WOW! Because of this super information highway (aka The Inter-Webs), a young, very talented woman photographer from Austria, contacted me and shared her experience they had with your Canon 30D, which was very similar to mine. Of course after I replaced my shutter (see the work through the video in my videos), and the camera was just so broken for the $ 50 spent on parts and 8 + hours to repair, I almost sold for pennies on the dollar. But when Sabine Leidinger from Austria came along and share her story, along with detailed pictures of what they repaired her 30D, I decided to take another look. Im glad that I have another quick look took, it seems my mirror mechanism was not sure how Sabine had described, but because I manually move the mechanism, I re-tracked it and it works now, plus I got a new shutter! I know myself how difficult it is for this camera to tearing, so I have great respect for the young girl from Austria who helped me. One million thanks Sabine!

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Apparently one ahead of the landmark Right to Education Bill, this program was broadcast on National News Network on February 27, 2010, one day before the Union of India Ministry of Finance presented the budget. This was the 10th consecutive Prof. Arindam alternative budget presentation, this time with a focus on education. It has been known for decades and claimed that education in India is dysfunctional and poor must be renewed. It is also consistently argued that the much-discussed demographic dividend is planned to benefit India in the 21st century will be a mirage unless the education reform remain. Sure, India has achieved a lot in the field of education since independence in 1947. The literacy rate is over 65%. But that means that more than 400 million Indians remain functionally illiterate. Indias record and looks hopeless when we realize that countries like China, Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia have literacy and reaches over 90%. Everybody knows that while the 20th century was driven by manufacturing and blue collar jobs, the 21st century will be driven by information, services, information technology and white collar jobs. Therefore, the majority of Indians, those who are least accessible, the workforce over the next ten years and later, a poor education system accessible to all, a system innovation and excellence and a system that encourages young trains need 21st century jobs and . . .