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Leading information technology companies in India are meanwhile increasing their presence in North America, in step with the improving business climate in the region. Top-tier information technology companies which are increasing their delivery capabilities in North America, includeHCL Technologies which concluded acquisition and expansion of its Parsippany, New Jersey data centre. The North America region currently accounts for 60 per cent of India’s Information Tech export basket. Information technology company, Cognizant, has similarly announced the expansion of its US delivery centres in Toronto and Phoenix (Arizona). India’s top-ranking status in the field of basic research came in for mention at the India Eco Summit held recently, where the panelists discussed whether, and how, India could become an innovation hub in the near future, given India’s strengths in science and technology and research and development. The country made a significant stride in science and technology with Indian researchers succeeding in sequencing the entire genome of a human being. The genome sequencing was undertaken by the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, part of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). In another development that would have a bearing on innovative science and technology prospects for Indian companies—on the sidelines of the climate change conference at Copenhagen, India’s proposal for a global network of innovation centres for climate-friendly technologies received wide consensus. Leading manufacturers of automobiles in India, posted record monthly sales for the month of November 2009, even as car makers and two-wheeler companies improved on their sales posted in earlier months. Two of the leading manufacturers of automobiles in India, Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor India reported record monthly sales of 87,807 units and 55,265 units respectively for the month of November 2009. Major manufacturers of Automobile are seeing their India operations contribute significantly to the company’s global operations. For example, Hyundai’s India subsidiary contributes between 15 per cent and 20 per cent to the company’s global turnover. India’s infrastructure segment has received a boost with representatives from the Power Grid Corporation, the India Infrastructure Finance Co Ltd (IIFCL), the World Bank and the Government of India, signing loan agreements for projects of a total value of US$ 4.2 billion in the month of October 2009. In another fillip to the country’s infrastructure that is certain to speed up infrastructure projects through the route of public-private partnership, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to provide close to US$ 700 million in loans as part of the second India infrastructure project financing facility. According to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Urban Land Institute, India heads the top real estate investment markets for the year 2010. The report, which is based on the views of over 270 international Real Estate professionals, revealed that India, particularly the Indian cities of Mumbai and Delhi were viewed as good destinations with residential properties seen as more attractive sectors. ICICI Bank, a leading private bank, has stated that it was focussing on the home loans segment on the back of a recovery in the real estate segment. HDFC, a top lender of home loans, has said that it expects loan disbursals in the housing sector to remain strong in the current fiscal (FY 2010). HDFC Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Keki Mistry, said, “Loan disbursals (in the housing sector) remain very strong. We expect credit growth in excess of 20 per cent.”HDFC Bank, has for its own part, made news in the banking system. HDFC Bank has been named the strongest bank in the Asia-Pacific region, in a survey conducted by Asian Banker, which provides information for the financial services industry. Other Indian banks that featured in the ranking include Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Union Bank of India. The healthcare sector in India is projected to grow to US$ 77 billion mark by 2012, up 23 per cent from the current size, according to a recently released study. The growth in the healthcare sector in India would come on the back of growth in healthcare facilities in the public and private sector as well as growth in medical diagnostic and path labs, as well as growth in the medical insurance sector. The Indian life insurance industry is on a high growth trajectory, posting a double-digit growth figure of 35.7 per cent year-on-year in October 2009, on the back of high inflows in premiums of the first year.

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Do you need to get information about a marriage that took place in Virgina? There are 4 ways to get access to Virginia marriage records. We’ll cover all of them here so you can choose the approach that best suits your own needs. Let’s start by talking about the Virginia vital records system. Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce records are all maintained by the Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records. This office provides certified copies of any of these forms of vital records and can only provide certified copies of marriage records, regardless of how you intend to use the information. So for example, you would still need to get a certified copy delivered to you, even if all you wanted to do was check the date of a marriage for a genealogical project.To get a certified copy, the state offers you three options. You can request a copy by mail, which they will put in the mail to you 1 to 2 weeks after the date the request form is received by the state. You can request a copy by physically visiting a Virginia Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics office. This gets you the document the same day, provided that you have acceptable photo ID.The third way is to order certified copies through a third-party service called VitalChek. This service gets you a certified copy in 2 to 5 business days, but will cost you $49.95 (or more) and requires payment by credit card.If you don’t need a certified copy of the marriage certificate, there’s a much faster way to go. You can get details about a Virginia marriage in minutes if you use a commercial Marriage Records Search service. These services are not affiliated with the state, but use records obtained from the state to get you the facts immediately. It is a much faster way to go since they simply provide the facts about the marriage instead of producing a certified copy of a document.As you can see, you have lots of options for getting the information you need. If you need a certified copy of the marriage documents, you need to start at the state’s website (listed below). If all you need is the facts about the marriage, without the formal certificate, the delays, and the restrictions, a commercial Marriage Records Search service is clearly the way to go.

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Federal authorities say the temp agency that supplied an East Stroudsburg factory with undocumented workers in 2007 is involved in an extensive and complicated web of fraud.

They say, in court papers, that H&T Staffing Services, operating under that and other, similar names in Pennsylvania, fraudulently raked in nearly $2.5 million in one year.

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Pocono Record: Coverage of the Iridium Illegal Immigrant Raid People involved in the staffing company have been brought through United States Middle District Court of Pennsylvania ever since the June 2007 raid of Iridium Industries in East Stroudsburg.

During the raid at the plastic-container plant, 81 illegal immigrants were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Iridium was not charged in connection with the raid.

The court is currently considering the case of Can Thach. Thach was indicted in September through a joint investigation by ICE, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Pennsylvania State Police.

According to the indictment:

•Thach and others owned, managed and operated labor-leasing or temporary employment companies in Pennsylvania using the name H&T Staffing Services and variations of that name.
•H&T supplied workers to various companies, although Iridium Industries’ Artube division is the only business named in court papers. Iridium paid H&T for the workers provided, and then H&T paid themselves and the workers. At least some of the Iridium workers came through a Wilkes-Barre office of H&T.
•Thach and others cashed checks from Iridum and other companies at check-cashing businesses in Philadelphia. Workers were paid in cash, under the table.
•H&T filed false unemployment compensation and Internal Revenue Service forms to hide that the business employed illegal aliens. “This resulted in significant loss to both the Pennsylvania unemployment compensation fund and the United States Medicare Trust Fund,” the indictment said.
•Thach and others are accused of omitting the names of illegals on quarterly forms required by the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Program. Instead, they used names of family members and friends who did not work for the business, in order to give the business the air of legitimacy, according to the indictment.

Through the unemployment scheme, H&T defrauded the program out of more than $100,000 in taxes, interests and penalties.

Five tax forms were sent to the IRS with false statements, claiming H&T had a small number of employees. The business failed to pay the required Medicare withholdings contributions for employees, resulting in $67,000 in loss to Medicare.

Thach will go on trial in December for conspiracy to commit money laundering and fraud, false statements related to health care matters and transporting illegal aliens.

H&T was more involved in workers’ lives than typical employment agencies. The company transported workers to and from the job. Using profits from the scheme, H&T purchased properties, at least one in Stroudsburg, then harbored illegals in some of the properties, charging them rent.

In November 2008, H&T Staffing owner Jimmy Nguyen pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud state and local governments. Nguyen was sentenced to 70 months in prison. When he gets out, he must repay the nearly $214,000 he owed to the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Program and $345,000 to the U.S. Medicare Trust Fund.

Sufini Alisaito, Hardy Ko and Hew Deng Kong pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens in connection to the immigration raid. They were each sentenced to two years supervised release.

Details on the accused in the case are sparse because many of the documents are sealed.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091024/NEWS/910240348

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As the world’s most commonly-used illegal drug, it’s not surprising that cannabis attracts its fair share of controversy, praise and vitriol. Its supporters insist it’s a safe recreational drug and far less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. Its detractors insist it leads to psychological problems, addiction and that it’s a gateway drug – one that leads the user on the path to more harmful drugs. Here’s a look at this colourful and legendary drug.

First, let’s define exactly what we mean by cannabis. There are various definitions but essentially both cannabis and marijuana refer to the leaves, flowers and buds of the cannabis plant whether cannabis sativa, cannabis indica and cannabis ruderalis. Marijuana is mainly used as a recreational drug producing feelings of euphoria when smoked or eaten. Its popularity and long history is evident from the fact that there are over 200 slang terms for marijuana including “pot,” “herb,” “weed,” and “boom.”

The roots, stalk, and stems of the cannabis plant are known as hemp. Hemp has a long tradition of use for the production of paper, textiles, oil, rope and clothing among many others. This distinction is important because it impacts the illegality of the plant. Marijuana is generally illegal in most countries while hemp is not.

Use of the cannabis plant dates back to 6000 B.C. when hemp seeds were eaten for sustenance in China. Later in the same country came the first written records of the use of cannabis for medical purposes. It was documented as a medication to treat a whole range of complaints including rheumatism, gout, and malaria.

It became popular for its psychoactive properties in Muslim countries in the Middle and Near East where alcohol was forbidden and from there spread to Europe and America.

Meanwhile marijuana was prized by Hindu mystics in the subcontinent who used it to help reach higher planes of consciousness. It was one of the five sacred plants of India, used as a medicine, and as an offering to the god Shiva. Even today, the saddhus of India and Nepal still use cannabis to further their spiritual development.

As for Western countries, marijuana was one of the main medicines in the United States for most of the 19th century being used to treat conditions ranging from headaches to nausea. It was also sold as a nerve tonic. However, in 1928, the recreational use of marijuana was banned in Britain and in the United States in 1937.

Marijuana re-entered the public consciousness in Western countries during the 1950s when it was taken up by the beat generation. It became even better known during the 1960s when it became the central part of the hippy pharmacopeia.

In recent years, authorities have come to realize the potential of marijuana as a therapeutic agent for many serious medical conditions. Marijuana contains over 60 chemicals with medical uses.

Canada became the first country to legalize medical marijuana in 2003. In the United States, laws are on a state by state basis with Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington now having medical marijuana laws. The list of diseases which cannabis can be used for includes: multiple sclerosis, cancer, HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, depression, epilepsy, migraine and asthma.

Other uses for marijuana include luxury bird food. In many countries including Belgium, for example, it is legal to produce and sell pot seeds on the condition that they are only used to feed birds.

The jury is still out on the pernicious effects of marijuana on the brain and other parts of the body. Hundreds of studies have proved that it is harmful and hundreds of others have proved that it’s not. This is not to say that cannabis use is without danger. Excessive or prolonged use of any substance can lead to all kinds of problems and with a plant with psychoactive properties, one should be especially careful. At the end of the day, it’s up to the individual to consider the evidence and decide what he believes.

Meanwhile though cannabis is still illegal in the UK, it is lawful to buy and own the seeds providing they’re not germinated. If you want to add sensi seeds to your collection of souvenirs or for use as fish bait, you can visit one of the many online vendors of pot seeds and your order will be delivered through the post.

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A few years ago I got 3 speeding tickets in 5 minutes. I wasn’t, however, aware that I received these until a week later when I got the tickets in the mail. They were assigned by photo radar cameras that I was oblivious to at the time as they were new in my area. I was going 12mph over the speed limit in light Sunday afternoon traffic.

Being a decent law abiding citizen I stupidly showed up to court in hopes that my honesty would earn me some brownie points. I said I was speeding and that I would gladly pay for 1 ticket but that it was unreasonable to assign so many tickets in such a short time without interruption or even letting the driver know in anyway that he was being assigned tickets. I argued that it should count as 1 offense, not 3.

The judge disagreed and pinned them all on me. Had I not been able to take the driving school class the 3 tickets would have put enough points on my license to get it suspended. I had a perfect record 5 minutes before I got my last ticket.

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