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As the head of the student organizing committee for ACT 2012, write a letter to an industrialist inviting him for a seminar.

Amity University Sector 125 Noida 201303 7 September 2012 Managing Director Teemo Tech Ltd Alaknanda New Delhi - 110019 Subject: Invitation to attend ACT 2012 Seminar Sir Im writing this letter to inform you that you are invited to a seminar hosted by Amity Cultural and Technical Fest 2012 unveiling the latest advancements in the technological field. There will be five speakers like you each presenting on their fields of expertise and their experiences. We were hoping you would voice your opinions on cloud computing and how it is slowly paving a way for next generation computing. There will also be a short session where the students will ask you questions. The seminar will take place on Tuesday, 27th September, at 10:00am in Amity University, Noida. A conveyance can be provided, if required. Please confirm your attendance. Yours Sincerely

Rahul
Rahul Ahuja Head of Student Organizing Committee

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200 Proverbs & Sayings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 All things are difficult before they are easy An apple a day keeps the doctor away An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle An oak is not felled at one stroke An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup Appearances are deceitful As like as two peas As sure as eggs is eggs As the old cock crows, so does the young As welcome as water in one's shoes Ask no questions and you will be told no lies Bad news has wings Beauty lies in lover's eyes Best defence is offence Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us Better be envied than pitied Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown Better lose a jest than a friend Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing Betwixt and between Blind men can judge no colours Business before pleasure By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at the house of 'Never' Charity begins at home Choose an author as you choose a friend Claw me, and I will claw thee Cross the stream where it is shallowest Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools Death pays all debts Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies Dog does not eat dog Doing is better than saying Don't keep a dog and bark yourself Don't whistle (halloo) until you are out of the wood Drive the nail that will go Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise Empty vessels make the greatest (the most) sound Even reckoning makes long friends Every bean has its black

NEIL MATHEW 3CS4 Y3305 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 Every day is not Sunday Every dog is valiant at his own door Every man is the architect of his own fortunes Every tub must stand on its own bottom Everybody's business is nobody's business Experience is the mother of wisdom Faint heart never won fair lady False friends are worse than open enemies Feast today and fast tomorrow First deserve and then desire Fish begins to stink at the head Fools and madmen speak the truth For the love of the game Forewarned is forearmed From bad to worse Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself Give never the wolf the wether to keep Good counsel does no harm Gossiping and lying go hand in hand Great boast, small roast Greedy folk have long arms Happiness takes no account of time Hares may pull dead lions by the beard Hasty climbers have sudden falls He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue He gives twice who gives in a trice He is lifeless that is faultless He knows best what good is that has endured evil He laughs best who laughs last He smells best that smells of nothing He that fears you present wiil hate you absent He that has a full purse never wanted a friend He that has no money needs no purse He that knows nothing doubts nothing He that mischief hatches, mischief catches He that promises too much means nothing He that spares the bad injures the good He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens He who pleased everybody died before he was born He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell Head cook and bottle-washer Honey is sweet, but the bee stings

NEIL MATHEW 3CS4 Y3305 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper Hungry bellies have no ears If ifs and ans were pots and pans If the sky falls, we shall catch larks If wishes were horses, beggars might ride If you laugh before breakfast you'll cry before supper If you throw mud enough, some of it will stick In every beginning think of the end Iron hand (fist) in a velvet glove It is a poor mouse that has only one hole It is easy to swim if another hoids up your chin (head) It is the first step that costs It's no use pumping a dry well Judge not of men and things at first sight Last, but not least Learn to say before you sing Let every man praise the bridge he goes over Life is but a span Like a cat on hot bricks Like draws to like Like teacher, like pupil Little pigeons can carry great messages Little things amuse little minds Look before you leap Lord (God, Heaven) helps those (them) who help themselves Love me, love my dog Man proposes but God disposes Many a good father has but a bad son Measure thrice and cut once Misfortunes tell us what fortune is Money is a good servant but a bad master Much will have more Necessity is the mother of invention Need makes the old wife trot Neither rhyme nor reason Never offer to teach fish to swim Never too much of a good thing Nightingales will not sing in a cage No joy without alloy No man is wise at all times No sweet without (some) sweat Nothing comes out of the sack but what was in it Nothing so bad, as not to be good for something

NEIL MATHEW 3CS4 Y3305 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 Old birds are not caught with chaff One beats the bush, and another catches the bird One fire drives out another One link broken, the whole chain is broken One today is worth two tomorrow Opportunity makes the thief Penny-wise and pound-foolish Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is Pride goes before a fall Rain at seven, fine at eleven Rome was not built in a day Score twice before you cut once Self is a bad counsellor Short debts (accounts) make long friends Sink or swim! Small rain lays great dust Soon learnt, soon forgotten Speech is silver but silence is gold Stretch your legs according to the coverlet Sweep before your own door Tarred with the same brush That cock won't fight The best fish smell when they are three days old The busiest man finds the most leisure The cat would eat fish and would not wet her paws The darkest place is under the candlestick The devil lurks behind the cross The early bird catches the worm The face is the index of the mind The first blow is half the battle The last drop makes the cup run over The moon does not heed the barking of dogs The morning sun never lasts a day The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last The rotten apple injures its neighbours The tongue of idle persons is never idle There are lees to every wine There is no place like home There is no smoke without fire They must hunger in winter that will not work in summer Time cures all things Time works wonders To be in one's birthday suit

NEIL MATHEW 3CS4 Y3305 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 To bring grist to somebody's mill To call a spade a spade To cast pearls before swine To come off with flying colours To cook a hare before catching him To draw water in a sieve To find a mare's nest To flog a dead horse To go through fire and water (through thick and thin) To kill two birds with one stone To know what's what To love somebody (something) as the devil loves holy water To measure another man's foot by one's own last To plough the sand To put a spoke in somebody's wheel To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds To set the wolf to keep the sheep To teach the dog to bark To treat somebody with a dose of his own medicine To wear one's heart upon one's sleeve Too many cooks spoil the broth True blue will never stain Truth is stranger than fiction Velvet paws hide sharp claws Waste not, want not We shall see what we shall see What can't be cured, must be endured What is lost is lost What must be, must be When children stand quiet, they have done some harm When the cat is away, the mice will play

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September11

What is Corruption ?
The

misuse of public office for private gain

Types:

Bribery Nepotism Fraud Embezzlement

Corruption in India
Land

Land and Property

Acquiring, developing selling

and property

Tendering

processes and awarding contracts award of public resources

and

Preferential

of government allotted land illegally.

Adarsh Housing Scam

1.

Tendering processes and awarding contracts

Government

Originally meant to house Kargil war widows. Land allegedly used to make a multi-storey building. 3 BHK house sold for 60-80 lakhs to netas and their families. Original price estimated 6 8.5 Cr.

2.

officials award contracts preferentially to selected bidders. activities like Building of roads Tenders for hospitals Allocation of mobile spectrum

Common 1. 2. 3.

3.

4.

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2G Scam
1.

Preferential award of public resources

Public

Spectrum awarded at throwaway prices by the then Cabinet Minister A. Raja. Licenses issued on FCFS basis. Unitech, Swan Telecom got licenses without any prior telecom experience. Kanimozhi named as coconspirator with A.Raja.

2. 3.

Land awarded to private firms at negligible costs. mining lease to private firm without levying any tax.

Awarding

4.

Bellary Mining
1.

How to Stop Corruption?

Reddy Brothers obtained mining licenses in 2004. Supposedly gave 25 Cr to each independent candidate to support BJP. Played a vital role in making BSY the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Reddy brothers defied a ban put by the Supreme Court.

2.

3.

4.

What has been done?

Anti

What should be done?

Jan

Corruption Act to Information Act (RTI) Vigilance Commission

Lokpal Bill Clientelism E-Governance plans of procedures

Right

Stopping Effective

Central

Simplification

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Thank You

Atulpriya Sharma Neil Mathew Saurabh Sharma Sidharth Gupta Suraj Bhatt