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Dear Friends,

For your information here I am sharing my experiences on study inabroad and short analysis.

I am Nirmala Jyothi Jujagiri. I did my B.Tech in Industrial &Production Engineering (Mechanical) in RVR, Guntur and MS inMechatronics in the University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany.


First let me compare the masters in all possible countries: US,UK, Germany and Australia.

I can say study in Germany is very interested than in any othercountry. I was in UK in 2003. But I was very disappointed withthe studies in UK. So I left that country and went back to Indiaand apply for German visa and came to Germany in 2004. So almostfor more than 3 years I am living in Germany. I was quitesatisfied with the studies and practical research work here.There is no comparison between the masters in UK and masters inGermany. In UK masters is only one year, that to we have to payhuge amount (about 8 to 10 lakh rupees per one year) as a fee.This much amount is not worthy at all for a masters in UK. UKmaster's degree has no worldwide recognition. Even in India alsopeople give more importance to a German master’s degreethan that of UK. German masters degree has worldwide recognition.

And let us compare now studies in US, Australia and Germany.

a. Study in Germany is not very expensive. In most of theuniversities fee is only Rs. 40000 per semester. It is almostsimilar like masters in Indian private colleges. In Germany we noneed to pay any donations. On the other hand in US and Australiastudy is very expensive. In either of these countries it costsyou at least 10 lakh rupees per annum.

b. In Germany you can work as a research assistant while you aredoing masters. So you can earn your monthly expenses and also youcan gain some experience in your interesting field. All companiesin Germany consider your part time research experience also asyour real experience. So getting job after your masters willbecome easy for you. I don't think that it is possible inAustralia. In Australia you have to work in apple or cherrygardens etc. for your monthly expenses. So you will deviate fromyour main stream. In US some times you can get research orteaching assistantships.

c. And another important point is internships. Among all theabove countries I found internship culture only in Germany. InGermany we can get internships in industries. They will also payyou good amount and you will get real practical experience. Andmost of the times the same company will take you on board aftercompletion of your studies, if they like your work. In othercountries it is not possible as far I know.

d. But on the other side of the coin are visa, work permit, greencard and personal life. In Germany you will get only one yearvisa at the beginning. Every year you have to go for visaextension. After completion of your studies you will get one yearwork permit. In this time you have to search for the job. If notthen you have to leave this country. But I heard that now therules were changed. I heard that according to the new rules wecan get three years work permit after completion of our studies.And also we can get one card called Blue Card, with this card wecan work in any European Union country. But I am not sure aboutthese new rules. Once you get the permanent job after 3 to 4years you will get PR. Getting green card in Germany is also notso easy. On the other hand in Australia getting PR is very easy.Even as a student you will get PR there. And to US in thebeginning itself you will get 5 years visa. Getting green cardbecomes bit difficult now in US, but as compared to Germany it isbit easy I guess. And in UK also you will get work permit afteryour studies.

e. And one more thing we have to compare is language. In Germanymost of the people can't speak English. All official papers arein German. So without knowing German, living here is not socomfortable. So sometimes we feel we are missing something. Butin the rest of the countries we don't have this language problem.

f. Because of the language problem most of the Indians are notsettling down in Germany. Indians are coming here for studies andafter the studies they are leaving to other countries. Thereasons could be
1. Language problem
2. More taxes
3. Bit less salary as compared to US and UK
4. Not much savings
5. Finding an Indian life partner in Germany is not so easy.
6. There is no big Indian community like in US, UK andAustralia.

I am quite satisfied with the studies in Germany. But for thepeople from Computers background, they may find better chances inUS. For technical people like mechanical engineers, automobileengineering, electronics etc. Germany is a nice place to study.

I hope this short information will help you in your quest onstudy in abroad.

Hope every one is doing well in all aspects. I have some thoughts on H1B processing and what's driving every one in U.S.A to offer free H1B? Let me explain it, to all of you.

Friends, before you decide on abroad work experience, I would request you to know certain facts about company and also hidden conditions which you need to know before you file your H1B with ABC company.

Its good that if every one does fair business but its not true every all the time. So please follow the given below check list which might help you to go in right path.

1) Free H1B sponsorship?
If some one says its free H1B process, please ask them why they are doing that? Nothing in this world is free that too in America, no way! you should cross check and verify the genuine in their answers.

2) Know well in advance about company and revenue. Look for companies web site and verify content this shows how well a company will be organized and whats their business, who works on it? etc
I have some thing to share with you. Its common trend in U.S.A that each Green Holder starts company with out knowing what to do after starting company. Unfortunately if you file your H1B with them, you will never make money and they screw your happiness. Trust me friends don't entertain upcoming companies because they can not afford running company with out cheating people like you. So be careful!!!.

3) Benefit's -its all time cheat in USA, so be cautious
Companies promise you that we will provide medical, dental etc and also give salary on bench, they keep telling all this crap, once you come here I mean U.S.A, you will understand that they wont provide any of them and ultimately you will suffer, so don't be trapped with free H1B, go with trust worthy people and work with peace of mind.

4) Paying capacity
Most of the companies with less that 10 employees have less paying capacity, they will cheat you by holding 30 to 40 days billing and at the end they will never pay you. This is true and I have seen lot of people facing problem and loosing that hard earned money.
So please request companies tax returns and verify how many employees are working with them, even if you miss to do so American Consulate generals does this and reject your H1B if company is bad, so be careful, question then upfront, know in and out of company before you proceed further.

5) Clients
Know in advance about H1B sponsoring company clients, if they refuse to provide with details that means there is some thing you need to think about. If you look at www.immihelp. com you will see the number of rejected H1B's in India because of companies not providing their client's list so don't apply and waste your time by applying to such crap companies.

6) Talk to some one who works under H1B sponsoring companies.
This is what we lag, its not great in getting H1B with waste companies, its always good if you are with right company. So to know more about company its always suggested to talk with some who works there and ask all these questions.


I know this is lengthy mail, let me tell you some thing interesting. I had a friend who use to make 50K per month in India and he wanted to file H1B so what we did is we asked one of our reddy friend to file his H1B and he did that and its was poor company we thought of giving chance to him and luckily guy got his H1B approved, so far so good.
Its the time for my friend to go and get his visa work done in India, for that he went to Chennai with basic documents which are provided by our reddy friend.

First attempt, rejected with 221(G) requesting proper tax returns, pictures.
Second attempt same but request for other documents like client list, market research document etc
Third attempt same 221(g) saying AAD ( Additional Administrative processing )

So for all the three attempts my friend spent some money vising Chennai and paying consulate fee, which turned out to be 25K.

After 3 months of AAD processing American consulate general people decided to give visa ( saying that please approach DOL in U.S.A if company doesn't pay you salary ) Now my friend resigned with his Indian company and landed in U.S.A with his expenses which turned out to be 3 lakhs. ( this includes flight tickets, shopping etc )

Before a person comes to U.S.A, his employer has to book tickets for him, and provide accommodation, which we did get avail from him,
well the guy comes here and starts living in friends place, applies for SSN (Social Security Number ) and waits for month to get that and in mean time he encounters some expenses, which turns out to be 1500 USD ( there are minimum things you need to buy after you come here like cell phone, laptop etc )

Starts applying jobs and by the time his resume goes to vendor's it takes a month and then it takes another 2 months to get job, expenses by this time will go to 4000 USD. If his company would have helped him to get job it reduces lot of burden on candidate but we are unlucky because company is too small

With out benefit's from company minimum wastage for a candidate is 4000 USD + 3Lakhs ( spent in India ) total in USD will be 10,000.

As the guy is not working in India total salary loss will be 4 months salary = 2Lakhs so over all he lost 15,000 USD.

Now this guy starts working and his first pay check comes after 45 days, which is common us U.S.A good companies pay with in 30 days and best companies pay in 15 days and superb companies pay per week. So to survive he makes some more credits and by the time of his first pay check, total loss to him is 20K USD.

Its really hard to save 20K in year for candidate who does contracting in U.S.A. There are lot of issues and wastage of money when we come here. So if you ignore minor things you will end up paying credits for minimum of 3 years in US.

Friends think about this and plan before you decide, other side of grass is green, be careful with companies act smart, know every thing before you make move.

I hope this educates at least one person, I will be the happiest guy.

Feel free to draft me email if you are unable to decide or need any help. I am not a company or profit organization its just helping our community.

Thanks for reading and your time.

The most common blunder when the topic of a computer virus arises is that people will often refer to a Worm or Trojan Horse as a Virus. While the words Trojan, worm, and virus are used interchangeably, they are not the same. Viruses, worms, and Trojan Horses are all malicious programs that can cause damage to your computer, but there are differences between the three, and knowing those differences can help you to better protect your computer from their often damaging effects.

A computer Virus attaches itself to a program or file so it can spread from one computer to another, leaving infections as it travels. Some viruses cause only mildly annoying effects while others can damage your hardware, software, or files. Almost all viruses are attached to an executable file, which means the virus may exist on your computer but it cannot infect your computer unless you run or open the malicious program. It is important to note that a virus cannot be spread without a human action, (such as running an infected program) to keep it going. People continue the spread of a computer virus, mostly unknowingly, by sharing infecting files or sending e-mails with viruses as attachments in the e-mail.
A Worm is similar to a virus by its design, and is considered to be a sub-class of a virus. Worms spread from computer to computer, but unlike a virus, it has the ability to travel without any help from a person. A worm takes advantage of file or information transport features on your system, which allows it to travel unaided. The biggest danger with a worm is its ability to replicate itself on your system, so rather than your computer sending out a single worm, it could send out hundreds or thousands of copies of itself, creating a huge devastating effect. One example would be for a worm to send a copy of itself to everyone listed in your e-mail address book. Then, the worm replicates and sends itself out to everyone listed in each of the receiver’s address book, and the manifest continues on down the line. Due to the copying nature of a worm and its ability to travel across networks the end result in most cases is that the worm consumes too much system memory (or network bandwidth), causing Web servers, network servers, and individual computers to stop responding. In more recent worm attacks such as the much talked about Blaster Worm, the worm has been designed to tunnel into your system and allow malicious users to control your computer remotely.
A Trojan Horse is full of as much trickery as the mythological Trojan Horse it was named after. The Trojan Horse, at first glance will appear to be useful software but will actually do damage once installed or run on your computer. Those on the receiving end of a Trojan Horse are usually tricked into opening them because they appear to be receiving legitimate software or files from a legitimate source. The Trojan horse itself would typically be a Windows executable program file, and thus must have an executable filename extension such as .exe, .com, .scr, .bat, or .pif. Since Windows is sometimes configured by default to hide filename extensions from a user, the Trojan horse is an extension that might be “masked” by giving it a name such as ‘Readme.txt. exe’. With file extensions hidden, the user would only see ‘Readme.txt’ and could mistake it for a harmless text file. When the recipient double-clicks on the attachment, the Trojan horse might superficially do what the user expects it to do (open a text file, for example), so as to keep the victim unaware of its real, concealed, objectives. Meanwhile, it might discreetly modify or delete files, change the configuration of the computer, or even use the computer as a base from which to attack local or other networks - possibly joining many other similarly infected computers as part of a distributed denial-of-service attack. When a Trojan is activated on your computer, the results can vary. Some Trojans are designed to be more annoying than malicious (like changing your desktop, adding silly active desktop icons) or they can cause serious damage by deleting files and destroying information on your system. Trojans are also known to create a backdoor on your computer that gives malicious users access to your system, possibly allowing confidential or personal information to be compromised. Unlike viruses and worms, Trojans do not reproduce by infecting other files nor do they self-replicate.
Added into the mix, what is called a blended threat? A blended threat is a sophisticated attack that bundles some of the worst aspects of viruses, worms, Trojan horses and malicious code into one threat. Blended threats use server and Internet vulnerabilities to initiate, transmit and spread an attack. This combination of method and techniques means blended threats can spread quickly and cause widespread damage. Characteristics of blended threats include: causes harm, propagates by multiple methods, attacks from multiple points and exploits vulnerabilities.
To be considered a blended thread, the attack would normally serve to transport multiple attacks in one payload. For examplem it wouldn’t just launch a DoS attack — it would also install a backdoor and damage a local system in one shot. Additionally, blended threats are designed to use multiple modes of transport. For example, a worm may travel through e-mail, but a single blended threat could use multiple routes such as e-mail, IRC and file-sharing sharing networks. The actual attack itself is also not limited to a specific act. For example, rather than a specific attack on predetermined .exe files, a blended thread could modify exe files, HTML files and registry keys at the same time — basically it can cause damage within several areas of your network at one time.Blended threats are considered to be the worst risk to security since the inception of viruses, as most blended threats require no human intervention to propagate.
Combating Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses :
The first steps to protect your computer are to ensure your operating system (OS) is up-to-date. This is essential if you are running a Microsoft Windows OS. Secondly, you should have anti-virus software installed on your system and download updates frequently to ensure your software has the latest fixes for new viruses, worms, and Trojan Horses. Additionally you want to make sure your anti-virus program has the ability to scan e-mail and files as they are downloaded from the Internet. This will help prevent malicious programs from even reaching your computer. If this isn’t enough protection, then you may want to consider installing a firewall as well.

A firewall is a system which prevents unauthorized use and access to your computer. A firewall can be either hardware or software. Hardware firewalls provide a strong degree of protection from most forms of attack coming from the outside world and can be purchased as a stand-alone product or in broadband routers. Unfortunately, when battling viruses, worms and Trojans, a hardware firewall may be less effective than a software firewall, as it could possibly ignore embedded worms in out going e-mails and see this as regular network traffic. For individual home users, the most popular firewall choice is a software firewall. A good software firewall will protect your computer from outside attempts to control or gain access your computer, and usually provides additional protection against the most common Trojan programs or e-mail worms. The downside to software firewalls is that they will only protect the computer they are installed on, not a network.

It is important to remember that on its own a firewall is unable to get rid of your computer virus problems, but when used in conjunction with regular operating system updates and a good anti-virus scanning software, it will add some extra security and protection for your computer or network.

1. Short-Out the JavaScript:

1. Goto the page you want to download
2. Select FREE button
3. In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0)
4. Click OK
5. Click OK to the pop-up box
6. Enter the captcha
7. Download Your File

2. Request a new IP address from your ISP server.

Here’s how to do it in windows:
1. Click Start
2. Click run
3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK
4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line.

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit
5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using.
6. Try the rapidshare download again.

Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometime you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a fixed IP address, this method will not work. To be honest, I do not know how to do this in linux/unix/etc. If this works for you, you may want to save the above commands into a batch file, and just run it when you need it.

3. Use a proxy with SwitchProxy and Firefox:

1. Download and install Firefox if you have not already
2. Download and install SwitchProxy
3. Google for free proxies
4. When you hit your download limit, clean your cookies and change your proxy

4. Use an anonymous service:

Running your system through the tor network should in theory work; however, it is difficult to use and setup. Plus, you allow others to run their evil deeds through your system as well by using this system. Anonymizer 2005 is inexpensive, easy to use, but not free. Other pay services would likely work as well.

5. You can use a bookmarklet to stop your wait times:

1. Open IE
2. Right Click On This Link
3. Select Add to Favorites
4. Select Yes to the warning that the bookmark may be unsafe.
5. Name it “RapidShare No Wait”
6. Click on the Links folder (if you want to display it in your IE toolbar)
7. Click OK
8. You may need to close and reopen IE to see it
9. Goto rapidshare and click the bookmarklet when you are forced to wait

As my search for methods to increase my browsing productivity continues, I have come across some excellent keyboard shortcuts for Firefox (my preferred browser) which I will discuss here .

I am sure you'll benefit from it if you use Firefox as your browser .
1: Automatically complete .org and .net addresses

Yes, we know that if we type google in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter it directly goes to www.google.com . But what about .org and .net addresses? . In Firefox, Shift+Enter takes you to .net and Ctrl+Shift+Enter takes you to .org addresses automatically . So if you wanna go to Problogger.net , just type the word in firefox address bar and press Shift+Enter .

2: Alt + D
You can use this to navigate directly to the browser address bar of firefox. Very useful.

3: Ctrl+T and Ctrl+Shift+T
Ctrl+T helps you to open a new tab and Ctrl+Shift+T reopens the last closed tab.
This comes quite handy in case you accidently close a tab. Another way to do this would be go to History -> Recently closed tabs.

4: Alt+Enter
This can be an extremely useful shortcut. It automatically opens a website in another tab when you highlight it in the autocomplete list. For example you want to go to Facebook and you start typing www.face, in the address bar and it starts showing the list below. You just need to use the down arrow key to highlight the selection (facebook.com in this case ) and press Alt+Enter so that it opens in a new tab.

5: Use of Delete Key
The Delete key can be pretty useful because it helps you delete specific addresses in browser history or autocomplete forms. For example in the diagram below, when I type in google search I get 3 entries . If I want to delete the 2nd entry from autocomplete history , I'll just point to it and press Delete key . Simple,isn't it .

6: Ctrl+Tab
Ctrl+tab helps you to navigate between different firefox tabs quite easily.

7: Ctrl+[1,2.......9]
Ctrl+tab can help you navigate alternate tabs but if you are a heavy tab user like me and want to go to a specific tab then just use Ctrl+corresponding tab number. Ex:To go to the 3rd tab use Ctrl+3 .

8: Spacebar and Shift+Spacebar OR PageDown and PageUp
Spacebar or PageDown key scrolls down the webpage you're on and Shift+Spacebar or PageUp scrolls up the webpage you're on .

9: The Middle Mouse Button
This is not a keyboard shortcut but it is an excellent shortcut . Just point to a link anywhere on a webpage and press the middle mouse (scroll) button . It opens the page in a new tab .

Suppose you want to lock the folder games in d: which has the path D:\Games.
In the same drive create a text file and type
ren games games.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Now save this text file as loc.bat

create another text file and type in it
ren games.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} games
Now save this text file as key.bat

Now you can see 2 batch files loc and key.
Press loc and the folder games will change to control panel and you cannot view its contents.
Press key and you will get back your original folder.

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test]"Plural"=dword:00000001

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoFolderOptions"=dword:0000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoFolderOptions"=dword:0000000

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]"DisableTaskMgr"=dword:00000000