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US Tax 25 deductions

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Snippet from the above URL:

1. Casualty, theft or embezzlement losses

2. Charitable donations: appraisal fees, appreciation on property donated and out-of-pocket expenses relating to charitable activities

3. Gambling losses to the extent of gambling winnings

4. Fees: legal expenses incurred in connection with alimony; accounting fees for tax prep or audits

5. Fifty percent of self-employment tax

6. Employee Expenses: Protective clothing, moving, union dues and educational expenses

7. Employee contributions to a state disability fund

8. Impairment-related work expenses for a disabled individual

9. Job hunting costs, including fees for résumé preparation and employment of outplacement agencies

10. Work-related cellphones, subscriptions to professional journals, trade or business tools and laundry services while traveling

11. Long-term care insurance premiums and health insurance premiums if self-employed

12. Contact lenses, eyeglasses and hearing devices plus contraceptives, if bought with a prescription

13. Alcoholism and drug abuse treatment

14. Hospital services fees (laboratory work, therapy, nursing services and surgery)

15. Fees paid for childbirth preparation classes and foster child care expenditures

16. Medical services: medical transportation and lodging; special schools and separately stated fees for medical care included in tuition; special equipment for the disabled

17. Investment advisory fees including IRA trustee's administrative fees billed separately

18. Margin account interest expense; also, penalty on early withdrawal of savings

19. Amortization of premium on taxable bonds

20. Fees for a safe-deposit box to hold investments

21. Worthless stock or securities

22. Taxes paid: federal estate tax on income; foreign taxes; state personal property taxes on cars and boats

23. Housing: commissions and closing costs; points on a home mortgage and certain refinancing; real estate taxes; seller-paid points on the purchase of a home.

24. Improvements to your home including lead paint removal

25. Mortgage prepayment penalties and late fees

Telugu Wedding Ceremony

In Telugu wedding ceremony, special emphasis is laid on spirituality. Each ritual has a lot of significance. Wife is considered to be the ardhangini, as in better half of her husband. Read on to explore information about Telugu matrimonial customs & traditions…

Here is provided information about traditional Telugu marriage rituals:

Pre Wedding Rituals

• Muhurtam
• Pendlikoothuru Ceremony
• Snathakam Ritual
• Kashi Yatra
• Mangala Snaanam Custom
• Aarti
• Ganesh and Gauri puja

Wedding Rituals

• Kanyadaan
• Jeelakarra Bellamu
• Madhuparkam
• Sumangli
• Tying of the Mangalsutra
• Kanya Daan Akshata Ceremony
• Saptapadi
• Sthaalipaakam Custom

Post Wedding Rituals

• Grihapravesh Ceremony

RITUALS
Rituals Before Marriage
Muhurtam
Muhurtam is a ceremony wherein an auspicious period of the day is chosen for the marriage. It is mostly the period of evening hours i.e.7-11 pm. The Telugu marriage rites are basically Hindu marriage rites only.

Pendlikoothuru
Pendlikoothuru takes place a day or two before the marriage. In this the boy and the girl are smeared with oil and turmeric. They take bath and each wears new clothes. The girl wears a saree and the boy would wear a dhoti. Also the girl is asked to wear flowers on her hair and bangles. All the assembled married women are presented with the betel leaves, sweets, flowers and bangles. This gifting is done to ensure the married ladies bless the to-be married girl and wishes her to become a part of their group.

Snathakam
Snathakam is an important ritual that takes place a few hours before the actual Muhurtam. It involves only the bridegroom as he has to wear a silver thread on his body.

Kashi Yatra
Kashi Yatra is an unique ceremony which has the boy saying at the end of the thread ceremony that he has discarded the worldly pleasures and going to Kashi. This strange but very relevant ceremony is called "KashiYatra" or the journey to Kashi.To stop him from the symbolic departure to Kashi, the girl's brother requests him to stay on. For this he also offers his sister in marriage.

Mangala Snaanam
Mangala Snaanam or the auspicious bath takes place on the wedding day, at dawn. This bath is taken by both the bride and the groom individually. Such a bath implies the purification of one's physical self before proceeding for the marriage rituals.

Aarti

The Aarti ceremony is peculiar to the Indian marriages. It features in almost all the marriages, may be in a different form everywhere. It has the family members applying the groom and the girl with oil and doing aarti around them. It is done for several reasons, one could be to safeguard the couple from bad planetary influences, bad omens and other evils. Gauri Pooja After having the bath, the bride worships the goddess Gauri. Gauri is the Mother Durga who symbolizes divine power, energy, woman power, fertility, etc. Ganesh Pooja When the bride is performing the Gauri Puja, the groom at the same time performs the Ganesha puja. Ganesha puja is considered auspicious for any important occasion as it ensures the success of the work at hand.

Marriage Rituals
Kanyadaan
The Telugu marriage ceremony is striking as well as fabulous. It has the girl's mama or the maternal uncle carrying the bride in a bamboo basket to the mandap (wedding place). The bride is well adorned in a bright coloured saree and precious jewellery. As per custom the girl would carry some betel leaves, betel nuts, a coconut, a sandalwood stick and a red pumpkin. The procedure of the marriage is such that a curtain is placed between the bride and groom, so that they do not see each other till the wedding is completed.

At the end of the marriage, the father and mother of the bride clean the boy's feet with water. It is more so done with the view that the groom is considered as a form of God. In most of the Hindu marriages, the groom is equalled to the god and the giving away of daughter in marriage to him is regarded as gifting the most loved thing of yours to Lord Vishnu himself. Also is associated with the ritual is the practice of gifting a virgin to the groom who is no less than Vishnu. In a way it also means that the parents are blessing the daughter with a husband who is as good as the God.

Madhuparkam
Madhuparkam would have the boy and the girl wearing a white dhoti and sari respectively, with a red border. The garments are of cotton.

Mangalsutra
The Mangalsutra is generally a golden chain with alternate black beads and chain. It is worn by the married women in a number of communities in India. In the Telugu community, the groom ties the Mangalsutra around the neck of the bride with three knots.

Kanya Daan Akshata
At the end of the Mangalsutra ceremony, the couple put garlands around each other's necks. And all those assembled shower flower petals and rice. This is called Akshata, the offering of uncooked, turmeric-coloured rice.

Saptapadi
Saptapadi is a ceremony that has the bride and the groom taking seven steps together around the fire. In each round they utter mantras which add to strengthen the marriage. As they take the pheras, the bride's saree and groom's dhoti ends are tied into a knot.

Rituals After Marriage
Griha Pravesh
Griha Pravesh is a very common marriage ritual, wherein the bride is made to enter the groom's house with all rites and fanfare.The two mangalsutras are united on a common thread 16 days after the wedding, with a few black or golden beads between the two plates, so that they do not clash with each other. This symbolizes harmony between the two families. The number 16 is considered a divine number in Hinduism and 16 days are symbolic of the time period that the bride has taken to know and understand her husband's family. As is common with most Hindu ceremonies, the bride takes a bath and wears a new sari. Any elder from the family, or the husband himself then unites the two mangalsutras on a common thread

CELEBRATIONS
Music & Dance
Music is considered to be divine in the South Indian states. Every state believes in having music being played in the background during auspicious occasions such as wedding, thread ceremony, etc. During the marriage especially, Carnatic music is being played in the entire period when the marriage is going on. And Nadaswaram is being specially played. Also, tunes of classical songs pertaining to the various rituals are played at the appropriate times.

Cuisine
The Telugus of Andhra would start off a feast with a special pachadi made of several ingredients like neem leaves, jaggery, bananas, sugar cane and tamarind. The cuisine of Andhra has two equally popular parallel cuisines - spicy non-vegetarian Mughlai dishes, and the primarily vegetarian Telugu Brahmin food - the dosas and its cousins! All with sambar.

SOME STRANGE CUSTOMS
Jeelakarra-Bellamu
Jeelakarra-Bellamu is a rare ritual especially featuring in the Telugu marriage, wherein a paste of cumin seeds and jaggery is made. The bride and the groom apply this paste on each other's hands. The idea behind applying the cumin seeds and jaggery paste is that the two different objects coming together and united as one inseparably and forever.

Telugu Stuff - Bay Area, California

Telugu Stuff - Bay Area, California

1) Books in Bay Area ...

http://www.bata.org/book-club.html

2) Telugu movies rentals ... there are lots of places to get telugu stuff.

When I was in bay area, these guys has tonnes of stuff ...

Namaste Plaza, 1202, Apollo Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94085

3) Telugu News papers online

http://www.eenadu.net/

http://www.vaarttha.com/

http://www.andhrajyothy.com/

http://www.sakshi.com/

You can click on pdf version or district name to get district news.

PDF version or e-paper will give the same view as paper printed and distributed in India.

For ex: http://epaper.sakshi.com/epapermain.aspx will give the e-paper view; The link is available at the top row typically.

4) Film news / Gossips / Stories / Devotional

http://www.greatandhra.com/

http://www.andhravilas.com/

http://www.idlebrain.com/

http://www.teluguone.com/

Note: http://www.teluguone.com/ also can request pay per view movie.

5) Bay Area Telugu Theatre and its movies

http://www.imc6.com/ ... http://www.imc6.com/santa.shtml

http://www.cacinema.com/

6) Devotional / Songs to listen

http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/telugu/i

Devotional

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/devotional/m/language.4

http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/devotional.asp

7) you tube also has very good telugu snippets of movies...

Search by name will give some bits

8) US Telugu Function videos / US Magazines

http://www.siliconandhra.org/nextgen/index_media.php?mt=videos

http://www.koumudi.net/

To Achieve your dreams - A to Z

To Achieve Your Dreams, Remember A to Z

• A – Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits.
• B – Believe in yourself.
• C – Consider things from every angle.
• D – Don’t give up and don’t give in.
• E – Enjoy life today – yesterday is gone, tomorrow may never come.
• F – Family and Friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.
• G – Give more than you planned to.
• H – Hang on to your dreams.
• I – Ignore those who try to discourage you.
• J – Just do it!
• K – Keep trying no matter how hard it seems – it will get easier.
• L – Love yourself first and most.
• M – Make it happen.
• N – Never lie, cheat or steal; Always strike a fair deal.
• O – Open your eyes and see things as they really are.
• P – Practice makes perfect.
• Q – Quitters never win, and winners never quit.
• R – Read, study and learn about everything important in your life.
• S – Stop procrastinating (dragging).
• T – Take control of your own destiny.
• U – Understand yourself to better understand others.
• V – Visualize it!
• W – Want it more than anything.
• X – Xcellerate your efforts
• Y – You are unique of all God’s creations, nothing can replace you.
• Z – Zero in on your target and go for it!

Health

PLEASE READ AND STAY HEALTHY 
  
BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS   

1. No Breakfast  
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.  

2 . Overeating  
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.  

3. Smoking  
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.  

4. High Sugar consumption  
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.  

5. Air Pollution  
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our 20 body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.  

6 . Sleep Deprivation  
Sleep allows our brain to rest.. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the dea th of brain cells..  

7. Head covered while sleeping  
Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.  

8. Working your brain during illness  
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.  

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts  
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.  

10. Talking Rarely  
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain  

The main causes of liver damage are:  

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.  

2. Not urinating in the morning.  

3 . Too much eating.  

4. Skipping breakfast.  

5. Consuming too much medication.  

6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food colorin g, and artificial sweetener.  

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil.  
As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is20very fit.  

8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver.  
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.  

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'  

The top five cancer-causing foods are: 

1. Hot Dogs  

Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.  

2. Processed meats and Bacon  

Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, baco n, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The sat urated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.  

3. Doughnuts  

Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble.. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.  

4. French fries  

Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the fryi ng process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams .  

5. Chips, crackers, and cookies  

All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.  

PASS THIS TO ALL WHOM YOU LOVE & CARE FOR. 

Hindu Kings

Hindu Kings   

Agni         Harishchandra Raghu         Ushana
Agrasena Hemvati         Rambha (apsara) Ushas
Ambarisha          Rbhus 
Amshuman Ila (Hinduism) Revanta         Vac
Anaranya Indra         Revati         Vacaspati
Anasuya                  Rituparna Vala (Vedic)
Apam Napat Janardana Rudra Varuna
Apasmara  Rukmangada Varuni
Arundhati (mythology) Kabandha  Vasto?pati
Aryaman Kakudmi Sagara (Vedic king) Vasu
Asamanja Kalin Savitr Vayu
Asamati Kannappa Nayanar Shakuntala Vena 
Ashvins Kartavirya Arjuna Shibi (king) Vena (Hindu King)
Asura Kavyamata Shringi Rishi Virabhadra
 Kotavi Sinivali Vishnu
Babruvahana Kshetrapati Soma Vishvakarman
Bahu (Bahuka)  Sraddhadeva Manu Visvedevas
Bahuka Maha Vishnu Sriman Narayana Vivasvan
Bhaga Mandhatri Sukanya Vrishni
Bhagiratha Manu (Hinduism) Surya 
Bharata (emperor) Maruts Svaha Yama
Bruhahaspati Matarisvan Syala Yayati
 Mitra (Vedic)  
Chakshusha  Taraka 
Chand Sadagar Nachiketa Tarkshya 
Chekitana Nahusha Tilottama 
 Nala Trishanku 
Dadhikra Naranath Bhranthan Trisiras 
Damayanti Narishyanta Trita 
Dantavakra  Tvastar 
Danu (Asura) Parjanya  
Dhrishtaketu Prithvi  
Dushyanta Pushan  
Dyaus Pita Pushkara  
   
Garbhodaksayi Vishnu   

Company names - Interesting

Famous companies and their names - Interesting ...

WIPRO: Western India Palm Refined Oil Ltd

Started to sell Vanaspati (Dalda), Laundry Soap. Later IT Giant.

InfoSys: "Information Systems"

Intel: INTegrated ELectronics

Sun Microsystems: Stanford University Network Microsystems.

Samsung: meaning three stars in Korean

Accenture: Accent for the future

AMC Theatres: American Multi-Cinema

AMD: Advanced Micro Devices

CISCO: San Francisco. Computer Information Systems Co

Coca-Cola: Coca leaves and Kola nuts

GEICO: Government Employees Insurance Company

Google: mis-spelled word of googol (1 to the power of 100). Word not avail for registration so used google.

Mercedes: Named after first name of the daughter ... sales guy for Daimler

Microsoft: Microcomputer Software

NCR: National Cash Register

QualComm: Quality Communications

A: A

Online / Video Editing

• Adobe Premier out : www.adobe.com
• Pinnacle Studio: http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Home/
• Jay Cut: http://jaycut.com/
• VideoStudio: http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1175714228541#tabview=tab0
• http://www.motionbox.com/
• http://www.onetruemedia.com/
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Online / Photo Editors

Article about video, dvd

• Adobe Photoshop : www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/ : Boss ;-)
• Gimp
• http://www.splashup.com/
• Picnik
• Picture2Life
• Pixenate
• Snipshot
• http://fotoflexer.com/

Few more on the list to go:

www.AVS4You.com
Rip and burn personal DVDs, convert video, create HD Video, split, join, edit, apply effects, copy to mobile devices! ALL KEY FORMATS ARE SUPPORTED!
Link - Other products also available from the same site

FlowPlayer Link

Darwin Streaming Server
 open source version of Apple’s QuickTime Streaming Server technology
 Link
 
MPEG4IP: Open Source, Open Standards, Open Streaming Link
 
Process Explorer Tool for Mac (SV: No idea about Mac) 
 At Purpose: Link
 
Photo Editor Online
 Pixlr: Link
 Aviary: Link
 
Slides Editor from 280 Slides: Link
 
Silverlight Video Player: From Codeplex Link
 

Banned Tablets - Should they be in India?

I saw this article and sharing ...

http://www.pharmainfo.net/luckypharmacist/internationally-banned-drugs-should-they-be-used-india

But again, my doubts rise because our water is different, our land is different, our farm products are different.

Is it due to the chemical + land + people they are banning it or they are banning because of chemicals in it?

Only GOD knows which is best for human?

Oh to be Canadian Eh!

Canadian Living Eh!

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
1. Vancouver : 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math.
2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown.
3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations.
4. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on.
5. Weed.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ALBERTA
1. Big rock between you and B.C.
2. Ottawa who?
3. Tax is 5% instead ofthe approximately 200% it is for the rest of the country.
4. You can exploit almost any natural resource you can think of.
5. You live in the only province that could actually afford to be its own country.
6. The Americans below you are all in anti-government militia groups.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN
1. You never run out of wheat.
2. Your province is really easy to draw.
3. You can watch the dog run away from home for hours.
4. People will assume you live on a farm.
5. Daylight savings time? Who the hell needs that!

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN MANITOBA
1. You wake up one morning to find that you suddenly have a beachfront property.
2. Hundreds of huge, horribly frigid lakes.
3. Nothing compares to a wicked Winnipeg winter.
4. You can be an Easterner or a Westerner depending on your mood..
5. You can pass the time watching trucks and barns float by.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ONTARIO
1. You live in the centre of the universe.
2. Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump.
3. You and you alone decide who will win the federal election.
4. The only province with hard-core American-style crime.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC
1. Racism is socially acceptable.
2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.
3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada .
4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo A*#!%!"

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK
1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income.
2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies.
3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick .
4.. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA
1. Everyone can play the fiddle. The ones who can't, think they can.
2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as an excuse to get drunk and wear a kilt.
3. You are the only reason Anne Murray makes money.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
1. Even though more people live on Vancouver Island , you still got the big, new bridge.
2. You can walk across the province in half an hour.
3. You can drive across the province in two minutes.
4. Everyone has been an extra on "Road to Avonlea."
5. This is where all those tiny, red potatoes come from.
6. You can confuse ships by turning your porch lights on and off at night.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
1. If Quebec separates, you will float off to sea.
2. If you do something stupid, you have a built-in excuse.
3. The workday is about two hours long..
4. It is socially acceptable to wear your hip waders to your wedding.

Pass this along to Canadians who need a laugh and foreigners who can learn something about Canada and then enjoy a good chuckle.

Let's face it: Canadians are a rare breed..

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
· Californians shiver uncontrollably.
· Canadians plant gardens.

35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
· Italian Cars won't start
· Canadians drive with the windows down

32° Fahrenheit (0° C)
· American water freezes
· Canadian water gets thicker.

0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
· New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
· Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
· Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
· Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-109.9° Fahrenheit (-78.5° C)
· Carbon dioxide freezes makes dry ice.
· Canadians pull down their earflaps.

-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
· Ethyl alcohol freezes.
· Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg

-459.67° Fahrenheit (-273.15° C)
· Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
· Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
· Hell freezes over.
· The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup

Happy New Year -- Replace 6 to _ in a simple notepad

Happy New Year -- Replace 6 to _ in a simple notepad

Below is nice way of saying Happy New Year. But the guy who sees it can do this?

Copy all the text into notepad. Press Ctrl + H *Replace* and replace ‘6’ with ‘_’

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