OBAMA = CHANGE?

Change? What Change?

One of the words in the google Zeitgeist of 2008, One of the most often used words in America in 2008. Whats all the Obama-change buzz about?
What is so glaringly different about the 44th President's Agenda? Well, Now that the Obama swearing in is complete, we have a lot to expect from the new President. The million dollar question is : Will the words translate into actions?

Here are a few important excerpts from Obama's agenda. Refer to http://www.whitehouse.gov/ for the full text of his speeches and agenda.

THE PRESIDENT'S AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT PLAN
With each passing day, families across America are watching their bills pile up and their savings disappear.

President Obama believes that if we do not act quickly, this recession could linger for years – and America could lose the competitive edge that has served as the foundation for our strength and standing in the world.

That's why the President has put forth an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that will jumpstart job creation and long-term growth by:

Doubling the production of alternative energy in the next three years.
Modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improve the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills.
Making the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years, all of America’s medical records are computerized.
Equipping tens of thousands of schools, community colleges, and public universities with 21st century classrooms, labs, and libraries.
Expanding broadband across America, so that a small business in a rural town can connect and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world.
Investing in the science, research, and technology that will lead to new medical breakthroughs, new discoveries, and entire new industries.
On January 8th, 2009 -- less than two weeks before taking office -- President Obama spoke on the need for urgent action on his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to save or create over 3 million jobs while investing in priorities like health care, energy, and education that will jumpstart economic growth. The plan represents not just a new policy, but a new approach to meeting our most urgent challenges.


IMMIGRATION
For too long, politicians in Washington have exploited the immigration issue to divide the nation rather than find real solutions. Our broken immigration system can only be fixed by putting politics aside and offering a complete solution that secures our border, enforces our laws, and reaffirms our heritage as a nation of immigrants.

Create Secure Borders: Protect the integrity of our borders. Support additional personnel, infrastructure and technology on the border and at our ports of entry.

Improve Our Immigration System: Fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill.

Remove Incentives to Enter Illegally: Remove incentives to enter the country illegally by cracking down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants.

Bring People Out of the Shadows: Support a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens.

Work with Mexico: Promote economic development in Mexico to decrease illegal immigration.

The work is half done when it is planned. All that is left is for Obama to put his words and thoughts into actions. ProBlog4u takes this opportunity to wish Obama all the very best for his term in office.

GRADIENTS 2.0

Combination of lighter and darker shades of the same color will always be a good one.when i comes to designing a banner or the entire website theses colors come in handy. Right from softpedia.com to deviantwear.com all of them use this idea to make their site look good.Once this is done the only thing remaining is to design a good background either with patterns or different shades. To make things easier you can just load the gradient and start using it. We always welcome constructive criticism so never hesitate ;).

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The Satyam Disaster

Satyam computers- India’s 4th largest IT Company has always been known for being a dedicated IT company with client lists ranging from small departmental stores in Australia to the World Bank. However, the whole world was in for a brutal shock on the 7th day of this year when its Former Chief Executive Officer(CEO) Mr.Ramalinga Raju admitted that accounts of the company were fudged to the tune of a whopping Rs.7106 crores(INR) over a period of several years.
The whole Satyam Fiasco was first noticed by the World Bank in November ’08 when they received improper responses from the management of the IT major upon asking for documentation pertaining to their business dealings with the company. The World Bank went public in criticizing the company, the response from Satyam was anything but expected: The very next day, letters signed by the former CEO were wired to the World Bank and the Media asking the World Bank to tender an apology and take back the “untrue” statements they had issued previously. This was just the beginning of the end. The next few days saw yet another interesting complication surface. It was learnt that the former CEO was on serious efforts of trying to merge two companies: Maytas(Satyam in reverse) Infra and Maytas Properties, both run by the Raju family, with Satyam in order to nullify the losses accumulated by the companies. This move was the last nail in the coffin. The board of directors were startled and turned down the acquisition in the strongest terms.
After several unsuccessful attempts to cover up the whole issue, the former CEO finally gave in on the 7th of January ’09. In a 5 page letter to the board of directors and the Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI), Mr.Raju admitted fraud and confessed that the Company’s balance sheet contained inflated cash and bank balances to the tune of Rs. 5040 crore which never existed. The Man went on to give a clean chit to every employee of Satyam and his family members except the Former Chief Financial Officer Srinivas Vadlamani.
The SEBI and Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) have launched independent enquiries into the scandal. Mr. Raju has surrendered to the Police on 9th January. The whole scandal leaves several questions unanswered:

• What is the fate of the 53,000 employees of Satyam who stand helpless in the current situation? (The word is that they might have to work without salary for 2 months, at least!)

• What punishment should be awarded to the architect of the whole scandal?


• Will any other company ever come forward to take over Satyam?(The real net worth of the company can never be calculated owing to the misinterpreted balance sheets.)

• The Scandal raises several questions about India’s corporate governance policy. Will the Indian IT market sustain the Scandal?


• Will the issue throw the $40 billion Indian IT industry into a Tailspin?

Problog4u wishes to stand by the employees of Satyam at this hour of crisis and hope the Indian Government ensures justice is done.

6 GREAT TIPS FOR GUEST BLOGGING

One of the most familiar terms used in the blogging community. What is it? What does it do? And the most of all, how will I benefit out of it. This post will circle around what guest blogging is and what you should do to become a guest blogger. Special Thanks to Darren Rowse for his articles on guest blogging. They were wonderful.

To begin with, Guest Blogging is the art of writing posts for blogs owned by others, sometimes people whom you don’t even know personally. Well, becoming a guest blogger is no big deal. All you have to do is maintain your blog with everything you have. Keep it updated, make sure every information you give is right, and most of all have it regularly posted. Once you've done this the rest is way too easy. There are several steps that make you a guest blogger.

Keep yourself ready: Visit different sites and watch for opportunities. Sometimes bloggers mention that they are going away or busy and are looking for posts. Get in touch with them and tell them that you are ready.

Be in touch: Keep yourself in touch with professional bloggers and interact frequently with them. But don't pester. Make sure you build up trust in him.

Approach: If you don't know the blogger send him a short intro of yourself and attach a back link of your site. If you can, send him some relevant information that you think might interest him. Don't bore him with too many of them. Show him that you're the right guy.

Get one step ahead: This is just a way of impressing the blogger. Send him a sample post on a nice topic that suits his type. Ask him to use it freely. If he doesn’t use it don't worry, you have your own blog to dump it in.

Make your post catchy: Use good fonts and attractive phrases. Make it in your own style do not imitate or copy others style. Sometime this might be a setback for your career. Avoid lengthy posts, make it short and simple. Be professional in approach, lest pretend.

Set yourself a benchmark: Set yourself a standard. Do not write articles that are substandard. There might been times when you won’t be able to give posts. Please refrain yourself from providing articles which may tarnish your reputation.

After reading this article if any of you guys are interested in guest blogging you are always welcome at problog4u.blogspot.com. ;).

Gradients 1.0

Its not difficult to put colors together and make a combination out of it. But the real thing lies in making a combination really impressive ,and that's difficult. This 24 gradient pack has got all the bright combos that might cross your mind when you think of good colors. For a better look, try applying a linear gradient at angle 0. I have to agree that I haven't experimented with this. So if you guys find any other method that makes it look more appealing, suggest them. Readers, this is not the end of it. I will update you with other gradient combinations as and when I try them.

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WELCOME 09 !!!

Hi Guys,

This year things are going to be different. I just happened to browse through the internet and saw most of the sites coming out with new plans for 2009.
So we thought we should just tell you guys about our plans for this year.

* I'm currently working on my new template.
* We are going to increase he number of post by 2 per week. (Hoping that my college doesn't block blogger under entertainment)
* We are also working on setting up a site. (Oops! did I jus say that)
* Invite guest authors to write articles.
* Have competitions and prizes.
* Increase feed readers.(Which is currently 5 !!!)
* Provide you better articles instead of the boring personal ones.
* And make sure that you get the best of "EVERYTHING".

Just like that if you have any suggestions and ideas that you think should be implemented
be kind enough to leave them in comments.

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