00.001+06:00

Recently a virus called d.com is spreading with the pendrives a lot. Here I'll discuss how to remove the infection without any use of antiviruses.

If your system is infected by this virus you can't see hidden files and folders , even after applying the settings in "Folder Options" show hidden folders. This setting is reverted back to Don't show hidden files and folders by the virus.

This happens because virus protects the two hidden ,system files called d.com and autorun,inf which are created by amvo.exe and amvo0.dll , amvo1.dll which resides in system32 folder on the OS drive (hard disk partition on which windows operating system is installed).

Solution: In order to get rid of the virus you will need to delete all files the virus creates and resides into. Here's how you will do it.

Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open windows command prompt window. On this window, type as directed in steps further and press enter at the end of each step.
type cd\
type cd windows\system32
type attrib -r -h -s amvo.exe
type del amvo.exe
type attrib -r -h -s avmo0.dll ,repeat the steps 5 and 6 again to delete avmo1.dll
now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition.
type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf
type del autorun.inf
type attrib -r -h -s d.com
type del d.com

Similarly repeat from steps 8 to 11 for all your hard disk partitions to remove the files created by the virus.

The above is manual method but for who dont have command prompt level understanding they can use the method below:

Recently a virus called d.com is spreading with the pendrives a lot. Here I'll discuss how to remove the infection without any use of antiviruses.

Solution: In order to get rid of the virus you will need to delete all files the virus creates and resides into. Here's how you will do it.

Open Start>>Run and type cmd and press enter. This will open windows command prompt window. On this window, type as directed in steps further and press enter at the end of each step.
type cd\
type cd windows\system32
type attrib -r -h -s amvo.exe
type del amvo.exe
type attrib -r -h -s avmo0.dll ,repeat the steps 5 and 6 again to delete avmo1.dll
now type d: and press enter for d: drive partition.
type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf
type del autorun.inf
type attrib -r -h -s d.com
type del d.com

Similarly repeat from steps 8 to 11 for all your hard disk partitions to remove the files created by the virus. The above method is manual attempt to eliminate the virus. But some people will have difficulty following that manner. For them an easier method below:

First download Trend Micro HijackThis from here
Install and run the scan ,you will see an entry like this : HKCU\..\Run: [amva] C:\WINDOWS\system32\amvo.exe
Check the above entry and click on the button which says Fix Checked and click yes on the prompt.
Uncheck amvo.exe from msconfig>> startup (type msconfig in run and click on the startup tab) also and restart your system
Open my computer and go to folder options >> check the option show hidden files and folders. Also un-check the option Hide protected operating system files (This will give a warning message, confirm by pressing yes button). After this click Ok.
Now access all your system drives by typing the drive letters in the address bar (for example c:) and delete the files like autorun.inf and other file d.com
Also delete the files amvo.dll and amvo1.dll from windows/system32 folder.

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2008-04-08T09:47:00.001+06:00

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A World To Believe In

2008-03-24T02:36:00.001+06:00

I've seen the tears and the heartache
And I've felt the pain
I've seen the hatred
And so many lives lost in vain

And yet through this darkness
There's always a light that shines through
And takes me back home, takes me back home

All of the promises broken
And all of the songs left unsung
Seem so far away
As I make my way back to you

You gave me faith
And you gave me a world to believe in
You gave me a love to believe in
And feeling this love
I can rise up above
And be strong, and be whole once again

I know that dreams we hold on to
Can just fade away
And I know that words can be wasted
with so much to say

And when I feel helpless
There's always a hope that shines through
And makes me believe
And makes me believe

And I see for one fleeting moment
A paradise under the sun
I drift away
And I make my way back to you

You gave me faith
And you gave me a world to believe in
You gave me a love to believe in
And feeling this love
I can rise up above
And be strong
and be whole once again

Life goes on
Can leave us with sorrow and pain
And I hold on
To all that you are
To all that we'll be
And I can go on once again

You gave me a love to believe in
You gave me a love to believe in
And feeling this love I can rise up above
And be strong And be whole
Once again

You gave me a love to believe in
You gave me a love to believe in
And feeling this love
I can rise up above
And be strong And be whole
Once again

'Cause your love
Heals my soul
Once again

I can live I can dream
Once again
'Cause you made me believe

The first NRB Conference Dhaka 2007

2007-12-25T10:35:00.001+06:00

Dear NRB Friends,

The first NRB Conference will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 27-29, 2007. This is organized by the Scholars of Bangladesh. The details of this conference can be found at scholarsbangladesh.com. Please attend this very Special NRB Conference if you are visiting Bangladesh during these holidays. Please also spread the word to your friends and colleagues who are visiting Bangladesh during these holidays.

The NRB conference 2007 will feature 20 different seminars on 33 national and international issues ranging from economics, development, information technology, agriculture, human resources and overseas employment, disaster management and medical science, environment, energy security, textile and garments industry.
Programmes of the first day of the conference will include inaugural ceremony, career fair, a painting and photograph exhibition and a cultural show.
The painting exhibition will display the works of Monirul Islam, a Bangladeshi painter living in Spain and Obaidulla Mamoon, a photographer living in the USA.
The cultural programme will be dedicated to Ravi Shankar and George Harrison, two internationally renowned musicians who organised a concert in 1971 at Madison Square in New York to raise funds for the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
There will also be a publication ceremony where Abu Taleb's "Gonotantrik Sthanio Sarker Ruprekha", Belal Beg's "Bangla Pora" and Nuran Nabi's "Born in Bengal" published by Scholars Publishers and Abdun Noor's "Bicholito Shomoy" will be released.

Registration TimeTable

ICC donates $250,000 to Sidr fund

2007-12-25T01:10:00.001+06:00

Bangladeshi people load bags containing relief material into US helicopters

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday donated 250,000 US dollars to the Bangladesh cyclone relief fund.

ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed presented a cheque to Bangladesh cricket team manager Ahmed Sajjadul Alam and captain Mohammad Ashraful before the start of a Twenty20 charity match against a New Zealand XI here.

All proceeds from the match were also going to help the victims of the cyclone.

Cyclone Sidr slammed into Bangladesh on November 15, killing at least 3,200 people and destroying more than a million homes.

QuantumTone Introduces Unlimited Calling to Bangladesh

2007-12-25T00:38:00.001+06:00

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - New York, NY, United States, 12/24/2007 - Use your existing mobile or land phone to call worldwide unlimited for a flat rate .

	QuantumTone announces today that it's launching the highly anticipated unlimited calling plans for Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Vietnam, Turkey, Europe, Asia, and other South and Central American countries for flat monthly rates. This new service liberates consumers from paying per minute rate for international calls. They can use their existing mobile, home or get new digital home phone service from QuantumTone to use the service. It can also be used without any internet connection and is available through online portal and selected local retail storefronts in major metropolitan cities nationwide. This product will be rolled out to European and Middle Eastern consumers subsequently. "Our service transforms any mobile or local land phone into an instant world phone with unlimited calling capabilities. The advent and perpetual developments of QuantumTone VoIP Technology has simplified international telephony. Realizing how agonizing, time consuming, and expensive for ethnic frequent callers to use long distance services and deceptive, gray-route prepaid calling cards, we felt the need for such flat rate unlimited calling plans. Residential consumers can take advantage of our new service and call their friends and family overseas worry free," said Monica Kish, the CEO of QuantumTone, "We are the first US telephone company that pioneered such aggressive worldwide unlimited plans to some of these high-cost international tariffs like anywhere in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Mexico, Columbia, and other destinations." QuantumTone ushers in a new era of VoIP connectivity and IP telephony sophistication never seen before in home and mobile device until recently, it completely redefines what a mobile phone and digital home phone can do using QuantumTone IP technology. QuantumTone offers multiple unlimited domestic and international calling plans for residential and business consumers – VoIP Home and Q-TONE Mobile/Home which offer the convenience of registering either your existing mobile phone or local home phone or choosing QuantumTone VoIP to make free calls to your preferred overseas countries including domestic USA and Canada long distance. QuantumTone offers digital quality, enterprise grade VoIP solutions that comes with many essential calling features at no additional cost. About QuantumTone QuantumTone along with its partners, is an international digital phone company that specializes in technologically advanced, feature-rich, business quality unlimited local, long distance calling and IP hosting services bundled with enterprise grade broadband internet connectivity at a fraction of fixed cost to consumers, businesses, and enterprises in all 50 states in US and worldwide as a local and international phone service provider. Our technology enables anyone to use their traditional phone with high-speed internet (Cable, DSL, T1, ISDN) connection or existing mobile or home phone (without any internet) to make and receive phone calls anywhere in the world even while traveling. At QuantumTone our goal is to make calling simple and almost free for everyone using cutting edge IP technology. QuantumTone is a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Leap Group, LLC based out of Dallas, TX with offices located throughout the US, Canada, and France. If you would like more information about the press release or to schedule an interview with QuantumTone, please call at 646-400-0440 x605 or email us at infoATquantumtone.com

Dont Forgive the traitors, thieves and RAZAKARs

2007-12-24T23:52:00.001+06:00

Can you believe we are sending more than 188 pices of extremely precious artefacts to Paris, France for exhibition!

Two of them already lost at airport!

All the past invaders to our lands evacuated our heritages day by day; namely -- the Kohinoor(Diamond), MoyurShinghashon And what not?

And now in broad daylight against all our people's protests and trials of Supreme Courts these henious traitors+conspirators+Razakars managed to do this robbery again. All news media were writing about inadequency of this shipping of artefacts.

Lets look at some points on this:

* Artefacts of extreme rarity shouldnt be moved here to there.

* They arent reproducible, thus if damaged cant be compensable.

* Shouldnt be allowed for exhibition outside country by any cost.

* Dealings were done in the regimes of elected political govt. and now as this care-taker govt came to solve all the corruptions, they should have been able to stop this insanity.

* Media also reported time to time that the listing and packaging of those artefacts were being mis-managed or ill-managed. It was against any awakened countrymen of Bangladesh to let these artefacts cross our boundary.

* All these lead to the conclusion that it was nothing but a traitorship, notion of razakar-hood, act of conspiracy against artefacts and heritage.

America`s Junior Miss 2007 Nora Ali in Bangladesh

2007-12-23T11:26:00.000+06:00

Bangladesh's proud child Nora Ali is now in her homeland. Born in a proud family where her elder sister also is a genius (see end of post).

Nora Ali of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, is America's Junior Miss for 2007. Being only the second Junior Miss from Minnesota to win the title, Nora wowed the audience and judges with her self-confidence and intelligence, and received overwhelming crowd approval when she played the violin for her talent. In addition to her title, Nora also received the official gold medallion and a $50,000 cash scholarship to use at the college of her choice.

Nora won more than $57,000 in cash scholarships through her participation in America's Junior Miss in the local, state, and national finals. She plans to use her scholarship money to pay for her education at Harvard University where she plans to study Business Management and Finance. Ultimately, Nora would like to become a CEO of a major organization.

Since she was very young, Nora has been playing the piano and violin. She has been a soloist with seven orchestras, First Violinist for the Greater Twin Cities Orchestra and the Xaqialer String Quartet, and has performed the National Anthem on the violin for Major League baseball games. She was also featured on WCCO TV (CBS) for her academic and musical excellence.

Among many accolades that she received in high school, Nora was a National Merit Scholar, a recipient of the Murray Glauberman Award, Valedictorian, an International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate, and an Academic All-Star for KARE-11/NBC TV. She teaches science and math classes, conducts stem cell research at the University of Minnesota, and plays for fundraising concerts and educational music shows.

As America's Junior Miss, Nora will represent the program at events throughout the country, while promoting AJM's, Be Your Best Self program. She will travel to New York City for media appearances, participate in Veteran's Day activities in Mobile, and will take part in the GMAC Bowl and Senior Bowl.

Nora is the daughter of Zaki and Mahfuza Ali of Mendota Heights, Minnesota.

Nora in the Media

Nora instantly became a role model when she was named America's Junior Miss 2007. Immediately after returning home following the AJM National Finals, Nora was greeted with reporters at her home waiting to talk to her about her experience. To see some of the press coverage of Nora Ali, click the links below.

Nora`s Experience as AJM 2007

The AJM program has already influenced my life more than I ever expected. I entered the local program because I was searching for college scholarships, and although I didn't know much about AJM at the time and certainly didn't expect to get this far, I am eternally grateful that my parents encouraged me to pursue the AJM experience. Through the local, state and national programs, I have learned how to truly by my best self. Through the interview process, I have learned how to speak freely, intelligently and confidently. By watching the talents of all the Junior Misses and seeing al of their scholastic achievements, I have come to believe that our future is in very good hands. I was amazed by the diverse backgrounds of the girls in the national program, and I was proud to be able to share my Bengali-American heritage with them. Finally, I have been humbled by the support and enthusiasm of the entire community in Mobile and I hope to spread the passion for AJM to the rest of the United States. Not only will AJM help me in paying for my education at Harvard University, but it will also provide me with many opportunities and will open many doors. I look forward to representing Junior Misses around the country and to representing today's youth. I hope to spread the message of Be Your Best Self in what will surely be an amazing year as AJM!

With Love,
Nora Ali
America's Junior Miss 2007

SISTER ACT

Source: Sarah Henning/News Tribune Staff Writer
While debating human cloning, consider the Ali sisters Exhibit A. Nicole Ali began professional stem cell research as a high school sophomore. At 17, she just wrapped up her first year at Harvard while earning awards for her musical performances and orchestral compositions. She props a physics book on her music stand so she can study during long musical rests. Her sister Nora, 15, is No. 1 in her class with a schedule that's college-level everything. (This mention is two year old)

Taslima Nasreen 'lonely' in hiding in India

2007-12-23T08:56:00.001+06:00

KOLKATA (AFP) — Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, in hiding in India since protests against her by a hardline Islamic group last month, is lonely and struggling to write, her publisher said.

"Taslima is not being allowed to move out of her new residence. It's a very, very lonely existence," Sibani Mukherjee, owner of the People's Book Society, publisher of Nasreen's books in India, told AFP on Saturday.

"She is struggling to concentrate on her new book. She told us she may not meet the deadline. We have decided not to press her."

The writer was in a very "troubled" situation, Mukherjee added.

Nasreen was forced to leave the eastern Indian city of Kolkata last month following violent protests that led to the army's deployment.

India pledged to protect Nasreen and moved her to a safe house in New Delhi last month after the protests against "anti-Islamic" passages in one of her earlier books "Dikhandito" ("Split Into Two").

The Indian press has clamoured to know Nasreen's whereabouts, implying that restrictions on her movements and interactions with the press amounted to de facto house arrest.

Nasreen told India's domestic news agency by telephone on Thursday that she would "not be allowed to return to Kolkata for now."

"I told the officials that I be allowed to lead a normal life at least in New Delhi," PTI quoted Nasreen as saying.

Rights groups and film stars held a rally on her behalf in Kolkata Saturday, calling for the writer to be allowed to return to the city she has treated as her adopted home for the past three years.

India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday denied that Nasreen was being held against her will.

"Taslima Nasreen is not under house arrest," Mukherjee said in Kolkata. "She is our guest. The government has made necessary arrangements to secure her safe stay in India."

Mukherjee said Nasreen "can stay in India as long as she likes."

"But she has to abide by certain laws," he said. "She should not do anything that can hurt the sentiment of any community."

Nasreen fled her homeland after being accused of blasphemy for her 1994 novel "Lajja," or "Shame," which depicts violence against minority Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. She eventually settled in India.

Western Union Supports Disaster Relief Initiatives in Bangladesh

2007-12-21T13:22:00.001+06:00

"No Transfer Fee"¹ Pricing Action and $100,000 donation to UNICEF in Aid of Cyclone Survivors

NEW YORK & ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As a humanitarian gesture toward cyclone relief efforts in Bangladesh, Western Union is launching a "No Transfer Fee"¹ Pricing Action for any amount sent to Bangladesh from Italy, the United Kingdom, the U.S.A., Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. ² The initiative will run from Nov. 27, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2007 in the U.S. and from Dec. 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2007 in the United Kingdom, Italy, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Remittances will be vital in offering emergency support on top of relief efforts by the Government of Bangladesh, UN agencies and various NGOs to the victims of Cyclone Sidr.

Moreover, The Western Union Foundation, a philanthropic organization to facilitate charitable giving programs worldwide, is donating US$100,000 to UNICEF in its relief response in the areas of water, sanitation and hygiene, nutrition, education, child protection and the provision of non-food items.

The Western Union Foundation also is encouraging employee donations through the Western Union Employee Gift Matching Program. The Western Union Foundation will match registered employee donations to UNICEF on a one-for-one basis, up to US $25,000.

"The hearts of all Western Union employees go out to the thousands who have been hit by this natural disaster," said Luella Chavez D'Angelo, President, The Western Union Foundation. "We want to help those in need and assist them in putting their lives back together as quickly as possible."

"The impact of Cyclone Sidr on children – who make up almost half of the affected population – is enormous," said Caryl Stern, President and CEO of the United States Fund for UNICEF. "Donations such as this will support UNICEF's efforts to save kids' lives and help them to regain a sense of normalcy, and we greatly appreciate Western Union 's rapid response."

The Western Union Foundation grant is part of the Western Union Our World, Our Family program, a company initiative to empower migrant families through education and global economic opportunity programs that help them stay connected, overcome barriers, and realize their dreams.

¹ Although there is no transfer fee, Western Union will make money when it converts remittances to a foreign currency.

² The fee waiver will also be available for money transfers on westernunion.com originating in the USA and the UK.

About UNICEF

For more than 60 years, UNICEF has been the world's leading international children's organization, working in over 150 countries to address the ongoing issues that affect why kids are dying. UNICEF provides lifesaving nutrition, clean water, education, protection and emergency response, saving more young lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world. While millions of children die every year of preventable causes like dehydration, upper respiratory infections and measles, UNICEF, with the support of partnering organizations and donors alike, has the global experience, resources and reach to give children the best hope of survival. For more information about UNICEF, please visit www.unicefusa.org or call 800 4UNICEF.

About Western Union

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global money-transfer services. Together with its affiliates, Orlandi Valuta, Vigo and Pago Fácil, Western Union provides consumers with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, as well as send payments and purchase money orders. It operates through a network of more than 320,000 Agent locations in over 200 countries and territories. Famous for its pioneering telegraph services, the original Western Union dates back to 1851. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.

About The Western Union Foundation

The Western Union Foundation began in 2000 as a philanthropic organization to facilitate charitable giving programs worldwide. Through the donations of the Western Union Company, its employees and Agents, the Foundation helps to fund programs that enhance the quality of life for those most in need around the world.

Since 2001, the Western Union Foundation, in collaboration with Western Union Agents and employees, has granted nearly $40 million to more than 1,500 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 70 countries around the globe to support humanitarian projects. In addition, the Foundation has supported more than 50 disaster-relief operations and has funded education and human services programs.

Contacts

The Western Union Company
Sherry Johnson, 720-332-4750
Sherry.L.Johnson@WesternUnion.com
or
UNICEF
Michael Bociurkiw, 646-421-0400
mbociurkiw@unicefusa.org

Shakira for Sidr : Popstar visits Bangladesh

2007-12-21T01:45:00.001+06:00

Dhaka, Dec 20 (IANS) Pop singer Shakira was moved when a Bangladeshi girl orphaned by last month's cyclone Sidr sang 'Mother, wherever you are, write to me'.

Used to entertaining millions, Shakira was 'touched' by 11-year old Nipa's wailing voice, The Daily Star reported Thursday.

'She sang to me a song of grief. It was a beautiful song in Bengali. It said, 'Mother, wherever you are, write to me'. I will never forget her voice,' Shakira said of the moments she spent with Nipa in Patuakhali, devastated by the Nov 15 cyclone.

The Colombian singing star is touring Bangladesh as the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) goodwill ambassador.

'It is hard to imagine celebrities being emotional. Let alone global mega pop stars,' the newspaper said on meeting Shakira in her hotel room back in Dhaka, adding that she was 'visibly shaken from her visit to Sidr-hit areas'.

'It is easy to understand why she was chosen as a Unicef goodwill ambassador,' it added.

But Shakira says she also found hope in the children of Bangladesh.

'Amid all this calamity, sadness and grief, I saw kids playing, singing and smiling in this semi-destroyed school. It was like an oasis of relief,' she said.

'I loved hearing the kids say they dream about becoming doctors and nurses. They all had positive dreams. I want to leave Bangladesh knowing some of these kids will be given the opportunity to accomplish their dreams,' she said.

Still coming to terms with what she had seen in the southern part of the country, Shakira said: 'I was devastated to see that entire villages were wiped away. Everything they had was gone...that touched me. The loss of so many human lives...I will never forget the faces of the mothers who lost their children.

'Bangladesh and its people need attention, international attention from governments, NGOs and regular people as well,' she said.

As part of her wider plans, she visited a Unicef project in Rajshahi where 'hard-to-reach-children' spend days in centres away from the streets.

Shakira has been working with children since she was 18 when she built a foundation called Pies Descalzos, meaning bare feet in Spanish.

The seeds of inspiration had been sown a decade earlier at the age of eight when her father had gone bankrupt and her family lost most of what they had.

Her father used to take her to a park in the more run-down part of the town, where she found kids sniffing glue and was shattered by the sight of their hardship.

'From that point I decided I will do something to help them one day,' Shakira said.

'I always felt very committed to review the issues that children face, maybe because I grew up in a country like Colombia where children face the same problems like children in Bangladesh and elsewhere.

'Children are the most vulnerable population in the world and at the same time they are our only hope for a safer world. We are all concerned about a better future and a more secure place for our children, our children's children and for us,' she added.

Asked how she deals with the fact that in a few months she would be singing in a glitzy concert when the children here would still be struggling with their daily lives, she told the newspaper: 'I guess it's using that spotlight that shines on me during that concert and moving it away from me to put on the issues that need that attention. This is what I can do in my own small way.'

Oh our Artefacts! : Final clearance by Supreme court

2007-12-19T10:37:00.001+06:00

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed Thursday's High Court order of status quo and thereby cleared all the way for the government to send the rest of Bangladeshi artefacts to Paris exhibition.

Vacation-chamber Judge M Joynul Abedin, following an application moved by the government, passed the order lifting the legal roadblocks to display of the Bangladeshi archaeological masterpieces at the first major international exhibition at Guimet Museum in the French capital.

The artefacts from five Bangladesh museums were scheduled to be on display at the exhibition under an agreement signed between the French ambassador in Bangladesh and the secretary of the cultural affairs ministry.

Some 188 items were selected from Dhaka National Museum and the museums of Paharpur, Mahasthangarh, Mainamati and Barendra for the show.

Razakar or Martyr? Killer or BeerProtik?

2007-12-16T20:18:00.001+06:00

Can you imagine? One of the Greatest Razakar Governor Monayem Khan, who was killed in 1971 is still being addressed as 'Shaheed'?

And the brave freedom fighter who killed Monayem and was awarded `Beer Protik` is running an endangered life by the successors of Monayem Khan?

Read in Details :

সেই মোনায়েম খান এখন 'শহীদ'!

ঢাকায় মোনায়েম খান নিধন অভীযান
কিশোর মুকুতিযোদুধার গভর্ণর বধ

Know about the Razakars

Tech museum Award : Achievement by two IT organization of Bangladesh

2007-12-07T13:03:00.000+06:00

Two Bangladeshi organization made us proud again cellbazaar.com and Grameen Shakti

Watch this video interview of Cellbazaar in NTV

View full list of award laureates at The Tech Museum Awards

World AIDS Day :: December 1

2007-11-29T11:39:00.001+06:00

About the Day
World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988. World AIDS Day provides governments, national AIDS programs, faith organizations, community organizations, and individuals with an opportunity to raise awareness and focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic.

The Facts
In 2007, the estimated number of persons living with HIV worldwide was 33.2 million and there were 2.1 million AIDS deaths. More>>

World AIDS Day Resources
We hope these resources will assist your efforts to educate, motivate, and mobilize your local community in the fight against HIV/AIDS!

Posters are available to download. Customize these posters to promote your World AIDS Day events! View and download World AIDS Day posters
Fact sheets have information about HIV/AIDS and specific populations. Post them on bulletin boards, share with local newspapers, and distribute at events! View and download World AIDS Day fact sheets
Websites
- www.AIDS.gov: a gateway to all Federal domestic information on HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, treatment, research, policies and resources.
- www.PEPFAR.gov: the official website of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
- www.HIVtest.org: national HIV testing resources. Enter your zip code to find an HIV testing site near you!
- www.worldaidsday.org: brochures and information about international events.
Mobile resources
- Know It Campaign: To find an HIV Testing Center near you, send a text message with your zip code to KNOWIT (566948)

BD's Submarine Cable & Sabotage

2007-11-21T03:03:00.001+06:00

In this month of November we are experiencing the worst of the disasters. The hurricane 'Sidr' did a huge damage to our nation. We had no control over it. Before this we had been under two massive floods in Bangladesh. But there were other great disasters caused by human beings. We lost our link to Submarine Cable Landing station several times before this hurricane and even afterward it was cut again. Statistics show that, since from beginning of this highspeed communication channel, it had been cut several times by the criminals in most of the incidents of dislinkage. This cable is of almost no re-sale value at all. Now, everyone is wondering whats the actual cause behind this.

Lets put thoughts and we will be able to identify the reason behind this henious act:

1. Neighboring India: As we are competetitor to India in some goods, products subotaging our means of communication can cuause us not only billions but also lose contracts and thus making their ways.

2. VoIP illegal business holders. As this govt has almost stopped all the illegally running VoIP businesses, they taking chance of running their own VSAT while the main line is down. Thus, making point that we cant run without VSAT and cant depend on Optical Fiber alone.

3. Islamic activists: Activists like JMB(Jamayatul Mujaheedin Bangladesh), has only concern of making damages to the nation. And those fundamentalist terrorists hate technology, science, knowledge etc.

4. Corrupted Politicians + Businessmen: Those who wants to cause damages as they are doing with price rises and ruining efforts of this government.

Well, whatever the cause might be, we shouldn't let our most important means of communication be so vulnarable and prone to failure. We should create alternative backup links for any sort of such disasters. We should hunt down those suboteurs, and punish them with their appointers in rapid succession. We shouldnt let them be successfull all those times. Destroying such state-property should be punishable by long term jail etc.